The Dr. Greg Wells Podcast

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This week I’m excited to share a conversation I had with Sasha Gollish. Sasha has her Ph.D. in Engineering Education and is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at the University of Toronto. Sasha is also a world-class runner. She has an extensive list of athletic accomplishments, including a bronze medal in the 1500m at the Pan American Games in 2015. In the same year she was named the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Female Athlete of the Year, after winning three gold medals at the championship meet.

In this conversation, we talk about how Sasha combines rigorous academics with high performance sport. She continuously uses her expertise in engineering and data analysis to improve her running.

You can follow her on social @sgollishruns and at her website sashagollish.com.  

Enjoy this really insightful conversation all about training and human excellence!

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This week on my podcast I had an absolutely incredible conversation with three-time World Series Champion and former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Todd Stottlemyre. Since retiring, he has become a high-performance business coach, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker. 

In this conversation, we discuss his journey as a baseball player, his successes and failures, his self-growth, and lessons from his latest book The Observer. You can order the book on his website toddofficial.com and he’s also offering a free book club through Facebook, in which he goes through the lessons throughout the book chapter by chapter. You can follow him on social @todd.stott.

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For the first episode of the year, I’m excited to share my interview with behaviour change expert Lisa Belanger. Lisa has a Ph.D. in Behavioural Medicine, and is a Certified Exercise Physiologist and High Performance Specialist. Lisa is the CEO of ConsciousWorks, an organization that helps corporations, leaders, employees, students, and athletes reach their true potential through sustained, life-long behaviour change.

In this conversation we go through a whole range of topics including exercise and cancer, uncertainty and fear, process versus outcome, and many little things you can do to design your day to optimize your life. This is an amazing conversation for anyone who wants to make changes in their behaviour that stick long term, and a great listen to start off 2021!

For more information about ConsciousWorks and Lisa, check out consciousworks.com.

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Today I’m super excited to share my interview with four-time Olympian and two-time Olympic medalist Simon Whitfield. Simon made history in his Olympic debut in Sydney in 2000 when he unexpectedly became the first ever Olympic champion in men’s triathlon. He went on to compete in three more Olympic games, including a silver medal finish in 2008 in Bejing. In 2012, he was selected as team Canada’s flag bearer for the Olympic opening ceremony in London, and in 2017 was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.

In this conversation, we discuss his journey as an Olympic triathlete, lessons he’s taken away from his career as an athlete, and how he enjoys his life now. 

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This week I’m really excited to bring you an interview with Dr. Rumeet Billan. Rumeet is an award-winning, internationally recognized entrepreneur, learning architect, speaker, author, and humanitarian. She is the President and CEO of Viewpoint Leadership and an expert on Psychological Capital. Rumeet has been twice named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network and has been featured in Forbes, The Globe and Mail, and The Financial Post. Her talk on The Future of Education at TEDx was highly lauded and later adapted into a workshop for Ontario students.

Through her work, Dr. Billan provides a platform that encourages youth, women, communities, and organizations to envision what could be possible.

In this amazing conversation we talk about resilience, self-awareness, self-confidence, and the mental skills you need to be able to perform at your best while getting mentally healthy at the same time.

You can learn more about her at her website rumeetbillan.com.

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I'm really excited to share an interview I did on Leon Goren's podcast. Leon is the CEO and President of PEO Leadership, North America’s premier peer network and advisory community. PEO Leadership supports business leaders to increase both their leadership abilities and their organization’s value. It enables leaders to recognize their potential by challenging their thinking and connecting them to the right relationships.

In this conversation we talk about high performance in business situations and achieving focus, concentration, and excellence during the course of the day. We get into some nuts and bolts of getting through days at work and being able to reach your potential.

You can check out more of his podcast episodes here: https://peo-leadership.com/podcasts/

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This week I’m very excited to share an interview with Dr. Bill Wells. Bill is a chiropractor, world-class Masters athlete, and co-founder of The Urban Athlete, a health and fitness facility that uses a holistic approach to help athletes reach their goals. In this conversation we discuss his amazing athletic accomplishments and the techniques he uses to recover and regenerate as a Masters athlete.

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This week I had an amazing conversation with Dr. Gina Di Giulio. Gina is a Clinical Psychologist and CEO and Founder of Pathwell, an organization that provides individuals and businesses access to mental health services. 

She is a firm believer that there is no health without mental health, and that access to mental health services shouldn’t be as cumbersome and confusing as it often can be.

In this conversation we discuss positive psychology, resilience, and simple things you can do to manage anxiety and improve your mental health during this time.

You can learn more about her organization at pathwell.ca.

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This week I’m very excited to share an interview with former Navy SEAL, Ned Mason, and former navy flight surgeon and neuroscientist, Dr. Erik Won. Ned and Erik are using neuroscience and transcranial magnetic stimulation to help treat people for concussions, PTSD, and other neurological and mood disorders. We discuss brainwaves, neuroplasticity, and how this type of treatment can be used to help people achieve optimal brain health and performance. You can learn more about their company at their website waveneuro.com. 

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This week I’m very excited to share an interview with professional climber, mountaineer, and alpinist Brette Harrington! Brette is an incredibly accomplished athlete and she’s one of our first ambassadors for our new VIIVIO app! We had a great chat all about her amazing climbing accomplishments, overcoming fear, and the physical and mental skills required to be a climber.

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