Roll With The Punches

Sometimes it's hard to write the synopsis of a conversation that has several moving parts to it... I could tell you Rob Marshall is an astute bookkeeper who's thrives on a passion for what lives beneath the surface of our bean-counting bookkeeper friends, and that would be true. But it wouldn't tell you of the challenges Rob faced losing millions of dollars in an ill-fated emu farming venture, or...

Gary Todd, a best-selling author and fellow boxing enthusiast, has not only crossed paths with many of the biggest names in my favorite sport worldwide but is also an everyday hero in my eyes. His story serves as evidence that the underdog can triumph and that we can rise above our circumstances when we have someone supportive in our lives, which, in Gary's case, was his mother, Annie. Gary's late...

The title of this episode is one of the philosophies I've developed which I increasingly find myself sharing in the context of business and life. I shared it with Bobby today and much to my delight he found it to be a useful insight (you can imagine how chuffed I felt). Our conversation revolved around human thinking and behaviour and how we tend to process the world an information around us. We u...

Here we are, embarking on the journey of 'self-improvement' or perhaps 'healing', or maybe for you it's 'high performance'. However the path isn't a straight line and growth doesn't always feel like we're growing. With our eye-on-the-prize attitude and instant gratification culture it's mighty easy to feel stuck 1.3 seconds after unveiling a new level of self-awareness or unraveling a hidden traum...

Well, here's some food for thought! Professor Julia Rucklidge joins me today to talk about the profound effect that nutrition has on our mental health. I mean we kind of already know this, don't we? But do we really? Sometimes sitting in conversations like this one is just the reminder we need when it comes to remaining informed and in check around the basic things that hold more than a basic leve...

In a world increasingly driven by and perhaps somewhat obsessed with self-improvement, it pays to acknowledge that some days we might just feel like sh^t... and that's OK! Not every day will be 10 out of 10 and let's be honest, if it was then even our 10 out of 10 would feel much like monotony. Harps and I riff about optimal and non-optimal behaviours and how these can ebb and flow between circums...

He's back... the insightful, wise and a little bit brilliant Jem Fuller, and he's got some epic questions you might like to ask yourself! Our conversation revolves around digging deeper into why we do what we do and unveiling the values that lie beneath our actions and behaviours. Everyone bangs on about values and how important they are, but are we certain about what we believe our values are, or...

Ever considered doing a stand-up open mic night? Hell no, me either... But Bobby did four of them. Now if that's not the bravest thing in the world (considering he didn't draw even so much as a sympathy laugh on his first night) I don't know what is. But the concept of doing different things that aren't always related to what it is that we do can be incredibly valuable. In addition to discussing t...

Last year I became one cat closer to being a crazy cat lady... don't worry I only have the one, but since following the rescue page on my socials I've watched a lot of so called 'feral cats' get saved from death row, rehabilitated with love and become some of the most loving and affectionate little fur-kids you could hope for. It got me thinking about how we label and 'rehabilitate' humans who hav...

What sits at the crossroads of ChatGPT and health & wellbeing? This hearty banter with Dr. Cam McDonald, that's what! Today we are exploring the current & future potential of AI in the realm of our health and wellbeing... Whether we like it or not, this bad boy is coming our way hard and fast (let's be honest, it's already here) and like everything there is sure to be good, bad and ugly wi...

If you've loved the previous conversations on epigenetics and personalised health with the good doc Cam McDonald, then you're in for a treat. Today we are talking about the process of personalised learning which is getting rolled out to hundreds of schools across Australia as we speak.  Imagine if when you were at school your teachers understood how YOUR body and mind work best (which is obviously...

Antoinette is an absolute firecracker and a force to be reckoned with. As a highly accomplished journalist with multiple awards under her belt, she has also co-founded Media Diversity Australia—an inspiring nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting cultural and linguistic diversity within the media. Her recent book, aptly titled 'How to Lose Friends and Influence White People,' showcases her b...

