Get Me Started

With 'Woo Woo' culture more prevalent than ever this episode of GMS considers the relationship between trends in spirituality, the power of social media and the philosophical motivations behind a belief in the supernatural. As trends point to a changing relationship between young people and religion what fills this role and how does science fit into it all? Make sure you follow GMS on in...

In part 6 of the Get Me Started - suddenly 30 mini series we consider the internal dialogues that influence our mindset, mental wellbeing and sense of self. How do we develop our decision making and improve our connection to our own history? Make sure you follow GMS on instagram @getmestarted where you can get involved in the show!! Any other questions, comments, or guest pitches can be sent via e...

In Part 5 of the Get Me Started - Suddenly 30 mini series focuses on our role within the family unit. Having considered our platonic and romantic relationships in Parts 2 and 4 what about the original social sphere? Are our responsibilities and connection to family different now than for generations go by or are we just reworking our position within them? Join Thea as she reflects on the decade pa...

In Part 4 of the Get Me Started - Suddenly 30 mini series we examine the place romantic relationships hold in our lives, but more specifically how we relate to one another in an age where marriage, coupling up and long term relationships are no longer the guarantee or norm. How do we navigate a different set of social rules alongside ingrained social norms?  Join Thea as she reflects on the decade...

In Part 2 of the Get Me Started - Suddenly 30 mini series we discuss the pressures and expectations attached to the work and career sphere of life. How has our societal attitude to work changed through our lifetime and what does this mean for our choices around what we do to earn money? Join Thea as she reflects on the decade past and the decade to come. Make sure you follow GMS on instagram @getm...

In Part 1 of the Get Me Started - Suddenly 30 mini series we delve into the role friendships play in our lives and how they evolve through your 20s into your 30s. Can we maintain the same level of friendship without the structure and proximity of our earlier decades? Join Thea as she reflects on the decade past and the decade to come. Make sure you follow GMS on instagram @getmestarted where you c...

Get Me Started is back and diving into a mini series on what it means to turn 30 in 2026. As the last cohort of millennials reach this decade milestone what societal pressures, beliefs and aspirations still hold true? Which have shifted? And which have been replaced? Join Thea as she reflects on the decade past and the decade to come. Make sure you follow GMS on instagram @getmestarted where you c...

In the third episode of our miniseries ‘Tough Talks’ Thea + Claire discuss the most underrated heartbreak: friendship breakups and breakdowns. Join us for a sad girl (not mad girl) episode, in which we discuss the lack of space given in society to grieve the loss of friendships. We talk about accountability, self-awareness, and when it might be time to let a friendship go. We ask ourselves some to...

In the second episode of our miniseries ‘Tough Talks’ Thea + Claire are tackling one of the most pertinent issues of our generation: existential dread. Join us as we get vulnerable about the tail spin period of life that is your late 20’s.  We examine the ‘quarter life crisis’ and the astrological concept of Saturn Return to highlight just how complicated your 20’s really is. How do we escape the...

Devni joins Thea to talk about the relationship between her feminist beliefs, personal experience as a WOC, and the overarching discourses of sex, gender, and race in society.   How does our relationship with sex and bodies change in different spaces? What is a lived experience of navigating the intersections of sex, gender, race, and culture? How can we better show up for ourselves and one anothe...

Daniel joins Thea to talk through his journey in space related education. Bringing passion for the new frontiers of space exploration, the interconnected reality of science in every day, and with a special story telling ability Daniel is a ray of positive energy and clear communication. How can we all find our connection to space? What does increasing space exploration mean for different industrie...

For a brand new season of Get Me Started join Thea to talk through Hustle Culture Rehab. For the first episode of Season 3 Thea goes totally solo to talk about her personal experience in recognising a hustle culture cycle, the burnout that followed, and the rehab that is currently ongoing to balance the goals of the past with the realities of the present. What is burnout? What is hustle culture? H...

