Human Cogs Podcast
146 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Humans Cogs brings you stories that matter, and conversations about what's really going on in people's lives right now.
Hosted by psychologist and media contributor Sabina Read, and award-winning entrepreneur and journalist Madeleine Grummet, each episode features real and raw conversations with extraordinary guests who share dark secrets, silver linings, advice on living and loving well, and will challenge what you think you know about yourself, and the world around you.
Human Cogs is a point of universal connection for us all, exploring the things that bring us together, and the things that tear us apart.
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Ep. 87 Damian Chaparro on swapping a corporate job for a slower pace of life, founding a health retreat and honouring the reset.
June 04, 2024 07:38 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBWhen you think of a health retreat, I wonder what thoughts and feelings come to mind? Yoga with a monk on a mountain, people healing their deepest wounds around grief, illness or weight issues, or perhaps it’s images of Nicole Kidman in 9 Perfect Strangers as depicted in the book and movie? I’ve attended countless retreats in Australia and overseas, and every time I have made one or two changes that have catalysed bigger shifts in my life. I believe we need to update our beliefs that retre...
Ep. 86 Jo Stanley on women in media, comedy as catharsis and the case for vulvas.
May 07, 2024 04:21 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBIf you’ve turned on the radio lately, have you ever sat back to listen to who’s telling the stories? Current data shows that only 27 per cent of radio hosts are women, female experts are quoted just 34 per cent of the time and - here’s the clanger - NINETY PER CENT of radio voices of people aged over 45 are in fact - men. Yep. NINETY per cent. Why is that? What’s going on? And how does this skew attitudes and perpetuate gendered inequality in society? Well our guest today, Jo Stanley, as...
Jo Stanley on women in media, comedy as catharsis and the case for vulvas.
May 07, 2024 04:21 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBIf you’ve turned on the radio lately, have you ever sat back to listen to who’s telling the stories? Current data shows that only 27 per cent of radio hosts are women, female experts are quoted just 34 per cent of the time and - here’s the clanger - NINETY PER CENT of radio voices of people aged over 45 are in fact - men. Yep. NINETY per cent. Why is that? What’s going on? And how does this skew attitudes and perpetuate gendered inequality in society? Well our guest today, Jo Stanley, aske...
Ep. 85 Corrie Perkin on the Fourth Estate, storytelling and why words do matter.
April 23, 2024 10:21 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBIt was the poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou who once said ‘there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you’. Stories are what help us make sense of the world around us and of ourselves, of great tragedies and fates and fortunes, of buried histories and mysteries, of the untold secrets and human essence of things. Journalist Corrie Perkin was born with stories in her blood. Her father, Graham Perkin - the famed journalist and editor of The Age newspaper - was...
Ep 84. Dr Meg Jay on rethinking your twenties, why this decade isn't necessarily "the best years of your life" and thriving through skills not pills.
April 16, 2024 07:22 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBBeing a young person in your 20s is a complicated and challenging time. Whether you’re living through this decade of your life now, or you’re a parent to a twenty something, you likely already know that the 20s are the most uncertain decade of life. In this episode, we talk to the always compassionate and wise Dr Meg Jay, a developmental clinical psychologist, who is on faculty at the University of Virginia and maintains a private practice in Charlottesville where she specializes in twenty...
Ep 83. Grace Tame on social justice, human connection and sharing our pain.
March 28, 2024 08:41 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBGrace Tame is a name that needs little introduction, but that doesn’t mean you know Grace - or indeed her story - on her own terms. Catapulted into the spotlight as 'Australian of the Year' in 2021, Grace stepped squarely into the public eye and became a powerful catalyst for a tidal wave of conversation, action and policy change for survivor-victims of sexual abuse across Australia. Finally, this was a chance for Grace Tame to find - and use - her voice, after years of shadows and sil...
Ep. 82 Cat Bohannon on the science of sex, why men have nipples and how the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution.
