In this episode, we have Kusum Tamang Poudyal from Nepal to share her lived experience as an incredible community worker and humanitarian. 

Kusum has an avid passion to serve the community that are marginalised and/or less empowered. She has been involved in the social sector since 13 years ago in Australia, India and Nepal. Having worked in the community sector for years, she firmly believes in building sustainable yet simple mechanisms of empowering communities and putting education as the priority to mitigate most social challenges. 

Kusum holds a degree in Community Welfare Work and Buddhist Theology and is currently undertaking an MBA degree. She now heads Hiteri Foundation which is Nepal’s first non-profit crowdfunding platform and an emerging crisis management organisation working in training civil society organisations on communication, capacity building and fundraising. She is also a founding member of Timro Surakshya Hamro Kartabya (TSHK) and a general member of Hattihatti Nepal. In her free time, Kusum loves to volunteer for different causes, travel, read, decorate with plants, and spend time with her family and two dogs.

Listen to this episode to get inspired by Kusum’s passion and find more about how she made a difference to the communities. 

In this episode, we hear from Jules Brooke who is the founder of Handle Your Own PR, a DIY PR service for business owners. Handle Your Own PR has helped thousands of small business owners run their PR campaigns and make millions of dollars worth of media exposure. Jules offers online camps, coaching programmes and a PR SaaS platform, which has helped many of her students get on TV, radio, magazines and newspapers nationally. 

With a motivation to help women build their profile in the media, and also to showcase all the incredible women that are changing the world, Jules founded a community called She's The Boss at the start of the pandemic in 2020. The community has weekly free zoom lunches with women around the country and a podcast called She’s The Boss Chats. She’s The Boss also has a YouTube channel featuring interviews with wildly successful women in business around the world. 

Jules is the mother of 3 boys (including twins!) and has a wonderful, supportive partner, Dave and a dog called Nugget. Jules has widespread hobbies, such as reading, cooking, music, movies, socialising with friends and going to the beach.

Listen to this episode to find out more about Jules and how she used her expertise to empower women. It’s time we put the spotlight on all the amazing female founders and women doing extraordinary things in business. 

You can also click the links below for further information about Jules and her business.

Jules’ LinkedIn: //www.linkedin.com/in/julesbrooke/

Handle Your Own PR: https://www.handleyourownpr.com.au/

She's The Boss program: https://tickertv.com.au/programs/collection-iwyhsybaz8g?cid=1013285

She's The Boss podcast: https://www.shestheboss.com.au/chats

She's The Boss Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shesthebossgroup

In this episode, we have Michael McCarthy, an amazing human who ignites the passion within through his overflowing enthusiasm for life. Michael's love for life is infectious and his life is an example of drawing out our personal potential and the human potential in others. 

Michael genuinely believes in the power of positive mindsets in life and has held a positive outlook on life since childhood. In this episode, Michael shares, through his life experience, the meaning and the magic of a positive mindset on his life and also on others. We hear examples of how using the mind can heal as Michael shares the story of his father's wellness journey and how a positive mindset created a transformative workplace. 

This episode is not to be missed if you are looking for stories that truly elevate you, inspire you and move you.  

In this episode, we interview Nichelle Lyster and hear about her stories on starting an event business, creating community, and enjoying the spirited journey called life. 

As a huge fan of gatherings (birthday parties, block parties, holidays...), Nichelle knows the magic possible in gathering people together for a purpose. So no wonder she established an event management company called Change The Lights. In her 8 years long career in event management, she has pinpointed that our gatherings have to be in service of a brighter future for us all. Poet, Dancer, Musician, Ocean Fangirl, and Lover for Language - she brings Light Changing Perspectives into view.

In this episode, Nichelle shares the journey of what it is like to listen to the light within, to move in the direction of one's dreams and to embrace, boldly and courageously, all that life has to offer. Nichelle also shares a piece of her poetry as one of the ways she unleashes her creative expression. 

In this episode, we have Carol Liknaitzky, an outstanding educator and social artist who provided teacher training at the School of Education, Victoria University for 5 years and ran a part-time Nourishing Early Childhood Course at the Steiner Seminar for the past 9 years. 

