In The Game Podcast
158 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEach week, Master Connector Sarah Maxwell sits down with incredible people and extracts the stories of their lives. Using her Neuro-psychology background, she delves into the DREAMS they had as a child and then weaves them back to the present moment. Who have they become? How have the dreams they had for their life realised themselves? How have they overcome challenges? What matters to them most NOW?These conversations are gripping and transformative, for both host and listener. Sit back, relax and enjoy!
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What’s It Like to go Deeply Undercover as a Cop?
July 07, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBToday, we continue the conversation with John, an experienced investigator with the Queensland Police for the past 11 years. But his past definitely would not have dictated his future when he became one of few to go undercover – for 3 years! Born in the Philippines, he felt like he was “dragged from home to home” when his mother left and he never heard the words “I love you” echoed from anyone’s lips – ever! He landed in the home of his seriously abusive Auntie, who he still gets chills...
Relationship Series: PressPlay on the game "Get Jiggy With It"
March 12, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBWe are excited to give you a glimpse of real Super Couples taking part in my new book "PressPlay" from my website as of March 14th!! This week's couple Binny & Randi took on the final of the book: Chapter 12's "Get Jiggy With It". Find out how they went! Intro: Piecing tonight’s game together is a childhood joy of mine. “Get Jiggy With It” was the brainchild of the simple and connective pastime between my Mom and I. We did hundreds of puzzles together and affixed them on our walls as a m...
Relationship Series: PressPlay on the game "Vision Boards Brought to Life"
February 20, 2023 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBWe are excited to give you a glimpse of real Super Couples taking part in my new book "PressPlay" (available for purchase March 2023). This week's couple Aleisha & Hayden took on Chapter 7 called "Vision Boards Brought to Life" Find out how they went! Intro: I have the pleasure this afternoon of speaking with a couple that I have tracked into the stunning hills of New Zealand in order to get their experience of playing Chapter 7 of my book “Vision Boarding Your Common Dreams”. This pa...
Relationship Series: PressPlay on the Game "Vows Brought to Life"
January 14, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBWe are excited to give you a glimpse of real Super Couples taking part in my new book "PressPlay" (available for purchase February 2023). This week's couple Emma & Pete took on Chapter 8 called "Vows Brought to Life" Find out how they went! Intro: This game is near and dear to my heart. I will never forget sitting down to compose my vows 15yrs ago and feeling the enormity of that promise and commitment. Bc we weren’t using pre-designed vows, I found the whole experience even more con...
Relationship Series: PressPlay on the Game "Couple ZZZs"
December 12, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBWe are excited to give you a glimpse of real Super Couples taking part in my new book "PressPlay" (available February 2023). Come along for the ride as this week's couple Sarah & Sange not only take on their newborn but were bold enough to experiment with Chapter 11: "Couple ZZZs". Find out how they went! Intro: "Get comfortable for our dooooozy conversation today with the book chapter that promises to put you to sleep: COUPLE ZZZs!! Did you know that your “alert” energy before sleep ...
Relationship Series: PressPlay on the Game "New Couple Script"
November 24, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBWe are excited to give you a glimpse of real Super Couples taking part in my new book "PressPlay" (available for purchase February 2023). This week's couple Allan & Lari are in the middle of a family move from the Gold Coast of Queensland to Sydney and yet, they still found time to play Chapter 2: New Couple Script! Find out how they went! Intro: The dynamic couple I get to chat to today played one of the more advanced games I’ve created: New Couple Script. I don’t want to scare anyon...
Relationship Series: PressPlay on the GAME "Date Free"
November 16, 2022 23:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBWe are excited to give you a glimpse of real Super Couples taking part in my new book "PressPlay" (available for purchase February 2023). This week's couple Christine and Jay hail from the East Coast of the United States but have been living in Australia for some years now: they took on Chapter 6 called "Date Free" Find out how they went! Intro: Tonight’s debrief is over one of the most simple GAMES I’ve created called DATE FREE. I have come to learn that simple…doesn’t always mean easy....
