

Total Mental Performance
Kyran O'Neill
The TMP podcast is for business owners, high achievers and coaches who want to harness their most powerful asset: their mind.
Join our Founder Kyran O'Neill, a leading Mental Performance Consultant based in Dubai, UAE for interviews with top performers revealing practical insights to break mental barriers and harness peak performance.
If you'd like to learn more about Mental Performance Consultancy with Kyran, check out the below resources
www.kyranoneill.com
www.totalmentalperformance.com
Apply for coaching 👇
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Join our Founder Kyran O'Neill, a leading Mental Performance Consultant based in Dubai, UAE for interviews with top performers revealing practical insights to break mental barriers and harness peak performance.
If you'd like to learn more about Mental Performance Consultancy with Kyran, check out the below resources
www.kyranoneill.com
www.totalmentalperformance.com
Apply for coaching 👇
https://link.systemisedtoscale.com/widget/form/toEAREUSx1uuzmSSVwfl
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Nov 14, 2022 • 41min
Dan Martin - Addiction, Corporate Competition and Performance
Today we are joined by our very own Dan Martin.
Dan is one of our Mental Performance Coaches who leads our entry level one to one coaching programme for coaches at the 30 - 50 client mark looking to take their performance and their business leadership to another league.
Dan will share insights from his own journey with 9 years of B2B Sales Background, leading teams, and successfully overcoming 9-year-long addiction.
We will explore:
Dan’s life journey and how being adopted influenced his life
How Covid 19 made Dan face and overcome his addiction
Most common addictions in coaches
What’s the only sustainable source of validation
How to optimise your life and coaching for joy
How to leverage self-doubt to help you in your coaching career
How to rule your life instead of your emotions ruling you.
How to stay in the coaching game
How exactly TMP takes coaches from overwhelmed to thriving

Oct 31, 2022 • 39min
Archie Gravenor - Totally Mental Evolution
Free Masterclass "How to Sell & Coach Like a Therapist. Register here: http://free-masterclass.totalmentalperformance.com/how-to-sell-like-a-therapist
Our today's guest is TMP super coach Archie Gravenor. Archie is the founder of Optimised Entrepreneur. He's helping entrepreneurs get in the best physical & mental shape of their lives.
Archie has come a hell of a long way here at TMP. He started in our Academy group coaching programme (for coaches at 20 clients looking to get to 50+) 12 months ago barely breaking even. With the tools and mindset shifts he made, particularly around sales he was able 5x his business.
Moving on from there he took graduated and then upgrade into our signature one to one Evolution programme. He has evolved himself to an entirely different league emotionally, financially and as a leader.
We'll dive into:
- How Archie began online coaching business when he had 0 clients
- How Archie conquered sales anxiety turning sales calls into connection calls (and increasing his conversion rate from 40% to 90%)
- How to sell your coaching without twisting the knife
- Framework to reduce your anxiety around client drop-offs (how to tell client's "graduation" from your under-delivery as a coach)
- How Archie gained clarity of thinking & decision making
- Three things that COMPLETELY changed the game for Archie
- Small vital things Kyran does DAILY to feel grounded
- Deep mindset issues behind the procrastination and how to resolve them
- How to approach mindset motivation for it to enrich you, rather then burn you out

Oct 23, 2022 • 42min
MJ Lennon - Boxing, Resilience, and Changing lives
Our today's guest in MJ Lennon. MJ is the Head dude of ECA Global Academy, owner of ECA Gym in Belfast. Also, he helps fitness professionals become entrepreneurs.
MJ will share his exciting story from working in his father's pub in Belfast to opening his own facility and, eventually, a consulting business.
We'll dive into:
- Fighting and business being the best personal development tools
- How MJ opened his own gym 11 years ago
- How MJs and Kyran’s boxing background make business feel easy
- How sport helps in regulating your mindset and getting confidence
- How fitness brings up the best in people
- What is pressure? And who makes us feel it?
- Why MJ Lennon enjoys so much working in fitness industry

