An Uncommon Dialogue

Neil Gaur is the founder of Portal to Ascension. An event production organisation for conscious events and presenters. He has created a network and global community that is designed to create solidarity and share revolutionary information that is assisting in the awakening process. His biggest production, The Portal to Ascension Conference, was held in Irvine, CA on Oct 4th-6th 2019 What Portal to Ascension is ALL About… PTAC exist to provide a stream of conscious awareness for the shift that is now occurring on the planet. We are in a time of transition in which hidden truths are beginning to resurface. Portal to Ascension is a platform to share information that will help create this new reality. We are pioneering awareness that will assist in re-writing the history books and creating a paradigm based on the principles of unity, transparency, cosmic consciousness and full disclosure. It is time to become the fully empowered hue-mans we were meant to be. We are the ones we have been waiting for… In the beginning… A group was created on Facebook called “2012 Consciousness, Mind, Evolution and Presence” in 2006. Over a period of 2 years this name slowly morphed into 3 different variations…. “Consciousness, Mind Evolution and Presence”, “Cosmic Consciousness and Ascension” and then finally in 2008 the name became “Portal to Ascension”. In 2008, Portal to Ascension began creating small meditation and sound healing events at a holistic center called Gingers Garden. This venue became a central hub for Portal to Ascension to experiment with creating numerous events for the next 2 years. These events ranged from holistic fairs, sound healing workshops, open house events and, on occasion, small one day conferences. https://portaltoascension.org/about/

Steven Webb, who is the author of How to Create Your Inner Peace – 5 SIMPLE PRACTICES to overcome stress, anxiety, and to create your lasting happiness and freedom. Steven is also the creator of Your Inner Peace Academy which provides the tools, teaching, and necessary guidance for you to find your inner peace, take control of your life, and live with genuine freedom to fulfil your purpose. Steven broke his neck at 18, which left him severely paralysed, unable to walk and needing 24-hour care for the rest of his life. This alone makes him unique among spiritual teachers with the depth and heartfelt wisdom to live from real inner peace no matter how difficult your circumstances may be. Steven’s adversity did not end after breaking his neck, he has also suffered from loneliness, depression, bankruptcy, being cheated on, and losing family and close friends to suicide. However, Steven story is not one of sympathy but one of triumph against the odds. Steven now helps people all over the world find their inner peace, their own wings to live their purpose and with an inner freedom that no one can take away from them. Steven believes there is a gift and everything, although sometimes we must look a little harder. Website: https://stevenwebb.com Academy: https://yourinnerpeaceacademy.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/themovingroad Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YourInnerPeaceGuide

an Morris first began his personal journey with the wellness and healing potentials of sound and specific frequencies while working with a nonprofit organisation he had established, Homemade Genius, in 2004. Working with underserved children using music as a tool for promoting creativity and connection. Through those experiences, he began to really notice the improvements in overall attention, engagement, confidence and even academic performance with the kids. With 20 years experience in the creative arts field, over the years Ian has worked with community powerhouse organisations such as United Way, hospice, and meals on wheels to utilise the healing force of creativity in building community connections and enriching the lives of those he worked alongside. He is a multi instrumentalist, poet, author, and intuitive healer who is a pioneer in truly exploring the power of sound and meditation paired with collective intention under the umbrella of his company ‘Listening to Smile’. https://listeningtosmile.com

