The Flip Side

Do you know if your capacity meets the demands of your performance? Apply this to anything and you can walk in with a new very EARNED confidence

A decorated junior athlete now pushing her way into the senior ranks. Sally Shokry is a discus and shot put athlete, chiropractor, and academic who has represented Australia on the international stage since she was a teenager — and spent most of that time convincing herself she was only as good as her last throw.

In this episode, Sally opens up about growing up tying her entire sense of worth to performance, how sport became a shield against insecurity, and what happens when that shield starts to crack. We talk about the moment she won her spot at the Youth Olympics by two centimetres, what it really means to put on the green and gold, and how the same identity struggles that showed up on the track followed her all the way into the clinic.

This is a really honest conversation about learning to love the space you take up — in sport, in life, and in yourself.

Over-thinking? Been there. Still go there sometimes. That's why I built these tools.

This episode came straight out of a one-on-one coaching session and what came up felt too good not to share. I'm walking you through five techniques for breaking the overthinking spiral, including some for right in the thick of it and some to build into your life before it even hits.

I also get a little vulnerable in this one. Skin rash, no makeup, going out into the world anyway and seeing what happened when I actually ran the experiment. Spoiler: no one cared as much as I thought they did. They never do.

If you've got an overthinker in your life, send this their way. And if you can be the person for their "dice" (listen to get the reference), the one who gives real feedback and not just hype, even better.

Catch you on the flip side!!

In this episode, I share with you some of the work of Dr. John De Martini. A world-renowned polymath who has created a breakthrough experience to help everyone let go of emotions that keep us stuck and trapped, hurting ourselves more than those we feel those negative emotions about. It certainly changed my life and think it is worth sharing. If you ever decide to work with him, your past and future self will THANK YOU! So pumped that I did the course and get to share the takeaways with you guys. Enjoy, and share it with someone who needs to hear this!

See part 1 description :) Catch you on the flippity flip

In this episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with Nadine. A way she once described herself was a 'pocket rocket'. After this interview, I realised that although the diagnosis of MS has changed what that means physically for Nadine it has not changed that one bit about her spirit. She is always holding the perspective of what she CAN do which seems near impossible to us on the outside who would not stand a chance in the challenges of her situation. She has made the most of every opportunity to LIVE and to continue healing. Nadine is constantly making strides (quite literally) closer and closer to her next goals. From waking up and not being able to walk effectively overnight, spending 3 years finding it hard to get out of bed with flare-ups and learning to walk again and again, she is now working full-time and finding moments to do things she loves! I'm quite sure you will find this conversation as inspiring and moving as I did and also come away with some tools to manage your relationships with people who have chronic illness in your life far better. Enojy! Catch you on the Flip Side!

In this Episode we discuss how the pursuit of a really hard goal can shape you as a person! It can call for an identity re-assessment and allow you to evolve into the next version of yourself. Misogi is a Japanese concept adapted to modern times as a big goal or feat that you set once a year. It can take the whole year or it can be a concentrated effort eg. the Everest Summit. Your Misogi has to have a 50/50 chance of success to failure, this is a true misogi. I talk through what mine will be for this year and how I have thought through it so you can do yours too! Hope you Enjoy xx

After part 1 Sami has set the scene of her career as an athlete and touched on some key learnings. For part 2 we deep dive into these topics and compare experiences where there are parallel's and differences and discover tools that Sami uses in her life and now teaches her coaches and athletes to throve in the circumstances that challenged her.

Part 1 Sami Palmer - In this episode Sami goes into detail about her sporting career and how she went from an artistic gymnastics Olympic hopeful to the best tumbler in the world. This wasn't without it challenges towards the end of her career; with skill challenges, injury and what the real crux of those issues are which is mindset and how you take actions based on that. We dive into the toics of support nectwork, self awareness, communication and interal narrative. Sami has thought deeply about her journey and pulled so many lessons from it. You can see that she implements her learnings in her own life and feels the duty to bring those to others through her work with high-performance athletes and coaches. Sami is a true example of practicing what you preach and being vulnereble about the challenges that come with it!

If you can't overcome the fear, then do it scared! This is one of my favourite sentiments from this episode with Troy Sitkowski. He is Australia's 2025 World Games athlete. Every 4 years for non-olympic sports Australia selects one male (if australia earns the spot) to go and compete at this event. Troy both earned the spot for our country and then again proved his capability by being selected as the athlete to compete at the World Games. Troy talks about different tools and frames of mind to be in when approaching scary, anxiety inducing things. We cover breathwork, frames of thought, exposure therapy, assessing risk and consequences and many more points. We discuss this in terms of trampoline, and go on to extrapolate the learnings to common life situations. Troy's unique experience of fear and how it has changed over the years has many gems of wisdom to draw on and take into day-to-day life.