Reason With Me

This episode is all about holistic wellness. Anthony is the CEO and founder of Me and My Wellness which provides holistic health solutions through the lens of food as medicine, along with a balanced lifestyle approach. Anthony is an inspirational speaker who has a hunger for learning holistically to help the whole person and address what lies underneath it all. Anthony reasons with me about loving...

This episode is about Cow Therapy. Lawrence Fox is the founder of Cow Cuddling Co an animal rescue farm that involves meeting, sitting with, cuddling, and scratching hand-raised cows on a farm. The slower heart rate and warm body temperature of the cows induces a slowing of our own heart rate, as well as the release of Oxytocin, our social bonding hormone. Lawrence wishes only that the cows could...

Find You: A guide to radically putting yourself first E-book available now . FREE to the Reason with Podcast Listeners This episode is all about radically putting yourself first. I wanted to share with you some of the concepts that are within my new E-BOOK 'FIND YOU' The whole purpose of why I made the book is to empower people to choose to be their own number 1, and put themselves first....

This episode is about online dating. Steph is the founder of @letsfindlove and is an expert in online dating. Steph is very familiar with the online dating scene and understands the daily struggles of users. Steph wants to educate and support users to improve their online experiences. Steph is committed to changing the narrative and ensuring users no longer blame themselves for their experiences....

This episode is all about Women's Mental Health. Since 2010, the “Liptember” flagship fundraising campaign has encouraged people to wear lipstick throughout the month of September as a lighthearted and fun way to raise awareness and vital funds for women’s mental health, raising over $12 million to date. Before the Liptember Foundation existed, charities supporting women were limited and women’s m...

This episode is all about the power of breath. Kade Fallins is a Facilitator & Coach with qualifications in a number of holistic modalities relating to Wellness and Performance, he places a passionate emphasis on bringing out the best in people, in remembrance of their existing gifts and wellbeing, by clearing any layers that are distorting their ability to experience them. Using Breathwork as...

This episode is all about dating. Fronted by two fed-up females Melanie Leahy and Elisse Alexander, Ziinkle is unlike any other dating app on the market. The innovative platform allows you to see where other singles are out and about socially in real-time, encouraging you to swap swiping on the couch for locking eyes across the bar. Mel and Ellise reason with me about the problem that dating apps...

This episode is all about deconstructing resistance and reaching deeper connections. Alana is a mother and holistic counsellor who has recently moved from city to an off grid property in the mountains. Alana is passionate about sharing her truth and the lessons she learns in life as she journeys her way back to herself. Alana reasons with me about her experience of breaking down limitations and go...

This episode is all about trauma. What does it all mean? Does your trauma mean more than my trauma? Did I have the best childhood? The ins and outs of how it all plays out now?  It is probably important to mention that this topic is bigger than prince and to cover it in a short space of time would be merely impossible. Be that as it may, in this episode I endeavour to share my perspective of traum...

This episode is all about relationships, knowing that you are not your partner and that their experience is not your experience.  Monique Harding is a Clinical Mental Health Social Worker and Couple + Family Therapist that specialises in all things relationships. She uses a family systems lens to support people in developing practical and sustainable tools; with a focus on creating more conscious...

This episode explores living life on your terms, expressing yourself, creating connection, freedom and safety. Jess and Lawrence are the founders and owners of a multi-award winning swingers club based in Sydney. For the last 8 years, they have been offering a safe and sexy place for couples and singles to explore and fulfil their sexual fantasies. On this special episode, we shared the host seat,...

This episode is coming off the back of International Women's Day where I had the privilege of speaking with an incredible and powerful woman Matilda Coy. Matilda is the Founder of The Georgie Collective, a safe space for curious women to connect and grow. The Georgie Collective is built in tribute to Matilda's best friend who passed away after a long battle with depression. The Georgie C...

This podcast is about one man's self-worth discovery to then interviewing other people's journey of overcoming obstacles of cancer in the book 'Cycles of Lifes". An entrepreneur, author, public speaker, athlete, and philanthropist, David Richman uses the lessons learned in his life to enrich and inspire others. David embarked on a journey to find 15 compelling human stories to...

