Keegan and Company

Keegan Hipgrave
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Ever wondered what drives the world’s top athletes beyond the scoreboard? Former professional NRL player Keegan Hipgrave uncovers the untold truths about mental health, resilience, and redefining success - one candid conversation at a time.

  1. Moment #21 Tim Tszyu: Flow State, Fluke Punches and the Shower Reset

    4h ago

    Moment #21 Tim Tszyu: Flow State, Fluke Punches and the Shower Reset

    We recorded this with Tim Tszyu last year, and his shower story keeps coming up in recent episodes, so we have pulled fifteen minutes of it back out of the vault. Tim is a former world champion from Sydney, and boxing runs deep in the family. His dad Kostya was an undisputed world champion and Hall of Famer, and his younger brother Nikita fights professionally too. Since we spoke he has strung together back to back wins, the most recent over Denis Nurja on Easter Sunday, and on 26 July he steps in with Errol Spence Jr in Sydney, the biggest fight of his career. We appreciate him making the time back when he did. In this section, Tim describes what a flow state actually feels like from inside the ropes. The place where the world switches off, time slows down, where he can "hear his opponent's heartbeat". He explains why there is no such thing as a fluke punch, and how one clean right hand is really years of repetition. We get into stacking days, staying hungry when success comes easily, and why he refuses to get comfortable. He talks about the emptiness of his first loss and how it made him want to reclaim his throne, the five weeks between that loss and his wedding that finally gave him some balance, and the shower ritual he uses to wash off a hard day and reset before a fight. Plus the training methods he chose not to inherit from his dad, and the grandfather who still tells him he looks fat. Listen to the full episode with Tim Tszyu: Spotify · Apple Podcasts If you enjoyed this, you may also enjoy:Harry Garside on masculinity, vulnerability and boxing: Spotify · Apple PodcastsSkye Nicolson on losing her greatest teacher and finding peace: Spotify · Apple Podcasts Listen and subscribe: Spotify · Apple Podcasts Follow for more: Podcast Instagram · Keegan's Instagram · TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    14 min
  2. #191 Charlotte Caslick: 3x Olympian Rugby 7s Player on Training Through Pregnancy & Why Trying Hard Is Cool

    3d ago

    #191 Charlotte Caslick: 3x Olympian Rugby 7s Player on Training Through Pregnancy & Why Trying Hard Is Cool

    Charlotte Caslick has played three Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and three rugby World Cups, and the moment that shaped her wasn't a win. It was a friend texting her that young girls watch her play and think trying hard is cool, because she makes it look cool. This week we sat down with Charlotte while she's pregnant with her first child and still training through it, broken Broncos and all. We talked about the season she debuted out of position and cried at training while secretly hoping to fall pregnant, the leg break that took the World Cup and the pregnancy off the table in the same week, finding a new sense of purpose before she'd stopped playing, and the one line she posted after Paris that ended up in the New York Times. Full episode out now. For more just like thisMillie Elliott on the NRLW and coming back after her daughter: Spotify · AppleAlexis Fernandez on the neuroscience of connection, creativity and heartbreak: Spotify · AppleJacqui Louder on the psychology behind peak performance: Spotify · Apple Listen and subscribeSpotify · Apple Podcasts Follow for more@keeganandcompanypodcast · @keeganhipgrave · TikTok @keeganandcompany See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1 hr
  3. #190 The Psychology of Monotasking: Why Being Bored Makes You More Creative

    Jun 23

    #190 The Psychology of Monotasking: Why Being Bored Makes You More Creative

    A quick glance at your phone doesn't cost you ten seconds. The research says it costs you closer to twenty three minutes of real focus. This week is a solo one on the psychology of monotasking, doing one thing at a time, and why it might be the most underrated upgrade for anyone who works, writes, studies or creates. Keegan makes the case for single focus over the constant juggle, and he's honest that he's a recovering serial multitasker himself. He gets into why boredom is the engine of creativity, the real cost of switching between tasks, what putting headphones in on a hard run is actually doing, and the weekend his phone broke that left him calmer than he'd been in a long time. It is not about optimising every second of your life. It is about knowing when to give one thing everything you've got. For more just like this, go back to the conversation that started it, our episode with Alexis Fernandez on the neuroscience of connection, creativity and heartbreak.Spotify Apple Podcasts And the Flow episode with Dr Megan Lee, where the forty five minutes with your phone in another room actually comes from.Spotify Apple Podcasts Listen and subscribe:Spotify Apple Podcasts  Follow for more:Podcast Instagram Keegan's InstagramTikTok  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    15 min
  4. #189 Oliver Foran: Mount Everest World Record (Sea Level to Summit), Losing his Mum 16 & Finding His Why

    Jun 22

    #189 Oliver Foran: Mount Everest World Record (Sea Level to Summit), Losing his Mum 16 & Finding His Why

    Oliver Foran just set the world record from Sea Level to Summit of Mount Everest: travelling from the coast of India to the summit of Mount Everest under his own power. 50 days, for youth mental health, and for his mum. He is a self-described normal bloke from Brisbane who lost his mum to brain cancer at 16 and bottled it for eight years. This year he cycled across India in 42 degree heat, broke down on day four, and found the one lesson that got him up the mountain. We talk about the avalanche that buried his tent, crevasses 30 metres deep, a blood oxygen reading of 47 (anything under 80 is considered deadly), standing on top of the world, and what is next... This episode touches on grief, mental health and suicide. If anything lands close to home, support is available. Lifeline 13 11 14. 13YARN 13 92 76. For more just like thisJeremy Howe, More Than AFL: Spotify · AppleJacqui Bell, youngest person to run an ultra on every continent: Spotify · AppleHarry Garside on masculinity and vulnerability: Spotify · Apple Listen and subscribeSpotify · Apple Podcasts · YouTube Follow for moreOliver's Instagram: @oliverforanPodcast: @keeganandcompanypodcast Keegan: @keeganhipgrave · TikTok: @keeganandcompany See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1h 42m
  5. #188 The Psychology of Doomscrolling | The 3 Rules That Gave Me 90 Minutes Back Every Day

