Planting Seeds Podcast

I've built plenty of positive habits this year — training, early mornings, meditation — but the real acceleration hasn't come from adding more. It's come from subtraction. Being alcohol-free again has shown me what happens when the good habits stay and the one thing pulling against them is gone: no resistance, no stop-start, just momentum in one direction.

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Off the back of a half marathon PB that smashed my old time by 10 minutes, I break down why you don't need a big crowd — just a few people who believe in you, push you, and keep you accountable — and why the real work is proving your own worthiness through what you're willing to do.

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I guide you through a gratitude practice honouring someone you love, then a visualisation where you become the director of your day.

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I break down why how you start your morning shapes your whole day — my own routine, the 5K PB I hit this week, and why we don't have to go fast to go far. Plus a reminder not to undo a great week over the weekend.

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I take you back to the genesis of the podcast itself: the growth season that planted the idea, the trip to Sydney to meet the man who taught me how to actually do this, and why commitment plus leaning on people who've already done it is what gets anything off the ground.

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For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, I get honest about the shame and fear I still carry around not being as fluent as I want to be — and why living the values, not just speaking the language, is just as much a part of being Māori.

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I unpack vibration, frequency, and what it actually means to deliberately create your reality — why thoughts become things, why chasing the "how" keeps people stuck, and my own proof from this year.

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A guided meditation through a breathwork practice built around letting go and surrendering into the present moment — a moment for you to receive and BE as you are.

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A friend asked me something that's stuck with me all week:

• knowing everything this path has cost me, would I walk it again?

I unpack that question, plus the two-word mindset shift that can help get you through hard seasons: quit tomorrow, not today.

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This is part two of the story arc – telling the full story of how I met my wife.

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