Baskets Of Knowledge

In this powerful episode of Baskets of Knowledge, Margot Korhonen, a Community Coach and Creative, shares how one simple question, “What if everything did work out?”, changed the course of her life.

From being a single mum dreaming of small comforts to becoming a homeowner, artist, and author of Creating Connected Communities, Margot’s journey is a masterclass in courage, self-leadership, and love.

She opens up about carrying the BRCA1 gene, overcoming chronic fatigue, and learning to lead with compassion instead of perfection.

You’ll learn how to:

• Dream bigger than fear

• Protect your peace through healthy boundaries

• Listen when your body whispers before it screams

• Transform pain into purpose

If you’ve ever felt stuck, tired, or unsure of what’s next, this conversation will remind you that you’re stronger, wiser, and more capable than you think.

Tune in to Baskets of Knowledge on Spotify a podcast about transformation, mindset, and the power of human stories.

Change is inevitable, but growth is a choice.
In this episode of Baskets of Knowledge, we sit down with Janelle Hulin, author, speaker, and proud “emoji enthusiast,” to unpack the beauty and chaos of change.

From raising six children while homeschooling across continents to losing a career she loved, Janelle shares how she discovered the power of the Liminal Space,  that uncertain in-between where transformation begins.

You’ll learn how to:
💡 Let go without losing yourself
💡 Build resilience through uncertainty
💡 Bring lightness and laughter into serious change
💡 Find Confident Hope even when life feels messy

If you’re navigating transition, career, identity, purpose, or perspective, this episode will help you find humor, healing, and hope.

What happens when being "one credit short" becomes the catalyst for an extraordinary journey?

Join us for an emotional and inspiring conversation with Liahna Smith, a 23-year-old wahine toa from Taranaki who's redefining what career success looks like. Currently working with Pūhoro STEM Academy (on secondment from Why Ora), Liahna shares her raw and real journey from feeling "not ready" to becoming a voice for Māori rangatahi across five secondary schools.

In this episode, we explore:

• Navigating rejection and turning setbacks into opportunities
• The power of saying YES to uncomfortable opportunities
• Working in kaupapa Māori organizations and connecting with cultural identity
• Mental health, grief, and finding purpose after loss
• The reality of non-linear career pathways
• Why being uncomfortable is where growth happens
• Transitioning from national-level athlete to youth mentor and coach
• Building confidence and finding your voice in professional spaces

Topics covered: Career development, Māori education, STEM pathways, mental health awareness, grief and loss, sports psychology, youth mentorship, cultural identity, professional growth, asking for help, imposter syndrome, work-life balance, finding purpose

Perfect for: Young professionals, educators, career changers, parents, coaches, anyone navigating uncertainty, Māori and Indigenous professionals, STEM advocates, youth workers

Recorded during Mental Health Awareness Week, this conversation is a masterclass in resilience, authenticity, and the courage to take opportunities even when you don't feel "ready."

Baskets of Knowledge brings you real conversations with real people doing extraordinary mahi in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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When Kodrean Eashae couldn’t find space for his voice, he built one.

In this episode of Baskets of Knowledge, we explore how Voice of Aroha became a home for refugee and migrant stories in Aotearoa. Kodrean shares his journey from feeling unheard to creating a platform that now uplifts hundreds of young people across New Zealand.

Expect deep reflection, practical insights, and an emotional reminder that leadership begins with community.

Listen if you’re curious about:

• Refugee leadership in Aotearoa

• Representation in storytelling

• Building communities through aroha

• Leaving a legacy as a “good ancestor”

  
  

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This week on Baskets of Knowledge, we sit down with Kiyara Glasgow, a 19-year-old student whose journey will shift how you see homelessness forever.

From sleeping in cars and park benches at 13, to earning a scholarship and studying at AUT, Kiyara’s story is a powerful reminder that our circumstances don’t define uz our choices do.

She opens up about:
Life as a homeless teenager in Aotearoa
How education became her lifeline
The power of mentorship and human kindness
Why we all need to start asking, “Are you okay?”

A conversation that will stay with you long after you’ve listened.

Tune in now on Spotify or YouTube — and don’t forget to follow Baskets of Knowledge for more stories that move, challenge, and inspire.

23 years ago, Di Crawford-Errington was a solo mum working two jobs, struggling to keep a roof over her daughters’ heads. Today, she’s built and sold businesses, leads an industry, and been recognised as one of the Top 50 Women in Accounting.... twice.

