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Nov 1, 2023
BACK TO SCHOOL with Bukky Yusuf [Episode 3]
Welcome to Back to School, a mini series from The Sizzle Podcast.Back to School episodes see guests take a time machine trip back to their experiences of education. We discuss memories from primary school (4-11 years), secondary school (11-16 years) and 16+ years. Then we think about how these experiences might have shaped guest’s views on education and the workplace.In this episode, I talk with Bukky Yusuf. Bukky is a Secondary Science Teacher with over 20 years experience. She is a currently a Deputy Head teacher in a specialist school, as well as a teacher trainer, Consultant and Qualified Coach.We discussed a lot, including the following themes:
* Expectations around achievement
* The student rumour mill in school
* Loving strict teachers
* How to balance talking to pupils: like a child or like an adult?
* Should education be fun?
* Expectations vs reality x student names
* Social perceptions as a child
* The importance of “taking a student how they are”
* The power of being seen
* What a rondelle bead is
You can find Bukky here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bukky-yusuf-teach-lead-coach/Twitter/X: @rondelle10_b
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Oct 11, 2023
BACK TO SCHOOL with Laura McInerney [Episode 2]
Welcome to Back to School, a mini series from The Sizzle Podcast.Back to School episodes see guests take a time machine trip back to their experiences of education. We discuss memories from primary school (4-11 years), secondary school (11-16 years) and 16+ years. Then we think about how these experiences might have shaped guest’s views on education and the workplace.In this episode, I talk with Laura McInerney . Laura is a former teacher, education journalist, co-founder of TeacherTapp and a regular face on panel shows and news broadcasts.We discussed a lot, including the following themes:
* Being an “old headed child”
* A desire to be in charge of our learning
* The differences between primary and secondary education
* The relationship between care, boundaries and structure in school
* Nail varnish remover as a token of trust
* The REAL inspiration behind Laura’s personal logo
* The interaction between learning from employment and school
* The power and distinctiveness of “teacher voice”
* Education as a tool for people, so they can stand up for themselves and not passively accept things in their lives that they're not happy with
You can find Laura here:LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lauramcinerney1Twitter/X: @miss_mcinerneywebsite: https://lauramcinerney.com/
If you are a teacher, you can find out more about / sign up to TeacherTapp here:https://teachertapp.co.uk/
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Oct 4, 2023
S3E2 Alex Holmes [Masculinity, Love & Shame]
Welcome to S3E2 of The Sizzle Podcast.In this episode, I talk with Alex Holmes. Alex is a mental health coach, trainee psychotherapist and author. He has written Time to Talk which explores how men relate to love, belonging and connection. Alex’s work has been featured in The Guardian and British GQ and he hosts his own podcast, The Alex Holmes Podcast.You can find Alex here:LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/byalexholmesWebsite: https://alexholmes.co/
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Sep 28, 2023
BACK TO SCHOOL with Loic Menzies [Episode 1]
Welcome to Back to School, a mini series from The Sizzle Podcast.Back to School episodes see guests take a time machine trip back to their experiences of education. We discuss memories from primary school (4-11 years), secondary school (11-16 years) and 16+ years. Then we think about how these experiences might have shaped guest’s views on education and the workplace.In this episode, I talk with Loic Menzies. Loic is a researcher and education policy expert, author and founder of the Centre for Education and Youth. You can find Loic here:LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/loicmenziesTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/LoicMnzsAcademic writing: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Loic-Menzies-2Loic has written and edited many reports and books, including Balancing Act and Young People on the Margins. He is currently working on another book entitled “How Education and Youth Policy Happens”.