She provides the Early Childhood Courses through her organisation, Heart Spaces, with a foundation in Rudolf Steiner’s insights and wisdom in human development. She has been the Education Leader for Ignite Minds Family Day Care scheme for the past 5 years and is currently, leading a team in developing practical storytelling skills with an indigenous language development project in Fitzroy Crossing. She taught in a Steiner High school and Nursery school over 30 years ago and co-founded the first South African Steiner Teacher Training organisation and Waldorf School in a black ghetto in 1985. 

She also draws from wide experiences in artistic development, craft making, as well as movement and Nia dance classes that she conducts. She is talented in stained glass art, leatherwork, woodwork, ceramics and graphic arts. She has run large scale community arts projects and has built a deep connection to all sectors of the community through her eclectic and diverse life experiences.

In this episode, Carol shares her life experience and shares a different perspective on the power of creativity in self-development.

In this episode, we have Hesh Fernando who is the founder of The Model Man, an organisation passionate about empowering men to be male role models, access their full potential, and achieve a greater sense of self. 

Hesh has a vision of creating healthier organisations by empowering men to lead the organisational changes that prioritise rest centred performance. His organisation, The Model Man, runs programs to improve working male professionals’ mental fitness to overcome fatigue and burnout. 

In this episode, Hesh authentically tells us about his own personal journey which led him to the work he is involved in today. He also shares his approach to life and his faith which is his driver. 

In this episode, we have Justin Mason, the founder of Agri Aquaponics. Agriculture has been in Justin’s blood since a boy. Having been working on a farm since a teenager, he gained drive, passion, and purpose in toiling the land and seeing it transform.

After realising that so many valuable spaces have been wasted by people, Justin came up with an idea to improve the productiveness in the use of space: self-watering, mobile gardens that you can place on a patio, balcony, back courtyard, etc. Then the business was born: Agri Aquaponics. Agri Aquaponics designs and maintains organic aquaponic and hydroponic gardens. Justin’s business aims to help people grow food anywhere by creating mobile herb and vegetable gardens using hydroponic and aquaponic principles.

The uniqueness of their gardens is self-watering and self-supported: the gardens can be powered by solar panels and batteries, allowing people to grow organic food with zero carbon footprint.

In this episode, Justin tells us about his creative idea of mobile gardens, his insights into agriculture as well as his life experience.

You can also find more about Justin’s business on their website and socials: https://linktr.ee/Agriaquaponics

In this episode, we hear from Tatiana Panfilova, a relentlessly curious soul who is on the search for deeper meaning, the real impact for the benefit of the world and speaking her truth.

She has over 5 years of experience in strategy consulting, solving complex business problems and mentoring people. She also has been practising yoga and meditation for more than 7 years and is passionate about personal development and conscious evolution.

In this episode, Tatiana shares her transformative journey towards self-healing and potential discovering. Her authentic sharing will surely help you with key learnings to propel yourselves forward.

In this episode, we have Steven Dossou, the creator of "IGNITE THE TRANSFORMATION", the founder of Salesforce Catalyst, and the Co-founder of Leadership.

Steven has multiple roles in his life - author, inspirational speaker and transformational coach. Steven was nicknamed “Action Man” for having impacted thousands of lives on a global scale. He is viewed by his peers as a charismatic visionary who undoubtedly believes in unleashing human potential by inspiring people to break their boundaries and redefine their limits. As a living testimony, Steven has followed his dreams and recreated a new path by elevating himself from humble beginnings in his country of origin (Togo-West Africa) to leadership and impactful roles on a global platform. 

In this episode, we explore Steven's unwavering determination, passion, and faith that propel him into action. 

We are lucky enough to have Susan Morrice on my podcast again. 

Susan has shared some of her amazing life experience and incredible wisdom embodied in life and leadership in the previous episode. In this episode, we take a deeper dive into the mechanism of the mind in living our best lives with Susan Morrice and her brilliant example in this event recording where we delve into the power of the mind in creating the lives of our dreams.