To quote Daniel Goleman “If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far”. I am a firm believer that emotional IQ is key for healthy relationships. We have all met someone who is highly intelligent but lacks emotional intelligence and can struggle to express their emotions or function socially. Imagine if we could educate children early on to become aware of and manage their emotions! Although this is rose tinted glasses thinking, I feel a lot of the worlds conflicts could be lessened if people’s emotional IQ was elevated. I read a fantastic book titled “The Emotionally Health Child” and reached out to the author to get her on the podcast as I want  you to get the same knowledge as I gained. My guest today is Maureen Healy who is an expert, award winning-author and sought-after speaker on how to improve children’s emotional health. Maureen has a PhD in Child Clinical Psychology and with 15+ years of experience has guided 1000’s of parents and their children towards better emotional health. Maureen has also worked with educators globally providing keynote talks throughout North America, Europe and Asia and writes a popular blog  for Psychology Today. In today’s conversation we covered a whole host of topics, including how to identify emotions and express them constructively, how early we can teach emotional health to children, understanding how the left and right side of the brain work for emotional health, what parents can do to teach children emotional health and much much more! Maureen has a fantastic ability to provide immediate actionable tips for parents, teachers and coaches to manage children’s emotions and I’m excited for you to hear her worldly wisdom! So, without further ado please enjoy my conversation with Maureen Healy.    

Resources:

- Growinghappykids.com

- Instagram Maureen: maureendhealy

- Twitter Maureen: @mdhealy

- Maureen's Books: Books by Maureen Healy

Answer to my question on what would you put in a message in a bottle to promote physical activity in children “You are loved and you matter”

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As H.E. Luccock once said “No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it”. Today’s guest is a Professor of Physical Activity Education at Edge Hill University who has worked on research in schools to create effective solutions to children’s inadequate physical activity levels with emphasis on the power of the collective vs. the individual. Stuart Fairclough has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, supervised 18 PhD students, and raised over £0.5 million in external grant funding.  Stuart has also co-edited the newly commissioned Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity.  In today’s conversation we discussed the use of the double diamond approach to optimise both divergent and convergent thinking when implementing change in school physical activity, how exercise intensity can play a role in cardiorespiratory fitness and the role the physical environment can play in opportunities for children to free play.  So, if you are looking at ways to implement change in children’s physical activity within your community, school, or household then there is something in this conversation for you.  So, without further ado, please enjoy my chat with Professor Stuart Fairclough.

Resources

Stuart's website: Stuart Fairclough, PhD – Professor of Physical Activity Education

Twitter: @PhysActivityEd

Book recommendations – 1. Psychology for Physical Educators by Yves Vauden Avweele et al. 2. Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity by Timothy Brusseau, Stuart Fairclough and David Lubans.

Answer to my question on what would you put in a message in a bottle to promote physical activity in children  – “Appreciate what you have and use it for better well-being and every move counts”

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As John Dewey once said “ If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s,  we rob them of tomorrow”.  My guest today is a Physical Education teacher of  15+ years and someone who is constantly looking to innovate and learn about how to improve the life chances of children in school. Neil Moggan currently works as Director of Sport, Health and Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education at the city academy Norwich and alongside his colleagues have achieved many accolades including a Gold Award in 2019/20 for Healthy Schools from the Department of Education and the quality mark from the Association for Physical Education. This is a school whereabouts exam results improved from 20 pupils achieving 40% A-C grades to 89% of 100 pupils achieving equivalent grades 4 years after intervention. So how does Neil and his team create such a great educational environment? In todays chat we discussed Neil's collaborative approach with staff and students to tackle obesity, how the design of school sport should be targeted to individual needs and not school needs and how children’s mental health is monitored and allowed to flourish and much much more. So, if you are looking to encourage children to be the best they can be, then this chat will tick that box.  So, without further ado, please enjoy my conversation with Neil Moggan.

