Content warning: this episode discusses domestic and intimate partner violence, and may be distressing for some listeners. Please take care while listening, and skip this one if it isn't the right episode for you today. 

One in four women in Australia has experienced intimate partner violence. One woman a week is murdered by a current or former partner. And the pattern that makes that possible almost always starts before adulthood - in classrooms, in teen relationships, and in those small invisible moments when a girl first learns to doubt herself.

Dannielle Miller is co-founder and CEO of Enlighten Education, Australia's leading in-school workshop provider. In 23 years, she has worked with close to one million young women. She holds an Order of Australia Medal for service to women, youth and education, and serves as Director of Education for Women's Community Shelters - where 200 women and children find safety every single night.

In this episode, Yas and Dannielle go deep on what is actually happening for teen girls right now that parents wouldn't believe, why coercive control in teen relationships has become normalised, the FRIES consent framework every young person should know, and what parents and carers can do at home today to raise girls who trust themselves - and boys who become good men.

This is one of those conversations that will make you pause, reflect, and then act.

If this one matters to you, share it with a parent, a teacher, or anyone raising young people right now.

Connect with Yas London:

Website: www.yasminlondon.com

Instagram: @_yaslondon_

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-london/

Connect with Dannielle Miller:

Instagram: @danniellemiller

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannielle-miller-oam-a287b561

You’re smart. You’re careful. You think you’d know if something wasn’t real.

But what happens when your daughter’s voice can be cloned, your boss can appear on a video call, or the health expert in your feed looks credible, sounds authoritative, and has the followers to prove it?

Would you actually know?

In this solo episode, Yas London explores trust literacy, the skill of deciding who and what deserves our trust when the signals we’ve traditionally relied on can increasingly be manufactured.

You’ll learn:

→ Why intelligence doesn’t make us immune to manipulation
→ How social media has blurred the line between popularity and expertise
→ Why urgency, fear, outrage, and confirmation bias can override good judgement
→ Yas’s five-question Trust Check for higher-stakes decisions
→ Why sometimes the smartest thing you can do is slow down

This isn’t about becoming cynical or trusting nobody. It’s about becoming more discerning.

Open enough to trust. Skilled enough to verify.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Scams: Scamwatch — https://portal.scamwatch.gov.au
• Australian fact-checking: AAP FactCheck — https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ | [email protected]
• Health information: WHO — https://www.who.int/
• International fact-checking: PolitiFact — https://politifact.com/ | FactCheck.org — https://www.factcheck.org/
• Fact-check search: Google Fact Check Explorer — https://toolbox.google.com/factcheck/explorer/search
• Australian independent news: Women’s Agenda — https://womensagenda.com.au/ | The Daily Aus — https://www.thedailyaus.com.au/ | Cheek Media — https://www.cheekmedia.co/

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Connect with Yas London:
Website: yasminlondon.com
Instagram: @_yaslondon_
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yasmin-london/

Your child wants their first phone. They want to stay connected with friends, have more independence and, of course, “everyone else has one”.

But there’s a conversation we need to have before we hand it over.

Because a first phone doesn’t just introduce a child to technology. It introduces them to a new set of rules around privacy, access, boundaries, consent, friendship, and eventually relationships.

In this solo episode, Yas London draws on her years working in online safety, and her own experience as a parent, to explore how we can give children greater digital independence without teaching them that constant access is the price of belonging, or worse, love.

You’ll learn:

→ Why the first phone should be a series of permissions, not one big decision
→ The difference between digital care and control
→ Why location tracking doesn’t automatically mean greater safety
→ How to build capability rather than relying solely on parental controls
→ The five conversations to have before the first phone arrives

The goal isn’t to remove every digital risk. It’s to raise children with the judgement and confidence to navigate those risks when we’re no longer standing beside them.

Because ultimately, the best safety tool we can give our kids is their own capability.

RESOURCES

Online safety advice for parents and young people:

eSafety Commissioner
Practical guidance for parents on devices, parental controls, privacy, location sharing, online relationships, consent, and navigating online risks.

Research referenced in the episode:

eSafety Commissioner Research
Australian research into young people’s experiences and attitudes online, including digital behaviours within relationships.

Parent resources and advice:

eSafety Parents
Advice on helping children safely navigate devices, social media, games, online relationships, and difficult online experiences.

Enlighten Education:

Enlighten Education
Founded by Dannielle Miller, whose upcoming First Movers conversation explores consent, confidence, online culture, healthy relationships, and raising girls and boys in the digital world.

