Heart Felt with Julie Margerison

Living side by side every hour of every day has a way of unearthing things I didn’t know were buried 🌿 In this solo episode I share honestly about the frustration that built in me as my husband Russell, a lifelong people pleaser, kept handing every decision to me. While helping me practise for my free Joy Collective workshop, he admitted he always puts himself last 💛 I talk about the ‘I messages...

 This is a solo episode, and I’m sharing it with slightly tired eyes after a rather sleepless night under tent 🏕️. About two months ago I decided it was time to sell the house and start living my desires. Now Russell and I are out in the Australian Outback, visiting places I have dreamed of for years: Longreach, Winton, Uluru, Kakadu, Litchfield and Coober Pedy 🌏✨ For a long time, my creature co...

I recorded this episode while travelling through the outback of Queensland 🌾, and it felt so aligned that my path finally crossed with Caroline Clarke's after so long trying to find her. Caroline is a former police officer, trauma educator, speaker and advocate, the founder of No More Silence Movement and Breaking the Good Girl Code, and the current Ms Australia Legacy International 2026 tit...

 I’m recording this episode from a campsite, cough and all 🏕️ After three weeks of a cold that refused to let go, I can finally feel the cloud beginning to lift, and I wanted to share where my heart has taken me. Back in May 2026, I gave myself a weekend alone in Maroochydore, imagining beach walks and a good book 🌊 Instead, a clairvoyant reading opened something deep within me. One simple questi...

In this episode I had the honour of sitting down with Justine Davis, a brand strategist and the creator of Magnetic Visibility School, and by the end I had tears in my eyes more than once 🥹 I loved hearing Justine's story unfold, from building a fashion brand overseas and tasting early success, to realising she wasn't happy in the journey and eventually burning out because she wasn&apos...

 In this solo episode I open up about what has been stirring in me as I prepare for the road ahead 🚐💛 With travel and downsizing on the horizon, and an apartment waiting for me on the other side, I have been sitting with all the little things that keep surfacing along the way. I have come to understand just how much joy I find in markets and retail therapy 🛍️, and I am having to ask myself what...

 I sat with Jo Drennan, a first-time author whose book found me at exactly the right moment 🕊️. Her work, 'Embracing the Invisible, The Hidden Cost of Staying Strong', grew from a question I couldn't stop turning over in my own heart - how much of who I am is actually who I learned to be. 🌿 I listened as Jo shared her three-year journey of writing, the fear that showed up as cold s...

In this solo episode, I open up about a decision that has been quietly building in me for a while - the decision to step out of autopilot and into a more conscious way of living 🌿. I share how packing up my home in Gympie, waiting on solicitors and sale details, and preparing to live out of a suitcase has stirred up so much in me - excitement, fear, grief, and a whole lot of honesty about how I&a...

In this episode, I sat down with Karen, a woman I only met a week ago, and I left our conversation completely full 💛 I loved hearing how she found her way onto the comedy stage almost by accident, through a writing class she thought would stay quiet and small, and how that fear turned into something she now stands inside of, fully seen, good nights and wobbly nights alike 🎭 I felt so moved as sh...

In this solo episode, I opened my heart about all the shifting happening in my life right now - physically, emotionally and spiritually 🌊 I shared my truth about selling my house with Russell and finally choosing to move to the Sunshine Coast, a dream I've been carrying for six years, and I let myself admit how shaky that decision has made me feel underneath all the excitement 🏡 I confessed...

I sat down with my husband Russell to talk about the retreat that changed him 🙏 I remember the moment I felt he needed cracking open, and I gently pointed him toward a six week men's mindfulness, yoga and breathwork course. From there, it led him all the way to a retreat in Bali, and I got to witness the shift in him with my own eyes 💛 I loved hearing about his breathwork discoveries, the q...

In this solo episode I open up about something I've been circling back to for years, clutter clearing 🏡 With Russell and I preparing for over two months on the road camping up the middle of Australia, I find myself deep in a big clear out, working through my shed, my tea towel drawer, boxes of old photo frames, and all the little things I've held onto without really asking why. I talk h...

