Interviews Episodes

Ed Ross is the co-founder of TradeMutt which is a social impact workwear brand, by tradies for tradies. They make funky eye-catching workwear designed to start conversations about mental health among the blue-collar community, helping make an invisible issue impossible to ignore. Through the sale of Trademutt Workwear, they help fund free and unlimited professional mental health support for tradies, truckies and blue-collar workers through their own support service tiacs.org To date, they have f...

Matthew Wong is the creator of Discernable, which is a large media channel that features various creatives and subject-matter experts. Matt's content reaches over 200,000 Australian viewers per week and has various programs. Not only this, Matthew Wong is an inspirational person who worked in several high-level professions, including being a pilot, medicine, law, along with selling multiple businesses all by the time he was 32! However, our conversation starts off on a serious note and we deep ...

You may recognise Brad McEwan from his longstanding career 20 plus year career as an Australian television and sports journalist with channel 10. However, what you may not know about Brad is that he is an ambassador for Beyond Blue and the Satellite Foundation. He is now focused on a new goal; providing workshops, presentations, mentoring and strategies that focus on workplace mental health and wellbeing. Above all, Brad’s work is about leading and working with kindness.' Huge thanks to Brad for...

In this episode, I speak to Jonathon Gleeson who is a dairy farmer in South West Victoria and has achieved purchasing a dairy farm by age 30 with no assistance, which is a remarkable achievement. Jonathon goes into detail about how he exactly did this and also the mindset that is required to do this. He gives some great advice around long-term goal-setting and having a vision. I have always had an idea for a book called "Money Management with a Dairy Farmer" as they live on the edge and are gr...

Maria Figueiredo is a remarkable woman who experienced growing up with a single mother with BiPolar disorder as well as having an autistic brother in New York having immigrated from Puerto Rico at the age of 14. Maria goes right into detail about her experiences growing with a mentally ill parent and shares numerous stories that we hope can help other people in similar situations. By sharing her authentic story we hope to encourage people to please share their experiences online in order to cr...

In this episode, I talk to Haydar Hussein who is the founder of the Jim's Cleaning Group who turned his side-hustle into a multi-million dollar cleaning empire. He has over 860 franchisees in Australia and New Zealand is on target for 1000 franchisees by the end of 2020. He has achieved all of this in just under 20 years! It is a great story and Haydar tells us the journey from the start until the current day. You can learn more about Haydar and the Jim's Cleaning Group via www.jimscleaning.net...

Did you grow up with a parent who had a mental illness? If so, then you will take a lot out of this episode with Mental Health Advocate Addy Dunkley-Smith. Addy is involved in a Victorian organisation called The Satellite Foundation who work with children, young people and their families where a parent has a mental illness. Addy contributes regularly as a peer facilitator, as a program consultant and in sharing her lived experience. In her past, she has competed at several world championships o...

What is it like to actually have BiPolar? In this episode, we go right into depth with Tim Beanland who talks openly about his condition and how his thoughts on mental health as a whole. Tim provides a great insight into how he views his condition and provides some inspiring thoughts around it. This is a great listen for anyone who is interested in learning about BiPolar II and those who are affected by it. Tim also has his own podcast as well so make sure you check that out as well. Big thanks...

Tim Beanland, who is the creator of the expert's blueprint and is also a podcasting expert. We talk about all things to do with podcasting, social media, marketing, video content, and how he has now created a business out of his podcast content. I have also been a guest on Tim's podcast to talk about my experiences related to growing up with a single mother with BiPolar disorder type 1. Click here to listen to his podcast

Simon Hogan is a former AFL footballer for the Geelong Cats who retired at the end of 2012 after being diagnosed with a depressive disorder. However, this has only recently been changed to BiPolar affective disorder type 2. Simon chats about his journey so far and the battles he continues to face. We go into depth about his more recent diagnosis around BiPolar and the various issues that come along with the condition from two perspectives. One of those being a person who is living with the condi...

Welcome to Episode one of the lived experience podcast with Joel Kleber. Our first guest is current Essendon Bomber (AFL) player, Marty Gleeson. Big thanks to Marty, Make sure you follow him on IG @marty_gleeson + Twitter @martygleeson35 Video version of this episode is available at https://youtu.be/k40TR3BHbc8 In this episode, we touch on the below topics in order: His background Social media and athletes Dealing with online negativity His golf game How he uses social media The cultur...