![]() ![]() “It means, ‘I am because we are’.” To say the team has taken to it is an understatement. This year he taught them the South African word “ubuntu”. It was a nice reminder that not everyone gets to live their dream. “I said to them, ‘Hands up: whose dream was it to play State of Origin as a kid?’ And every single hand went up. We don’t do that.” Last season, the Queensland team’s motto was “gratitude”. “NSW’s approach seems to be to flog people so hard. “My job is to make them feel happy and healthy,” he says. ![]() His approach to the Maroons is pretty much the same as his approach to schoolkids and corporate teams. Plus, he’s spun off TRP into a hugely successful podcast, which he hosts with comedian Ryan Shelton and his brother, Josh van Cuylenburg. He’s also become a sought-after mindfulness coach for the likes of the National Rugby League, the Australian cricket team and our national women’s soccer squad, the Matildas. It’s now in 850 schools, 600 workplaces and 300 early learning centres across the country. A former primary school teacher, he started The Resilience Project in 2011 after sensing that Australian schoolchildren needed a better emotional toolkit. Van Cuylenburg isn’t really here to talk footy, but his career takes him to all sorts of places, including sport. I said, ‘Yeah, but will the coach mind?’ He said, ‘I am the coach.’ That’s how much I know about NRL.” “I started working with Billy when he was at Melbourne Storm and then he asked me to come and help with the Origin team. It’s the day before the final State of Origin match in Sydney (NSW won the game but lost the series) and The Resilience Project founder and co-host of The Imperfects podcast is in town with the Queensland team. Still, van Cuylenburg is at pains to tell me he is “not a mad Queensland fan”, he “just looks like one”. Hugh van Cuylenburg: “My job is to make them feel happy and healthy.” Louie Douvis “I’ll be in a Maroons jersey,” he texts ahead of our lunch at Jackie’s, a cafe in Sydney’s Paddington. Luckily, he’s sent me an advance warning. I’d know the voice anywhere – his reassuring timbre has accompanied me on many a morning walk – but being a podcaster, his face isn’t so familiar. ![]()
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