Research on the link between climate change events and PTSD, Major Depression Disorder and Complex Grief has been documented since at least 2018 - have you noticed this existential trauma seeping into you? 

But what if you’re an Environmental Scientist like Floss Sturgiss? And every part of you is geared toward preventing species from becoming extinct; when you’re on the frontline of seeing the balance of nature collapsing as a direct result of utterly preventable choices, on a daily basis? How do you keep a calm head on your shoulders and carry an open heart in your chest? 
 
 This episode takes you into the beautiful and wild landscapes of Australia, the climate change events ravaging them – fires, floods, mass extinctions – and one woman’s enormous passion to dedicate her life to alter the trajectory we’re all on, unless we all start putting caring for Country at the very top of our to-do lists. This is a story of not coping, of learning how to cope, of how to do the big things, of an initiation by fire and the wisdom that appears perfectly on cue.
 
 

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From communist Russia to capitalist paradise to sub tropical oasis, through cold greys and glowing freedoms, through systemic trauma, pain, elation and finding the middle ground. Anya Gerashenko is a discreet poet, a lover of language, a survivor of oppression, a renegade, a fermenting icon and an exquisite story teller. You’re going to cry, you’re going to laugh, so consider yourself forewarned. Anya welcome to the podcast.

Follow her at https://www.instagram.com/peaceloveandvegetables/

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Corporate roles and leadership positions are often fraught with heavy handedness and a very real sense of power imbalance; with characters who perpetuate this idea that to be at the top, you have to fight and fear your way there. Then there are those people - like the guest in this episode - who with big smiles and caring words, brush that myth into the fire.

Understated, unassuming, extreme talent. That's how I think of Meagan Loader. A woman who has helped shape Australia's musical landscape through her roles at triple j, Double j and FBi Radio, building wonderful relationships across organisations that make up the nation's musical weave and by nurturing many a radio broadcaster to fame.

How does someone become so tender and how can it work in your favour in the role of BOSS?

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Can you think of a person in your life who just seems able to genuinely see and experience the joy in everything? Who isn’t riddled with anguish, doubt or fear and who makes you feel better just simply by being there? An osmosis of good vibes – a combination of lightness, openness, attentiveness, safety and love. Like they just really like who you are and in that glow of how they perceive you, you start to like yourself a little more too? A person who reminds you that humans can be aok.
In this episode I present to you one of those rare unicorns – a man who’s experienced gut-wrenching heart exploding pain and transformed it into a most enthusiastic love for this crazy human adventure.
Gwyn Williams is a teacher in different forms, the creator of the ever-expanding modality of zenthai shiatsu and the possessor of one of the best laughs on planet earth. Drop the shoulders and relax into the profundity of this mischievous mystical man.

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Comedian, writer, Greens candidate for Richmond, disruptor, survivor, storyteller – the list of nouns to describe the roles that Mandy Nolan has not just dabbled but swum in completely, goes on like a roll call of ways to create a meaningful and impactful existence.
Always appearing endlessly full of vigour and yeses, Mandy is one of those people who seems able to bend time and address everything injustice that fuels her fire. Her massive story of childhood domestic violence, parental death, the ripple effects, entering politics and growing older un-gracefully, is utterly captivating.

This an invitation to just let go, open the windows of your mind,  allow yourself to free fall into the rebellious, bold brain of the majestic Mandy Nolan and see what floats in. 

Find out more about Mandy at www.mandynolan.com or at her insta: @mandy.nolan

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Jingi Wallah! Welcome back to Lissie Turner Presents... the podcast that explores the richness of extraordinary, every day humans. That unpicks and unpacks the tricky stuff - life, death, love, getting kids off to school on time, adulting, childhood, personal tragedies and triumphs, the little and the big wisdoms that rise to the surface as we rollick along this wild human adventure.

In this episode, Lissie presents the bouncy, sparkly, kind, optimistic, fun and forgiving Patience Hodgson. Most famously known as the lead singer of Brisbane band The Grates, her backstory involves a tiny, TINY island, a punch-up, freedom, rock n roll love, divorce and the navigation of life's most boring structures with a most unboring mind.

Catch a vibe of Patience in her previous incarnation as the spectacular frontwoman of The Grates here.

