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Global leaders championing climate action

Global leaders championing climate action

By Catherine van der Meulen

Climate leaders from all over the globe are championing messages of hope, optimism and joy… we just need to tune in and realise that nature is our greatest allie. This podcast brings together entrepreneurs, visionaries and change makers who all have one vision - a happy, healthy future for their children!
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Global leaders championing climate action Aug 06, 2020

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Michelle Barry - Marlborough Environmental Guardian

Michelle Barry - Marlborough Environmental Guardian

When we recorded this podcast, it was International Women's Day, Friday 8th March 2024 and we giggled over how we had both spent our day... working. A privledge for many women many years ago.
This podcast series celebrates women from across the region of Marlborough, New Zealand who are leading their worlds as environmental guardians.
Michelle Barry wears many hats as a student, as a researcher, as an entrepreneur and business owner and is passionate about nature, life on land and particularly the regenerative movement that is being activated below the ground to support bio-diverse and healthy eco-systems to support our farmers, growers and communities.
Mar 14, 202427:51
Marjolein Brasz - CEO Foodvalley

Marjolein Brasz - CEO Foodvalley

The ‘Stories of Dutch Ingenuity’ podcast series connects with diverse leaders, change makers and environmental guardians in The Netherlands. Foodvalley works with national and international partners on a global ambition: that by 2050 there must be tasty, healthy, affordable and sustainable food for ten billion people. Hear more about the role that Foodvalley plays on this journey.
Mar 06, 202446:56
Tim van Hattum - NL2120, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

Tim van Hattum - NL2120, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

We have the knowledge, we have the money, we have the solutions. Now we just need to implement them collectively to support in solving the climate challenges impacting the globe. In this podcast, Tim van Hattum shares more about what lead to his passion to be part of the change, a focus on student lead nature based challenges at the University, the activation of NL2120 with a consortium of 20 organisations reimagining The Netherlands in 100 years from now. Tim is positive and optimistic about the collective action of organisations and communities to be the solution with nature as our greatest allie. NB - we had a few early tech issues with this recording… it was too valuable to not publish! Please breathe through them with grace.
Feb 07, 202445:25
Karel van der Velden - Nijsen Company

Karel van der Velden - Nijsen Company

Karel grew up on a small regional farm in the Netherlands producing food for their local community, and in this podcast you will discover some of the facts of the current disfunction of our food systems and the some of the ideas on how Karel would love to see a localised, seasonal approach to our food system…. Similar to the way it was when he was a child. Karel is enthusiastic about developments that will make the world a better place and with his passion for entrepreneurship, Karel believes that the drive of entrepeneurs is needed to have new developments organised in a robust and resiliant way. At Nijsen company they are contributing to creating sustainable solutions for a robust food production system in which animal based products are actually part of preventing nutrients leaking out of this system. They have been finding solutions to use as many bio-based residual streams as possible to close the carbon cycle in an economic and viable way.
Jan 22, 202436:01
Lior Steinberg - Co Founder and Urban planner at Humankind

Lior Steinberg - Co Founder and Urban planner at Humankind

Lior is committed to creating cities that make people smile and inspire people for a better urban future. As we know, we are living in challenging times and cities play a central role in the future of humankind and are hubs for positive change. They can foster sustainable presence and better futures. From moving people beyond A to B, through planning for cycling and walking to creating healthy cities for young and old. Humankind create visions and turn them into actions. We were inspired by Humankind’s AI for urban inspiration ‘Touch of Dutch’ to transform streets all over the globe with rich wildlife corridors, expansive green’ness’, human centred, low emissions spaces with extensive bicycle infrastructure. This podcast was recorded in The Netherlands on a rare and sun shining winter’s day.
Jan 18, 202430:36
Rio Pals - Wageningen University and Research, Student challenge manager

