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Dave Wood: Health Coach to the Stars! #shorts

May 28, 2025 / 00:50

This episode discusses physical and mental health crises in New Zealand, featuring insights from the UFC and intensive care paramedics.

The conversation highlights the involvement of UFC athletes like Israel Adesanya and others in recovery training and mental skill development during fight camps. The speaker emphasizes the alarming rates of obesity and health issues in the nation.

Additionally, the speaker, an intensive care paramedic, shares experiences from the field, describing the challenges faced in prehospital environments and the impact of physical health on mental well-being.

The discussion raises awareness about the interconnectedness of physical and mental health, stressing the importance of addressing both issues in society.

TLDR

New Zealand faces serious physical and mental health crises, as discussed by UFC athletes and an intensive care paramedic.

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Let's drop a few names here. Like from the UFC, you've had Israel, Kikarta,
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France. Yeah. A bunch of the UFC boys, they do recovery training, mental skill development training during the fight
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camps. I don't think that we are a very well nation of people. You only have to
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go to the mall, go look around the mall. Every second people personally obese for
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saying these types of things. I know that I'll get, you know, I'll get some
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backlash, but that's the reality. Let's just be honest. There is a physical
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health crisis and a mental health crisis in New Zealand. And then everyone's
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saying to me, oh, how dare you say it's a physical health crisis and not give
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the respect to the fact that it's a, you know, mental health crisis. We have one
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body. If you are not physically healthy, it affects you mentally. Being an intensive care paramedic nowadays is
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like taking the recess room from the hospital out into the prehosp environment. You have a very broad scope
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of practice. I saw things in that job that no one should have to see.

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Episode Highlights

  • Health Crisis in New Zealand
    A candid discussion on the intertwined physical and mental health crises in New Zealand.
    “Let's just be honest. There is a physical health crisis.”
    @ 00m 21s
    May 28, 2025
  • The Reality of Paramedic Work
    A paramedic shares the harsh realities of their job in the prehospital environment.
    “Being an intensive care paramedic nowadays is like taking the recess room from the hospital.”
    @ 00m 37s
    May 28, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • Let's just be honest. There is a physical health crisis.
    Dave Wood: Health Coach to the Stars! #shorts
  • Being an intensive care paramedic nowadays is like taking the recess room from the hospital.
    Dave Wood: Health Coach to the Stars! #shorts

Key Moments

  • Health Crisis00:21
  • Paramedic Challenges00:37