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Send us Fan Mail Content note: This episode includes conversation about suicide, addiction and mental health. If you’re struggling, please reach out to Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636. People see who you are now. They don’t see what it took to get there. Shell and I go there in this one: unrelenting standards, being hard on yourself when you’re actually doing well, falling apart so you can rebuild, and what it’s like getting diagnosed with ADHD as a high achiever who seemed to have it all together. Shellee masked for 32 years. Her house was spotless. Her brain wasn’t. She describes it as being everywhere and nowhere at the same time. I share my own side too: the heart scare, losing my fire, the grief that came with my diagnosis, and why I’ve spent my whole life trying to figure out what people need from me. If you’ve ever felt like you should be further ahead, or wondered why you can change someone’s life but can’t send an email, this one’s for you. In this episode [00:00] Who you become vs what it took[00:00] Unrelenting standards[00:00] Mortality, excuses and reasons[00:00] Dad and the simple life[00:00] Where’s my fire gone[00:00] Falling apart like Lego[00:00] Getting diagnosed with ADHD[00:00] Masking and grief[00:00] Supporting her son[00:00] What “weird” actually means[00:00] Final wordsLines that stuck “In everything, we either have an excuse or a reason.”“I could mask it until I couldn’t.”“Jack, I’m not broken.”“It’s like the Lamborghini I’ve spent 10 years building finally has the fuel to get out of the garage.”Connect with Shellee Instagram: @shelleerose Work with Trav If something in this episode hit home and you want to find the pattern underneath it, book a Tech Talk or check out the Biz & Brand Rewire: stan.store/thetechnician Instagram: @thetechnician

Send us Fan Mail Fourteen years ago, Mitch and his family/ friends ripped the carpet out of a little shop in Maroochydore and started building Glass Whole Foods.. Since then he's nearly had to close the doors, fought through COVID, dealt with council multiple times, spent years saving for equipment, built a team, raised a family and somehow created a place people now literally travel interstate to experience. You can feel it when you walk in that this place is built different.. the customer service, the feel of it.. everything has been worked on down to the 1%er's.. and that's something Mitch and his partner and team are very proud of.. and it shows.  I originally thought we'd talk for about 30 minutes...We went for over an hour. We talked about what actually makes a business remarkable, why Mitch refuses to compromise the product just to make more money, health, failure, our old drinking days on the Sunshine Coast, parents, becoming dads, remembering why you started and what 14 years of doing the little things actually looks like. And then the conversation went somewhere neither of us expected. Mitch opened up about losing his brother-in-law to pancreatic cancer ..and the perspective that experience gave him on what actually constitutes a “hard day" This isn't really an episode about running a cafe. It's about giving enough of a f**k about something to keep building it when closing the doors would be easier. Mitch Surman,.. Glass Whole Foods  The Technician Podcast 🎙️

Send us Fan Mail Ai, Ozempic & the Death of the Hard Way  with Charley O'Halloran (@holisticguthealth) Charley and I had been talking all morning before we hit record.. the gym, coffee, the usual and one thing kept coming back up the more talked shit together... We've got more tools than we've ever had. Peptides, AI, information on tap. And people are still stuck and not doing the things they know they should.. Not because the tools don't work. They do. But because the struggle we're skipping was doing something we didn't account for... I lost 15 kilos this year. Four months ago I was at 165, having 64 apnea episodes an hour, with bloods that scared me. What actually changed wasn't a protocol. It was becoming the bloke who does the thing. If I'd shortcut that, I'd have shortcut the part that keeps it.  The actual hero journey..  Charley makes the same case from the health side. He's not anti-peptide.. he thinks they're the future of medicine, and he told me on this episode why I'd be a good candidate for one. But he's watched people get the result and lose it, because nothing underneath them changed. We also got into: Why AI enhances the skills you already have and can't invent the ones you don'tThe jungle map moving forward when you can only see 100 metres aheadWhere did you pull that timeline from? Charley on why deadlines cause most of the painData versus drama. Sales are low. How many times have you sold? Once. Sell more.A Crohn's client who took her inflammatory marker from extremely high back to normal on the basics aloneWhy Charley drinks tap water and eats ice cream, and why health has gotten f*****g exhausting onlineThe comparison trap would you also pay the price that person paid?Being honest about what you're using. Peptides, surgery, gear. Just say it.Blokes leaving their mates behind when they start getting healthyThe Middle Men Movement for the guys who don't want a naked retreat or a therapistCharley runs an 8-week challenge. Next one starts in about 2 weeks.. follow him on Instagram to catch it. Find Charley: @holisticguthealth