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Sep 20, 2023
PODCAST S3E1 Jonny Walker [Mythology & Education]
Welcome to S3E1 of The Sizzle Podcast.I talk with Jonny Walker about education, mythology and mythology education!It was truly a joy. As always, please get in touch to let us know what you thought.You can find Jonny here:Website: https://www.jonny-walker.co.uk/Twitter/X: @jonnywalker_eduLinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jonnywalkerotherwiseYou can find Jonny's writing here:Fiction: https://www.jonny-walker.co.uk/work/fictionNon Fiction: https://www.jonny-walker.co.uk/work/nonfiction
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Jun 12, 2022
S02E03 Dr Tim Cox [Hope]
Welcome to S02E03! You can join my mailing list to stay in loop about Sizzle Episodes and to receive [semi regular] emails about using psychology in your life: https://www.drjotaylor.com/my-mailing-list
In this episode I am joined by Dr Tim Cox, Educational Psychologist and hopeful practitioner. We talk about lots of things, including:
- Tim's journey to becoming an Educational Psychologist
- How Tim's personal experiences helped him develop his understanding of the importance of hope
- The Agents of Hope podcast
- Different types of hope
- Building a discipline of hope
- Martial arts and love
- Tim's "Five Dimensions" framework of hope
- Tim's music career
Find Tim on Twitter: @TimCEducation
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May 26, 2022
S02E02 Davie Donaldson [Gypsy, Roma & Traveller history, culture & oppression]
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In this episode I am joined by Davie Donaldson, founder of Progress in Dialogue. During the episode we cover a range of topics, including:
- The history of the Roma
- Traveller culture in Scotland
- Wearing masks to navigate education
- Being a role model
- Stories being linked to place
- Traveller practices around inheritance
- Culture clash and oppression
- Things people can do to learn more about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
Find out more about Davie here: @DavieDonaldson (twitter)
Find Progress in Dialogue here: https://progressindialogue.org.uk/
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May 17, 2022
S02E01 Anne-Laure Le Cunff [Organisational Psychology & Neuroscience]
Welcome to S02E01! You can join my mailing list to stay in loop about Sizzle Episodes and to receive [semi regular] emails about using psychology in your life: https://www.drjotaylor.com/my-mailing-list
In this episode I am joined by Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs. During the episode we cover a range of topics, including:
- Psychological safety
- Metacognition as a way to work smarter
- Ikigai
- Different types of burnout
- PARI: a framework for personal growth
- Remembering people who have died
Find out more about Anne-Laure here: https://anne-laure.net/
Find Anne-Laure on Twitter: @anthilemoon
Find Ness Labs here: https://nesslabs.com/
See some of Anne-Laure's publications here:
- Mindframing: https://nesslabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SSRN-id3443568.pdf
- Non Monogamy: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3232078
Incorporate mindul moments into your work with Teeny-Breaks: https://nesslabs.com/teeny-breaks
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Sep 3, 2020
#021 Ivor Williams [Design & Death]
Welcome to episode 021! You can join my mailing list to stay in loop about Sizzle Episodes and to receive [semi regular] emails about using psychology in your life: https://www.drjotaylor.com/my-mailing-list
In this episode I am joined by Ivor Williams, a designer and Lead for End-of-Life Care at the Helix Centre, a part of the Institute of Global Health Innovation (Imperial). His work focuses on thinking about how we can live, die and grieve better. During the episode we cover a range of topics, including:
- The place of design within medicine and death
- Dying and the medical profession
- Archetypes, power and dying
- The move from the priest to the medical profession
- The transition between the specialist to the lay person, supporting people in dying
- The way the pandemic has devolved responsibility for mediating death
- The need for someone to say "I've seen this before" with death
- The balance between distributing the role and keeping the experience needed, for helping people die.
- Designers as neutral participants, between the church and the doctor
- Doulas supporting with death (as well as birth)
- The gendered experience of birth and death
- People want different things when it comes to their death
- Death as a permanent end to an attachment
- At what point does the process of death start to focus on the living?
- "who is a good death for?"
- Drawing the distinction between avoidable deaths and deaths
- How can we decide when a death is "a failure?"
- Collective Grief: what can we do collectively?
- Planetary palliative care: do we need to accept things are ending in a civilisational level?
- Can suffering transform?
- Viewing Maslow's hierarchy of needs from the perspective of 'becoming part of a collective whole' and understanding your place in time
- How can we use our smartphones to grieve better?
