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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#211 Self-Awareness and Self-Understanding
What is self-awareness? Why does it matter? How can we improve it? What impact does it have on everything from work, relationships and problem-solving to…
The You Project#210 Re-Defining Success
TYP favourite, Geoff Jowett has reinvented himself over the last few years. The one-time high-flying, drug-taking, ego-driven, money-making entrepreneur had…
The You Project#209 Change Your Life Forever (Another Free Workshop)
What’s your life telling you? Are you living your purpose, passion and values or are you treading water in your own personal Groundhog Day? Spinning your…
The You Project#208 Change Your Body Forever (A Free Workshop)
This is essentially a one hour coaching and teaching workshop. It’s not so much a conversation as it is, an exploration into what it takes to be the person who…
The You Project#207 Out of the Chaos and into the Calm
Jen Forster was a goal-setting, box-ticking, high-performer. She developed and owned successful businesses, gained an MBA, ran 100km races, built her ‘best’…
The You Project#206 Can Science and Spirituality Co-Exist?
Apart from being the wife of AFL Hall-of-Famer Paul Roos, Tami Roos is a superstar in her own right, with a PhD in Parapsychic Science (it’s a thing), a…
The You Project#205 Stop F*cking Around (The Audio Version)
This brief episode is essentially a coaching session (of sorts), where Craig unpacks the first ten principles (of thirty) from his most popular book. The book…
The You Project#204 Love Languages, Decluttering & Spice Racks
One-time Journalist, TV Presenter and Sportscaster, these days Brad McEwan is immersed in the ‘helping people’ space and he’s great at it. As an ambassador for…
The You Project#203 Learn, Laugh, Sweat
Luke Milton is a ripper. He’s the ex NRL player who went to the US, established a totally Aussie brand (Training Mate) in the middle of LA, started working…
The You Project#202 Dr. Cam is Back
Dr. Cam McDonald is back and this episode is seriously fascinating. And valuable. There is so much great information in this chat, you’ll want to listen twice…
The You Project#201 The Chick Who Throws a Stick
68.92 metres (226 feet). That’s how far Kathryn Mitchell threw her javelin to win the 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold medal. Or as I like to call it, far as f*ck…
The You Project#200 Lisa Stephenson
These days, Lisa Stephenson is a successful Author, Entrepreneur, International Speaker, Corporate Consultant and Media Commentator but ten years ago, it was a…
The You Project#199 Ten Steps to Almost Anything...
In this episode, I step out of my Corona hammock and put on my coaching hat for a brief personal development session to share ten fundamental ideas and…
The You Project#198 Bianca Chatfield & Pete Shepherd
For this episode of the TYP, the very tall and charming Bianca Chatfield (6’2”), Melissa Cameron (6’0”) and Pete Shepherd (6’7”) sit down (remotely) with the…
The You Project#197 The Body Whisperer
Ian O’Dwyer is a body-whisperer. Well, that’s what I call him. More typically, he might be called a functional movement specialist but I’ve known him for…
The You Project#196 To Hell and Back
This is the first time I’ve actually cried in a podcast. In part, this is a conversation about despair, abuse, identity, body-image and mental illness but…
The You Project#195 Keeping up with the Jones's
The ex-drug-taking, rush-chasing, fast-talking, money-spending, self-destructing Geoff Jowett is back and thankfully, these days the manic entrepreneur has…
The You Project#194 The Calm in the Chaos
In this episode, Craig and TYP favourite Bobby Cappuccio talk about the psychology, philosophy, sociology, physiology and practicality of self-managing in the…
The You Project#193 Harps Visits The Daily Talk Show
This episode from the bunker is a conversation I had with Josh and Tommy from TSTD and among other things, we discuss my current technological learning curve…
The You Project#192 High Performance, Leadership and Team Work
Founder of ‘Leading Teams’, Ray McLean is one of Australia’s most respected, experienced and sought-after Facilitators, Speakers and Coaches in the space of…
The You Project#191 Unconventional Workout Ideas
Over the last fortnight, I’ve been exploring three key questions with people: (1) How do I avoid going crazy? (2) How do I avoid going broke? (3) How do I…
The You Project#190 Cameron Schwab: What's Important?
