Total Mental Performance
By Kyran O'Neill
Within the Total Mental Performance podcast we’ll be interviewing some of the top coaches in the industry to gather insights on their mindset from their experience and camp fire stories. To help you achieve total mental performance. So, let's lean in, and listen: bit.ly/tmptribe
Total Mental Performance Dec 04, 2022
TMP Client Hot Seat: Xander Connabeer
New TMP Podcast episode now Live! 🎙️
This week, we're putting a spotlight on TMP Client, Xander Connabeer, as he takes the hot seat.
He candidly discusses his struggles with career-ending injuries, self-doubt, burnout, and depression.
Xander initially sought help to optimize his performance but soon realized a deeper need for clarity and understanding.
In this episode, Dan and Xander dive into some fascinating topics:
⚫️ Understanding that Mental Stress Affects Everyone, Regardless of Success.
⚫️ Embracing vulnerability and leaning into discomfort can foster personal growth and connection with others.
⚫️ Trusting the coaching process and being open to change can lead to significant breakthroughs.
⚫️ Shame often becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that keeps us trapped, but sharing our stories can bring love and support.
And much more.
TMP Client Hot Seat: Brendan Meyers
🎙️ New TMP Podcast now live! On the hot seat is a TMP Client: Brendan Meyers! @thebmeyers is the founder of My Coach AI and on the pod we dive deep into really interesting topics including 👇
⚫️ The breakthroughs that Brendan experienced through his coaching journey
⚫️ The Importance of Mental Performance in Entrepreneurship
⚫️ Overcoming Struggles with Worthiness and Control
⚫️ The Power of Simplicity and Patience in Achieving Success
⚫️ Making Decisions from a Place of Clarity
⚫️ Bearing Suffering and Still Performing
⚫️ Focusing on One Area of Improvement at a Time
⚫️ Enhancing Business Performance with Coaching
Victoria Gill: Discovering and Aligning with One's True Values and Identity
This week, we welcome @rebirthwithvictoria a holistic female health coach hosted by our very own mental performance coach, @charlottemelki_tmp
Some interesting topics in the pod include:
⚫️ Victoria's personal journey of striving for perfection and experiencing burnout and how she discovered her true values and identity.
⚫️ The impact of societal conditioning on women's self-worth and the challenges of charging what they're worth.
⚫️ The importance of finding joy in life and the balance between positivity and acknowledging negative emotions.
And so much more.
Antoine Paucod: Self-Preservation, Taking Risks, and Learning from Failure
This week, we welcome @antoinepaucod to the TMP podcast!
Antoine Paucod, the founder of The Coach Team @team_thecoach, brings a unique business model to the table. This model combines gym sourcing with an educational platform, a one-of-a-kind approach that supports the growth of personal trainers.
In the pod, we dive into:
⚫️ The Importance of win-win partnerships
⚫️ Understanding different perspectives
⚫️ Exposure to different languages and cultures shaping the entrepreneurial mindset
⚫️ The significance of psychology in coaching and leadership
⚫️ Failure as part of the process
And so much more!
Charlotte Melki: Reconnecting with Your True Self- The Key to Confidence
Today, we welcome Charlotte, our very own performance coach at TMP! Drawing from neuroscience and her own experiences, she discussed strategies for managing overwhelm and procrastination. Some interesting topics in the pod:
⚫️ Managing Overwhelm: Addressing Excessive Expectations and Thoughts to Enhance Flow
⚫️Task Management Strategies: Prioritizing One Task at a Time, Starting with the Least Desirable
⚫️ Unleashing Confidence: Reconnecting with Your Authentic Self to Access Innate Confidence
⚫️ The Importance of Understanding and Processing Emotions
⚫️ Recognizing Growth Opportunities in Uncomfortable Situations
And so much more.
Ryan Buckingham: Fear of Judgement and Exposure
In this podcast episode, Dan Martin interviews Ryan Buckingham, a transformational coach representing Newgen. They discuss Ryan's journey into coaching, his transformation, and the challenges he faced in building his brand and presence on social media.
Some really interesting topics include:
• Fear of Judgment and Exposure: Anxiety and uncertainty when it comes to putting an authentic version of oneself on social media
• The impact of past experiences on present emotions and the process of emotional mastery.
•Reframing Non-negotiables
And so much more!
Stephen Cheevers: Achieving Peak Performance in Business
This week, we welcome the incredible Stephen Cheevers to the pod. @cheeverscloses is a Fitness Business Mentor and the co-founder of the @thecoachesmentorship 🙌
|In the pod, we dive into:
• Stephen’s personal journey in business.
• Finding the balance between data and creativity.
• The transformative impact on personal and professional life when working on mindset and mental performance.
• Backing oneself and getting results are key to success in business.