- Cove App - a musical emotional journey
- "They had the best growth, the best health, the best pensions and now they want the best death. And our generation is responding by creating start ups" - Baby Boomers and the demand for 'death-tech'
- How the context of can shape whether it's perceived as 'a failure'
Find out more about Ivor:
http://ivorwilliams.info/about
Contact Ivor:
@ivorinfo (Twitter)
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Aug 13, 2020
#020 Jeffrey Boakye [Teaching, Writing, Race and Music]
Welcome to episode 020! You can join my mailing list to stay in loop about Sizzle Episodes and to receive [semi regular] emails about using psychology in your life: https://www.drjotaylor.com/my-mailing-list
In this episode I am joined by Jeffrey Boakye, teacher and author. Below are some quotes from our conversation which capture the flavours involved:
"I like completing projects, that is what teaching is, my long term project, it's not over until I retire"
"Essentially what you are building is how kind you are to other people and how much you care about community"
"I wrote most of Hold Tight with a baby in my arms..."
"I don't put activities in a hierarchy, if something is exciting and it feels vital, you make the time, the trick is to realize what is vital"
"The importance of thinking about key values in relation to finding your calling"
"Work is good. Work in itself is the reward"
"I could not have written Black Listed any earlier. I had to do a lot of learning... It was really a research project"
"DJ'ing is deep in me. I seek approval that's one of my insecurities and a DJ seeks approval"
"I write like I DJ. I get people on the floor, get them energised and then I hit them with cuts they might not have heard before... It's how I teach as well."
"I wanted to talk about black British history, in grime, before it got lost or moved on"
"Stormzy tackled Glastonbury mainstage like a GCSE... And he got an A*"
"If they don't understand your mission, then they are probably afraid of it"
Some other topics we covered:
- Viewing Wiley and Stormzy through the lens of masculinity and race
- The dynamic of studying "cool blackness"
- Jeffrey's experience of being a Black male author.
- The process of moving from a big city to a rural lifestyle
- Reflections on Kano's evolution as an artist.
Find Jeffrey on Twitter at: @jeffreykboakye
His website is: https://www.jeffreyboakye.com/
Buy Hold Tight: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hold-Tight-Masculinity-Millennials-Meaning/dp/1910312258
Buy Black Listed: Black British Culture Explored: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Listed-Jeffrey-Boakye/dp/0349700559
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Jun 2, 2020
#019 Jane Garza [Organisational Change & Psychological Safety]
Welcome to episode 019! You can join my mailing list to stay in loop about Sizzle Episodes and to receive [semi regular] emails about using psychology in your life: https://www.drjotaylor.com/my-mailing-list
In this episode I am joined by Jane Garza. Jane is the Managing Director of NOBL LA a company working with organisational culture and systems.
Jane has spent almost a decade working in HR where she focused her time on reinventing, rebranding, and reimagining what HR does and is. She now coaches and advises world-famous organisations like Calvin Klein, Google Deepmind, and Reddit (!)
We talked about many amazing things, including:
- psychological safety
- team performance
- supporting changes in teams and organisations
- the family as a metaphor for teams
Find Jane at @hijanegarza
Find NOBL at www.nobl.io and @workNOBL on twitter
Find me at @jgetaylor on twitter
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Apr 26, 2020
#017 Cassie Robinson [Narratives, the personal, societal and revolutionary]
Welcome to episode 017 of The Sizzle.
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In this episode, among other things, Cassie and I discuss:
- Tools for exploring narratives and using them therapeutically
- Rituals for sharing experiences and narratives
- Living systems evolving alongside technological systems
- The intelligence of intuition (embodied wisdom)
- Intuition as a muscle
- Narratives as a way to solve problems
- The narrative initiative (stars, constellations and galaxies)
- Statement of Position Maps (Michael White) and using this on a community level.
- Stories and "squaring" interpretations
- Telling your own stories as an act of activism
- The need for language around grief and loss
- Creating a Farewell Fund for organisations which are no longer fit for purpose.
Find out more about Cassie:
@cassierobinson (twitte…
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Nov 22, 2019
#016 Greg Wootton [Muay Thai, Masculinity & Mental Health]
In episode 016 I talk with Greg Wootton, a 2x world champion Muay Thai fighter, personal trainer and coach. We cover topics including:
- The transition from world champion to "more than just a world champion"
- The wonders and dangers of driving to be the best
- Using physical training to develop wellbeing
- Combat sports as a way to explore identity
- Meditation as a way to develop awareness
- The ripple effect of training someone [on society]
- Humility and being beaten
- Masculinity and homophobia in school
- Weight cutting
- Unhelpful habits created through driving to be the best fighter possible
- Warrior mindset Vs Compassionate mindset
- Adapting from a drive and threat mindset.
