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Uncomfortable is OK Podcast — 309 episodes
UIOK 316: Dave Wood, pushing back against stress
UIOK 315: Improving our collective intelligence with Ian Harvey
UIOK 314: Getting strategic about your resolutions for 2023 with James Brummer-Taylor
UIOK 313: James Clear re-release
UIOK 312: Playing the change game
UIOK 311: Jennifer Young, learning and unlearning
UIOK 310: Brad Dixon, building holistic humans
UIOK 309: Dr Kris Lee, worth the risk
UIOK 308: Richard Bowles, embrace the dark side
UIOK 307: Performance self-compassion
UIOK 306: Kane Brisco, tools from the top paddock
UIOK 305: Ant Williams, a deep dive into discomfort
UIOK 304: Portia Bing, you're never too cool to try
UIOK 303: MY Health Plan
UIOK 302: Belinda Morgan, solving the part time puzzle
UIOK 301: Callum McKirdy, thinking different about thinking different
UIOK 300: James Brummer-Taylor, the business of high performance
UIOK 299: Luke McFarlane Kiwi Dude's talking mental health
UIOK 298: Responding to pressure - transcending the crisis interview with Si Alhir
UIOK 297: Chase Hughes influencing behaviour
UIOK 296: 5 ways to live more positively with Dr David Keane
UIOK 295: Welcome Back
294: I'm in
UIOK 293: Yeah I'm fine just .....
UIOK 292: Put on your raincoat and head towards the storm
UIOK 291: Help yourself through adversity
UIOK 290: Leading through challenge
UIOK 289: Strategic Discomfort
UIOK 288: Mentally healthy workplaces
UIOK 287: The opportunity-centric mindset
UIOK 286: Crazy Busy
UIOK 285: Tomorrow's mindful leaders
UIOK 284: Mindfully Kicking Ass
UIOK 283: Lisa Tamati is Relentless
UIOK 282: Pulling the curtain back
UIOK 281: We adapt to life - choose it wisely
UIOK 280: Why you need to choose hardship
UIOK 279: Trying to understand my mind
UIOK 278: Giving a flip
UIOK 277: Embrace failure
UIOK 276: Getting real with your health
UIOK 275: Shine your light with pride
UIOK 274: Design for purpose
UIOK 273: Step back, step up, step in
UIOK 272: Lifelong learning
UIOK 271: 4 Uncomfortable things 2019
UIOK 270: What is my intent?
UIOK 269: Understanding privilege
UIOK 268: The 4 reasons you give up
UIOK 267: Never Be Complete
UIOK 266: Daily Discomfort
UIOK 265: Gold Nuggets for small business
UIOK 264: Fearless receiving
UIOK 263: Mix it up
UIOK 262: I will survive
UIOK 261: Sort your buckets before you kick the bucket
UOK 260: Empathetic Problem Solving
UIOK 259: Premortem
UIOK 258: The body whispers before it screams
UIOK 257: Do it with your mates
UIOK 256: Use Hope to train Resilience
UIOK 255: The alter Ego effect
UIOK 254: Implement with the habit loop
UIOK 253: The 5 second rule
UIOK 252: A compassionate mess
UIOK 251: How I need to be different
UIOK 250: What's uncomfortable right now
UIOK 249: 6 life lessons 6 weeks after surgery
UIOK 248: Get unstuck with Gratitude
UIOK 247: No More excuses
UIOK 246: Contrast your perspective
UIOK 245: In the mind of a Silver Fern
UIOK 244: Get Under the Duck
UIOK 243: Better Gifts
UIOK 242: The 6 pillars of building resilience
UIOK 241: Break a leg
UIOK 240: Capacity
UIOK 239: Dog's eye view
UIOK 238: What is Uncomfortable?
UIOK 237: If-Then approach
UIOK 236: The next step
UIOK 235: Watch the Horizon
UIOK 234: Check Yourself
UIOK 233: The Running Commentary
UIOK 232: Get your shit together
UIOK 231: Power posing
UIOK 230: Trust the process
UIOK 229: Always work on yourself
Use a different strategy
UIOK 228: Over and Over again
UIOK 227: Patience kills suffering
UIOK 226: The 3rd person
UIOK 225: 3rd birthday ask me anything
UIOK 146: Don't rely on what you've done
Breathe
Carpe Diem
UIOK 145: Cultivate chaos
Avoidance is like a drug
UIOK 144: Professional Explorer
Develop a strong WHY
UIOK 143: Beyond Social Conditioning
The Brain Purge
UIOK 142: Making changemakers
UIOK 141: Understanding the emotional landscape
The Cookie Jar
UIOK 140: Uncovering Genius
Growth Mindset
UIOK 139: Trekking across Greenland
Discomfort surfing
UIOK 138: Swim for life
How will this feel tomorrow?
