The You Project

I assigned Tiff the task of asking me ten hard (but broadly relevant) questions about the human condition. Questions that I hadn’t been asked before on a podcast. She pulled it off. I had no idea what questions were coming before she asked them live during the recording. Of course, I banged on for too long, so we’ve made this a two-part-er. As always, this conversation is not a prescription or per...

I assigned Tiff the task of asking me ten hard (but broadly relevant) questions about the human condition. Questions that I hadn’t been asked before on a podcast. She pulled it off. I had no idea what questions were coming before she asked them live during the recording. Of course, I banged on for too long, so we’ve made this a two-part-er. As always, this conversation is not a prescription or per...

Tara Jarrett and I have been friends for thirty years. She worked for me as a PT and I lectured to Certificate 3 and 4 Fitness students for her company in the 90’s (when I was extremely young). Tara is an innovator, creator, survivor and visionary, who has consistently found a way to keep reinventing herself, to build successful businesses and to turn her creative ideas into real-world products an...

TYP Fave Geoff Jowett is back sharing the wisdom, insights, stories, bro-science and of course, the fun. Enjoy. @geoffjowett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Team. This episode is a co-share, meaning… I recently sat down with my old Mate Andrew Jobling on his Podcast ‘The Health Puzzle’ and we waxed lyrical (whatever that means) about all-things happiness, purpose, fulfilment, self-worth, covid (sorry), life-long learning, perseverance and the silly idea of needing someone to ‘complete us’. After that, I stole his audio, turned it into a TYP episode...

Former NBA player (Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls) two-time Olympian, NBL coach and player, handy tennis player and published author, Chris Anstey, is back. The big fella is part athlete, part philosopher, part story-teller and this conversation was lots of fun. All seven feet of it. Enjoy. chrisanstey.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We don’t always know what people are going through. Dayne Beams is a Collingwood premiership player and best and fairest winner, Brisbane Captain and best and fairest winner, All Australian... and for some of that journey, a bloke in the grip of addiction, depression, anxiety and desperation. This is one of the rawest, realest, revealing-est chats I’ve had on TYP. It’s full of fascinating insights...

I thought my job (what job?) was weird and atypical but I’m positively boring and common compared with Australia’s number one stand up Ventriloquist, Darren Carr. I love chatting with people from different professions and backgrounds with interesting stories and let’s just say, it takes more courage and talent than I have, to even attempt what Darren does 150 times a (non-Covid) year. Enjoy. See o...

I’m gonna be honest, sometimes I feel like my ‘job’ isn’t really a job (as such). Intellectually, I know it is but emotionally and experientially, there’s just no sense of ‘work’ for me. Which makes me feel mostly happily, but occasionally guilty. In this episode, Melissa and I chat about the never-ending evolution of modern careers; jobs that literally didn’t exist not too long ago. Like Podcaste...

New TYP Favourite Dr. Denise Furness is back and once again, she blows us away with her mix of incredible knowledge, cutting-edge research, relevant and timely messages, amazing energy and all-round fun. Among other things, we explore.. Microwaving food. Personalised (gene-based) medicine. Is soy good for us? How grog messes with testosterone production. Why some expensive ‘anti-ageing’ (type) moi...

New TYP Favourite Dr. Denise Furness is back and once again, she blows us away with her mix of incredible knowledge, cutting-edge research, relevant and timely messages, amazing energy and all-round fun. Among other things, we explore.. Microwaving food. Personalised (gene-based) medicine. Is soy good for us? How grog messes with testosterone production. Why some expensive ‘anti-ageing’ (type) moi...

After a revealing and refreshing conversation with Steve Willis last week, the opportunity for another quick chat came up, so I took it. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are some tough jobs but I can’t think of one that would take more of a mental, emotional and physical toll than that of crash scene investigator and reconstruction expert with Victoria Police’s Major Collision Investigation Group. Neither can I imagine what it would be like to attend more than 2,000 fatalities (including the deaths of 20 fellow police officers) and then in the middle of that...

