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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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#1171 The Rest Of Your Life - Harps
If my lifespan was a 12-inch ruler, I’d currently be sitting around the 9-inch mark (statistically). The home straight. And if I ‘am’ statistically average…
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#1170 Optimal Me - Harps
I’m a handful. Even I struggle with me and I AM me. Much of my life has been focused on exploring the ideas, skills, techniques and habits that will make me a…
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#1169 Personal Responsibilty - Harps
This episode is part-teaching, part-coaching and part kick-in-the-arse (with love). Some people’s lives are in semi-regular free-fall because, no matter how…
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#1168 The Shape-Shifting Ambivert - Dr Ali Walker
According to Dr Ali Walker, I’m a Shape-Shifting Ambivert. I just thought I was a social misfit with trust issues but apparently, I can be classified. Moving…
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#1167 Food Politics - Professor Marion Nestle
I truly loved this chat and I love Professor Marion Nestle (pronounced Nessel). Born in 1936 (three years before the start of WW2), she is a national treasure…
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#1166 My Job Is Safe - David Gillespie
We gave ChatGPT a chance at interviewing the great man (David) and for now, my job is safe. The latest AI phenomenon asked David questions about books he…
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#1165 Mid-Life Reinvention - Caroline Webbon (PT2)
This is a very different podcast. Our guest has never been interviewed. She is not a world-class expert, author, researcher or guru (although she might be one…
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#1164 Mid-Life Reinvention - Caroline Webbon (PT1)
This is a very different podcast. Our guest has never been interviewed. She is not a world-class expert, author, researcher or guru (although she might be one…
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#1163 The Medical Unicorn - Dr. Marc Cohen
Dr. Marc Cohen is a medical doctor, university professor, author, poet, entrepreneur, wellness trailblazer and perpetual student of life, who is trying to coax…
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#1162 WTF Is Psychological Immunisation? - Dr. Tom Nehmy
Dr. Tom Nehmy is a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years experience. His passion is preventing psychological problems in people of all ages while also…
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#1161 Our Resident Nerd - Patrick Bonello
Patrick is back at TYP and as always, our conversation is far-reaching and covers everything from potentially dangerous tech (will your microwave kill you?)…
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#1160 View Your Poo - Nick Lee
Sure, it’s a disgusting title but (in my defence) it’s also a term being used in a public campaign to increase awareness, testing and early detection around…
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#1159 The Dancing Cop - Yasmin London
Yasmin London has been an elite swimmer (winning a world championship), a police woman, a corporate speaker, an unintentional social media star (very cool…
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#1158 Body Dysmorphia, Dodgeball & Sleep Envy - Tommy & Harps
Tommy Jackett is back on deck and as always, it’s an eclectic, conversational fruit salad of weirdness, science, philosophy, health and human behaviour. Enjoy…
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#1157 Stuff I Needed To Get Better At - Harps (PT2)
Yesterday during a break in a workshop, someone asked me “what’s the stuff you sucked at, that you needed to get better at to succeed?” The episode is an…
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#1156 Stuff I Needed To Get Better At - Harps (PT1)
Yesterday during a break in a workshop, someone asked me “what’s the stuff you sucked at, that you needed to get better at to succeed?” The episode is an…
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#1155 You & Your Body - Harps & Tiff
Tiff and I planned to discuss a certain topic but before we got under way, we got distracted with a forty-five-minute chat about all-things body management and…
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#1154 From Mechanic To Neurosurgeon - Dr. Charlie Teo AM
Every now and then (about four times in a thousand episodes), we-revisit a slightly-updated version of an old episode, which proved to be super-popular first…
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#1153 When A.I. Takes Over - David Gillespie
TYP’S resident Brainiac (and one of Australia’s most successful authors) David Gillespie is back, and this time we talk about the reality of living in a world…
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#1152 Our Shrinking Attention Span - Dr. Gloria Mark
According to Dr. Gloria Mark, we spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention and it takes 25 minutes to bring that…
