Guest Speakers: Theresia, Irene and Vivian

Episode Title: You Are Already Perfectly Painted | Uzuri, Self-Love and the Courage to Write Your Story

Episode Duration: 00:43:14

Episode Release Date: August 18, 2026

About This Episode

What does it look like when two young girls from Tanzania, told to play it small and stay within limits, refuse to stop knocking on doors until their book exists in the world? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Theresia, Irene, and their local mentor Vivian for one of the most joyful and deeply moving conversations the show has produced. Together they share the journey behind Uzuri: Loving Yourself Inside and Out, a novel about a young princess, her relationship with her own beauty, and the choice that changes her life forever. Cathy mentored Theresia and Irene weekly over 18 months, reviewing every word as their story grew into a published book. This episode is for every person who has ever questioned whether they were enough.

Episode Highlights

• [00:03:00] Theresia and Irene: first seen on a stage, emceeing in English and Swahili, two years before Vivian could work with them

• [00:07:00] The idea that became Uzuri: sitting with friends and classmates who questioned their own beauty

• [00:08:00] Writing their first draft on the bus, on scraps of paper, at night after prep time

• [00:09:00] Being told publishing in Tanzania is too difficult, especially when you are young and unknown

• [00:11:00] The moment Vivian read their pages and knew she had to find someone who could really help

• [00:13:00] How Cathy met Theresia on a home visit, heard her story, and could not look away

• [00:18:00] Why they wrote Uzuri: the global problem of women and girls not loving the skin they are in

• [00:20:00] Bleaching, plastic surgery, and the devastating effects of beauty standards on self-worth

• [00:22:00] Being told you are too tall to be a woman, and what that does to your inner being

• [00:27:00] What Theresia and Irene want for this book: not just a story, but a voice

• [00:30:00] A reading from Uzuri: you are enough, you are worthy, you are already powerful

• [00:37:00] Keep knocking. The first answer might be no, but it is not no to you.

• [00:41:00] Closing message: you are already perfectly painted with God

What You'll Take Away

• Why self-love is not a surface issue, it is the foundation every other confidence is built on

• What it looks like to have a vision so strong that fear, rules, and closed doors cannot stop it

• Why the responsibility of adults is not to protect young people from mistakes, but to create space for them to discover what they carry

• How a story written by two teenage girls in Tanzania speaks to something every human being on earth experiences

• Why the choices we make today live well beyond what we can see or feel in the moment

Quotes

"We want this to be more than a book. We want it to be a voice." — Theresia

"You are enough. You are worthy. You are already powerful. You just haven't stepped fully into it yet." — Irene (reading from Uzuri)

"You are already perfectly painted with God." — Theresia

"Go and find your own Theresias and Irenes. There is so much in them." — Vivian

About the Guests

Theresia and Irene are teenage authors, podcasters, and students at the School of St. Jude in Tanzania. Their debut novel Uzuri: Loving Yourself Inside and Out began as a four-page story written on scraps of paper on a bus. Over 18 months, Cathy Dimarchos mentored them weekly, reviewing every word as their story grew into a fully published book about beauty, self-love, and the courage to choose yourself. Vivian is their local mentor and educator at the School of St. Jude, where she works with exceptional students and supports them in discovering and pursuing their full potential.

🔗 School of St. Jude: www.schoolofstjude.org

🔗 Cathy Dimarchos: www.cathydimarchos.com

🔗 Solutions2You: www.solutions2you.com.au

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Guest Speaker: Jane Turner

Episode Title: You Deserve a Wonderful Life | Presence, Purpose and Writing With Jane Turner

Episode Duration: 00:47:35

Episode Release Date: August 11, 2026

About This Episode

What does it look like to receive a life-changing diagnosis and respond not with retreat, but with more presence, more purpose, and more courage to share your story? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Jane Turner, author coach, publisher, ghostwriter, and author of six books including The Ripple Effect: How to Write a Book That Changes Lives. Jane was recently diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, the number one killer of women in Australia. Rather than pulling back, she has leaned forward into presence, into stillness, and into the most important message of her life: you deserve to have a wonderful life.

