In 2017 Jimmy Hirst and Kimberly met at a “Tiny House On Wheels” meetup group in Brisbane. Having a shared interest for sustainability, being a digital nomad and a desire of building their own tiny house on wheels (also called THOW) they created Polkadot Tiny Houses, which is a community and a place of where they are building their tiny house on wheels and in the process of creating tiny houses for others too. A place people can call their home.

Marie Schreuder was born and raised in New Zealand, started travelling at the age of 18 and moved to England when she was 22 years old and worked there for 12 years. She later started to travel and discovered India and Hatha yoga and stayed and trained there to become a teacher. Today Marie lives in Noosa and is the owner of Santushti Yoga, a place where she teaches yoga, runs retreats but also teaches how to use Yoni Eggs and pelvic floor yoga for the modern woman.

At 17 years old Rachel got accepted into a Bachelor Of Science, majoring in aviation. During this time Rachel’s dad got diagnosed with bowel cancer and was just given months to live. 8 years later she lost her brother and later on her husband who also was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Despite all the diversity Rachel and her family have been through she is big on using gratitude as a tool of healing and is currently writing her book “Gifts From Grief” to share her experience to help others.

In May of 2015, banking executive Darron Eastwell took the bike ride of his life. In fact, it almost ended his life. He started the day with a goodbye kiss for his wife and ended that same day in an Intensive Care Unit with severe and lifelong injuries. That day, Darron joined millions of others worldwide as a traumatic brain injury survivor. This is his story not just about TBI, but also about family and the importance of using goal setting and gratitude towards recovery.

Rickard Hagstrom is originally from Stockholm and has since his teens worked as a chef in Sweden. Having a shared love for Australia, Rickard, his wife Cecilia and their two daughters decided to move to Noosa a year ago. A big reason for the move was so their daughters could get the opportunity to study abroad for a year, the family to gain new experiences, but also so Rickard could participate in the Noosa Triathlon and many more competitions happening on the Sunshine Coast every year.

Haydn grew up in Melbourne and started to paint when he was 4 years old and later got into Melbourne School Of Art to continue his passion for painting. After finishing he travelled around Europe and US for a couple of years and eventually move to the Sunshine Coast. Today Haydn lives in Pomona and when he is not painting or hanging out with his kids and family, he loves spending time at the beach and working on his new passion, music.

Nicki Farrell is the co-founder of Wildlings Forest School (with Vicci Oliver), which is a nature activity provider, with the whole sole purpose to get more kids outdoors to reap the benefits of being in nature. In today's’ episode she will share her inspiring story of how it was to grow up in the very small town of Ceduna in South Australia, the story of how she met her husband, why they decided to homeschool and the joy of working in her passion.

Helga Dalla grew up in Canberra. After a couple of life challenges, Helga and her now-husband decided to travel Australia for six months. This turned into a three and a half years and eventually Helga published five books of photographs of twins and triplets. When Helga was about publishing her last photography book she got a health scare and led her to reassess her life and try to heal naturally. Today Helga is running the organisation Advancing Health Naturally health solutions.

Alexander Kohl grew up in Germany and runs businesses on the Sunshine Coast. Cameron Lawrence is originally from New Zealand and moved to Australia as a baby with his family. Both Alexander and Cameron have a passion for sustainability and after starting working together 10 years ago with a solar panel business, they now have founded Promise and are on a mission to save hours not only for businesses on the Sunshine Coast but the whole world.

Growing up in Thangool on a mixed crop property on 1000 acres, Richard learned from an early age the art of farming. At 15 years old he got a job at a property to work with grain, cattle and harvesting. He, later on, became a farrier and it was when he worked at a property in Queensland, Richard met his wife. Today Richard work as a professional MC (Master of Ceremonies), presentation coach and designer and has just got the licence for IGNITE TALKS SUNSHINE COAST and IGNITE TALKS BRISBANE.