Humans of Purpose

Vanessa Gavan Vanessa is the Founder and Joint Managing Director of Maximus International . Maximus is a leadership performance firm. They challenge organisations and the leaders within to reach their full potential, find purpose and achieve lasting impact. They shape leaders who create the future. Brand Partners Checkout our Partners Page to learn more about our growing suite of values-aligned pa...

Dr Tahnee Bridson Tahnee is the Founder of Hand n Hand Peer Support . Hand n Hand is a registered charity that provides free, confidential peer support for health professionals in Australia and New Zealand. Tahnee also works as a psychiatry registrar at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Orygen and is the winner of the 2022 Queensland Australian of The Year Award. Promotional Partnerships Our partne...

Reflections Holiday Parks This week’s episode is sponsored by Reflections Holiday Parks . They are not your average holiday park, but are in fact Australia’s first holiday park group to be certified as a social enterprise. Social Enterprise certification for Reflection’s recognises their unique role as a profit-for-purpose Land Manager, reinvesting all profits into the 36 holiday parks and 43 comm...

Kate Sievert Kate is a Research Fellow at Deakin University’s Global Centre For Preventive Health and Nutrition , also known as GLOBE. GLOBE’s mission is innovative preventive health and nutrition research that empowers people and enables healthier environments. She is also Co-Founder and President at Health Food Systems Australia . Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join...

Tony Johannsen Tony is Family Violence Program Manager at TaskForce . TaskForce is a not for profit supporting Victorians in need, with a focus on drug and alcohol misuse, youth and family services, education and employment. Tony is also a highly experienced psychotherapist and behaviour change expert. His focus is on assisting people with changing their problematic behaviours and living more auth...

Michael Coolican Michael is Director at Cirqle Group . Cirqle Group is a technology recruitment and professional services company that exists to shift our world closer to kindness, sustainability, awareness and action. Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Noel, Kathy, Andrew 1, Andrew 2,...

Alex Wadelton Alex is the Co-Founder and Creativity Evangelist at The Right Brain Workout . The Right Brain Workout works with companies, schools and people to help them harness their creativity and to help them improve the quality of their thinking and decision-making. Gold Member Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Join as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our ro...

Roos Pot-Kolder Roos (pronounced Rose) is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Psychologist at Orygen and The University of Melbourne. At Orygen she is a member of the Orygen Digital’s virtual reality research team, where she is running a fascinating research program aimed at helping young people improve their mental health. Nurecover Deal Want to improve your health and wellbeing using cold therap...

Belinda Morrissey This week I’m thrilled to bring you my conversation with Belinda Morrissey. Belinda is CEO of the English Family Foundation , Chair of Social Enterprise Australia and Chair of Action Aid Australia. The English Family Foundation supports transformational change in our world through the growth and development of social entrepreneurs and social businesses. Nurecover Deal Want to imp...

Eileen Bell Eileen is Australia's first female professional E-Sports player. For those unfamiliar with E-Sports, it is video game competition watched by millions globally each year often at stadium filled events. E-Sports has grown significantly over time and is now the E-Sports market is valued at over US1.5bn dollars worth a projected growth to nearly $6bn by 2029. It is estimated that in the US...

Mike Rinder Mike spent most of his life as a member of the global cult, Scientology. He rose up the ranks in Scientology and was one of the highest ranking members of the organisation until his departure. He spent time working alongside current leader David Miscavige and former leader and founder of Scientology L Ron Hubbard. Since leaving Scientology, Mike has built himself a meaningful life in F...

Eve France Eve is the Founder of Green Up Co and a friend of mine, who I was lucky to meet at The Commons in Cremorne. Eve is passionate about sustainability at home and at work and has turned her education, expertise and sharp mind to helping businesses go green, improving their sustainability, reducing their carbon footprint and to align their day to day activity with their ESG goals. Gold Membe...

Stephanie Ghajar Stephanie is a Director and Dramaturge as well as a producer at the State Library of Victoria. Learn more about Stephanie via her Website and Instagram . Stephanie grew up in Beirut Lebanon, where she discovered a love of the creative arts and has spent many years developing her education, skills and experience as a Dramaturge. What is a Dramaturge I hear you ask? We discuss this,...