Resources:

- Twitter Neil: @@futureaction1

- Future Action: Future Action Health Education Solutions

- Book recommendation – The Four Pillar Plan by Dr Rangan Chaterjee

Answer to my question on what would you put in a message in a bottle to promote physical activity in children “you have unlimited potential and keep taking baby steps towards your goals”

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To quote the amazing Brene Brown “Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success and people who wade into discomfort and vulnerability and tell the truth about their stories are the real badasses.” My guest today not only encapsulates both of these sayings but his story from childhood to being on the brink of competing at the Tokyo Olympics is one full of bravery, self-reflection, emotion, and inspiration. In today’s chat with my guest Brendan Creed we covered a whole host of topics about Brendan’s life from challenges in his childhood,  to his deep love of hockey, how he deals with constructive criticism, the power of imperfection and the power knowing your true self.  There is something in this conversation for everyone working with children and if it does resonate with you then please copy the episode link and share with colleagues, friends and family as we need to hear more messages and stories from people like Brendan! So, without further ado I have the pleasure and excitement to present Brendan Creed.

Resources:

- Instagram Brendan: brendancreed18 

- Twitter Brendan: @CreedBrendan

- Book recommendation – The Culture Code by Dan Coyle

Answer to my question on what would you put in a message in a bottle to promote physical activity in children “learn by doing and learn by mistakes”

Once again thank you for taking the time to listen. If you enjoyed todays conversation, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes as well as sharing with a friend or colleague who you think would benefit from the episode. It’s been great to hang out with you today and as always keep believing, moving, and growing! 

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As George Bernard Shaw once said “we don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing”. I am a firm believer that we need to facilitate healthy active play as early as possible in a child’s lifespan and my guest today is a researcher and passionate advocate for the importance of children’s physical literacy from pre-school years upwards.  In today’s conversation I chatted with Lawrence Foweather, who is a senior lecturer in Physical Activity, Exercise and Health,  in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moore’s University.  Lawrence has a keen research interest in developing interventions and policy actions to promote physical activity and sport participation with a particular focus on children and families. I had a great time chatting with Lawrence on a range of topics from the influence of pre-school attendance on physical activity levels, how parental education towards the benefits of physical activity in children could start during the pregnancy period, how motor competence can be affected by gender, ethnicity and deprivation and the importance of developing movement skills in relation to developmental stages in a child’s maturation and much much more! So without further ado please enjoy my fascinating chat with Lawrence Foweather.

Resources:

Twitter Lawrence: @LozFo

- Book recommendation – Routledge Handbook of Youth. Developmental Physical Education for all Children

Answer to my question on what would you put in a message in a bottle to promote physical activity in children - George Bernard Shaw – "we don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.”

Once again thank you for taking the time to listen. If you enjoyed todays conversation, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes as well as sharing with a friend or colleague who you think would benefit from the episode. It’s been great to hang out with you today and as always keep believing, moving, and growing! 

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Welcome back everyone and today you are in for a treat as I had the pleasure of interviewing Charlie Foster from the University of Bristol where he holds the position of Professor of Physical Activity and Public Health at the Centre for Exercise, Nutrition , and Health Sciences.  Charlie really is a heavyweight in the field of physical activity promotion and as a testament to this was awarded an OBE in 2019 for his services to physical activity promotion.  Charlie has a significant research profile and I don’t say this lightly as he has authored and been involved in 100s of research studies, which when I was researching was quite over-whelming and intimidating; however, through our conversation Charlie was extremely affable and was able to distal his wide knowledge base into relatable, clear messages towards physical activity promotion. In this episode we cover how to influence policy change towards physical activity, he importance of leadership at grass root levels, the power of emotive messaging for policy change and much much more! As always, if this or previous episodes have resonated with you then please share with a friend or colleague and I’d also encourage you to look back to earlier episodes where I tackle a variety of topics with the overarching aim to improve children’s physical and mental health.  So, without further ado, please welcome Charlie Foster to the Believe Move Grow podcast.

