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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
The You Project#691 The Inner World - Louka Parry
Louka Parry is an award-winning Educator, Speaker, Facilitator and Adventurer with a powerful ability to communicate ideas with clarity. He works across the…
The You Project#690 A Life Of Design - Debbie Millman
Debbie Millman is a delight; super smart, awesome energy, engaging, creatively brilliant and despite her enormous success, totally grounded and authentic. I…
The You Project#689 I May Have Pushed Your Buttons But I Didn't Install Them - Dr. Daniel Ellenberg
Daniel Ellenberg (Ph.D.) is a psychotherapist, marriage and relationship therapist, author, corporate speaker and educator but more importantly (for TYP)…
The You Project#688 A Life Of Service - Theresa Mitchell
Theresa Mitchell is the founder of Agape Outreach, a not-for-profit organisation which works tirelessly serving the homeless. It literally started with Theresa…
The You Project#687 More Conversation, Less Podcast - Dr. Denise Furness
If I’ve ever done a podcast that didn’t feel like it, this is the episode. Dr. Denise and I went full ‘selfish’ mode, forgot about the…
The You Project#686 Quitting Sugar - David Gillespie
TYP regular, researcher, best-selling author, feather-ruffler and lawyer, David Gillespie is back and this time we talk about will power, the addictive…
The You Project#685 Food Fibs & Fairytales (Part 2) - Matty Lansdown
PART TWO: Last time we had Matty Lansdown (Scientist, Researcher, Nutritionist) on, we had great feedback, so at great expense to the organisation, we’ve…
The You Project#684 Adapt or Die (Part 2) - Mick Hall
Dramatic title I know but it’s literally how we’ve survived as a species (one of the most physically vulnerable but intelligent) for millennia…
The You Project#683 Adapt or Die (Part 1) - Mick Hall
Dramatic title I know but it’s literally how we’ve survived as a species (one of the most physically vulnerable but intelligent) for millennia…
The You Project#682 Food Fibs & Fairytales (Part 1) - Matty Lansdown
Last time we had Matty Lansdown (Scientist, Researcher, Nutritionist) on, we had great feedback, so at great expense to the organisation, we’ve dragged…
The You Project#681 Ten Daily Questions - Harps
I have an early morning ritual (at the café) of asking myself a few questions, generally focusing on efficiency, productivity, problem-solving and…
The You Project#680 Will The Universe Really Provide? - Harps & Tiff
Like many episodes of TYP, this is more of a ‘general conversation’ around the title question, than it is a ‘definite answer’ to it. Of course. Among other…
The You Project#679 Last Breath - Chris Lemons
Chris Lemons has been a commercial diver for over 14 years, specialising in deep sea saturation diving. This form of diving involves living in the…
The You Project#678 From Start Up To Grown Up - Alisa Cohn
Alisa Cohn helps individuals, teams and companies think better, perform better, problem solve better, lead better, create better outcomes and experiences and…
The You Project#677 Why You Were Born - Eric Bailey
Eric Bailey is an ex-pro basketballer, author, corporate speaker, performance coach, story-teller and good bloke. In this episode of TYP, I was treated my very…
The You Project#676 Glad It's Not Me - Dr. Lillian Nejad
Dr. Lillian Nejad is back with all her smart-ness and kind-ness helping us think, do and be better. This time we explore gratitude, being present, building…
The You Project#675 Eat to Beat Disease - Dr. William Li
William Li, MD, is an internationally renowned physician, scientist and author of the New York Times bestseller “Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How…
The You Project#674 The Cancer Sh*tstorm - Jane McLelland
Jane McLelland is the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 ‘Amazing Women Global’ for unsung heroines, awarded for her work in educating and helping…
The You Project#673 The Sherlock Holmes of Medicine - Dr. Denise Furness
Dr. Denise Furness is back solving problems, sharing truth bombs and opening eyes. This time we discuss, the pros and cons of working online, integrative…
The You Project#672 Bloody David Gillespie - David & Harps
