Ian Dawson Mackay

The Next Level Guy Show

Real conversations - The work behind change

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Ian Dawson Mackay

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Education

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www.nextlevelguy.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Why Self‑Respect Builds a Better Body Than Self‑Hate Ever Will 19.12.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Chris Powell! Today’s guest is Chris Powell! Chris Powell is widely known as the transformation specialist and host of ABC’s documentary-style series, “Extreme Weight Loss.” With an unyielding dedication to helping others, Chris traveled the country using his innovative techniques, education and expertise to guide extremely overweight individuals as they shed hundreds...

How Building Better Habits Trains Your Memory and Confidence 10.12.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Josh McCartney! Today’s guest is Josh McCartney, a memory and confidence coach! We focus on how levelling up your memory is the key to changing our lives in all areas We tend to tell ourselves a story of who we are as a person and what we are capable of, but this...

Why Understanding Body Language Changes How You Read People 03.12.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Enigma Today’s guest is Enigma! Enigma is a body language analyst who makes videos on the body language and mannerisms of characters and actors in movies, TV shows, Internet videos, and more and teaches how it can it be learnt and used to make us better communicators and connectors with others. He...

What Long-Distance Running Teaches You About Who You Really Are 26.11.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Michele Graglia Today’s guest is Michele Graglia is a model, author, fitness coach, and ultra marathon runner. His book ‘Ultra’ was published in May 2017. Michele is intimately acquainted with the hollow feeling many listeners of Next Level Guy struggle with every day. Before he was beating David Goggins at the Moab...

How Stunt Performers Combine Creativity With Controlled Risk 19.11.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Eric Linden! Today’s guest is stuntman, Stunt Coordinator & 2nd Unit Director Eric Linden. He is known for his stunt work on some of the biggest blockbuster films and TV shows, such as Black Adam, The Punisher, The Suicide Squad & Red Notice. In this interview, we discuss:   Stunt work. Building a...

How to Train Yourself to Perform When It Matters Most 12.11.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Judd Hoekstra Today’s guest is Judd Hoekstra. Judd is a leadership and human performance expert, bestselling author, and speaker. ‘Crunch Time’, Judd’s most recent book co-authored with professional baseball pitching coach Rick Peterson, reveals the secrets of how to be your best under pressure. This book has been life-changing in my mindset,...

Why Most Home Cooking Tastes Bland — and How Chefs Fix It 05.11.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Mike Greenfield! Today’s guest is Mike Greenfield. He is the Founder of Pro Home Cooks, where you can Join over 2.5 Million home cooks on YouTube,  Mike has been on a mission to spread his passion of home cooking through educational and entertaining digital food content. Through his youtube channel, he inspires people to overcome...

How to Build a Competition Game That Actually Holds Up 29.10.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Rob Biernacki! Today’s guest is Rob Biernacki.  Rob is Head instructor of Island Top Team, creator of Submission Formula, BJJ Formula, Modern Leg Lock Formula, purveyor of the Rob Biernacki Online Academy, a master of conceptual jiu-jitsu and occasional masters competitor. This is round two with Rob. (Please see episode #117 for...

Why Thinking in Concepts Improves Your Jiu-Jitsu Faster 22.10.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Rob Biernacki Today’s guest is Rob Biernacki.  Rob is Head instructor of Island Top Team, creator of Submission Formula, BJJ Formula, Modern Leg Lock Formula, purveyor of the Rob Biernacki Online Academy, a master of conceptual jiu-jitsu and occasional masters competitor. In this interview, we discuss:   Conceptual BJJ The use of Mini-battles...

How Older Grapplers Get Better Without Breaking Down 15.10.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Rick Ellis! Today’s guest is Rick Ellis. Rick Ellis has had an eclectic career as a musician, audio engineer, visual designer, programmer, and software entrepreneur. Somewhere along the way he discovered Jiu-Jitsu and became obsessed with this fascinating and transformative art. Rick would go on to earn a blackbelt under legendary instructor...

Why Clarity and Honesty Change Your Dating Results 09.10.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Blaine Anderson! Today’s guest is Blaine Anderson! Let Blaine teach you how to attract the people you want and deserve in your life!  Blaine is a dating coach for men. She specializes in helping guys build confidence, learn to authentically market themselves, and attract amazing partners fast. You can find her on...

Why Gut Fungi Matter — and What They Mean for Digestive Health 27.05.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum! Today’s guest is Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum Over 40 years ago, a lone scientist began exploring this critical, but neglected, inhabitant of the human body. Born and raised in Lebanon, Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum is Director of the Center for Medical Mycology at Case Western Reserve University, one of the top...

