WEBVTT - Harry Garside failed in front of the world. And he’d do it again

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<v S2>Hello, everyone. Hello. Hello. Wonderful cloud links. Hope you're having

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<v S2>a wonderful day or night wherever, whenever you are listening

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<v S2>to this episode. Now, this one is I mean, I

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<v S2>know we love all of our guests and we say

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<v S2>this a lot, but this one is very, very special.

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<v S2>If you have listened to the pod in the past

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<v S2>couple of months where you've mentioned Harry Garside a few

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<v S2>times on a number of occasions, obviously, especially around the Olympics,

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<v S2>especially around his mindset. So he won gold at the 2000.

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<v S2>Harry Garside I don't know if I even said his

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<v S2>full name yet, so. Harry Garside Yeah, true. That is

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<v S2>that big of a deal. You can just say Harry.

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<v S2>He's a boxer and he won gold at the 2018

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<v S2>Commonwealth Games. He won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in boxing,

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<v S2>which was the first time in more than 30 years

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<v S2>that Australia had won a medal in the Olympics. In boxing,

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<v S2>he's also just written a book, The Good Fight Boxing,

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<v S2>Ballet and Breaking Stereotypes. Now we have had Harry on

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<v S2>before where and we'll put that episode in the show notes.

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<v S2>It's such a good episode, but we wanted to get

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<v S2>him on after the Olympics and we spoke about everything.

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<v S2>So Harry went to Paris and he had been saying

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<v S2>he's going to be a gold medalist. Like that was

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<v S2>his goal. He'd been working on that, Like literally, he

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<v S2>says in the episode, his whole life to become a

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<v S2>gold medalist at the Olympics, and he got knocked out

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<v S2>in the first round. He then did a video the

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<v S2>day after, around how he was kind of able to

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<v S2>reframe the failure and how he navigated it, and we

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<v S2>wanted to ask, like we asked Harry, some pretty hard

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<v S2>questions in this when I was working with Tracy Grimshaw

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<v S2>on him, but I Harry was very generous in answering

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<v S2>them for us. I think what.

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<v S1>It is, though, is that when you say reframe his failure,

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<v S1>I think he's very clear that he did fail. Right.

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<v S1>And I think that's what people are so have been

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<v S1>so cautious around. I've watched them in interviews with him,

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<v S1>is like, they don't want to make him feel like

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<v S1>he's failed, but he's like, I have like in my

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<v S1>mind for what I set out to do, I have failed.

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<v S1>And he speaks to that in this podcast. And I

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<v S1>found that really good and really refreshing because we do naturally,

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<v S1>like we all have this like fear of failure. We

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<v S1>like want to avoid it And then therefore, if someone

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<v S1>we know or someone close to us has failed, you

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<v S1>don't want to make them feel like they failed. Because.

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<v S1>Because we all hate that feeling. So we try and

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<v S1>fix the issue and like make them feel like they

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<v S1>haven't actually failed. When he's like, no, I just need

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<v S1>to sit in this and it's okay that I've failed

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<v S1>and I love that. And I think he's just such

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<v S1>an incredible role model for so many people out there.

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<v S1>And so I yeah, this this conversation was, was so good. Um,

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<v S1>but we do want to put a trigger warning in

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<v S1>before we get started. We briefly mentioned suicide and suicidal ideation.

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<v S1>So if you or someone you know is struggling, lifeline

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<v S1>is available 24 hours a day on 13, 11, 14.

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<v S2>Harry. Welcome back.

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<v S1>Harry. It sounded like you were going to Harry Potter then.

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<v S2>Yeah, I don't I really did, and I don't know

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<v S2>why I was giving my best. Hermione how did you feel?

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<v S4>I loved it, I love Harry Potter, so I loved it.

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<v S2>No, you are the one and only Harry Garside, who I,

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<v S2>I mean with all due respect to Harry Potter, he's

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<v S2>not actually real anyway, so it doesn't matter. But I

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<v S2>like you better anyway. It's not about comparisons. No it's.

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<v S4>Not.

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<v S2>Let's get into it. We're so excited to have you.

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<v S2>And also to be recording in person in Sydney. It's

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<v S2>very exciting.

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<v S4>Yeah. Grateful to be here. So nice to see you both.

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<v S2>And first of all, congratulations on your book. So exciting.

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<v S4>So wild. I never thought when I left school that

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<v S4>I would be an author, which is pretty crazy. And

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<v S4>I was quite scared. There was a lot of resistance

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<v S4>before I wrote it. And then I was like, oh,

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<v S4>this process is going to be wild. I've always not

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<v S4>really got around journaling. It's just not how I fully

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<v S4>process things. And when I started the process, I just

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<v S4>had this resistance. And then the whole process I actually

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<v S4>really enjoyed. And as soon as I finished, I was like,

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<v S4>to the publicist, this will not be my last. Um,

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<v S4>so I love the process. I thought it was very therapeutic.

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<v S2>Amazing. And your book is called The Good Fight Boxing, ballet,

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<v S2>and Breaking Stereotypes. Writing a book is a very, very,

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<v S2>very large project and incredible. So thank you guys. Amazing.

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<v S2>Now we want to start if it's okay with the Olympics.

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<v S2>How do you actually I was gonna say are you

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<v S2>sick of talking about it? Yeah.

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<v S4>Uh, I don't know. It's so weird. Like, you know

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<v S4>what the human experience is, like, some days you wake

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<v S4>up and you're no dramas, and some days you wake

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<v S4>up and you're not. And today feels like one of

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<v S4>those days where I'm not, but like, I. And I was, like, walking.

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<v S4>I was like, what is actually going on? I always,

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<v S4>I probably asked myself like ten times a day, like,

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<v S4>how are you actually feeling right now? And that will

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<v S4>fleet and change throughout the day as well. But it's yeah, today.

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<v S4>Today's a really interesting one, so I'm not sure. I

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<v S4>also know that I've been doing a book tour for

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<v S4>the last like two weeks. Has it been home? So

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<v S4>it's just been like a lot of talking. Um, yeah,

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<v S4>it's been like a lot of fun. I've met so

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<v S4>many amazing people and I've had a lot of support

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<v S4>as well, which has been cool. But yeah, just, um,

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<v S4>I'm pretty excited. I feel like in that the book

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<v S4>tour haven't really been honoring how I've been feeling. So

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<v S4>I think in that it's just like my body's going, hey,

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<v S4>take care of yourself, mate. So I'm like, once this

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<v S4>is done, I'm probably gonna have a week in Sydney,

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<v S4>which would be really nice with my homies now and

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<v S4>then I'm just going to go to like up the coast,

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<v S4>Lake Jindabyne or somewhere just by myself and just put

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<v S4>the phone away and let's see what comes up. I

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<v S4>don't know, goodness, badness, whatever comes up, comes up.

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<v S2>Do you feel like in coming back and having so

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<v S2>much media after with your book tour, but generally after

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<v S2>the Olympics as well? Have you been able to process

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<v S2>how you feel or do you and is talk because

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<v S2>obviously you've done it's really interesting with interviewing because you've

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<v S2>you go deeper often in interviews than you do, like

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<v S2>in a general conversation because, you know, you have an

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<v S2>hour and it's depending on it obviously depends on the interview,

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<v S2>but a lot of them are quite deep. And you

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<v S2>as a person, you give so much. Have you found

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<v S2>it easier to process things by just because you've had

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<v S2>to talk, as you said, like one week since you've

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<v S2>or two weeks since you've been back? Or do you

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<v S2>feel like there's there's more in there that you need

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<v S2>to find yourself?

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<v S4>Yeah, I feel like it's like, just like any situation

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<v S4>there is good and bad. So I love to talk

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<v S4>and I love to sort of like, navigate how I'm

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<v S4>feeling as it's happening, like as I'm sort of spitting

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<v S4>out my words. I'm like sort of figuring out myself,

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<v S4>like what actually is going on. That's sort of just

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<v S4>how I've always operated. And I feel like the last

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<v S4>two weeks has been like that, but then also as well,

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<v S4>it's like when you're in the public or when you're

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<v S4>doing something like this, even like, I'm not going to like,

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<v S4>fully like break down or like, I don't know, like

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<v S4>that's private, that's sacred for me. That's my space. Right?

