Lily High on Life

Lawrence is calm, smart and a positive presence in today’s world of turmoil and disbelief. I say that after a wonderful hour with him in which he shared an extremely reasonable and entertaining view of his very accomplished life thus far. In addition to a 50 year career as an extremely entertaining print journalist, he also worked on radio, published books, created a successful board game and is a...

Natalie is a woman who really knows and likes herself. She is the type of woman I feel an instant repour. She exudes a spirit you can trust and her openness and honesty draws you into her truth. As an actor and performer, she so generously shares herself in this wonderful interview. Her wonderful one woman show Shrapnel is illuminating not only into her life but into your own. Her voice is sensati...

John Thorn is the penultimate musician and entertainer. Fortunate to find his passion for music at an early age he has forged an interesting and varied career far from the scientific, academic career initially planned. Married twice and in a solid current relationship, John has had a blessed life. Like all of us, it has had its ups and down and he generously shares his travels through that journey...

Sara Rabin is beautiful, smart, high energy, fun and also a Rabbi’s wife. She was born and raised in America, one of ten children. Her father was a Rabbi and although it was not something she thought of for herself, she does a wonderful job of it. Far from what most people think of as a Rabbi’s wife, she and her husband Daniel have brought energy and innovation into Australian synagogues. They wor...

Sean found his passion early in life and he’s still going strong. He started going on television and film sets with his father in his early teens and is still very happily producing for the corporate world and non profits today. His career also gave him the opportunity to participate in some of Australia’s most iconic television shows, and also travel extensively and experience things and places v...

Mai Gutman is an extremely sweet, accomplished young woman with a brilliant future and mature attitude to life. Born in Israel, growing up in Melbourne Australia, Mai chose to go back to Israel as a Lone Soldier once she finished school. Just returned to purse a Journalism degree in Melbourne, she is confident and articulate about her growth from a privileged teen into a real IDF combat soldier.

Max Gross has a huge personality and a skill set that promises great success. He is an eclectic man in a multicultural time and place and makes it all work for him. His wife is from the Philippines and they have had their first child, which makes a great blend with his Jewish heritage. He is open to experiencing it all, and started a food blog www. MaxPlusFood.com Professionally, Max is a social m...

Interviews with 'ordinary people' who are actually ExtraOrdinary. Love and appreciate yourself more to appreciate others. It's not what happens to you, but how you chose to look at it that really matters. On today's show we talk to Dominic Cartier from Melbourne Australia. A multi faceted international man with solid values and love in his heart.

Philip Archer is a great example of Living High on Life. He always manages to create and keep a positive perspective on life, both personal and professional. One of seven children, he experienced an ever changing reality, adapting to 27 different schools all over India before coming to Australia when he was only 14 years old. Philip has always been responsible, and a natural entrepreneur. His natu...

Melbourne Artist Eva Csanyi-Hurskin has lived and worked outside of Australia for most of her life. Discovering her talent at a young age, her work has been recognised in America and the U.K., and well received around the world. It is her adventurous spirit that lead her to travel the world, even as a single mother with two small boys before settling in the U.S. She is currently in Melbourne, deal...

Walter Bingham holds the Guiness Book of World Records Title for Oldest Print Journalist as well as Oldest Radio Broadcaster and he’s still going strong. He turns in a weekly one hour radio show each week, that he records and edits himself. He is also published in a number of international newspapers every week. He survived the Holocaust, was part of the Kindertransport to London and one of the ve...

Born in England, living in Australia, Hanna has experienced the full gamut of life. Spiritually, physically and emotionally, Hanna's life journey is easily relatable at many points and levels. Her openness and honesty, as she discusses religion, family and domestic abuse as part of her full and productive life make this an interview worth the time to listen.

Blessings come from the relationships and lives you have touched, and Julie has been truly blessed. She was born in Poland and is a relative and one of the first people I met when I came to Australia, aged 4. Her memories of growing up in Australia are so interesting, but her greatest gift is the hundreds of stories she facilitated and published into a series of books, a wonderful legacy for many...

