To Be Human

Hello beautiful people  Check out the To Be Human Book List | https://amzn.to/3KCdRaX  On today’s podcast we have the beautiful Emma Jane. Emma is an academic based at the University of New South Wales in Sydney whose research interests are quite eclectic ranging from sex and gender, to technology facilitated violence. Her research has been presented to the Australian Human Rights Commission and W...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the passionate John Gray. John is a speaker, teacher and coach on love and relationships for the last 40 years, and is the author of the famous book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus and his new book Beyond Mars & Venus: Relationship Skills For Our Complex Modern World. What I personally love about this conversation is being able to conne...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the wonderful Mark Avery. Mark lost a good friend, Frank, to cancer in late 2014. This event sparked mental health challenges for Mark which he internalised thinking he had to be ‘strong’ and began drinking away what he felt was weakness. Fortunately, Mark eventually decided to speak with a doctor which fuelled a transition into ultramarathon runni...

Hello beautiful people On today’s To Be Human podcast we have the lovely Rory Warnock. Rory is a Performance and Wellness Coach specialising in breathwork to improve mental and physical health, and an ultramarathon runner. What I personally love about this conversation is Rory’s absolute zest for life. He is so deeply passionate about breathwork and it is in this conversation we discuss the best s...

Hello beautiful people  On today’s podcast we have the wonderful Tony Bernard. Tony is the author of the new book, ‘The Ghost Tattoo’, a story about his father Henry, a holocaust survivor, and the journey of understanding the desperate choices his father had to make during this horrifying time in history. What I personally love about this conversation is the point of difference that this story bri...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the infectious creative, Matt Jardine. Matt is a martial arts teacher, podcaster and an award winning author of the books, ‘The Hardest Path: A Journey Outside To Answer The Questions Within’ and ‘How to Be A Buddhist Millionaire: 9 Practical Steps To Being Happy In A Materialist World’.  What I personally love about this conversation is Matt’s way...

Hello beautiful people  On today’s podcast we have the wonderful Shane McCurry. Shane is a highly sort after consultant in the areas of culture, leadership and performance. What I personally love about this conversation is Shane’s genine character and authenticity. We discuss the importance of human connection and relationship-based coaching, we speak about identity and how what you do is not who...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the lovely Mark Wolynn. Mark is a world leader in the field of Inherited Family Trauma and director of The Family Constellation Institute. He is a highly sought-after lecturer, an educational and training provider in which he has just released his new training on Inherited Family Trauma (I will leave a link below), and bestselling author of the boo...

Hello beautiful people  On today’s podcast we have the beautiful Ginny Burton. Ginny was introduced to drugs by her mother at just 7 years old which began a path of destructive addiction into adulthood, 17 felony convictions and multiple prison stints. Upon her final arrest she decided that it was time to take control of her life; that this arrest is indeed the opportunity to be rescued. Now, she...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the authentic leader, Heston Russell. Heston is a retired special forces veteran, founder of the charity Veteran Support Force and Leader of the Australian Values Party.  What I personally love about this conversation is Heston’s absolute power that he exudes through his mission in breaking the stigma surrounding mental health and vulnerability, an...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the explorative Laura Waters. Laura is a freelance travel writer, speaker, presenter and author of the book, ‘Bewildered’ which beautifully covers her transformational 3,000km walk along the entire length of New Zealand. What I personally love about this conversation is Laura’s expression of how close she was to never truly knowing who she really i...

Hello beautiful people  On today’s podcast we have the powerful and vulnerable Anton Nootenboom. Anton is from the Netherlands where he spent 10 years serving in the Dutch Army, including three missions to Afghanistan, and more recently moved to Australia where he spent 5 years working in construction; these being highly masculine environments where he witnessed first hand men’s mental health chal...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the incredible Dean Stott. Dean was a former soldier in the British Special Forces until a parachuting accident which abruptly ended his career in the military. Not one to hold himself back, he reinvented himself as an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and record-breaking adventurer. He worked in private security for 5 years, most notably in 2014...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the lovely Kerry Preston. Kerry is the founder of Growtality; an Executive & Business Coaching Company that focuses on leadership development and team performance. She is a thought leader in this industry and is the author of the book, ‘Enhancing Your Executive Edge’. She is a passionate endurance athlete having run 13 marathons, two half Ironm...

