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Hello beautiful people. Thank you for tuning in and supporting this year. I have loved doing every single episode and I feel so humbled and privileged to have had so many deep and intimate conversations. I have learnt so much from my guests and I think as an interviewer / podcaster. Thanks for journeying with me. If you've enjoyed the episodes this year, share them with your friends and go back and listen again.

This will be my final episode for 2020. And it's possibly one of my favourite to date. This man, Chip Conley has been a great friend and supporter of mine for over 15 years. After his book Rebel Rules literally jumped off the shelf to me in 2004 I asked him to write the forward for both my book Cubicle Commando and also Daring and Disruptive. Chip is a Rebel hospitality entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author, His five books have made him a leading authority at the intersection of psychology and business. After selling his hotel empire the young founders of Airbnb asked him to help transform their promising start-up into the world's leading hospitality brand. He has recently started the Modern Elder Academy and his daily blog the Wisdom Well is one of my greatest sources of inspiration.

In this episode you'll learn so much about:

•Psychology, philosophy and how they intersect with business

•Why the meaning of life is to find your gift. And why your purpose is to give it away

•How to become a prolific writer and content producer

•Business wisdom and knowing when to quit and change direction

•How to take inventory of what you learn each week

•Why you're never too old or too young to start something new

•Why curiosity is the elixir of life

•How to regulate yourself emotionally

•And so much more

While I've got you, we'll continue to bring out books and journals to inspire and educate you over the coming months. Jump on over to collectivehub.com

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This week on Hear me RAW I have my good friend, Jess Rowe. Jess is an accomplished journalist, television presenter and three-time best selling author. Her credits include co-hosting Studio 10 and The Today Show. She was also the news presenter for Weekend Sunrise, and for a decade Jess co-hosted Network Ten's First at Five news.

She is a self confessed 'crap housewife', and has gathered a strong and loyal following with her #craphousewife movement, uniting and celebrating other mothers who, like Jess, sometimes feel like they are not the perfect mother, wife or cook. With humour and honesty, Jess shares her amusing misadventures on CrapHousewife.com. Jess is a passionate advocate for mental health awareness, having herself experienced post natal depression. Jess is married to Nine News Sydney presenter and 60 Minutes reporter Peter Overton affectionately known as Petee.

In this episode you will learn about:

•The power of story telling

•Why it doesn't matter what job you're doing, because once you have your foot in the door - You can network, listen, learn and grow

•That all jobs, good and bad can teach you so much about life

•That post Natal Depression can happen to anyone and why it's ok to ask for help. We had a similar theme with my good friend Gabby Bernstein a few weeks ago.

•How hard conversations can be the best you'll ever have

•Why its important to stop comparing yourself to others - just be real.

•And how to find silver linings every day. Ask yourself the simple questions - What's bringing you joy? What are you grateful for.

Now quick apologies - I was being a bit of a tech nerd and didn't hook my mic up properly for this ep. DOH. And If you're new to my podcast and interested in other resources to support you jump over to collectivehub.com where we have lots of print and digital products to help you live your best life.

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Welcome to this weeks episode of Hear me RAW where I have the extraordinarily talented Jess Scully - curator, author and Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney. Jess was the founding director of Vivid Ideas and has curated creative sector events including one of my all time faves - TEDx Sydney. She has also hosted a number of my very own Collective Hub events over the past seven years.

In 2019 she was elected Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney. She advocates for new models to address the housing crisis and support workforces of the future. She is also committed to opening up politics to a younger and more diverse group of people. She has recently authored her first book - Glimpses of Utopia - Real Ideas for a Fairer World which is a call to optimism. She shares ideas and case studies from the world over about humans rising up to confront our challenges with creativity, resilience and compassion. She believes that by harnessing technology and imagination, we can reshape our world to be fair and sustainable.

In this episode you'll gain great insights into:

· How to write your first book

· How to get a start in politics

· How to have a say and get your opinion heard

· Why small impact is good impact

· How to be of service and find purpose

· What the future of work could be

· How to solve our housing crisis

· And how to embrace an optimistic mindset and embrace sustainability, technology and inclusivity.

This week on Hear me RAW I have someone who has become a dear friend to me over the past seven or so years. David Bromley. David has become one of the most recognisable and innovative artists in Australia. Over the past 20 years David's work has fostered widespread acclaim and notoriety in Australia and internationally on every continent - despite him never boarding on a plane. This is a deeply personal moving and profound episode where David share so selflessly much of his pain, mental health struggles and how he keeps moving forward to produce such incredible work. David is an absolute gem and by far one of my favourite and most respected humans on the planet. In this episode you'll learn:

- why you don't need to follow societal norms to be successful and follow your dreams