Former Richmond, Fremantle and Melbourne FC CEO and TYP favourite, Cameron Schwab returns to chat with us about his recent cancer diagnosis and subsequent…
The You Project#189 Reinventing Your Business / Career
Like many others, Leanne Hamilton is a small business owner who is trying to navigate her new unexpected normal. With a very ‘hands-on’ service (a functional…
The You Project#188 Our New Financial Normal
Not only has our current global challenge impacted us mentally, physically, emotionally and socially but obviously, there’s also been a massive impact on…
The You Project#187 Paul Taylor: Instalment 4
The Irishman is back and this time he and Harps talk about lessons learned from his military experience, The Stockdale Paradox (it’s a thing), Acceptance and…
The You Project#186 And Now Our Gym is Closed
After 50,000 PT sessions, 35 years in the fitness industry, 30 years training athletes and 25 years owning gyms, Craig has a few ideas about optimising time…
The You Project#185 Boosting Your Immune System
Podcast favourite Doctor Cam McDonald is back and this time he’s teaching us how boost our immune system, understand what our body is telling us, use stress to…
The You Project#184 Staying Awkward with Pete Shepherd
This is an episode full of ideas, stories, inspiration, insights and strategies that will resonate with many. Personally, I loved it. I actually forgot I was…
The You Project#183 Navigating a New Normal
While it could have been a heavy conversation, it turned out to be one of the silliest and funniest chats Melissa and I have ever had. On air or off. In the…
The You Project#182 Mark from MAFS and Bianca from The BLOCK
I loved this chat. It was a fun episode with great stories, laughs and some genuinely interesting insights from Bianca Chatfield and Mark Scrivens. Among other…
The You Project#181 Geoff Jowett Returns
TYP favourite Geoff Jowett is back and this time he and Craig talk about some of their core principles for living a meaningful, authentic and aligned life. See…
The You Project#180 Sam Wood
Sam Wood (Better Homes and Gardens, 28 by Sam Wood, The Wood Shed, The Bachelor) is back and this time he and Craig talk about everything from fitness, health…
The You Project#179 Bog Rolls, Brain Fades and Public Hysteria
This episode is a Q and A session; listener questions and my answers, thoughts and ideas. It was a funny, interesting and thoughtful conversation (with…
The You Project#178 Supercharge Your Memory
Tansel Ali is a 4 x Australian Memory Champion most famously known for memorising two Yellow Pages phone books in only 24 days. An international bestselling…
The You Project#177 Is Your DNA Your Destiny?
Genetics. Epigenetics. Lifestyle. Diet. Sleep. Stress. Environment. Hormones. Relationships. Work. Play. Internal world. External world. Neuroscience…
The You Project#176 Troy and Zara Love
Troy and Zara Love are story-tellers, coaches, entertainers, speakers and funny buggers, who have worked in radio, television, theatre and the corporate space…
The You Project#175 Ayurveda, Consciousness and Ancient Wisdom
Mark Bunn is an interesting, thoughtful, measured and humble teacher. He also has a gift for demystifying, what can be, the mystical and confusing. Going into…
The You Project#174 Tony Blauer, Know Fear
Tony Blauer has been in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for over four decades.Tony founded Blauer Tactical Systems…
The You Project#173 Managing Your Mind (good luck with that)
Jacqui Louder is one of Australia’s leading Sport Psychologists, a good friend of Craig’s and for a decade or so, was his co-host on ‘The Science of Sport’…
The You Project#172 Gifts From Grief
At 17, Rachel Pope had her whole world thrown into chaos when her father was given weeks to live. He died at 47. Eight years later she tragically lost her…
The You Project#171 So You Want to be a Speaker?
