To celebrate a New Year we have a special episode where we turn the hot seat on Maxi. A career well documented Leigh wants to know some of the other things that matter to Maxi. Why Live Learn Survive is so important to him, what legacy he wants to leave for future generations and what are the most important life lessons he has learned. A great conversation so we hope you enjoy this chat about what matters with our very own Founder.

In this special episode for Christmas, we turn the hot seat on Leigh. Who is she? What did she do before Live Learn Survive and before she met Maxi? What and who influenced her growing up? Why is she so passionate about what she does? Always asking the questions, Maxi turned the spotlight on Leigh so we hope you enjoy this chat of what matters to our very own Founder.

Today we are in Outback Queensland with our friend Holly Thom who we met recently on our trip to the Maranoa region. Holly was raised in the local pub which is also the local hotel, many people may not realise these are often the same place in country towns across Australia. As a teenager Holly moved to the coast to study and gained a Diploma of Nursing at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital where she graduated and went on to work in Acute Surgical and Rehabilitation for 2 years. However, the country was calling Holly back and aged 23 she became a business owner, owning part of the New Royal Hotel and motel, the local Timber Crate café and also the Surat Cabin and Caravan Park, which both Maxi and I now know are the heart of the community. Holly has a passion for people as we saw for ourselves so enjoy this chat with Holly and hear her amazing story and a glimpse into what life is like in the country.

Emily and Matilda are two mums/paramedics/best friends who are also Founders of a business together called How to Save a Life. This incredible business teaches carers, soon to be parents and new parents, and in fact anyone who is around young children, Baby First Aid and CPR Training. Their business began in the front seat of an ambulance, they had spent many hours at university together, worked countless 12 hour shifts as paramedics together and then embarked on motherhood at the same time. They were seeing a real lack of first aid awareness and training within parents and the community, with people relying solely on an ambulance to “save” someone, when in fact there is a lot you can do before an ambulance arrives that can make a difference! Enjoy this amazing chat with Emily and Matilda.

Schools out for summer! This week saw our final school for 2024 in Sydney and what a great school it was with another warm welcome to greet Maxi. We wrap our year before we welcome so many guests to keep us company over summer, we really do hope you enjoy some of the amazing chats we have in store for you. Thanks to everyone who has been part of our journey this year, we have created over 3000 Little Superheroes, we could not be prouder of each and every one of you.

This week, we talk about when a little dog becomes the smoke alarm, what a lucky owner he has got that is for sure and Maxi tells us about his old school tube rescue up against the rocks! Back in the office after a week on the road visiting awesome schools in Newcastle we are excited to have received delivery of our new superhero backpacks! Our Christmas cookies have arrived too and look amazing so it's the time we get to thank those incredible people who have supported us in 2024.  

Showing kindness is nice to do, but it really is a win win as there are so many more benefits to the giver as you will hear in our fast facts this week. Maxi had an action-packed day at the beach with some serious situations and the tip this week is all about safety around jetty’s and piers. So valuable as the weather heats up and storm season gets started, which led to quite a day for Leigh trying to see Take That, enjoy this week's catch up with Maxi and Leigh.

One of those days right, we all have them and today we share one of ours. We had no unfortunate event, until Leigh's internet collapsed and then the builders working next door to Maxi decided to provide the soundtrack to our podcast today, we think they want a spot in the Live Learn Survive playlist. We never promised you that we would be perfect, but we will always be real and we hope this makes you smile as we end this week with Maxi and Leigh.

Maxi the Lifeguard’s In Deep water is back! We dedicate this episode of the podcast to the book and why we wrote it, so children and adults could learn about rip currents whilst not even realising it, learn by simply having fun. Proudly written, illustrated printed and brought to life all here in Australia and we could not be happier to have it back, 6 years and 2 months after the first edition, we can’t wait to share it with you, get it first via Pre Sales at the link here. 

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Hear it here first! Next week is going to a big week for us, and we are giving our podcast listeners a sneak peak of what is happening direct from us! We’ve waited a long time for this and are so grateful to everyone that has helped make it happen. In other news today, daylight saving also nearly caught us out, but it didn’t, and Maxi made it to school on time.