Roll With The Punches

Bhavi Devchand is an Australian cricketer, coach and podcaster.   She has played at the elite level for a decade (and she's still a kid) and we talk about all things cricket, sport in general, women in sport, performance, conditioning, training, coaching and life.  For two different sports (boxing and cricket) I drew a lot of similarities out of this conversation.   Bhavi shares her...

Imagine this for a moment.  You're a child.  After years of watching your own mothers mental, physical and emotional function decline, you're told that her illness is actually a rare degenerative genetic condition.  You're told that the chances are 50/50 chance you too carry that gene.  And if you do inherit the gene you'll experience progressive degeneration of the nerve cells in your brain, affe...

I personally think stepping onto a stage as a comedian is one of the bravest things someone can do.  I also personally think when people choose to do such brave things, they've been conditioned for bravery.  Rachel Berger shares how she stepped on that stage.. and failed.  She failed and failed again, for a year.  But Rachel knew she had something to say, and that something was...

Ryan Mains is a veteran of the Iraq war and a longtime Woodstock firefighter and paramedic.  He has been diagnosed with a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder and today Ryan shares with me his experience around how his symptoms built slowly over years, ultimately becoming so pronounced that he had to leave the job that he loved.   I'm always interested in what attracts individuals into se...

Ahhhh the brain. I am just obsessed with how it works, it's relationship to our mind and how when we control our mind we can physiologically change our brain, which subsequently changes how our mind works.  How fascinating! Dawson Church is a health writer and researcher who has edited or authored a number of books in the fields of health, psychology, and spirituality.   The Genie in You...

Haisley O'Leary has been a firefighter for 25 years, starting as a military fire fighter before becoming a career firey and now a station officer (with a very staunch moustache to seal the deal).  He's a gorgeous human with a gorgeous story to share and you've heard a lot from his other half Lisa Tamati on this show, so I know you're going to love diving deeper into their epic lives. Haisley share...

This episode was a freestyle mishap, where our show preamble continued on for almost an hour.   What's that Harps... you had a plan?  Ah well...  What we ended up with is a conversational wonderland around metacognition (thinking about thinking), human psychology, placebos, self-healing, laughter therapy, weirdness, getting offended and whatever else floated through our curious mind...

Becca Braccialle has only quite recently been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. Despite the common misconception, Becca doesn't stroll down the street shouting profanities at people..  However, her tics do speak their own mind at their will.   When I first came across Becca through social media I was fascinated and intrigued by some of the videos she shares, Tourette's Karaoke being...

Well we're no stranger to talking all things trauma over here at RWTP.  You'll be thrilled to hear that I have cherry picked one of the leading experts and educators of Polyvagal Theory.  'What on earth is that, Tiff?' I hear you ask...  ah yes, that's precisely what I said too.   It's about the relationship our autonomic nervous system has with our trauma experience and Deb sh...

She's a mum, she's a wife, she's a budding Australian writer whose work has been widely published by the by some reputable publications.   Naomi Fryers joins me to share the reality of her decade (ish) of clinging white-knuckled to the roller coaster of mental health mayhem that became her life after a nervous breakdown.   She recalls losing her ability to form sentences (not ideal for such a word...

Dr. Elizabeth Yurth is an absolute weapon of a human who has dedicated her life to longevity and faaaaar out did this chat float my boat! Dr. Yurth is (take a seat, she's ticked a lot of boxes here) double board-certified in Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Anti-Aging/Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Yurth also completed a fellowship in Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine from Stanford School...

Like many people who use Crystal Methamphetamine (Ice), Craig Allen landed himself in a dire situation, to say the very least. After battling mental health issues and undiagnosed Bipolar disorders throughout his early years, the drug became a relief from some of the mental anguish. A relief that, of course, brought about it's very own world of anguish and turmoil. Violence, abuse, navigating the u...

Today's episode is a co-shared episode from Mike Drohan's 'Doing Epic Stuff' podcast.  I enjoyed it, I hope you do too :) Welcome to the Doing Epic Stuff podcast with your host; Mike Drohan. Together we’ll explore the stories and journeys of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. “No one is going to wear or throw a punch for you. No one does it in a boxing ring and no one does it in life...