Send us Fan Mail What started as a conversation about trust, content and AI turned into something else entirely...kind of ironic I start the whole thing reading research from Claude haha..  Taylor Bubeck and I were already mid-conversation when Justin Hughes  usually the man behind the cameras at Pivotal Conversations  got pulled in from the other side of the room. No plan. No little neat agenda. Just three people talking honestly about the stuff that tends to sit underneath the work, the business, the content and the version of success we think we’re supposed to want.. and the one we're constantly sold online and by society..  We get into identity..pressure..what it means to provide as a man.. the shame some people carry when they leave business or choose a simpler season, and why “just a job” can carry far more weight than it should these days.. its wild.  We also talk about AI without the usual all-or-nothing b******t. It can be useful. It can save time. It can help you organise, research and build. But it can’t replace your voice, your judgement, your lived experience or your ability to think for yourself.. let's keep as a helper not a be'er.. is that word?  This one is messy in the best way..trust me. It moves through ambition, burnout, masculinity, parenting, boundaries, old versions of ourselves, nostalgia ( give me that old school shit) the pressure to always be reachable, and what it looks like to come back to being a human rather than a performance. In this episode, we cover: Why trust is becoming more valuable than polished contentThe difference between being authentic and simply being visibleWhat happens when your whole identity has been built around performanceWhy success can feel uncomfortable when life finally becomes calmThe pressure men can feel to provide.. and why more of them need to say it out loudLeaving business, changing direction, and the shame around choosing stability.. seeing as socials now shows everythingBoundaries, availability and the right to do absolutely nothing sometimes.. preachBuilding a relevant audience instead of chasing empty reachUsing AI as scaffolding, not a replacement for your own thinking..Resilience, shortcuts and why lived experience still mattersTaylor is the host of Your Invisible Advantage, where she explores self-leadership, identity, branding and the things that sit underneath how we show up in the world.. I've been on her poddy a couple of times now and she's one of the most genuine humans I've met. Couldn't speak highly enough of her to be honest.  Justin was the man behind Pivotal Conversations a beautiful Gold Coast studio built for real conversations, podcasts and content that actually feels like the person making it.. ( I believe he has since moved on since then). And he is another fantastic human that I think you should ALL follow..  Find Taylor: @taylorbubeck Find Justin: @its_justinhughes Find Trav: @thetechnician

Send us Fan Mail Guest: Jordan Stanton!! founder of a heavyweight running movement in London, 104kg, viral for "pound-for-pound" running content, sleep coach, aspiring heavyweight running champion of the world. What this episode actually is: Not a scripted interview ..the record button got missed for the first 30 seconds because this turned into two blokes calling each other out in real time. By the end, both had made public commitments they can't quietly walk back. Threads worth pulling out as clip-worthy moments: The origin story of "I'm thick and I'm quick"  a joke in a car park that became an identityThe "man child" memory and shaving his arms at 12 the exact moment Jordan learned to hide his sizeThe hard-exterior-soft-interior pattern in big guys, and the "I can't show my full strength or I'll hurt someone" belief formed from one childhood incidentThe "clown mask" ..performing confidence in public, collapsing at home, for yearsKilometer 76 of the Backyard Ultra — the moment he nearly quit and the actual reasoning that got him through it"Everything I'm doing now isn't for the results I want tomorrow" — his line on staying in the unrewarded middleThe Charlie story ..recognizing and publicly crediting his 19-year-old videographer, and why almost nobody does thatWhy AI makes human connection more valuable, not less (the "nod in the park" story)The live moment where you both made public commitments — Jordan to America/Kenya, you to Florida — neither of which existed as a real plan five minutes earlierReal takeaway for the listener, stated plainly: if you've been sitting on a version of yourself you're scared to become public, this episode is what it sounds like when two people force each other to book the flight instead of talking about booking the flight. Go Follow Jordan at JORDAN STANTON on IG

