Roll With The Punches

Tiffanee Cook
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Life hits hard. Good. So do we.Roll With The Punches is a front-row seat to the messy, beautiful, brutal bits of being human. Hosted by Tiff Cook - former boxer, coach, speaker, rascal, and someone who’s copped a few uppercuts from life and keeps getting back up. She sits down with global survivors, scientists, rebels, rockstars, and everyday legends to ask one thing: What does it really take to get back up when life drops you? We talk breakdowns, breakthroughs, big truths, and the bullsh*t we all carry. Behind the masks. Beneath the armour. Real conversations that crack something open in all of us. We’re built to break.And we become dangerous by design.Honest work over hard work. Every damn time.

  1. 21h ago

    Trust Yourself, FFS | Imogen Hobbs - 1048

    Imogen Hobbs exclusively coaches men, and she pulls no punches... so it's fair to say we got along like a house on fire. We talked about why she walked away from coaching women, backed herself into a completely different direction, and nearly watched her business die for three months while she waited for the men to find her. We also got into why so many blokes don't want to talk about their shit, why group work can end up being one of the most powerful parts of the process, the difference between personal development and actually developing yourself, along with intuition, self-trust, spirituality, adversity, shame, childhood shit and pretty much all the things I love digging into on a regular basis.  There's a lot in this one about trusting yourself enough to make the uncomfortable call, and what can happen when you stop treating your life like a series of random events and start asking what it's trying to show you. SPONSORED BY TESTART FAMILY LAWYERS Website: www.testartfamilylawyers.com.au  IMOGEN HOBBS Website: changechannel.com.au TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches Website: tiffcook.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Trust Yourself, FFS | Imogen Hobbs - 1048

  2. 3d ago

    Feel Your Feelings... But What the Hell Does That Even Mean? | Hilary Jacobs Hendel - 1047

    Aaaah emotions... aren't they a farkin thing to get our heads around (and that's often half the problem). Well, I've dug up an EPIC guest, Hilary Jacobs Hendel, to get right into the guts of emotions with me.  We talked about trauma, dissociation, depression, grief, anxiety, shame, relationships and the difference between actually feeling an emotion and just thinking about it. I gave Hilary some background on the Tiff Cook journey of emotions and how getting punched in the face (in the boxing ring, of course) eventually became the thing that helped me reconnect with what was going on underneath it all.  If you've ever been told to 'just feel your feelings' and thought, 'Yeah, but what the hell does that even mean?', you're going to bloody love this one.   SPONSORED BY TESTART FAMILY LAWYERS Website: testartfamilylawyers.com.au HILARY JACOBS HENDEL Website: hilaryjacobshendel.com It’s Not Always Depression Book USA:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537514/its-not-always-depression-by-hilary-jacobs-hendel-lcsw/ It’s Not Always Depression Book UK:https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/292763/its-not-always-depression-by-hendel-hilary-jacobs/9780241976401 It's Not Always Depression, Sometimes It's Shame: https://www.hilaryjacobshendel.com/post/2015/06/30/its-not-always-depression-sometimes-its-shame TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches Website: tiffcook.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Feel Your Feelings... But What the Hell Does That Even Mean? | Hilary Jacobs Hendel - 1047

  3. Sep 2

    Perimenopause Isn't a Disease: Rethinking Female Physiology | Lara Briden - 1046

    Look out everybody, the fabulous Lara Briden is back, and this time we went WAY beyond periods. We got into what happens when we stop treating female physiology like a problem to be fixed, why the menstrual cycle is actually a pretty bloody clever system, and whether we've gone a little too far with the whole 'everything is a symptom' approach to perimenopause. Lara and I talked about cycle syncing, period pain, endometriosis, ridiculously heavy periods, hormonal IUDs, progesterone, breast health, HRT and what happens when you start looking at all of this through an evolutionary lens. But the bit I probably loved most was the bigger conversation underneath all of it. How much of what we believe about our bodies is actually true, and how much have we simply been told so many times that we've stopped questioning it? Lara makes a pretty compelling case that perimenopause isn't a disease or a deficiency, that women don't have to feel exactly the same every day, and that feeling fine in your forties doesn't mean something is wrong with you... Wild, I know! SPONSORED BY TESTART FAMILY LAWYERS Website: testartfamilylawyers.com.au LARA BRIDEN Website: larabriden.com TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches Website: tiffcook.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Perimenopause Isn't a Disease: Rethinking Female Physiology | Lara Briden - 1046