UIOK 137: Mental Fitness
Forcing Functions
Roaring with Stag
10x Challenge
UIOK 135: Uncivilized
Build resilience - go back into the comfort zone
What I've been up to
Build Resilience- community
UIOK 133: Engineering Behavior
Build resilience by understanding WHY
UIOK 132: Uncertain
Progressively train resilience
UIOK 131: Living better
Build Resilience
UIOK 130: Behind the thoughts
No one regretted going for a swim
UIOK 129: Breaking through
Motivation in the moment
Float interview
Don't wish it was easy - make yourself bette
4 uncomfortable moments
Great privilege, Great responsibility
UIOK 126: Chasing Dreams
Non-linear improvement
UIOK 125: Unstructured
Sober
UIOK 124: The Surprise Note
Multiple comfort zones
UIOK 123: Perfect day
Why you need to pay attention to the ripple effect
UIOK 122: Freedom
Patience
UIOK 121: Changing Lives
Win the day
UIOK 120 : Creative Unicorn
Develop a Mantra
UIOK 119: Meet the Mentor
UIOK Evolution 11
UIOK 118: Move More
UIOK Evolution 10
UIOK 117: Atomic Habits
UIOK Evolution 9
UIOK 116: FUNctional Health
UIOK Evolution 8
UIOK 115: Style your life
UIOK Evolution 7
UIOK 114: Positive Evolution
UIOK Evolution 6
UIOK 113: Transform your mind and body
UIOK Evolution part 5
UIOK Evolution part 4
UIOK 112: Realising Purpose and Possibilities
UIOK Evolution Part 3
UIOK 111: An abundant mindset
UIOK Evolution Part 2
UIOK 110: Lose your limits
UIOK Evolution Part 1
Float Lessons
UIOK 109: Living on the skinny branches
Urgent vs Important
UIOK 108: Please blow my mind
What Ideas should I pursue?
UIOK 107: Tackling the plastic problem
Ask yourselves the same questions over and over
UIOK 106: Not doing the same shit all over again
Do more not less
UIOK 105: Getting 1% better with 24 hour MTB world champion and cancer survivor Jess Douglas
Why you need a pair of Lucky Undies
UIOK 104: Sam O’Sullivan
Four Lessons from Traver Boehm, the man with a year to live
How training to get uncomfortable makes you stronger
UIOK: Heads up
How a NZ crowdfunding CEO improved my self-awareness
UIOK 103: Hannah Ivanova
UIOK: ABD to Victory
UIOK 102: Darryl Edwards Play is Serious
4 lessons learned from adventure sport pioneer and maverick filmmaker Clive Neeson
UIOK 101: Dave Hanley Unlocking Creativity
Uncomfortable is OK
UIOK 100: Digby Scott doing new better
UIOK: Honing my self analysis skills with Will Fleming
UIOK 99: Brandon Te Moananui
UIOK: Deso Runs Track
UIOK 98: Pat Armitstead the Art of Joy
Buzzing around the world lessons from Stephen McDowell
UIOK 97: Andy Proctor the science of happiness
Turning straight objects into curvaceous pieces of timber that take a thrashing
UIOK 96: James Cherrie
Rania Hoteit - moving through a challenge
UIOK 95: Bill Kerr making the world a happier place through travel, exercise, mindfulness, and conversation
Build your support network
UIOK 94: Dr Sam Shay
UIOK: Live like a dog
UIOK 93: Soulaima Gourani
UIOK: Joel Bouzaid, the advice I wish I had
UIOK 92: Tom Ahern your mind mate
The advice I wish I had, Tyson Franklin
UIOK 91: Lisa Tamati Pushing the Limits
12 simple challenges to get you out of your comfort zone in 2018
UIOK 90: Finding stillness in a busy world - Float Well
Joel Bouzaid Freedom
UIOK 89: Rania Hoteit Designing the World
Be your friend
UIOK 88: Dr Greg Emerson Constantly Evolving
UIOK 87: Five Uncomfortable lessons 2017
UIOK 86: Cam Calkoen
Habit formation
UIOK 85: Steph Gaudreau becoming harder to kill
How resting helps you get out of your comfort zone
UIOK 84: Bailey McCormack unleashing your inner performer
5 expert strategies to help you get uncomfortable
UIOK 83: Irma Schutte - It's always awkward until it becomes elegant
What is Optimal Anxiety and how can we use it to help maximise our performance?
UIOK 82: Lucy O'Connor re-think, re-define, re-invent
What is your comfort zone?
