The Mental Toughness & Body Show
The Mental Toughness & Body Show is hosted by Robb Evans, an Australian high-performance coach, author, and health advocate with over three decades of experience. The podcast shares practical ideas on mental toughness, strength, nutrition, longevity, mindset, and personal development. Episodes also feature lessons from life, business, and conversations with high performers. The aim is to help listeners think better, live healthier, and perform at a higher level.
Episodes
Ep 2128: What Happens When the Goal Stops Exciting You Halfway Through?
In this episode I discuss what happens when the enthusiasm of the goal and the novelty wears off half way through the achivement of a goal. We often think about the beginning and the end but the middle is where the real work takes place.
Ep 2127: What Would You Change?
In this episode I discuss that question of having a time-machine and living certain parts of your life over with the knowledge and wisdom you have today, and asking what would you change. Today's episode is inspired by Sylvester Stallone and what he said he got wrong in Rocky IV and would change it completely now.
Ep 2126: Your Weekly Success Review
In this episode I discuss the importance of taking time each week to review your successes, recognise the progress you’ve made and identify what has worked well. By reflecting on your wins, you can build confidence, reinforce positive behaviours and better prepare yourself mentally for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the coming week.
Ep 2125: When to Stop Solving Problems
In this episode I discuss when it is that you need to stop solving problems. We can become so conditioned to constantly fixing, improving and finding solutions that we forget not every problem needs our immediate attention. Sometimes the better decision is to step away, allow things to unfold, accept what we cannot control, or recognise that the energy we are investing in solving something is cost
Ep 2124: Filtering Your Priorities
In this episode I discuss an approach to filtering your priorities so that your time, energy and attention are focused on the things that have the greatest impact on your outcomes. We can often convince ourselves that everything is important, but when everything becomes a priority, nothing really is. I explore how to step back, assess what genuinely deserves your attention, remove some of the nois
Ep 2123: How to be More Consistent
In this episode, I discuss one of the biggest challenges we face when working towards high-performance outcomes: consistency. It’s rarely a lack of knowledge, ability or ambition that holds us back. More often, it’s our ability to keep showing up, doing the work and maintaining the right behaviours long enough for meaningful results to compound.
Ep 2122: What Should You Stop Chasing?
In this episode, I explore the things we chase in business, career, health, wealth and life, and why it’s important to regularly question whether they still deserve our time, energy and attention. What once felt important may no longer align with who we are, where we’re going or what we truly value.
Ep 2121: How Do You Measure Your Success?
In this episode, I explore what it really takes to achieve success, and, more importantly, how you choose to measure it. What if the measures you’re using to define success aren’t actually giving you an accurate picture of your reality?
Ep 2120: The Tipping Point
In this episode, I explore the tipping point in personal, professional and intimate relationships, the moment when something we have tolerated, overlooked or excused can no longer continue in the same way. I discuss our individual biases around judgement, patience, loyalty and tolerance, and ask an important question: at what point does understanding become permission for a behaviour to continue?
Ep 2119: Creating Your 12-Week Plan
In this episode, I discuss how creating a focused 12-week plan from now until the end of 2026 can be a powerful framework for high performance, challenging what you achieved during the same period in previous years, finishing the year with purpose, and entering 2027 further ahead than you thought possible.
Ep 2118: Judging Your Self-Voice
In this episode I discuss the world of judgement that we live in, yet often the person who negatively judges us most is ourself. I explore how to overcome this to live out our true full potential.
Ep 2117: The Discipline of Stopping
In this episode I discuss the discipline of knowing when, and how, to stop the busyness of our daily life in order to recover, restore and regenerate our energy levels.
Ep 2116: Relief Is Not Always Proof You Made the Right Decision
In this episode, I explore why feeling relieved after a decision doesn’t always mean it was the right one. Sometimes relief comes from escaping discomfort rather than choosing what serves us best. I discuss how to recognise the difference and make decisions that support your values, growth and long-term wellbeing.
Ep 2115: Courage Doesn’t Mean Discomfort Disappears
In this episode I discuss why comfort doesn't disappear because you're courageous. Higher achievers certainly feel discomfort but they learn how to step into the discomfort anyway.
