The World Needs Creatives with Rachael Sardelich

We've arrived at the finale of the third season of The World Needs Creatives and I cannot think of a more fitting person to close this journey with than with my dear friend Jane McCann , known to many as The Middle Aged Goddess. What Jane reveals to us in this episode — what she lives and breathes and shows us through her own unraveling — is that our deepest authenticity and originality is hi...

As the year begins to softens into rest, Rachael invites you into her personal year-end ritual — a process of reflection, visioning, and tending to what wants to emerge. She shares how to honor the thresholds you've crossed, illuminate the patterns holding you back, and architect a year that feels nourishing, spacious, and alive. This is about building your creative life around seasons, liste...

There's no space left. Not in your calendar. Not in your mind. Not in those quiet moments between tasks — because there are no quiet moments anymore. And somewhere beneath the endless scroll and packed schedule, there's a part of you that remembers what it felt like to create from ease. To let ideas arrive instead of forcing them. To feel spacious instead of squeezed. Burnout has been a...

What happens when the work you love is built on systems that break the world? What if you stood face-to-face with the devastation your industry creates and walking away wasn't an option? Today's guest, Celeste Tesoriero , chose to stay. She decided to rebuild her industry from the inside out. Celeste spent over seventeen years building a formidable fashion career, working for iconic Aust...

Your energy is the most important resource you have. It's the most influential, the most impactful thing you can share with the world, and learning how to understand and read and be intentional with your own energy is a game changer. In this solo episode, we're entering into the realm of energetics. What influences our energy? How do we manage it? And how it shapes everything from the wo...

Do you hear the pulse of creation speaking to you? Have you ever wondered how to cultivate a deeper relationship with this vast, omnipresent force? Today we venture into the sacred and animate world of Josh Schrei — a teacher, writer, mythologist, and founder of The Emerald Podcast . If you're yearning to deepen your relationship with source, with the great mystery itself, this conversation i...

What  does it take to be real? To create something pure in a world addicted to replication? To stay true when the cost of that truth is everything you've built? Today we enter the alchemical world of Holly Ryan ,  — a bespoke jeweller, environmental pioneer, and founder of iconic Australian brand Holly Ryan Jewellery , and together we explore what it means to let go of a vision you've sp...

In this solo episode, I'm opening up about what it really takes to leap and land when your creative work is calling you toward something new. Last week we explored the invisible lines that limit our potential in the subconscious. Today is about breaking through those glass ceilings we find ourselves pressed against, knowing exactly where we want to go but unable to move toward it. We unpack t...

This week we're turning the tables. Beloved guest Dee Kawai Tang from episode #16 takes over the mic and interviews me about my own creation story – from growing up in a caravan, to an international career working alongside creative visionaries, and the winding journey that has led me to build a life and business fueled by meaning and creative advocacy. What emerges in our conversation cuts r...

Today, we walk the Dreaming Path with Dr. Paul Callaghan — a Worimi man, storyteller, dancer, consultant and author whose life journey and cultural wisdom teach us how to live out our best story. We travel through his early years of spirituality and cultural roots, into the western system that pulled him away from them, and toward a breakdown that became the portal back home. In this conversation,...

In this deeply personal solo episode, I'm sharing something I rarely do, telling the raw, unfiltered truth about what it feels like when you're ready to collapse under the weight of your own creative path. If you've ever felt like you want to pack it all in, melt into a puddle, or simply shut down because it all feels like too much, this episode is for you. I'm speaking directl...

What if the shape of your work was allowed to change with the shape of your evolving spirit?  In this illuminating conversation with creative director and founder of Ro And Co , Roanne Adams , we explore the sacred tension between inner evolution and outer expression. Roanne shares her journey from the heights of creative industry success to the quiet inner call that asked her to slow down, recali...

Today, we journey into the dreamscape with writer, philosopher, historian, and radio DJ Marieke McKenna — where the symbols of night speak to the stories of our waking lives. Together we explore the mysterious language of dreams: how they carry hidden truths and unwritten maps, how listening to them can unlock creative depth, and why paying attention to the unseen is essential in a world that move...

