On this solo episode I share what I have been doing when I feel overwhelmed. I woke up today and tried to get some work done and I felt really hopeless so I decided to talk about straight after. I felt I had no power and strength to push me to do the things I had to. I started questioning myself and doubting if I am worthy of trying to pursue the things I want to pursue, and I was like "I should not feel this way, I have so many good things in my life, people go through worst harder s**t and you 25 years old kid complaining and frustrated about the things you do not feel like doing" and this made me feel even worse as if I had no right to feel this way, as if I should only be grateful for what I have and just get s**t done. This episode gave me a lot of clarity around the idea of feeling overwhelmed and things I should do and keep doing to work around situations I might feel this way again. Shout out to my girlfriend Cathrine for putting up with my long deep conversations every night in bed, you always believing in myself thank you so much, I love you! Hope you guys get something out of it, share with me what you do when you feel this way would love to hear from!

On this episode I speak to Alesha Kerry who I met during a project I was part of in Queenstown in NZ where I spent 7 days working as a model. The 18th of June 2018 marked 1 year of recovery for this amazing person.

After 6 years of battle with depression she hit rock bottom. On the 18th of June last year Alesha was rushed to hospital and put in emergency care for 20 hours fighting for her life. Once stable she was transferred to the cardiac ward for a further 4 days. 1 year ago she was dying in her flat bedroom alone, because  depression got on top of her. A long journey followed with the amazing support of her family and close friends.

We go over her whole history, how everything happened, which lead Alesha to a life mission which involves the creation of her just recent business that is impacting people’s lives, this one is a beautiful and touching story that not only few people experience, but a large number of individuals that suffer from depression and who feel helpless, but if you ever feel that way or just a little down, reach out, there is always someone there for you, speak up, we love you.

YOUTUBE VIDEO INTERVIEW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3SqhQNQihU&feature=youtu.be

IG https://www.instagram.com/aleshakerrycollections/

Website https://aleshakerrycollections.co.nz/

Email [email protected]

Mentioned during episode:

R U OK https://www.ruok.org.au/

Online article about her project https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/105691173/students-earrings-raise-awareness-of-suicide-and-mental-health

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2018/07/student-creates-heartbeat-earrings-to-spread-suicide-awareness.html

Life Matters https://lifematters.org.nz/

Voices of Hope http://www.thevoicesofhope.org/

Victory Boxing https://www.victoryboxing.org.nz/

Mentioned during episode:

Blue Yeti Pro https://www.mwave.com.au/product/blue-microphones-yeti-pro-usb-xlr-analog-microphone-ab50990?gclid=Cj0KCQjwvqbaBRCOARIsAD9s1XBfch_tGDQgvD-iQM8KQQ7YIHmpBHBPw8f7qbjE57xyMyoQ6CNm0K0aAvNQEALw_wcB

Audio-Technica ATR2100 https://www.mwave.com.au/product/audiotechnica-atr2100usb-cardioid-dynamic-usbxlr-microphone-ab60759?gclid=CjwKCAjwyMfZBRAXEiwA-R3gM3OaumxX6MrCBwXY9LH4rxQXKKgZd0J-xHAi_H8h3pEJbMTXVbEWWxoCAekQAvD_BwE

Audacity (PC) https://www.audacityteam.org/

Auphonic https://auphonic.com/pricing

The best podcast hosting services https://www.thepodcasthost.com/websites-hosting/best-podcast-hosting/

Podbean podcast service https://www.podbean.com/podcast-hosting-pricing

Ecamm https://www.ecamm.com/

On this episode I interview the co-founder of Pass it on Clothing & Co, which is a Sydney based not-for-profit which puts your clothes donations directly in the hands of those who need it most.

Founded in September 2016 by Chris Vagg and Olga Puga, Pass it on Clothing & Co (in partnership with Orange Sky Laundry Sydney) has been instrumental in providing quality men’s and women’s clothes donations to Sydney’s homeless community, working to make charitable clothes giving more direct, efficient and effective.

The idea for Pass it on Clothing & Co came from a house move for Chris and Olga and a resulting in wardrobe change. Many of the pieces to be thrown away were expensive and near new, and needed to be given a new appreciative owner.

Chris began researching traditional charities and realised that the best clothes are often kept and sold in charity stores and shopfronts, leaving only the leftover items not deemed good enough for sale to be passed on to those who actually need them. This sparked the idea of taking clothing directly to Sydney’s homeless and disadvantaged community, and working with Orange Sky Laundry to set up a free clothes service to enhance their existing clothes washing and drying initiative.

Pass it on Clothing & Co takes clothing donations directly, setting up a wardrobe station on Tuesday evenings at Martin Place alongside Orange Sky Laundry, allowing people to visit and select new clothing directly. Olga, Chris partner, as a professional stylist, offers compassion and support when helping people select the wardrobe pieces.

