Dorothy and the Dealer Podcast

Do you watch The Voice? American Idol? Australia’s Got Talent? Then this episode of Dorothy and the Dealer is for you! Welcome to MJB Seminars: Greatest Hits. Anyone who’s heard our podcast, would know that we begin every episode with a song. A little ditty. A particularly catchy earworm. Why? Because it’s fun, and it sticks with you (and hopefully the information does too!) So, for our 99th episo...

Do you know the reason you’re always saying...  Yes. Okay. No worries. Can do. Too easy. Sure thing. Alright.  Even when you know you should be saying the opposite, these words just seem to kind of… tumble out. It’s because setting boundaries is all about 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. And one thing only. Okay… we’ll give you a hint. It’s the thing that you have to try and rebuild, every time you cross a line you’ve...

Do you want the mindset of a bloody 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡? Or to learn the secret of how to keep moving forward, even when life just keeps throwing punches at you?  Well, who better to get such life lessons from, than professional boxer and beloved MJB Client, Dennis Hogan. (Yes, that punches line was literal!) Despite his recent losses (where some might say he was robbed) he’s the kind of guy who turns around...

𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠?   𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜? 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝘼𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿? You can’t help it, right?! - You’re just emotional, okay?! WRONG. No matter how hard you try you will NEVER be able to negotiate with emotions. But you can 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗧 past them and solve your 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔. That’s right, in today’s episo...

Have you ever eaten a chocolate bar and felt sick or numb rather than on a sugar high?  Or seen all these documentaries lately (cough *Seaspiracy* cough) and wondered how YOU can cultivate a better earth? Well, what if we told you that these two ideas are actually 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅?  We can’t give too much away, but it has everything to do with how nature translates information and energy to us. And we’ve go...

Have you been struggling to connect with your kids? Like, these whole school holidays, no matter how hard you tried or how long you spent with them, you didn’t really feel like you were really ‘with’ them? You’re not going crazy - and you are not alone! Connection is hard to master, especially with young ones. But never fear - because on this episode of Dorothy and the Dealer, we are going to talk...

Is this your fave line from this podcast? Get listening so you can let us know! “The only 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 you have is how you are going to 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 today”. This week’s special Dorothy and the Dealer guest, Celine Egan, lives by this motto and ironically it was put to the test in this very episode, when the universe decided to deliver its fair share of *technical difficulties* A leader, personal development...

The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety, it's connection. Read. That. Again. Everyone has their addiction in life. And if we are being honest with ourselves they all start from one place - connection - and the feelings we have as we try to chase it. That’s why on this week’s episode of Dorothy and the Dealer, Mitch and Mills deal with the root of the problem - the mindset that leads us to this pl...

WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET TO WHY YOU’RE NOT SUCCEEDING  Are you the sort of person who makes plans to do something but 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 follows through?  Or starts a challenge but slowly 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐔𝐏 on it somewhere around the halfway mark? What if we told you there’s a *secret* to why fads like this fail…  In today’s episode of Dorothy and The Dealer, Mitch and Mills delve into why you shouldn’t follow fads, but...

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭. Sometimes you’re lucky enough to meet people whose story just blows you away. And that’s exactly the case with this week’s Dorothy and the Dealer special guest, Damien Mander. A rascal to rescuer, trust us when we say we waited a year to speak to him - and this is one podcast you 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒.  The founder and CEO of the International Anti Poa...

Are you more a TACTICS person, or a STRATEGY type of guy or gal? We play a lot of game’s here at MJB, and over the years we’d like to think that we’ve come up with some pretty good wisdom about how to secure a winning hand. So in today’s episode of Dorothy and the Dealer we are diving into how to win at the Game of Life. On the one hand, you’ve got tactics.  Like in Monopoly, when you work your wa...

“You never get to the end. You are always working on yourself.” If you know personal development, then you get this. These wise words come from this week’s Dorothy and the Dealer special guests Dean and Anna Murphy, whose dulcet tones our Melbourne tribe might recognise from their morning commute to work.  The radio duo jumped in the deep end with MJB a few years back and have never looked back, u...