Rio Pals - Wageningen University and Research, Student challenge manager

Rio is someone who values equality and interpersonal connections, and has a deep respect for nature. She believes that only through working together, we can create a fair and sustainable future for ourselves and future generations. At Wageningen University and Research they are focused on empowering a new global generation of change makers with their involvement in innovative education, cutting edge research and impact driven partner network. Through their challenges and support from leading experts they bring the most dedicated and talented students together to trigger their creativity and develop entrepreneurial skills to create impactful innovations.
Jan 17, 202429:03
Wouter Bakker - School for change and Comm’on Business, Stories of Dutch Ingenuity

Wouter Bakker - School for change and Comm’on Business, Stories of Dutch Ingenuity

Wouter is a social entrepreneur, visionary and change maker who recognises the importance of doing the inner work, reflection and exploration of self to support in the transformation of organisations from the inside out.

With a strong focus on the regenerative economy, connecting to nature, living within the planetary boundaries and bringing business leaders and green change makers together to create magic.

In this podcast, Wouter not only shares valuable insights into business models such as a Stewardship Ownership and Donut Economics but also valuable actions to democratising the sustainability agenda. This podcast was recorded in the Netherlands on a rare sunny but -7 degree day!


Jan 11, 202452:38
Wendy Sullivan - NZ Landcare Trust

Wendy Sullivan - NZ Landcare Trust

Wendy is a true environmental guardian from our wonderful Marlborough, New Zealand community activating, championing and sharing her knowledge on the things that she is passionate about. In this series of podcast we are celebrating environmental guardians from across the region.
Nov 22, 202321:58
Andree Piddington - Yealands Estate Winery

Andree Piddington - Yealands Estate Winery

This podcast series has been celebrating Environmental Guardians from all over Marlborough who are championing climate action, embedding bio- diversity into their worlds, and taking action on the things that are important to them. We are so grateful to have so many incredible women across our community who are meaningfully leading Marlborough to a climate positive future.
Sep 04, 202326:58
Dr. Kate Averill - founder Inclusive Sustainable Development & Climate Action Marlborough Committee

Dr. Kate Averill - founder Inclusive Sustainable Development & Climate Action Marlborough Committee

Dr. Kate Averill is an environmental guardian leading our community of Marlborough with a deep sense of values through her work at Inclusive Sustainable Development and on the Steering Committee for Climate Action Marlborough. Through restoration, regeneration, Intergenerational learning, collaborating and contributing, Kate has a deep sense of purpose and impact in our community.
Aug 25, 202325:38
Sophia Bristow - Eurotech Design

Sophia Bristow - Eurotech Design

In this podcast series we unpack Sophia’s world as an entrepreneur through the lense of the heroines journey to connect to who she is, the things that she is passionate about, what’s important to her, the experiences that have shaped and the actions that she would love to see entrepreneurs activate in their world.
Aug 01, 202320:20
Ailie Suzuki - GM at Envirohub Marlborough

Ailie Suzuki - GM at Envirohub Marlborough

In this podcast series we are celebrating female environmental guardians from across Marlborough who are working in diverse roles, on diverse projects with a collective mission. To be good ancestors for our future generations to thrive. As environmental guardians the work that these women do, and the teams that they lead are critical to enabling a BioDiverse ecosystem in our beloved community.
Aug 01, 202321:08
Girls who Grow - a story of the Future

Girls who Grow - a story of the Future

Aimee Blake, co founder Girls who Grow and Future Farmers NZ shares a beautifully crafted story for the future. Aimee has a true gift with words as a story teller.
May 07, 202318:16
Penny Wardle - Forest & Bird Marlborough, Te Hoiere Project

Penny Wardle - Forest & Bird Marlborough, Te Hoiere Project

Penny wears many a hat but in this podcast we explore the role that she plays in the community of Marlborough New Zealand as an environmental guardian through her work at Forest & Bird Marlborough and Te Hoiere Project. In this episode we explore her journey, her influences, her proudest moments and her simplistic vision to use as a guide and approach.
Apr 24, 202330:17
Melanie Lynn - co-founder WellNow, Holistic Success Series

