Double Ds: The Discovery Diaries

Ian McTavish grew up as a person of colour during South Africa’s Apartheid system, until his family moved to Australia when he was 13 years old. The violence he grew up around in South Africa became a way of dealing with difficulties and Ian ended up serving prison time for a violent crime. Ian outlines how instead of wallowing in his self-inflicted misery, he used prison as a training ground to l...

Founder of Untitled & Co, Rebecca Beardsley shares her experiences of working for decades in business development in law firms and the skills and strategies she employed in a male dominated environment to progress her career. At aged 38, Rebecca experienced burnout due to a combination of professional and personal factors. The inner work she undertook to recover led her to eventually build the...

Steve Cox shares stories from his life, starting from growing up in a large family in a small town in regional Western Australia, with a white father and Noongar mother. Steve's stories cover his search for belonging, impacts of the stolen generation of Aboriginal children, systemic and individual racism, facing personal battles and sliding door moments throughout his life experiences.     

We share our guests' life stories of courage and resilience. We are Donna and Di.