Roll With The Punches

Have I ever told you guys that I’m a little bit passionate about First Responders? Oh, of course I have… 

Well so is todays guest Allan Dignard. In fact he is a First Responder. These days as a Firey, Allan's life is pretty amazing… but it wasn’t always the case. It took years of suffering in silence, battling depression, anxiety, emotional eating, self-sabotage, alcohol abuse and a heavily strained home and family life ending in divorce before Allan became a health and wellness coach, turned his life around and now balances his own career with guiding others in the field. 

As you can imagine, I’m a fangirl… so enjoy!

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See what I did there... you know how much I love a pun so when martial artist Nadine Champion took a seat behind the mic with me was like all of my Chrismas's at once!
You’re going to LOVE Nadine. Just between you and me she's secretly my new best friend..  A martial arts expert of 30 years, a TED Speaker an Author and a cancer survivor. I quite simply could have talk to her for days on end. Nadine sure speaks my language (far more eloquently) when it comes to life and lessons inside and outside the ring of combat sports… I can’t wait to invite her back on. Enjoy todays chat.

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Peter Baines spent the best portion of 25 years as a forensic investigator.  They’re the guys who get called in to respond to major crime scenes and incidents. He shares some of these harrowing experiences with me in this conversation and I’m truly inspired that there are people who rise up to such tasks, all in a days work. From the forensic investigation of brutal murder scenes in Australia to international events such as the Bali Bombings and the Thailand Tsumani where Peter was called to recover and identify thousands of bodies. From this experience he foundered the organisation Hands Across The Water, a not for profit assisting children in Thailand with housing, education and an all round better chance at the life every human deserves. 

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Not gonna lie, the day I learned about what I’d actually been doing to my body for nearly 20 years as I naively took the contraceptive pill, I was kind of pissed off.
For too many years women (and girls) have been taking the contraceptive pill without so much as an actual clue about what it’s really doing to our bodies, to our hormones and the sometimes-detrimental effects on our physical and emotional health. Often unknowingly we are shutting down an entire system of our body for years and even decades at a time.
In this episode I unpack that with the very best in the business, the much loved Lara Briden. Lara is a naturopathic doctor and bestselling author of the books Period Repair Manual and Hormone Repair Manual  and after this ep I guarantee you’re going to want to get your hands on a copy of those books ladies!

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If you look up 'extreme' in the dictionary I think you’ll very well see a picture of today's guest. He is B A T S H I T crazy, he is inspiring, he is insightful and this conversation opened so many doors for my thinking to walk through!

Chris McDougall has spent 25 years as a professional skydiver, BASE jumper and wingsuit pilot.  Douggs is one of the most experienced extreme sports athletes on the planet with over 13,000 (yep, that's thirteen thousand) jumps combined.  He throws himself out off buildings, bridges, cliff faces and out of planes, for 'fun'. 

Originally from Australia the sport has taken him around the globe as a world champion and world record holder in both skydiving and base jumping.  He’s a bit crazy, he’s a bit an an adrenaline junkie, he’s a bit of a trail blazer and a he’s a bit hilarious and I’m partial to all of the above so of course, I loved this chat but I’m no closer to throwing my good self off a cliff anytime soon… 

Chris stopped counting at around 130 friends lost through the sports, including his girlfriend in a skydiving accident in Australia.  Such experiences along with losing both of his parents to illness when they were relatively young opens an interesting conversation around how we live in the present moment, access flow state, deal with life, loss and grief, and how we trust our instincts when it matters most. 

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Ernie Stevens retired this year from almost 30 years in the San Antonio Police Department.  The latter of which years his role within the specialised mental health unit (an area and direction of policing which Ernie himself pursued and established) lead to a multi award winning documentary, in which he also starred. 
Just quietly this is my favourite law enforcement chats to date!  Ernie shares how this forward-thinking method of law enforcement evolved and how not just Ernie but also the civilian community and policing community somewhat began to evolve as a result.  I feel like (not like I would actually know) but I feel like it's unlikely that we often take an approach that explores the mental health and likely trauma behind the behaviours that land on the police door step..  Ernest and his team took a brave and beautifully empathetic approach to stepping one foot out of their lane and joining forces mental health professionals and paramedics to introduce a new approach to being of service to the community.
An incredible human and an incredible conversation that got me thinking differently about law enforcement and hopefully may do the same for you.

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Holy snapping ducksh*t...  

If there was one sentence lingering in my mind at the end of the conversation you're about to listen to, that's it.

My guest is Clinical Psychologist and Author, Dr Bill Saunders. Amidst his decades of experience,  here are some of the feathers in Bills cap. He has been a lecturer in psychological medicine at The University of Glasgow, a senior lecturer in Applied Social Studies, Director of Alcohol Studies at the University of Paisly, Scotland, Head of Addictions Studies at Curtain University, Perth, Professor of Psychology and head of the Clinical Psychology program at Curtain University..  in addition to all this and more he has consulted a wide range of agencies including the world health organisation and the united nations.

Bill specialises in the management of adult psychopathology, addictive behaviours, the co-occurrence of both and the impact of childhood trauma on adult psychological functioning.

In terms of what this episode covers…  I don’t quite know what to tell you aside from I should have damn well known where my propensity to wheel myself under the microscope might just end us up.

We talk about Bills perspective of mental health and what's wrong with the 'what's wrong with you' method as opposed to the 'what happened' method.  We talk about trauma, mental health diagnostics, medicine, therapy and of course we blur the lines between podcast and one on one therapy as I slide myself under the microscope...

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Mark Divine, retired Navy Commander and Founder of SEALFIT proclaims him to be the fittest and mentally toughest 66 year old on the planet..  

My guest is Robert Hamilton Owens, father of 5, Special Ops Pararescueman, 12 time iron man athlete and SEALFIT's 50 hour challenge competitor… it’s fair to say Robert has but his body and mind to the test a time or two to say the least. 

In this episode we banter about his experiences along the way, the highs and the lows.  About managing emotions and dealing our stuff before our stuff deals with us. He’s a weapon and an inspiration for anyone who want’s to develop mental and physical stamina.

Enjoy!

TIFFANEE COOK

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Today I have Kyle Riley, PH360 Epigenetic Educator & Artificial Intelligence self confessed 'geek' joining me for a banter.

We talk shop about where these two things are colliding and what that means for humans, health and fitness.

All things high tech vs old school and robots vs humans.  Are we better off with computers than personal trainers?  Would you take a dump and let your dunny tell you what your doctor used to?  Can we trust the science and data or does it leave a giant hole in our biological needs that AI can't fill?  

Tune in and hear us shoot the breeze over some of the pros and the cons of what’s already here and of what coming.

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This is part II to yesterdays EP164... Old mate Harps gave assigned me some homework on this occasion..  gave me a few hours to come up with 10 'hard' questions to ask him, questions on topics he hasn't covered already in previous conversations.  Now as he nears 500 episodes of his own podcast and as he's a naturally verbose lad, it's fair to say this assignment was taken on as no easy task.  But as is is often the case, I nailed it and dug out some (in my opinion) quality banter.

Enjoy

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