The You Project

David Gillespie is annoyingly smart. Sometimes I think I’ve almost got him (with a question) when in fact, he’s got me. Nonetheless, I love our encounters and I enjoy his mind and vast knowledge. This time we discuss doing a speaking gig with an interpreter (which I did today), the idea of having nothing to worry about but worrying anyway, his definition of success (it is like none I’ve heard, of course), how trauma lives in our brain chemistry and ‘remembers’ even when our mind doesn’t, how we’re addicted to dopamine, how marketing companies and social media platforms are using brain science to sell us stuff, manipulate us and get us addicted. Other than that, it’s all good news (lol). Enjoy. davidgillespie.orgThe Little Albert ExperimentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This chat starts well but gets progressively better. The last third of this conversation was touching, inspiring and emotional. I genuinely loved this episode. Ryan Campbell was born to fly, with a passion for aviation running deep in his family. At only six, on his first commercial flight, he knew what we wanted to do for the rest of his life. He could fly a plane before he could drive a car and at 15 Ryan became the youngest pilot in Australia, at 18 he had a commercial pilot’s licence and a little over a year after that he made international headlines. In June 2013, just 19 years old, Ryan set off from Wollongong in NSW in a bid to become the youngest pilot – and first teenager – in history to circumnavigate the world solo in a single engine aircraft. Seventy days later, on 8 September 2013, after stopping 34 times in 15 countries and covering more than 24,000 nautical miles, Ryan’s Teen World Flight became a reality. Just two years later, the young Australian’s world changed in an instant. While piloting a vintage biplane, Ryan suffered a mechanical failure that left him paralysed. Ryan’s story of how he has defied the odds to walk and fly again is truly inspirational. It’s a story of the highest of highs and the lowest of lows and how determination and courage can drive success. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tiff and I sat down and did our best to simplify and answer the ‘how do I change stuff and keep it changed’ question. It’s kind-of a mini-workshop and I may have hogged the conversation (shocker, I know). We unpack a relatively simple (but effective) process for stepping out of the cycle of ‘almost’ getting stuff done. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some people will love this chat and some will be… “nah, Bro.. too weird, cosmic and spiro for me”.. and I get it. See you next ep. I guess the first twenty minutes (or so) are pretty ‘normal’ (by TYP standards) but after that, we do unpack a few curly questions like.. What is the mind? Where does it live? What does inexplicable (and sometimes, spontaneous) healing from (apparent) ‘incurable illnesses’ tell us about human potential and how much we don’t (actually) understand? Can wisdom, awareness and insight come from somewhere other than the mind? Can we know things that we’ve never been taught, told or trained to know? Is ‘spirituality’ real or is it a creation of the mind, that gives us a level of comfort? And what about the ‘soul’.. is that a thing, or is it just a feel-good concept created to fit a religious narrative? What is the role of faith? Is it okay to believe in the power and potential of something we don’t fully understand? And finally, can we tap into that ‘something’ to help us navigate life, even though we don’t really comprehend it? I’m not sure that we came to any life-changing conclusions or revelations in this chat but at the very least, we provided some food for thought. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nutritionist Matty Lansdown is back and this time we talk about meal frequency (is 6 smaller meals better than 3 bigger ones?), flawed science (BMI, RDI and other acronyms), calorie counting (good or bad?), lazy PT’s and lazy programming, being under-muscled, managing blood sugar, why walking is awesome, binaural beats (they’re a thing), hunger vs. craving and lots more. Enjoy. mattylansdown.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Jodi is back and this time we explore weird (like, totally weird) thoughts and where they come from, the good and bad of stress, conflict between our thoughts and values, suicidal ideation, dragging our past into the now, obligatory guilt, defining anxiety (are we all talking about the same thing?), positive and negative rituals, becoming the observer of our thoughts and lots more. Enjoy. drjodirichardson.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martin Lindstrom is one of the world’s foremost branding and business transformation experts. He's also the author of 8 New York Times best-selling books, translated into 47 languages, with sales well in excess of one million copies. This dude is super interesting and we went deep on everything from defining happiness, to neuro marketing (it’s a thing) to being given the responsibility of branding an entire country (changing their global image and the country will surprise you), to the relationship between famous brands (and logos) and people’s self-esteem (it’s probably not what you think), to why smoking warnings on packaging don’t work (at all), to the value of disrupting your life, to ethical marketing and lots more. I learned a lot in this chat. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our resident pharmacist Nima Alavi is back and this time we talk about the old days when heroine and cocaine were over-the-counter products (Sigmund Freud used and promoted cocaine as a tonic to cure depression and sexual impotence). We also talk broadly about compounding medicines, evidence-based medicine, fasting, smart drugs, alcohol and tolerance, my experience with Lyrica (a drug to treat nerve pain), opiates, why I’d be a one-beer drunk and lots more. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This first half of this chat with Kute Blackson was interesting and enjoyable but it was in the second half, that the famous preacher’s kid from Ghana, who grew up in England and now lives in the U.S., let loose with some inspiration, insight and podcast gold. I literally just sat there listening and almost forgot I needed to fill in the gaps when he stopped speaking. Having spoken to an audience of 3,000 at age 8 and not stopping since, has seen him become a beloved inspirational speaker and transformational teacher. He is author of the bestselling book You.Are.The.One. and The Magic of Surrender, he is widely considered the next generation leader in the field of personal development and he has been featured on Larry King Now, Fox and Friends and Dr. Drew. ‘Inc’ magazine calls him ‘The Mindfulness Guru Billionaires Go To For Advice’. Enjoy.  kuteblackson.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most of my income comes via speaking to humans. In auditoriums with big groups. In boardrooms with small groups. At sporting clubs with athletes. With first responders. The general public. Students. Fitness and health professionals. Corporates. On podcasts. On Zoom calls with organisations around the world. Online workshops. And in the past, lots of radio. This episode is a brief snapshot of some of the lessons, challenges and insights gleaned from a very long (and continuing) journey of getting paid to say stuff. Based on what you do or want to do, some of you will find this helpful and valuable and hopefully, the rest of you might find it interesting. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.