All Being Well

Madeleine Dore is the writer, interviewer and creative force behind Extraordinary Routines, the brilliant interview project that investigates the intersection between creativity and imperfection - featuring the lives, challenges and triumphs of our favourite creatives.This episode is a bonus companion to our interview on the podcast about creating extraordinary routines - and is based on Madeleine's month-long experiment on morning routines to see how they could help her win the day.She experiments with famous morning routines - from working from bed, to 'eating a frog' - to see how they can improve her morning, and her entire day. Try them for yourself and let us know how you fare!You can also download the Morning Routine's Workbook where this experiment is shared in detail over at Extraordinary Routines.Enjoy!

Madeleine Dore is the writer, interviewer and routine explorer behind Extraordinary Routines, the brilliant interview project that investigates the intersection between creativity and imperfection - featuring the lives, challenges and triumphs of our favourite creatives.In this episode we explore:how our habits create our liveshow we can move through fear and blockswhy we should focus on our strengths rather than our weaknessand how routines can help us win the dayMadeleine herself is a creative force, growing Extraordinary Routines while also launching the event series Side Project Sessions for a “peer-pressured productivity session”. Madeleine has a wealth of knowledge about routines, habit setting, habit tracking and bullet journalling, and has written for ABC Life, Arts Hub, The Design Files, Kill Your Darlings and countless others.I hope this conversation provides some inspiration for translating your goals into a reality, embracing your imperfections and your humanness, and for moving through fear to cr

This companion practice accompanies episode #1 with Kate James on living with purpose. This 'Future Self Meditation' takes just under 15 minutes and can bring about powerful results. That being said, if you're feeling stuck you might initially find it difficult to visualise your ideal life. Trust that the meditation will begin to work on your subconscious mind. Listen a few times over coming days and you'll find the answers become more clear.Please note this practice is bonus content that's not part of the longer episode, and I recommend listening to episode #1 before beginning.Enjoy!+I'm thrilled to announce that Season Two will be launched in partnership with Dumbo Feather, and we'll be co-hosting an event on healing towards the end of January. Head to this link to book your ticket.++Have you been enjoying the show? Please Subscribe, Rate and Leave an honest Review in your podcast app. It helps others to find the show. Another option is to share your favourite episode with a loved one!++Thank you for l

I’ll be eternally grateful for this conversation with Kate James. Kate is an internationally renowned career, business and life coach, and a mindfulness teacher based on the Mornington Peninsula. She's full of wisdom and thoughtfulness on how we can live with purpose, gain clarity about our direction and feel confident to pursue a career and life we love.This episode relates to this month's focus on finding our “why”. Our “why” can be called lots of things. In yoga it’s called your sankalpa. It can also be called your purpose. Or your true north.Essentially, your “why” is the purpose, values and beliefs that underpin everything you do. It is completely unique to you, and it’s the reason why you do what you do.Kate works to help her clients identify their values and strengths so that they can define their own version of a meaningful life. She is bursting with integrity and honesty, and I feel honoured that she was so generous with her thoughts and energy for this episode.She provides a number of brilliant reso

We've all day-dreamed about throwing in the towel and heading out on adventure, but what happens if you actually followed that instinct?Caroline Clements and Dillon Seitchik-Reardon are creatives in Melbourne who did just that - they sold their possessions, moved out of their home, and left in an old four wheel drive with a single goal: to discover Australia’s best swimming spot.With the holiday season upon us, it’s not always possible to take a year off to travel the world - or necessary. This conversation is an invitation for anybody hankering for an adventure, where you need nothing more than a cozzie (if that) and willingness to embrace nature and the unknown.

Today’s conversation with permaculture educators Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar from Milkwood is dose of goodness for anybody looking to connect with the earth, and themselves.Hearing from Kirsten and Nick is an absolute joy, as they share their gentle and exploratory journey towards creating a meaningful life.Their story begins in central Melbourne, working as art-makers and VJs, before undertaking an enormous challenge and moving to Nick’s rural family farm in NSW in the hope of transforming it into a new life and their new livelihood. With a lot of love and effort, this eventually blossomed into their permaculture business Milkwood Permaculture - that has trained and inspired thousands of us with it’s message of building a better world.Nick and Kirsten focus their efforts around taking care of the earth and stewarding the planet’s resources, and have a delightful time along the way. They make a compelling case for us all to slow down and consider what really matters - whether that’s learning to keep bees n

I’m going to interrupt business as usual broadcasting here because it’s November... and we need to talk.We need to talk about men.This episode is inspired by Movember, which uses this month to talk about improving the quality of life for men and raising funds to do something about it.The reason for this conversation is pretty clear when we see the numbers:In Australia three in every four suicides are menMen die on average six years earlier than women for reasons that are largely preventable.And lastly - 70% of men say their friends can rely on them for support, but only 48% say that they rely on their friends. In other words: they’re here for their mates, but worried about asking for help for themselves.Helping to improve the health and wellbeing of the men in our lives is so important, and this episode covers that from a variety of different angles. I’m incredibly proud of it and I hope you find it useful too.I speak with four men from very different areas of expertise on men’s health. There’s personal train