February 13, 2024 05:33 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBOver the Summer I spent countless hours deep in the pages of a remarkable book called Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. The book is written by the very entertaining scholar, researcher and poet Cat Bohannon, and it's making very big waves across the world right now. The book is an epic story and sweeping scientific exploration that starts with mammals 200 million years ago and moves forward through time, to fundamentally challenge the real origin of our m...
Ep. 81 Cath Mahoney on over-sharing, a high-profile divorce, career change insights and coming back to self.
February 05, 2024 22:40 - 49 minutes - 45 MBWhen you google Catherine Mahoney, the first thing it says is Andrew John’s ex-wife. But as I know nothing about the NRL or his career as one of Australia’s biggest sports stars, this isn’t what led me to invite Cath to join us on Human Cogs. Cath is an ex-publicist, writer, podcaster, talented creative, and had me rollicking on the floor with laughter when we first met two years ago. Her warm, funny and relatable 2022 memoir Currently Between Husbands tells the story of her marriage and s...
Ep. 80 Rachelle Unreich on mothers and daughters, fate and the goodness of people.
November 22, 2023 20:49 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBHow are you going with the state of the world right now? Wars and violence continue to rage, hate and abuse fill social media feeds, and an escalation of ideological conflict is causing uncertainty and division in our politics, in our communities and at our dinner tables. It can make you lose a little faith in the world ... wonder if humanity will be ok, whether we can actually save ourselves from ourselves. Until you remember that there are stories of hope and love and life and surviv...
Ep. 79 Kate Legge on infidelity, extramarital affairs and how we become who we are.
October 02, 2023 08:18 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MB“Affairs are a little like childbirth. Someone is always having one somewhere, usually right under the nose of a spouse because nobody knows everything that happens inside a marriage, not even the people in it.” Award-winning author and journalist Kate Legge has chronicled social and political affairs and other people’s stories since the 1980s. But Kate’s latest book - an unflinchingly honest and raw memoir called 'Infidelity and Other Affairs' - explores her own story and the tumult that...
Ep 78. Michael Bunting on mindful leadership, owning our shadow self and the power of being vulnerable on LinkedIn.
September 18, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBWe’re all familiar with the idea of mindfulness and leadership and most of us would have some preconceived ideas about what each of these terms mean. So what happens when the two constructs collide at the deepest level? And what does mindful leadership mean for the leader, the team, the organisation and the bottom line? Michael Bunting is a keynote speaker, best-selling author, researcher, facilitator and co-founder of the Awakened Mind app. As the co-founder of global consultancy, The Min...
Ep. 77 Thomas Mayo on The Voice To Parliament and why you need to be informed.
September 04, 2023 19:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBOver recent weeks we’ve all watched and listened to the debate over 'The Voice to Parliament' play out in the media, at dinner tables and in the public sphere. Conversations have caught fire and it seems that a lot of confusion has got in the way of the facts. This is partly because right-wing hardliners have deliberately launched misinformation and disinformation to seed fear, cloud issues and inflame political debate. But also because many people are saying they don’t really know what...
Ep. 76 Dr Lucy Hone on the three secrets of resilient people, navigating unbearable grief and coping with loss.
August 21, 2023 22:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBA quick google search shows that almost 8 hundred million people have searched for the term resilience and close to 5 hundred million have searched for the term grief. However, far less frequently, and perhaps somewhat surprisingly, have the two concepts collided. Dr Lucy Hone is a best-selling author, speaker and award-winning academic researcher with a gift for translating complex science into practical tools. Regarded as a thought leader in the field of resilience psychology, tragic cir...
Ep. 75 Kerri Sackville on the power of solitude, tips for turning inward and the great cost of avoiding ourselves.
August 07, 2023 22:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBKerri Sackville is a writer and columnist for Sunday Life magazine in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She’s also the author of five books, including her most recent, The Secret Life of You – How a Bit of Alone Time Can Change your Life, Relationships, and Maybe the World! Now, those listeners who know me well, know that even though I’m endlessly curious, I am not a voracious reader of books, and although I own thousands of books I’m more of a skim reader than a cover-to-cover gal. ...