Resources:

Charlie's Twitter: @FosteratBristol

Charlie's google scholar: ‪Professor Charlie Foster OBE‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

Book recommendation – UK Chief Medical Officers' Physical Activity Guidelines

Answer to my question on what would you put in a message in a bottle to promote physical activity in children “Being active by yourself is fine but being active with your friends is much more fun”

Once again thank you for taking the time to listen. If you enjoyed todays conversation, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes as well as sharing with a friend or colleague who you think would benefit from the episode. It’s been great to hang out with you today and as always keep believing, moving, and growing! 

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Hey guys, thank you for joining me again for another episode of  the Believe Move Grow podcast. Today’s episode is with a great colleague of mine from the England Athletics team, Scott Grace.  Scott is National Technical Lead for Youth and Resource Development for England Athletics. Scott is a passionate advocate for improving both physical literacy and fostering a positive growth mindset in youngsters. Scott has won the 2014 European Athletics Innovation award for the Athletics 365 programme looking at the processes into how to take an athlete from a novice to a skilled performer.  He has also been involved with Sheffield Hallam University on research looking into long term athlete development and the impact of early maturation on retaining youngsters within the sport of athletics. In today’s episode you can expect to learn about the 5Cs of coaching, the abcs of the fundamentals of movement, the stretch panic arc model, growth mindset practices  and much more. This episode  was so much fun to record and I know you’ll gain valuable knowledge that you can apply straight away whether you are a parent, coach or teacher.   Before we dive in todays chat, I wanted to say a massive thank you for listening and if this or other episodes have resonated with you please share with a friend or colleague or share on social media to spread the message of improving the physical and mental health of children.  So without further ado please welcome Scott Grace to the Believe Move Grow Podcast.

Resources:

Scotts email: [email protected]

England athletics twitter: @EnglandAthletic

Athletics 365 programme: Athletics 365

Bridging The Gap: Bridging the Gap

Recommended books: The Talent Code by Dan Coyle, Mindset by Carol S. Dweck

Answer to my question on what would you put in a message in a bottle to promote physical activity in children “enjoy what you are doing but challenge self", "Live every day as it is your last and learn like you will live forever" and  "Love the sport you are doing, don’t always conform to rules and if it is fun – do it!"

Once again thank you for taking the time to listen. If you enjoyed todays conversation, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes as well as sharing with a friend or colleague who you think would benefit from the episode. It’s been great to hang out with you today and as always keep believing, moving, and growing! 

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Hi guys and welcome back to another episode of the believe move grow podcast. I’m really excited for you to hear this episode and the knowledge and wisdom from my guest was exceptional.  Will Swaithes is an inspirational teacher educator, leader and mentor of teaching and learning with 20 years of experience in the education sector. Will has a particular interest in active learning and the role of exercise in optimising cognitive function.  He is motivated professionally to raise aspirations, unlock learning potential, and improve wellbeing among young people.

In today’s chat you can expect to hear Will’s knowledge on the power of human connection in PE, the importance of creating an environment where children are self-motivated to find struggle and the challenge of taking children into the learning pit and working on things they are not so good at.  This episode will really open you minds to innovative ideas whether you are a teacher, coach or parent and there is something for everyone on this episode.  So, without further ado lets get into today’s episode with Will Swaithes. 

Resources:

Will's Twitter: @WillSwaithes

Will's website: Home - The Learning Locker

Sport England 'Under The Skin' research Under The Skin

Book recommendations: 'Play' by Stuart Brown, 'Range' by David Epstein

Favourite books: Any work by Simon Sinek, Margaret Whitehead Physical Literacy across the World, Guy Flaxen

Favourite videos for physical activity message: Nike 5 Extra Years - YouTube, NSPCC My Magic Sports Kit - YouTube

Answer to my question on what would you put in a message in a bottle to promote physical activity in children: “to do well you need to be well” 

Once again thank you for taking the time to listen. If you enjoyed todays conversation, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes as well as sharing with a friend or colleague who you think would benefit from the episode. It’s been great to hang out with you today and as always keep believing, moving, and growing! 

