Let's Talk

Join us in the latest Let's Talk episode as we sit down with Brett Connellan, a captivating storyteller and survivor of a shark attack. Nothing is more powerful than a second chance at life. Transforming the darkest day into the brightest requires extraordinary resilience. In Brett Connellan's narrative, that fateful day marked the harrowing encounter when a Great White Shark turned every surfer's...

Join us for an exciting episode of 'Let's Talk' as Mike welcomes change fatigue expert Ciara Lancaster. Ciara, a former Change Manager at Deloitte Australia and author of 'Reimagine Change,' shares insights on navigating change, resilience, and accountability. Ciara is a former Change Manager at Deloitte Australia and has led teams of 500+ through change management, business transformation and dig...

In the latest instalment of Let's Talk, we are joined by Dan Monheit, one of the co-founders of Hardhat, which stands as Australia's premier agency centred around Behavioral Science. Dan has taken it upon himself to guide more business leaders, marketers, and brands in comprehending the motives behind human actions. His extensive knowledge in this field has led him to address this subject to numer...

Get ready for an exciting episode of Let's Talk as we welcome Dr Emma Fulu, a devoted feminist activist committed to championing women's and girls' rights worldwide. Emma's extraordinary ability to blend personal experiences with the latest data and evidence brings complex ideas to life and deeply resonates with audiences, making her a highly sought-after public speaker. She is one of the world's...

In the latest episode of Let's Talk, we are privileged to welcome Caleb Rixon, a remarkable stroke survivor and Chief Vision Officer for Genyus Network. Genyus Network is a commendable organization dedicated to preventing mental health diseases resulting from strokes, brain injuries, nervous system disorders, and life-changing traumas. They provide invaluable survivor-led support and leadership pr...

In our latest episode of Let's Talk, we have the honour of hosting Corey Tutt,  a proud Kamilaroi man, an Award-Winning Author and the Founder of DeadlyScience, a social enterprise that has been transforming the educational landscape in remote schools across Australia.  Corey takes us through his captivating journey, starting from his humble beginnings as an alpaca shearer to becoming a passionate...

Welcome back to Let's Talk by Saxton, the podcast where we hear from some of the world's most inspiring story tellers, thought leaders and change makers. We are thrilled to introduce our incredible new host, Mike Chuter, Co-Founder, COO & CMO of Thankful, a remarkable social enterprise, as well as CEO and Founder of SME for SME. Get ready for thought-provoking conversations and insightful discussi...

This episode we're joined by PROJECT ROCKIT co-founder & CEO Lucy Thomas. Lucy starts off with sharing her unusual and personal story of experiencing bullying and ties that into how she has worked young students all over Australia to combat bullying, with a view not just to stop bullying in schools, but in all other areas of our society too. Lucy also shares with us her appreciation for teachers a...

This episode we're joined by Antarctic Expedition Leader David Knoff. In 2019 David embarked to Antarctica, spending all of 2020 and 537 days away from the rest of civilisation - almost 200 days more than he was originally scheduled to. David shares with us his fascinating story of leading in isolation through the pandemic and some of the unique leadership challenges that he faced, as well as some...

This episode we're joined by Isaiah Dawe, the founder of Aboriginal non-for-profit mentoring organisation ID. Know Yourself. We chatted with Isaiah about the life changing experience he had going back to country, getting to know his family at the age of 22, and the sense of belonging and connectedness he found later in life after spending his childhood adrift in many foster homes. We also discusse...

This episode we're joined by co-founder and CEO of PROJECT ROCKIT, Rosie Thomas. Rosie shared with us the story of how she and her sister took the idea of combating bullying in schools and created PROJECT ROCKIT, an anti-bullying program with a new approach for young people, by young people. We also discussed the initial barriers Rosie faced in the early days, the current challenges young people a...

Joining us this ep is social entrepreneur & environmental corporate adviser Natalie Kyriacou. Natalie discussed with us a myriad of topics around her work in conservation, from her unexpected start as the developer of an educational conservation mobile app for kids to how she transitioned to advising some of Australia's biggest companies on environmental and social issues. Natalie also shared with...