Today's episode covers all things mood and memory disorders from the neurological perspective.   My guest is Professor David Barton who specialises in general adult and geriatric psychiatry with a particular interest in neuropsychiatry, acquired brain injury and the association between depression and cardiovascular disease.  I thought given how many episodes I have spoken with people who...

Russell Jarrett is somewhat of an Aussie fitness guru.  An Exercise Physiologist and host of the Australian Fitness Podcast, Russell has worked with the AFL, AIS, Cricket Australia, WNBL, elite golf and tennis athletes as well as programming thousands of individual and group training along the way... so yeah, he knows a right thing or two about all things fitness and mark my words, I picked h...

Today’s episode for me, was quite a monumental little event in itself. Recorded LIVE in front of a 100 strong audience at the Melbourne EA Group’s Admin Professionals day it’s fair to say I felt like Ellen Degeneres 2.0 on that stage.  With an incredibly worthy-of-the-stage guest Dr Amy Silver, (doctor of clinical psychology) Amy complete her doctorate on fear in chronic fatigue patients and...

Today’s guest Casey Benjamin joining me to share her story and talk all things courage.  The courage to leave a marriage and an existence that wasn’t serving her, the courage to come out, the courage to face her truth.  Founder of The Courage Project and the epitome of the word if you ask me.  She's a fellow PH360 enthusiast alongside me now too..  with a passion for all the hu...

Who didn't grow up at some stage wanting to be a fire fighter? I know I did!  Mick Childs has been fighting fires for 18 years and now donning the Station Officer hat. Working in heavy rescue, as you can imagine, can be a heavy job and yet an incredibly rewarding one.  So Mick let's us peak behind the scenes at a day in the life of a firey.  The ups, the downs and the stuff that goe...

Getting from point A to point B whether it be in business, health or even relationships is something we are all doing, all of the time.  What's the blueprint?  Having a plan is a must, until that plan hinders creativity or opportunity.  Doing what you love and what feels good might be following the intuition that holds the key... or avoiding the necessary grit to reach where you really want to be....

Todays guest is Wendy Jenkins and yet another surprise package. Wendy has breathed life into a set of lungs for the last 14 years… that’s already double the life expectancy that was bestowed upon her by the medical industry as she underwent her double lung transplant in her 20’s.  Along the way Wendy has faced severe depression & PTSD as a result of navigating not being able to have children, shor...

It’s a fair understatement to say that I’m a little bit excited to be offering up a conversation with todays guest. Steven Kotler is arguably the leading expert in human peak performance worldwide. Founder and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, Steven Kotler is an award-winning journalist and New York Times best selling author….  and I can wholeheartedly recommend reading his...

Nathan Stewart is a fellow Melburnian and a world class athlete across multiple sports, having won himself GOLD at the World Dwarf Games.   Born with Dwarfism it’s fair to say there were punches to roll along the way but if there’s one thing Nathan proves it’s that it takes more than stature to stand tall in this world of ours.  From navigating the usual trials and tribulations of growin...

Epigenetics...  it's one of my fave conversations on the show.  Back to natter on that very topic today is master of epigenetic science, PH360 CEO, Dr Cam McDonald.  This year Dr Cam has been working furiously with businesses, government organisations and companies across the globe, implementing Shae Wellness programs and bringing epigenetics and biology into the limelight of corpor...

Hold your breath for today's guest... literally!  Patrick McKeown, Author of more than a few books including The Oxygen Advantage and his latest masterpiece The Breathing Cure joins me today and blows (pun intended) my mind with all things breathing and just what a medicinal wonderland our breath actually is. From sports performance to focus and learning, from sleep apnea to asthma and low an...

So, have you heard?  Soft is the new hard, according to Leah Methers! Settle down, that is NOT what I'm referring to...  In today's episode Leah and I have an ironically easy conversation about difficult conversations.  As someone who personally doesn't love confronting conflict (well outside the boxing ring at least) I know I'm not alone.  But let's be honest, there's nothing more difficult that...