Roll With The Punches

Hands up if you've got ya'self another podcast bestie... * raises hand* It sure didn't take many microseconds before I decided Kelly McGonigal was cut from the same cloth as I (but a from the far brainier section of the fabric, of course). United in a love for movement and curiosity for the mind-body connection, I couldn't have loved this conversation more.  Kelly is a psychologist, an author and...

It's fair to say when the vast majority of us hear the word Dementia, we are likely to bring to mind heads of grey and faces deeply etched from lives long and well lived. So, as you can imagine, I was taken aback when today's guest Kate Swaffer shared with me that she experienced her first symptoms at the spritely age of 35 and was diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia at 49.  This conversation br...

Do you ever need a nervous wee, only to need another one right before you 'hit the stage'? (whatever the stage is for you). Bobby and I are talking about public speaking and presenting in this episode. Do we prepare or not prepare? Who do we listen to and take advice from? Does the advice matter as much as the delivery of the advice? Does the personal proficiency of the advice-giver matter too? No...

How's your relationship with your body? If there was a dialogue between you and it (oh by the way there is, you just may not be conscious of it) what does it say?  I think it's time we tune into this, start to understand what's really going on and start listening to the intelligence and wisdom that our body communicates to us moment to moment. We wouldn't say mean things to a puppy if it felt pain...

Our good pal Mark LeBusque is back for a yarn, and yarn we most certainly did.  How many thoughts a day do we really have? Can thoughts (like beliefs) really be unconscious? How does one celebrate World Guinea Pig Day (not to mention World Toilet Day, it's an actual thing).  Amidst the topical banter we dive a little deeper into things like provoking with purpose, outsourcing and what's the deal w...

There's having goals. There's a plan to achieve those goals. There's actually taking action and moving towards those goals. Then, there's life, priorities, expectations, circumstances, obligations, sacrifices, relationships, families, grown-up stuff and perhaps even a little people pleasing that all gets thrown in the mix. Next minute our 'plan' is a mess, we are frustrated, demotivated and likely...

Righto all my intuition lovers, woo-woo warriors, consciousness chasers and knowing seekers... Allow me to bestow upon ya'll this epic conversation with one of the top humans in the world in the space of cosmic consciousness, spirituality, neuroscience, quantum vibration, left-brain/right-brain function and tapping into our wholeness and inner-potential. This is a conversation that will change you...

Sometimes wrapping up a podcast with Bobby is like the old days of trying to hang up a landline phone with your bestie. But hey, I remember the days just a brief couple of years ago when I wondered if he'd even say yes to being a guest on my show, let alone a weekly guest and a daily very good friend!! Aaaaaanyway, this week we are talking about expectations. How to manage them, how to interpret t...

Oh dear, some of you aren't going to want to hear what I'm about to say next, but it has to be said... Simply showing up ain't going to cut it, my friend. The context of this episode is around the gym and our physical fitness, but the general philosophy can be applied to an aspect of life really. I'm wrapping it around the gym for two reasons - firstly because it is an applicable reminder for almo...

The Royal Children's Hospital certainly isn't a place anyone wants to land, though it's unfortunately an inevitable reality for some families. But when that time comes, they can be certain that due to people like Professor Catherine Crock the journeys and the outcomes are having the needle moved in the right direction. Sure, we're super lucky to have such advanced medicine at our fingertips, but a...

It's no secret that I LOVE working out. Boxing is my true love, my teacher and the mirror to my soul. Second to that, ZUU and it's full body, ground-based functional, primal animal moves. So when I stumbled across Darryl Edwards, founder of Primal Play and the million times viewed TED Talk 'When working out isn't working out' I knew he was a kindred spirit and I knew we would revel in a conversati...

If Drew Ramsey, M.D. were to become a vegan, he'd be a clam-eating, goat-eating vegan. And if Drew Ramsey's priority was to waste his money, tax his kidneys and take pleasure in his orange pee, then yes, he'd absolutely take multivitamins.  Amidst the utterly hilarious and entertaining nature of this episode, Drew delivers some seriously in-depth and worthwhile information around how we can improv...

