Listening (Spoken Word)
If you’re someone who prefers to consume on the move, has a long commute or like listening to things, this category has a collection of podcasts or audio material that I found interesting, or has been recommended to me. Please let me know if there's anything that you haven't found an answer to here, or that you would like to nominate that has helped you, and that could help others.
43 Resources in Listening (spoken word)
Andrew Huberman Expert Series: Protocols to improve your sleep
A 6 part Andrew Huberman Guest Series with Dr Matt Walker: Protocols to improve your sleep
Andrew Huberman x Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity (Podcast)
Andrew Huberman x Cal Newport: How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity (Podcast)
A path through the jungle (book and audiobook)
A path through the jungle is a mental skills book and psychological model by Professor Steve Peters.
Atlas of the Heart (book, audiobook)
Brene Brown's book The Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Atomic Habits (Book/audiobook)
A book by James Clear on habit formation
Audible
Audible is a subscription service for audiobooks and podcasts.
Caring for others without losing yourself
A recorded lecture by Kristin Neff PhD - a self-compassion expert who specifically works with healthcare professionals as well as professional athletes and many other high stakes professionals.
Deep Work (Book/audiobook)
Cal Newport's book on time blocking
Developing a growth mindset
Carol Dweck's TED talk on the growth mindset is one of the most watched ever.
Dirty Laundry (book, audiobook)
Dirty Laundry: Why adults with ADHD are so ashamed and what we can do to help
Does alcohol affect your sleep? Matt Walker & Andrew Huberman
A podcast where Professor Huberman interviews Dr Walker about the impact of alcohol on sleep
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Book, audiobook)
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink explores how autonomy, mastery and purpose are core contributors to human motivation
Dr Kristin Neff x Prof Rangan Chatterjee
A podcast exploring the concept of the inner critic, and what to do about it.
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Expert conversation on Fear of Falling (Angus Kille)
In this expert conversation, I talk to Angus Kille about what surgeons can learn from the world of professional climbing.
Expert conversation on Intimacy (Jodie Milton)
Expert conversation on intimacy with Jodie Milton
Expert conversation on Mastery with Anna Hemmings
Anna Hemmings is a twice Olympian and 6x world champion marathon kayaker. In this expert conversation, we discuss how to achieve and maintain mastery.
Expert conversation on Mindfulness (Dr Shiv Chande)
In this expert conversation on Mindfulness, I talk to Shiv Chande, an NHS GP, mindfulness and yoga instructor.
Expert conversation on Sleep (Dr Caitlin Chasser)
A recorded conversation between Lilli and Dr Caitlin Chasser of The Sleep Project about sleep, its importance, and some tips for surgeons.
Expert conversation on the DOSE effect (Tj Power)
A recorded conversation between Lilli and Tj Power, author of the DOSE effect, exploring the impact of dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins on rest, performance and wellbeing.
Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery (Book, audiobook)
Expert: The Path to Mastery is a book by Professor Roger Kneebone, Professor of Surgical Education at Imperial, and director of the Centre for Performance Science
Feel Good Productivity (Book/audiobook)
A book by Ali Abdaal
Finding Mastery Podcast (podcast)
A podcast hosted by high performance psychologist, Dr. Michael Gervais, as he sits down with the greatest thinkers and doers in the world.
Mastery (Book, audiobook)
A book about mastery by Robert Greene
Mindset (book and audiobook)
Mindset, by Carol Dweck, is a book about the difference between a fixed and a growth mindset
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise (book, audiobook)
Peak, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, synthesises research on deliberate practice and how it leads to expert-level performance.
Sacred rest
Sacred rest, a book by physician Saundra Dalton-Smith
Secure love (book, audiobook)
By Julie Menanno
Social: Why our brains are wired to connect (book, audiobook)
Social: Why our brains are wired to connect (book, audiobook)
Stolen Focus (book, audiobook)
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari is about why we find it hard to pay attention and what we can do about it
The 7 habits of highly effective people (Book/audiobook)
The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey
The Art of Learning (book, audiobook)
The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
The Chimp Paradox (book and audiobook)
A mind management model, developed by Professor Steve Peters.
The DOSE effect (book, audiobook)
A book by Tj Power about optimising dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins
The Harvard Study of Adult Development (website, TED talk, podcast)
A longitudinal study running since 1938, investigating the factors that lead to health and happiness.
The Let Them Theory (Book/audiobook)
A simple and compelling mind management approach from Mel Robbins
The Power of Now (book, audiobook)
A bestselling book by Eckhart Tolle about how to live in the present moment.
The Science of Attraction (TED talk)
A TED talk on the science of attraction by Dawn Maslar with >7.5 million listens
Time Smart (Book/audiobook)
Time Smart by Ashley Whillans
Tiny Human Things (podcast)
Tiny Human Things is a podcast created by Dr Lilli Cooper and Scenery Studios.
Top five regrets of the dying (book, audiobook)
Top five regrets of the dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie Ware
Waking up app
Sam Harris' app combining mindfulness, meditation, lessons and conversations.
Wired for love (book, audiobook)
Wired for love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship by Stan Tatkin
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance (book, audiobook)
A classic story of a father and his young son's summer motorcycle trip across the northwest.