Trevor Hendy is a legend of Aussie sport. Six-time Australian Ironman Champion, four-time World Ironman Champion, four-time Uncle Toby's Super Series winner, Member of the Order of Australia, Hall of Fame athlete and all-round good bloke. But... behind the athletic prowess, the body, the trophies, accolades, awards, fame, money and popularity, things weren't always as ‘Disney' as they appeared from the outside looking in. This chat goes straight into my TYP top-ten (maybe top-five). I don't want...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 1531
Well, this was an action packed, information packed, story packed conversational extravaganza. In fact, I'd hypothesise that we've never had a higher words-per-minute rate than this episode. Hold the-f*ck on because once Peter Sage warms up, it's a mind-bending personal development onslaught (in the best way). We spoke about anti-social media, the consciousness pyramid, the two fears we're born with, climbing the wrong mountain, giving up the need for control, personal epiphanies, the book I hat...
May 21, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1530
Dr. Bill Sullivan (Author of 'Pleased to Meet Me') is back chatting to us about the challenge of being truly open-minded and curious when it comes to ideas and beliefs that don't reflect our own, whether or not we're teachable, the skill of 'unlearning', a thing called 'the knowledge illusion', the concept of evidenced-based decision making and living, using science in our everyday lives (even if we're not scientists) and what can happen when our beliefs and ideas become our identity. Enjoy. See...
May 20, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1529
OMG (as the kids say), I loved this chat with Dr. Alex; maybe my favourite so far. We did a deep dive on how consciousness is ‘switched off' under general anaesthetic, how to remove a large benign brain tumour (just in case you need to), the amazing hi-tech tools surgeons get to play (work) with, creating the perfect environment for a surgeon to perform optimally (it's complicated), how our brain floats in salt water (and why), why colours aren't 'real', why laughter might actually be a stress r...
May 19, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1528
On this episode of TYP, Patrick shows how easily someone can 'steal our voice' and misrepresent us, using Al to 'say things' that we've never said (if you know what I mean). Unknown to me, he showed up to our chat with a bunch of pre-recorded, Al-generated statements using my voice, that he proceeded to wheel out through the course of our 'actual' conversation. Even though it was all in fun, it's also kind of terrifying to realise that with just a 30-second audio sample of my voice (or yours), p...
May 18, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1527
He is predictably unpredictable. Once again I walked through the Geoff door to a wonderland of random thoughts, seemingly unrelated concepts, high-performance coaching, a few new theories, laughter, and in general terms, Geoff-speak. I dunno what else to tell you. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 17, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1526
As part of Dr Lucas Dixon's PhD research, he conducted three studies (collective N = 1,023), exploring the psychology of people who believe in manifestation; the ability to cosmically attract success in life through positive self-talk, visualization, and symbolic actions. I recently stumbled across one of his papers about his research exploring 'the psychology of belief in manifestation' and decided to reach out and see if he would chat with me about his work. He said yes! Enjoy. See omnystudio....
May 16, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 1525
According to Nikki Morrison (our resident Nurse, Death Doula and Angel), Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is a medical condition similar to Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) but it's a kind-of, ‘on steroids’ version. PMDD causes severe (sometimes extreme) irritability, depression, pain and/or anxiety in the week or two before a period starts. For Nikki, extreme PMDD led her to question her sanity, her future, her ability to keep working, to have relationships and even, to leave the house. For me...
May 15, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 1524
I hadn't intended to record a 'part 2' of this chat but I received a surprising amount of (positive) feedback about the first bit, so here it is; the second bit. I will say that, while all these ideas were personally important and liberating for me, they may not all have the same level relevance and/or impact for all listeners (of course). For me, picking and curating content is an ongoing challenge as a podcaster, and sometimes in the interest of authenticity, I explore an idea or topic that ma...
May 14, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1523
Apart from being a Neuropsychologist, Neuroscientist and highly sought-after Clinician, Dr. Hannah is also a great teacher, story-teller and media presenter. As always, this was a fun and informative chat but for the first time in our ‘virtual relationship’, we had a fight. A divergence of opinion. Fortunately, I think we’ll survive the trauma. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 13, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 1522
Just over three years ago (May 2, 2021), I chatted with the co-creator of Netflix, Marc Randolph. I’m not sure what I expected but I was blown away by his humility, integrity, life philosophy, brilliant mind and conversational integrity; he was fully aware, present, engaged and happy to chat with the bogan from the bush. I loved this chat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 12, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1521
This solo episode is a brief session of coaching, encouragement and reflection, where I unpack eight important ideas that have been enlightening, empowering and transformative on Planet Me. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 11, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1520
Sarah Rusbatch is a Women's Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach and a key-note speaker sharing her journey to sobriety and the impact of alcohol on mental health to global audiences. After developing a dysfunctional relationship with alcohol, Sarah made the decision to remove alcohol from her life in early 2019 and has never looked back. She now works with women across the globe, guiding them from feeling lost, stuck and out of control to a healthier and happier wa...
May 10, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 1519
Like myself and many of you, Ash Millo (and her body) have had a pretty interesting journey. Losing the best part of 70kgs, changing her thinking, habits, behaviours and lifestyle, undergoing surgery to remove loose skin, learning how to socialise without compromising her new health habits, building a different relationship with her body, recognising and changing destructive patterns and behaviours, the ever-present challenge of not allowing her body to become her identity and creating a persona...
