Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

What happens when you spend more than 20 years standing at the crossroads between life and death? You learn A LOT. In this powerful conversation, intensive care doctor and author Dr Matt Morgan shares the lessons he's taken from caring for hundreds of patients who have experienced cardiac arrest, near-death experiences, and life-changing moments in the ICU. Matt reveals the moments that have reshaped the way he thinks about regret, forgiveness, relationships, and what truly matters when everything else is stripped away. He also shares practical advice having witnessed people lose everything they thought defined them. In those moments, he's seen what remains: connection, love, memories, and meaning. Because the question is not just what happens at the end of life — it’s what we choose to do with the time we have before then. LINKS  Listen to the full episode with Matt here More on Dr Matt Morgan here Watch full stories recorded live at  Story Club on YouTube Get tickets for our next Story Club show Sign up to the Better Than Yesterday newsletter Watch episodes of Better Than Yesterday on YouTube Watch full stories recorded live at Story Club on YouTube Get Osher's latest book "So What? Now What?" here Send a pic of what you're looking at to [email protected]  LIKE THIS EPISODE? CHECK THESE OUT... Anger Is Not Failure: Rethinking Motherhood with Lauren Novak Resetting Your Idea of Success with Brandon Jack Stop Yelling, Start Laughing: Maggie Dent's Non-Perfect Guide to Connecting with Your Kids See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest this week is someone many Australians have grown up watching — perhaps on Neighbours, maybe on Dancing With The Stars, perhaps even Strike Back. Now Daniel MacPherson has taken on one of the most physically and emotionally demanding roles of his career for the film Beast. In this conversation, we go far beyond the world of film and television, delving into identity, fatherhood, mental health, discipline, addiction, physical resilience, reinventing yourself in your 40s, and what it's really like to work with Russell Crowe. Daniel opens up about the making of his new film Beast, the brutal physical preparation behind it, and why the story connected so deeply with him on a personal level. We also get into the realities of chasing purpose after success, the pressure many men carry silently, and the role movement, breathwork, training, and community can play in staying mentally strong. It's an honest, thoughtful, and surprisingly vulnerable chat with a guy who’s spent years pushing himself physically and creatively, and who’s now doing some of the best work of his life. LINKS  Beast is streaming now on Stan in Australia For international viewers, find where to watch Beast here Follow Daniel (@danmacpherson) on Instagram Sign up to the Better Than Yesterday newsletter Watch episodes of Better Than Yesterday on YouTube Watch full stories recorded live at Story Club on YouTube Get tickets for our next Story Club show Get Osher's latest book "So What? Now What?" here Send a pic of what you're looking at to [email protected]  LIKE THIS EPISODE? CHECK THESE OUT... 'Comfort Is Holding You Back': Secrets to Growth and Confidence with Ant Williams Natalie Bassingthwaighte Lifts the Curtain on Her Career & Personal Struggles How Savage Garden's Darren Hayes went from 'Unlovable' to beloved See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watching the Kylie Minogue documentary on Netflix with Audrey the other night, I was so happy to see my friend (and Kylie's sister) Dannii Minogue appear. There was a time when I thought I knew all about Dannii - that was until I worked with her for the very first time in 2009. I had been called in at the very last minute to work with Dannii to cover a prominent breakfast radio shift, and was immediately blown away at how this incredible woman handled herself just with absolute grace, absolute commitment and focus at all times. I then had the pleasure of working with Dannii again on The Masked Singer Australia. I have learned so much from her. I continue to learn so much from her about what it is to show up, what it is to be in business, how one can stay afloat in times of uncertainty, how one can stay focused in times of pressure.  