The You Project

Today’s chat is a re-boot of something I shared two years ago, which ended up being one of our most popular episodes ever. It’s still relevant and for some of you, it might help sharpen your focus for another chapter in the book of you (the 2024 chapter). Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all know sugar is bad for us (isn’t it?) but how many of us know its origin story as a jar of white stuff sitting on our table? Did you know that for most of our existence as a species, we didn’t have anything resembling today’s version of sugar? And how does sugar, which contains no fat, contribute so much to obesity? What’s the mechanism? And are all sugars equal? Lactose? Fructose? Glucose? Maltose? And what about artificial sweeteners? Do they produce a similar reaction in the body to sugar? Well, in this fascinating TYP chat, David Gillespie (the bloke who really got the sugar conversation started in a big way with his 2008 book ‘Sweat Poison’) and I unpack a few sugar myths and a few truths. Enjoy. davidgillespie.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone wants to be successful but what does that actually mean? Success is a slippery construct. Is it the same from everyone? Is it different for the same person over time? Is it a number? An experience? An outcome? An emotional state? A spiritual state? Is it qualitative, quantitative or both? Or neither? Is it about what's happening in our external world or our internal world? Does a ‘successful life' (you know.. money, house, car, brand, career, etc.) necessarily equal an experience of success? Is it possible to tick the 'success boxes' and in the middle of all of those ticks be anxious, unhappy, depressed and incapable of sleeping well? Yeppity yep. Sure is. This episode is a chat about all that. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode might be somewhat confronting for some but like it or not, death is an inevitability (obviously) and Nikki Morrison and I do our best to be sensitive and compassionate as we navigate this fascinating insight into her incredible work as a Pastoral Carer and End of Life Doula. Nikki is also an Exercise Scientist, Registered Nurse, Oncology Specialist and Earth Angel. It's not often I interview someone who genuinely lives their life in the service of others, but she is that person.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This was a fun chat with one of my 'old athletes". I had the pleasure of working with Nathan Burke when I was at St. Kilda Football Club for a few years. And of his 3 Best & Fairest Awards, 4 x All-Australian Teams, St. Kilda Team of the Century, 323 games and Australian Hall of Fame induction, I contributed exactly zero to his success but nonetheless, it was an absolute pleasure working with him. This is a casual chat with Burkey about life in and outside of sport. Enjoy. *TYP Triva: Nathan was our first ever guest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Daniel Ellenberg is back at TYP and it's been too long. Nonetheless, we had a fun catch-up (which we've broken into two parts because we're both chatty AF) and we spoke about the science and psychology of being a bloke. Bloke-ology. Apparently, we don't all have our sh*t together. Who knew?Shocker. Anyway, the good Doc and talk about our evolutionary need to be part of a tribe, the health benefits of care and connection, the risks of isolation and social exclusion, self-doubt vs. self-loathing, recognising our own programming and conditioning, being able to challenge our existing beliefs, the importance and value of understanding people who aren't like us and Daniel opens the vulnerability door and talks about his own issues with anxiety and depression. Enjoy. strengthwithheart.comrelationshipsthatwork.comrewireleadership.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Daniel Ellenberg is back at TYP and it's been too long. Nonetheless, we had a fun catch-up (which we've broken into two parts because we're both chatty AF) and we spoke about the science and psychology of being a bloke. Bloke-ology. Apparently, we don't all have our sh*t together. Who knew?Shocker. Anyway, the good Doc and talk about our evolutionary need to be part of a tribe, the health benefits of care and connection, the risks of isolation and social exclusion, self-doubt vs. self-loathing, recognising our own programming and conditioning, being able to challenge our existing beliefs, the importance and value of understanding people who aren't like us and Daniel opens the vulnerability door and talks about his own issues with anxiety and depression. Enjoy. strengthwithheart.comrelationshipsthatwork.comrewireleadership.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Exercise Physiologist, Women's Health Specialist and University Lecturer Unna Goldsworthy is back and this time we discuss the challenge of giving and receiving feedback in a constructive, productive and empowering way (easier said than done), tailoring communication to suit the individual, how our thinking and perspectives change over time, the power of instinct and intuition when dealing with others, giving without expecting anything in return, helping others see (and tap into) their potential and lots more. unnamovement.com@unna.movementSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marita Cheng AM was inducted as the youngest Member of the Order of Australia in 2019, named by Forbes as one of the World's Top 50 Women In Tech 2018, Forbes 30 Under 30 2016, and awarded the 2012 Young Australian of the Year. Marita is a technology entrepreneur and women in technology advocate, who is the founder and CEO of Aubot which makes a telepresence robot (Teleport) for kids with cancer in hospital to attend school, people with a disability to attend work and to monitor and socialize with elderly people. Teleports have been sold to offices, museums, coworking spaces, for kids with cancer in hospitals and for security. As well as telepresence robots, aubot does research and development in robotic arms, virtual reality and autonomous mapping and navigation. This was a fun chat with a brilliant woman who is using her creative and engineering genius to make the world a better place. Her new book is called ‘Smart Girl Books’. maritacheng.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nikki Morrison is an Exercise Scientist, Registered Nurse, Oncology Specialist, End of Life Doula, Pastoral Carer and Earth Angel. In this chat, we discuss our individual challenges (hers and mine) with eating issues, body image issues, body dysmorphia and obsessive food, lifestyle and exercise habits, which derailed big slabs of our (respective) lives. We also explore some of the underlying emotional, social and psychological drivers of our seemingly-crazy behaviours.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.