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This week Giovanna and Grant speak with Mitch McPherson, founder of Mental Health advocacy Speak Up Stay Chatty.
Founded by Mitch after the death of his brother, Speak Up Stay Chatty and its team members are playing an extremely important role with schools, businesses, sporting clubs and other organizations on addressing mental health and wellness.
A great interview from a truly inspirational young man.

This week we catch up with Clint Proctor, developer of the app Check Me. Clint is a Community Development Officer at the Alcohol and Drug Foundation, and development coach for the Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League whom are the reserves team for Australian Football League Team Hawthorn.

Clint has developed an App called Check Me. Ready for launch, the Check Me App provides an amazing and non invasive method to assist with mental health well being for both sport people and employees, from ground roots level to professional level athletes.

We enjoyed catch up with Clint and hearing all about his development, and had a great chat on life in general. We know you will enjoy this episode

Clinton joins us again, to discuss his new single, called that was yesterday. It is seriously good!!! a few technical issues at the start and the end, and Grant has a vent. Seriously listen to "that was yesterday" by Clinton. Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant!!!

Samuel Johnson said we should speak with him, we found him and here he is. Another example of a wonderful human living his life in the service of others, Stu Butler from Wollongong, and Ride for Hope. Stu gives us some insight to why he does what he does for charity, really enjoyed this chat to a truly remarkable human being. Enjoy the Podcast with Stu Butler on Get The Know Howe

Samuel Johnson is an Australian Actor, radio presenter, voiceover artist, author and philanthropist and one hell of a great human being.

Sam is known for his portrayal of Molly Meldrum in the miniseries Molly, starring in television shows The Secret Life of Us and Rush.

Sam is also the founder the Love your Sister Charity, in honor of his sister Connie, raising funds to cure breast cancer, and fulfilling his mission of reminding Australian Women to be “Breast Aware”.

He has even ridden a Uni-cycle 15,955km around Australia in a world record journey raising $1,477,630.

He has been awarded an Order of Australia medal for service to cancer research support organisations, and to the performing arts.

And………he won Dancing with the Stars in 2019.

This interview was just simply amazing, to hear from Samuel and hear his story, his passions, driving forces and what he has achieved living a life in the service of others. 

We were honoured to have Sam as a guest on our show

This week Giovanna and Grant met with Aaron Meldrum from Man Up, a men's mental health support network which recently launched. 
From an idea stemming from reflection on his own mental well being, enhanced by the experiences of a friend, Aaron brought together a group of like minded people which led to the foundation and launch of Man Up. 
Aaron is an inspirational and driven young man determined to have an impact and raise awareness for men's mental health.

This week we caught up with Zima Anderson, aka Roxy Willis from the Australian television icon show, Neighbors. 
Perhaps the most fun we have had on an episode, Zima is a an amazing young lady who had a dream, followed it and made it happen. 
Sorry we didn't call you Eric, but you got a mention!!
We hope you really enjoy this episode as much as we did

This week Giovanna and Grant speak with Molly Carter, an exceptional young lady, whom is finding success in the global pageantry circuit. Molly shares her experiences so far and the important cause that she advocates for. We also hear from Eric, who we dialed just because we could.

This week Giovanna and Grant spoke with Jared Wiseman, a former Tasmanian, who now lives and works from the Gold Coast in sunny Queensland. Jared runs a successful business, mentoring and coaching Small Business Owners for their success and high level performance. Jared is an extremely motivated person, an entrepreneur, a husband and father, champion lifesaver and an all round good guy. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did

This week we have a quick chat with Mark Watt. Mark was a Co-Founder, and former CEO of Whitelion, now the CEO for Big Brothers Big Sisters, an amazing youth mentoring organization with programs in Melbourne, Ballarat, Wangaratta, Sydney and Canberra. Hear from Mark about the importance of Youth Mentoring, why it is good not just for the young person being mentored, but also for the community in general. Mark is a great human being who continues to pay it forward helping young people in need.