175: The Sports Doctor Radio Show with Dr Robert Weil - Episode 162175: The Sports Doctor Radio Show with Dr Robert Weil - Episode 162
UK Health Radio Podcast
Conversation focuses on how sports hypnotherapy, animal communication and stress reduction can support athletes and patients in reaching healthier, happier performance. It highlights mindset, calmness and holistic medicine as central parts of both sport and long‑term health.
48:21•5 Jul 2026
Mind Games and Calm Brains: Sport Hypnosis, Stress and High Performance
Episode Overview
- Performance is best supported by a “three‑legged stool” of physical training, nutrition and mental support; missing the mental leg limits potential.
- Sports hypnotherapy and self‑hypnosis can help athletes release fear and doubt, often producing noticeable changes even after a single session.
- Parents and coaches strongly influence young athletes’ experiences, so avoiding criticism, really listening and staying open to mindset work are key.
- Stress is presented as a major driver of chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes, making calmness and lifestyle medicine central to long‑term health.
- Dr Calm’s PET system – principles, relaxation exercises and a calming technique – suggests that 20 minutes of daily practice can significantly reduce stress.
“If your mind isn’t in the right place, you’ll never reach the top performance that you, as an individual, are capable of doing.”
What drives someone to seek a calmer mind and a sharper edge in sport? This episode brings together two very different yet complementary perspectives on performance and wellbeing, all framed through the lens of sport and stress. Host Dr Bob Weil, a sports podiatrist known as “The Sports Doctor”, first chats with Australia’s Dr Sue Williams, CEO and founder of Sport Hypnotherapy and an animal psychic.
Drawing on her lifelong riding experience, Sue explains how sports hypnotherapy helps athletes in many disciplines work through fear, self-doubt and performance blocks. She uses the simple image of a “three‑legged stool” – physical training, nutrition and mental support – and points out that if one leg is missing, “it’s not going to work”. You’ll hear how self‑hypnosis, parental involvement and coach education all fit into helping young athletes keep sport enjoyable rather than turning it into “drudgery”.
Things take an intriguing turn when Sue talks about working energetically with horses and pets, linking this to quantum physics and the growing use of therapy animals to ease pressure in high‑performance settings. The second half shifts to stress and modern life with Dr Kiran Dintyala, better known as “Dr Calm”, an internal medicine and functional medicine physician.
After his own intense stress during training, he developed a three‑step “PET system” for calm – principles, relaxation exercises and one simple calming technique – summed up by his line that “20 minutes a day can keep 90% stress away”. He discusses stress as a root cause in chronic disease, the confusion created by mixed‑quality “biohacking” advice, and why long, holistic appointments matter more than quick prescription visits.
If you’re curious how mindset work, stress reduction and a bit of humour can sit alongside serious conversations about diabetes, obesity, youth sport and brain health, this one gives plenty to think about. How might your own “third leg of the stool” – your mind – be supporting or sabotaging your goals?
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