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Thank you for joining me today and on today’s podcast I welcomed back Shaun Dowling. Shaun is Head of Sport at United Learning and a previous Head of PE and director of specialism, progressing onto vice principal roles in two secondary schools. I chatted to Shaun previously on episode seven of the podcast and at the time Shaun was working on his second book titled Pivot Flex, Adapt, Physical Education Through the 2020 Pandemic, which has now been released and I thought it would be ideal to get Shaun back on the podcast to discuss how the landscape of PE has shifted and evolved over the year 2020! Coming up in this episode you can expect to learn how Shaun and United Learning had planned a project named Challenge 2020 to bring schools together and increase physical activity on the back of the Tokyo Olympics and how covid impacted on this project. We also discussed how PE is going through a significant transitional period in its delivery and content to move away from predominantly performance-based outcomes to developmental ones. There are some great takeaway pointers from my chat with Shaun and it left me feeling positive about the future direction of PE in the UK and I’m sure you’ll feel the same.  So, without further ado please welcome back Shaun Dowling. 

Resources:

Shaun’s twitter: @ShaunD10

Shaun’s’ Instagram: shaundowling10

United Learning: United Learning > Home

Shaun's new book: Pivot, Flex, Adapt: Physical Education through the 2020 Pandemic

Quick fire questions for Shaun:

Q. If we could fast forward 10 years what 3 changes would you like to see embedded in the school PE curriculum? "core subject, gender equality and swimming skills – leave primary school and be able to swim for all young people".

Q. If you could have a dinner party with three-five people who you feel could push change in the PE curriculum at a societal, cultural and governmental level... who would you invite? "Alex Stanson, Chrissie wellington (world champ ironman), Jason Robinson, Jon Coles, Jo Harriss, Emma Wiggs "

Q. Physical education to you is….? "a lifelong mission, passion and life changing gift" 

Once again thank you for taking the time to listen. If you enjoyed todays conversation, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes as well as sharing with a friend or colleague who you think would benefit from the episode. It’s been great to hang out with you today and as always keep believing, moving, and growing! 

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Hi  everyone and welcome back. In today’s episode I welcomed Danni Wade to the Believe Move Grow podcast. I have known Danni for a couple of years and have followed her journey managing multiple ventures and for this episode we chatted about Danni’s new course titled beat the overwhelm. So to give some background on Danni, she has spent years investing in herself, with a strong focus on self-development , which has allowed her to discover her passion towards helping the younger generation to realise their potential, which has led onto the creation of beat the overwhelm.  What I really enjoyed about this conversation was, how as a mum to two girls, Danni gave great, real world, relatable examples towards how we speak to children in a way that recognises emotions, acknowledges their inner voices and the power of self-talk.  I’m really excited for you to listen to this episode, which contains lots of great resources and recommendations for future reading, which I’ll add to the  show notes.  So lets get into episode 12 with Danni Wade.

Resources:

- Instagram Danni: beat.the.overwhelm

- Facebook Danni: Beat The Overwhelm

Website for Beat The Overwhelm: beattheoverwhelm.co

- Book recommendation – Everything is figureoutable by Marie Forleo;  Nothing Can Hurt Me by David Goggins. For children – any books by Matthew Syed or  Wayne Dyer.

Answer to my question on what would you put in a message in a bottle to promote physical activity in children “Focus on everything you can do.  How can you improve by 1% at a time? Be kind to yourself.”

Once again thank you for taking the time to listen. If you enjoyed todays conversation, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes as well as sharing with a friend or colleague who you think would benefit from the episode. It’s been great to hang out with you today and as always keep believing, moving, and growing! 

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