Pass it on Clothing & Co is a not-for-profit and offers this service free of charge. In the first nine months of operation, Pass it on Clothing & Co has provided over 3000 pieces of clothing to over 1000 people living rough in Sydney. The benefits are truly positive, not only physically, but by also impacting the self-esteem and self-worth of the people being helped.

The future aim for Pass it on Clothing & Co is to sustain the initiative by providing increased numbers of clothing for Sydney’s homeless community. In its first year of operation, Pass it on Clothing & Co have impacted the lives of over 3,000 people by providing over 5,000 garments to those who need it most. This is a super casual conversation over a beer and I couldn’t be happier with this.

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisvagg/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/passitonclothing/

FB page https://www.facebook.com/passitonclothing/

Mentioned during episode

Orange Sky Organisation https://orangesky.org.au/

This is a short episode and I speak to Jean-Charles Gars, a French friend who arrived in Australia 4 years ago to pursue his dreams of starting his own food business. Someone that never gave up on his goals, he created 3 different food companies, closed 2 and he is now the head chef and owner of Sacre Bleu, a French street food catering business, using his passion for food and French culture to dish out happiness. His love for cooking and food has created a no ending trials to create his thing and to learn as much as he can. What I love about this episode is how persistent this guy is to create the next project, without the passion for it, many would have quit. He lost around $50.000,00 dollars during all this journey but quitting was never an option. He says “we all have so much untapped potential, believing in ourself is a constant challenge. Whatever you want to achieve you can do it, it is all on you, find the motivation or goal, then find the drive or passion, nothing can stop you”, and if I could add something to that, make sure you surround yourself with the right people, do they inspire you? Are they positive? Do they have what you want? Do they talk about visions and ideas? 

On this episode I interview Cindy Pellegrino who is from the same city I was born and raised, she was working at the school I was studying english when I met her. She is a commercial interior designer and entrepreneur living in Australia since 2011. Coming from a very humble and simple family, Cindy managed to get a high paid job at a bank in Brazil where she worked for 7 years, she then decided to leave everything behind to move to Sydney where her first jobs were working as a waiter and cleaner. With a thirst for knowledge to pursue a career change as an Interior Designer, she studied colour, surface design, interior design and decoration at the International School of Colour and Design. Her marketing background, combined with her interior design education, has enabled her to create truly forward-thinking design concepts with consistent originality and style. We talk about the ups and downs of her life, her recent marriage, her business, and so much more. 

Website arainteriors.com.au

IG https://www.instagram.com/ara_interiors/

Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com.au/cindyara/

FB Page https://www.facebook.com/arainteriors/

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindypellegrino14/

Mentioned during episode:

Books:

- “The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson

- “How to love yourself (and sometimes other people)" by Meggan Watterson & Lodro Rinzler

- “Self Compassion" by Kristin Neff

- "Thrive" by Arianna Huffington

App

- 1 Giant Mind (meditation) https://www.1giantmind.com/

People

- Anna Carin (Cindy’s mentor) http://www.annacarindesign.com.au/

Organisation

- Dress For Success https://sydney.dressforsuccess.org/

Podcast

- The Life Coach School https://thelifecoachschool.com/podcasts/

On this interview I speak to Anna Murakawa who has spent her lifetime dedicated to the sounds of the violin. Since discovering her passion at the age of 13 in her hometown of São Paulo, Brazil, she continued on her musical journey as she moved around the world to gain even more experience through her studies and performances. She spent several years studying in Bulgaria, Pittsburgh, Kentucky, and Texas in the USA and is now in Sydney Australia, where she calls home.

She has attended dozens of festivals and masterclasses around the world, learning from masters like Tasmin Little, Haim Taub, Leon Spierer, Max Rabinowitz, Andrés Cardenes, Shmuel Ashkenazy, and Stoika Milanova.

As a concertmaster, Anna has led a variety of ensembles worldwide, including the Kentucky Opera, University of Louisville Symphony Orchestra, Femusic Orchestra, Texas Tech University Symphony Orchestra, amongst others. As a soloist, she performed in the USA, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Bulgaria. Further, she also has won several competitions internationally, such as the UofL Concerto competition, Maria Terezia Competition, and Austrian Chamber Music Competition.

In 2008 Anna was the inspiration, and the recipient of a scholarship created in Brazil, "Programa de Bolsa Projeto Guri", which supported her travels to Bulgaria and the U.S. She also held the University of Louisville Graduate Assistantship, and Texas Tech University Graduate Assistantship. She currently holds the "Ted & Susan Meller" Violin scholarship at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she is honoured to be studying with the renowned Norwegian violinist Ole Bøhn. She is now completing her Ph.D., where her thesis focuses sharply on how we can learn and practice more efficiently and effectively.

