Strength and Conditioning Coach Sally Hobson and Psychotherapist Tailah Cuman dig deep in to everyday experiences and come back to you with new ideas, perspectives and thoughts with which to move through your world. Join Sally and Tailah as they search for better weather through conversation, questioning, stories and friendship.
Protect Your Energy to Succeed | The Leadership People Love to Follow w/ Natasha Rigby
Tailah and Sally interview Natasha Rigby, exploring her leadership journey, balancing responsibility with vulnerability, and protecting energy for success.
18 Jun 2025
An Honest Conversation About Our Relationship To Exercise
Hosts Sally Hobson and Tailah Cuman explore the psychological impacts of exercise addiction, sharing personal recovery journeys and highlighting the importance of self-respect in fostering a balanced, healthy relationship with movement in this interview.
21 May 2025
Embarrassment Vs Shame
Everyone has felt the giggles of embarrassment. Everyone has felt the weight of shame. Why is it that despite many similarities, embarrassment and shame could not feel any more different?!
This week, Tailah and Sally explore explore the nuanced differences between embarrassment and shame, sharing personal stories (featuring prawns and pants) and their experiences about how embarrassment can foster social bonding and connection, while shame often leads to internal conflict and questioning one's identity.
Through humor and vulnerability, they illustrate the journey of navigating these emotions - how and why to embrace the hilarity and humility of embarrassment, and the significance of self-awareness and compassion in mitigating shame.
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5 May 2025
What It *Actually* Takes To Change Unhelpful Behaviours (Follow Along Process)
This week, Tailah helps Sally get vulnerable and pick apart an unhelpful behaviour that she wants to change - what presents as being overly future-focused but we discover is actually a fear of not feeling valuable.
Follow along on the process Tailah takes Sally through to transform this fear, while learning a lot about the truth of those deep "I've tried everything habits!" yet they still don't budge, and what it takes to actually budge them.
This is not your usual discussion on 'habit change''.
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Find Psychotherapist Tailah Cuman here
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Find Strength & Conditioning Coach Sally Hobson here
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2 May 2025
What It Takes To Change Unhelpful Behaviours
This week, Tailah helps Sally get vulnerable and pick apart an unhelpful behaviour that she wants to change - being overly future-focused and living with the fear of not feeling valuable. This discussion emphasises the need for self-awareness, integration of past experiences, and the journey towards self-acceptance and worth. Tailah and Sally guide the way back to the start of the "conveyor belt of self" to embody the end product that you want to be, without fear.
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Find Psychotherapist Tailah Cuman here
https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/ (https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/)
Find Strength & Conditioning Coach Sally Hobson here
https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/ (https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/)
Chapters
00:00 Understanding the Challenge of Change
03:40 Exploring Future Focus and Aspirations
06:17 The Fear of Complacency and Regret
10:32 The Value of Being Present
12:53 Balancing Future Focus with Present Awareness
18:44 Reintegrating the Split Self
24:42 Transforming Fear into a Tool for Growth
30:18 Understanding the Fear Behind Habits
32:36 Bringing Unconscious Fears to Light
37:30 The Role of Past Experiences in Present Behaviour
42:34 Integrating the Child Within
46:36 Finding Harmony with Fear
55:53 Steps to Overcome Unwanted Behaviours
23 Apr 2025
The Communication That Guides Great Athletes
In part 2 of the communication deep dive, Tailah and Sally crack in to communication and how to use it effectively to achieve an outcome.
Sally shares her five pillar strategy for effective communication when coaching, which she has developed over years of experience and continuous curiosity. These tools are critical to help coaches work through potential sticking points with athletes - keeping the greater goal in focus and maintaining a strong coach-athlete relationship.
However, these five pillars can be applied by ANYONE in any conversation that has a desired outcome - whether it is professionally, personally or internally. This is an episode you don't want to miss!
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Find Psychotherapist Tailah Cuman here
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Find Strength & Conditioning Coach Sally Hobson here
https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/ (https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/)
Chapters
00:00 Navigating Communication Anxiety
00:23 The Art of Communicating to be Understood
09:38 Building Trust Through Knowledge
15:51 Understanding Schemas in Communication
19:07 Understanding Athlete's Needs
21:24 The Importance of Communication
24:38 Questioning Coaching Practices
27:13 Fostering Autonomy in Training
33:08 Building a Stronger Self
37:21 Picking Your Battles in Coaching
47:11 Reflecting on Coaching Practices
18 Apr 2025
Where Your Authenticity Lives
While Sally takes a short (and necessary) break this week, Tailah takes a real-time deep dive into the concept of living and finding YOUR authenticity. (Yes, no need to search, it's within you right now.)
