In this Bite Size from episode #86 Andrew is joined by his friends Stuart Clark and Steve Rixon and they reminisce about Andrew’s early days at the NSW cricket team. Steve shares the story of the 5 minute interview, where he hired Andrew as the NSW fitness trainer after a quick, informal job interview.

Andrew then goes on to explain how he had to change his thinking and training method, coming from a running career which requires a very different type of fitness to cricket, while Stuart also mentions that he has been using some of those training methods for his son’s team recently.

You can find Stuart at his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-clark-32019360/
Book Steve to speak at your next event: https://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/speakers/steve-rixon/

Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/

Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/

Follow StriveStronger: https://www.instagram.com/strive.stronger/

If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

Joining Andrew on the podcast is Dr. Sarah McKay, a renowned neuroscientist and science communicator, specialising in simplifying brain science to promote health, wellbeing, and creativity.

“For me what's really cool and exciting is it's such an enormously rich and continually evolving discipline. There's always something new to learn, it’s always challenging me and it also gives access to really cool people who are passionate about understanding the biological mechanisms that sort of sit below how we think and feel and behave.”

In this episode Andrew and Dr Sarah discuss:

4:00 What is neuroscience and neuroplasticity.

11:30 Be selective where you get your information from.

13:30 Dr Sarah’s approach to teaching neuroscience.

16:15 How we interpret the information from around us.

20:50 Dr Sarah’s studies into insomnia.

24:30 Teenagers brains going through puberty.

27:00 Creating bio banks of data.

29:00 Reframing the way we frame the word 'mood' in relation to female sex hormomes and teenager brains.

33:55 How our opinions on menopause have changed over time.

37:10 Being good role models for your children.

38:45 What can happen if they don’t have those positive role models.

42:15 How the pandemic made people act cruel to one another.

43:20 The neurobiology of napping.

45:30 Basic protocols around how to nap.

49:45 The effect of napping on your cognition and memory.

52:10 Keeping your brain fit into old age.

55:25 Dr Sarah’s study of people of different ages running a hedge maze.

1:03:00 The struggle women face fighting ageing.

1:07:30 The shocking lack of research into women’s health.

1:14:30 The mark Dr Sarah wants to leave on the world.

You can find Dr Sarah at her Website: https://drsarahmckay.com/
At her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsarahmckay/
Or at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmmckay/

Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/

Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/

Follow StriveStronger: https://www.instagram.com/strive.stronger/

If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

In this Bite Size from episode #89 Former NRL player Keegan Hipgrave tells the story of how he was forced to medically retire from the NRL after suffering multiple major concussions during the course of his career. Keegan shares the heartbreak of having his dream career he had been working towards since he was young and losing it to powers outside his control.

However it’s not all doom and gloom, Keegan also tells us how this gave him some time off to explore the world and himself and he is now back doing meaningful work that helps people and that he enjoys immensely.

You can find Keegan at his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keeganhipgrave/?hl=en
Or at his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keegan-hipgrave-9a36b8230/
Follow Keegan's podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keeganandcompanypod/?hl=en
Listen to Keegan's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/keegan-and-company/id1695873736

Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/

Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/

Follow StriveStronger: https://www.instagram.com/strive.stronger/

If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.