The Women of Influence Podcast

A Woman of Influence- Mary Guy A Wife, Mother, Nurse, Midwife, Dairy Farmer, CFA Volunteer, Football Club Trainer, Mental Health Advocate.   On this episode we discuss: - Being a Nurse and Midwife- Delivering babies; 100's of them - The Simpson Football Netball Club - Moving from the City to the Country - Mental Health and losing a loved one- Family and Community LIFE LINE: 131114LET'S TALK-...

This episode changed lives and we are bringing it back to you now. It's school holidays and if you have had an unhappy child this may be worth a listen.  This episode was recorded in 2019. Just 18 months after Kate lost her daughter to bullying.  I will NEVER forget the email I received after this episode was released. A mother, changing schools. Kate's story will stay with me forever. A...

Love is a doing word. This episode was recorded in 2019. I remember so flustered! It was AMANDA KELLER!!! Little would I know that three years later I would have the honour of Producing her and Brendan Jones as their Senior Producer & Guest Booker.  That saying about never meeting your heroes does not apply to Amanda.  Amanda Keller OAM is a Woman of Influence. The first Woman t...

Radio! How good is radio.  I have admired Sarah Maree for as long as I can remember. Admired her for her career and recently the way in which she is sharing her personal life.  When it comes to harvesting eggs there is no schedule. It's go time when the body says so.  Sarah Maree said something that has really stayed with me.  Media is a tough gig. Sarah reminds us that we need...

This special series is in honour of my Mum, Helen Depppeler. She loved your stories. She shared each of them proudly and would text everyday with ideas of who I should talk to next.  This is our take 2 of 100 Women in 100 Days and as we get to know each other or reacquainted.  I want to share with you this episode because this is who I am. Because of Helen (and Stephen) but it's her love...

Berni will not mince her words.  She is a 'gym bunny'. But turning 50 went from everything is fine, what is the big deal to....WHAT IS GOING ON (literally in one day). She almost begs women- Please DO WEIGHTS! But also; have the French Champagne. (Phew!) Also she is a trader. Which I find fascinating!  This is Berni. A Woman of Influence. Love Kate  *This episode was recorded via Zo...

For as long as there have been award ceremonies and red carpets lined with celebrities there have been reporters critiquing the outfits.  I remember the 'Thumbs up and Thumbs down' and the ratings out of ten that you would read in the magazines.  One night a woman (back about 10/15 years ago) sat down in, social media in hand and loaded an album of red carpet looks simply commenting the...

Now this is what happens when you put two radio people together.  Talk, talk, talk.  For Andrea it's always been about wanting to be a voice over artist.  But equally. It's radio, creative writing and podcasting (coming soon). It's about being adaptable.  This is a chat about travelling for the job. The Swinburne radio course (which we all still wish existed but thank goodness...

Oh, you have this condition called 'Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome'. We will put you on the pill.  Set and forget.  Fast forward to time to try for a baby and PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) might create some fertility issues.  This is a women's health chat. One woman and her experience with a syndrome that I had never heard of. I apologise for that.  This is Courtney. Growing...

From crime to classroom this Ex Detective wants us all to be more aware when we are out and about. Particularly young women.  I love it when you nominate our Women of Influence.  This is the note I received- A fitness instructor in Camperdown, Cobden and Warrnambool for 10 years, at 30, she joined the Police force. She was in the Police Force in Melbourne for 12 years and ended up becomi...

If I ever needed someone like Megan to enter my life I needed it now.  Megan speaks to the woman who looks capable on the outside but feels quietly depleted underneath. She's leadership-forward, spiritually literate (without being woo-woo), and offers practical language for the “I can't keep doing life like this” moment. Note- I love woo-woo! I need to get moving because I need mo...

Yes. You did read that correctly. It's a reading party.  Not a book club. I repeat! NOT A BOOK Club!  Phew. No pressure of reading the book pior. At this event you turn up with your book and read. Read glorious, read! And then you hang out together, make new friends, talk about what you are reading or even..... just read some more.  In a time when we doom scroll this is your perfect...

