Today we spoke with Dr Michael Gervais - Performance Psychologist, Host of 'Finding Mastery' Podcast and Co-founder of Compete to Create. As a licensed psychologist and industry visionary, Dr. Gervais has focused most of his time on people at the "top of their game", from the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and NBA players, to Olympians, military personnel and corporate leaders. Spending years in the trenches of high-stakes circumstances, Dr. Gervais has developed clarity for the tools that allow people to "thrive under pressure". He is a published, peer-reviewed author and an internationally recognised speaker on issues related to high performance for those who excel on the largest stages in the world. Compete to Create is a mindset and culture accelerant company with the mission of helping people find their best. The course, Co-founded by Coach Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks and Michael, focuses on mindset skills to help people become their very best. Michael often talks about how we can train our body, our craft, our mind; we are currently undertaking his 'Founding your Best' online course, and find it fantastic! Today we start with the origins of Michael's surname, the culinary delights in his household, and learn about Michael's time in Ireland. We dig into why alignment makes more sense for Michael, rather than balance for high performers, personal philosophy, values, his feelings about legacy -and what is lighting up the dragon in Michael. He asked us our definition of high performance, which was fun. Every day is an opportunity to create a living masterpiece, as he says!  Exclusive for listeners of the show - Dr. Michael Gervais is giving away two places on his online course Finding Your Best on CompetetoCreate.net. To enter head over to Instagram or Twitter How to enter: Follow @michaelgervais, @findingmastery, and @sleepeatperformrepeat. Like the contest post. Tag 3 other people in a comment on this post. Finding Your Best is a true masterclass for your mind. In this online course curated by high-performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais and NFL head coach Pete Carroll, you will learn how to craft your own personal philosophy, set a vision, and apply the skills of confidence, optimism, calm, and mindfulness in your everyday life - as well as 12 other essential mindset principles. Key Timestamps:  (0:45) - Origins of name 'Gervais' (3:01) - Learning from the land in a small town (4:53) - Teaching from alignment in elite sport + business (5:58) - Optimising our thoughts, words, action (7:39) - Power of clarity and being on tv in unfolding preset mount (11. 08) - Allocating appropriate internal resources to challenge (14:33) - Michael's decision-making framework (16:45) - How do the extraordinary's do it (17:30) - Framing pain and regret (19:22) - Freeing yourself from the inner circle of regret, shame, and guilt (21:15) - Philosophy and learning your first Principles (21:58) - Those who live with conviction are our heroes (22:40) - Taking your thoughts from the invisible to visible (25:10) - Organise our world to run to the edges of complicated high-pressure opportunities (26:28) - When Michael is at his best (28:08) - Finding your inner dragon and dragon fire (29:58) - How a tired world is asking for help in finding mastery (30:38) - Making the right micro choices to capture the attention of people (32:08) - Commitment to focusing on what is happening not and what is important today (33:05) - The need to better understand our relationships with ourselves, others, and with machines (34:51) - What does high performance mean to you (37:46) - High Performance on the razor's edge of relative importance.

Today we spoke with Michelle Carney - Founder and CEO Purpose Driven Impact, Comic Relief Programme Director and Former CEO Special Olympics GB. Michelle is a giver, who has transformed and reformed many environments. Having an MSc in Leadership & Organisational Change Michelle has been leading, inspiring and empowering people to change the world. She is passionate about seeing the opportunity, potential and wonder in any moment; she has experience across charity, volunteer, international NGO, commercial and sport for development and professional sports sectors. She is vocal about diversity and inclusion and her hashtag is #bekind. Today we speak about her role with Comic Relief, Sport Relief and the Commonwealth Games...how she got into that, and what her afterparty thing would be. We unpack how she changes the lives of others every day, and why the smallest and simplest moments, like a smile, or compliment can make a huge impact. We lean into diversity in sport, and how to genuinely transform the corporate and sports world from an inclusion perspective - her stories around the Special Olympics role are amazing! We get an insight into where this all began for Michelle, what's exciting coming up...and what high