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<v S4>So it's like you aren't really honoring yourself completely, but

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<v S4>then it's also like, I know it has been quite

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<v S4>cathartic and therapeutic. It's been it's been nice. And I

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<v S4>have felt a lot of love from a lot of people,

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<v S4>which has been super nice, but also as well as

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<v S4>I said, you can't really fully show like bare your

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<v S4>chest to the world when you're doing stuff like that.

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<v S4>So it's like, I'm quite happy for it to be done.

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<v S4>And then I'm like by myself or around people that

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<v S4>I really love, and I can really sort of bare

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<v S4>my chest a bit more. Um, so I'm excited for that. Yeah.

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<v S2>So can I ask how how you are today, then?

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<v S4>Yeah, I don't know. Like, I couldn't really articulate. It's only.

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<v S4>What's the time? It's like ten, ten, 20. So it's

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<v S4>it's still early in the day. I got up this

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<v S4>morning and I trained, which I always feel better after training. Um,

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<v S4>and then I was just rushing. I hate rushing, I

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<v S4>pride myself on being on time. And I always catering like,

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<v S4>extra time. Like, I woke up 15 minutes early to

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<v S4>a doctor's appointment. Like, it's so frustrating. Um. And I. Yeah,

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<v S4>I just feel. Yeah, I just feel a bit, a

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<v S4>little bit off today, which is. Which is fine too. Like, I,

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<v S4>I've learned to just accept myself and fall and not

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<v S4>try and, like, live up to what I feel like

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<v S4>I need to. But yeah, just aware that I'm. And

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<v S4>I'm like, I could probably give myself answers, but I'm like,

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<v S4>maybe I don't even need to give myself answers on

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<v S4>how I'm feeling, but I'm just like not feeling on today,

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<v S4>which is fine too. Yeah. Yeah.

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<v S2>I think that's so important to acknowledge. I think so

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<v S2>often as well. Like we feel like when we show up,

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<v S2>we have to show up at 100% every single day.

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<v S2>And it's not. And especially I think it's even not

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<v S2>more difficult. It's all relative. But when you are showing

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<v S2>up on a microphone, when there's like thousands of people

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<v S2>or tens of thousands of people listening, and you're not

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<v S2>feeling 100%. It's always that extra difficulty. Hey, it's sort.

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<v S4>Of and as well, I feel like it. I have

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<v S4>felt this when I first got into a little bit

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<v S4>of public like recognition. I felt that sometimes like I

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<v S4>would feel like that and then say, someone comes up

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<v S4>to you on the street, it's like I give them everything, hey,

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<v S4>how you going? Like I'm like. And then in that,

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<v S4>you sort of not honoring exactly how you're feeling. So

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<v S4>then you're like, you're beating yourself up internally, like. Like

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<v S4>you were just so happy to that person. Then you

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<v S4>sort of subtracting from how you really feeling, and then

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<v S4>you're just getting lower and lower and lower, and then

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<v S4>you're still putting on that like massive smile. It's like

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<v S4>a really interesting thing to navigate. Um, but as well,

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<v S4>I feel like over the last 18 months I have

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<v S4>got better at like actually going like, hey, I can,

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<v S4>I could go on say the project or a TV

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<v S4>show now and actually go like, I'm not on today.

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<v S4>I remember the first time I went on the project,

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<v S4>like had one of the worst days I've had in

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<v S4>a long, long time, and I was sitting in my

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<v S4>car before just going like, I don't want to do this.

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<v S4>Like and then I was like, I went on and

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<v S4>I was just like, yeah, like, I'm so happy. Life's good.

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<v S4>And I was just, like, beating myself up after it

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<v S4>as well. But I'm like, I have got the confidence

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<v S4>now that I don't need to do that. Like, I

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<v S4>don't care if this all blows up in my face

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<v S4>and I'm happy with myself and I'm happy with my

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<v S4>life and I don't need it anymore. Yeah, I don't

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<v S4>need people to know my name, I don't care. Like,

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<v S4>I'm happy with where I'm at and I'm happy with

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<v S4>the position I'm in now. And I want to try

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<v S4>and leave the world in a better place. And my

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<v S4>heart's in the right place. But like, I couldn't care

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<v S4>less if I didn't get another opportunity like that.

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<v S2>Mhm.

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<v S1>When you say that and then also even as you

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<v S1>were saying earlier that you like checked in with yourself

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<v S1>like every like ten times a day, you might ask

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<v S1>yourself how you're feeling, all that stuff. You are incredibly self-aware,

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<v S1>something that a lot of people aim to kind of

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<v S1>get to that place where they can truly know what

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<v S1>makes them tick and what necessarily doesn't, and how they're feeling,

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<v S1>and all of that stuff. Have you always been like that,

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<v S1>or has there been something that you've gone through that's

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<v S1>made you really more self-aware and tune into yourself. I

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<v S1>know you said you don't journal, but you do poems

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<v S1>and stuff like that. How long have you had things

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<v S1>like that in your life that's made you just really

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<v S1>tune in with who you are?

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<v S4>I feel like it's like a bit of a, um,

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<v S4>like a snowball. Like it starts quite small. But then

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<v S4>the more it rolls, the bigger it gets. So, like,

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<v S4>I have always been extremely curious and like, always like, um,

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<v S4>compared to, I guess, the people in my life. And

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<v S4>I had two brothers, so it was quite a masculine

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<v S4>environment or male environment, but like I felt a lot

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<v S4>more curious to them. I felt like I would like

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<v S4>I know they would always pick on me for crying

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<v S4>more often, or just being a bit more like softer.

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<v S4>And if you believe in star signs, I am cancer.

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<v S4>I don't know if I believe in them, but it's

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<v S4>like they I think they're a bit more emotional. Um,

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<v S4>and yeah, so I've always been like that. And then

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<v S4>I just think the older I've got and the more

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<v S4>that I've just allowed my true self to like fully

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<v S4>come out, it's like it's been a bit of a snowball,

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<v S4>which just got bigger and bigger. And then it's like

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<v S4>in my head I've probably overcomplicated it too much, like

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<v S4>it's just like it was easier when life was, like, quiet.

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<v S4>I was quite ignorant and not aware. Like it is

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<v S4>easier because you're not asking yourself the questions. You're just

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<v S4>like you think something's going on. You're like, I feel

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<v S4>like you don't even realize how you're feeling. Then you're

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<v S4>sort of navigating through the world, just like on a,

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<v S4>like a moderate, you know, where it's like, I'm super

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<v S4>aware to the point where it's over complicated. Yeah. At times.

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<v S2>And do you mind if I ask you one question

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<v S2>about the Olympics?

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<v S4>Of course. I'm an open book.

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<v S2>Thank you. And at any point, if you're just like, nah,

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<v S2>I'm done with this, you just tell us. Exactly. But

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<v S2>we we actually, after watching your fight and then the

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<v S2>interview that you did after the fight and then the

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<v S2>video that you did the next day, we spoke at

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<v S2>length about that on the podcast, because I think watching

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<v S2>you obviously work, and I think one of the things

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<v S2>I think is the most incredible thing about you, I mean,

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<v S2>there's a lot of them, but the affirmations that you

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<v S2>were doing leading up to the Olympics, is that what

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<v S2>you classified? Is that the right language?

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<v S4>I think so, yeah I've got an idea of what

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<v S4>I call it, but yeah, I know what you're talking about. Okay.

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<v S2>So are you saying, like, I am an Olympian, I

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<v S2>am a gold medal Olympian, etc.? And you were saying

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<v S2>that you weren't only doing that publicly, but sorry, privately

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<v S2>you were. You were posting it on, on social media.