Oct 16, 2022 • 41min
Chris Bradley - Breaking Working Class Glass Ceilings
Our today’s guest is Chris Bradley. Chris helps fitness coaches become more successful.
We’ll dive into:
How working class background shaped Chris and Kyran and what it gave us.
Guilt and shame around money
Can there be a self-made man?
How not to get blinded by your ego, yet, keep the balance and protect yourself from people who are just jealous of our success.
How competitiveness can be a healthy fuel in achieving your goals and how to use it wisely
How to approach advice

Oct 9, 2022 • 31min
Helmi Dneni - Freedom & Perception
Our today's guest is Helmi Dneni.
I asked our mutual friend @benheron_levelup who the most dedicated bodybuilder today that he knows. Without a second of doubt he replied “Helmi, the guys a fucking monk”
Helmi is a successful online fitness coach and an extremely dedicated bodybuilder.
We'll dive into:
- Feeling different as a driver of success
- A habit becoming second nature and then becoming your identity
- What is freedom? Helmi's, Kyrans & your own definition of what freedom is
- You'll be able to reflect on the concept of freedom and get some valuable answers for yourself

Oct 2, 2022 • 17min
Kyran O'Neill - Self-limiting Beliefs & Imposter Syndrome
Today we’ll have a deep dive into our limiting beliefs, self-doubt and imposter syndrome.
Where do limiting beliefs and self-doubt come from?
How do we deal with imposter syndrome?
Practical steps on how to deal with the comparison syndrome and limiting beliefs to uncover your full potential
How your mindset determines your growth and quality of life.

Sep 18, 2022 • 45min
Ste Mcgrath - Overcoming Adversity, Digging Deep and Turning The Ship Around
Our today’s guest is fitness business mentor and founder of Collective CEO Consultancy, Ste Mcgrath.
He’ll share his gritty journey from nearly being in a wheel chair for life, a struggling science teacher providing for his family to a thriving fitness entrepreneur and mentor.
We will dive into:
The myth of “overnight” success of very young coaches
How Ste’s teaching career influenced his life, coaching and mentoring philosophy
How becoming seriously injured gave Ste time to gain new perspective and take new direction in life
How he managed to build his coaching business with 0 marketing knowledge, 2 injured knees, and zero savings
Turning the ship around after many physical, financial and mental set backs

Sep 11, 2022 • 45min
Keegan Hirst - Identity Escapism to Living Authentically
Keegan Hirst is the Founder of PTIQ, a professional rugby league player who is running a thriving coaching business and is a wonderful parent to two kids.
He is the first rugby league player to come out as gay, he is now helping gay men build incredible bodies, mindset mastery & live with authentic purpose.
In this episode we learn about:
The dire consequences for putting yourself last
Self-acceptance and how to be true to yourself
Escapism and isolation being a warning sign that you are disconnected from your identity
The importance of living your truth
How your identity change affect and filter your environment

Aug 7, 2022 • 29min
Chris Wright - From Teenage Passion to Fulfilling Business
Today’s guest is TMP Academy client Chris Wright, the founder of FitLab which has helped 100s of men and women to get in the best shape of their lives.
He will share his story of pursuing his passion and growing it into a thriving 6-figure coaching business.
We’ll explore:
Anxiety and its underlying reasons
Limiting beliefs
Imposter syndrome
Fear of everything coming crashing down
Also, you will have a behind-the-scenes view of how we uncover the reasons behind limiting beliefs. Chris was super brave and open and willing to share his work in progress.
Tune in and listen.

Jul 31, 2022 • 33min
Dr. Kate Blackford - Limitless Female Coaching Leadership
Dr Kate Blackford Ph.D. is TMP’s silent super weapon.
Kate is the soul of our team and the 1st coach to join ourTMP Tribe. Kate has been instrumental in growing our team culture.
She is holding space for all of our team members and offers her wisdom, love, and expertise when we need it.
We’ll explore:
How female online coaches feel like they have to suppress their feminine side in order to be successful
The importance of protecting your authentic self as a female online coach
Kate’s eating disorder and how she was suffering from it for more than 15 years. And how she managed to overcome it