Send us Fan Mail Most people think they're high performers because they get a lot done.  They're not. They're high-functioning task machines and it's quietly killing the thing that made them good in the first place. This is part one of a conversation with Alex (@portalbyalex), and we went deep fast. We get into what a pattern actually is, why your people get you within five minutes while everyone else stays an acquaintance, and the big one.. running your business like an artist instead of a machine. Why Michael Jackson never played a single instrument and was still the greatest who ever did it, and what that means for anyone trying to wear every hat at once. Then we got real about money. I did a full financial audit on myself recently and found out I'd made nearly $700k in two years and had to sit there and ask where the hell it all went. So we talk about that. The patterns underneath money, the lifestyle creep, the stuff nobody warns you about when the income finally shows up. Alex reads patterns through emotion. I read them through behaviour. Most of this episode lives in the middle of that. If you've done the personal development work but you're still running invisible patterns that are wrecking your results .. this one's for you. Part two's coming. The personal stuff.. the diagnosis, the masks, and the week I thought I was dying. Find Alex on Instagram @portalbyalex.

Send us Fan Mail The Technician Podcast Episode: Her Biggest Month Ever Broke Her  — with Rani Curry What happens when someone who's already done years of personal development work finally meets the layer underneath all of it? That's this episode. Rani Curry is an in-person and online PT on the Gold Coast who also works in mindset, nervous system regulation, and breathwork. She's been in and out of therapy since she was 14. She's done NLP, retreats, breathwork training, hypnotherapy, and group programs. She ran a sold-out event, had her highest cash month ever — and then completely fell apart on the other side of it. That's when she found her way to me. This conversation is different. Rani's a past client, and this is the first time I've had one on the pod. We go deep into her story, into what the work actually looked like, and at one point, without planning it, we drop into a live somatic process that neither of us saw coming. A five-year-old girl on a makeshift stage in a school playground. People laughing. A decision made in that moment that quietly ran her life for the next two decades. We found it in about four minutes. In this episode: Why doing "all the work" doesn't mean you've hit the root — and what lives underneathThe moment Rani's nervous system completely shut down after her biggest ever winWhat it actually feels like to do live pattern work (we do it mid-episode)The feminine wound that was hiding in plain sight for 20 yearsWhy she invested $15k and what the real ROI looked like six months laterThe difference between being aware of your patterns and your nervous system actually changingWhy Rani nearly didn't come back after the first session — and what made her stayThe retreat moment that cracked everything openBuilding a business from a dysregulated nervous system — and what shifts when you finally aren'tThe moment that'll stop you mid-listen: Around the 20 minute mark, something unplanned happens. Rani starts talking about expression, and her body goes somewhere before her brain does. We follow it. What we find is a memory from prep or grade one — a little girl on a wooden platform in a playground, performing a song, watching people laugh. She decided something in that moment. And it played out quietly in her business, her content, her relationships, and her body for the next two decades. We changed the ending. On the investment: Rani invested $15k over six months. She talks openly about how she made that decision, what ROI actually means when you're investing in your nervous system, and what it costs to not change. No filter, no sugarcoating. Where Rani's at now: Busiest she's ever been. Moved into a new apartment. Building toward her own coaching company. Training differently, eating differently, showing up differently. Same person ..completely different operating system. Connect with Rani: Instagram: @the.ranicurry A note on this episode: This episode contains a live somatic process. While this is not therapy, some content may bring up emotions or memories for listeners. If anything surfaces, please reach out to a qualified mental health professional. Work with me: If something in this episode hit different — if you recognised yourself in Rani's story, or in the patterns we unpacked — that's not a coincidence. I work with high performers, business owners, and athletes who've already done the work but are still running invisible patterns that are quietly wrecking their results. One session is usually enough to find it. → Tech Talk (single session)→ Rapid Rewire — 6 weeks: → REWIRE — 4 month flagship DM me on Instagram @the.technician_  I'm The Technician. This is what the work actually looks like.