This episode is the first guest of the newly revamped podcast focussing on self-worth and relationships and what a way to start. I am proud and honoured to have an original custodian from tribal sovereign nations of the Wiradjuri and Tjapukai people. Zeke Shaw is a leader in Aboriginal consultancy and delivers powerful teachings in connection and sharing the knowledge-based down. Zeke reasons with...

This episode is about the start of something new here at the Reason With Me Podcast. I have looked at what keeps coming up in topics, what the most popular conversations and episodes are. I believe that everything comes back to the relationship we have with ourselves and the relationship we have with others. My focus in counselling, speaking, writing, reading is all about self-worth and relationsh...

This episode is about addiction recovery and what that looks like. Diane Young is a uniquely skilled Psychotherapist and Counsellor. Diane brings a broad professional repertoire and understanding of corporate culture to her work by using a holistic approach to therapy. Diane is in recovery from addiction and has been a therapist giving back in extraordinary ways. Diane has a private practice and w...

This episode is about understanding our trauma. Lou Lebentz is a psychotherapist, trauma specialist and EMDR clinician who runs a hugely successful Facebook Group which helps educate people about complex PTSD and how to thrive through trauma, rather than simply survive. Lou reasons with me about the importance of passing down a legacy that is filled with self-awareness and knowledge to create a be...

This episode is about our relationship with food and the body. Sarah is an Exercise Physiologist and health coach who's primary belief is to ‘unlearn’ everything about diet culture. It’s about nourishing body and mind with scientific facts to build foundations for a life of realness, not just wellness. Sarah reasons with me about listening to their bodies and how to come familiar with their o...

This episode is about the experiences of being a female transgender individual. Chaye is an incredibly transparent and well-spoken woman who leaves me speechless several times through her incredible sharing of her journey of finding herself, listening to her body and overcoming fear. Chaye reasons with me about the challenges and triumphs of her journey and how it has shaped who she is today. We e...

This episode is about addiction. Danny is a recovering addict who has not had a drink or a drug since the 15th of September 2009. He is also the founder of Encapsulator, providing Digital Time Capsules through allowing people to record their future hopes and dreams, documenting family histories to be passed on to future generations into a time-locked vault to be discovered at a later date. Danny r...

This episode is about our youth's mental health. Batyr is a for-purpose preventative mental health organisation, created and driven by young people, for young people. I speak with Nic Brown the CEO of Batyr and he is leading the herd at Batyr to continue to grow and reach toward smashing the stigma around mental health and empowering young people to create a mentally healthy Australia. Nic re...

This episode is about perspective and resilience. On the 31st of August 2014, Joel Sardi had a fall over a staircase and broke his C2 & C5. The injury that night has left Joel a C5 quadriplegic. Joel had been serving in the Australian Army for the past 5 years as a rifleman when he had his accident. He had recently returned home from a 7-month deployment in Afghanistan in December 2013. He now...

This episode is about trauma. What a big subject, that needs more light and more recognition. Dr. Cathy Kezelman AM is a medical practitioner, mental health consumer advocate, President of Blue Knot Foundation National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma. Under her stewardship Blue Knot Foundation has grown from a peer support organisation to a national centre of excellence combining a promine...

This episode is about Depression. Dr Mark Rowe is a Consultant Psychiatrist who has a special interest in managing mood disorders. His interest in mood disorders involves sub-typing depressive disorders and diagnosing accurately persistent mood disorders which may have failed to respond to previous treatments. Dr Rowe and I discuss what depression is, the mental health system and the way our socie...

This episode is about Mental Health First Aid. If you have a kid grow up with diabetes, from the start that kid gets every bit of help, education and acceptance that they need, but for a kid growing up with mental illness, they aren't afforded that. Ben Higgs from the Rise Foundation is educating our society about mental health so that people no longer have to figure it out and make it up as...