#210 Elliott Hagen: The Ultimatum His Wife Gave Him Before They Started a Family & How to Face What You're Running From

Elliott Hagen hosts Mind Your Head, where he's been really open about his own mental health. A while back his wife Jordan gave him a choice, and he went and did the work. He's just become a dad, on the same day I did, so there was no better time to sit down together. Two new dads reflecting on lea…

Why do we Quit? (Part 1) #209 Psychological Impacts on Physical Performance: The Wall Is In Your Head

I spent the last few days going through the research on what actually stops us when we think we are done. This is Part 1 of a 3 Part Series on it, and it is one I have been waiting to make. In this episode I get into what 8 years of NRL pre-season actually teaches you about the conversation you ha…

#208 Matt Formston on Becoming the Partner You Want, How to Measure Trust & Why Standards Matter More Than You Think

This episode includes discussion of suicide and voluntary assisted dying. If anything in it brings something up for you, Lifeline is 13 11 14. Matt Formston lost most of his vision at five years old, and the doctors told his parents his life was effectively over. He has since won world titles on a…

"The biggest blessing in disguise" Life Update: I Became a Dad Two Weeks Ago #207

Two weeks ago my wife Em and I had our first baby, a girl. She arrived a fortnight early, a couple of days before the Sydney Marathon we had spent the year planning to run. This week's solo episode is a bit of a life update. In this episode I get into why her coming early turned out to be the bigg…

#206 Jaz Sloane: How Positive Reframing Got Her Through the Worst Year and a Podium at Kona

Jaz Sloane had never run when she signed up for an Ironman. Ten months later she won her age group at Busselton and qualified for Kona. The year that followed was the most chaotic of her life, and she made the podium at the world championship anyway.  In this episode Jaz and I discuss the challeng…

Moments #25 Emily Capodilupo (WHOOP) How to Train Around Your Cycle & What Each Phase Is For

This is the part of my chat with Emily Capodilupo that we keep coming back to. The full episode came out in September 2024, and after sitting down with Lydia O'Donnell it felt like the right time to pull this section out on its own. Emily leads research and data at WHOOP. She was studying pregnancy…

#205 Lydia ODonnell Nike & Femmi Run Coach: Learning to Train Like a Woman, Losing Her Dad & Why She's Trail Running Now

Lydia O'Donnell is a professional distance runner from New Zealand and the co-founder and CEO of Femmi, a running app built around the female body. She was Nike's Head Run Coach, has been running marathons for over ten years and coaching athletes for more than five. Femmi came out of something she …

Matt Hauser on Going All In on What You're Good At & Identity Beyond Sport | Moments #24

Matt Hauser is an Olympic triathlete from the Gold Coast. He came home from his first Olympics not satisfied and decided he needed to go all in if he was going to compete at the top of the sport. A few months after we recorded this, he became World Champion. In this episode Matt and I talk about t…

"Be the best or I don't come back at all" Gretel Bueta Motherhood, Burnout & Commonwealth Games #204

Gretel Bueta grew up on the Gold Coast playing everything she could get her hands on. She signed her first professional basketball contract at 17, played three junior world championships and was named WNBL Rookie of the Year. Then she got glandular fever, stopped enjoying it and walked away from th…

#203 The Psychology of Bids for Connection: The Small Thing That Predicts Divorce

In this episode I get into bids for connection, the Gottman Institute's term for the small moments when your partner reaches out to you, and why how often you turn towards them is one of the biggest predictors of whether a couple stays together or gets divorced. I go through the newlywed research t…