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The You Project
The You Project is a 30-90 minute dose of inspiration and education hosted by Craig Harper with great stories, ideas, strategies and lessons from high-performers in sport, business, science, media and health.
Episodes
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#1651 Patrick Throws Me Under The Bus - Patrick Bonello
Allegedly, I may have given Patrick a hard time on the show. In the past. On occasion. Allegedly. Your Honour. Consequently, today was a shot at retribution…
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#1650 My Mate Coggers - Gorgi Coghlan
Hi Team, I’m tied up today, so we’re going to revisit a fun chat I had with the amazing Gorgi Coghlan. *Gorgi Coghlan is a ripper. Real, vulnerable…
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#1649 F**k Balance - Russ & Tara Jarrett
F**K BALANCE Admittedly, it doesn't sound like great advice (and over the long term, it isn't) but it's been my experience (in my own business and academic…
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#1648 When Failure Isn't Failure - Harps
For the most part, failure is a subjective interpretation of an objective outcome. For example... you run 10km in fifty-two minutes and interpret it as a…
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#1647 Building Rapport - Harps & Tiff
How do we create connection, rapport and trust with an audience; be it an audience of one or a thousand? And for the guy who talks to humans for a living (me)…
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#1646 A Brief Coaching Session - Harps
This episode is exactly what the title says. Specifically, it's me sharing and unpacking a small collection of practical coaching questions that I have used…
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#1645 People-Pleasing Is F***ing Exhausting - Harps
People-pleasing is a psychological and emotional disease of low self-esteem, insecurity, self-doubt, perceived inadequacy and unworthy-ness. And it's rampant…
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#1644 Me and Food - Harps
It's been a wild ride. Kind of like a tempestuous affair. A relationship of peaks and troughs. Love and hate. Secret eating. Body dysmorphia. Self-loathing…
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#1643 Intentional Living - Harps & Tiff
My definition of 'Intentional Living' is living on purpose, and in purpose. And for me, living 'on purpose’ means that I am conscious, intentional and…
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#1642 Is Aussie Education Broken? - David Gillespie
According to David Gillespie, the Australian education system has never been in a worse state. And this is not some unsubstantiated claim; he walks us through…
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#1641 Your Thinking Is Not My Thinking - Blake Eastman
"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are" (Anias Nin). I love this chat about the human condition with Blake Eastman and I love him. Such a…
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#1640 WTF Is Self-Transcendence - Harps
Yesterday I opened the door on the 'Understanding You' conversation off the back of my weekend Melbourne Workshop (of the same title) where I…
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#1639 Understanding You - Harps (PT1)
Today (as I type this, Sunday Sept. 8) I facilitated a public workshop in good old Melbs (called 'Understanding You') and we had a great time, opening the door…
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#1638 Mixed Tapes, Rotary Phones & Video Players - Patrick Bonello
This was another fun chat with Patrick and Tiff, and this time we opened the door on some of our favourite 'old tech', which at the time was groundbreaking and…
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#1637 What Are You Wasting Energy On - Carly Taylor
Carly Taylor is back chatting about the propensity we humans have to invest time, energy and attention into the things we can't undo, change or control, while…
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#1636 Uses For Obsession - Ben Shewry
The title of this episode is the name of Ben Shewry's new book. It doesn't really represent the chat but I just loved the title because, over the years I've…
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#1635 The Happiness Guru - Andrew Mathews
Happiness, we all want it but how do we 'get' it? Or, do we just 'be' it? How much of 'being happy' is about our mind? Situation? Bank balance? Job? And what…
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#1634 Next To Him, I'm A Runt - Luke Reynolds
Luke Reynolds is a Professional Strongman Athlete, Coach, Actor and Commentator and at 6'7" (over 2 metres), he's just 'trimmed down' to a diminutive 150kgs…
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#1633 The Freedom Fighter - Justin Wren
I’m tied up today, so I’ve decided to re-share one of my absolute favourite TYP chats. *Here’s the original synopsis.. In seven years of podcasting and twenty…
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#1632 Stop F**cking Waiting - Harps