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<v S2>And I think I thought that was incredible because the

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<v S2>thing with and this is where I've and manifestation is

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<v S2>something that I'm like just kind of leaning into now

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<v S2>and understanding a little bit more, but it does for me. Still,

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<v S2>it feels pretty uncomfortable because you have to say the

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<v S2>thing that you're working towards, you have to like make

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<v S2>your your subconscious believe it. You've got to say that

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<v S2>you've done it right. It's not like I am. I

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<v S2>hope I do a good job at the Olympics. It's

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<v S2>like I will do a good job, I do, I have,

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<v S2>I have, yeah, I have done a good job at

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<v S2>the Olympics. And I think to do that publicly with

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<v S2>the knowing that you actually don't know what the outcome

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<v S2>is going to be, is so fucking courageous because you

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<v S2>are telling the world what you want, which I think

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<v S2>it is very rare for anyone to do that like

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<v S2>the things that I want. I honestly like I hardly

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<v S2>ever say them out loud to my husband, like, let

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<v S2>alone on in in a public forum, because then if

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<v S2>I don't get them, no one will know and only

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<v S2>I will know that I have failed you. Then the

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<v S2>fight didn't go your way. It's like, you know, sometimes

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<v S2>in life that happens and it fucking sucks. You had

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<v S2>your interview and you then came back the next day,

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<v S2>and the video that you did, I thought was one

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<v S2>of the most powerful pieces of content I've ever seen

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<v S2>in my entire life, because you were able to completely

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<v S2>reframe it, own how you felt, own how you were

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<v S2>able to. It's it's a kind of re um, oh,

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<v S2>how am I going to say this change your mindset around.

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<v S2>It's not about the outcome, it's the journey and what

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<v S2>you've got out of the journey. And the journey hasn't changed,

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<v S2>even though the outcome wasn't what you desired. And I

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<v S2>thought that was just so powerful. How the fuck did

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<v S2>you do that overnight. Like just incredible. How did it

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<v S2>feel knowing that you told everyone you were going to

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<v S2>win the gold medal, and then it didn't go your way?

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<v S4>Yeah, I think when it comes to that question, it's like,

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<v S4>that's why the post-match interview was so raw, because it

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<v S4>was just like I told the world, it's like, I

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<v S4>know before the last Olympics, like I wasn't expected. I

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<v S4>was probably like there was five boxers on the team.

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<v S4>I was probably fourth or fifth expected to win a medal, right.

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<v S4>So it was right down the bottom. And then I

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<v S4>won a medal. Right. So then the three years post

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<v S4>Tokyo into into Paris, it's like like I went on

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<v S4>this massive journey of like. And then people started, like,

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<v S4>actually believing in me, right? It's like, I feel like

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<v S4>a lot of my life has just been like I've

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<v S4>believed in myself. And then people have kind of like, questioned,

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<v S4>including my parents and people like that, like out of love.

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<v S4>But they have questioned like my directions and things like that.

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<v S4>And it's like I got people to go on the

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<v S4>journey with me because they're like, oh, he's past performances

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<v S4>have shown this like he's a sure thing, right? Almost

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<v S4>a sure thing. And that is embarrassing. Like that was

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<v S4>like baring your chest to the world and like believing

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<v S4>it and then falling on your face like, um, but

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<v S4>I will always do that. Um, probably until I have kids.

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<v S4>But I'll always do that, like set big audacious goals.

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<v S4>I don't know if I will tell them as publicly

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<v S4>as much, but I'll always set big, audacious goals and

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<v S4>tell people that I like, love and admire and, um,

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<v S4>because they will hold you accountable, which I think is

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<v S4>really important. But it's just like, like baring your chest

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<v S4>to the world. And that man in the arena, Theodore

0:16:16.390 --> 0:16:19.630
<v S4>Roosevelt quote, like, man, I love that. Like, you always

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<v S4>get bigger. And like when I set the goal at

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<v S4>the age of seven, when I when I saw Grant

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<v S4>Hackett win in 2004, it's like, I didn't think it's

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<v S4>like there was something in me that kind of believed

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<v S4>I was capable. But it's like I also knew that

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<v S4>I'm like, oh, I don't know. I'm just a boy

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<v S4>from Lilydale. Like, am I actually capable? And just like

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<v S4>through the 20 year journey, I finally believed that I could,

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<v S4>like I actually believed that I deserved to be there

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<v S4>where it's like, I didn't feel like that a lot

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<v S4>in my life. So it's like setting big, audacious goals.

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<v S4>Regardless if they happen. It's like you always shed your

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<v S4>skin and grow into a bigger version of yourself always.

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<v S4>So I'm like, I'll always do that. But publicly some.

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<v S4>I will and some I won't, I think. Yeah.

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<v S1>And you have you've shared so much so publicly which. Again,

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<v S1>so courageous, but also so great for people especially. I

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<v S1>know a big thing for you is like helping young people,

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<v S1>especially if they're wanting to get into boxing and everything

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<v S1>like that. Know that that's a part of the journey.

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<v S1>So it's amazing that you're showing up like that when

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<v S1>because we caught up the other day and I saw

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<v S1>your story when you got home and you had all

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<v S1>the posters, kind of as we were talking about with

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<v S1>the visualization of winning gold, you had all these posters

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<v S1>in your room and you were talking on your stories

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<v S1>about how it felt to like, be pulling that down

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<v S1>and like just seeing your room again since coming home.

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<v S1>And you said to me the other day that your

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<v S1>housemate asked if you wanted him to take them down

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<v S1>for you before you got home, but you felt like

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<v S1>you needed to do that. How did that feel going

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<v S1>back into your room and having to do that? And

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<v S1>why did you choose to do it yourself instead of

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<v S1>him doing it for you?

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<v S4>I think you need to. Yeah, you really need to

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<v S4>feel the emotion of failure. Like, I love that. Like,

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<v S4>really feel it. Um, of course we can try and

0:17:55.580 --> 0:17:59.000
<v S4>sort of disguise ourselves like, I'm. I'm an addict. It

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<v S4>runs in my family, and I've had it my whole life.

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<v S4>And I guess addiction just stems from like, a place of, like,

0:18:03.350 --> 0:18:06.410
<v S4>trying to distract yourself from uneasy feelings. Right? And I'm like,

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<v S4>I don't want to do that anymore. I want to

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<v S4>try and break. I want to be the circuit breaker,

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<v S4>I want to. So it's like any opportunity I can to, like,

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<v S4>feel the misery or feel the suffering in that moment.

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<v S4>It's like, I want to feel it. And I wanted

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<v S4>to walk into my room and just go like, hey,

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<v S4>you didn't like you didn't succeed. Like you failed like

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<v S4>and feel that. And people always go, oh, you didn't fail.

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<v S4>I was like, no, no, no, I did. I'm a

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<v S4>high performing athlete. Like like I did fail and I'm

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<v S4>okay with that. My definition of a failure for, for

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<v S4>for me is probably different to other people. And like

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<v S4>I'm okay with that. I can look at myself in

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<v S4>the mirror and be like, hey, you failed. Like, and

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<v S4>that's fine. Like, it's so fine. Like to, like, get

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<v S4>back up when you choose to. I need to sit

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<v S4>in the mud for a bit, get back up and

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<v S4>set another goal and try your hardest to achieve that one. Yeah,

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<v S4>that's mine. And I just.

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<v S2>Think for so many people and I'm sure you know this,

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<v S2>but for so many people that were able to see

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<v S2>you be so open with your goal and then fail,

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<v S2>not achieve the goal that you were hoping for. The

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<v S2>I think, theme and even in myself, like the amount

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<v S2>of fear that got rid of in me because I

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<v S2>was like, hang on, here's someone at like the peak

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<v S2>of their career going to one of the biggest like platforms,

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<v S2>the Olympics stages in the whole world, right? And not

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<v S2>getting the outcome. Maybe if I try something and fail it,

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<v S2>it's not actually because I think so often we think like,

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<v S2>what's the worst that can happen? And that like for you,

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<v S2>I would say that's probably the thing that you didn't

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<v S2>want to happen the most, right? And it happened. And

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<v S2>you're obviously I know like when I say you're okay,

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<v S2>like there's I don't say that lightly. I know there's

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<v S2>so much that you will be working through, but you've

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<v S2>shown so many people that it is okay, that if

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<v S2>you give it a go and you give it everything

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<v S2>and everyone knows about it and it doesn't go your way,

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<v S2>it is okay and you'll still get back up.

