The Wellness Puzzle Podcast

From a young age and with the DNA to achieve, Nick Bracks pushed his body and mind to the limit. At the age of 11, he was training 5 or 6 hour per day, in secret, as he aspired to be the best of the best in the sporting world. This constant need to compare, compete, drive and push himself led him to anxiety, depression and ultimately alcohol related issues. He knew that if something didn't change,...

By her own admission, Alaina Schwartz was earning a high six-figure income as a lawyer in the brutally competitive music industry. From an external viewpoint, it would seem that she was living a dream life. She had money, status and profile, but she was miserable. She was not living her truth and the stress of this lie was reaping havoc on her physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, leading her...

Right now in 2020, the greatest issue gripping the world is not the Coronavirus, but the stress, anxiety, uncertainty and mental health issues it is causing. Sara Picken-Brown has generously offered a wonderful solution to help you more effectively deal with challenges, stress and uncertainty through her regular fabulous guided meditation skills.  Sara has achieved incredible success in her life,...

As a speaker, facilitator, coach and radio host, Greg Sellar strives in the pursuit of better. He is a card-carrying member of Generation X. He worked in the health and fitness industry for over 25 years, presenting to more than half a million people in 55 countries on behalf of companies and sponsors including Nike. Regardless of his achievements, he had recurring questions about what life was go...

Marie Alessi begun her Coaching Journey in 2011. A choice that equipped her with tools she never thought she'd need to deal with life's biggest adversity thrown at her. After the unexpected tragedy of losing her husband in June 2018, she was immediately able to draw on her inner resources, tap into powerful love, draw from her husband's strength and find empowerment that helped her move from grief...

Right now in 2020, the greatest issue gripping the world is not the Coronavirus, but the stress, anxiety, uncertainty and mental health issues it is causing. Sara Picken-Brown has generously offered a wonderful solution to help you more effectively deal with challenges, stress and uncertainty through her regular fabulous guided meditation skills.  Sara has achieved incredible success in her life,...

I have known Natalie Matthews for more than five years, and the thing that stood out to me most, when I met for the first time, was the confidence this lady exuded as she towered above most people in her six foot three inch body and her three inch heels! She has always loved her height and the resulting benefits she has experienced in her life. The only challenge for her, and for many tall women,...

In the last year of my professional football career at the St Kilda Football Club, in 1987,  a young fresh-faced kid began his own. At that time, only one person knew that Nathan Burke would go on to be a legend of the club, and the game, and that was him! He played for the next 18 years, amassed 323 games, captained the club, won multiple Best & Fairest awards, won player of the year several time...

The moment I started my conversation with Carol Cooke, I knew it was going to be an inspiring and compelling one. Her courage, her persistence, and her self-proclaimed stubbornness kept her going from one setback to the next until she finally overcame her many challenges to win her first para-olympic gold medal for Australia in 2012 after 41 years of trying, at the age of 50 years. Starting with a...

It is my mission in life to create a wave of wellness around the world and help people live a  life of joyful longevity, so when I came across Sara Picken-Brown, I knew we needed to speak. We met many years ago in Melbourne when she was personal training, she is now living in London. Before i spoke to her on this podcast, I had no idea about her amazing story and all the incredible things she has...

Robb declares that, 'it's not humanly possible for me to go from the desperate place of alcoholism and living in the streets to the incredible  life I am living today.'   Well, humanly possible or not, Robb has totally transformed his life and gone from the lowest of lows to the most incredible of highs in his life. Want to know how? Robb has an impressive resume. From a young age he was a success...

I have been speaking in schools for the last four or five years and have an incredible passion to help children and teenagers believe more in themselves and fulfill their potential. The more I speak to teens, the more I truly understand and believe in 'the parent factor.' Michelle Falzon and I met, connected and are now working together to help parents understand their powerful influence as they r...

My conversation with Craig Harper, as always, is one you will get an enormous amount of value from. I just knew, before the conversation started, it would go in the right direction, whatever direction that would be.  This podcast, takes us on a path I believe every person needs to hear; about perspective, and a concept that Craig unpacks, called non-attachment. Craig and I go back many decades and...

