The Alan Williams Podcast

This week is Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and this episode discuses some of our behaviours around food, our thinking around food, why we do what we do around food, overeating, undereating and loads more. It's important to note that this podcast is merely a discussion based on opinion and obervation. If you, or somebody you know, is showing symptoms of an eating disorder, seek out professional h...

Rachael Smith is a Parent & Life Coach who brings some amazing wisdom and knowledge to this week's podcast. Alan and Rachael discusses the challenges of parenting, particularly during lockdown times, and how parents can manage stress, and life, more effectively. This episode also features discussion around retaining gratitude, while striving for better. They also discuss their own challenges and l...

This episode is heavily Mindset/Psychology based. Alan explains how our thinking impacts our experience of life, and how we can change our thinking. He gives an insight into how his mindset helped him to overcome some medical issues, how to reframe the stories we tell ourselves, and why we are the creators of our own life experience.

This episode explores the idea that people will only create lasting change in their lives when they are truly ready to do so. Alan talks us through what he calls The Phases of Readiness. Those stages we pass through before finally getting to the tipping point; that moment where we can no longer continue as we are. You'll also receive loads of tips on how to move yourself through those stages, and...

This week Alan discusses the importance of embracing discomfort, nerves, pain, inconvenience and vulnerability in order to create positive results in your life. He looks at the impact modern living has had on our ability to achieve success. He also speaks about why vulnerability is actually a strength, and how courage can be a gamechanger.

In the first episode of 2021 Alan gives an insight into his own experiences of burnout, how to avoid it, and the importance of having a release. He also discusses the concept of failure being part of success, and the dangers of being offended by everything!

In thie episode Alan shares 15 pieces of advice that he'd give to his younger self. This is the past episode of 2020, and it may help you with those dreaded new year's resolutions too!

Alan shares his story on going 12 months without alcohol, his reasons for doing so and what he's learned in that time. He also discusses his relationship with exercise, the Irish culture and attitudes around alcohol, the importance of doing what's right for You, and why fitting in is not a great idea!

Mary Cullen represented Ireland at 3000m and 5000m. During the course of a glittering career she won bronze at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. She also broke Sonia O' Sullivan's record over 3000m indoors, and still holds that record to this day. In 2019, whilst pregnant, Mary was diagnosed with Cancer. And so began the biggest battle of her life, far away from the track. This episode is he...

In this episode Alan takes questions from the general population and answers them in a Q&A style. Topics include eating out without derailing weight loss, improving sleep, fat burning, drinking water in the morning, portion sizes, and much more!

In this solocast Alan shares some of his learnings, and experiences, from returning to academic education. He also shares some ideas on why it's so important to keep the brain active, running a business while studying, figuring out your learning style, and a bizaare poster that was hilarious but also showed ambition!

In this episode Alan explores the possibility that our daily lives can erode our levels of self discipline and will power, hence negatively impacting our body composition goals. As always, thoughts, ideas and concepts are offered to help you come up with some practical solutions.

In episode 67 Alan looks at perceived levels of exertion versus what we're actually truly capable of. This episode contains some fascinating mindset/psychology chat around the need for challenge, creating (mentally) safe environments for clients, the difference between empathy and sympathy, and how our stories create our experience. This episode is a must for anybody who is stuck in a rut, and nee...

Earlier this year Alan lost 7lbs during lockdown and some of his online clients lost up to two stone. In this episode he shares some insights for those who wish to lose weight during the current lockdown. This episode also shares discussion on how to use the next 6 weeks productively, the importance of staying active and why 2020 could still be the best year in some area of your life.

In this episode Alan looks at the ways in which people respond to situations of anxiety or stress, how our upbringing impacts our responses, why we need to stop overprotecting children and why it's good to face hard times.

Part 2 of a two part episode on creating lasting change. This episode is for those who are constantly starting and stopping, half achieving things but never fully getting there. It's for those who have hit the point where they're finally ready to take the bull by the horns and step into the challenge! Grab a pen and paper and hit play!

Many of us are consuming more and more information but changing nothing about our outcomes. Or we change temporarily but fall right back into old habits. This is the first of a two part episode on creating lasting change. In this episode you'll listen to some simple strategies that will enable you to transform your results in any area of your life.

We've all been through a challenging seven months. Some took up baking, some learned new skills, many discovered a new thing called "zoom". But what was the real experience like? There's some real talk in this episode as Alan shares his experiences of the past seven months, both positive and negative. There are also some useful tips on managing ourselves into the future as Covid looks set to stay...

Alan sits down with one of Ireland's leading public speakers, Gerry Duffy. At 27 Gerry was in a job where he was doing the minimum, and he was 4 stone overweight. Having discovered the powerful impact of exercise on his life he began to understand that the priniciples and mindset he used to lose weight could be transfered to all areas of his life. He completed amazing challenges such as running 32...

Barry Conway is a motivational speaker who has undertaken the mammoth task of walking the Wild Atlantic Way for mental health charity STEPS. The challenge is a total of 1600 miles; 40 miles each day for 40 days. This podcast is a great chat between Alan and Barry about all things mindset, personal development, self belief, imposter syndrome, chasing your dreams. Loads of inspiration in the one!

Alan shares his top 6 tips for creating a better life. This episode covers topics such as money management, competition, support network, going after your dreams, failure and habit stacking. As always, the information is applicable to a broad range of areas, wherever you feel improvement is required.

Alan sits down with former Essendon AFL player, and current Longford Gaa player, Mickey Quinn. This episode is an amazing insight into the life of a professional athlete, the mindset that shapes that desire to succeed and the constant strive for improvement. This podcast tracks the journey of a 17 year old scouted to play a professional sport in Australia, right through to Mickey's current life in...

Part 2 of a two part episode. Alan looks at bringing awareness to our eating habits and how we can do that in a practical sense. He also discusses societal pressure around food, his approach to that, amd why you need to think for yourself. This episode contains loads of little tips amd advice to help you regain control around food

Podcast listener Fergal Nolan is in the hotseat for the listener takeover. As it happens he has also been a client of Alan's for 9 months now and has been on an incredible weight loss and fitness journey. Anybody thinking of losing weight needs to hear this. In the second part of the podcast Fergal takes the reins and interviews Alan. This episode is full of incredible insights, tips and inspirati...

Alan sits down with Meadhbh Maxwell, star of the hit TV show, Normal People. Their chat tracks Meadhbh's journey from growing up in Sligo to landing her first professional acting job in the biggest TV show of 2020. This is an amazing insight into the making of the show and also features some intriguing discussion around mental health, comparison, the uncertainty of life as an actor and much more.