Unicorns and Hand Grenades

A combination of hand grenade moments led to this week's guest, Zane Munro, starting "For all the Brothers". A not for profit organisation focused on changing views around men's mental health.   In fact, last weekend he walked 24 hours straight, over 110 kms and raised  $16500 for Lifeline NZ and I am Hope.  So he's not just talking the talk... he's actually walking t...

How do we live a life aligned to who we truly are?  It's a question that's pondered throughout the ages by philosophers and us common folk alike.  Followed closely by the next question... How do we manage to stay grounded in our alignment when life starts coming at us full force.   So based on some recent listener feedback, and our own lived experience, it's a question we chose to m...

Stress can be a b*tch, but it's also a necessary and unavoidable part of life.  The other necessary part of life is taking ownership for the way we process and deal with stress in the midst of our hand grenade moments. In this episode we get real about stress, burnout & our experience of both.   We share our most recent experiences with stress, as well as uncovering what we keep learning...

Jason Nockels joins us in an eye opening and candid conversation, where he shares with us what it was like growing up as a gay man, in a white middle class, military family in small town NZ.   Heads up... you're going to have to hold on to your Unicorn for this ride of an Episode, In a good way!  He shares openly with us his journey, which at the core of it is about stepping into who you are...

This week we're hanging with Genevieve Mora, a mental health advocate who is GM and  Co-founder of Voices of Hope and co-creator of Love your Kite.  Gen is incredibly generous in  sharing her story.  It's a story that's led to her using  her lived experience, her truth and her voice to help others fight their way through, and out the other side, of mental illness.   She's one w...

When life drops you to your knees you're faced with a choice.  To either stay down, or fight your way back to standing with a healthy dose of surrender, humility and hope.  Janelle Brunton-Rennie chose the latter & today she generously shares her story with us.   At 36 years old Janelle lost her soulmate and husband Kurt to Blood Cancer.  Her story is a love story with an ending neither o...

A near death experience.  A moment where everything changes. A moment where you no longer take for granted the notion of having a future, because that potential is threatened.   Where you lie on the side of the road wishing for death to take away the pain & suffering.  That was reality for Kim some 18 years ago when she was involved in a head on car collision & her whole life changed.  Not...

"Just take the next breath"....  sometimes our hand grenade moments are so life shattering that the only thing we can do to start moving ourselves through them is to take the next breath, then the next... & wash, rinse, repeat, until we can figure out some bigger steps that will get us out the other side of 'surviving' & back to 'thriving'. That was the case f...

*Trigger warning: parts of this episode reference suicide, depression & domestic violence  This week we're joined by Richie Hardcore.  Richie is an educator, keynote speaker & activist, working in violence prevention, masculinities, mental health & wellness.  So it's no surprise this convo is full of the real, the raw & everything inbetween.  Our pain, suffering & mis...

This is one powerhouse of a convo with a powerhouse of a women. Megan Alatini is a Singer, Performer, Performance Coach, Presenter, MC, Mum, Wife & an all round epic Human. She's graced our TV Screens on Popstars (as a member of True Bliss), Dancing with the Stars, & as a judge on NZ Idol, amongst other things. There's so much goodness & gold for the taking throughout this ch...

We're getting real about getting real in this episode.  Authenticity,  is a word that's been thrown around more than a hot potato of late.  Wouldn't life be easy if we could all just show up as our true selves and trust that others were doing the same?!  No *BS, radars required.  Bringing ALL of us to ALL situations. Ahhh... Nirvana.  But alas not the case,  that would be way too ea...

Adversity can be a bit#h!  It can also be our biggest teacher and the catalyst for some of our most transformative personal growth.  This is one heart warming, deep and humorous ride of a convo with Mary Haddock-Staniland! She shares with us her journey through the fires of adversity and how those fires helped shape her into the women she is today.   Mary's not only successfully navigated the...

Welcome to Part 2 of our Relationship series.  In this episode we have a go at cracking the code on the uncrackable.  You guessed it, relationships.  You'll have to listen in to figure out how close we got! What we can say though is whether you're single or loved up, you're sure to get some insights, tools and tips that will help make life a bit easier in this area of your life.  An...

