Stand Out Life

Whether its back in the Editor of Cosmos days, as a host on the first series of MasterChef, the face behind the international I Quit Sugar movement, whose 8-week program has been completed by 1.5 million people, through the pages of any one of her international best-selling cookbooks, or in the poetic words of her book about anxiety titled, ‘First, We Make The Beast Beautiful’, which was a New Yor...

Liza-Jayne (LJ) has almost three decades of experience helping organisations, causes, and individuals successfully grow their profiles and accentuate their positive. She has worked at the highest levels of media, government and business as a journalist and trusted adviser. It was her closer friendship with fellow Journalist Tracy Spicer that also set her on the path with NOW Australia and Outspoke...

Tara Moss is someone that I’ve admired for years, so to be able to share a conversation in a studio with her was an absolute delight. Tara wears many hats, she’s an author with 11 best-selling books and two more in the pipeline, a documentary maker, presenter, journalist, former model, and an advocate for women and children’s rights. She lives and breathes her philosophy to never live the same day...

Sarah is obsessed with wonder, productivity, creativity, innovation and curious about all things, the weirder the better. She is the Producer, Creative Director and Curator for CommBank’s Wired for Wonder - an open architecture event dreamed up to create a space for truly innovative thinking. She also owns a baby shoe company called Sienna Baby and is a Design Thinking Coach, Hypnotherapist and NL...

With over 20 years in the entertainment industry it's hard to remember a time when Osher Gunsberg wasn't on TV (or on the radio). Osher is one of Australia’s most loved celebrities. When you see someone on TV or hear them on radio we can make assumptions about their lives - when reality may be very very different. Osher has written a memoir, 'Back, After the Break', where he shares his life experi...

Fiona Redding recognises that for many years she was running from life - and she used every strategy possible to get away - including running to other countries, being caught up in relationships that weren’t right, and a drinking habit that had become chronic. It was only when she realised she couldn’t run any more with the arrival of two kids, and the realisation that there was more to life that...

I’m not going to lie, today’s episode is a heavy conversation; a much needed conversation about grief and loss, 10/10 of us will die - it’s inevitable, we’ll experience the passing of someone that we love and have to navigate our response to grief and loss inside the communities that we live. Jess’s experience with grief, and the way she beautifully, rawly and openly shares her story is as complex...

Today’s conversation is with the ever positive Ellie Cole. Ellie has become one of Australia’s most accomplished Paralympians with 15 olympic medals and a world record. At age three, Ellie’s right leg was amputated after she suffered a life-threatening sarcoma cancer. When Ellie started swimming as a form of rehab post-surgery, doctors expected it to take at least a year to learn how to swim. It t...

Today’s episode is with a return guest to the Stand Out Life series, our first actually. Emma Isaacs was featured in Ep 2 and is the second most listened to episode of the entire series. So, when I heard Em had published her first book ‘Winging It’ I knew it was time for another chat. Emma is the founder and global CEO of Business Chicks, Australia’s largest community for women. Over the past thir...

Its one thing to challenge your mates to have a month off the drink it’s a whole other thing to start a national initiative and charity fund-raising event. But 10 years ago that’s what today’s guest embarked on. Brett MacDonald was one of three British back-packers travelling through Sydney who all decided to have a month off alcohol after a few solid months of partying. Through building a website...

The mission to find the right lip shade can sometimes be as difficult as landing the outfit itself. Today’s guest, Courtney Treacy has found a solution along with her sister Kimberley and it seems everyone is glad that they did. The Lip Lab was founded in 2015 after the sisters noticed that the personalisation trend was taking off and were driven to deliver a unique, customised beauty concept in A...

Vet surgeon, business owner, and entrepreneur Dr Glen Richards knows a thing or two about success in the business world. Appearing as one of the sharks on Channel 10's hit show Shark Tank Glen believes that it's critical to invest in the successes of the future. In this conversation we chat about how a long train ride was the catalyst for a business plan that saw him become the Managing Director o...