125: What does it take to be the first and only female CEO in your industry? By Cecily McGuckin
March 21, 2022 01:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the first and only female CEO in Australia’s steel distribution industry. Cecily McGuckin initially built her career in retail development construction, never really seeing the family business that her Dad had run for over 25 years as an option. Working for Suncorp and Mirvac before having her three kids, she eventually joined her father a decade ago at Queensland Sheet and Steel. She has scaled her fathers “hand shake deal business” into a formidab...
124: The Family-Centred Female CEO by Anthea Hammon
November 10, 2021 03:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBToday, we continue the conversation with Managing Director of the most-visited, privately-owned attraction in Australia: Scenic World. Anthea Hammon is 3rd generation Hammon family to take control of the World-Heritage-Listed Blue Mountains attraction, which has seen her navigate some tumultuous terrain these past 2yrs with devastating bush fires for months – only to be followed up with a pandemic that has crippled the entire “attractions” industry. With a strong focus on family successio...
123: Caring for girls one toilet at a time by Mark Balla
October 20, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a man who is full of SHIT! Don’t get mad at me Mom for swearing, Mark Balla is actually the “Toilet Warrior” and has been advocating and changing the story about sanitation worldwide. In 2013, he founded the not-for-profit “We can’t wait”. He then joined forces with Rotary and began using his business connections to Mumbai to change the reality for girls in that region and then the country as a whole. Did you know that of the 1.4M schools in Ind...
122: Dutiful Purpose with Ret'd Army Major Matina Jewell
August 12, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a retired army Major turned leadership strategist and keynote speaker. Matina Jewell joined the army at only age 17 where she earned nine military service & war medals before medically retiring in the crossfire of the Lebanon War – where she was actually stationed nearby on a peacekeeping mission for the UN. Her stories will astound you but mostly bc she actually lived to tell the tales. From fast-ropping out of helicopters to making deals with war...
121: An expert engineer cooling us down as the planet heats up by Western-Australian-of-the-Year James Trevelyan
June 24, 2021 00:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a man who was awarded the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Engineering. Professor James Trevelyan from Perth is well known for his pioneering research on Sheep Shearing Robots from 1975-1993 at the U of Western Australia – where he was awarded many international engineering and robotic awards. He then moved into the research of Landmine Clearing Methods where he made a big impact in countries like Afghanistan, Cambodia, the Balkans, and many Africa ...
121: An expert engineer cooling us down as the planet heats up by Western-Australian-of-the-Year James Trevelyan
June 24, 2021 00:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a man who was awarded the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Engineering. Professor James Trevelyan from Perth is well known for his pioneering research on Sheep Shearing Robots from 1975-1993 at the U of Western Australia – where he was awarded many international engineering and robotic awards. He then moved into the research of Landmine Clearing Methods where he made a big impact in countries like Afghanistan, Cambodia, the Balkans, and many Africa ...
120: A Mamas “Supercharged” Brain by Amy Taylor-Kabbaz
June 14, 2021 23:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the creator of MamaRising – which serves to teach and train the ground-breaking work on Matrescence. What the heck does that word even mean?? I was instantly drawn to the word bc matriarch shone from it but beyond that, I needed to discover former Australian ABC journalist Amy Taylor-Kabbaz to really sink my teeth into its impact. Amy had 3 kids and a lifelong dream of working for the ABC – but she drove herself to that breaking point trying to...
119: Trauma in Sport by Guylaine Dumont
June 02, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a warrior. Guylaine Dumont is considered the best volleyball player in Canadian history and yet, that doesn’t even begin to tell the tale... Growing up in a small town in the Province of Quebec, her early years were filled with a father who beat her mother, and 3 sisters trying to rally together to survive it all. At only age 13, Guylaine was moved out of home to begin playing sport full-time. This was right around the time that her closest sist...
118: Is your “To Do” list cutting it? by Nat Cartwright
April 19, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the creator of TO DAY List: the product aimed at simplifying not only your day, but your life! I say “Yes pls!” to that. Natalie Jane Cartwright had been in Corporate Strategy and Human Centered Design for over a decade and couldn’t let an idea that had been brewing for years go by the wayside… She saw a gap in the market where more and more technology was being created by the day to “simplify” our lives - and yet, people seemed more frazzled and...