Kim Balstad grew up in an Air Force Family, and as a result of overseas assignments, was exposed to numerous cultures and beliefs. These travels planted the seed that germinated into a life long journey of learning and spiritual growth. Kim is the Founder of The Aum Nation and co-host of the bi-weekly Holistically Curious podcast. She has a Master’s Degree in Metaphysical Sciences, is a certified yoga teacher, Level 2 iRest meditation teacher, and Reiki Master. When Kim is not working on The Aum Nation or the Holistically Curious podcast she chills out with her wonderful Hubby, 2 amazing sons, 3 beautiful grandchildren, and 3 super snuggly fur babies (2 cats and 1 Chihuahua who thinks he is a cat.) One of Kim’s favorite quotes is by Mahatma Gandhi. He said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Kim say’s she can use some work adhering to the first part of this quote, but as far as the second half goes…she is 100% on it! Kim likes to joke that she has the memory of a gnat and says she is sure she’s forgotten most of what she has learned over the years, but the passion and desire is always there to learn more and to relearn what she may have forgotten. The Aum Nation www.TheAumNation.com The Aum Nation, is a growing online directory and community of spiritually minded, holistic businesses and practitioners, offering services and products which assist in wellness, personal transformation, and growth. We assist you in living the healthiest, happiest, most spiritually fulfilled life possible through our directory of wellness practitioners, services, and products, and our uplifting content. The Aum Nation is a community where like-minded businesses and practitioners can come together in love and respect to support one another, so that they may better serve their clients/customers. Holistically Curious www.HolisticallyCurious.com On the Holistically Curious podcast, Kim Balstad and Teresa York explore various topics within: health, wellness, metaphysics, spirituality, & science. They invite you to listen, learn, & laugh with them! Holistically Curious is available on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, and HolisticallyCurious.com.

Tenille Bentley is an internationally award winning conscious business woman, board director, a sound scientist and global change agent. She is a transformative speaker, educator as well as an author of two thought provoking books “Digital Consciousness and Emotional literacy for kids” and the Managing Director & Founder of The Emotional Literacy & Mindfulness Academy for Kids. She has been described as a contemporary thought leader, building a multi million dollar social media company in under 2 years, she has been recognised by the Australian Prime Minister with ‘The Australian Leadership Award’ which is only presented to 20 people in Australia, she was awarded the ‘Australian Financial Review Top 100 Australia’s Women of Influence’, State Finalist in the ‘Telstra Business Woman of the Year’, inducted into the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame by The Governor and awarded the Top 3 Australian Institute of Management Excellence Awards. She founded The Emotional Literacy & Mindfulness Academy for Kids a global program that is teaching kids advanced skills in emotional intelligence from the ages of 5 – 9 years old. She began from a position of looking at the world, the damage we, as a human family are causing, the chaos, the violence, the fast paced dopamine overdosed world of digital and how we are seeing our kids (our future caretakers of this planet) being handed all of this. When you take a look at the world it can be overwhelming to try and figure out where does one start with undoing this mess we created? Her answer was with children, aligning this with her love of neuroscience and the proven outcomes of early intervention. This formed the basis of The Emotional Literacy and Mindfulness Academy for Kids. Specifically focusing on ages 5 – 9 as the key developmental phase where we can make the biggest impact and imprint them with essential life skills and behaviours that assist them later in life, which in turn, will assist our home that is crying out for our help….our planet earth. She has had the pleasure of meeting and spending time with the great minds of Oprah, Richard Branson, Deepak Chopra, Dr John Demartini, Don Miguel Ruiz, Dr Bruce Lipton and many more. Tenille consistently challenges her level of conscious and subconscious awareness, delving deep into philosophy, mythology, human behaviour, quantum physics, neuroplasticity and neuroscience in her spare time.

Originally from Los Angeles now resides in Ireland, Spirit Talks With Lou Martin, a Spiritual teacher & Spirit channeller, had three life-changing events which pushed him towards his Spiritual path. At the tender age of 16, Lou Martin was fortunate to spend time wth Krishnamurti, philosopher, speaker & writer, regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and religious teachers of all time, learnt that there was much more to life that what he had seen up to date. At 18 years old Lou had found that his father was sadly murdered, this traumatic event opened him up further to more soul searching and the willingness to connect with spirit to heal his ongoing grief. What the Yogi’s call a spontaneous Kundalini Awakening, at 30 years of age during a meditation Lou was showed to him that what he’d been dreaming about, living his life as a spiritual adventure was now possible to him, discovering during this experience, that Spirit is Real. Lou runs a Youtube channel amongst a few social media groups & pages all helping others connect to Spirit and the infinite wisdom of the universe. https://www.facebook.com/groups/353859478007362/ https://www.facebook.com/lightheart2012 http://loumartin.eu/

