The You Project

This episode is a Q and A session; listener questions and my answers, thoughts and ideas. It was a funny, interesting and thoughtful conversation (with Melissa) and along the way, I talk about things I’ve never shared publicly. Among other things, we discuss the Corona Virus (of course), my ‘churchy’ phase (I go deep), keeping ‘your wife happy’ (don’t blame me, not my question), who mentors me, at...

Tansel Ali is a 4 x Australian Memory Champion most famously known for memorising two Yellow Pages phone books in only 24 days. An international bestselling author of the books, 'The Yellow Elephant', and 'How to Learn Almost Anything In 48 Hours', Tansel has helped thousands of people around the world to learn faster, improve their memory and upgrade their performance. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Genetics. Epigenetics. Lifestyle. Diet. Sleep. Stress. Environment. Hormones. Relationships. Work. Play. Internal world. External world. Neuroscience. Embryology. Social life. Habits. Beliefs. Faith. Reality. Imagination. Mental health. Emotional health. Physical health. So many variables and so many philosophies, ideas and messages from so many apparent experts. Where to start? In this episode, D...

Troy and Zara Love are story-tellers, coaches, entertainers, speakers and funny buggers, who have worked in radio, television, theatre and the corporate space for decades. They’ve shared the stage and microphone with the likes of Sir Richard Branson, The Black Eyed Peas, Heath Ledger, Destinys Child, Chris Rock and now… Harps. Oh well, they started out strong. This is a fun chat with two fun peopl...

Mark Bunn is an interesting, thoughtful, measured and humble teacher. He also has a gift for demystifying, what can be, the mystical and confusing. Going into this podcast, my intention was a one hour chat. Well, we spoke for ninety minutes before I even thought about the time. If you’re interested in, or curious about, eastern philosophies and practices, spirituality, ancient wisdom, equanimity a...

Tony Blauer has been in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for over four decades. Tony founded Blauer Tactical Systems (BTS) in 1985 and it has grown into one of the world’s leading consulting companies specializing in the research and development of performance psychology, personal safety, and close quarter tactics & scenario-based training for law enfor...

Jacqui Louder is one of Australia’s leading Sport Psychologists, a good friend of Craig’s and for a decade or so, was his co-host on ‘The Science of Sport’ (SEN sports radio)in Melbourne. This conversation was interesting, thought provoking, educational and funny. And the bit about cake decorating was weird. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At 17, Rachel Pope had her whole world thrown into chaos when her father was given weeks to live. He died at 47. Eight years later she tragically lost her brother in a car accident and then at 37, the mum of two became a widow, when her husband Ray passed away from the same cancer that killed her dad. Tragedy, grief and death are unavoidable components of the human experience, which is why convers...

Professional speaking is something I’m asked about often. How I got started. How I work. How it works. Getting work. Building a profile. What organisations want. And don’t want. Putting together a presentation, keynote or workshop. Where to start. What to charge. When to charge. Reading a room. Building confidence, awareness and skill. Developing content. Being relevant and relatable. Performing u...

Travis Bell is a globally recognised Speaker, Coach and Thought Leader who encourages, educates and empowers people around the world to live purpose-filled, fun-filled, regret-free, don’t-die-wondering (type of) lives. Oh, and he’s also ‘The World’s No.1 Bucket List Expert’. We had an interesting chat with plenty of take-aways. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the ripe old age of 38, Fred Schebesta (creator of comparison website Finder) is on AFR’s Young Rich List with a personal fortune of $193 million. Which is quite the achievement. Of course. But what’s way more impressive for me, is the bloke behind the business, brand and money. I’m not exactly sure what I expected going into this conversation but what I got was way more than I hoped for. He’s...

Recently, I was on the Lola Berry Podcast (Fearlessly Failing) and I loved it. Lola has amazing energy, is genuinely curious, asked great questions and not surprisingly, we went deep down the conversational rabbit hole, exploring the complexities, intricacies and challenges of the human experience. This was one of those podcasts that felt more like an organic, interesting conversation with a fasci...

