# Libby Trickett

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PLAY WELL: Maggie Dent on sport as the antidote to screens

Maggie Dent is the person you want on speed dial when your household hits chaos o'clock. Turns out her secret weapon isn't a parenting hack, it's sport.  Universally known and loved for the warm, practical advice she shares with Australian parents, Maggie also has a sporty side. A basketball fanat…

Prepping for AI doomsday and when does sport stop feeling fun?

Whether it's climate change, nuclear war, or AI doomsday, conversations about the end of the world are becoming fairly commonplace. So how are we preparing for a seemingly endless list of existential threats? AI expert Toby Walsh and sociologist Jordan McKenzie discuss how we're collectively feelin…

What Olympian Libby Trickett learned from a kids' chapter book about a boring old day

As part of Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books countdown, Life Matters has invited prominent Australians to share their favourite Australian children's book.  Libby Trickett was just seven years old when her mum first read her a classic Australian chapter book about a little girl having a ver…

Living well for longer and should you join a cookbook club?

They say life's short, but it's actually getting longer. By 2066, life expectancy for Australian women will have jumped from 86 years to nearly 90. And from 82 to 86 years for men. So how do we make sure those extra years of life are lived well? There's something about physically picking up a cookb…

PLAY WELL: Stop optimising - why the pursuit of "elite" might be ruining your kid

In a world dominated by hustle culture, optimisation and internet noise, author Brad Stulberg is sure of one thing – that we're going to crave things that make us feel alive. Like sport.   Odds are, you’re already feeling it....   Brad Stulberg is a performance coach and bestselling author. His b…

Remarkable Australian: Libby Trickett

Luke Grant speaks to one of the greatest swimmers Australia has ever produced, Libby Trickett, who is this week's Remarkable Australian. Listen to Weekend Mornings from 9am, on 2GB Sydney and 4BC Brisbane See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PLAY WELL: Katie Walker is the netball coach you want

Katie Walker is absolutely the coach we would run through a brick wall for.   A former Queensland Firebirds netball player and assistant coach, Katie understands the importance of just getting started, moving your body and why you have to suck at something before you can be any good. She’s a mum o…

PLAY WELL: Why Jimmy Rees sees the lighter side of sport

You might know Jimmy Rees from his work on ABC’s Giggle and Hoot, or more recently, for his pandemic level comedy.  So it should be no surprise that in his other roles; dad of 3 boys, sideline parent and u8 basketball coach, Jimmy knows what the biggest priority should be when it comes to sport: fu…

Do Australians take sport too seriously? Olympic gold medalist weighs in

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Libby Trickett joined Mark Allen and Russel Howcroft to discuss whether Australians take sport too seriously. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Libby Trickett: The Human Behind the Gold Medals, Anxiety & Heart Attack

Belinda sits down with Olympic gold medallist, world record holder and mum of five Libby Trickett for an honest conversation about identity, motherhood, mental health, anxiety, resilience and the heart attack she had just two months after giving birth to her fifth child, after her symptoms were ini…