Motley returns for round two on 'An Uncommon Dialogue' with Flerida from Healing Networks. Joe gives us valuable insight into what he saw, heard & felt during his near death experience in 2012. As a natural empath, we hear a detailed story from Joe around the positive impact a near death experience can have on a life after what appeared to be a traumatic event occurring on his 30th birthday. A Spiritual awakening, a rebirth.... The 1st of March 2017 has seen the beginning of Motley's musical rebirth with the release of his new body of work "When I Died" - a collection of spiritual messages from his NDE. This project is the product of an intense introspection, the captivating story of a man who has an insatiable desire for authenticity, skilfully juggling gentleness with violence, calm with anger and spirituality with animality. Motley has continued to combine his passion for music and youth work, setting up a program called ‘The Rhyme Theory’ which was developed to assist and engage trauma affected young people around the world. The main focus of ‘The Rhyme Theory’ is narrative therapy through hip hop with the goal of knocking ones potential, allowing people to see themselves from a different perspective and building enough confidence to move forward through writing Rhymes, providing students and youth with an opportunity for healing. http://www.therhymetheory.com

Female Head Talk Expert, Bree Stedman is passionate about helping women stop the negative self-talk that discourages and sabotages their life experience to gain more Emotional Control. For 13+ years, Bree has worked with women in a leadership, mentoring, transformation and educating role. She has seen the struggle that women experience when it comes to creating a life of their dreams - regardless of skills and experience, the common denominator that affects results is the way women speak to themselves. Her Own Your BS brand is a no-nonsense approach to inspire, educate and empower. In early 2017 Bree published her very first book as an easily accessible, first step resource for women who are done with feeling held back and stuck by doubts, insecurities and fears. Now an Amazon International Best Seller, Own your BS: The No-Nonsense Guide to addressing your Female Head Talk gives you the practical advice to help you to GET A GRIP on sabotaging and destructive self talk. http://www.breestedman.com

Peter Hansen is well known for his abilities as an accomplished Psychic Angelic Channeller. Utilising his unique connection with Archangel Gabriel, Peter receives messages from the angelic realm. His readings include viewing future probabilities and parallel realities, angelic healing, etheric cord cutting from any negative energies, entities or unhealthy relationships and real life ascension guidance.” Growing up, Peter always felt a strong and deep angelic presence in my life. However, it wasn’t until his near death experience and being in a coma 20 some years ago that he truly came to know the power of his connection to the angelic realm that resided within him. Ever since then he has sought to further develop his connection with multidimensional body, higher self, as well as his psychic abilities. Peter went through intensive personal psychic development and became aware of all that he already knew. Peter Hansen works as an anchor to the divine light, serve humanity as an spiritual ascension guide on this earthly plane, to empower others on their path, and to heal those that need a transmutation of energy from dark to light!

Gabriel Hackney is a creative writer, ghostwriter, humanitarian, and host of the Spiritual Wisdom with Gabriel Hackney radio show as an educator on the topic of metaphysical evolution within a dualistic reality. He is currently working on a series of guidebooks designed to evolve consciousness by first addressing what life is and why we’re here. When the meaning of life is understood through an education of spirit, wisdom forms and allows love to grow. This shared love allows mankind to work collaboratively with spirit to manifest greater paradigms of peace, love, and wealth, both for the individual and the collective. American boy from Ohio, began his spiritual journey growing up in a mixed religious family where one side is Baptist while the other is Catholic. His need to understand religious interpretation, evolution, and cultural conditioning was always a topic that hit close to home due to his psychic experiences and numerous encounters with spiritual entities. Through his creative spirit, he took up the guitar at age eleven and started writing songs at age sixteen. He learned acting during this time and became a Fairfield Footlighter in community theater. His first role as an actor was in a melodrama titled It Was a Dark and Stormy Night. His second time acting was for one of Steinbeck’s greatest stories, The Grapes of Wrath where he played five characters due to a limited staff. During his second time on stage, he discovered how emotionally and physically draining acting can be as an empath. So, on July 30th, 2012, he set his sights on developing his writing abilities by attending college online at Full Sail University. While in college, he started attending the biannual Victory of Light festival where he continued his education in spiritual evolution by making friends with professional mediums, psychics, and energy workers. These new friends helped Gabriel learn how to develop his spiritual abilities further as he harnessed his creative talents. He finished college over one year, 2015, earning himself a BFA in Creative Writing for Entertainment. Now with new skills in researching, networking, screenwriting, content writing, and a large host of other abilities added to his resume, he was ready to become a writer. After being declared Salutatorian and most likely to succeed, he acquired yet another education as a salesperson while assisting companies as a content writer beginning in 2015 and ending in early 2016. When he experienced the toxic environment that the business world can bring, he knew that humanity was broken in a very fundamental way marking the year of change. With new skills and the assistance of family and friends, he set out to write a series of guidebooks based on his continuous study of culture, science, history, and what it means to be human through the art of spirituality.