Episode Highlights

• [00:04:00] From public servant to author coach: the redundancy that became a calling

• [00:08:00] Writing a book about menopause and landing a full-page spread in Australian Women's Weekly

• [00:09:00] The Ripple Effect: attracting people who come from the same place, who want to help others

• [00:10:00] Four days before her book launch, Jane received her Alzheimer's diagnosis

• [00:12:00] Moving through despair, shame, and then red rage: Alzheimer's is the number one killer of women in Australia

• [00:13:00] A sunny day at Sydney Park, a patch of grass, and the discovery of presence

• [00:15:00] Things to Worry About: the wordless book and the answer it contains

• [00:19:00] Writing as a gateway to consciousness: how putting words on a page gets you out of your own head

• [00:28:00] Playing small, shame, and observing yourself without judgment

• [00:32:00] If I had been told to check my brain as much as I was told to check my breasts

• [00:34:00] A notebook entry from five years ago: I don't think I'm up to doing this work anymore

• [00:42:00] Tai Chi, the gong bath, and the 90-minute walk home that should have taken 25 minutes

• [00:46:00] Closing message: you deserve to have a wonderful life. You come first.

What You'll Take Away

• Why presence is not a concept, it is a state you can find and return to, and what it actually feels like

• How writing a book changes the writer long before it changes any reader

• Why the small nudges we ignore in our automated state of doing are often the most important signals

• What it looks like to receive a diagnosis and choose empowerment over endpoint

• Why shame and guilt have no place in illness, and what lies underneath both of them

Quotes

"If it's taken me 63 years and an Alzheimer's diagnosis to find that place, if I could bottle it I would give it away." — Jane Turner

"If I had been told to check my brain half as much as I've been told to check my breasts, I would be in a very different position." — Jane Turner

"You deserve to have a wonderful life. You deserve to be loved. You deserve to look after yourself. You come first." — Jane Turner

"We are gifting somebody else not only knowledge, but permission." — Cathy Dimarchos

About Jane Turner

Jane Turner is an author coach, publisher, ghostwriter, and author of six books including the bestselling The Ripple Effect: How to Write a Book That Changes Lives and her most recent wordless book Things to Worry About. Through her business Write With Jane, she helps people write, publish, and promote their books and build their profiles through free publicity and speaking opportunities. She runs popular author showcase events at the State Library of New South Wales. Jane was recently diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease and is now a passionate advocate for brain health awareness for women.

🔗 Write With Jane: www.writewithjane.com

🔗 Cathy Dimarchos: www.cathydimarchos.com

🔗 Solutions2You: www.solutions2you.com.au

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Guest Speaker: Alina Pelka

Episode Title: Living a Life That Leaves Something Behind | With Alina Pelka

Episode Duration: 00:54:06

Episode Release Date: August 4, 2026

About This Episode

What does it look like to build a life around service, not because you planned it, but because Africa called and you answered? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Alina Pelka, humanitarian leader, social impact advocate, and founder of Yorghas Foundation, for a conversation that moves between childhood in Poland, grassroots work in Kenya and Tanzania, period poverty, and what it means to live a life that leaves something behind. This is one of the warmest and most quietly profound conversations the show has produced.

Episode Highlights

• [00:04:00] Born in Poland behind the Iron Curtain: how helping others became as natural as breathing

• [00:06:00] Business led Alina to Africa for the first time in 2014, and something shifted that never shifted back

• [00:08:00] Serious illness in the family and the confrontation with impermanence that crystallised everything

• [00:11:00] Africa does not leave anyone neutral: the love that is not always easy but is always real

• [00:13:00] Consciousness as awareness: pausing to ask what values stand behind our decisions

• [00:16:00] The difference between reading about period poverty and sitting with twenty girls who lived it

• [00:22:00] Why honest local partnership is everything: you cannot bring your understanding and call it a solution

• [00:25:00] The Depute Foundation and the moment Cathy realised it was not her voice to be heard

• [00:30:00] Listen not to respond, but to understand without judging

• [00:36:00] The map of the world is not the real picture, and most of us never question it

• [00:47:00] How to travel with humility, curiosity, and the intention to leave a difference behind

• [00:52:00] Closing: what will slip through your fingers when you hold your whole life in your hands?

