Life stories to encourage people to think about the influence their job is having on their well-being
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It’s only been 9 months since we launched the podcast and so far we’ve had a total of 7,180 downloads which is about 800 per month !! The messages we receive & the impact we seem to be having on people thinking more about the relationship they have with their work has been both humbling and exciting to say the least. We’ve loved it and there’s many more to come 🤘😎😍 Thanks heaps !!
Episode 18 - Life as an Elite Sports Physio - Randall Cooper has dropped!! has worked in elite sport throughout the world as a Physiotherapist for decades. A quiet achiever, super smart, clever businessman, a very good snow skier, capable swimmer, gifted musician, great family man and loyal friend.
He is a very talented human being.
After a near death experience as a 16 year old with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, it provided him with the clarity of knowing exactly what he wanted to do with his life by helping people in the sports medicine space. Out of high school, he couldn't get to University quick enough to compete his degree in Physiotherapy and feed his intense thirst for knowledge in that space. It just made sense to him.
His resume is as good as it gets. Co-Head Physio for Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL, working with athletes in the Australian Institute of Sport and part of the Physio team for the Australian Winter Olympics Team fulfilling a lifelong dream.
In recent years, Randall & his wife Jane had an idea and eventually took the plunge pivoting away from the day to day grind of being a Physio creating a sports skin care range called 'PreMax' which is now one of the highest selling skin care for sport brands in Australia.
If that wasn't enough, he has also created an online physio learning platform called "Learn Physio" which provides health professionals all over the world with high quality, evidence based learning experiences from wherever they are, whenever they choose.
As we said, Randall Cooper is a very talented human being.
An incredible working life and a sensational person so we hope you enjoy the story of Randall Cooper.
Produced & Edited by Darren Payne
Episode 17 - “Sport, Law, Community & Sport - George Haros” has dropped. has earnt everything he has in life thanks to his work ethic, talent, intelligence and overall charisma .
Not everything has come naturally for him, but as an extremally capable person you won't find a harder worker especially once he decides he wants something with no stone left unturned. Along the way, George doesn't lose sight of others around him and is very aware of the broader community along with his own - which is vast - always looking out for those close to him to bring along for the ride. His network is everything and he loves them as much as they love him.
As a very capable, natural Lawyer who loves his sport, it seemed inevitable that he would find himself representing elite sports stars in some way, shape or form. After a short career in AFL Player Management he has been at the forefront of litigation when Adam Saad from the St. Kilda Football Club found himself under scrutiny for allegedly taking a banned substance and Andrew Thorburn almost become the CEO of Essendon Football Club. However, it was when Israel Folau made international news after expressing his religious beliefs sparking a debate that continues to polarize Australian sport to this day, where he found out what it was like to be an elite Lawyer in the spotlight.
As an expert is Employment Law as well George's fully rounded skills and experience make him one of Melbourne's most sought after Lawyers.
George loves his mates and family with every part of his being and he continues to add his story which is a great one so far with more ups than downs living a life that this podcast is all about.
Enjoy the story of George Gabriel Haros
Episode 15 - “A Life of Dance & Music - Tatam Fairclough has finally just dropped! Sorry for the delay 🙏 Tatam has been an elite dancer her entire life and growing up, was a star on the rise. You name it she could do it - Ballet, Theatrical, Jazz, Tap, Cabaret & Musical Theatre all day everyday! She belonged on stage and was the envy of many with her performances despite hiding her anxiety behind what she describes as her 'Japanese mask.' Something all performers can relate to I'm sure .
Tatam practiced 15+ hours per day as a young child / teenager while obsessively learning to dance. Before school, throughout the day at 'John Curtin Performing Arts High School' in Fremantle, WA and then again after school. It was fun and relentless all at the same time and all she really knew growing up.
In 2013, Tatam found her calling and put these dancing and organisational skills towards creating a business .inclusion that's just had it's 10 year anniversary (2023). The large majority of the participants in Dance Inclusion have special needs and isn't just any old dance class. It truly is something special. Tatam has used the power of music and dance at its core to help people of all abilities feel a part of something that has such a huge influence on their happiness.
Tatam is passionate that music and dance helps brings people together regardless of ability or physical /mental hurdles they may face and spends her days doing exactly what she wants to do in this space helping others. In her own words, she "gets goose bumps every single day" from the reaction people get from her classes.
How good is that!
