Explore Your Core

I am joined with Bert Boute, someone who has been travelling solo around the world by motorbike for the last 4 years. We talk about minimalism and how that changes your perspective, way of living and how it provides gratitude. We also talk about planning and making decisions on the road how to know what’s the right choice as well as the balance between searching for places to see, travelling intui...

In this episode I am joined by Erchana (Tip To Toe) who just completed a world record run, running a marathon a day for 150 days which stretched to over 6000km over 5 months. Erchana has shown us something we didn’t know was possible and we delve into her mindset of why she did her run, facing doubts, dreaming big and how she not only got herself to the starting line (which she believes is that ha...

In this episode I am joined by Ry the cofounder of Cool 2Be Conscious which is a powerful movement helping people live more consciously through breathwork. Ry shares his story where he realised what he was doing wasn’t making him happy and how he quit work, sold his van and moved to Australia following a feeling, rather than any logic which turned into the Cool 2Be Conscious movement it is today....

In this episode I am joined by Kat Gurc, someone I met at the Cool2BeConscious breathwork sessions where she opened up about a life altering accident in Thailand. Kat shares her story about the addicent and the change in perspective it gave her. We tak about the importance of human connection and how her injuries gave her a new sense of gratitude for the small things we often take for granted. Thi...

In this episode I am joined by Georgie Chambers who I met through the cold water club @the.coldwaterclub. We talk about how emotionally and physically isolating injury can be and how that sparked the begging of her eating disorder after an ACL injury. We talk about how easy things are to snowball and get out of hand and how slowing down through yoga showed just how busy her mind was. We talk about...

I am joined with Daygin Prescott, a sought after adventure photographer who I met during the snow season and was in awe of the moments he’s captured outdoors as well as his determined mindset. He’s now chasing the rocks and the adventure as a full time photographer. We talk about how important it is to be surrounded by inspiring people to show you what is possible but also how key it is to not get...

In this episode I am joined with Taylor Bradley, joining from over in Thailand. Taylor is an international yoga teacher who I met at a yoga retreat. We delved into topics around emotions and masculinity and talked about the importance of slowing down as it allows you to explore your internal world. Taylor shares his journey overcoming cancer and how it changed his perspective on life. This is a pu...

In this episode I am joined by Nikki Langman, international speaker, author and facilitator in emotional intelligence. We speak about how she paved her own path from being in the grips of addiction to a path filled with ambition, purpose and self-awareness. We talk about how easy it is to go off the right path because we buy in to peoples expectations and ideas and how easy it is to get lost in th...

In this episode I am joined with Bridie Rawson, founder of Tough Tits, outdoor enthusiast and rad chick. We talk how Tough Tits has created a community and helps females feel supported getting into outdoor sports. We talk about the importance of having the right people and influence around you and how important it is to stay on top of your mental health during a snow season. We chat about the part...

In this episode I am joined by Liv Robinson, artist athlete and mental health advocate She shares her journey through an eating disorder and how losing her identity allowed her to recreate it. Together, we talk about how its fundamental as humas to want to feel included, liked and accepted and how Liv turned her unhealthy ways of fulfilling those needs to more healthy ones. We also talk about the...

In this episode I speak with Kit Wilson- visual storyteller, film maker and adventurer joining from over in Vancouver. Kit has produced an incredible short film ‘Exposed’ that left me in goosebumps and we have an insightful conversation about creativity, curiosity and the mind. In particular, the importance and process of dreaming, the importance of balance between determination and patience as we...

In this episode I am joined by Suzi Jamil, entrepreneur and director of Think Inc which is a community that share ideas to help changes the way people see the world through touring thought leaders and intellects. We talk about how Think Inc came to be, how she overcame hurdles and how she picked herself up. We discuss ideas around introverts and extraverts, finding balance between socialising and...

In this episode I am joined by Sean Bell, runner, speaker and cofounder for First 42km program. I was lucky enough to join in on a small part of his Cairns to Melbourne run where he raised over 100k running over 60km per day for 60 days. Running started for him as a stress release but shortly turned into something much more, it’s became a passion and now gets to speak to schools about the importan...

In this episode I am joined by Himal Pillay, who is a speaker, facilitator and youtuber talking about mental health, lifestyle and personal development. Together we talk about following your passions, beliefs around money and the importance of habits. We talk about how hard it can be finding direction in life when you don’t know what your passions are, especially for those who are only young and h...

In this episode I am joined by Miroslav Petrovic, a TedX speaker, teacher and facilitator. He is also the founder of Enlivened Speaking Institute where he talks about the power of presence in presenting. We speak about his journey to finding his voice, following your gut feeling even when you see no direct path and talk about changing your perspective on fear. We talk about the importance have pra...

In this episode I am joined by Graham Moes- singer songwriter, producer and lead singer of the band Fat Picnic. We talk about creativity, dealing with the inner critic and the importance of having creativity in your life. We also talk the benefits of using meditation to increase creativity and the power of habits. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers o...

In this episode I am joined with David Bott, educational speaker, best-selling author and associate director of the positive psychology institution. We talk about the importance of placing wellbeing at the forefront of schools, the impacts that has had and some of the difficulties of trying to measure wellbeing. We talk about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for learning and the importance of fe...

In this episode I am joined by psychologist and yoga instructor Dr Kaitlin to talk about emotions. Dr Kaitlin’s journey began studying eastern philosophy where her lecturer then introduced her to yoga and through that found saw the benefits on the mind and started studying psychology. Together we talk about the evolutionary benefit of emotions and the harm in ‘positive vibes only’ culture. We talk...

In this episode I am joined by Elle Nguyen, an assistant researcher on sleep and mental health and suicide prevention. We talk about the impact sleep has on mental health as well as the ripple effect lack of sleep can have and ways to improve sleep hygiene. We also talk about lockdown and how difficult for those who were already struggling but also how those lockdowns allowed people to revaluate w...

In this episode I am joined by Amarah Radford from Made By Mars where we talk about self love. We look at the importance of stating boundaries for strengthening your sense of self, making sure the home inside your head is a good place to be and the benefits of being kind to yourself. We discuss habits and how turning self-love practices no matter how small into habits have an accumulative effect t...

In this episode I’m joined by cognitive neuroscientist, educator and author Dr Jared Horvath. We talk about the mind and brain, how they are different and the process of emergence. We discuss how stories influence how we perceive the world and how openness to new experiences and being present can change our stories which then changes how we perceive the world. We talk about how these changes occur...

I am joined with Psychologist Matthew Briglia where we discuss some of the challenges and rewards with being a psychologist as well as how compassion may be a better approach to helping people rather than empathy. We also talk about how capable the mind is to endure pain from both trauma and things like extreme sports. We touch on more mainstream psychology and it’s benefits and conclude no matter...

In this episode I am joined by psychology student and co-founder of the 5:30 Club, Vani. She talks about her acting career and how a sudden injury forced her to stop and reasses her life. This time created the space for her to get into reading, yoga and meditation. After going to India and doing workshops she felt a false sense of happiness that isn’t obtainable outside of that and realised you’ve...

In this episode I am joined with Monica the founder of The Health Classes You Missed. We speak about some of the challenges people are facing with mental, physical and sexual health that isn’t spoken about due to stigma, fear or judgement or is just missing in the education system. We talk about her own journey tackling some of these challenges both her own mental health and how she is closing gap...

To start off season 2 I speak about how Explore Your Core came to be and one of the most valuable lessons exploring my own core- finding balance. I talk about my experience, challenges and realisations trying to find balance with exercise, food, work and life as well as the importance of balance to avoid burnouts. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers o...