This inspiring gal, Tess from Texas shares her tales of sailing the Whitsundays, and in particular her serendipitous rescue on a mountainside.

Like many travelers Tess enjoyed the hospitality of locals, and this inspired her to start HerHouse, an app specifically for women travellers. We discuss the challenges in starting a new business and Tess shares some fabulous tools to combat resistance and getting stuck.

We both agreed that the keys to fabulous and confident travel is to be curious, to trust yourself and to believe good things will come your way.

This was an inspiring and delightful chat. I hope you enjoy Tess’s stories as much as I did.

App - HerHouse.co

Tess’s book – Sherbet Skies: A Woman's Solo Journey to Find Adventure, Love, and God

There is a lot going on in this juicy podcast! It may push some folk's boundaries a little, but it certainly is educational and I think well balanced. Kyla is a CBD - cannabis expert who provides us some helpful information on the health benefits of CBD in relation to wellbeing, pain, anxiety, insomnia and even to dry vagina. Yes, we have it all here.

Kyla talks to the years of fear and stigma of CBD as well as the changes in the medical field as they now use CBD for many issues such as PTSD and more.

We do touch a little on women’s health, body image and self-love. I warn you now, this is an intimate discussion with a good dose of laughter and merriment. 

Enjoy.

Kyla can be found on Instagram @cannacuriousau

This podcast finds us in the settling of a near disaster.

Tom is best known as Tomfoolery on Social Media.  He is an author and poet. Famed for his artistic and moving poems on YouTube.  Tom shares his backpacking trip to Australia where running out of cash, he got work in a fairground.  Drama ensues when he and his friends tempt fate in the desert. Some of the most isolated parts of Australia’s outback. And  thankfully there was no ‘Wolf Creek’ moment.  

This chat is a delightful glimpse into Tom’s life before he became famous for his Tomfoolery poetry, and he generously shares the inspiration of how it all began. 

Find Tomfoolery on Insta @probablytomfoolery and  YouTube Probably Tomfoolery

Tobias chats with my special co-host, Asher and I about his life as a teacher where though life was good, but he got to the point where he felt he was losing his curiosity and playfulness. Like most of us, he made ‘outward changes’ thinking that would be the ‘fix’ he needed. He left his job and girlfriend, but as is often the case, it is not what is happening ‘out there’ that needs changing.

Tobias shares his internal shift from “supposed to be” to a vastly different life and new adventures. I particularly liked his take on easy it is to ‘lose life’ rather than gaining time and indeed life in every moment.

Tobias runs the WHAT-SUP Stand Up Paddling courses and sunset tours in Malmo, Sweden.  @what_supmalmo

An hilarious exchange that I hope will have you laughing along with us. Nick Backstrom shares stories from his time collaborating with me in corporate theatre, his time at Victoria Rail, his latest theatre exploits, to his current gig as a country radio host. Some good tales of moving from the from the big city to country Australia.

Nick’s dry humour and laid-back style makes this podcast full to the brim of hilarious antidotes and cool insights.

Enjoy!

Dr Libby Weaver shares her insights into trusting herself and her intuition that lead her down a surprising but welcomed path to becoming a Nutritional Biochemist. All of which undoubtedly changed the direction of her life. As often surprising events can do.

Libby authentically shares her wisdom in mental reframing to live in the ‘safe zone’ despite the stressors of life, how trusting that inner voice helps us become even more of who we rather than trying to please other people and so many pearls of wisdom that both inspires freedom and self-empowerment.

Dr Libby Weaver  TEDxCurrumbin - https://youtu.be/soWsmjtAVOA

Some great insights behind the life of a real life FBI agent which provides authenticity to Louisa's dark crime thrillers. And bringing yin to the yang in her crime genre story, Louisa Bennet shares antics of her own Golden Retriever who inspired her dog detective novels.

I thoroughly enjoyed peeking behind the dark curtain of crime writing and how the distinctive styles of her books spring forth from a creative and incredibly talented mind. As Louisa says, “It was like chatting with a friend” and that is exactly how I felt. So, grab a cuppa, sit back enjoy.

About - Louisa’s crime thrillers (L.A.Larkin) have won her fans all over the world. Described as a ‘chiller thriller’ writer by Marie Claire Magazine. Louise is also the author of Monty & Me (Louisa Bennet), Monty, the food-obsessed, naughty, and totally lovable Golden Retriever who will do anything for his owner, Detective Constable Rose Sidebottom.

Neil generously shares his teaching process for high school theatre along with his experience in writing and publishing his own plays.  For all you budding script writers or those interested in theatre, this will be of interest. For the rest of us, his wisdom in Luck, chance and trust is definitely worth listening to.  Thanks Neil!

April generously shares her family’s David & Goliath 7-year battle for their farm against a gold mining company.  A deeply personal story around loss, conflict, community unity all culminating in a resolution that has had long lasting impact for good and ill, not only their lives but that of their community. So powerful and moving.

This is a heart-warming story that will see you rooting for the underdog. Just how we like it in Australia. Don’t miss it.

Production has started in turning this powerful story of Aussie tenacity into a feature film. It will be a beauty!

Tim Buxton’s story is powerful. He and his family arrived in Iraq on the same day ISIS took Mosul in 2014. The region had changed overnight. Slaughter, torture, and slavery were imminent for ethnic and religious minorities – unless they could escape.

Tim shares what it was like at this immensely rewarding and devastating time. The power of love in desperate times. Tim shares what got him through emotionally and also the families last minute escape from Iraq.

In 2017, he and his family moved back to Australia, where they founded “You Belong”, a charity that empowers refugees to integrate and thrive in Australia.  Tim also hosts a “Justice Matters”.

I guarantee you will LOVE this authentically real and emotional podcast.  N.B. A video of our podcast will be up on the Justice Matters podcast. I will provide a link.

As Tim and his wife Sarah say “We All Belong”.