Living A Messy Life

Welcome back everybody! After completely falling off the wagon (the podcast wagon, that is) I am back with Season 3!! The first episode back is with.. ME! My sister Natalie is a jazz singer and songwriter, based in Brisbane, and this week the tables have turned and I am in the hot seat! So Natalie and I are not just sisters but really good friends, and waaaay too similar, so we would have spent th...

This weeks episode is with the wonderful Lauren Neko! Lauren and I know each other from the DJ world, and in this conversation we discuss her journey into music and various health issues along the way.. including one of my favourite subjects.. ADHD!

This week I spoke to the beautiful Renee Joy. We met at a party and instantly connected over basically everything! Both musicians, singers, clearly with ADHD, and both able to talk all evening without coming up for air. In this conversation we cover how she got into music in the first place, started her first band, travelled to LA, and managed to get back home despite not having a passport.. (afte...

What a delight to interview Charley Sanders! Actor and director, we talk about.. everything and anything! Lots of tangents.. Best to just listen! Once again I do very little editing and I hope you enjoy everything from the sounds of choking on grapes to my saying I'll cut this out.. and then clearly don't!

Cam Edge is the brainchild of Sisterhood, a collective 25 strong of female artists in Birmingham. We have a lovely chat about her collective and the change she's making in the electronic music scene. You can follow Sisterhood Birmingham here - https://www.instagram.com/sisterhoodbirmingham/ https://www.instagram.com/killacam875/

Welcome back to Living a Messy Life! My first guest for Season 2 is fashion designer, Natalija Rushidi! We met at the Other Art Fair a couple of years ago, after I had been DJing the event, and.. now I wonder if her partner's photography was on display! Regardless, we bonded over a mutual appreciation of each other's coats and the rest is history! Natalija talks about her journey into fash...

This week's guest is the very special Nyssa Milligan. We sang together a handful of times several years ago, and it was so lovely to catch up with her after so long! A proud neurodivergent creative, passionate about creating inclusive performance experiences, Nyssa is a musician, cabaret artist and clown. n 2019 Nyssa was a Sydney Cabaret Competition finalist and a Sydney Fringe Festival award nom...

Well.. talk about living a messy life! This is my first video episode, and I'm still on the learning curve for this! Much as I work with video and sound all the time, I managed to have problems with my new mic - it recorded but was cutting in and out - the number of things that can not work easily when it comes to a podcast is astounding! So hear we have my iphone sound recording, and because of t...

This week's episode is with the lovely Stephanie Rozario. Stephanie is the Director & Founder of *my8dayweek*! She worked as a High School Preparation teacher for over 13 years before deciding to make her side hustle her main thing. She also has a podcast which I highly recommend listening to! You can follow Stephanie on socials by clicking the links below…you can also check out her website an...

Welcome to my second solo episode! This week I wanted to talk about how hypnosis has been helping me, well.. happier! It's been about 10 months since I started using hypnosis alongside therapy to help address my lack of self-acceptance and self-belief. I've made huge strides in this area since I began on this journey, and wanted to share this with you all, in case it ends up having a similar impac...

This is the first interview I recorded for this podcast series. It is a very special episode with the wonderful Nadia Jean. She tells us of her journey from homeless to housed, and how she is helping others move through their own struggles. You can follow Nadia on instagram @healthy_dose_of_soul Incidentally, if you like the theme music for this podcast, it's called "Nowhere To Go" written, produc...

This weeks episode is a little sit down with me and my mental health! The new plan is to do a mini episode every second week, with my general musings on what has struck me that week, whether it be something I heard during my podcast travels, or a breakthrough I've had on my mental health journey. I reference a song during this episode, and the link to it is below. Written by the fabulous Myledo, y...

Pip Dracakis is a Sydney-based stylist and director of Handpipped Vintage. A singer and actor by trade, Pip has always worked in creative spaces, including with Sport for Jove, Sydney Theatre Company and The Song Company. We've known each other for years through singing, before I did some modelling for her vintage clothing brand. A wonderful conversation about being in the creative industry, and n...

Anita Jade is a graphic designer who has managed to create a life for herself which involves more "time off than on"! She works 3 days a week and has a wellness practice called Authentic Alignment where she specialises in Bach Flower Essences, Reiki, Meditation and Holistic Counselling.

This week I spoke with Angela Gilman! Angela is a professional storyboard artist, prop builder, scenic artist, and podcaster. She currently works for Nickelodeon on the preschool show “Baby Shark. Angela has worked in the animation industry for 24 years while balancing life with her husband, 3 kids, and too many pets! Some of her favorite projects she has worked on are:  The Iron Giant  The Simpso...

In this episode I chat with Nikki Carvell, Leeds born and Sydney based DJ and producer about how she found DJing in her 40s, going after her dreams and building a life she loves. 

*Hello and Welcome to the Living a Messy Life Podcast! This podcast is about jumping into life feet first, doing things you love, pursuing your dreams, fighting through mental health issues, stopping comparing yourself to other people, staying in your own lane, surrounding yourself with people who build you up instead of pull you down, gaining more self-awareness and basically finding the joy and...