The Dr. Greg Wells Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

We are constantly within arm's reach of our devices, often feeling the urge to check notifications, respond to messages, and scroll through social media.

However, this perpetual connectivity can lead to stress, distraction, and burnout, making it essential to carve out mindful moments and embrace intentional disconnection.

By unplugging and practicing mindfulness, we can foster deeper focus, mental clarity, and overall well-being.

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Many of us are constantly striving to "survive" rather than truly thriving.

Yet, flourishing is within reach for everyone willing to cultivate a balanced approach to life.

With a focus on nurturing both mental and physical health, this podcast explores how to thrive - achieving growth, resilience, and an abundance of positive outcomes.

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Welcome back to The Peak Performance Series, where each week I'll be sharing the practical strategies from my books on how to improve your health and wellbeing, while performing to your potential at what you care about the most.

This week we're exploring the one thing I would do first to improve my health and wellbeing.

I hope this helps and that you enjoy the episode!

Yours for health, wellbeing & peak performance - Dr. Greg

This week I had an amazing conversation with mindfulness expert Dr. Ellen Choi on Sharpen Your Edge Live.

Ellen is a mindfulness researcher, speaker, teacher, coach, yogi, and meditator that is obsessed (in a mostly healthy way) with wellbeing, mental health, personal growth, and living with purpose.

She is an organizational social psychologist who trained at the London School of Economics and completed her doctoral degree at the Ivey School of Business. In particular, she studies the efficacy of mindfulness training on performance under pressure, resilience, and errors. Ellen has taught and researched mindfulness with corporate executives, lawyers, MBA students, elementary school students, police recruits, and in health care settings.

Ellen is an Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Ted Rogers School of Management. She teaches organizational behaviour, which includes topics like decision making, team effectiveness, leadership, and motivation.

On this episode Ellen walks me through a series of mindfulness exercises that you can follow along with and implement into your daily life.

You can learn more about Ellen and her research at drellenchoi.com. Enjoy!

This week I had an amazing conversation with Eric Williamson, a grad student at the University of Toronto. He's a fantastic human being who is already making a significant contribution to our understanding of nutrition’s impact on performance. Eric is a registered dietitian who has completed his Master's degree and is currently pursuing a PhD.

In our conversation, he breaks down some key nutrition and lifestyle recommendations. Specifically, we dive into the importance of consuming whole foods, antioxidants and understanding the “why” behind our eating choices.

You can learn more about Eric at unlockedfitnessandnutrition.com. Enjoy!

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This week I had an amazing conversation with Kari Schneider. Kari is one of the world’s top exercise and strength training coaches. She has devoted her life to high performance, strength and conditioning, research, and physiology. She has worked with elite level athletes through the Canadian Sports Centre Network including national and Olympic level athletes in swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, volleyball, triathlon, soccer, football, Paralympic tennis, aerial skiing, and many more.

She is also the founder of Empowered Conditioning, a training centre that brings athletes and achievers to their goals in physicality, career, and life.

We had a great conversation on how to get into the best physical fitness of your life at any age. Getting and staying fit is a challenge in our busy lives but there are simple tactics that you can instil that can make a big difference.

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I’m excited to share my interview with behaviour change expert Lisa Belanger. Lisa is the CEO of ConsciousWorks, a consulting firm that helps leaders apply the findings from leading-edge scientific research to maximize their mental capacity and performance. Lisa has a Ph.D. in Behavioural Medicine, an Executive MBA, and is a Certified Exercise Physiologist and High Performance Specialist.

Prior to COVID-19, Lisa was traveling the world (with her two month old baby) visiting companies to explore workplace culture, leadership, and the ability to destress from work. Pulling from the data and her lived experience she has created and hosts the popular podcast, The Science of Work.

Lisa is also the founder of a national charity, Knight’s Cabin, offering wellness programming to cancer survivors and the author of Inspire Me Well: Finding Motivation to Take Control of Your Health & A Cup of Mindfulness: For the Busy & Restless.

In this conversation we discuss the future of work, unwork, recovery, regeneration, and how to work smarter, not harder.

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

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This week I had an amazing conversation with leadership expert Tim Arnold.

Tim has spent over two decades helping leaders manage complexity, increase resilience, and deliver results, with clients that include The United Nations, Royal Bank of Canada, Allstate Insurance, Compassion International, Toyota, and Siemens. After running both a for-profit business and a homeless shelter, he leverages his real-world experience to help organizations pursue both profit and purpose. Tim’s work focuses on helping leaders unleash the superpower of Both/And thinking in an Either/Or world.

In this amazing conversation we talk about building healthy high performance teams and developing world-class leadership. You can learn more about Tim and his new book Lead With And at https://leadersforleaders.ca/.

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This week I had the privilege of interviewing my friend Ray Zahab on Sharpen Your Edge Live.

Ray is one of the top adventurers in the world. He’s an ultra-runner, Explorer in Residence Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and has run across some of the most difficult terrain on the planet, including the Sahara desert, the Gobi desert, and a run from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean across the Andes mountains.

In this amazing conversation Ray talks about his latest expedition attempt across Ellesmere Island, pushing the limits, building trust and making good decisions under pressure.

If you want to learn more about him, you can go to his website at rayzahab.com and his organization website at impossible2possible.com.

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I’m excited to share my live conversation with mental health advocate Mark Henick.

Influenced by his direct experience with stigma and the mental health care system, Mark dedicated his life from an early age to opening minds and creating change.

Mark is the principal and CEO of Strategic Mental Health Solutions, a consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations and individuals to move strategically from basic mental health awareness toward meaningful, measurable action.

Mark is a sought after public speaker and active media commentator on issues related to mental illness and mental health. Mark’s TEDx talk, Why We Choose Suicide, is among the most watched in the world with over 6 million views. His story of searching for “the man in the light brown jacket” who saved his life from a teenage suicide attempt went viral around the world.

In this conversation Mark walks us through five things that we can do to improve our mental health during these challenging times and in this post-pandemic world.

You can learn more about Mark and his new book So-Called Normal at his website markhenick.com.

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