Roll With The Punches

Air Force pilot, burlesque dancer, fire performer, mother, property investor... yep, there's a fair bit going on here. I was fascinated by Belinda before we even started chatting, and she sure didn't disappoint.

We get into her journey from flying gliders solo at 16, to becoming an Air Force pilot, flying through the mountains of Papua New Guinea, and eventually finding herself exploring a completely different side of who she was through burlesque and fire dancing.

And there's a really interesting conversation underneath all of that about identity, the bits of ourselves we tuck away to fit into certain environments, and why the hell we feel like we have to choose just one version of ourselves.

I loved this chat. Belinda is one of those people who makes you look at things a lil' differently, and I reckon there's plenty in here to mull over...

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BELINDA BEATTY

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TIFFANEE COOK

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Throw on your seat belts lads and ladies, we are takin' a ride with Jaymie Paris... and she ain't one to sit around spinning her wheels. 

Jaymie is one half of the husband-and-wife team behind Manifolds and Mullets Mechanical, a couple of country legends who are taking the automotive world by storm, calling out dodgy mechanics and proving that treating people with a bit of honesty and respect isn't actually that hard.

But little did I know when I invited this rambunctious car-lovin' lassie on the show, there's a hell of a lot more to Jaymie than cars, mullets and a healthy hatred of Ford Rangers.

We get into her experience as a woman in a seriously male-dominated industry, building a business from scratch, raising three kids and creating a social media following that's gone absolutely gangbusters.

And then the conversation takes a much deeper (and quite unexpected) turn.

Jaymie shares her experience with addiction, incarceration, attempting to take her own life and finding faith at a time when she genuinely thought she'd run out of road. We talk about rehabilitation, the revolving door of the prison system, generational disadvantage and why so many people are being released without the support or resources to build a different life.

Oh, and don't you worry we eventually get around to a few hearty lessons on the cars. There's some very strong opinions about EVs, European cars, Holden V8s and why you should NEVER take your car to a mechanic who won't show you photographic evidence of what they're telling you needs fixing.

Jaymie is funny, fiercely opinionated, wonderfully unfiltered and has one hell of an incredible story.

I bloody adored her... I reckon you will too!

 

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MANIFOLDS & MULLETS

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TIFFANEE COOK

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How much of what you think you know about nutrition is actually helping you, and how much is actually getting in your way?

I had a cracker of a conversation with naturopath and sports nutritionist Kira Sutherland about fueling our bodies, carb phobia, under-eating and why so many women over 40 keep doing more of the same when things stop working.

We got into protein, carbs, food quality, sleep, hormones and the importance of getting your nutrition timing right. I also share a few of my own nutritional lightbulb moments, including discovering just how spectacularly I'd been under-eating carbohydrates (wild, I know).

There's plenty of practical advice, a few beliefs worth challenging and a rather entertaining conversation about a lil' whipped cream.

A great reminder that sometimes the answer isn't doing more. It's understanding what our body actually needs.

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KIRA SUTHERLAND

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TIFFANEE COOK

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What happens when you become the first Australian with MS to summit Mount Everest, but the biggest mountain you've had to climb has absolutely nothing to do with Everest?

I had an absolute cracker of a conversation with Jen Willis, who at 55, and living with multiple sclerosis, has done something pretty extraordinary. But as it turns out, getting to the top of the world's highest mountain was the easy part, really...

When missing oxygen, disappearing Sherpa's and unfortunate naps collide at 8,000 metres, Jen describes it as a pretty high-altitude f*ck-up. But beneath the tale of Everest, she had bigger mountains to climb... and ones I reckon we can all relate to. 

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JEN WILLIS

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TIFFANEE COOK

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How many times have you not been getting the results you want and your immediate response is to do MORE? More training, more cardio, more sessions, more effort... Well, what if that's actually the lazy option?

In this solo ep, I'm having a hell of a rant about why doing more isn't always the answer, particularly when it comes to strength training for women over 40.

We get into why so many of us go back to doing the things that worked in our twenties and thirties, without stopping to consider that our bodies, lives and capacity have changed. I talk about training intensity, recovery, nutrition, stress, cardio and why sometimes two bloody hard sets will do more for you than five half-arsed ones.

