WHAT I'VE LEARNT

Michael Klim is an entrepreneur and head of the Klim Foundation best known for being and awesome guitar strumming and pumping Olympic swimming gold medallist.  In July 2022, Klim revealed that he had been diagnosed with the auto-immune disorder  which affected his legs and feet and left him struggling to walk unassisted. Based in Bali the journey has been tough but there seems some light  With the...

It takes courage to stand up and that is what Eylon Levy has done since Oct 7 As the cultural wars rage across media platforms he has used his skills intelligence and even humour to tell the world about the siege that has engulfed Israel but the global Jewish community  He is a former Israeli Government Spokesman, who became one of the most prominent voices for Israel in the October 7 War with Ham...

Molly Ness is a former classroom teacher, a reading researcher, and a teacher educator. She earned a doctorate in reading education at the University of Virginia, and spent 16 years as an associate professor at Fordham University in New York City. The author of five books, Molly serves on the Board of Directors for the International Literacy Association and is a New York state chapter founder of t...

Simone O’Brien is a domestic violence survivor, speaker, strong advocate for women against violence, and mother of three beautiful children. Her journey started in 2012 when she suffered a horrific attack at the hands of a perpetrator who would not take “no” for an answer. It started with emotional and psychological abuse and ended up with her being beaten with a baseball bat to within inches of h...

Mia Findlay, Founder and Principal Coach | Australia Mia is deeply passionate about helping others reach the same freedom she now enjoys without her eating disorder. She has worked in the eating disorder advocacy field for nine years and has been working with clients as a coach since launching Beyond Body in December 2017. Mia is based in Sydney and has worked closely with The Butterfly Foundation...

The Stella Prize CEO - Fiona Sweet Fiona is the former Artistic Director and CEO of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale responsible for the programming and curation of three Biennales. She founded the National Centre for Photography in Ballarat and was the inaugural director.  Founder of Sweet Creative, and co-founder of Melbourne’s Acland Street Projection Festival, she is a former Board Dir...

Anna Grosman, creator and owner is relaunching a new male escort agency - HER CONFIDANT. In its new incarnation, HER CONFIDANT will also cater to women who are looking for companionship in any form: emotional, sexual or for company on a date. "I want to provide a safe space for women to explore their desires and feel desired," says Anna. "There are no agencies like mine - which prov...

Suzy Zail has worked as a litigation lawyer, specialising in Family Law, but now writes full time. Among other titles, she has written The Tattooed Flower, a memoir about her father’s time as a child survivor of the Holocaust. Her first novel for young adults, The Wrong Boy, was short-listed for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards, the Adelaide Festival Awards f...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. We wanted to highlight some amazing moments of the podcast from JAnuary to April. This Episode Features Dr Gina Cleo: a behavioural scientist, world-renowned habit-change researcher and Adjunct Professor at Bond University. Gina’s new book, The Habit Revolution: Simple Steps to Rewire Your Brai...

California has one of the lowest literacy rates in the country and according to the National Center for Education Statistics, around one in five adults cannot read. One Costa Mesa father is working hard to change his own personal stats and encourage others in the world to read. Thirty-five-year-old Oliver James says he was forgotten in school and was seen as a bad child. He felt like adults gave u...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. We wanted to highlight some amazing moments of the podcast from Febuary to March. This Episode Features Caitlin Marshall & Lizzie Rose:   Are founders of the award-winning MakeShift. This not-for-profit org is one of the first creative prescribing agencies in Australia. Lizzie and Caitlin a...

Michelle Stanton, Founder and CEO of Complete Success utilises her expertise to empower people to achieve exceptional results through innovative speaking, teaching and coaching programs.   Formally, the CEO of her family's 8O­ year-old business Bevilles Jewellers, Michelle led the company out of receivership, driving exceptional growth and orchestrating a lucrative sale to a global multinatio...

Annabelle Hickson, editor of the award-winning independent print magazine GALAH. Despite having no publishing or business experience, Annabelle started the magazine from her kitchen table to document regional Australia and the people who live there. In the past, young people left country towns to find opportunities in the Big Smoke. But the big rural story of the past few years is where young peop...