What is the role of money and business in creating the world that we want to live in?That’s the question that Danny Almagor has dedicated his life to, creating Small Giants with wife Berry Liberman, the magical storyteller behind Dumbo Feather.Together they’ve formed a dynamic partnership that uses business to create change, and as a tool for positive social and environmental impact in the world.Small Giants creates, nurtures and empowers businesses and entrepreneurs who are looking to use their work to create a sustainable, socially equitable world - and is behind well-known and loved brands like TOM Organic, STREAT, Dumbo Feather and The School of Life.In this rich and hopeful conversation, Danny shares his views on how we can all create the world that we want to live in by building a new economy - where we vote with our dollar, where we invest in good leadership and where we align our purchasing decisions with the needs of humanity.This episode focuses not on disconnecting from the world around us but conn

Knowing how to get the most out of the people we meet, live with and love is so important to living a meaningful life.But too often we struggle to communicate our true selves. We fail to connect deeply or have conversations that allow us to reveal our vulnerability and naturally relate to others. Instead, our chitchat can feel like it’s in a rut - mundane, dull and filled with innocuous nonsense about events, plans or the weather.According to Tim Dean, the ability to be sociable and to relate to other people is a learned skill, and one that requires emotional intelligence - enhancing our ability to connect with those around us, and ourselves.Tim Dean is a philosopher, science journalist and a faculty member of The School of Life - and in this rich conversation we discuss some big and bold topics, including:How we can be better listeners to our friends and family;How we can use social media mindfully;How we can ask better questions so that we have richer conversations;How we can handle family events where we h

*Enjoy second part of my special conversation with Paul West*Paul West is a chef, sustainable food advocate, and the host of River Cottage Australia, famously bringing Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s beloved series of farm life to Australian television screens. However, for Paul, life wasn’t always so rosy.In our conversation, we go behind the scenes to explore his own story of discovering the River Cottage lifestyle - from overworked, overstressed and undernourished chef, through to re-defining what success meant to him and his growing family. A simpler life; a meaningful life - with slow food at its heart.I’ve been such a big fan of River Cottage and was delighted to discover that Paul’s even more warm and lovable in real life - although meeting his border collie Digger was obviously the real highlight!We spoke for more than an hour and I couldn’t bear to cut his interview in half - so I’ve released it in two parts. I hope you enjoy this special edition of All Being Well, and I’d love to hear your feedback on

Paul West is a chef, sustainable food advocate, and the host of River Cottage Australia, famously bringing Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s beloved series of farm life to Australian television screens. However, for Paul, life wasn’t always so rosy.In our conversation, we go behind the scenes to explore his own story of discovering the River Cottage lifestyle - from overworked, overstressed and undernourished chef, through to re-defining what success meant to him and his growing family. A simpler life; a meaningful life - with slow food at its heart.I’ve been such a big fan of River Cottage and was delighted to discover that Paul’s even more warm and lovable in real life - although meeting his border collie Digger was obviously the real highlight!We spoke for more than an hour and I couldn’t bear to cut his interview in half - so I’ve released it in two parts. I hope you enjoy this special edition of All Being Well, and I’d love to hear your feedback on whether this works for you!For now, enjoy Part 1 of our conv

Dr. Richard Chambers is an internationally recognised mindfulness expert, psychologist, and part of the team who created Smiling Mind. I've personally benefitted from his knowledge, alongside thousands of others, to harness the power of mindfulness in everyday life.Mindfulness means being aware and fully engaged in each moment of life. It starts with paying full attention to what we are doing, staying in direct contact with what is actually happening, and not getting caught up in judgment. Research has shown that this reduces stress and anxiety, improves productivity and performance and helps with our overall health.It doesn’t take a lot of practice. As little as five to ten minutes a day of mindfulness meditation produces significant benefits in a short period of time.To deepen your wellness practice I whole-heartedly recommend that you listen to this episode, and try some of the free resources available in the show notes.Can you find five to ten minutes a day to enhance your wellbeing?

Alexx Stuart is a health activist and change agent. She coined the term 'low tox' many years ago after seeing a lack of transparency in our food system, personal care and cleaning products. At the time the decision seemed to be filled with black and white binary distinctions of 'no tox' and 'zero chemical' lifestyles that felt unrealistic for her to integrate into daily life.Instead, she founded the blog Low Tox Life and began to research simple steps that she could take to reduce the overall amount of chemicals and toxins from her life - one nasty at a time.Today Low Tox Life is not just a blog, podcast and facebook community - but a growing movement.I must admit - I felt that I was fairly educated in this area before speaking with Alexx in this interview.But I have a spoiler alert: I was not.