Ep. 74 Ange Harbinson on the impact of ending a marriage, pathways to separation and how to create a healthier divorce.
July 25, 2023 08:03 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBAnge Harbinson is an entrepreneur, tech and innovation trailblazer, digital strategist, and lover of all things data! In 2019, when she was still the Managing Director of Thirst Creative, a marketing, design and digital agency she co-founded with her husband, Ange saw a gap in the market for online resources to support people going through separation and divorce, and she cofounded The Separation Guide. The Separation Guide is a divorce technology platform designed to make separation and d...
Ep. 73 Jane Rowe and Prue Mahar on the ripples of parental addiction on children, kinship care and why it takes a village.
July 10, 2023 09:05 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBIn this episode of Human Cogs, Sabina speaks with not one, but two guests to better understand the devastating effects that drug use has on the children of drug users, and the cycle of abuse that can repeat if no action is taken. Prue Mahar shares her story of what unfolded after her sister left behind two young children following a drug overdose. In addition to Prue’s lived experience and insights, I am also joined by the quietly unstoppable Jane Rowe, founder and CEO of the Mirabel Found...
Ep. 72 Jeremy Macvean on the power of fatherhood, using our superpowers for good and connecting with kids as a single parent.
June 06, 2023 05:23 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBJeremy Macvean is a marketing and communications expert who has held senior roles at Clemengers, Young & Rubicam and Austereo among others before deciding he wanted to use his comms expertise and insights for good not evil. This realisation led Jeremy to share his marketing and digital nous with the Royal Women’s Hospital, Peter McCallum Cancer Centre and The Movember Foundation… and in 2019 Jeremy co-founded The Fatherhood, a Dad-focused media platform to shine the light on the importance o...
Ep. 71 Lael Stone on self-healing, present parenting and supporting the whole child in an educational system that isn't working.
May 23, 2023 03:11 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBWhat do you think are the most important ingredients for a young person to learn and thrive? While we’ve hopefully come a long way since reading, writing and arithmetic topped the list, we wonder how many of you would say that connection, empathy and a sense of agency matter most when it comes to educating young people to step out into the world and be their best selves. In this conversation we meet the extraordinary Lael Stone - a Parenting Educator, Speaker for The Resilience Project an...
Ep. 70 Shaynna Blaze on tackling domestic violence, breaking the silence and catalysing change.
May 09, 2023 02:22 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBYou might think you know Shaynna Blaze as the vivacious and talented interior designer from TV shows The Block, Selling Houses Australia, Celebrity Apprentice or Country Home Rescue. What you may not know is that Shaynna is also a passionate advocate for women and a social justice campaigner for tackling domestic violence. In this conversation, Shaynna shares some of the challenges she faced in her early years as a single mum with a 4 and 5 year old after leaving her first marriage, how s...
Ep. 69 Dr Ahona Guha on understanding trauma, finding ways to heal, and recognising that trauma impacts us all.
April 25, 2023 07:08 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBThe word trauma is everywhere, but what does trauma really mean and can we heal and recover from the impact of assault, neglect, coercive control, parentification, bullying, loss, sexual violence, war, accidents or destructive acts of nature? In this episode, I speak with Dr Ahona Guha, a forensic and clinical psychologist, who is also a survivor of complex trauma herself, as well as the author of new book: Reclaim - understanding complex trauma and those who abuse. Dr Ahona helps us unp...
Ep. 68 Anna Oxley Rintoul on living with ADHD, raising neurodiverse kids and cherishing a good enough life.
April 04, 2023 05:36 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBHow many people do you know who live with hidden conditions? You might be surprised to learn that an estimated 30 per cent of the Australian population live with neurodiverse conditions including ADHD and autism. In fact, new data has revealed the number of prescriptions issued for ADHD has more than doubled over the last decade in Australia, with an increasing number of adults - particularly women - being diagnosed with the condition later in life. In this conversation we meet the extra...