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This luscious, wisdom-filled season finale, is a pastiche of the entirety of this debut season of Lissie Turner Presents... A mind-blowing collection of story snippets, a treasure chest brimming with gems, an unbelievably awesome cast of outstanding humans and heartaching, life-affirming, life-changing, inspirational tales chopped up into bite-sized chunks of chewy goodness.

As far as pods go, you'd be hard pressed to find an episode as diverse, as colourful, as informative and as stellar as this one - a showcase of excellence and a very loud reminder, that you're life is YOUR life and it is there to be lived to it's fullest, no matter what comes your way.

Featuring:

Ironman Liz Blatchford
Mermaid Domi Abraham
Grief Specialist Vashti Whitfield
Lesbian Recruitment Officer Kiki DeLux
Pirate Ship Builder Polly Armstrong
Author and Body Builder Jenny Valentish
Yoni Mapper Karlyn Digitalis
Sunrise Enthusiast Danni Carr
Freedom Fighter Safa Fatayerji
World Record Holder Jamie Milne
Professor of AI Dr Catriona Wallace
Ayurvedic Extraordinaire Katie Rose
Miracle Walker Ben Tillman
The Strongest Woman In The World Sara Tindley
Serendipity Shawoman Holly Rhodes
Sober Awkward-ist Victoria Vanstone
Cultural Advisor Oli Costello
Little Giant Abelia Hissink
Man of Many Colours Ash Grunwald

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A believer in nuances and a great supporter of the capacity of every day humans to love and care for each other, Ash Grunwald is a contemplative creature, on a never-ending odyssey to get to the heart of this wild human life.

His journey has it's roots in South Africa, in authoritarianism gone wrong, of strong-willed parents, in late rebellion and a powerful drive to be a decent human being. Spending his life either in the ocean, on stages all around the world or in the company of the people he loves the most - his wife and two glorious daughters - on Bundjalung Country, Australia.

In this episode Lissie lovingly dissects her good friend's story, his mind, his worries, his aspirations and his most philosophical musings on life, death and the maintenance inbetween.

www.ashgrunwald.com

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One afternoon during a rather lovely but uneventful book club, someone that I had known in various incarnations – my son’s school teacher and fellow lover of books – very lightly dropped her own story like a bomb into a calm sea - hitting the surface of this casual gathering and then as if in slow motion, commanded with such steadiness by this woman in control of it’s affect, it’s splashback rose out of that quiet setting high into the air and sent waves of disbelief, grief and awe through a little Byron Bay book club. 

In this episode, that story is shared. And in it a message of connection for survivors, a warning to abusers and a reminder for all of us, that we just never ever know what could be sitting deep in the heart of anyone, no matter how it seems on the surface. This is a conversation about how we surmount that huge obstacle of silence and a reflection for me personally on how in this episode, I do not even broach the massive part of the conversation around how the heinous behaviour of perpetrators, that's so very rampant, is stamped out.  That we will address down the track. 
This story belongs to Abelia Hissink, the fighter, the survivor, the author of her own adult story. The Mother, Wife, Teacher and all round excellent human being.

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In this very special episode I nerd out with Cultural Advisor and Co-Founder of Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation, Oli Costello, about trees and landscapes but if that's not your bag, well that's even more reason to hang in there! This chat goes deep and wide. Into connection, to hard times, finding our ways to keep putting one foot in front of the other on this crazy adventure called life. Read on!

Each and every one of us is a melting pot of everything that has come before. A million golden threads extending back through time, connecting us to everyone in our ancestral lines and in more subtle ways, to everyone who crossed each and every one of their paths.

What does that feel like when two threads extend back, not that long ago, to seemingly opposing sides? Where do you land when you carry the stories of both Aboriginal and of convict? What does that present within a human who is the product of such a weave and where do you turn the energy of that combined ancestral trauma? Bundjalung legend Oli Costello's ancestral threads, carry the weight of British oppression on both sides. Those who were stolen from their families and homeland of Britain and those who's lands and people were stolen by the British here in what came to be known through colonisation as Australia.

Oli turned to Country for answers and learning, and in it he found fire. Fire to heal, to find identity, to reconnect with place, to channel life's complexity into reviving landscapes. This is the story of the many golden threads of @olicostello

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