The Prymal Podcast

Dr Brian Pennie, neuroscientist and host of the Change Is Possible podcast, and Kellie Fennell, a hugely successful coach, speaker and host of The Kellie Fennell Podcast, explore why some people are able change their lives and circumstances while others simply stay stuck.
Learn why awareness comes before change, how to design your environment so you are not relying on willpower, if any of us actually has any agency in the world and why the same choice is not the same choice for everyone.
Brian also explores addiction, recovery and conditioning, and Kellie explains avoidance, community, nature and burnout.

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Chapters:
00:00 Holding Two Opposed Ideas At Once

03:07 Why Is Changing Your Identity So Hard?

06:57 Why Awareness Comes Before Change

08:26 How Avoidance Becomes A Pattern

13:50 Self-Deception And The Support System

18:33 Why Self-Reflection Feels Like An Attack

21:28 Is It Getting Easier To Ask For Help?

24:54 Doing The Right Things, Same Suffering

27:15 Why Everyone Wants The Easy Fix

32:49 The Hidden Biology Behind Decisions

39:26 Routine Vs Spontaneity: Finding Balance

46:00 Managing Expectations And Contentment

48:55 Do We Have Less Agency Than We Used To?

51:38 Does Everyone Really Have A Choice?

54:45 When Does A Choice Stop Being A Choice?

57:36 Addiction Or A Trauma Problem?

59:07 The Drivers Most People Can't Access

1:03:05 Conditioning And The Faulty Framework

1:05:48 Why Brian Wouldn't Take It Back

1:09:18 Chasing The Details, Missing The Basics

1:12:16 Loneliness, Connection And Community

1:16:55 Kellie's Story Of Honouring The Deer

1:21:47 A Hunting Trip As A Connection Piece

1:26:12 The Connection We Have Lost

1:29:17 Nature As A Healer, Wherever You Live

1:31:07 Giving To Others Vs Fixing Yourself

1:34:43 Create, Not Consume: Making Space

1:36:53 Growth At All Costs And Burnout

1:38:13 Do People Need To Hit Rock Bottom?

1:41:06 Create Space To Be Bored

Gary Fox, host of The Entrepreneur Experiment, more than 500 episodes interviewing successful founders, explains why some entrepreneurs quit while others succeed, and why the answer is simpler than most people expect.
Learn why founders run out of enthusiasm before they run out of money, whether grit can be learned, and how to tell if you're being gritty or naive.
Gary also shares how COVID wiped out his property business, how to ask busy people for advice, and what recording over 500 episodes taught him about outlasting others.
00:00 Founders Run Out Of Enthusiasm First
00:41 "It Was Me That Was Going To Fail"
01:45 Two Buckets, Energy Credits And Systems
04:57 Survivorship And The Chaos Of Year One
08:00 What Separates Founders Who Make It?
10:32 Can Grit Be Learned?
15:24 Naive Or Gritty: Persist Or Pivot?
21:52 Passion, Delegation, The Messy Middle
24:48 What He'd Do Differently In Property
29:47 Ask Someone One To Three Steps Ahead
34:24 Finding Mentors: Just Get Coffee
36:26 Why It's Never Been Easier To Stand Out
41:03 Bias To Action And Low-Energy Days
43:52 Knowing What You Don't Want
48:40 How To Filter Business Advice
51:59 Body, Brain And Bandwidth
55:54 The Founder Formula
1:01:32 Money, Happiness, The Messy Middle
1:06:51 Getting Past The PR Version Of A Guest
1:08:30 How He Picks Guests
1:11:49 The One Lesson From 500 Episodes
1:13:40 The Decade Anchor And Comparison
1:15:49 Growth Hacks Vs Business Goals
1:18:43 The Podcasting Work Nobody Sees
1:20:20 What Clipping Did And Didn't Do
1:24:56 COVID, Cabins And Buying A Forest
1:29:30 How COVID Nearly Killed The Podcast
1:31:42 Learning About Yourself Through Others
1:34:15 What Founders Should Focus On Next
1:38:39 Platforming Irish Founders

Why does life feel like it's flying by, and where do the years actually go? We dig into why time seems to speed up: body clocks, dopamine and the brain's "frame rate", and how our constant scrolling is literally stealing time while distorting our perceptions. The importance of presence to feel more of your life, and how little it feels we're actually 'here' for.
We discuss why "I can't switch off" is often running from a feeling and why slowing down feels boring before it feels better, and we don't agree on whether just noticing is enough.