Hello beautiful people  On today’s podcast we have the incredible Hugo Toovey. Hugo is a young Australian Captain in the Australian Army. In 2013 Hugo was diagnosed with testicular cancer; a 5 year journey to being given the all clear. Within two months of what Hugo would define as freedom, he was then diagnosed with an entirely separate and more aggressive form of cancer; bowel cancer. These life...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the powerful Leah Goldstein. Leah was a world champion kickboxer at the age of 17, and in her early 20s became both a special forces officer and undercover police officer; always being at the top of her game in whatever she immersed herself into. At the age of 30 Leah moved into the area of professional cycling and at the age of 52, this year, Leah...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the beautiful Oceane. Oceane has completed a psychology degree with honours and is currently a midwife. Oceane is an author, co-writing a memoir, published in September of this year, with her mother Cecile, ‘The Silence Between Us: A Mother and Daughter’s Conversation Through Suicide and into Life’. I will preface this with saying that this podcast...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the beautiful Dan Price. Dan is a passionate change maker, storyteller and educator in the mental health, suicide prevention and wellness space. He is a proud Ambassador for Movember and R U OK? Day. Fundraising for Movember and spreading awareness, Dan ran his first ultramarathon of 60km in 2019, 126.6km in 2020 and in 2021 created the Project 205...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the amazing Dean Karnazes. Dean was named as one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Dean has run 50 marathons, in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days, he’s run across Death Valley in the middle of summer, won the world’s toughest footrace, the Badwater Ultramarathon, won the 4 deserts challenge and he has even run a...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the adventurous Heather Ellis. Heather is a communications specialist with a degree in journalism, and is the author of two books: ‘Ubuntu’ which details her motorcycle journey from south to north Africa and ‘Timeless On The Silk Road’ which details her motorcycle journey along the fabled Silk Roads of antiquity.  What I personally love about this...

Hello beautiful people  On today’s podcast we have the beautiful Claire Dunn. Claire was a former environmental campaigner for The Wilderness Society. With growing interest in the psychology of the human-nature connection, Claire immersed herself in deep ecology, wilderness survival and nature awareness skills, rewilding, Jungian psychology, yoga, somatic psychotherapy and nature soul encounter pr...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the inspiring Stephen Redfern. Stephen started ultramarathon running at the age of 42. What drew Stephen to ultramarathon running was the discovery of the unknown; to discover who he is and what he is able to achieve. And achieve is certainly what Stephen has done. Some of his most notable achievements have been the Hong Kong Four Trails, which is...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the absolutely exceptional Paul Watkins. Paul is a pharmacist, business owner, a stay at home dad and self-proclaimed nerd. He is a keynote speaker, author of the book, ‘Lost and Found: Why We Need Adventure’ and winner of the 2019 6633 Arctic Ultra; referred to as ‘the toughest, coldest, windiest footrace on the planet’; a self-sufficient race ove...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the powerful Miriam Lancewood. Miriam was born in the Netherlands. After completing her university degree, she worked for a year in Zimbabwe and then travelled to India where she met now husband Peter; a former university lecturer from New Zealand. Together they hiked over mountain ranges in the Himalaya, journeyed for years through South East Asia...

Hello beautiful people On today’s podcast we have the determined Mark Inglis. In 1982, at the age of just 23, Mark became trapped in an ice cave for 14 days with a fellow mountaineer by a sub-zero blizzard on the summit of New Zealand’s highest peak. Both starving and freezing, Mark lost 30kg and slowly watched as his feet were overcome by frostbite. This frostbite, upon being rescued, led to Mark...