Sophie Matterson is an adventurer currently based in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. In 2020 and 2021 Sophie solo-trekked 4,750 kilometres across the width of Australia, from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Byron Bay, New South Wales, with her five camels, Jude, Delilah, Charlie, Clayton and Mac. This was a fascinating chat full of interesting and surprising stories and insights. Sophie's book 'The Crossing' is now available. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 29, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1277
'Self-help' has become a mis-used (but widely accepted) term for programs, products; services, workshops, books and even podcasts, selling (literally or metaphorically) ideas, concepts, techniques and tools but the 'actual helping of the self' (maybe we should call it 'self-helping') lives in the application, the action, the work, the effort, the sweat and the courage; the doing not just the knowing. Process not product. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 28, 2023•10 min•Season 1Ep. 1276
What can twins (identical, fraternal and virtual) teach us about the roles of genetics, lifestyle, environment and sociology in terms of 'who' (and how) we become? Professor Nancy Segal is an internationally-renowned researcher, academic, author and speaker, who's appeared on Oprah, CBS Sunday Morning, the Martha Stewart Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, Discovery Health and countless other national and international shows. And now, at the pinnacle of her media career, she chats with the sweary...
Aug 27, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1275
Lucas Aoun is a Biohacker. Driven by curiosity and passion and guided by logic, research, data and evidence. All for the purpose of understanding and optimising physical health, day to day function and athletic performance. Lucas and I chat about various supplements, substances, tools and protocols that are currently being used to improve performance, recovery, energy, health, immune function and more. And no, none of this is medical advice or personal recommendation. Enjoy. boostyourbiology.com...
Aug 26, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1274
In this episode, Patrick and I talk about the great firewall of China (as per the title), analog Tinder, being entrepreneurial in a communist country, Google Maps getting people lost, 3D printed pills, cheeky sat-nav and my aversion to horror films. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 25, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 1273
Sasha DiGiulian is one of the best professional rock climbers on the Planet. She's a world champion, three-time US National Champion, Corporate Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur and to be honest, I found her to be fascinating, inspirational, wildly-courageous and super intelligent. Among other things, we talked about managing fear, pain, uncertainty, risk, vulnerability and potential. Enjoy. YouTube: Sasha DiGiulian See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 24, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1272
Dr Sanjay Juneja is a highly-regarded Doctor (Oncologist), Researcher and Science Communicator, who also happens to be funny, fascinating, compassionate, curious and by the end of our chat, a little bit sweary (that's what happens when I open the 'f*ck door'). You might think talking about cancer (we also cover other topics) could be a little depressing but in fact, it was enlightening, entertaining and educational. *BIO: Dr. Sanjay Juneja is a practicing triple board-certified hematologist and ...
Aug 23, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 1271
In this chat with Curtis Bateman, we talk about the evolution of training, education, professional development and leadership in the work place. So often in the corporate training and development space, there's an overwhelming focus on the welfare of business itself and an underwhelming focus on the welfare of the humans who make the business work. *Curtis Bateman is FranklinCovey's vice president of international direct offices. With over twenty-five years of experience in the training industry...
Aug 22, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1270
This was a fascinating chat with a great bloke, who has spent a significant portion of his career navigating terror, horror, chaos and tragedy, inflicted by both nature, and people. And it's fair to say that Dean Yates didn't escape unscathed. He was the ideal warzone correspondent: courageous, compassionate, dedicated. After years of facing the worst, including the Bali bombings and the Boxing Day tsunami, one final incident undid him. In July 2007, two of his staff members were brutally gunned...
Aug 21, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1269
This episode with Peter Baines starts out at a lazy conversational pace and builds into a captivating insight into the some of the amazing work that 'Hands Across the Water' (the charity Peter started) is doing with Kids born into extreme adversity and disadvantage. Towards the end, he tells an amazing story that almost brought me to tears. *Peter Baines OAM is a crisis and disaster management expert, philanthropist, and international keynote speaker on the topic of leadership. He has worked glo...
Aug 20, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1268
In this episode, David and I chat about the line between occasional bouts of anxiety, sadness and depression (normal human stuff) and being diagnosed with clinical depression and/or generalised anxiety disorder. When do 'periodic emotional troughs' become a 'mental illness' that potentially, needs to be medicated? All that, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 19, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 1267
Today's episode is the continuation of our 'getting to know your brain' (type) series with Dr. Hanna Korrel and this time we explore the frontal lobe, also referred to as our adult brain. Super fascinating!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 18, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 1266
Today's episode is the continuation of our 'getting to know your brain' (type) series with Dr. Hanna Korrel and this time we explore the reptilian brain. Dinosaur anyone? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 17, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 1265
Today's episode is the continuation of our 'getting to know your brain' (type) series with Dr. Hanna Korrel. The limbic system is the part of the brain involved in our behavioural and emotional responses. This episode is very relevant for most of us. Also, super interesting! Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 16, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1264
Lynda Petterwood is one of ten children, who grew up a toxic and unhealthy environment and situation, which she desperately wanted to escape. At the age of sixteen, Lynda left home and simultaneously worked (financing her own existence), put herself through school and found a way to pay rent, feed herself, pay bills and deal with very 'grown-up' responsibilities while still being a teenager. These days, Lynda spends much of her time helping others to navigate their own challenges, explore their ...
Aug 15, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1263
We don't typically 'feel courageous', we feel scared and it's only in that fearful state, that we can choose to be courageous. Courage can only operate in the presence of fear. Being scared is normal and unavoidable, but being courageous is optional. Fear is a psychological and emotional response to a certain stimulus (thought, experience, event, outcome) but in the middle of the fear (that we didn't choose), we can choose to be courageous. Not fearless, courageous. By the way, I’ve never been f...