performance means to someone who has impacted so many. Key Timestamps: - (0:55) - Working with Special Olympics and Comic Relief  - (2:02) - what Comic Relief + Sport Relief do so well - (3:25) - Showing people the impact of funding in a joyful way - (4:05) - BBC viewers raising over £3bn for charities - (7:44) - Being resilient through the peaks and troughs - (9:32) - Creating equal opportunities for young people - (12:53) - Showing positivity and kindness to help others - (15:30) - Giving back for our own benefit is ok too - (17:10) - Businesses need to innovate and constantly adapt - (19:30) - Taking the bullsh*t out of creating an inclusive culture - (22:30) - Creating a level playing field - (26:51) - Basic education around DE&I - (30:28) - Breaking down the visual barriers and perception - (32:18) - Changing the narrative around people with disabilities - (34:25) - Looking forward to Commonwealth + Sport relief partnership - (35:00) - What's next for Michelle  - (37:38) - What does high performance mean to you? Social www.instagram.com/sleepeatperformrepeat.com www.twitter.com/SEPR_Podcast www.linkedin.com/company/sleep-eat-perform-repeat/ www.sleepeatperformrepeat.com

Today we spoke with Taylor Somerville - Founder of Symmetry Live and XPT Life Master Coach. This episode was brought to you by Hauora - a performance wellbeing growth partner. Hauora aims to educate and impact individual and organisational culture to ignite health, wellbeing, and performance. Find out more at www.HauoraLife.com Taylor worked in the investment business for over 15 years until 2017, when he decided to transition his career to focus full time on health and fitness. He founded his own company, Symmetry. Taylor is an XPT Master Coach (affiliated with our previous guest, PJ Nestler, Gabby Reece and Laird Hamilton) and certified with the Art of Breath. Symmetry focuses on helping busy people regain control of their life, so one has more time, energy and less stress. Today we speak about what made Taylor move out of the investment business and what that whole process was like. We unpack key tenets for Taylor including breath, mindset and lifestyle - and dive into eustress in particular. Taylor talks about why nasal breathing is massively important for us, and how he trains people on cold exposure to sauna immersion - and the benefits of this. We speak about relationships and empathy, pugs, and what XPT did for Taylor for growth and change agency. Taylor educates us on what we would eat in Tuscaloosa, what's on the horizon...and also - what it was like building his own business, plus why he did it. This was fun! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Key Timestamps: (0:39) - Taylor's winning morning routine (2:32) - Working on trading floor in investments (3:50) - Personal and professional stress from job (4:11) - Taking stock and how everything changed rapidly (9:06) - Doing XPT course with Olympians and pro athletes (11:43) - Knowing the why behind Symmetry (12:54) - Adapting to virtual world. (13:55) - Breath work as a tool to regulate our state in (14:37) - Mindset + Habit shift, in type A personalities (15:58) - Using exercises to take ownership over your action (16:30) - Small shifts in behaviour for long term gains (19:11) - Taylor 6 factors for a good life (21:22) - Taking a month off Social media (23:25) - Taylor's downtime and hobbies (26:23) - Nasal breathing, grounding and performance breaking (27:48) - Techniques that work last the test of time (28:57) - We're built as humans to face discomfort (29:45) - Breathing control practice (32:23) - What's next for Taylor (35:07) - What high performance means to Taylor ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Social www.instagram.com/sleepeatperformrepeat.com www.twitter.com/SEPR_Podcast www.linkedin.com/company/sleep-eat-perform-repeat/ www.sleepeatperformrepeat.com

Peter is an OT with a passion for mental and emotional wellbeing. In mid-2021 he launched FITMINDS, a mental skills and lifestyle design program to enhance mental wellbeing and performance. The approach blends mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment therapy, and OT. He has vast clinical experience, has written for RTE lifestyle and appears relatively in the media. This episode was brought to you by Hauora - a performance wellbeing growth partner. Hauora aims to educate and impact individual and organisational culture to ignite health, wellbeing, and performance. Find out more at www.HauoraLife.com Today we speak about what Peter has learned from dog-walking, movement before meditation, his OT career - and the importance of mindfulness. We unpack where to start for people who find adopting a mindfulness practice difficult...how to become mentally fitter. Peter opens up on self talk outside our comfort zone, psychological flexibility, mental muscle training, his ambitions for work in sport...and how we can help teach our children the value of meditation and mindfulness. We discuss what energises Peters' work, his advice for people suffering from anxiety through the pandemic - and the importance of flexibility, imagination and compassion. There was so much in this - thanks Peter! