Performance Intelligence Podcast

Tadhg Kennelly won both an AFL Premiership with the Sydney Swans (2005) and a Senior All-Ireland Championship medal for Kerry (2009). An Academy Coach at the GWS Giants, he is driven to help men challenge toxic masculinity. 
David Eccles is a doting father and is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle, music, and sport. 
Together, these two Irish lads founded WNOW (When No One’s Watching), an award-winning free support program for men’s mental health. WNOW are committed to making a difference in the world by helping men feel comfortable in their own skin by becoming better people; better fathers, partners, sons, brothers, and mates. 
In 2022 they were awarded the NSW Mental Health Commission’s community champion award, for their service to men’s mental health.
In this episode Andrew, David and Tadhg discuss:
5:00 Tadhg’s story, David’s important phone call and the origin of WNOW.
20:30 The growing loneliness epidemic and fostering resilience in kids.
27:00 David and Tadhg’s parents, making the conscious choice to be different to their dads and Tadhg’s resentment towards Australia during his playing career.
34:15 The WNOW circle of trust .
42:30 What David’s dad would think of WNOW, David’s life changing experience during the troubles.
47:00 Tadhg and David’s experience telling their friends and family they love them, David’s best friend dying and Andrew, David and Tadhg’s experiences with suicide in friends and family.
54:00 The positive effects of WNOW and sharing your troubles and successes.
1:01:45 Trip to Mt Kosciuszko with Ciaran Gribbin, David’s text to his mum and the first sessions of WNOW and the circle of trust.
1:06:00 Who pays for the coffees, aspirations to have 10 million men regularly attending and options for women wanting to attend.
1:13:30 Performance Uncovered.
1:22:50 What Andrew has got from WNOW, sharing about his dad.
 
Go to the WNOW Website: https://www.wnow.com.au/
You can find Tadhg at his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadhg-kennelly-2787a985/
You can find David at his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daeccles/
Find out more about the Performance Intelligence Masterclass: https://rb.gy/xexsz
Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/
Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/
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Show Notes

Tadhg Kennelly won both an AFL Premiership with the Sydney Swans (2005) and a Senior All-Ireland Championship medal for Kerry (2009). An Academy Coach at the GWS Giants, he is driven to help men challenge toxic masculinity. 
David Eccles is a doting father and is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle, music, and sport. 
Together, these two Irish lads founded WNOW (When No One’s Watching), an award-winning free support program for men’s mental health. WNOW are committed to making a difference in the world by helping men feel comfortable in their own skin by becoming better people; better fathers, partners, sons, brothers, and mates. 
In 2022 they were awarded the NSW Mental Health Commission’s community champion award, for their service to men’s mental health.
In this episode Andrew, David and Tadhg discuss:
5:00 Tadhg’s story, David’s important phone call and the origin of WNOW.
20:30 The growing loneliness epidemic and fostering resilience in kids.
27:00 David and Tadhg’s parents, making the conscious choice to be different to their dads and Tadhg’s resentment towards Australia during his playing career.
34:15 The WNOW circle of trust .
42:30 What David’s dad would think of WNOW, David’s life changing experience during the troubles.
47:00 Tadhg and David’s experience telling their friends and family they love them, David’s best friend dying and Andrew, David and Tadhg’s experiences with suicide in friends and family.
54:00 The positive effects of WNOW and sharing your troubles and successes.
1:01:45 Trip to Mt Kosciuszko with Ciaran Gribbin, David’s text to his mum and the first sessions of WNOW and the circle of trust.
1:06:00 Who pays for the coffees, aspirations to have 10 million men regularly attending and options for women wanting to attend.
1:13:30 Performance Uncovered.
1:22:50 What Andrew has got from WNOW, sharing about his dad.
 
Go to the WNOW Website: https://www.wnow.com.au/
You can find Tadhg at his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadhg-kennelly-2787a985/
You can find David at his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daeccles/

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Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/
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Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/

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.

What is Performance Intelligence Podcast?

A podcast about all things human performance.
Listen in as Andrew May explores the latest in human performance with an all-star cast of subject matter experts covering physical and psychological wellbeing, performance psychology, sport, business, entertainment, the performing arts, leadership, and science.

Learn valuable lessons that can be applied to optimising performance in your personal and professional life. Performance Intelligence applies to the way we turn up in relationships and the way we turn up at work, it applies to the way we perform in front of 10,000 people and the way we perform in front of one.

Episodes include 3 main categories:
1. High Performer Series - exploring the habits, tactics and strategies that have led to success for some of the world’s leading performers…

2. The Science Of - drilling down deep into the science of a specific performance-related construct, with leading domain experts…

3. Performer Spotlight – an interview with a coaching client, an athlete, or a leader of a large team Andrew has worked with and how they have applied Performance Intelligence…