The Paul Taylor Podcast | Expert in Hardiness and Mental Fitness

In this episode of Mojo Monday, Carly shares how to navigate a tough day so it doesn't feel all that bad, offering practical advice to help you find moments of reprieve, even in challenging times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The voice in your head - is it always helpful, or do you struggle with it. If the answer is the latter, or the case for someone close to you, this podcast is for you.  In this episode I chat with clinical psychologist Dr Lillian Nejad about the state of mental health today and we explore a range of reasons why it's so bad, especially for teenagers.  We then go on to focus on the critical role of attention in mental health and explore a range of lifestyle factors that both inhibit and promote good mental health and discuss a genius strategy for containing worry and anxiety.  Check out Dr Nejad's website for her her courses, free stuff, corporate offering and her brilliant app.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover the secrets to designing effective resistance training programs that build muscle and strength. Learn about various training methods and essential movement patterns. The importance of personalized workouts is emphasized to help you achieve your individual fitness goals. Tune in for insights that could revolutionize your workout routine!

In this episode of Mojo Monday, Carly offers skills and strategies to manage the inner chatter that can lead to a fear of failure, drawing on her own experience. Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Japanese Psychology, Carly explains how to build psychological flexibility to manage that relentless inner voice, make room for fear, move forward with purpose, and achieve your goals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr John Tickell is a Medical Doctor, an international speaker, bestselling author and television personality, who has spent several decades travelling and studying the health, well-being and longevity patterns of people around the world. The Good Doctor and his wife Sue have 5 children and multiple grandchildren. Dr John played first grade Australian Rules Football with the Hawthorn Hawks in the 1960s, produced a No. 1 Top 40 hit record, and has his books published across many countries. He applies his own powerful formula of Activity, Eating and Coping skills, which draw on his medical experience, extensive international research and the lifestyle patterns of the longest living people on earth - the Okinawans. Dr John is a different kind of Medical Doctor - his refreshing and memorable messages change people's lives for the better.  ​Check out John's website for his books and other offerings, or to book him as a speaker.   To find out more about Paul and his work, go to: https://paultaylor.biz/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today I discuss why everyone needs to do resistance training and explore the complimentary benefits to cardiovascular training, as well as some unique benefits that resistnace training provides in terms of both healthspan and lifespan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we tackle the nuanced topic of setting boundaries, especially in challenging relationships. Instead of the common advice focussing on controlling others, Carly Taylor explores how Morita Therapy can offer a wider perspective, involving focussing on what you can control, accepting your own emotional responses while accepting and understanding the emotions and behaviours of others.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today is a long-overdue podcast, but I wanted to make sure that I got a great expert on the topic, and then I discovered Dr Torkil Faero, who wrote a great book called The Pulse Cure. What if you could see the toll that over-work, too much sugar or bad sleep really take on your system, knew what boosts your energy, and what saps it, and when you are heading for burnout? What if you could feel more vitality and joy, have stronger will power and live longer? With the aid of your phone, smartwatch or a wearable heart rate monitor and The Pulse Cure, you can. The key lies in measuring your heart rate variability - the distance between your heart beats - which indicates what is happening in your autonomic nervous system. Tuning into your heart rate variability can show you how your personal constitution reacts to specific stressors and help you tailor what you need to do to recharge. improve your sleep discover the right type and level of exercise for you find the best way for you to relax and find calm spot early signs of illness and disease fight burnout and chronic fatigue avoid inflammation in the body. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's wisdom Wednesday, i go through a proven method for effectively increasing your Vo2max and improving heart health and both healthspan and lifespan. Here is the link to work out your Vo2max from the 12-minute run test, and here is a good explanation of the protocol. I forgot to mention to set the incline to 1% if using a treadmill.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some practical daily strategies to not only manage our stress, but prepare for the inevitable stressful situations that life may bring. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.