Melanie Lynn - co-founder WellNow, Holistic Success Series

Mel grew up in Seattle and always dreamt of being a business woman but was living much more of a hippy lifestyle but wondered how she could blend both worlds. Since moving to New Zealand she has worked hard to keep both of her sides alive. Mel and co founder Niamh have recently launched Well Now, a platform to enable last minute appointment bookings for health and wellness… something women and particularly mothers are always keen to slide on in to their days if last minute abundance of time creeps up on the them. Listen to Mel’s story and her journey to creating a life of holistic success.
Apr 17, 202326:43
Rebekah Anderson - Sanford New Zealand

Rebekah Anderson - Sanford New Zealand

Born and raised in a small coastal village in South Africa, Bex has grown up as a lover of the outdoors and is rotating adventures in the mountains to the surf. The physical connection that she has through her adventures drives her deep passion through leadership and education and working together for a common goal through connected ecosystems. Bex has some strong calls for action from our community and one that has stood out for us in that earth doesn’t need us to survive!
Feb 07, 202322:19
Bev Doole - Marlborough Environment Awards Co- Ordinator

Bev Doole - Marlborough Environment Awards Co- Ordinator

Bev Doole is leading our new series of podcast celebrating environmental guardians in our Marlborough, New Zealand community.
As a former journalist, Bev is a curious woman, always asking lots of thought provoking questions and wanted to give nature its very own voice.
Through her mahi at Marlborough Environment Awards, Bev uses her journalism skills to uncover all sides of the story.
She has a big vision for Marlborough’s future aligned to creating diverse landscapes and recalls a story from her youth at Marlborough Girls College mapping the landscapes that will remind us what we can achieve.
Bev knows that we can achieve more by working together and has a number of strong calls for action to work as a collective force for nature.
Are you ready to repaint New Zealand’s prosperous future?

This episode of our podcast is proudly supported by Yealands Estate Winery, Marlborough.
Jan 07, 202328:23
Latesha Randell - CoFounder, Raglan Food Co.

Latesha Randell - CoFounder, Raglan Food Co.

Latesha spent her life being home schooled which gave her a lot of time to spend reading and read many great books about global entrepreneurs and their stories. So success for Tesh became about being an entrepreneur and to create financial abundance. 

Today her life learnings and experiences have shaped and evolved her view of success to be more about how she feels and who she shows up to be in the world. 

Through creating experiences, bringing people together, making them feel loved and empowered she has a clear message with a view on how we can work to change societies perception of success.

Nov 22, 202229:29
Rebecca (Bex) Bell - Remix Coaching

Rebecca (Bex) Bell - Remix Coaching

Exploring the concept of holistic success and how we can transform societies thinking of what true success is and how we can show up as better versions of ourselves.
Nov 18, 202227:49
Michelle Bradley - MB Style

Michelle Bradley - MB Style

Michelle is a beautiful woman with a gift that she packages up as a parcel, gifting it to all the people that she works with. 

Michelle has been working behind the scenes styling all of the women in our holistic success series for Marlborough Magazine but we really wanted to celebrate her, her work, her divine nature and how she makes a difference in the world of the people she connects with. 

In this series of the podcast we explore the idea of holistic success as a multi- dimensional approach to how society perceives success. Far and beyond wealth and materialism.

Nov 06, 202232:34
Marije Dijkstra - Founder, Tahuna Skin

Marije Dijkstra - Founder, Tahuna Skin

With an unwavering love for sauna, nurturing a long distance relationship and sparking creative ideas to plant her seeds in NZ, Marije moved to NZ with her first question to her now husband, ‘so where are all the saunas?’… for which he replied that if she wanted to use them she would need to create something herself.
And from that day she has stuck with the saying that you ‘need to build your wings on the way down’ meaning you just need to start and learn as you go.
Marije has been on an incredible life journey moving from Holland, shifting careers, experiencing a number of miscarriages and began to explore rituals that were unique and brought about a total health of the body through botanicals. And where the evolution of her brand, Tahuna Skin began.
In true Marije style, she has mastered the art of mundane and every day chores like cleaning up her lab, feel much more like a meditative state and grounding experience.
Marije has a bold call for action and looking for someone to join her on the journey to evolve Tahuna Skin and bring to life all of the elements to create holistic and healing experiences.
Oct 27, 202231:57
Tanya Pouwhare - NZ Ethical Employers

