People With A Passion

Global master mediator Thaddeus Hollis has worked as a negotiator and helped settle thousands of conflicts and disputes over his career. Originally from Bermuda, he now operates his business, Better Outcomes from Brisbane, Australia. An advocate for win-win strategies, Thaddeus shares his own style and approach to getting deals done. Whether negotiating a labor dispute or helping mediate a separat...

Ex-military commando Tim Thomas has fought many battles in his life, including PTSD.Now the founder and CEO of the technology company Breathwork in Bed, he uses natural therapies to help people reduce stress. In this People with a Passion episode, Tim Thomas demonstrates simple methods to beat stress fast. He shows you how to reduce stress and anxiety with various breathing techniques. He also sha...

Have you ever wondered how to memorize things quickly? Like how to easily remember names or how to easily recall numbers? If you answered yes, then watch this! Tansel Ali is a 4-time Australian memory champion who helps people like you improve your memory. In this episode of People with a Passion, Tansel Ali explains how to remember things. He also demonstrates how easy it is to remember a shoppin...

Have you ever wondered what makes a great leader? In this episode of People with a Passion, we break down and explore the myths of great leadership. The Eight Mile Consultants CEO, David Neal, is among the top voices in Australia on the subject of leadership. David Neal unboxes servant leadership and personality traits and explores the dark triad and dark tetrad and the role such character traits...

This inspirational professional basketball player, Jeremy Kendle discovered his Christian faith in his teens. Told by others he would never be a professional player; he found a strength beyond any other to pursue his goal to play basketball professionally. Connecting with Hoops for Christ has allowed Jeremy Kendle to expand the brand and ministry to Australia.  Jeremy Kendle has played in Aus...

Jacob Lee Welch is an artist, but not your average artist, hats and shoes are his canvas and manga and cartoons are his passion. After his life hit a rough patch, Jake was diagnosed with clinical depression. Realizing something had to change he turned to his lifelong passion as his therapist.  In a rut, a simple photo of some painted shoes shared to him by a friend, revitalized Jake and that...

Sam Larkins skates to create. Every weekend he and his mates can be found tackling objects often not made to be skated. But nothing can stop their passion, not even security can dent their determination.  Sam Larkins is sponsored by Brisbane based indoor skatepark, Ramp Attak and street brand Folklore Skateboards. His journey started in his early teens and has seen him achieve much success in...

Tim Rumble is as True Blue as you can get and shares how he began his Outback Adventure YouTube Channel - True Blue Overland. True Blue Overland have a motto... less is more. A minimalist approach to going off road in the Australian bush. Filming his trips and posting them on YouTube, Tim loves to share the beautiful landscapes Australia has to offer. But the rugged interior is not for the faint h...

Ryan Elson, is an ex-cop who has seen it all. Recognizing the value of friends in his darkest moments, he pondered "who supports those who don't have support?" On this episode of People with a Passion with Craig Rowe, Ryan Elson explains why he established not-for-profit group TRIBE (Social Belonging). He talks managing adversity including losing his son to cancer in January of 2019. He shares the...

Dave Norris is a man on a mission, with a hyper focus on tackling preventable memory loss head on. In this episode Dave talks about the importance of diet and exercise as we age, to improve memory health outcomes. He’s a Queensland bred and trained Occupational Therapist. In his 15 year plus career Dave has provided Occupational Therapy within Public and Private Hospital, Community, Rehabilitation...

This episode guest Alan Robinson shares how he fell into his passion for helping others through hypnotherapy.  ⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️ 0:00 Episode Teaser 2:00 A Family of Hypnotherapists 6:00 Teenage Addictive Behaviors 13:00 Hypnotherapy to Quit Smoking 15:20 What is Hypnotism? 19:45 Hypnotherapy Approaches 25:00 The Switch Technique 36:00 Hypnotherapy for Positive Growth 39:30 NLP Approach - Bounda...

Michael Bennett is an inspirational comedian. Travelling the oceans on cruise liners, Michael delivers stand-up comedy to adults and children and always leaves them with a WOW! A Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner, Bennett has learned the power of words and how to use them along with humour, balloons and magic to inspire young and old. Bennett says he deals in the drugs of serotonin a...