But this conversation isn’t about titles or accolades.
It’s about the real human story behind them.

In this week's episode of Baskets of Knowledge, Di opens up about the choices, challenges, and changes that shaped her life and how they can shape yours too.

- She talks about the fear and faith it took to start a business while raising two kids.
- She shares how burnout, loss, and grief forced her to redefine success.
- And she speaks with raw honesty about the pivotal choice we all face, whether to keep living for everyone else… or finally choose ourselves.

This isn’t a story of a single breakthrough moment.

It’s a story of countless small decisions, made in fear, courage, and love, that led to a life of meaning, purpose, and possibility.

Key Takeaways from Di’s Journey:

1.      Every moment is a choice. You can’t control what happens, but you can control how you respond and those choices shape your future.

2.      You don’t have to do it alone. Support doesn’t make you weaker; it makes you unstoppable.

3.      Grief is universal. Feel it fully. Honor it. But don’t stay stuck in it. Healing is a choice too.

4.      You are not selfish for choosing yourself. Prioritising your own health, energy, and joy is the most selfless thing you can do for those you love.

5.      Stay curious. Keep asking questions. The moment you stop, growth stops too.

This episode is a deeply human reminder that success isn’t just about building businesses, it’s about building a life that matters.

Listen now on Spotify or YouTube and hear the full conversation: how Di rebuilt her life, redefined her purpose, and reclaimed her power.

What does it take to completely rewrite your story?
For Pat Wulf, the answer was courage, belief, and a decision to run uphill.

In this week’s episode of Baskets of Knowledge, we sit down with Pat, the founder and owner of Wulf Security, a thriving, nationwide security company, to unpack his remarkable transformation from working long shifts in a factory to building a business that has employed over 100 people over the last 10 years with and creates opportunities for Pacific communities.

Pat’s story begins in Samoa and continues in Auckland, where, like many Pacific families, the expectation was simple: get a job, help pay the rent, and survive.

For years, that was his life. A single dad living with his uncle, clocking in and out of factory work, just trying to make ends meet.

But everything changed when two pivotal moments collided:
- The responsibility of being a role model to his two young sons
- Meeting Andrea, the woman who saw potential in him before he saw it himself

With her encouragement, Pat stopped doubting himself. He swapped self-limiting beliefs for bold action, starting his own security company while still working factory shifts. During the day, he wore steel-cap boots. At night, a suit and tie, pitching to clients and building the dream.

Fast forward nearly 10 years, and Wulf Security has become one of the most recognised names in the industry, known not just for its pink uniforms (a deliberate choice to de-escalate situations and challenge stereotypes), but for creating meaningful employment for Pacific people and changing lives along the way.

Pat’s journey is proof that where you start doesn’t define where you’ll end up.

It’s a reminder that success isn’t about luck, it’s about creating your own luck through action, awareness, and courage.

Key Lessons from Pat’s Story:

• Mindset is everything: Breaking generational cycles starts with believing there’s more to life than “just getting a job.”

• One person’s belief can change everything: Sometimes, all it takes is one person to see your potential when you can’t see it yourself.

• Action beats perfection: You don’t need a business degree to start, you just need to take the first step.

• Give back as you grow: True success is about lifting others with you.

• Be different on purpose: From pink uniforms to focusing on hiring more women, Pat proves that running uphill creates meaningful impact.

This episode isn’t just about business, it’s about hope, resilience, and rewriting the narrative. 

Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a student, or someone stuck in a job you hate, Pat’s story will remind you that you’re one decision away from a completely different life.

What happens when life brings you to your knees?

At just 20 years old, Sarah Robb lost her father. Six years later, while overseas, she received a call that changed her world again, her mother had suffered a brain aneurysm. By 26, she had lost both parents.

The grief was overwhelming. There were days she couldn’t get out of bed, days of numbing pain through old habits. But instead of letting loss break her, Sarah made a choice:

“What you’re not changing, you’re ultimately choosing. And your choice is the most powerful tool you have.”

That one insight reshaped everything.

Today, Sarah is the founder of Spring with Sarah, a speaker and coach who teaches resilience, the power of mindset, and how to embrace presence in a world that never slows down.

In this conversation, Sarah opens up about:

🌱 How loss became the catalyst for her personal growth
🌱 The meaning behind Spring with Sarah and the blossoms that gave her hope during her mum’s final days
🌱 Why flowers, nature, and slowing down became part of her healing journey
🌱 The discipline behind posting daily on social media, even when no one’s watching, and how consistency took her from 3,000 to 80,000 followers
🌱 Why knowledge isn’t power, applied knowledge is

Key Learnings from Sarah’s Journey:

• Choice is everything, every day, every moment, you decide whether to heal or stay stuck.