What You'll Take Away

• Why lived experience changes your understanding in a way that no book, film, or report ever can

• How assuming your context is universal is the biggest mistake any changemaker can make

• What genuine partnership in humanitarian work looks like, and why local knowledge must always lead

• Why gratitude for small things is not a spiritual concept, it is something Africa teaches you on the ground

• What truly good you are doing for others and for yourself, and whether you are the change you wish to see

Quotes

"What if at the end of your life you could hold your entire life in your hands. What would slip through your fingers when you close your fist?" — Alina Pelka

"I always want to be sure that when I leave, the difference stays there." — Alina Pelka

"You cannot unsee or unlearn what you have experienced. Now what is your choice about what you do with it?" — Cathy Dimarchos

About Alina Pelka

Alina Pelka is a humanitarian leader, social impact advocate, and founder and CEO of Yorghas Foundation. With a background spanning education, business, and international humanitarian work, she has led initiatives across Africa and Eastern Europe focused on women's health, maternal and child healthcare, education, and community development. Her work addresses period poverty, maternal mortality, and women's empowerment, delivering life-saving resources to thousands of women and children.

🔗 Yorghas Foundation: www.yorghasfoundation.org

🔗 Cathy Dimarchos: www.cathydimarchos.com

🔗 Solutions2You: www.solutions2you.com.au

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Guest Speaker: Nicole Hague

Episode Title: Child Protection, Conscious Leadership & Systemic Change With Nicole Hague

Episode Duration: 01:09:27

Episode Release Date: 21 July 2026

About This Episode

What does it look like to lead from the heart inside a system that rewards compliance over compassion? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Nicole Hague, Director of Progressive Youth Care, for a conversation that is raw, urgent, and deeply human. Nicole works at the intersection of law, policy, community, and lived experience to protect the rights and dignity of children and young people. In this episode she speaks honestly about generational trauma, the courage it takes to stay in a broken system, what youth workers face on the ground every single day, and why fear is not a stop sign, it is a signal to keep going.

Episode Highlights

• [00:05:00] Consciousness as presence: you cannot afford to operate on autopilot in child protection

• [00:08:00] Fear at every level of the system: why people stay silent rather than risk their role

• [00:09:00] Reactive systems and generational trauma: responding to outcry instead of asking what outcome we actually want

• [00:13:00] One size never fits all: forcing people into a single process leaves them more broken than before

• [00:19:00] Intuition is not unprofessional: it is the subconscious synthesizing decades of lived experience

• [00:23:00] Logic assesses risk. Intuition detects what is driving the situation. Both are needed.

• [00:29:00] Let intuition pick the destination and logic map the route

• [00:35:00] Choose Your Own Adventure: why systems need to offer choices, not just gates that open or close

• [00:51:00] Standing alone: the cost of being the one who keeps raising hard questions

• [00:57:00] The 98 percent: what youth workers face on every shift, and why they keep showing up

• [01:07:00] Closing: walk through the door of fear, because someone is always watching and will follow

What You'll Take Away

• Why reactive systems keep producing the same outcomes no matter how much funding goes in

• How to bring both intuition and logic to decisions in environments where only one is officially allowed

• Why prevention in child protection cannot be measured in a two-year political term

• Why being emotive in a professional environment is not a weakness, it is the most necessary thing

• What it costs youth workers and foster carers to keep showing up, and why that cost is invisible to the system

Quotes

"Walk through the door of fear. If fear is present, that is not something to be fearful of. That is something to be excited about." — Nicole Hague

"We are not showing possibility. We are showing what we cannot do. Let us change that." — Nicole Hague

"If you do not question yourself, no matter what job you are doing, you are in the wrong job." — Cathy Dimarchos

About Nicole Hague

Nicole Hague is a deeply conscious advocate for children and young people and Director of Progressive Youth Care. She works at the intersection of law, policy, community, and lived experience to promote the rights, wellbeing, and protection of every child. Known for her passion, integrity, and ability to bring diverse stakeholders together, Nicole leads with humanity, courage, and care. She is a former foster carer whose own lived experience shapes every decision she makes.

🔗 Progressive Youth Care: https://www.progressiveyouthcare.com

🔗 Cathy Dimarchos: www.cathydimarchos.com

🔗 Solutions2You: www.solutions2you.com.au

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Guest Speaker: Dr. Tess Lawrie

Episode Title: Health Sovereignty, Better Way and the Courage to Question Everything With Dr Tess Lawrie

Episode Duration: 00:50:34

Episode Release Date: 14 July 2026

About This Episode

What does it look like to walk away from a career built on decades of academic credibility because your conscience leaves you no choice? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Dr Tess Lawrie, medical doctor, research consultant, health sovereignty advocate, and founder of the World Council for Health, for a conversation that moves between personal trauma, the courage to question authority, raising children outside the system, and what it truly means to be the author of your own life. Dr Tess is not here to tell you what to think. She is here to remind you that you already know.