Aug 14, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1262
Treading water. Spinning our metaphoric wheels. Stuck in a Groundhog Day of mediocrity, dissatisfaction and frustration. Wasted time, talent and energy. Thinking, habits, behaviours, rituals and fears that keep us trapped in a prison of our own making. This episode is a workshop (of sorts) about stepping up, breaking through and getting unstuck. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 13, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1261
Treading water. Spinning our metaphoric wheels. Stuck in a Groundhog Day of mediocrity, dissatisfaction and frustration. Wasted time, talent and energy. Thinking, habits, behaviours, rituals and fears that keep us trapped in a prison of our own making. This episode is a workshop (of sorts) about stepping up, breaking through and getting unstuck. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 12, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1260
I had this chat with Johnnie Ruffo a while back but it’s still one of my all-time favourite TYP episodes. He is courageous, funny, talented and incredibly inspirational. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 11, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 1259
Patrick's back and this time we talk about the appeal of a tree-change (moving from the city to the country), why two-story homes are good for your health, a skateboarding Schnauzer, China's plan to cut Internet access to kids, the surprising value of mini-workouts (5-10 minutes), how Al is being used to help quadriplegics regain physical function, the dangers of plastic leaching into your food and drinks (bottles in hot cars, containers in microwaves), AR glasses created for the hearing impaire...
Aug 10, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1258
Before anyone sends me a grumpy email about the title of this episode, it's actually the title of the book written by today's two guests. According to Profs lan and Rachelle, "we've ended up with a healthcare system that's one of the greatest threats to human health". This episode presents some mind-blowing info and stats from two of the most-qualified, well-researched and well-respected people I’ve chatted with on the show. *Professor Rachelle Buchbinder is an Australian NHMRC Senior Principal ...
Aug 09, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1257
Dr Sohom Das (MBChB, BSc, MSc, MCPsych) is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist who lives and works in London. His work happens at the intersection of criminal offending and severe mental illness. In his role, Sohom assesses and rehabilitates mentally disordered offenders in prisons, courts and in special secure psychiatric units, such as Broadmoor Hospital, that are reserved for the most dangerous and violent mentally ill patients. He is an experienced expert witness, who regularly provides evide...
Aug 08, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1256
The podcast is a refresher, of sorts... almost like my dot-point summary of forty years of coaching people to live their best lives, in their best physical, mental and emotional health states. These are ideas, principles and strategies which have worked for me over the years, and I have used all of them at different stages of my journey. If you're keen on optimising your time, energy, creativity, genetics, intellect and overall potential, this is like a super-list for personal optimisation. Enjo...
Aug 07, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1255
The podcast is a refresher, of sorts... almost like my dot-point summary of forty years of coaching people to live their best lives, in their best physical, mental and emotional health states. These are ideas, principles and strategies which have worked for me over the years, and I have used all of them at different stages of my journey. If you're keen on optimising your time, energy, creativity, genetics, intellect and overall potential, this is like a super-list for personal optimisation. Enjo...
Aug 06, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 1254
In 2014, Joel Sardi was a 22-year-old rifleman with the Australian Army and in August of that year, he was back home after an eight-month deployment in Afghanistan. He was catching up with friends when he fell three metres over a railing and broke his neck. It's fair to say that the last nine years have been something of a rollercoaster of peaks and troughs but the bloke I spoke with in this episode, reminded me that there is 'the objective reality' (in Joel's case, quadriplegia) and then there'...
Aug 05, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1253
Damien Rider, carried the burden of his childhood memories, plagued by daily torment that persisted even into his adult years. These painful recollections triggered debilitating flashbacks, fueling self-destructive patterns. Frustrated by unsuccessful attempts with various psychologists, Damien made a life-altering decision to embark on a personal journey of healing, confronting his inner demons head-on and seeking the answers he desperately needed. This pivotal moment marked the beginning of a ...
Aug 04, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1252
Gillespo is back in, what can only be described a totally freestyle chat about fascinating things, and it never ceases to amaze me how much (seemingly) random sh*t he knows about so many things, including Prairie Voles (a kind of rodent), which according to him, are possibly the only animal in world capable of actual love (don't get mad at me, he said it - lol). Oh, we also chat about other equally random and fascinating stuff (religion, mirror neurons, trust, bullying, oxytocin and intuition). ...
Aug 03, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1251
I never thought I'd be in the middle of an in-depth conversation with a dude about surrogacy but today was that day, and I loved it. Super interesting and so many considerations, challenges and variables that I had never really thought about. Apart from being the first single bloke (at the time) approved to have a child through surrogacy in Victoria, Shaun Resnik is also a Naturopath, Mindset Coach, LP Practitioner and Hypnotherapist, who's been helping people achieve optimal health (physical, m...
Aug 02, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 1250
Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.. is how Tommy remembers which way to turn his screwdriver (or spanner) for tightening and loosening purposes. You're welcome. Apart from that fascinating tip, we also chatted about where to check our emotional baggage at the airport (it made sense at the time), people sleepwalking through life, being the conscious driver rather than the unconscious passenger (on Planet Us), finding gratitude and perspective as a result of a painful experience and the common practice ...
Aug 01, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 1249
Why do so many people who lose weight regain it? This was me for a long time. What are the psychological, emotional, sociological, physiological and behavioral variables that impact our ability to lose weight and fat and keep it off? In this episode, Dietician Kate Save (from 'Be Fit Food') and I do a deep dive on this question (and others). Enjoy. befitfood.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 31, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 1248
