Uncomfortable Is Ok Podcast

This week I speak with Adam McCarthy about his Ironman experience, his diagnosis of cancer, and the mission that both of these have spurred him on to complete. Adam is a great guy who came across a whole lot of uncomfortable situations. He dealt with these well, and has a whole lot of different uncomfortable things he has chosen to face to complete his new mission. Make sure to share out his story to help get him support for his journey. m.facebook.com/1knackermacca/ www.gofundme.com/zt3tnz84 https://www.instagram.com/5minchat/ Host: Chris Desmond Music: Jeremy Desmond   

Today I’m speaking with Shiffy Lal. Shiffy and I first met at a Connect Wellington event. Shiffy is the founder of Making a Difference Skills Ltd, or MADskills if you prefer. Today we have a chat through a few topics; Finding her calling – never saying never Talking about the fear of failure Talking about resistance when starting something new About not taking things personally Taking the crumbs of intelligence from every type of feedback Asking for help/outsourcing tasks is ok to do About breaking bad habits The importance of clearly communicating what it is you are after. Host: Chris Desmond http://www.madskills.nz/ https://twitter.com/madskillsnz Music by Jeremy Desmond Music https://www.facebook.com/jeremydesmondmusic

This is episode 6 and today I’m chatting with Matt Cameron, New Zealand BMX representative who has just competed in the World Champs in Colombia. I had an awesome time chatting through things with Matt. I found out a bit more about the sport of BMX and How important the mental side is to try and get an edge Using visualisation to help performance Embracing the uncertainty and going after his dreams Sometimes its hard to be objective about your situation when you are in it. Sometimes you need to change your perspective about the things that are happening. Talking about significant injuries, Matt’s significant might vary from a lot of our ideas of significance I also want to thank my mate Russ for putting me and Matt in touch. If you know of people that I should talk to then reach out to me and introduce us, I’m loving having these conversations.   https://www.facebook.com/mattcameron949 https://www.instagram.com/mattcameron949/ http://www.mattcameron949.com/   https://www.facebook.com/jeremydesmondmusic

Today I’m speaking with an author who goes by the pen name of Nonen Titi. We initially met at an event in Wellington called the shameless soapbox which is a great event where a whole lot of interesting people get up and give a short pitch about all the cool stuff they are doing. Nônen Títi was born and raised in The Netherlands, has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, the USA and Australia, and currently lives with her family in New Zealand.  With an original background in mental and physical healthcare, tropical nursing and midwifery, she have since trained and worked as a Montessori teacher, home-educated her two (now adult) children, and trained as a hypnotherapist. When her children went to university, she decided to join them to do a degree in philosophy. All those experiences contribute to the content of her books, but her true inspiration is derived from the study of human psychology (not neurology), especially that of Carl Jung and the personality type theories assiociated with him, which she has

Today I have a conversation with Quentin Rew. I’ve known Q since university and have worked him a few times as physiotherapists. As well as being a physiotherapist Quentin is also a racewalker. He competed in the London Olympics in the 50k racewalk, and is building up to the Rio Olympics. He holds the New Zealand Records for the 3k track racewalk, the 20k racewalk and is only seconds off the 15 year old 50k record. Today we delve into a few things We talk through some of the intricacies of racewalking Have a look at his build up to the Olympics and what the vibe is like in the Olympic village Preparing mentally for a challenge – starting out fast is not the best idea – start at a pace you can sustain. His secrets of nutrition and the main supplements that he takes. The things that aren’t going well are usually changeable if we review them It’s an ongoing process looking at what is going well and what isn’t and consistently course correcting The importance of finding people who will provide you with honest fee

Today I’m talking to Rachael Desmond from Girls got Curves a healthy living and lifestyle blog. Now if you think that the name is familiar you would be right, as Rach is my cousin. But more than that Rachael is a working single mother, research consultant, self-proclaimed geek, healthy living and lifestyle writer, and recipe developer. She’s passionate about inspiring others to lead a healthy life by eating simple, delicious food without the big price tag or the gourmet cooking skills. Her passion stems from her ex-husband’s cancer diagnoses and her own health issues making her realise that she had to put more effort into her own, and her families health. She is a relatable, everyday women just trying to do her best in life. Rachael is very open, truthful and straight to the point about her life, her values and her flaws. She does not sugar coat her food, herself or her opinions. We talk about changing our lifestyles through making small changes. We also have a chat about failure, and dusting yourself off to

Today I’m talking with Alex Asher. Alex is an Explorer, entrepreneur and founder of Moxiee Running. Moxiee Running is most importantly a movement to inspire confidence in women through running.  As part of that mission, Alex has an online running bootcamp for women to complete running adventures they never thought they could. Alex has run all over the world from Norway to Mexico but is known for being the first to run and swim down the entire East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, the equivalent of 55 marathons in 63 days in the Summer of 2011. Alex and I chat through a few different topics. Looking to find what his adventure was. Starting out slow with something achievable Doing things that scare you, capable of so much more than you realise Overcoming adversity, coming up against a wall, reassessing and finding a new way to do it. What you do isn’t just for yourself, your actions can have big effects on all of those around you Being aware of your inner voice and when it isn’t talking in your best in

This episode is a little different, I'm not interviewing anyone. I sit down and have a bit of a think about dealing with being shit when we start out at something and how I go about dealing with that.

Hi everyone. Welcome to the introduction episode of the Uncomfortable is OK podcast. Episode triple Zero! My name is Chris Desmond and I’ll be your host here. So the idea for the podcast came about because there are heaps of people out there, myself included that only operate within our comfort zones. We’ll adopt the mindset that “Hey, it’s easier not too”. We do the same things that we always do, because they are easy, because they are comfortable, and sometimes because society tells us that we should. We don’t often challenge ourselves or pursue that big idea. Often this is because we are afraid; afraid of failure, afraid of being judged, afraid of what success might mean for us, or just afraid of the discomfort of doing something different or asking different questions. We have this inner battle with ourselves and it can be really uncomfortable. I’m trying to get the message out that it is ok for us to be uncertain, to be uncomfortable, everybody has this from time to time. And it’s only by pushing into th