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2019/11/24
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2026/09/21
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25 days
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Helping you develop a stronger mind to perform, thrive, and handle whatever life throws at you.
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How To Stop The Self-Critical Cycle | #251
2026/09/21
In this episode, Lewis shares one of the most honest things he's ever recorded: a year of journaling the same self-critical thoughts every day, the gap between who he was being and who he knew he could be, and the moment something finally shifted. He discusses what it actually takes to break a cycle, why you can't always do it alone, and what it means to come back to yourself.
Why The Optimisation Trend Is Making You Weaker | #250
2026/08/24
In this episode, Lewis shares why the obsession with optimising every part of your performance is quietly making you more fragile, not stronger. He discusses the shift from an optimisation mindset to a maximisation mindset, and why the ability to make the most of what you have on any given day is the real edge that separates the best from everyone else.
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Life & Business Update + Q&A | Where I'm At & Where I'm Going | #249
2026/08/11
In this episode, Lewis gives an honest update on life in Barcelona, the slow growth of his business, and where he's taking things next, including the app, new products, and who he wants to work with. He also answers your questions on coaching attitudes, procrastination, comparison, standards, and why waiting to feel mentally ready before a performance is a gamble you can't afford to take.
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Why Your Feelings Stop You From Acting Tough | #248
2026/08/03
In this episode, Lewis shares why waiting to feel confident before you act is the most unreliable strategy an athlete can have, and what to do instead. He discusses how to create a performer self that is separate from your true self, how to find the trigger that switches you between the two, and why behaving your way into a feeling will always be more consistent than feeling your way into a behaviour.
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The Easiest Thing You're Making Difficult | #246
2026/07/20
In this episode, Lewis shares why the most underrated edge in sport and high performance isn't the advanced stuff - it's the basics, done with full intention and at a level most people aren't willing to go to. He discusses his concept of raising your floor rather than reaching for your ceiling, and why when pressure hits and chaos swirls, the athlete who wins is the one who can make things simple.
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Exploring What You're Made Of In Order To Become Great | #246
2026/07/03
In this episode, Lewis shares why exploring your limits and embracing the suffering that comes with it is not something to avoid, but the very thing that separates good from great. He discusses what it truly takes to find out what you're made of, and why being willing to suffer just a little more than everyone else might be the most important edge you can have.
The Psychology of Parent Resilience - Devesh Patel & Dr Julie Johnston | #246
2026/06/19
Devesh Patel is a sports psychology researcher whose PhD uncovered the first framework for parental resilience in youth sport. Julie Johnstone is his academic supervisor and a sport psychologist with decades of experience working with athletes, coaches, and families in elite development environments.
Why do so many parents struggle to stay composed on the sidelines? Why does watching training sessions make things worse, not better? And what is it that separates the parents who help their child thrive in sport from the ones who quietly make it harder?
Expect to learn why parental resilience in youth sport had never been studied before this research, what the official definition of parental resilience is and why it matters for the athlete too, the four psychosocial assets that make up parental resilience, why maintaining perspective is the hardest thing parents are asked to do — and what makes it so easy to lose, how the highlight reel on social media is actively destroying parental optimism, why the non-linear progression of a young athlete creates so much panic, what the "optimism jar" strategy is and why it works, why the parent-coach relationship breaks down and how to fix it, what adaptability really means for a sporting parent and why holding on too long backfires, why resilient parents produce resilient athletes through the mirroring effect, four practical strategies parents can use right now to build their own resilience, and much more.
00:00 Why Parental Resilience in Youth Sport Hadn't Been Studied
01:30 Modern Pressures Making Parents Less Resilient
04:50 Who Was Studied — Sports, Stages, and Methods
08:25 Defining Parental Resilience
12:50 Asset 1: Maintaining Perspective
14:40 Why Perspective Is So Hard to Keep
18:45 Do Certain Sports Create Harder Parenting Challenges?