This episode is VERY overdue given how much she spends helping others so we hope you enjoy the story of Tatam Fairclough
episode 14 dropped last Thursday and the feedback and messages about his life and how he approaches it has been phenomenal! Tim is an ex SAS soldier which has helped influence who he is today but he is much more than that. A father, husband, podcaster, businessman & passionate about resilience amongst many other traits so check it out!! PS - How’s the rig on him back in the day 😍😉
tim__curtis episode 14 dropped last Thursday and the feedback and messages about his life and how he approaches it has been phenomenal! Tim is an ex SAS soldier which has helped influence who he is today but he is much more than that. A father, husband, podcaster, businessman & passionate about resilience amongst many other traits so check it out!! PS - How’s the rig on him back in the day 😍😉
These other up & coming podcasts must be ecstatic to be in such good company 😉❤️
Episode 13 - “A Mooditj Leader With Lots of Koort - Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker” has just dropped!
Cheryl Kickett-Tucker is a highly respected Wadjuk Noongar Traditional Owner and renowned Indigenous leader, mother of 3, youth basketball coach, public speaker, elite athlete, research academic, community development practitioner and author.
She really is one of a kind.
Everything she does is for others and her community with a fierce focus on young children and teenagers. She has worked with the Indigenous community all her life in the fields of education, sport and health and is very passionate about using her knowledge and experience to make a real difference to the lives of Indigenous children and their families.
Having said that, she is also starting to realise life is short and that she also needs to 'create some elbow room' for herself a bit more too. But never to the detriment of others as that's just who she is.
In 2020 she was the only West Australian woman appointed to a group that was set to co-design the 'Indigenous Voice to Parliament' for which the importance for Australia's future is profound.
There are too many accolades and achievements to name here so best to check out the "About me" section of www.koya.com.au to see all of them as it's VERY impressive!
One of Cheryl's greatest achievements though is where she has developed and is the founding Director along with her Father Alan Kickett originally called 'Kaat, Koort and Hoopz' which means 'head, heart and basketball' in words from the Ballardong dialect of the Noongar people of the Wheatbelt region. It has now morphed into "Koordoormitj Institute Grassroots Basketball Program and is a basketball lifestyle program for 4-16 year old children who have potential but limited opportunities to enhance their wellbeing providing that sense of belonging we always talk about in all our episodes.
Cheryl is a very, very special lady . Enjoy !
Thanks & acknowledgments to ABC, Edith Cowan University, Koya.org.au
NOTE: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following podcast mention deceased persons.
One of our recent guests on the pod is now going to be a guest on this Wednesday night!! Have a listen to his episode when you get the chance before or after as it’s a rippa and be sure to watch 😎
Episode 12 - Part B - “Hey Kids, We’re Moving to New York - Amanda, Mills & Luca Donaldson” has also dropped dropped 🤘😎
NOTE: This episode is Part B of "The Humble High Achiever - Paul Donaldson" so please listen to that first to fully enjoy this episode.
On the surface, having an opportunity to live in New York seems like an amazing opportunity - which it so is - and something most people can only dream of. The reality of doing something like that though can only be experienced fully by making the bold move in the first place especially with young children. However, when you decide to do something out of your comfort zone, there are no guarantees it's going to be everything you hoped for either!
In this episode we have a chat to Paul Donaldson's wife Amanda and his children Luca & Milla about their experience moving to New York thanks to Paul's work (See Part A episode). As time goes on, there is no doubt they will all pinch themselves that they were able to do so thanks to how capable Paul is and the opportunities his work provides both himself and his family. However, the culture shock was underestimated - especially during Covid in a place that had the highest deaths per capita in the world while they were there - and the ability to cope with the situation was very much different for each of them. Not to mention being there during the madness of Donald Trump as President!!
The best part about the Donaldson's though is that they are never afraid of saying "yes" to things to try them out and see what happens. So on balance the perspective they gained and experiences they had by getting uncomfortable is something they can take through the rest of their lives. They also now know what they like and don't like as a family and also understand one another a lot better.
A fantastic outcome on balance and the lessons for their children at such a young age is exactly what our podcast is about. Just say "yes" to opportunities and you never know what might happen! Enjoy !
Episode 12 “The Humble High Achiever - Paul Donaldson” has dropped 🤘
fits a lot into his life and is the epitome of what it means to be curious & optimistic. He is borderline obsessed with exploring as many things in life as possible while also still working hard which, in his case, is in very high level jobs. However, one of his best traits is that he has no interest in having a 'bucket list' to tick off later on in life as his mantra is say yes and do it now. Our regular listeners will know that we absolutely love that !!
Paul is one of the most capable people we have ever met and holds his own around anyone regardless who they are with a real understated yet commanding presence. He has the ability to converse with Secretaries of State in the same day as fishing or surfing with his mates or kids as he loves nothing more than being with his family and many friends.
