Rad People I Know

My guest in this episode is the wonderful Reem Borrows, https://www.reemborrows.com/ the author of the excellent book: From the River to the Sea: Humanizing Freedom. Reem is a Palestinian Christian (yes, they exist) and this book was written prior to the most recent conflict in the Middle East. Her book is a fresh and compassionate writing on the Israeli-Palestinian plight. It is a call for empathy as a guiding principle to engage in meaningful dialogue on this contentious issue.

For our next episode, we talk to the amazing Maria Treadaway from NZ. (I know so many rad people from NZ!) Maria has been involved in multiple legs of the Clipper Round the World Yacht race. The Clipper Race is one of the biggest challenges of the natural world and an endurance test like no other.

With no previous sailing experience necessary, amateurs can sign up for the intensive training programme, and be part of a record-breaking 40,000 nautical mile race around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht. The route is divided into eight legs and between 13 and 16 individual races including six ocean crossings. You can choose to complete the full circumnavigation or select one or multiple legs.

We talk to Maria about her experience which is fascinating. Also, if you, like me are tired of hearing my voice, Maria has a lovely voice, well spoken, eloquent and features more heavily than myself. I'm in awe of her Radness!

What does ageing mean these days? We kick off Season 2 with a fantastic episode with the wonderful Alex Rotas who photographs athletes very late in life, some still competing in their 90’s! As she says on her website: “Hi, I’m Alex. I hope that my images remind us all of what’s possible as we age and force us to think again about our attitudes towards ageing.” It started when Alex was looking for older athletes online and found……nothing. She decided that she was going to start documenting these competitive men and women, bought a camera in 2011 and has never looked back.

The last 2 episodes of Season 1 are really 2 old friends catching up. I met Cheryl when I started my Master's program in New Zealand. We were the only 2 women studying composition and we were both "foreigners". She proceeded me by 1 year and became a mentor to me. We bonded over our shared status and similar sense of humour. While I abandoned music as a paid profession, Cheryl has gone on to make a living in composition and conducting. For those in my network that know Cheryl, I hope you enjoy these 2 episodes.

The last 2 episodes of Season 1 are really 2 old friends catching up. I met Cheryl when I started my Master's program in New Zealand. We were the only 2 women studying composition and we were both "foreigners". She proceeded me by 1 year and became a mentor to me. We bonded over our shared status and similar sense of humour. While I abandoned music as a paid profession, Cheryl has gone on to make a living in composition and conducting. For those in my network that know Cheryl, I hope you enjoy these 2 episodes.

We are all familiar with "work life balance" but what exactly is work life integration? For those of us that are fortunate enough not to be tied to an office, it's a fantastic way to ensure you are working effectively, living adventurously while protecting mental health. Peter Goes and Michelle Harvey are the inspirational team behind CMC, Australia's leading ERP and Business Transformation experts. https://cmcaust.com/

They way they approach running and operating their business has been inspirational to many. Personally they are the most generous people on earth. Extremely rad indeed.

Pleased and proud to have my nephew on the next 2 episodes of the podcast. We talk about his journey through the first 2 albums and play some of the standout tracks.

Check out his band Cenris here:

https://www.facebook.com/Cenris

https://www.instagram.com/cenrisofficial/

https://www.youtube.com/@cenrisofficial1272

https://cenris.bandcamp.com/

Pleased and proud to have my nephew on the next 2 episodes of the podcast. We talk about his journey through the first 2 albums and play some of the standout tracks.

Check out his band Cenris here:

https://www.facebook.com/Cenris

https://www.instagram.com/cenrisofficial/

https://www.youtube.com/@cenrisofficial1272

https://cenris.bandcamp.com/

Meet Angie Tumlinson, thought leader and CEO of Elevate You Institute. Angie is a childhood friend that has been on a journey of significant change. She traded hard work for a rewarding business by helping others bring transformative success in the pursuit of their goals. We talk about how we both challenged the messaging and restrictions of our upbringing to live a more expressive version of ourselves.

I also host Angie's podcast, Elevated Insights which you can find on all podcast platforms.

I have known Robert Haynes-Peterson since my freshman year in college when we both played in the Whitman College Renaissance Consort, an amateur musical group led by the Astronomy Professor, Kate Bracher. We confidently played recorders, sackbuts and crumhorns frequently in tune. Robert graduated with degrees in Geology and Anthropology but quickly moved to NYC in 1998 when anyone with a pulse could get a job. He started writing and editing for magazines (Collector figurines and teddy bears), moving to lingerie and then finally to luxury freelance writing. This has taken him all over the world, to many exciting places, meeting and interviewing many celebrities and having rad experiences along the way.