Paths We Take

This week we hit rewind and re-visit a powerful episode. The road to becoming a champion is hard and the reason why so little reach the level is because the dedication needed is often too much for some. But this was not the case for Stephanie. Stephanie talks about life after the olympics, her mindset during the olympics, the importance of feedback and self reflection, playing multiple sports grow...

Brady joined the military at 17 and spent 14 years in the Defence Force as a submariner medic, logging more than 4,000 days underwater. By the outside measures of the Australian dream, life after defence looked perfect: a wedding, a house, a puppy and a honeymoon in Europe. Inside, Brady was struggling. In this honest conversation, Brady shares how strength and struggle can coexist. We talk about:...

Content note: This episode includes discussion of mental health, suicide and depression. If you’ve been affected by any of these topics, please take care while listening. If you’re in Australia and need support, Lifeline is available on 13 11 14.A lot can happen in a year. Connor is back on The Paths We Take, almost to the day since his first appearance in Episode 81, to share what the last 12 mon...

At 24, Ashton Krywell has gone from nearly 150kg to racing triathlons. In this episode, he shares the full story: the tough years that led him to the gym, how weight loss turned into a love of endurance sport, and why he's now chasing a full Ironman. Ashton is a Kova Haus athlete, and we sit down just after the City-Bay, a race he was meant to run. A stress fracture in his patella has him on t...

What happens when your heart doesn't play by the rules, but you keep running anyway? In this episode, I open up about living with a heart arrhythmia, and why I'm getting a minor procedure to have an implantable loop recorder inserted to finally get some answers. I talk about what it's like to train and race with an unanswered question sitting in your chest, and about the isolation that...

Why did probiotics make your acne worse? Why does your skin break out the moment you stop birth control? In this episode, Jordan interviews a naturopath with 17+ years Karina Hiscock specializing in acne treatment, gut health, and microbiome restoration. Learn why generic probiotics often backfire (dysbiosis explained), how microbiome testing reveals what your gut actually needs, why the pill mask...

In this episode, Jordan sits down to explore what happens when the training has to stop and what that reveals. After a rough week of being unable to run, Jordan opens up about the intersection of athletic identity, mental health, and a journey that most endurance athletes don't talk about openly: living with heart arrhythmia while pursuing performance at a high level. We dig into: The mental t...

I blacked out during my long run on Sunday and woke up face down on the floor not knowing how I got there. Home and more questions than answers. The only thing I learned over the last 2 days in the hospital is how little is still known about heart issues in the endurance sport space. Unfortunately there is not a lot of data or evidence in endurance athletes and heart issues, treatment, how to stay...

Todays episode is a reflection on starting something new like this podcast and how it took 6+ years to build, not 6 hours or overnight. Jordan talks about how he is very confident in his new business Kova Haus Running because he knows how to just keep going, year after year, while other give up over night, Jordan is prepared to keen on going.

This week is a solo one. Here are my ways I have been saving on this expensive sport! Lets be rea, if you. don't have sponsors but still train hard, have loads of kms in the week and have big goals, things get expensive. Here is what I have been doing

Beau Williamson is back on The Paths We Take his first appearance in almost two years. In that time he's gone from gym owner to full-time coach and athlete, and this conversation covers all of it: the mental shift from "exercise" to "training," what it actually takes to commit to a goal (and why hours-per-week is always the first question), and the toxic side of competitive...

Seven months ago, Matt was running with five people around Unley Oval, dodging traffic. This week, the Belief Project pulls 45 runners on a winter Tuesday morning. Matt sits down for round two to unpack what actually happens behind a running community that grows that fast. We get into why he ditched individual sports for team culture, the exact difference between finding community and building it,...

In this episode of The Paths We Take , Jordan sits down with a strength and conditioning coach at Peak Performance and Head S&C Coach at Sturt Football Club, whose journey through four knee reconstructions (plus a near-fatal workplace accident) became the foundation for a career built on resilience, honesty, and grit. He opens up about being cut from a state sporting institute program at 14, f...

This week Jordan shares some thoughts on growing a business as a founder and moving to a new concept rather than being stubborn and sticking to the founders idea of what the business should be

Tomorrow on the podcast I share something that I've always avoided sharing over the last 6 years on the show. This one is something that I felt needed to come out. For me. But also to help explain why I am preparing to do what I am in March of 2027. I am running 14 marathons in 7 days for The Breakthrough foundation. The cause and purpose is not just some random thing, it is something and I am...

Krysti-Glory nearly died three times before the age of 35 and each time, she came back a different woman. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Krysti-Glory shares her journey through a rare autoimmune reaction to COVID that put her into a coma and left her paralysed from the waist down, a battle with a 1% desmoplastic melanoma in her early 20s, and a severe postpartum hemorrhage three separate "l...

This week I sit down with the founder of GC Social Tri Club and Enduro Strength Performance, who went from an AFL background and PE teaching to building one of the Gold Coast's fastest growing triathlon communities from scratch. We talk about the early days of just two or three people showing up to a Wednesday night swim session, the decision to keep it free while building a coaching business...

This week is the final solo episode before Jordan gets back in the studio. He was faced with some very scary news earlier last weeks, causing him to pull out of the marathon he has been working towards day and night the last 6 months. He also shares some insights on dating

I received an email from an overseas friend where she wanted to share with me that she has been writing lately and can't seem to stop. She has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and wants to share 10 things with you listening. These are 10 things she wants to share with her younger self. I am so incredibly touched and honoured to be sharing this.

This week Jordan sits down, and shares some deep insights LOL. He chats traithlon, his recent heart scare, whether we need electrolytes, his marathon prep, business and much more

This week Jordan sits down with power couple Tones and Nat for a deep dive into one of the most action-packed seasons we've heard on the show. Fresh off completing his second Ultra Man in Nusa a three-day, 10K open water swim, 420K of cycling, and a double marathon — Tones and Nat share what it actually takes behind the scenes: eight months of 20+ hour training weeks, precision nutrition manag...

Your nervous system might be the reason you're not where you want to be. In this episode, Jordan sits down with nervous system coach and mindset expert Briana Bowley for a raw, eye-opening conversation about the invisible forces that shape our lives and what we can actually do about them. Briana opens up about being heavily bullied in primary school, finding her way through competitive bodybui...

Blake is a strength and conditioning coach, sport scientist for Adelaide United FC, and someone who quietly spent eight years grinding toward a goal most people would have abandoned long before the finish line. In this episode, Jordan and Blake go deep on what it actually takes to chase a long-term dream 196 job applications, missed birthdays, years of three-to-five hours of sleep, and a "nex...

In this deeply personal and emotional episode of the Paths We Take podcast, I sit down with Jessie as she shares the powerful story behind her upcoming Noosa Marathon. After losing two family members to mental health struggles and suicide, Jessie made the decision to take on her first marathon not for a finish time, but to turn grief into purpose and raise awareness around mental health. \Trigger...

In this episode of The Paths We Take, I sit down with South Australian runner Fraser Darcy to explore the mindset, training, and philosophy behind elite-level running. From trail ultras and mountain running championships to marathon preparation and 180km training weeks, Fraser shares the journey that took him from recreational running and climbing to competing on the world stage. We dive into: How...