Get Off The Bench Podcast Kerryn Vaughan

We don’t always succeed at the things we try, but does not succeeding always equal failure? Not necessarily. What if failure is simply giving us feedback that something we are doing isn’t working and that we should try something else. Maybe not even as entirely new thing. It might just be highlighting some simple adjustments.

When we don’t know what to expect we can become quite stubborn and play into the hands of avoidance. Belting down rain is not an incentive to strip down to the bathing suit and strut around in the freezing cold. But had we not found a way to convince ourselves it was worth it, we would not have discovered the absolute zen of immersing in magical hot spring pools.

Where do behaviours come from, and how do we get to do the finger pointing to determine good or bad behaviour. What if we added empathy, understanding and compassion into the mix? If our needs aren’t met, we will express it the best way we can to get the desired result.

A dream is no good silently tucked away in the back of your mind. Living to fulfil his dreams, adventurer Justin Jones has kayaked the length of the Murray River, across Bass Straight, across the ditch of the Tasman Sea, and has ski’d to the South Pole, and crossed the outback of Australia with his 1yr old daughter.

How do you just switch on, even when your heart is breaking or your anxiety goes through the roof? As a Civil Celebrant and MC, Kellie Eddy has to find that switch and in this episode, Kellie shares how mental health issues have impacted her career.

How do we begin the journey to self-love? It’s really hard to state what we deserve if we believe we don’t, but it is much easier to recognise and express what we don’t want in our lives.