Tall Poppy Talk

"Life is constantly evolving and everyone is constantly growing. Preferences are changing, ideas are changing, goal posts are changing" - Nick, SACHI.

Nick Chrisp and Will Thomas, the music duo best known as SACHI.

From Aotearoa New Zealand SACHI are making moves through the sound waves and across the festival scene, with their Tomorrowland debut in 2022.

Balancing life in both LA and NZ, these two are iconic additions to any summer or winter event from Club SACHI in LA or SNOW MACHINE in NZ.

As producers, performers, DJs, and active advocates for club culture, Nick & Will have been on a mission since releasing their first music as SACHI in 2014. Working their way through numerous genres from disco house to pop, they explore themes of mental health & relationships all through uptempo bangers guaranteed to hit at any club scene or dance floor.

As proud kiwis making their mark on the world stage, it is a genuine pleasure to have and share this conversation! Thank you SACHI!

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#sachi #clubmusic #festival #edm #la #club #music #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa #rave

"It doesn't really matter the emotion, it is the relationship to the emotion" - Jonah Oliver is a world-class Performance Psychologist.

Jonah works with elite athletes, sports teams, national organizations, and leaders. He is an author, executive coach, speaker, consultant, leader, father, and entrepreneur – founding North.

He has a refined approach and growing expertise across codes, which has seen him successfully work for 20+ years in high performance.

With his training in sport psychology and neuroscience, he brings a unique, simple, and effective approach to facilitating peak performance.

Jonah’s impact is profound and has led to him being sought out by Australian national teams, Olympic athletes, Football Clubs and V8 Supercar Teams. He also specializes in the identification, development, and mentorship of leaders within the business world, integrating his experience in both sports and business.

Whether it be athletes, business leaders, executives, indigenous performing artists, or even surgeons – Jonah is a World Leading Performance Psychologist who turns the complex into something comprehendible and actionable.

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#highperformance #psychologist #sports #sportspysch #elite #national #australian #expert #worldclass #athlete #entrepreneur #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa #LIV #Golf #V8

"I'm not going to waste anymore exhausation trying to convince you of something, that I already know" - Camryn Spina, USA Football & D1 Cheerleader.

Camryn Spina works for USA Football in the High Performance and National Team Operations.

Flag Football has recently been announced as an Olympic sport. This has made for an exciting & intense time for Cam as the entire organization works towards the LA 2028 Olympic Games where it will be introduced.

Cam took a leap of faith by pursuing an internship with the powerhouse organization - after already successfully working full-time in Sport Operations & Marketing roles for a couple years - but this leap paid off as she is now the eager to spread her message about 'trusting the process.'

Last year Cam received a lot of attention after a TikTok blew up in which she detailed an insane job-relocation-gone-wrong personal story that got picked up by Business Insider, UNILAD, The Independent, and more. She handled all the attention with ease of course, having been a D1 Athlete Cheerleader at Rutgers her entire collegiate career.

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#usa #football #usafootball #D1 #cheerleader #gymanstics #college #collegesport #america #athlete #flagfootball #rutgers #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa

"Mental Health affects everything, even down to how you take words" - Jenn Stautz, D1 Athletic Trainer.

Jenn's experience in collegiate athletics is extensive with her expertise (so far) covering sports including American Football, Golf, Tennis, Volleyball, Rowing, and now Gymnastics.

Her impact on the teams she works with cannot be understated, as attested to by her hundreds - yes hundreds - of past & present athletes. She truly is an expert in athletic training, beyond the direct practice of sports medicine, she also coordinates mass numbers of athletes all in the pursuit of keeping each individual with their unique needs at peak performance.

Jenn is certified as a BOC Athletic Trainer, and American Red Cross BLS CPR/AED provider, and First Aid. She is a part of the National Athletic Trainers Association, the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association, and the Michigan Athletic Trainers Association.

Personally, Jenn played a massive part in my collegiate rowing career. Most significantly being a true advocate and supporter in my overall self. I cannot thank her enough.

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#athletic #trainer #athletictrainer #D1 #sports #gymanstics #college #collegesport #america #athlete #rower #rutgers #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa

"If you're not uncomfortable, you're not growing" - Marius van der Pol.

Marius is a true powerhouse that can’t be defined by one sporting code or discipline. Instead, he embodies a larger sense of the overall noun: Athlete. He served with the NZSAS (aka the New Zealand Defence Force Special Forces) in Iraq and the Solomon Islands, he cycled the length of NZ at age 20, all before joining Emirates Team New Zealand.

He set, and holds, the New Zealand record on an indoor rower with a frightening time of 1:14 for 500m.

His reputation proceeds him, one writer referring to the ‘the sheer power, grit and determination of Van Der pol.’

Marius's career with Team New Zealand began with an email to the Chief Operation Officer, and has taken him from joining Emirates Team New Zealand as a grinder on the AC75, winning The 36th America’s Cup and, now as a cyclor for The 37th America’s Cup.

The team stands as the defender for The 37th America’s Cup, being held in Barcelona this year.

As many who know Marius personally would attest too, he’s also just a really nice guy who’s generous with his time and knowledge.

