Roll With The Punches

I never thought I'd be sitting here talking to a dude who'd spent most of his life in and out of prison from the age of 10 years old and throwing it up as an 'inspirational episode'. But my thinking has certainly evolved a hell of a lot over the course of this podcast and I'm kind of hoping with ya'll listening in that yours has too. You know what else has evolved and changed? David Breakspear. &n...

When you see the title Legless & Blind, I will forgive you for assuming I have a couple of rollicking piss-heads behind the mic with me... But alas, the title is literal. I have two of the most fun, quick-witted and inspiring legends I've met joining me for a candid banter about life sans 98% vision, two lower limbs, a number of fingers, toes and a little bit of nose. They make up for all that...

Brandon Steiner is a self-confessed serial entrepreneur whom I adored shooting the breeze with today.  Brandon is a sports marketer, the founder and former CEO of Steiner Sports now owned by Fanatics and is currently the founder and CEO of CollectibleXchange and The Steiner Agency. Combining his passion for business and sports he's winning the game of life AND business time and time again. &n...

Personally I don't much l love the term narcissist, as I think it tends to get bandied around a bit too much as a blanket term... However, today we are having a banter about the undesirable creatures with someone who is somewhat of a expert when it comes to handling toxic personalities. Most of us either know someone or are someone who has had dealings with a person who is somewhat narcissistic an...

I love these episodes where I get to riff with my good pal Harps about... well, half the time we haven't a clue where it might go. Today we talk about some of the lessons learned from diving head first into unchartered territories of a business, we talk about self-awareness and drawing a line between that and self-loathing.  Is there a time we should quit?  And if so, when?  Vicario...

Imagine getting the opportunity of a lifetime to perform your craft on America's Got Talent.  A world of opportunity... skills you've honed for years about to be witness by millions. And within moments... you've basically turned the entire audience and judging panel against you. Like thousands of faces expressing complete and utter disdain for you and your act.  When I watched Alex Hoope...

You know what I love... Real talk with real people who aren't afraid to share a tale or two about their life.  Tracy Bartram is one such human and it sure was a pleasure to have a banter with her on today's show. A straight shooter and an open book, Tracy shares some of her trials and tribulations throughout life.  From juggling a high profile career in radio and television whilst simult...

See what I did there...  No doubt that I love a witty pun!   Yemi Penn is undoubtedly a remarkable woman.  I knew moments into this chat that she was going to be sharing some special stuff. Yemi is a British born Nigerian residing in Sydney Australia.  An engineer, an entrepreneur, a mindset coach, a trauma thought-leader, an author and a mini series documentary producer. There...

David Razowsky is a effervescent ball of personality AND just so happens to be one of the top Improv Coaches in the world.  If you're anything like me you'll be googling 'what the hell is improv'.  It's acting..  improvisation (obviously). We talk about like on and off the stage, we talk about the twists and turns of life and what whisks us away and lands us where we land.  I e...

After 26 years as a finance broker Tom threw in the towel on harbouring stress, anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia and wraps his arms (or mind) around meditation. He’s now a well respected meditation teacher, a coach, speaker, author of 6 books and founder of the app The Portal as you will hear today. Tom pulls no punches when it comes to the power of meditation and he sure nudged me to get real...

If you’re an Aussie listener you’re likely familiar with Sophie Scott our resident ABC TV & Radio Medical Investigator & Journalist.  Sophie is dedicated to bringing evidence-based information on health, psychology and sappiness to the forefront. She has authored two books, Live Longer and Roadtesting Happiness and today she is sharing her experience and around burnout… Yep, I imagine...

Today we’re going balls deep on sleep… it’s something I’ve sure too’d and fro’d with much of my life. Taming my busy mind and finding the off switch at the end of the day.  Dr Kirk Parsley is a world-renowned sleep expert, a former US Navy Seal and spent much of his time in medicine working directly with Navy Seals researching and resolving their prevalent and common sleep issues and developi...

She is back… Our resident life-green thumb, tomato plant extraordinaire.. The Life Planner, Shannah Kennedy joining me for a conversation that right now is relevant for many.  Plan B. Plan B is all about the pivot, the grief, the delay, the uncertainty, the unexpected and the planning in pencil and taking a damn detour when shit hits the fan in life.   I hope ya'll find some gold nuggets... I know...