This episode we're joined by transition specialist JoAnna Ferrari. This ep JoAnna shares insights into her gender transition and how those insights can be applied to all types of transitions. We chat about the loss of professional credibility that JoAnna experienced when she began her transition, about how fear and goals aren't positive or negative but actually both neutral, and how fear holds all...

Hunter Johnson is the founder of The Man Cave and Stuff - two purpose driven businesses that aim at tackling the biggest issues facing masculinity in the modern world. This ep Hunter opens the conversation with an incredible story you won't want to miss. He also fills us in on his experience of idolising the "typical aussie bloke" in high school and how that led him to found The Man Cave. Hunter a...

Joining us this ep is the gold medal winning martial artist and  courage creator, Nadine Champion. Nadine shares some great stories like how she took to martial arts at a young age, and how her famous mentor and sensei, Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez became such a critical figure in her life. This episode is packed with fantastic insights about courage and how to cultivate it. Nadine takes us through he...

Philipp Kristian is a global innovation and trust pioneer and author of two books, RESET and The Trust Economy. In this episode Philipp shares insights into how emerging technologies can be used to build Trust with people all over the world and unpacks how disruption usually comes from a build up of distrust in an industry. He also provides instructions for individuals can transform themselves to...

Julie Hirsch is the co-founder and COO of Eloments Natural Vitamin Tea, a world-first 100% natural vitamin tea. This episode Julie shares with us the story of how she and her co-founder found the inspiration to leap before looking into the Tea market as well as their mission to create a tea that was good for our bodies, and good for the world too. Julie also shares some wisdom around innovation an...

Curtis McGrath is a former combat engineer and champion paralympic canoeist. In this episode, Curtis shares with us the story of losing both his legs to an IED in 2012 while on tour in Afghanistan and the journey to turning that tragedy into triumph, going on to win a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Curtis also gives us insight into his preparations for the Tokyo games, how COVID has affec...

Meggie Palmer is a journalist and the founder of PepTalkHer, an app that helps it's users negotiate for better pay, with the aim of closing the gender pay gap. On this ep Meggie shares the stories and experiences that inspired her to start PepTalkHer and some of the current challenges posed in closing the gender pay gap. She also unpacked imposter syndrome and some strategies for overcoming it. Fo...

Meggie Palmer is a journalist and the founder of PepTalkHer, an app that helps it's users negotiate for better pay, with the aim of closing the gender pay gap. On this ep Meggie shares the stories and experiences that inspired her to start PepTalkHer and some of the current challenges posed in closing the gender pay gap. She also unpacked imposter syndrome and some strategies for overcoming it. Fo...

Troy McCann is an engineer and entrepreneur who founded Moonshot, a company that fosters the growth of space technology startups and strives to drive humanity towards a better future by integrating of space technology into our economy here on Earth. This ep Troy shares with us how he delivered a spontaneous elevator pitch to Buzz Aldrin, as well as the exciting developments on the horizon in the e...

Macinley Butson is an inventor and scientist who devotes herself to improving the world through STEM. Macinley was awarded Young Australian of the Year in 2018 for her work on inventing a radiation shield for the treatment of breast cancer. In this ep she shares how she managed to overcome her fear of public speaking as well as what she's working on now, on top of studying at uni, to enable less p...

Yemi Penn is an entrepreneur, mindset transformation expert and engineer who advocates for resilience, diversity and normalising conversations around trauma. In this ep Yemi shares how she made her documentary 'Did I Choose my Trauma', as well as how her background as an engineer inspired her to engineer solutions to more personal problems in her work around mindset transformation.  Follow @lets_t...

This episode we're taking the chance to reflect on some of our favourite moments from our first ever season of Let's Talk - featuring guests like Layne Beachley, Matt Jones, Nasir Sobhani, Cosentino, and Dr Catherine Ball, sharing their insights on everything from resilience and trust to the power of service and life after COVID-19.    Follow @lets_talk_pod to find all our episodes from Season 1 a...

Please be aware that this episode discusses suicidal ideation which may be distressing for some people. If this topic brings up any concerns or distress for you please skip this episode and join us again next week. If you'd like to seek support or advice, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 Yasmin London is an expert in Cyber Safety and Digital Wellbeing, a former member of the New South Wales Police For...