Flerida Medium from Healing Networks engages in 'An Uncommon Dialogue' with Princess R Lakshman.... Princess writes, reads, travels, writes some more and cooks quite a bit for her family and friends. Her columns and feature articles are on natural health, self-awareness and self-care. Princess's debut novel, 'The Girl Child', was launched in 2007 in India, Australia and NZ. She was nominated for Best Screenwriter in the HotMedia Film Festival in Washington D.C, USA, for her original screenplay for a short film entitled 'Butterfly Wings'.  Her documentary film project is entitled Road To Australia, which is currently in its post production stage.  Princess is an engaging and interactive facilitator and Clarity Coach. She founded  Healing Words Therapy where she designs and facilitates Writing for Wellbeing programs for individuals and organisations. Her purpose in life is to help people find clarity in life and live authentically, live their true purpose.Her goal in life is to advocate for the freedom of those who are oppressed in the prison of their own mind. She teaches how to use writing to heal, empower and find clarity in order to live authentically. Princess has also founded Muslimah Mind Matters is an active member of her community where she coaches Muslim women to realise their potential and live a life of joy, peace, self-love and self-care. Princess lives in Brisbane, Australia with her family. #Flerida #FleridaMedium #Interviews #StoryTelling #Healing #HealingNetworks

Flerida Medium from Healing Networks chats to Chelsea Jane.... A fiery, unique & effortless female MC straight out of Queensland Australia. Chelsea Jane’s first demand of attention began international through her first recorded verse and collab on Atlanta’s ATLien Workshop’s “Enemy”. She is known in the battle scene for her involvement as a guest judge at ‘Got beef’ MC Rap battles in Sydney, Adelaide and guest appearances at the ‘King of the Dot’ world MC battles in Canada. Chelsea deliberately seeded connections with many artists throughout the USA, Canada and UK. In 2013 Chelsea dropped her first EP ‘Queen of the Hill’ in parallel to successfully taking out the 2013 Hilltop Hoods APRA Initiative as the first female emerging Hip Hop artist. Following a successful season Chelsea landed many support act shows including supporting established acts such as rappers The Game, Dizzy Wright, Hopsin, Mantra and The Tongue, also landing first female MC to perform at SPRUNG Hip Hop Festival. Sounding like no other, Chelsea Jane’s distinct tone and flow, coupled with her amazing wordsmith abilities is constantly showcased effortlessly on every stage and track. Already hungrily penning songs preparing for her full-length album. With such acclaim and admiration from her peers in such a short time, Chelsea Jane is set to make a successful mark on the scene and industry. #Flerida #FleridaMedium #Interviews #StoryTelling #Healing #HealingNetworks

Matt Collins started his interviewing career outside a public toilet block to access the nearby library's wifi. Back then the total listening audience was just two people (him and his mother). Now Matt hosts a weekly radio show and a podcast (Coffee Chats with Matt Collins) that is listened to in over 30 countries worldwide. He has chatted to some of the most well known and interesting people across the globe and his chats are transcribed by many various print media. Matt has a relaxed and calming interview style which allows the guest to feel relaxed, fully engaged and openly share the highs and lows of their life. Matts popular podcast & radio show is called ‘Coffee Chats With Matt’. This time, the shoe is on the other foot! And I get to interview Matt on the Healing Networks Podcast “An Uncommon Dialogue’.

