In this episode of Better Weather the podcast, Tailah and Sally engage in a deep conversation with legendary Australian footballer, Tash Rigby. They explore her journey from being a player to a captain (taking over from the great Sam Kerr!).

Tash tells us about the balance between silliness and responsibility in leadership. She takes us through her process for decision-making under pressure, the necessary role of vulnerability in leadership, and how protecting your energy can be the MOST important factor for creating success you're seriously proud of.

In this episode, Sally Hobson and Tailah Cuman delve into the complex relationship we can have with exercise, particularly focusing on exercise addiction and its psychological impacts. They share personal experiences, discuss the journey to recovery, and emphasize the importance of self-respect and understanding control in overcoming these challenges. The conversation highlights the role of external influences, the complexity of eating disorders, and the healing power of movement, ultimately advocating for a balanced and healthy relationship with exercise.

Keywords: exercise addiction, mental health, recovery, personal experiences, eating disorders, self-respect, psychological impact, movement therapy, healthy relationship with exercise, identity

Everyone has felt the giggles of embarrassment. Everyone has felt the weight of shame. Why is it that despite many similarities, embarrassment and shame could not feel any more different?!

This week, Tailah and Sally explore explore the nuanced differences between embarrassment and shame, sharing personal stories (featuring prawns and pants) and their experiences about how embarrassment can foster social bonding and connection, while shame often leads to internal conflict and questioning one's identity.

Through humor and vulnerability, they illustrate the journey of navigating these emotions - how and why to embrace the hilarity and humility of embarrassment, and the significance of self-awareness and compassion in mitigating shame.

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We ALL have unhelpful habits and behaviours that we would like to stop doing - these behaviours can impact our lives in any number of ways and are often driven by deep-rooted fears that have been held for a long time.

This week, Tailah helps Sally get vulnerable and work through being too future-focused - an unhelpful behaviour that gets in the way of Sally's ability to be present.

They dive deep in to the fears that drive our unhelpful behaviours, the importance of self-value and the importance of reflection and self-compassion. Tailah offers a follow-along process for listeners to start re-wiring this fear and changing these unhelpful behaviours.

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This week, Tailah helps Sally get vulnerable and pick apart an unhelpful behaviour that she wants to change - what presents as being overly future-focused but we discover is actually a fear of not feeling valuable.

Follow along on the process Tailah takes Sally through to transform this fear, while learning a lot about the truth of those deep "I've tried everything habits!" yet they still don't budge, and what it takes to actually budge them.

This is not your usual discussion on 'habit change''.

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This week, Tailah helps Sally get vulnerable and pick apart an unhelpful behaviour that she wants to change - being overly future-focused and living with the fear of not feeling valuable. This discussion emphasises the need for self-awareness, integration of past experiences, and the journey towards self-acceptance and worth. Tailah and Sally guide the way back to the start of the "conveyor belt of self" to embody the end product that you want to be, without fear.

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Chapters

00:00 Understanding the Challenge of Change

03:40 Exploring Future Focus and Aspirations

06:17 The Fear of Complacency and Regret

10:32 The Value of Being Present

12:53 Balancing Future Focus with Present Awareness

18:44 Reintegrating the Split Self

24:42 Transforming Fear into a Tool for Growth

30:18 Understanding the Fear Behind Habits

32:36 Bringing Unconscious Fears to Light

37:30 The Role of Past Experiences in Present Behaviour

42:34 Integrating the Child Within

46:36 Finding Harmony with Fear

55:53 Steps to Overcome Unwanted Behaviours

In part 2 of the communication deep dive, Tailah and Sally crack in to communication and how to use it effectively to achieve an outcome.

Sally shares her five pillar strategy for effective communication when coaching, which she has developed over years of experience and continuous curiosity. These tools are critical to help coaches work through potential sticking points with athletes - keeping the greater goal in focus and maintaining a strong coach-athlete relationship.

However, these five pillars can be applied by ANYONE in any conversation that has a desired outcome - whether it is professionally, personally or internally. This is an episode you don't want to miss!

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Chapters

00:00 Navigating Communication Anxiety

00:23 The Art of Communicating to be Understood

09:38 Building Trust Through Knowledge

15:51 Understanding Schemas in Communication

19:07 Understanding Athlete's Needs

21:24 The Importance of Communication

24:38 Questioning Coaching Practices

27:13 Fostering Autonomy in Training

33:08 Building a Stronger Self

37:21 Picking Your Battles in Coaching

47:11 Reflecting on Coaching Practices

While Sally takes a short (and necessary) break this week, Tailah takes a real-time deep dive into the concept of living and finding YOUR authenticity. (Yes, no need to search, it's within you right now.)

For 10 beautiful minutes, Tailah shares wisdom on the journey of self-discovery, the complexities of self-awareness, the importance of understanding the stories we tell ourselves, and how to differentiate between the two "yous".

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This week, Tailah and Sally are diving DEEP into listening — this is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring both ends of communication.

They discuss the pain of not being listened to, the sticky dynamics that prevent us from being heard, how to unstick those (Tailah gives a way to set our conversations up that gets us heard and understood!), self-understanding in communication, and why both parties must engage authentically.

Tailah shares some golden real-life strategies and things to consider to improve your conversations on both the speaker's and the listener's end.

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This week, Tailah and Sally dig in to the multifaceted nature of friendship and why we need it.

Tailah and Sally reflect upon their own friendship, discussing how it has evolved and the unique dynamics of long-distance friendships. They also explore how friendships can heal, how friendship breakups can hurt and the significance of unconditional love and acceptance of self in relationships.

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Chapters

00:51 The Safety of Authenticity in Relationships

07:24 Embracing Authenticity in Friendship

11:40 Navigating Long-Distance Connections

13:30 The Intersection of Friendship and Professionalism

15:15 Managing Pressure in Creative Collaboration

17:51 The Pain of Friendship Breakups

25:22 Understanding Conflict in Friendships

35:34 Friendships by Association

38:55 Navigating Associate Friendships

41:16 The Healing Power of Friendship