Thanks to bloody David Gillespie, there’s another thing I might need to remove from my life. When will it end? Him and his fucking curious, suspicious…
The You Project#671 I Got Rebuked - Brandon Steiner
Brandon Steiner told me off. Mid podcast. The Author, Entrepreneur, Business Mogul (whatever that means), Speaker, Sports Agent and life-long New Yorker, told…
The You Project#670 Craig's New Year Message - Harps
This podcast began life as a brief social media post. Which turned into a long post. Which turned into something too long for FB or Insta. Then it became an…
The You Project#669 Embracing Uncertainty - Tommy & Harps
What are the benefits of stepping into the unknown? Why do we fear it? Why do we desire certainty, familiarity and predictability? Life is uncertain…
The You Project#668 Echo Chambers - Tommy & Harps
What are they? How do they grow? What is confirmation bias? Why do we need to be right? Why do we attack people who don’t think, believe or live like us? Can…
The You Project#667 Finding Our Purpose - Tommy & Harps
What does ‘finding our purpose’ even mean? It’s a kind-of pseudo-spiritual (sounding) question that’s asked but really, who the f… actually knows? Do we find…
The You Project#666 Becoming Self-Aware - Tommy & Harps
What is self-awareness? What role does it play? How do we develop it? What are the benefits? What problems come with a lack of self-awareness? Tommy and I…
The You Project#665 Practical Spirituality - Tommy & Harps
What is spirituality anyway? It seems like a pretty slippery concept. Ask ten ‘spiritual’ people to explain their version of it to you and you might come away…
The You Project#664 Is Success a Fairytale? - Tommy & Harps
Where does our idea of success come from? What are we taught about it growing up? Is it a concept or a ‘thing’? And what happens when we ‘get’ it? Nirvana?…
The You Project#663 Participation Trophies - Tommy & Harps
Why do so many people need recognition, validation or a standing ovation for getting out of bed? A trophy for just showing up? Why are we compelled to tell…
The You Project#662 Body Dysmorphia - Tommy & Harps
This is instalment three of our ten-part Christmas-NY series. Ten days, 30ish minutes per episode, one topic, Tommy banging questions at me about a range of…
The You Project#661 Food Addiction - Tommy & Harps
This is instalment two of our ten-part Christmas-NY series. Ten days, 30ish minutes per episode, one topic, Tommy banging questions at me and we’ll see how we…
The You Project#660 My Health Protocol - Tommy & Harps
This is instalment one of our ten-part Christmas-NY series. Ten days, 20-30 minutes per episode, one topic, Tommy banging questions at me and we’ll see how we…
The You Project#659 Love, Kindness & Gratitude - Harps & Tiff
As most of you know, at the start of every episode I chat with Tiff or Melissa briefly before we get into the intended topic of conversation for the show…
The You Project#658 Stacking the Deck - Geoff Jowett
TYP Fave Geoff Jowett is back sharing his no frills, no jargon messages of inspiration, information and education, helping us to step out of our over-thinking…
The You Project#657 Addicted to Everything - Tracy Bartram
Tracy Bartram is a comedian, singer, radio legend, long-time friend and this episode was essentially two mates banging on about a bunch of random (but broadly…
The You Project#656 The Science of Sleep - David Gillespie
Okay, so you all know who David Gillespie is by now; he’s the annoying researcher, lawyer, author, deep-thinker Dude who shows up once a fortnight and…
The You Project#655 What We Put In Our Gob - Matty Lansdown
Matty Lansdown is a scientist, researcher, nutrition consultant, podcaster and speaker with a gift for demystifying, simplifying and exploring the…
The You Project#654 The Best Pilot in the World - Matt Hall
Matt Hall is the most successful pilot in history to compete in the Red Bull Air Racing series and he’s also the current world champion. When he’s going hard…
The You Project#653 Busily Inefficient - Harps & Tiff
Ever feel like you’re busily doing not much? Investing the time and energy but not getting the return? Spinning your metaphoric wheels in an ongoing story of…
The You Project#652 The Consciousness Problem - Dr. Alex Koefman
What is consciousness? From where does it arise? The brain? Some of it? All of it? Where does the brain finish and the mind begin? Is there a place where the…