What Competing in BJJ Teaches You About Yourself 21.05.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Tom Davey! Today’s guest is Coach Tom Davey, from the Grappling Academy.  Coach Tom began coaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as early as 2006. He has been fascinated by grappling for close to 20 years. Coach Tom spends his days devoted to furthering his art by teaching and studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu full time from...

She Does Gymnastics on a Moving Bike. Here’s What That Taught Her About Fear and Confidence. 13.05.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Viola Brand! Today’s guest is: Viola Brand  Who are they: More commonly known as violalovescycling.  Viola is 26 years old, a former competitive athlete in artistic cycling from 2000-2020, and was a member of the German national team from 2010 on. She won the silver medal at the UCI indoorcycling world championships...

Why Most Home Workouts Fail — and How Forme Rebuilt the Experience 05.05.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Trent Ward! Today’s guest is: Trent Ward Who are they: Trent Ward is the founder and CEO of FORME Life.  Trent Ward is the co-founder and CEO of FORME Life. He realized first-hand that a busy lifestyle makes it challenging to get to the gym, and so in the middle of a...

What Competing at the Top of CrossFit Actually Requires 29.04.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS KARI PEARCE! Today’s guest is six times CrossFit Games athlete and three-time Fittest American Female Kari Pearce! During the last five years, Kari has competed in CrossFit all around the world and represented the United States of America in 2016 and 2017 at the CrossFit Invitational. She was sporty through childhood, beginning...

Why Real Connection Is What Actually Creates Attraction 25.04.2021

TODAY’s GUEST IS Tripp Advice! Today’s guest is Tripp Kramer, aka Tripp Advice (@TrippAdvice) , a leading men’s dating and relationship coach, who has the number 1 dating channel on YouTube. Tripp became frustrated with his own relationship skills with women when in college. He struggled to build attraction and escape the friend zone with...

Why Average Is a Choice — and How to Raise Your Standards 27.02.2021

THE GUEST Today’s guest is Michael Bernoff, who is a speaker, successful author and a results Coach with the powerful ability to tap into virtually anyone’s motivation strategy; building charisma, influence, and connection. A master practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Michael is known for showing people how to get results, increase their lifestyle, and improve...

What Actually Improves Intimacy in Long-Term Relationships 12.02.2021

THE GUEST Today’s guest is the return of legal sex worker, sex educator intimacy master, a favourite guest of mine and genuine person Alice Little. Alice Little is the number one booking legal sex worker in the United States and works as a courtesan at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch. At only 4ft 8in, she is...

What It Really Takes to Hunt the World’s Most Dangerous Criminals 28.01.2021

THE GUEST Today’s guest is Steve Murphy and Javier Peña. DEA special agents Javier Peña and Steve Murphy were assigned as the lead investigators targeting Escobar and his Medellin Cartel organization. These true American heroes provide a first-hand lesson in history as they discuss their efforts bringing down the world’s first narco-terrorist, the challenges they...

How Product Obsession and Community Build Brands That Last 22.01.2021

THE GUEST Today’s guests are Neuro founders Kent Yoshimura (CEO) and Ryan Chen (CFO), an elite company that produces products that you can take anywhere, anytime to refresh your state of mind and do more by simply popping their gum and mints. Their products can be taken on nearly any diet and containing a documented...

What Great Coaching Teaches About Handling Pressure in Life 14.01.2021

THE GUEST Today’s guest is legendary Head Coach Greg Nelson. Greg has his roots in athletic training and competition. Mr. Nelson is a former University of Minnesota Wrestling Team member and All-American high school gymnast. In 1983, he started training in numerous martial arts, obtaining a high level coaching qualifications.  A grappler at heart, the...

What Real Endurance Looks Like Over the Long Haul 07.01.2021

THE GUEST Today’s guest is Mark Beaumont. Mark is an athlete, broadcaster & ambassador. He is best known for cycling around the globe in under eighty days, but there is much more to the man than that.  Using a decade of world firsts, he redefines the meaning of Endurance and what we are capable of,...

How to Act Clearly When Fear Is Real 03.12.2020

THE GUEST Today’s guest is Mark Matthews.  Mark is a big wave surfer and an motivational speaker. Mark has made a living achieving the near impossible: crossing the intersection of danger and excitement. He knows all too well the crippling grasp of fear. While in Tasmania, fifteen feet in front of a cliff in cold,...

How to Learn Hard Skills Faster Without Cutting Corners 20.11.2020

THE GUEST Today’s guest is Scott Young. Scott Young is a writer who undertakes interesting self-education projects, such as attempting to learn MIT’s four-year computer science curriculum in twelve months and learning four languages in one year. For the last ten years he’s been experimenting to find out how to learn and think better. He teaches the...

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