Website: www.yasminlondon.com

Instagram: @_yaslondon_

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-london/

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“What we make visible shapes what others believe is possible.”

Jo Tarnawsky ran one of the most powerful offices in Australian politics: Chief of Staff to Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, after twenty years as a diplomat in postings from Iraq to Zimbabwe to India.

Then she raised a bullying complaint. Within weeks she was locked out of her own office. Five months later she stood in front of the cameras and asked for an apology. When it didn't come, she sued the Deputy Prime Minister, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, and the Commonwealth, reaching a confidential settlement in one of the most significant workplace cases in recent Australian political history.

We talk about what it actually costs to speak up inside a system built on discretion and power, why women are statistically more likely than men to face consequences for raising concerns, what moral injury really means, and what she tells the women who message her at midnight asking what they should do.

Please note: No adverse finding was made against any party in this matter, and the settlement is confidential.

Connect with Yas London:

Website: www.yasminlondon.com

Instagram: @_yaslondon_

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-london/

Connect with Jo Tarnawsky:

Website and resources https://www.jotarnawsky.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-t-94568417a/

Want more strategies to become a First Mover? My book, First Movers: Courageous Leadership for a Human Future in the AI Era out September 2026.

Future Females Australia: https://futurefemalesaustralia.com.au/

Set the Standard report (Kate Jenkins, Australian Human Rights Commission): https://humanrights.gov.au/resource-hub/human-rights/set-standard-2021

You’re optimising with AI. You're hitting your KPIs. You look like you're killing it. But behind the scenes it’s a different story.

Dr Kristy Goodwin calls it the success tax - and in this episode, she makes the case that high-performing women in the digital world are paying it with their health, their relationships, and their biology. Every. Single. Day.

Kristy is one of Australia's leading researchers on performance, technology, and the brain. She's the expert behind the concept of digital presenteeism, and the Focus Quotient - and she's had her own code-red burnout moment that changed everything she thought she knew about how we work.

In this conversation, Yas and Kristy go deep on:

→ Why we have a Palaeolithic brain trying to run 2026 software - and what that mismatch is actually costing us

→ The success tax: what high-performing women are paying to stay in the game (and why the bill always arrives at the worst time)

→ Why meditation, sleep hygiene, and wellness apps aren't working - and what to do instead

→ AI, cognitive debt, and why your brain might be quietly atrophying while you bot-sit

→ What deep work actually requires (and why leaders are getting it wrong)

Plus: Kristy's code-red hospital story. The CEO who made $25M from a surf session. And the line that will stop you mid-scroll: "success was never supposed to feel like burnout in a designer blazer."

This is not a conversation about self-care. It's a conversation about the system - and what it's going to take to change it.

Follow Yas on Instagram @_yaslondon_

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yasmin-london/

Website: yasminlondon.com

Email: [email protected]

Follow Dr Kristy Goodwin on Instagram: @drkristy 

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I was hosting a leadership conference. Senior women. CEOs, founders, executives. Ruth Limkin asked one question -"How many of you are the eldest child?" - and 85% of the room put their hands up.

That's not a quirky data point. That's a pattern worth pulling apart.

This episode is about the conditioning that shapes high-achieving women long before they ever step into a boardroom. The identity that gets built around reliability. And the specific ways that wiring — combined with the demands of career, family, and everything in between — becomes a very direct route to running on empty.

I get into the signs (including the ones that hide behind achievement), the systems that exploited those traits, and practical steps that don't involve vague advice about self-care.

• The Banyans Healthcare: thebanyans.com.au
• Ruth Limkin / The Banyans research on professional burnout and alcohol use trends
• Research on birth order and leadership (eldest child studies)
• Research: 90% of female CEOs played competitive sport

Connect with Yas London:

Website: yasminlondon.com

Instagram: @yaslondon

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-london/

⚠️ Trigger warning: This episode contains references to domestic abuse, coercive control, and family violence.

What if the most dangerous weapon in a domestic abuser's hands isn't a fist — but your bank account?

In this episode, Yas London sits down with Catherine Fitzpatrick, CEO of Flequity Ventures and Australia's leading expert on financial abuse and technology-facilitated domestic violence. Catherine spent nearly a decade as a senior bank executive before uncovering a disturbing pattern: everyday products — bank accounts, insurance policies, smart devices, utility bills — being weaponised as tools of coercive control.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

— How bank transfer descriptions are being used as weapons of harassment and surveillance

— Why 51% of Australians will experience technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetime

— What Safety By Design means — and why most companies still aren't doing it

— How AI is both the problem and the solution in financial abuse detection

— What you can do right now, whether you're a business leader or an individual

If something feels off in your relationship with money or technology, this episode will give you language, clarity, and a clear next step.