Episode Highlights

• [00:04:00] We can all become great: the hero's journey as a lived practice, not a concept

• [00:05:00] Loss, violent home invasion, and the layers of trauma that eventually forced a reckoning

• [00:09:00] Working for the WHO and realizing the system was not helping anybody

• [00:12:00] Ivermectin, stonewalling, and the moment Dr Tess became a health sovereignty advocate

• [00:17:00] Following your conscience is not optional: the dissonance of knowing and not acting

• [00:19:00] Sovereignty as self-mastery: questioning every "I should", "I must", and "I ought to"

• [00:23:00] What parents can do differently: kindness, unconditional love, and letting children lead

• [00:28:00] Going so far off the soul path that it took decades to find her way back

• [00:32:00] The World Council for Health: eight principles for a better world, translated into 30 languages

• [00:41:00] The hand heart symbol: I love myself, I take responsibility, and I say no

• [00:44:00] Closing message: trust yourself, trust your intuition, be the author of your journey

What You'll Take Away

• Why not acting on what you know to be true creates a dissonance that quietly destroys wellbeing

• How sovereignty is not a political position, it is a personal practice of self-mastery and self-governance

• Why children who follow their curiosity rather than the system are often the most whole

• What the eight principles of the World Council for Health actually mean in daily life

• Why the word authority needs to be replaced with the word author in every area of your life

Quotes

"Once you know something is wrong, if you don't act on it, you're living a lie." — Dr Tess Lawrie

"Sovereignty is self-governance, self-control, self-mastery. Nobody is going to be your master." — Dr Tess Lawrie

"You need to be the authority in your life and the one that you listen to." — Dr Tess Lawrie

"Your heart knows. Your intuition is right. Trust that, be guided by that." — Cathy Dimarchos

About Dr. Tess Lawrie

Dr. Tess Lawrie is a medical doctor, research consultant, and health sovereignty advocate with clinical and research expertise across both developed and developing countries. She prepared evidence-based guidelines for the World Health Organization from 2012 to 2021 and is the CEO of Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy Limited, a director of EBMC2 CIC, and the founder of BIRD International. She is an ambassador for the World Council for Health and the Better Way Movement, and author of the science and wisdom experiment Game of Trust: The Lawrie Files.

🔗 Dr. Tess Lawrie: www.lawriefiles.com 🔗 World Council for Health: www.worldcouncilforhealth.org 🔗 Cathy Dimarchos: www.cathydimarchos.com 🔗 Solutions2You: www.solutions2you.com.au

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Guest Speaker: Adam Awty
Episode Title: The Courage to Use Power Well | Conscious Leadership and Systems with Adam Awty
Episode Duration: 01:01:52
Episode Release Date: 7 July 2026

About This Episode

What does it look like to lead a profession that deals with the most intimate moments of people's lives, while navigating governance, policy, and systemic change? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Adam Awty, CEO of the Law Institute of Victoria, for a conversation that moves between authentic leadership, the role of trust in democracy, youth crime and prevention, how pottery taught Adam about control, and why power is a privilege, not a right. This is a conversation for anyone who has ever wondered whether the system can actually change, and what their role in that change might be.

Episode Highlights

• [00:04:00] Unconscious consciousness: three decades of leading before asking why
• [00:07:00] Lawyers and vicarious trauma: how do you protect yourself while staying genuinely human?
• [00:11:00] Conscious leadership in the legal profession: the LIV's work on wellbeing and the whole person
• [00:14:00] The law as society's checkpoint: trust, institutions, and what happens when credibility erodes
• [00:19:00] Youth crime, prevention, and why we keep treating the symptom rather than the cause
• [00:26:00] Technology has not changed values, it has just made them harder to live
• [00:31:00] COVID, working from home, and the recalibration of what presence in leadership actually means
• [00:33:00] Pottery, clay, and why you cannot force control: the leadership lesson Adam did not expect
• [00:44:00] Ego is not the enemy. It is how you apply it that defines your impact.
• [00:51:00] The right people at the table: why title should never determine who is in the room
• [00:59:00] Closing message: move from the me to the we

What You'll Take Away

• Why authenticity in leadership is not a value you declare, it is a behavior you practice daily
• How the legal profession carries vicarious trauma that most training completely ignores
• Why systems built without the right people at the table keep patching at the top while leaking at the bottom
• What pottery teaches about releasing control, and why that matters for every leader
• Why power is a privilege, and what the obligation of holding it actually looks like

