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Follow the human journey into the world of volunteering with Shazar Robinson, consultant at the Sankalpa Rural Development Society and former ambassador of the Shikshangram Shelter for Children in India.Shazar candidly shares her journey with volunteering and talks about the light and dark side of giving time. She speaks about the conditionality of volunteering and how it was moving to a place, within herself, of giving without any expectation of receiving was the gateway to receiving so many unexpected gifts.Shazar also talks about how her work at a children’s project in India caused her to question why there was so many abandoned children that lead to her next project that focuses on cleverly harnessing year round water supply in rural areas – this truly is a fascinating story in inquisitive thinking and underlines the true importance and almost sacred nature of water.Charitable giving, whether time or money, can be an awkward process for many as it can bring up all sorts of fear and worries relating lack a

Travel plays a key role in individual healing and expansion, and Australia has for a long time been a popular destination for such travel. With this in mind, this week I was able to connect into that with Allie Delury & Pat Bonner, a couple from America who are exploring our country in a small orange van for 12 months.Having both served time in the US Air force in demanding role, these guys aren’t just bumming out. Pat is refining his stand-up comedy skills across Australia while Allie creates travel content for companies back in the US.This conversation get real very quickly and we cover a lot of ground, from the check to identity from leaving the military and avoiding the draw of the ‘shoulds’ of the life are pressed upon us through to the relationship learnings from living in the crucible of a small van environment and need to understand and article personal needs to those closest to you.Throughout this story, Australia and its people play a key role as the muse and the backdrop to their journey and tr

Take an immersive deep dive into geopolitics with the host of The Redline Podcast Michael Hilliard. The Redline Podcast is a Perth based podcast that provides specific briefings on some of the most pressing geopolitical issues that aren’t be focused on by mainstream media.Michael shares how the podcast is the product of his own experiences of actually travelling to unstable and war-torn countries to speak to the everyday people on the ground to understand their point of view.Michael does an excellent job of condensing his extraordinary wealth of knowledge and information to provide a summary of the major forces in play in in geopolitics (US, Russia and China) as well as the three major faults lines across the world currently – you would be hard pressed to find such a focused insight anywhere else on the internet. He also provides a compelling argument as to why it is so important to understand these things on an individual level and how they effect your everyday life.Michael also strongly recommends the key a

Learn more about man’s best friend and the behavioural science behind dog training with acclaimed dog trainer Kelly Brown.Kelly shares how she put a hugely successful global career in oil and gas behind her to follow what was her true passion, working with dogs and their owners, and create a successful business for herself.Kelly explains in detail the underlying philosophy behind her training methodology which is based on rewards-based reinforcement rather than punishment. It is as much about training the owners, and what is possible, as it is the dogs. She also provides some fascinating insights into the hard-wired nature within different breeds and how to work with, rather than against, this.What becomes super clear from early on, is that there is so much to learn from Kelly not just about managing dogs but crossing over to children, friends and people around.Kelly is super knowledgeable and she does a wonderful job of distilling all of her knowledge into an a easily approachable conversation. 

Take a crash course into the world of digital marketing, with Perth based expert Rita FranchinaRita shares her journey from training as a journalist to moving into marketing at exactly the right point to learn the skills to capitalise from digital marketing from its early beginnings. She then tells how she stepped out to create her own business so she could add greater focused value to her clients.Rita deep dives into the merits of the various online platforms and opens up about the process she takes her clients through to get the most out of their advertising spend in terms of new leads and sales – you will learn about the key questions to work through when considering digital marketing.    What shines through in this conversation is just how passionate and committed Rita is to helping businesses succeed through digital marketing in a focused and ethical manner. She is super knowledgeable and this conversation does a lot to shine the light of clarity and direction into a world that can be confusing and impen

This week we dive into the world of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, with ex SAS serviceman and now breathe work coach Matt Bruce.Matt talks about escaping unhealthy male role models to join the army and how that led to spending 10 years in a constant environment of being ‘switched on’ that resulted in chronic adrenal fatigue. Matt shares how he became more and more disconnected from his body until such point he hit rock bottom and had to leave the army to salvage a relationship with his partner.Self-confessed trauma nerd, Matt provides a fantastic framework for explanation that is super clear and practical. Just because you've not served in the military doesn't mean that you’re not carrying your own trauma in your own system. Matt goes really deep and explains how trauma is less about the actual event itself and more how you and your body receives trauma. He also goes on to explain how breathe work is a powerful tool in releasing trauma.What makes this a fascinating conversation is the real-life examples Matt

Learn how to break out of the stories that keep you stuck in your head with Marcel Hof.Marcel talks about how growing up always searching for the real truth with his brothers together with a near drowning incident under the ice played a key role in shaping how he serves the world today.He talks at length about the Marcel Hof method that takes people from the rigid fully formed state of being to the open formless state of possibility and probability through specific exercises that are designed to pull people from their heads by intensifying life.This is a wonderful and enlightening conversation. I found Marcel to have a beautiful and positive energy about him. I was also struck with how very human he was, admitting how he himself is so often caught in his own stories.

