Episode 4: James Van Cuylenburg

 

Ask Dr James Van Cuylenburg if he’d rather be a rock star or clinical psychologist and he simply can’t choose between his two loves. James spends his days helping others navigate life, and by night moonlighting on the stage as the great Billy Joel, among other music legends, performing across Victoria. While James primarily works with adults, couples and families in his day job, his fascination with how we are shaped as children remains a big focus, especially tapping into the child self and embracing the joy of childhood and the importance of imagination, play and fun. But he’s candid about what he sees as the biggest challenge for humans today, and that’s the growing need for self-acceptance and self-compassion, and his wish and goal to teach as many people as possible to give a generous read of themselves as they do for others.

 

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Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

Thanks to our guest James Van Cuylenburg.

 

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Psychology Team

Music Legends Productions

Music Legends Productions Facebook

 

Links from this episode:

Jonathon Haidt: The Anxious Generation 

You’re a good kid podcast

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The Tealeaves

 

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Episode 3: Callum Linnane

Callum Linnane’s love affair with dance began at the age of seven at his primary school in Ballarat. And his determination, perfectionist tendencies and unbreakable work ethic underpinned his rise through the ranks of The Australian Ballet to be named Principal Artist in 2022 – a role he relished from a young age. Despite this incredible achievement, Callum is a humble human, described in Harper’s Bazaar as “the boy-next-door with a tinge of rock star he doesn’t know he possesses. His presence walks into a room before his body does.” Callum may have climbed this mountain, but he isn’t done yet, and his biggest wish is to build a better world where people are free to try new things and not ridiculed for their choices.

 

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Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

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Callum Linnane Principal Artist, The Australian Ballet

 

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The Australian Ballet

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The Australian Ballet on Facebook

The Australian Ballet Wikipedia

 

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Episode 2: Ed Barlow

It was never on Ed Barlow’s radar to become a psychologist. But his time as an AFL player dealing with injuries, feedback, non-selection and more, led him down the path to better understand himself, and in turn sparked a love in helping others do the same. From professional athletes and sporting organisations to juveniles in detention Ed is passionate to see everyone mentally manage the best they can through the ups and the downs of life. And his life hasn’t been without its challenges, growing up on the south coast of New South Wales, his family home was lost in a fire, taking with it many memories and mementos. Now at peace with what happened then, Ed embraces life, family, sport and his very special furry best friend, who barely leaves his side.

 

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Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

Thanks to our guest Ed Barlow.

 

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PAX Psychology

 

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Episode 1: Holly Ransom

“Honey, if you walk past it, you tell the world it’s okay.” It was these words from her grandmother as a five-year-old that set Holly Ransom on her path. That quote is etched in her mind and something she checks in with regularly, as a yard stick for where she and we as a society are now and where we’re headed. From that moment on, she embraced leadership, as the youngest person internationally to have been a Rotary Club President, a Port Adelaide Football Club Board member, the CEO of Emergent, author of The Leading Edge, Chair of the Pride Cup, one of the AFR's '100 Most Influential Australian Women', internationally acclaimed speaker and leadership trailblazer. Day in day out, Holly inspires leaders across the globe to turn knowledge into action for real-world change. But most of all, she’s a down to earth human who loves having a laugh.

 

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Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

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Holly on LinkedIn

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Holly Ransom: Emergent

 

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Rotary Club of Melbourne 

Port Adelaide Football Club

Holly Ransom: The Leading Edge

Women & Leadership Australia

Pride cup

 

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Episode 9: Jack Riewoldt & Shane McCurry

They first met at a café in Richmond in Melbourne, and Jack and Shane admit, it was connection at first sight. The pair realised straight away that they shared a passion for leadership, growth and a fascination for people and their stories. What began as a professional relationship at the Richmond Football Club, turned into a friendship and partnership co-hosting TWO AM I. And in this final episode of Season 3, Jack and Shane reflect on their guests over the past eight episodes, what they learned from each from becoming the truest version of yourself, to being kind not nice, and how an unimaginable secret could pave the way to the future.

 

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Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

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Shane on LinkedIn

Jack and Authentic Leaders Group

Shane McCurry

 

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Episode 8: Dom Price

Atlassian work futurist, keynote speaker, travel fanatic, and a loving husband and father, are just some of the ways to describe Dom Price. Others include unique, focused, open, raw and enabler. Dom’s superpower is his ability to inspire people to transform their working lives, and with it, their futures. He’s also about disrupting his own; he doesn’t have a daily routine, he doesn’t plan, and is open to the opportunities that come his way. But his life hasn’t been without challenges, as he openly reveals in his TEDx Talk in 2020 which catapulted him into a new dimension (see link below to watch). His focus on ‘others’ extends beyond the boardroom, with his generous support of non-profit organisation ‘Room to Read’ which focuses on literacy and gender equality in education.

