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Behind The Mask

Megan Waters & Duncan McDaide - The Wild West of Wellness

Nov 4, 2024
01:58:30

We all want to look and feel our best, but health, fitness and wellness can be incredibly overwhelming and confusing for people, especially with the breadth of information out there on social media. So how do we navigate our way through the wild west of wellness and how can we create a positively sustainable relationship with health & fitness that promotes longevity, vitality and fun. It’s time to go behind the mask of health & fitness.


In this weeks episode Im joined by two of incredible humans working in this space, personal trainer and lifestyle coach Duncan McDaide and Gym owner, trainer, breathwork and Meditation facilitator, and co-host of both Yokayi footy and the ‘Rushing Slowly’ podcast, Megan Waters.


In this episode we explore:


The positive and negative effects social media is having on the wellness industry 


The need for women to train to their cycle


The relationship between our egos and our awareness 


The importance of finding a community in our training.


Overtraining, burn out and how to remove the pressure to focus on process rather than outcome.


Pressures to look a certain way as a trainer.


Transformation challenges; the goods and bads and the way to go about them.


The 5 columns of wellness: physical, nutritional, mental, emotional & spiritual. 


Building a robust mental health toolkit to help your training.


Josh shares his addiction to exercise and how that led to body dysmorphia and bulimia.


The power of chasing discomfort. 


Megzy shares her soul purpose. 


Duncan reflects on childhood bullying.


Our most impactful life changing moments.


Keep up to date with Megzy @megzyy_ and Duncan @duncanmcdaidept


Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to WATCH the full episode @gobehindthemask


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Visit www.gobehindthemask.com.au for more information and sign up to our ‘Weekly Wisdoms’ to begin YOUR journey behind the mask.



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