Roll With The Punches

If you asked me who Lisa Saygun was before this chat, I'd have told you she's one of Australia's best female body builders. I'd have told you she's got over two decades of industry experience, 51 competitions and an impressive resume of qualifications around physical and psychological coaching for competition and stage prep. I'd have told you if you wanted to step on stage or get in shape, then she's definitely the woman you want in your corner.
But then we had this chat... And I realised that Lisa Saygun was the woman who took whatever somewhat dismal odds life threw at her and succeeded anyway. From being homeless after losing her beloved nonna at 16 (the only family member who cared and provided for Lisa), being hospitalised with anorexia, healing generational trauma and family mental health concerns and if overcoming all that wasn't enough, Lisa then had a son who was born with a heart condition and give a 1% chance of survival. Yeah, you read that right, I didn't drop a digit... 1%. He's still going strong at 6 years old btw, but we talk about what it's like to live with the life of the person you love the most hanging on tenterhooks. 
This is the first time Lisa has shared her entire story publicly.. and all I can say is wow. When the chips are down, this is the episode I'll come back to listen to.

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LISA SAYGUN

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TIFFANEE COOK

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Regarded as a thought leader in the field of resilience psychology, tragic circumstances forced Lucy Hone, Ph.D to focus more closely on grief when her 12-year-old daughter was killed in a horrific motor accident. Adjunct senior professor at the University of Canterbury, an internationally sought-after professional speaker, best-selling author, and award-winning ‘pracademic’, Lucy has a gift for turning complex science in to useable tools. Covid-19 saw her TED talk, 3 Secrets of Resilient People, go viral making it one of the Top 20 most watched TED talks of 2020. Author of Resilient Grieving: Finding Strength and Embracing Life After a Loss That Changes Everything, Lucy now runs the hugely popular Coping With Loss programme providing actionable tools and coaching support to all those wanting help to get through grief. Her work is regularly featured in global media, including the Guardian, the Washington Post, the BBC, CBS  and ABC, Channel News Asia, Swedish Television, and TVNZ.

 

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DR. LUCY HONE

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Happy Sunday... but no Bobby today! This episode I'm just mulling over some thoughts on how we get through life's (minor) tough moments, inconveniences and bumps in the road. As many of us do, this week I had a big, exhausting week that knocked me for six and left me feeling mighty depleted. But alas, I had commitments I had made and in the middle of the mayhem I thought I'd reflect on the experience of making it work even when we feel like it wont. 'Rolling with the punches' just like the name of my damn show says to.

It's just a short and sweet episode, plenty of rambling about kittens but hopefully it might reinforce a little lesson or two that you find helpful.

Enjoy!

TIFFANEE COOK

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In today's episode I have a yarn and share stories with weapon, Troy Knight. Troy is a former Combat Controller of the Royal Australian Air Force (those guys are known as the Special Forces unit of the Air Force). Troy has been deployed alongside members of the Special Operations Task Group in combat in the Middle East multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan.

This type of career rarely comes without personal sacrifice and cost. Troy shares some of his experience over the then and now when it comes to combat, relationships, family and mental health... Oh, and the title of the show? Yep, there's plenty of good stuff too.

Enjoy!

TROY KNIGHT

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TIFFANEE COOK

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I had a good laugh with Dr. John Tickell, but we cover some good stuff when it comes to health, healing and longevity... he's a straight shooter with a cracking sense of humour, I think you're like this ep! 

Dr. John is a Medical Doctor, an international speaker, bestselling author and television personality, who has spent several decades travelling and studying the health, well-being and longevity patterns of people around the world.

We talk about his bout with brain cancer, his research around the longest living people on earth and some of the best and worst things from the last 50 years when it comes to living happy and healthy lives. 

 

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DR. JOHN TICKELL

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TIFFANEE COOK

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The infamous Dr. Bill Saunders is back and let me tell you… much like episode 168 and 243 with Dr. Bill, editing this episode and hearing what I was to be putting out live to the world made me feel all levels of discomfort and vulnerability.

I wanted to intervene here in the intro and wrap context and explanations around things I’ve shared. I wanted to control the conclusions that people might draw about me as they listen to our conversation.  But instead, I’m just going to let it go and leave that therapy door ajar for you to lean in and listen.

*A trigger warning applies for this episode as we discuss sexual abuse and rape, if this brings anything up for you, please reach out to the relevant support networks and take good care of you.

 

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How much of life do we spend running around seeking answers... too bloody much if you ask me. In my experience, life got better when I started to seek questions, not answers. So f*ck answers, and those who think they have them (I think they're the ones who aren't asking enough questions, to be honest).

This is the gist of our banter today... Enjoy!

 

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BOBBY CAPPUCCIO

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TIFFANEE COOK

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One of my fave musical Aussie lads, Mark Seymour is baaaaaack! This episode is actually the audio from our recent TV episode (if you're keen to watch the video you can check out the YouTube link below.

We talk about some of Mark's recent music and the depth behind the lyrics. About the art of juggling life and one's identity in the middle of fame, success and accolades and we hear a couple of brilliant acoustic originals... old and new with 'Throw Your Arms Around Me' and 'Slow Dawn' which is one of my fave's from his latest album of the same name.  

Enjoy!

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MARK SEYMOUR

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TIFFANEE COOK

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Peter Sage is an interesting cat and delivered quite a few insights when we had a yarn on this episode... Once a high school dropout at 16 but these days Peter is a renowned international & serial entrepreneur, author, philosopher and teacher.  We throw success, growth and human evolution under the microscope and hear a few valuable take-homes. 

No more running east looking for a sunset...

PETER SAGE

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TIFFANEE COOK

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Mercedas Taffe-Cooper is a mate of mine and a fellow lady boxer. She's former European and World Kickboxing Champion, has a Masters in Clinical Psychology (and a stack of other academic credentials) and on top of all that she is founder of CounterPunch, an epic concoction of performance psychology, sports science and boxing aimed to build resilient, well resourced and emotionally equipped kids.

It's no secret that the two things on the top of my stuff-I-love-most list are boxing and psychology so you can imagine how much I loved this chat, made all the more entertaining with Merc's wonderful accent...

Enjoy!

MERCEDAS TAAFFE-COOPER

Website: www.counterpunch.com.au 

TIFFANEE COOK

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