Catherine Fitzpatrick | Flequity Ventures: https://flequity.au

Learn about Design to Disrupt: https://designedtodisrupt.au

Respect & Protect Campaign (check if your company has signed up):
https://respectandprotect.au/

1800RESPECT (National domestic violence support line): 1800 737 732 | www.1800respect.org.au

Connect with Yas London:

Website: yasminlondon.com

Instagram: @_yaslondon_

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yasminlondon

"What we make visible shapes what others believe is possible."

What do online abuse, the boardroom, and elite sport have in common — when it comes to women?

The same system, playing out in different venues. And in this episode I'm making the case for exactly what that system is, what it costs, and why the organisations that say they want more women at the top are often the last ones to see it happening on their watch.

The pipeline isn't broken. It's being blocked.

First Movers: Courageous Leadership for a Human Future in the AI Era — out August 2026.

Connect with Yas London: Website: www.yasminlondon.com 

Instagram: @_yaslondon_ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-london/

• UN Women: Making Every Woman and Girl Safe in the Digital World (2024)
• UNESCO: Online Violence Against Women Journalists report
• Inter-Parliamentary Union: Sexism, Harassment and Violence Against Women in Parliaments in the World (2025)
• eSafety Commissioner Australia: Women in Leadership and Online Abuse report
• Deakin University: Online Abuse of Australian Elite Sportswomen (2024)
• IOC / World Athletics: Paris 2024 Online Safety Programme
• Safe Work Australia: Guide to the Code of Practice — Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work

What if the single biggest invisible barrier to women's performance at work has nothing to do with strategy, leadership, or culture?

Taryn Brumfitt - 2023 Australian of the Year, founder of the Embrace Collective, and one of the world's leading voices on body image - calls it the hidden variable in performance. And it's costing Australian businesses $36 billion a year.

In this episode, Yas London and Taryn go deep on why body image belongs in every workplace conversation - and what leaders, teams, and individuals can do right now to change it.

You'll hear why women are turning off their cameras in meetings and what it's really costing them, the surprising link between height, salary and workplace bias, the simple Do-Ra! framework for taming self-doubt and backing yourself, and why every single one of Taryn's greatest career achievements - Harvard, the White House, 200 million people across 190 countries - happened only after she learned to embrace her body.

If you've ever held back in a meeting, stayed quiet when you should have spoken up, or turned your camera off because of how you felt about yourself - this one's for you.

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Embrace Collective: theembracehub.com

Embrace Kids film:https://theembracehub.com/see-the-film/

Embrace at Work: https://www.bodyimagemovement.com/embracework/

Connect with Taryn Brumfitt:

Instagram: @tarynbrumfitt

Connect with Yas London:

Website: yasminlondon.com

Instagram: @_yaslondon_

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yasminlondon

"What we make visible shapes what others believe is possible."

When Capability Becomes a Cage:The Psychology of High-Functioning Women

Why sustainable success starts beneath the surface

In this episode of the First Movers podcast, Cassie Roma and Yasmin London sit down with clinical psychologist Rajna Bogdanovic to unpack the truth about high-functioning women in leadership and the hidden toll of chronic stress, over-functioning, and hyper-independence.

Throughout this conversation we learn to hold a very modern paradox: the same traits that make women exceptional leaders, reliable teammates, and high performers… are often the very traits that drive chronic stress, emotional suppression, and burnout.

We explore what high functioning actually means through a clinical lens, and why so many women are operating at full capacity externally while quietly depleting internally.

This isn’t a conversation about doing less. It’s about understanding what’s really driving how you show up, and whether it’s helping you thrive… or just helping you cope.

What We Cover

• The clinical definition of high functioning and why it’s often misunderstood

• The difference between sustainable performance and survival mode

• How hyper-independence and over-functioning are formed (and why they’re so hard to unlearn)

• The hidden impact of chronic stress and allostatic load on the brain and body

• Why high-performing women are more vulnerable to burnout than they appear

• The role of neurodiversity in performance, pressure, and self-regulation

• Early warning signs your “capability” is tipping into cost

• Practical ways to build psychological safety, regulate your nervous system, and lead with sustainability