• Mental resilience is essential for scaling a business and overcoming challenges.
And so much more!
#TotalMentalPerformance
Ben Canning: Coaching Ethical Hackers
We welcome Ben Canning to the TMP Podcast! 🙌 🎙️
He is a coach who works with hackers and cybersecurity professionals. In the pod, we delve into exciting topics, including:
• Working with hackers and cybersecurity professionals requires a unique approach due to their specific challenges and mindset.
• The role of health and fitness in optimizing the performance of hackers and cybersecurity professionals is not just important, it's crucial.
• Gamifying health and fitness can be an effective way to engage and motivate this community.
• The launch of a supplement brand tailored to the needs of hackers and cybersecurity professionals holds immense potential for providing a valuable solution.
• Identity and belief are critical factors in achieving cognitive performance, and emotional management is often overlooked in this context.
Darren Hill: The Role of Mindset in Trading
Amazing conversation with Darren Hill, a trading expert and entrepreneur, about the importance of mindset in trading and personal growth. Some of the interesting things we discussed👇
• Mindset is a crucial factor in trading success, and it requires self-awareness, resilience, and the ability to make sound decisions. • Comparison can be detrimental, while inspiration can be a powerful motivator. It's important to focus on personal progress rather than comparing oneself to others. • Cognitive biases can affect decision-making in trading, and it's essential to be aware of them and make rational choices based on probability. • People-pleasing and taking on too much can drain energy and hinder personal growth. Learning to say no and delegate tasks is crucial for success. • Total mental performance involves achieving balance, clarity, and energy in all areas of life, not just in business or trading.
Phil Graham: The Blood and Guts of Business
Fascinating conversation with Phil Graham on the TMP podcast now live. Some really interesting topics including: • Personal growth and addressing unmet emotional needs are crucial for success in business and life. • Maintaining validation, adventure, and progress are important for personal fulfillment. • What Phil still wrestles with from a personal and mindset perspective • Being willing to start again and being honest with oneself are key to continued growth and success. Ask yourself difficult questions to uncover the hard truths of how you are living your life. • Invest in your skillset and business to achieve multiplication and free up constraints in your head. • Integrate your mind and soul to access peace and become your own best friend. • Develop thinking skills to navigate challenges and preserve energy. • Business serves the purpose of transforming individuals into the humans they are meant to be.
Adam Glover: Resilience in Adversity and Mental Fortitude
TMP Superstar client Adam Glover and TMP coach Dan Martin jumped on the TMP podcast for an incredible conversation In the pod, we dive into: ⚫️ Adam's evolution from military service to nutrition coaching. ⚫️ Adam's experience highlighting the resilience required to bounce back from setbacks. ⚫️ The profound impact of discovering a new passion. ⚫️ The vital role of community and support in fostering personal and professional development. and so much more! We’re all incredibly proud of your journey here at TMP Adam. We appreciate you 💙
Jordan Breen: Making a Career Out of Art
We're delighted to have our latest guest join us on the podcast., Jordan Breen, a full-time artist with a story as vibrant as his creations! On the pod we’re digging into: ⚫️ The challenges that Jordan experienced, exploring the struggles with self-doubt and the impact of creating art had on building confidence and finding fulfillment. ⚫️ The importance of authenticity in art, discussing how staying true to core values creates a genuine connection with the audience. ⚫️ Behind the scenes of his artistic process, the inspiration behind his creations, and the profound belief that being authentic attracts the right audience. & much much more. A big thank you to Jordan for joining us on the podcast, it definitely is one not to be missed!
Ben Bray: Business Growth, Bodybuilding & Emotional Intelligence
TMP PODCAST
This week we welcome Ben Bray to the podcast. Ben Bray is a coach, bodybuilder, and founder of NEWGEN.
We first met prior to the Coach Convention but finally got chatting more after the event.
Ben has such a great energy and he's built an epic team based around the aim to have a positive impact on the industry by walking the walk for clients and changing as many lives as possible.
Interestingly, we also have similar backgrounds going from the corporate world into the coaching world.
In the podcast we dive into:
- Ben’s origin story - starting off in a corporate job, studying business at university while also developing knowledge in nutrition, becoming a bodybuilder, and finding a passion for self-development.
- How Covid-19 lockdown pushed him to pursue coaching full-time and the scaling process
- His football career and how he filled the emotional gap left by football with fitness and personal development
- The importance of balance as a business owner and how difficult it can be to get this
- How to take time out of the business to think, be present, and evaluate effectiveness in different tasks
- The importance of increasing emotional intelligence and finding time for self-reflection.
& much much more.
A big thank you to Ben for joining us on the podcast, it definitely is one not to be missed!
Joe Brightman: Business, Bodybuilding & Plans For The Future
An absolute pleasure to welcome Joe Brightman on the podcast.
