The High Performance Podcast

In December 2020, we had an amazing conversation with the current captain of England and Manchester City at the time - Steph Houghton. Unfortunately due to injury, Steph didn’t make the current Euros squad but she is known as one of the most recognisable faces in women’s football. With the Women’s Euros in full swing, we are releasing this fantastic episode to highlight just how far the women’s ga...

Roxie Nafousi is a manifesting expert, self-development coach and author. Her recent book Manifest is a Sunday Times Best Seller , and reached the ‘Top 5’ for ten consecutive weeks.  In this episode she shares with us how she turned her life around, from parties, drugs and recklessness to now living her dream life. Manifestation has played a key role in the changes in Roxie’s life, she talks...

We are extremely excited to have teamed up with Jonny Wilkinson and his podcast ‘I AM…’ to bring you a very special collaboration episode - revisiting our old conversation and exploring new ground. After such a phenomenal reaction to our first chat with Jonny (EP23), we wanted to return to the conversation after almost two years of reflection. Jonny is now the first ever guest who has appeared on...

He was the guest that changed everything for us, and now we go again! Listen to this exclusive preview of our special collaboration with the podcast 'I AM...with Jonny Wilkinson'. Jake and Damian tease the full episode, which is released on Thursday 7th July! - - - - - - Watch all our episodes on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/c/HighPerformancePodcast/videos Follow us on Instagram: https://www....

AJ Tracey (Ché Wolton Grant) is a British singer-songwriter, producer, platinum selling and Brit nominated artist. AJ is known for his campaigns for justice, especially his ongoing support of Grenfell United. He was cited as one of the main reasons young people in his area of West London began voting. In this episode he shares the priceless opportunity his mum gave him by supporting him for a year...

An important message on this week’s bitesize with former Lionesses manager Phil Neville on equality.  Having worked in women’s sport, Phil reflected on his realisation of how hard things were for his sister Tracey Neville, who was competing as an elite international netball player while Phil and his brother Gary were at Manchester United. What more could he have done… Listen to the full excel...

Jos Buttler is a professional cricketer and currently the best white-ball batsmen in the world. In the recent Indian Premier League, Jos enjoyed one of the best forms in history as he ended the 2022 season with an aggregate score of 863 runs in 17 games, earning himself the Most Valuable Player award.  Jos was also part of the England team that won the infamous 2019 Cricket World Cup and made...

This week’s special bitesize clip features the engaging and illuminating Jo Konta, former British No.1 women’s tennis player who won four singles titles, reached the semifinals of Wimbledon and rose to a world ranking of number 4.  In this powerful clip we spoke about the loneliness of pursuing a path of excellence. The harsh, unforgiving spotlight of constant scrutiny and the struggle to mai...

In the week that Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes has bravely revealed she is gay, Jake & Damian revisit the conversation we recorded with Kelly before our podcast journey had even begun, and at a time Kelly has now admitted she was in a very tough place . Her story of Olympic golds, doubt, depression, self-harm, and injury is one you need to hear and is just remarkable. - - - - - - Watch all ou...

Gary Lineker is a former professional footballer and a current sports broadcaster. In this episode Gary shares with us how the crucial positive thinking and practicing gratitude was for his success. He shares that although he worked hard, he didn’t put loads of thought into living a high performance life - he attributes a lot of his success to good luck and waiting his turn. Gary didn’t worry abou...

This week's bitesize comes from Aldo Kane, a trained Royal Marines Sniper, world record breaker and extreme TV adventurer. From a life spent abseiling into erupting volcanos in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rowing the Atlantic, getting locked in a bunker for 10 days with zero daylight... he has learnt that with the right head game, no matter how hard it gets, you can get through anything life...

Extreme athlete and adventurer Ash Dykes is a three-time world-first record holder and motivational speaker. Ash was the first person to hike the entire length of the longest river in the world - the Yangtze River, which took a year to complete, the first to walk the entire length of Madagascar and the first to hike across Mongolia. Ash has an unbelievably infectious passion for adventur...