He was a high achiever as a teenager. He did well at school, worked his way onto an AFL list at Collingwood and performed at a state level for swimming. He was the guy every bloke wanted to be friends with and the girls wanted to be with!
A few years after finishing high school, he finally decided to properly focus on his Uni degree with a fierce focus on his career around the corner. Unsurprisingly, he subsequently ended up with the highest mark in the history of Melbourne University.
After landing senior management level job's in Marketing for Cadbury's and CUB, Paul and his family moved to New York for an amazing job opportunity as 'Head of Global Strategy' for the biggest beer company in the world. He had worked his entire life for such an opportunity so needless to say they were incredibly excited. This episode explores what it's like to be in such a role and also what it was like being there during the initial outbreak of Covid where they were burying bodies in Central Park, through to two elections around the madness of Donald Trump was President. Paul's humbleness is second to none as are his capabilities in life and we were very lucky to have a few hours with him and his family in their home. Enjoy!
It’s worth the wait though we promise 😉
We are often asked “What’s the podcast all about?” so for those who haven’t listened to any of our episodes as yet, click on these links and you’ll hear all about in 12 minutes 😎🤘❤️ If you have listened before, send this post into someone you love 😉
APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/some-elbow-room/id1657428185?i=1000588342200.
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Can’t tell you how much fun we had at .inclusion the other day watching everyone completely wrapped up in the music being part of a very special community 🙏 We then had a chat to a couple of the very funny, confident, amazing participants about what it meant to them and how important it was to being a part of something 🙏 Stay tuned for the episode coming out soon in the coming weeks with the creator of .inclusion as it’s an inspiring story to say the least !!! 😎
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Episode 11 “Forever a Free Spirit - Richard Osborne” has just dropped 🤘😎
“Ozzie” is a humble man who lives' in the present. Outside of his friends and family, he is best known for his incredible AFL playing career of 283 games and 574 goals at 4 different clubs. Simply fantastic player who also represented Victoria in 'State of Origin' Football 8 times in what can only be described as a stellar career.
From a non - football playing career perspective he's worked in sales over a number of different industries, in the Media for Channel 7, helped run a friends Importing business out of Vietnam and currently works in the Oil & Gas industry travelling from Melbourne to Perth on a fortnightly basis to work on a ship in the middle of the ocean!
Like all of us, "Ozzie" has faced adversity through is life and thanks his self made positive attitude to helping him get through these times. During his football career, his adversity primarily come through injury and some of them significant too! For example a nasty knee reconstruction and a sickening concussion thanks to a head clash with a team mate while playing for the Sydney Swans. Only a few years ago he found out that he actually died for a short time only to come back a few weeks later and kick 10 goals . Pretty scary and equally amazing!!
Richard has an incredibly positive, laid back, uncomplicated attitude to life taking responsibility for his own happiness which has been enhanced thanks to his learnings and passion of Psychology. He is constantly aware of things that have a negative impact on his happiness and very self aware of the compatibility between his personality and the work he is doing. Everything this podcast is all about!!
It's a great listen and we hope you enjoy !!
Dedicated to Ray, Pauline & Dean Paton
Episode 10 “The Quirky, Clever, Surf Loving Artist - David Rossiter” has just dropped on Apple & Spotify podcasts 😎🤘
David Rossiter creates his own luck in life and has done it his own way. After growing up in the suburbs of Melbourne, he found himself living on the coast of Victoria in Torquay where he could embrace his love of surfing back in the 70's & 80's when surfing was raw and real as ever. It remains his home today and his love of surfing has not diminished one little bit. The stories he can tell about his surfing & travelling life and the places he's been would blow you away and we'd need 20 podcasts to even go close to covering it all properly!��After working in the printing industry for 11 years, he created a role for himself at 'Quicksilver' where he started out sweeping the floors of the warehouse to shortly thereafter running the very first concept store in Torquay and eventually being the person in charge to take it to Asia and abroad. Twenty six years later in his early 50's, David had put himself into a position where he could leave the corporate world and finally start his dream job as a full time artist. And what an artist he is (Please check out @ david_rossiter_art (previously ) on Instagram).��David lives life like no other and epitomises the mantra of 'work hard, play hard' always finding the time to do the things he loves while working incredibly hard over his lifetime. A mad surfer back in his day before hurting his ears, a marathon runner, martial artist, family man, cheeky, funny, forever studying, super keen traveller and an immense love of India makes David one of the most interesting people anyone could ever meet.��David has 'done life' the right way so far and is living the ethos of what is all about thanks to his endless energy, thirst to learn, being true to himself and seeing the good in people and the world he lives in. Enjoy 😎🤘🙏❤️
Episode 9 - “Date or Donor - An IVF Leap of Faith - Melanie McClure” has just dropped on Apple & Spotify podcasts. What a great story and another example of creating the life you want for yourself!!