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Key Timestamps: (3:40) - Peters journey to Occupational Therapy (6:20) - Clarifying what you’re aligned with (7:48) - Mindfulness to train the mind - it's not easy (8:45) - Trying to escape from a particular feeling (9:15) - Using movement to improve meditation practice (11:49) - Connecting with our senses to become more present (13:25) - Getting quick wins with small practices (14:56) - Psychological Flexibility - staying connected to what matters (16:45) - Imagery as a tool to overcome obstacles (20:57) - Being connected to our values as we face uncertainty (22:45) - Labeling situations and recognising difficulty (25:07) - The Goal-keeper as a guardian of the mind (25:53) - Self-talk and moving to the edge of our comfort zone (26:10) - DNAV as a Self-talk tool (28:56) - Reconnecting with our relationships and communities (31:26) - Mental fitness for unlocking the performance (37:32) - What does high performance mean to you? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In this episode we discuss: 🗣 🧠 Psychological Flexibility 😣💬 Self-talk outside our comfort zone 💭 The importance of imagination, flexibility, and compassion 🚶‍♂️ Using movement as a tool to ingraining a practice of mindfulness 🧘‍♂️ Where to start when adopting mindfulness 💪 Mental muscle training 👨‍⚕️ Being an OT and working to help people over 18 years 🌟 What energise’s Peter 😥 Advice for people suffering or facing anxiety

Today we spoke with Dr. Chris Luke - Emergency Physician and Author of 'A Life in Trauma: Memoirs of an Emergency Physician'. This episode was brought to you by Hauora - a performance wellbeing growth partner. Hauora aims to educate and impact individual and organisational culture to ignite health, wellbeing, and performance. Find out more at www.HauoraLife.com Dr. Chris Luke qualified in 1982 at University College Dublin and has been an emergency physician for over 35 years, serving others. He has worked in frontline medicine in Ireland, the UK, and Australia, and has been a consultant in emergency medicine in Cork for over 20 years. Today we speak about why Chris studied medicine, his mother as a role model, and his legacy in Ireland. Chris talks about the perils and potential of a well-functioning A&E, current pressures in healthcare systems, and the compassion equation - empathy plus action. We unpack the meaning behind him describing himself as a slightly militant altruist, burnout - and performing under pressure in primary care and hospital settings. It was fascinating to hear from a doctor who has displayed resilience at the frontline, witnessed so much trauma and distress...and is now sharing his story with us, and you. In this episode we discuss 🗣 🏥 Lessons from 35 + years on the frontline 🥼 Why Chris pursued medicine 🤶 The influence of his mother and Dublin city on his values 👐 Being a ‘slightly militant altruist 😡 How sometimes in life you’ve got to get angry 😷 Burnout as an endemic in healthcare 🧘‍♂️ The value and need for more self-care in modern life ➕ The compassion equation = Empathy + Action 😓 Performing under pressure 🤵 How politics and government need to address the insurmountable pressure on the healthcare system 🚑 The perils and potential of a well functioning A&E Dr. Luke's book is out now you can check it out here - https://www.gillbooks.ie/biography/biography/a-life-in-trauma ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Key Timestamps: 01. 24 - Lecturing + teaching as an energise for Chris 02. 55 - Drop off of patients from A&E / ED 03. 36 - Hearty welcome back to emergency medicine 4. 52 - Record-breaking numbers in ATE post-pandemic 7. 30 - A&E the portal for all to healthcare 9. 30 - Overcrowding, healthcare, and politics 11. 00 - The cyclical nature of a hospital pathway 13. 06 - An adverse childhood experience for 14. 10 - Being rescued from an orphanage + having a network of families 17. 00 - Dr. Luke's daughter working on the frontline 18. 40 - Relationships and the compassion equation 20. 22 - Experiencing regret, from dedicating so much to healthcare 22. 00 - Corroding friendships due to burnout 23. 00 - Having a tour of duty for the army, police on healthcare 27. 10 - Doctor at the heart of healthcare management 32. 32 - Remaining vulnerable to truly show care 34. 00 - Sometimes in life, you've got to get angry 35. 12 - If you can't care for the carers we're in trouble 38. 40 - The need for more self-care 41. 55 - What does high performance mean to Dr. Chris Luke