- Soothing as a fighter
- The elements of fight preparation: Physical, Technical, Strategic (and psychological)
- The importance of a growth mindset
Contact details:
If you'd like to find Greg he is on Insta (greg_wootton)
If you would like to contact me, I am on Twitter @jgetaylor or @…
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Sep 26, 2019
#015 Sue Roffey [Relationships in Education & Inclusive Schools]
On episode #015 we talk about wonderful things, including:
- Sue's amazing writing grotto
- How students recognise that teachers care about them?
- The importance of laughter
- Types of belonging (inclusive and exclusive)
- Sue's ASPIRE pedagogy (agency, safety, positivity, inclusion, respect, equality)
- Greta Thunberg
Further Reading
- Visible Learning (John Hattie )
- Pathways to Belonging (Kelly Allen & Chris Boyle)
- 'Ordinary magic' needs ordinary magicians: The power and practice of positive relationships for building youth resilience and wellbeing (Sue Roffey)
Contact Sue:
www.sueroffey.com
@sueroffey (Twitter)
Contact me:
@jgetaylor (twitter)
Sign up to my mailing list:
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Jun 13, 2019
#014 Karen Treisman [Psychology, Creativity & Trauma Influenced Practice]
Karen is a Clinical Psychologist and expert in trauma informed practice. She delivers training, creates resources and writes books. We talked about:
- Her journey into psychology
- The books she has written about working with trauma
- How social justice is linked to psychological work
- Her creative process: how she writes and creates resources
Find her at
@dr_treisman
http://www.safehandsthinkingminds.co.uk
Contact me on:
@jgetaylor (twitter)
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May 12, 2019
#013 Naveed Parvez [Designing health care based on empathy]
Episode 013 is with Naveed Parvez, co-founder and CEO of Andiamo, a company which builds orthotics using 3D scanning and printing technology.
We talk about:
- How "CEO" is a nebulous title
- The story of Andiamo and how it has almost made Naveed become religious.
- Designing services powered by empathy
- How healthcare could be better
- Decision making and emotions
- Mental health in medicine
- Caring for family members
- Driving meaningful social change
- The importance of revaluing and delivering services
- How close we are to a dystopian reality?
If you want to find out more about Andiamo:
https://andiamo.io
@AndiamoHQ (Twitter)
Suggested reading from Naveed
Doughnut Economics (Kate Raworth)
ANYTHING by Ben Goldacre
If you want to contact me:
@jgetaylor (Twitter)
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Apr 8, 2019
#012 Iesha Small [The Unexpected Leader]
On episode #012 of The Sizzle I talk to Iesha, who is an edu-researcher, former teacher and senior leader. She recently published a book called The Unexpected Leader (link below). We discuss the book and much much more, including: - Unexpected Leadership - Types of Leadership - What Game of Thrones can teach us about leadership - Hip Hop as a tool for sociological examination - Facilitating mental health with photography and walking - Family - Saying what is important, not what is easy - Being "an artist" - Research and story telling Contact Iesha: @ieshasmall (twitter) www.ieshasmall.com Find The Unexpected Leader book here Contact me: @jgetaylor (twitter) Follow The Sizzle at @thesizzlepod (twitter)
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Mar 23, 2019
#011 Dr Reuben Binns [Data Privacy, Ethical Algorithms and Big Tech]
Episode #011 of The Sizzle I talk to Dr Reuben Binns. Conversation topics include:
- Data privacy
- The ethics of artificial intelligence
- How algorithms can be biased
- The social issue of statistics
- Using statistical models to understand intelligence
- Ways we can stay safe online
Find Reuben here:
@RDBinns (twitter)
https://www.reubenbinns.com/
Contact me:
@jgetaylor (twitter)
@thesizzlepod (twitter)
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Mar 5, 2019
#010 Katharine Birbalsingh [Being Headmistress of Michaela, Education & Politics]
On episode 10 I am joined by Katharine Birbalsingh, Headmistress of Michaela Community School. We talk about"
- Free Schools
- Setting out to be different
- Causing controversy through being different
- Teaching from the front of the class Vs facilitating learning
- Teaching content Vs teaching skills
- How structures can facilitate feeling safe
- Actively teaching kindness and gratitude
- Working hard, being kind
