Stand Out Life

Today’s guest is one of Australia’s most sought after high performance coaches - he is the well kept secret of elite athletes including Sally Fitzgibbons, 7 x world champion Steph Gilmore, 3x world champion Mick Fanning, 2 x world champion Chumpy Pullen, sporting teams (such as the Sydney Roosters, Richmond Tigers, and recently worked with the NSW State of Origin team), and many top 1 percenters i...

Emigrating from England with her family at the age of 13 cemented adventure into what was to come for the life of today’s guest, Lindsay Rogers. At the age of 25 Lindsay left her dream career, to build the company she couldn’t have dreamed of, Chello. Chello works with small and large organisations, fast growing start ups and government to create and build brands of tomorrow. In 2015 Lindz won the...

Listen to the full version of the the Stand Out Life Podcast Episode 79 featuring Dianne McGrath: www.alisonhill.com.au/diannemcgrath

Occasionally there are stories and expeditions that capture your attention more than others. Today’s guest is embarking on an expedition that is out of this world - quite literally. Dianne McGrath is one of only 100 remaining candidates worldwide from an initial 202,586 applicants for the one-way Mars One mission in 2031. We talk at length about this decision and the extraordinary impacts this jou...

Driven by her own path into health and wellness, Katherine is an advocate for individuals making a shift in their own health journey. Naturopath, nutritionist, author, mother and host of The Shift podcast, Katherine shares on this episode the importance of gut health, the role of decision-making when it comes to your own health, and her tips for finding energy amongst the busyness. Passionate abou...

My guest today is someone who’s story and pursuit I’ve wanted to share with you all for a while. Alexx Stuart is the author of ‘Low Tox Life’ published last year and it continues to occupy best-selling shelves. She is the founder of the thriving online education hub by the same name - Low Tox Life - made up of several e-courses, a podcast (one of the highest ranked in the health category in Austra...

She's been Australia's high priestess of pop, an award winning jazz singer, wears the hat of a fine artistic director and, above all that; Kate Ceberano is a songwriter with the talent to take a tune to the top of the charts. 24 albums over 30 years makes Ceberano the most prolific Australian female recording artist of this era. Her work, her craft and her vision are now imbued in our collective D...

In her role as a stylist Anna’s ultimate goal is to teach her clients how to find and refine their own style to reveal, and I love this, to reveal their favourite version of themselves.  She is passionate about enabling clients to shed anxieties about the way they dress and embark on new beginnings.  I’ve had the great fortune of working with Anna for the last few years and her approach is warm, r...

Raised in the small country town of Carcoar, Kurt Fearnley has always been determined. Being born without the lower portion of his spine he grew up in a community who never saw him different. In our conversation Kurt shares how it wasn’t until he was 12 years old that he fully realised that his pathway would be different. Kurt has achieved extraordinary feats from crewing a winning Sydney to Hobar...

From growing up on a tobacco plantation to becoming the Commissioner of QLD Fire and Emergency Services Katarina Carroll knows what hard work and resilience is. After starting a social work degree, Katarina joined the police force and found herself moving up through the ranks to become the Assistant Commissioner with the QLD Police Service, before moving to the role of Commissioner with the Firies...

When we hear about scientific breakthroughs we often don’t get the chance to hear what happens behind the scenes and the sheer volume of work that is required to achieve a breakthrough. This episode’s guest Dr Dharmica Mistry is co-founder and Chief Scientist at BCAL Diagnostics, a small Australian biotechnology company developing a revolutionary blood test for the detection of breast cancer. Dhar...

Today’s conversation is one with a difference. When I asked today’s guest for her bio she came back to me and said everything I had identified with before has changed and really I’m just a person who’s done a hike. And not just any hike. Kirsten Stallard spent 155 days walking the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico border to the Canadian border covering 4270km of terrain including 42 days across the...

Founder and Creative Director of global Swedish design and stationary business Kikki K, Kristina is the epitome of someone who had a dream and then did the work to turn it into a reality. Whilst she has achieved global success with this brand you’ll hear from our conversation that Kristina believes that she’s only just starting and there’s so much more to do. Beside from business growth Kristina i...