I first met Joe at The Coach Convention . I saw him speak there and I thought, oh, this is an interesting dude. After, I started following him and we began chatting! When I saw he had moved to Dubai I had to get him on the pod.
Joe is an IFBB Pro Classic Physique Bodybuilder who is also a full time online coach & founder of ‘Team Brightman’ who shares a lot of his journey via social media.
On the pod we dive into:
- Joe shares his journey from growing up to where he is now
- Insights about his childhood, struggles with self-doubt and lack of confidence, and finding fulfilment in bodybuilding.
- His reasoning for wanting to start a business, his passion for bodybuilding & his previous jobs
- Joe discusses his decision to move from the UK to Dubai, explaining that he believes it will provide a better environment for success and happiness.
- Joe also reflects on his previous bodybuilding seasons, expressing that he did not enjoy them and wants to have fun during his upcoming preparation
- Throughout our conversation, there is an underlying theme of overcoming self-doubt and allowing yourself to dream big without being held back by limiting beliefs.
- We also dive into his goals for the future & much much more!
Jake Abbott: From Rugby Player to Online Coach
TMP PODCAST
Today we welcome Jake Abbott on the podcast! After chatting with Ben Hawksworth I asked him, who would be a great fit to have on the pod & he said Jake so here we are.
Jake is an ex professional rugby player who played for Worcester Warriors for ten years. He was also part of the World Series with England sevens and reached some heights which ad a pretty tremendous downfall with his mental health.
Now Jake is an online coach // life coach who is relentless in the pursuit of anyone's happiness.
In the pod we dive into:
- Jake’s journey from his rugby career to where he is now and how he got there
- The importance of self-care and maintaining good physical health in order to have high capacity in life.
- Struggles with addiction and he importance of seeking help
- The influence of upbringing and personal experiences on your performance and coping mechanisms
- Setting goals and practical steps for mental performance improvement
- Managing energy and getting more done in less time
& much much more!
Sarah Catterson: Personal Development & Embracing Change
TMP PODCAST
WE ARE BACK! This week we are a wonderful podcast with superstar client Sarah Catterson and Dan.
Sarah and dan have been working together for a while now on our evolution program now.
Sarah's journey to where she is today has been nothing short of incredible. And we are all incredibly inspired by Sarah.
I know that there are many people out there who will also be equally inspired by Sarah and what she has achieved up until this point and will really enjoy listening to this podcast!
In the podcast, we will dive into:
- Sarah’s journey & how she is in such a better headspace since starting with TMP
- Delving into her growth on social media and how no one has everything sorted and that everyone is constantly evolving and facing roadblocks.
- Working on mindset and personal development, not just business
- The journey to accepting and being content with herself, whilst prioritising self-care and realising this will actually improve relationships and business
- Embracing change and not being afraid of it.
Paul Standell: Fears, Anxiety & Insecurities
So this might be the one of, if not the most favourite podcast I have ever shot.
And it was actually shot on Paul Standell, the co founder of the PT project, on their podcast.
The PT project speak all about biomechanics, training, coaching online, how to get results. So if that's your thing, I would definitely recommend checking it out.
But Paul showed he has a huge amount of heart, huge amount of openness, huge amount of vulnerability, and quite frankly, I don't have another politically correct term, but just a huge pair of balls to go to the depths that he did.
In the podcast we dive into:
- What TMP actually is
- Paul’s fears, anxieties, overwhelm, insecurities, self-doubt, guilt, shame, anger, and sadness.
- the importance of doing this inner work to achieve psychological freedom and enhance performance.
- exploring past experiences that have contributed to fears and then how to reframe them with new learnings.
- Visualising a different future and internalising new beliefs about Paul and his capabilities.
- Downtime - how to deal with it // how to make the most of it
- & comparing experiences to Ikea tables (don’t ask!!)
Above is just a snippet of the depths we go into in this podcast, really one not to be missed.
Click the link in our bio to watch in full.
Ciara Rossi: Embracing Authenticity
Today we have a very special guest. We have our very own TMP client and superstar, Ciara Rossi.
She absolutely brought the house down in our client event in Manchester in front of 120 high performance coaches, she just delivered a story that was so inspiring.
She's an incredible leader. She's a coach, She's an entrepreneur.
And we are incredibly privileged to have her on the podcast.
In the podcast we dive into:
- Ciara’s journey from being unsure about Dubai to feeling at home there.
- We discuss Ciara’s background and how growing up with a single mother has shaped her life/ambition
- We chat about her current projects, including running two businesses with a team and focusing on building a community of women
- The launch of Rossi apparel and bringing in help for that side of the business.
- We also talk about her journey towards self-discovery, embracing her authenticity, and overcoming self-imposed limitations.
& much much more!
