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Champion Mindset Collective

Practical, honest conversations for coaches, leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators who want to grow their impact, lead with purpose and navigate change without losing themselves in the process. Hosted by Anthony Dahya, Champion Mindset Collective explores leadership, mindset, business, AI, resilience and personal growth with people who have turned real challenges into meaningful progress. Each episode brings practical ideas, hard-won lessons and fresh perspectives to help you lead, adapt and

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00:20:00

Why Business Growth Stalls and How to Get Momentum Back

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2026/10/04

Has your business become busy without really moving?In S3E274 of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya speaks with Ankur Shrivastava, founder of StratMate, startup mentor, Senior Business Analyst at ASB and host of Let’s Talk Strategy.After redundancy in 2024, Ankur chose to create rather than simply wait for the next opportunity. That decision led to entrepreneurship, startup mentoring, community building and StratMate.At the heart of the conversation is Ankur’s Soda Fizz Theory. A

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01:36:48

Why You Self-Sabotage Under Pressure

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2026/10/03

Why do capable people know what they should do, yet become a completely different version of themselves when pressure rises?In this episode of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya sits down with Dr Travis Fox, creator of MindPersonas®, MPHIOS® and co-creator of PersonaForce™, to explore the identity patterns influencing decisions, relationships, leadership and performance.Dr Fox makes a powerful distinction:“Mindset is what you think. Identity is who shows up at the moment of

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00:24:38

How to Rebuild Confidence After a Major Setback

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2026/10/02

How to Rebuild Confidence After a Major Setback | Caro McCourtieWhat happens when you survive something incredibly difficult, but your confidence still takes a hit?In this special Champion Mindset Collective conversation, recorded at The Podcast Bach at the NZ Franchise & Small Business Expo 2026, Anthony Dahya sits down with executive coach, motivational speaker and entrepreneur Caro McCourtie to explore confidence, identity, resilience and the way we speak to ourselves.Caro shares openly about

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00:57:07

Giving a Kidney, Giving Hope: What Living Donation...

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2026/09/30

What does it really mean to give hope?In Episode 271 of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya is joined by Garon Govender and Fredric Susil Doss for a deeply personal conversation about living kidney donation, dialysis, kidney health, service and what it means to turn hope into action.Garon Govender, founder of the Sikhanyisa Foundation, shares why he is preparing to donate a kidney to a school friend and how a life devoted to people, faith and social change shaped that decision.Fredric

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01:28:57

Successful But Stuck? How to Make Your Next Career Move

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2026/09/28

If you’re successful on the outside but feel stuck, depleted or disconnected on the inside, this conversation is for you. Rebecca Pate shares how to stop playing small, rebuild self-trust and make your next career move with courage.In Episode 270 of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya speaks with Rebecca Pate, career and leadership coach, speaker and former digital product leader.Rebecca spent 18 years in digital product leadership, became the first woman promoted into an all-male

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01:09:07

How to Rebuild Your Life After Loss: The 4P's For...

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2026/09/26

🎙️ HOW TO REBUILD YOUR LIFE AFTER LOSS: THE 4Ps FOR MOVING FORWARDIf grief, loss or adversity has left you wondering how to rebuild your life, Trunnis Goggins II shares the 4Ps framework — Purpose, Planning, Passion and Persistence — as a practical way to move from pain towards a meaningful next chapter.In Episode 269 of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya sits down with Trunnis, founder of 4P Group LLC and partner in Veritas Publishing House.💡 THE 4Ps FRAMEWORK🎯 PURPOSE — Get clear on

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00:39:39

Why Your Business Stops Growing: Remove the Founder...

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2026/09/24

If your business has stopped growing, the problem may not be strategy. John Stock explains how founders can remove their own growth ceiling by choosing better clients, communicating clearly and focusing on outcomes.In Season 3, Episode 268 of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya speaks with John Stock, Chartered Structural Engineer and Director of Romulus Consultants in Christchurch, New Zealand.John shares how moving from the UK to New Zealand, inspecting structures across the South

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01:38:13

How to Make Healthy Habits Stick When Motivation Fades

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2026/09/22

If you keep starting healthy habits and falling off when motivation fades, the problem may not be discipline.In Episode 267 of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya speaks with Matthew Rial, founder of Firefli Fit and Novel Ventures, about behaviour change, consistency, identity and building habits that last.After hip surgery and frustration with his health, Matthew applied ideas from James Clear’s Atomic Habits. Instead of chasing a target weight, he focused on repeating simple healthy

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00:59:08

Unexplained Infertility? What Your “Normal” Tests May...

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2026/09/20

Anthony Dahya speaks with Dr Gabriela Rosa, Harvard-trained fertility specialist and founder of The Rosa Institute, about what couples can ask when tests look normal but conception or pregnancy still has not happened. They explore unexplained infertility, male fertility, semen analysis, recurrent miscarriage, failed treatment, the F.E.R.T.I.L.E. Method and the mindset needed to keep moving through a demanding journey.Key Takeaways A label such as ‘unexplained infertility’ describes uncertainty; it

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01:04:56

How to Pitch Your Business So People Actually...

