Self unLimited - Stories of the Brave

Will Snow, an employment lawyer, provides an enlightening perspective on employment law and employee-employer relations. He explains how employment law plays a role in shaping an individual's workscape, and what you can do to influence your workscape experience for mutual benefit. He also shares useful thoughts about the nuanced aspects of shaping a workscape, that benefit from an approach that is...

Rebecca's workscape included tangling with a major medical situation. This had her reflecting on limitations and directions. With such a challenge, she found herself using techniques learnt at work to nimbly navigate a way forward without having all the answers to her questions. She shares with Helen wisdom gained across her whole (and long) workscape.

Theresa is a serial entrepreneur. She's had the opportunity to recruit and work with many people in her entrepreneurial ventures. She's observed and learnt about the mindsets and skills that are necessary for people to thrive when working in a start-up. She talks with Helen about these things so budding entrepreneurs can prepare and check for themselves about whether this is a path they might want...

Ket Patel loves cultivating communities. It's this desire to connect people and possibilities that led him to behave entrepreneurially - to create value for others regardless of whether he was employed to do so. The way he thinks and acts is very Self unLimited and he was doing this long before he heard of Self unLimited. His workscape is rich with stories of what he's done, and dreams for what he...

Jasmine Malki doesn't have a singular career path, she's mixing it up in a portfolio career where she's consciously attending to and activating her strengths. She's on an ongoing journey to test out possibilities, explore the nuances of what gives her joy and fulfillment in work, and live her life to align with these. This gives her great energy and enables her to be effective, productive and valu...

Jen Holder was re-evaluating what was happening in her workscape, and what she wanted to do about it. She choose to use the Value Exchange Ledger activity to help her figure out what questions to explore, and what answers made sense. She was literally e-valu-ating what value was important and getting attention. She started with herself, and expanded this evaluation to hold important conversations...

Michelle Fotheringham 'escaped' from corporate life to work in the professional gig economy. She also created the means for others to join together in doing such work, providing an alternative pathway for organisations to access great talent. She explains about her creation, Werkling and shares advice for individuals who might take their own path to becoming a Werkling. It's a very Self unLimited...

Jacqui Williamson took an intentional break as she finished one gig in her workscape, and contemplated what next. She explains why she did this, what she did and what steps she's taken previously in her workscape to make such break-taking possible. She challenges the status quo about having 'empty' spaces in her 'resume'.

Neville Christie is 80 years young, and he's not retired. He's currently on a sabbatical as he readies himself for the next chapter in his workscape in a radically evolving future of work. He proposes bold ideas and predicts big changes for his workscape and yours. Listen out for the seven sources of income, and great advice for the young starting out and the brave ready to reset.

Michael Amsoms has added pottery making into his workscape. It is enriching his day-to-day job with insights about craft, mistakes and creativity. He shares with Helen how this came about and what he's been learning about himself as he crafts pottery artefacts and his professional practice.

Vincenzo Danilo Esposito and Bronté Jackson are special colleagues-from-another-organisation of Helen's. During the pandemic, they created a space (virtual, social, temporal) to support each other through challenges in their individual workscapes. The nature and purpose of this space emerged over time. It gave them all some 'wind beneath our wings' to explore thoughts, feelings and potential resol...

Anetta Pizag has been shaping her workscape with conscious decisions about when, where and how she works so that she can be productive and work smarter not harder. With her experience and insights, fuelled by a healthy dose of research, she's collated practical advice for 35 Smart Choices in her new book, so others can be their best self each day by developing their unique work style. She guides H...

Helen talks with Cassie Goodman about self-fidelity and what it means to her. She's been on a journey to explore and shape a practice of being true to self, and restore faith in the very best version of self. It's an idea that stands out in a world when there are many voices that attempt to influence who we are or who we should be. Cassie advocates for clarifying one's own strengths and recommends...

Helen and Dani Sirotic muse about creativity and what it means to them. They explore ideas of showing up, trying things, keeping eyes open to find new connections, placing self in different situations both to restore self and to find new things. In their everyday lives there are different things they do that are creative.

Helen talks with Catherine Grenfell about her recent action to leave the world of 'normal' work and move to a state of retirement. Well, not retiring as you might expect … she says it’s a state of discoverment. She's got many things on the go that tap into and grow her abilities and interests. One project is mixing her love of books and travel in videos published on YouTube. https://www.youtube.co...

Helen and Julien Leyre talk about unconventional lives and independent work choices. This includes what Julien does, who he works with and what value he seek from his work away from the mainstream. His decisions are partly based on a conscious understanding with his partner about lifestyle choices that connect to work choices. There's a deeper philosophy at play in the reign of Julien unLimited!

Helen and Natasha (Tash) Redman riff on the subject of Imposter Syndrome - something they don't experience. They reflect on what they do experience, choose to do and who they listen to in their workscapes as they step into situations of not knowing, and growing.

Helen talks with María Recaman in a second conversation about the challenges in finding a job and creating a workscape in a foreign country. María moved to Australia from Columbia and navigated general cultural, as well as professional cultural changes.

Helen talks with Ali Farajala, originally from Sudan, now living and working in Australia. Ali shares key moments in his journey and advice he'd give his younger self. He shares his reflections on what graduates want and how Self unLimited thinking helped him change his perspective on work and working life.

Helen and Steph Clark riff on what is work, and ways to actively create varied opportunities for having new experiences and gaining new skills. They explore being intentional, experimental and taking break periods as part of a contemporary working life.

Helen talks with Joanne Hansen about value and what's valuable to Joanne personally. It's a mix of enduring, and things that change because of context. Together they riff on different notions of finding value in work, tapping into Joanne's HR perspective.

Helen talks with Blair Morgan about how his interest and skill in music are enriching his workscape, both when he's employed and when he's on a work break. And he's not the only one benefiting from the musical experiences.

Helen talks with Wendy Grimston about how much change she's seen, and the changes she's personally made, as she celebrates 40 years in her workscape. She's had core values as her guiding light through a diversity of opportunities, and commitment to learning.

Helen talks with Lizzie Webb who works to improve the lives of those around her, creating a world of which she can be proud. In her very diverse workscape, she's mixing volunteer and paid work where she can align what she does with her values. She has great advice for others ready to contribute through volunteering.

Helen talks with Sheillah Bagayana from Uganda to get a view of the current workscape of a young bio-medical engineer working in a NFP (Fre02). Sheillah is passionate about the work she does and has a resilient learning mindset with which she navigates challenges.