Simon Dutton: Beating Imposter Syndrome
TMP PODCAST
Today we welcome Simon Dutton to the podcast, a TMP graduate!
He helps coaches beat imposter syndrome and improve client results.
Simon spent 4 years in Hong Kong including time in pandemic in which he has had a massive amount of experiences, both positive & negative!
Today in the podcast we dive into:
- Life in Hong Kong and the drastic differences to living in the UK (very interesting!)
- Psychological switches from his experiences of Hong Kong.
- Simon’s time with TMP & how he cannot believe he is a graduate now!
- The brain's tendency to focus on negativity despite the potential benefits of positive experiences.
- Simon’s experience of imposter syndrome and overcoming self-doubt through pushing boundaries.
& much much more.
A very interesting podcast with a real insight into life before & after TMP.
Nick Screeton - Achieving Greatness
TMP PODCAST
Today we welcome Nick Screeton to the podcast
He's a body transformation coach that helps men become the best versions of themselves in body, in mind and performance.
I have been working with Nick this year and this guy just has a great energy. He's taken risks, he's dove deep, and he's got a story to share with all of us.
In the podcast we dive into:
- How his business grew & moving online during covid
- Nick’s journey from a good place and the desire to scale and achieve greatness
- The importance of being vulnerable
- Emotional challenges of being a leader and the importance of challenging yourself
- Surrendering and pushing yourself to achieve goals.
- Consistency and small steps leading to great results
& much much more.
Eoin Dobbin Catto: The Calm Amidst The Chaos
Today we have Dan in the host seat with a TMP graduate Eoin Dobbin Catto.
Eoin was much of party boy from a very young age and said that at the time it gave him purpose. Everything he did, he would take to the extremes. Even when he had some success with crypto, he blew it. It was the gym that turned it around Eoin & gave him more of a focus.
In the podcast Eoin and Dan dive into:
- Who Eoin was before he started to work with TMP
- The power of authenticity
- The difference between coaching delivery and the business side of coaching
- Finding a sense of existential purpose.
- Current state and purposefulness.
- Growing a business
- How he sums up his time with TMP
“The calm amidst the chaos”
Zakk Colburn - Scaling an Online Coaching Business
Today, we welcome Zakk Colburn to the podcast.
He is the founder of PTBI. They help fitness coaches ultimately build out amazing fitness coaching businesses online.
Zakk started off his business ventures very early as he got his first job in high school which made him think ‘how can I make money quicker?!’ After several failed attempts, his friend suggested making an online coaching company.
At that moment, Zak decided that he was going to go all in, and that was how his journey started on how to scale a coaching business and how to grow it.
His main aim was to quit his job and after a slow burn, he managed to scale to $10k.
In our podcast we dive into:
- How to get noticed in the industry
- The importance of confidence in delivering results and marketing oneself as a coach
- The parallels between software sales and coaching in terms of belief in one's product or service.
- The mental challenges faced when starting and scaling a coaching business, including fear of judgment and insecurity
- Why networking with people is essential for making connections and getting more clients into coaching programs.
- Scaling a business involves learning new skills like lead strategy, Facebook ads, building teams, etc., which can be challenging but rewarding.
& much much more.
Tanner Chidester
Today we welcome Tanner Chidester to the podcast checking in from Miami.
Tanner is the founder and CEO of the Elite CEOs, making him over $70 million dollars in 4 years.
Tanner started off in the fitness industry when he created his first business ‘Fit Warrior’ which didn’t get off to the best start but at 25 he managed to hit $1 million turnover.
Then born was two further businesses, one being Elite CEOs which helps business owners grow & scale.
In our podcast we will be diving into:
- Tanner’s childhood & how he went from a boy to the owner of a multi million dollar companies
- Is working hard enough to make it?
- How Tanner felt when he hit the heights of earning millions
- Why external validation is holding you back
- How aligning with people the same has himself has brought him happiness
& much much more…
Nikki Antonaccio - Slowing Down to Speed Up
Today we have Nikki Antonaccio on the pod.
Nikki is a Nutrition Psychology Coach and the founder of Best Version Yet.
I first met Nikki in Dubai and I just sensed such a unique energy from her. Very driven & bright.
But as with so many of the people we work with at TMP, that driven attitude can also bring the downside of burnout.
In Nikki’s words her life has really changed since working with us as she can still be a high performance person, but without the overwhelm.
In out podcast we dive into:
- Nikki’s inner story of feeling the need to overwork/succeed to feel good enough.
- How Nikki became a Nutrition Psychology Coach.
- The art of surrender - understanding we don’t have to be ‘perfect’ all of the time.
- How slowing down can actually mean speeding up.
- Why Nikki used to wake up in panic before working with TMP.
& much much more.
Thank you to Nikki for jumping on, it was a pleasure.