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is one of the most unexpectedly real conversations to come out of this podcast yet. Temika Hill is a psychic medium and grief guide based on the Gold Coast who has spent her life walking people through death, loss, and the unseen and she's only 31. She was psychic at nine, buried it for years, lost her dad young, went fully corporate, and then 2020 cracked her open and she never looked back. What started as an interview turned into something else entirely. We got into grief as identity theft, what the body does with unexpressed loss, why closure is the thing people are actually chasing, and what the deceased actually want for the people they left behind. And then something happened that neither of us planned. I opened up about his grandfather and Temika just... went there. Live. Unscripted. What came through in that few minutes is the best argument for this work that any skeptic could witness. Some of what we covered: When someone dies, who else dies with them the identity you only had in relationship to that person, gone too Why grief isn't just about death it's about jobs, relationships, friendships, and versions of yourself you had to leave behind The body keeps score where grief actually lives physically and what chronic illness has to do with unprocessed loss The dead don't stay the same age what actually happens to energy and identity on the other side Why "they're at peace" might be shutting your grief down without you realising What the deceased actually communicate in readings and why it's rarely what people expect How to send love to someone who's gone without being a medium or being psychic And the line that will stay with you: grief is just love. if you didn't love them, you wouldn't grieve them.

Send us Fan Mail EPISODE DISCLAIMER This episode touches on grief, loss, endometriosis, fertility, and mental health. If any of these topics are close to home for you right now we hope this conversation makes you feel less alone, not more overwhelmed. Everyone's Performing Fine. Nobody's Performing Fine. Christina Pengilly We're all exhausted by the highlight reel. In this episode I sit down with Christina Pengilly host of Talk Therapy.. for one of the most honest conversations I've had on this podcast. We didn't follow a plan. We just talked. And what came out of it was exactly what this space needs more of. Christina is someone who has lived multiple lives  elite basketball player, psychology graduate, small business owner, coach, creator and she's built something real out of every single one of them. But behind the polished online presence is a woman navigating the same fears, doubts, and dysregulation that most of us are too scared to admit out loud. This one goes deep. In this episode we cover: The queen of the pivot ..why Christina has never been willing to stay in something just to prove a point and what that's actually cost her The basketball identity ... two ACL reconstructions, losing everything she thought she was at 15, and the years it took to find herself again The psychology degree she stood on stage with and immediately knew she'd never use the traditional way Why she built Talk Therapy right in the middle of her hardest season .. not after she figured it out The online space and why the independent narrative is quietly wrecking relationships Cruise what it actually looks like behind closed doors, how she shows up for him as a man, and why she refuses to speak about him any differently in rooms he's not in Endometriosis, fertility fears, and trusting your body when everyone around you is moving into a chapter you're not sure you're ready for The protector pattern and the moment I turned down a Brisbane Broncos contract because of one Why 10k followers hit different even when you know your worth has nothing to do with a number What you actually owe the people who created you And the one takeaway she's taking into the rest of her life from today Connect with Christina: Instagram: @christinapengilly Podcast: Talk Therapy , available on all platforms Connect with Travis: Instagram: @the.technician__ If this episode hit you somewhere real share it with someone who needs to hear it. Save it. Send it. That's how we change the culture. Let's go.

