About
About The JRNY Podcast
The JRNY is an Australian podcast about risk, roadblocks and resilience. Honest conversations with people who have been tested, and the practical lessons they carried out the other side.
The Mission
For the leader who feels the weight of it.
You are running a business where mistakes are expensive and the decisions never stop coming. Some weeks you feel scattered, behind, or stuck reacting to whatever landed that morning.
There is no shortage of people online telling you to hustle harder. The JRNY does something different. We sit down with real operators and go through what actually happened, what it cost them, and what they would do differently.
The aim is simple: inspire and mentor the next generation of leaders, with advice that comes from hard earned experience rather than theory.
Every guest gets the same three questions
- Risk
- The calls that could go either way. What they bet, what it cost, and how they decided.
- Roadblocks
- The walls they hit, including the ones they built themselves, and how they got past them.
- Resilience
- What actually kept them going, in practical terms, when quitting was the reasonable option.
The Philosophy
Why The JRNY exists
01
Real stories
No fluff and no vague theory. Just real experience from people who have been through it, told without the polish.
02
Practical action
Every episode lands on a clear what to do next. We bridge the gap between feeling inspired and actually doing something.
03
Disciplined growth
Growth is a choice you make daily. It is about showing up, especially on the days when it would be easier not to.
Your Host
Paul Cohalan
Paul grew up on a farm and moved out at fifteen. He served in the Navy as a marine technician until a motorbike accident ended it, retrained into mining, then left a secure job to start his own logistics and insurance business.
He asks guests about risk, roadblocks and resilience because he has had to work all three out himself. He is open about the cost of it, wary of ego, and more interested in being the person still learning than the one with all the answers.
Read Paul's full storyCommon Questions
Everything people ask about the show
- What is The JRNY podcast?
- The JRNY is an Australian podcast about risk, roadblocks and resilience, hosted by Paul Cohalan. Each episode is a long form conversation with a business owner, leader or someone who has come through something hard, focused on what actually happened and what they learned. It is made in Western Australia and is free to listen to.
- Who hosts The JRNY?
- Paul Cohalan hosts The JRNY. He grew up on a farm, left home at fifteen, served in the Navy as a marine technician until a motorbike accident led to a medical discharge, then moved into mining before leaving a secure job at BHP to start his own logistics and insurance business. He works today as an insurance broker and risk advisor.
- What is The JRNY podcast about?
- The JRNY covers resilience, leadership, discipline and business. Guests talk openly about setbacks, mental health, rebuilding after failure and the practical decisions behind growing a business. The show avoids motivational theory and focuses on real experience and what to do next.
- Who should listen to The JRNY?
- The JRNY is made for business owners, founders and leaders, particularly people running businesses where mistakes are expensive and decisions are constant. It is also for anyone working through a hard chapter who wants honest conversation rather than advice from people who have never been tested.
- What questions does every guest get asked?
- Every guest on The JRNY is asked about three things: risk, the calls that could have gone either way; roadblocks, the walls they hit including the ones they built themselves; and resilience, what actually kept them going. That structure is the backbone of every episode.
- Where can I listen to The JRNY?
- The JRNY is free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Episodes are filmed in the studio, so the full conversation can be watched as well as heard. Every episode page on thejrny.au has a player plus links to all three platforms.
- Are transcripts available?
- Yes. Every episode on thejrny.au has a full written transcript on its episode page. Transcripts are generated automatically and lightly edited for readability, so they may contain minor errors. They are there so the conversations can be read, searched and accessed by people who prefer not to listen.
- Is The JRNY the same as the Bowflex JRNY app?
- No. The JRNY is an Australian podcast about resilience, leadership and business hosted by Paul Cohalan. It is not connected to the Bowflex JRNY fitness app, JRNY Church, or JRNY travel magazine.
- Who has been on The JRNY?
- Guests have included builders, a professional boxer, a mining recruiter, a customer service expert and a mental health advocate. Most are Western Australian business owners and leaders, and many are people Paul knows personally, which is why the conversations go further than a standard interview.
- How can I be a guest on The JRNY?
- You can pitch yourself or someone else through the contact form on thejrny.au, or email hello@thejrny.au. The show looks for people with a real story about risk, setback or rebuilding, not just a business to promote.
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