Dani Strong lives her life through her business - inspiring women to Live With Vitality so they love what they see in the mirror. A wellness Coach & Entrepreneur, Dani steps well away from any kind of food plan or diet, that you would regularly see in the heath industry. Instead, she has created a system that connects peoples desires and intentions to make the very best choices for themselves, a system that encourages complete of freedom for people live their lives on their terms. Living With Vitality encompasses everything that sets your freaking soul on fire… starting with you. Dani’s soul purpose is to empower women to live their best life; as mind, body + spirit align on a powerful journey combining nutrition with self-discovery. Everyday, she chooses to feel good and invites women to do the exactly same. Each decision they make aligns with that simple statement and their intentions of becoming the woman they desire to be as they ripple out this amazingness through their loved ones and connections. As a certified holistic Nutrition, Mindset + Vitality Coach, Dani takes women on a powerful journey by lighting up their path as they burn away the sabotage of what they know is best for their life and body. With her expertise, women reconnect with their true essence to eat in a way that very simply, feels good. Dani’s always loved how being healthy feels - enjoying everything that goes with it. How did Dani discover this long-term change? By holding herself accountable to the woman she desires to be; making decisions that align with feeling good, in that moment, without restriction or guilt and now passes this onto women to make their own decisions. Each woman is so beautifully unique and so Dani’s ethos steps well away from telling women what to eat and instead inspires them to live a full, happy life; because a diet isn’t sustainable, but a healthy lifestyle full of Vitality, is.

UK born rapper Motley began his journey from very humble beginnings in a council estate in Oldham, Manchester. "Growing up, at times our house was like a late night blues club for local West-Indian friends" - experiences he now draws on for much of his work. Motley has been releasing music independently since 2005, scored hit single "Party at my place" with Aria Award winners Bliss N Eso, produced for artists in the UK and Australia, and has been frequently called upon by tour promoters to open up for artists such as Nas, The Wu-Tang Clan and even Beyoncé. After a Near Death Experience in 2012, Motley woke up and started writing instantly. The writings were eloquently collected with very little refinement and are now the basis of all his actions and music. The 1st of March 2017 has seen the beginning of Motley's musical rebirth with the release of his new body of work "When I Died" - a collection of spiritual messages from his NDE. This project is the product of an intense introspection, the captivating story of a man who has an insatiable desire for authenticity, skillfully juggling gentleness with violence, calm with anger and spirituality with animality. Those in the industry have said; "You see, Motley has this gift, this ability to suck you into his world and spit you out a few minutes later, leaving you with the realisation that you won't be able to put into words what you just experienced." - Terence III, hiphop.melbourne "His arrogant sardonic delivery was an obvious crowd pleaser - he was the best on the night” - Margaret River (supporting Bliss N Eso), Brooke Fargo- Drum Media "Motley's set was extremely well received and was followed by the crowd cheering his name for an encore... despite only being the support act!" - Salt Magazine (Perth)

Belinda is a healer, trainer, author, presenter and event organiser. Belinda is dedicated to healing and the science of energy and as the owner of Bee Free Healing she is committed to enriching people’s life to allow them live their own version of happiness. Belinda is a Reiki Master and accredited Crystal Healer and Teacher and offers personal healing consultations with Energy Healing, Crystals, Essential Oils and more. Belinda is well connected within her community, being the organiser of the Redland’s Spiritual & Healing Expos and holds a position on the Executive Committee of Red Tent Australia (a non-profit, women’s social justice organisation). Belinda offers powerful and dedicated options of healing through various products and services as well as workshops and training courses. As a mother of 2 beautiful children and a survivor and fighter…Belinda knows all too well the power of positive thinking and the ability of the mind to heal the body. In 2017, she was chosen as one of only 19 authors from all around the world to submit and share her story into a collection to be published - titled "JOURNEY OF AN EMPATH", with White Light Publishing. With hundreds of submissions of stories from amazing and incredible light-workers, healers, psychics and empaths globally.... Belinda is passionate about the mind-body connection and holistic health from a spiritual, emotional, mental and physical perspective.

