Irene Rollins is a teacher, writer and minister. For years she led a church congregation while an alcohol addiction plagued her, and in her book 'Reframe Your Shame' she shares her powerful journey of finding freedom from addiction, offering real hope and practical help to anyone struggling with cycles of dependency and shame.

On this episode Irene talks about how to overcome our fear of feelings, the best way to help addicts and what the church can do to help people dealing with addiction. 

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Taryn Brumfitt went viral back in 2013 when she shared a before and after photo online that broke with convention. Her before photo showed the results of a body building obsession she picked up after having kids, looking all tanned and trim, and her after was when she’d ditched that and returned to a normal body with lumps, bumps and less tan.

Taryn went on to found the Body Image Movement, directing her first feature film 'Embrace' in 2016, and now releasing 'Embrace: Kids', confronting the alarming statistics that say around 60 per cent of children aged five to eleven years want to change something about their body.

In this conversation Taryn speaks about the cost of body loathing on our lives, how to change your view of your body and why she shared that first photo all those years ago. 

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Luke Mathers is an internationally recognised expert in stress and change management who coaches leaders, Olympians and elite athletes on how to find out more about our habits, manage them better and overcome the stress that they can cause.

Luke’s book, 'Curious Habits: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change', helps us understand why we build up certain ways of living, and how to work out if they’re still serving us. In this conversation Luke talks about having too much vision, debunking the myth that “I’ll be happy when...” and where people who have concentration issues fit into the world of intentional living. 

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Carlos and Alexa PenaVega have spent their lives in the public eye. Carlos as a Nickelodeon star and member of international pop band Big Time Rush, and Alexa, since starring in the 'Spy Kids' films. Now as parents with their careers in full swing, the couple have released their debut memoir 'What If Love Is The Point? Living for Jesus in a Self-Consumed World'.

In it they talk about struggling with the influences of Hollywood, broken relationships, divorce and the lost feeling that left them wondering, what's the point of it all?

Here Carlos and Alexa share about how faith beliefs can affect your career, their personal crossroad moments and why their understanding of success has changed.  

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Dr. Connie Clark has been practicing psychology for over 30 years, and together with founder and chairman of America’s New Life Ministries Stephen Arterburn has released a new book, ‘Understanding and Loving Your Bonus Child’, a guide to help non biological parents connect with the children of their partner and, together, build a new unified family of their own. On this episode Dr. Connie talks about jealousy in blended families, opposing faith views and how to communicate effectively.

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Today we’re tackling worry, and a its faith-based remedy: prayer. Our guest is Chad Veach. Chad is the founder and lead pastor of ZOE Church in Los Angeles, California. For the past 20 years he has dedicated his life to ministry and preaching the Gospel, speaking internationally and authoring four books including his latest, 'Worried about Everything Because I Pray about Nothing: How to Live with Peace and Purpose Instead of Stress and Burnout'.

In this episode Chad talks about why prayer dissolves worry, how to pray and the impact of prayer on our human condition.  

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Today our guest is Australian musician turned marketing entrepreneur Pete Gilles. Before starting his own business, Pete was in the Sydney-based New Empire. A regular on the local and international festival scene, New Empire performed to thousands around the world. In 2012 their single 'One Heart/A Million Voices' was selected as the official theme for the Summer Olympics, and a year after they disbanded their music found new life on the soundtrack of a hit Korean TV drama.

Pete joined Laura in the studio to talk about the impacts of grief and fatherhood on his life so far, how your passions can be displayed through career transitions and why working with a personal mission in mind is so vital.

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This week we have a returning guest, Phil Cooke. Phil is an American writer, television producer and media consultant who’s had a long career studying the craft of creativity and learning how to deliver stand-out ideas under pressure.

He wrote his latest book, 'Ideas on a Deadline' for those of us, no matter our industry, who have to offer breakthrough ideas on demand. In this conversation Phil talks about how to stir inspiration in a finite window, remain open-minded as you age and why limitations are helpful in life.

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Dustin Nickerson is a comedian and author who performs over 300 hundred shows a year. His videos have been viewed over 50million times on YouTube alone, he’s appeared on Comedy Central, Fox and Netflix alongside Kevin Hart and recently made his late night TV debut with James Corden on 'The Late Late Show'.  
 
in his new book 'How to Be Married to Melissa', Dustin is an anti-advice guru, and in this conversation, debunks some of the generic marriage advice new couples get and opens up his own marriage for us learn from. 

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Actor Zachary Levi has gained fans on broadway, television and film, appearing in the hit NBC series 'Chuck', 'The Marevelous Mrs. Maisel' and as the lead character in DC’s 'Shazam!' amongst many other projects. In his debut book 'Radical Love: Learning to Accept Yourself and Others', Zac shares his history with crippling depression and anxiety, the childhood trauma it stemmed from and how hitting rock bottom has fueled his newfound mission to help people heal their inner worlds.

The subject matter of today’s podcast may be challenging for some, if you need mental health support Australian listeners can call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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