Episodes
March 29, 2022
#121 - Rhiannan Iffland | Facing Fear from a Height
Rhiannan Iffland is a four-time consecutive Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champion and two-time World Aquatics Championships gold medalist for high diving. A former acrobatic trampolining and diving entertainer on cruis…
March 22, 2022
#120 - Jamal Hill | Swimming Up Hill
Jamal Hill is a paralympic swimmer and bronze medal winner at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. He grew up with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a hereditary neurological disability that affects one in 2,500 people. He talks…
March 15, 2022
#119 - From Rare Condition To Pro Sport (My Story)
After more than a hundred episodes, Lewis shares his life story and journey as a professional cricket player. Born with Poland syndrome and told by doctors to avoid sports, he shares the highs and lows of growing up, trainin…
March 8, 2022
#118 - Amanda Presgraves | Peeling Back the Layers of an Athlete
Amanda Presgraves is a former competitive swimmer and a world-level teen USA triathlete. We talk about reframing negative experiences, living with ADHD, and her work in food and nutrition with her new book coming out soon en…
March 1, 2022
#117 - Cathy O'Dowd | More Than One Way to the Top
Cathy O'Dowd is a rock climber, mountaineer, author, motivational speaker, and the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest both from the north and south sides. She shares the importance of training for the summit, rea…
Feb. 22, 2022
#116 - Discovering Your Own Values
How can you discover your values? Values are important because it’s your code of conduct for yourself in the world to help you make decisions and identify who you are, how you live, ad how you interact with others. Your valu…
Feb. 15, 2022
#115 - Marc Pugh | The Foodie Footballer
Marc Pugh is a former professional footballer having played in the Premier League at AFC Bournemouth and English League at Bury, Shrewsbury Town, Luton Town, Hereford United. He talks about football, life beyond sports, and …
Feb. 8, 2022
#114 - Reframing Negative Experiences
The fear of failure is prevalent and the weight of expectations from the past can really hold a person down. Lewis shares his own personal experience with failure and exercises on how to reframe these negative experiences in…
Feb. 1, 2022
#113 - Building Your Confidence
Confidence is at an all-time low among young people, whether in sports or in schools. In this episode, Lewis shares his personal journey with confidence, what it really means to be confident, and some very important exercise…
Jan. 25, 2022
#112 - Dan Jansen | The Power of Dedication
Dan Jansen is a former Olympic champion and world record holder in speed skating. One of the most inspiring stories in Olympic history, he shares his dealing with grief, seeking a sports psychologist, and his Olympic journey…
Jan. 18, 2022
#111 - Finding and Owning Your Strengths
Last January 17 was Blue Monday in the UK and on this episode of Raising Your Game, Lewis talks about finding and owning your strengths. He gives advice on honing your own unique strength and skills and what we can learn fro…
Jan. 11, 2022
#110 - Nicole Snell | Combatting Conflict
Nicole Snell is the owner and CEO of Girls Fight Back, a personal self-defense, safety, and empowerment company for women and marginalized communities. Nicole shares her knowledge on managing conflict, ego, and masculinity. …
Jan. 4, 2022
#109 - Best Bits from 2021
Here are just a selection of some of the best bits in 2021 from the podcast [3:49] Travis Head [7:50] Brooke Neal [11:05] Dr Jim Taylor [14:48] Dale Steyn [17:15] Helen Richardson-Walsh [19:33] Geoff Thomas [22:03] James Ker…
Dec. 28, 2021
#108 - Jim Loehr | Leading with Character
Dr. Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist who has worked with top performers in sport, business, medicine, and law enforcement including 17 number one athletes, Fortune 100 executives, FBI Hostage Rescue Tea…
Dec. 21, 2021
#107 - Jodie Williams | Being Kinder to Yourself
Jodie Williams is a British sprinter specializing in 100, 200, and 400 meters and has participated in the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jodie shares her athletic journey throughout the years, from training in 100- and 20…
Dec. 14, 2021
#106 - James Kerr | The Meaning of Team Culture
James Kerr is the author of the popular book “Legacy” which is all about his time spent learning off the New Zealand All Blacks, one of the most successful teams in history. Lewis and James talk about what we can learn from …
Dec. 7, 2021
#105 - Dr. Jim Taylor | Building your Mental Training
Dr. Jim Taylor is an internationally recognized sports psychologist who works with Olympic and world championship medalists, junior elite athletes, and other professionals across many different sports. Formerly, he was a wor…
Nov. 30, 2021
#104 - Hugo Hammond | Staying True to Who You Are
Hugo Hammond and England Physical Disability Cricketer and was a contestant on the reality TV show, Love Island. Lewis and Hugo talk about Hugo’s family, his love for cricket, and his experience in the villas of Love Island.…
Nov. 23, 2021
#103 - Goals vs Expectations
Lewis discusses goal setting and the role of mindfulness in managing motivations and expectations. [01:07]How to set goals [03:34] External vs internal motivation [06:50] Focus on the process [09:53] Mindfulness exercise abo…
Nov. 16, 2021
#102 - Ed Latimore | Not Caring What Other People Think
Ed Latimore is a former professional heavy weight boxer. Outside of the ring, he is an army veteran, best-selling author, speaker, competitive chess player, and holds a bachelor of arts degree in Physics. Lewis and Ed discus…
Nov. 9, 2021
#101 - Patrick McKeown | How To Breathe Like A Pro
Patrick Mckeown is a world-renowned breathing practitioner, author and speaker that has helped thousands of people around the world, including athletes, military and other high performers. Lewis and Patrick discuss how funct…
Nov. 2, 2021
#100 - Stevie Ward | Tackling the Mind of a Man
Stevie Ward is a former professional rugby league player and captain of Leeds Rhinos. Who’s career was cut short through concussion at the age of 27. On his retirement, he continued the growth of his business and brand, Mant…
Oct. 26, 2021
#99 - How to Manage Athlete Burnout
Lewis discusses the signs of athlete burnout, reasons for its causes, how it can be managed and avoided. In this episode: Introduction [0:00] Lewis talks about the difference between the burnout he feels now as a retired ath…
Oct. 19, 2021
#98 - Lessons from Ted Lasso
From the importance of kindness to mental health, owning your mistakes and trusting your skill, Lewis discusses how the lessons from the TV show Ted Lasso can help you become not only a better person but better athlete. In t…