Meet Huw Joseph... He was born in the UK and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. He’s returned to his roots and has been based permanently in London since October 2014. He is a multitalented performer who currently hosts, panels and co-produces 2 weekly live shows on one of the UK's premier independent digital stations Fubar Radio, which has a reach of 500k + unique listens per week and is home to some huge UK talent including Noel Clarke and Rizzle Kicks. Huw’s shows – Tuesdays 4-6pm with Doc Brown (Star of Ricky Gervais Life On The Road movie) and Fridays 2-4pm with Mikill Pane (Rapper/Presenter) Before relocating permanently to London Huw was a commercial breakfast radio host for Australia's largest media network for 4years (Southern Cross Austereo) achieving national media coverage, which earned him a nomination for ‘Best Newcomer On Air’ at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards. His background as a talented musician and comedian have added a unique touch to his shows as he writes, produces and performs all of his own sketches and songs. With 7 years experience on air, driving studios, audio production and producing shows, he is a true radio professional in every essence. He is an aficionado with connecting to the 18-35 year old demographic. Currently a staple of the Fubar Radio network for nearly 2 & 1/2 years his acting and writing skills have also paved the way with his videos for Fubar garnering well over 2 million views. *He is also a comedy writer/performer/presenter for London based media juggernaut The Hook Online, which has over 6 million followers* With a list of celebrity interviews including Def Leppard, James Bay, Dawn French, Mark Ronson, Geri Halliwell, Noel Fielding and Ross Noble to name a few you can be assured Huw is comfortable chatting to literally anyone and will get the best out of them... mostly... except for a hilarious encounter with Tom Jones (listen to his show-reel). He has also covered multiple events and Festivals for Fubar including Field Days, Love Box, Creamfields, Nordoff Robbins Silver Clef Awards, Pride of Sports Awards and also the closing party in 2016 of the most highly regarded club in the world, Space Ibiza. His Comedy Rock band has seen him tour across Australia and the UK with 2 successful runs at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Ed Fringe plus over 300 live shows. He's also a professional club DJ with over 10years experience being a regular on the Aus/UK circuit... Music and comedy is Huw’s life passion, making radio his dream career.

Meet Julie McDonald oam... She has held the Commonwealth record for the 800m Freestyle for 21 years, and is still holds the top 3 times Australia has ever produced. Julie is a dual Olympian competing in 1988 and 1992, a dual Commonwealth Games representative in 1986 and 1990, a dual Pan Pacific Championship representative in 1987 and 1989 and a dual World Championship participant in 1986 and 1991. Julie represented Australia in swimming in every Australian Team from 1986 until 1992, captaining two of these teams. She was the only Australian female to win an Olympic Medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, winning a Bronze medal in the 800 metres freestyle. Julie was the first Australian to break 16 minutes for the 1500 metres Freestyle for women, the only swimmer to beat Janet Evans in the 800m freestyle during her Outstanding Career & In June 2006 Julie was honoured to receive a Queens Birthday Award, an OAM for her services to Swimming, The Olympic Movement and Charities. Julie is also a successful entrepreneur & empowering mentor running her own independent workshops in South East Queensland around self empowerment & goal setting plus a independent business partner promoting natural medicine within the holistic space. Julie’s ultimate passion in life is helping people take control of their own health and getting them to re-engage in their life by living life to their best potential.

Meet Troy FlawlezZ .... He is a Canberra based hip hop artist and producer, hailing from the small NSW town of Queanbeyan. A rapper and producer for more than a decade, FlawlezZ came up amongst Sydney's drum and bass scene, before forming a long-term partnership with MC and producer Dazed, releasing several EP's and collaborating with heavyweights including Ciecmate, Mouf and Geko. He has opened for acts such as Cage, Pharoahe Monch, Thundermentals, Newsense and Reason. FlawlezZ carries his hometown with him wherever he goes - fiercely protective of a place maligned by Canberra as a low-income fringe. This anger is reflected in his music - he is a statesman, an ambassador of a place with little voice. The weight of this informs his work. A consummate and considered rapper, he tirelessly explores the concept of community, of family, and of standing up for those who can't stand up for themselves. Listen here to check out the gold nuggets he chooses to share with us...