Professional speaking is something I’m asked about often. How I got started. How I work. How it works. Getting work. Building a profile. What organisations…
The You Project#170 Travis Bell, The Bucket List Guy
Travis Bell is a globally recognised Speaker, Coach and Thought Leader who encourages, educates and empowers people around the world to live purpose-filled…
The You Project#169 Fred Schebesta
At the ripe old age of 38, Fred Schebesta (creator of comparison website Finder) is on AFR’s Young Rich List with a personal fortune of $193 million. Which is…
The You Project#168 Fearlessly Failing
Recently, I was on the Lola Berry Podcast (Fearlessly Failing) and I loved it. Lola has amazing energy, is genuinely curious, asked great questions and not…
The You Project#167 Challenging the Status Quo
In this Episode of TYP, one of our favourites (Geoff Jowett) is back sharing the love, laughs, lessons and inspiration in his unique, blunt and funny-AF…
The You Project#166 How to Optimise Your Workouts
For this episode, I dust off my jockstrap and step temporarily back into Exercise Science mode to chat with Sport Scientist, Educator and Elite Conditioning…
The You Project#165 What Does 'Getting Conscious' Mean?
Dr Ali Walker is the author of ‘Get Conscious: How to Stop Overthinking and Come Alive’, she’s also a social scientist, media presenter, corporate speaker and…
The You Project#164 This Wasn't My Plan
What happens when life makes our dream a physical impossibility? What do we do? How do we respond? From the age of five, Shaun Spence dreamed of being a…
The You Project#163 The Mental Health Episode
In this episode, I was interviewed by Tristan Simmons from The Mental Health Connection Podcast and we had such a fascinating chat that I decided to share it…
The You Project#162 Taylor Adams
In this episode Craig sits down with Collingwood young gun Taylor Adams and the boys go deep on the intricacies of high-performance (in sport and life)…
The You Project#161 Rules, Rituals and OCD
Bobby Cappuccio is back and in this episode, he and Craig discuss everything from Bobby’s rituals, rules and general OCD, to building self-belief, resilience…
The You Project#160 Andrew Jobling
Andrew is an Author, Speaker, Mentor, former AFL player (St.Kilda), Business Consultant, former School Teacher and ex business partner of mine. This chat was…
The You Project#159 Kate Save.. Dietician, Exercise Physiologist, Entrepreneur
As well as creating and growing ‘Be Fit Food’ from idea into an eight million dollar (annual turnover) business in five years and winning Telstra business of…
The You Project#158 The Hustle and Grind Myth
I knew Geoff Jowett when he was a high-profile, high-flying, multi-millionaire doing all the hustling, media, drugs, booze, sex, spending and distractions. He…
The You Project#157 Dr Hannah Macdougall
Apart from being an elite athlete in two sports (swimming and cycling), two-time Paralympian, former world record holder, academic smarty pants, motivational…
The You Project#156 Nick Dal Santo
Nick Dal Santo is one of those blokes who was a very good AFL player (322 games, All-Australian, runner up in the Brownlow), is a polished media presenter…
The You Project#155 My Favourite Whiteboard Lessons
In January 2016, I decided to write one of my daily Facebook messages on my office whiteboard and post a photo of it, instead of my daily ritual of typing a…
The You Project#154 Why Are We So Dissatisfied?
Cecily Schwab is a Clinical Psychologist, Coach, Business Consultant and wife of one of our TYP Faves, Cameron Schwab. In this episode, Craig and Cecily go…
The You Project#153 How Dare You Not Be Like Me
As Podcasts go, this is super brief. Nonetheless, in under ten minutes, I manage to riff on confirmation bias, life in the echo chamber, loving people who…
The You Project#152 The Episode About Everything
I recently joined my adoptive sons on @thedailytalkshow for a nearly-two-hour chat and it’s fair to say we covered plenty of ground including: addiction…