Roll With The Punches

Buckle up cos I’ve invited the much-loved Dr Bill Saunders back for a second chat. If you haven’t yet listened to our first conversation episode #168 on the show that would be a great place to start though not entirely necessary it does give a lot of context to our discussion today.. or should I say therapy session. This is basically me leaving the door to the therapy lounge slightly ajar for you guys to sneak in and have an earwig on some of myself and Bill's personal experiences with childhood, adulthood and everything in between.

Dr Bill Saunders is a psychologist and lecturer with over 4 decades of expertise specialising in the management of adult psychopathology, addictive behaviours, the co-occurrence of both and the impact of childhood trauma on adult psychological functioning.

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Chris Lemons has been a commercial diver for over 14 years, and currently specialises in deep sea Saturation diving, operating almost exclusively in the Oil and Gas Industry. This highly specialised form of diving involves living in the claustrophobic confines of a decompression chamber for up to 28 days at a time, commuting daily to the sea bed in a diving bell, and working at depths of up to 900 feet for 6 hours at a time.
In September of 2012, a freak failure of the dynamic positioning system of the vessel he was working under, resulted in the umbilical which provides him with breathing gas, light and heat being severed completely.  He was left on the sea bed, in complete darkness 300 feet below the surface, with only the 5 minutes of breathing gas he carried in the emergency tanks on his back, and no way to protect himself from the freezing temperatures.
It took his heroic rescuers over 40 minutes to come back and fetch him, and his miraculous survival story has baffled experts ever since.
His extraordinary story was subsequently immortalised in the hit Netflix/BBC documentary 'Last Breath,' whilst Chris continues to dive to this day.

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Mick Harrington belted out a rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow that turned the chairs of all four judges 18 seconds into his audition on The Voice 2021. From mowing lawns and punching faces to writing poetry and making it through to the grand final of The Voice, Mick is an incredibly interesting and expressive flannel-wearing country lad and I think you're going to love listening in on our banter today. 

We talk about his experience on the show, working with Jess Mauboy, the creative process, growing up, losing professional boxing fights and generally winning at life. Don't forget to check out his music!

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Well, the debut Weekend Workshop episode last week was a hit (phew, thank #%@$ for that hey). And from it came a few points I thought were worth covering in this weeks episode, so here I am giving my two cents worth (for what it's worth) on how to be a brilliant podcast host and interviewer.

Now the imposter-syndrome voice in my head wishes to announce that I'm no expert in the space of interviewing and I still very much have my L plates on.  The voice I prefer to listen to is reminding me that I have performed almost quarter of a million interviews/conversations in under a year and a half, co-hosted an additional couple of hundred with a front row seat to watch interviewing first hand and further to that, I've been on quite a number of other peoples podcasts where I have experienced hosting on the flip side.  So let's acknowledge that perhaps I've learned and experienced a thing or two worth hearing.

You can take a great conversationalist and sit them in front of a microphone and watch the ground crumble beneath their feet as they struggle to string their words together in their usual, listenable manner.  It's the job of a host/interviewer to create the atmosphere, energy, flow and safe space for the guest to perform at their peak.

I've been in interviews where the connection between myself as the guest and the host has been difficult to maintain as they focus on their 'producer' roles or internally fuss over their next question - 'Hey bro, listen up I'm answering your last question'.

Some guests require you to pivot, change tact and adapt on the fly to ensure you're going to end up with an hour of engaging banter for your listeners.  An awareness on what sets us up for success as a host will reduce the likelihood of you spending an hour chatting with someone whilst thinking of excuses you can use to not publish the episode.  

With zero experience when I started and as of today 240 episodes under my belt I'm thrilled to say that I have never had to turf an episode.  So here's some of the things that made that a reality for me.

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When we speak, we often focus on our words.. but what story is our 'voice' telling the recipients of these words?

Franca Locandro is a voice teacher, singer, pianist, musician and presenter and she has a hell of a lot to say (in a well trained voice) when it comes to these pipes we spend our life communicating with.

When I think of a voice coach I think of a vocalist or pop artist aiming to make it in the world of music, but funnily enough, for someone who spends the vast majority of their day barking down a microphone there's a lot more to the craft of speaking and communicating than we might be aware of. How we can use this instrument that forms our words to connect, influence and make a greater impact in the world.

