Episode 3 featuring Ben Mowen

Ben retired from playing professional Rugby Union in 2019, after an impressive career which saw him captain the Wallabies. His career took him across the world to France where he lived with his family whilst playing for 6 years. We discuss topics such as ‘being coachable’, being consistent with your health & fitness for the mental health benefits, and dealing with change.

Show Notes

In this episode of the Prime Effect Podcast, we are joined by retired Wallabies star Ben Mowen. Ben retired from playing professional Rugby Union in 2019, after an impressive career which saw him captain the Wallabies. His career took him across the world to France where he lived with his family whilst playing for 6 years. Upon retiring he became coach of Easts Rugby Union Club in Brisbane, as well as coaching the XV Rugby Union team at Villanova college. We discuss topics such as ‘being coachable’, being consistent with your health & fitness for the mental health benefits, and dealing with change. 

This episode was brought to you by the nutrition and dietetics experts, Fuel Your Life, the wonderful team of wealth advisors at Wealth Depot, and the finance broking experts at SW Brokerage.    

About your host: David Shillington is the CEO of Prime Effect and host of this podcast. As a former athlete himself, having played in the NRL and for the QLD Maroons, David looks to uncover the stories of achievement and resilience from his guests. As a Principle Master Instructor with Mental Health First Aid Australia, he is passionate about normalising the conversation around mental health and promoting a proactive approach to feeling and performing our best.

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What is Prime Effect?

Prime Effect uses the power of sport and positive psychology to accelerate mental fitness, delivered by Australia’s favourite athletes.

We believe everyone needs to access the tools to build their own mental fitness to live an easier life. Sport stars aren’t lucky - they’re the product of years of building a mentally fit approach to help them succeed in all parts of their life.

In this podcast, we deep-dive into the experience of current and former elite athletes and look at what helped them achieve their success and handle those inevitable setbacks. We lift the lid on inner-sanctum experiences from our sports-star days - stories that are often hilarious, never heard before, real and raw - all demonstrating the consistency that’s needed to achieve peak mental fitness to cope with everyday challenges and improve performance.

We connect their tried-and-tested strategies back to the evidence-based positive psychology that our mental health programs are built on and show how our listeners can adopt these tools into all parts of their life, everyday.

Our guests and Prime Effect ‘Athlete Ambassadors’ include NRL stars, Rugby Unions Stars, AFL Stars, Olympians and Paralympians, as well as other successful Australian professionals.