TEA WITH JULES

TEA WITH JULES

By Jules Sebastian

Tea with Jules Sebastian. We will spill tea, share stories and take away life lessons from meaningful conversations. Pop the kettle on - it's time for tea! 

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  1. Number 1: The Truth About AI, and Why Women Can't Afford to Sit It Out | Dr Nici Sweaney

    Dr Nici Sweaney is one of Australia's leading voices on artificial intelligence, but what makes her story so compelling isn't just her credentials. It's her mission to make AI accessible, practical and empowering, especially for women. She understands AI from the inside out: the algorithms, the machine learning, the data, and the biases that shape the technology we're all beginning to rely on. In 2022, as generative AI emerged, Nici had a feeling the world was about to change. She famously woke her partner up in the middle of the night to say, this is going to change everything. She was right. Since launching AI Her Way, she has built a multi-million dollar business while raising four children, working a four day week, and teaching thousands of women how to confidently embrace AI rather than fear it. She was named Australia's Female AI Leader of the Year, featured on the Forbes Women 2025 list, and recognised by Microsoft as one of the top AI entrepreneurs to watch. Earlier this year, when Reese Witherspoon encouraged millions of women to start learning about AI, she pointed people toward just a handful of experts, including Dr Nici Sweaney. She's also refreshingly honest about the risks. Privacy and what you should never share, the emotional attachment trap, why these tools get things wrong, and the powerful conversations she has with her own children about how they use it. If AI has ever made you feel overwhelmed, behind or a little afraid, this is the conversation that changes everything. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in. Connect with Dr Nici Sweaney and AI Her Way: Website: https://aiherway.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ai_herway/ CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Dr Nici Sweaney 01:33 — Setting the Intention: Empowerment, Not Overwhelm 02:32 — Let's Talk About the Fear Around AI 04:33 — The Real Risk: Losing Our Creativity and Critical Thinking 05:13 — Why Fear Isn't an Excuse to Step Away 06:48 — Moving Fast: Don't Become an Early Lagger 09:29 — Why Women Need to Help Shape AI Right Now 13:04 — Bias, and Why These Tools Start to Represent Us 14:47 — Privacy: What You Should Never Share 15:44 — A Real Example: Using AI to Triage Your Inbox 18:53 — The Emotional Attachment Trap 19:17 — The Morning Her Five-Year-Old Ran In 23:03 — Kids and AI: The Rules She Has at Home 23:27 — The Exercise She Set Her Eleven-Year-Old 25:24 — Why Our Kids Will Need These Skills 29:30 — Think of AI Like an Intern 29:46 — Or a Puppy You Have to Train 28:37 — Why AI Gets Things Wrong, and How to Handle It 32:03 — AI as the Operating System for Your Life 37:01 — Where to Start: Just Pick One Task 37:30 — The Magic Prompt: Ask AI to Interview You 39:38 — Is It Supposed to Be This Hard? 40:43 — A Simple Example: Making Time for Lunch 43:25 — Custom GPTs and Getting AI to Read and Write for You 47:31 — Running a Multi-Million Dollar Business With Two People 48:40 — What Actually Is an AI Agent? 49:16 — The Difference Between an Assistant and an Agent 53:19 — How She Designs an Agent 57:40 — Why Creativity Is Becoming Less About Technical Skill 59:42 — The Place Only Humans Can Sit 01:02:37 — The Gift of Time, and Why She Lies Awake Grateful 01:04:23 — Her Biggest Fear if Women Don't Embrace AI 01:04:54 — How You Know AI Is Being Used Well 01:05:39 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules Connect with JulesGet Jules' NewsletterWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTok Credits Produced by ME Entertainment Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  2. Number 2: The Secret to Real Happiness, From the Man They Call Dr Happy | Dr Tim Sharp