    Jun 16

    #188 The Psychology of Doomscrolling | The 3 Rules That Gave Me 90 Minutes Back Every Day

    Do you spend more than two hours a day on social media? I know I sure do sometimes. The reality is those of us who do are three times more likely to be diagnosed with depression. In this episode we break down some simple steps to claw some of that time back. In this solo Psychology Of episode we break down the psychology of doomscrolling. It starts with a TED talk from the three founders of the Minimalists, who built an audience of four million people and then quit social media completely for twelve months, and the surprising thing they realised on the other side of it. From there I walk through my three favourite tools, the ones I've put in place that actually stuck, the comparison trap of social media, and why none of this is actually about quitting - completely. For more just like this: The Psychology of The Whimsical Era w/ Dr Megan Lee | Why Gen Z Is Quitting Their PhonesSpotifyAppleYouTube The Psychology Of Toxic Productivity | Why Loving Your Work Burns You Out FasterSpotifyAppleYouTube Listen and subscribe: SpotifyApple PodcastsYouTube Follow for more: Podcast Instagram: @keeganandcompanypodcast Keegan's Instagram: @keeganhipgrave TikTok: @keeganandcompany See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    13 min
  6. #187 Adam Elliott: Injury, Grief & Fatherhood In One Year

    Jun 14

    #187 Adam Elliott: Injury, Grief & Fatherhood In One Year

    This week we sat down with Adam Elliott. He signed his first NRL contract at 14 and has played nearly 200 games since. Last year tested all of it. His dad died of cancer. His partner was pregnant, his bicep was ruptured, his contract was up, and for the first time in a career that started as a teenager, people were openly questioning whether he could still play. So he leant in, kept putting in the work on his own, and landed a spot at South Sydney under Wayne Bennett. Despite all the challenges reckons he has never felt more grateful for what footy has given him. We get into the last conversations he had with his dad and the words his old man left him with, what it actually takes to keep going when the doubt is loudest, the dinner-plate trick he uses to stay a present father, why he still writes things down, and the moment his brother James became part of the team. For more just like this, listen to:#101 Kieran Foran: "I Just Wanted to Have Peace". SpotifyApple PodcastsYouTube#79 Reagan Campbell-Gillard: Losing Mum & Brother in 18 Months. Spotify Apple PodcastsYouTube Listen and subscribe: SpotifyApple PodcastsYouTube Follow for more: Podcast Instagram: @keeganandcompanypodcast Keegan's Instagram: @keeganhipgrave TikTok: @keeganandcompany See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    45 min
  7. #186 Alexis Fernandez (DYFM?) The Neuroscience of Connection, Creativity & Heartbreak

    Jun 7

    #186 Alexis Fernandez (DYFM?) The Neuroscience of Connection, Creativity & Heartbreak

    Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa is a cognitive neuroscientist, best-selling author and host of one of the world's biggest psychology podcasts, Do You F*cking Mind? She is also one of the warmest, most down-to-earth people to ever sit across the mic from Keegan. We talked about the fluke that pulled her out of acting and into neuroscience (one guest lecture, a slide of a dissected brain, and a snap decision to change her major), and why she reckons passion never just shows up at your door fully formed. We got into monotasking, the dog walks with no headphones and the shower ideas that come when you finally let your mind be bored, and the line that stuck with Keegan: your thoughts get quieter and your creativity gets louder. Alexis broke down the Gottman research on "bids for connection" and the tennis-ball rule that quietly decides whether couples last, the "treat them like the love of your life for three months" experiment that ended in a marriage, why desperation is really just fear of loss, and how to actually move through a breakup, including the science of the tactical cry. Plus becoming a present dad, the nights being long but the years being short, and Alexis's three pillars of happiness: growth, purpose and connection. If you enjoyed this episode you will also enjoy: #171 The Psychology of Flow w/ Dr Megan Lee #184 Alexi Pappas: How to Become Fearless & Why Shortcuts Are Poison#170 Grace Grove: Doctor, Runner & Content Creator Being Yourself & Ditching Toxic Productivity Follow Alexis: Instagram: @alexisfernandezpreiksa Podcast Instagram: @doyoufkingmindSpotify: Do You F*cking Mind? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1h 5m
  8. #185 Kori Sampson: You Can't Outthink Your Mental Health — Sobriety, ADHD & the Marathon Majors

    May 31

    #185 Kori Sampson: You Can't Outthink Your Mental Health — Sobriety, ADHD & the Marathon Majors

    You can't outthink your mental health problems. You can sit at home and ruminate, or you can get outside and move. One of those makes it worse. The other doesn't fix everything, but it's a foundation. Strong body first, stronger mind from there. Kori got sober nearly four years ago, got diagnosed with ADHD, and has spent the years since chasing bigger and bigger things. His first marathon, then a 50k in the Alps, a 220km race in Africa, running the entire length of England. Now he's signed with On and completing all the World Marathon Majors. We discuss what drove him to keep going bigger. What was the point of it all? Why running across a country didn't give him the fulfilment he expected, and how he came to realise that bigger isn't always better. That at some point, you've done enough. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ever wondered what drives the world’s top athletes beyond the scoreboard? Former professional NRL player Keegan Hipgrave uncovers the untold truths about mental health, resilience, and redefining success - one candid conversation at a time.

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  • Creator
    Keegan Hipgrave
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    212
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    Explicit
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    © 2026 Keegan Hipgrave
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