Roll With The Punches

Remember being sweet sixteen with the world at your feet? Imagine if in one brief moment, whilst doing something you love, your life changes forever... you lose the ability to move from the arms down.

Alex Noble experienced just that in October 2018 when a rugby tackle changed his world forever. Instantly breaking his neck Alex was unable to feel anything from the neck down but as I spoke to him in 2022 at 19 years of age with just a handful of years of progress under his belt it was hard to believe the mindset of this young human.  #IFightYouFight was a movement created by Alex and I was eager to hear how he has managed to move through such a difficult experience...

Enjoy 

 

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ALEX NOBLE

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Another great guest introduced to me by The Code 9 Foundation. You might just know of this bloke... David Buttifant was Collingwood FC's Sport Science Director for 13 years, which might I add included the 2010 AFL Premiership season. Dave went on to fulfill the same role at Carlton FC before starting "The Resilience Builders" with Nick Farr who was a much loved guest recently talking about all things resilience.

When David and his wife suffered to the tragic loss of their son, Nicholas who took his own life, they turned their tragedy into triumph and founded The N.I.C.K Foundation where they support young people.

I loved this chat and got fascinated about all things high performing humans and David is a brilliant human himself.

DAVID BUTTIFANT

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Miranda Vines has been an inspiration to me since I met her waaaaay before I stepped into the boxing ring and became an athlete and a trainer myself. She's a health, wellness and fitness coach, a qualified nutritionist and now a mum!

The thing is, kids don't come with an instruction manual and mums don't get to go to mum-school to get qualified. I sure have no experience in this world myself but it was eye-opening to hear from Miranda about this 'fourth trimester' experience that herself and so many new mums go through. 

We also talk about body image and some of the lessons along the way that Miranda (and myself) learned and navigated in our worlds of health and wellness.

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MIRANDA VINES

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This episode with Bobby was inspired by Eric Hoffer’s book The True Believer, Thoughts on the nature of mass movements… It’s loosely ties in with our last two episodes where we talked about the games people play and given the great feedback from many of you guys I’m thinking you’ll find this conversation equally thought provoking… well, once we get past talking all things bad childhood haircuts which almost became an episode in itself!

Enjoy!

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BOBBY CAPPUCCIO

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Robin Esrock grabbed a 20k payout after a motorbike accident and took to a year of travelling the world on 35 bucks a day... That was 15 years ago and he's still living the dream a nomad, leaving no stone unturned across the globe.

Robin became a travel writer and authored a plethora of travel books and bucket list books. In fact, he authored the Great Australian Bucket List if you're looking for an experience right here on your doorstep, my Aussie friends.

I adored hearing the stories, insights and experiences Robin shared... if anyone is looking for me, I'm off to the airport!

 

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Well kids, I sure can call this episode long awaited.  You'll hear all about that in the introduction so I won't spoil it here.

Josh Perry IS the epitome of bouncing back.

No matter which angle you look at it, this guy is bloody inspiring. From his passion in human optimisation and mindset alone I'd roll out an epic episode here but layer on top of that the obstacles he has overcome and you'll be glued to your EarPods as you listen in.

A BMX related head-knock lead to an MRI which lead to a brain tumor diagnosis. Years of overcoming and adjusting to that obstacle isn't even the beginning of Josh's journey.

Today he shares the experiences both old and frighteningly new around this. Along with an insight into Josh's personal upbringing and the devastating loss of his younger brother to suicide.

If anyone knows how to roll with the punches... It's Josh.

Enjoy!

 

EPISODE SPONSOR | MICHAEL BENJAMIN & ASSOCIATES

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JOSH PERRY

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TIFFANEE COOK

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He's the founder of Heart On My Sleeve and the reason people around the world started tattooing and drawing hearts on their arms and sharing their stories.

Growing up in Sydney, Mitch lived a very “normal” and privileged life. He was fortunate enough to join Microsoft as an intern when he was 19, the youngest person in the company at the time. After 5 years working in Australia, Mitch was promoted to Microsoft HQ in Seattle USA as global product marketing manager for ‘Surface’ where he worked on some of the biggest launches in the hardware space for the tech giant.

However, that wasn’t the full story. His inside life wasn’t the perfect Instagram moment. Since the age of 7 years old, Mitch has suffered a lifelong battle with debilitating anxiety, OCD, panic attacks, dissociation and depression which has seem him contemplating taking his life. In 2016, he broke down completely, leaving him unable to continue his life as he knew it. His life crumbled around him. He thought it was all over. After seeing a video on YouTube that saved his life, he was able to turn his life around and find his calling in the process.

On the 30th May 2017, his life changed overnight when he released a video of his story, in the hope that someone out there would feel understood and feel less alone by his unexpected yet painfully relatable journey.  Within 1 week the video reached over 1 million people and started a global Movement that became Heart On My Sleeve.

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This continued discussion around Games People Play (a follow up from last week's episode 292) was inspired by the late Psychiatrist Eric Berne, pioneer of Transactional Analysis and the author of “Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships.”

What are the ego states and roles we often assume in our relationships that create patterns of thoughts, beliefs and behaviors which construct barriers to meaningful connection? Perhaps an even more important question than why do others do this, is why do we? Especially when it often brings about the experiences and outcomes in our relationships that we don’t want.

This is one of the many examples of why self-awareness is the key to or the lock on our growth and development. If we are going to make positive changes in our relationships, we have to make positive changes in the way we relate. Not only with others, but to ourselves as well. Do we see ourselves objectively? It’s not uncommon for us to play similar games when communicating with ourselves as we do with others. How do we recognize these patterns and is there a way to change them? 

Bobby shares quite a bit of his personal experience in this episode (so do I.. but that's no surprise is it!)

 

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Sabina Read is a familiar face when it comes to psychology. You'll have seen Sabina on Channel 7's The Morning Show, Channel 9's  Dream Job, season 1 of Married At First Sight (as an expert, not a budding newly-wed) and heard her on 3AW.  

Sabina is also resident psychologist for Seek.

Today we chat about all things psychology and how to live a life well lived. Of course, it wouldn't be Roll With The Punches if I didn't wheel out the sofa and take a seat myself so you'll hear a few of what Sabina terms 'yellow highlighter moments'.

 

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Sexting.. what does it tell us about our relationships? Is sexting infidelity? How are we communicating? Does social media change how we connect with others? Is this new-age style of connection actually disconnecting?

Dr. Michelle Drouin completed a PhD and dove into research around the impact of texting on childrens literacy… though as Michelle's intrigue grew around all things digital interactions & social media her focused landed on relationships, sexting, infidelity and the evolution of human connection in this area and that's exactly what we talk about in this episode.

You can see Dr. Drouin's TEDTalk on this, and as of now you can buy her brand new debut book Out Of Touch: How to Survive an Intimacy Famine.

 

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