Today we spoke with John Bull - Specialist in High Performance Leadership and Teams, Head of High Performance at Management Futures. This episode was brought to you by Hauora - a performance wellbeing growth partner. Hauora aims to educate and impact individual and organisational culture to ignite health, wellbeing, and performance. Find out more at www.HauoraLife.com John has researched the leadership behind some of the best performance environments in the world - in business, in sport, the social sector, and science for over two decades. He has applied these insights into his consultancy work, helping spark performance cultures and leadership development processes, such as developing the mindset and skills to get the best out of talent. At Management Futures, John leads in 3 key areas: Leadership skills development, Team Performance, and Culture. Today we speak about talent-rich environments, talent, and the environment, and the definition using these words around performance - in essence, what do the best have in common?. We discuss how the business world differs from high performance sport, what one world can learn from the other - and approach psychological safety, teaming, and belonging. We discuss the different types of performance environments to understand what kind of environment is actually manifesting, such as achievement-led...and how to enable leaders to blossom.  John unpacks the importance of feedback and performance reviews to liberate talent, get better, set higher standards, and further engage people. He explains why he is excited about further researching effort into building relationships, simplifying ideas - and his favourite part of New Zealand, his country of birth. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Key timestamps: 01. 25 - What are the keys to creating an environment where leaders and HP tick. 02. 35 - Key ingredients to an excellent organisation. 05. 35 - How the pandemic has exposed truly great leadership. 06. 00 - Psychological Safety and belonging. 07. 38 - Put energy into building a lasting relationship. 08. 38 - Sports has taken psychology more seriously 09. 22 - Pixar and how they rode creativity > 11. 29 - How a leader can create the best environment 14. 53 - Unconscious dividing the world into them and us 16. 10 - Silos in psychological safety and status 17. 10- Two conversations one in our head, what we share 20. 35 - Learn mate, feedback - Formula 1 and America's Cup 22. 17 - How leaders can have courageous conversations 26. 19 - Johns career journey 30. 40 - Anders Ericsson and chasing mastery 33. 20 - Bletchley Park and creating learning environments 34. 28 - High performance and collaboration 35. 05 - Creating simile ideas from complex ideals 37. 22 - What does high performance mean to you?

Today we spoke with Brett Bartholomew - Coach, Best-selling Author and Founder of 'Art of Coaching'. Brett is a keynote speaker, performance coach & consultant, and Founder of Art of Coaching. His experience includes working with members of Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. Special Forces, sporting organisations, and professional athletes. Brett is also a self-published, best-selling, author of 'Conscious Coaching: The Art & Science of Building Buy-in'. He has coached a diverse range of athletes from across 23 sports worldwide, at levels ranging from youth athletes to Olympians. He’s supported numerous Super Bowl and World Series Champions, along with several professional fighters. Today we start with the grooming ritual for this coach of coaches. Brett then unpacks interactions and interventions, and why multimodal communication is paramount for success in any endeavour. He digs into assessing communication and puts the question as to why people don't benchmark their capabilities in order to get better when public speaking. Brett shares his doctoral research which is focused on the role of power dynamics, persuasion, and optimising change management within organisations. Brett finishes with his mentors from the world of rap and hip hop, and what he has taken from their journeys. We highly recommend you check out his online courses Bought In, Valued, Blindspot, his brand builder workshop, and his top-class podcast. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Key Timestamps: 3. 02 - Functional in-authenticity 3. 44 - Being who we are 4. 44 - Not being polarised by the industry you are in 7. 58 - Misunderstanding of communication 9. 27 - Power dynamics of communication 16. 51 - How we present in different environments 21. 56 - What area of life is poor communication good 28. 46 - Why 'stay in your lane' is poor advice 32. 37 - Being social beings in a social setting 37. 25 - Communication as the crypto of the future 39. 47 - Having a mentor 42. 15 - Assessing someone professionally 43. 05 - What does HP mean to you. 44. 15 - Poor communication nearly cost Brett his life 46. 55 - What is most effective at points in time. 47. 37 - Not going to solve a complex issue with a complicated solution 48. 30 - Being adaptable and flexible as a way to HP

