Episode 118 - steve moresi
118. Finding Your Tribe with Steve Moresi on Connection, Resilience and 40 Years of Showing Up
Episodes Release: 3rd & 5th August 2026
Some guests arrive with a story that looks impressive on paper. Steve Moresi is one of those guests.
But what makes this conversation one of the most powerful episodes of Leading Our Own Way is not the titles or the achievements. It is the honesty.
Steve grew up in a small rural country town with no city lights, no big facilities, and a childhood shaped by the strict boundaries of the Exclusive Brethren church. Sport became his outlet, his community, and the one place where he truly felt like he belonged. That early experience of connection through sport set the course for everything that followed.
What followed was remarkable. Thirty-three years as a physical education teacher, including serving as Head of Department at a large private school. Forty years of coaching across basketball, triathlon, volleyball and martial arts. He trained World Triathlon champion Joanne King and World Duathlon champion Leon Griffin. He won the National School Boys Basketball Championship, the Big V Coach of the Year award, multiple VJBL titles, and came home from the Sydney World Masters Games in 2009 with a bronze medal as a player. He is a life member of the Myths and Legends Basketball Club, recognised for more than 20 years of exemplary service. And beyond the sport, he has worked with Headspace, Sport Integrity Australia and Anglicare, supporting young people in residential care.
That is who this man is when no one is keeping score.
But in this conversation, Steve turns the lens on himself. He talks openly about the mental health challenges he has faced, the years he spent pushing down difficult emotions, and the stigma he had to overcome to finally ask for help. He shares his FFP framework, Friends, Family and Professionals, a simple but powerful three-step approach to support that he now lives by. And he is honest about the fact that he still struggles today. That vulnerability, from a man with his strength and his record of service, is what makes this episode essential listening.
At the heart of everything Steve shares are three principles that anyone can take and apply immediately.
Find your tribe. The people who share your passions, who show up without conditions, and who make you feel like you belong to something real.
Prioritise self-care and professional support. Not as a last resort but as a proactive, daily commitment to your own wellbeing.
Cultivate belief in yourself and your strengths. Not as a fixed trait but as a daily practice, especially on the days when that belief is hardest to find.
Thriving is not the absence of struggle. Steve Moresi is proof of that. It is the choice to keep going, stay connected, and do the work even when no one is watching.
Episode 118 is available in two parts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.
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