Kate Billing is the Founder & Creative Director of Blacksmith, a specialist leadership development practice committed to the forging of human-centred leaders and fully human organisations. For the past 25 years Kate has worked in the people, culture and leadership space, building a reputation for sharp insights, compassionate challenge, warmth, and…

Sandro Mota is a highly qualified HUMAN ENHANCEMENT COACH and the creator of THE MOTA METHOD. His method includes a hybrid of different techniques that Sandro has studied and developed that integrate body, mind breath and spirit to help them overcome emotional and physical imbalances. Sandro has helped 1000s of people doing this work, his clientele…

In this episode I chat to Lisa Anstead - the founder of 'SoulTravelFitness' a health, wellness, travel, and fashion company. Lisa helps clients feel beautiful in their skin by creating a lifestyle of movement and wellness from a place of love. Originally from California, Lisa has lived abroad in South America and Asia for almost 10 years. From a yo…

Jimi Hunt is a mental health change maker, speaker, author and adventure seeker. You may know him from when he floated down the Waikato on a Lilo or for building the World’s Biggest Waterslide. Through these adventures he found out he could also help people, and so co-founded a charity called 'Live More Awesome'. Jimi's passion is encouraging and i…

Gillian Brookes is the founder and director of social enterprise, 'My Kids Village', designed to help working parents find local childcare to manage the juggle of work-life and kid-life. She also runs her own HR consultancy focused on building flexible workplaces and fair pay systems. During this episode Gillian shares both her personal experience …

Shelley used to be the stereo-typical higher achieving, super-busy, corporate girl. She worked insane hours, skipped meals, lost sleep, over exercised and by her own admission did not take care of her health. That all changed in 2010, when Shelley reached total burnout, her health crashed and Shelley lost all physiological function. Doctors wanted …

Shannon Harvey is a devoted wife, mother and award winning health journalist and filmmaker, on a mission to inform, empower and inspire people to make long-lasting health changes in their life. Shannon herself has battled her own health problems - being diagnosed with the auto-immune disease 'Lupus' several years ago. This led her to research and p…

Digby Scott works with people and organisations that are on a mission to make a difference. His aim is to help people to think and act in new ways so that they nail it. Creative, curious and a master communicator, Digby has a unique perspective on the leadership and workplace challenges that we are all trying to navigate. ​ Digby admits he's fallen…

Bronwyn Hudson is motivated by the desire to make a real difference in the health and happiness of people. With a Masters degree in personalised nutrition and over 20 years’ experience across education and children’s development, parenting support and health coaching, along with four young children, Bronwyn understands the real-world challenges rel…

Kerene Strochnetter is an author, public speaker and Managing Director of Mindful at Work, a business hell-bent on making the M-words cool in the workplace - mindfulness and meditation. Kerene's new book ‘Crazy Busy’ targets people suffering from the relentless pace of modern life - people who struggle to switch off and are looking for effective st…

Craig Hudson is Xero's Managing Director for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, a father of 4 and former professional rugby player, spending 8 years playing in New Zealand, France, England, and Wales. By most peoples measures Craig is an impressive and talented guy with everything going in his favour - only the other part of the story is he has f…

Jess Stuart is a well renowned event speaker, author and coach who works with women to realise their potential by helping them find more time for themselves, so they focus on what really matters to them and build resilience to beat overwhelm and keep calm in the midst of chaos. Jess started her career in Senior HR roles and spent a decade in the co…

Olie Body is the Founder of 'Wā Collective', an Edmund Hillary Fellow, an award winning storyteller, TedX speaker and social entrepreneur. Aged 19 Olie moved to India to work on a project that provided bright reusable menstrual kits to the local school girls who otherwise would not have access to such things and were therefore house bound during th…

Sweden has Greta Thunberg - New Zealand has Ollie Langridge. Ollie Langridge is a Wellington based business owner, part-time yoga teacher and father of 5, who likes to roam the hills of South Wellington with his trusty dog Spanner. As well as being (in his own words) a 'regular suburban dad' Ollie is a passionate environmentalist. So much so that e…

Dr Paul Wood is the bestselling author of 'How to Escape from Prison', which chronicles his journey from imprisoned delinquent to Doctor of Psychology. These days he is an expert in helping people and organisations strive towards their potential and flourish through change and adversity. Paul works with everyone from World Champion athletes to Fort…

Jeremy Dean is the founder of riders&elephants, a leadership company that helps leaders reimagine the way they understand and 'get' their people and customers. A lot of this involves using simple tools to unlock emotionally honest communication about workplace culture and customer experiences. Jeremy believes that structured "F-word conversations",…

Wade Jackson is a speaker, author and high-performance coach. Wade’s journey to become a specialist in high performance began in Japan aged 18, where he earned two of his three black belts in martial arts. Living as a minority set him on a path of holistic thinking and over the years he's gained a deep understanding and appreciation of other cultur…

Katie is a wife, Mum, health enthusiast and also the 'filter-free' voice and mind behind the popular social media page and website - 'Clean Eats From A Filthy Mouth'. Through this page, Katie shares a lighthearted look at food, fun, and the 'dirt and drudgery' of anti-glam, everyday life. Katie’s journey in life so far has been a colourful and some…

Cheryl is founding director of 'Mind Coach', a boutique leadership coaching consultancy aimed at delivering coaching to leaders across New Zealand. Her journey in life has seen her face many personal challenges, starting at the age of 18, where was diagnosed with the serious auto-immune disorder - Crohn's disease. This major event, at a time when s…

Belinda Benn is a 'Women's Health and Hormones' expert. Belinda's work is focused on helping women in their 40’s and 50’s overcome the challenges of midlife, with a special focus on hormonal changes and perimenopause. After her difficult divorce at 40, Belinda left the corporate world to travel and start life afresh. Along the way she faced many vu…

This episode is a bit different from the usual episodes as it's not an interview. Instead, it's a guided meditation - specifically what is known as a 'Loving Kindness' meditation. This meditation is in remembrance and support for all those affected by the event of the Mosque shootings on Friday 15th March in Christchurch. This event was such a viol…

Maria is the owner of Hot Yoga Wellington, which currently has 3 studios across the Wellington region. Maria believes she now is living the life she was always meant to and couldn’t be more grateful about her journey so far, even though it includes illness, heartbreak and many other challenges that have seen her get up close and personal with vulne…

Mereana Beconcini is a marketing consultant, mum, and host of the 'Finding your truth' podcast (which you can find on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube). Mereana by her own admission has had a fantastic life; "good career, wonderful loving family and a great husband......Nothing really bad ever happened to me" - up until 3.5 years ago when she faced a d…

In this brief intro episode, the host Lotty Roberts will tell you a bit about herself and share the background behind what inspired her to start this podcast.بقلم Lotty Roberts