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Dec 2023
19m 50s

Lighting up the room this Christmas

High Performance
About this episode

Happy Christmas from everyone at the High Performance Podcast!


To mark the occasion, Jake and Damian take a look back at some of the most impactful, inspiring and surprising interviews that have taken place since the start of the podcast.


They listen back to moments from conversations with guests like football manager Will Still on his positive and honest attitude and Rylan Clark on why he started talking kindly to himself. Jake and Damian also discuss the amazing insights from guests like former Lioness Jill Scott, sporting promoter Barry Hearn, rugby player Maro Itoje and Paralympian David Smith.


Thank you for inviting us into your lives this year!


Listen to the episodes mentioned here:

Will Still: https://pod.fo/e/1ea4ea

Rylan Clark: https://pod.fo/e/15d984

Jill Scott: https://pod.fo/e/17147d

Barry Hearn: https://pod.fo/e/157c60

Maro Itoje: https://pod.fo/e/163178

David Smith: https://pod.fo/e/1ef288

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