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#1151 Life-Saving Tech, Robot Dogs & Creepy VR - Patrick Bonello
Resident TYP Nerd (and golden tonsils) Patrick is back talking tech, enlightening the dinosaur (Stegosaurus Harps) and this time we talk about a medical radar…
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#1150 Comparison - Harps & Tiff
Is comparison really the thief of joy? What if the comparison you’re making is between previous you and current you? And what if that comparison provides you…
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#1149 The Science Of Friendship - Dr. Jaimie Krems
Who knew that a professor could be as sweary as me? And also a funny, inappropriate, brilliant story-teller? And a science communicator, who makes the…
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#1148 Finding Hope When Life Sucks - Cyndie Spiegel
In a ten-month period in 2020, Cyndie Spiegel’s young nephew (who she was close to) was murdered, her mum died unexpectedly (not long after), her brother had a…
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#1147 The Food-ologist - Matty Lansdown
Matty Lansdown is back at TYP HQ and this time we discuss food myths and misconceptions, sugar and hyperactivity, the pros and cons of coffee, eggs and…
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#1146 The Swearing Buddhist - Kevin Griffin
Kevin Griffin is a world-renowned Author, Buddhist Teacher and Speaker who happens to be a recovering addict, musician and incredibly down-to-earth bloke, who…
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#1145 How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita
This was a totally new topic and conversation for me and I found it fascinating. It was also somewhat confronting because Batja’s research around emotions…
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#1144 Finding Your Calm - Chris Bailey
Chris Bailey is a Canadian writer and productivity consultant, and the author of The Productivity Project (2016), Hyperfocus (2018) and How to Calm Your Mind…
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#1143 In Harms Way - Helen Zahos
Helen Zahos is a Humanitarian, Emergency Nurse and Paramedic who has volunteered in disaster areas around the world and has cared for some of the world’s most…
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#1142 The ADHD Epidemic - David Gillespie
Old Mate David Gillespie (my fortnightly nemesis), has just published an article on substack.com titled ‘Dopamine Dilemma: Unravelling the ADHD Epidemic and…
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#1141 Six Years As A Prisoner Of War - Captain Charlie Plumb (PT2)
In 1967 after 74 successful combat missions over Vietnam, Fighter Pilot Captain Charlie Plumb was shot down in his F-4 Phantom jet. On his 75th mission, only 5…
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#1140 Six Years As A Prisoner Of War - Captain Charlie Plumb (PT1)
In 1967 after 74 successful combat missions over Vietnam, Fighter Pilot Captain Charlie Plumb was shot down in his F-4 Phantom jet. On his 75th mission, only 5…
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#1139 Social Awareness - Dr. Adam Mastroianni
Dr. Adam Mastroianni is a postdoctoral research scholar at Columbia Business School who studies how people perceive and misperceive their social worlds, from…
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#1138 What’s Your Body Saying? - Kate Save
Your body is always talking to you. Trying to make you aware of something and keep you informed. It could be whispering “please get me out of this chair for…
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#1137 How Healthy Is Your Brain? - Marc Milstein
This is not another conversation about the mind. Or thinking. Or beliefs. Or subjective reality. No, it’s a conversation about the 1.3kg physical organ that…
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#1136 Why Do So Many People Who Lose Weight, Regain it? - Harps
As someone who spent way too many years losing and gaining weight and fat and alternating between healthy and destructive behaviours, I have great interest in…
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#1135 12 Hard Questions - Harps (PT2)
In part two of my conversation with Melissa, she asks me the following questions.. (7) Why do you think anxiety is such an epidemic at the moment? (8) Can we…
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#1134 12 Hard Questions - Harps (PT1)
This is a two-part conversation where Melissa asks me 12 questions, without forewarning of theme or topic. I hear them for the first time on the podcast. In…
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#1133 Is 'An Easy Life' A Good Goal? - Harps & Tiff
The desire for an easy life is an understandable desire but (1) what exactly is an easy life? (2) Does an easy life automatically equate to a happy, strong…
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#1132 Downloading Our Consciousness - Patrick Bonello
This time Patrick and I talk about the possibility of intelligent life somewhere 'out there’ (you know where), the smartest and dumbest dog breeds (if you’re a…