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<v S4>I always think that's huge. It's massive. And I always

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<v S4>think like like, yeah, like the society we live in

0:20:02.010 --> 0:20:04.350
<v S4>like celebrates winners, which I think isn't a bad thing either.

0:20:04.350 --> 0:20:06.780
<v S4>Like we all want to strive to be better, right.

0:20:06.780 --> 0:20:08.580
<v S4>And it's like if we all just got okay with losing,

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<v S4>then it's like, would it really be competition? Would we

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<v S4>really be taking risks if like, we didn't feel embarrassment

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<v S4>or feel the suffering of failure? Like, I think it

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<v S4>is important to feel that. But it's just like for me,

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<v S4>the position that I've got to now, it's like I'll

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<v S4>always set massive, big, audacious goals and it's like, it's like,

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<v S4>even if I don't achieve them, though, it's like I'm

0:20:27.690 --> 0:20:30.060
<v S4>going to try my hardest. And that's really important because

0:20:30.060 --> 0:20:33.600
<v S4>I'm super competitive. But it's just like I will inevitably

0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:37.260
<v S4>get into a better version of myself by setting that goal, right.

0:20:37.290 --> 0:20:39.630
<v S4>And that's way more important. It's like by getting and

0:20:39.630 --> 0:20:41.760
<v S4>shedding my skin and growing bigger and bigger. And just like,

0:20:41.790 --> 0:20:44.340
<v S4>eventually you're as big as the Jack and the Beanstalk.

0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:46.719
<v S4>Was that giant and that like, you mean I want

0:20:46.750 --> 0:20:49.540
<v S4>to be like that? That's where I want to get to. And. Like,

0:20:49.570 --> 0:20:51.520
<v S4>I think big goals make that. It's like if you

0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:53.620
<v S4>don't set a goal, it's just like you'll just stay

0:20:53.619 --> 0:20:56.379
<v S4>where you are and that's fine. But like, that's your choice, right?

0:20:56.410 --> 0:20:58.359
<v S4>And set a big goal and try and achieve it.

0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:00.850
<v S4>And if you don't, that's fine. But you got bigger,

0:21:00.850 --> 0:21:03.640
<v S4>you got better. And then maybe next time you will.

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<v S2>And do you think then if you went back, would

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<v S2>you still go to the Paris Olympics?

0:21:08.800 --> 0:21:12.220
<v S4>Oh, that's a good question. Uh, yeah. Yeah I would yeah,

0:21:12.220 --> 0:21:15.250
<v S4>I would, I um yeah, I think I got something

0:21:15.250 --> 0:21:17.740
<v S4>out of the 20 year journey that I don't know if.

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<v S4>If I didn't go to Paris, I don't know if

0:21:20.619 --> 0:21:21.970
<v S4>I would have got to that position where it's like

0:21:22.000 --> 0:21:23.859
<v S4>I sat down the day after and was like, hey,

0:21:23.890 --> 0:21:26.770
<v S4>I'm actually, like, kind to myself now, you know, it was,

0:21:26.800 --> 0:21:28.390
<v S4>you know, it's weird. And I don't think I've said

0:21:28.390 --> 0:21:30.370
<v S4>this publicly, but I've definitely told a few people close

0:21:30.369 --> 0:21:33.429
<v S4>to me. It's like I made deals with myself. This

0:21:33.430 --> 0:21:35.919
<v S4>is how intense I was. I made deals with myself

0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:38.200
<v S4>before the Commonwealth Games and before the last Olympics that

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<v S4>if I didn't get success, I'd kill myself. It's like,

0:21:42.970 --> 0:21:44.690
<v S4>and I don't know if I actually would, but it's

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<v S4>like that is the ultimatum that I that I made

0:21:47.420 --> 0:21:50.090
<v S4>with myself. That's how much it meant to me. And

0:21:50.090 --> 0:21:52.640
<v S4>it's like before this preparation, I was like, there's no

0:21:52.640 --> 0:21:55.520
<v S4>chance I'm setting that again. There is no chance I'm

0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:58.010
<v S4>way better than that. My life is way more important

0:21:58.010 --> 0:22:00.830
<v S4>than that. And I like built this. A lot of

0:22:00.830 --> 0:22:03.649
<v S4>people in sports psychology say like, be more positive to yourself.

0:22:03.650 --> 0:22:06.410
<v S4>And it's like, I was more positive to myself and

0:22:06.410 --> 0:22:09.710
<v S4>I wasn't as strict on myself, and it didn't mean

0:22:09.710 --> 0:22:13.070
<v S4>as much to me as my life. Right? But then

0:22:13.070 --> 0:22:16.400
<v S4>I didn't get success. But I in that it's like

0:22:16.400 --> 0:22:18.709
<v S4>I would I'm happy with the position I'm in, but

0:22:18.710 --> 0:22:20.390
<v S4>it's like, I don't think I would have got there

0:22:20.390 --> 0:22:22.940
<v S4>anyway if I didn't have all this, like, intensity of

0:22:22.970 --> 0:22:26.750
<v S4>like a Olympic bronze medal and Commonwealth Games gold. So

0:22:26.750 --> 0:22:28.040
<v S4>I feel like I had to go on that journey

0:22:28.040 --> 0:22:30.140
<v S4>to get to the position I'm in now. Mhm.

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<v S2>Oh it's just incredible that and I'm so sorry that

0:22:33.260 --> 0:22:35.750
<v S2>you had those thoughts in your head first of all.

0:22:35.750 --> 0:22:38.060
<v S2>But I think in you building like being able to

0:22:38.090 --> 0:22:40.850
<v S2>move away from that and rebuild that relationship with yourself,

0:22:40.880 --> 0:22:43.310
<v S2>like it's obviously the most important relationship that we have

0:22:43.310 --> 0:22:46.220
<v S2>in our lives. And I think for everyone listening right now,

0:22:46.220 --> 0:22:48.109
<v S2>if you want to try something and you're scared of

0:22:48.109 --> 0:22:52.190
<v S2>failure like we have, like Harry in your story, you

0:22:52.220 --> 0:22:56.659
<v S2>failed very, very, very publicly. And that I think we

0:22:56.690 --> 0:22:59.450
<v S2>so often think, I can't try this because this the

0:22:59.450 --> 0:23:02.840
<v S2>worst case scenario could happen. Now, maybe it wasn't the

0:23:02.840 --> 0:23:05.240
<v S2>worst case scenario would happen for you, but I'm sure

0:23:05.420 --> 0:23:07.700
<v S2>that it was. Yeah, for sure it was the worst

0:23:07.700 --> 0:23:08.330
<v S2>case scenario, right?

0:23:08.390 --> 0:23:10.580
<v S4>That actually fight to someone who I was supposed like

0:23:10.609 --> 0:23:12.169
<v S4>supposed to be quite comfortably. Yeah.

0:23:12.200 --> 0:23:14.600
<v S2>So that happened and you would do it again. And

0:23:14.600 --> 0:23:17.660
<v S2>I just think for everyone like let that absorb into

0:23:17.660 --> 0:23:21.680
<v S2>you because you it's not it's obviously success is like

0:23:21.950 --> 0:23:23.780
<v S2>it's important. Right. It's I'm not saying that it's not

0:23:23.780 --> 0:23:26.390
<v S2>for you. Winning wasn't important. But what you got out

0:23:26.390 --> 0:23:29.330
<v S2>of that journey and so many people do not try

0:23:29.359 --> 0:23:31.879
<v S2>things because they are like, I, I'm going to fail.

0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:33.740
<v S2>The worst case scenario could happen. I just think there's

0:23:33.740 --> 0:23:35.870
<v S2>so much power in you sitting here saying the worst

0:23:35.869 --> 0:23:38.750
<v S2>case scenario happened and you do it in a public

0:23:38.750 --> 0:23:41.810
<v S2>forum and you would do it again, that's pretty incredible.