Ep. 67 Mariam Issa on crossing two cultures, healing from patriarchy and taking off the mask.
March 21, 2023 01:23 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBAs a very little child, Mariam Issa dreamt of traveling to faraway places. What she did not dream is that she would need to flee the horror of Somalia’s civil war on an overcrowded boat to Kenya. Nor did she dream of the violence and bombings she witnessed, or of her beautiful close-knit family being torn apart and displaced to far-flung foreign countries. One of those countries was Australia, where Mariam arrived 25 years ago with four young children in tow, and pregnant with her fifth. ...
Ep. 66 Michele Chevally Hedge on hormones, sleep, sugar and how to find joy in food.
February 28, 2023 05:24 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBHow are you feeling right now? Are you wired? Are you tired? Did you sleep ok last night or are you tossing and turning til dawn? What about your relationship with your body? Are you fasting? Stressed? Eating meat? Riding sugar highs? Suffering energy lows? And what role are hormones playing in your life day to day? In this episode we do a full-sweep health check with Michele Chevally Hedge - a regular presenter and writer with Mama Mia, Huffington Post and Body&Soul, Nutritional Medici...
Ep. 65 Michelle Woolhouse on anxiety, burnout and leading from the heart.
February 15, 2023 09:33 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBIf your heart had a voice, have you ever wondered what it would say? Dr Michelle Woolhouse is an author, podcaster and holistic and integrative GP with decades of experience working in the fields of anxiety, stress and burnout. We first spoke to Michelle in 2020, around the time she hit a wall within herself, which catalysed her decision to step off the high-stress career treadmill she’d been on, and to embark on a deep journey of self-discovery and to get underneath the anxiety that had...
Ep. 64 Pete Dickson on how siblings shape us, brotherly love and unimaginable loss.
January 31, 2023 08:51 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBAward-winning documentary maker and author Pete Dickson is no stranger to life’s curved balls. Childhood illness and a fast-track to an AFL career truncated due to a life-threatening condition were the early harbingers, but the tragic loss of his beloved brother Robert - Australian football identity, reality TV star and filmmaker - and his two young nephews in an accident one ordinary day threw his life into a spin of grief, heart-break, holding on and trying to keep it together when his w...
Ep. 63 Dianne Draganovic on loss, stoicism and the enduring power of love.
January 17, 2023 02:41 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBIt was the philosopher, Holocaust survivor and author of 'Man's Search for Meaning' Victor Frankl who said: “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” The idea links to Epictetus’ Dichotomy of Control, that being that there are multiple things within our sphere of influence we do have the ability to change, but there is also so much of our human experience that sits well outside the realm of our influence, no matter our desires or hopes or st...
Ep. 62 Gus Worland on manning up, suicide prevention and Aussie men.
December 19, 2022 23:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBWarning: This episode talks about suicide and mental health. Did you know that suicide is the #1 killer of Aussie men under the age of 45? Every day in Australia, 7 men and 2 women take their lives, and each year across this country, there are 65 thousand attempts of suicide. That’s one every 28 seconds. These are shocking statistics that media personality Gus Worland knows all too well. When he devastatingly lost his closest friend and mentor to suicide, he decided something had to change...
Ep. 61 Dr Lexi Frydenberg on professional burnout, pandemic parenting and finding balance.
December 09, 2022 01:15 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBHow are you feeling as the end of 2022 looms? It's been a big couple of years, hasn't it? Pandemic life has worn us all down a little, anxiety and burnout are widespread and trying to find balance again can be a real challenge for adults, and for kids. So in this episode we sat down with Dr Lexi Frydenberg, a pediatrician and educator, Co-Host of the Kids Health Info Podcast and Mum of three who's passionate about family-centered care and the power of human connection to optimise health a...