118: Is your “To Do” list cutting it? by Nat Cartwright
April 19, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the creator of TO DAY List: the product aimed at simplifying not only your day, but your life! I say “Yes pls!” to that. Natalie Jane Cartwright had been in Corporate Strategy and Human Centered Design for over a decade and couldn’t let an idea that had been brewing for years go by the wayside… She saw a gap in the market where more and more technology was being created by the day to “simplify” our lives - and yet, people seemed more frazzled and...
117: Spice Things Up with Liz Edgecombe
March 19, 2021 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a “spice evangelist”. Not only does Melbourne-based Liz Edgecombe help people taste cuisines from around the world but her company “The Spice People” manufactures over 750,000 packets of spice each year With over 24yrs of business experience, Liz initially worked her spices as a side hustle until she found herself a divorced single mother with a rocket of intent firmly lit beneath her. So, she got to work…with a clear intention to increase business...
116: Diving in to Deep Tech by Kim Chandler McDonald
February 24, 2021 03:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the CEO and Co-founder of FlatWorld Integration: a Deep-Tech firm leading the way with industrial-grade data-sharing platform for the digital economy. Her and her husband powered through more than 12yrs of R&D to have this company come to the marketplace and so you get the sense of her stamina and determination evidenced by what it took for FlatWorld to be out in the world. Kim Chandler McDonald was born in the UK, grew up in Bermuda & Barbados, mov...
115: Social Enterprise Done Well by Miracle Babies Founder Melinda Cruz
January 11, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the award winning founder of Miracle Babies Foundation. Learning how to run a charity from scratch when she had 3 premature babies, Melinda Cruz began local, then brought the foundation national and now global. She has raised more than $10M since the foundations inception in 2005 to improve the lives of thousands of preterm and sick babies & families. Inducted into the Busines Women’s Hall of Fame, she was also voted NSW Women of the Year – Premiers...
115: Social Enterprise Done Well by Miracle Babies Founder Melinda Cruz
January 11, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the award winning founder of Miracle Babies Foundation. Learning how to run a charity from scratch when she had 3 premature babies, Melinda Cruz began local, then brought the foundation national and now global. She has raised more than $10M since the foundations inception in 2005 to improve the lives of thousands of preterm and sick babies & families. Inducted into the Busines Women’s Hall of Fame, she was also voted NSW Women of the Year – Premiers...
114: Santa Goes Way Beyond the Red Suit by Santa Rod Hyatt
December 18, 2020 23:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBToday is a unique conversation with the icon, the magical, the infamous…Santa Claus! Creating magic for children for the past 34yrs as a “professional Santa”, he has been employed by the iconic Myer Brand in Australia for 30yrs to tote his white beard and nurturing spirit upon all children who grace his lap! But who is the man underneath the suit? Rod Hyatt, at age 74, has been a passionate philanthropist for more than 10 years after he finished teaching English and become the Chairman of...
113: The Data Castle by Innovation CEO Rachael Greaves
December 10, 2020 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the CEO and Founder of AI company Catlepoint Systems, who’s vision it is to change the way the world manages information so that people, communities and companies are safer and smarter. Rachael Greaves is an industry expert in information and records compliance, control and security. She recognized a problem that was not being addressed in the marketplace around the enormous influx of data that companies, organizations and governments were facing – i...
112: Womb Magic by Dr Tharshini
December 01, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MB**Special Event** Wine-Down for 2020 – Register for FREE here https://calendly.com/sarahmaxwell/wine-down-on-2020 Today, we continue the conversation with a Dr of Traditional Chinese medicine who specializes in womb medicine. Dr Tharshini (Tash) has been helping women liberate themselves from the suffering and trauma held in the womb for over 17 years. As the recent founder of ‘Fertile Seeds of Life’, she is on the crux of finalizing her first book: Awaken and Heal your Womb. Streaming ...
111: Love Marriage in Kabul - 14 years to manifest by Sanaz Fotouhi
November 23, 2020 20:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBToday, we continue the conversation with an Iranian writer/filmmaker who traveled to Afghanistan in 2006 to uncover why women at alarming rates were self-burning as a form of suicide! Sanaz Fotouhi obtained her Masters at the University of HK and later her PhD at the University of NSW in Australia. Exploring the meaning and identity of the mass dispersion of Iranians since the Islamic Revolution, she brings her own life experience to the books she writes and the movies she makes. As one ...