Brendan Meyers - Owning Your Identity
What a privilege to have Brendan Meyers on the pod.
He is the CEO of @mycoachai - MyCoach AI is a health & wellbeing platform which helps coaches & small businesses generate more customers by automating processes.
It’s all in all a super cool platform.
I feel that everything we spoke about in this podcast is exactly why I launched TMP.
We dive into:
- How/why Brendan created MyCoach AI
- How he changed his path due to a lack of love for what he was doing
- Looking at his ‘WHY?’
- Looking at the difference between I NEED TO and I WANT ONE!
- How ambition nearly killed me!
- Why by owning your identify can be the key to your success
- Why guilt & shame could be ruining your success
& MUCH MUCH MORE!
Ryan Moore - Building a Wealthy Mindset
Today we are talking money, money, money with Ryan Moore - Wealth Coach & Financial Advisor.
Such a pleasure to have Ryan on the podcast.
We actually know each other because we have a lot of mutual clients.
& as I like to say good people know good people.
We will dive into;
- Building a wealthy mindset
- Understanding the mistakes that coaches make and how to prevent them
- Opening your mind on how to make your money work for you
- Understanding financial freedom
- Revenue & investment
& much much more….
James Gibson - Money Mindset
TMP PODCAST
James was massively immersed in the bodybuilding community as his Accountancy career was taking off.
But something was missing.
He wanted to have more interaction with people & provide a level of care and support for people, as this was the person he was.
So, born was FitPro Financial - Accountancy for Fitness Businesses/Coaches.
Combining his love for fitness & people alongside his unmatched knowledge.
In this podcast we dive into:
Numbers - the importance of tracking them & not hiding away.
Profit - understanding that even if someone is making a lot of money, what is their actual profit?
Profit after tax
Compounding when it comes to numbers
Financial forecasting & planning
Money mindset
& much much more.
Vince Del Monte - The OG of Online Fitness Business Marketing
Vince Del Monte - Every Story is Different
Vince was previously an extremely successful fitness coach helping guys gain muscle.
He later transitioned into helping trainers make more money through social media positioning and marketing - ‘The OG of Online Fitness Business Marketing’
In this episode we dive into:
Levelling up & unhealthy drive
Comparison
Overachievers paradox
Ambition and whether we are pressured in society to be a certain way
What having a 7 or 8 figure business can cause
Why having a lot of money can ruin your life
Obsession with ‘what’s next?’
Hitting rockbottom
Managing your state
& what is worth sacrifice…
One not to be missed.
Charlotte Melki - TMP's Newest Addition
Charlotte Melki - TMP's Newest Addition
We’ve onboarded a weapon of a new coach to the TMP coaching team
Charlotte is a lot like all TMPers, a wonderful balance of compassionate yet driven by performance
She’s got 10 years of experience in corporate marketing management in London
Handling over £10,000,000 in marketing budget for world-famous spirits brands, such as Jack Daniel’s, Absolut Vodka, Havana Club, Malibu, Chivas Brothers and more.
Charlotte has a master's degree in Neuroscience and a master’s degree in business and marketing.
On top of that, she’s also a qualified cognitive hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, EMDR practitioner and was trained as a coach by internationally renowned coach Jamie Smart.
Honoured to have you aboard changing our corner of the universe one ambitious mind at a time!
Steve Calvert - My First Business Mentor
This episode is full of stories: hope, trials, errors, and trying again.
Our guest is a giant who motivated, backed, and supported a young, insecure and incredibly ambitious Kyran.
Meet Steve, the owner and head mechanic of Hall Grove Garage.
He’s my first ever business mentor and boxing sponsor who I met at the age of 12.
We will dive into:
How Steve supported Kyran with his first business ideas
How Kyran at age of 16 got a unique seller's license from a US company.
How Steve supported Kyran when he failed and helped him learn hands-on lessons
Steve's care and support means the world to me.
He opened the door to business to me as a kid, without him, I wouldn’t be where I am today.
Thank you mate, I appreciate you more than you’ll ever know
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Callum Edwards - Grounded Momentum
Our guest is the founder of the legendary @graphfit.co
Callum and his team literally built the visual look and feel of TMP.
(Apart from the Logo, Kyran is still proud of that Canva moment of self-proclaimed genius)
We'll dive into:
- How TMP's brand was born and shaped
- Building strong team relationships
- How team culture is crucial for your brand
- Phasing down your pace to keep a steady growth
- How SOPs are the skeleton of your business' productivity and bandwidth
- How to become a really prominent coach
- Callum's way to encourage the team and acknowledge each one's role
- Being passionate and authentic vs wrapping your identity around your business
- Key traits of a successful business owner
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Alice Blackledge - Scarcity to Abundance
Our today's guest is our TMP superstar and successful women’s coach @aliceblackledge
Alice helps women love themselves & feel empowered whilst achieving their dream body without a restrictive lifestyle.
