We Need To Talk with Toni Street

In this special episode of We Need To Talk, Toni is joined by Partners Life’s Andries van Graan, as he shares his deeply personal experience with his wife’s cancer diagnosis, and testifies on the importance of health and life insurance for families. It’s a heartfelt conversation about love, planning ahead, and protecting what matters most. 

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More and more kiwis are struggling to make ends meet at the moment, even people who are making good money are often only scraping by. Now more than ever budgeting your money is incredibly important but most people simply don't understand how to create a proper personal budget. 

Tammy Barton created MyBudget in the late 90s when she was just 22 as a way to help the squeezed middle sort out their finances. MyBudget takes away all the stress of creating your own budget by basically doing all the work for you, allocating money for bills, debts, and savings and setting the rest aside for you to do with as you please. 

In the episode Toni and Tammy chat about what led Tammy to start MyBudget, why budgeting is about more than just restricting yourself, and how making informed decisions about your money could completely change your life. 

Find MyBudget here - https://www.mybudget.co.nz/

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This week on We Need To Talk we're bringing back one of our favourite episodes from the past few years.

Emma Lewisham is name now known across the world, with their products being sold by stores like Net-A-Porter and Onda Beauty. But the brand started simply, with Emma noticing there weren't any all-natural, sustainable skincare products on the market.

On this episode, Toni talks with Emma Lewisham, the founder of the all-natural skincare company of the same name about the importance of understanding what you're really putting on your skin.

They also discuss balancing founding a business and being a mother, how going against the grain can make your business stand out, and being approached by big names such as Naomi Watts and Gwyneth Patrow to sell her products.

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You probably recognise Allyson Gofton best from the iconic Food in a Minute, a one minute long cooking show-advertisment hybrid that she hosted for 13 years. After leaving Food in a Minute, Allyson has continued to write cookbooks, including her latest, Give which is all focused around creating delicious food to give as a gift. 

However, you probably don't know the struggle Allyson and her family went through for years after her son Jean-Luc suffered a severe concussion during a high school hockey game. Allyson believes that concussions have become so commonplace and normalised that most people don't fully understand how dangerous they actually are. 

In the epsiode, Allyson tells Toni Street the heart-wrenching story of what Jean-Luc went through and the years long recovery it entailed, the incredible toll it had on their whole family, and why she believes there should be more education around concussions. Plus she shares the inspirational story that inspired her to write Give, and how buying the book can help support breast cancer research in New Zealand. 

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WARNING: This episode contains brief mentions of drug addiction. 

Aaron Fleming hasn’t had the easiest run in life, when he was 16 he suffered multiple collapsed lungs which lead to multiple major surgeries and years of recovery. This lead to a period of depression, and addiction to pain medication. After this his surgeon said he’d never be able to physically exert himself again. To prove his surgeon wrong, Aaron decided he was going to compete in an Ironman, an incredibly difficult, full-day triathlon.

Cut to now, Aaron has completed more than 20 Ironmans across two decades and is heading to Hawai'i to compete in the world championship. Aaron credits connecting with nature as a huge part of his recovery, and is now on a mission to educate people on the healing abilities of nature. 

Whether it's simply spending time in your garden or taking a walk along the beach, or heading out for big, multi-day treks in Aotearoa's most remote locations, the power of connecting with nature cannot be overstated. But even more importantly, giving nature a helping hand can have unexpected benefits to you own wellbeing. 

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Talking about money and finances can be incredibly difficult, and often boring, especially for women. It's hard to get the conversation started even among friends, which can lead you to feeling lost and hopeless. 

That's where Victoria Harris comes in. Victoria co-founded the financial education platform The Curve, with the goal of using her experience from working in the finance world to educate women on finding their path to financial freedom. 

In the episode Toni and Victoria chat about how The Curve came to be, why it's so important for women to gain a better understanding of their finances, and why the so called 'motherhood penalty' can so easily put women behind their male peers. Plus the new fund The Curve is launching specifically designed to help women start climbing the financial ladder. 

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What is it that high performing CEOs, sports stars, and leaders all have in common? James Laughlin knows.

James is a leadership speaker, executive coach, and author of the best selling book 'Habits of High Performers' and believes anyone can become a high performer with the right attitude and belief system. 

In the episode, James tells Toni about the habits that the most successful people in society all share, how anyone can become a high performer no matter their background, and why he believes success all comes down to the 'top two inches'.

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This week we're doing something a little different on We Need To Talk, Toni's sitting down on her own to give you some of her most helpful tips and tricks to becoming a more confident communicator.

Nowadays nearly everyone has to do some form of public speaking, whether you're presenting to collegues at work, coaching your kids' sports team, or selling yourself to potential employers, it's something you've got to do in your day to day life. 

From simple things such as asking yourself 'if not me then who?' to realities such as 'confidence comes from experience', this episode is full of practical advice for anyone who wants to be a more skilled and confident communicator. 

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 We know that breathing well calms us down, but did you know that proper breathing is also critical to the way we function as humans? You might have something called breathing pattern disorder, and you might not even know it.

In this episode of We Need To Talk, respiratory physiotherapist Abby Stewart explains exactly what breathing pattern disorder is, what we can do about it, and tell us a bit about her own journey that led to this kind of work. 

You can follow her on Instagram @the_breathingphysio

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WARNING: This episode contains mentions of eating disorders. A list of resources is available at the bottom of the description if you or someone you know needs help.

The relationship between women and food can be incredibly complicated, and in many cases harmful. With weight loss and dieting engrained in girls from a young age, maintaining a positive mindset around food can be nearly impossible. 

That's why Nicole Gaviria created Binge Free Bestie and is on a mission to help women improve their relationship with food, using her own experience with binge eating coupled with a master's degree in counselling.

In the episode, Toni and Nicole chat about how Nicole recognised her own binge eating habits and the work she's done to have a more positive mindset around food, her mission to help other women, and the amazing opportunity she had to meet Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett.

Where to get help:
• Lifeline: Call 0800 543 354 or text 4357 (HELP) (available 24/7)
• Suicide Crisis Helpline: Call 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO) (available 24/7)
• Youth services: (06) 3555 906
• Youthline: Call 0800 376 633 or text 234
• What’s Up: Call 0800 942 8787 (11am to 11pm) or webchat (11am to 10.30pm)
• Depression helpline: Call 0800 111 757 or text 4202 (available 24/7)
• Helpline: Need to talk? Call or text 1737
If it is an emergency and you feel like you or someone else is at risk, call 111

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