The bigger conversation here is about getting honest, asking better questions and figuring out what's actually missing before throwing another workout at the problem.

Because more isn't necessarily better. And if your last rep looks like your first, we might have a little problem.

Sometimes doing more is just the lazy option in fancy dress.

Do less. Do it properly.

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TIFFANEE COOK

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What happens when you break into a federal facility to retrieve your own helmet, then have to convince the bloke who runs an airline that you're not a complete liability? Well, of course our Scotty Douglas has a story for that. 

Yep, old mate's back, and as usual, we've managed to cover a ridiculous amount of ground. There's a cracker of a story involving federal police, a potentially ruined career and a $283 bottle of scotch that may or may not have helped save his arse. Seriously, you couldn't make this sh*t up if you tried...

But underneath the stories and the lols, we also got back into the whole 'hard things' conversation, why getting comfortable with being uncomfortable matters, and why the hard thing that helps you grow isn't necessarily the one you're already good at. 

Oh, and Scotty, we're still waiting for book number three. Get cracking, kid.

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SCOTT DOUGLAS

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TIFFANEE COOK

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Why do we sometimes push people away before they even get the chance to hurt us? And how much of what we call our personality is actually a bunch of survival strategies we picked up as kids?

I had an absolute cracker of a conversation with psychoanalyst Dr. Galit Atlas, who just happens to be the author of Come Closer, about childhood wounds, adult relationships and the stuff we carry into our grown-up lives without even realising it.

If you're a sucker to exploring the protective patterns we develop, the stories we tell ourselves to justify our behaviours, and things like Tiff Cook's emotional avoidance, abandonment issues and other dysfunctional adaptations she's had to overcome so far (or still has a way to go with) then buckle up for the ride and hit play on this bad boy...

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TIFFANEE COOK

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Why do we keep getting in our own way, even when we bloody know better?

Beck King and I get stuck into the patterns, fears and stories that keep us repeating the same shit, why the problem isn't always the problem, and what it takes to actually make a change.

Beck shares some of her own journey through depression, anxiety and grief, and we talk about why knowing what to do and actually doing it are two very different things.

Because let's be honest, most of us don't need another book, podcast or course telling us what to do (except this one, obviously 😂). We need to figure out why we're not doing the bloody thing in the first place.

If you're sick of getting in your own way, this one's for you.

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REBEKAH KING

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TIFFANEE COOK

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How much of your potential are you leaving on the table because you're waiting for the right time to get your sh*t together?

We do we humans cling to comfort, certainty and the familiar, even when they're the very things keeping us stuck?

Harps and I bang on in this ep about the stories we tell ourselves, the ways we resist the things that could help us grow, and why being willing to suck at something is often the price of actually getting better at it.

I share a few recent realisations about myself and my tendency to resist the very help for, insist on doing things my own way, and then discover that the thing I was pushing back against was actually pretty bloody useful. Whoopies. 😂

But here's the thing. Ya don't need to have it all figured out... Ya don't need to feel confident... And ya definitely don't need to wait for the stars to align.

Being willing to adapt, do things differently, learn as you go, and take action before you feel completely comfortable is where it's at!

And if you're waiting for the perfect time to start, take a look at your watch now... I think it's bloody time!

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TIFFANEE COOK

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Why do we sometimes find it easier to jump off a cliff, swim in massive surf or lift a stupidly heavy weight than have an honest conversation about how we're actually feeling?

Well, these are some of the questions Scotty and I get stuck into as we explore the whole hard things conversation, and why the thing that looks courageous on the outside isn't always the thing we're actually scared of.

So if you're up for a chat about why we deliberately put ourselves in dangerous situations, how our childhoods shape the way we operate, and why some of us would rather do everything the hard way than ask for a bloody hand... this might be the one for you!

Scotty shares some exceptional life tips, including how his fear of looking stupid has sometimes seen him throw a metaphorical hand grenade into a situation rather than admit he doesn't know how to do something. Which, let's be honest, is one way to handle it. Not necessarily the best way, though.

There's a bit of ADHD, a few uncomfortable truths, some excellent examples of Scotty being Scotty, and a reminder that doing hard things is pretty bloody useful. But understanding WHY we're doing them is where the rubber really hits the road.

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TIFFANEE COOK

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