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Ali Hill is a professional ‘head-mechanic’ (aka psychologist) and has worked with big businesses and small to improve performance. In this episode Ben and Tim are joined by Dr Dan Pronk to chat to Ali on her Standout Life Podcast. We talk resilient minds and psychological drivers to being more (or less) resilient.   More on Ali Here: https://www.alisonhill.com.au/ https://www.alisonhill.com.au/sta...

This week Ben and Tim cross into America and join Randy Powell and guests on the Lessons in Leadership Show. We talk leadership, resilience and how Prince Harry got shot in the bum! Each week Randy has conversations with leaders who have started businesses, founded charities, gone away to war, endured unimaginable hardship, and taken on breathtaking challenges, and through it all developed grit, p...

This week we plagiarise some content – and have an episode without Tim!  Ben was recently invited to participate in a podcast with the Mission Critical Teams Institute discussing the potential links between creativity and the kinds of people who end up in Mission Critical Teams.  This is an area of significant interest for Ben.  There is an old saying that there are no atheists in a foxhole - whil...

In Part B of the Hamish Blake interview we talk resilience. As well as how Hamish practices mindfulness, meaningful challenges, the mind-body connection and The Melbourne Football Club! We also talk about how to crack open a safe!    Intelligence Summary (INTSUM) 01:50       Hamish completes our Resilience Survey 06:40       Presenting the data on resilience 08:00       Resilience is more than str...

Hamish Blake needs no introduction. So, we won’t give him one.   Part A discusses getting into comedy, bombing and learning from failure and who/ what is the real Hamish. We talk about Hamish and Andy and sustaining a personal and professional relationship. And their trip into Afghanistan.   Intelligence Summary (INTSUM) 00:00       Hamish proves that he’s as bad as Ben and Tim on recording. 01:00...

Since as long as he could remember, Boo wanted to be a fighter pilot.  Even before he’d seen Top Gun!  In this episode, Ben and Tim pick Boo’s brains about his connection to purpose, the difference between ‘High Performance’ and ‘Deep Performance’ and how he and the team at Afterburner have helped countless corporate clients embrace the fighter pilot mindset and improve their performance by adopti...

Following up from last week, this week we have Dr Dan Pronk back on the show to talk about the making of The Resilience Shield. And what the three authors do in their lives to contribute to their own Resilience Shields.   More on The Resilience Shield is here...   Intelligence Summary (INTSUM) no show notes this week. Email us if you love show notes!   Contact Us: www.unforgiving60.com debrief@unf...

Alex Lloyd from Life on the Line Podcast interviews Ben, Tim and Dr Dan Pronk discussing resilience. More about the incredible Life on the Line Podcast here :  More on the amazingly selfless Alex Lloyd here :   ****** Life on the Line Episode Notes: Alex Lloyd interviews three Australian Special Forces veterans about the secrets to unlock greater personal resilience. Life on the Line tracks down A...

A very intimate, raw and special reverse episode- where Ben and Tim tell honest stories about their own families, as well as their philosophy on death and dying, and the values they have tried to instil in their own families.   - With Jump Daddy and Dr Tom from the Dad to Me Podcast.   External Links More information on Dad to Me is available  here.    About Us   www.unforgiving60.com   Email us a...

A hilarious episode with Dr Tom and Jump Daddy who have a podcast that acts as a translation service between kids and their fathers!  These two are as smart and funny as …. They interviewed Ben and Tim about parenting on the Dad to Me Podcast; and now Ben and Tim get their own back! The revenge episode! The Dad to Me podcast interviews the world's hottest fathers. The series poses questions grown...

What do we do better? Decommissioning aircraft or decommissioning people? This episode will explore how well we do the latter. Dr Richard Magtengaard is a psychiatrist with near 20 years of clinical experience, working extensive with veterans and first responders. But he’s pretty different to who and what you might expect... Firstly, Richard served for 10 years as an officer in the Royal Australia...

Nicho Plowman reckons our lives are like an amazing movie – the trouble is that most of us are sitting way too close to the screen and being overwhelmed by it!  In this podcast, Nicho, an entrepreneur and vedic meditation teacher, talks to us about the incredible benefits of using a meditation practice to move a few rows back in the movie of your life.  Reflecting on his own journey into meditatio...