There are some people who’s energy enters the room even before they do. Today’s guest is one of those people. Her face is alive, her smile contagious, and her warmth always present and she makes you think….geez I’ll have a bit of what she’s having. Kemi Nekvapil has had an extra-ordinary life moving from Nigeria to England where she lived with 5 foster families. These early life experiences inform...

Adina is the co-founder of innovative Australian technical goods company, STM Goods. She launched the company in 1998 in Bondi, Sydney with the goal of providing people with technical products that are beautiful, durable and functional. STM Goods is now a global industry leader in laptop bags, packs, fitted cases and other tech accessories designed to make life and business ‘on the go’ easier. It...

Dr Nikki Stamp is a heart and lung surgeon, which means that she spends her days working on the edge of life and death. She has witnessed the inner workings of our bodies in a way that many of us are completely oblivious too. In this conversation you’ll hear her deep curiosity and fascination that drives her to explore what makes our hearts tick, what cures a broken heart, and how we should all be...

You know those times when you have a conversations with someone and for some reason it just doesn’t seem to be getting through? It’s like you’re speaking different languages. On the flipside there are times when you speak with someone and it just sings - but you’re not really sure why? The key to what we often see as ‘gut instincts’ is greatly impacted upon by the way we use non-verbal communicati...

Pioneer is one of those words that is often thrown around, but today’s guest, Bree Brock, is at the forefront of a new era in women’s sport in Australia. As the CEO of the Brisbane Lions women’s team, Bree is the only female CEO across all AFL teams. She unpacks her own rise to leadership, what she has learnt along the way and the vision she has for the future. We also dig into the frustration of...

When it comes to putting yourself in the way of hard things, and having gone through hard experiences, this episode's guest has a few stories to tell. You may know her as one of the final three people left on the 2016 series of Survivor in Somoa. Aside from her gruelling 54 days on the island, and the toughest 6 1/2 hour challenge she’d ever faced, El Rowland has a fascinating story. She has spent...

Mark has confronted fear in a way that many of us never do. As a professional Big Wave Surfer he has won 3 Oakley awards and ridden some of the biggest waves that have ever been ridden by anyone on the planet. Whilst having confronted a lot of terrifying situations Mark is still not immune to the crippling effects of fear, but has tapped into simple strategies to make sure it doesn't stop him from...

Listening to these two is like chatting to your best friend. Their story of friendship was love at first cyber-stalk (or close to that); and how they have taken their individual skills and leaped into a new career together is a unique story. During this episode Lise Carlaw and Sarah Wills, better known as Those Two Girls, give us a glimpse into the uniqueness behind their drive and success (Sarah'...

Our identity is central to who we are as human beings - and it is so often tightly connected to our upbringing and our family. Today’s guest Joel has a lot to celebrate. He is a renowned film maker and world class storyteller, making beautifully crafted stories that tough the heart and move the soul. He is a sought after keynote speaker and combines film, music and photographer into his unique del...

In 2015 she won the National Telstra Business Womens award, the AFR’s BOSS Magazine Young Executives of the Year - Winner, and the following year was named in the Westpac 100 Women of Influence list. Dr Catherine Ball is nearly as nerdy a nerd as you can find. Her mum imparted a strong sense of independence and David Attenborough gave her a passion for planet earth, and these two virtues continue...

"It’s what people do not the position they hold that really makes a difference..." When I started this podcast series I always knew I would have the conversation with Peter Baines. Peter has held many positions and seen sides of humanity many of us are not exposed to. As a forensic copper Peter Baines worked at the cold-face of communities. Throughout his career his work landed him in places like...

Bella Zanesco is a modern day polymath. A world champion sailor, creator of best practice holistic leadership programs, passionate advocate for full-expression and award winning entrepreneur, her mission is to make a healthier, happier workplace. As a business executive, she delivered over $5b to Fortune 500 companies including Pepsi Co, Sainsbury's, Reed Elsevier, Unilever, and The Royal Mail. An...

What is your relationship like with your body? In this body conscious day and age that might be a hard question to hear, but a critical one to contemplate. Because for far too many of us the answer to that question is not great. Taryn Brumfit is the person behind the global phenomenon the Body Image Movement and in 2014 released a documentary EMBRACE which was viewed over 25 million times on the i...