  4. Aug 30

    I Got Sick of My Own Bullsh*t: Bank Robber to Businessman | Jeffrey Morgan - 1045

    Jeffrey's story is wild... Abused by ten, homeless by twelve, twenty years in and out of boys' homes and prison, and eventually part of a notorious Australian bank robbery crew, Jeffrey's life could very easily have ended up looking very different to what is does today. But somewhere along the way he started questioning the life he'd normalised, the people around him, his own identity, and the behaviours he'd come to see as just 'how life is.' We got into what it actually takes to change when your old identity keeps pulling you back, why he had to drop his pride and ego and even delete relationships, and how he learned to turn some of the traits that once made him a bloody good criminal into traits that now make him a successful businessman. We also got into culture, emotional regulation, nervous system chaos, the power of having good role models, and his grandmother's question that stuck with him for years: "Do you reckon this is culture?" There's a lot in this one about not accepting your current life just because you've become accustomed to it. Because as Jeffrey says, if you want something different, at some point you've got to stop waiting for someone else to change it and start doing the work yourself.   SPONSORED BY TESTART FAMILY LAWYERS Website: testartfamilylawyers.com.au JEFFREY MORGAN Website: jeffreymorgan.com.au TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches Website: tiffcook.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    I Got Sick of My Own Bullsh*t: Bank Robber to Businessman | Jeffrey Morgan - 1045

  5. Aug 26

    One Go on the Merry-Go-Round | Scott Douglas - 1044

    Scotty's back and since retiring last year from paramedicine after decades of doing work that became a pretty big part of who he was, we got into what happens when you suddenly don't have to work anymore. We covered money, identity, the weirdness of no longer being the provider, and why he's now much more interested in spending his time doing things he actually gives a shit about. Then we got into the (kind of all too recent, if you ask me) period of his life when he was diagnosed with cancer and how rather than sitting around waiting to see what happened, he started making plans for what would happen to his daughter if he died. He kept working as a paramedic, kept cooking, kept living his life and somehow found plenty of humour in a situation that wasn't all too funny at all.  And then, because Scott is Scott, we ended up talking about his obsession with adventure, his ability to somehow get himself into rooms and friendships most people wouldn't, and the fact that he seems to have spent his entire life saying yes when someone says, "You should come." "You get one go on the merry-go-round and you should give it a good crack." Not a bad philosophy, dare I say, Scotty! SPONSORED BY TESTART FAMILY LAWYERS Website: testartfamilylawyers.com.au SCOTT DOUGLAS Website: horatio-jones.com.au TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches Website: tiffcook.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    One Go on the Merry-Go-Round | Scott Douglas - 1044

  6. Aug 23

    Almost 64, and Guns Better Than Your Hubby | Di Larson - 1043

    Di often slides into my Insta DMs in response to gym content, then sent me a photo of her epic guns and I genuinely couldn't believe she was almost 64. So obviously I had to get her on the podcast for a good yarn... Di is not just incredibly strong with a phenomenal physique, she's also got a really interesting story. She was the 'fat kid' at school, got into powerlifting, walked away from training for a long while, then came back at 50 and has basically spent the last 14 years rebuilding herself through the gym. She's had total knee replacements, multiple surgeries, a broken patellar tendon and plenty of reasons she could have decided she was 'too old' or 'too injured' to train. Instead, she kept finding ways to work around what her body could do. We got into ageing, strength, training to failure, knowing when to push and when to stop, food, emotional eating, tracking calories, why all-or-nothing thinking keeps people stuck, and why women really need to stop worrying about everyone else in the gym. And then we got into her lifting numbers, which are frankly ridiculous.122kg deadlifts for reps. Eight pull-ups. Heavy sled work. Nearly 64 years old. She's also a weight loss and nutrition consultant, so of course got into the psychology behind why people eat when they're not actually hungry, and why sometimes food isn't really about food at all. Honestly, Di is exactly the kind of woman I want more women to hear from. And my biggest challenge to her at the end of the episode was this... Di, you need to get better at bragging about yourself, sista!   SPONSORED BY TESTART FAMILY LAWYERS Website: testartfamilylawyers.com.au TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches Website: tiffcook.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Almost 64, and Guns Better Than Your Hubby | Di Larson - 1043