LEARN ABOUT RESILIENCE FROM THE FRONT LINE OF NURSINGNursing is a role that we’ve all relied upon at some point in our lives, but what is it really like to be a nurse and what can we learn from this? Take a journey into the world and culture of nursing with Resilience and Nurse Coach Eva Storey.Eva tells about her 36 years as a nurse in a variety of countries across the world, sharing fascinating stories from her journey and the challenges of the role. However, it is the insights into the nature of the culture and pervading operating paradigms of nursing that really set the context for the need for her new phase of her career as a Coach within nursing – something that is a very new in this field.Eva talks about the need to put self-care first in order to provide sustainable quality care to others, creating a safe space to explore different, more human, conversations as well as how to coach resilience in such a demanding role.Care has many faces beyond the traditional views many of us carry and this conversati

Enjoy a smorgasbord of truly amazing and captivating stories with author, speaker, storyteller and artist Paul Carter.Told with great poise, irrelevance and certainly no political correctness, stories include the true nature of life on oil rigs and big oil before health and safety, the brutal reality of a desk job, becoming an acclaimed author with dyslexia, riding around Australia on the world’s first bike that runs on cooking oil, the baby joke that will get you in trouble, sharing a smoke with a primate and nearly dying on a National Geographic shoot as well as many many more.However, this isn’t just one amazing story after another. Contained within this conversation there are solid truths, values and a firmness, particularly about the true nature of manhood, that I personally find missing currently.This podcast isn’t for everyone, but I truly valued and enjoyed my time with Paul unapologetically.

Journey into female awakening with yoga and meditation teacher, Tara Aldridge, the owner of True Nature Yoga.Tara talks about how her successful career in performance dancing finally came to an end when, after years of looking outside for validation, she realised that she had enough. She candidly shares how it was through yoga that that focus began to move inwards and impact it had on her life.Tara explains how she now supports women through their own journey to similar awakening – taking time to talk through the 7 key focus areas.Male or female, there is a lot to learn in this conversation and reflect on from all perspectives – particularly when it comes to putting your own self-care first. Tara is a wonderful lady who speaks in a very engaging and focused manner. Her story provides much to reflect on and draw from.  

Reconnect with living in line the laws of nature with Steve Aldridge, Founder of Wild Movement Perth.Steve tells how, as a Personal Trainer, it was through his simple challenge of conventional held wisdom in this field that lead him to awaken from his ‘auto-pilot’ state and continue to ask wider focused questions that lead him to discover rewilding for himself and create Wild Movement Perth.Packed full of insightful nuggets of how Steve lives and thinks, this conversation holds a mirror up to the fundamental disconnect that lies in the heart of our modern-day industrial and information driven existence and the impact it has on our health.  However, the conversation certainly doesn’t leave the listener stuck in this disconnect. It captures Steve’s wealth of knowledge, passion and drive leaving the listener with a clear route forward to close the gap and live a healthier lifestyle connect to nature and our surrounding environment.

Go to a place many wouldn’t with end of life counsellor Leanne den Hartog.Leanne started life as a very logic based lady, originally trained as a librarian and a distinguished career with the Australian Bureau of Statistics. However, it was through a chance encounter with someone who helped her to connect with her ability as a Psychopomp and dealing with the passing of her own father that she began the journey as an end of life counsellor.As an end of life counsellor, Leanne holds space for those in their end of days to fully engage with what is happening – often an isolating process as surrounding loved ones often struggle to fully be present due to their own issues with the confronting nature of someone else’s passing.The conversation highlights the need to cease sweeping death under the carpet and for better ‘death education’ – to ask questions and reach on our own truth so that we are more equipped to face the inevitability of death and through that experience a life of more meaning.One thing is for sure,

Step into living a life of faith with East Fremantle Baptist Church Paster, Ray Forlin.It is in the retelling of his journey transitioning in his late 30s from a successful career in IT to become a pastor that Ray provides a truly fascinating living example of living with faith and having the bravery to listen and act on god’s word.Ray puts forward that god is good, despite popular misgivings, and his love is always waiting patiently on the other side of ‘the door’ - all we have to do is open the door and let him inWe talk about need for a ‘third space’, after home and work, and the connection to community and something bigger than yourself and the benefits that brings to life. Ray also provides insights into the life of being a pastor and to walk along side his congregation.This is a very approachable conversation that provides a very real insight into opening up and allowing faith into your life.

