Jamie Brock - Rescuing animals and humans with coffee
Jamie Brock is the owner of Coffee Rescue, a business started out of a renovated ambulance to help a family member. After attending a Get Off The Bench workshop in 2019, Jamie realised she could combine her 2 loves of coffee and animals and create something really special.
Doug Moczynski - Inspiring youth with inclusive adventures
Doug Moczynski is the founder of Gippsland Adventure Therapy, which supports youth with outdoor adventures that are inclusive, safe, fun and useful, to increase wellbeing and have a positive impact on their mental health.
Mark S A Smith - How to be nimble to navigate the chaos of today’s world
Mark S A Smith is the co-founder of NimbilityWorks, and the author of ‘The Nimble C-Suite’, and ‘The Nimble Company’, as well as multiple other books. Mark works intensively with company leaders to transform their business from a market challenger into the market leader in 3 years or less.
Tracie Lund - Standing for a stronger community
Tracie Lund is the manager of Morwell Neighbourhood House, and is now standing as an independent candidate for the Seat of Morwell. She was thrust into the leadership limelight at the time of the Hazelwood mine fires, as she spoke out about the injustices and challenged authorities about the health hazards.
George Siegal - Hoping and deciding in the face of Hurricane Ian
George Siegal is a film maker and podcast host. His most recent film ‘Last House Standing’ uncovers the potentially catastrophic impact of building houses that won’t stand up in hurricane affected areas, and in this episode we chat about the devastation of Hurricane Ian.
Daniel Fitzgerald - Wheelin to the mountains
To honour his own journey with depression, as well as honouring the memory of a mate lost to suicide, Daniel Fitzgerald over 3,000 kilometres across Australia to raise awareness and funds for the Black Dog Institute.
Heather Baird - Creating a better life for foster kids
Heather Baird entered the foster care system at two and a half years of age and for many years was plagues with self-worth and self-esteem issues. Understanding how this feels for others in the system, and driven by the need to provide supplies that were not readily available to these kids, Heather founded the charity A Better Life For Foster Kids.
Kerryn Vaughan - The fine line between showing up and self care
This week I’ve been thinking a lot about the fine line between showing up and self care. I think there’s too much noise about hustle and grind, and it’s way too easy to drive ourselves into the ground and not take care of ourselves.
Julie Philip - Barbering to inspire self-worth
Julie Philip loves to follow her passions and loves to bring joy. A few years ago, Julie decided to pursue her dream of becoming a barber, and is now volunteering at a neighbourhood house one day per month bringing joy and self-worth.
Tammy van Wisse - Swimming one and a half times around the planet
Tammy van Wisse is a World Record breaking endurance swimmer who has conquered some of the coldest, deepest and longest waterways in the world. Her swim distances add up to over an astonishing 65,000km, which is one and a half times around the planet.
Ben Price - Flying high for a childhood dream
Ben Price is one of the seven crew who make up the Royal Australian Air Force aerobatics team, the Roulettes. His childhood dream of becoming a pilot happened several years after leaving school, and bored with his then job, Ben decided to chase that dream.
Lisa Schermerhorn - Exposing the lie in every belief
Lisa Schermerhorn has a mission to inspire the world to understand that what we think is true, just may not be. She is a best selling author, and her latest book ‘In Every Belief There Is A Lie’ shares the truth about our beliefs.
Olivia White - Influencing authentic social media
Liv White is a digital content creator, entrepreneur, mother and speaker who focuses her content around the theme of ‘be unapologetically you’. Liv is the creator of House of White, and shares her authenticity through her blogs and her extraordinary Instagram community.
Herb ‘Flight Time’ Lang - From globetrotting to inspiring kindness
Herb Lang started life in a small town in Arkansas, but after the Harlem Globetrotters invited him to their basketball camp, Herb then joined and spent the next 18 years touring the globe, inspiring hope and happiness into the hearts of many.
Jessie Ballantyne - Uncovering grants and all good things
Jessie Ballantyne is the founder of ‘The Grants Hub’ and social enterprise ‘Hey Good Thing’. Jess started her entrepreneurial career at 14, babysitting and selling chocolate covered snakes from her school locker.
Simon Harvey - Walking from Brisbane to Melbourne for kids
Simon Harvey is not your average superhero. After beating stage 4 cancer, Simon decided to don his Captain Australia outfit, walk a few thousand miles alone, and raise awareness and money for kids battling cancer.
Kerrie Atherton - Sharing Stories of HOPE
After planning suicide at 18, Kerrie Atherton walked through the doors of a 12 step program and since that day 40 years ago, has remained clean and sober. She founded “Stories of HOPE Australia” a platform that brings HOPE that it’s possible to triumph after a traumatic past.
Jessica Evans - Speaking up for children with a disability
Jessica Evans has become a passionate disability advocate since her son Karter was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby. Jessica was unexpectedly thrown into the world of disability with the birth of her twins boys, and is desperate to raise awareness.
David C. Lee - Dreaming and achieving beyond PTSD
David C. Lee spent many years in military and police service, leading to severe PTSD. After rebuilding his own life, he now supports others to do the same.
Tanya Heaney-Voogt - Creating mentally healthy workplaces
Tanya Heaney-Voogt is a mentally healthy workplaces expert, workplace change facilitator and certified leadership coach, helping leaders, teams and organisations to thrive in this rapidly changing and high demand world of work.