Get Off The Bench Podcast Kerryn Vaughan

How does a make up artist from a small country town in Australia end up working all over the world with the rich and famous? Hard work! Hours and hours of hard work, building skills, showing up, and doing the right thing.

Distraction is something that plagues so many of us, but with Nir’s help we can overcome it and get right to the important stuff we’ve been procrastinating about. Nir says it’s less about being focused, and more about how we manage the distractions we encounter and the stories we tell ourselves.

When Simon’s parents split up, he was only 8. He believed he had to become the ‘man of the house’ and with that came a plethora of obsessive mental health conditions. Believing he had to be ‘tough’, Simon shoved his feelings down, until eventually he experienced burn out and found the art of mindfulness. Simon now helps other men do the same.

As CEO of her own companies, author of 10 books, and pitch coach for Springboard Enterprises, Sam Horn knows that every second counts, and we only have 60 of the to make an impression. But what do we say when every second counts?

The game of football is all about the hard knocks, that often includes head clashes and concussions. Despite knowing about concussions for decades, we weren’t so aware of what those head injuries were really doing to brains. Now, CTE has become an alarming concern, and people like Leigh are trying to combat this issue, while simultaneously living with the very real and traumatic symptoms of the condition.

Other than love and kindness and a whole swag of other feel-good things, there are two things that are highly valuable to me - family and travel. But can the two survive when bundled together on a cruise ship? The other questions is, what should you avoid putting in your ears?