Author Jenny Woolsey shares her story of being born with a facial difference, her struggles growing up and her motivation to help others embrace difference. Her message... "Be Weirdly Wonderful!" Jenny has always looked for the best in the world despite its cruelty at times, as a child she was bullied. In her words: bullied "from the day she was born" when her parents being told due to her craniof...

In the latest People with a Passion podcast, Laurie Kelly of Brain Friendly Training shares how he teaches trainers to engage learners and explains why students need to understand how they learn. Laurie is considered among the best Master Trainers in Australia. A former school teacher, he identified the education system was failing some students. Fast forward almost 4 decades and Laurie is now a h...

Vicki Lau is a visual effects artist, content creator and entrepreneur who is passionate about helping others like her get into the movie and gaming industries. Her experience has seen her work on some of Hollywood's most recent blockbuster movies including Aquaman, Guardians Guide to the Galaxy, War of the Planet of the Apes and TMNT.   In this episode we talk about various Hollywood visual...

Boxer Sammy Leone is a proud indigenous man who uses his boxing as a platform to help Australia's youth discover their cultural identity through sharing their story. This is a thought-provoking episode which will hopefully lead to amicable debate and open discussion. The operator of The Boss Boxing in Brisbane, Sammy's own career saw him training in the Australian development squad at the Australi...

Brady Walmsley has a passion to lead. In this episode he shares his perspective on leadership. He shares awesome insights on what defines a great leader and separates them from others. Brady is about to embark on a journey in creating a company built around building leaders. This young entrepreneur has already tasted success in a sporting environment and through his experience managing a Police Yo...

Dr Joann Lukins spends her day inside the heads of individuals, teams and organizations. In this Episode we cover some of the mental skills athletes require to succeed and discuss Dr Jo's Book, The Elite, which was published in June 2019. Dr Joann Lukins seeks to understand what makes athletes tick and assists them and teams to reach their full potential. A psychological Indiana Jones, she describ...

Tom Haupt is an international speaker who helps people overcome and eliminate their limiting beliefs. He is a best-selling author with his book titled "Time Out! Winning Strategies for Playing a Bigger Game in Life". He is a basketball coach and founder of Be Elite Basketball and a Director for AAU Australia. In this episode Tom shares his experience helping families, employees, CEOs and Multi-Mil...

Today's guest, Andrew Hackett talks about many strategies to deal with change. Passionate about helping others change their lives for the better. Sexually abused by a school teacher as a teenager, Andrew spent a 20-year journey to discover who he is and take control of his life. His own transformation saw him recognizing the patterns and behaviors required to deal with change, he shares some of hi...

Ventriloquist Landon Harvey shares his journey from a 6-year-old puppeteer to a 19-year-old skilled craftsman passionate about giving voices to the characters he creates. In 2016 Landon won the Terry Fator Scholarship and attended the Vent Haven Convention where as a late entrant to the junior mic comp, won first place. He returned to win the same comp in 2017 and 2018. Mentored and inspired by so...

This episode we speak with Ben Moore about his lifelong passion for beekeeping and bees. Ben loves sharing his knowledge and he presents his passion like the "Steve Irwin of Bees".  Having appeared on popular television and radio programs, not only is Ben an avid apiarist, he is also an educator and advocate for the humble bee.  He recently started his own podcast, Bees with Ben where he...

Randy Santel is passionate about educating people to help them improve their relationship with food. In 2010 after winning the Spartacus national body transformation contest, he won a food challenge competition with a friend.  The rest became his legend as he started to pursue his new found passion of man versus food challenges professionally.  Now with well over 800 food challenges unde...

Garnet Thompson is the author of 20/20 Vision Dreams, an inspiring book around setting and achieving goals or dreams.  Growing up Garnet was raised by a village, a Jamaican by birth his mum left for Canada for a better life, leaving Garnet with his grandparents, who later followed their daughter to Canada, knowing they would send for their Grand Child. Raised by other family members and a chu...

Michael McDaniel is a fighter, literally. Never settling for second best this former semi-pro basketball player took up MMA at the young age of 41 after retiring from playing senior representative basketball.  With several pro fights under his belt and approaching 50, McDaniel is not done yet. Proud of his family name and heritage it is clear he loves to win and hates to lose. Something he ha...