SHIT HAPPY with Toni Powell

This is the fan mail link! Winning MasterChef was meant to be the start of a dream life, but instead, it became the precursor to a quiet, devastating undoing. Julie Goodwin, the show’s first-ever winner, takes us behind the curtain of reality TV fame to share the raw, unfiltered reality of what happens when the cameras stop rolling and the isolation truly sets in. If you or someone you know is str...

This is the fan mail link! Becky Livingston didn't just survive the loss of her daughter Rachel, she took her on one last trip.  For 26 months, Becky traveled the globe with Rachel’s ashes in her suitcase, scattering them in the places Rachel had always dreamed of visiting—from the Taj Mahal to the peaks of the Andes. This is the visceral, logistics-heavy, and deeply moving account of that jo...

This is the fan mail link! Becky Livingston's world imploded twice. First, her partner Bob was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer and died six months later. Then, 18 months after that, her daughter Rachel's brain tumour returned. Most people would have stayed on the floor. Becky got up, packed her daughter's ashes, and spent 26 months scattering them across the places Rachel had...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview  Shownotes: Guests Share Their Favourite Books - rerun of ep 62  Books can shape lives, shift perspectives, and sometimes even spark laughter in the bedroom. In this Sh!t Happy holiday special, guests reveal the books that most changed or uplifted them—from Jack Canfield’s Success Principles to Louise Hay, from Ram...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview  Shownotes: Guests Share About Romance - rerun of ep 66  From handwritten Italian love notes to a surprise donkey with a red bow, this holiday special brims with the most romantic gestures our guests have ever experienced. You’ll hear about unexpected kindness, deep devotion, sparkling Vegas vows, and even a partner...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview  *note this rerun episode has two smaller episodes together.   One on Childhood dreams and one on Kindness. Sep shownotes for both below:  Shownotes: Guests Share Their Childhood Dreams -  reryb ep 64  Ever wonder what your childhood dreams said about you? In this fun holiday special, guests share the quirky, heartf...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview  Shownotes: Guests Share Real Life Miracles - Rerun of Ep 65  Need some holiday magic? This special Sh!t Happy episode gathers extraordinary true “miracle” stories from guests you’ve already met on the show. From white doves in Assisi with Petrea King to a mysterious old lady at her hospital bed, from Stephanie Berg...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview  Shownotes: Guests Share How They First Met Their Love - Holiday Special ep  63 Love at first sight, illegal visas, meditation dreams, and a tango that turned into marriage—this New Year’s Day holiday special is packed with unforgettable first-meeting stories. Heidi Dening reveals how Batgirl fell for King Kong, Mar...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes: What happens when the struggle you inherit is privilege, not poverty? In this powerful episode, Angela Williams shares how wealth, social barriers, addiction in marriage, faith, kindness and service shaped her life. From growing up as the daughter of an English Lord to supporting women on the streets and...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes: What if grief did not have to mean a life built around pain? In this deeply moving episode, Marie Alessi shares how the sudden death of her husband changed everything, and how one clear decision helped her guide herself and her sons through devastating loss. This conversation explores grief, healing, pare...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes:  When the devastating 2019–2020 Australian bushfires tore through the small town of Cobargo, potter Gaye Powell and her partner Dan faced a terrifying fight to save their home and creative livelihood. In this powerful conversation, Gay shares the reality of surviving the fires, the emotional aftermath, an...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview SHOWNOTES Description In this powerful continuation with Dr Margot McKinnon, we explore near death experiences, unconditional love, and how reconnecting with your inner blueprint can transform wellbeing, mental health, education, parenting, and relationships. Margot shares extraordinary stories of consciousness beyo...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes: Description Dr Margot McKinnon shares how an acrimonious divorce and “pit of despair” became the turning point that pulled her back to herself. We talk spiritual guidance, rebuilding your circle, the “blueprint” you are born with, and her five-dimensions model (body, mind, spirit, soul, oneness) to help y...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes  Grief doesn’t always arrive as tears. Sometimes it shows up as “do mode”, shock, and a nervous system that never quite believes life is safe again. Alice Hanna shares the extraordinary story of her adventurous mother, her mother’s chronic pain and mental health decline, and the suicide that changed Alice’...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview SHOWNOTES:  5 Minutes To Improve Your LIfe in 16 Ways with Toni Powell  ep 93 This episode introduces a simple, science-backed practice that takes just minutes a day and quietly reshapes your wellbeing, brain, relationships and even how you age. Loving-kindness meditation is free, accessible, and far more powerful t...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview  SHOWNOTES:  Lifestyle medicine is the prescription most of us aren’t getting. Toni speaks with Roni Beauchamp, CEO of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, about the real foundations of health: sleep, movement, food, social connection, behaviour change and prevention. Why aren’t doctors trained in lifesty...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes:  A warm, funny and deeply human “More Shit Happy” episode exploring the powerful words people choose to live by. This conversation celebrates wellbeing, mindset, kindness, authenticity, resilience and the tiny 1% actions that shape mental health, happiness and real life growth. From grief and courage to f...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes: After a workplace conflict detonates Donna Thistlewaite’s confidence, intrusive thoughts spiral fast and end in a suicide attempt from Brisbane’s Story Bridge. Donna survives in a chain of near-impossible events and, years later, uses her story to shift stigma, build hope, and teach practical tools for we...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes: We Learned New Stuff - In Bed With Phil  ep 89  What if everything you “knew” turned out to be wrong—or at least surprising? In this fun In Bed with Phil episode, Toni and Phil swap strange facts, quirky discoveries, and laugh-out-loud oddities. From Elton John’s favorite song to why Saudi Arabia imports...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes:  Maureen Hascoet built a bold plan to change Scotland’s film industry while her family faced a Huntington’s diagnosis. Then investors manoeuvred her out of her own studio, triggering betrayal trauma, burnout, panic, and a frightening intrusive thought on the motorway. In this raw conversation, Maureen sha...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes  A short but powerful “But wait, there’s more” follow-up with anthropologist Monty Badami that dives into identity, culture, wellbeing and meaning. Monty shares his time in South India with the Pania community, the limits of a purely biomedical approach to mental health, and a story that still gives Toni g...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes What does it really mean to be human in a messy, uncertain world? Anthropologist Monty Badami joins Toni Powell for a thoughtful, funny and deeply humane conversation about wellbeing, mental health, conflict, compassion and meaning-making. From cancel culture and free speech to perfectionism, vulnerability...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview Shownotes: This Miracles edition of But Wait, There’s More gathers powerful real-life stories of meaning, hope, grief and connection from past guests. From near-death reassurance and spiritual presence to long-lost family reunions, unexpected provision, and profound end-of-life experiences, these conversations explo...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview  Shownotes: "I'm Gay?" The Plot Twist I Didn't See Coming with Meralda Bateman ep 84 An unexpected, funny and deeply moving story about love, identity, wellbeing and family. Marelda Bateman shares how leaving a long marriage, navigating mental health challenges, and falling in love with a woman a...

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterview  Shownotes In this In Bed with Phil episode of Sh!t Happy , Toni and Phil share an honest, lived-experience conversation about autism, ADHD and neurodivergence later in life. They explore sensory overload, misinterpretation of behaviour, late diagnosis, dopamine, anxiety and why difference is so often labelled as “d...