Kyl Reber Podcast

The thing that I have always admired about this woman, is how she has always just made things work, got stuff done, and in the meantime, had so much care and time for her family and those close to her.

So much so, that she quite often puts their needs above hers, because she is just so invested in making other people better.

Couple this with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, and what you have is a person that is now giving a whole demographic a sense of understanding their own identity, being proud of who they are, and learning how to navigate the world with their super power.

It was so good to have a great chat to Tania Rowan, and after all these years of knowing her, hear the excitement in her voice with her life taking a new direction.


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I met this guy 30 years ago, not long after I moved to Brisbane, and we have backed each other up (literally) ever since.  He was there for my first shift of security, and there for my last.

But in between all of that, and especially in the last 10 years, he has been on a quest. A quest to leave something behind for his children, and do everything he can, no matter how small it may be in the grand scheme of things, by way of educating, and leading environmental missions as part of Sea Shepherd Australia.

It is an amazing journey, and the way he sends his message is not with talk, it is with action.  As I always say, influence over authority.

Grahame Lloyd is a father, a mate, and these days more than ever, a crusader.

I have known Matt for a number of years now, and one thing we have always connected on is work, work ethic, and the understanding that to get to where you want to be, it involves a lot of just that….  Work.

We have had some pretty down to earth conversations over the years, in some pretty interesting locations, about how to make all the variables of life balance out, because it’s in our blood, to just work.

After interviewing him, and learning so much more about his childhood, his father, and his approach to life, now it all makes sense.

This guy has never been afraid to work hard, in Martial Arts, his “other” job, his family, and his kids.  He’s never half in, he’s all in.

Have a listen, and you will see, that maybe the real thing that’s missing from where you want to be, is just to adopt Matt’s theory of work.

I call the guy affectionately “The Witch Doctor,” and rightly so, as the guy is pretty much one of the main reasons my body is still in a capacity to do what I want it to do. 

Creagh Court is my Chiropractor, he is a genius when is comes to human movement and injury rehabilitation and prevention, and in the 7 odd years he has been treating me on a regular basis, I have referred countless people to him, and they all say the same things about him I do.

So how does a kid, who wasn’t terribly sporty at school, with this field not as his first choice as a vocation, end up being so successful in his field, treating every day people right through to professional athletes, and is now opening a second location, which at the time of this podcast going live is already thriving?

Would you believe, a ton of hard work, an insatiable drive to succeed, a truckload of study, some big days, a couple of mistakes, and yep……. Backing himself…

Listen on, and you will see why.

We talk about people getting second chances in life, and Bec Cooper had a second chance, and then a third, fourth, and a fifth, and yet she has lived to tell the tale.

You will hear how I met Bec, hear her highs, her lows, and how we all need to remember that there is still so much good to live for.  Bec is an example that with a little hard work, some realisations in yourself, some good people around you that are in your corner, and some straight out luck, there is always a way out, and at the end of the day, it is ok to put your hand up, and ask for help.

The interview with Bec really woke me up to how much we can really endure, and it’s not always about second chances, it maybe is about just having that one particular moment, after how many near misses, that we decide we are truly capable of being and doing better.

Bec is the epitome of someone who was well and truly in the dark, and by backing herself, has brought herself back to the light.

Like so many of us, we have that one moment in our life, that can literally make, or unfortunately for some of us, break us.

Kylie Shannon however, chose to use what is a pivotal moment in history, to not break her (although it may have come close), but to instead, make her, and although it didn’t happen straight away, move into a job that gives her a purpose, and a passion to help others. 

I knew Kylie only vaguely, but after having had her “referred” as a great choice for a podcast guest, you will see how locked I was into this conversation, and as much as her story is fascinating, what truly fascinated me, was that it could have gone either way, in the blink of an eye.

This one was a real privilege for me to do, and I am very grateful for Kylie conquering some initial fear about being interviewed, to turn around and give a cracker of an interview.

What was the moment?  You’ll just have to listen and find out.

Peter Smedley is one of my closest friends in Martial Arts.  He’s been doing it for a great portion of his life, and he runs a full-time school on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.

But there’s so much more to him than that.  There’s a guy that drove around Australia, there’s a father of two pretty cool boys, there’s a husband who has been through some tough times with his amazing wife Helen, and a guy who loves music nearly as much as me.

We have travelled a lot together, and I am so grateful to call him a friend.

Have a listen, and you will see why him and I get along so well, and how he has backed himself.