‘Grow, feed, educate’ is Emma and Tom Lane’s motto for their beloved business, The Farm in Byron Bay. The ethos underpins all they do, and stems from their deep belief that firsthand experience of seeing how food is grown and produced makes eating so much more pleasurable - and equips us to make better food decisions for our health and the health of our planet.The family lived on Sydney’s Darling Harbour, where Tom led his family’s business, the fashion label Oroton, and Emma worked in advertising. But when they discovered their three-year-old daughter in their veggie patch, devouring green beans she’d grown herself, they wanted a healthier life for their young family.The seed of an idea was born to launch a working farm, offering this same food connection for other families.“People did think we were crazy,” Tom says.This is what happened next.Spoiler alert: it's all kinds of incredible.

Kate McCready is a work, business and life coach, and her goal is to activate the best in us to better our lives and world.Kate is the host of the Good Work Revolution podcast, which I’m a big fan and listener of, where she explores side projects to ignite our purpose, navigating transitions and creating heart-centred and human-centred workplaces.Kate is the warmest and wisest person I’ve been able to sit with and ponder deeper meaning behind bringing our conscious selves to all facets of our lives. We discussed the separateness people often feel with our ‘professional selves’ and our ‘personal selves’ and how we can eliminate the barriers that hinder us from becoming our most authentic selves while at work. Whether you work in an office or in nature, in a 9-to-5 or 5-to-late or thinking about starting work or ending work, you’ll discover a lot of helpful prompts and advice from Kate to steer your work life to a place that is filled with purpose, progress and passion.

Georgina Reid is the soil-savvy force behind The Planthunter, an independent online magazine that has developed a cult following, weaving together a rich story of connection between humans and plants. Celebrating plant life in all its forms, it offers an intelligent, inspirational and sometimes wonderfully wacky mix of content that delights readers away from their computers and into their garden.When Georgina had a seed of an idea to create a website exploring the connections between people and plants, she had no idea that it would grow to become a wild and rather rampant online publishing venture that would be loved by so many people.Today The Planthunter has developed into a thriving community of green thumbs that delight in the wonders of the natural world. As one of her biggest fans, I’m not alone in my support for this online love letter to plant life.I asked Georgina about her rambling journey to where she is today, her personal tools for grounding into the earth and how we can weave nature into our eve

Ask yourself this question: What does my inner and outer self look and feel like at this time in my life? Your outer self being the part of you that you show to the outside world. Your inner self is a private world of sensations, feelings, memories and thoughts. It’s private and it’s precious and it’s ours alone. Just close your eyes and meditate on it for a moment.Now ask yourself this. Does anybody else truly get to know my inner world?Maud Léger spent many years hiding her inner world. As a vinyasa and yin yoga teacher with an expansive practice she unites movement, meditation and the breath, but she held a secret cocoon of shame that she rarely revealed.Maud is originally from France, and the displacement she felt physically as she settled in to Australia is one that she felt within her physical body as well as her emotional and spiritual bodies. As she journeyed inward to find a path to healing, she was also called to tune into her body’s deeper wisdom, to enhance her health and to find a home within.Tod

My next guest needs little introduction. Lola Berry is a nutritionist, a yoga teacher and is the author of ten best-selling books. Her name is synonymous with her happy-go-lucky persona and her vivaciousness for life, but what she rarely reveals is the criticism that she receives behind the scenes. As a well-known personality, Lola has faced a barrage of unkind criticism judging the way she looks, what she wears, her weight, and her very being.I actually met Lola nearly ten years ago when both of our lives looked very different. At the time, Lola had began to regularly appear on television, and was featuring in segments that didn’t always reflect her true values. Lola and I discuss how we can tune into our guiding principles and true self to transform our inner and outer worlds. Lola shares the strategies that she’s adopted that’s allowed her to be the version of herself, and to be an active and joyful participant in her own life.

Rarely has a book captivated and delighted readers as much as My Heart Wanders by Pia Bijkerk, an author, artist and visual storyteller. It honours what Pia calls our heart wanderings - the journeys that we take physically and emotionally when we’re guided by our intuition.Pia believes that we have the opportunity to flourish as human beings when we tune into our inner child and our deeper yearnings, rather than being guided solely by our thoughts. Through her work and her mentoring sessions with creative clients, she supports others to do the same.In this episode you’ll walk with Pia on her heart-centred escapades and discovers tools to release creative and emotional blocks that might be holding you back.

Did you know that almost three quarters of our planet’s surface is covered by ocean?This has lead Tim Silverwood to believe that we should be calling it Planet Ocean rather than Planet Earth. As an environmentalist, a campaigner, and the co-founder of Take 3. He’s a dynamic voice within the movement away from single use plastics, and a refreshingly optimistic presence within the environmental movement.As a keen surfer, Tim has closely watched the evolution of the ocean and its responsiveness to human life. In 2011 he sailed 5000 kms across the North Pacific Ocean to study the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch and has shared these experiences through his popular TedX talk, appearance in the ABC’s unmissable War on Waste, and as an ‘ocean guardian’ in the documentary Blue.When reflecting on his connection with the underwater world, Tim says: “The ocean is a place where I can step away from the normal realm of terrestrial existence and dabble in the fringes.”In this episode you'll discover simple tools to red