Tanya Pouwhare - NZ Ethical Employers

Creating a life fuelled by holistic success is an art and a craft to master but how we can start to change societies perception and culture that surrounds success to be more layered and multi dimensional to empower and enable more.
Sep 21, 202228:18
Helen Blom - Mills Bay Mussels and Southland Dairy Farmer

Helen Blom - Mills Bay Mussels and Southland Dairy Farmer

The evolution of holistic success through the lens of diverse, interesting and thought provoking women from Marlborough, New Zealand.
Jul 30, 202215:05
Kylie Matthews - AWWA Period Care

Kylie Matthews - AWWA Period Care

Through this series of podcasts we explore the concept of creating a life filled by holistic success. Many of us grew up with the idea that success could only be measured by financial and material possessions but as women and as mothers, and moving through different stages of life, we recognise that it is so much more than that.
Now to changing societies culture to align the variables.
Jul 07, 202217:36
Cassandra Slumskie - founder, Trinity Employment

Cassandra Slumskie - founder, Trinity Employment

Cassandra is an authentic, brave and courageous leader shining as a beacon of light in the world for her 4 daughters and team of young women at Trinity Employment, a recruitment and immigration specialist organisation in Canterbury.
When starting Trinity she realised that there was a lack of care and kindness in the industry and she was determined that there was another way.
Cassandra is passionate about the agricultural sector in NZ and is carving out change to developing a deep sense of community and connection to remind people that they are never alone.
Jul 04, 202216:41
Kate David, founder - Marlborough Employment Solutions

Kate David, founder - Marlborough Employment Solutions

Holistic Success Series through the lens of diverse, authentic, creative, brave and courageous women from across Marlborough, New Zealand.
Jun 07, 202222:00
Martina Suliemen - Co- Founder SkinHub Marlborough

Martina Suliemen - Co- Founder SkinHub Marlborough

Martina shares the evolution of how the idea of success has changed and evolved for her over the years, to now as a doctor, mother, wife and business owner.
Apr 06, 202216:44
Aimee Pickles - Co Owner, F45 Blenheim

Aimee Pickles - Co Owner, F45 Blenheim

In this podcast we explore the journey of life and how our views of success change over the decades in working towards creating a holistically successful life that encompasses multi dimensions beyond the traditional focuses of wealth, materialism and accolades.

Aimee Pickles has always had a strong focus on health and well-being as a path to creating happiness, independence and living a comfortable life.

She grew up in a small farming town in New Zealand, was always financially driven, with a materialistic view, a regarded career, and the inner voice that said "do what you love and you will never work a day."

After battling with connecting to who she truly was, Aimee has worked with a number of mentors in the recent years to shift her mindset, accepting her introvert nature and tuning in to the knowing of what it takes for her to truly flourish.

Aimee is also a wonderful contributor to the community of Marlborough with the work that she does to support the next generation through The Graham Dingle Foundation - supporting youth from school to the workforce and The Cactus Bootcamp Program.

Aimee shares 5 key tips that support her in staying happy, healthy and passionate to live every day with meaning.

Mar 01, 202219:49
Finn Ross - Lake Hawea Station

Finn Ross - Lake Hawea Station

Finn describes himself as an adventurer (first and foremost) and a deep nature frother who has spent a big part of his life chasing epic adventures.

With the other part focused studying all over the world, launching diverse and unique entrepreneurial ventures and now whilst doing his PhD at Deakin University, leading the environmental and sustainability initiatives at Lake Hawea Station, New Zealand.