My favourite Irish lad, the world-renowned breathing expert, Patrick McKeown is back with his mesmerizing accent and incredible knowledge.  If you didn’t listen to his first episode back at #132 head back there for a listen as we covered a bunch of stuff from sports performance, learning & focus, sleep apnea & anxiety and depression.  Today we cover a whole bunch more such female...

Harps is back in the tea room riffing about all things life with me.  We spent an hour and a half going deep and talking about pretty much everything aside from the topic we had planned to.. but hey, these are often my favourite chats! Money, meaning, emotions and value... how we earn it, how we spend it, how we value it and how we make meaning of it. We share a few stories and personal exper...

Today’s guest is soon to be on the lookout to borrow some moving boxes… He’s planning on relocating.  To Mars.  For the REST. OF. HIS. LIFE. A Physicist, Explosives Engineer, Soldier, Comedian, Astronaut Candidate - one thing Josh Richards can never be accused of is being boring. After a decade of picking up booby traps with the Australian Army, slogging through mud with British Commando...

Hands up who wants to hear a few life experiences from one of the worlds most elite retired Navy Seals?  Buckle up indeed, my friends. Mark Divine, founder and CEO of SEALFIT, Unbeatable mind (which I took a keen interest in today) and founder of multiple million-dollar businesses takes me into the deepest of rabbit holes around... well, everything.  Life, lessons, childhood, adulthood,...

I came across Fritzi Horstman when I watched Dr Gabor Mate's recently released film The Wisdom Of Trauma.  Wow, enough said. If you ask Fritzi she'll tell you 'it all started with a book and a prison'.  The book was The Body Keeps The Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, and the prison, well that changed everything. Fritzi is founder of the Compassion Prison Project, an organization dedicat...

Another podcast soul sister hits the airwaves with me for an hour of wholesome life banter. Susan Sly is an incredibly inspiring and successful woman in many facets of her life.  So as you can imagine I took every opportunity to pick her brain and hear Susan's perspective and experiences.  Susan be been rich, then broke, then rich again...  She has learned, then taught, then learned...

Today’s guest is a high energy, much loved pal of mine, Adriana Tantau or as everyone more commonly knows her, Fudge. Little did I know (like most people I'm sure) that Fudge has been on a mental health roller coast of the recent years.  Highs, lows, explosive reactions, unappealing moods, coping mechanisms and most frighteningly... suicidal thoughts.  Fortunately she was sent to an acupuncturist...

Well isn’t this yet another incredibly fascinating conversation that blew my socks off.. Richard Little, is a multi-award winning inventor and engineer who’s attention now revolves around innovative neuro technology… seriously, what even is that huh… it’s where tech & human thought meets.. it’s seriously incredible. We talk about the thought controlled robotic devices Richard invented, neuro t...

I think you’ll love today’s guest, Jocelyn Brewer.  We’re talking a bit of nutrition. No, no… not food. Digital nutrition. How we graze on the digital aspects of life and rather than deeming technology toxic and needing to detox from it, Jocelyn prefers to talk about how we can utilise it in a healthy and nutritious manner. She’s a good chick, so grab yourself a bag of kale and get comfy as we unp...

Norm McGillivray is one of those guests that I immediately adored. You know those humans who are doing something that is powered purely by their hearts and souls? Well that’s Norm in a nutshell. As you’ll hear in this episode when he shares with me the incredibly heartfelt WHY behind the organisation that is Beddown. The initiative that is taking unutilised spaces, such as undercover carparks, and...

Today I have Mike Drohan joining me. Mike hosts the Doing Epic Stuff podcast as you may know when I previously shared the episode he hosted with me as his guest. (EP143 if you haven’t heard it) We riff on our collective experiences around launching our podcasts. What it’s like stepping out of having a job and into being an entrepreneur, building a brand, figuring shit out and developing new s...

Gee whizz... this wasn't my plan but let's be honest, more often than not that's how my episodes roll. Fueled with excitement as I welcomed back world renowned human behaviour specialist, author and founder of the Demartini Institute, Dr John Demartini. My idea was to ask a bunch of thought provoking questions (some of the ones I had fired at Craig Harper back in episodes 164 & 165). However,...