Experience the raw and authentic energy of Co-owner of Core9 Fitness and Founder of Mindset Warrior Coaching, Jake Ward.From an intense drive to look after and protect the loved ones around him, Jake got into martial arts from an early age. His staunch character and his refusal to take a backward step not only brought success fighting within the ring but soon outside of it and before long he was firmly part of gang life. However, it was being heavily in debt and dumped by his girlfriend that was the catalyst for Jake to level up and rebuild a better version of himself.Taking this staunch unstoppable strength of character into other areas of his life to turn his life around and grow exponentially, Jake now acts a beacon to others of what can be done and has built businesses to serve others to operate at their highest.We talk about individual power, importance of values, the impact of beliefs, developing successful behaviours, weeding out low-quality distraction out of your life and so much more. This conversat

If you are serious about taking responsibility of your health then you’ll really enjoy this, as I talk with health coach and Founder of Genelife Nick Eggleton.Nick has a very experienced background in advertising and marketing, but it was when he started to take his own health more seriously did he begin to truly understand the role that his industry has played in selling and shaping less than healthy beliefs and behaviours – something that left him very angry.It was this that was the catalyst behind him beginning his health coaching business Genelife, mission is to help you optimise gene expression through nutrition, exercise and lifestyle.We cover epigenetics, how to switch on and off genes, stressors, diet, sleep and a whole lot more. Nick is a seriously well researched and read individual that’s bursting at the seems with knowledge and the further the conversation goes on the more his energy levels go up along with the fascinating gold nuggets – you can tell just how much this all means to himWhile this i

In this conversation we explore accessing the wisdom that lies within and having the bravery to share this with the world with internationally renowned channel Rebecca Dawson.Rebecca shares how she spontaneously became a channel, the impact it had on her life and how she stepped out to fully embrace her ability and make her living through it.What becomes amazingly apparent, particularly as Rebecca explains what channelling actually is, is the fact that this is someone that we all can do – we all have the ability to access a vast wealth of information that exceeds our imagination; all we have to do is look inside not outside.I found it an amazing privilege and treat that Rebecca took time to join me in the podcasting space to create such truly fascinating conversation packed with so much information. She is a hugely engaging, possibility provoking while playful lady.More and more people around us, particularly here in WA, are waking up to greater capabilities and paradigms and this conversation talks a lot abo

Step into the film industry and the world of film reviewing with Mark Naglazas.Copywriter, film critic, editor, and now scriptwriter and public speaker, Mark talks in depth about his 20-year career as the film editor for the West Australian. He shares some fun stories from this time and takes time to explain how he goes about actually reviewing films.In this conversation we explore the development of film and the film industry as well as insights into the Australian film industry. Mark provides a fascinating summary and commentary of the changing landscape of entertainment from the 70s to present day, which provokes a lot of food for thought about the media we consume.What gives this conversation real depth is the very honest share from Mark about the challenges and learnings of his transition of leaving a stable 20 year career job to move on to his new focus on scriptwriting.

In this conversation we follow some very deep thinking and consider some of the bigger issues and impacts of our behaviours with Darryl Naidu.Darryl, a chartered engineer and a fantastic systems thinker, shares how he put his thinking to the test by creating New Normal Bar + Kitchen in Subiaco, which was built on the principles of providing seasonal local WA based food and beverages while reducing food related waste in the process.This is a fascinating insight into the thinking of someone who has spent some quality time considering behaviour economics and impacts at a really quite deep level – both on a micro and macro level her in WA.I believe taking the time to listen and truly engage with Darryl is well worth the time investment. He puts forward that his lack of emotionality helps his thinking, but I believe there’s actually a lot of emotion in there which, like his thinking, runs deep.

Imagine being successful to the point that by the age of 38 years old you’d built a company, sold it and now no longer needed to work another day in your life and retire – what would you do next?That’s exactly what my guest Karl O’Hare achieved for himself.Karl shares how he managed to retire at the age of 38 and what drove him during that time.Karl then goes on to talk about what life was like after he retired and how a few years later he found himself in a low place asking himself ‘Is there more to life than this?’, which was a gateway to a journey of self-discovery, deeper connection to those around him and sharing his light with the rest of the world.Again, there are clear examples of how events and stories that form the fuel that drive us to our success can also be the hurdle we need to overcome in living a full and meaningful life.Karl is a wonderfully open and lovingly energetic man who provides a wonderful insight into the reality of what many daydream about.

There’s one common event that we will all face – our own death – yet how often do we truly engage with this fact and what are the implications to how we live our life?Opening up the conversation about our own death while we have the space to do so that is the focus of this week’s guest Nicola Adams.Nicola, an intensive care nurse, talks about her own direct experiences of death through her life and work as an ICU nurse and the implications of not facing this beforehand. She also talks about her own relationship with death and how she personally moved from not wanting to be here to wanting to enjoy life.This is an easily accessible and far ranging conversation with a wonderfully engaging lady. Whether you believe we go on after this life or whether you think that this is it, the conversation challenges you to consider ‘how you want to die’ and how settling on your own truth on this matter that can actually reduce fear and bring a sense of ease to your life.