In this Episode of TYP, one of our favourites (Geoff Jowett) is back sharing the love, laughs, lessons and inspiration in his unique, blunt and funny-AF manner. Among other things, Geoff talks about challenging the status quo, critical thinking, creating a new path, his seven rules (the ones that changed his life) and how he managed to blow a million dollars a year on (don’t ask) at the height of...

For this episode, I dust off my jockstrap and step temporarily back into Exercise Science mode to chat with Sport Scientist, Educator and Elite Conditioning Coach (A.I.S., St. Kilda FC, Melbourne FC, Australian Women’s Cricket Team) Russ Jarrett and we go deep on functional training, working out over fifty, biofeedback, kettlebells (yes or no), warming up, stretching – yes or no (for sporting perf...

Dr Ali Walker is the author of ‘Get Conscious: How to Stop Overthinking and Come Alive’, she’s also a social scientist, media presenter, corporate speaker and educator in the fields of sociology and social psychology. Luckily for us, she’s back on The You Project to talk about overcoming our programming and self-limiting beliefs, what it means to live consciously in an unconscious world and lots o...

What happens when life makes our dream a physical impossibility? What do we do? How do we respond? From the age of five, Shaun Spence dreamed of being a professional rugby league player in the NRL and by the time he was a teenager, his life revolved around making that dream a reality. His talent was recognised by the Wests Tigers as a fifteen year-old, when they signed him and sent him to boarding...

In this episode, I was interviewed by Tristan Simmons from The Mental Health Connection Podcast and we had such a fascinating chat that I decided to share it here on TYP (thanks to Tristan). It’s fair to say that we cover plenty of territory and I’m sure this will be an interesting and valuable conversation for many of our listeners. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Craig sits down with Collingwood young gun Taylor Adams and the boys go deep on the intricacies of high-performance (in sport and life), happiness, connection, self-management, finding balance, developing a personal blueprint, dealing with disappointing performances, self-awareness, self-punishment (it’s a thing), anxiety, giving and receiving feedback and the ongoing journey of pe...

Bobby Cappuccio is back and in this episode, he and Craig discuss everything from Bobby’s rituals, rules and general OCD, to building self-belief, resilience, skill and confidence. They also talk about finding a mentor, the line between healthy and unhealthy habits and the stupid advice that well-meaning friends and family often give us. Craig also asks Bobby if we can be simultaneously content an...

Andrew is an Author, Speaker, Mentor, former AFL player (St. Kilda), Business Consultant, former School Teacher and ex business partner of mine. This chat was essentially two middle-aged blokes talking about where we’ve been, what we’ve fucked up, what we’ve learned, where we are and what’s next. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As well as creating and growing ‘Be Fit Food’ from idea into an eight million dollar (annual turnover) business in five years and winning Telstra business of the year, Kate Save is also a Dietitian, Exercise Physiologist, Mum and Wife who’s endured a lifetime of her own personal health challenges. We had a really interesting chat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I knew Geoff Jowett when he was a high-profile, high-flying, multi-millionaire doing all the hustling, media, drugs, booze, sex, spending and distractions. He was smart, charismatic and kind of successful. Kind of because, at the same time, he was also broken, disconnected, addicted, miserable and lost. In the middle of his apparent success, he was mentally, emotionally, socially and spiritually b...

Apart from being an elite athlete in two sports (swimming and cycling), two-time Paralympian, former world record holder, academic smarty pants, motivational speaker, inclusion advocate, mindfulness coach and all-round funny bugger, Hannah is also currently training to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. We had a fun chat. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nick Dal Santo is one of those blokes who was a very good AFL player (322 games, All-Australian, runner up in the Brownlow), is a polished media presenter (Foxtel and SEN) a loving husband and dad (of course) but as you’ll discover in this episode of TYP, he’s just a really good human. Like, awesome. Super generous with his time, energy, knowledge and experience. We had a great chat about everythi...

In January 2016, I decided to write one of my daily Facebook messages on my office whiteboard and post a photo of it, instead of my daily ritual of typing a few words on a keyboard. While I can’t say it revolutionised the world, I can say that (for some reason) the same words hand-written on my whiteboard created far greater connection, impact and interaction than a regular typed post. Like, times...