- why you will do anything for the person you love

- that everyone has their demons and internal battles

- And why its important to talk about them to move forward

And so much more

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Rachael Finch is one of Australia's most popular media personalities, capturing the hearts of the nation with her down-to-earth personality, natural beauty and enthusiasm for life. She is an advocate for leading a healthy and balanced lifestyle, and a bit of a poster girl for a wholesome and holistic life. She is a mum to gorgeous daughter Violet. And a super passionate and accomplished businesswoman with three businesses to her name and counting. There is little ground we didn't cover in this episode. I hope you get as much energy out of listening to it as we did recording it. Through this episode you'll be given a lot of tools to help you with:

•Self development

•Mindset

•Not giving up

•Alleviating Pressure on yourself

•The steps behind starting multiple brands from the ground up

•The importance of connections and conversations

•The importance of persistence and consistency

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Today, I am thrilled to have Anne Johnstone as my guest. This came about because I was recently a guest speaker at Ravenswood School for Girls where Anne is Principal. I was blown away by everything I experienced on the day and as I am super passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and teens, I wanted to find out more and share it with you. Let's face it, this is one of the most relevant and important topics of 2020.

Anne is also Chair, and a founding board member of the Positive Education in Schools Association and a Board Member of the International Positive Education Network. She undertook a Master of Applied Positive Psychology with her thesis completed under the supervision of the founder of Positive Psychology, Professor Martin Seligman, and she is currently completing a PhD with the focus of her doctoral research on helping young people develop a mindset that promotes wellbeing. She is one extraordinary human.

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Tim Duggan is a new media entrepreneur who has co-founded several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media - Australia's leading millennials digital publisher. We've been working in parallel for years on our media brands but almost crazily had never really connected. Now, both in our next iterations, we finally have the time and space to connect and reimagine.

Tim has recently launched his first book Cult Status, which I skim read and loved in a day. There are certainly many parallels in our thinking. Here he digs into:

•The seven steps to building a business with cult status

•Why every business of the future needs to balance profit and purpose

•How to create an impact statement and how to make positive change in the world

•The traits every leader needs

•How to create a passionate community around you and your work to evangelise your brand

•How to get great outcomes

•And one of my faves - we touch on - as we have both experienced the notion of why bigger isn't better

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This week I'm doing something a little different. I've got two of the most fabulous Aussie larrikins I know on together. Why - well that's how I met them many years ago and as long as I've known them they've been joined at the hip as a package deal.

Welcome to two of the nicest most humble down to earth (but rather big time actors) going around - Tim Ross (otherwise known as T Ross) and Ben Mingay. Ben Mingay is an actor, musician and international musical theatre performer. He was in Hacksaw Ridge, played Alan Bond in House of Bond (and was bloody spectacular) has been in Wonderland and about every other popular TV shown known to mankind. He was most recently Shrek in Shrek the musical Aussie tour until Covid shut it down. Tim Ross is an Australian Actor best known for Wonderland where he and Ben met, Neighbours, Rush, Underbelly and most recently Romance is on the Menu.

For anyone who is interested in an acting career or a career in the arts this is a must listen for you. They both have pretty remarkable journeys from starting out as down to earth tradies to becoming world class actors. They both have refreshing and inspiring stories. So here we go...

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Hello beautiful humans. I hope you are all doing well and thriving not just surviving. This week on Hear me RAW I have the gorgeous bubbly all round legend that is Lola Berry. Lola and I have known each other for a number of years and truth be told this was the second ep we actually recorded in December 2019... apols - I've just been a bit slow off the mark getting this one to you. I absolutely LOVED this interview and am so grateful for all that Lola brings to this world - she is super duper down to earth, honest, raw, real, vulnerable and FUNNY!! And she is the queen of building robust multi platform ecosystems, a wonderful community and has some great tips on staying healthy and building rituals and routines into your day.

Speaking of rituals and routines and tools to support you, jump on over to collectivehub.com to check out our latest books, journals and masterclasses. With all the time and space that 2020 has afforded us, my team and I have been super productive in producing tools to help you ignite your potential and live your best life. Ok enough of me rambling on, here is Lola.

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This week on hear me RAW I welcome Michael Crossland. We first met when we shared the stage with Sir Richard Branson in 2019 and his story moved me immeasurably. We've since become firm friends. For this episode all I can say is, go grab yourself a big box of tissues before you start. In the next hour Michael will share his remarkably inspiring story of overcoming extreme adversity to achieve incredible outcomes in both his personal and professional life. Despite and because of spending nearly 1/4 of his life in hospital, Michael's ability to help shift your mindset, instil perspective and have you determined to become the best version of yourself, will amaze and inspire.

Michael's story will undoubtedly bring a tear to your eye and a smile to your heart, but above all will teach you the keys to success, the importance of embracing change, and the mindset needed to achieve your goals. Once you have finished this episode, I dare you to go out and do one thing today that scares you. One thing that moves you past your comfort zone. Come on - you've got this. So without further ado, let's get started.

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