The Paul Dermody Podcast

Orlaith poses some questions to Paul about how he has instilled more confidence in both himself and his business since starting from an office job 18 months ago. We delve into our top FAQ's about mindset, confidence, not giving a shit what other people think, how to put dumb crap that holds us back into perspective. Paul speaks really passionately about this topic as it's one he tries to instil in all his clients and really believes that it is what is holding us all back.

In this episode Paul talks about the top FAQ's he receives through clients and social media.1-Do I need to include cheat meals to lose weight 2-How do I use cardio for fat loss ? 3-I don't have much time how do I get my workout in ? 4- Do I need fat burning supplements ? 5-I keep putting myself down and have very low confidence – do you have any tips you've used with clients to help? 6-Do I need to do the squat deadlift and bench to lose fat and shape up my body? 7-I over-indulged at the weekend should I do more cardio or eat less food tomorrow? 8-Do I need to switch things up with my nutrition and training to keep my body guessing? 9-What should I eat on holidays to not gain fat ?

A solo episode from Orlaith where she talks about attaching negative emotions to your body and food .We see them as something to be constantly worked on by controlling food and how you eat it.This leads us to negative thinking and our behaviour always follow our, even if we don't realise She chats about how a trigger can lead to sadness and disbelief and self-sabotage. Ultimately anxious energy leads to anxious and irrational behaviours which many diets produce .

In this episode Paul speaks in depth about his experience with clients who have had long term weight loss transformations. We chat about the main training and nutrition tips and habits that are imperative to long term weight loss for people who have a lot of weight to lose. We also go into the common mistake we see from people in terms of mindset, nutrition and training .

In this episode we give a follow on from our negative psychological effects of dieting episode . We give our top 9 tips for overcoming a diet mentality and how to work on your mindset towards dieting

In this episode we talk about why constantly striving to be in diet and fat loss can massively negatively impact your mentality and results long term. We chat about how dieting can negatively effect your confidence and how to create good habits around it instead. We chat about the outside-in approach so many people take that negatively impacts them. We speak about how to recognise your own triggers and weaknesses and how to work around that. Finally we talk about emotional eating, where it stems from and how to get yourself into a positive feedback loop to begin to lose this habit.

Orlaith interviews Megan Bruneau , a psychotherapist and wellness coach based in New York who specialises in helping people change their relationships to themselves. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post and more. She chats about how to recognise and make attempts to overcome anxiety , disordered eating and perfectionism .

In this episode we chat about our top 8 tips that will help you grow any weak body part. From our own experience in the trenches with 1:! clients these are what we see as often the most overlooked aspect of training and nutrition .

In this off the cuff episode we talk about a debate we were having and decided to record mid conversation. We talk about how it has become the done thing to blame social media and wear anxiety and depression as badge of honour to gain more followers. We ask questions like why do we let social media influence us in such negative way? and what can we do about it ?

In this episode Paul talks about how we seemed to have blurred the lines between mastery and obsessions. As fitness enthusiasts who just want to look better, have we mastered our relationship with food and training , or are we merely obsessed and creating havoc in our lives ?