24:00 Asset 2: Maintaining Optimism
25:20 The Non-Linear Progression Trap
31:45 Highlight Reels, Instant Gratification and the Comparison Trap
37:40 Asset 3: Perceiving and Utilizing Social Support
39:15 The Coach-Parent Dynamic — Where It Goes Wrong
43:45 Asset 4: Adaptability
46:35 The Danger of Never Letting Go
52:35 How Resilient Parents Create Resilient Athletes
53:25 4 Practical Strategies to Build Parental Resilience
58:35 The Challenge-Support Matrix for Parents
01:05:50 Where to Find Devesh and Julie's Work
The Stories We Tell Ourselves | #245
2026/06/06
In this episode, Lewis shares why the story you're quietly telling yourself every day is either building you up or slowly tearing you down, and most people don't even realise it's happening. He discusses what it takes to rewrite that story, and why doing so is one of the most courageous things you can choose to do.
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#244 - Stop Caring What It Looks Like
2026/05/30
In this episode, Lewis shares why most people are so focused on how things look to others that they've lost touch with what they actually want. He discusses what happens when you let go of the rules you never consciously chose and start showing up as yourself.
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#242 - Julianna Pillemer - The Dark Side of Going Viral Nobody Talks About
2026/05/04
Julianna Pillemer is an assistant professor at NYU Stern School of Business whose research explores creativity, authenticity, and the psychology of online audiences.
Why do creators spiral after going viral? Why does reading every comment eventually break people? And is "just be authentic" actually good advice — or is it a trap?
Expect to learn what "audience entanglement" is and why it changes everything a creator makes, what a "chamber of despair" feels like and why it's more common than anyone admits, why the algorithm acts like a co-author who keeps hijacking your work, the three strategies creators use to move from dysfunctional to functional entanglement, why the same DM can destroy one creator and inspire another, what rage bait and the manosphere have to do with audience entanglement, the difference between audience capture and audience entanglement, why "just be yourself" is far more complicated than it sounds, what alter egos like Kobe's Mamba Mentality and Beyoncé's Sasha Fierce reveal about authenticity, how to think about authenticity as evolution rather than a fixed state, and what "strategic authenticity" actually means in practice, and much more.
00:00 What Is Audience Entanglement?
01:20 When It Starts: The Viral Moment
02:45 Dysfunctional Entanglement
05:05 Gaming the Algorithm: Battling Platform Volatility
06:15 The Hate Comment Trap
07:05 Does It Affect All Creators Equally?
14:45 Three Strategies to Escape Dysfunctional Entanglement
19:55 Why Algorithm Changes Reset Your Progress
24:40 Same DM, Two Reactions: The Mindset Difference
37:30 Rage Bait, the Manosphere & Audience Capture
39:40 Audience Capture vs Audience Entanglement
49:25 What "Authenticity" Actually Means
51:25 The Alter Ego Strategy
01:05:30 Authenticity as Evolution, Not a Fixed State
01:07:35 Strategic Authenticity: Practical Advice
01:08:40 Where to Find Julianna's Work
#241 - Chris McKenna - Why Giving Your Child a Smartphone Is More Dangerous Than You Think
2026/04/01
Chris McKenna is the founder of Protect Young Eyes, a leading digital safety organisation helping parents, coaches, and caregivers navigate technology with wisdom and intention.Why is handing a child a smartphone the same as handing them every harmful thing all at once? Why are parents struggling to say no even when they know the risks? And what do coaches, teachers, and communities actually have to do with protecting kids in the digital age?Expect to learn why Australia's social media ban matters far beyond Australia, how Silicon Valley's goals are fundamentally different from yours as a parent, why Chris compares handing kids a Chromebook to a history book stuffed with pornography, the six layers of society responsible for protecting children from addictive technology, what the "seven day rule" is and why every parent should be using it, why banning all technology misses the point and what "right tech at the right time" actually looks like, the dangerous difference between slow and fast dopamine and why sport is one of the most powerful antidotes to screen addiction, how coaches and teachers can be more influential than parents when it comes to changing kids' habits, the personal story that drives everything Chris does, and much more.00:00 Australia's Social Media Ban — What It Really Means03:20 The Berlin Wall Analogy & Why Change Happens Fast07:30 The Six Layers of Protection for Children10:45 Why Technology Is a "Wicked Problem"13:00 The History Book Analogy — Good and Bad All at Once15:45 The Biggest Mistakes Parents Make With Devices17:00 The Seven Day Rule for New Apps22:00 Collective Action — Why Parents Need Each Other27:45 The Smartphone Free Childhood Movement30:30 Right Tech at the Right Time33:00 When Should Kids Get Social Media?36:00 Chromebooks in Schools — Did We Go Too Far?40:30 Physical Education as the Most Important Subject43:30 Slow Dopamine vs Fast Dopamine46:00 How Coaches Can Reclaim Kids' Attention51:30 Chris's Personal Story53:30 What Needs to Change — And Reasons for Hope56:00 Where to Find Chris's Work
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#240 - Alison Armstrong - What Every Woman Gets Wrong About Male Commitment
2026/02/14
Alison Armstrong is a relationship expert and creator of the “Understanding Men” curriculum.
