Taking A Break From Alcohol, with Ruari Fairbairns
Episode 47 Listen on Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsStitcher Have you ever considered taking a break from alcohol? Maybe you’ve tried and failed. Or maybe you’ve done a ‘Dry July or ‘Feb Fast’, only to immediately slip back into old habits. If so, you are not alone. For many of us, myself included, our relationship with alcohol […]
Blended Families And No B.S. Advice, with Jamie Keeling
Episode 46 Listen on Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher Jamie Keeling is a father to seven children in a blended family (yes, he needs a bigger TV). He is also a successful entrepreneur, business coach and former world champion in the sport of Taekwando, who once dropped out of college to tour Europe as […]
Life Lessons From Gaming, with Eric Siu
Episode 44 Listen on Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher Eric Siu is a successful entrepreneur who has founded multiple businesses and worked with leading technology companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, Salesforce and Uber. In his youth, Eric was not academically or socially successful, but he was a serious high-level eSports and poker player. He […]
Life Lessons From Farming, with Kane Brisco
Episode 43 Listen on Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher Life on a farm can be tough, but it also teaches you some valuable life lessons about awareness, acceptance and resilience. These are all things that can be applied to other areas of life, including your role as a father. Today’s guest is Kane Brisco, […]
Just Let The Kids Play, with Dr Peter Gray
Episode 42 Listen on Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher Compared to previous generations, today’s children have more homework, more adult-led activities and less free time to just play. According to psychologist Dr Peter Gray, this is a worrying trend that is having a negative impact on society. Dr Gray’s research shows that free-play is […]
Unleashing Your Warrior Archetype, with Nic Tovey
Episode 41 Listen on Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher “The warrior archetype is a strong, powerful, masculine archetype. He’s a great archetype for just getting shit done!” Archetypes are universal, inborn personality traits that have been referenced throughout human history. They were introduced to the field of psychology by Carl Jung, who identified twelve […]
Postnatal Depression In Dads, with Howard Todd-Collins
Episode 40 Listen on Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher Did you know that at least 1 in 10 dads experience depression or anxiety related to the arrival of a new baby? It’s a condition known as PPND – Paternal Post Natal Depression and it’s much more common than most people realise. Unfortunately, many men […]
2020 was un……. (don’t say it!)
Okay, the year is almost over, so it’s time to wrap this one up and put a bow on it. Over the past 12 months, one word I’ve seen used an unprecedented number of times is the word ‘unprecedented’. It’s actually starting to bug me! So my personal challenge is to complete the rest of […]
How Parenting Will Test Your Resilience, with Hugh van Cuylenburg
Episode 39 Listen on Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher Hugh van Cuylenburg is the founder of The Resilience Project, an organisation that provides mental health and wellbeing programs to schools, businesses and individuals. In this interview, Hugh explains how the key concepts of Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (G.E.M.) can be applied to fatherhood and […]
How To Reprogram Your Mind And Change Your Family’s Destiny, with Richard Maloney
Episode 38 Listen on Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher At the age of 18, Richard Maloney was recruited to play AFL for the St. Kilda Football Club. Unfortunately, he wasn’t mentally equipped to handle the pressure of being an elite sportsman and his AFL career was cut short. However, this set Rich on a […]