The View From Here

For 10 years, Ilina Gorgievski has been navigating a fertility journey that has asked more of her than most people will ever see. Known to many Australians through two seasons of Big Miracles , Ilina opened one of the most vulnerable parts of her life to millions of viewers. But unlike many of the stories we’re used to seeing on television, hers didn’t end with the outcome everyone was hoping for....

What happens when the life you knew changes in an instant and then, years later, the identity you rebuilt around achievement disappears too? In Episode 41 of The View From Here , Nikki sits down with former world number one wheelchair tennis player and Paralympic gold medallist David Hall. At just 16, David lost both legs following a life-changing accident and died twice. What followed was not onl...

Former NRL player Matt Allwood has faced the loss of his sporting career, a severe spinal injury and a diagnosis of multiple myeloma an incurable cancer. But this isn’t a story about giving up. It’s about accountability, perspective and choosing to live more fully when life gives you every reason not to. Matt shares his journey from a shy kid searching for belonging to professional rugby league, p...

What happens when you stop waiting for the “right time” and start building the life you actually want? In 2016, solo mum Evie Farrell quit her job, rented out her home, packed one backpack and took her five-year-old daughter, Em, travelling through Asia. One year became three and changed the trajectory of both their lives, but behind the freedom, travel and adventure is another story. The reality...

Mat Steinwede’s story is often told as the ultimate transformation from addiction, homelessness and Sydney’s criminal underworld to becoming one of Australia’s leading real estate agents. Episode 38 goes beyond the comeback. We explore whether addiction ever truly disappears or simply finds a more socially acceptable place to live through work, achievement and control. Mat opens up about the cost...

What does it really mean to be “living the dream”? For Che Devlin, it isn’t a life without pressure, setbacks or responsibility. It’s choosing how you perceive the life in front of you and remembering who you’re building it all for. From reopening the iconic Fig Tree Restaurant and building Byron Bay Weddings and The Wedding Shed, to watching the restaurant burn down and rebuilding it again, Che u...

Lachlan Stuart knows what it feels like to chase the thing you think will finally make you feel enough. For him, that pursuit took him from Toowoomba to France to play rugby, but what he discovered overseas was confronting: success was never going to quiet the negative voice in his head. That work had to happen within. In this episode, Lachlan opens up about losing his identity, rebuilding himself...

Nicki Price shares with us the strength, identity, motherhood, pressure, and what it really means to choose yourself in life. In episode 35, Nicki, the founder of Priceless Media, a publicist and strategist who has built a powerful career helping others be seen. But behind the business, the media wins, and the public version of success is a woman who has carried a lot quietly. In this episode, Nic...

What happens when the story you spent years avoiding becomes the very thing that gives your life purpose? In Episode 34 of The View From Here , I sit down with Angus Cunningham, author, speaker, cancer advocate, runner, and two-time childhood cancer survivor. After surviving cancer twice before the age of twelve, Angus spent years trying to move forward, be “fine,” and separate himself from what h...

What does it take to turn loneliness into belonging? In this episode of The View From Here , Nikki sits down with Toni Dee, founder of SLAM Society, a women’s community created to help women connect, feel supported, and walk into spaces where they no longer have to feel alone. Toni’s story is one of deep loss, migration, single motherhood, resilience, reinvention, and learning how to rebuild when...

In this episode of The View From Here , Nikki Van Blair shares a story of identity, resilience, representation and self-acceptance. By day, Nikki works in advertising compliance. By night, she steps into the world of professional wrestling, using performance, presence and visibility to create space for others who may not have always seen themselves represented. As a queer trans woman of colour liv...

What does success really mean if you lose your peace along the way? In Episode 31 of The View From Here , I sit down with Tom Cronin, former bond and swap broker, international speaker, author, leadership trainer, and a powerful voice in the space of conscious leadership and wellbeing. For more than two decades, Tom worked in the intensity of global financial markets, surrounded by pressure, speed...

Some chapters of life break you open in ways you never expected and if you let them, they can also reshape the way you see everything. In this episode of The View From Here , I sit down with Keane Marsh for a conversation about grief, burnout, identity, pressure, purpose, and the moments that force you to rebuild from the inside out. Keane shares the experiences that have most shaped his life, los...

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...