We will dive into:
- How Alice overcame her limiting beliefs "I am not good enough", "I am not worthy of it"
- How to keep yourself afloat when life is smacking you in the face with the baseball bat
- How Alice articulated her own version of abundance and started making it happen
- How Alice discovered her purpose while being a flight attendant.
- How Alice gained clarity and direction during her journey on the Evolution program
- How consistent learning and evolving helps you to be the best version of yourself and deliver outstanding coaching
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
James Sutton - The Art of Coaching
@james_sutton_coaching is the Co-Founder of the PT Project and has decades of coaching experience.
In this episode we explore:
- James’ coaching story and his biggest mindset blocker right now
- The importance of not building your career and business too deliberately
- The ability to adapt your coaching style
- Coaches that last vs those that don’t
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Keegan Hirst - Being A Shameless High Performance Machine
TMP Superstar client @keeganhirst dropping some wisdom bombs on this episode! He made the pilgrimage from TMP guest, listener, client and back to guest! He is as successful, driven, and hard working as he was. Yet, something in his life has dramatically changed.
We’ll dive into:
- Life of abundance and alignment with your values
- Why Keegan, after working with therapists, coaches, and mentors decided to work with TMP
- How Keegan broke his now-what cycle and started living a life on his own terms
- Keegan’s limiting beliefs and how he overcame them
- Which limiting beliefs are often imposed on LGBTQ+ community
- One of the way’s TMP coaches use to rewire your mind and help you holistically change on a deep subconscious level
- Surrender as a powerful tool to move forward
- How we rewired Keegan's mind to operate out of abundance
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Dan Martin - Sales Tales
@dan_tmp and I will dive into the rampant jungles of our past in the sales.
Join in, to meet two yuppy, insecure, ruthlessly driven and ambitious dudes pushing our sales careers in central London.
This episode is full of memories and stories.
We'll dive into:
- How a sales career influences the way you are perceived
- Client communication models
- How Kyran sold a chewed pen to his first CEO
- How boxing and sales environments "helped" Kyran develop comparison syndrome
- Key customer question to ask to gain clarity
- How Kyran learned to fuck things up and build resilience in his first sales job
- Rejection is just words
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Matt Cooney - The International Laptop Lifestyle
@mcfuturefitness TMP Graduate shares his story on how a profound personal setback completely changed his life. He’s achieved the dream many coaches and entrepreneurs work towards. A thriving coaching business serving 100s of clients whilst being able to travel the world.
Every time we jumped on a call, Matt was often in a different country from Dubai, Ireland Bali, Thailand, Australia and then some.
We learn:
-How to enjoy the laptop lifestyle and still perform
-Coaching Delivery vs Coaching Entrepreneurship
-How Matt beat uncertainty, not feeling good enough and imposter syndrome
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Rikki Halfpenny - From Self Sabotage to Peak Performance
TMP Graduate @rikki_halfpenny_fitness and @Dan_TMP jump on the podcast for a cracking episode to dive into Rikki’s story.
Rikki is a great online coach and professional wrestler.
We'll explore: -His background as a senior operations engineer, professional wrestler and coach -How addiction, self sabotage and bottling up his emotions held him back -How Rikki hits peak performance, hits flow state and gets shit done!
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Amie Barlow - Coaching with ADHD
“You will be working all your life at a chicken factory” - they would tell Amy when she was a child with ADHD.
She experienced a lot of friction growing up. Because of her ADHD symptoms, she went through a lot of pressure and misunderstanding from her family and teachers
Today @amiebfit_ Amie is a thriving ADHD functional fitness coach. She helps women with ADHD gain confidence and structure, using functional fitness.
We’ll explore:
- What is ADHD, behavioral features, superpowers and weaknesses - 2 Different ways children with ADHD react to negative messages from people around them - Kyran’s proactivity coping mechanism - Key struggles in fitness coaching for ADHD clients - Understanding the downside of your unique neurochemistry and harnessing the upsides - Root and body of perfectionism - Mental health and performance side of therapy
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Dean Hammond - Coach, Soldier, Leader
TMP Graduate @coach_dean_hammond is a high-performing man with a very tight schedule.
He is the founder of Elevation at Supercharged Fitpro, a mentor within @olliecarson__ Supercharged group, a full-time serving soldier, husband and Dad.
It’s safe to say, time is tight, this is a man who gets shit done.
We dive into:
-How Dean has hit true authenticity and backing
-The shift from scarcity / fear to abundant confidence
-How powerful conversations can change your life
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Anna Moon - Scarcity to Abundance
Our today's guest is a TMP superstar client, @train.with.anna
She’s a true TMP OG as one of our first ever clients and still puts in her mental performance work to this day.