It was during a Climate lecture at a US University where he first had the realisation of climate anxiety, to realise that its not one of the issues of the century it's the issue of now!

When we unpacked the topic of robust family conversations and debates over the dinner table, Finn shared that there have been quite a mix as of late including cultural debates, farm debates, the use of land at Lake Hawea Station and future regen projects.

Finn has some strong calls for action from our community to understand climate change and the intergenerational impact.

Feb 17, 202221:37
Becks Smith - The Whole Story

Becks Smith - The Whole Story

Becks Smith is a passionate life long learner and is always looking for new opportunities to grow.
Becks launched The Whole Story during lockdown in 2020 when she reimagined an alternate future which addresses sustainability, connecting people and facilitating positive change.
Juggling her role as a mother with a young family, a career, farming business and the many hats that go with each she always knows that she needs to serve from a full cup. Becks has also found in the knowing of who she is, being deeply grounded, and looking inwards to be a part of something outwards have served her well to be an inspiring young leader, leading change.
In this podcast, Becks shares some amazing resources in books that she has on the go to connect to yourself, discover a deep place of belonging, reflect on what matters and being grounded by who you are.
Feb 16, 202220:25
Maegan Blom - Mills Bay Mussels

Maegan Blom - Mills Bay Mussels

As a proud New Zealander (with deep Dutch roots), Maegan Blom is a savvy, authentic and aspiring young leader.
Hailing from an entrepreneurial family, Maegen grew up on a dairy farm in Southland, New Zealand, before her family moved to Marlbourgh after buying Mills Bay Mussels.
Maegan has spent the last few years studying Agricultural Business and Food Marketing, whilst working to find a deep sense of purpose.
She is passionate about supporting others in her generation to make a valuable contribution with their unique talents, and believes for them to thrive there needs to be a feeling of belonging.
Belonging is also a key contributor to being part of a dynamic family business, and in this podcast Maegan shares some of the tools they have been working with to create a more balanced communication structure to making decisions that have impact.
Jan 30, 202223:20
Eve McCallum - University student and young political activist

Eve McCallum - University student and young political activist

Eve is a young, educated, passionate leader who describes herself as unapologetically loud and opinionated, curiously acquiring knowledge and discovering life skills through a broad spectrum of interests. 

Eve grew up on a dairy farm on the North Island of New Zealand, with many of her life skills coming from learning to horse ride, caring for horses and the entrepreneurial skills needed to manage 4 horses. But after breaking her femur bone in a bad accident she joined her father at a National Party conference in Wellington and officially caught the bug of politics at the age of 13. 

In this podcast we explore her journey of life as a 21 year old young woman, her belief that you need to be the change you want to see in the world and the lessons she has learnt through knowing who she is and the self worth that comes with that.

Jan 30, 202231:27
Krista Coningham - owner, Caci Blenheim

Krista Coningham - owner, Caci Blenheim

In this podcast series, we explore the idea of holistic success through the lens of womens lives from all over New Zealand and how this notion has changed considerably over time from their early years, their 20's and 30's and now as mother's, business women, entrepreneurs and leaders.

Through story telling and sharing, the art of building meaningful lives, activating micro - moments for a successful day and redefining success for future generations these are just some of the juicy topics explored in this dynamic podcast with Krista Coningham.

Our days are our life in miniature, how will your day today be successful?

Jan 17, 202220:56
Dr. Libby Weaver - author, entrepreneur and speaker

Dr. Libby Weaver - author, entrepreneur and speaker

Dr Libby is a world renowned author, entrepreneur and speaker armed with abundant knowledge, scientific research and a true desire to help others recover their energy and vitality, Dr Libby empowers and inspires people to take charge of their health and happiness.

In this podcast, we explore her life's work and impact through the lens of Meaningful Leadership exploring purpose, belonging, personal growth and how the alignment of all of these elements support us to live meaningful lives.