May 09, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 1518
Good old Gillespo is back challenging convention, reminding me that psychology is BS, rocking the research boat and positing a new and fascinating theory on the most devastating of eating disorders; Anorexia Nervosa. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 08, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 1517
A few weeks ago, TYP regulars Brad and Carly Cunningham had their amazing Training Centre (The Fit Shop in Cheltenham) burn to the ground, losing their business and the amazing ‘third space' they had created for their members. This episode is a quick catch-up with Brad to see where things are at now and let's just say that their story is one of resilience, resourcefulness and the amazing kindness and generosity of awesome people ready to role up their sleeves, open their hearts and help a young ...
May 07, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 1516
I was recently on The Paul Taylor Podcast, chatting about my PhD research in the areas of metacognition, theory of mind, meta-perception and meta-accuracy, and as always, it was an interesting, intellectual and fun conversation. This episode is a co-share. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 06, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1515
This is the episode I that really didn't want to record because, no matter the intention, the science, the data or the reason for the conversation, it seems that we live in a culture where some people will find a way to get offended, angry or hateful, no matter what. As an exercise scientist, educator, one-time morbidly obese child (teenager and adult), former gym owner and fitness professional who has trained thousands of people and dealt with his own body (and emotional) issues for decades, I ...
May 05, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 1514
In the field of medicine, Neil Nathan is both a Certified Family Physician and an unconventional thinker, practitioner and intuitive healer. He is also a world-renowned Author, Speaker and Educator who makes all the sense, and I loved chatting with him. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 04, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 1513
I don't even know where to start with writing a synopsis for this episode, so l'm just gonna say that it was amusing, inappropriate, funny (IMO) and not particularly educational or life-changing. Let's call it edu-tainment. I will tell you that the conversation started with a d**k pic theme and spiralled from there. You've been warned. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 03, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1512
Hi TYP’ers. I’m super busy this week so just for today, we’re revisiting a great chat I had with one of Australia’s most loveable chefs, winner of Australia’s favourite TV cooking competition (MasterChef), Julie Goodwin. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 02, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1511
In this very practical and simple chat, I walk you through the idea and practice of introducing some simple scientific thinking and method into your day-to-day life, in order to produce better efficiency, productivity and outcomes on Planet You. And yes, it's aimed at a non-scientific audience. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 01, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1510
This was an interesting and important chat with one of my mates and along the way we hit on a few current, topical and occasionally, divisive topics. Among other things, Francis and I spoke about 'mansplaining' (as per the title), the concept of 'enough' (when and what is it?), the burden of ambition, preparing for life after work, different kinds of 'wealth', outcomes and contentment, the lack of awareness and understanding men (often) have around women, social awareness, empathy and lots more....
Apr 30, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 1509
'Improvise, adapt, overcome' is a term that's been linked to the US Marine Corps and also, it's a line from one of my favourite (old) movies; Heartbreak Ridge with Clint Eastwood, playing Marine Gunnery Sergeant, Tom Highway. Well, on Planet Me, there's been a little improvising, adapting and overcoming going on of late and in this edition of TYP, Tiff and I talk about recent trials and tribulations, the challenge of being objective, being authentic in front of a large audience and plenty more. ...
Apr 29, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 1508
In the house-built-on-sand world of 'self-help' and 'personal development,' there's a lot of pseudoscience, rhetoric and bullshit masquerading as truth, wisdom and inspiration. If you want to know what makes my bullshit list, take a listen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 28, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 1507
As I type this (April 27, 2024), I've been alive for 22,127 days and if I'm 'statistically typical', I have about 8,000 days left. And once again, if I'm statistically typical, a lot of those days will be sh*t, due to poor health. Obviously, my goal is to be atypical and to enjoy a long health-span but then, none of us know with certainty what the future holds. I believe this episode is one of the most important and powerful instalments of TYP I have ever recorded; not because of me or my skill ...
Apr 27, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 1506
The title is in no way indicative of the majority of the conversation but Carly used the term in our chat and it made me laugh. Apparently, it's what she does when her husband (Paul) is away. And in more serious news... Carly and I chat about dealing with their son’s rare medical condition, raising an entrepreneurial daughter who started a proper business at 14 (and is now 18), the concept of can't vs. won't, good old-fashioned hard work, finding the ‘right medicine' (diet, psychotherapy, exerci...
Apr 26, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 1505
Did you know that, while psychopaths can understand the theory of empathy (that's a weird term isn't it?) and the social currency of being 'seen' as a kind and caring person, they don't actually have the capacity to experience empathy for others. That is, they can have the intellectual understanding (of it) but not the emotional experience (of it). Accordingly, they will often use their intellectual insight to 'role play’ (fake) empathy, all-the-while orchestrating some kind of social, emotional...
Apr 25, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1504
Let’s be honest, some of us have been waiting for the mystical, magical, mysterious ‘right time’ to change our lives (situation, circumstance, lifestyle, career, habits, health, outcomes) for decades. Wanting to change our reality for the better, while simultaneously doing stupid sh*t that actually makes our situation worse. Wasting time, talent, energy and opportunities in the ultimate act of self-sabotage and self-destruction. Maybe it’s time to stop? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
Apr 24, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 1503
This chat with Gavin McCormack and Dan Lakis about how to inspire, encourage, support and guide kids through an optimal learning experience is both enlightening and inspiring. They're both great blokes doing great work, having a big impact and shaping young lives in a powerful way. I love how they think, I love their energy and intent and I feel like we’re kindred spirits. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 23, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1502