Occasionally in life you get the chance to share space with truly remarkable people. Mae Thiew is one of those people who has the ability to fill your heart simply by her smile. The way she spreads love in some of the hardest of circumstances is extraordinary. Mae works with the forgotten and ignored children of northern Thailand, many of whom have HIV. She is the director and founder of the wonde...

Karni Liddell is a force of nature. She has an enthusiasm for life that is contagious and an advocacy approach that will get you thinking about important topics in the world of disability. At 12 months of age Karni was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, her parents were told that she would never be able to walk and that she would not live past her teens. Defying the odds Karni competed at two Para...

Lola Berry is Australia’s leading nutritionist, appearing regularly on television shows such as The Project, The Today Show and A Current Affair. She is a spokesperson on nutrition and general wellbeing in print and on radio, and has a huge and interactive online following. She has published 10 books, including her latest book The Yoga Body. She has a smoothie bar in Melbourne called The Happy Pla...

At the age of 16 Layne Beachley became a professional surfer and went on to become the greatest surfer in history securing 7 world titles and has recently just won her 8th world Masters championship. But her success hasn’t come without hurdles. In our chat Layne shares how her first 6 world titles were won on fear, and her sweetest one was the 7th which she embraced the language of love, realised...

Andy is a pastoral, skate-boarding, accountant. I did ask him the obvious question - why accounting? Which you’ll hear the answer to in our conversation. Andy lives his life with the philosophy that it’s our responsibility to help others. When we do that we end up being gifted with some much ourselves. It’s this philosophy that has guided his work for the past 21 years. Andy is the founder and CEO...

Pip Edwards has made her mark utilising her own name sake initials and retro-tomboy style to launch P.E Nation. With an impressive history in Fashion, and a Bachelor of Commerce/Law Pip had the platform set to create something unique. Her longstanding fashion career has seen her work with brands such as Ksubi, DLM, Sass & Bide and General Pants Co. It was whilst working at Sass and Bide that Pip’s...

When you hear some of the things that today’s guest has already achieved at a young age it’ll blow your mind. But to me she’s also an example of someone who’s truly connected to her purpose and see’s no barriers in what’s possible. Finalist for Young Australia of the year at 20, list as one of Australia’s top 100 most influential women at 21, recipient of Pride of Australia Medal, has been on the...

There are moments in our lives that when we step into them nothing in our world is ever the same again. Hetty Johnston is a house-hold name in Australia because she was confronted with one of these moments after her daughter shared with her something no parents ever wants to hear. Hetty is a woman of passion and determination and in 1997 she established Bravehearts Foundation - Australia’s leading...

With a career inspired by watching ‘Bewitched’ at the age of 6, Bec Brideson’s interest in the world of advertising started young - they may not sound related but Bec was interested in Samantha’s husband’s career which was in advertising. Wanting to challenge the status quo as well as do work that is equal parts creative and analytical - working in advertising was a no-brainer for Bec. But it hasn...

Today's guest has experienced some extraordinary levels of success throughout her life. As a teenager Giaan Rooney was faced with the choice of diving (pun intended) into a swimming career or pursuing a career in netball. She choose swimming and went on to compete on the world stage, winning an Olympic Gold Medal and breaking a world record amongst other achievements. In this conversation we talk...

I’m not sure what you were doing when you were 8 years old, but I’d guess that it doesn’t quite come close to what today’s guest did at this age. Alyssa Azar followed in her father’s trekking footsteps and completed the Kokoda Track at the age of 8 - kick-starting a love of trekking, climbing, and smashing big goals. In 2016 Alyssa became the youngest Australian to summit Mt Everest at the age of...

Maz Compton was the first ever guest that I had for Stand Out Life series - we chatted in Episode 1 nearly two years ago and that episode is still one of the most tuned into episodes of the entire series. So when she published a book I knew that I absolutely had to get her back into studio. Her book is called The Social Rebellion and it’s candid, personal and real with Maz sharing her experience o...