UIOK 81: Renee Kiri - When the mind wants to, but the body can't keep up
UIOK 80: Leslie Harrington
UIOK 79: Shut Up And Dance
UIOK 78: Tyson Franklin - sharing secrets
UIOK 77: Justine Hamill. How I want my life to be
UIOK 76: Spike Edwards Safety is Dangerous
UIOK 75: Grant "Axe" Rawlinson
UIOK 74: Eric Hodgdon losing someone else doesn't mean you have to lose yourself
UIOK 73: Traver Boehm, Zero Fucks Living
UIOK 72: Clive Neeson
UIOK 71: Anna Guenther helping kiwis fund the things they care about
UIOK 70: Will Fleming
UIOK 69: Lucy Revill
UIOK 68: Digby Scott
UIOK 67: Joel Bouzaid
UIOK 66: Ben Logan The Power of Preparation
UIOK 65: Art Green
UIOK bonus episode: Wuu2k
UIOK 64: Alex Hare - Why you should always make your bed
UIOK 63: Perry Newburn
UIOK 62: Dr Greg Emerson - Riding in the saddle and not in the armchair
UIOK 61: Jerram Watts
UIOK 60: Lynn "Red" Paterson return of the kayaking nomad
UIOK 59: The Art of Survival with Ben Logan
UIOK 58: Leaving a legacy I can be proud of with Thomas Maharaj
UIOK 57: Kathy Tracey
UIOK 56: Travelling the world and finding new passion with Stephen McDowell "The Buzzy Kiwi"
UIOK 55: Environmentally friendly surfing with Jack Candlish
UIOK 54: Running in the family with the O'Sullivans
UIOK 53: Running into the dark with Fraser Ross
UIOK 52: Breaking Stereotypes with Noa Woolloff
UIOK 51: Creating the future of personalised health with Ben Warren
UIOK 50: Alex Asher - Strait to Cape the return journey
UIOK 49: Changing Mental Health Education with Lucy McSweeney
UIOK 48: The enjoyment of pivoting with Rebecca Stewart
UIOK 47: Plastic free Philippines with Anna Dawson
UIOK 46: Cape Reinga to Bluff on a bike with Craig Harper
UIOK 45: Playing the infinite game with Bart De Vries
UIOK 44: The transition out of professional sport with Ged Robinson
UIOK 43: Don't be afraid of the random walk with Dr Sarb Johal
UIOK 42: May Contain Sex Scenes with Sabrina Martin
UIOK 41: Warning, no swimming at Wellington's beaches
UIOK 40: Don't get drunk and start a charity with Marie Fitzpatrick and Nic Murray
UIOK 39: Cool Bits #2
UIOK 38: Cool Bits
UIOK 37: Irene Wakefield, everything starts with you
UIOK 36: Outdoor Adventures are Awesome with David Woolfe
UIOK 35: Double-edged Sword with Simonne Butler
UIOK 34: Delivering the message of change with Marianne Elliott
UIOK 33: Just bloody doing it, with Rosie Morrison
UIOK 32: Life at the geographic South Pole with Hamish Wright
UIOK 31: Not taking your socks off for 4 days/Suffering is OK with Richard McChesney
UIOK 30: Everything is hard - but hard is fun with Katie Smith
UIOK 29: Putting on a front with Megha Jolly
UIOK 28: Helping others helps us, with Hannah Rutherford
UIOK 27: Helping out a mate with Mike Ravenwood
UIOK 26: Line, Content, and Moment with Olivia Spencer-Bower
UIOK 25: Timelapse through the project
UIOK 24: Lynn Paterson the Kayaking Gypsy
UIOK 23: Saying yes to Adventure with Hollie Woodhouse
UIOK 22: The art of surfing with Matt Scorringe
Episode 21: Developing empathy through stories with Elizabeth Connor
Episode 20: Learning to love the body you are in with Courtney Durr
Episode 19: Making sustainability easy with Nick Morrison
Episode 18: Hustling for change with Lucy O'Connor from Monday Hustle
Episode 17: Pushing the boundaries and breaking records with Richard McChesney
Episode 16: Balancing life, work, money, and carbs with Paul Petch from Good People Run
Episode 15: Creating new families with Angela McCamish
Episode 14: Honing your craft and killing your inner editor with Dean Watson
Episode 13: Sometimes the most memorable times are the days everything goes wrong, with Tim and Zoe from 31 days in
Episode 12: Taking sewing to the beach with Sarah Lancaster
Episode 11: If something really scares you, you should probably do it with Erin Todd from WorkerBe
Episode 10: Creating a positive cycle with Deborah Lambie and Dave Cameron from LearnCOACH
Episode 9: Building our mindfulness muscles with Nick Laurence from Mindfulness for Change
Episode 8: Adam McCarthy, how a 5 minute chat might just save your life
Episode 7: Taking the crumbs of intelligence from every interaction. Shiffy Lal from Making A Difference Skills
Episode 6: Chasing your dreams with Matt Cameron BMX
Episode 5: Nonen Titi Author
Episode 4: Quentin Rew Olympic Racewalker
Episode 3: Starting out
Episode 2: Alex Asher Moxiee Running
Episode 1: Rachael Desmond, Girls Got Curves
Episode 000 Welcome to the Podcast