Moshe Kahn, a Chabad Rabbi and Lily High On Life, are totally in sync. Born into a Chabad family of 8, he chose to continue the tradition and share how joyful life can be with many many others. He teaches, he lectures, but more importantly he lives as an example of what he believes, and his work is with youth and young adults, so how awesome is that ! A really important message in this delightful...

Goldie Freedman grew up in Melbourne Australia. She is a Barrister and an accomplished wife and mother. Her family, like mine, come from Zelechow in Poland, and we recently discovered we are in fact related. Goldie has a strong spirit and an ingrained commitment to Zionism and Israel. She is the perfect compliment to her husband and daughter. She is an active member of the Melbourne community and...

Raizel Fogel is genuinely self-actualized and fulfilled in the truest sense of the words. Warm, intelligent, and confident, she is the mother of 6 children with 46 grandchildren and already has great grandchildren. She lives within the ultra-orthodox Adass community and where others may judge her as insulated, she understands that true value and joy in life comes from relationships you foster and...

This is a short recording letting you know how and why I created this. podcast. My wish is to open a window into other people's lives to improve general mental health and recognise everyone's life is valuable and unique and can perhaps get even more interesting if you Change Your Attitude and see how Your Life can Change. If you don't like the changes you can always back to the way you were. It wa...

Timmy Rubin is an orthodox Jewish woman with an effervescent personality and totally optimistic outlook to life, Her early years were totally secular, wild full of joy. But even with this huge transition she has basically not changed at all. Her inner soul and spirit is the same as in her younger years. How ? Why ? This mother of 4 and grandmother of so far 5, who runs the Mikvah (spiritual, ritua...

Sarah is the epitome of a full focus on Joy, Kindness and energy. She is a positive force who has raised her children and is now following her dreams and passions from childhood. I love the way she has never regretted decisions she has made or choices she has made about priorities in her life. Being High on Life is all about loving the moment you are living in right now and the way Sarah describes...

Sergio Brodsky is in the prime of his life with a richness of experiences and success behind him and a totally open and exciting future with his eyes wide open. Sergio owns his own International Marketing and Branding Company based in Australia and is making a global difference. Totally passionate and driven he generously opens his heart and mind in this interview that explores how he really feels...

Hayley Southwick is totally her own woman. Intelligent, independent, takes multi tasking to new levels, while at the same time showing care, compassion and attention to detail in everything she does. Married to David Southwick MP, their relationship is just as passionate and fresh as their first years and they are still each other's best friend. Hayley today juggles 2 children, the family business...

Taibe Ash is a force to be reckoned with. Apparently she always has been as one of 10 children, she stands out in the world, not just her family. Under 30 and already a successful business woman, Taibe has also just completed a nursing degree. I love that she takes responsibility for her life and is tuned into what makes her really happy. The decisions she has made in her life have come from am in...

Issi Dye is an entertainer, singer, performer, and in his 70s is busier than most people half his age. He performs in over 200 shows a year ! It is inspiring to hear his passion about what he does, and how and why he keeps up with not only performing around the world, but traveling and appreciating the life he has and is now living. The son of Holocaust survivors, early success as a recognised tel...

Dita Gould is a positive powerhouse and still active and filling her days with not only her own pleasures, but life-long philanthropic work and family. A child Holocaust survivor, Dita's ability to focus on what had to be done rather than worry about what might happen, helped her to survive and is still a driving force in her life today. At 87 she has the stamina and energy to keep going till she...

David Traub is a true man of the world. His relationships, work and reach spread to all corners of the globe. He is also one of the sweetest, most real people I know. He has been instrumental in creating countless technology companies, as well as Producer credits in major film projects, as well as creating large scale music collaborations globally. He is a trusted friend to world leaders and child...