The Third Beer Podcast

We’ve asked Tiah Goldstein to join Chris Dickson and I on the podcast with a loose theme around manifestation. Tiah Goldstein is founder of Interwoven, an accelerator focused on high impact startups. Tiah’s skills are too long to mention but one her anchors is community economic development and organisational change, not to mention she’s lived and worked in many cultures.

Do you have a talisman to help you be the best person you want to be? The chat moves around the concept of whether manifesting is good, bad or even real. There’s debate around the power of intention and how this differs greatly between Eastern philosophies like Buddhism and mainstream Western self-help beliefs that are focused on ‘acting’ rather than ‘being’. Is mainstream self-help going about it the right way? We are not experts in these topics but we three tackle them from our unique perspectives, and so any listener can get their head around ways we use our mind to create our reality. Or do we? It’s time for The Third Beer.

It’s time for The Third Beer podcast and today’s guest is my close mate, a brother from another mother, Greg Przybylski. Co-host therapist (and now yoga instructor) Chris Dickson completes the trio. Greg has been there for me in some of my toughest moments. He’s worked overseas on super yachts for decades but even a voice on a phone is really important when you need support. When Greg is at port we always make time for each other. I steer the topics after spending an afternoon with my marketing hero, Gary Vaynerchuk! Greg, Chris and I chat around numerous motivational personalities of our generation. There’s some cracker quotes flying around the room today. Chris challenges this mainstream self-help with Buddhism principles, which is an absolute head-spin in perspective. Is mindful meditation actually helpful? Chris tests Brett on why we strive? Is it for happiness or for a million dollars? And last but not least, can negative words like ‘fail’ motivate and cause positivity or should negative wording be removed from the self-help industry? It’s quite journey through today’s beer tasting because remember: life’s a journey not a race.

The Third Beer podcast guest today is a friend of mine who’s had four recent cancer treatments and her outlook is admirable. Megan Wolfenden has also had someone she knows want to end their life at the age of 20. This podcast is dedicated to things we don’t talk about enough, in an effort to help and heal a wider audience. Chris Dickson, my co-host and psychologist, brings thoughtful insight. This chat over a beer taste brings up further wicked problems of modern life including addictive behaviours to both legal and illegal substances. With all three of us growing large families, we explore our parental intentions to guide our teenagers to adulthood. Find out what board game is assured to bond you and your teens together so you can have mature, open conversations about sex, drugs and rock and roll – all part of growing up today.

This week The Third Beer podcast mixes things up and Kieron Byrne joins Chris Dickson as co-host. You will remember Kieron from episode two. Our guest is Dr Kelly Bowers. So what happens when you put three psychologists in a room?

We explore Kieron’s expertise and how optimal performance can be achieved generally, and within all levels of sport. Performance for soldiers, astronauts and explorers is thrown in the mix. The trio analyse the Australian sporting culture of ‘winners take all’ and how may be destructive to the entire industry starting in schools, and ending at the top. Both Kieron and Kelly work with young athletes and offer alternative futures for coaching and parenting to produce more resilient sportspeople with longer careers. As usual, it’s a podcast daring to raise questions many are too afraid to ask, and the answers are both positive and entirely achievable.

Louise Fewtrell is a psychologist with altruistic purpose and runs awakening retreats that double to fund village infrastructure in developing countries. Louise fell into Buddhism after following a friend to India, and now holistically treats people with Tibetan Buddhist healing teachings within her traditional psychological training. Even our chat on Buddhism Basics is fascinating, and there are plenty of laughs with old friend and co-host Chris Dickson who also practices Buddhism. We taste a new beer and share honestly our daily efforts to balance this crazy life

Terry Magpie Playle is our guest on The Third Beer podcast. He is passionate about acts of kindness. After a special realisation at a retreat, in a dark time of his life, he is shifting his business skills to social enterprise. Terry generously shares his story and wants more men like him to open up to save their own health. It really is the stuff of folk tale. As part of his healing, Terry stopped denying his indigenous roots after his Nan passed away, a Barkindji Murray River woman and author and activist of the stolen generation. Find out why Terry is called Magpie. It’s unbelievable! This podcast is as always about men’s life journeys and this episode is, as Terry puts it so poetically, how one drop in a billabong can have a ripple effect

It’s time for The Third Beer podcast with my co-host therapist Chris Dickson and a brother from another mother: Paul Holland. The day we met it was like long lost souls had banged heads together, because we’d gone though very similar challenges: the ups and downs of business, and financial highs and lows. We clicked because we were both building businesses at the same time, and we helped each other through. After video production for decades for TV and movies like Lord of the Rings, Paul moved his kiwi family to Australia, and started his own business in digital marketing. The transition was too much for his marriage. In The Third Beer, we talk about things men don’t talk about over a beer. Paul generously shares his professional and personal challenges during a four-year separation and how to be a good dad to kids living across the Tasman Sea. Don’t be put off by the big topics there’s plenty of funny digs and banter. Check it out.

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Another legendary local man has joined us on The Third Beer podcast. Marco Renai owns Healthy Lifestyle Club and gives back with Men on Business charity raising near to $100,000 annually for youth at risk. Marco is a true entrepreneur and has evolved his health business many times over the last 15 years. Marco shares his own story of battling demons of excess, and became a personal trainer to win that fight. It’s so inspiring hearing Marco talk passionately about being there for young men who desperately need quality time, life skills and role models. Marco is also an Iron Man and to me, he’s a champion on so many levels. Check out Marco Renai chatting to Chris Dickson and I over another beer road test.

When I met Mike Campbell this year, I was excited to find out that we both have a men’s health project, AND with the word ‘beer’ in them! What are the chances? The Third Beer podcast chats with Mike Campbell of Beyond The Beers Show. Mike is a ‘man coach’ and founder of The School of Personal Mastery. He is also author of Unleashing the Alpha. Mike started a career as a personal trainer and realised many clients’ physical goals were intertwined with emotional goals that also needed a workout. After seeing the same challenges over and over, today his solution is a powerful support system for men. My favourite therapist and co-host Chris Dickson joins us as always, an experienced voice in stuff men don’t talk about. We compare notes and Mike also bravely shares his personal growth as a modern-day male – and don’t forget! - we road test another beer. Are you ready for The Third Beer!?

The Third Beer this week is guest Greg Anderson. He has worked in security on the Gold Coast for many years including a few years on the Glitter Strip. He’s worked with guard dogs and armoured vehicles. He’s a former karate kid and ultra-heavy weight kickboxing fighter, a current gun enthusiast, and social gamer. He is a massive unit with the low voice to prove it (cue Barry White). Greg has more crazy stories than we’ve got time for one episode. He’s also got some funny one-liners. Peek inside the life of a Gold Coast ‘hard man’ and family man, and it wouldn’t be The Third Beer without a contradiction thrown in for good measure.