Ok, I may have click-baited you with the title... but I'm immature and quite simply couldn't help it. But that being said, it's relevant to the conversation (just not in the context I bet your mind went to). In this instance Bobby is reflecting on TikTok content he has been observing on social media from people who (supposedly) share his Tourette's diagnosis. He is forced to wonder, are some of th...

How often do you actually take a moment to consciously feel gratitude? How often do you express that gratitude to someone who perhaps played a part in you experiencing it? I know it's something I've had to become conscious of... realising ya'll don't live inside my head and that my internal experiences are mine and mine alone unless I open up and share them. (crazy, I know) But the benefits of gra...

Buckle up for another brilliant conversation with a good friend of mine, Pharrell Shaymar. Back in episode 5 in 2020 Pharrell bravely shared his truth, his life and his identity to the world in a very vulnerable podcast... This has remained an episode very close to my heart and has touched many listeners along the way.  Well my friends, it's been two years since having Pharrell on the show, so I t...

You'll be wearing your positive pants after this episode. You're about to meet Pat McGill.. and it's mighty bloody fortunate for all of us that this is the case, Pat is lucky to be alive to tell the tale he's about to tell.  One minute cycling along with his mates like any other day, next minute cleaned up by a truck and clinging to life.  It's been one hell of a journey of recovery and resilience...

Dr. Ben Bikman is a Professor of Cell Biology at Brigham Young University whose knowledge around metabolic health has been consumed (sorry, I couldn't help the pun) by hundreds of thousands of people around the world.  In this conversation we cover all things metabolism and metabolic health, exploring the secret life of fat cells - did you know fat cells can increase in size and replicate in numbe...

Ever wonder what it would be like to go back as 'now you' and have a conversation with 'previous you'? I think about it often... What would I think of her? What would she think of me? Would we like each other? Wouldn't it be nice if we all knew how to agree to disagree and still love, hear and understand each other and our perspectives? Oh and did you know Bobby once had (and potentially still doe...

Ever wish you could tap into your potential? Outperform your perceived limits? What creates an athlete's mindset and how does that flow out into other aspects of their lives?  In this episode I'm riffing on some thoughts I've had around what I experienced around resilience, mindset and growth as a result of stepping (insanely) into the boxing ring to compete at the ripe old age of 29 with ZERO exp...

Sarah Rowan is an artist and thought-leader who empowers individuals and organisations to ignite a better future through creativity. As one of Australia’s top Speed Painters, she has lived and breathed the dynamic process of transformation for over 20 years, turning blank walls and cavasses into thought-provoking pieces of art, with limited time and often in front of a live audience. Merging her a...

Craig Challen developed an interest in a pretty atypical pastime, cave diving. He became one of Australia's leading technical divers, tacking some of the deepest underwater caves around the world. (Now I'm all for a punch in the face in the boxing ring but underwater cave diving sounds terrifying to me).  However, fortunately Craig doesn't find this terrifying... In June and July 2018, a junior so...

Hands up if (like me) you occasionally get a little impatient amidst the journey to wherever you're headed. The goal might be business, academia, physical health, financial freedom, spirituality, family or healing. But on our quest towards mastery (in your above area of choice) it seems that managing our own expectations, our own minds, our own processes and our own choices and decisions can be so...

Do you ever pause and ask yourself 'why do I like/dislike a particular person?' Are you ever aware of how third party information, stories and experiences that other people share with you may shape and skew your perception of someone? Also... how do we repair our ability to trust people when circumstances have taught us that people cannot be trusted? When will we realise that at times perhaps it's...

I was beside myself the first time I had the pleasure of speaking with Steven on the show in mid 2021, episode 135 and it’s safe to say I was equally excited plus some to have him back. Today we talk about peak performance and aging, physical peak performance vs mental and the relationship between the two... We even talk about how Steven get’s peak performance and seemingly unexpected longevity fo...

Just Be Nice is redefining success... and the driving force behind Just Be Nice is one hell of a human. Josh Reid Jones believes that the key to massive and extraordinary change exist in the world right now. That there are enough resources and there is more than enough good-will right now to make a huge dent in the problems that humans, animals and the environment face every day.  Everyone deserve...