• Consistency beats motivation, results come from showing up, not waiting to “feel ready.”

• Presence saves lives, slowing down, breathing, noticing the small things can lift the heaviest clouds of grief.

• Celebrate the gain, not the gap,  growth comes from reflecting on how far you’ve come, not chasing what you lack.

This episode of Baskets of Knowledge is raw, real, and uplifting. If you’ve ever struggled with grief, mindset, or the discipline to keep going, Sarah’s story will get you to think about the way you make a choice.

Listen now on Spotify or YouTube and let her words remind you that even in the darkest seasons, spring will always return.

What happens when you take comedy, curiosity, and courage… and bring them to the streets?

In this episode of Baskets of Knowledge, we’re joined by Jasky Singh, better known as @sikant the street interviewer who has redefined how we connect with strangers. With a community of more than 140,000 followers across his socials, Jasky has built one of the most engaging and unfiltered interview platforms in Australia, if not the world. His short, raw, and often hilarious videos capture something rare in today’s fast-paced, polished world: authentic human connection.

From a young Indian migrant studying engineering to an entrepreneur and now a viral street interviewer, Jasky’s story is one of following curiosity, taking bold shots, and trusting yourself even when the world expects otherwise. We dive into:

- How a shy engineering student became a fearless public conversationalist
- The art of using humour, silence, and body language to disarm and connect instantly
- Balancing entrepreneurial success with creativity and family life
- The power of communication in an AI-driven world
- Why embracing identity and culture is key to resilience

This episode isn’t just about street interviews. It’s about what it means to truly connect as humans, in the messy, funny, imperfect, and beautiful ways that only real conversations can reveal.

Whether you’ve laughed at his viral videos or never heard of him until now, this conversation will leave you thinking differently about communication, confidence, and the courage it takes to just show up as yourself.

Key Takeaway:

Communication isn’t about the perfect script, it’s about presence, curiosity, and courage. And sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is simply start the conversation.

Listen now and discover the person behind @sikant the man bringing humanity back to the streets, one unscripted conversation at a time.

"When we are born, we look like our parents. When we die, we look like our choices."

That quote framed one of the most powerful conversations we’ve had on Baskets of Knowledge, with our guest, Amit Khanna.

Amit’s life hasn’t been a straight line. It’s a story of resilience, loss, and rebirth.

Once labeled the “dumb student”, Amit carried that identity through his childhood and early teens. He believed it. because the world around him reinforced it. Comparison crushed his confidence.

But one defining moment changed everything. After being publicly dismissed by a professor, Amit made a choice, not to fight with fists, but to fight with effort. He studied with intensity, passed an exam most failed, and realised: “I’m not dumb. I’ve just never directed my effort in the right way.”

That single moment sparked a lifetime of growth.

Since then, Amit has:
- Lived and worked across seven countries.
- Transitioned from physics and IT into leadership and communication.
- Built a career helping corporate leaders navigate office politics, manage upwards and downwards, and communicate with impact.

But behind the achievements is a man who faced profound loss. Losing his father at 15, his mother later to illness, and carrying financial struggles that forced him into work as a teenager, Amit learned that at every crossroad, you only have two choices:
1. Give up.
2. Continue.

He chose to continue. And more importantly, he chose to live fully, to not just exist, but to create impact.

 Key Learnings from Amit’s journey:

1. Labels don’t define you, your choices do. 

2. Comparison can be dangerous. but it can also drive you. 

3. Communication is the ultimate career advantage. 

4. Authenticity creates trust. 

5. The middle matters. 

6. This too shall pass. 

   
   

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt underestimated, labelled, or stuck in the middle.

It’s for anyone who wants to rise above office politics, sharpen their communication, and lead with authenticity.

It’s for you. if you’re ready to remember that your current situation is never your final situation.

Social Media Links & Thank You gift from Amit Khanna:

• CCC SKOOL Free Community
• YouTube Channel
• LinkedIn
• Medium
• Instagram
• Website
• Amit Khanna’s TED Talk
• Corporate Circus Book

As a gift to all out listeners you get a Free download of Amits Best selling book - Corporate Circus for all the listeners

Corporate Circus Free E-Book

Enjoy 

Prajesh and Tane