CamBro Conversations

Today's conversation is with Lyndsey Roberts, Empowerment Coach, lululemon Ambassador and Business Owner.

We explore what Empowerment means, how we can be more authentic, and the role that fitness among other key principles play in achieving this.

Lyndsey shares with us the importance of self talk and we explore three relevant examples that we can all learn from.

Finally, we go deep into the concept of 'protecting energy', how Lyndsey tries to accomplish this for herself and clients. As part of this conversation, there is a big focus on saying no and creating boundaries in our business and personal.

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Connect with Lyndsey:

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Today's conversation is with Neil Smedley, Owner of King Koby Barbers and Thought Leader on Men's Mental Health.

Neil shares his background growing up as a Mormon in working class Scarborough, the impact of his religion and the uncomfortable truth that he was not living as the man he could be. 

This is a thought provoking discussion on masculinity, being a coward, dealing with poor mental health, and having purpose as a man.

Neil is an articulate, candid speaker and puts forward a number of challenging theories and ideas for us to consider as modern men.

Finally, we share sources that we can read and explore in this area as this conversation will provoke a lot of questions and consideration after listening.

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Connect with Neil:

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Today's conversation is with Tom Seed, Head of Sales at Lifesource Supps, Owner of Stealth Nutrition, and Online Content Creator.

We lift the lid on the white labelling supplement industry, understand how brands produce and manufacture their supplements, and the growth of the industry.

In our chat, Tom tells us about his career and experience that enabled him to return and add value to the family business. We also delve into the process of creating content alongside a busy career, which resonated a lot with my own experience!

Lastly, we explore Tom's bodybuilding prep going from 160 pounds to 139 pounds before taking first in the 2019 UKUP Fitness Model Category. After this, Tom took the now familiar journey towards a more functional style of fitness and made the move to CrossFit. We discuss the benefits of this, the biggest challenges, and the key lessons.

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Connect with Tom:

Insta - https://www.instagram.com/tomseedfitness/?hl=en

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf_sL-x-xflrM4NY3yobJ_Q

Stealth - https://www.stealth-nutrition.com/

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Today, the guest is me and I answer the Questions sent in by the listeners over Instagram.

These include changing friendship groups, using criticism or praise as motivation, and the potential for over self development.

I hope you all enjoy this one and the plan is to have a solo episode every 10-15 episodes if there is a topic I can add value on.

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Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/col.cambro/

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Today’s conversation is with Celeste Headlee, award-winning journalist, professional speaker and author of We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter.

Celeste shares with us the power of listening before we dive into an in-depth conversation about Celeste’s TED talk on 10 ways to Have a Good Conversation which has over 23 million views and some excellent ways we can improve.

Safe subjects to discuss have become more limited and most of us communicate from behind electronic screens, feel less connected and more divided than ever before.

There are few 21st century skills more valuable than being able to sustain coherent confident conversation, who needs to listen to this episode?

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Connect with Celeste:

https://celesteheadlee.com/

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Today’s conversation is with Thomas Maw better known as TM Cycles, online coach and content creator who shares educational content on steroids and performance enhancing drugs.

We dive into TM’s own fitness journey, how he shared information in this space about his own experience and research, as well as the censorship of this.

The main benefits and results that can be gained from performance enhancing drugs is our next topic alongside a deeper understanding of the common potential side effects. As part of this we learn ways in which these can be limited and the importance of any user understanding the seriousness of their decision and their approach.

TM covers key terminology including blasting and cruising, PCT as well as what ‘cycling’ involves.

Lastly, we discuss how common use of these drugs are in the fitness industry, professional sport and the likelihood of wellness clinics administering testosterone and more in the UK.

Connect with TM Cycles:

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Website - https://www.tmcycles.co.uk/membership

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/tmcycles

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Today’s conversation is with Jack Kavanagh, Coach, speaker and pharmacist from Ireland. He shares how we can overcome adversity both through his own experience and through positive psychology.

Jack shares his background in the lead up to his life changing event, and we delve into how he dealt with this challenge and the steps he took to regain his independence.

“So often we look outwardly for heroes and we forget the magic we have within ourselves." - Jack and I dive into this quote and we cover how we as individuals can move away from feeling inferior and discover our own magic and potential.

Lastly, Jack shares ways we can all be proactive in looking after our health and well-being alongside lessons in positive psychology to build our resilience.

Connect with Jack:

Website - https://jack-kavanagh.com/

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Today’s conversation is about improving our social skills and making new friends, and we are joined by Social Skills and Relationship Coach Rob Riker.

Rob helps people develop their social skills, change and build their social circles by meeting new people.

We cover the loneliness epidemic that has taken hold in the modern world, the impact of who our 5 closest friends are and the pitfalls we can fall into here.

Rob shares how can we meet new people and make new friends, his own experience of a new city and building friendships. We discuss the initial challenges Rob found before he changed his approach, and we list some of the events and situations where you can meet people. As part of this, Rob details some template phrases and question that we can build into our conversations.

Finally, we delve into some of the key principles behind being socially savvy after I saw Rob’s viral post of 34 ways on this topic.

Who needs to listen to this and improve our skillset here?

Connect with Rob:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/robertgriker

Website - https://robriker.com/

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Today’s conversation is with Alex Denney, Functional Fitness Coach as part of Be More Athlete and founder of Network 22

Alex shares his experience in his own fitness journey and coaching career including his transition via the Fitness Menopause towards a functional enjoyment of what the body can do beyond just bodybuilding. We discuss the benefits and some critiques of CrossFit programming before learning about Alex’s experiences of competing at the Turf Games

We understand more about the Be More Athlete offering, the focus on quality programming and building a community

With the pandemic, one of Alex’s main projects Network 22 had to take a back seat. We delve into why this had to happen, his approach for the future, and mindset around channeling his energy

Lastly, we chat about Alex’s self development journey when it comes to his network and relationships including around presence, building connection, and even gratitude journaling

Connect with Alex:

https://www.instagram.com/alexdenney/

https://www.instagram.com/network22_/

https://www.instagram.com/bemoreathlete/

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Today's conversation is with Dr Aziz Gazipura, the world’s leading confidence expert and founder of the Center for Social Confidence.

Dr. Aziz teaches people how to learn confidence so they can eliminate self-doubt, master conversations, accelerate in their careers, and create deeply fulfilling relationships.

We explore how social anxiety can hold us back in our career and relationships, how we can let go of self doubt, and working on our confidence in the same way we can work on our fitness.

Connect with Dr Aziz:

Website - https://www.socialconfidencecenter.com/

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