Better Than Yesterday with Osher Günsberg

In this episode, Osher revisits one of the most impactful conversations from the show with productivity expert and bestselling author Ali Abdaal.
Ali breaks down a radically different approach to productivity — one built around enjoyment, play, and designing systems that actually work with your brain instead of against it.
Osher and Ali explore why “enjoyment is efficiency,” how stress quietly sabotages performance, and why procrastination isn’t a character flaw - it’s usually just a systems problem.
Ali also shares practical ways to make even the most mundane tasks more enjoyable, explains the difference between hardware and software problems in our lives, and reveals the simple tweaks that helped him stop wasting hours doomscrolling at night.
It's an episode packed with practical tools for anyone feeling overwhelmed, burned out, distracted, or stuck in the cycle of trying harder and getting nowhere. But there's so much more in the full chat - check out the link to that below.
LINKS
Listen to the full episode with Ali here
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His New York Times bestselling book is Feel Good Productivity
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The Mindset Behind Daniel MacPherson's Transformation for latest film 'Beast'
The New Leadership Playbook: Why Caring Workplaces Win with Graeme Cowan
Why Winning Doesn’t Always Make You Happy with Ben Crowe
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Is the way we were brought up the best way to raise our kids today?
In this deeply honest and insightful conversation, Osher speaks with family therapist, educator and author Lisa Taylor to explore the emotional patterns that shape family life — often without us even realising it. From childhood “heartprints” and generational conditioning to emotional regulation, repair and connection, Lisa explains why parenting is less about control and more about awareness.
Lisa shares her own journey from overwhelmed young mum to one of Australia’s most trusted parenting voices, opening up about grief, perfectionism, anxiety and the moment she realised there had to be a better way to parent. She also unpacks why children’s behaviour is all about communication, how unresolved childhood experiences influence our reactions as parents, and why "rupture and repair" is an essential part of healthy relationships.
This conversation also explores boundaries, teenage behaviour, emotional resilience, social media, discipline, and the pressure modern parents feel to “get it right, all the time". Whether you’re raising toddlers, teenagers, or reflecting on your own upbringing, this conversation offers practical tools, compassion and reassurance for anyone trying to build deeper connection within their family.
LINKS
Lisa's book The Perfect Parent Trap is available now
More information on Strengthening Families Australia
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For grown men to ‘do better’ we must all ’do better’ for our young boys (with Maggie Dent)
Anger Is Not Failure: Rethinking Motherhood with Lauren Novak
This is how we help young men - unpacking 'Adolescence' with Dr Billy Garvey
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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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)
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