Send us Fan Mail You're Not F****d Up. You're Protected. Most people spend years thinking they're broken. They're not. They're just running outdated protection software from a younger version of themselves that still thinks they're in danger. In this episode I break down the five most common protectors I see running the lives of high performers..and how they're quietly capping your money, your relationships, and your identity without you even knowing it. We cover: The Peacekeeper — loved by everyone, known by no oneThe Achiever — high functioning panic attack dressed as ambitionThe Lone Wolf — strong as hell, lonely as fuckThe Performer — charismatic mask, zero belongingThe Controller — safe, stuck, and missing every opportunityThis isn't therapy speak. This is pattern work. And once you see these running.. you can't unsee them unfortunately my friend..  If any of this lands, share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Send us Fan Mail Grieving My Kids While They're Still Alive — Luke O'Neill Some episodes change you. This is one of them. Luke O'Neill is one of my closest mates ..someone I've known for over 20 years. And for the first time, he sat down and told his story publicly. Four years ago Luke came home from work and his kids were gone. What followed was 3.5 years of family court, $180,000 in legal fees, ambiguous loss, identity collapse, and a fight to stay alive.. not for himself, but so his kids would one day know they were worth fighting for. This episode isn't about the system that failed him. It's about the man who had everything stripped away and refused to break. We go deep on: What ambiguous loss actually is ..and why it might be harder than griefHow Luke future-paced his way through the darkest daysWhat real support looks like when someone is sufferingWhy isolation can be healthy..and when it isn'tThe identity death that comes with losing your role as a fatherHow love ..not anger ..became the thing that kept him goingThis is the conversation men need to be having. No performance. No anger. Just the truth of what it costs to stay standing when everything is taken from you. Part 2 is coming. There's a lot more story to tell. If this episode hit you ..if you've been through something like this or you're in it right now ..reach out. To Luke directly at @luke_o.neill_ on Instagram. Or to me at @thetechnician — I'm always open to hearing what landed for you and what questions you want answered in Part 2. You are not alone in this. Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions of grief, family separation, mental health, and the emotional impact of family court on children and parents.

Send us Fan Mail This is INNERCINEMA. Not a meditation. Not a therapy session. Not a breathing exercise with some lo-fi music underneath it. INNERCINEMA is a full somatic experience designed to take you somewhere most personal development content is too scared to go inside. To the parts of yourself that sit underneath the achieving, the performing, and the relentless forward motion you've been calling ambition. This episode is for the high performer who has built something real, hit real numbers, done real work on themselves and still can't shake the feeling that something is missing. If the wins keep coming but the fullness keeps not coming ..this one is for you. Disclaimer: This experience is intentionally intense and emotionally activating. If you're looking for a relaxing wind-down meditation this isn't it. If you're ready to crack something open press play, find somewhere quiet, close your eyes, and stay with it. If anything comes up that feels too big to sit with alone..reach out. That's what I'm here for.