- The first moment Katharine realised she wanted to work in education
- Giving a speech at the Conservative Party conference
- The moment Katharine realised she was not Left wing anymore
- Starting Michaela
- Being 'a natural' at PR
- The bravery required to think differently
- Ms Snuffleupagus and Sesame St
- Punishment as a sign of love
Recommended reading from Katharine:
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers: The Michaela Way (Birbalsingh)
The Writing Revolution (Hochman & Wexler)
Teach Like a Champion (Lemov)
Thomas Sowell
Contact Katharine on @miss_snuf…
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Feb 14, 2019
#009 Will de Groot [Masculinity]
- What makes a good hug
- "The Tap" and men ending physical intimacy
- The lack of reference points for intimacy as a man
- Intimacy through combat
- The balance between "your truth" and "the truth"
- Navigating information
- How subjectivity can be a barrier to progress
- The merit of trying to find wisdom when you are surrounded by difference
- The Gillette Ad
- Jordan Peterson
- The way "what it means to be a man" has changed over time
- The 'gentleman' and the French Revolution
- The balance between biological and cultural influences on masculinity
- Trump as an opportunity to consider masculinity
- Using Feminism and a framework for thinking about masculinity
Suggested materials from Will:
- Go The Way Your Blood Beats (Michael Amherst)
- Mixed-Race Superman (Will Harris)
- Mixed Race Faces Insta account
Contact:
Find Will: @willdegroot (Twitter)
Find MEND: @MENDworld (Twitter)
Find me: @jgetaylor (Twitter)
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Feb 2, 2019
#008 Carlos Moreno [Boxing, Philosophy & Business]
- The "martial art mentality"
- Meditation as a means to staying focussed
- Cycles of productivity
- Grit and inspiration
- Daily routines
- Tracking daily effort and perseverance
- Balancing your passion and perseverance levels
- The merits of meditation as part of productivity
- The importance of prioritisation as part of perseverance
- The difference between "a means" and "an end" in working towards our passion
- The different types of the role model within boxing (e.g. technical, moral)
- Boxing training
- Building a business
- The importance of staying connected to your roots
- How "the will to win" needs to be applied intentionally
- The importance of prioritising your projects
- The psychological processes in boxing training
- How terminology can frame understanding
- How boxing can be viewed as a system, like science
- Coaching phrases which contain knowledge and technique
- Using boxing as an analogy (boxing to understand life and using life to understand b…
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Jan 16, 2019
#007 Fiona [The NHS, medicine and being a Dr]
- How people get into medicine (and often don't know what they've for themselves into!)
- The difficulty of getting good work experience in caring professions
- The tension around quitting and "falling out of love" with a career
- How immature people's brains are when they make career decisions
- What training to be a medical doctor looks like
- The transition from lecture based learning to experiential learning (hospital placements)
- Progressing from observing to working "with life and death"
- The complexity of people and illness
- Doctor / Patient power dynamics
- Are we using the best processes to teach people to become Doctors?
- Does the training for medicine work in opposition to the practice it requires?
- How GPs are like a multi petal flower
- Shift patterns, circadian rhythms and sleep
- Researching how to make ourselves healthier
- Complimentary medicine
- The difficulty of filtering evidence for validity and efficacy
- Personalised medicine
- The difficul…
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Dec 26, 2018
#006 Carys Afoko [Feminism]
Episode #006 is with Carys Afoko and we talk about the following:
- Reading habits and "syntopic" reading
- Making friends as an adult
- The similarities between Cardi-B and Angela Duckworth
- Why the word "Feminism" is important
- What Feminism is (for Carys)
- How people engage with the idea of feminism
- How feminism can advantage everyone
- The tension between balancing theory and practical change
- The importance of making movements communal
- The opportunity of bringing "academia" and "personal experience" closer together
- Identity and "sticky labels" (big up Yusef and Yusuf).
- How Feminism can help create an inclusive and supportive society.
