The You Project

This is a bloody fascinating and revealing conversation about sports and energy drinks with David Gillespie. In short.. brilliant marketing, sh*t products. We talk about the origin and evolution of these types of drinks, the potential risks, the wildly misleading (unethical?) marketing and claims used to manipulate (scam?) teenagers into consuming them, companies using ‘Influencers’ to make their products attractive to vulnerable consumers, the crazy amounts of caffeine in ‘energy’ drinks which ironically, contain zero energy (calories), sports drinks which are actually soft drinks minus the carbonation, the potential relationship between excessive sugar consumption and ligament injuries (like ruptured ACL’s) and my working hypothesis on why the Crab (my training partner) may have died for 17 minutes at the gym (he had a cardiac arrest). Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite being a five-time Olympian and five-time world champion Aerial Skier, Jacqui Cooper failed to land 80% of her jumps. In a high-skill, high-risk, high-impact, high-courage sport, that equates to a lot of crashes, a lot of injuries, a lot of pain and a lot of operations (33 to be exact). This time around, Jacqui and I talk about all those crashes and learning through the physical and mental pain, getting back in the gym after a thirteen-year absence, her IVF journey and her thoughts around the topic, her white-line fever (her hyper-competitiveness), her transition into professional speaking, her body at fifty, her Bruce McAvaney performance enhancer (it’ll make sense in the show) and lots more. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over five-plus years and eleven hundred-plus episodes, one of my top 3 TYP moments was interviewing Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor; a personal hero of mine. Dr. Bolte delivered my all-time favourite TED talk ‘My Stroke of Insight’ over a decade ago and with complete fascination, I watched this amazing Researcher and Neuro-anatomist share in intricate detail about the day the left hemisphere of her brain went ‘off-line’ courtesy of a burst blood vessel and stroke that almost took her life. The Brain Scientist was able to witness her own brain shutting down and within four hours, she could not speak, read, walk, write or remember anything from her past. Jill compares her stroke to being like an infant again. Her personal experience, her subsequent eight-year recovery and her training as a Brain Scientist provide her with a unique insight into and understanding of, the brain. It also makes her a brilliant teacher. In a world where platitudes are thrown around like verbal frisbees, this woman is truly remarkable, inspirational and brilliant. This episode is a reboot of our conversation from over 500 episodes ago and knowing how much we’ve grown since then, I’m confident it will be new for most of you. Enjoy. drjilltaylor.comWhole Brain LivingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is not a ‘how to’ conversation as much as it is the Exercise Scientist (and ex-fat kid) thinking out loud about the numerous factors and variables that influence the weight-fat loss process; everything from diet, mindset and exercise to marketing, online fraudsters and magic pills. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode with Patrick is half general catch-up and half interesting tech-talk. I don’t wanna say Patrick has issues but I will say that recently, he and his dog Fritz won first prize in a fancy-dress comp at the local festival, both dressed as Spider Man. I’ll let you come to your own conclusion. And yes, that’s Fritz the wonder-schnauzer in the pic. As always, it was a fun chat and among other things, we spoke about different types of intelligence, computer games that might offer real-world physical benefits, genetic testing in babies to predict and possibly prevent certain illnesses, the rise of ‘deep fake’ scams, why the good guys are struggling to keep up with the bad guys when it comes to cyber-crime, older people being targeted by dirtbag scammers and finally, tiny insertable 3D printers (ouch) which use cultured cells to repair tissue damage in the body; an ‘operation’ with no incision. Freaky. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Exercise Physiologist and ex-business partner of mine, Russ Jarrett, is back chatting with the Gym Dinosaur about strength training for anyone of any age and at any level of skill, strength or experience, looking to optimise their time, energy, resources, genetic potential and results. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Sugrue is a law enforcement and military veteran, keynote speaker, author and dedicated advocate for awareness, prevention, education, training on Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI), Resiliency and First Responder Suicide Prevention. He is a retired Police Sergeant and former U.S. Air Force Captain (Security Forces), with over 21 years of proven management, operations, training, supervisory and leadership experience. This was an important conversation about a topic that doesn’t get enough air time, is largely misunderstood and affects way more people than you might imagine. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Tiff and I talk about public speaking, from being the nervous, anxious (terrified) amateur to the highly-paid, competent, confident, entertaining, skilful professional. As objective as I can be about a conversation I was in the middle of, I think most people will find it interesting and some will find it helpful and insightful. We go deep on structure, method, style, creating connection, being in ‘flow’, reading the room, managing nerves, building rapport, developing skill and confidence and I also share a presentation structure that’s ideal for beginners. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This was a fascinating chat about happiness; how it works, how it varies from person to person (as an experience), its relationship with self-awareness and gratitude, its relationship with ‘success’ and how it is affected by biology, psychology and sociology. Our guest, Cassie Holmes, is a Professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, she is an expert on time and happiness and also the author of ‘Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most’. Cassie’s research examines such questions as how focusing on time (rather than money) increases happiness, how the meaning of happiness changes over the course of one’s lifetime, and how much happiness people enjoy from extraordinary versus ordinary experiences. I loved my chat with the Prof. Enjoy. cassiemholmes.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I recently got together with Tiff on her show (Roll With The Punches) and we chatted all things health, healing, mindset and miracles. Despite the fact that we don’t fully understand placebos or spontaneous healing, there is growing evidence and research to suggest that the mind can play a crucial role in physical health, longevity, immune system function and even seemingly miraculous recoveries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.