Unicorns and Hand Grenades

Join us in this Episode as we chat all thing’s courage.  Showing up on the daily prepared to live your life with an open heart and an open mind takes courage.  

And we’re not talking Marvel Super-Hero, beat the baddies, kind of courage here.  We’re talking the kind of courage that quietly and resolutely seeps up from the corners of your soul and the marrow of your bones.  

The kind you don’t think you have, until you have to.  The kind that takes vulnerability, grace and guts. 

And it’s not reserved for life’s hand grenade moments either! You need a good dose of courage to chase life’s Unicorns as well.  Because the stuff worth fighting for in life, the truly beautiful stuff, doesn’t come from playing it safe. You have to be prepared to risk…rejection, failure, loss of face and discomfort. 

But the good news is, just like the Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz, you’ve got it in you! Sometimes it just takes a deep breath and a decision to choose courage over comfort.  Then yehaa, hold onto your Unicorn and you're off!

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This week we’re joined by Jordan Mauger.  Jordan works in the Domestic & International Film Industry and has experienced his fair share of hand grenade moments.  Some deeply personal and some very public. In this conversation Jordan shares with us what that journey was like for him, and the deep personal growth he experienced out the back of it. 

We talk about the impact of growing up in a world were so many men have been told “Boys don’t Cry”!! How to put your hand up and ask for help when you need it.  The importance of growing resilience and  gaining tools when your world blows up around you.  Then using that experience to help others.  

Keeping the peeps that love and care about you close.  Ignoring the naysayers & believing in yourself.  How to deal with people projecting their own perception of who you are onto you.  The “reality” of “reality TV”! Bringing Hollywood to Canterbury and so much more.  Oh yeah, we might have even touched on dating tips, but you’ll have to listen to the end for those! 

See you in the Podcast - Jax & Kim xx

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Nothings off limits in this no BS, gritty, deep & fun episode with Jimi Hunt, Author, Speaker. and Mental Health Change Maker. In this convo we talk about Mental Fitness and the need to re-brand the term Mental Health. Jimi introduces us to his Mental Fitness Continuum and shares with us how we can move ourselves up the continuum to contentment. 

There’s so much goodness for the taking in this one; Men & Mental Fitness, Depression & #METOO Bro, contentment over happiness, soothing vs solving, ego & expectations, repetition vs perfection, the power of the 1% incremental change, taking radical ownership of your healing journey, changing culture through story, commuting from Mexico to NZ for work, brutal self-honesty, even Yoga pants, retreats & instagram shots.

With 3 documentaries, 3 books, his speaking tours, a 445 km (271 mile) river adventure on a $7 Lilo, his own mental fitness journey & as builder of the world’s biggest water slide Jimi has so much wisdom under his belt that he generously shares with heart in this conversation. There’s something in it for everyone. Enjoy!

You can check him and his new book; Inside Out – A Guide to being a Better Human, here: www.jimihunt.com  

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Welcome to the first of our Espresso Eps.  Like your morning coffee these short, sharp episodes are aimed at delivering a quick shot of listening goodness in-between our longer form convos & guest episodes. Rolling with gratitude can be easier said than done sometimes, especially when we're caught up in the busyness of life, or in the middle of a thought storm.  It can feel like yet another thing to tick off our never-ending to do list. 

In this episode we talk about switching from a loss frame to a gain frame (the positive psychology of gratitude), the magic of presence and nature, celebrating the small wins, gratitude & meaning as the 6th stage in the grieving process and so much more.   

Having gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping up a Christmas present and not giving it! So have a listen to this Episode, then embrace your inner awkward and txt, call or message someone who might not even know they make your day, work or life a little better just by being in it. 

Come visit us at www.unicornsandhandgrenades.com, or join the convo on Insta and facebook: 
@unicornsandhandgrenades.life 

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This episode with Cassie is full of the unexpected, the soulful and the funny.  It’s for anyone who wants to be reminded of the importance of staying true to who you are, embracing life & putting your passion out into the world, even when it scares the hell out of you. 

Sitting in black out darkness, surrounded by strangers & being filmed by military grade infrared Cameras for TEDx’s in the Dark Series.  That’s the moment Cassie Roma sunk into bravery,  closed her eyes and shared her story.  A powerful story of coming home, unshackling from the expectations of others and stepping up to the plate in life, bat in hand, ready to swing for the god damn fences. 

Cassie’s a Storyteller, International Speaker,  Writer/Author, Photographer & Media Strategist.  Mother, Wife and one of those epic Humans who makes the world a little better by showing us what it looks to have the bravery to show up in life fully human & fully ourselves! 

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What if we weren’t afraid of our human experience? What if we knew we were 100% whole, resilient and had everything we needed to move through life with peace & clarity? How would that change the way we embraced life in all its fullness, the brutal and the magnificent? There’s an amazing difference in allowing ourselves to be lived vs trying to force our lives to fit a made up agenda.  Join us as we explore this & so much more in a conversation centered around the nature of our human experience with Dr Amy Johnson.  Amy is a psychologist, best-selling author & speaker whose been featured on Oprah.com, The Steve Harvey, CBS, The Wall Street Journal and more.  Hit play and join us in a game of “what ifs”!

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The thing that makes us feel like we don’t fit in, what if that’s the thing that makes us shine, our Superpower?! In this week’s episode we’re joined by fellow podcaster & Reality Hub Co-Host, Rob Ipsen.  We dive deep into a discussion about the power of truly knowing ourselves, defining our Super-Powers, and the nature of our Reality.   Spoiler alert; the only person who can complete you? Yup it’s YOU! When we know ourselves we are empowered, and when we can accept ourselves from that foundation we are freaking invincible, and that’s when the rubber really hits the road!

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In this episode we explore what the journey to self worth looked like for us. A near death car-accident, owning your sh#t, boundaries without guilt, brutal self-honesty, speed-bumps, courage, shattering, insights gained along the way & more! 

The business of self-love’s a messy one, it calls for us to roll up our sleeves & do the work. To navigate all the corners of our soul with bravery & to meet ourselves wherever we’re at with compassion. It’s a life-long commitment to the only life-long relationship we’ll ever have.  The one with ourselves!  

What will it take for you to know your worth, to love ALL of you? From the shame & the shine, to the dark & the light & all the spaces in-between.  Because you’re worth the work!

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When we deny our stories they define us, when we own our stories, we get to write a brave new ending - Brené Brown. Join us as we discuss hope, heart and "finding the funny". Three of our secret weapons when it came to putting one foot in front of the other and re-writing our endings once the hand grenades blew and the dust settled.  




 

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What happens when your Unicorn bolts and you're brought to your knees by some of life's hand grenade moments? Join Episode 1 to find out what happened for us.  Spoiler alert, it does involve getting back up and dusting yourself the hell off so you can keep playing full on in this wild and precious game we call life.  

We'll also share the spark that lit the fire behind Unicorns and Hand Grenades. Saddle up your Unicorn people and get ready for the ride, we're rapt you're joining us!


 

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