This week, I had my first official guest interview with none other than sporting LGBTQIA+ icon Josh Cavallo. The world knows him for making sporting history and being a powerful LGBTQIA+ advocate - but Josh is tenacious, inspiring, kind and humble. And in this chat, we talk about how he went from ‘scraping the bowl’ being homeless and told that he wasn’t good enough to play professional football at 19 … to being a trailblazer as the world’s first openly gay male footballer in top-flight football and an LGBTQIA+ trailblazer.

This ep is for anyone who needs inspiration and advice on how to chase your dreams, live authentically and find the courage to be yourself in a world that convinces you otherwise.

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