Wendy Jenkins is a solution person. She has to be. In her mid-twenties, she was told she would be dead in two years, without a double-lung transplant. She was also told that new lungs might give her another five years (or so). Well, that was fourteen years and one transplant ago and despite living with sixty-two percent lung capacity, a shortened life-expectancy, perpetual shortness of breath, mul...

Aimee Stanton wasn’t a fan of school. She got suspended a few times. Or more. And expelled. One of her teachers predicted a career as a stripper and prostitute. Not one or the other, both. Well, that didn’t happen (of course) but she did become a plumber, a tiny house builder, an entrepreneur, a D.I.Y lady on the telly, an influencer (it’s a thing), a competitor on Australian Survivor, runner up o...

Kyle Riley is an International Speaker, Fitness Entrepreneur and Exercise Scientist who has spent the last eleven years travelling the world educating and empowering fitness professionals and clients in taking control of their health. Over the last five years Kyle has worked as the COO of ph360 Health Professionals and has co-developed the world’s leading education in personalised health and epige...

Dinesh Palipana (OAM) is an Australian Doctor working in the Gold Coast University Hospital Emergency Department. He’s also a Lawyer, Disability Advocate, University Lecturer and is the first person with a spinal cord injury to graduate as a Doctor in Australia. He is the 2021 Queensland, Australian of the Year, is an advocate for medical students with disabilities and is heavily involved in...

When I first heard the name ‘BrainPark’ (a few years ago), I visualised a kind-of Disneyland for Geeks and Brainiacs. In some ways, I was kind-of right. But more accurately, BrainPark is a world-first neuroscience research clinic (part of Monash University) dedicated to improving the physical, mental and brain health of Australians. It’s also where I’m doing my PhD. Now you understand the feeling...

Study. So many people are scared of it but for me, it’s been liberating, transformative and empowering. It’s also awesome for your brain. And, to be honest, the ‘idea’ of it is scarier than the practical reality of it, once you’re under way. Nearly two decades after I finished school, I began my first degree (a Bachelor of Exercise Science) at the age of thirty-six. I was terrified and felt like a...

I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t know who Peter Crone was before this interview was booked and while that was my loss, this chat was definitely my gain. Smart, insightful, intuitive and so gifted at exploring and explaining the human condition. I’m privileged to do what I do and meet the people I do on TYP and for me, this was just another great day at the office. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/lis...

Not gonna lie, I wasn’t sure what to expect going into a conversation with ‘The Commando’. Interestingly, it didn’t happen. I ended up chatting with Steve Willis, the deep-thinking, interesting, somewhat-introverted ex-soldier, who happened to be on the telly for a decade or so. I really enjoyed our conversation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carol Cooke is a Canadian-born Australian cyclist, swimmer and rower. She was part of the Canadian national swimming team, hoping to be selected for the 1980 Moscow Olympics before her country boycotted the games. She moved to Australia in 1994, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998 and basically told her life was over, she’d soon be in a wheelchair and to “get her affairs in order” (she w...

Sometimes less is where the magic and the breakthroughs happen. Less pointless conversations. Less obsessing. Self-loathing. Over-thinking. Comparison. Wasting energy. Avoiding. Seeking approval. For me, it’s been about recognising the patterns, habits, behaviours, attitudes, rituals and idiosyncrasies that don’t serve me, empower me or benefit me. Things I needed to stop doing completely or do le...

This is one of my favourite chats this year. No, really. Dr. Denise Furness is one of those rare people who can comfortably combine her considerable intellect, knowledge, research background and academic credibility with outstanding social skills, relatability, story-telling and humour. She is an award-winning medical researcher, international speaker and author. She is a CSIRO trained Molecular G...

This is one of my favourite chats this year. No, really. Dr. Denise Furness is one of those rare people who can comfortably combine her considerable intellect, knowledge, research background and academic credibility with outstanding social skills, relatability, story-telling and humour. She is an award-winning medical researcher, international speaker and author. She is a CSIRO trained Molecular G...