With a focus on her daily writing practice, sharing information to help to make a difference, having no fear of being judged, diving into her values, being energised by solitude and being in nature, eating whole real foods, and the clarity and action that has come by bringing all of these elements together to create meaning.

Jan 07, 202225:06
Helen Townsend - Co founder, EcoSplat Reusable Water Balloons

Helen Townsend - Co founder, EcoSplat Reusable Water Balloons

With an overhanging guilt of single use everything, the world has woken up to realise that through our changes of behaviours we can all contribute to making a positive impact.

Helen and her co founder of EcoSplat Reusable Water Balloons recognised a need and demand for change and still being able to enjoy the fun of water balloons but without the negative environmental contribution.

Through experimentation, creativity and learning through mistakes, they collectively found a new approach and backed it with a scientific approach and curated a business to reflect the needs of the future.

By disrupting a market through a circular economy mindset, Helen has a strong call for action aligned to creating an equilibrium of our ecosystems.


Oct 29, 202119:23
Kim Clarke - Executive Enterprise, MYOB

Kim Clarke - Executive Enterprise, MYOB

Kim feels privileged with the work that she does at MYOB, one of the fastest growing businesses, a business that shapes a big part of who she is.

Knowing that community is a central part of connection and that it is within communities and business that fuel you, Kim reflects on the waves of life and how important communities, connection and family have been to making her the woman she is today.

Kim grew up immersed in business with her first job at 10, at Paddy's Market's in Sydney with her family business after a glorious childhood, growing up on acreage on the South Coast of New South Wales.

In reflecting on her most challenged stages of life it was returning to work, 3 months after having her first child and facing a crisis of confidence, the confidence to balance out her two important life roles.

Oct 29, 202116:42
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Oct 29, 202118:51
Bridgette Jackson - Founder, Equal Exes

Bridgette Jackson - Founder, Equal Exes

As an entrepreneur, Bridgette is driven and determined to change the stigma in New Zealand about divorce and separation, and has founded Equal Exes to support couples and their families through divorce coaching.

Bridgette draws on her personal experience of being in a verbally abusive, controlling and manipulative marriage, before leaving the marriage but completely unprepared for what lay ahead. She is teaching the things that she learnt to be able to seperate with dignity.

Covid has shone a light on the cracks and truth of relationships with now 30% higher divorce rates, Bridgette recognised that people needed the support now more than ever.

Oct 22, 202115:03
Vicki Angland - founder iWalkWaiheke

Vicki Angland - founder iWalkWaiheke

As the naughty bright kid at school, Vicki always knew that a traditional life path wasn't going to be for her and was prompted by someone sharing that life should just be FUN.... and to just enjoy it.

This set her on the path of becoming a super yacht chef for 30 years, embracing her love of starting small businesses, studying natural medicine, and valuing her freedom and health to launch iWalkWaiheke - a multi day walking tour company located on Waiheke Island, New Zealand.

Vicki admits that she has always had a love hate relationship with the word purpose, and knows that it's an eternal quest of discovery rather than just a place that you just arrive at.

Vicki has a nurturing call for action from our community to find someone in your community that hasn't experienced nature to the extend that you may have and take them out on your adventures.

The more time we spend in nature, the better versions of ourselves we know we can become.

Oct 20, 202120:40
Sarah Vickers - Holistic Health Practitioner

Sarah Vickers - Holistic Health Practitioner

Sarah Vickers is a spiritual being, a registered nurse and holistic health practitioner... what a wonderful and diverse mix. 

Sarah is focused on living life to the full with health, heart and spirit aligned. She believes that for her to be the best version of herself it begins each day with a combination of mindful practice through meditation, restorative yin practice and daily gratitude. 

Knowing that change is the only constant, Sarah’s passion for continuous learning and growth is evident in how she challenges her mindset and constantly looking through a new lens.

Sep 17, 202118:04
Sarah Wilson - author, entrepreneur, change maker and climate activist.

Sarah Wilson - author, entrepreneur, change maker and climate activist.