    Content warning: This episode includes an honest discussion of depression and suicidal thoughts. Please listen with care. If you or someone you know needs support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14. He's called Dr Happy. And he's lived with depression for most of his adult life. In this genuinely profound conversation, Jules sits down with Dr Tim Sharp, clinical and coaching psychologist, founder of The Happiness Institute, best selling author and one of Australia's leading voices in positive psychology. But as Jules discovers, the power of Tim's story isn't the title. It's everything sitting behind it. Tim built an entire career around happiness while privately battling severe depression and suicidal thoughts, and spending years believing he wasn't good enough, smart enough or worthy enough. His honesty about that gap between the public persona and the private reality is what makes this episode land so deeply. Together, Jules and Tim unpack what happiness actually is, and why most of us have been chasing the wrong version of it. Tim explains why you're not supposed to feel good all the time, why negative emotions aren't the enemy, and why the pressure to be happy every minute of every day is quietly making us miserable. He shares the simple daily practices that genuinely move the needle, the beauty of finding joy in the mundane school run and the everyday moments, and a powerful approach to sitting with difficult feelings instead of running from them. His final pearl of wisdom is simple, and Jules says she's printing it out for every wall in her house. Love yourself. Love others. Love the world. This is one of those conversations that might just change what you're really searching for. Pour yourself a cup of tea, and settle in. Connect with Dr Tim Sharp (Dr Happy): Website: https://drhappy.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappinessinstitute/ If this episode raised anything for you: Lifeline — 13 11 14 (24/7) — https://www.lifeline.org.au Beyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 — https://www.beyondblue.org.au CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Dr Tim Sharp, Australia's Dr Happy 02:27 — Setting the Intention: If This Helps Just One Person 03:20 — What Is Happiness, Really? Why We've Got It Wrong 04:32 — Positive and Negative Emotions: Why None of Them Are Bad 08:47 — The Three to One Ratio, and Why It's Not About the Numbers 09:46 — The Power of Gratitude: Noticing What We Overlook 10:45 — Finding Joy in the Mundane: The School Run and the Everyday 13:14 — Why Do We Feel We Need to Be Excited All the Time? 14:33 — Learning to Sit With Your Own Thoughts 15:22 — Lost and Found: The Story Behind Tim's Latest Book 17:46 — The Beauty of Getting Lost, and Why Failure Is Part of the Path 21:52 — Don't Think About White Polar Bears: Why Fighting Thoughts Fails 24:34 — The RAIN Method: A Practical Way to Handle Hard Emotions 29:21 — The Hardest Part: Tim on Living With Depression 32:04 — The Turning Point That Changed Everything 35:22 — Why We Hit Our Forties and Realise We Need to Reassess 38:07 — Chasing Success, Nice Things, and What Actually Fulfils Us 40:27 — Fifty Years of Research, One Answer: Other People Matter 42:30 — A Practical Happiness Check-In You Can Do Today 43:17 — Are You Choosing Happiness? The Daily Question That Matters 47:20 — Dr Tim's Pearl of Wisdom: Love Yourself, Love Others, Love the World 47:46 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules Connect with JulesGet Jules' Newsletter – a letter each week with personal anecdotes, recipes, fashion, cocktails and podcast episodesWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTok Credits Produced by ME Entertainment Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  3. Number 3: How to Reinvent Yourself, Let Go and Find What Really Matters | Pip Edwards