In this episode, I'm taking a look back at two big showbiz lessons Dannii shared with me on the show a few years ago. While they're from her entertainment world, they are lessons we can all apply to our everyday lives. And if you get the chance, check out the Kylie doco on Netflix! LINKS  Listen to the full episode with Dannii here Watch full stories recorded live at Story Club on YouTube Get tickets for our next Story Club show Sign up to the Better Than Yesterday newsletter Watch episodes of Better Than Yesterday on YouTube Watch full stories recorded live at Story Club on YouTube Get Osher's latest book "So What? Now What?" here Send a pic of what you're looking at to [email protected]  LIKE THIS EPISODE? CHECK THESE OUT... The business end of show business with the unstoppable Dannii Minogue Natalie Bassingthwaighte Lifts the Curtain on Her Career & Personal Struggles Connecting Communities Through Creativity with Diesel (aka Mark Lizotte) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What if the key to a better life isn't avoiding discomfort - but actively seeking it? In this powerful conversation, Osher sits down with performance psychologist, leadership coach, and world-record holding freediver Ant Williams to explore why some of life's greatest breakthroughs happen when we step into fear rather than run from it. Drawing on decades of experience helping athletes, leaders, and high performers build their resilience, Ant shares remarkable stories from the extremes of human endurance, including deep ocean freediving, swimming beneath ice, encounters with sharks, and moments where staying calm was the difference between life and death. But this episode goes far beyond adventure - Ant also reveals practical strategies for managing anxiety, building resilience, handling difficult conversations, improving performance and developing the self-awareness needed to grow through life's challenges. He also opens up about leaving a fundamentalist church, overcoming fear-based thinking, and how deliberately embracing discomfort transformed his life. Whether you're navigating career pressure, parenting challenges, relationship struggles, or simply looking to become more mentally resilient, this conversation offers actionable tools to help you stay calm, focused, and confident when it matters most. LINKS  Ant's book 'Let It Be Tough: Train your mind to perform under pressure' is available now See more of Ant in his episode of the Apple TV series 'Adventure' Follow Ant (@freediveguy) on Instagram More on Ant's leadership consulting work Sign up to the Better Than Yesterday newsletter Watch episodes of Better Than Yesterday on YouTube Watch full stories recorded live at Story Club on YouTube Get tickets for our next Story Club show Get Osher's latest book "So What? Now What?" here Send a pic of what you're looking at to [email protected]  LIKE THIS EPISODE? CHECK THESE OUT... The New Leadership Playbook: Why Caring Workplaces Win with Graeme Cowan Why Winning Doesn’t Always Make You Happy with Ben Crowe Breaking Down, Rebuilding, Unmasking and Finding a New Manual for Your Brain, with Em Rusciano See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a world where the old 'social contract' has been tossed out the window, where AI is taking over human resources and the 'traditional' path feels more like a dead end - where do you look for the new rules of survival?  Do you look to the old school executive leaders or do you look to the fringes, the creatives, the disruptors? Perhaps there are still ideas and business models which come from well outside the norm that can offer unconventional ways we could move ahead and possibly even achieve unreasonable results? In this episode, we’re looking back at my chat with economic historian and author of The Misfit Economy Alexa Clay, who spent years inside informal, grey, and black markets, talking to gang leaders, hackers, and pirates, and discovered that they weren't 'just criminals' - they were the most agile entrepreneurs on the planet. And while the story we’re often told about great business leaders is almost always 'the lone genius with a venture capital war chest', Alexa noticed that the most radical innovation happens when there is zero safety net. So could this 'grey market' be the blueprint for an increasingly uncertain economy? LINKS  Listen to the full episode with Alexa here Watch full stories recorded live at Story Club on YouTube Get tickets for our next Story Club show Sign up to the Better Than Yesterday newsletter Watch episodes of Better Than Yesterday on YouTube Watch full stories recorded live at Story Club on YouTube Get Osher's latest book "So What? Now What?" here Send a pic of what you're looking at to [email protected]  LIKE THIS EPISODE? CHECK THESE OUT... The Human Cost of Our Energy Dependence The Truth Crisis: Separating Facts from Beliefs, Misinformation and Propaganda with Dom Thurbon The Concept Of Common Knowledge with Steven Pinker  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.