Roll With The Punches

Erin Cotter-Smith is an Epidemiologist and Disaster Medicine Expert, an advocate for First Responder Mental Health and Wellbeing, a Board Director of World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, an Ambassador for VicPol Mental Health and Wellbeing Committee, an Advisory Board Member for AFP Shield Project and a Board Member for The Code 9 Foundation.  (bit lazy, huh?) We take a dive in t...

Sitting in class with a dunce's cap.  Dropping out of school at 13. Leaving home barely a teen to live on the streets, under bridges and in abandoned cars. Who would have believed that these were statements  I would be including in the synopsis of a podcast introducing Dr John Demartini?  Pffffft, I know I sure didn't. Dr Demartini foundered his own global research and education org...

Lisa Tamati, much like myself, doesn't do things by halves. She has raced 2,250km races. She has ran a race for 64 hours straight (sure breaking my get-8-hours-sleep rule). She has even crossed the unchartered-by-civilians Lybian Desert. All in the name of 'fun' might I just add. Lisa shares my intrigue and curiosity around the extreme lessons that extreme sports teach us about ourselves. As an At...

He's been a business owner.  He's been bankrupt. He's been a tumbleweed landing where the wind might care to blow him across the Australian outback. He's pulled sheep shit from freshly shorn wool to put food on his plate, he's slept under the stars with holes in his socks.  He's been a son, a father, a husband, a brother, a friend, a student, a mentor, a rock and for me... a soulmate. I...

Anthony Cattermole spent 14 years in law enforcement with Victoria Police.  Have I ever mentioned my love for first responders..? :) There's nothing I love more than shooting the breeze and learning about the lives of those who choose to serve to keep humanity safe and orderly.  I'm intrigued about how such roles can fundamentally change the way these humans might navigate the world we live in.  A...

Here we are bunkering down for Christmas again...  Whatever that means for each of us.   For some it's joy, celebration, happiness, family, love, gratitude... for others it is stress, anxiety, family, loss, grief, lonliness...  And for the vast majority on either end of that scale it is kilo's, sugar, overeating, drinking too much, falling off the wagon, dropping good habits and dev...

Lou Acott is a Melbourne based fitness superstar. She has competed in Karate, MMA, Kickboxing, Olympic Weightlifting, Crossfit and 2017 Australian Ninja Warrior. There is nothing Lou does not dominate and she has been on my radar since I myself stepped into the fitness industry. I love this chat with Lou as, we share our thoughts on what might really drive us towards the desire to succeed and achi...

Todays guest hit 'soul sister' status as soon as we connected on this one.   Fellow 'Activator' and PH360 Epigenetics Educator, Sage Monkman reached out after listening to episode 68 recently where I opened up for the first time publicly about my own experience with abuse growing up. Sage resonated with my story through her own experiences and journey with complex PTSD.  We share thoughts and idea...

If there's anything I can rely on with Courtney Devine, it's vulnerability, truth and plenty of things to laugh about. We heard from Courtney in EP46, she was locked up in hotel quarantine after packing her life into a suitcase and fleeing Amsterdam amidst the worldwide pandemic that had run rampant in the place she called home for the last three years.   The dust hadn't yet settled and a plan not...

Tori Singleton has performed and dominated at world level in Acrobatics.   From 7 years old she was throwing herself across the stage with poise, co-ordination and strength that sure puts me to shame... and probably you too, if we're being honest here! At 21 she has already achieved a level of career success and accolades that most of us only dream of.  She has traveled the world an...

At 23 Josh Komen was in the best shape of his life as one of New Zealand's fasts 800m track runners.  Two months later Leukemia had him running an entire different race. Josh shares his experience with loss, confusion, fear, anger, frustration and deep depression.  Josh relied on life support, overcame Leukemia twice, battled Host vs Graft Disease, endured multiple heart attacks... at on...

Todays guest has been an avid RWTP listener since one of our favourite MICA Flight Paramedics dropped an episode, Matt Shepherd. Kristian Gay was born with Spina Bifida.  Over his 32 years he has lost count of the number of invasive and often life threatening operations he has undertaken... the count is well over 60.  Wheelchair bound and facing practical and physical challenges daily, K...