Send us Fan Mail THE TECHNICIAN PODCAST WHAT IF YOUR DAD DIDNT HURT YOU?  What if the thing you've been carrying your whole life..the wound, the unworthiness, the need to prove yourself .. was never actually about what happened to you... but about the story your child brain made up about what happened? This week I sat down with Mitch Hunter - physiotherapist turned meditation teacher, academic turned mystic, and one of the most grounded spiritual humans I've ever met.  Mitch has 30+ years of meditation practice, has trained in Buddhist monasteries and caves in India, worked in chronic pain at university level, and had a stabilised spiritual awakening in 2019 that completely redirected his life. This conversation went places I didn't expect. We talked about what meditation actually is (and why most people are doing it wrong), how your nervous system holds onto experiences your conscious mind has forgotten, and why the most powerful healing tool on the planet isn't a technique, it's your own awareness. Mitch shared the story of a childhood memory that surfaced during deep meditation.. his dad burning two sticks that meant the world to him as a 9-year-old ..and how seeing that moment through adult eyes dissolved decades of overachieving, people-pleasing, and proving his worth. No therapy. No framework. Just objective truth. We also went deep on my own journey — a past life experience during holotropic breathwork that unlocked a shame pattern I'd carried my entire life, and how one moment of being truly seen cracked it wide open. In this episode: — Why concentration comes before meditation and why most people skip the step that matters most  — The difference between data and drama, and how your brain weaponizes meaning against you  — How Mitch went from physiotherapy clinic to Buddhist monasteries to a 5,000-year-old temple ceremony with 2 million people  — What actually happens in the body during a spiritual awakening (and why Mitch lost 10kg in 3 weeks)  — The one question that changes everything: "What literally happened?"  — Why the people most triggered by your truth are the ones who need you most  — How living your truth isn't about chasing peak experiences  — it's about being fully present while you take your sausage dog for a pee This one's for the men who've done the work but still feel like something's missing underneath it all. Connect with Mitch Hunter: Instagram: @_hunterhealing  Website: hunterhealing.com  Email: [email protected] Connect with Trav: Instagram: @thetechnician  Podcast: The Technician Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What if your anxiety isn't actually the problem but just a signal that you're performing for others instead of expressing yourself? In this raw conversation, I sit down with voice coach Mitchell Ryan to explore shadow integration, nervous system regulation, and what it truly means to be present in a world demanding constant performance. From childhood isolation to finding flow through music, this episode is a masterclass in authentic communication and masculine vulnerability. You'll discover: The "Monster at the Pub" approach to shadow integration (game-changing)Why curiosity is the only real form of meditationHow hustle culture traps you in doing energy vs. being energyThe bullying paradigm shift that changes everythingWhat happened when Travis spoke to 400 kids about depressionMitchell's journey from isolated kid to voice coach through musicThis episode is for you if: You feel like you're constantly performing in conversationsYou struggle with parts of yourself you wish would disappearYou're sick of spiritual bypassing and want practical toolsYou've been hustling hard but still feel emptyYou want shadow work without the woo-woo jargon Key Moments "Take Your Monster to the Pub" - Travis's shadow integration method that changed a client's life "Curiosity is Presence" - Why you can't be curious in the future or past The School Assembly Story - 400 kids completely engaged, and the note left on Travis's car Mitchell's Origin - Years of isolation, one conversation about guitar, everything changed Guest Bio Mitchell Ryan is a voice coach and energy worker specializing in authentic expression and nervous system regulation. Find him on Instagram: @mitchellryan Quotable Moments "Curiosity is presence. You can't be curious in the future or the past." - Travis "What if you went to the pub WITH your monster? He doesn't need to fight anyone—he just needs to be heard." - Travis "When spiritual people can't explain their work simply, they don't actually understand it." - Mitchell "You can build a multimillion-dollar business through hustle—but you'll be trapped in doing energy forever." - Mitchell Resources Mentioned Alan Watts - On presence and the illusion of controlLuhan Matus - "Whisperings of the DragonThe Offspring - "Come Out and Play" Connect With Travis 🎙️ Instagram: @the.technician.au 🎙️ Work With Travis: REWIRE, Simplified Depth, Blueprint Retreats Rate, review, and share this episode. You don't know who needs to hear this today. Let's f*****g go. Trav 🐻⚡

Send us Fan Mail She Had Everything on Paper... Here's Why She Walked Away | Pippa Martin Six years ago, Pippa Martin had it all: the house, the car, the degree, the relationship. She was 110kg, deeply unhappy, and living someone else's dream. Then she made a decision that changed everything. She quit her job, sold her house, and moved to the other side of the world with someone she'd known for just three months. She lost 75 pounds, built a multi-six-figure fitness business, and lived across Thailand, Vietnam, Spain, and the UK. But that was just her first reinvention. Recently, she walked away from that thriving business to pursue something even more aligned with her truth. In this conversation, we explore: → The moment she realized "success" was suffocating her → What it actually takes to burn your life down and start over → Why the 50/50 relationship myth is destroying partnerships → How to know when it's time to choose yourself → The real cost of following someone else's blueprint This isn't about chasing viral moments. This is about honoring the courage it takes to become who you actually are. If you've ever felt trapped in a life that looks perfect on paper, this episode is for you. CONNECT WITH PIPPA: Instagram: @pippamartin  WORK WITH TRAVIS: Instagram: @thetechnician__