Well, that's a miserable episode title isn't it... Surprised you've even hung around to dig a little deeper! Today Bobby and I are chatting about the value of feeling seen and heard amidst the not-so-great circumstances. We're not talking about wallowing in our collective misery, so much as the value of feeling understood and not so alone in troubled times.  How often do well-meaning friends (perh...

What matters about what matters to you? And why? I think it's a valuable question to ask ourselves so we better understand what's holding meaning for us around what we are striving for. Things we love and invest ourselves in can evolve into things that become our identity and thus our love and dedication to them becomes a series of chains and anchors at some point.  I also think often about what I...

Dr. Margaret Paul is the author/co-author of several best-selling books which have been translated into eleven languages and distributed around the world. She's the co-founder of Inner Bonding alongside her counterpart Dr. Erika Chopich, as their worlds collided to bring together what has become the six-step process that is Inner Bonding.   Margaret holds a PhD in psychology and is a relationship...

When's the best time to plant a tree? 20 years ago... and the second-best time is now. As is the best time to start looking after your health. Arnie Fonseca is back for a second chat and sharing his thoughts on aging, lifespan and more importantly, health span.  As someone who trains people in their 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's to get them pain free and moving like their younger selves, Arnie is not...

Greg Riley was dubbed Australia's most gifted psychic by Channel 7's TV show 'The One'. He has a passion for human consciousness, intuition and understanding the spiritual aspects of life. It might surprise you to hear some of his views and experiences around the people who share his passion and work in this field. Like, how do we know if a tarot reader is bullshitting us? (fair question).  We go...

As Bobby shares some thoughts around the recent loss of a friend, we reflect on what it is to experience life, death and hardship as we consider where love, connection, purpose and meaning comes into play. Immersing ourselves into the experiences and stories shared by other people can almost allow us to steal a second chance at a new perspective without having to reach that tipping point or catast...

Join me as I unpack some ideas around how we can move through uncomfortable circumstances or situations and straddle the space between someone else's experience and our own. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has ever felt emotional, defensive or reactive around an interaction or feedback. So, I thought this week I'd share a recent experience of my own where I found value in being introspective and...

The much-loved Mark LeBusque is back and together we are diving deep into a conversation around abandonment trauma and exploring how the same form of trauma can have opposing repercussions and present very differently for different people. We share personal stories of our own and throw around some ideas on challenging perspectives and making tough changes. As always it's an insightful and somewhat...

Of all the idea's you might come up with around how to live life for a year or so, I bet you don't come up with catching 5 wild camels, training them and then walking with them across outback Australia? And I bet if you somehow did come up with such an idea, you wouldn't be in a hurry to quit your career in the film and TV industry. Well, Sophie Matterson did just that! I dare say her timing was p...

Life span and health span is a topic Harps thrives on, and after some recent conversations people have raised the question around studies pointing towards married people (or specifically men) living longer when they are married as opposed to being bachelors (does this apply to women too?).  Well, I knuckled down and gathered some of this so-called research from the trusty internet and thought I'd...

Time, huh. It's all we really have and it's running out every single moment. Yet we treat it like an endless resource, which it is until it isn't. And none of us really know when that might be. It could be years. Or it could seconds. (grim, I know) None of this is news to us, we all know it and we reference it in all of the cliches, but do we really live our lives with our time being a priority? T...

We all have a story. We tell it to ourselves (and others) over and over. Sometimes consciously and perhaps sometimes subconsciously. Maybe it was a story that we were told growing up, or maybe it was one that we ourselves put together as best we could to understand our world and our personal circumstances. Stories are the very thing that Roll With The Punches is based on. Hearing the power of othe...

It's no secret that I don't mind opening my mind up to levels of the unknown and having a meander down the corridor of the unexplainable and 'woowoo'. And given the response to previous episodes we've had on the show, I'm far from alone in my child-like curiosity around this... So I'm pretty sure a few of you are going to love diving deep into Debbie Malone's world. Debbie is an internationally ac...