My Warm Table ... with Sonia

Kelli Reilly has poured all her passion and purpose into creating Females Over 45 Fitness which aims to make women over 45 stronger and fitter into their older years.  Kelli is proof that even in our 50s we can go back to study, launch a successful business and follow our dreams.  I’m delighted to welcome Kelli around the warm table to learn more about her life as a country girl and farmer, and to...

PART 2 of our warm table conversation on GRIEF with local bereavement organisation Lionheart Camp for Kids CEO Shelly Skinner and Board Member Professor Lauren Breen. PASSION:  Building a community where grief is seen as a healthy and positive response to death and life challenges. PURPOSE: Empowering bereaved children and families to navigate their grief journey through education, peer-support, s...

PASSION:  Building a community where grief is seen as a healthy and positive response to death and life challenges. PURPOSE: Empowering bereaved children and families to navigate their grief journey through education, peer-support, strength-building and resilience through Lionheart Camp for Kids (a not-for-profit organisation). We’re talking about grief through the expertise of local bereavement o...

PASSION: Building a society that is inclusive, kind and where we can all lead social change PURPOSE: Inspiring people to unlock their leadership potential through her social business Alyceum .   Alicia Curtis has led award-winning board diversity programs, experiential millennial leadership programs and social change campaigns. She’s co-written a book and been named as one of Australia’s top 100 w...

PASSION: Harnessing our brain chemicals (think oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine and cortisol) to be our very best selves and thrive ! PURPOSE: Teaching everyone how to tap into these happy chemicals - including people in prison - for our wellbeing, emotional intelligence and to live our best lives.  Charlotte Ingham Ellery runs her own business called Well Built Mind and she is a woman of many talent...

I am very excited to welcome you to My Warm Table Season 2.  Over the last few months, we’ve done a lot of thinking, listened to your survey feedback and tried to sharpen the focus of the podcast a little more.  My Warm Table Podcast is an independent podcast which is unashamedly focussed on Western Australians. It’s my way of adding some positivity to our state’s media landscape and amplifying th...

I’m sneaking in this live and raw episode of My Warm Table recorded on 28 March 2023 with Season 1 guest Sister of Mercy Anne Tormey.  I had the privilege of hosting a conversation with Sr Anne during the 25 year reunion of the Catherine McAuley Developing Women in Leadership and Service Award.   We celebrated this milestone in the olive grove at MercyCare Wembley - a foundation sponsor of the Awa...

Thank you for your support of Season 1 of My Warm Table Podcast.  Sonia Nolan wraps up the Season with an overview of some of the smart conversations with heart we have enjoyed around the warm table.  She shares  how your feedback affirmed her goal to build empathy and perspective by adding more positivity and warmth to the WA media landscape. This episode is also an opportunity to say thank you f...

WA’s own Glambassador Famous Sharron Famous Sharron is the alter ego of creative director, award winning producer and comedian, Bonnie Davies.   Bonnie’s mission in life is to make things ‘unboring’!  She gives us a backstage pass into her career in the highs and lows of WA’s comedy and festival scene during COVID, how Famous Sharron was born, and why Bonnie and her alter ego are parochially Perth...

Annabel Tellis Tunley lives life large! She shares inside knowledge of the British Royals and her adventures of travel and trying her hand at many different jobs gathering memories, stories, friends and fascinating insights along the way!  Duration:  50 minutes Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?   Facebook   LinkedIn   Instagram     Listen, subscribe, rate and review: Apple Podc...

Perth based, and internationally renowned business futurist Gihan Perera takes us on a trip to the future. Global business magazine Forbes, rates Gihan as the number 5 social media influencer in the world in his area of expertise – and he is Australia’s number one business futures influencer.  Gihan urges us to listen to and amplify the voices and experiences of young people and shares many of the...

Migraine attacks are not just bad headaches. They can be debilitating and as My Warm Table guest Brenda Moore explains, migraine is a complex genetic neurological disorder. Brenda shares her lived experience of migraine and how after much angst she accepted the disability as a constant in her life, finding effective treatments and life work balance.  Brenda has established her own productivity con...

