Mindset conversations that end in something you can use.
Shaun McCambridge talks mindset, habits and resilience with a wide range of guests, including a former All Black, a former world champion Ironman, a neuroscientist and the CEO of QRC. The conversations are casual and warm, and his questions keep coming back to what someone can actually change at work or at home.
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The Shaun McCambridge Podcast is a conversation show about mindset and performance, hosted by Shaun McCambridge and sponsored by Stellar Recruitment. The guest episodes follow a set pattern. A scripted introduction comes first, then the guest, then a closing request to share the episode with anyone who might get something from it. What happens in between is more varied than the show's mindset label suggests. Guests include a former All Black, a former world champion Ironman, a high-performance coach, a neuroscientist and the CEO of QRC. McCambridge tends to bring a big idea down to something a person can do. His conversation with James Laughlin, author of Habits of High Performers, settles on an end-of-day practice: three things to be grateful for and one thing to look forward to. McCambridge then asks straight away what people can change at work, at home and in their relationships to support high performance. Zion Armstrong, who spoke at a Stellar X event, is candid about the pull between work and parenting. He describes using the weeks without his children, under split custody, to push hard at work. He also describes a weekly run through his calendar to separate what matters from what does not, and a book he has kept since his daughter turned five that he opens when a day is going badly. Sport provides some of the most vivid material. Paul Miller compares the support rugby players get now with the personal development backing of his own era, and wonders aloud whether modern players are wrapped in cotton wool. He grounds that in a memory from his first Highlanders season, spent watching from the stands. Trevor Hendy talks about the point under pressure where an athlete stops grabbing at a result and starts, in his words, to express rather than chase. Some conversations leave personal growth behind. With Janette Hewson the subject is mining, and how an industry that values transparency answers opponents who speak in ten-second grabs on social media. The brain science suggested by the show's category is clearest in a takeaways recap, recorded from home with COVID-19 well underway and introduced under the name 'Debunking Your Growth Mindset'. In it, McCambridge revisits his conversation with neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart, whom he first saw speak at a conference through the executive leadership group YPO, and recommends her book The Source. He also returns to a conversation with his daughter, Sophie McCambridge, about fixed and growth mindsets. Throughout, the tone is warm, informal and generous with praise. For the mindset core, start with that recap. For sport, start with Miller or Hendy. For the business side, start with Hewson.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants ideas about mindset, habits and resilience drawn from the experience of athletes, coaches and business leaders, told in a relaxed, friendly conversation rather than a lecture.
What sets it apart: The guests go well beyond wellness, taking in rugby, endurance sport and the mining industry, and the host keeps pulling each exchange back to concrete habits such as gratitude lists, calendar reviews and how surroundings shape performance.
For over 20 years, Shaun McCambridge has been inquisitive, learning and experimenting with different ways to leverage our greatest asset….. our minds, to work for us rather than against us. Join Shaun as he engages with inspiring guests to provide you with tangible knowledge and insights to help you achieve more. This show is powered by Stellar Recruitment and is inspired by our company purpose and WHY which is….. “Inspiring growth, Changing lives”. Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Ensure that you subscribe, rate and review!
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A grounded conversation about gratitude, belonging, and the culture around Canterbury Rugby's high-performance environment.
High performance loses some of its shine here, in a conversation with James Laughlin that treats his new book as a way into small, repeatable practices. The clearest example is simple: end the day by naming three things to be grateful for, then one thing to look forward to.
Armstrong turns hard beginnings into a grounded look at choices, routines, work, and fatherhood.
Zeon Armstrong frames a difficult early stretch through one night running from police, where an officer's response could have changed the course of the moment.
A grounded conversation about mining's role in modern life and the hard work of explaining it.
Mining is framed as a story about communication, trust and access to modern life. Jeanette, a lawyer by trade and CEO of QRC, traces the career opportunities the sector created for her before turning to the harder task of explaining why mining still matters.
A former All Black reflects on rugby's hard edges and the perspective that followed his cancer diagnosis.
Paul Miller's rugby story works best as a grounded look at how a hard sporting life can shape the way someone meets a serious diagnosis. Speaking with Sean McCambridge, the former All Black and professional player moves through a career that took in the Chiefs, Highlanders,…
A reflective episode on pressure, presence, and the clarity that can arrive when the chase loosens its grip.
Trevor Hendy comes through as a subject shaped by lifesaving, early business pressure, and a long interest in what happens when attention stops chasing the result.
Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.
Hard conversations, patiently held, with room to laugh.
Care, culture, and the choices shaping Black women's lives.
Sean McCambridge interviews James Laughlin about Habits of High Performers and the gap between achievement and sustainable life design.
The Shaun McCambridge Podcast episode with Zeon Armstrong links a rough upbringing, 400 metre hurdles, and corporate leadership through one theme: choices over circumstances.
Sean McCambridge interviews Jeanette Hewson, the chief executive of the Queensland Resources Council, about how a lawyer from Mount Isa ended up building a career in mining.
Sean McCambridge’s episode with Paul Miller moves from rugby intimidation to cancer, with Miller recalling Jerry Collins, the All Blacks, and the only time his father shook his hand.
["Trevor Hendy says his father, Ron, pushed him into nippers at Surfers Paradise, and that fear became six Australian titles and four world titles.", "He says the first six laps, beach flags, and surf-club pressure turned a scared kid into a champion who later coached others.", "Hendy describes the sport's late-1980s and 1990s boom as a Kellogg's Nutri-Grain versus Uncle Toby's rivalry that brought about 10,000 people to Bondi Junction and 25,000 to 30,000 to Portsea.", "The conversation also reaches Kelly Slater, Baywatch, and Hendy's adversity framework, where the useful shift is from 'to me' to 'through me'."]
James Laughlin tells Sean McCambridge that people sustaining goals often use leverage, such as accountability or a consequence.
Performance psychologist Jonah Oliver says failure and adversity can build a more useful relationship with stress when people find agency during the difficult moment.
Jeff McKeon recounts how a hug from his friend John's mother, Jan, interrupted a suicidal crisis when he was 16.
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Phil Di Bella tells Shaun McCambridge how he went from 88-90 kilos at 26 to 167 kilos, then back to 97 kilos at 15% body fat after exiting his business on 30 June 2017.
Jonah Oliver, who works with golfers, racing drivers and surgeons, argues that a parent's role on the car ride home from sport is to provide "a cushioned landing" rather than remove a child's distress.
Sean McCambridge recaps key takeaways from podcasts with neuroscientist Tara Swart on mental resilience and brain performance, and with his daughter Sophie on growth mindsets.
Teachers discuss how they got their school on board with their behavior management resource by leveraging a school behavior review.
Teachers Clarissa Johnson and Veronica Colley discuss teaching emotional intelligence and growth mindset language to children, parents, and educators.
Sean McCambridge interviews his daughter Sophie about growth and fixed mindset for kids.
World champion surfer Shaun Tomson discusses his 'I Will' code framework for finding purpose and empowering people.