The Under Pressure Podcast

We're back! Kicking things back off with an interview with all round gun Oli Walsh. Oli is an intensive care and retrieval specialist in Canberra. In this chat we delve into a couple of cases that have stayed with Oli and from there go into his processes under pressure and how he bounces back from high stress situations. We split things up into 3 phases to explore his approaches in more detail...

We're back! Dr Dean Miller PhD is a sleep and exercise scientist who specialises in working with high performers to optimise their performance and recovery for when it matters most. Dean works with organisations such as the Royal Australian Airforce and the Australian Institute of Sport. In this chat Dean and I explore - Sleep fundamentals and what most people overlook about the easy ways to optim...

Dr Aruna Shivam is an emergency and careflight consultant, medical educator, administrator, violin player, and much more, based in the NT. After completing the majority of her medical training in Sydney she came up to the NT and has never looked back. Aruna works across the NT as well as overseas, and having had the pleasure of working with and being supervised by her this year, I couldn't wai...

Following on from his previous interview, this bonus episode is made up of edited cuts from the full chat with Dr Luke Streitberg. Our original chat went for close to 4 hours and solely in the interest of time there was a lot that was cut to put out the last episode! The feedback on Luke's previous episode was amazing with so many people messaging in to say how much they resonated with Luke&#3...

Dr Luke Streitberg is a forensic medicine specialist and GP who currently heads up The Canberra Hospital's DPET (Department of Prevocational Education and Training). In short terms, he looks out for all the junior docs in the hospital. Luke previously spent many years working in the prison system, where a tragic case ended with him leaving prison medicine. Luke opens up in this chat about his...

In part 2 of the discussion with Dr Scott Brennan, he discusses his transition away from Olympic rowing towards medicine and his first few years as a junior doctor and critical care registrar training in both emergency and anaesthetics. We cover - Scott's first years as a junior doctor and lessons learned - His time as an emergency registrar and why he decided to pursue anaesthetics training -...

Some nuggets of goodness from episode 1 with Olympic gold medallist and emergency and anaesthetics Doc Dr Scott Brennan for those in a hurry. Scott explores his approach for analysing failures in sport and medicine followed by his internal drive that has pushed him to the highest levels of success. For the full chat check out episode 1!

Dr Scott Brennan is an Australian Olympic gold medal-winning rower who went on to train in Emergency Medicine and Anaesthetics. In the inaugural episode of the "Under Pressure" podcast, he sits down to dive into his amazing journey. - Scott dives into the profound lessons learned from his journey through pain barriers and high-stakes competition, from training for international regattas...