Leaders Lane™

“Silence is connected to every failure I’ve ever had; for not speaking up because I didn’t want to rock the boat.” - Danielle La Porte, The Moment HQ podcast I felt very honoured to sit down with Danielle and have a heart to heart about life, our learnings and lessons, love and keeping it real. I’ve interviewed a lot of people over the years, and when I meet someone who speaks from their heart, yo...

“I think it’s important to let go of relationships in your life to make space for the relationships that need to be there.” - Tahlia Mynott, The Moment HQ podcast She's got a calming presence, a heart full of gold and intelligence to match. Meet Tahlia Mynott, a wholistic nutritionist with a keen interest in plant based eating. She is one of the co-founders of Made with Raw Love chocolate. She and...

"Happiness really does begin at the end of your fork" - Maria Emmerich, The Moment HQ podcast. Maria Emmerich, a wellness expert in nutrition and exercise physiology. She has a real passion for helping others reach their goals of optimal health and She is also the author of International Best Selling book “The Ketogenic Cookbook".  Plus she’s authored eight other books including several cookbooks...

Lynn Gribble is the founder of Talking Trends a consultancy specialising in doing business differently. In business, it is easy to get stuck in your own ways of doing things.   Talking Trends focuses on new and emerging ways of creating solutions that fit your business and your people. Lynn’s Life Changing Moment is a collection of events. These began earlier in life when she lost her dream job at...

“I think it’s just really weird that people don’t interact anymore, we’re all so digital these days. I think engaging with other humans is so important, and you often find out things you never knew existed in the world if you weren’t talking to someone doing your nails or someone in a lift.” - Mandi Gunsberger We’re chatting with Mandi Gunsberger. The Founder and Managing Editor of Babyology, Aust...

“Stop and realise that you absolutely have a choice; even if it’s to carve out 30 seconds in your day. Even if the only “me” time is 30 seconds to regroup and regain a little bit of control. Gather yourself. Do something small for yourself.” - Andrew Stead Andrew Stead is a former investment banker, environmental entrepreneur and business coach, who helps individuals and organisations improve thei...

Michelle Lackenby is a lecturer in advertising, graphic design, art and photography as well as a paper artist, having established her own business, Paperazzi Design Studio. Michelle has a passion for all things paper and isn’t afraid to push the boundaries of art and design within the realm of paper arts and bookbinding. With over 20 years’ industry experience in creative fields, Michelle speciali...

“Struggles come everyday. I try to be in them with presence and intensity and a willingness to learn.” - Ben Lee Ben Lee is a musical artist who began releasing albums at 14 years old with his punk band, Noise Addict at the height of the underground music revolution of 1992. He released his first acoustic solo album at 16 years old and has continued a solo career for over a quarter of a decade and...

“Doubt is a block you need to break through.” - Catherine Plano Catherine Plano is an International Executive Coach and Creative Soul Adventurer Catherine Plano has fully dedicated her entire life to helping others transform their own lives into greatness. Catherine changes lives daily through international team, career, executive, business and life coaching, working with both women and teenagers...

“Curiosity is communication through questions. Certainty is communicated through statements.” - JP Sears Meet JP Sears. He's an emotional healing coach, international teacher, event speaker, world traveller and curious student of life. His work empowers people to live more meaningful lives. He is very active on his YouTube channel, AwakenWithJP, where he encourages healing and growth through his e...

"Creativity is being allowed to come up with different ideas to take fabulous ideas from one industry and make them work in other. Creativity is letting your kids wear whatever they like. Creativity is having a pink mohawk and not caring." - Lucy Perry Lucy Perry is an award-winning leader, a rule breaker and an exceptional communicator. After running a creative services firm for 20 years Lucy dec...

"We don’t want someone to tell us what our truth is. But when we can share that perspective through humour, it’s embedded and the perspective goes in because our minds and psyches’ aren’t threatened." - JP SEARS JP Sears is an emotional healing coach, international teacher, event speaker, world traveller and curious student of life. His work empowers people to live more meaningful lives. He is ver...