In this expansive conversation, filmmaker and changemaker Damon Gameau invites us to explore what it means to be an artist in a shifting world — and how imagination, courage, and beauty can help us reimagine the future. Damon shares the personal practices that keep him grounded in the whirlwind of global activism and filmmaking, from slowing down to listen, to staying tethered to joy as a radical...

A new season of The World Needs Creatives starts on 29 August. We're back for a rich and necessary third season, guided by voices shaping the essential work of our time — storytellers, activists, artists, and wisdom keepers. Together we’ll explore what I call the ache for originality. In a hyper-rational, digitised world, this season invites a conscious pause — to root ourselves in the earth,...

The fourth in a series of year-end rituals to nurture and inspire your creative heart. This week, we’re re-entering the mystical world of Mia Taninaka , who offers a gentle yet transformative breath practice: Anulom Vilom . This short kriya practice balances yin and yang, guiding the mind into stillness and preparing the body for meditation or creative flow. Perfect for anyone, anytime, this pract...

The third in a series of year-end rituals to nurture and inspire your creative heart. This week, I’m sharing a short and soulful ritual from Natalie Childs , an artist deeply connected to the land and guided by her ancestors. Known for her reverence for Country and her ability to transform space into ceremony, Natalie’s offering invites you to set a sacred creative space — one that reflects your i...

The second in a series of year-end rituals to nurture and inspire your creative heart. This week, I’m sharing a beautiful guided offering from a beloved guest earlier this season, Kristen Caissie —a Guided Grounding Ritual. Kristen, a trauma informed somatic practitioner, has a way of weaving beauty and intention into every gesture. Her ritual invites you to bring sunlight onto the alive parts wit...

The first in a series of year-end rituals to nurture and inspire your creative heart. This week I’m sharing a powerful gift from a favourite past guest, Dee Kawai Tang —a Mantra for Creativity . Dee, known for her weekly Substack woo-tang and author of  the book - Love Is , weaves wisdom and nourishment into every word she offers. Her mantra invites you to open your creative channel, connecting th...

In this closing episode of Season #2 of The World Needs Creatives Podcast , we turn toward a space often overlooked in the rush of continuous making — the cradle of creation itself. This isn’t where creativity begins or ends; it’s the inner sanctuary where our ideas find their home, breathe, and unfold at their own pace. It’s a place of shelter and warmth, where inspiration finds roots and quietly...

In this solo episode, I’m diving into the raw and uncomfortable truth about stepping out of the shadows and into the light of being seen. We often hold ourselves back, trapped by the fear of judgment and the heavy conditioning that prioritises others’ perceptions over our own. But what happens when we shift from asking, “What do they think?” to “What do I think and feel?” This episode unpacks the...

Today, we are joined by Kristen Caissie of Moon Canyon , whose work invites us to step into a profound relationship with our bodies and the Earth, reminding us that healing and creation are not separate, but two expressions of the same current. Kristen is an herbalist and trauma-informed somatic practitioner who weaves together somatic healing and Earth-centered wisdom. Her work gently guides us t...

Today, we enter the elemental world of Jobi Manson —A visual artist and sculptor whose work unfolds as material poetry, where stone, water, light and sound become her artistic language. Jobi’s journey takes us deep into the spaces beyond words, where matter, time, and nature all converge, offering us a glimpse of the world that feels both ancient and alive. After a near-death experience that left...

Today we enter into the wise and mystical world of Mia Taninaka , a multidisciplinary artist whose work invites us to peer beyond the veil into the heart of the imaginative consciousness.  In this conversation, Mia opens up about navigating the internal battle between creating for yourself and creating for others—a struggle familiar to so many artists. We explore the archetype of the "starvin...

This week, we’re diving into a topic that’s not only close to my heart but also vital for the future of creative industries. We’re talking exhaustion, burnout, and the cultures that perpetuate them. I am thrilled to welcome Dan Sipple —a highly sought after naturopath, nutritionist, and herbalist who’s deeply passionate about helping people heal from the inside out.  Dan is also a touring musician...