24/100 TAKE 2: Jackie O. The Queen of Australian Radio. Relentless.(This episode was released on the 15th of January 2020 and recorded at the end of 2019) If I'm honest, I can't listen back to this. I was such a novice interviewer at the time. I don't think I can go back and cringe. I was awestruck, I was a bit fangirling and I was sitting in Kyle's seat!  So why am I re-releasing this now? A...

Working from her studio just outside Port Campbell is an artist of Millinerary.  Susans (or Sue) hats aren't just a hat but a peice of art. From teacher to creator this is a story that starts in the class room, fills the kitchen table and ends with an extra room being built at the house.  It's a story of making something with your hands and trying, and placing and rejigging until it is j...

22/100 TAKE 2: Andrea Rowe. Author with a post it note Andrea Rowe has the super power of crafting words that will hold a child's attention with their eyes, and their minds.  The super power to help adults process a situation.  The super power that gave a young girl permission to be fearless. To not be afraid to jump off her bed.... or jetty.  Even after reading at Parliament to all...

Caz Rowland decides to start her own label.  After working with women, going back to study to really understand the blocks that women put up around their bodies she set out to change the narrative.  Caz is so full of energy. A passion and there is something (like many of our women of influence) that have had to learn and fight and find a path their own way that is so captivating.  C...

When was the last time you asked yourself if you are happy? When was the last time you asked yourself 'am I happy at work?' This is Dr Kat Page and she explains and talks about being Happy. Well, that's where we start. But not like happy skipping around the place more about the; am I feeling content? Am I challenged just enough? Kat is an organisational psychologist, researcher and leadership advi...

I could talk creativity all day and that is lucky because Tegan Higginbotham is oozing with it.  Australian comedian, writer, actress.... I tried to write her business card and failed.  But what I can tell is about this burst of joy when you hear her story.  From the Primary School teacher who first believed in her to this hunger, this need to create.  2026 is unfolding in magi...

Hand on heart. I'm not sure if I could have stuck at it.  Episode 16/100 we heard from Molly's Mum Adelle and how the dance Mum upended her life and then helped navigate from the other side of the world to help her daughter when COVID hit. So, we couldn't not talk to Molly. (The daughter). Honestly. It was one challenge after another and there would be no-one that would have blamed this young...

Happy St Patrick's Day to you.  Zenita moved to Australia 15 years ago to play music and then made a life here. A band, two Irish pubs and another on Chapel Street this is a woman that has rolled with it. We talk about music, why the move, and then how it came about saving one of Melbourne's most Iconic Irish Pubs- The Quite Man now Auntie Annies in Flemington. Paying tribute to the original...

This is Adelle and she is a Dance Mum.  Let me be clear. This is completely different to being a 'dance mom'.  When you have a child that wants to do what only the 1% can do it takes a great deal of committement. But more than talent, it's luck, the right moment and right time. It's waiting for a yes all while getting a thousand no's.  So, what do you do when your child 'makes it' a...

This is Briony. The make it happen person.  Her story has a familiar theme not quite fitting but with the power of great females around you; the support will get you through....and then you fly! I have know Briony since she was about 13 years old. I remember thinking I wanna be cool like Briony. Still do if I'm honest. She is a Marketing WIZ! I say again- the make it happen person. Just knows...

This is Mrs McPearl also known as Norma.  I asked Mrs McPearl want she wanted most and she said 'to be taken seriously'.  I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.  Not quite 70 Mrs McPearl and Norma are the same person with two identities. But they share something beautiful in common. A passion for a story of a pearl or bead, that age is no barrier and if you think you c...

I feel like I am sharing a dear friend with you and I have only known Donna maybe 18 months! Everyone needs a Donna in their lives.  This interview is the perfect example of thinking the story is going to go one way and then BAM! Off it goes in another directions. This is a story of resilience. That not all dreams come true and that regret can be real. But it's also about beginning again. Fin...

This is Posey. In all her energy. It's 150% or nothing. All in or all out.  But it's a work around. A non stop way to figure it out. Going through a school system that isn't always designed for all minds. Where the barrier of success is about the number or mark on a test.  What Posey shares is something that can be forgotten. That there are other ways to win in life without ace'ing the t...