Internal Momentum

Stopping the drinking does not stop the pain. It just means you finally have to feel it. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Paul Avery to unpack what it takes to start living again while you are still in the middle of healing. Paul is not a coach or an expert with a framework to sell. He is someone doing the work in real time, and willing to talk about it honestly. Paul share...

Most business owners think the ceiling is in the business. More often, it is in the person running it. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Brandon Willington, founder of Where U?, to unpack why a business so often becomes a reflection of the person who owns it, and what has to change inside you before the numbers will move. Brandon shares how he walked away from a done-for-you...

Most men in a sexless marriage think the answer is to try harder. More often, trying harder is the problem. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Ralph Brewer, author of The Dead Bedroom Fix and founder of Help For Men, to unpack why so many men end up in marriages where intimacy has quietly disappeared, and why the way back usually starts with the man rather than the bedroom. R...

Most people wait for permission before they back themselves. Some wait for decades. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Melanie Marshall, Air Force veteran, business transformation strategist, and author of Trust and Adaptive Excellence, to unpack what it takes to back yourself, lead through uncertainty, and earn trust from people who have every reason to hold it back. Melanie...

Some people change when life gets easier. Others change when life stops giving them a choice. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Sam McComb, founder of Shade Eyewear, to unpack what it actually takes to rebuild yourself when the only thing you have left is what you believe. Sam shares how a plumbing apprenticeship in Melbourne turned into years of heavy partying, and how gett...

Everyone can see the body you have built. Nobody can see what it is costing you. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Martin Silva, health optimisation coach and founder of Optimise Your Body, to unpack what happens when the pursuit of a perfect physique quietly turns into a fight with food, and what it takes for health to become who you are rather than something you battle eve...

Most people think a brand is a logo. The ones who believe that are working twice as hard as they need to. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Cassandra Emmerson, brand strategist and founder of Emmersyn, to unpack what a brand actually is, what it costs to build one properly, and why the whole point of it is freedom. Cassandra shares what it finally took to walk away from the...

Nearly twenty years of expertise walked out the door with her. The confidence stayed behind. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Catherine Bergsma, founder of STREET Marketing, to unpack what actually changes when you leave a big agency, put your own name on the invoice, and find out which parts of you were borrowed from the company all along. Catherine started out wanting to...

Most men do not lie to get away with something. They lie so that nobody gets upset with them. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Dr Robert Glover, author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, to unpack what the ceiling is actually made of when a man says he wants one thing and then does the complete opposite. Robert has been working on the pattern he named for thirty five years, and at se...

Most people think a room is just a room. The people sitting in it decide what you believe is possible. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Gianni Michelini and Paul Siderovski, the pair behind Fortuna One, the live event bringing Tony Robbins, Steven Bartlett and Gary Brecka to Australian stages in September, to unpack what actually shifts in a person when they walk into a roo...

Some people spend years building a profile. Others quietly build the network everyone else ends up needing. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Essam Elmir, Head of Ecosystem at Fortuna One, to unpack what more than a decade in crypto and fifteen years of community building actually teaches you about people, money, and the discipline it takes to hold your nerve. Essam got into...

Every person is living inside a story. Almost nobody stops to ask who wrote it. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Mustafa Allawi, founder and CEO of the global film and creative company Hazen, to explore how stories shape identity, behaviour, and what a person believes is possible for themselves. Mustafa left Iraq at fifteen and learnt English watching films. There are child...

You can achieve everything you set out to achieve. And still feel completely empty when you get there. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Patricia Almeida, a life coach, NLP trainer, and certified Advanced Wim Hof Method instructor, to unpack what it actually costs to live life on autopilot, and what it takes to find your way back. Patricia shares what happened when she reach...

Some people inherit a path. Others decide to break it. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Manisha Bhudia, financial adviser and wealth strategist at Ultimum Financial Services, to unpack why money means very little until you know exactly what you are building it for. Manisha grew up in Nairobi, where the shape of her life was mapped out before she was old enough to question i...

Some people are stopped by illness. Others are finally started by it. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Shaunace West, life coach, yoga teacher, and founder of Slow Mail Club, to unpack what happened when the achievement that once felt like proof of her worth was interrupted twice by breast cancer, and what she found once she stopped running from it. Shaunace shares what it...

Most business owners are the single biggest obstacle in their own business. The freedom they say they want is the exact thing they keep avoiding. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with David Jenyns, founder of SYSTEMology and the man who once sold the Melbourne Cricket Ground for $24.95, to unpack why so many business owners stay trapped in the daily grind of the thing they built...

Most business owners read their numbers like a history book. By the time the story is written, it is already too late to change the ending. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Claire Markwick, a consulting CFO at OURCFO, to explore why the numbers most business owners rely on are pointed in the wrong direction, and what changes when you learn to read them forward instead of ba...

One small decision can take everything. And one brave second can give it back. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Theo Venter, keynote speaker and the only known person to have survived a 22,000 volt electrical shock through the heart, to unpack the moment that ended his old life and the slow brutal rebuild of a new one. Theo shares what was running through his head on the mo...

A fall from a bed changed everything. Then the unravelling began. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Paula Gowland, author, speaker and business culture consultant, to unpack what it actually takes to lose a part of yourself and rebuild who you are from the ground up. In June 2014, Paula slipped while hanging freshly washed curtains and broke her leg in four places. What foll...

Some people find purpose through clarity. Others find it by almost dying, more than once. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Dean Mousad, social entrepreneur, counsellor, and co-founder of Brothers in Need and 5 Before 5 Solutions, to unpack what happens when a man who spent eight years numbing himself through drugs, alcohol, and gambling gets a second chance, and then a thir...

Some people chase more money their whole lives. Almost none of them stop to ask what the chase is really about. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Dawna Campbell, known as the Mind Whisperer, to unpack what is really running the show beneath every financial, emotional, and physical pattern a person carries. Dawna shares the five years that broke her open. While managing half...

What The Body Buries Most of us live in our heads. The body has been waiting decades to be heard. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with John Stamoulos, breathwork trainer, President of the Australian Breathwork Association, and author of Breathing Into A New Life, to unpack what really happens when the mind finally lets go and the body gets to speak. John has spent over 30 years...

When Everything Burns Down From Ashes To Intention Some people build businesses to escape their lives. Others rebuild their lives after a fire takes everything. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Marama Carmichael, founder of Oracle Tree, to unpack what happens when a house fire forces you to rethink not just where you live, but what you have been telling yourself about succe...

What You Want Is Possible Most people want a mentor who supports them. Very few can handle one who actually holds them to it. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Ryll Burgin-Doyle, high-performance business strategist, fractional CEO, investor, and co-founder of 90Degrees Global, the organisation behind the iconic Money and You program in Australia and New Zealand. Together th...

Made To Last DESCRIPTION Made To Last Most people spend more time planning the proposal than they do thinking about the marriage. And most people have no idea how much of the jewellery industry is built on mythology. In this episode of Internal Momentum, Ben sits down with Ewen Ryley, Creative Director of Ryley Jewellery Creations, to explore what 23 years of making custom pieces for couples actua...