Work and Wellness

What if the best way to prepare for the future isn’t trying to predict it? In this episode, I sit down with Steph Clark, futurist, facilitator and founder of 28 Thursdays, to talk about how we can think harder about what’s next, at work and in life. Steph started out as an accountant, moved into learning and development, and now helps leaders and teams use strategic foresight to think differently...

We talk a lot about what we eat, how we move and how we sleep. We talk far less about what we consume digitally. In this episode I sit down with Jocelyn Brewer, Sydney-based psychologist and founder of Digital Nutrition, to explore what our digital diet is really doing to our brains. I had just come back from hiking the Camino with almost no access to technology, so this conversation was very much...

We have more information, more advice and more technology available to us than ever before. But are we losing the ability to trust our own judgment? In this episode, I share something deeply personal — how grief quietly disconnected me from my own intuition for over a year without me even realising it. It wasn’t until I spent hundreds of thousands of steps walking the Via Francigena in Italy with...

I just walked over 600,000 steps across Italy and one of the most powerful things I chose to do along the way was to go offline. In this episode, I share what that space brought up because within minutes of coming back online after one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life, I immediately felt behind. Nothing had changed. I had just checked social media. This episode is about what being...

Your team is watching you. Every micro decision you make, every emotion you walk in with, every conversation you avoid — they notice all of it. In this episode, I sit down with Anton Guinea, leadership coach and host of the Find Your Influence podcast, to explore how leaders influence their teams in ways that go far beyond what they say in meetings. We get into emotional contagion, the difference...

In this episode I sit down with May Samali, founder of Human Leadership Lab and Fellow of the Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School, to explore the human capabilities that no algorithm will ever replicate. Because the skills that got us promoted, perfectionism, having all the answers, pushing through, are often the very same skills that now hold us back as leaders. We get into what it re...

What does it actually cost to be ambitious and is it worth it? In this episode, I sit down with Kelly Barrett, founder of Underwear for Humanity, to talk about one of the most honest conversations I've had on this show. Kelly grew up in commission housing, moving every six months, hiding from real estate agents. That instability built a tenacity that would take her to the London College of Fas...

What if happiness isn't something you find — it's something you build? In this episode, I sit down with Declan Edwards, happiness researcher, TEDx speaker, author of How to Be Happy and founder of BU Happiness College, to completely reframe how we think about happiness. Because most of us are chasing it the wrong way, waiting for the right achievement, the right milestone, the right moment...

When did you last let your brain be bored? In this episode, I get into something that I think is one of the most underrated reasons why so many of us feel mentally exhausted — and it has nothing to do with how hard we're working. It's how constantly connected we are. We have eliminated boredom from our lives almost entirely. We scroll while we wait, listen while we walk, check emails while...

What if getting more done isn’t about finding more hours in the day? In this episode, I sit down with Dr Amantha Imber — organisational psychologist, bestselling author and founder of Inventium — to talk about her latest book, The Energy Game , and why managing our energy could be far more important than managing our time. Amantha burnt out in 2024 despite being one of Australia’s leading experts...

We all have them. The colleague who drives you absolutely crazy. The leader who says something that leaves you speechless. The person you genuinely cannot figure out. In this episode, I get into one of the most requested topics I've had — how to work with difficult people without losing your mind or your professionalism. Because not everyone who feels difficult actually is difficult. Sometimes...

Nobody teaches you how to be a great leader. You just get promoted and figure it out. In this episode, I open up the Instagram question box and answer your leadership questions completely off the cuff, no textbooks, no frameworks, just the real lessons from my own experience leading teams through COVID, the Northern Rivers floods, and everything in between. We cover the questions people are actual...

This one is personal. It has just ticked over a year since my dad, Phil — big Phil — suddenly passed away. And over that time, through my own experience and in talking to so many people who have been through grief and loss, I've come to realise that there are some things nobody really talks about openly enough. In this episode, I share my unfiltered thoughts from the last year — the things tha...

What if everything you've been taught about resilience is actually making you less of it? In this episode I sit down with Jay Abbasi — global keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, former Tesla leader and host of the Unstuck podcast — to completely reframe how we think about pressure, resilience and what it actually means to thrive. Because the version of resilience most of us have been sold about kee...

What if the most important investment you could make in your health, your performance and your wellbeing isn't a supplement, a morning routine or a productivity system, it's your relationships? In this episode I sit down with Megan Gourlay, founder of Love With Me, a boutique matchmaking service built on the belief that meaningful relationships have the power to change lives. Megan spent 2...

You asked. I answered. No prep, no filter. In this episode, I opened up my Instagram question box and answered everything that came in completely off the cuff. Personal questions, career questions, business questions and everything in between. You'll get an honest look at self-doubt, why I closed Grip Pilates, what I've changed my mind about, the biggest misconception people have about me,...

We talk a lot about working parents. We talk far less about the people who have chosen not to be one. In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend Candice Harvey — speaker, workshop facilitator, former HR leader, author and founder — to have a conversation that is long overdue. What is it actually like to be child-free by choice in the workplace, in friendships and in life? And what are the hid...

What if everything you've been told about manifestation is wrong? In this episode I sit down with Georgie Stevenson — co-founder of Naked Harvest, founder of Rise and Conquer, and one of Australia's most followed entrepreneurs — to talk about the concept that sits at the heart of everything she has built. That you don't manifest what you want. You manifest who you are. Georgie unpacks...

Have you ever felt stuck but couldn't quite explain why — or felt like you were doing all the right things but still felt deeply unsatisfied? In this episode, I sit down with Dr Emily Musgrove, clinical psychologist, author and resident psychologist on The Imperfects podcast, to explore the psychology behind why we feel stuck, what we're really searching for beneath the surface, and what i...

As AI takes over more of what we do at work, the question isn't whether your job will change. It's whether you're developing the skills that machines simply can't replicate. In this episode, I sit down with Sonia Clarke, collaboration designer, facilitator and founder of Clever Manka, to explore what it really means to work well with other humans and why that skill has never matter...

What if burnout isn't the price of success — but actually a sign you're doing it wrong? In this episode I sit down with Alex Davids, founder of Next Evolution Performance and high performance coach to CEOs and executives across the globe, to challenge one of the most persistent myths in leadership culture. That working yourself into the ground is what it takes to get to the top. Alex bring...

What if the success you've been chasing is sitting on the wrong mountain entirely? In this episode I sit down with Cooper Chapman, former professional surfer, founder of The Good Human Factory and author of The One Percent Good Club, to talk about one of the most important questions we can ask ourselves — why do so many successful people still feel unhappy? Cooper spent years ranked in the top...

What if everything you were told about getting promoted was actually setting you up to struggle? In this episode, I'm sharing something a little different — no guest this week, just me and 10 things I wish someone had told me before I stepped into my first leadership role. I did a LinkedIn post on this recently and the response told me there was more to say. So this is me going deeper. Because...

What if staying exactly where you are is actually the biggest risk you're taking? In this episode, I sit down with Francesca Molina, founder and principal lawyer of Her Legal Edge, to talk about building a business on your own terms — even when the circumstances feel impossible. Francesca launched her legal practice as a single mum with a toddler still breastfeeding through the night, a three-...

What if the exhaustion you're wearing as a badge of honour is actually the thing holding you back? In this episode, I sit down with Shelley-Ann Pieterse, executive alignment coach, founder of Glimmer Coaching and former Managing Director at Accenture, to talk about one of the most important and least discussed distinctions in leadership — the difference between high performance and high functi...