In this episode I sat down with the one and only Grandma Poppsie 👵💕, and I'm not going to pretend I wasn't a little teary before we even began. I first got to know Claire back in episode 59, and watching her step into this bigger, bolder, pom-pom wearing version of herself has genuinely moved me 🎀. I laughed more than I have in ages, and somewhere in between the giggles and the silly...

In this episode I'm sharing something that feels like a big leap of faith 🌿 I talk about my self discovery journey and how the last six years, and especially this last year of using my voice on the podcast, has unearthed so much that I didn't even know was buried. I open up about the whispers I've been hearing in the middle of the night, the guidance that keeps getting louder and c...

In this episode I sit down with the beautiful Claire, someone I met by chance at a marketing summit and instantly knew I needed to interview 🌸 I get to ask her about what brings her joy, and I love hearing about the simple things, trees, ponies, mornings outside, that fill her up. I ask her about her fears too, and I'm moved by her honesty about living with social anxiety while also being a...

I didn't even know I was going to record this episode. I woke up this morning to a message that said 'Hello dear,' and something in me just... reacted. 😔 It caught me completely off guard, and before I knew it, I was sitting with this deep, familiar ache — the feeling of not being seen, not being recognised for who I actually am. This is a raw one. 🌿 I'm exploring what it mea...

This conversation left me breathless in the most beautiful way. 🌿 I had the absolute joy of welcoming back Razwana Ānanda — life coach, physiotherapist, sacred sexuality guide, and now what I can only describe as a tree whisperer in her own right — for a return visit to Heart Felt, forty episodes after her first appearance. And what a journey she has been on. 💫 Razwana shares how a single encoun...

In this solo episode, I'm sharing something that has lived quietly inside me for a very long time — my complicated relationship with joy. 💛 I take you back to a day in August 1998, a day when I felt completely aligned, like I had everything in the palm of my hands. And then, in an instant, that joy was shattered by a phone call that changed everything. My brother had taken his own life. 🕊️ F...

I had the most beautiful conversation with Sue Williams in this episode, and I'm still sitting with how much she moved me. 🌿 Sue is a holistic relaxation therapist and wellness business owner behind Driftwood Relaxation and The Waterfall Effect, and she brings with her decades of caring for others — from children in family daycare to adults finding their way back to themselves on the table i...

In this solo episode, episode 54, I'm opening up about something that has been showing up for me all week - feeling supported, not from the outside, but from somewhere much deeper within. 🤍After waking in the early hours and giving in to a long journaling session (something I'm learning to honour rather than resist), I found myself reflecting on a lifetime of feeling unseen and noticing...

In this episode, I had the absolute joy of sitting down with Geri — a reinvention coach, facilitator, and thought leadership mentor who has lived one of the most honest, courageous, and deeply human stories I've heard. 💛 After building and leading a half-a-billion-dollar property law business, Geri walked away from a life that no longer felt like her own and began the real work — the inner w...

I'll be honest — I almost didn't record this one. I've had a cough for three weeks, my voice has been croaky, and there's been so much swirling around inside me that I wasn't sure I could find the words. But this morning I decided to just show up anyway — imperfect, a little rough around the edges, and real. 🌿 In this solo episode, I share what's been stirring deeply...

In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Donagh, the creator of the Grit and Grace podcast, and I walked away feeling so deeply moved by her honesty and her heart. 🌿 Donagh has spent 34 years in the accounting industry, and yet what struck me most wasn't her professional expertise — it was the quiet, hard-won wisdom she carries from living a life that has asked so mu...

I can't quite believe I'm sitting here recording my 50th episode 🥹 and I just feel this deep wave of gratitude washing over me. A whole year of showing up, sharing stories, and holding space — and I am so, so grateful for everyone who has been part of this journey with me. A special thank you to my husband Russell, whose quiet, steady support has meant more than words can say 💛 In this...

I had the most beautiful honour of sitting across from Graeme in our very first in-person, same-room episode — and I have to say, I wasn't entirely prepared for how much this conversation would move me. 🌿 Graeme is someone I came to know in one of the most tender and sacred seasons of his life — the final weeks of his beloved wife Barb's time on this earth. I was blessed to walk alongsi...