I’m deeply proud of how far she’s come given her story and the physiological set backs she has experienced (even though she refuses to make excuses)
Over the past couple of years, Anna has completely rewired the way she thinks, operates, and performs.
Totally unrecognisable to where she was when she started with us.
Today, we will dive into:
- How being focused on numbers and social media engagement can drain coaches and steal all the joy from the process
- How Anna's decision to delete her 240k-followers' account influenced her life and business
- The vital key of understanding the difference between mindset and female hormones on performance
- Anna's personal experience with burnout and how she managed to switch to a different mode of operating
- How working out of pain easily pushes coaches into burnout
- Focus on yourself and your business to build a truly satisfying coaching service
- Can we be successful after letting go of the pain and chaos that had pushed us to achieve success?
- How to optimise your daily life for peak performance
- The art of surrender as a powerful tool in living a more productive life
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Lucy Cooke - From Overwhelmed Coach to Confident Business Owner
Our today's guest is a true TMPer: resilient, driven, and striving to make a difference. Meet our TMP superstar, @lucy_liftyourlife Today, we'll dive into: - How Lucy became an online fitness coach - Lucy's personal experience with deep work to rewire her mind for peak performance - What is trauma: how insignificant things in your childhood can hugely influence your life and mental performance - How Lucy overcame anorexia, and how she manages to maintain high level of coaching delivery and service while navigating through health challenges - What's the cost of too high social expectations around the coach’s body image - The importance of gravitating towards more sustainable standards - How fear of failure prevented Lucy from smashing through 50-client glass ceiling - Lucy's conscious transformation from overwhelmed coach into the thriving business owner - How to optimise your schedule for showing up powerfully for your clients
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Kuba Cielen - Discipline, Passion and Results
Our today’s guest is a true master of self-discipline @kuba_sylvester_cielen. Kuba is the owner of Ultra Flex Rotherham Gym, co-founder of the MK and a bodybuilding athlete.
Moving as an 11-year-old in the UK, Kuba has faced a lot of adversity very early in life. He’ll share his exciting story and learnings he got along the way.
We’ll explore:
- How discipline became Kuba’s superpower
- Kuba’s journey from doorman to a successful and respected coach
- What defines you as a person and gives confident humbleness
- Kuba’s personal drivers for consistent happiness and productivity in business and life
- 2 questions to help you operate with passion and fulfilment
- Kyran’s identity collapse and how he reshaped it
- The beauty and wisdom of boxing
- How to find the beauty in your struggles
- Key actions to reduce overwhelm
- A simple rule to prevent your team from burning out
If you’d like to explore working with us to achieve Total Mental Performance - apply here
Tony McAleavey - Prevention & Cure
Today, @tonymcaleavey will take us on a remarkable journey. Tony will tell us about his evolution from a firefighter to coach to fitness entrepreneur to business mentor.
We’ll explore:
- Honesty with yourself and others as an anti-burnout pill
- 2 key factors to help you keep moving and growing when you’re stuck
- How our identity evolves during life
- What is the basis of long-term intrinsic motivation
- The real reason behind our “lack of time”
- Dark and light energy in your life and business
- Hire for attitude over knowledge and skills: It's hard to teach somebody how to be a good person.
- Where is the finish line of success?
Kyle Topping - Perfectionism to Level Headed Confidence
Our today’s guest is TMP client @trainedbytopping. Kyle helps people regain their health, happiness and confidence by building unbreakable habits.
Kyle will share his story of how he transformed his perfectionism, fear of failure and self-criticism into solid self-belief, consistency, and peace. I'm not enough in various different ways, or looking to the future.
We’ll explore:
-How to break out of the perfectionism loop
-How unrealistic standards lead you to burnout
-Kyle’s 3 pillars to live a truly fulfilled and unrestricted life
-How to stop conforming to other people’s expectations and follow your own North Star
-How to approach client’s graduation with peace and gratitude
-Building your independence as a healthy phase of coaching
-3 Self-awareness filters for operating for consistency, rather than perfectionism
We are incredibly proud of you Kyle!
Mark Coles - Coaching, Through And Through
“I am a coach through and through. I care about the individuals impacting lives” says today’s guest, @markcolesm10.
Coaching is what makes Mark happy and fulfilled. And here he is now, 24 years in the industry, having founded @coaching_concierge and @m10_coaching.
Mark and his team have impacted thousands of lives by teaching fitness coaches how to turn their passion & purpose into a successful fitness business.
We’ll dive into:
- How being bullied as a child, motivated him to build a strong physique, pushed him to think more deeply and seek deeper meaning
- How parents shape personality patterns in their children and condition them to certain ways of being
- What is the basis of a truly fulfilling business
- How we are the creator of our own reality.