0:23:41.840 --> 0:23:43.470
<v S4>Yeah, and I always think, like, I woke up the

0:23:43.470 --> 0:23:45.660
<v S4>next day, I was like, the world keeps spinning. Yeah,

0:23:45.690 --> 0:23:47.399
<v S4>it's like the world stops for no one. It's like

0:23:47.430 --> 0:23:48.959
<v S4>you can sit here and feel sorry for yourself and

0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:51.959
<v S4>be sad. Um, which is like, important, right? It is

0:23:51.960 --> 0:23:54.420
<v S4>important to, like. I don't feel sad. It's like, important to, like,

0:23:54.450 --> 0:23:57.359
<v S4>actually go far out. That didn't go how I wanted, right?

0:23:57.390 --> 0:23:59.280
<v S4>It's just like part of it. But I just had

0:23:59.310 --> 0:24:01.200
<v S4>like that reflection. I think I say it in the video,

0:24:01.200 --> 0:24:03.930
<v S4>but I was like, uh, I was like eating a cookie.

0:24:03.930 --> 0:24:05.490
<v S4>And I just, like, had all these, like, weird things,

0:24:05.520 --> 0:24:07.350
<v S4>like boxing me make weight. So I hadn't had any, like,

0:24:07.380 --> 0:24:08.730
<v S4>bad food for a long time. I was just like

0:24:08.730 --> 0:24:10.920
<v S4>eating this cookie. And I was just like, man, there's

0:24:10.920 --> 0:24:13.470
<v S4>people in the world that are starving. Like there's war

0:24:13.500 --> 0:24:15.990
<v S4>going on. There's like genuine suffering. Right? And here I

0:24:15.990 --> 0:24:18.540
<v S4>am complaining that I lost the match. Oh poor me.

0:24:18.690 --> 0:24:20.609
<v S4>It's like, man, get over it. Yeah. And it was

0:24:20.640 --> 0:24:23.400
<v S4>like a nice little internal battle. Yes. Maybe I'm being

0:24:23.430 --> 0:24:25.410
<v S4>too hard on myself, but it's also like I'm here

0:24:25.440 --> 0:24:28.260
<v S4>eating a cookie in the Olympic Village. Like I wanted

0:24:28.260 --> 0:24:30.150
<v S4>a 20 year journey trying to search for this. I

0:24:30.150 --> 0:24:35.129
<v S4>was a little kid who was, like, small, weak, incapable.

0:24:35.130 --> 0:24:38.100
<v S4>And then I grew into a strong, capable, better version

0:24:38.100 --> 0:24:39.600
<v S4>of myself throughout 20 years.

0:24:39.660 --> 0:24:44.980
<v S3>It's amazing One, two, three.

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<v S1>When we caught up the other day, something that you'd

0:24:48.220 --> 0:24:51.609
<v S1>said was that when you think that you went through

0:24:51.609 --> 0:24:55.479
<v S1>this like 6 or 7 years ago, you would have

0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:59.139
<v S1>dealt with it very differently. And I'd mentioned that we

0:24:59.140 --> 0:25:02.020
<v S1>just on the pod, actually, we've had a conversation with Alexis,

0:25:02.020 --> 0:25:05.080
<v S1>which is coming out soon, and it was all about purpose.

0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:08.619
<v S1>And one of the examples that she used in not

0:25:08.619 --> 0:25:11.800
<v S1>attaching a goal that you have, like a big, gigantic

0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:15.820
<v S1>goal to your your purpose and your self-worth. Um, she

0:25:15.820 --> 0:25:18.670
<v S1>used athletes as an example because, you know, you have

0:25:18.670 --> 0:25:20.709
<v S1>this your eyes set on something and whether or not

0:25:20.710 --> 0:25:22.360
<v S1>you succeed in it, like even if you did get

0:25:22.359 --> 0:25:25.210
<v S1>the gold medal, it's kind of like this. Like what

0:25:25.240 --> 0:25:27.940
<v S1>next and where to go from next? If it is

0:25:27.940 --> 0:25:31.390
<v S1>your all and everything, you have so much going for

0:25:31.390 --> 0:25:34.180
<v S1>you and so much that if anyone that follows you

0:25:34.180 --> 0:25:37.690
<v S1>online would know that means a lot to you outside

0:25:37.690 --> 0:25:39.969
<v S1>of boxing. And we were talking about this the other day,

0:25:39.970 --> 0:25:41.920
<v S1>but I'd love to hear it from you. What do

0:25:41.920 --> 0:25:43.899
<v S1>you think? That that's part of the reason why maybe

0:25:43.900 --> 0:25:47.020
<v S1>you're dealing with this failure better than you might have

0:25:47.020 --> 0:25:49.899
<v S1>in the past. Because it's boxing means the world to you.

0:25:49.900 --> 0:25:52.150
<v S1>But there is also still so much that you bring

0:25:52.180 --> 0:25:53.050
<v S1>to the table.

0:25:53.080 --> 0:25:56.170
<v S4>Yeah, that's yeah, it's a really good point because I think, um,

0:25:56.200 --> 0:25:58.510
<v S4>for like most of my life, my whole identity was

0:25:58.510 --> 0:26:01.180
<v S4>consumed with that of only being a boxer. So it's

0:26:01.180 --> 0:26:03.939
<v S4>like when I won, I won. Yeah, that's me. Right.

0:26:03.940 --> 0:26:06.670
<v S4>And then when I lost, I lost, um, and I

0:26:06.670 --> 0:26:10.090
<v S4>can think of like, a memory. So 2020, just before

0:26:10.090 --> 0:26:12.699
<v S4>Covid hit, I was in Melbourne. That's where I was based.

0:26:12.700 --> 0:26:16.450
<v S4>And I failed to make the Tokyo Olympics twice overseas

0:26:16.450 --> 0:26:19.180
<v S4>in Jordan. And I come back and it was like

0:26:19.180 --> 0:26:22.630
<v S4>March 2020. So right into Covid, like right into lockdown

0:26:22.630 --> 0:26:26.320
<v S4>and like that next six months were like the worst

0:26:26.320 --> 0:26:28.990
<v S4>six months of my life. I was like making decisions

0:26:28.990 --> 0:26:32.500
<v S4>to like, really ram myself and hurt myself and was

0:26:32.500 --> 0:26:34.750
<v S4>just in a terrible place. And to think about the

0:26:34.750 --> 0:26:38.080
<v S4>decisions I'm making now compared to them. I think it

0:26:38.080 --> 0:26:41.480
<v S4>is because I have separated myself like I I'm happy

0:26:41.480 --> 0:26:43.909
<v S4>with myself and I. Of course, there's some days you

0:26:43.910 --> 0:26:44.840
<v S4>wake up and you're like, you look in the mirror,

0:26:44.869 --> 0:26:46.760
<v S4>you're like, oh, man, I don't like, like you. You

0:26:46.760 --> 0:26:48.590
<v S4>don't like who's looking back? But that's very rare. It's like,

0:26:48.590 --> 0:26:50.720
<v S4>more often than not, I have a good relationship with myself,

0:26:50.720 --> 0:26:53.900
<v S4>and I like that. Um, but it's like to think

0:26:53.900 --> 0:26:57.470
<v S4>about 2020, and now it's like, that's growth. And it's like,

0:26:57.500 --> 0:26:59.810
<v S4>that's evidence right there that you're actually doing the work,

0:26:59.810 --> 0:27:01.040
<v S4>which is nice. Yeah.

0:27:01.070 --> 0:27:03.139
<v S2>Have you worked through what your purpose is?

0:27:03.859 --> 0:27:06.650
<v S4>Oh yeah. Like you can have like a generic answer

0:27:06.650 --> 0:27:08.450
<v S4>for this. I don't fully know. I think I'm quite

0:27:08.450 --> 0:27:12.889
<v S4>obsessed with like self-growth and experience and, um, I think

0:27:12.890 --> 0:27:14.359
<v S4>leaving the world in a better place than what I

0:27:14.359 --> 0:27:16.310
<v S4>found it, but I'm like, I don't fully know. Yeah,

0:27:16.340 --> 0:27:17.570
<v S4>I'm not sure. Yeah.