Why do men withdraw instead of open up? Why does “If he wanted to, he would” miss the mark? What makes a man stop caring? And what responsibility do both men and women share in creating partnership?
Expect to learn why men calculate capacity and “worth it” before acting, how testosterone and estrogen shape communication styles, why timing matters when asking emotional questions, what “frog farming” means and how it destroys attraction, the difference between physical and emotional attraction in men, why men feel responsible for making women happy (and why that’s a trap), what the “cave behind the cave” reveals about men and mortality, how to move from furious to curious in conflict, and much more.
00:00 “If He Wanted To, He Would”
03:20 Capacity vs Desire: How Men Decide
07:00 Feels Like Love, Looks Like Math
10:45 Why Men Don’t Answer “How Do You Feel?”
15:30 Timing Emotional Conversations
19:40 Coaching, Readiness & Emotional Impact
26:30 Frog Farming Explained
30:10 Why Sexual Attraction Isn’t Enough
34:05 What Makes a Man Stop Caring
37:00 The Danger of Emasculation
40:30 The Cave Behind the Cave
46:40 From Furious to Curious
52:10 Responsibility in Partnership
57:25 You Can’t Make Her Happy
59:00 Where to Find Alison’s Work
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#239 - Dr Phil Clarke - Why People Get The Yips
2025/11/27
Dr Phil Clarke is a performance psychologist and researcher.
Why do athletes lose control of skills they’ve mastered for years? Why does pressure turn automatic movements into chaos? And can you actually train your way out of the yips?
Expect to learn what the yips really are (and how they differ from choking), why perfectionism and fear of judgement make athletes more vulnerable, how psychological and physiological systems interact under pressure, why your internal narrative determines how severe the yips become, how teammates can help or worsen the problem, why pressure training needs to be personalised, how athletes can build a mental “utility belt” to stay composed, and why the yips appear not just in sport, and much more.
00:00 What Are the Yips? Full Explanation
01:15 The Psychology and Neurology Behind the Yips
02:55 Types of Yips: Type 1, Type 2 & Type 3
05:10 Why the First Yips Episode Is So Important
06:55 How Overthinking Causes Skill Breakdown
09:27 Choking vs The Yips: Key Differences
12:55 Panic, Trauma and Loss of Motor Control
14:33 Perfectionism and Fear of Judgement in Athletes
18:06 Who Gets the Yips? Pros vs Amateurs
20:05 How Your Internal Story Creates Anxiety
22:33 Socially Prescribed Perfectionism Explained
29:15 How Expectations Increase Pressure in Sport
31:57 Can You Recover From the Yips?
35:17 Best Coping Strategies for the Yips
36:41 EMDR Therapy: Does It Work for the Yips?