If you're a speaker, podcaster, singer, teacher or sales person (to name a few) this conversation will get you paying attention next time to have something to say...

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Named by TIME magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Among his many accomplishments, he has run 50 marathons, in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days. He’s run across Death Valley in the middle of summer, and he’s run a marathon to the South Pole. On ten separate occasions he’s run a 200-mile relay race solo, racing alongside teams of twelve. His list of competitive achievements include winning the World’s Toughest Footrace, the Badwater Ultramarathon, and winning the 4 Deserts Challenge, racing in the hottest, driest, windiest and coldest places on earth. It's fair to say he runs a touch more than I do that's for sure! 

And would you believe he's never sustained an injury?!?

We talk about the day (or night) he put down his last birthday drink, stripped down to his shorts and left the bar to run an impromptu marathon.  We talk about the loss of his sister, the gain of his passion and purpose and what drive him to run and run and run :)

Enjoy!

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If you're a parent, planning to be a parent or have ever had a parent then this episode is going to float your boat. I have dubbed Dr Vanessa Lapointe 'The Parent Whisperer'.  

Dr Vanessa is one of the world's most respected voices in child psychology. She is also child, a mother, a wife, a best selling author, a world renowned speaker and someone I am incredibly proud to be introducing you to today if you've never stumbled across her before.

I pick Dr Vanessa's brains on early childhood development and how the environment and relationship with the parents influence this. We talk about the crucial necessity for boredom, schooling and education, developmental disorders and nurturing an abused child. Oh, and of course how child psychology almost always reveals the parents 'hurt buttons'.

I know you're going to LOVE Vanessa!

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Welcome to a new thang I'm taking for a test drive. I'm dubbing it my 'Weekend Workshop' poddy... a little mini workshop where I share some insights, knowledge, coaching, strategies and lessons that will with any luck be of some value to some of you legends tuning into this show.

A little on me (for the newbies in the room) Getting 'better' became somewhat of an interest to me with I realised that what I had been doing in the boxing ring for a couple of years had fundamentally changed me as a human, changed me as a professional and well, changed the world I lived in. How could somewhat completely ignoring the 'career' section of my life for a couple of years result in the MOST development in my career performance? (crazy, I know). But here is what us non-athletes don't realise... the body is like a playground for the mind. We can move it, see it, touch it and when it gets results we can see them with our own eyes - something not always so simple when we are working with the mind. So my passion (or obsession) with all things human performance, be it mind, body or spirit, was born and I've hurled my curious mind into thousands of conversations, resources, coaching, being coached and for those who know me... a whole lot of therapy along the way.

These little Sunday pods are my way of unpacking some of the learnings that I've seen immense value in along my journey. I hope you do too x

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Imagine if funeral crashing was a job!! 

Well, for Bill Edgar it actually is.

He’s the professional teller of secrets and for 10 grand a pop you can be certain the last word at your funeral is your own. A eulogy for the secrets you don’t wish to take to the grave. Aptly named “The Coffin Confessor” Bill has let the cat out of the bag when the deceased best mate has been hitting on his wife… Fella’s might think twice huh.

A one-of-a-kind professional, a man on a mission to make good on these last requests on behalf of his soon-to-be-deceased clients. A man who in his own words has no respect for the living, who will do anything for the dead.

Bill has been many things in this life: son of one of Australia’s most notorious gangsters, homeless street-kid, maximum-security prisoner, car thief, professional punching bag, philosopher, inventor, private investigator, victim of horrific childhood sexual abuse and an activist fighting to bring down the institutions that let it happen. A survivor.

All of these things we hear a little about in this episode, enjoy!

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Vickie Simos, Author of The Boxer Within, discovered her passion at the intersection of psychotherapy and martial arts. A combination which not only dragged Vickie beyond her own self-doubt and self-deprecation but became the platform for which she helps others.

A fighter, a lover, a therapist and one hell of a big heart, Vickie and I talk about her own personal experiences before diving deep into an insightful chat around training kids, being adaptable to the needs of children on the spectrum and why training youngsters lights Vickie's fire.

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