Ep 2114: The Danger of Becoming Excellent at Coping
In this episode I discuss how dangerous it can be be mentally tough to cope with everything all the time. Being able to endure a situation doesn't necessarily mean you should continue accepting it.
Ep 2113: What’s Driving You?
In this episode I discuss what is driving you to achieve your life strategies and how we can influence our blueprint to success, happiness and fulfilment.
Ep 2112: Are You Being Too Stubborn?
In this episode I discuss stubbornness and how that can negatively impact your higher performance outcomes, how to be aware of it and what you can do to change it.
Ep 2111: Envy Can Be Useful Information
In this episode, I explore how envy can reveal something you want but haven’t fully acknowledged yet. Rather than judging the feeling, you can get curious about what it’s telling you and use that insight to guide your next step.
Ep 2110: Your Emotional Recovery Time Is a Performance Metric
In this episode I discuss what it means to have emotional recovery from the things that we don't necessarily discover until it becomes a problem and how to effectively achieve faster than you think you need to.
Ep 2109: Confidence Isn’t Always the Answer
In this episode I discuss why confidence isn't always the answer and sometimes you just need better calibration. Self-belief is amazing, but we need confidence in being able to accurately judge our abilities without blindly believing we can do anything.
Ep 2108: The Psychological Cost of Breaking Promises to Yourself
In this episode I discuss what the cost to you is when you create a habit of breaking promises to yourself.
Ep 2107: Frustration Tolerance May Matter More Than Motivation
In this episode I discuss what it means to manage your frustration intolerance and how you can gain the high performance edge.
Ep 2106: Don’t Confuse Discomfort With a Problem
In this episode I discuss why people confuse discomfort with a problem and strategies that high performers use to take advantage of this state.
Ep 2105: What Do the Last 3 Mths Mean to You
In this episode I discuss how to approach the last three months of 2026 to help inspire you to achieve your key life strategies before this year is done.
Ep 2104: The Power of Your Mindset
In this episode I discuss how the power of your mindset truly creates an unstoppable force within you.
Ep 2103: Creating the Excuse Before the Result
In this episode I discuss what it means to create excuses before you've achieved a result, why this occurs and how to change it to deliver the results you actually deserve.
Ep 2102: The Stories We Invent to Explain Other People's Behaviour
In this episode I discuss how quickly the mind converts incomplete information into certainty.
Ep 2101: Self-Preservation or Self-Deception?
In this episode I discuss self-preservation and self-deception and ask when does protecting ourselves from an uncomfortable reality become a refusal to face it.
Ep 2100: The Courage to Fail
In this episode I discuss what it means to have the courage to fail and how I've been able to turn one of my greatest weaknesses into a strength because I refused to sit on the side lines of life wondering "what if".
Ep 2099: Borrowed Confidence
In this episode I discuss how you can borrow confidence from others until you're ready to build that within yourself.
Ep 2098: Does Your Brain Discount Rewards That Require Too Much Effort?
In this episode I discuss our brains and what it means to understand your comfort zone and when to challenge it if you want to achieve everything YOU want in your life.
Ep 2097: The Advantage of Naming Exactly What You Feel
In this episode, I discuss the powerful advantage of being able to identify and name exactly what you’re feeling, so you can understand it, work through it, and move towards whatever needs to come next.
Ep 2096: Managing Toxicity
In this episode, I discuss what it means to recognise and manage toxicity across the various areas of your life, from the people you surround yourself with and the environments you enter, to your habits, thoughts and inner dialogue. I explore how to establish stronger boundaries, protect your energy and make choices that support your health, happiness and personal growth.
Ep 2095: Are You Value Adding?
In this episode I discuss adding value to others and how I do it. Perhaps it's time to check in with yourself to see if there are some value-add enhacements you could include to those people around you.
Ep 2094: Do You Wait Until It’s a Problem?
In this episode I discuss the problems we face in our lifetime and consider whether we just wait until they arise, or whether we take action now to do something about lowering, or removing, the risk.
