Unhindered

On todays episode: What the Olympics has to teach us about game theory and an explanation of the three main games each of us are invited to play. Why I have no respect for sobriety and why alcoholism is entirely a solvable problem (if indeed an alcoholic wanted it to be solved). How listening to an audiobook from someone who is long dead instantly dissolves the time, space continuum. And why Micha...

On today’s episode: Why most of what you read on the internet about healing the wounds of your childhood is dangerously misleading. What I did to upset a couple of scared Christians this week and last week. How negative feedback from people who are not well placed to know who you are or to receive your gift, is actually very helpful in becoming a secure human being. What I said that lead to me bei...

On today’s episode: Why I got into trouble with last week’s episode and what I learnt about chess and marriage in the process. Why I bought twice as many fence posts as needed and what happened when I got home. And, the importance of cleaning the space in your 3 most important relationships and why the order of which relationship to work on first really matters.

On today’s episode: The purpose of thinking. National identity as a construct. Why I offended 2 women at my last book event, and why it is likely to happen again in the future. The primary role of parenting and why you shouldn't let your kids do things that make you not like them (Jordan Peterson’s rule 5). And why I’m never going to Bali again.

On this episode: An update on the upcoming insecurity project events. The evolutionary process from a bird's wing to the latest fighter jet and what that has to do with your place in the natural world. A critique on the prevalence of adults diagnosed with ADHD and other mental health labels and why the world rewards dysfunction more than health. And the logic behind the way your brain stores memor...

This week on the Unhindered podcast; The impact of the in-home sound system on modern life and an explanation of the mechanics of sound itself, How listening to the great Sam Neill narrate his life story reminded me about the illusion of separation, Why familiarity closes your heart to the divine, A few countercultural insights from Tom Hodgkinson’s book - How to be idle, And…The rudest LinkedIn m...

On episode 301: - Why disappointment and embarrassment often go hand in hand, and why it is essential to revisit the very first time this happened in your life. - Dealing with my daughters daddy issues. - An update from the Self-permission book tour and why I'm still waiting for someone to agree with me about the book.  - And the purest dream I've had about what is possible for...

On the 300th episode of the Unhindered podcast: My first strongly negative feedback about the new book and what that means for me leading into my national book tour. Why ‘more courage and less fear’ is the worst advice you’ve ever heard. Why it won’t be enough to understand all the games you are currently playing, you’ll have to rank them in order of importance too. My most recommended books and o...

On today’s episode: How I survived and even slightly enjoyed recording the Self permission method audiobook. I’ll tell you why this experience was different to the last two times I’ve recorded my books. I’ll also share part 2 of the conversation with myself about my internal resistance and how I regained full permission to power up in this season (using the self-permission method). King Charles ha...

Following on from my hot take on the Australia Day debate last week, I'll show you another piece of coaching content to help you make sense of what to do with these kind of issues in the world. Also on today’s episode I’ve shared my own experience of how the self-permission model played out in real time over the last few weeks in my life so that you can see how the model works in action.

On the first episode for 2024, I’ve got an excerpt from my new book “The Self-Permission Method” to whet your appetite for the book launch in a month or so, and I open a can of worms by examining the current debate about Australia Day. See what happens for yourself when the delicate and polarising subject of the date of Australia Day is brought inside the safety of the coaching frame. If you were...

On the final episode for 2023: The one biggest hindrance to listening to yourself and how to overcome it so that you can access the deep wisdom contained in your own heart. The life-changing insights and discoveries gained from my annual thinking week retreat. (What’s a thinking week you may be asking? Tune in to find out) And an exciting announcement about the expected release date for my new boo...

On today’s episode: My best guess about why you keep tuning in to this podcast and what my most important contribution to your lives really is. How to know when you’ve named your deepest fear precisely enough to make insecurity a solvable problem (and what happens when you haven’t). Some audio from a client who is wrestling with this very challenge. A vicious take down of psychologists and an expl...

To summarise your whole life in 6 words is a bold claim, so let me be a little more precise but no less bold and aim to summarise your pain, disfunction and suffering in just 6 words. If you are willing to try it on, I’m sure you’ll find this elegantly simple summary gives you more than enough clarity to defeat your worst fear for good.

On today’s episode I’ll show you what it means to have faith, where faith comes from and why it is so important for it to be tested. I’ll also share the five key ideas on how to become the kind of person who holds onto their faith in what they cannot see especially when their hopes and dreams seem impossible. To have the full and effective human experience you must have faith, you must have it tes...

On today’s episode, again I’ve been given permission to share a real coaching session. If you’ve ever struggled with these kind of issues, I’m sure you’ll find this conversation very useful - Long running or lingering health issues that the doctor doesn’t know what to do about. - Noticing the ability to manage, force or fight yourself effectively through self-discipline is rapidly diminishing. - A...

On today’s episode I’ve been given permission to share a recent one on one coaching session If you’ve ever struggled with these challenges, I’m sure you’ll find this conversation useful: - Knowing you have value to add to the world, but procrastinating about ever fully speaking your message. - Discovering that the ‘more courage, less fear’ approach hasn’t actually moved the needle on your problem....

On today’s episode: Why the game of politics rewards insecurity and what that means for the average citizen, What to make of the polarising debate about the upcoming voice referendum, (and which way I’m voting…) And what the game of poker has to teach us about knowing when to go all in with what you have in your hand.

On today’s episode of the podcast: Taking cues from an Aussie football star on the dilemma of talking about the things you are good at, Losing the ability to sleep as a direct result of unresolved internal issues, Why I had permission denied on the next phase of my grand book publishing plan and how I got it back again, The good reason I started gambling on sport this week, The significant dangers...

On today’s episode: What I learnt about insecurity from a bunch of naked German oldies. The importance of pressure testing personal growth, Hidden wisdom from the creator of Young Sheldon, How knowing the rules of the game of life gives you an unfair advantage, And why goodness is a function of choice.

On today’s episode: My first public statement on the ‘Burpgate’ saga. Does Ivan Milat’s death mean it’s safe to Hitchhike now? Why sport makes me cry. Examining the problem with the ‘only human’ language pattern What the depraved behaviour showcased in ‘The sound of Freedom’ movie reveals about human nature. Understanding some brilliant German rules before we return to Bad Berneck for a family hol...

This week on the Unhindered Podcast: In response to a ridiculously light weight article published in Time magazine on anger management, here are three rules that offer real world wisdom on the subject instead. Also, why getting permission from yourself to succeed is great, but permission to play is even better. And why the feedback from last week's episode nearly broke me.

I was in a silly mood for this one…On today’s episode: What does Marshall Bruce Mathers III have to do with life’s hidden meaning? The 2 nap induced epiphanies I had this week. Just because someone has a cool name doesn’t make them a legend. Why it’s OK to drink VB. Even if you’re not a real tough kind of guy. And, the great pressures endured by Christian teenage boys. I hope you laugh as hard as...

This week on the Unhindered Podcast: How to enjoy gluten, dairy, sugar and alcohol even when your doctor says you should never ingest these items ever again. Why The Apostle Paul and Saint Augustine guessed the wrong answer to the right question, and why each of us are still paying for their mistake. And why I’m supremely confident in the quality of the idea I’m writing my next book about, but not...

Everything changes in your world when you discover the wonderful art of state management. State really is king. If you can control your state, you can also control your outcomes.  On today's episode I'll show you the three most important levers to quickly and effectively change your state no matter what is going on around you. Also: Why you are not real, but music and laughter is (and why mus...