On this episode of Step Up Your Home we get up close and personal with Georgia, through the lense of one of her best friends Tami Sussman. Throughout this episode Tami makes Georgia feel very uncomfortable and opens up a side of her that you probably don't know or haven’t seen before. Tami asks Georgia questions about her youth, tying a few dots together about why she is inspired by certain areas of the world and what led her to having certain aesthetics.

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On this episode of Step Up Your Home, I have a very special guest who I believe you are all going to be inspired by – Jess Sepel. Jess is a Clinical Nutritionist, Founder of the JS Health brand and best selling author. Her JS Health Brand includes an app, an 8 week program and a range of highly recommended, and tried and tested vitamins. Jess believes a healthy lifestyle should be ‘gentle, balanced and enjoyable’ and encourages us to face our food driven demons. Having had personal dealings with food, weight and body image issues from a young age, Jess is here to show us how we can leave those burdens behind us and get back on track to a healthy, self-loving, balanced lifestyle.

On this episode of Step Up Your Home we are bringing you a bite sized episode of questions that Georgia is frequently asked, from building to shopping, kids and so much more!  

On this episode of Step Up Your Home I have Kelly Thompson here to chat about how we can all create our own organic home grown gardens. Kelly is an incredible Melbourne based illustrator with a keen interest in living a sustainable lifestyle. She has transformed the backyard of her rental home from a giant patch of unsightly grass to a humble organic garden with only a few easy steps. She has inspired many to create their own backyard gardens and when she can't grow what she needs, she simply makes a visit to her local farmers market. Kelly is constantly striving to do better to lessen her impact on our environment and is an advocate for vintage wares. She also runs Makers Market, which is where she has created an online store for local makers, freelancers and craftspeople who share the same passion for high quality and sustainably produced items that are made with care. But as I said, today we are going to be chatting with Kelly about how you can grow your own food.

On this episode of Step Up Your Home Georgia has a very special guest who she has known for over 10 years and who she has watched evolve into an inspiring coach for so many people. Hayley Carr is a ‘superfreak’ by her own description. Hayley and I met at university where they were both studying interior architecture. In the past she has been a world champion martial artist, a tv and film actress, singer, chronic fatigue fighter, and of course interior architect. Now she spends her days coaching the elite, the people who are at the top of their personal game and hosts her own podcast – Superfreak.

On today's episode of Step Up Your Home we are speaking with mum of two, Australian based entrepreneur and co-founder of Koala Eco Jessica Bragdon. Jessica’s frustrations about the lack of availability of quality natural cleaning products then led her and her husband to start Koala Eco. With the passion of protecting her children from toxic cleaners behind her, Jess and her husband Paul set out to create an affordable, plant based, non toxic, planet friendly range of cleaning products for the home. The Koala Eco range uses an abundance of 100% pure native Australian essential oils, and other natural locally sourced ingredients to safely and effectively do what it says on the bottle.

Today we are speaking with stylist, Lisa Burden. Lisa has worked as a visual merchandiser and stylist for over 7 years and has made her way from Editorial Coordinator to her current role as a Stylist at Real Living Magazine. Earlier in her career as a visual merchandiser and stylist, she worked for many large scale Australian brands and thanks to her landing an internship at Real Living Mag she now finds herself styling for shoots destined to make magazine covers. She has a natural knack for setting the most effortlessly stunning scenes using any given item.

On this episode I was lucky enough to have the company of the Director of Agreena, Melanie Scott. Melanie created an incredible reusable product that will replace your cling wrap, baking paper and foil all in one fell swoop. With the knowledge that Australia’s recycling program is in no way shape or form adequate she has also worked insanely hard to ensure that her product has an end of life cycle. After years of prototyping and testing to ensure that her product is safe and actually exceeds FDA standards she finally found a solution to so many problems. After only a few short years Agreena now has over 200 retailers in Australia and have just launched in the UK and EU. Mel is also looking forward to collaborating with some of the country's most well known chefs and introducing Agreena wraps to commercial kitchens.

On this episode we are speaking about all things interiors with Stylist, Designer, Founder of Imprint house and two time author the amazing Natalie Walton. 

Natalie studied Arts at the UNSW. She has a long list of accomplishments having worked as a journalist, workshop host, radio speaker, contributor to several magazines, Deputy Editor at Real Living Magazine and of course her work as a Stylist and Designer which has been published across the globe. She currently runs editorial content agency Warnes and Walton alongside her online shop Imprint House and somehow manages to squeeze in even more work. She also has her own podcast Imprint with Natalie Walton. He has written two very inspiring books. This is home: The art of simple living and Still: The slow home. She has mastered how to help people enhance their every day and live their best lives through their interiors.

In Australia we have long been warned about the importance of sun safety, but what do we actually know about the chemicals we smear all over our bodies and in turn, allow to trickle into our waterways? I sat down with Marine Biologist Sacha Guggenheimer, one of the founders of SunButter Skincare to chat about this topic which she is naturally so passionate about, to bring you all the information you need to know now.

Learn all about what sunscreen can do to our health and the health of our reefs in this episode of Step Up Your Home.