Sometimes the most well thought out plan, doesn't go to plan... much like this podcast.   Well, not that there was all too much of a plan per se.  But all the same, Harps took a side step midway through this episode and found himself sipping his English Breakfast tea as we meandered through a range of unexpected topics. Craig Harper and I chat about change, growth, tipping points, experiences, dif...

Gen Kelsang Dornying is one of Melbourne's most adored Buddhist teachers. I myself came across him a few short years ago attending my first meditation at the Kadampa Meditation Centre in Melbourne. Today Gen Dornying shares his personal journey into Buddhism with us along with letting me dig around some Buddhist philosophies and ideas... I thrive in conversations like this that offer concepts so s...

Today I bantered with Paul Rankin.  He thinks he's nothing special.  I think he's quite the opposite. Born with Cerebral Palsy, Paul is an engineer, a pilot, a lifesaver, a musician and as of this year qualified at national level for diving... Not national level for parasport, but for fully able bodied athletes. What. A. #^$%ing. Legend. No 'poor me' No 'life's hard' No excuses. Paul jus...

Today I'm feeling pretty chuffed about indulging in a bit of banter with one of the worlds most viewed celebrity chefs, Gary Mehigan. After a decade as Co-Host and Judge on Australia's  MasterChef, Gary sure might be a household name and face, but when he sat behind the mic with me for a bit of a banter I could have been mistaken for thinking we'd been mates for years!  What a genuine, d...

Olly Wood is a New Zealand lad who dives deep into transformation for career driven men over 35 (predominently). In this ep I pick his brain on all things gut health, transformation, supplements, human behaviour and creating change.  Another great health & fitness episode with a bunch of idea's and concepts we haven't yet covered in others. Enjoy! Tiffanee Cook | www.rollwiththepunches.co...

If there's one universal language around this spinning blue ball, it's laughter.    If there's one medicine that heals all wounds, it's laughter.  If there's one sound I would have made 15 years ago if you tried to tell me that one day I'd be shooting the breeze one on one with Australia's funniest lad, it's laughter.  What a pleasure to sit down with Dave Hughes and get to kno...

Today I throw some fun philosophic questions at Bobby and let him run rampant on them.   What is the meaning of life?   What's your take on destiny, fate and free will?   Does pineapple belong on pizza?  (Ok, I didn't ask that one because I don't eat pizza so I don't really care). He's back by popular demand, the worlds leading mind around human behaviour change and self manage...

Old mate John Verbi is back behind the mic for another hearty banter on all things fitness, training, health and fun. A little epigenetics, a little how-to-emerge-from-pandemic-life, a little how things have changed. Great chit chat for the average 'punter' so he calls ya'll. I always have an ace time with this wise lad, I hope you do too! Enjoy! Tiffanee Cook | www.rollwiththepunches.com.au  |  @...

Business is people.  So when we do business, we really do people.  OK hang on, I better explain... Darren Kelk, founder of Fresh Networking, Melbourne's freshest business networking organisation, banters with me on all things networking, business, growth, people stuff, pandemic pivots, success, unconventional families and life. This ep is a great listen for anyone in small business looking to grow...

Imagine losing your father at 17 years of age... merely weeks after a sudden cancer diagnosis. Losing your brother to a car accident 8 years after that.  And losing your husband, the father of your children, to the same cancer that took your father 12 years after that. Rachel Pope doesn't have to imagine this, it is the reality she faced.  Grief, death and loss are an unavoidable part of life.  A...

'Battle for life. Life is hard.'  That is Michael Lyddiard's message to the world.  And battle, he sure does. This is an episode that, if I'm completely honest, hasn't left my mind since we switched off the mics.  With my usual riffing style of podcasting I never know just where we will end up, so I never find myself thinking 'gee I didn't expect that'...   Except for this time...

Craig Harper is arguably Australia's best when it comes to health and fitness.  Pioneering the Personal Training industry back in the 80's, when I was merely a thought, and personal training studios weren't even a thing.  Craig foundered Australia's very first. He has a background in exercise science and is a current PHD student in neuropsychology.. So he's kind of a little bit smart and well info...

From working with Mother Teresa to filmmaking in Afghanistan.  If you're a loyal RTWP listener then you're more than aware of my love for first responders and paramedics. And... you're more than aware of my tendency to address them publicly and privately as 'superheroes'.  Benjamin Gilmour is an Ambulance paramedic with 24 years frontline experience in Australia and internationally. &nbs...