0:27:18.170 --> 0:27:20.240
<v S1>And that's okay as well. Like, that was something. I mean,

0:27:20.270 --> 0:27:22.280
<v S1>even when we had Alexis on, I feel like in

0:27:22.280 --> 0:27:25.490
<v S1>real time I was working it out for myself. Um,

0:27:25.520 --> 0:27:28.220
<v S1>but I just think that there's so much in that,

0:27:28.220 --> 0:27:31.880
<v S1>that that realization that you are a boxer, but it's

0:27:31.880 --> 0:27:34.909
<v S1>not your whole and that there is so much else

0:27:34.910 --> 0:27:37.369
<v S1>that you do. You do genuinely. You're changing the world

0:27:37.369 --> 0:27:40.710
<v S1>in what you share. Outside of boxing, as well. Um,

0:27:40.710 --> 0:27:43.230
<v S1>and to really kind of own that and embrace that,

0:27:43.260 --> 0:27:44.520
<v S1>I think is amazing.

0:27:44.550 --> 0:27:46.860
<v S4>It's a really interesting thing because I find myself and

0:27:46.859 --> 0:27:48.899
<v S4>I hate that I do it. It's very frustrating, but

0:27:48.900 --> 0:27:51.090
<v S4>it's like you meet someone for the first time or

0:27:51.090 --> 0:27:53.430
<v S4>you're like, what do you do for work? And I'm like,

0:27:53.430 --> 0:27:56.280
<v S4>I don't like that. I very much attach their identity

0:27:56.280 --> 0:27:58.919
<v S4>to what they do. Like I and I'm trying to

0:27:58.920 --> 0:28:00.209
<v S4>get better at it, but it's just such a, like

0:28:00.240 --> 0:28:01.290
<v S4>a social thing, right?

0:28:01.320 --> 0:28:03.600
<v S2>You're conditioned to ask that question. Like after we ask

0:28:03.600 --> 0:28:04.109
<v S2>someone's name.

0:28:04.140 --> 0:28:05.910
<v S4>Yeah. Yeah. It's a really interesting thing. And I'm trying

0:28:05.910 --> 0:28:07.920
<v S4>to get better at like, but like what's a I,

0:28:07.950 --> 0:28:09.990
<v S4>we can brainstorm it right now but like what's a question.

0:28:10.020 --> 0:28:12.990
<v S4>Like what. Who are you. Yeah. Like what lights you up.

0:28:13.020 --> 0:28:14.880
<v S4>I don't know, like what actually gives you, like, what

0:28:14.910 --> 0:28:16.740
<v S4>gives you passion. It's like a bit weird if you

0:28:16.740 --> 0:28:18.450
<v S4>ask someone that in the elevator, right? I don't know.

0:28:18.480 --> 0:28:19.020
<v S4>I don't know. But.

0:28:19.050 --> 0:28:20.909
<v S2>And then I think for some people, like, some people's

0:28:20.910 --> 0:28:23.850
<v S2>careers are tied closer to their identity than others. And like,

0:28:23.880 --> 0:28:26.160
<v S2>I think that's also. That's okay.

0:28:26.190 --> 0:28:26.880
<v S4>Yeah.

0:28:27.060 --> 0:28:29.700
<v S2>Because I think I sometimes put pressure on myself to like,

0:28:29.730 --> 0:28:31.890
<v S2>never ask that question and then like, never say what

0:28:31.890 --> 0:28:33.990
<v S2>I do. But I'm like, actually, no, my career, like,

0:28:34.020 --> 0:28:36.869
<v S2>is so important to me. So if I'm going to

0:28:36.900 --> 0:28:38.640
<v S2>put that as a part of my identity and part

0:28:38.670 --> 0:28:41.430
<v S2>of not all of. Yeah. Like that's also okay.

0:28:41.790 --> 0:28:42.360
<v S1>Totally.

0:28:42.480 --> 0:28:43.080
<v S4>Yeah.

0:28:43.530 --> 0:28:46.260
<v S2>What are you. So have you worked through. Obviously. I

0:28:46.260 --> 0:28:49.440
<v S2>know you're so fresh off the Olympics, and you're going

0:28:49.440 --> 0:28:50.790
<v S2>to have some time now, and you've just come back

0:28:50.790 --> 0:28:55.200
<v S2>into this book with this press tour. Have you already

0:28:55.200 --> 0:28:58.110
<v S2>set your next goal, or are you giving yourself space

0:28:58.110 --> 0:29:00.510
<v S2>and time to kind of work through that?

0:29:00.810 --> 0:29:03.780
<v S4>Uh, yeah, definitely space and time. I yeah, I'm not

0:29:03.780 --> 0:29:06.600
<v S4>too sure what it is. And I'm. Yeah, I'm just

0:29:06.600 --> 0:29:08.730
<v S4>aware that I'm like, I'm not tied to anyone. I

0:29:08.730 --> 0:29:12.030
<v S4>think after my first Olympics Tokyo, like, I feel like

0:29:12.030 --> 0:29:14.460
<v S4>my identity was still boxer. So it's like I walked

0:29:14.460 --> 0:29:17.040
<v S4>into professional boxing. I was like, well, I'm going to like,

0:29:17.220 --> 0:29:19.830
<v S4>this is me. But it's like, now it's like, I

0:29:19.830 --> 0:29:22.320
<v S4>love to fight and I love boxing. It's the best.

0:29:22.320 --> 0:29:25.170
<v S4>But I'm like, I don't. I will never be a

0:29:25.170 --> 0:29:27.840
<v S4>pawn in someone else's game. I'm always the master of

0:29:27.840 --> 0:29:29.880
<v S4>my fate and the king of my reality. So it's like,

0:29:29.880 --> 0:29:32.280
<v S4>I'm like, I don't need boxing. I do it because

0:29:32.280 --> 0:29:35.340
<v S4>I love it and I've never needed it. Yeah, yeah.

0:29:35.460 --> 0:29:37.950
<v S2>I love that. And we wanted to ask you as

0:29:37.950 --> 0:29:40.780
<v S2>well about We spoke about this last time, but you're

0:29:40.780 --> 0:29:44.650
<v S2>still doing it, which is just incredible. The uncomfortable challenges

0:29:45.010 --> 0:29:48.580
<v S2>and the one that you're doing at the moment is

0:29:48.580 --> 0:29:53.620
<v S2>living below the line. Can you talk about that? And

0:29:53.620 --> 0:29:55.720
<v S2>then maybe for people that we're going to put the

0:29:55.720 --> 0:29:57.820
<v S2>first episode we did with you in the show notes,

0:29:57.820 --> 0:29:59.770
<v S2>but can you just give a little bit of info

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<v S2>on why you started doing this? And also the fact

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<v S2>that how long? How long have you been doing it

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<v S2>for now?

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<v S4>Yeah, this is the 68th month in a row. Wow. Yeah.

0:30:07.930 --> 0:30:08.980
<v S4>Five and a half years. Yeah.

0:30:09.010 --> 0:30:09.940
<v S1>So impressive.

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<v S4>Yeah. So it's been, um. So I originally started for

0:30:12.850 --> 0:30:15.520
<v S4>an Olympic gold medal, um, just after the Commonwealth Games

0:30:15.520 --> 0:30:18.670
<v S4>in 2018. And, like, I just think, like, if you

0:30:18.670 --> 0:30:20.380
<v S4>want to grow as an athlete, that's why I started.

0:30:20.410 --> 0:30:22.300
<v S4>It's like, go to the places you feel most uncomfortable.

0:30:22.300 --> 0:30:25.030
<v S4>So I started small, like the first few ones were

0:30:25.060 --> 0:30:27.820
<v S4>like having a hard conversation with your family or like,

0:30:27.850 --> 0:30:30.670
<v S4>telling someone something you've never told before, which is quite hard, right?