Sarah Wilson is an author, entrepreneur, change maker and most importantly a climate activist. 

When describing who she is the first word that appeared was a nomad, but ultimately a woman striving to her most meaningful life’s work but with the knowing of never arriving. Now that is the art of living.

But it wasn't all light and happiness, and recalls some of her darkest days, anxiety and the desire to commit suicide.

She knew that the universe had another plan for her and offered her a violent shove of awakening, which she then made the decision to live and truly live.

Sarah encourages us all to stay with a problem longer, get creative, spend time in stillness and follow those worth following.

Sep 01, 202127:29
Lani Evans - Vodafone Foundation & Thank you Payroll

Lani Evans - Vodafone Foundation & Thank you Payroll

Lani is an adventurer at heart with a strong desire to see an equitable society and is forever exploring whats possible.

She admits that one of her biggest hurdles and challenges has been herself with expectations and barriers and has had to learn to get out of her own way to create the path of her life that is fuelled by purpose.

A key secret for her has been in reflective practice, deep thought and learning to listen which has stemmed into some of her recent work with The Vodafone Foundation to deeply understand what the community needs.

As an advocate for continuous learning, has a strong focus on being a contributor and living a meaningful life, Lani encourages us all through to share from a place of generosity of the spirit. 

Aug 26, 202116:20
Lisa Pagotto - Founder, Crooked Compass

Lisa Pagotto - Founder, Crooked Compass

Lisa is an adventurer, a boundary pusher, challenging the status quo who founded an adventure travel company - Crooked Compass to share the world with fellow adventurers to get off the beaten track, connect through cultural exchanges and engage with diminishing tribes.

The past 18 months has been a series of pivots, twists and turns but in true entrepreneurial spirit Lisa has been able to read between the lines to explore new opportunities and find solutions to creating a sustainable organisation. Through encouraging and stimulating curiosity, educating to broaden horizons, Lisa creates life altering travel experiences that open us up to a whole new world.

Crooked Compass is in the rebuilding stage of their business cycle but now knowing that the core of this needs to be in sustainable ways as we've now had the opportunity to press RESET on the planet and to start again.

Aug 26, 202121:54
Andy Hamilton, Co Founder - Manaaki

Andy Hamilton, Co Founder - Manaaki

As a lover and supporter of small businesses, after many years at The Icehouse, Andy fell into building a platform during 2020 lockdown that would support small businesses with advice and support to get through challenging situations. 

Today this wonderful organisation is known as Manaaki which brings together over 330 advisors and thousands of small businesses to support and have a positive impact. 

Andy shares some of the trials and tribulations relating to their current capital raise to have even further impact and letting go of the rejection when investors say no. 

With the knowing that “opportunities never shout, they whisper” he encourages us all to tune in, observe and take action.

Aug 18, 202120:52
Caroleen Moise - Filmmaker

Caroleen Moise - Filmmaker

Caroleen Moise was born and raised in Montreal, Canada and grew up fascinated by the creativity of writing poetry, watching films and acting to grow into a life as a filmmaker with some of her recent work Defying all Odds, Trouble and We love Paleo.

She believes that creativity can be applied to so many things and not just the arts and really is the ability to think outside the square through creative thought.

In filmmaking, Caroleen has faced criticism and not the constructive type and in launching her career felt like she needed a lot of bravery and courage to put herself out there to work through vulnerability knowing that living with the regrets of not stepping forward would be far too painful.

Her mission is to make films that inspire, educate and are bound into her purpose which is to leave a lasting legacy. 

Aug 05, 202124:55
Sebastian Terry - founder 100 thing

Sebastian Terry - founder 100 thing

12 years ago, Sebastian Terry lost a great friend, had started a business, had begun navigating a university degree and decided to throw it all in and focus on his pursuit of living a happy life.

What began as a list of 100things that Seb travelled the world experiencing including Delivering a Strangers baby, Living on a Deserted island for a week, Marrying a stranger has evolved 12 years on to a life of purpose, fuelled by passion to support millions of people across the globe to live happy, adventurous, fun filled lives that are the most meaningful to each person individually.