Guess who’s back... Back again…. M&M are back... Tell a friend! Well, okay, not *that* Eminem...  Yes, after our historic first-ever break from Dorothy and the Dealer, Mitch and Mills have returned and are just bursting with inspiration for what 2021 will bring!  After soaking up the sun on Rottnest with the family during the holidays, Mitch (who got a little more burnt than tanned in our hone...

Do you have a moody teenager? Likes to sleep all the time. Grumbles at the slightest mention of their name. Never wants to be seen out with you. Oh, how we could go on and on…  Well, in today’s episode of Dorothy and the Dealer, expert neuroscientist (and one of our favourite guests) Dr. Jared Horvath is back! And he’s breaking down how teen brains are designed to push boundaries, and why this reb...

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away, this year to save me from tears, I’m listening to the new Dorothy and the Dealer podcast. Yes, it’s that time again folks - when Mitch and Mills put on their Santa hats and dive into the world of festive family fun.  Now, it might be the favourite time of year for some of us (Ummm… MITCH), but for others dealing with loved...

Could you imagine living apart from your partner and family for an ENTIRE year? Well, that’s what life has been like for the Meyburghs, with the married couple and their two kids split between south-west WA and South Africa. On this week’s eye-opening episode of Dorothy and the Dealer, Mitch and Mills chat to beloved MJB clients, Michele and Alan, about when they first started down the personal de...

What are YOU teaching your kids? Whether we know it or not, we’re constantly educating our children about how to act through both our conscious and subconscious actions. When Dad always drives, or mum always cooks. 🍲 Every time we engage our kids in play-wrestling or tickling and they yell “stop”. Each opportunity we give them to stand up for themselves and share their voice instead of yelling at...

Did you sleep well last night? It’s a fundamental part of our lives and yet good, restful sleep is something that eludes a lot of us, right?! I mean, how common is it to whinge to your work buddy in the morning (as you chug your first of seven coffees) about how you tossed and turned all night, got woken up early by a screaming child, or had to hit your snoring partner at least a dozen times befor...

Do you have a vision board? Perhaps it’s got Spotify song codes, pressed flower stems, postcards from places you visited, photos of your family, or quotes from your favourite TV show on it? Well, what if we told you that this was the secret to living the life you dreamed about? Find out why in this week’s exciting episode of Dorothy and the Dealer, where Mitch and Mills answer one of the questions...

Sometimes the universe really does conspire to get you in the right place at the right time. And nothing could be truer for this week’s Dorothy and the Dealer guest, and our good friend and client, Liz Anderson. At a relaxing yoga retreat, right around the time she was having BIG difficulties in her life, she bumped into Mitch’s wife Ange and our MJB heart-ninja Querida, which set her on her trans...

Have you ever felt like you’re misunderstood in your relationship? Like the other person just doesn’t get how you feel? Would you believe, even Mitch has fallen into this trap? Of getting annoyed and frustrated, thinking a partner should just “know” what it is that’s going on inside your head. Yep, even someone like Mitch, who literally helps people with their own relationships for a living, doesn...

Can you believe it’s been 27 years since Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus was first published?  And yet even in today’s online (and locked-down) dating world, it’s still as relevant as ever. People want passion, intimacy and connection. We want the honeymoon period to never end. And we want to know the trick to not just getting a partner, but keeping one. Well never fear, all this and more...

Have you ever been scrolling through Facebook and come across an ad for something you’ve literally JUST been talking about? Do you find it hard to ignore that little buzz when you’ve got a tantalizing new notification waiting on your phone? Or maybe your kids kick and scream every time you try to take their iPad’s off them - begging for just “five more minutes” of Minecraft videos. Well, this week...

You can often find her excavating ancient pyramid sites in Bosnia, or doting on her little girl. But that’s just the everyday stuff.  Because one thing we can guarantee you - is you’ve never heard a story quite like Sam’s. Having dealt with childhood sexual abuse, and the shocking mental and physical scars that came from that, Sam has since transformed her life and become a philosopher, adventurer...

Save the whales! End world poverty! Stop the trafficking of children! We’ve all heard the calls to action. And felt the pull to do ‘something’ great in the world. But what if we told you setting yourself up with unrealistic expectations like this will only lead to disappointment? That what you really need to be doing is seeking Inspired Action instead!  Well, this week Mitch and Mills are diving d...