No matter when I talk to some people, today is never the 'change' day. It's always soon. Not now. Not today. Soon. The mystical, mythical, magical... soon…
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#1631 Reprogramming You - Harps
Like it or not, want it or not, you've been programmed. By life. Family. Friends. School. Culture. Religion. Society. Media. Social media. Experiences…
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#1630 Things You Should Stop Doing - Harps
Depending on where you're at on your personal growth journey, this episode will sit somewhere on the relevance scale between totally irrelevant (the bottom)…
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#1629 Addicted 10 Year-Olds - David Gillespie
Obviously it's no revelation to suggest that the combination of young kids and vast amounts of time spent on smart phones (and the like) is problematic but it…
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#1628 The Opposite of Anxiety - Dr. Lillian Nejad
When we dig down deep into people's goals (the 'why' behind their ‘what’), what they really want is generally something in the ballpark of emotional and…
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#1627 Leading A Horse To Water - Carly Taylor
Carly Taylor is Japanese Psychology Practitioner, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Practitioner, Counsellor and personal friend. This time we had a…
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#1626 Connecting With Your Body - Unna Goldsworthy
Our body is always speaking to us; trying to gain our attention so that we might give it more of what it needs, and less of what it doesn't. Yep, the human…
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#1625 You'll Never Have Today Again - Harps
Sure, you've had lots of days 'like' this one but you've never had, and will never have, this particular day again. For me, that day (as I write) is Sunday…
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#1624 What Is Social Awareness - Dr. Adam Mastroianni
Hi Everyone. I’m having a TYP breather today, so we’re re-visiting this chat I had a while back with Dr. Adam Mastroianni. He is a postdoctoral research…
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#1623 Raw Dogging (The Other Kind) - Patrick Bonello
If you're after some brain food, philosophical insights, groundbreaking wisdom or personal development gold, you definitely shouldn't listen to this. If, on…
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#1622 The Doctor Scared Me - Harps
Okay, so I might have been somewhat lazy and negligent when it comes to looking after my skin and having regular checks. I may have also just got off the phone…
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#1621 Inmate to World Champion | Mick Hall
Years of incarceration. Addiction, alcoholism, attempted suicide, rehabilitation, recovery, redemption and re-invention. Depression, anxiety, healing…
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#1620 Why People Hate (& Love) My Stuff - Harps
You're gonna find this hard to believe but, some people don't like me, what I do or how I do it. Shocking, I know. I mean, l'm so fucking adorable, how can…
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#1619 The Ozzy Osbourne Gene - Dr. Bill Sullivan
My favourite professor of pharmacology and toxicology Dr. Bill Sullivan is back (okay, he's the only one I know but he's legit awesome) and this time we chat…
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#1618 Team Denyer - Grant & Chezzi Denyer
Today I’m re-sharing one of my favourite chats with the dynamic duo that is Grant and Chezzi Denyer. I love it when I’ve know somebody from watching them on TV…
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#1617 Understanding You - Harps & Tiff
Why do I think the way I do? What is success (or failure) for me? What is my body saying? Where do my beliefs come from (and did I choose them)? How much of my…
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#1616 How To Get Started - Harps
Almost getting in shape, almost facing that fear, almost making that decision, almost committing, almost doing the work, almost starting that project, almost…
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#1615 Commitment Issues - Harps & Tiff
This episode covered a lot of territory and for two people with commitment issues, Tiff and I sure opened a lot of doors. Vulnerability. Self-awareness…
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#1614 The Power of Delaying Gratification - Harps
In our frantic, fast-paced world, where instant access to everything is just a click away, the idea of delaying gratification might seem outdated and even…
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#1613 Jump, Crash, Learn, Win - Jacqui Cooper
Hi Everyone, I’ve been tied up with corporate work, so today I’m sharing a chat I had with one of my favourite humans Jacqui Cooper (five-time time Olympian…
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#1612 Olympic Review (Kind Of) - David Gillespie
In the Olympic review that nobody needs, Gillespo and I chat about the Paris games, his underwhelming vehicle choice, his parenting model around technology in…
