
The Paul Taylor Podcast | Expert in Hardiness and Mental Fitness
Join Paul Taylor, an Exercise Physiologist, Psychologist, Neuroscientist and Nutritionist, as he explores mental fitness, body health, and brain enhancement through interviews with leading experts in the field.
Latest episodes

Apr 5, 2022 • 11min
Wisdom Wednesdays - Does excessive screen time cause ADHD?
In today's Wisdom Wednesdays, I discuss a new study from Canada looking at the links between ADHD and screen time, and determining what causes what. Here is the link to the ADHD study.Here is the research about the increases in screen time in kids and adolescents.Here you'll find recommended screen time from theAustralian Institute of Family Studies .See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 1, 2022 • 58min
Fasting and Sauna for health and longevity, with Alex Tyson
In this episode I talk to Alex Tyson, CEO of wellness company Found Space, about his own personal wellness journey, which includes some pretty incredible feats of fasting and regular sauna use - and we dig into the science of both.Check out https://foundspace.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 29, 2022 • 19min
Wisdom Wednesdays - How exercise busts stress and contributes to overall success in life
Today I discuss the role of exercise in training our stress response system to become more efficient and improving our response to other stressors, as well as the role of exercise in improving both our emotional and behavioural self-control through improved top-down regulation in the brain. Here are the 2 papers I refer to in the podcast.Exercise as a modifier of stressExercise for promoting resilience, self-control and mental wellbeingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 25, 2022 • 1h 19min
The Brain & Nervous System with Neurosurgeon Dr Alex Koefman
Today's podcast is with the Neurosurgeon (yes, Neurosurgeon) Dr Alex Koefman . Alex has undertaken specialist training in neurosurgery throughout Australia, including The Canberra Hospital, the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth, and the Princess Alexandra, Royal Brisbane, and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals in Brisbane. During this time, Alex was trained and mentored by many of Australia's most senior subspecialty neurosurgeons and today we discuss his journey to Neurosurgery and what it's like opening up peoples' brains! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 22, 2022 • 7min
Wisdom Wednesdays - the travesty of our kids' mental health
Today's WW centres on the latest kids' mental health statistics for Australia as well as the shocking food budgets for childcare centres - anyone else see connections here? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 18, 2022 • 55min
Finding Your Ikigai with the Japanese Rock-star Neuroscientist, Ken Mogi
My guest today is Ken Mogi, a Japanese neuroscientist, a senior researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories and a visiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has written over 100 books – yes 100 – in Japanese on topics as diverse as brain science philosophy, history, art, education, and linguistics. Ken is known as a rock star neuroscientist in Japan and it’s easy to see why, as he’s a super-cool, super-smart guy. He recently released his first book in English, titled Ikigai, which translates as ‘A reason to live’ and today, we discuss how to find you Ikigai. You can buy his excellent Ikigai book here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 15, 2022 • 15min
Wisdom Wednesdays - the low-down on Ultra-processed Foods
In this short segment, I discuss the NOVA classification of Ultra-processed foods and some of the research into the negative impacts on our health, and a quick guide for minimising them in your diet.Here is a link to help with reading of food labels.Make sure you subscribe to the newsletter to get the links to the studies that I mention.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Mar 11, 2022 • 54min
Why food is critical for mood with the amazing Professor Felice Jacka
Professor Felice Jacka, an international leader in Nutritional Psychiatry research, discusses the connection between food and mood. Topics include the gut-brain axis, gut bacteria's impact on neurotransmitters, high antibiotic use's effect on mental health, the microbiome's composition in newborns based on birth method, feasibility studies on fecal transplants for mental disorders, transformative effects of diet on the microbiome, men's preconception health's influence on child outcomes.

Mar 8, 2022 • 7min
What are the impacts of Covid on the brain?
Here is the link to the study in the Journal Nature See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 4, 2022 • 45min
PT & Harps Live - Part 2
In the second part of mine and Harps' live podcast, we go to the audience for their questions. Enjoy...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.