Flipping the Script with Jem

A real-time check in 🤍 No script. No polish. Just where I’m actually at right now with flipping my own scripts. A few things have been stirring lately and instead of waiting until I’ve figured them out, I thought I’d hit record. In this one I dive into: – moving through health flares – the balance of connection and space – winter/ hibernation feels – woah-ing back on the real-time romantic status...

Some conversations don’t tie themselves up neatly. They crack things open. They challenge perspectives. They bring discomfort, honesty, reflection and vulnerability to the surface all at once. In this episode, Bree and I explore relationships, emotional triggers, communication, self-awareness and the complexity of being human. A conversation about connection, growth, accountability and learning ho...

This episode on Flipping the Script, I sit down with HempStarChrist — cannabis activist, ALCP member, and someone deeply passionate about education, harm reduction, and human rights. We explore his journey with cannabis, what he personally uses it for, and the wider conversations society still struggles to have openly. From medicinal vs recreational use… to morality vs legality… to why some altere...

A real-time check in 🤍 No script. No polish. Just where I’m actually at right now with flipping my own scripts. A few things have been stirring lately and instead of waiting until I’ve figured them out, I thought I’d hit record. In this one I dive into: – exploring jealousy, insecurity, and relationship dynamics – self-acceptance around my use and long-time relationship cannabis Consider this you...

Shona’s life changed forever at 34 when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. What followed was years of chemotherapy, radiation, surgeries, IVF, fertility preservation, grief, depression, healing, and ultimately learning how to rebuild a life that looked completely different from the one she had imagined. In this deeply vulnerable episode, Shona shares her experience navigating cancer treatment...

In this episode, I sit down with Temuri — a filmmaker whose journey has taken him from the Soviet Union to the corporate world… and then completely off-script into creativity, addiction, recovery, and rebuilding a life on his own terms.  We talk about what it really looks like to follow a calling — especially when it pulls you away from everything that feels “safe” or expected. The highs, the lows...

In this episode of Flipping the Script , I sit down with Jessie — the founder of Manawa Ecstatic Dance — to talk about movement, expression, and what it really means to get out of your head and back into your body. We dive into what ecstatic dance actually is (beyond the stereotypes), and how spaces like this are creating something many of us are craving right now — real connection, community, and...

A real-time check in 🤍 No script. No polish. Just where I’m actually at right now with flipping my own scripts. In this episode I talk about:  – noticing and shifting my patterns in love (hello limerence)  – a funny festival moment  – what it feels like to hit what would have been my wedding anniversary  – the season we're heading into — slowing down, shedding, recalibrating  – and a new wom...

Before the stage, the tours, and the recognition… there was a girl writing songs at 9 years old, already feeling deeply and seeing the world differently. In this episode, I sit down with Tali — one of New Zealand’s most iconic voices in electronic music — for a real, honest conversation about what it actually takes to build a life outside the norm. We get into:  Growing up with music and finding h...

In this episode of Flipping the Script, I sit down with my friend Nadia for a deep and honest conversation about identity, truth, spiritual awakening, and what it means to radically change direction in life. Nadia shares her journey from corporate life, long-term relationship expectations, and external “success” into a much deeper process of questioning everything — from who she was, to what she b...

Before we get into the next guest episode, I wanted to share something a bit more real-time. This is a voice note-style download — what’s been coming up for me, what I’m noticing, and what I’m navigating right now. Unfiltered, a little messy, and honest. A check-in from inside the process. My chat with my friend Nadia drops next 🤍

In this episode of Flipping the Script , Jem sits down with Porou from East Coast Cannabis Company to talk about his journey from the illicit cannabis world into the legal medicinal industry. They explore stigma, cannabis culture in Aotearoa, the impact of prohibition on communities, and why education and honest conversations are essential if New Zealand is going to move forward. Porou shares his...

Welcome to Flipping the Script with Jem . In this first episode, I’m sharing why this podcast exists and the moment I realised the life I was building — the one that looked “successful” on paper — didn’t actually feel right in my body. I talk about the quiet questioning that so many of us experience…  the low-level anxiety, the burnout, the identity shifts that can come with motherhood, relationsh...