 

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Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

Thanks to our guest Dom Price.

 

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Atlassian: Dom Price

Dom Price TEDx: Four ways to live a better and happier life

Dom Price on ABC Q&A

 

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Episode 7: Emily Mannix

 

Emily Mannix is a kid from country Victoria who loves her family and having a laugh as much as she loves sport. She was initially taken by individual sports like cross-country, swimming and surf lifesaving, but it was netball and being part of a team that stole her heart from age six. As a Melbourne Vixen and Australian Diamonds player, she has experienced winning championships at the highest levels, to being dropped from the national team, and everything in between. Through it all Emily has discovered her inner strength, developed resilience and learned to speak up in the face of challenges. As a senior player, she loves nothing more than helping to support and grow her younger teammates and is finding a new voice off the court as a co-host on the BackStoppers Podcast presented by Deakin University. 

 

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Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

Thanks to our guest Emily Mannix.

 

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Melbourne Vixens

Diamonds Netball team

Backstoppers – The Podcast

 

 

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Episode 6: Greg Ryan

Greg Ryan carried an unimaginable secret for 54 years. It was one he was embarrassed to share. One that didn’t allow him to plan ahead. One that resulted in a life of shame, social stigma and intense mental health difficulties. And one that would eventually lead him into a dark place, and then out again, and inevitably to where he was meant to be. Greg was born without an anal opening, a congenital abnormality known as Imperforate Anus. And it was finding ‘his tribe’ that propelled him on a mission to establish the ONE in 5000 Foundation to educate people about the condition and provide support and resources for those with it. Greg is generous and raw and as you will hear, throughout his climb of the mountain, his sense of humour and love for family, friends and the North Melbourne football club has never wavered. 

 

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REMINDER: If this episode has raised any issues for you, in Australia you can contact Lifeline by phone on 13 11 14 (24/7); Lifeline via text on 0477 13 11 14 (24/7); Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467.

 

CREDITS

 

Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

Thanks to our guest Greg Ryan.

 

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Greg on LinkedIn

Greg: Continence Foundation of Australia

ONE in 5000 Foundation

Rare and Resilient on Facebook

Rare and Resilient podcast

 

Links from this episode:

Greg receives Kings Birthday Honour

North Melbourne Life Member induction

A Secret Life: Surviving a rare congenital condition 

The Adventures of Sneaky the Poop

Greg sings the North Melbourne song in Times Square

 

 

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Episode 5: Ruby Riethmuller

Born and raised in country New South Wales, Ruby Riethmuller loved growing up in Wagga Wagga, but after being diagnosed with anxiety as a teenager, she became acutely aware that the right mental health services to help young women like her, were not available. But it was a gap year in America, a life changing trip to India and some honest words from a very good friend that set her on the path to create Womn-Kind – a female-led youth mental health organisation on a mission to close the gap in effective mental health education and support for Australian girls. Not only has she grown a small empire and helped thousands of young people, but on her journey she has cut through the noise to become the truest version of herself.

 

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Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

Thanks to our guest Ruby Riethmuller.

 

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Ruby in the news

 

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Womn-Kind website

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Womn-Kind App

 

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Episode 4: Andrew Abdo

 

It wasn’t on Andrew Abdo’s radar to become the CEO of the National Rugby League (NRL). But standing at a bus stop, in the rain became a seminal moment that set him on the path to now. Andrew grew up in a small coastal town in apartheid South Africa, and at a young age he lost his brother Antony in a motorbike accident, an incredibly difficult time that he says helped shape his view on life and the importance of living in the now. He also credits Nelson Mandela as having the biggest impact on his life outside of someone he met in person, and the sense of justice and fairness he gained from watching his country’s rebirth during that time. And while Andrew admits he’s not one to speak publicly about his private life, he opens up in this episode about all this, and more.

 

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Hosts: Jack Riewoldt and Shane McCurry

 

Thanks to our guest Andrew Abdo.

 

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Andrew Abdo NRL CEO

 

Links from this episode:

Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness – Owen Eastwood

National Rugby League

Nelson Mandela

 

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