“The energy you give off is a very real thing. When you want something too much, you might give off this anxious energy that scares people away because you’re trying too hard to impress somebody.” - David Kwong David Kwong. He is an illusionist and puzzle expert who believes that human beings are driven by the urge to solve problems and “create order out of chaos”. He is also the founder of the Mi...

“Constantly simplify your life to the most important people and things.” - Dandapani Dandapani is a Hindu priest, speaker on self development and an entrepreneur. For 10 years he lived a life of serious personal discipline, training at a monastery in Hawaii. When his vows expired eight years ago He made New York City his new home, determined to live and practice everything he teaches in the most i...

“Quite often when I take my attention off something, the back part of my brain will find a solution for me without me having to pursue and chase it.” - Guy Edmonds With over two decades of combined experience in the entertainment industry, Guy Edmonds and Matt Zeremes are internationally acclaimed actors, producers, directors, writers and inspirational coaches who also run a production company Boo...

Professor Gina Rippon is an international expert on brain-imaging techniques and a Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Aston University, in Birmingham UK. She has a PhD in psychophysiology and served as President of the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience. “A lot of people think everybody sees things in the same way. If we allow ourselves to realise that people...

Professor Gina Rippon is an international expert on brain-imaging techniques and a Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Aston University, in Birmingham UK. She has a PhD in psychophysiology and served as President of the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience. This candid conversation with Gina goes behind the scenes of her life. We discuss: - What she loves about...

“I used to believe that we are at our happiest when we are content and really comfortable, but that’s not really true. The greatest moment of happiness when we set a significant goal for ourselves; one that has a purpose in our lives and we overcome that challenge. That will always revolve around us sitting in discomfort and dealing with our fears.” - Ant Williams Ant Williams is a freediver who c...

“Attention is the currency of relationships.” Dr Justin Coulson Dr Justin Coulson is one of Australia’s most respected parenting speakers, authors, and researchers. He is the founder and owner of ‘Happy Families’, an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wollongong, and a Senior Associate at the Positive Psychology Institute. Justin works with individuals, families, schools, and organisations to im...

“I think creativity is fostered best amongst giving space. We need to create spaces where we are boundary-less and can look at things for what they are.” - David Sawicki In this conversation talk about the best way to foster creativity amongst your team and in your business. David shares what inspires him about helping companies crack their toughest challenges and also what drives his curiosity. W...

Joining me today is Wendy Orr, who is an award-winning author, who grew up in France, Canada and the USA. She was a compulsive reader and writer from an early age and now writes for children, young adults and adults. Her books have been published in 25 countries and languages. Before her writing career, she was an occupational therapist. Then one day, an unexpected car accident broke her neck but...

“When we’re always tasking, we’re forcing our brain down rabbit holes. The brain’s amazing when you just let it go and allow it to bring an answer to you.” - Dr Fiona Kerr Joining me today is Dr Fiona Kerr, who is a prominent thought leader in the fields of social cognitive neuroscience (SCN) and human connectivity. Fiona is also a Systems and Neural Complexity Specialist at Adelaide University, p...

“Sometimes it can be as simple as jumping in the lift, going downstairs and walking around the block. You don’t have to do anything big or exotic.” - Cathie Reid Cathie Reid is the co-founder of Australia’s Epic Group, which includes Epic Pharmacy, Epic Digital and the Epic Good Foundation. Epic Pharmacy is one of Australia’s largest pharmacy service providers to the hospital, oncology and aged ca...

“I really look forward to Wired for Wonder and seeing the enjoyment in people’s faces in all of the activations and elements of surprise.” - Mandi Ford Mandi Ford is the Director of Essential Solutions and ES Lifestyle. Mandi has extensive work experience in sales, marketing and event management.  She specialises in working with clients on strategic business conferences and events, corporate hospi...

“Many years ago Australia introduced the 8 hours of work, 8 hours of rest, 8 hours of play - and people aren’t getting that rest and getting that play because they are always on!” - Lynn Gribble Lynn Gribble is the founder of Talking Trends a consultancy specialising in doing business differently. In business, it is easy to get stuck in your own ways of doing things.   Talking Trends focuses on ne...