For 10 beautiful minutes, Tailah shares wisdom on the journey of self-discovery, the complexities of self-awareness, the importance of understanding the stories we tell ourselves, and how to differentiate between the two "yous".
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Find Psychotherapist Tailah Cuman here
https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/ (https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/)
Find Strength & Conditioning Coach Sally Hobson here
https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/ (https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/)
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:21 Feeling Authentic vs. Being Authentic
05:52 The Complexity of Self-Awareness
13:17 The Connection to Authenticity
17:23 The Role of Self-Awareness
20:17 Navigating Through Complexity
24:52 Finding Authenticity Beneath the Noise
9 Apr 2025
The Power of Listening and Being Heard
This week, Tailah and Sally are diving DEEP into listening and the importance of feeling heard— this is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring both ends of communication.
They discuss the pain of not being listened to, the sticky dynamics that prevent us from being heard, how to unstick those, the role of self-understanding in communication, and why both parties must engage authentically.
Tailah shares some golden real-life strategies to improve your conversations by setting them up for success on both the speaker's and the listener's end.
Hit the "follow" button never to miss a minute of Better Weather - if you want to ask a question or share your sticky (or successful) communication stories with Tailah and Sally, comment below or DM our Instagram page
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Find Psychotherapist Tailah Cuman here
https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/ (https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/)
Find Strength & Conditioning Coach Sally Hobson here
https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/ (https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/)
Chapters
00:00 Why is it so Painful to Not be Heard?
02:20 Understanding Listening Dynamics
04:30 The Impact of Childhood Experiences
06:37 Reclaiming Your Voice
09:08 Bringing Others Back to the Conversation
11:30 Recognising When to Walk Away
15:06 Becoming a Better Listener
15:45 Setting Up Elastic Conversations
20:56 What You Need To Be Listened To
24:24 Personal Reflections on Listening
2 Apr 2025
Why We Need Friendship
This week, Tailah and Sally dig in to the multifaceted nature of friendship and why we need it.
Tailah and Sally reflect upon their own friendship, discussing how it has evolved and the unique dynamics of long-distance friendships. They also explore how friendships can heal, how friendship breakups can hurt and the significance of unconditional love and acceptance of self in relationships.
Hit the "follow" button to never miss a minute of Better Weather - if you want to ask a question or share your friendship stories with Tailah and Sally, comment below or DM our Instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/thebetterweatherpodcast/ (https://www.instagram.com/thebetterweatherpodcast/)
Find Psychotherapist Tailah Cuman here
https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/ (https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/)
Find Strength & Conditioning Coach Sally Hobson here
https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/ (https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/)
Chapters
00:51 The Safety of Authenticity in Relationships
07:24 Embracing Authenticity in Friendship
11:40 Navigating Long-Distance Connections
13:30 The Intersection of Friendship and Professionalism
15:15 Managing Pressure in Creative Collaboration
17:51 The Pain of Friendship Breakups
25:22 Understanding Conflict in Friendships
35:34 Friendships by Association
38:55 Navigating Associate Friendships
41:16 The Healing Power of Friendship
29 Mar 2025
How to LOVE Learning
As per Sally's request, Tailah and Sally dig in to all things learning!
-What we are learning
-Why we actively seek out learning
-Our relationship to learning
-How to love learning, even when you don't ask for it
-How to embrace learning, in all facets of life
This topic was an absolute joy to discuss and we invite you to come and find Better Weather with us - if you want to ask a question or share your learning experience with Tailah and Sally, comment below or DM our instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/thebetterweatherpodcast/ (https://www.instagram.com/thebetterweatherpodcast/)
Find Psychotherapist Tailah Cuman here:
https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/ (https://www.instagram.com/tailahcuman/)
Find Strength & Conditioning Coach Sally Hobson here:
https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/ (https://www.instagram.com/sj_athletic/)
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