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2026/09/17

Anthony Dahya sits down with pitch advisor, four-time best-selling author and veteran professional speaker Topher Morrison for a practical conversation about one of the most common founder problems: knowing your business deeply but struggling to explain it simply. Topher breaks down why founders wing their pitches, why phrases such as 'next level' and 'game changer' weaken credibility, how specificity and numbers make a message more believable, and why confidence comes after competence. They also

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01:30:12

Vulnerability Is Power: Why Trust Starts With Being Real

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2026/09/15

Why do you keep attracting the same type of person? Dr Stephen Paul Edwards returns to explore repeating relationship patterns, emotional dependency, self-worth, boundaries, forgiveness and accountability without self-blame. After four marriages, Stephen realised there was one common denominator in all of them: himself. The conversation explores childhood conditioning, fear of abandonment, the internal narrator, PSI and DARE identity practices, forgiveness, vulnerability and what it takes to create

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01:36:57

What If Gaming Wasn’t Wasted Time? The Hidden Skills...

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2026/09/13

What if the thing you thought was wasted time was actually building skills you could use later in life?In this episode of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya speaks with Nathan Graham, founder of Synthetic Echo, AI consultant, author and entrepreneur, about gaming, failure, mastery, human behaviour and hidden strengths.Nathan shares how gaming once became an escape that cost him a job and strained relationships, but also helped him develop resilience, teamwork, leadership, pattern

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01:35:33

How to Become Irreplaceable in the AI Age

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2026/09/12

AI may become faster and cheaper at almost every task. Derek Rydall argues that your lived wisdom, identity and courage to be yourself are what make you irreplaceable in the AI age.In this episode of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya sits down with bestselling author and teacher Derek Rydall to explore one of the biggest questions of our time: as AI becomes more capable, what is a human being really for? Derek shares the Law of Emergence, the acorn-and-oak metaphor, his experience of

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01:20:40

Why Your Message Isn't Changing Customer Behaviour

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2026/09/10

If customers hear your message but do nothing, communication may not be the real problem. Bob Rogers explains how leaders use story, emotion and experience design to change customer behaviour.Key Takeaways- Start with the end in mind. Define the specific change in customer action or behaviour before discussing the message, technology, story or creative treatment.- Make the experience about the audience, not about proving how clever, impressive or innovative the organisation is.- Look for an

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01:08:12

Why Success Still Feels Empty: The High Achiever...

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2026/09/08

Success can look impressive on the outside while you feel numb, angry or empty underneath. In this episode, Anthony Dahya speaks with performance psychologist and former professional Muay Thai champion Nico Verresen about high achiever burnout, stress management, emotional regulation, heartbreak and the hidden cost of constantly pushing through pain. Nico shares how retinal detachments and seven surgeries ended the fighting career that had become his identity, why he now says Rocky lied to us, and

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01:00:59

Pressure Doesn't Break Leaders. Misalignment Does. |...

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2026/09/05

You can be highly capable and still lose access to your best thinking when pressure rises. In this episode, Anthony Dahya speaks with Antoinette Engelke about leadership under pressure, nervous system regulation, decision fatigue and her 3-Brain Alignment™ approach to reconnecting the gut, heart and mind. Antoinette shares how her own corporate stress wake-up call changed the way she led, why self-awareness matters more than pretending we never get triggered, and what her horse Lily taught her about

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01:02:04

Successful but Struggling? The Hidden Cost of Chronic...

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2026/09/02

You can look successful on the outside while chronic stress, anxiety or recurring symptoms become harder to ignore. Anthony Dahya speaks with Sarah Dawkins about subconscious beliefs, identity, nervous system safety, external validation and the mind-body connection. Sarah shares the question that changed her direction, the conflict she felt leaving nursing, and three questions for examining whether an old belief is objectively true.Key Takeaways- High achievement can hide chronic stress, anxiety and

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01:16:16

Stop Chasing Traffic: The Brand Foundations That...

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2026/08/29

Your business may not have a traffic problem. It may have a clarity problem. In this episode Anthony Dahya speaks with J-Ryze about hidden profit leaks, fear of definition, brand foundations, founder ego, follow-up and the stranger-to-sale journey. J-Ryze also shares how homelessness and surrender changed his understanding of identity and why he believes founders need to choose business physics over comfort.Key Takeaways- More traffic is not the answer when your brand foundations are weak. Clarify

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01:02:27

Feeling Stuck? The Neuroscience of Energy for Better...

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2026/08/27

What if better leadership is not about pushing harder, but understanding how your brain, body and energy work together?In this episode of the Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya speaks with award-winning clinical psychologist, leadership coach and neuroscience researcher Helen Argyrou about the connection between neuroscience, psychology, energy medicine and leadership.Helen shares how leaders can move beyond constant hustle and develop greater awareness, resilience, creativity and

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01:04:14

Why Most Leaders Will Fail at AI (And How You Won't)

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2026/08/24

If your organisation still treats AI as a collection of tools, it may already be falling behind.Anthony Dahya speaks with Steve Brown, AI futurist, former Google DeepMind and Intel executive, and bestselling author of The AI Ultimatum.Steve explains why AI transformation requires more than adding a chatbot or chasing the latest tool. Leaders must rethink how their organisation operates, makes decisions and creates value.They explore predictive, generative, reasoning, agentic and physical AI,

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