UNBiased

It's taken a while to get back on schedule with these podcast episodes, and you'll hear from this one that it was recorded on International Women's Day! But conversations like these can't stay in the can forever! So I'm delighted to be back in flow of publishing and recording more great conversations on all things bias and equity. This week's guest is Julia Arnott-Neenee. Julia is driven by social...

Before resuming regular programming with more fabulous guests, I'm hogging the mic for International Women's Day 2022 #BreaktheBias. Couldn't be more on point really. I am also shamelessly plugging a new initiative Women for Impact - Set up to create safe spaces and empower Women of Colour Founders to secure more funding, we are launching over drinks, networking and a fantastic panel discussion to...

My guest to round off 2022 is Tanaya Joshi. Tanaya wears many hats, including her current role in Impact and Communications at Earthwatch Australia, an environmental not-for-profit that uses nature-based experiences to empower people in saving nature. She is also a science and culture writer at SAARI collective, a media start-up aiming to diversify Australian media, and is part of the Science Gall...

I'm joined on this week's episode by Khin Kha. Khin is a cultural diversity champion and co-founder of Phoenix Sisters, a volunteer-based network which aims to help people and organisations to understand and cultivate their cultural intelligence through professional development conferences, career workshops and mentoring programs. Khin shares so warmly and openly about her upbringing in Myanmar as...

Joining me today is Founder and CEO of Inner Ambitions, Lanre Sulola. Lanre found his calling to dedicate his career to the pursuit of diversity and inclusion in the midst of a corporate career which led him to set up Inner Ambitions in 2013 and he's never looked back. Lanre shares the story of his journey which began as a side hustle, chipping away and building his network whilst creating program...

In this episode I'm joined by Psychologist specialising in childhood trauma, Dr Rana Tayara. Dr Rana was born and brought up in Lebanon, and has studied and worked in the UK and Australia. She has been a psychological consultant for a number of NGOs in Lebanon, Jordan and the UK, working with refugees, delinquent youth and individuals with special needs. Since moving to Australia in January 2016,...

For those of you who joined me earlier this year for the launch of UNBiased as a brand new podcast, I'm back after a Covid-19 Delta variant-induced hiatus. Here in Australia, we were forced to move swiftly from trying to keep Covid-19 off our shores, to vaccinating and living with it like the rest of the world. As a result we were thrown back into lockdown - my first one having to home school...

Shiralee Lawson is extremely passionate about Aboriginal education, Aboriginal youth, and community. On this episode Shiralee shares her lived experiences as an Aboriginal woman, and we discuss truth telling in schools, and empowerment for Aboriginal girls and women. You can follow Shiralee's work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiralee-lawson-3a34bb16/

Today I'm joined by Natalie Silvester, personal trainer and co-founder of More Than Muscle. Natalie and I talk myth busting, and having a holistic view to health and fitness. The majority of Natalie's clients are women, and Natalie's unique approach gives her a real edge when it comes to connecting with women and getting results both inside and outside the gym. Learn more about More Than Muscle he...

Today I'm joined by Ainslee Hooper. Ainslee is an Anthropologist & Disability Inclusion Consultant and founder of Ainslee Hooper Consulting.  Ainslee is passionate about disability inclusion because of her lived experience of disability and the benefits for all she sees when others embrace disability inclusion. Ainslee combines her unique knowledge of disability with Anthropology to foste...

My regular chats with one of my closest friends, Emma Clark, are part of what led me to start this podcast. As a career corporate lawyer whose role within the same firm has seen her practice across the globe, Emma is a passionate advocate for equality in the corporate workplace. Together we discuss Michelle P King's book, "The Fix, Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Wor...

Joining me today is Brenda Denbesten. As a chemical engineer with over 15 years' experience in the manufacturing and mining industry, Brenda’s passion is to showcase the amazing work engineers do in shaping our world. Her vision involves inspiring more girls to get into engineering and empowering young women who are here to stay in this industry and excel. She provides speaking, mentoring and coac...

Today's guest, Caroline Brunne, is the founder of Organise. Curate. Design., a life management agency with a focus on assisting people to streamline their life in order to refocus their time on what matters to them the most. We are being made increasingly aware these days, of the "mental load" carried by many women. Caroline and I discuss the almost inevitable burnout that can result, and how Caro...

Shelin David, Founder and CEO of CFO Worx talks openly on today's episode about some of the mental health implications of racism from her own personal experience.

David Stranger-Jones joins me today to chat about privilege, the power of networks, and how he's trying to address diversity and inclusion in a different way through his new programme, Equals. 

Turning the mic briefly on myself in this episode to share a bit more about me and why I've started this podcast.

In today's episode I'm joined by American activist, academic, data scientist and entrepreneur Robyn Hillman-Harrigan. We chat about growing up as part of an activist family in New Jersey, her journey to Australia and her experiences in the tech start-up world, and how she hopes to use technology as a means to combat racial injustice. 

In today's episode I chat to Lawyer and Founder of Dec + Dash Legal Consulting about identity, connection, representation of women of colour in small business founders, and the discomfort yet necessity of confronting our own biases.

Welcome to my podcast! Through sharing stories, we aim to understand the biases that affect our daily lives and how to address them. In this, my pilot session, I'm joined by Rohan Wickremesinghe who shares his journey from rural New South Wales to boarding school in the big smoke and the factors that affected his choices between a corporate career and elite sport.