Quotes

"Power is a gift. It is not a right." — Adam Awty

"The more you try to force the clay, the worse the outcome. You have to release control." — Adam Awty

"We have gotta move away from the me to the we." — Adam Awty

"When people say they have done work on themselves, I know exactly where they are sitting. It does not stop." — Cathy Dimarchos

About Adam Awty

Adam Awty is the CEO of the Law Institute of Victoria, appointed in 2018. His leadership is grounded in the understanding that systems, policy, and people are inseparable, and that meaningful progress occurs when all three are shaped within a human-centred environment. With deep experience across membership associations and the not-for-profit sector, Adam brings expertise in finance, governance, and strategic leadership. His career includes 18 years at CPA Australia, including as interim CEO, alongside board roles across government and nonprofit sectors. He is currently a director of Legal Super. Outside of work, Adam tends to his hobby farm, cooks for family and friends, and spends time at the pottery wheel.

🔗 Law Institute of Victoria: www.liv.asn.au
🔗 Cathy Dimarchos: www.cathydimarchos.com
🔗 Solutions2You: www.solutions2you.com.au

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Guest Speaker: A/Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam OAM

Episode Title: Quiet the Mind, Trust the Heart | Conscious Leadership in Healthcare With Ramesh Balasubramaniam

Episode Duration: 01:05:16

Episode Release Date: 23 June 2026

About This Episode

What happens when one of Australia's most decorated oral medicine specialists starts questioning the very systems he was trained to uphold? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Associate Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam OAM, oral medicine specialist, academic, and co-inventor of PerioGold, for a conversation that moves between conscious leadership, the failures of reactive healthcare, informed consent, natural medicine, and what it truly means to serve the person sitting in front of you. Ramesh is not here to tear down systems. He is here to ask better questions of them.

Episode Highlights

• [00:04:00] Still observing the observer: Ramesh on where he is in his conscious leadership journey today
• [00:06:00] The world rewards speed over depth, and how Ramesh is learning to pause before he reacts
• [00:10:00] Informed consent as self-protection: when the system serves the practitioner, not the patient
• [00:13:00] Intuition in the clinic: reading the person, not just the diagnosis
• [00:17:00] A patient who chose palliative care over treatment, and what that taught Ramesh about agency
• [00:23:00] Why the healthcare system is built to treat, not prevent, and what it will take to change that
• [00:30:00] PerioGold: how curcumin, aloe vera and elderberry became a peer-reviewed oral health solution
• [00:35:00] From mocking natural remedies to recommending them: Ramesh's honest reckoning with his own arrogance
• [00:40:00] Fluoride, amalgam, and the courage to say: I am less interested in being right and more in doing right
• [00:54:00] Skills and processes can be taught. Ethics and integrity cannot.
• [00:57:00] Closing message: quiet the mind, and that is when you really hear the answers

What You'll Take Away

• Why pausing before reacting is a leadership skill that takes years of practice to develop
• How informed consent is often designed to protect practitioners rather than genuinely serve patients
• Why the healthcare system is structurally incentivised to treat rather than prevent
• What it looks like to hold your professional authority lightly enough to actually listen
• Why quietening the mind is not a soft skill, it is the most important one

Quotes

"I am less interested in being right. I am more interested in doing the right thing." — Ramesh Balasubramaniam

"When the mind is quiet, that is when you really hear the answers." — Ramesh Balasubramaniam

"Skills and processes can be taught. What cannot be taught is ethics and integrity." — Cathy Dimarchos

"We talk so much about inclusion and yet the entire system has been about exclusion." — Cathy Dimarchos

About A/Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam OAM

Ramesh Balasubramaniam is an Oral Medicine Specialist with expertise in temporomandibular disorders, orofacial pain, and dental sleep medicine. He is Associate Professor and Discipline Lead in Oral Medicine at the University of Western Australia Dental School, and has co-edited and co-authored three books including Contemporary Oral Medicine. He is the co-inventor of PerioGold, an innovative botanical formulation for oral care, and was President of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia from 2019 to 2022. In 2021 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his ongoing contributions to dentistry. He holds public appointments at the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital.

