HFP Conversations

Most people try to build discipline with willpower — and fail. In this episode, I break down how to rewire your brain, reset your dopamine, and install systems that make discipline automatic and sustainable. Here’s what we cover: ✅ Why Discipline Is the Meta-Skill The foundation for progress in every area of your life ✅ Understanding Dopamine The neuroscience of motivation and how to harness it...

In this episode Ryan and I talk about: what Ryan considers to be human flourishing, things he is still figuring out at age 50, Japanese physical culture, how his physical practice has evolved over time, what he was like as a kid and how he has changed, the origin story of GMB, martial arts, dealing with injuries, biggest hurdles he has had to overcome with GMB, why GMB was successful, tips on grow...

In this fascinating episode DJ and I talk about: how he uses the lens of torque to understand the body and program for his clients, his experiences with his recent microdosing experiments, psychedelics in general, his training history, jaw training and neck training and how they effect the overall function of the rest of the body, how jaw training facilitates creating external and internal torque...

In this conversation Joey and I talk about; the current state of sports science and youth training and where it could be improved, having a holistic and wide lens on your coaching practice, what he prioritises for youth when building their foundational movement capacities and strength, his thoughts on the future of sports science, how training kids is different to training adults, why it is safe a...

In this episode Anastasis and I talk about all things breathwork including; his work and teaching with Oxygen Advantage alongside Patrick Mckeown, how he became interested in different styles of training and ultimately breathwork, how posture effects breathing and your physiology, CO2 tolerance and how it effects exercise performance and general wellbeing, physiological misconceptions about breath...

In this candid and cheerful episode Tom and I talk about; what a day in the life of The Bodyweight Warrior looks like, learning to overcome fears when putting yourself out there on the internet, what Tom struggles most with in his training, training with Emmet Louis, what makes a good coach, his self development journey, and much much more. This episode was very conversational, we covered many mor...

In this episode we talk about; olde time strong man training and the forgotten methods and gems to help us build uncommon strength, James' story and how he got into the old time strong man training, how his training has changed him as a person, the history of how modern sports science and olympic competition has fundamentally changed physical culture especially in terms of resistance training...

In this conversation we talk about; Joey's movement and training journey from childhood to now, the origin story of Jungle Brothers, what he was like as a kid, his passion for martial arts over his lifetime, his time working in the film industry, the biggest changes in his self- narrative over the last 5 years, what he learnt from training with people like Ido Portal, Emmet Louis, and many ot...

In this episode Tom and I flesh out through topics such as: what is the self and how might we develop it, how do we balance striving and self-acceptance, how do we know that we aren't driven to improve from a sense of deficit or lack, what does it mean to develop, what is Human Flourishing, what are we aiming at in our self development, how do we know we are developing in the way we want and...

In this episode we go deep into all things related to ACL injuries and injure rehab + prevention. Tim's own story, what is the ACL and what visit's function, why ACL injury rates climbing, most effective ways to prevent ACL injury, commonly overlooked methods for ACL injury prevention, best exercises, the role of the hamstrings in protecting your knees, to surgically repair or not to sur...

This one is a banger. Richard and I talk about; what Human Flourishing means to him and what it would look like in his life, the parole between our brands, Alive and the bedrock of his work, how Richard overcame mental hardship and became passionate about holistic self-development, synergy in life and in his methods he uses with Alive, the 3 pillars, holistic approaches, limiting beliefs, Alive&ap...

In this episode we get into Storytelling, John's personal story from personal trainer to small business coach, limiting beliefs that hold people back from succeeding in a coaching business, how to develop clarity, how and why social media will help your brand grow and tips for success, copywriting and easy frameworks to improve your copywriting, how to write so that people take action, the ro...

In this episode we talk about: what is human flourishing mean to Rod, parts work, his movement practice and self development journey, what movement practice mean to him, the TMC story, competing with the self and others and the effects that has on him, how he cultivates a sense of worthiness and works from a place of abundance, getting out of victimhood and taking complete responsibility, how he h...

Leanne and I dive into: Her personal journey, addiction, body image and negative triggers, positive relating to the body, yoga philosophy, holistic nutrition and common pitfalls to avoid, her journey with eating disorder, why should we eat organic, her perspective on diets, Traditional Chinese Medicine and how it differs from western approaches, what it is to be a teacher, mistakes she has made as...

In this epic episode we chat about: teaching vs information transfer, what makes a good and bad student, Antonio's time practicing Kung Fu in the mountains of China, how Chinese and Western culture compare and contrast, Chinese physical culture, training with Ido portal, different types of meditation he uses and the types he practiced in the mountains during his Kung Fu practice, Not using mo...

In this episode Keagan and I chat about: the current day problems with masculinity and males finding meaning, what drives him to help men relate to themselves, the most common struggles he sees males facing in the modern day, what it is to be a man, what practices he teaches as a mens coach, The Charge Movement, how being in the army effected his development and lead to a big realisation, what it...

In this raw and unique episode Jeni and I talk about: Jeni's movement story, what is it to be a teacher, dealing with confidence issues and overcoming them, Jeni's purpose, overcoming the fear to become someone different, The TMC origin story, how her practice has influenced her feelings of self worth and self belief, cultivating the self, learning to deal with body image issues through...

James and I get into James' training history and how his practice and ideas have evolved, a WHOLE lot about the foot and its important part in the dynamic system of human movement, the origin story fo TFC Australia, what the future of TFC Australia looks like, his current work with football teams, what other training cultures can learn fro physio and what physio can learn from movement cultur...

In this unique episode with Monica we chat about: her story from corporate employee to Yoga and meditation teacher and business owner, permission to feel out entire emotional range, Monica's personal struggles and how meditation helped her through them, getting to the root causes of addiction, moving our way through trauma with Non-Linear Movement Therapy, Yoga as a teacher and a practitioner...

Will and I cover topics such as: the evolution of ghetto movement, how he has overcome struggles along the way and what has kept him going through hard times, how his business took off after hiring a business coach, building a community, his biggest struggles with getting Ghetto Movement to where it is now, the future for Ghetto movement, his childhood and how growing up influenced his self-image,...

Oliver and I go deep in this chat and get into: modern pain science and common misunderstandings about pain and pain management, spinal health and why we shouldn't treat the spine as fragile, what the movement practice can learn from physio and vice versa, his yoga practice and teaching, addressing hypermobility in people, myth busting  physio's that are against yoga (especially "ex...

Rosko has been wide and deep and is a real seeker. We get into almost everything in this episode, and I really mean everything. Rosko's history, what the "movement culture" is missing, his current practices and teachings, masculinity in relation to femininity, how can males manage their masculinity in the modern day, the intersection between sex and movement practice, ego in the mov...

In this episode Nil and I talk about; how a movement practice can provide us with meaning, self actualisation, self discovery and creation, motivation, joy and much more, his experiences in the worlds of skateboarding and CrossFit, working with Tom Weksler, living to LIVE instead of living to be healthy and protected from harm, overcoming fears in acrobatics and skateboarding, understanding how co...

This is a must-listen episode. The insights Craig shared in this conversation are truly eye-opening for me and the clarity and structure around his thoughts ranging from the super esoteric and philosophical to the brutally pragmatic are invaluable. We get into topics such as; Internal and external alchemy, meditation and breath practices of his tradition, self cultivation, the structure of subject...

In this unique episode Jake and I chat about: rewinding and ancestral living, natural movement and how nature can enrich our movement practice and lives, the complexity of natural movement environment and how that nourishes the mover and human, Jake's story with how he came into his current practices and teachings, his breathwork/meditation practices, Movenat, Jake's brand new book &apos...