111: Love Marriage in Kabul - 14 years to manifest by Sanaz Fotouhi
November 23, 2020 20:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBToday, we continue the conversation with an Iranian writer/filmmaker who traveled to Afghanistan in 2006 to uncover why women at alarming rates were self-burning as a form of suicide! Sanaz Fotouhi obtained her Masters at the University of HK and later her PhD at the University of NSW in Australia. Exploring the meaning and identity of the mass dispersion of Iranians since the Islamic Revolution, she brings her own life experience to the books she writes and the movies she makes. As one ...
110: Having Purpose over Your Pain by Susan Sly
November 16, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBToday, we continue the conversation with an octopus!! I say that because Canadian-born Susan Sly needs that many arms to be a tech investor, a bestselling author, a speaker, a trainer, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, an IronWoman, and a Mother to 5 kids! She has appeared on CNN, CNBC, has built channel sales teams producing over $1.6B in sales, has completed the Boston Marathon 6X and still finds time to liberate girls from trafficking and invest in girls education around the globe! I ...
109: When you know there’s “Something More” by TK Byron
November 09, 2020 20:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a “launch coach”. “What is that?” you might ask?? Stick with me…we will get there… Taliah-Kate Byron is only 30 years old and I say that bc she dove into the multi-billion $$ self-development and coaching industry when she was only 17. Getting stellar grades in Grammar school growing up…she chose a path less traveled than the oft worn path of University - she ”designed” her own education. Whether it was a degree in NLP, experiential game design, ...
108: Covid’s 5-year Acceleration of E-Commerce by Jamie Paros & Michael Fenech
November 02, 2020 20:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBToday, we continue the conversation with Amazon gurus Jamie Paros & Michael Fenech. These boys have come together to form the much-acclaimed and engaged Network Group End Game: focusing on supporting the Amazon Selling community. With Jamie posting a record year of close to 7-figures in 2019 selling on Amazon and Michael having over 700 SKU's being sold in the US via Facebook and Google shopping – their brands are respected and looked up to. It hasn’t always been lucrative and easy for t...
107: Facilitating Those 8 Seconds of Courage by Rachel Downie
October 26, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBToday, we continue the conversation with an educator turned social entrepreneur dedicated to championing for “our kids”. As the most recent QLD Australian of the Year, Rachel Downie is taking the tragedy of losing a Year 9 student years ago to suicide and harnessing it, into a reporting tool called Stymie – that she developed and self-funded to support young people to anonymously report harm to their peers and to themselves. In 2019, Stymie schools reported more than 48,000 notifications f...
106: The Story Midwife by Lisa Evans
October 19, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBToday, we continue the conversation with one of Australia’s leading speaking professionals. Lisa Evans is a Business StoryTelling Consultant and CEO of Speaking Savvy and Soft Skills Academy. This wasn’t always her career however, as she was one of those women who found her dream-career very young as a nurse and midwife. From her home in London, she saw an ad in the paper for a quick 12-wk stint in Australia and somehow, someway, she is still here 20yrs later: married with children! But a...
105: A Glowing Resume yet Out of Work by Nicole Jordan
October 12, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a woman who is adaptable, focused and has a growth mindset. In these distinct times in our history, I don’t know that there is anything more valuable. Nicole Jordan has held executive positions for companies like David Jones, Warner Bros. and Sportsgirl and founded 6 of her own bootstrapped businesses. She sits on 4 boards, worked w VCs, SME’s, and accelerator companies to create growth strategies and yet its her story of adopting her Korean Son wh...
105: A Glowing Resume yet Out of Work by Nicole Jordan
October 12, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a woman who is adaptable, focused and has a growth mindset. In these distinct times in our history, I don’t know that there is anything more valuable. Nicole Jordan has held executive positions for companies like David Jones, Warner Bros. and Sportsgirl and founded 6 of her own bootstrapped businesses. She sits on 4 boards, worked w VCs, SME’s, and accelerator companies to create growth strategies and yet its her story of adopting her Korean Son wh...