Dr Lies Notebaert is a psychologist who examines cognitive processes such as attention, interpretation, memory, and complex planning, in order to find out how these affect mental health and resilience in people who are dealing with adversity.  She also happens to be our long-suffering research partner in the Resilience Shield project, who has single-handedly had to endure an almost endless barrage...

Ben and Tim talk about the book that they have written with Dr Dan Pronk titled The Resilience Shield. What is resilience and stress.... and how does the scientific proof explain how we can be more (or less) resilient. More information including the individual resilience survey is at: www.resilienceshield.com    

Ben and Tim first met Pete Naschak when he was on exchange from the US Navy SEALS to the Australian SAS. Pete is an expert in resilience, elite performance and getting the most out of the people he works with, which has included Red Bull athletes and members of the US Olympic Team in their preparation for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic games.  Of course in addition, Pete is a former US Navy SEAL, with...

Ben and Tim look back on Simon Eastaugh, Lee Goddard and Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham before turning their attention to the withdrawal from Afghanistan- & what has been achieved. Plus, listener feedback! Reflections on Anzac Day 2021 .... and much more. As always, please let us know what you think.  We’d love to hear from you – please email debrief@unforgiving60.com .   Intelligence Summary (INTSUM) 01...

Former UK SAS operator, Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham grew up on tough council estate in Birmingham. Leaving school at eleven, the threat of juvenile detention hanging over his head, he was running with gangs, and almost being killed in a knife fight at 15 eventually led to Billy discovering the British Armed Forces at sixteen. Billy spent 8 years in the UK Parachute Regiment in 1983 and served until 19...

Ben first met Lee Goddard on the high seas, chasing North Korean drug smugglers.  Tim’s history with Lee goes back a bit further – to his very first days in the military as a young cadet at the Australian Defence Force Academy, where Lee was the Academy Cadet Captain.  Since graduating from ADFA, Lee has excelled in pretty much endeavour he has turned his hand to, from crewing the tall ship, The Y...

The very funny 6 foot 7 Simon Eastaugh knows Australian Football from both on field and off field vantage points. He was drafted from his Dad’s farm in rural Victoria to Richmond at the age of 16. He played professional football for three different AFL clubs for over a decade and then transitioned from the field into the coaches box. Simon was ruck and development coach for the West Coast Eagles f...

Season 3!?! > How did that happen?! These guys should have been sacked! *** The first RV of the third season!  And what a cracking season opener – the boys look back with fondness on the season’s start, and in particular the interview with comedian Mick Neven, Senator Jacqui Lambie, Iceman David Knoff and Chief Push-up Officer Nick Hudson, before turning their attention to listener feedback – and...

Nick Hudson has the world’s coolest job title – Chief of Push-ups.  As the originator and driving force behind the Push-up Challenge, Nick has raised millions of dollars in just a few short years to assist research and support into depression.  The genesis of this amazing endeavour comes from Nick’s own experience, both through his family and his personal exposure to mental health challenges, brou...

What’s leadership like in sub-zero temperatures with busy programmes, limited infrastructure, 1 minute showers, 1 hour of sunlight a day and surrounded by the same small group of people for over 400 days? Well, David Knoff knows the answers! David is the Station Leader at Australia’s Davis Station in Antarctica. Davis Station is the most southerly Australian Antarctic station. It is situated edge...

We would proffer that Jacqui Lambie is the most passionate politician in the Australian political system. From veterans affairs to the war on drugs to foreign policy she speaks with both passion and conviction. She is arguably also currently the most controversial politician in Australian political system. With a difficult upbringing, we talk about Jacqui’s early brush(es) with the law and her ten...

Launching Season 3, Comedian Mick Neven is back! After conquering zombie apocalypses using SAS tactics with Ben and Tim nearly exactly 12 months ago, Mick is back- as a Melon Head! We talk about what is off limits, being a Melon Head, living in self isolation, about Mick being bullied, how to write gags, stagecraft and the unwritten rules of comedians. Get your laughing gear around this.....  Enjo...

Ben and Tim have now survived two seasons without getting cancelled!  (Full disclosure – no-one pays us, so we can’t really get cancelled!). In this final episode for the second season, Tim and Ben reflect on our recent discussions with Simon ‘Hawks’ Hawken and Anthony ‘Harry’ Moffitt, as well as a whole bunch of excellent listener questions and feedback – including a veritable library worth of ou...