I think it's fair to say that the quality of our relationships will determine the quality of our lives. Natalie E. West knows exactly what is takes to enjoy wonderfully fulfilling relationships. Natalie has qualifications in Clinical Behavioral Science,  Applied Clinical Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Com Programming, Clinical Hypnosis, public speaking, group meditation facilitation, physical & psychological...

I met Brad McEwan when he was in his 20's and just starting out in his media career. He was a fresh faced kid working on radio, and became a personal training client of mine back in 1999. The first time I met him, I knew he was destined for big things, and we have been good friends ever since, as I watched him rise through the ranks to become a well-known and much-loved Australian media personalit...

I met Morgan Beard very recently through Fernando Parnes, founder of BestBeing and sponsor of this podcast. Morgan I chatted, we spoke together on a wellness panel and I was immediately impressed and engaged by this 30 years old dynamo. Listening to her wisdom, you would certainly not expect someone so young in years. As you listen to Morgan's maturity, it's hard to imagine she has been through so...

I met Patrick Bonello in the 1990's when I was personal trainer and he was reading news on TripleM radio in Melbourne. So, I used to hurt him and then he paid me for it! Since that time Patrick has successfully done a diverse range of things which have ultimately led him to a 'Tree Change' move to the small community of Ballan, an hour out of Melbourne. It is here he runs his wonderful design busi...

Amanda Campbell is the founder of Bend Like Bamboo , a program designed to maximise resilience and health. As a Sports Kinesiologist and Motivational Speaker, Amanda is one of Australia’s leading experts on resilience. She believes that flexibility builds resilience, allowing us to re-imagine what can be possible in our mind, body and life. Overcoming a paralysis at age 29 from MS she discovered t...

In my book, The Wellness Puzzle, I discuss in great detail that the foundational piece of the puzzle is finding meaning and living on purpose. It drives and defines everything we do, everything we achieve and the lives of joyful longevity we ultimately live. Speaking to Dr Allan Meyer about this topic could not be more perfect. I met Dr Allan Meyer in 2019 and since that time, we have both signifi...

Lillian Nejad, PhD, is a registered and endorsed clinical psychologist, author and media personality with over 20 years of experience in the assessment and treatment of individuals with mild to severe psychological issues and disorders. Her mission is to promote accurate and nonjudgmental views on mental health, and to provide REAL information and strategies for a variety of psychological problems...

Bianca Chatfield is a BB. You'll need to listen to find out what that means. She played top level netball for almost 20 years, including playing for her country and winning a  Commonwealth Games Gold Medal. She now is a media personality, an inspiring speaker and author who is inspiring people everywhere she goes. Bianca is incredibly resilient because of many things, but one incredible character...

Lindsay Johnson is the founder and CEO of Fitpos, an incredibly successful corporate wellness dellvery service that has had to do a 180 degree turn-around to negotiate and succeed in the current climate, as a result of COVID-19. What she and her team have done to turn it around will inspire you. Lindsay has not had it easy, by any stretch of the imagination. Overcoming an addiction to alcohol in h...

Fernando Parnes is the co-founder and CEO of BestBeing, and incredible global online wellness platform. His tech and business achievements are impressive, but his personal overcoming, that motivated him to make BestBeing a global success,  will captivate and inspire you. By his own admission, he was morbidly obese, weighing in at 450lbs (205kg). His openess and vulnearbility about his journey to o...

#2 My conversation with Craig Harper really finishes off strong, as he ties it all together with the statement that we are our own problem, and, we are also our own solution to a great life.  Craig is a great friend and former business partner of mine for more than 30 years. He is an accomplished speaker, author, radio presenter and host of globally acclaimed 'the You Project' podcast. Craig's mis...

Andrew played seven years of professional Australian football. He has more than 30 years in the health and wellbeing industry, 15 years as a personal trainer and more than 15 years as a speaker, mentor and  author of seven books, so far. His lastest book The Wellness Puzzle, is the catalyst for this show, as he is on a mission to create a wave of wellness and wonder around the world. In this episo...