0:30:31.240 --> 0:30:33.070
<v S4>They're not small, but it's like, I guess the big

0:30:33.070 --> 0:30:34.840
<v S4>shit because I've been doing for so long. It's like

0:30:34.840 --> 0:30:37.570
<v S4>that has got bigger, right? Yeah. Um, and some have

0:30:37.570 --> 0:30:39.620
<v S4>been even still like deep in like my 50s. Some

0:30:39.620 --> 0:30:42.470
<v S4>of them were quite easy, but like I have watched,

0:30:42.470 --> 0:30:44.990
<v S4>I'm like a different person from which is inevitable. It's

0:30:44.990 --> 0:30:47.840
<v S4>five years ago and I'm in my like formative years. Um,

0:30:47.840 --> 0:30:50.180
<v S4>but it's like crazy to think how much I have

0:30:50.180 --> 0:30:53.000
<v S4>taken from this. And I remember waking up, it was

0:30:53.000 --> 0:30:55.820
<v S4>like I got back in Australia, and I'm thinking, I

0:30:55.820 --> 0:30:58.880
<v S4>haven't decided on an uncomfortable challenge for this month. And

0:30:58.880 --> 0:31:00.680
<v S4>I'm thinking I started it for an Olympic gold medal.

0:31:00.680 --> 0:31:02.660
<v S4>I didn't get one. I'm like, oh, screw this. Like

0:31:02.690 --> 0:31:04.610
<v S4>I was like, obviously quite negative. I was like, screw this.

0:31:04.610 --> 0:31:06.980
<v S4>And I was like, no, this has been like the

0:31:06.980 --> 0:31:10.040
<v S4>best thing. I've like really enjoyed it. It's been a

0:31:10.040 --> 0:31:12.860
<v S4>lot of fun. It's been very hard. But it's like

0:31:12.890 --> 0:31:14.510
<v S4>each month I've got to think of an idea. It

0:31:14.510 --> 0:31:16.310
<v S4>brings enjoyment to my life. I've got to like, be

0:31:16.310 --> 0:31:19.580
<v S4>creative sometimes, like I've done like an improv class or

0:31:19.580 --> 0:31:21.739
<v S4>I'm like, like, that's fun. Or I started ballet or like,

0:31:21.770 --> 0:31:24.320
<v S4>had some hard conversations or run 100 KS on Bondi

0:31:24.350 --> 0:31:26.930
<v S4>Beach on the sand, like some are hard, some are physical.

0:31:26.930 --> 0:31:29.690
<v S4>But like each one I've learnt something from and this

0:31:29.690 --> 0:31:33.080
<v S4>month is is a bloody hard one. Like cost of

0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:36.170
<v S4>living crisis is wild and to live under the poverty

0:31:36.170 --> 0:31:39.350
<v S4>line on the website that I found, it's like $489

0:31:39.350 --> 0:31:41.840
<v S4>a week for a single person. And then you go

0:31:41.840 --> 0:31:45.080
<v S4>to minus, like your rent bills. You mean it'll be

0:31:45.080 --> 0:31:47.570
<v S4>roughly like 200 bucks? You'd imagine, depending on where you're living, right?

0:31:47.570 --> 0:31:50.570
<v S4>I'm sure for many people it's a lot more than $200. But.

0:31:50.570 --> 0:31:52.610
<v S4>And then you've got to like, I was living off

0:31:52.610 --> 0:31:55.190
<v S4>250 bucks a week, $35 a day, and I'm like

0:31:55.190 --> 0:31:57.440
<v S4>five days in. And it has just been like each day.

0:31:57.440 --> 0:32:00.830
<v S4>It's so hard to be so conscious of that. Like

0:32:00.860 --> 0:32:04.370
<v S4>$35 a week is wild, like $35 a day. So

0:32:04.400 --> 0:32:06.260
<v S4>it's wild. It's so wild. If you want to like,

0:32:06.290 --> 0:32:11.270
<v S4>transport fuel, move around like buy food. Oh, it's just

0:32:11.300 --> 0:32:13.790
<v S4>it's been it's wild, but a big eye opener that

0:32:13.790 --> 0:32:17.300
<v S4>I take a lot of little things for granted. Mhm.

0:32:17.660 --> 0:32:19.820
<v S1>Oh I think it's, I think it's amazing and I

0:32:19.820 --> 0:32:21.890
<v S1>think it's incredible that you're doing it. And as you

0:32:21.890 --> 0:32:24.620
<v S1>said an eye opener I'm sure for a lot of people,

0:32:24.620 --> 0:32:27.680
<v S1>a lot of people and I think it's so, so important. Um,

0:32:27.680 --> 0:32:29.750
<v S1>but I think what you're doing with the challenge, as

0:32:29.750 --> 0:32:32.210
<v S1>you said, I think this goes back to you appreciating

0:32:32.210 --> 0:32:34.460
<v S1>the journey to get to the gold, like being able

0:32:34.460 --> 0:32:36.960
<v S1>to come back and realize that there's been so much

0:32:36.990 --> 0:32:39.420
<v S1>you've been getting out of the journey, regardless of the outcome,

0:32:39.420 --> 0:32:41.100
<v S1>and that's why you're going to continue on with stuff

0:32:41.100 --> 0:32:45.570
<v S1>like this is amazing in itself. Um, so we want

0:32:45.600 --> 0:32:48.930
<v S1>to we could talk to you for hours, but I

0:32:48.930 --> 0:32:51.600
<v S1>think what we've touched on already, something that you do

0:32:51.630 --> 0:32:54.540
<v S1>do and you do also share, which is also really beautiful,

0:32:54.540 --> 0:32:57.600
<v S1>is write poems. And I think it's so sweet that

0:32:57.600 --> 0:32:59.190
<v S1>you share it because it is, I'm sure, something that

0:32:59.190 --> 0:33:02.190
<v S1>you do for yourself. Um, but I'm sure when you

0:33:02.190 --> 0:33:03.750
<v S1>do share it, there's plenty of people who slide in

0:33:03.750 --> 0:33:05.910
<v S1>and be like, wow, this really spoke to me. So

0:33:05.910 --> 0:33:08.250
<v S1>it's so beautiful. But we wanted to share one that

0:33:08.250 --> 0:33:11.040
<v S1>you wrote called Inner Shine, if you don't mind, which

0:33:11.040 --> 0:33:15.030
<v S1>is in the chapter The Power of Positivity. Do you mind?

0:33:15.060 --> 0:33:15.900
<v S1>Do you want to read it out?

0:33:15.900 --> 0:33:18.720
<v S4>Actually? Yeah. You go me your reading is better than

0:33:18.720 --> 0:33:19.020
<v S4>my mind.

0:33:19.050 --> 0:33:23.010
<v S1>No. Okay. But this is you. Okay. But okay, I'll

0:33:23.010 --> 0:33:27.570
<v S1>do it. Okay. I won't stop until you were mine. Failure.

0:33:27.600 --> 0:33:31.260
<v S1>My friend, I thank you. I have unlocked my inner

0:33:31.260 --> 0:33:35.640
<v S1>shine inside me. A gold mine. I can feel you

0:33:35.650 --> 0:33:39.610
<v S1>touching my chest. I won't stop until you are mine.

0:33:40.030 --> 0:33:44.110
<v S1>For years I thought I wasn't divine. Fuck that. I

0:33:44.110 --> 0:33:49.180
<v S1>have unlocked my inner shine. 15 years on this uphill climb.

0:33:49.180 --> 0:33:52.930
<v S1>No looking back now. I won't stop until you are mine.

0:33:53.230 --> 0:33:56.620
<v S1>I will never be a sheep and stand in line.

0:33:56.770 --> 0:34:00.280
<v S1>I know and understand too much. I have unlocked my

0:34:00.280 --> 0:34:03.850
<v S1>inner shine to all the role models in my life.

0:34:03.850 --> 0:34:08.590
<v S1>Positive and negative. Thank you. I won't stop until it's mine.

0:34:08.620 --> 0:34:14.290
<v S1>I have unlocked my inner shine. Can you tell us

0:34:14.290 --> 0:34:14.469
<v S1>about it?

0:34:14.500 --> 0:34:16.510
<v S4>That was a that was really. Yeah. That was uncomfortable

0:34:16.540 --> 0:34:20.890
<v S4>to listen to that. Um, yeah, that was I that

0:34:20.890 --> 0:34:22.750
<v S4>was one of my first poems. I was like, in

0:34:22.750 --> 0:34:24.910
<v S4>the first six months of writing. Yeah. And it's like,

0:34:24.940 --> 0:34:27.370
<v S4>I think that format I was playing around with formats.

