The View From Here

What happens when the dream you worked so hard for no longer feels like your own? In Episode 29 of The View From Here , Nikki sits down with Australian actress, filmmaker, writer, director and former elite athlete Jane Larkin for a deeply honest conversation about identity, ambition, motherhood and the realities behind success. Jane shares what it means to move from representing Australia on the t...

What happens when the life you worked so hard to build no longer feels like the life you want to keep living? In this episode of The View From Here , Kylie Harris reflects on the years that reshaped her relationship with pressure, achievement, rest, and fulfilment. For a long time, slowing down felt dangerous. Rest carried the fear of losing everything, falling behind, or letting people down. But...

What is your relationship with money really telling you? In this episode of The View From Here , Jan Morrison brings more than forty years of experience in finance into a conversation that goes far beyond budgets, numbers, and strategy. Together, we explore the emotional side of money the beliefs we inherit, the stories we carry, the pressure to have it all figured out, and the quiet ways our self...

Ashley Hayward brings a level of honesty to this conversation that is both confronting and deeply moving. His story holds addiction, childhood violence, mental health struggles, loss of self, recovery, and the ongoing work of rebuilding a life from the inside out. In this episode, we talk about what it means to carry pressure silently, to keep going when there is no one to fall back on, and to fac...

I sat down with fine artist and surfer Kai Wilder for a conversation that moves far beyond the canvas. We explore the tension between discipline and creativity, what it takes to pursue excellence without losing the inner child, and the standards required to build a life, body of work, and legacy that truly means something. This is a grounded and powerful conversation about pressure, perspective, f...

Claudia Compton is a Psychic Business Consultant who combines strategy, intuition, and what she describes as psychic foresight to help business owners navigate growth, expansion, and decision-making from a broader perspective. On paper, her journey has been remarkable. She built a six-figure business within her first nine months, hosted events across Australia, led international retreats, and supp...

Morgan Joanel is an artist, performer, and creative force whose life has been shaped by both expression and extraordinary resilience. From being discovered by Sony in the early 2000s, to opening for major international artists, to forging her own path as a musician deeply committed to her truth, Morgan’s story is one of talent, individuality, and reinvention. In this episode, we explore the chapte...

Prue Aja personal brand strategist and mentor, shares a powerful conversation on reinvention, identity, grief, visibility, and the courage it takes to rebuild your life from the inside out. After more than 21 years in personal branding, Prue has helped visionary entrepreneurs move beyond being service providers and step into recognised authority. Behind the strategy is a deeply personal story grow...

Jordan Emserman is part of a new generation of entrepreneurs, self-made, self-taught, and building fast. From starting out as a tradesman to stepping into business, leadership, marketing, and AI, Jordan’s journey is a powerful look at what it really takes to evolve from doing the work to leading the vision. In this episode of The View From Here , Jordan shares the shift from tradesman to CEO, buil...

Tamara Meyer is not here to perform reinvention; she’s here to live it. In this episode of The View From Here , Tamara opens up about adaptation, visibility, standards, voice, leadership, and the powerful decision to hold your story from empowerment rather than victimhood. From performance and fitness to business, public speaking, paid advertising, personal reinvention, and building Empire School...

Dean Robinson has spent more than two decades operating at the highest level from working with elite athletes across the AFL and NRL to managing a private equity portfolio exceeding $300 million and leading over 700 staff. From the outside, it’s a life defined by achievement, but this conversation goes somewhere deeper. Success, when built on pressure and performance, eventually asks a different q...

What happens when the tools you’ve learned are no longer enough… and life asks you to actually live the work? In this episode of The View From Here , Steph Bailey, twin mum, life coach, inner child practitioner, and breathwork facilitator, shares a perspective shaped not just by study, but by lived experience. This conversation explores the deeper layers of inner child healing, nervous system patt...

Danny Shannon knows what it means to rebuild a life from the ground up. Clean since Christmas Day, 2009 , Danny has spent the last sixteen years doing the real work, not just to stay sober, but to become the kind of man, father, and leader he once didn’t believe was possible. Today, he’s the Founder & CEO of Encapsulator, the world’s first structured video journaling platform designed to docum...