104: When at the Crossroads by Rupert McCall
October 05, 2020 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBToday, we continue the conversation with an Australian Poet of international renown. Rupert McCall grew up loving a jigsaw of words as much as he did a game of rugby league – it was like a creative collision was taking place within him – but somehow, he chose to study Law at University. His creativity kept rearing its head amidst articling as a law clerk and he managed to pen his first anthology ‘Rhymes, Idols and Shenanigans’ in 1993. When his writing kept getting published, read out on r...
103: Gracing Australia's Commemorative Coin as the First Ever Indigenous Female to Represent Australia in Beach Volleyball at the Olympics by Taliqua Clancy
September 28, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the first indigenous female to represent Australia in volleyball at the Olympic Games. Taliqua Clancy was raised in Kingaroy, Qld (which is over 200kms from any beach) and yet was recruited at age 15 and traveled away from her family to train full time as a beach volleyball player and pursue her dreams. This is when she met Nat and myself during her training and forged a mentoring relationship with Nat that continues to this day. Look how far you’v...
103: Australia's First Ever Indigenous Women to Play Volleyball at the Olympic Games by Taliqua Clancy
September 28, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the first indigenous female to represent Australia in volleyball at the Olympic Games. Taliqua Clancy was raised in Kingaroy, Qld (which is over 200kms from any beach) and yet was recruited at age 15 and traveled away from her family to train full time as a beach volleyball player and pursue her dreams. This is when she met Nat and myself during her training and forged a mentoring relationship with Nat that continues to this day. Look how far you’v...
103: Australia's First Ever Indigenous Women to Play Volleyball at the Olympic Games by Taliqua Clancy
September 28, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the first indigenous female to represent Australia in volleyball at the Olympic Games. Taliqua Clancy was raised in Kingaroy, Qld (which is over 200kms from any beach) and yet was recruited at age 15 and traveled away from her family to train full time as a beach volleyball player and pursue her dreams. This is when she met Nat and myself during her training and forged a mentoring relationship with Nat that continues to this day. Look how far you’v...
102: Follow Your Guiding Light as a Leader by Steve Foxwell
September 21, 2020 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the General Manager of Isagenix ANZ. Steve Foxwell slid into his position in the company in his usual humble way but his leadership has seen the company bolster results in the last 6 months that are simply astounding. His belief in his team and allowing them to find their voice, be self-reliant and self-responsible is proving very effective. And yet, it is the deeper balance cascading through Steve that really intrigues me. His love of the ocean c...
101: The Original Analogue Nomads by Jane Pelusey
September 14, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the Original Nomad. Jane Pelusey and her husband Michael have been professional remote living since 2000. They have written more than 80 books (including HEMA maps which map out the remote areas yet to be blazed in Australia), became trail assessors, did the 1000km Bibbulmun track in her 50s… And all that with a diagnosis of Juvenile Arthritis at age 6 and told she might have to live in a wheelchair for her entire life! When her Father died at age...
100: The Power of Her by Rebecca Plant
September 07, 2020 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the owner of The Business League - a national community for small and medium sized business owners to drive their company forward. Rebecca Plant has grounded the notion of The Power of the Female through a resilience born out of being raised by a single Mum, then a high level Netball player and finally her background in Communications Journalism. But perhaps it was her nervous breakdown in her 20s where her need to Achieve Achieve Achieve Inten...
99: A Black Woman Growing Up in a White World by Marion Bond
August 31, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a 6-foot tall Black woman walking on this earth from her unique perspective. Marion Bond was born in France and adopted by a white Mom and a Cameroonian Father. Moving to Cameroon at age 3, she was the only Black girl in her French school and was made aware of her “difference” for the first time by the other kids at that school. Moving back to France at age 11, she was once again blending into an all-white local life. At 18, she moved to London to ...