Navigating the wonderful world of forums and fan clubs Dimi comes on the podcast to talk through his experiences balancing socialising, online spaces, and the growing trend of polarisation. Why has it become increasingly common that spaces once dedicated to hobbies and relaxation have become areas in which hostile debate has thrived? Where is the line between necessary critique and intruding on es...

This week Thea is joined by Luca to talk about "Comfort In Fear". How can we take hold of fear to discover what it is we truly want to do with our lives? What does being afraid of a new activity tell us and when should we push past that barrier? Luca talks us through his thinking about the way we engage with new activities, the fear to satisfaction equation and we even touch on the relat...

Adele joins us today to talk about Emotional Environmentalism. How can we care for the environment and how can the environment care for us? What role does our emotional attachment to the environment play in combating climate change? What small changes can busy people make to align their daily lives with their connection to nature? Adele brings soul and empathy to an often conflicted conversation a...

They might not be for everyone but for Thea Walton personality tests, particularly Myers Briggs, are a tool through which she seeks to strengthen her relationships and learn more about herself. In this weeks episode of Get Me Started we discuss the ins and outs of Myers Briggs, Thea opens up about recovery from a brain injury, and we talk about the impact of the five love languages on our friendsh...

2020 was a wild ride for everyone. Regardless of the impact of the pandemic we all know that it was not the year anyone expected and it made us grapple with ourselves, our plans and our dreams in very different ways. This episode draws focus on both the year that was and the year ahead in 2021. As a community we dive deep into what it means to create goals in the context of New Years resolutions,...

Being a young woman in business means Belle Jonsson has faced a whole suite of challenges others in her field haven't encountered. This week we unpack the age to experience ration, why we don't celebrate our work as much as our romantic endeavours, where is the line between bossy and assertive, and perhaps most importantly how to know your value and ask for what you want. Belle called in...

In this weeks episode I have an open and honest conversation with Sam G about how being mixed race in Australia as well as not truly being either first generation nor second generation Australian has shaped her life, mindset and sense of identity. We touch on the complexities of language, being white passing and the impact of race on sexual preferences. If you enjoy listening be sure to join the G...

A picture may be worth a thousand words but how much is a meme worth? How have meme's come to disrupt political discourse and what role do they play in discussions of social issues. This weeks episode of Get Me Started delves into all this and begins to unpack what a meme is and what memes have come to mean to so many of us who frequent social media. Make sure you follow GMS on instagram @get...

This weeks episode is in conversation with Katie Flinn. Katie is a talented jewellery maker and we talked about how finding your passion has to be an individual journey. Comparison, monetisation and self doubt are all hurdles in the way of each one of us being able to come to our visions with a clear mind and truly find our passions. Make sure you follow GMS on instagram @getmestarted where you ca...

What does being organised mean? How do we become organised but retain a sense of spontaneity in the everyday? In this weeks episode we dive into the benefits and pitfalls of being organised, what that looks like for you and how we can change our perception on organisation to ensure that we are making it work for us. This podcast is hosted by Thea S and mastered by DJ. Make sure you follow GMS on i...

This weeks episode features our first guest Daniel Datnow-Jamieson. He speaks all about dopamine, intentionalism and making the most of your day. His unique perspective on wellbeing taps into the difficulty of relying on motivation and he provides some advice on how we can each get started in hacking the matrix. If you enjoy this podcast please be sure to subscribe and join the Get Me Started Podc...

In this episode of Get Me Started we delve into the topic of idealism and identity. How well do you know yourself? And what does that mean to you? How does changing your behaviour impact your sense of self? These questions and more are considered in today’s episode with plenty of insights from the community to guide the conversation. Apologies in advance for some background noise in the middle of...

In a world that profits off people feeling negatively about themselves how can we take a step back and gain some perspective? In this episode of Get Me Started I take a look at the responses from the podcast community to delve deeper into where we think insecurity comes from, how we manage it in our day to day life and how we communicate about it with others. If you have enjoyed listening please s...