There is a version of leadership that looks calm, capable, and composed on the outside… while quietly carrying more than is sustainable underneath. In episode 16 of The View From Here , Alisha Brennan, founder of Groundwork Studio, shares the lived experience behind the leadership she’s known for today. This is a conversation about the slow accumulation of responsibility. About what happens when c...

Lucinda Keily and Nick Midgley are the founders of Evolve a coaching platform built on the understanding that real transformation goes far deeper than what you see on the surface. Lucinda is an FMG Bikini Pro and coach with more than 15 years of experience helping people transform their health, habits, and lives. Nick brings a very different but equally powerful depth to the work shaped by lived e...

Some conversations change the way you see the role you play in other people’s lives. This episode of The View From Here is one of those conversations. Jess Robertson, founder of Journey Together and author of Moments That Matter has spent more than twenty-five years working with children and the adults who influence their worlds. In this powerful discussion, Jess shares why behaviour is often just...

What happens when the identity that once defined you no longer fits? Former Royal Marine Commando Dan Hall built his life on discipline, structure, and performance. Leaving the military meant stepping away from the very system that once gave him direction. In this episode of The View From Here , Dan shares the untold side of that transition, rebuilding identity after the uniform, moving from the U...

Some careers are built. Others find you. In this episode of The View From Here , I sit down with Julie Anne Longano, founder of Peeps Consulting and one of the most trusted connectors in the media industry. With more than 15 years across sales, agency, and integration, Julie Anne has built a name for seeing people clearly, spotting potential, trusting instinct, and connecting top talent with purpo...

What does it really take to build a town, without breaking it? Ben Kirkwood has spent more than 20 years inside hospitality and tourism, running restaurants, managing hotels, and operating resorts across Australia and overseas. But this conversation goes far beyond business. Long before “sea change” became a cultural shift, Ben made his own, moving to Byron Bay, opening his first restaurant, build...

Lauren Killey built her life on discipline, performance, and winning. By her early twenties, she had earned her pro card, competed nationally and internationally, and become known as a high-performing athlete and coach. From the outside, it looked powerful. Controlled. Certain. Yet the certainty was surface-level. Behind the titles and prep seasons was a quieter unravelling a relationship that was...

What happens when success stops working and a person is forced to meet themselves without the mask. Luke Flegeltaub has built businesses, led teams, crossed industries, and generated hundreds of millions in sales. He has also lost everything. Multiple times. Through addiction, grief, bankruptcy, burnout, and identity collapse, Luke’s life has repeatedly stripped him back to nothing but responsibil...

The View From Here – Belinda Kirkwood What does it really take to survive and sustain success in hospitality? Belinda Kirkwood has spent over 20 years owning and operating Beach Restaurant in Byron Bay alongside her husband Ben, building a business that has weathered growth, reinvention, and the pressures of an industry that never slows down. In this episode, Belinda goes beyond accolades to share...

Lewis Huckstep, a Purpose & Transformation Coach, author, entrepreneur, and someone willing to speak honestly about the space between success and fulfilment. Lewis has built multiple seven-figure businesses, helped thousands of people transform their lives, and mastered the external game of achievement. But this conversation isn’t about performance, it’s about what happens underneath it. We ex...

The View From Here was created to explore the conversations that sit beneath the surface, the ones that rarely make it into interviews, highlight reels, or success stories. In a world focused on outcomes and the hero’s journey, this podcast slows things down to look at what happens in between. The pivots. The pressure points. The internal shifts that quietly shape how we see ourselves, our relatio...

This conversation isn’t comfortable, and that’s exactly why it matters. I sit down with James Carson for a raw and unfiltered discussion about obesity, men’s mental health, identity, and the darker realities of the film and modelling industries that few people talk about openly. James shares what it’s like when your sense of worth becomes tied to external validation, your body, your image, your su...