98: Transcending their Olympic Medals by Legendary Couple Mark & Tracy Stockwell
August 24, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a legendary couple! I don’t use that title lightly as the Stockwells have won more Olympic Medals between them and have been in service to their community in such abundant ways over these past 30 years, it truly is legendary. Tracey is considered one of the greatest female swimmers in history winning 3 gold medals for the US in swimming in 1984 and holding 5 world records - only her countrymen Phelps would come along to surpass her dominance in the p...
97: Living with a World Champion Boxer by Jeff Horn and wife Joanna
August 17, 2020 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a boxing champion and his incredible wife! I have watched enough Rocky & Creed movies to know that the real story happens behind the scenes and away from the boxing ring. Jeff & Joanna Horn met in Year 8 and eventually married in 2014. Joanna studied business and sport’s management and can be found ringside for all of Jeff’s fights. Even his epic 12-round win in 2017 over welterweight world Champion Manny Pacquiao to thousands of Aussie screamin...
96: Expect a Business Miracle by Sara MacIsaac
August 10, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a Canadian lifestyle influencer and professional foodie. Yes, you heard that right, it can be your job title! Sara Mills is passionate about putting her home Province of Nova Scotia on the map as a travel destination – and seeing the numbers of tourists flocking there, I’d say she’s nailing it! As Co-Founder of Dashboard Living – she is surely marrying passion with purpose. Her and hubby Brent have left their corporate jobs behind to live “their be...
96: Expect a Business Miracle by Sara MacIsaac
August 10, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a Canadian lifestyle influencer and professional foodie. Yes, you heard that right, it can be your job title! Sara Mills is passionate about putting her home Province of Nova Scotia on the map as a travel destination – and seeing the numbers of tourists flocking there, I’d say she’s nailing it! As Co-Founder of Dashboard Living – she is surely marrying passion with purpose. Her and hubby Brent have left their corporate jobs behind to live “their be...
95: Re-Inventing the Modern-Day Arranged Marriage by Tina Treassa Pathak
August 03, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the “intrigue-of-the-party”. Tina Pathak is that person that no one can stop talking about. She waltzed into my Mothers Group four years ago w her newborn baby in a pram, shared her birth story (full of juicy details about going into labour over the most scrumptious steak sandwich at a local place we both love) and I instantly knew, I have to be friends w this woman! I’ve know her as Tina Pathak these past yrs and somehow, she sends her bio to me a...
94: 5 Star Google Reviews for “Diamond Surgeon” Karl Schwantes
July 27, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBToday, we continue the conversation with a gemmologist. Known as a “Diamond surgeon”, Karl Schwantes is an award-winning designer who grew up playing at the work benches of his parents’ business – Xennox Diamonds. Creating and designing pieces of his own as early as 12, he would first study science, get a psych degree and join the Australian Army - rising to the rank of Captain - before FINALLY taking over the family business and leading into this next generation. As an internationally awa...
93: Narrow into Your Dream by Lina & Petia Yanchulova
July 20, 2020 20:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBToday, we continue the conversation with sisters Lina & Petia Yanchulova, who’s lives demonstrate that not even a communist regime can stop a dream. Their story is what’s possible if you continue following the thread of your life! I have decided to read Lina’s words directly - to introduce them to you all bc I was so impacted when she sent it to me. Their story in Lina’s words: "My dearest Tzvetelina, take a look at this letter - someone must have thought it's trash and tossed it out bu...
92: Women Uplifting Women in Business by Rebecca Pini
July 13, 2020 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBToday, we continue the conversation with founder and managing director of the fully integrated Creative Marketing agency Made4Media. Starting in the TV industry, Rebecca Pini was the youngest News Director at Channel 10 (a leading TV network in Australia) for 10 years before moving to the UK to work with film mogul Columbia TriStar & Sony Pictures. Her extensive experience in the ever-evolving marketing and communications industry is what has led her to long-standing relationships w big na...
91: A Strengths-Based Approach to Parenting by Dr Fiona Jones
July 06, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBToday, we continue the conversation with the Managing Partner of a private Occupational Therapy practice in Brisbane focusing on supporting children and families. Completing her PhD in 2011, Fiona Driver has since presented at international events and multiple academic environments in support of children experiencing “the joy of childhood”. Having two young children herself, she has served as an accepting and uplifting sounding board for me, as our children are only one day apart in age an...