Mel Bampton Presents...How Human

If you were being super honest with yourself, could you see that motivation for doing many different things in your life has been for the want of being seen? The need for validation, good or bad?

As a writer and an Author, Jenny Valentish lives as the character of a book, several in fact; the Author that draws from direct experience, experiences motivated by the possibility of art resulting - exploring the most interesting of hobbies through the questions ‘how far will this body go?’ and ‘is it worthy enough to write about?’ 

Dipping her toes into the exploration of memoir through her first book – a fiction – called Cherry Bomb, Jenny then leaned in a lot deeper to the great self-reveal in her second book ‘Woman of Substances’, after which she was appointed as a board director of SMART Recovery Australia, a consultant for the University of NSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), and an ambassador for BrainPark, a project of Monash University’s Brain and Mental Health Laboratory. before – in her forties - kicking her way into  competitive combat sports, leading pen to paper for her third book,’ Everything Harder Than Everyone Else: Why Some of Us Push Our Bodies To Extremes.

This is a tale of leveraging the creation of art, to live the fullest life possible. Imagining the life experience written into words, living it and then sending it out into the world to be seen.  I wonder - does that idea entice you or terrify you? Do you seek out validation in your own way or do you duck for cover? This is a phenomenal tale of the human body, the fascinating machinations of the human mind and of great motivation to explore the enormous buffet of life. 

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The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Have you got big dreams? The kind that kick around and around in your heart but your head keeps telling you are too large or too ludicrous or that's not how you're supposed to be living a life? Well, meet Polly. She obliterates any such parameters. She takes those dreams and turns them into living breathing tactile realities. She's the hype gal you want in your corner, the voice that tells you 'you've f***ing got this.'

When you conjure up images of what such a woman may look like - a woman who grabs life with every cell in her body, who lives unapologetically fearlessly and brings her own dreams, as well the dreams of others, to life - Polly Armstrong is the hypnotically, captivating reality of such a vision. Glorious and fantastical in her presentation, vivacious and fearless in attitude.

Losing her father in a horrific accident at just two years old, Polly grew (and grew) into a 6ft something, visionary of epic proportions - of pinisi pirate ship building proportions. Polly has a gift at creating visual feasts - on film, in real life and on her own person - of conjuring up the most grandiose plans and bringing them to life. Polly embodies simply having a red hot crack and living your human life as if today were your last.

Sit back, hoist the sails and get the wind in your hair with the most spectacular Polly Armstrong.

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Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

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• Subscribe to the website & get Mel's free 'Slaying Bad Habits Ebook'

Catch some of Mel's presentations:

The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Are you struggling to live your life on your terms because you’re afraid of judgement or retribution? Do you wish you could forge your own path for your true and beautiful heart? Ever needed to be brave so you can tell the people you love all your difficult truths? 

Well then meet Kiki DeLux, a woman who's spent her life living outside of the boxes created for her and lived to tell the tale. Along the way she had to tell her conservative boomer parents, she's queer, speaks to angels, is poly, oh and that she also teaches women how to get intimate with each other. Surprise! 

Hear her talk about the joys and sorrows of living life without a safety net, the key to having difficult conversations, and how to embrace messiness. Grab a few pointers and get inspired to be brave with Lissie Turner and this episodes extraordinary guest, Kiki DeLux, owner and Founder of She Loves Her.

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Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

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• Subscribe to the website & get Mel's free 'Slaying Bad Habits Ebook'

Catch some of Mel's presentations:

The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Losing your closest person. Your bestie. The love of your life. How would you cope? 
What reaction happens in your body if you even contemplate that as your reality?

It's a reality experienced, lived each day by many, including Vashti Whitfield - Author, Doco Maker, Motivational Speaker, Mum, Woman Who Lost Her Husband. At 39 years of age. A fit, vibrant, famous husband, at the height of a Hollywood life, who lost the fight of his life, to non-hodgkins lymphoma.

Courageous as all hell, bold as they come, Vashti Whitfield carved a life out of grief in helping others trek through the tragic terrain of loss, with messages of wisdom to help those with death, in dying and most importantly in living life to the fullest, richest extent.

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Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

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• Leave a review on Apple Podcast: 'Mel Bampton Presents...How Human'
• Subscribe to the website & get Mel's free 'Slaying Bad Habits Ebook'

Catch some of Mel's presentations:

The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Have you ever dreamed of spending hours beneath the sea? Of taking in all of it's wonders, unencumbered by equipment, clothes and a day job? Or of swimming like a dolphin...in a man-made tank...competing for a merperson world title?

This is the tale (yes, pun) of an ocean child, who grew to be a free diver, who turned into a mermaid. Not just for personal pleasure but professionally. Dominique Abraham, Founder of Apnea Art, competed alongside the global school of merpeople at the World Mermaid Championships, educated hundreds of children about ocean conservation and trained many a merperson to wield their tail, defying, through relaxation, the strongest urge of all - the urge to breathe. 

But is it all playful frolicking and shells on boobs or are there high stakes for humans who decide that where they most like to be is under the sea?

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Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

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Catch some of Mel's presentations:

The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety

Have you ever wondered what it would take to be one of 'the best ofs'? Being one of those people that reaches the global peak of their chosen field? Can you imagine being so close to that and only just missing out on the highest achievable point, when it was right there at your fingertips? Where would you go from there? Would you retract from your path or would you take everything you'd invested into your body and mind, and carve a new road forward?

This is the story of Liz Blatchford. World class female triathlete. This is a deeply intimate insider's look at the very elite standard of Olympic aspirations, of goals snatched away and the resilience to expand into something more. This is a tale of the extreme ends of human performance, the grit and the glory of being a female Ironman...that's right, there's no such thing as an Ironwoman, meet Liz Blatchford...world class triathlete and female Ironman...

Support the show

Follow Mel Bampton for upcoming opportunities to support you to become a Master of Change:

• Instagram: @melbampton_
• Leave a review on Apple Podcast: 'Mel Bampton Presents...How Human'
• Subscribe to the website & get Mel's free 'Slaying Bad Habits Ebook'

Catch some of Mel's presentations:

The Uncensored Truth About Ovaries
Message From The Bottle: Stories Of Sobriety