Ubuntu Performance Podcast

A content-rich episode where I dive into the importance of sleep, the negative consequences of insufficient sleep and some strategies for improving the quality of your sleep!

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Today I have the amazing Leah Headon of @haeloonutrition to speak about her unique perspectives for improving not only your body composition but also your health, wellbeing and life as a whole. Leah is a very well-respected coach and nutritionist and you can find her on social (@haeloonutrition) or at www.haeloonutrition.com

Leah also provided some of the following links for you guys -

Character strengths identification - 

https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/account/register

UCL taxonomy of behaviour change techniques-https://digitalwellbeing.org/nudge-psychology-all-93-behavior-change-techniques-listed-and-summarised-free-app/

Link to a free 10-day digital coaching programme all based on research-https://10daysofhappiness.org/

University of Pennsylvania resources on positive psychology supporting the work of Martin Seligman (looks a bit culty but the research behind positive psychology is class) - https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/testcenter

Emotional intelligence is also a massive area for understanding the self and regulations of emotions and relations which also massively feeds into nutrition, especially in the area of performance and leadership. Daniel Goleman is your man in this area - 

https://www.danielgoleman.info/ei-assessments/

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Today I have the amazing Leah Headon of @haeloonutrition to speak about her unique perspectives for improving not only your body composition but also your health, wellbeing and life as a whole. Leah is a very well-respected coach and nutritionist and you can find her on social (@haeloonutrition) or at www.haeloonutrition.com

Leah also provided some of the following links for you guys -

Character strengths identification - 

https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/account/register

UCL taxonomy of behaviour change techniques-https://digitalwellbeing.org/nudge-psychology-all-93-behavior-change-techniques-listed-and-summarised-free-app/

Link to a free 10-day digital coaching programme all based on research-https://10daysofhappiness.org/

University of Pennsylvania resources on positive psychology supporting the work of Martin Seligman (looks a bit culty but the research behind positive psychology is class) - https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/testcenter

Emotional intelligence is also a massive area for understanding the self and regulations of emotions and relations which also massively feeds into nutrition, especially in the area of performance and leadership. Daniel Goleman is your man in this area - 

https://www.danielgoleman.info/ei-assessments/

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Conor O'Neill of www.knowyourselfperformance.com joins me to talk about how the lockdown period can be utilised by athletes to improve body composition along with a range of other GAA-specific topics!

Find Conor at his website (www.knowyourselfperformance.com) or @knowyourselfperformance on social.

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An insightful chat with Brian about the stoic philosophy, what it means and how to start practising it right now! Follow Brian on Instagram @brianohaonghusa and work with him at triagemethod.com

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An insightful chat with Brian about the problems with the Calorie balance equation as well as the seemingly harmless principal of 'cleaning our plate' and why it can be problematic. Follow Brian on Instagram @brianohaonghusa and work with him at triagemethod.com

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I'm Back!! Here is a funny little story of my preparation (or lack thereof) for my first marathon which I hobbled through for charity on Christmas Eve! New episodes every wednesays!

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A highly insightful chat with a renowned performance nutritionist that works with Dublin GAA, Mark provides practical and useful strategies for optimising your performance on the pitch, whether you are a hurler of footballer! (Part I of II). You can find Mark at:

Twitter: @Markgermaine

Instagram: mgermaine91

GAA Coaching Programme: www.synapseperformance.ie

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A highly insightful chat with a renowned performance nutritionist that works with Dublin GAA, Mark provides practical and useful strategies for optimising your performance on the pitch, whether you are a hurler of footballer! (Part I of II). You can find Mark at:

Twitter: @Markgermaine

Instagram: mgermaine91

GAA Coaching Programme: www.synapseperformance.ie

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Today is an amazing discussion with a prolific performance nutrition researcher Dr. Scott Forbes. Scott is one of the world's leading investigators of creatine, and wonderfully breaks down the supplement for listeners of all levels!

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