Tammy Casseslon was just 15 years old when she first saw him from across the room. They smiled at one another, and that was it. She was smitten.  "He was 17. Charming, funny, very good looking and looked at me like I was special," says Tammy.  Their relationship began with laughter, love and lightness. "He was so proud of me and showered me with adoration. I loved being loved. I lov...

Turnonthesubtitles  Extensive research from top academics in many countries has shown that simply turning on the subtitles for children’s television improves literacy. Dramatically. In fact it may double their chance of becoming a proficient reader, in particular those children between the ages of six and 10. As former ministers, secretaries of state, civil servants, charity CEOs, business leaders...

Caitlin Marshall & Lizzie Rose, founders of the award-winning MakeShift. This not-for-profit org is one of the first creative prescribing agencies in Australia. Lizzie and Caitlin are known and respected internationally for their work on creativity and mental health.  There’s so much ground to cover, your audience will love it. They’re available for interviews in February and March. 🌺 they ha...

Hi, Welcome to the What I’ve Learnt podcast From food to fashion and art to music we’ve got you covered. We wanted to highlight some amazing moments of the podcast from January. This Episode Features Dr Gina Cleo: a behavioural scientist, world-renowned habit-change researcher and Adjunct Professor at Bond University. Gina’s new book, The Habit Revolution: Simple Steps to Rewire Your Brain for Pow...

Nicki Gostin is a Page Six digital reporter who covers red carpets, the royal family and all ‘70s and ‘80s megastars. She has interviewed hundreds of celebrities about touchy topics and even took the now-infamous video of an aghast Anna Wintour being asked for her ID at an event.  Nicki attended college in Melbourne, Australia, and has worked for many newspapers and magazines over the years. When...

Born in Romania in 1953 to two Holocaust survivors who lost their family in the Holocaust. Immigrated to Israel in 1962. Married and father of three children, all living in Israel. Social-organizational psychologist, coach, group and workshop leader, organizational consultant, lecturer. Is specialized in - • Positive psychology and humor training • Effective interpersonal communication; • Crisis m...

Stepping out of the limelight to become Cool   Jason Kimberley is an adventurer, photographer, author, and the founder of Cool, an education organization dedicated to inspiring students to learn for life. Jason is an altruistic-realist, his uncompromising focus is on equitable access to quality education for all students.   Prior to his success in education Jason was restauranteur of uber-successf...

Dr Gina Cleo, behavioural scientist, world-renowned habit-change researcher and Adjunct Professor at Bond University. Gina’s new book, The Habit Revolution: Simple Steps to Rewire Your Brain for Powerful Habit Change, will be published in Jan 2024.   3 years ago, Gina discovered her husband, who she thought was one of the good guys, was cheating on her. As a behavioural scientist, Gina is very awa...

A father of two small Nimrod children aged 4 and 7, Nimrod lives in Israel he is a Major reservist in the IDF. On 7 October at approximately 6am he received a phone call from his Commander to immediately drive to Jerusalem and collect his uniform and weapons, as they had heard murmurs that something was happening but unsure what exactly. Unaware of the gravity of what was unfolding during the 30 m...

URGENT: U.S. Citizen taken hostage to Gaza in dire medical need. (Updated Wed Oct 13, 8am IST)  Hersh Goldberg-Polin was wounded and violently abducted at the Nova Music Festival in Southern Israel on October 7 by Gazan terrorists. He needs urgent medical attention. Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among the thousands of young people attacked by terrorists from Gaza at the Nova Music Festival near Kibbutz...

Josh Piterman In 2023 Josh Piterman  returned to the stage in London to star as Jean Valjean in the West End production of Les Misérables. His West End debut, actually came as he took on the most coveted role as The Phantom in the brilliant original production of The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s theatre in 2019, a role he was delighted to reprise in 2022 in the Opera Australia production...

TinyIvy  Lamek Odero Program leader for sun books Kenya and Mary Rosenzweig from Tiny Ivy here to discuss their collaboration with the World Literacy Foundation  As the literacy crisis is universal the World literacy Foundation joins forces with Tiny Ivy and Sun Books in Kenya to unite in educating those less fortunate  The key is to share resources to assist in tackling the illiteracy epidemic wh...