Ep. 60 Oscar Trimboli on the transformative power of truly listening.
November 16, 2022 05:02 - 53 minutes - 49 MBExperts say effective communication isn’t just about what you say: it is 50% speaking and 50% listening. Think about your interactions today. No doubt you will have countless exchanges with loved ones, colleagues, clients and strangers, but how many times are you actually tuned in and listening deeply to what they say, and what they don’t say? And how many times will you feel truly listened to? Oscar Trimboli is a globally renowned deep listening expert, author, host of the Apple awar...
Ep. 59 Aubrey Blanche on owning your story, Culture Amp and truly belonging.
October 31, 2022 22:33 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB“I am so acutely aware that little girls born like me don’t sit in rooms with billionaires and don’t help run tech companies. So with the incredible privileges that I have, I don’t know that I can justify doing anything else but trying to make sure that other people have access to those same things." Meet Aubrey Blanche - an absolute powerhouse and world leader in workplace culture, inclusion and belonging - and the Global Head of Equitable Design and Impact at Culture Amp, one of Australi...
Ep. 58 Fergus Watts on Reach, casting off labels and talking about real stuff
October 19, 2022 23:21 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBWhen you think about your life, is there a moment that comes to mind which you know changed you indelibly? Fergus Watts says that moment happened when he was 15 years old, and the legendary AFL footballer and Reach founder Jim Stynes changed his life by unlocking the vulnerability hiding underneath his masculine bravado to finally give him permission to talk about “real stuff”. That encounter 21 years ago sparked in Fergus a lifelong commitment to getting the absolute best out of himsel...
Ep. 57 Dr Amantha Imber on finding work you love, dating after divorce and using your time wisely.
October 06, 2022 01:31 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBHave you ever wondered how you can use your remaining days on this planet better? In this episode we explore this question with Dr Amantha Imber, plus unpack stacks of other fascinating, perplexing, super-curly conundrums like: How do high achievers find balance? What does work look like in a post-pandemic world? Can you stop perfectionism? Would you survive “the airport test”? Why are you a people pleaser? And where can you find true love after divorce? Amantha is the author of best-sel...
Tarang Chawla on domestic violence and using his voice to effect social change.
March 29, 2022 00:09 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBDuring the dark days of the pandemic not everyone was baking sourdough. Many women were locked in their homes with people they feared, and psychological, physical, financial and fatal abuse played out behind closed doors with domestic violence continuing to devastate too many lives. Tarang Chawla is a writer, speaker, anti-violence campaigner and mental health advocate, whose beloved 23-year-old sister Niki was tragically murdered by her partner. Niki’s horrific death and inspiring life h...
Ep. 56 Tarang Chawla on domestic violence and using his voice to effect social change.
March 29, 2022 00:09 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBDuring the dark days of the pandemic not everyone was baking sourdough. Many women were locked in their homes with people they feared, and psychological, physical, financial and fatal abuse played out behind closed doors with domestic violence continuing to devastate too many lives. Tarang Chawla is a writer, speaker, anti-violence campaigner and mental health advocate, whose beloved 23-year-old sister Niki was tragically murdered by her partner. Niki’s horrific death and inspiring life...
Lisa Leong and Monique Ross on career changes, burnout and making your work life matter.
March 14, 2022 22:45 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBDid you know that you spend most of your waking life working – a jaw-dropping 90,000 hours for the average person. Work dominates our days. It can be the thing that gets you up in the morning, or the thing that keeps you awake at night. What about you? Has the pandemic changed your relationship with work? Are you at a career crossroads, feeling tired, unmotivated, a tad lost in your work life? Are you experiencing burnout? Do you want to be more intentional about the role of work in your...
Ep. 55 Lisa Leong and Monique Ross on career changes, burnout and making your work life matter.