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#1611 Performance Intelligence - Andrew May
Every so often, I share an interview that l've done on someone else's podcast because I feel the conversation is worth sharing directly with my listeners and…
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#1610 Don't Get In Meggie's Way - Meggie Palmer
Meggie Palmer spent fifteen years as a journalist and foreign correspondent in Europe, the USA and Australia, working for BBC World, CNBC, SBS Dateline…
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#1609 What's Real & What's Not? - Patrick Bonello
Is it human art or Al art? And if it is Al art, is it actually art? Was it written by a human or a Bot? Is it inspired creativity or 'programmed' creativity?…
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#1608 Olympian To Inmate (To Inspiration) - Michael Katsidis
Michael Katsidis has a fascinating story that I can't do justice in this brief synopsis but let me tell you that it involves elite sport (including world…
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#1607 Five Life-Improving Ideas: No. 2. Make You a Project (Literally) - Harps
In the pursuit of a better 'us' (what ever that means on an individual level), sometimes we need to turn down the emotion and turn up the planning, logic…
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#1606 Service Above Self - Annabelle Chauncy OAM
It sounds like something of a cliché' but Annabelle Chauncy OAM has literally built her life, her work and her not-for-profit (School for Life) on the…
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#1605 5 Life-Improving Ideas: No. 1. The Right Path - Harps
Over the next five days, I’ll be unpacking five simple but effective ideas (strategies, practices, habits) that have consistently proven to be high-yield…
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#1604 How Vulnerable Exactly - Harps & Tiff
Vulnerability can be complicated. If not conceptually, then in the doing. Or is it in the 'being'? Like when, in what situation, with which person(s) and…
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#1603 Body Literacy - Unna Goldsworthy
"WTF is body literacy?"… I hear you ask. Well, that's a good question which gets explored in this chat with Exercise Physiologist (and women's health guru)…
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#1602 The Agony & Ecstasy Of Sport - Harry Garside
I'm tied up today, so with the Olympics currently in full swing, I thought we'd revisit my chat with two-time Olympian Harry Garside, who just finished his…
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#1601 Why Fructose Is Worse Than Table Sugar - David Gillespie
Well this claim (the one in the title) from Gillespo might set the metaphoric cat among the pigeons! This was a fun chat covering hidden sugars, crap breakfast…
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#1600 Lipstick Duty - Harps & Tiff
In this fun chat, Tiff and I talk about being on ‘lipstick duty' (all will be revealed), the importance of having an unreasonable friend, the skill of giving…
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#1599 Singing For The King - Josh Piterman
Everyone's favourite Phantom (of the Opera) and Jean Valjean (from Les Miserables) is back, and this time Josh and I talk about life beyond the stage…
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#1598 Working for Them or You - Harps & Tiff
In this episode of TYP, Tiff and I chat about the pros and cons of working for someone else, versus working for yourself. Creating and growing your own thing…
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#1597 Doing What Doesn't Work - Harps
There are so many people doing a job they hate, living a lifestyle that’s destructive, eating food that’s making them sick, making choices that are a form of…
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#1596 Tech Anxiety - Patrick Bonello
For many people who didn't grow up with tech, the unavoidable and ever-increasing integration of Al, online everything, cashless transactions and virtual…
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#1595 The Other You - Harps
I often wonder who and how I would be if I (me.. the same bloke, same brain, same genetics, same personality, same innate potential) grew up in a different…
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#1594 What Handicap? - Matt Formston
Chatting with Matt Formston, you'd think that his blindness has, in some ways, been a blessing. A platform to learning and growing, to pushing back, to…
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#1593 The Toughest Athlete I've Trained - Tammy Van Wisse (PT 2)
Tammy Van Wisse is one of Australia's greatest ever marathon swimmers and endurance athletes, having swum the Murray River (2,438 kms) in a record 106 days…
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#1592 The Toughest Athlete I've Trained - Tammy Van Wisse (PT 1)
Tammy Van Wisse is one of Australia's greatest ever marathon swimmers and endurance athletes, having swum the Murray River (2,438 kms) in a record 106 days…