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Chapters:
00:00 Why Life Feels Like It's Flying By
02:56 Age, Body Clocks And How We Sense Time
06:22 Why You Don't Remember What You Scrolled
09:53 Dopamine And The Brain's "Frame Rate"
12:54 Why Last Week Is A Blur
16:50 Why Time Disappears In This Studio
17:52 Switching Off, Or Escaping A Feeling?
21:20 Needing Intensity To Feel Present
24:38 Modern Life And The Loss Of Boredom
28:27 From Optimising Time To Slowing Down
32:57 Living Against Your Natural Rhythms
35:05 The Trap Of Over-Optimising
39:50 Why So Few People Are Actually Present
44:48 Pulled By The Feed, Pushed By Feelings
48:33 What Might Slow Life Down
51:57 Your Phone And Getting Minutes Back
54:15 Organising Your Day Around Being Human
57:51 Death, Turning 40 And Being Here For It
59:36 The Grief Of Becoming Present
1:04:43 All We Have Is Right Now

Dr Michelle Hone, PhD, a female health and fertility nutritionist, and Dr Sarah Kelly, PhD in clinical exercise physiology, are the co-founders of Herology.
They explain what's normal in a menstrual cycle and what isn't, why painful, exhausting periods get dismissed as part of life, and why lifestyle comes before supplements. They also cover athletes who lose their period, how women were left out of research, and how to read a supplement label, along with some insights into their own incredible journey building Herology.

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00:00 Why Female Health Is Still Misunderstood
01:00 A PhD Who Didn't Know Pelvic Floor Therapy Existed
03:14 What Women Are Told To Accept
05:22 Refusing To Compromise On The Formula
09:12 Your Bloods Are Normal, But You Don't Feel Fine
11:31 Why Periods Are Still Treated As Shameful
14:58 Common Isn't Normal
16:09 Women Aren't Small Men: Why Research Left Women Out
20:24 Breastfeeding, Kids and Talking Openly About Periods
24:18 What Men Need To Understand About The Cycle
28:28 From First Period To Menopause: The Common Struggles
30:37 A Symptom-Free Cycle Isn't The Goal
31:51 Lifestyle First, Supplements Last
33:58 Athletes Who Lose Their Period
35:49 Your Cycle As A Vital Sign
41:18 Pixie Dusting: How Supplements Cut Corners
49:14 What Preventive Health Actually Means
55:58 How Two Scientists Built Herology
58:44 Health and Family Before Business
1:03:51 Balance Is Made In Everyday Decisions
1:05:14 Why People Only Change After A Crisis
1:12:22 The Hardest Part Of Running A Product Business
1:17:07 Good Feedback Spreads, Bad Feedback Spreads Like Wildfire
1:20:00 Read The Back Of The Pack
1:23:39 Trust Your Gut, Build A Bias For Action
1:27:21 Why Networking Is Overhyped
1:30:15 Closing Thoughts

Fatherhood, masculinity and what it actually takes to be a good man and a good person, with powerlifting coach Ian Grant and Alter Fuel founder Conor O'Keeffe.
Three fathers discuss the boundaries we set that our kids never see, what to tell your partner versus what to carry alone, what makes a good person and a good man, agency versus victimhood, why systems beat willpower and much more.

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Chapters:
00:00:01 Introductions
00:03:42 The Real Question: What Makes A Good Life
00:09:19 Standards, Mirrors and Raising Likeable Kids
00:19:26 The Walled Garden: Freedom Inside A Boundary You Don't See
00:23:30 Teaching A Skill Once, Then Stepping Back
00:51:23 Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
00:57:38 What Dan's Parents Got Right, and Overdid
01:01:12 Ian On His Absent Father and His Mother's Flip
01:08:11 Kids Mimic What You Do, Not What You Say
01:17:22 Masculinity In Service Of Something Bigger Than Yourself
01:30:30 Would You Tell Your Wife If You Had Cancer?
01:34:42 Victim Or Responsible: The Social Media Question
01:39:25 Drink Responsibly, Scroll Responsibly
01:46:31 Should Kids Be Banned From Social Media
02:06:47 The Privilege Of A Hard Start
02:09:07 What You Tell Your Partner, and What You Carry Alone
02:17:17 The Cease and Desist Letter and the Miscarriage
02:27:29 Leave Your Runners By The Bed
02:30:17 The Way You Talk To Yourself
02:36:18 Closing Reflection and Where To Find Them