Pushing The Limits

Trudy Northcott has spent her life problem solving for her health sake. From age 8 Trudy had a rare spinal disorder which led to 30 years of pain and illness. She made it her mission to be responsible for her own body and get her health back against the so called "odds". Now trained as a Bulletproof Coach Trudy helps others regain their own health as well as operating her online store www.energise...

Hormone scholar, nutritionist, integrative gastrointestinal endocrine specialist, teacher of Doctors and author of 21 books, Dr. Lindsey Berkson, joins Lisa to discuss her everything hormones and health, breakthrough research and cutting edge information as well as discussing her new book, "Sexy Brain". She explains how love is under attack, and the reasons why we're all fighting a battle with our...

Gary is like a health crime investigator. He looks for the tiniest of clues that may help solve the mysteries of chronic ill health, or poor performance. This then leads to the development of lasting solutions, or better management through functional nutrition. Functional nutrition is nutrition based care that is focused on building health and performance by restoring the body to optimum physiolog...

This podcast is on a topic that I have struggled with thought it something that perhaps many of my listeners will also find hard. How do you know when it's time to quit on a project, relationship, business or sporting ambition.  We all know the old adage "Quitters never win and winners never quit." But this isn't true and is far too simplified for this complicated world we live in. Winners, I purp...

Exercise physiologist Neil Wagstaff and Professional Ultra marathon athlete Lisa Tamati talk about why it's important to work "in" and not just work "out". Working "in" is all about lowering your stress hormones in the body (cortisol and adrenaline) and helping your body get fitter with less stress effects. If you are struggling with adrenal fatigue, are tired or exhausted and overstressed then pi...

Kim Allan  is a New Zealand-based ultra marathon runner. At the age of 47 on 22 November 2012 she attempted to complete a 500 km  Ultra marathon  with no sleep around the Sri Chimnoy Peace Mile at Auckland Domain, raising money for the New Zealand spinal trust and the Catwalk Spinal Cord Injury Trust but she only managed 385.8 km. However that wasn't the end of the story. Allan followed up at the ...

Cam Langford is a competitive Triathlete, Ironman competitor, software architetct and entrepreneur. Founder of health and fitness coaching platform "Training Tilt"  which is a complete toolkit for coaches and health and fitness professionals. Combining a website, ecommerce, client communications and training plans into a single platform.  Previously he has worked for over 10 years as a senior soft...

Take a glimpse into the life of a modern day Maori leader, warrior, speaker and executive. In this interview we delve into the ancient wisdom of the Maori people and look at the some of the solutions for modern day dilemmas that arise from these teachings. We discuss the lost generation of Maori who were forbidden to learn their own language and culture and who were told just to "get on in the Pak...

Jo was the Chief Executive of the Ministry for Women until September 2016. One of the youngest Chief Executives ever appointed in the New Zealand Public Service, she has invested her time and energy in advancing the cause of the vulnerable in society, spearheading some of the most difficult issues of our time, including child abuse, child poverty, family violence and vulnerable women. She has esta...

Grant is passionate about igniting the talent and passions of aspiring Kiwi professionals in their career. By day he is a career consultant at Massey Universities Wellington campus, building students skills and confidence to move into their dream roles. By night, he helps aspiring professionals through his own online career consultancy firm Sparked, sharing best practice career development resourc...

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between those who just achieve moderately in life and those who do extraordinary things that others think impossible? Lisa reflects on what it takes to be a champion, to achieve greatness and to be extraordinary. What it will cost?  An inspirational and motivating talk to make you want to reach beyond your comfort zone, to risk failure in the pursuit o...

Phil Kingsley Jones is a Welsh legend. Comedian, Entertainer, Rugby Coach, Sports Agent and Manager, Business development manager, Author, Speaker,  Coal Miner and Pie seller all describe this lovable rogue. Born in the Valleys of Wales he became an internationally acclaimed comedian touring with some of the biggest acts of the 70's and 80's from the likes of the Beach Boys, to Neil Sedaka to Clif...

