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Heidi Horne lives in Sydney and is a Happiness and Mindfulness Speaker who helps teams to rewire their happiness so that companies are more joyous, productive and profitable. Having been in the wellness space for 17+years, Heidi uses her extensive experience knowledge to provide audiences with proven tools and strategies to let go of stress, be mindful daily and self-generate inner happiness, crea...

Gratitude starts us off this week with one of our favourite quotes. Our catch up this week see us share books we are loving and RICER is our tip of the week to help you with strains and sprains! Sadly more drownings as Maxi gives us an update from the beach and we are so excited that more schools are coming onboard after our Parliament showcase, happy Friday everyone!

 This week we are thrilled to have with us our friend, the inspirational Robert Staron, Co Founder of Baltic Rescue based in southern Poland. We talk about the story of Baltic Rescue and how it was founded in 2020 and has grown into a formidable team and we go back to talk about how we met, and what Live Learn Survive has meant to Robert. Thanks for coming to Australia Robert, we ha...

We launched Creating Little Superheroes, we raised $21,500 for children in areas affected by fire and floods. We are so humbled by the events of last night and so grateful for all the support. 

Just one week out from our Creating little Superheroes event we talk about all things public speaking, not that we want to make Leigh nervous! We talk about the importance of being patient and know that plants seeds now will reap rewards down the track for sure, which has been exactly the case in the progress of the charity, enjoy this weeks catch up with Maxi and Leigh!

‘I am declaring today Little Superheroes day’ How could we ever imagine that The Honourable Curtis Pitt, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland would share those words in the Chamber of Parliament House to all the Honourable Members of the Queensland Government has to be a milestone day for us. We are so grateful for the support as the days roll on and we are only 13 days away from...

Mike Burton, is a father, community ambassador, special school director and motivational speaker from Cleethorpes, England who is on a mission to make this world a more positive and kinder place to live. He does this by sharing his story and daily positive messages to inspire those around him. Mike has used his life experiences to help shape his own future and those that he interacts with, as he b...

This week finds Maxi in Brisbane with Leigh as we prepare for a huge February and our Creating Little Superheros launch. January saw a chaotic month on the beach for Maxi and the Australia drowning statistic is at a 5 year high so we reinforce the message again to Swim Between the Flags at a Patrolled Beach!

We talk about some serious scenarios as we catch up this week, with what has been a very stressful working week for Maxi, so huge respect to all the first responders taking care of us and our communities. We delve into Blue Monday, and hear it started as a marketing ploy from a campaign in 2005 to sell holidays, so if you do feel the winter blues, light a candle, watch something funny and sta...

Ready and excited for 2024 it’s been a busy time as Maxi reports all the action at Bondi and offers some wise words for families heading to the beach. As drownings continue to rise in peak summer it gives us all the motivation we need ahead of event on February 29th when we raise finds to get education to children at school in areas affected by fire and floods. Welcome back everyone, thanks for jo...

2023, looking back on the year that was, grateful for everyone who has listened, subscribed and to everyone we have met as we carry out the work we are so passionate about. Thanks for joining us, we wish you all a Happy New Year and we'll see you all next year!

Today we are joined by Dr Stewart Howard who is an Orthopaedic Registrar currently based on the Gold Coast. Stew has been a Dr for 8 years, Graduating in 2015 from the University Notre Dame in Sydney 2015 with a 1st class Honors degree. He is currently completing his final years of orthopaedic training and will soon be an consultant orthopaedic surgeon with an interest in trauma. His work days con...

Our last podcast together before Xmas we talk about our last meetings together after Maxi’s flying visit to Brisbane. It’s also the perfect time to thank everyone who has supported and cheered us on this year for Live Learn Survive, we never take any help for granted and appreciate every single one of you and we hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with your friends and families. Thanks for sha...

Mr Lawrie Williams, joined the Waverley Council professional lifeguards in 1978 when they were known as Beach Inspectors. A lifeguard through the late 1970s, the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s, then re-joining as a casual last year it would be safe to say Lawrie has seen so much over his 24 years in the job. Lawrie also has a love of local history, and in time for the 100 year centenary ce...

  Celebrating the first day of summer and reflecting on last week’s trip to Newcastle and The Upper Hunter Valley we celebrate that we have now met over 30,000 children since we starting travelling with Live Learn Survive. As we head into the Xmas season Maxi reminds us about the safety needed around Christmas Tree Lights and decorations.  

Back for a 2nd visit we welcome Piers Craig, Senior Firefighter for NSW Fire + Rescue at Bankstown fire station and member of the elite AUS-02 Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team (USAR). Since we last spoke to Piers he was part of the USAR team deployment to Turkey following the devastating earthquakes in February and we are lucky that Piers is going to share his story with us. Also this year Piers...

The one where the computer failed us! We already know our unfortunate event for next week, we just recorded our podcast, all excited to video record it too and then the computer didn’t save. So short and sweet this week, we hope you enjoy what we have and we still hope it makes you smile!  

Tommy Herschell is a school teacher by trade he is now a full time facilitator in mental health, or as Tommy calls it mental mechanics, he is the driving force behind Find Ya Feet, which has a vision to empower everyone with the tools and skills to engage in conversations that go well past ‘how are ya. He lists his achievement as still being married, and the fact he no longer feels like a victim,...

Sometimes it can be ourselves standing in our way, not the mountain we are trying to climb that is in front of us. This week Maxi and Leigh talk about looking for good news in the world at this time can be difficult, but it is out there, and there is more of it than we think, it just doesn’t make the news. Enjoy this week’s little slice of positivity with Live Learn Survive.

John Doyle has a lifelong dedication to water safety, born and raised in Wicklow, Ireland, John is a Beach, Pool, and Open water Trainer Assessor, First Aid Responder Trainer, as well as an active member of the Greystones Coast guard Unit. He is the founder of Poseidon Lifesaving Club, which recently celebrated its 12-year anniversary. John has trained over 300 transition year students at Temple C...

Stay true to your vision and do things your way, this week we talk about Canada and welcome Mardy to our online learning program. Leigh talks about the incredible fundraising effort for Brisbane’s The Forgotten Women and in spite of all the sadness in the world at the moment we promise that love with always win over hate so try to remember that.  

Back together in Queensland this week we are busy in the office planning for 2024! We started the day checking in with the Squad members all around the world, Scotland, England, Netherlands, Canada and both the East and West coast of the USA it was great to see everyone. Lastly we dedicate the episode to Maxi’s Pop, Peter McNamara that sadly left us this week, a former Ambo and one of life’s gentl...

  This week we are thrilled to be joined by our guest Andy Skidmore, CEO of Burnbright. Andy is a life long social entrepreneur and is passionate about equipping young people to grow as leaders. Andy graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Arts – Media and has studied Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford University in the USA and is currently studying his Masters in Co...

This week we catch up on the week that was, Leigh is celebrating the finish of her public speaking course and Maxi is ready to work a long weekend on the beach at Bondi. Our tip of the week this week is knowing how to call 000 and being prepared for what you might get asked, so simple but so important. Lastly Leigh enlightens Maxi on the Shapley Supercluster, truly mindblowing.

Attitude is everything and Gratitude is so important to support that, so this week we share some tips on World Gratitude Day to help you understand why it is so powerful and can change your life. We congratulate Maxi on completing the South West Coastal track in Tasmania and catch up on his week at the action station as well as all the background work that is happening at the charity.