The View From Here

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...

Katie White is known first as a successful singer and songwriter. Until Katie's career took an unexpected turn when the world shut down at a pivotal moment. What followed wasn’t a collapse; it was a recalibration. In this episode, Katie shares what it means to walk away from an identity that once defined you, and how trusting a pivot led her from music to food, from London to Italy and France, and...

Some people talk about darkness. Others have lived it long enough to understand what it means to come face to face with their own mortality. In this episode of The View From Here , I sit down with Nick Midgley, a man whose life has moved through addiction, recovery, single fatherhood, and profound personal reckoning, and who now dedicates his work to helping others find their way back to themselve...

Lindsay Perry opens up about the inner chapters that shaped her far beyond what’s visible on the surface. She reflects on the fears that come with going all in on yourself and the quiet, often uncomfortable decision to back your vision before certainty exists. Lindsay shares how learning to sit with discomfort, rather than outrun it, became the turning point that changed not only her own life, but...

I’m joined by Kate Nutt, personal branding photographer, “human whisperer,” and facilitator of honest, empowered conversations. Kate shares what it really means to capture the person behind the brand, creating images that hold emotion, depth, and truth rather than performance. We explore the power of community, not just as a brand strategy, but as a vital part of being human, how the people we sur...

Siobhan O’Donnell is a network marketer, business owner, speaker, and the creator of the Power Without Permission podcast. She is known for her bold leadership and unwavering belief in women reclaiming their voice, but this conversation goes beneath the public narrative. In this episode, Siobhan reflects on how modern empowerment has reshaped what it means to be a woman today. Building financial i...