    Content note: this episode includes discussion of the Bondi tragedy and its aftermath. Please listen with care. If you need support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14. Pip Edwards is one of Australia's most recognised entrepreneurs and creative leaders. Best known for co-founding P.E Nation, she helped redefine the way women think about activewear, building a global brand that blended fashion, performance and culture. But in this conversation, it is not just about business. It is about everything that happens behind the success. Eleven years after her very first appearance on Tea with Jules, Pip returns for a conversation that goes far deeper than fashion. She and Jules talk about where her unwavering self belief really comes from, the show must go on mentality she inherited, and the years of hard situations the universe kept sending her way. Pip is remarkably open about the identity and purpose crisis that came with stepping away from P.E Nation, the brand that literally carried her initials. She talks about how those initials began to haunt her, the therapy and surrender it took to let go, and why standing down from the thing you built can be the bravest move of all. She shares the story of her new venture, and her powerful decision to put her voice behind breaking the silence on menopause, a topic she has been talking about openly for years before the rest of the world caught up. And she speaks, with extraordinary honesty and grace, about the day of the Bondi tragedy. How a friend rolled her under a van and shielded her. What it does to you to be that close to something so devastating. And the profound clarity that came after, about fear, purpose, her son, and what truly matters. This is an honest conversation about ambition, identity, reinvention and building a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks from the outside. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in. Connect with Pip Edwards: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pip_edwards1/ Biolae: https://www.instagram.com/biolaehealth/ If this episode raised anything for you: Lifeline — 13 11 14 (24/7) — https://www.lifeline.org.au Beyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 — https://www.beyondblue.org.au CHAPTERS00:00 — Welcome Back, Pip Edwards 01:23 — Eleven Years On: The OG Tea with Jules Guest Returns 02:14 — What's in a Name: The Meaning Behind Pip 09:11 — Clothes as a Second Skin: Style, Confidence and Owning Who You Are 12:40 — Where Does the Self Belief Come From? 13:27 — The Show Must Go On: High Standards and How She Was Raised 15:14 — Through the Hard Years, and What They Taught Her 20:00 — Building It Alone: Motherhood and Providing 22:40 — When the Initials Started to Haunt Her 25:01 — Letting Go of P.E Nation, the Brand That Was Her Baby 26:21 — The Yes Girl Who Never Learned Balance 31:13 — Add a Little Menopause to the Mix 32:33 — The Identity and Purpose Crisis 33:52 — Therapy, Surrender and Learning to Let Go 36:04 — Why Standing Down Can Be the Bravest Thing 37:45 — A New Venture and a New Chapter 39:13 — Breaking the Silence on Menopause 41:01 — The Symptoms, the Trial and Error, the Truth 45:46 — Putting Her Voice Behind the Cause 48:18 — The Day of the Bondi Tragedy 50:17 — The Friend Who Shielded Her 52:13 — Being Able to Talk About It, Through the Work 57:04 — Acceptance, and What Really Matters 58:15 — Skiing, and Crying Because She Was Alive 01:00:32 — When Her Son Came Home 01:04:45 — The Biggest Risk She Ever Took 01:06:09 — Self-Care Isn't a Joke 01:08:38 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules Connect with JulesGet Jules' NewsletterWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTok Credits Produced by ME Entertainment Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  4. Number 4: The Story Behind Bachelor Girl and One of Australia's Most Loved Songs | Tania Doko

    Tania Doko is the powerhouse voice behind Bachelor Girl, whose music has become part of the soundtrack to Australian life. Tania and James Roche formed Bachelor Girl in 1992, and their debut album Waiting for the Day went double platinum and won the ARIA Award for Producer of the Year. It delivered Buses and Trains, a song that won APRA Song of the Year, sits in Australia's 100 Greatest Songs, and remains one of the most played Australian songs of the past 25 years. Now Bachelor Girl are celebrating that iconic debut with a beautiful reimagined release, featuring Delta Goodrem, Jessica Mauboy, Darren Hayes, Tommy Emmanuel and, in a full circle moment for Jules, her husband Guy Sebastian. But this conversation goes far beyond fame and songwriting. Jules, a self confessed super fan, sits down with Tania to talk about the woman behind the voice. They explore how Tania first discovered she could sing and the natural high she has chased ever since, her Greek heritage and unconventional path into music, and the story of how Buses and Trains, a song she never dreamed would be a hit, came to capture the imagination of a nation. Connect with Tania Doko and Bachelor Girl: Website: https://taniadoko.com/ Bachelor Girl: https://bachelorgirl.com/ CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Tania Doko of Bachelor Girl 01:08 — Jules the Super Fan Has Her Moment 05:05 — Why Music Takes Us Back Like Nothing Else 08:38 — Greek Heritage and an Unconventional Path Into Music 12:55 — Discovering She Could Sing 14:16 — The Natural High of Singing That's Never Been Replaced 18:37 — Getting Signed by Two Major Labels 21:04 — Buses and Trains: The Universal Song That Captured a Nation 21:50 — Why She Never Thought It Would Be a Hit 24:35 — Writing Songs in a Cubby House 26:34 — Finding Success in Sweden and Scandinavia 28:30 — Protecting the Voice: The Reality of Your Instrument 35:56 — The Wedding Ring Story 38:49 — Facing Burnout 40:51 — The Brave Decision to Bring Bachelor Girl Back 42:59 — Getting Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable 44:25 — The Prison Gig That Moved Her to Tears 45:52 — A Songwriter's Dream: Hearing the Album Reimagined 50:06 — Going Into Hiding, and Coming Back Out 51:39 — You Are Afraid, Reimagined With Kaylee Bell 54:06 — Singing With Guy and the Full Circle Moment 55:21 — The Meaning Behind Permission to Shine 57:00 — The Most Adventurous Project of Her Career 59:43 — A Live Moment: Stare at Real Love 01:01:46 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules Connect with JulesGet Jules' NewsletterWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTok Credits Produced by ME Entertainment Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  5. Number 5: On Building an Empire, Walking Away, and Finding What Really Matters | Lisa Messenger