Today we spoke with Brian Keane - Fitness Coach, Nutritionist, Best Selling Author and Podcast. This episode was brought to you by Hauora - a performance wellbeing growth partner. Hauora aims to educate and impact individual and organisational culture to ignite health, wellbeing, and performance. Find out more at www.HauoraLife.com Brian is a qualified personal trainer, sports nutritionist and strength and conditioning coach. He is the bestselling author of the book 'The Fitness Mindset' and has traveled the world as a professional speaker, having also completed several remarkable endurance events. He hosts the very popular 'The Brian Keane Podcast' and is a former primary school teacher, model - now turned fitness entrepreneur. Today we speak about what mastering the mindset for real refers to, based on the words on the cover of his new book 'The Keane Edge'. We explore self sabotage, systems, willpower and habits - and how to stick with a plan. Brian gives us a nutrition seminar on intermittent fasting, insulin sensitivity, fat loss and helps us understand why for some it could have a place as a diet plan. We learn about how to not press the f*ck it button on a diet - and the value of a reset if this happens. Brian unpacks what's important now as a working philosophy for life...and how he created a scalable and very successful business. In this episode we discuss 🗣 🤔 Why we find it so hard to stick to certain diets 🧠 Brian's philosophy on nutrition 🔨Tools to avoid self-sabotage - Don't press the f*#k it button! ⏲ Intermittent fasting 🏐 Which approach to choose for GAA players, gym goes or active people 🎯 Being process focused vs outcome focused 💪 WIN - What's Important Now! 🔎 Discovering what gave Brian energy 🤝 Helping others realise their potential ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Key Timestamps  2. 02 - Brian's philosophy on nutrition  3. 15 - Falling off the diet train  4. 10 - The why behind The Keane Edge  5. 10 - Why do people self-sabotage  5. 45 - Starting out on the wrong foot  6. 51 - Don't press the f*#k it button  7. 12 - Factor chocolate so unhelpful foods in  9. 46 - Why weight loss clubs don't always work  10. 20 - Tracking fat loss us weight loss  11. 20 - Finding an exercise programme that doesn't feel like one  12. 01 - Process-driven appeals us outcomes  13. 54 - Do diets fail people on do people fail diets  17. 55 - Is what I'm doing annually helping me with my goal  18. 30 - Intermittent fasting and breakfast  19. 51 - Being metabolically flexible  23. 15 - Fasting and reducing our eating time window  24. 48 - Fasting for active people, sportspeople, and gym-goers  27. 05 - limiting the downside of farting post-training  29. 27 - Being able to do the things Brian loves to do and saying no  33. 20 - WIN- What's Important Now  35. 30 - Box breathing to calm down  36. 45 - Gaz Gaelic Guide  37. 10 - Not liking teaching and mother's advice  38. 30 - What would you do for free  41. 43 - What fills you up changes + what would you regret on your deathbed  43. 50 - What does high performance mean to you? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Social www.instagram.com/sleepeatperformrepeat.com www.twitter.com/SEPR_Podcast www.linkedin.com/company/sleep-eat-perform-repeat/ www.sleepeatperformrepeat.com/157-brian-keane

Today we spoke with Lisa Jacob - Team Manager at Hockey Ireland, and Co-Owner of Hidden Strength. This episode was brought to you by Hauora - a performance wellbeing growth partner. Hauora aims to educate and impact individual and organisational culture to ignite health, wellbeing, and performance. Find out more at www.HauoraLife.com Lisa is a former international and director on the board of Hockey Ireland, and now managing the team. From 2006-2014 she amassed 139 caps for the Irish Women's Hockey Team. After nearly a decade at the top in hockey she switched sports playing for the Irish Women's Rugby 7's squad for 18 months. Lisa, a huge advocate for women's sport in Ireland, has a degree in Psychology and a Masters diploma in Executive Coaching from the Irish Management Institute. Today we speak about the lessons she can share with the elite hockey players she works with...how they can be their best self. Mindset comes through massively as Lisa discusses how to reframe circumstances that may at first seem negative, as well as the story behind Hidden Strength, her company. We talk about completing the ultra-marathon the Race around Ireland, one of the "World's Toughest Endurance Events" - and why Lisa and her partner Nikki raised money for supporting the Irish mental health charity 'Suicide or Survive'. Lisa shares the philosophy around 'Raise Her Game', a 20x20 inspired female sports coach mentoring programme. Lisa is passionate about human potential - and is a giver. Thanks for joining us! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Key Timestamps 1. 08 - Switching off and re-energising after a busy year 2-.58 - Energy is central to wellbeing + performance  3. 