The Upping Your Elvis Podcast

Chris & Jim chat to Joe Ryle from 4dayweek.co.uk about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been testing how a 4 day week impacts on our energy and makes everything becomes easier, more fun, and more successful.A 4 day week is proven to be great for our wellbeing as we get the time and space to focus on our lives outside of work, but it’s also a winner when it comes to getting stuff done, with trials by big companies such as Microsoft in Japan and Buffer in the US  showing that a four-day week creates a huge boost to people’s productivity. And if that wasn’t enough to convince us to give it a go, it’s good for the planet too…. with research showing that a four-day week could reduce the UK's carbon footprint by 127 million tonnes per year - the equivalent of taking 27 million cars off the road!!!It's fair to say this has been a game changer.Have a listen and see how adopting a 4 day week might be something for you to try and improve your wellbeing. 

Chris & Jim chat to the amazing Iain De Havilland & Dr Philip Schoettle from the NAD Clinic Group about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we have been testing the impact NAD+ has on our energy, our focus, and even Jim's football team (spoiler alert - he got man of the match!).The NAD Clinic Group are research driven cellular innovators and NAD+ pioneers, who deliver IV infusions that boost your cellular health so you can function at the top of your game.It's fair to say this is the most scientific of our Energy Experiments to date, and one we've loved being involved in.Have a listen and see how NAD+ might be something for you to play with when thinking about your energy. 

Chris & Jim chat to the wonderfully talented, Chef, Author and Food Writer, Gill Meller about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been creating food memories with those  we hold dear as an incredible way to give our mental, emotional, and spiritual energy a huge boost.Gill writes a monthly recipe column in Delicious Magazine, his 2017 book ‘Gather' was nominated for best debut cookbook at the André Simon awards, and his latest cookbook `Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower' is available now.Have a listen and see how creating Food Memories might be something for you to play with when thinking about your energy.

Chris & Jim catch-up with the fantastic Elena Anguita, Founder of the Spread Thanks Movement  about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been exploring the impact spreading thanks has on our emotional and spiritual energy and look at how a renewed focus on gratitude can give us all a massive energetic boost.Elena is a change agent, author, and speaker who passionately supports education, literacy, and helping people learn. She launched the Spread Thanks revolution in 2017, a movement to encourage personal gratefulness through the sending of daily thank-you notesHave a listen to how we got on with our experiment and hear how the simple act of sharing gratitude is both powerful but also ensures we start each day with a “Thank You” in our hearts.We've loved this one and we'll be keeping this with us for sure...

Chris & Jim chat to the brilliant Darryl Edwards from Primal Play about our latest #ElvisEnergyExperiment where we've been exploring the impact movement has on our energy, and looked at how moving our bodies brings an enormous energetic return! It’s fair to say that most of us don’t relate exercise to playtime, but Darryl Edwards, leading movement expert, disagrees and says it's about time that we reframe how we view our journey to fitness, focussing more on ‘movement snacks’ and making it fun.Darryl Edwards is a former Investment Banker Technologist and after almost two decades of becoming increasingly sedentary and sick, he decided to transform his health and designing the Primal Play Method of wellbeing. A back to basics approach with fun, and playful, animal moves at its heart.Check out the podcast and see how you can bring some Primal Play to your life...

Chris & Jim chat to the fantastic Katherine Blackler from SortMySpace.co.uk about the #ElvisEnergyExperiment we ran with her recently and how de-cluttering is an amazingly powerful way to bring a new energy to our environment.In fact it's often said that our physical environment is a mirror image of what goes on in our head (and vice versa), so it’s likely that cluttered and disorganised spaces are not going to do us any favours in terms of how we live and feel energetically.Katherine is the immediate Past-President of APDO Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers having served on the Board since 2016. She runs SortMySpace.co.uk based in London and in July 2019, Katherine became the first person in the UK to become a CPO® (Certified Professional Organizer).Check out the latest episode to see how a good de-clutter can give you and energetic boost...

Chris & Jim chat to the brilliant Cara & Sam from ProNappers about the #ElvisEnergyExperiment we ran with them recently and how napping is a superpower we all have at our finger tips, but yet we don't always use.Napping gets a bad press at times and can carry a stigma of being a bit lazy, but nothing could be further from the truth!ProNappers are Wellbeing Consultants, and Sleep Experts, dedicated to normalising power naps for healthy and productive working days. Working with businesses to ensure napping is a key part of how they support the wellbeing of their people.Check out our chat about the power of a nap... 

Chris & Jim chat to Kat lewis, founder of Creative Writing consultancy With The Undertow about how creative writing is not only an opportunity to express yourself creatively, but it can help us to process our emotions and even help us form stronger connection with those around us.  Something happens when you set pen to paper and allow the words to flow through you without interrupting yourself.It's powerful stuff and we love it...Have a listen and found out what we uncovered through our latest Energy Experiment.

Chris & Jim chat with Kyle Hermans Founder and CEO of Be Courageous, about February's Energy Experiment which was all about Acts of Courage.Research suggests that courage is a habit, which like any other, needs to be practiced to become part of who we are. It’s the secret sauce that allows us to act despite those fears we might be harbouring. It gives us the ability to put aside our fears of failure and take the first steps towards something new and exciting.Throughout the month we uncovered some amazing insights into how courage affects us and where we actually get it from.Have a listen and found out what we uncovered through our experiment...

Chris & Jim chat about Novembers Cold Water Immersion experiment set for us by the Wild Swimming Brothers.The physical and mental benefits of taking an icy plunge have long been celebrated; from Victorians gathering in public baths, to the lido boom of the early twentieth century. Science now backs this up with studies suggesting that there are lasting positive effects of a bracing outdoor dip...The Wild Swimming Brothers set us a series of challenges to take on, starting with cold showers and building to full immersion in the icy depths to discover the bubbling rush of cold water immersion.