    Lisa Messenger is one of Australia's most recognisable entrepreneurs, best known for building The Collective Hub into a global media brand that inspired millions of people to think differently about business, creativity and taking risks. But Lisa has never been someone to stand still. She has spent her career reinventing herself, and today that reinvention looks a little different. The Collective Hub has evolved into a digital community and app, she's become a passionate advocate for helping people embrace AI in practical ways, and she's continuing to challenge what modern entrepreneurship can look like. She's also, in her own words, living on a farm with 29 chickens, a three-year-old, and another baby on the way. In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, Jules and Lisa talk about reinvention, motherhood, identity, AI and what it really means to build a life that evolves as you do. Lisa opens up with remarkable honesty about the rise and the reality of The Collective Hub, growing too fast, losing control, and the brave decision to let go of the thing everyone knew her for. She and Jules go deep on the identity question that follows, who are you when the thing that defined you falls away, and how you learn to hold your achievements a little more loosely. This is an uplifting, honest and inspiring conversation about the courage to keep becoming who you're meant to be. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in. Connect with Lisa Messenger and The Collective Hub: Website: https://collectivehub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisamessenger/ The Collective Hub: https://www.instagram.com/collectivehub/ CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Lisa Messenger 01:14 — Setting the Intention: Anything Is Possible 01:33 — The Pinup Girl for Doing It Anyway 02:33 — Farm Life, 29 Chickens and a Baby on the Way 02:47 — Why She Says No More Than She Says Yes 05:15 — The Queen of Reinvention 06:22 — Forty Books and a Life of Curiosity 07:52 — Writing Fiction: The Story of Jess and Justin 08:15 — What's Next: The New Book, Matchstick 11:07 — Where It Began: The Collective Hub Magazine 14:50 — Growing Too Fast and Losing Control 15:21 — The Systems and Processes She Never Had 19:27 — The Brave Decision to Let It Go 22:13 — Who Am I With All of That Stripped Away? 23:05 — Attaching Your Identity to the Thing You Built 25:26 — When Fewer People Want a Piece of You 27:44 — We Meet People at Different Stages of Their Lives 32:43 — The Collective Hub Reborn as a Community and App 34:42 — Live Sessions, AI Tools and a New Digital Age 37:55 — From Technologically Inept to AI Advocate 41:04 — Model the Greats: How She Teaches AI 42:53 — Her Simple Secret: Just Keep Asking 45:20 — Getting Productive and Protecting Her Time 46:41 — The Fertility Journey: Eight Years and 18 Rounds of IVF 47:57 — Surrogacy and Welcoming a Second Baby 48:55 — The Sweetest Question From Her Son 51:57 — Why Success Means Less to Her Now 53:45 — What She Wishes More Women Knew Before Chasing Success 54:46 — Reinventing Is Fun 55:19 — Barefoot, Giggling and Truly Happy 56:16 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules Connect with JulesGet Jules' NewsletterWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTok Credits Produced by ME Entertainment Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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