Passion Fit Coaching

Lyds has had a massive turning point and a wake up call and shares in this podcast how she can see that she has been rotating through a cycle of self sabotage and low function BUT deluding herself that she was nailing life... In this podcast she shares the two recent trigger moments that have hit her and forced a stop & take a look at yourself moment to recognise how far off her potential (per...

Lyd shares her 2025 goals...as an athlete, person and as a coach/ bike fitter... The plan is, there is no plan. The plan is to be looking for a feeling of knowing when the right moment is to make a decision to enter a race (or not), to be patient with the process and not fixated on a deadline. This is quite a unique episode where there is a recap on Lyd's journey to date, starting from 2018 th...

In the third episode of the New Year specials released this week, Lyds shares how in 2018 she set herself a goal that was running before she could walk... She entered Ironman Wales as a 'New Year, I need to get it together moment' and hadn't given time to think or consider whether that goal essentially was, running before she could walk. Lyd shares how she went through the process of realising tha...

Too often we think that motivation is simply something we will have, well... if you think that, you are going to be waiting a long time for it to happen! In this podcast, Tom & Lyds why you need your goals to be EXCITING and how this can lead to feelings of motivation BUT why it is discipline and commitment that will take you on a path towards nailing your goals. So, stop waiting for motivatio...

Find out what the first key step to getting your sh*t together actually is... Newsflash - its not making a New Years resolution BUT is setting goals but with a framework that will actually help you to achieve them and not look back in a years time and feel like you have not accomplished what you set out to in 2025. This podcast introduces you to the I.P.S.A.T.I.V.E goal setting framework that has...

If you feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world, this is a message of reassurance... keep styling it out, it will come together! Lyd shares her experiences of school but also later on in life about how she felt during this time of never really quite fitting in and also, the actions & mindset she adopted during this time. It's a really tricky phase, navigating through the world...

Do you feel like you are 'trying to please everyone and actually pleasing no one?' In this podcast, Loren joins Lyd to share her progress on her current biggest development opportunity, not being a people pleaser! She shares why (even though pleasing people sounds like a good thing) she has identified it as an area to work on to actually be able to help and support people in a way that should add...

This is part 2 to Lyds episode 66 where she shares three more key learnings since receiving her diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder about 12 months ago. It has been a fascinating journey of personal growth and development over this 12 months and although nothing has changed, the piece that is key is how through having the diagnosis, this has helped Lyd to increase levels of self awareness, purp...

In this episode, Tom shares his experiences of loss & grief and how he has used it to find growth. It is coming up to the anniversary of this fathers passing and even though there was a lot of negatives and trauma that he brought, Tom takes us through how he has worked through the progress of grief and used it to find growth. At some point, we will all experience change, loss or grief, this ca...

This is a two part podcast where Lyd shares her key learnings 12 months on from her diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder. It has been a fascinating 12 months and this podcast gives insight into some of the reasons why Lyd decided to make the decision to go through the diagnosis process, how she felt before and after and most importantly, what she has learnt about herself and others in this past...

How is Passion Fit coaching different to many of the other coaching providers? We are often mistaken for simply being a triathlon coaching company, when actually we are a lot more than that... We coach non triathletes, non endurance athletes and even non athletes. We don't focus on performance development but do focus on behavioural development. This is how we are able to coach across such broad a...

This is a question that Lyds has asked recently about herself (actually during one of the podcasts). In this episode, Lyds and Tom dive into answering that question. We are all weird in our own ways, some more so than others (even if it’s just in our heads). Lyds and Tom share their experiences but importantly, how to find the balance between being the most authentic version of you but also, devel...

Lyd interviews Mike Daly. If you are thinking, 'I wish I had started when I was younger' or 'i'm too old to start a new sport' then take a listen to this podcast! It is never too late... Mike is a retired vet, very busy grandfather and has taken on multiple 70.3 races alongside other endurance events.  He only started triathlon in the last few years as a way to keep active through retirement and t...

Loren joins Lyds to share their insights and experiences into the reasons that women are not feeling like they deserve to demand investment into their journey.  This goes far deeper than monetary investment as they look into what investment actually means; from investing time into self care, doing something just for you and not feeling guilt or imposter syndrome for doing so.  They have seen so ma...

Its time to redefine what you think a 'role model' truly is. In this podcast, Lyds interviews one of the athletes within the Passion Fit community who is the role model we all need in our lives, Michelle Jackson. Michelle is 50 years, a mum of 3, engineer and has recently finished at the Ironman World Championships in Nice. Lots will resonate with so many in this podcast as there are many out ther...

How often have we said we will start tomorrow? Next week? Next year?  Or when I have this, things will be better? Or it will be easier?  Well, there is never going to be a perfect moment, Lyd shares her experiences and realisations of this and how (still) it is an expectation that she is looking to overcome to not defaulting to think there will be a perfect set of circumstances but by looking at t...

You do have the power to add value to the world but you have to think and choose how you can do this…  Every one of us has the ability to make a difference and finding out how and why we can do this is the key.  Lyds dives into her journey and shares more about how she has worked through understanding what her value add to the world is (disclaimer: she does cry) and that realisation of when she ha...

Pressure, how many times have you said you felt like you are under pressure and thought about it as a negative feeling to experience? Have we lost perception of what pressure actually is? Are we shying away from it and missing out on a wonderful opportunity for growth and development? Lyd & Tom dive into their experiences of how to embrace pressure and to love the feeling and the opportunity t...

Have you ever got frustrated that you think you are not progressing quickly enough?  Or not recognising when you actually are, and so thinking you aren’t progressing?   Then this is the episode for you!   Tom & Lyds chat about why progression is never linear BUT also how to identify when you are deluding yourself into believing that you are progressing more than you think you are… then being s...

Lyds has a rant. It is a rant about a growing trend of freeloading that she is seeing and has personally experienced. There is a lot of 'taking' in this world but not a lot of 'giving' back... Tom and Lyds chat through these recent experiences and pin this growing trend down to areas such as; - Not recognising the value of professional development when asking for expertise from a q...

A Level results, do they even matter? Or are we missing the opportunity that preparing for exams (or anything else) provides? In this weeks podcast, Tom & Lyds use the example of A Level results to highlight what is really missing... importance placed on outcome of the results and not the process that has (or has not) been followed towards achieving those results. They will introduce you to 21...

In this episode Tom talks about the things that you need to be mindful of when you are a coach (or if you are being coached). Tom and Lyds discuss the things that they feel it is important that a coach should get right when you have people trusting you with their journey. Maybe some of the topics are a little bit controversial... we shall see! If you are enjoying the content of this podcast, pleas...

Lyds gives a really open and honest reflection during this podcast about how she has recently realised that she has been a bit of a snowflake at times... With Lyds ASD diagnosis back in December 2024, she has recognised a lot of behavioural traits that she has linked to this and shares during this podcast the ways she is challenging herself to not only overcome them but also to keep pushing hersel...

In this episode, Lyds and Tom talk about performance and why it doesn't but why it also does matter.... We are in a world where we focus on performance but this should looked at relative to your potential, what you can do and what you will do to assess whether you have performed to your potential and with the balance that you are looking to strike across your whole life. Performance is important b...

In this episode, mostly Lyds (and bit less of Tom) talks about professionalism and why it is a state of mind that ANYONE can adopt. Lyd chats about this from two perspectives; why any one can and should adopt behaviours that demonstrate professionalism but also why external influences might discourage individuals to adopt this. This is a topic really close to Lyds heart as even ahead of her starti...