  7. Aug 19

    MS Picked the Wrong Girl | Dallas Lane - 1042

    I met Dallas Lane by accident at the gym, and within about five minutes of chatting I knew I needed to get her on the podcast. She’s 50, a boxer, a trainer, a mum, a writer, and someone who has lost around 70 kilos. She’s also living with MS, after spending years knowing something wasn’t right and fighting to finally get a diagnosis. And honestly, the MS is almost the least interesting thing about her. We talk about being told you’re too old, what happens when your body gives you limitations you didn’t ask for, why Dallas refuses to let MS become her identity, and how she’s still getting in the ring and training despite balance issues, foot drop and fatigue. We get into adaptive boxing, therapy, crying, grief, her dad, writing poetry, and why sometimes the thing that changes your life doesn’t actually get to decide what your life looks like. She’s bloody funny, incredibly honest and has one of those personalities where you could talk for hours without noticing the time. I absolutely loved this one. SPONSORED BY TESTART FAMILY LAWYERS Website: testartfamilylawyers.com.au TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches Website: tiffcook.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    MS Picked the Wrong Girl | Dallas Lane - 1042

  8. Aug 16

    Why More Isn't Always Better | Professor Stephen Seiler - 1041

    I knew Stephen Seiler was going to be a bloody brilliant conversation, but I don't think I expected us to cover SO much ground. For those who aren't familiar, here's a bit about him... Stephen is a Professor of Sport Science whose work around endurance training and intensity distribution has influenced and catalysed international research into training intensity distribution and the 'polarised training model'. He's published a lazy 100+ peer-reviewed papers, written more than 100 science articles on exercise physiology and the training process, and is a founding editorial board member of the International Journal of Sport Physiology and Performance. So yeah... he knows a thing or two about training. In this chat we get into training, recovery, stress, AI, wearables, burnout, being an introvert who spends their life talking to people... and why the world's best athletes often trust what they feel in their own bodies more than what their watch is telling them. Stephen has spent decades researching how we actually get better at training, and one of the things I loved most was his take that training isn't a maximisation problem, it's an optimisation problem. In other words, more isn't always better. A lesson I seemed to want to learn the hard way in far too many areas of my life... and training is no exception. We also get into the idea that all of our stress goes into the same bucket, whether it's a hard workout, work, kids, life or even exciting things happening. And honestly, this is a bloody good reminder for anyone who is constantly pushing, achieving and wondering why they're knackered. Oh, and we have a pretty cracking conversation about AI in coaching, why your Garmin might actually be making your sleep worse, and why sometimes the smartest thing you can do is take the damn rest day. Basically, Stephen made me question quite a few things I thought I knew about training, recovery and performance, which is exactly what I want from a conversation. SPONSORED BY TESTART FAMILY LAWYERS Website: testartfamilylawyers.com.au TIFFANEE COOK Linktree:  linktr.ee/rollwiththepunches Website: tiffcook.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Why More Isn't Always Better | Professor Stephen Seiler - 1041
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Life hits hard. Good. So do we.Roll With The Punches is a front-row seat to the messy, beautiful, brutal bits of being human. Hosted by Tiff Cook - former boxer, coach, speaker, rascal, and someone who’s copped a few uppercuts from life and keeps getting back up. She sits down with global survivors, scientists, rebels, rockstars, and everyday legends to ask one thing: What does it really take to get back up when life drops you? We talk breakdowns, breakthroughs, big truths, and the bullsh*t we all carry. Behind the masks. Beneath the armour. Real conversations that crack something open in all of us. We’re built to break.And we become dangerous by design.Honest work over hard work. Every damn time.

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  • Creator
    Tiffanee Cook
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    1K
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Tiffanee Cook
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