In this ride of a convo we're joined by an honorary third unicorn,  Bree Le Roux.  Bree is host of her own show, "The Human Experience",  she's a speaker, workshop facilitator, holds a bachelor of counselling and is a global coach & business mentor.  She's also just launched her new course "How to have the Relationship you Deeply Desire" Life can be a bitch a...

If you've been taking a few metaphorical gut punches of late then you'll love this convo.  Especially if you've also been trying to hold the line & keep the faith around your ability to create a life of expansiveness, creativity, alignment & truth.  Actually, we think you'll just love it, period! In this powerful and vulnerable convo with Nathan we explore creating a li...

Just when you thought it was safe to go out on the streets...  (insert creepy "Jaws" soundtrack), whoosh, life keeps coming at ya! Well it has for us over the last couple of months. But that's all part of the deal.  So we lean into the suck, learn some more, share some more, grow some more, and dance some more.  That's pretty much the guts of this convo.  It's our first ti...

Chip's a New York Times best selling Author, TEDx Speaker, Boutique Hotel Entrepreneur, Airbnb Strategic Advisor (Leadership & Hospitality), Mentor to Brian Chesky and founder of the world's first Mid Life Wisdom School, located in Baja California Sur. We kick off by asking Chip to introduce himself with "If you REALLY knew me"... You might be surprised by his answer.  And...

In this week’s convo we discuss all things relationships, with Counselor Rachel Hamilton.  Where do we learn how to behave, communicate & thrive in healthy relationships? Definitely not school!  And let’s face it, most of what we’ve learned about how to love & connect, was learned through the school of hard knocks, along with observing our parents & processing our childhood wounds.  Ye...

Join us in this episode as we talk about navigating the Christmas & New Year crazies.  Both in general and after life’s hand grenade moments.  Let’s face it, life looks different for most people in the world right now.   It doesn’t matter if your hand grenade moment looks like; losing someone close, losing your job, not being able to physically be with your loved ones, financial stress or just...

Our BODY, mind & soul are inextricably linked.  If we want to ‘live a long life well’ vs a ‘long life in decline’, we need to put equal focus on honing the vehicle that will take us to the finish line as much as we do the other aspects of our humanness.   Keto this. Fasting that.  No carbs this. Lo carbs that. No Sugar this. Low sugar that.  Juice Cleanses, fat percentages… and on and on it go...

Join us as we de-mystify all things meditation & more, with Awareness Insight Meditation Teacher, Claire Robbie.  Claire has travelled the world teaching meditation, yoga and speaking on all things related to awareness, shifting habits, meditation, sobriety and the mind. We cover all that and more in this powerful, vulnerable & no BS conversation about being human.  We also dive into the p...

In today’s episode we explore the concept of living a life of soulful simplicity and it’s benefits.  How much extraneous ‘stuff’ do we collect in life?  The Venus Fly Trap of Consumerism comes at us from every angle. We’re bombarded with messages of ‘buy this’ & you’ll ‘feel that’.  Just like the fly stuck in the trap, we often don’t realize we’re stuck until it feels like it’s too late to set...

This week Evan Spargo joins us from Melbourne for one of our favorite kind of convos.  The deep & meaningful kind. We talk about all of the messy & beautiful stuff that makes this life worth getting amongst. Our opportunities in life can be infinite when we’re courageous enough to show up in the world standing strong in who we truly are.  Clear on our direction, our message and our gifts. ...

In this week’s episode we wax lyrical about all things Soul Purpose.  We’ll help you cut this mother of an elephant into bite size, digestible, pieces. We’ll also share some of the tools & tricks that helped us find ours. It doesn’t have to be harder than finding Nemo peeps… because you’ve got it in you, just waiting to be untethered from all the BS that’s prevented you from thinking you can d...

Join us in this Episode as we chat all thing’s courage.  Showing up on the daily prepared to live your life with an open heart and an open mind takes courage.   And we’re not talking Marvel Super-Hero, beat the baddies, kind of courage here.  We’re talking the kind of courage that quietly and resolutely seeps up from the corners of your soul and the marrow of your bones.   The kind you don’t think...