A sought after Sydney based violinist, Anna currently works as a violin teacher at University of Sydney program Play at the Con and her violin studio. In addition to her ventures as an entrepreneur starting her business, directing Bravo Music Events, she has also been freelancing as a performer, recording artist & playing big shows with amazing artists and ensembles in Australia and internationally.

We discuss so much about her whole experience and struggles to get to where she is today and how she coped with every single challenge, how she managed to learn to speak 7 languages, how reframing thoughts can help to learn new things in a more enjoyable and effective way and deal with adversity, and much more, please welcome Anna Murakawa

Website www.annamurakawa.com

Bravo Music Events (business) www.bravomusicevents.com

IG https://www.instagram.com/annamurakawa.violin/

FB page https://www.facebook.com/annamurakawaviolin

Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/annaviolino

Email: [email protected]

Mentioned during episode

Tony Robbins UPW http://www.unleashthepowerwithin.com.au/

Jim Kwik (Kwik Brain podcast) http://jimkwik.com/category/podcast-1/

Duolingo (app) https://www.duolingo.com/

Andres Cardenes http://andrescardenes.com/violinist

Ole Böhn http://sydney.edu.au/music/staff-profiles/ole.bohn.php

Mel Robbins https://melrobbins.com/

Arianna Huffington http://ariannahuffington.com/

The Girl from Ipanema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PYKOo_jgJo

Books:

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder

The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

Thrive by Arianna Huffington

On this episode I interview a friend who has been a Top level Personal Trainer for over a decade and a fitness model, during that time he has trained over a thousand people who range from pro athletes to people over the age of 60. He is a Professional Level Wbff Pro Fitness Model Competitor and when it comes to sculpting the perfect physique, he has carved his body as a result of learning everything there is to know about lifting weights for maximum results.

There are tones of information on this episode and we go very deep, we talk about nutrition, importance of sleep, intermittent fasting, forms of exercises including trigger sessions, the difference between adaptation and recovery, why too much cardio can be bad for you and not actually helping lose weight. We go into the psychological drivers behind him achieving his professional status as a fitness competitor, and also the dark side of the bodybuilding world when it comes to eating disorders, insecurities and body image issues.

All the way from the UK moving to Sydney he has pushed his game massively, developing his own brand, fitness program, business and podcast.

1- Martin Silva’s work

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IG: https://www.instagram.com/martinsilvafitness/

Website: https://www.martin-silva.co.uk/

Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/optimise-your-body-with-martin-silva/id1258537639?mt=2

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm-Tp9z5pozQ9-62kB8rqWg

FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/Martinsilvafitness/

2- Mentioned during episode:

MindPumpMedia: https://www.mindpumpmedia.com

Audible: https://www.audible.com.au/

MyFitnessPal app: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/

- The Subtle Title Of Not Giving A F**k by Mark Manson (book)

- Irresistible by Adam Alter (book)

AND CHECK IT YOU MY BODY TRANSFORMATION AND HOW FAR I HAVE COME

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Even though I haven’t seen you since you left 3 years ago you have taught me good things and I am glad we kept in touch brother, on this episode I interview Godfrey Elder, one of the most inspiring and hard working man I have met. Grown up in New York and eventually moving to Houston, Texas, he found himself throughout life in my hardships and challenges, including addictions, that for so many could lead to a life of misery, instead he made a lot of mistakes but became better with them. We get really deep into Vipassana meditation on this episode as well, we talk how he went from being homeless to pay all his debt and remove his family from the ghetto to a better life in Texas, plus the challenges he has gone through until today. He works in sales now, loves music and hip-hop, is an extremely talented performer, starting his own brand and business and podcast as well. I have been dreaming of this interview for years and I could not be more grateful for having this ready for you the listeners so you can learn with this amazing person, I hope you enjoy as much as I did, stay humble people and much love!

Web: www.godfreyelder.com 

IG: www.instagram.com/godfreyelder/ 

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/GodfreyElder 

FB: www.facebook.com/godfreyelder

On this episode I have an amazing conversation with this beautiful couple. Ana Erlich and Ilja Mazar are both from Kazakhstan but later on raised in Germany, we go over the experience in their relationship, their ups and downs, and their beautiful story of how they met which started with a facebook message and eventually bringing them both here to Sydney where I met them. We also talk about Ilja’s work as a photographer as he does that full time, and the reason I met my lovely girlfriend was because of his work so I feel deeply connected with those two and their story. This is a more fun and casual conversation with lots of laughs and jokes but I learned a lot from them and I hope you can learn something from them as well.

Ilja’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/iljamazar/

If you looking for a photographer in Sydney, specially if you are a girl, this is def the guy for you!