38:57 Mental Skills That Reduce Performance Anxiety
42:08 How Teammates and Coaches Should Support the Yips
49:45 Challenge vs Threat: Performing Under Pressure
55:35 Why “Be Fearless” Is Bad Advice for Athletes
1:00:36 How to Train Under Pressure (Yips Simulation)
1:12:13 Personalised Pressure Training for Athletes
1:21:33 The Yips Outside Sport (Music, Speaking, Aviation)
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#238 - Dr Warren Farrell - The Truth About the Masculinity Crisis
2025/10/27
Dr. Warren Farrell is the author of The Boy Crisis, Why Men Earn More, and Role Mate to Soul Mate. So why are so many boys struggling in school, dropping out, and feeling lost in life? Why are suicide rates among men four times higher than women? And why do so few people seem willing to talk about it?Expect to learn why fatherlessness is the single biggest predictor of male struggles, what “dad deprivation” really does to boys, and how the empathy gap between men and women makes it harder to have honest conversations, why many men are emotionally unavailable, what the “happy wife, happy life” myth gets wrong, and how we can start to rebuild healthy relationships between men and women.
00:00 – Why young men are struggling today
03:00 – Fatherlessness and “dad deprivation”
07:00 – How family breakdown affects boys and girls differently
10:30 – What is The Boy Crisis?
13:00 – Male suicide rates and mental health gaps
16:00 – Why it’s so hard to talk about men’s issues
18:00 – The empathy gap explained
22:00 – “I wish I wasn’t born male” – the identity crisis in boys
26:00 – Feminism, pay gaps, and reframing male privilege
34:00 – The difference between male privilege and male responsibility
43:00 – How communication breakdown leads to divorce and the boy crisis
60:00 – Emotional unavailability in men and where it comes from
74:00 – Sport, suppression, and emotional unavailability
78:00 – Creating emotional safety in relationships
83:00 – What makes a good man
85:00 – The importance of fatherhood and role models
87:00 – Where to find Dr. Warren Farrell’s work
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#237 - Dr Sami Timimi - Why ADHD Is On The Rise
2025/10/06
Dr. Sami Timimi is a consultant psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author of Searching for Normal.
Why does it feel like everyone suddenly has ADHD or autism? Are we medicalising normal life? And what if the mental health crisis isn’t biological—but cultural?
Expect to learn why ADHD and autism were never true medical diagnoses, how mental health labels became lifelong identities, why resilience can’t be taught but must be lived, how therapy culture breeds learned helplessness, why “mental health awareness” may be harming kids, how social media glamorises illness, and why reclaiming responsibility is the antidote to a culture obsessed with being unwell.
00:00 – Intro: Why everyone seems to have ADHD01:00 – The rise of ADHD, autism and mental health diagnoses03:00 – Are psychiatric disorders real medical conditions?06:30 – How ADHD and autism expanded from rare to common11:40 – Why people hold onto mental health labels14:00 – The history of ADHD and “upside-down science”18:30 – How adult ADHD became a global identity24:30 – The link between diagnosis and identity politics30:00 – The danger of victimhood and loss of resilience35:00 – Why resilience can’t be taught—it must be lived39:30 – How overprotection creates learned helplessness43:00 – The false relief of a diagnosis48:00 – Why mental health became a brand52:00 – The beauty of diversity and human uniqueness57:00 – How to build resilience through experience1:00:00 – Parents, coaches, and raising mentally strong kids1:02:00 – Why “mental health awareness” may harm children1:06:00 – Autism rates are skyrocketing—what’s behind it1:09:30 – Redefining what “normal” really means1:13:00 – From mental health to mental strength1:15:00 – How focusing on problems creates more problems1:20:00 – Reframing problems as skills to learn1:22:00 – Can we recover from over-diagnosing society?1:24:00 – Pushback from psychiatry and the mental health industry1:27:00 – Technology, distraction, and social media’s impact1:32:00 – The glamorisation of mental illness online
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AlbertBramante 2025/05/24
Great insights
Very insightful podcast with so much good information on Mindset
connorisafirstnametoo 2023/08/12
Super helpful
I’m a professional golfer, this was recommended to me by my coach. I subscribed, rated 5 stars and thanks
so much for the info.
l if drt 2023/07/10
As a fellow mental strength coach, I love this podcast
As a mental strength coach, I love this podcast! I appreciate Lewis’s ability to breakdown different mental skills/techniques (i.e., self-talk, routin...
Jay Thooft 2021/08/11
The episode on Mindfulness was fantastic
Lewis's ability to distill down complex concepts into something that is easily understood and applied for his audience is fantastic.
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