Welcome back to Living a Messy Life! My first guest for Season 2 is fashion designer, Natalija Rushidi! We met at the Other Art Fair a couple of years ago, after I had been DJing the event, and.. now I wonder if her partner's photography was on display! Regardless, we bonded over a mutual appreciation of each other's coats and the rest is history! Natalija talks about her journey into fashion, moving from Serbia to Sydney, and always doing what makes you happy.

You can visit Natalija's at shop 1 80 Enmore Road Newtown NSW Australia

https://www.instagram.com/natalijarushidi/

natalijarushidi.com

This week's guest is the very special Nyssa Milligan. We sang together a handful of times several years ago, and it was so lovely to catch up with her after so long!

A proud neurodivergent creative, passionate about creating inclusive performance experiences, Nyssa is a musician, cabaret artist and clown.

n 2019 Nyssa was a Sydney Cabaret Competition finalist and a Sydney Fringe Festival award nominee. In 2021 Nyssa was a Weekly Award Winner at the Adelaide Fringe Festival with her one-woman family cabaret, ‘Udderly Fabulous’.

I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did. As always, please comment or DM me if this resonated with you.

Also.. please enjoy my ADHD style messy room in the background of this video!! I'm working on sorting through boxes of my old childhood things.. It's hard to let go of old memories sometimes, but I'm determined to "Marie Kondo" it!

https://www.nyssamilligan.com/

https://www.instagram.com/nyssamilli/

Well.. talk about living a messy life! This is my first video episode, and I'm still on the learning curve for this! Much as I work with video and sound all the time, I managed to have problems with my new mic - it recorded but was cutting in and out - the number of things that can not work easily when it comes to a podcast is astounding! So hear we have my iphone sound recording, and because of the file type I was unable to add my usual background music.. but..  better done than perfect!

This week I talk about my new "Passion Planner", link below..! I am not affiliated with Passion Planner in any way, shape or form - I heard about it through Anna Lunoe's interview with TSHA, and the positive impact it had on her achieving her goals. I find following these types of Instagram pages inspiring, and I hope you find it helpful as I did! I talk about having the courage to dream, and how putting your dreams "out there" forces you to confront them.. (enter Julie and Julia quote!)

Remember to subscribe if you like this podcast, and feel free to message me if you have any questions or if there's any topic you'd like me to cover in my solo episodes!

https://passionplanner.com/

https://www.instagram.com/passionplanner/

https://www.instagram.com/carmelcreative_/

This week's episode is with the lovely Stephanie Rozario.

Stephanie is the Director & Founder of *my8dayweek*! She worked as a High School Preparation teacher for over 13 years before deciding to make her side hustle her main thing.

She also has a podcast which I highly recommend listening to!

You can follow Stephanie on socials by clicking the links below…you can also check out her website and podcast (“Let's Talk B.O.S.S!”) - links below!

https://www.facebook.com/my8dayweek

https://www.instagram.com/my8dayweek/

https://my8dayweek.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/2eoHrjoqRXmZQuJ1jzupT0?si=a5ec44b0dff045f0

Welcome to my second solo episode! This week I wanted to talk about how hypnosis has been helping me, well.. happier! It's been about 10 months since I started using hypnosis alongside therapy to help address my lack of self-acceptance and self-belief. I've made huge strides in this area since I began on this journey, and wanted to share this with you all, in case it ends up having a similar impact for you.

This is the guided hypnosis I've been using. Note: I am not associated with these people in any way, and have no personal benefit for sharing these details, other than the joy I would find to hear it had helped any of you also.

Let me know if this resonates with you, or if you've also been exploring hypnosis and finding it to be beneficial.

Free Clarity Exercise:

https://tobemagnetic.com/free-clarity-exercise

This is the first interview I recorded for this podcast series. It is a very special episode with the wonderful Nadia Jean. She tells us of her journey from homeless to housed, and how she is helping others move through their own struggles. You can follow Nadia on instagram @healthy_dose_of_soul

Incidentally, if you like the theme music for this podcast, it's called "Nowhere To Go" written, produced and performed by.. me! You can check it out on streaming platforms everywhere..   

https://open.spotify.com/track/2ewtUrOz09bYJ9QUzs8j24?si=a5a3a6ce01084e05

This weeks episode is a little sit down with me and my mental health! The new plan is to do a mini episode every second week, with my general musings on what has struck me that week, whether it be something I heard during my podcast travels, or a breakthrough I've had on my mental health journey.

I reference a song during this episode, and the link to it is below. Written by the fabulous Myledo, you can find her on Spotify and everywhere else under that name.

https://soundcloud.com/extraspicysydney/myledo-go-crazy-when-i-hear-ice-baby

Anita Jade is a graphic designer who has managed to create a life for herself which involves more "time off than on"! She works 3 days a week and has a wellness practice called Authentic Alignment where she specialises in Bach Flower Essences, Reiki, Meditation and Holistic Counselling.