🔗 PerioGold: www.periogold.com.au 

🔗 Cathy Dimarchos: www.cathydimarchos.com 

🔗 Solutions2You: www.solutions2you.com.au

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Guest Speaker: Eric Stopper
Episode Title: What Your Fear Is Actually Trying to Tell You | With Eric Stopper
Episode Duration: 00:46:16
Episode Release Date: 9 June 2026

About This Episode

What does it look like to make decisions from a place of genuine alignment rather than fear, logic, or survival? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Eric Stopper, founder and CEO of Turnstone Partners, professional podcaster, YouTuber, jujitsu coach, and Amazon investor, for a conversation that travels from chakra meditation to ayahuasca ceremonies, from the Mormon church to the boardroom, and from skinny cow thinking to radical clarity. Eric has spent years bridging deep spiritual practice with practical business decision making, and this episode is one of the most honest conversations about consciousness, values, and inner knowing the show has produced.

Episode Highlights

• [00:03:00] Opening chakras, the void, and the eight entities that taught Eric his fears one by one
• [00:10:00] Leaving the Mormon church, ayahuasca, and the existential crisis that cracked everything open
• [00:13:00] What consciousness actually is: the moment of full aliveness, and how to access it on demand
• [00:18:00] The skinny cow parable: why staying in the wrong business keeps you surviving instead of thriving
• [00:22:00] Why decisions made from fear are always the wrong ones, and what to do instead
• [00:27:00] Values as a decision making framework: the double elimination bracket that changes everything
• [00:32:00] Speaking to the shards inside your body: fear, doubt, and the inner voices that always tell the truth
• [00:39:00] Gratitude and fear cannot coexist: Cathy on the simplest tool for nervous system regulation
• [00:40:00] The seven day fast as a prescription for consciousness: what Eric experienced on the other side
• [00:44:00] Closing message: embody the future version of yourself today

What You'll Take Away

• Why being in the wrong business makes every decision feel wrong, regardless of your logic or experience
• How to use values as a filter that removes most decisions before they even need to be made
• Why your intuition is only as good as the preparation behind it
• What it means to speak to the fear and doubt that live inside your body, and why it works
• Why consciousness is a daily practice, not a destination you arrive at once and keep forever

Quotes

"You can steer and navigate the ship rather than just cursing the water and the storms tossing your vessel." — Eric Stopper

"Doing is not the solution. It's being." — Cathy Dimarchos

"If you can just be the future version of yourself that has already figured it out, that version of you is going to be making all of your decisions from this point forward." — Eric Stopper

"Everything that you need is actually within you. We have experiences for a reason." — Cathy Dimarchos

About Eric Stopper

Eric Stopper is the founder and CEO of Turnstone Partners, a RevOps technology company specialising in automated off-market deal sourcing for busy acquisition entrepreneurs. A jujitsu coach, professional podcaster, YouTuber, and Amazon seller and investor, he has worked with over 2,000 brands across his career. Eric lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife and two sons, and his work sits at the intersection of business strategy, spiritual practice, and conscious decision making.

🔗 Eric Stopper: www.turnstonepartners.com

🔗 Cathy Dimarchos: www.cathydimarchos.com

🔗 Solutions2You: www.solutions2you.com.au

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Guest Speaker: Adelaide Fraser
Episode Title: Know Yourself And Make It Count | Ethical Marketing With Adelaide Fraser
Episode Duration: 00:51:10

Episode Release Date: 26 May 2026

About This Episode

What does it look like to work in marketing and refuse to compromise your integrity? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Adelaide Fraser, purpose-driven leader, founder of Lumens Digital, and head of digital at Solutions2You, for a conversation that covers ethical marketing, conscious boundaries, the noise we create versus the messages we mean, and what it takes to truly know yourself in a world designed to distract you. Adelaide has spent over 15 years helping organisations grow with clarity, integrity, and genuine impact. This episode is for marketers, leaders, and anyone who has ever wondered if the work they do is actually making a difference.

Episode Highlights

• [00:05:00] Why Adelaide came to marketing through data and human psychology, not creativity or trends
• [00:07:00] The courage to fire a client: what boundaries look like when your values are non-negotiable
• [00:11:00] Finding your voice as a woman in a loud room: clarity of purpose as the antidote to fear
• [00:15:00] Freedom is not something that just happens. You have to plan for it
• [00:20:00] Becoming a mother and discovering a whole new identity the day before did not exist
• [00:25:00] Why Adelaide works in B2B: choosing not to exploit vulnerability as a marketing strategy
• [00:31:00] Moving from noise to message: the evolution every conscious marketer needs to make
• [00:36:00] Marketing across cultures: why France, Norway, Australia, and Asia require completely different approaches
• [00:40:00] React versus respond: your first thought is what society put there, your second is who you are
• [00:47:00] Know yourself. Make it count. The two things Adelaide wants every listener to walk away with

