Preethi is a lawyer who is married, lives in Sydney’s North shore and has two boys. But scratch the surface of this traditional success story and you find this amazingly quirky, witty, super smart woman who I had soooo much fun recording with. One of my favourite stories involved her making different voices at the dinner table during covid lockdown, so her kids felt like more people were there! I hope you all love this episode as much as I loved recording it.

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Emma still works in Healthcare, as she has since her early 20's becoming the youngest NUM at the time, at St Vincent's Hospital. Her work life has taught her "not to sweat" the small stuff and this attitude has bled beautifully into her family life. Emma still regularly stays in touch with many friends from high school and counts them as some of her most valuable supports.

Michelle is a mother of two teenage girls and a young son she's had with her second husband. She lives happily in Bondi in Sydney and balances work as a lawyer with her numerous family commitments. Michelle prioritised an amicable divorce for the sake of her children (and everyone else!) and has a relationship with her daughter's father most would envy, allowing the whole family to attend special events without unnecessary tension. That's something not many have achieved. Michelle has always been larger than life, with her humour and good nature shining through as much today as it ever did. I enjoyed catching up with Michelle and I hope you guys do too, just as much xx Michelle owns and runs Quest in Goulburn with her second husband and so they travel down the m5 ALL THE WAY quite often lol passing Campbelltown on their way BACK into Sydney!

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Vanessa has live a varied life - from working in the corporate world to living in rural Victoria, distilling gin from grapes! And there is so much in between.

Enjoy x

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Polina is one of those rare people who knew eaxctly what job they wanted to do, went for it straight out of high school, and found it to be both a challenging and fulfilling career. Polina is a mother of two and lives with her husband in East Sydney. Polina is conscious of privilege and is invested in cultivating in her children (as much as possible!) an appreciation of how fortunate they are. Polina is a trail runner and volunteers with Pets in the Park, using her specialised skills as a vet to give back to the greater community. Like most of us, she's striving for balance in her life at this age. Hope you enjoy this catch up with Polina! I did. xx

Shelley is a business entrepreneur, small business advisor and home-school Mumma based in sunny North Queensland. In this episode, Shelley shares her health journey of struggling with the symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in her teens and young adult, before completely changing her diet and lifestyle to achieve fertility. She ultimately conceived her son, Pacey-James at 37. She also takes us through the career steps that led her to finding the love of her life in far North Queensland (of all places!) and jointly building a wholesome food business that supports their community to enjoy the sweet goodness in life and nourish their bodies at the same time.

Shelley's business is Nourishing Bites: www.nourishingbites.com.au/

Elyssa is a remedial massage therapist in the Blue Mountains and the owner of Massage and Soul. She also works as a disability support worker, likes to sing, dance and has a rescue greyhound, Coco. Her life motto is to help people feel a little bit better whether that’s through massage, friendly chat in the community or participating in one of her many hobbies.

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Today Karina owns her own IT consulting business and is the mother of two boys. She has degrees in teaching, arts, science and wrote a thesis on music as a language. However, Karina's journey also includes having needed to overcome the greatest health obstacle I think I've heard about in a long time. Here is Episode 12.

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Today, Zoe owns a digital marketing business, ‘Lulu loves Digital’ (..does she really love it though?) and puts a lot of thought into parenting the aformentioned Lulu, who loves baking 🥰

If you want to hear what happened to take us from Zoe Crane in the 90's to the Zoe Pester of today, here is Episode 11.

It was a really fun episode to record!! ...difficult to edit lol

And I’d like to dedicate this episode to actress, author and teacher Bobby Gledhill, who passed away in September this year.

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Kate is an Art curator with a passion for photography, today living in Tasmania. In this episode, Kate is brave and candid about challenges she's faced and overcome. Prepare yourself for some harsh realities with this episode, but I love that Kate has grown into the woman and mother she always wanted to be. Growth and change and overcoming obstacles we encounter, define all of our lives if we are on a path to our highest self. This episode is a beautiful reminder of the darkness and that we can step into the light.