March 14, 2022 22:45 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBDid you know that you spend most of your waking life working – a jaw-dropping 90,000 hours for the average person. Work dominates our days. It can be the thing that gets you up in the morning, or the thing that keeps you awake at night. What about you? Has the pandemic changed your relationship with work? Are you at a career crossroads, feeling tired, unmotivated, a tad lost in your work life? Are you experiencing burnout? Do you want to be more intentional about the role of work in yo...
Ep. 54 Laura Youngson on kicking goals, breaking world records and the shadow side of ambition.
February 15, 2022 05:20 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBHave you ever set yourself a crazy big hairy audacious goal, and found yourself against the odds somehow achieving it? Women climb invisible mountains every day. But Laura Youngson's eureka moment came on a volcanic ash pitch, 5,714 metres above sea level, on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2017. Youngson, an ambitious entrepreneur, gender activist and Co-Founder of global non-profit Equal Playing Field and Ida Sports, had a crazy idea that if she could convince two teams of femal...
Laura Youngson on kicking goals, breaking world records and the shadow side of ambition.
February 15, 2022 05:20 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBHave you ever set yourself a crazy big hairy audacious goal, and found yourself against the odds somehow achieving it? Women climb invisible mountains every day. But Laura Youngson's eureka moment came on a volcanic ash pitch, 5,714 metres above sea level, on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2017. Youngson, an ambitious entrepreneur, gender activist and Co-Founder of global non-profit Equal Playing Field and Ida Sports, had a crazy idea that if she could convince two teams of female s...
Sushi Das on seeking truths, "deranged marriage" and raising strong daughters.
February 01, 2022 03:04 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBSushi Das is an award-winning British Australian journalist of more than 25 years, spending much of her career at The Age, where she held a series of senior reporting and editing positions. She is the winner of two Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards including Best Columnist (2005) and currently works as a freelance columnist and as a researcher for RMIT ABC Fact Check. A brilliant writer and storyteller, Sushi is the author of Deranged Marriage - an affectionate, often hilarious, memoir of...
Ep. 53 Sushi Das on seeking truths, "deranged marriage" and raising strong daughters.
February 01, 2022 03:04 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBSushi Das is an award-winning British Australian journalist of more than 25 years, spending much of her career at The Age, where she held a series of senior reporting and editing positions. She is the winner of two Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards including Best Columnist (2005) and currently works as a freelance columnist and as a researcher for RMIT ABC Fact Check. A brilliant writer and storyteller, Sushi is the author of Deranged Marriage - an affectionate, often hilarious, memoir ...
Yves Rees on radical self-inquiry, gender transition and being seen for who you are.
January 17, 2022 22:44 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBWhat happens when, aged 30, you understand you’re transgender? This was the question that confronted Dr Yves Rees, an award-winning author, historian and regular contributor to ABC Radio and The Conversation, whose life was upended by gender transition in 2018. Then known as a woman called Anne, Yves was forced to grapple with the knowledge that they were not, in fact, a woman at all. In this episode, Yves shares the events that led to their transition including completing a PhD, ending a...
Ep. 52 Yves Rees on radical self-inquiry, gender transition and being seen for who you are.
January 17, 2022 22:44 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBWhat happens when, aged 30, you understand you’re transgender? This was the question that confronted Dr Yves Rees, an award-winning author, historian and regular contributor to ABC Radio and The Conversation, whose life was upended by gender transition in 2018. Then known as a woman called Anne, Yves was forced to grapple with the knowledge that they were not, in fact, a woman at all. In this episode, Yves shares the events that led to their transition including completing a PhD, ending...
Melissa McGowan on menopause myths, deep growth and honouring feeling over achievement.
January 04, 2022 02:21 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBMany of us hear the word menopause and may think it’s not meaningful or relevant in our own life – regardless of our gender, career path or life stage. As an accomplished business executive who travelled the world working in often male-dominated industries, Melissa MacGowan was once probably the same. Until the symptoms of undiagnosed peri-menopause wreaked havoc in her own life. Melissa is now a passionate business coach who supports female leaders to banish burnout and manage the many and ...