51 - Get out for a walk as energise 4. 23 - Forgetting about the basics of performance  4. 44 - Wind down routine for better sleep  5. 45 - Setting time boundaries to stay high performing 6. 49 - Realising she was burned out 7. 42 - Getting it wrong to find out what fuels us 9. 35 - Coaching high profile players to say no 10. 48 - Curiosity around own potential 11. 17 - Understanding your anchor for sustained motivation 12. 08 - People struggling to proudly bring their own strengths to light 14. 10 - High performance is not rocket science -it's about sharing tools and strategies 16. 50 - What are the thoughts you choose to listen to 17. 31 - You have to be the one who inputs helpful thought  18. 09 - Write out a self-talk script 21. 05 - Breaking it down to the next checkpoint when you want to stop 22. 07 - The power of keeping going that little bit more and building the resilience muscle  23. 18 - Finding the balance  24. 55 - Raising money for Suicide or Survive 26. 31 - Advocacy + awareness for Irish women in sport combined with women success 28. 15 - Both men and woman stepping forward and having belief in self 29. 36 - Cure environment and vision as a leader 30. 35 - Connecting with people to lead 31. 44 - Get up every day and do the work 33. 11 - What does high performance mean to you Social www.instagram.com/sleepeatperformrepeat.com  www.twitter.com/SEPR_Podcast  www.linkedin.com/company/sleep-eat-perform-repeat/  www.facebook.com/SleepEatPerformRepeat

Today we spoke with Joe Barr - Irish World endurance cyclist and Multiple World Record Holder. This episode was sponsored by Skill Yoga. With hundreds of workouts on functional strength, mobility, flexibility, and mindfulness. Get your personal yoga training plan today! Available now on the App Store and Google Play Store. Sleep Eat Perform Repeat listeners can get an exclusive 50% off their annual subscription package when you enter SEPR as a promo code or use the link https://skill-yoga.com/getcoachnow?c=sepr. Joe Barr has been racing bikes his whole life, for over 5 decades in fact - from two years of age on a pushbike to today; in 2022 from a racing perspective it will be 50 years...and he hasn't missed a season in 50 years! He has won over 500 races and amassed hundreds of medals and trophies in an impressive array of cycling disciplines. He is a Commonwealth Games bronze medalist and has represented his country at numerous World Championship events throughout the years. He has experience in road racing, time trials, cyclo-cross, and ultra-endurance. Joe currently holds endurance cycling records in Ireland such as Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way, from north to south (2304 KM) set in 2021, Malin to Mizen Head and back (1242 KM) set in 2020, West Coast - East Coast - West Coast Ireland (776 KM), a World Record set in 2020 and the Race Around Ireland (2200 KM), an Irish record set in 2018. Today we speak about when Joe knew he was good at this, and his upbringing from where he grew up in Ireland - Tyrone, Donegal; we hear about history and culture around Northern Ireland and Ireland. We dive into what endurance racing is all about, passion and performance, escapism on the bike, finding the way in the world with the bike as a tool, teamwork - it's so much more than one person, and mindset. Joe speaks with us about his book - "Going the Distance - the making of a world-class endurance cyclist", Team Joe Barr, the Race Around Ireland, and the epic Race across America, now a category winner on Vimeo called "Reborn in the USA". There are immersive stories around grit, mental toughness, a bigger why sketching and colouring in images of riders in the Tour de France - what a ride! Key Timestamps 1. 47 - Growing up in Donegal in a 'border county' 2. 58 - Understanding + interpreting different perspectives 3. 36 - Cycle endeavours + personal struggles 4. 2h - Cycling to escape difficult circumstances 6. 00 - 50 years of cycling - hasn't missed a season 6. 59 - Support from rival cyclists Talent to a degree - 8. 03 - Hard work is a necessity 10. 15 - Bit of luck + the perfect storm 12. 52 - Purpose behind team Joe Barr 14. 53 - Fundraising for son's battle with cancer + care services 15. 42- Race around Ireland 16. 30 - Race across America 17. 58 - Altitude sickness at Wolf's Creek 18. 51 - Trust that life has prepared you for. what ahead 20. 52 - Journey in hospital with son prepared Joe for endurance 23. 00 - RTA and fixing a broken foot 25. 21 - Importance of the race team 26. 20 - A place of vulnerability and inner truth 26. 40- Dialogue and avoiding miscommunication 28. 44 - A lightbulb moment 30. 10 - Losing touch with inner self in the modern world 31. 20 - Stripping away layer + forced daily 33. 15 - Writing a book and Gillian being an inspiration 33. 45 - Origins of Joe's book and sketching for downtime 37. 48 - What does high performance mean to you? Sponsored by Skill Yoga - https://skill-yoga.<