- Connecting with the "heart" and "head" space
- How fear and power might influence inequality
- The feminist lessons from Pretty Woman
Recommended by Carys:
- Level Up by Sway (song)
- Level Up by Ciara (song)
- The Power by Naomi Alderman (book)
Find Carys at:
@carysafoko
Find out more about WeLevelUp at:
www.welev…
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Dec 1, 2018
#005 Holly Challenger [User Research and Psychological Services]
So I really wanted to think about how to deliver psychological services better and Holly said she would help me, using her experience as a user researcher and service designer. We talk about:
- What is user centred design?
- Summarising the different parts of the Educational Psychologist's role
- The different ways to think about users of a service
- The different touch points for users of a psychological service
- How we report back about our psychological work
- Using the "highlighter test" to explore the utility of written feedback
- What is the end point of our involvement as psychologists?
- The balance between intuitive work and evidence informed work
- Zooming in vs zooming out, to understand the best way to change something
- Using soft system methodologies to understand the life cycle of a psychology report
- The difference between what people say they do and actually do
- The importance of not jumping to conclusions with hypotheses
- A teaser for future conversations about t…
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Nov 16, 2018
Sizzle Solo Session #1 [Warrior Mindset vs Compassionate Mindset]
Sizzle Solo Sessions (SSS): no guest, just me talking about thoughts I have had recently. As a format, I'm viewing SSS as shorter episodes where I discuss something on my mind. Which, other people can respond to, leading to some learning for us all.
Today I am talking about:
- Warrior mindset
- Compassionate mindset
- Behaviour experiments as a tool to support positive action
- Societal trends for working hard
- Why productivity does not always equals wellness
- Whether providing young people with a "never say die" mindset is actually doing them a disservice?
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Nov 16, 2018
#004 Exploring the thoughts and feelings surrounding a debut boxing fight with Dr Saffin
I am having my first boxing fight on 30th November. I have such conflicting thoughts, feelings and emotions about this and thought, what better way to explore this than with a fellow psychologist? It gets quite deep, but I think it is interesting. We cover:
- The physical and emotional elements of my preparation
- Aggression and trying to win
- Shame and spite
- How I argue and acting from anger
- Exploiting weakness
- Staying in control / controlled aggression
- The possible differences between sparring and fighting
- My worries and fears
- Negative experiences providing rich learnings
- The role of "an opponent"
- My imaginings of the fight
- Visualisation
- The function of intense exercise
- How we can need others to grow
- Immediate pride vs long term pride
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Nov 2, 2018
#003 Kim Ngo [Fitness & Wellness]
We cover:
- How to pronounce Nike
- Kim's journey from financial services to being the best trainer in London (according to Classpass)
- Food&Lycra
- Representation in the fitness industry and the importance of "seeing people like you"
- The tension between the increased promotion of wellness and increased expectations
- Balancing "shiny" and "authentic" social media posts
- The responsibility of having a social media following
- Who Kim thinks is doing amazing things in the fitness and wellness space
- Personalised training vs generalised training
- Different types of fitness
- Taking the first steps towards improved fitness
@kimmayco
@foodandlycra
www.foodandlycra.com
Contact me:
@jgetaylor
sizzle@drjotaylor.com
Further reading:
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
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Oct 27, 2018
#002 Kelly Brooks [Exploring Yoga]
Show Notes:
We cover:
- Kelly's journey to yoga
- So, what is yoga?
- The eight limbs of yoga
#instayoga
- The balance between making yoga accessible and diluting the essence of the philosophy
- The ethics of using yoga as a prescription
- The cultural accessibility of yoga
- The benefits of self care Vs the pressure of unrealistic expectations
- The importance of trust in yoga
- The difference between physical sequences and a yoga practice
Check Kelly out on:
@kellybrooksyoga
www.kellybrooksyoga.com
@klubyoga
Further Reading:
The Tree of Yoga (Iyengar)
Contact me:
@jgetaylor
sizzle@drjotaylor.com
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Oct 13, 2018
#001 The Sizzle: An introduction
This is not even really the first episode, it's more of a prologue. You know sans intro music and editing.
Think: a blind date, where your best friend has set you up with a mystery hottie. You are excited, but basically want to know what the hell you can expect... So listen on to hear my "what and why for The Sizzle". Also, a great chance to get to know my dulcet tones and Hackney accent.
@jgetaylor
thesizzlepod@gmail.com
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