Ep 2093: The strongest people aren’t always the ones who push harder
In this episode I discuss how the strongest people aren't always those people who push just for the sake of pushing, but instead know where to put that energy and where to stop.
Ep 2092: Does Your Encouragement Feel Like Pressure to Someone Else?
In this episode I explore how coaches, parents and leaders can support someone without taking ownership of their goals. When is a challenge helpful, when is listening more useful, and how do you find out what support they actually want?
Ep 2091: When Your Watch and Your Body Disagree
In this episode I discuss that feeling we may have all had when we feel our mood has been adversely impacted by data our wearable device has given us and what to do instead.
Ep 2090: What happens when the success that once defined you suddenly disappears?
In this episode, I sit down with entrepreneur, author and performance coach Boaz Gilad for a fascinating conversation about success, failure, discipline and identity. Having experienced extraordinary success in the highly competitive New York real estate industry, as well as significant setbacks and the challenge of rebuilding, Boaz brings a unique perspective to what high performance really means
Ep 2089: The Empowering Morning Routine
In this episode I discuss the contrast between an empowering and disempowering morning routine and how to set yours up for success starting today.
Ep 2088: Are We Becoming Too Reliant on Other People to Tell Us What to Do?
In this episode I discuss whether we've lost the art of living our true and curious selves, or whether we are becoming far too reliant on other people telling us what to do instead.
Ep 2087: How to Receive Feedback Without Turning It Into a Verdict on Yourself
In this episode I discuss how to receive feedback without needing to turn it into a verdict about who you are in someone else's opinion.
Ep 2086: Focus Under Pressure
In this episode I discuss the importance of remaining focused under pressure and how to achieve it when it counts.
Ep 2085: The Cost of Losing Your Independence
In this episode I discuss what the real cost of losing your independence is and how to avoid it.
Ep 2084: Half of the solution to any problem lies in defining it
In this episode I discuss why half of the solution to any problem lies in defining what the problem actually is.
Ep 2083: Stop Measuring Yourself Only by the Final Result
In this episode I discuss why you need to stop measuring yourself only by the final result you get because you can be missing the true success you have actually achieved.
Ep 2082: The Hidden Cost of Being Constantly Available
In this episode I discuss what the cost of being constantly available means to your focus, productivity and outcomes and what you can do about it.
Ep 2081: Why You Don’t Need More Motivation
In this episode I discuss why you don’t need more motivation to achieve your life strategies and tell you what you need instead.
Ep 2080: Why High Performers Still Avoid Simple Tasks
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show, I discuss why it is that high performers avoid simple tasks.
Ep 2079: Your Body Adapts to What You Repeatedly Ask of It
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show, I discuss how your body responds and adapts to what you repeatedly ask of it, so learn to ask better questions of it.
Ep 2078: Life rewards action not intention
In this episode I discuss how life doesn't reward what we intend to do, but rather gives us the results of our behaviours and actions.
Ep 2077: Your Future Body Is Being Built This Weekend
In this episode I discuss the impact of your weekend decisions have on your future body. One weekend may not make a difference, but 52+ will. Let's see what your capable of in living your healthiest life without extremes.
Ep 2076: We Don’t Want to Acknowledge Our Problems
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show, I discuss why we often struggle to acknowledge the truth of our problems, how avoiding that truth keeps us stuck, and what we need to do to finally move forward.
Ep 2075: You Probably Don’t Need More Information
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show, I discuss why you don't need to gather more information, but instead focus on the real problems; your execution, environment and behaviour.
Ep 2074: The Postponement Dilemma
In this episode I discuss the reasons behind our propensity to postpone the tougher action in our daily life and how to conquer your fear once and for all.
Ep 2073: Stop Training Like You’re 25 — Start Training for 75
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show, I discuss why you need to train yourself like you are future proofing your body against a declining and frail older age.
Ep 2072: The Things I Thought Would Matter By Now, But Don’t
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show I discuss why the things I once thought mattered now don't.
Ep 2071: Deep Analysis of Your Last 7 Days
In this episode I discuss what it will mean for you to do a deep analysis of your last 7 days and why only 1% of you will most likely complete this exerise.