The You Project#651 Give Me A Hug But F*ck Off - Harps & Tiff
Before you ask, the reason for the title unfolds during the show. Tiff was having a bad day before we pressed record for this episode, so I decided to scrap…
The You Project#650 Gym Talk (Part 2) - Russ Jarrett
Our resident Gym Owner, Exercise Physiologist and Conditioning Coach, Russ Jarrett, is back chatting about all things training, strength, fitness, health and…
The You Project#649 Gym Talk (Part 1) - Russ Jarrett
Our resident Gym Owner, Exercise Physiologist and Conditioning Coach, Russ Jarrett, is back chatting about all things training, strength, fitness, health and…
The You Project#648 Tough Love - Harps
Hard to believe but some people think I can be a little.. er, ‘tough love-ish’. Seems unfair. And by unfair, I mean accurate. So, what is tough love? When and…
The You Project#647 The Singing Tree Hugger - Mick Harrington
Mick Harrington is the bloke with the lawn mowing business, who sings like an angel, made the last three of ‘The Voice’ (2021), fought a six-foot-eight, 150kg…
The You Project#646 Vulnerable & Courageous - Bobby Cappuccio
For this ep. of TYP, Bobby and I got together to answer some listener questions and what transpired was a deep, vulnerable and authentic conversation around…
The You Project#645 Progress not Perfection - Harps & Melissa
I’ve spent a lifetime watching people train, lift, run, ride, punch, develop sporting skill, get uncomfortable, compete, win, lose, make excuses, find…
The You Project#644 The Shit Stirrer - David Gillespie
I’m gonna be honest, David Gillespie can be pretty annoying, especially when he turns up to TYP with information, research and dare I say, evidence, that…
The You Project#643 The Great Pretender - Ben Price
Ben Price pretends to be other people. Well, to be more accurate, he’s an internationally renowned comedian and one of Australia’s best impersonators. He has…
The You Project#642 Kerri Pottharst
Kerri Pottharst is a retired Australian Indoor & Beach Volleyball player, whose career spanned an incredible 22 years, including 3 Olympic Games, a Bronze…
The You Project#641 Introverts, Entrepreneurs & Oodies - Davie Fogarty
Davie Fogarty is responsible for perhaps one of Australia’s biggest fashion crimes.. the polyester jumper-blanket hybrid known as, the Oodie. More than 3…
The You Project#640 Orange Sky - Nic Marchesi & Lucas Patchett
In 2014 Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett had the crazy idea of putting a washing machine and dryer in the back of a van to offer a free laundry service to those…
The You Project#639 Life with Anxiety - Dr. Jodi Richardson
Dr. Jodi Richardson is back on TYP and as always, she’s charming, interesting and super down-to-earth, sharing some pretty revealing stories about her…
The You Project#638 Life Design - Mark LeBusque
Mark LeBusque, Tiff and I wax lyrical about a bunch of things in this very-informal chat, including the credibility of ‘work-life balance’ as an idea (there’s…
The You Project#637 Cry Babies - Tommy & Harps
Turns out that Tommy and I don’t hold back on the tears. Melissa, on the other hand.. straight up Ice Queen but me and the Jackett… blubbering cry babies. Ads…
The You Project#636 The Spirit of Ubuntu - Mariam Issa
As a child, Mariam Issa dreamed of traveling to faraway places but she did not imagine having to flee Somalia’s civil war on a leaky over- crowded boat to…
The You Project#635 10 Ideas That Changed My Life (Part 2) - Harps
We started this conversation the other day and it seemed to resonate and connect with a few people, so here’s the second (and final) bit. Enjoy. See…
The You Project#634 Performing Under Pressure - John Gronski
Imagine being in charge of 5,000 soldiers in the middle of a war zone in the most dangerous place on earth at the time (Ramadi, 2006). Well, that was Major…
The You Project#633 A Second Chance - Brett Connellan
Turning the worst day of your life into your best is no easy feat but sometimes, it happens. In Brett Connellan’s case, this day included the moment when every…
The You Project#632 10 Ideas That Changed My Life (Part 1) - Harps
Over the years, there have been numerous ideas, thoughts, revelations and lightbulb moments that (for me), were truly powerful and truly transformational…