Kariyarra Noongar woman Sharon Todd has become the first Aboriginal female in WA to direct a funeral company. Sharon shares her road to reaching this business and cultural milestone and how her work deeply resonates with her identity and determination to give Aboriginal people a loving and culturally appropriate farewell. Duration : 49 minutes Links: Towards the Dreaming Funeral Services: https://...

Street Level Founder and Perth Chapter Lead Milly Main is on a quest to restore the wisdom of the past through a revolutionary movement to bring beauty, connection and sustainable solutions to our streets in Australia.  Street Level Australia is an association of local groups working to make Australian places more beautiful and conducive to human flourishing by advancing good urbanism, traditional...

Valerio Fantinelli is a personal chef who's created a slice of Italy by hand in his backyard. He offers Perth's most authentic Italian secret dining location.  Together with his wife Anna, Valerio brings the tastes of his Nonna's kitchen, warm welcoming traditions and historic recipes to life at Flour and Fire. Valerio shares his journey from a young, restless pizza boy in Italy to...

Mike House is one of Australia’s leading survival instructors and leadership coaches.  He has survived several life-threatening situations in the ocean, raging white water and tropical jungle.   Mike shares the leadership lessons learnt when in extreme situations; why we should step out of our comfort zones; learn rhythmic breathing to find calm; and why we should never leave our vehicles if stran...

Sr Anne Tormey is a Catholic Nun. She has been a Sister of Mercy for 60 years, devoting her life to the complexities of social justice issues such as modern day slavery and human trafficking while becoming a great reader, thinker, empathiser and encourager of the human spirit. Sr Anne shares her faith, calm and wisdom and leads us in a moment of meditation.  She shares her many reflections on the...

Professor Camilla Basch Andersen is a professor of law at the University of Western Australia and the founder of Comic Book Contracts which is revolutionising how we engage with big business and become more clear on the behaviours, expectations and services we are signing up to.  Do you meticulously read and understand the fine print in every one of the contracts that you sign?  Have you maybe cli...

As a young boy growing up in Manchester UK, Dr Kieran Hennelly watched the sunkissed, exotic, adventures of the Australian flying doctors on TV.  He never imagined that would be his life and vocation, living and working in the WA Kimberley and saving many lives while leading the medical crews and operations of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)WA.  Kieran shares his journey of finding his plac...

Lucy Cooke, tech start up entrepreneur is the CEO of SpaceDraft – an innovative and groundbreaking Perth tech start up which will revolutionise how we communicate across time and space, bringing to life and underpinning ideas for Web 3.0, gamification, virtual reality and even providing a new avenue of communication for the neuro-divergent.  SpaceDraft is a visual logistics plotting startup that p...

Professor of Neurotrauma, (Melinda) Lindy Fitzgerald is on a mission to improve outcomes for people who have experienced traumatic injury to their central nervous system. Lindy and her team at Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia have developed a free online concussion short course to help you and I identify and manage concussion to prevent long term issues.  It's a relevant and impo...

Catherine Kolomyjec is studying at Stanford University’s Centre for Compassion and Altruism Research to become a Global Ambassador for Applied Compassion.  She talks to us about her journey in social work, helping to resettle Bosnian refugees in Norway, sending hundreds of postcards to stranded sailors off the coast of WA during COVID lockdown and many more inspiring acts of kindness.  Our table i...

Nestled in Victoria Park, Perth WA is a one-of-a-kind, world leading brain rehabilitation centre.  Janet Wagland, CEO of Brightwater Oats Street, tells us about the innovative teamwork at the centre which means clients can learn to take back their lives.  We learn what an Occupational Therapist does and how Janet’s talent for competitive rifle shooting has seen her travel the world and represent A...

Mark Berridge is an author, speaker and lived adversity expert talking about his book A Fraction Stronger.  It’s a book Mark never imagined he would write. Mark’s high powered corporate career came to an abrupt end in March 2019 following a very serious cycling accident.  It fractured his identity and triggered a personal battle to regain his mobility and reimagine a different life with new meanin...

Life/Work balance and changing careers after 50 requires a growth mindset.  It can be scary but Career Counsellor Lois Keay-Smith reassures us that our skills and experiences can lead to more fulfilling careers and greater joy in life.  We also explore careers after cancer or serious illness through her Churchill Fellowship research project.  If you're thinking of a new start in your later ye...