Ep. 51 Melissa MacGowan on menopause myths, deep growth and honouring feeling over achievement.
January 04, 2022 02:21 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBMany of us hear the word menopause and may think it’s not meaningful or relevant in our own life – regardless of our gender, career path or life stage. As an accomplished business executive who travelled the world working in often male-dominated industries, Melissa MacGowan was once probably the same. Until the symptoms of undiagnosed peri-menopause wreaked havoc in her own life. Melissa is now a passionate business coach who supports female leaders to banish burnout and manage the many an...
Melissa MacGowan on menopause myths, deep growth and honouring feeling over achievement.
January 04, 2022 02:21 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBMany of us hear the word menopause and may think it’s not meaningful or relevant in our own life – regardless of our gender, career path or life stage. As an accomplished business executive who travelled the world working in often male-dominated industries, Melissa MacGowan was once probably the same. Until the symptoms of undiagnosed peri-menopause wreaked havoc in her own life. Melissa is now a passionate business coach who supports female leaders to banish burnout and manage the many and...
Ep. 50 Adam Schwab on the highs and lows of building a global business, and why we all need a great escape.
December 28, 2021 08:26 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBAdam Schwab is a former corporate lawyer, company founder, angel investor and the co-founder of Luxury Escapes, a global travel company. He has also written for Crikey and SmartCompany since 2005 and is the author of Pigs at the Trough: Lessons from Australia’s Decade of Corporate Greed. From being a self-described glorified filer at a top-tier law firm, to great accomplishments as an entrepreneur, Adam credits his hard work, grit and precision, honed as a law student, as key ingredients ...
Adam Schwab on the highs and lows of building a global business, and why we all need a great escape.
December 28, 2021 08:26 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBAdam Schwab is a former corporate lawyer, company founder, angel investor and the co-founder of Luxury Escapes, a global travel company. He has also written for Crikey and SmartCompany since 2005 and is the author of Pigs at the Trough: Lessons from Australia’s Decade of Corporate Greed. From being a self-described glorified filer at a top-tier law firm, to great accomplishments as an entrepreneur, Adam credits his hard work, grit and precision, honed as a law student, as key ingredients i...
Ep. 49 George McEncroe on challenging rigidity of thought, managing anxiety and hostility, and serving women through entrepreneurship
December 14, 2021 01:56 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBGeorge McEncroe is a tech entrepreneur, writer, standup comedian, educator, and force of nature. The single mother of four hates orthodoxies, has a roll up your sleeves ‘can do’ mantra, and has spent her life giving everything a crack to dial up the carpe diem in her every day so she doesn’t die wondering. In this episode, we hear about some of the formative experiences that have shaped the adult George is today, including the trauma of losing her beloved sister to suicide, weathering a m...
George McEncroe on challenging rigidity of thought, managing anxiety and hostility, and serving women through entrepreneurship
December 14, 2021 01:56 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBGeorge McEncroe is a tech entrepreneur, writer, standup comedian, educator, and force of nature. The single mother of four hates orthodoxies, has a roll up your sleeves ‘can do’ mantra, and has spent her life giving everything a crack to dial up the carpe diem in her every day so she doesn’t die wondering. In this episode, we hear about some of the formative experiences that have shaped the adult George is today, including the trauma of losing her beloved sister to suicide, weathering a ma...
Ep. 48 Jocelyn Brewer on tech addiction, online boundaries, and positive digital use for kids... and us adults too.
November 30, 2021 02:47 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBJocelyn Brewer has, in her words, a job of the future. A psychologist and ex-teacher who helps individuals and organisations be well connected and mentally fit, she has been working with adolescents, families and adults for a decade, and understands the complexity of busy modern life, the increasing role of technology in our work and how healthy digital and screen habits need to be consciously shaped by us all. But rather than see exponential technology and social media as a dark force i...