Growing up part of a close knit family in the country, always wanted to be a Mum but was in no rush. After high school, she moved to Geelong to go to university then lived the life in Melbourne partying with friends to live bands in gritty pubs while travelling the world as much as possible and working hard on her career along the way. She had a great time creating this life all on her own and loved it.
When her friends started to get married and have children in their late 20's and early 30's, she was really happy for them but still had much more to do seeing the world and continued to do so into her late 30's. Now make no mistake, she didn't struggle meeting men but to put it bluntly, no one really rocked her world and was happy to wait. Then, when she thought her biological clock was ticking, Melanie once again took control of her own destiny creating the life she wanted heading down the track of having children via IVF..... on her own !!!!
Luckily for her it all eventually worked out and now has 2 beautiful kids in Myles & Evelyn with fantastic family support around her. She knows she is very lucky as this isn't always the way with IVF. Also, doing it on her own has been harder than she anticipated at times especially during covid lock downs.
Melanie created the life she wanted regardless of what anyone said or society said she 'had to do' and this is her story.
Warning: Please ask a friend, family member or health professional to listen to Melanie's' story first if you think this may be difficult to hear as this story is a successful one in terms of having a baby via IVF.
Three of the upcoming episodes were recorded when one of our hosts was in Melbourne and he took the full kit - annoying !! So we’ve now purchased a smaller version for travel so we can chat to people wherever we are a lot easier 😎 …. Or maybe even 2 episodes at same time 😉
Episode 8 - “Living Life After Living for Football” - Gary O’Donnell - has just dropped which is the 3rd and last focusing on the hosts ….. and it is an absolute beauty !!
Amongst many other things, Gary O'Donnell is an AFL legend of 243 games, Premiership player, Essendon Football Club Hall of Fame member and is greatly admired for his team first attitude and relentless desire to succeed.
Although Gary had a career that is the envy of all football lovers, it didn't come easy for him and had to work super hard to get his opportunity and maintain his incredible consistency. He was ahead of his time in terms of his professional approach to training in an era of the 1990's where the mantra was "train hard, play hard!"
Gary has had to learn how to transition throughout his football career from a player to a captain to a coach and now from the AFL system for 30 years to not working in the industry at all. This has been an interesting time in Gary's life to say the least trying to find that 'next thing' that gets him excited each day to work where he is drawing on the skills he learnt as an AFL player and coach to help him get there.
It is difficult to have a podcast on Gary without just focusing on Football as it has been his life. But as you will hear, there is so much more to Gary especially now at this stage of his life.
It's a great listen on Apple and Spotify podcast app and we just love having him as a co-host of the podcast and hope you enjoy his story and get to know him a little bit better. Enjoy ! ❤️🖤
I’ve (Daz) posted this pic personally a few years ago and although we primarily talk to our guests about the influence their work choices have had on their lives, this legend sums up a few of the other things we talk about also on …. Make space to do more of the things you love outside of work, say “yes” more than “no”, try and be a part of a community / group of similar like minded people and have a crack at life. Love this bloke 🙏🤘😎❤️
Told ya was a great story to listen to !! 😉250 downloads in only 2 days ….. and counting 😎🙏 !! We are humbled and blown away with the response so thanks heaps for all the messages and feedback as it’s been awesome! We may have struck a chord already it seems 😋 Have a listen or pass it on to someone you know 🙏 Ps - Next Episode drops Thursday 😎 #
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See!! Even Ted creates some space to cool down from life sometimes 😋🐶 Have you noticed how many posts there are about the new year ahead? It’s positive and nice but a little annoying, cliche and dare I say fake at times too 🫣 However, it’s hard to deny that this time of year compared to any other time provides the opportunity to think about what’s important and what we will and won’t do again compared to last year. Ask yourself “Will I be in exactly the same position at work this time next year? Do I need to change anything to be happier and spend more time with mates, family and myself? Holiday’s ‘empty the bucket’ in our mind to let new things in. Have you done that yet ? 🤔😋😎 #createspacetoenjoy#lifestyle#transition#dowhatyoulove #dowhatmakesyouhappy #holidays#dogs #groodles #ambition#dontjustexist#havefun #podcasts#party#thinkpositive #thinkmore #slowdown#culture #talk #mates #community #balance#family#work#workhardplayhard #someelbowroompodcast#podcasts #spotifypodcasts #applepodcasts #fun
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