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#1131 Getting Better With Age - Paul Taylor (PT2)
Paul Taylor and I are like fine wines. And sometimes, cheap beers. And despite our over-fifty-ness, we both work hard to have a biological age that’s younger…
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#1130 Getting Better With Age - Paul Taylor (PT1)
Paul Taylor and I are like fine wines. And sometimes, cheap beers. And despite our over-fifty-ness, we both work hard to have a biological age that’s younger…
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#1129 Failure - Harps
What is failure? Personally, I don’t like the term but it’s a common label that we give certain events and outcomes based on our goals, intentions, plans…
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#1128 The Mind Of An Athlete - Jacqui Louder
Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Storm Psychologist Jacqui Louder is back at TYP chatting to us about the way she does her job. Specifically, her…
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#1127 What Makes A Good Life? - Robert Waldinger
Meanwhile, back at the best job in the world… today I chat with Robert Waldinger from Harvard Medical School. He is a Professor of Psychiatry, world-renowned…
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#1126 The Gentle Giant - Josh Lenartowicz
Josh Lenartowicz is a world-class Bodybuilder (2 x Mr. Olympia Competitor), Coach, Entrepreneur and Mate of mine who has been through some sh*t over the last…
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#1125 Unconscious Bias - Jessica Nordell
We all like to think we have no bias, that we’re totally objective, open-minded and would never discriminate. It makes us feel better about us. In fact, 90% of…
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#1124 Why You Should Avoid Sports Drinks And Energy Drinks - David Gillespie
This is a bloody fascinating and revealing conversation about sports and energy drinks with David Gillespie. In short.. brilliant marketing, sh*t products. We…
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#1123 Jump, Crash, Learn, Win - Jacqui Cooper
Despite being a five-time Olympian and five-time world champion Aerial Skier, Jacqui Cooper failed to land 80% of her jumps. In a high-skill, high-risk…
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#1122 Understanding Your Brain - Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
Over five-plus years and eleven hundred-plus episodes, one of my top 3 TYP moments was interviewing Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor; a personal hero of mine. Dr. Bolte…
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#1121 Weight & Fat Loss - Harps
This is not a ‘how to’ conversation as much as it is the Exercise Scientist (and ex-fat kid) thinking out loud about the numerous factors and variables that…
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#1120 Insertable 3D Printers (Ouch) - Patrick Bonello
This episode with Patrick is half general catch-up and half interesting tech-talk. I don’t wanna say Patrick has issues but I will say that recently, he and…
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#1119 Lifting Heavy Stuff - Russell Jarrett
Exercise Physiologist and ex-business partner of mine, Russ Jarrett, is back chatting with the Gym Dinosaur about strength training for anyone of any age and…
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#1118 Who Protects The Protectors? - Michael Sugrue
Michael Sugrue is a law enforcement and military veteran, keynote speaker, author and dedicated advocate for awareness, prevention, education, training on Post…
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#1117 How To Be Less Sh*t At Public Speaking - Harps & Tiff
In this episode Tiff and I talk about public speaking, from being the nervous, anxious (terrified) amateur to the highly-paid, competent, confident…
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#1116 How Happiness Works - Cassie Holmes
This was a fascinating chat about happiness; how it works, how it varies from person to person (as an experience), its relationship with self-awareness and…
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#1115 The Healing Mind - Harps & Tiff
I recently got together with Tiff on her show (Roll With The Punches) and we chatted all things health, healing, mindset and miracles. Despite the fact that we…
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#1114 How Dare You Assume - Tommy & Harps (PT2)
Tommy’s back at TYP unpacking the meaningful and meaningless (but amusing) with me and this time we talk about the massive surge of teenage boys lifting heavy…
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#1113 How Dare You Assume - Tommy & Harps (PT1)
Tommy’s back at TYP unpacking the meaningful and meaningless (but amusing) with me and this time we talk about the massive surge of teenage boys lifting heavy…
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#1112 Can Tech Help Us Live Longer? - Sergey Young
Sergey Young’s goal is to live to 200 and to find an affordable way for everyone else to do the same. According to Sergey, we are on the brink of a Longevity…