Fresh Aesthetic with Stephen Garton

Today’s episode is my conversation with business owner and entrepreneur, Chris De-Ath. In this interview we discuss anything and everything business related, including the highs and lows of owning your own business, dealing with personal and professional conflict, and finding what you are passionate about by relaxing into the journey of the day to day  experience.

In today’s episode Jed and I are discussing our predictions for the Oscars. Who will win the coveted Best Picture? Best soundtrack? Best animated short? Tune in to hear our thoughts! We also talk about the new hit HBO show The Last of Us and how they have treated the source material with such love and care and attention to detail to make something truly outstanding. 

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Today’s episode is a conversation with singer, music educator, and business owner Rachel Yung. Rachel has such an interesting story to share — one that is full of highs and lows and moments of overcoming intense difficulty. In this interview we discuss her journey as an undiagnosed celiac, burnout at the age of 17, black   and white thinking, purity culture in the 90s and much more. 

This episode is a highlights reel of the best parts of the interviews from season 2 in 2022. Since this is the first official episode of 2023 it seems only fitting to say Happy New year to all of you wonderful listeners. I’m sure all of us are hoping for a better year than last year, and that we become slightly better versions of ourselves in 2023. 

Going back through all the content in order to put this best of episode together, I was reminded of just how much amazing stuff was covered and also some surprisingly great moments of 2022. We covered a lot of ground, from analysing the Rings of Power series, to providing tips on staying creative, to dealing with burnout and depression and a whole lot more. 

I look forward to podcasting again this year even though I know it will be hugely different to how it was last year. If you have any feedback about the show or want to make suggestions for guests or things to discuss, please get in touch on Instagram. I would love to hear from you.

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This episode is the season finale and boy is it a goodie. We cover a wide swath of topics from women in business, to toxic masculinity, to white saviour syndrome to being a young mum while in survival mode to being completely overwhelmed and burning out. There is a whole bunch more in here but you’ll have to listen to find out. If you haven’t already, make sure you check out Sawmill Brewery at sawmillbrewery.co.nz. Even if you don’t like beer, it’s always good supporting local New Zealand businesses. And if you are listening from somewhere else in the world, welcome! I hope you enjoy the yarns!

It’s been a minute since we released an episode, but you’re in for a treat with this one. We start off the episode talking about Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings show, Rings of Power, and then quickly move into a hearty discussion about suffering, joy and being present. It’s basically just 4 people having a great time together and discussing some of the deeper parts of life.

In today’s episode we continue on in the creative process by talking about moving on after finishing a project, or in a much bigger sense, after a big life change. It is so challenging to leave what we’ve known and embark out once again into the world of the unknown which can be so full of scary new things. 

Today's episode is a deep dive into the vulnerability required to share your art with the world. Everyone makes stuff for different reasons, but in the age of dopamine hits from the little red notifications on social media, our reasons for creating can often end up being centred around affirmation from our peers or randoms on the internet. Be encouraged to share your creative work with the world! We need your art and your voice. Make it loud!

This week on the show I interview Sally Bodkin-Allen. Sally is a music educator, composer, author, mother, and a million other things, and it was great to be able to sit down with her and discuss all things music and mental health. 

Check out some of the music for the musical she collaborated on, 18 Eden Avenue, here: https://www.youtube.com/user/beetrootsal 

Check out her Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/sallybodkinallencomposer/