The Alan Williams Podcast

The first of a two part series on our eating habits. Alan looks at how we eat, why we eat, and the impact it has on our helath, happiness and wellbeing. This episode examines the deeper reasons of why people use food as a crutch, why looking a certain way doesn't necessarily make you happy and why our environment is challenging us like never before.

This episode is around managing our physical, mental and emotional energy in a way that brings the best of us to the world. So many people are just surviving, instead of thriving. Listen to an hour of talk on how to increase your energy levels, happiness, and those of the people around you.

In episode #52 Alan speaks about the negative impact in our careers, health, weight loss, relationships and most areas of our lives. This is a fascinating discussion on how we compare and despair from teenage years right through to old age, and how we can improve the quality of our life by finding alternative strategies!

This episode focuses on the importance of taking Action. Not just learning, planning, weighing things up but actually acting on it. Alan speaks about the importance of mindset, choosing our responses, going from planning to DOING and a few stories from people he has encountered who have changed their reality by DOING.

The 50th episode of the podcast! In this episode Alan speaks about the difference between fitting in and belonging. He speaks of some of his own past experiences of changing to fit in, finding the things that made him happy, where belonging occured and why the bright lights may not always lead to contentment.

In this episode Alan speaks about how we see ourselves, how others see us, where our sense of self worth comes from, the dangers of our self worth being wrapped around one thing, challenging beliefs, changing behaviours, learning and unlearning, and the importance of challenge and progress.

In this episode Alan dispels some of the most common myths around food and weight loss. This episode features discussion around eating after 6pm, Intermittent Fasting, Good vs Bad, fancy coffees and Protein Bars!

Alan shares some of his observations on how things have changed, both good bad, since Covid-19 cane into our lives. He discusses mental health issues, being responsive rather than reactive, the expectations society and social media have placed on us, how our world may change going forward and how we can create a better future for ourselves.

In this episode Alan explores our attitudes to failure, how we can turn a perceived "failure" into a positive and why failure is a fundamental part of success. He also shares stories of some of his own biggest failures and what he learned from them.

We all have a relationship with food, some healthy amd some not so healthy. In this episode Alan speaks about improving that relationship, facing our issues, and bringing balance to that relationship.

Many of us have a propensity to be busy without actually achieving an awful lot. In this episode Alan poses 6 questions to help you become more productive, rather than chasing your tail. A must for those who feel like they're constantly busy but haven't achieved that much at the end of the week.

Part 2 of a two part series. Alan looks at where we may be squandering time, doing more than is expected, why so many neber leave the comfort zone and so much more!

Part 1 of a two part episode. Simple tips on moving your life forward, personal growth, making use of our time in lockdown. A blast of positivity in these testing times!

As we celebrate one year of The Alan Williams Podcast this episode focuses on the most important aspect of any success story; consistency. Alan also goes deep on gratitude and the awareness our current circumstances has brought to the quality of life we normally inhabit. Enjoy!

Today's episode is a series of thoughts, tips and advice on how we can all come together to get passed the major challenge that is currently facing the world. Alan shares strategies on stress reduction, finding the opportunity in the challenge, mental health, the importance of staying active, tips for working from home, and loads more.

That's the question that was posed to Alan in a recent conversation and he answers it in this week's podcast. This episode contains some interesting thoughts on work ethic, resilience, parenting,ambition, workaholics, doing things for the right reasons and loads more, all while getting a little insight into Alan's own story.

In this week's episode Alan focuses on the importance of developing discipline if you really want to achieve your goal, how to develop discipline and how we may be misjudging some of our teenage generation!

This week Alan discusses the positive and negative impacts of social media, how we treat each other online, inclusion and the need for personal responsibility. Having built a business online he explains how he did that and how he navigates social media to protect his mood, mindset and energy.

In this episode Alan explores the meaning of High Performance and what it takes to reach a level of High Performance in your desired field. This episode also contains loads of nuggets on building resilience, process over outcomes, action versus intention, asking better questions and loads of great mindset content!

Alan shares with you 8 ways in which you can manage your stress levels and create balance in your life. Today, many people are super busy, always on, and also super stressed. And their mental and physical wellbeing is suffering. If you're one of those people this is the episode for you.

Alan sits down with swimmer Mona McSharry to discuss her career to date, her journey to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the Europeans in 2019, breaking numerous national records, handling nerves and media attention and being a winner on Ireland's Fittest Family!

Martin Brennan of Myca Accountants shares some financial tips and planning strategies for the regular listener. He also shares his own unique journey to becoming an accountant and his love of fitness, which just happens to include a 2:42 marathon!

Alan chats with Country singer Shauna Mcstravock about her astonishing journey from singing at a church wedding to working with the likes of Daniel O'Donnell and Nathan Carter. Alan and Shauna discuss their experiences of singing and speaking on stage, the pressures around body image for those who perform in front of crowds, the benefits of fitness in keeping balance, the challenge of turning a pa...

The first half of the podcast is around achieving success in life, personal, business. How can you do that even from limited resources? Who are the people that see the best of you each day? The 2nd half of the podcast is focused on achieving all of your fitness goals in 2020. Turning down the emotion, having a plan, changing your mindset and creating a lifestyle!

Should you just eat all around you because it's Christmas? Maybe you want to enjoy yourself without totally de-railing your fitness journey? Alan explores the how and why in this episode. The importance of preparation, planning, persistence are also discussed. Also has the meaning of Christmas changed and has that impacted on our mental health?