Paul Rangiwahia is an artist on a mission. For years Paul's works have sparked intrigue and discussion for their quirkiness, their kiwiana style but now Paul has produced a very special piece of work called "The Mental W.O.F" which provides viewers with a daily dose of wellbeing. Made up of a set of 45 rules that Paul tries to live his life by, wisdom and principles to live a happy and fulfilled l...

Lisa Tamati professional Adventure Athlete, Author and Fitness & Mindset Coach explains in this educational short podcast why you need to build a little more functional muscle and why that will help you burn fat. She dispels the myths of the fat burning zone and slow steady cardio workouts, and calories in calories out. Please like, subscribe and share this podcast with your networks and help us g...

Mikki Williden has a Phd in nutrition and is an endurance athlete. she is passionate about maintaining good health and wellbeing through a whole food approach to nutrition, regular exercise, and a focus on optimising lifestyle factors that influence our ability to cope with the demands of everyday life. She is a Registered Nutritionist and Research Associate at AUT University. Mikki's by line is e...

Maz Quinn is New Zealand's best known and most successful surfer. A four-time winner of New Zealand's national surfing championships, and winner of the 1996 Billabong Pro-Junior Series, Quinn comes from a surfing mad family - his younger brother Jay and sister Holly have both won national titles, his mother is an advocate for Women's surfing and his father was a national official. During the 1990s...

Phillip Balmer has had more than 33 years of experience in the health sector with 20 years at the senior management or executive level and 15 years of that involved with commissioning or redesigning health care facilities. He is a strong strategic leader and is brilliant at leading change, he is very people-focused.  His goal is to develop an engaged workforce who are empowered and capable to driv...

Steve Stannard is a research academic and Professor in Exercise Physiology at the School of Sport and Exercise at Massey University. He has a PhD Human Applied Physiology and also a Masters of Nutritional Science, both from the University of Sydney. He conducts research at the interface of exercise science and human nutrition, and his work on fasting, endurance training, and nutritional impact on...

Sir John Kirwan KNZM MBE is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player of both rugby union and rugby league. He scored 35 tries in 63 tests for New Zealand, making him one of the highest try scorers in international rugby union history, and was part of the New Zealand team that won the first Rugby World Cup in 1987. He also played rugby league for the Auckland Warriors in their first two se...

Meet Annie Doyle, a Sydney-based, 56 year old dedicated old mother of two. Working hard as a Chief Financial Officer for a large disability organisation she somehow finds the time to also be a mountaineering machine who is on a mission to become the first Maori woman to climb the Seven Summits (The highest mountain on every continent and well regarded of as the Holy Grail of mountaineering) She's...

Dean Karnazes is the most well known ultra marathon runner on the planet. He has written 4 books and is a New York Times bestselling author. He was named by mens health magazine as the fittest man on the planet and by time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people on the planet. His running exploits are too many to even list but some of the highlights include running the Badwater ultra-ma...

Ultra Athlete, Author and Coach Lisa Tamati takes you through: How to get over a bad run. How to deal with a bad run We all have then, find them confidence destroying and depressing, but here are some tips to forget it quickly and get on with your next happy, flowing, exciting, uplifting run… 1. We are not robots. Daily stresses, hormones, infections, stress, lack of sleep, exhaustion, dehydration...

Nicola McCloy is an Auckland -based writer and editor who hails from Southland. After gaining a degree in Political Studies from Otago University before embarking on a career in corporate communications. After several years in Wellington, and time living in London, she moved back to Auckland to pursue a career in publishing. Following on from the publication of her first book, New Zealand Disaster...

Naresh Kumar, a boy who grew up in severe poverty in India and who grew up to become a software engineer and adventurer. Defying all the odds. Recently Naresh completed in just 89 days The infamous Te Araroa Trail. Here he tells us about his early years, the desperate life he managed to escape and fulfilling his career ambitions and now living free as an adventurer. Inspiring and educational. www....

Christopher (Tofe) Evans is a 25 year old endurance athlete from Australia and he is one half of a crazy duo (the other Anthony Sedman) who are known as the Wounded pelicans. These two crazy young people set it in their minds last year to run 40 major endurance events for Charity. They did that and have now set their sites even higher this year with bigger, even scarier challenges. In this intervi...