The Paul Taylor Podcast

Today’s episode is with my old mate ‘Bobby’ Cappuccio, who has been consulting with major health club chains in the health and fitness industry for two decades. He’s an author, coach, and a keynote speaker who’s presented at conferences all round the world, and he’s also a unique thinker who’s had a fascinating life. Bobby is the host of the excellent Self-Help Antidote podcast and today’s episode is a conversation around dealing with adversity in life, finding meaning and being a better you. Make sure you check out Bobby’s Self-help Antidote Podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Exploration of the link between openness, cognitive reserve, and healthy brain aging in adults. Study on nuns with high cognitive reserve reveals the importance of engaging in new experiences for improved cognitive function. Higher openness to experience is associated with superior cognitive reserve and better cognitive function in older adults.

Explore the concept of acceptance and its relation to the human experience, drawing inspiration from Stoic philosophy. Discover the power of acceptance and taking aligned action in Japanese psychology. Learn to make room for emotions and thoughts, managing past traumas and negative thoughts. Understand the importance of coexistence and taking responsibility for anxiety and one's fate. Embrace life as a play on a stage, directing your purpose and practicing acceptance.

Called "the Maya Angelou of the Millennial generation,” Azure Antoinette is a poet, brand humanist and creative strategist. As a Commissioned Poet she is firmly committed to finding a way to live out her mantra of “Do What You Love & Love What You Do.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in treating PTSD and anxiety disorders. Explore the eight phases of EMDR and its potential benefits for conditions such as depression, phobia, and panic disorders. Learn about the benefits of EMDR therapy for chronic pain, trauma, and anxiety disorders, and the mechanism behind its effectiveness.

Explore the skill of attention in Marita therapy and a personal story about calculating days left to live. Discover the impact of attention on life span and quality of life, as well as strategies to overcome unhelpful thoughts. Understand attention in Japanese psychology and the role of dopamine. Learn how directing attention inward and outward can reduce anxiety and improve focus. Emphasize the importance of intentional attention training and the positive effects of endurance training on cognitive performance.

As a resilience & mindset coach, Chazz'x mission is to provide people with the resources and tools to balance success and well-being to achieve more with less stress, rooted in the idea that outward success begins with inner wealth.  Check out Chazz book, Success Starts within, and see his online course options on his website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn about the power of breathwork for managing stress, including activating the vagus nerve, box breathing and resonant frequency breathing techniques, different types of breathwork and its comparison to mindfulness meditation, and techniques like breath holds, physiological sighs, and box breathing to reduce stress.

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Today I have a conversation with the awesome Yemi Penn, whose path I keep crossing on the professional speaker circuit.  Yemi is an Engineer by profession, Entrepreneur by passion, and Transformation thought leader by mission. Having been homeless at 24, a single mother to two, Yemi had well and truly earned her degree from the University of Hard Knocks! She is now a published author and a keynote speaker who is undertaking a PhD, creating documentaries, speaking to thousands of people a year and enjoying collaborating with kind and brilliant minds. Today's podcast is about Yemi's story and how we can all get over limiting beliefs that are holding us back. Check out her website for her book, speaking topic and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.