- How to create a team culture for a thriving business and what to base it on.
- If you want to just make money - go fast, if you want to build a brand - build slow.
- Visionaries and integrators and how they impact team culture.
- Mark’s concept of the coffee cup and how you can increase your production capacity.
- Emotional stability being the core of long-term business success.
- Joy optimisation approach used by TMP coaches
- 1 key question to identify your AUTHENTIC desires and cut through the noise
- How to develop entrepreneurial and business mastery
Lee Hand - Taking Risks and Making It Happen
Our today’s guest is @mrleehand. Lee is the founder of Lean Into Life Coaching.
He leads individuals to a solid physique, mental fortitude & a life with powerful purpose.
Lee will take us on his breathtaking journey. When the whole world was paralised by fear during lockdown, Lee jumped on a plane with a one-way ticket. Closed down his PT business, and moved to Dubai…
We’ll dive into:
- How Lee turned a catastrophe into one of his greatest successes
- How he transformed a limiting belief that in order to survive, you had to act like you are tough and impenetrable
- Why vulnerability is necessary to become a world-class leader and build deeper personal relationships
- What is the difference in operating out of dark vs light energy to achieve success
- How boxing rewired Lee’s perception of fear, failure, and uncertainty
- 3 tips from Kyran’s coach to make fear your minion
- Key questions to identify your authentic desires
- 3 support network layers
- What keeps you motivated on a long-term business growth journey and makes you limitless
Ben Hawksworth - From Performance Anxiety to Neurodiverse Peak Performance
Our today’s guest is a real operator, @benhawksworth_.
I’ve had the honour of coaching Ben, what he’s building is truly remarkable and is on a very unique path. You’re not following him already, it’s journey you don’t want to miss…Ben is a founder of The Coach Consultant Agency, CP Education Academy, and the Coaching Convention. Ben and his team create & develop successful fitness professionals from grass roots level up to world-leading coaches / coaching brands. All having started as a driven on the gym floor PT.
We’ll dive into:
- How Ben overcame a business loss of a whopping £120,000 in the middle of the pandemic and what learnings he got out of it
- What Ben has taken away from his TMP Evolution experience
- What coaches are running away from by conquering new challenges
- How Ben learned to navigate his neurodiversity and use it to his benefit
- How he overcame performance anxiety and built his personal identity
- Why sole structure is not enough for getting rid of performance anxiety
- Optimising for joy and how it can change your life
- Operating in king vs underdog state as a business leader
- How to make sure you remember YOURSELF while serving others
Andy Trinder - Anxious Procrastination to Confident Clarity
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Today @dan_tmp has hijacked the TMP Podcast with TMP Super client @andytrinder_, the founder of Beginners Coach. His coaching is transforming how beginners experience and operate within the gym.We’ll dive into:
- How Andy overcame overwhelm and fear and realised he didn’t have to DESERVE downtime
- How to wake up refreshed and energetic, instead of being exhausted in the morning
- How Andy found his deeper mission and deeper connection with himself, which enabled him to serve his clients even better
- How Andy managed to transform his endless to-dolists and procrastination into clarity structure, and consistency
- A simple way to boost your productivity level
- How journalling can change your life
- Why many coaches have big misconception about procrastination and opening real reasons for it
- The three key questions to detach false feelings of sadness and guilt when a client leaves the program/coaching
Claire O'Sullivan - Growing at Peace
Join TMP superstar @claireosullivan_coaching in our latest podcast episode “growing at peace”.
Claire has built a wonderful mindset whilst leading a high-performance coaching service with over 100+ clients.
We dive into:
- How Claire discovered her calling to become a coach through being a qualified NHS physiotherapist and studying nutrition.
- How Covid catapulted Claire's transition into a full-time fitness coach.
- How Claire learned to feel her feelings and understood herself on a much deeper level.
- How you can use scientific thinking to drive coaching results
- How to create and bring world-class energy to sales calls
- How to use your suffering as a source of creativity and growth.
Adam Hayley - From Cleaning Treadmills to World Leading Fitness Business Mentor
Huge episode today with Adam Hayley
Long-time TMP Client and good friend Adam is the founder of Online Trainer Education, one of the world's first and biggest fitness business masterminds.
In this raw and uncut conversation, we will explore:
- Adam's journeys starting out as a lifeguard to just a get a foot in the door of the gym cleaning treadmills, to eventually become a coach
- Throwing the in-person mastermind event in a post covid world
- How, being introvert, you can still become a fully booked coach
- Building a successful online fitness business BEFORE fitness mentorships existed and online coaching was a thing
- Adam's TMP journey and how he took his confidence, productivity and leadership to another level
- How one speaking gig transformed the direction of TMP
I know that so many coaches will get value from this conversation.
Cannot wait to shoot part 2!