This week’s bitesize we’re joined by the nation’s greatest PE teacher Joe Wicks.  It’s a lesson that resonated with our hosts Jake and Damian - taking time out to spend with your family and friends in real time.   - - - - - Listen: https://pod.fo/e/11450c Watch: https://youtu.be/1dJjHw8K5qU This month’s HIGH PERFORMANCE CIRCLE newsletter is out! This month includes a very...

Harpreet Kaur is the owner and co-founder (with her sister) of Oh So Yum. She is best known as the recent winner of the UK Apprentice 2022. Her straight talking and strong leadership qualities have been attributed to her success. She takes the view that too much pressure is put on young people to find their passions and that we don’t need to be passionate about our jobs to work hard and achieve gr...

On the weekend of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, today’s bitesize features General the Lord Richard Dannatt, who concluded his forty year military career as the head of the British Army. His leadership and decision making affected hundreds of thousands.  This clip features Lord Dannatt talking about how his faith was challenged as a soldier, and how ambition in the job can unsettle the work-li...

On the day (Wednesday 1st June) of the emotional World Cup play-off game between Scotland vs Ukraine, we revisit an edited version of our conversion with Scotland manager Steve Clarke. The game was postponed in March after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, so this is the first competitive match Ukraine have been able to play since the declaration of war. Steve's greatest achievement has been reversing...

Russell Kane is a writer, comedian and actor, he’s best known for his stand-up specials and his appearances on panel shows. Russell shared that he believes “everyone… has an amazing skill and talent, however not everyone has the ability or luck to find it". He takes us through his challenging journey of finding success, from living in a mother and baby shelter to his life now.  He discusses h...

This was a real highlight moment in our archive, a conversation with All Black great Dan Carter.  This bitesize clip focuses on how Dan came across his own personal purpose in life. How he wanted to be an All Black and add to the legacy. The All Blacks call it their ‘Whakapapa’ - looking back at where you’ve come from to know where you’re going.  Listen to the full episode where Dan show...

Glenn Hoddle is a former footballer and manager, regarded as one of the most gifted of his generation. He helped Spurs win the FA Cup twice and the UEFA Cup in the 1980s as a player and took England to the World Cup in 1998 as the manager.  In October 2018, Glenn collapsed on the set of BT Sport on his 61st birthday suffering a cardiac arrest and required a quadruple bypass. In this episode G...

Tom Daley, one of Britain’s most recognised sportsmen, joined us for Ep5 and spoke about how his feelings of being different growing up gave him the strength to succeed.  Tom’s fame transcends his sport - he lost his father to cancer in 2011, publicly came out as gay, got married, had a baby and has became a key spokesperson for LGBT+ rights. His example has shown that all forms of difference...

Vex King is a motivational speaker, author and influencer. His work focuses on sharing spiritual knowledge, inspirational moments and, most importantly, practical solutions. Vex’s debut book, Good Vibes, Good Life was on The Sunday Times Bestseller list for over 100 weeks, selling over 1 million copies. Vex grew up suffering grief, violence, racism and homelessness.  In this episode Vex discu...

This week's bitesize lesson comes from England and Tottenham footballer Eric Dier who discusses the need for clear direction and clarity from the manager in order to be successful as a team. This decisiveness from leaders in Eric's life such as Mauricio Pochettino and Antonio Conte has made it easier for the team to perform and confront each other if needed. Listen to the full episode with Eric, t...

Lucy Easthope has been working in disaster management and recovery for 22 years. She has worked on every major indident that has affected the U.K since the start of her role; 9/11, the July bombings, Grenfell Tower, the Covid-19 Pandemic and she is currently working on the war in Ukraine.  In this episode Lucy shares the techniques she uses to deal with disasters that we can utilise within ou...

In this week’s bitesize clip we go back to episode 90 with businessman and philanthropist Steve Morgan. Steve founded Redrow, one of the UK’s most successful house-builders and also is the former owner of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Through his foundation, Steve donated millions to help families during the pandemic and recently made a £50 million donation to help advance treatment and try to find a c...

Chase & Status are an electronic music duo comprised of Saul Milton and Will Kennard. They have released five studio albums and have worked with the likes of Rhianna, PlanB and CeeLo Green. This year they will be releasing their 6th studio album.  Saul and Will are known for their privacy, but in this conversation they open up about their failures and successes as artists, their intense work...