Key Takeaways

• Why knowing your why is not a one-time exercise, it is a practice you return to as life changes you
• How to set boundaries in business without losing your livelihood or your integrity
• The difference between making noise and sending a message, and why most marketing confuses the two
• Why your reaction belongs to society and your response belongs to you
• What conscious marketing looks like in a world that rewards volume over value

Quotes

"Freedom doesn't just happen. You need to plan for freedom." — Adelaide Fraser

"Your reaction is what society has been putting to you. Your response is what you are." — Adelaide Fraser

"It's not about getting it right the first time. It's about acknowledging when something goes wrong and making a conscious effort to improve." — Adelaide Fraser

"Know yourself. Then everything else, the whys, the message, the grace, all of that will come from there." — Adelaide Fraser

About Adelaide Fraser

Adelaide Fraser is a purpose-driven leader with over 15 years of experience helping organisations grow with clarity, integrity, and impact. Born in France and having lived in Norway, Spain, and Australia, she brings a global mindset to her work across business, technology, and professional services. She is known for building strong, aligned teams and for turning complex challenges into practical, human-centred solutions. Through senior leadership roles and her business, Lumens Digital, Addy supports organisations that want to do good work and do it well. A mother of two young boys, she is passionate about feminism, ethical leadership, and cutting through the noise to create real change.

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Guest Speaker: Laurent Novatin

Episode Title: Sound, Vibration and the Technology of Human Awakening

Episode Duration: 00:49:29

Episode Release Date: 12 May 2026

About This Episode

What if technology could bring you into a deep meditative state in minutes, without plant medicine, without years of practice, without anything external at all? Cathy Dimarchos sits down with Laurent Novatin, founder of Zensate and head of experience design at Ammortal — for a conversation that weaves together Buddhism, biohacking, embodiment, and the cutting edge of immersive wellness technology. Laurent has spent over two decades bridging deep contemplative practice with science, and his work is now taking physical form as a product set to enter wellness centers around the world.

Episode Highlights

• [00:06:00] Why Laurent felt called to study Buddhism at 16, and what luxury environments taught him about the void that material wealth cannot fill
• [00:12:00] Freedom is not about how much you have. It is the ability to choose what you give your time and energy to
• [00:15:00] The healing power of embodiment: why bringing spirit into matter matters more than the spiritual path alone
• [00:19:00] How Zensate works: haptic vibration, sound, light frequencies and the science behind creating states of deep coherence
• [00:25:00] The intention behind sound matters. Music curated without care can create agitation we do not even notice
• [00:29:00] Why intuition and logic are not opposites, and how Laurent uses technology as a tool for intuition rather than a replacement for it
• [00:33:00] Consciousness as a field: why it enters any intelligent system, biological or otherwise
• [00:40:00] Understanding what drives your choices: fear or genuine inspiration? The question that unlocks everything
• [00:44:00] Purpose is not planned. How Laurent found his by following curiosity with no goal in mind

What You'll Take Away

• Why self-discovery must come before wealth, or wealth becomes a cage
• How sound and vibration regulate the nervous system faster than almost anything else
• Why the world still needs logic alongside intuition, and how to hold both without compromise
• What adaptive technology means for the future of wellbeing, organisations, and human potential
• Why intention is always more important than outcome

Quotes

"Freedom for me is not about how much I have. It is the ability to choose what I use my time and energy for." — Laurent Novatin

"I didn't really find my purpose until things started flowing. Opportunities stopped needing to be sought. They just came."— Laurent Novatin

"It is not the outcome that is important. It is the intention. Because then everything can be remedied." — Cathy Dimarchos

About Laurent Novatin

Laurent Novatin is the founder of Zensate, an immersive wellness technology company creating light, sound, visual and vibration based experiences designed to awaken human potential. He is also head of experience design at Ammortal, a leading US based biohacking technology company. His path bridges deep contemplative practice with cutting edge technology, drawing on decades of training in meditation, sound therapy, core shamanism, psychedelic therapy, tantra, Qigong, and yoga.

🔗 Laurent Novatin / Zensate: www.zensate.com

🔗 Cathy Dimarchos: www.cathydimarchos.com 

🔗 Solutions2You: www.solutions2you.com.au

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