Season Preview A bonus episode preview of what's in store for this season of Humans of Purpose I've been away with the family for a week break in the Gold Coast. The weather has been phenomenal and Marlo enjoyed his first crawlings and loved the swimming and playing with the sand. He also now has four teeth! During this holiday and beyond I've been busy pulling together some incredible conversatio...

Garry Williams Garry is the Head Curator at . Up Nights have become a staple of the Melbourne startup scene and involve a storytelling-focussed gathering acknowledging the mistakes, failures, and fuckup stories that impact our personal lives and professional careers, affecting us as the humans that we are. Garry is also Director of Engagement at Tractor Ventures. Tractor Ventures provides non-dilu...

Brigid Delaney Brigid is an author, a journalist and TV series producer whose latest book is "Reasons Not to Worry, How to be Stoic in chaotic times". Check out her book here and find it in all good bookstores. Also check out Brigid's previous book Wellmania here and look out for it's upcoming release on Netflix at the end of March. You can find Brigid on Twitter here . Time Stamps 0:04:56 - Conve...

Melissa Reader Melissa is the Managing Director and CEO of the Violet . Violet is a national not-for-profit organisation, providing information and support to help everyone in Australia navigate the last stages of life and the grief and loss that accompanies it. Time Stamps 0:00:04 - Exploring End of Life Support 0:02:07 - Melissa's Journey into the Social Impact Space 0:03:36 - The Impact of Unex...

Tom Dawkins Tom is the Co-Founder of LendForGood . LendForGood is all about crowd lending for impact. In short, this means unleashing the passion and power of the crowd to provide the capital that impact enterprises need to grow. Tom is also the Co-Founder and CEO of StartSomeGood, an innovation agency and global social enterprise ecosystem builder. Time Stamps 0:02:09 - The Power of Social Entrep...

Josh White Josh White is the CEO of Neon Treehouse . Neon Treehouse is a bold digital marketing agency that delivery bright and imaginative solutions. They are the major sponsor of Humans of Purpose and have just celebrated their 10 year anniversary. HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be stan...

Cultivating Betterment Wishing you a happy new year and a 2023 filled with progress, fulfilment and contentment. I'm offering this bonus episode around one of the most helpful Stoic concepts I've been contemplating and converting to action lately. It has significantly helped me on my journey to cultivating betterment and I hope you find it helpful too. Cultivating betterment will be a major focus...

Sandro Demaio Sandro is the CEO of VicHealth as well as a friend and someone I look up to for his tremendous contribution to health promotion and public health in his time on the planet. VicHealth is a a world-first health promotion foundation, focused on promoting good health and preventing chronic disease. Episode Links Magda's Big National Health Check Ask The Doctor on ABC iView Sandro on Twi...

Dr Jemma King Jemma is the Founder and Director of BioPsychAnalytics , an Australian based company that has developed scientifically validated methodologies to reduce stress, burnout, and improve behavioral outcomes in high-performing individuals and organisations. She is a high performance expert and coach and has worked with the Australian Defence Force, Special Operations Command, the Centre fo...

Ashleigh Streeter-Jones Ashleigh is the Founder and CEO of Raise Our Voice Australia . Raise our voice Australia are a grassroots organisation dedicated to Amplifying diverse young female, trans and non-binary voices to actively lead conversations in politics, domestic and foreign policy. HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values...

David Spriggs David is the CEO of Infoxchange , a technology not for profit and social enterprise with over 30 years of history in pursuing a vision of technology for social justice. To learn more about Infoxchange's work or to enquire about partnership opportunities, email mdavis@infoxchange.org . Podcast Links Read about the latest not for profit sector insights in the Digital Tech in the NFP Se...

Dr Louise Segan Dr Louise Segan is a PhD candidate and cardiologist at Alfred Health and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. She is a passionate and effective advocate for gender equality in cardiology and medicine more broadly. She is also my wife of ten years the mother to my gorgeous son Marlo. Connect with Louise on LinkedIn . Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse , the b...