Seb believes that the why are we here or what is your purpose is a question that is overly asked... and feels that the first question that we need to ask ourselves is Who are we? as the starting place to truly live a life of authenticity and truth.

Seb spends his day activating the things that he loves and what make him the best version of himself with some of this weeks activities including daily French classes, learning classical piano, surfing and learning new breathe work all part of living true to bringing his 100things to life.

Seb is full of character, soul, spirituality and humour and has a big call for action from our community - here's to writing a list!



Aug 05, 202131:32
Julie Demsey - Hypnotherapist & Transformation Mindset Coach

Julie Demsey - Hypnotherapist & Transformation Mindset Coach

Julie Demsey is a recovering people pleaser, living life on her own terms, ex Silicon Valley, life long learning woman who landed in Australia on a mission to work with individuals on their mindset to have a positive impact.

Julie has a habit of saying YES to things that feel scary or are unknown and saying NO to things that no longer serve her. A potent potion to enabling a prosperous, full and meaningful life as the best version of ones self.

With morning yoga, time in nature and continuous self reflection for growth, Julie sets her intention filled with purpose to activate the day.

Check out her newly released book https://founddating.com which after 10 years, had the time and space to complete during Covid.

Jun 16, 202112:44
Phoebe Garland - Garland & Garland Fashion

Phoebe Garland - Garland & Garland Fashion

Phoebe jokes that her and her husband have been given the life sentence of being immersed into the world of fashion, knowing that there have been incredible highs, all time lows but ultimately through the lows have enabled new opportunities to see life through a different lens.

Through this vulnerable, honest and humble interview, Phoebes pinpoints two pivotal moments of bravery and courage in being open to sharing more about the hardships of her life through being adopted as a child and the recent diagnosis of her husband with Parkinson's disease. 

Phoebes highlights that through this vulnerability she has seen more respect, empathy and reciprocal love shown with the values aligned businesses and people she is surrounded by now in her life.

In this podcast, Phoebes shares some key and fundamental learnings of life immersed in the fashion world that apply to any industry and working through challenging situations by looking within to get to the heart and truth to enable change.

Phoebes has a powerful call for action that she asks us all to ponder and action.... we know it's something that all women will relate to.

Jun 09, 202129:24
Andi Lew - Author & Wellness Expert Presenter

Andi Lew - Author & Wellness Expert Presenter

Andi Lew is a best selling author & wellness expert presenter and has recently published a book, "Connected - a paradigm shift in how we view health".

Andi has always been inspired to live a better quality of life and really does walk the talk to holistic health and from a place of love. Although Andi has been knocked down quite a few times she has always stood back up to fight, but from a place of love and empathy.

Andi believes that through educating in prevention and looking after our human frame that the health of our nervous systems will ultimately give our bodies the optional time to function.

As a morning person she rises with the sun and embraces the morning to look inward to have the greatest awakening of self.

Jun 04, 202121:44
Jo Burston - entrepreneur, Inspiring Rare Birds, Job Capital and startup.business

Jo Burston - entrepreneur, Inspiring Rare Birds, Job Capital and startup.business

Jo Burston describes herself as an accidental entrepreneur after waking up at 27 to realise that she needed a serious career as she had some audacious financial goals.

Years later after winning an award, Jo returned to her junior and high schools in Sydney to connect and learn directly from students about what they envisioned as an "entrepreneur" which was a catalyst in activating her entrepreneurial ventures.

Jo explores the idea of growth when we are in unknown and uncomfortable spaces and connects to her purpose knowing it's what she has been put here to do and create positive impact.

Knowing that her health is her number 1 commodity, she is an early riser, a lover of healthy and nutritious food and values her sleep far more than she did in her younger years.

Jo has a big call for action from our Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose community which we would love for you to take action on.

Jun 01, 202121:06