This week’s guest is the co-founder and head of product at The Sparkke Change Beverage Company, Rose Kentish. Rose is also a maker, flavourist, winemaker, and a distiller. We chat about her passionate interest in making, some validating moments along the way and her experience as a woman in a predominantly male lead industry. Find out more here: https://sparkke.com/

This week’s guest is theatre director and lighting designer, Alexander Berlage. We chat about what drew Alex to lighting design, how his career path has almost been a full circle from childhood. Plus, why theatre and the arts generally are so very important and why we need to value it.

This week’s guest is speech pathologist and the owner/operator of Voice Therapy, Georgia Magarey. We chat about the difference between the voice and speech. Why our voices are so important and how Georgia’s interest and study of performance art informs what she does now.

This episode comes with a trigger warning, it involves a lot of conversation surrounding miscarriage, still births and perinatal death. If you or someone you know needs support you can find a number of different support services through joy.org.au/support. This week’s guest is an illustrator who illustrates children’s books and Perinatal lost portraits, Larissa Reinboth. Larissa founded possum portraits which is a service that provides free perinatal portraits to grieving parents. We talk about why a service like this is so very important, not only to grieving loved ones but also to normalize conversation surrounding miscarriages, still births and perinatal death. We talk about how Larissa found herself in this sphere and the positive impacts her portraits have had for families, plus how she deals with the heart-breaking nature of what she does. For more info head to: possumportraits.com.au  

This week’s guest is psychologist Rocco Mammoliti, he specialises in LGBTQIA+ and youth psychology. We chat about what drew him to psychology, the inherent need for connectedness especially within the LGBTQIA+ community and how he processes being a human being whilst also a psychologist.

This week’s guest is the co-owner and operator of Gertrude Street Yoga, Jaspah Marques. We chat about how he found himself owning a yoga studio, his own personal yoga journey and the surprising connections he makes at work.

This week’s guest is the owner and director of coffee delivery platform Alt Drop, Nic Stewart. We talk about the benefits of being able to order different bags of coffee beans from a number of Melbourne’s best roasters, how Nic turned his idea into reality, plus how his business has actually thrived during lockdowns.

This week’s guest is Phil Ferguson, the artist also known as Chili Philly. We talk about their crochet masterpieces and Instagram success, how long their pieces typically take, where they see themselves growing to career wise and how they get their ideas!

This week’s guest is the founder of Kynd, a disability support platform based in Queensland – Michael Metcalfe. We chat about what happened in Michael’s life that highlighted a need for more choice when it comes to disability support, what he would tell someone with an idea like his and I get to chat with another Michael who is a Kynd user. We find out how seeing a need inspired Michael Metcalfe to fill that need.  

This week’s guest is the co-founder and owner of magnesium-based skincare line The Base Collective, Cassie Sanghvi. We talk about what sparked the idea, how great it felt to trailblaze in the industry and how her previous experience has influenced what she does.