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#teamemirates #sport #americascup # AC76 #sailing #sailor #nzdefence #specialforces #nzsas #athlete #rower #ergo #erg #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa

Cyril Riley is a producer and one of Australia’s fastest growing artists.

With over 14-million monthly listeners on Spotify alone and counting. His record ‘Stumblin’ In’ is making global waves and features in some of the biggest playlists, including Hot Hits Australia, Hot Hits Deutschland, and topping the ARIA Australia Single charts.

Cyril’s online presence is substantial with well over 535,000 followers on TikTok, due in large part to his prolific pace of dropping iconic remixes, and also in part to his brilliant personality that people easily engage with.

He’s been on tour in Europe, and has a line up of festival slots already booked in for 2024. Cyril is a Tall Poppy on an absolute mission.

Cyril landed in the pages of Forbes recently, when they wrote about his official remix of Grammy-nominated band Disturbed’s iconic Sound of Silence, landing at No. 34 on Billboard’s U.S. Hot Dance/Electronic chart, and the Billboard’s Song Sales chart.

6 months ago he didn’t have a passport, and now he’s topping charts all over the world through sound waves. With Spinninrecords his label.

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#cyril #producer #music #australian #artist #dj #musician #remix #stumblinin #soundofsilence #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa #disturbed #billboard #australia #edm

Dougal Sutherland is a clinical psychologist and the CEO of Umbrella Wellbeing, he is a regular media contributor, and is passionate about training the next generation of clinical psychologists.

With over 20+ years working as a clinical psychologist Dougal has traveled the world providing help to bureaucrats and governments, victims of crime, and even people living in unimaginable circumstances with constant fear due to societal situations.

He has worked and led teams in DHB Mental Health Services; and, focus on support for children, parents, and families. has a passion for making psychology accessible to the general public which leads him to contribute regularly to media in print, online, radio and TV broadcasting mediums.

In his role as CEO with Umbrella Wellbeing, he provides psychological support to workplace and employees across a wide variety of organizations in the public and private sector.

He is an adjunct teaching fellow in the Clinical Psychology Training Program at Victoria University in Wellington New Zealand.

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#clinical #doctor #phd #philosophy #pyschologist #clinicalpyschologist #business #ceo #victoriauni #therapy #workplace #workplacewellbeing #worklifebalance #nz #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa #newzealand #productivity

Gaynor Parkin is a clinical psychologist and founder of Button Psychology, she is a co-founder of Terrain, and the founder or Umbrella Wellbeing where she also spent nearly 12-years serving as CEO.

Gaynor was one of the first clinical psychologists to focus on mental wellbeing and how it affected productivity, both in our private and work lives.

Her vision is to contribute to positive and genuine, systematic changes within the foundation of work places and the individuals within them.

She is an author, frequent column and article writer, and was a long-serving lecturer of Clinical Psychology at Victoria University in Wellington NZ.

Her commitment is to provide the best people, tools and knowledge to improve both wellbeing and performance in the workplace. As a business founder she advocates for, and seeks to, craft innovative tools & programs that lift productivity and create better workplaces.

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#clinical #pyschologist #clinicalpyschologist #business #founder #therapy #workplace #workplacewellbeing #worklifebalance #nz #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa #newzealand #productivity

Mitch McCann is a reporter, a presenter, and the US Correspondent for Newshub NZ.

He is living in New York now with his career having taken him all over the world. Covering some of the most major international events in the modern day including the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, natural disasters that shaped societies in New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Australia; more recently his work on the US Election coverage serving as a beacon of credible reporting amongst an ocean of noise.

As a journalist, Mitch crosses many mediums from television, radio, podcasts, and written reporting.

Amid many changes, Mitch stays consistent in his pursuit of storytelling and sharing information. Hence why he takes the time to meet with me and pay it forward because that’s just the nature of Mitch McCann.

Really thrilled to share this podcast episode - Mitch is an absolute class-act and I learned so much just being in his presence.

Listen to the full interview on Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Apple Podcasts. #reporter

#journalist #newshub #uscorrespondent #newyork #radio #news #tv #electioncoverage #correspondent #nz #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa #newzealand

Jonathan - Jono - Trenberth is a businessman, content creator, freelancer writer, reality TV star & dog enthusiast.

He is the Owner and Director of Pooped, which has seen much success + expansion. This business has become a pillar of his day-to-day purpoe and a source for true, authentic joy. The word Authentic will come up a lot during this korero.

Many may of first heard about Jono during The Amazing Race: Australia New Zealand, or perhaps from the 2019 season of Married At First Sight NZ, or even when flicking through a magazine as seen his modeling at work! Jono has frequented our screens & pages being managed by talent specialists outspoken by odd - however, this is just one part of his full life.

Jono has traveled the world, spending time in Italy, Australia, and Honk Kong as an adventure education teacher; and is passionate about NZ Aotearoa’s beautiful landscapes too.

During our chat we cover SO many topics - from his first experiences with Tall Poppy, the journey to accepting himself authentically, feeling rock bottom and then taking action over his life, the impact of reality TV, and his complicated relationship with social media.

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#contentcreator #dog #business #owner #mafs #realitytv #creator #authentic #fyp #socialmedia #nz #mentalperformance #podcast #tallpoppytalk #mentalhealthmatters #aotearoa #newzealand