The You Project

This was a fascinating chat with a great bloke, who has spent a significant portion of his career navigating terror, horror, chaos and tragedy, inflicted by both nature, and people. And it's fair to say that Dean Yates didn't escape unscathed. He was the ideal warzone correspondent: courageous, compassionate, dedicated. After years of facing the worst, including the Bali bombings and the Boxing Da...

This episode with Peter Baines starts out at a lazy conversational pace and builds into a captivating insight into the some of the amazing work that 'Hands Across the Water' (the charity Peter started) is doing with Kids born into extreme adversity and disadvantage. Towards the end, he tells an amazing story that almost brought me to tears. *Peter Baines OAM is a crisis and disaster management exp...

In this episode, David and I chat about the line between occasional bouts of anxiety, sadness and depression (normal human stuff) and being diagnosed with clinical depression and/or generalised anxiety disorder. When do 'periodic emotional troughs' become a 'mental illness' that potentially, needs to be medicated? All that, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's episode is the continuation of our 'getting to know your brain' (type) series with Dr. Hanna Korrel and this time we explore the frontal lobe, also referred to as our adult brain. Super fascinating!!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's episode is the continuation of our 'getting to know your brain' (type) series with Dr. Hanna Korrel and this time we explore the reptilian brain. Dinosaur anyone? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's episode is the continuation of our 'getting to know your brain' (type) series with Dr. Hanna Korrel. The limbic system is the part of the brain involved in our behavioural and emotional responses. This episode is very relevant for most of us. Also, super interesting! Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lynda Petterwood is one of ten children, who grew up a toxic and unhealthy environment and situation, which she desperately wanted to escape. At the age of sixteen, Lynda left home and simultaneously worked (financing her own existence), put herself through school and found a way to pay rent, feed herself, pay bills and deal with very 'grown-up' responsibilities while still being a teenager. These...

We don't typically 'feel courageous', we feel scared and it's only in that fearful state, that we can choose to be courageous. Courage can only operate in the presence of fear. Being scared is normal and unavoidable, but being courageous is optional. Fear is a psychological and emotional response to a certain stimulus (thought, experience, event, outcome) but in the middle of the fear (that we did...

Treading water. Spinning our metaphoric wheels. Stuck in a Groundhog Day of mediocrity, dissatisfaction and frustration. Wasted time, talent and energy. Thinking, habits, behaviours, rituals and fears that keep us trapped in a prison of our own making. This episode is a workshop (of sorts) about stepping up, breaking through and getting unstuck. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Treading water. Spinning our metaphoric wheels. Stuck in a Groundhog Day of mediocrity, dissatisfaction and frustration. Wasted time, talent and energy. Thinking, habits, behaviours, rituals and fears that keep us trapped in a prison of our own making. This episode is a workshop (of sorts) about stepping up, breaking through and getting unstuck. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

I had this chat with Johnnie Ruffo a while back but it’s still one of my all-time favourite TYP episodes. He is courageous, funny, talented and incredibly inspirational. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patrick's back and this time we talk about the appeal of a tree-change (moving from the city to the country), why two-story homes are good for your health, a skateboarding Schnauzer, China's plan to cut Internet access to kids, the surprising value of mini-workouts (5-10 minutes), how Al is being used to help quadriplegics regain physical function, the dangers of plastic leaching into your food an...

Before anyone sends me a grumpy email about the title of this episode, it's actually the title of the book written by today's two guests. According to Profs lan and Rachelle, "we've ended up with a healthcare system that's one of the greatest threats to human health". This episode presents some mind-blowing info and stats from two of the most-qualified, well-researched and well-respected people I’...

Dr Sohom Das (MBChB, BSc, MSc, MCPsych) is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist who lives and works in London. His work happens at the intersection of criminal offending and severe mental illness. In his role, Sohom assesses and rehabilitates mentally disordered offenders in prisons, courts and in special secure psychiatric units, such as Broadmoor Hospital, that are reserved for the most dangerous...

The podcast is a refresher, of sorts... almost like my dot-point summary of forty years of coaching people to live their best lives, in their best physical, mental and emotional health states. These are ideas, principles and strategies which have worked for me over the years, and I have used all of them at different stages of my journey. If you're keen on optimising your time, energy, creativity,...

The podcast is a refresher, of sorts... almost like my dot-point summary of forty years of coaching people to live their best lives, in their best physical, mental and emotional health states. These are ideas, principles and strategies which have worked for me over the years, and I have used all of them at different stages of my journey. If you're keen on optimising your time, energy, creativity,...

In 2014, Joel Sardi was a 22-year-old rifleman with the Australian Army and in August of that year, he was back home after an eight-month deployment in Afghanistan. He was catching up with friends when he fell three metres over a railing and broke his neck. It's fair to say that the last nine years have been something of a rollercoaster of peaks and troughs but the bloke I spoke with in this episo...

Damien Rider, carried the burden of his childhood memories, plagued by daily torment that persisted even into his adult years. These painful recollections triggered debilitating flashbacks, fueling self-destructive patterns. Frustrated by unsuccessful attempts with various psychologists, Damien made a life-altering decision to embark on a personal journey of healing, confronting his inner demons h...

Gillespo is back in, what can only be described a totally freestyle chat about fascinating things, and it never ceases to amaze me how much (seemingly) random sh*t he knows about so many things, including Prairie Voles (a kind of rodent), which according to him, are possibly the only animal in world capable of actual love (don't get mad at me, he said it - lol). Oh, we also chat about other equall...

I never thought I'd be in the middle of an in-depth conversation with a dude about surrogacy but today was that day, and I loved it. Super interesting and so many considerations, challenges and variables that I had never really thought about. Apart from being the first single bloke (at the time) approved to have a child through surrogacy in Victoria, Shaun Resnik is also a Naturopath, Mindset Coac...

Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.. is how Tommy remembers which way to turn his screwdriver (or spanner) for tightening and loosening purposes. You're welcome. Apart from that fascinating tip, we also chatted about where to check our emotional baggage at the airport (it made sense at the time), people sleepwalking through life, being the conscious driver rather than the unconscious passenger (on Planet...

Why do so many people who lose weight regain it? This was me for a long time. What are the psychological, emotional, sociological, physiological and behavioral variables that impact our ability to lose weight and fat and keep it off? In this episode, Dietician Kate Save (from 'Be Fit Food') and I do a deep dive on this question (and others). Enjoy. befitfood.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Who and how would you be if you grew up in a different environment, with different people, upbringing, programming, schooling, influences and experiences? Same you genetically but completely different social, cultural, academic, religious, psychological and behavioural conditioning? This brief episode is a me thinking out loud about something I’ve pondered since I was a kid. Enjoy. See omnystudio....

I’m of the belief that most people don’t understand or exploit the power of effective, courageous decision making. I also believe that most people don’t consider the underlying thinking which leads to, what can be, toxic and destructive choices and outcomes. If you’re a fan of my er… ‘more direct’ messages, you’ll probably like this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of TYP, Tiff and I talk about vulnerability, trust, courage, connection and all of those tricky psychological, sociological and emotional things that come into play when we truly open the door to someone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.