0:34:27.370 --> 0:34:29.950
<v S4>I don't really know the formats of poetry. And I

0:34:29.950 --> 0:34:32.440
<v S4>think that's a sonnet maybe. I don't know, it's like

0:34:32.440 --> 0:34:33.820
<v S4>a quite a long one, but I was like, you

0:34:33.820 --> 0:34:36.490
<v S4>have to follow a certain format. So so like classifies

0:34:36.489 --> 0:34:40.180
<v S4>as that type of poem. And um, yeah, that one

0:34:40.420 --> 0:34:42.550
<v S4>is really interesting. It's so interesting that I wrote that

0:34:42.550 --> 0:34:45.490
<v S4>back in 2021. And to think about where I was,

0:34:45.520 --> 0:34:47.740
<v S4>it's like, I think there's something inside of you always

0:34:47.739 --> 0:34:50.020
<v S4>wanting to come out right. It's like maybe when I

0:34:50.020 --> 0:34:51.640
<v S4>wrote that I was having a really good day and

0:34:51.640 --> 0:34:53.470
<v S4>I'm like, yeah, this is like, this is part of

0:34:53.500 --> 0:34:55.090
<v S4>this is me. And it's like, it feels like I'm

0:34:55.090 --> 0:34:57.340
<v S4>that most of the time now, which is nice, uh,

0:34:57.340 --> 0:34:59.500
<v S4>where it's like back then I think I would have

0:34:59.500 --> 0:35:01.630
<v S4>that maybe one day a week where it's like now

0:35:01.630 --> 0:35:04.090
<v S4>it's like five days a week, which is nice. Really nice,

0:35:04.090 --> 0:35:05.500
<v S4>if not more. Yeah.

0:35:06.489 --> 0:35:08.470
<v S2>Was that a written about a gold medal?

0:35:08.530 --> 0:35:10.180
<v S4>Yeah, yeah.

0:35:13.120 --> 0:35:15.640
<v S2>Could you do you feel anything when you hear those

0:35:15.640 --> 0:35:17.799
<v S2>words that it's not actually about the medal?

0:35:18.670 --> 0:35:22.300
<v S4>Um, yeah. I guess I can like the position I'm

0:35:22.300 --> 0:35:23.890
<v S4>in now. Yeah, I can see that. But when I

0:35:23.890 --> 0:35:26.140
<v S4>wrote that, it's like a very much like I'm like,

0:35:26.170 --> 0:35:28.629
<v S4>I felt I needed that. Like, I think there's another

0:35:28.630 --> 0:35:30.910
<v S4>poem in the book. It's about like, my whole identity

0:35:30.910 --> 0:35:33.009
<v S4>was consumed with that of only being a boxer. Like

0:35:33.040 --> 0:35:36.440
<v S4>I Every like every win was just me. It was

0:35:36.440 --> 0:35:38.270
<v S4>my identity. It was me. Like, every time you go

0:35:38.270 --> 0:35:40.310
<v S4>to somewhere, it's like they're talking about your boxing. It's

0:35:40.310 --> 0:35:42.860
<v S4>just like, that's you. Um, where it's like, I don't

0:35:42.860 --> 0:35:44.840
<v S4>feel like that anymore. Which is, I guess, a good

0:35:44.840 --> 0:35:46.280
<v S4>position to be in. Yeah.

0:35:46.580 --> 0:35:50.000
<v S2>And could could it also be about the relationship with yourself?

0:35:50.239 --> 0:35:52.370
<v S4>Yeah. That's. I'm actually going to do it. It's so

0:35:52.370 --> 0:35:54.350
<v S4>funny because I'm actually going to do I plan on it,

0:35:54.350 --> 0:35:56.480
<v S4>a poetry book where it's like, I don't know, 100

0:35:56.510 --> 0:35:58.880
<v S4>of my favorite poems. And then I don't know, because

0:35:58.880 --> 0:36:01.340
<v S4>the best thing about poetry is like, it is so subjective.

0:36:01.340 --> 0:36:03.380
<v S4>Someone would read. Someone would read that and get a

0:36:03.380 --> 0:36:05.720
<v S4>different meaning. It's like a what's a horoscope? It's like

0:36:05.750 --> 0:36:07.040
<v S4>you read it and you get the meaning. You make

0:36:07.040 --> 0:36:10.100
<v S4>the meaning of it. And I, I actually wanted to

0:36:10.130 --> 0:36:11.510
<v S4>state that at the side of the book that you

0:36:11.540 --> 0:36:13.310
<v S4>create the meaning you want from it, but I also

0:36:13.340 --> 0:36:15.680
<v S4>want to explain what I mean by it. Like this

0:36:15.680 --> 0:36:17.450
<v S4>is my meaning of it, but it's like I understand

0:36:17.450 --> 0:36:20.390
<v S4>that people's meaning is different. Um, so yeah, that's my

0:36:20.390 --> 0:36:23.209
<v S4>plan with my second book. Oh. That's amazing.

0:36:23.239 --> 0:36:25.130
<v S1>Yeah, I love that.

0:36:25.280 --> 0:36:28.880
<v S2>Yeah. And I just feel like, I mean, I saw you, like,

0:36:28.910 --> 0:36:32.029
<v S2>in this conversation. Your body language has been the same throughout. Like,

0:36:32.060 --> 0:36:34.440
<v S2>you've really like, leaned in on the table and you're

0:36:34.440 --> 0:36:37.739
<v S2>sitting comfortably. And as soon as Steph started reading, you

0:36:37.770 --> 0:36:39.990
<v S2>looked over to the side and like, swung your chair around,

0:36:39.989 --> 0:36:42.660
<v S2>which you haven't. So I could feel that you felt

0:36:42.660 --> 0:36:45.930
<v S2>uncomfortable there, but it's just as I was listening to that,

0:36:45.930 --> 0:36:48.780
<v S2>I was like, it's just so because I had assumed

0:36:48.780 --> 0:36:53.430
<v S2>it was written about the medal. But you've actually done that,

0:36:53.430 --> 0:36:56.010
<v S2>all of that, but with the relationship with yourself, you

0:36:56.040 --> 0:36:58.410
<v S2>made me cry. But it's just it's yeah, it's pretty.

0:36:58.440 --> 0:37:00.000
<v S2>It's it's so special.

0:37:00.239 --> 0:37:02.670
<v S4>You reckon it's like the longest relationship we ever have.

0:37:02.700 --> 0:37:04.200
<v S4>And I think it's so hard in the world we

0:37:04.200 --> 0:37:08.610
<v S4>live in. Like, um, the world is seemingly. It seems

0:37:08.610 --> 0:37:11.400
<v S4>like it's against us, but it's like it's up to us,

0:37:11.400 --> 0:37:14.220
<v S4>especially in Australia. Like a lot of us are so lucky, like,

0:37:14.250 --> 0:37:16.200
<v S4>compared comparatively to the rest of the world. And it's

0:37:16.200 --> 0:37:19.230
<v S4>like if we want a better relationship for our kids

0:37:19.230 --> 0:37:21.419
<v S4>in the future or our grandkids or the, you know,

0:37:21.450 --> 0:37:23.460
<v S4>it's like it's up to us now to realise that

0:37:23.460 --> 0:37:25.020
<v S4>in the society we live in, it's up to us

0:37:25.020 --> 0:37:27.750
<v S4>and pull back and like, actually take back a little

0:37:27.780 --> 0:37:29.070
<v S4>bit of control of our life.

0:37:29.100 --> 0:37:33.120
<v S2>Mm, I love that. Thank you. Harry as always, it

0:37:33.120 --> 0:37:35.339
<v S2>has been a pleasure to have you on the podcast.

0:37:35.340 --> 0:37:36.780
<v S2>Thank you for taking the time. We know you just

0:37:36.780 --> 0:37:40.169
<v S2>had so like so much press, so we really appreciate it.

0:37:40.200 --> 0:37:41.790
<v S4>Always good to talk. Thanks guys.

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