Ep 2070: You Can’t Have an Extraordinary Life With Ordinary Boundaries
In this episode I discuss how an extraordinary life requires extraordinary boundaries. I explore why protecting your time, energy, standards and priorities isn’t selfish, it’s essential. If you keep allowing ordinary expectations, distractions and compromises to dictate your choices, you’ll keep producing ordinary outcomes.
Ep 2069: What Are You Still Trying to Prove
In this episode I discuss how, at some point, striving stops being about growth and starts becoming about proving something to other people or even to yourself. I explore what you may still be trying to prove, why it matters, and what might change if you finally gave yourself permission to let it go.
Ep 2068: Putting High Performance on Repeat
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show I discuss how to put your high performance routine on repeat.
Ep 2067: The Most Dangerous Health Advice Is Often the Advice That Sounds Sensible
In this episode I discuss why the most dangerous health advice is often advice that sounds sensible.
Ep 2066: My 5000th Podcast
In this episode I discuss what it means to have recorded by 5000th podcast and discuss what AI could recreate, or continue, as a version of me in the future.
Ep 2065: Why “Pretty Good” Can Be Dangerous
In this episode I discuss why “Pretty good” sounds harmless, but it can also become a dangerous place to stay. When life, health, business or relationships are going reasonably well, it’s easy to stop questioning what could be better and slowly accept standards that are lower than what we’re capable of. In this episode, I explore how comfort can quietly turn into complacency, why “good enough” can
Ep 2064: What Have I Changed My Mind About?
In this episode I discuss what I once believed was true for me, but have now changed my mind. This is an interesting self-reflection of the past 30 years.
Ep 2063: What Happens When Your Old Ambition No Longer Impresses You?
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show I discuss what happens when you are no longer impressed by your past thinking of your future.
Ep 2062: Are We Outsourcing Too Much of Our Thinking to AI?
In this episode I discuss the concept of outsourcing our thinking and whether we are becoming unnecessarily reliant on AI instead of problem solving ourselves.
Ep 2061: Has Protein Become the New Diet Culture?
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show I discuss how nutritional trends have changed over the decades from low fat, low sugar, to now, high protein everything! Where's this come from and what does it mean for every day people focusing on improved health?
Ep 2060: What Keeps You Awake at Night
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show I discuss a questoin that has the potential to change your whole life - what keeps you awake at night? How you respond holds the key to your growth.
Ep 2059: Would You Still Exercise If It Didn’t Change How You Looked?
In this episode I discuss a different way of looking at your health and wellness beyond asthetics. It raises a self-reflection question, would you still exercise if it didn't change how you looked?
Ep 2058: What Healthy People Don’t Have to Think About Anymore
In this episode of The Mental Toughness & Body Show I discuss what healthy people no longer need to think about because their identity has changed.
Ep 2057: Challenge Your Belief System
In this episode I discuss the importance of challenging your belief system and the unexpected benefits of doing so.
Ep 2056: Your Next Week Is Being Shaped Today
In this episode I discuss how your next week is being shaped by today and why different choices matter if you want to bring out a greater level of success in your life strategies.
Ep 2055: What Does Freedom Actually Mean to You?
In this episode I discuss how to define what freedom actually means to you and how to achieve it, one step at a time.
Ep 2054: How to Make Better Decisions
In this episode I discuss what it takes to make better decisions and how to stop negotiating with yourself out of choosing the harder options.
Ep 2053: The Courage to Become Someone New
In this episode I discuss how to develop the courage to become someone new.
Ep 2052: How to Approach Low Energy Days
In this episode I discuss what happens on those low energy days and how to approach them to ensure your outcomes are optimised.
Ep 2051: The Freedom You Want Is Hidden Inside Better Systems
In this episode I discuss how the freedom you're wanting in life is actually hidden in better systems - you may just not implementing them.
Ep 2050: Your Body Keeps the Score of Every Decision
In this episode I discuss how your body keeps the score of every daily decision you make.
Ep 2049: Stepping Up
In this episode I discuss what it means to step up for others and how to know when to do it without having to take on all of the responsibility of what you're stepping into.