Apart from being involved with professional sport for over 15 years, Joe spends his time working to inspire youth through motivational speaking workshops. He has worked with disengaged youth in primary and secondary schools, drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres and gaols. Joe has also mentored both youth and adults. Joe is a proud Wiradjuri, 1st Nations Aboriginal man born in Cowra, raised in Wagga NSW, Australia.  Joe played in the National Rugby League for South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers and Canterbury Bulldogs before switching Joe to professional Boxing in 2009. Joe is a 2x WBF World Jnr Welterweight champion and recently won the WBC Asia Continental Title.  Wagga Wagga Citizen of the Year in 2015 for his work within the community, mental health and suicide prevention sectors, Joe is also a published author, contributing to the book; 'Transformation; Turning Tragedy To Triumph". Recently Joe has also been involved in filming of the worldwide documentary, "Suicide the Ripple Effect" from director and fellow advocate, Kevin Hines. Although forging a successful professional sporting career, Joe battled the majority of his life with suicidal ideation and Bi Polar Disorder. After a suicide attempt in 2012, Joe felt his purpose was to help people who struggle with mental illness. Joe is also an author having contributed to the book Transformation; Turning Tragedy Into Triumph & his very own autobiography titled Defying The Enemy Within - which will be on stores early 2018. In 2017 Joe was named as finalist in the National Indigenous Human Rights Awards for his work with suicide prevention and fighting for equality for Australia’s First Nations people

Meet Andrew Eggleton... He is a modern day System Disruptor, Author, TV Presenter, Actor, Speaker and multi Award winning Producer. With over 23 years in the entertainment industry, working with names such as Ryan Gosling, Michael J Fox and Peter Jackson, Andrew gets immense joy by nurturing Business People, Artists & Entrepreneurs to reach their fullest potential when Speaking Live or to Camera. His mission is to deliver world-class coaching; dropping clients from their head to their heart, installing confidence in their story and then layering them with tools so that anyone can perform at levels they had never thought possible. His intuitive coaching approach, has been utilized all over the world with incredible success. Andrew tours Australasia and Asia consistently and treats each individual as a unique piece of art, crafting his approach accordingly to suit their needs. Listen here to hear the gold nuggets Andrew chooses to share with us...

This one ‘Dialogue’ hits home for me and I’m sure for many others around the world who have had to have experienced what Joel has seen. I really wish from the bottom of my heart I could call this one particular interview ‘Uncommon’. Meet Joel Thompson, he is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who has played for Melbourne Storm, Canberra Raiders & he currently plays for St. George Illawarra Dragons of the NRL. An Indigenous All stars and NSW Country Origin representative, Thompson primarily plays at second-row and centre. He talks of once being an “angry” young lad who had a rough upbringing, who was headed down a dark path where many have been lost, including his own relatives. The St George Illawarra star's most recent community projects have involved being a mentor at Mission Australia, Mentor at the Rieby Juvenile justice Centre, and has become a NRL 'State of Mind' ambassador… plus much more. But to understand where that built-up anger came from as a youngster, the NRL player takes us back a little, to his dark past. For Joel it's was his grandmother, who helped keep him on the straight and narrow during a turbulent childhood surrounded by domestic violence, drug & alcohol abuse & getting involved in juvenile crime. A dedicated father & positive role model to three young daughters, a very loyal & loving husband to wife Amy, Joel has accumulated numerous life achievements & honors than I can even mention here! To hear Joel’s story & the ‘gold nuggets’ he chooses to share with us, take a listen here.

Meet Kate Ticehurst... Kate is the director of Subsdance Dance Studio, Glamourosas Brazilian Entertainment and The Entertainment Hub, Canberra. She has been a dancer for 20 years, specializing in Brazilian cultural dances for the last 12 years specifically Samba and Afro Brazilian dance. Kate has performed in Rio Carnaval and has learned from some of the most well known teachers in the world for Samba No Pe and Afro Brazilian Dance including one on one time with Rosangela Silvestre, creator of the ‘Silvestre Technique’and teacher to some of the best ballet and Afro Contemporary dances in the world. "Subsdance" is now one of the largest dance studios in Canberra and Kate has coordinated ongoing dance entertainment/entertainers for many corporate clients including QT Hotel, Hyatt Hotel, Brazilian Restaurants and Festivals. Kate truly believes that dance is so much more than moves, using dance for mental health and confidence building in her classes. In 2015, Kate was awarded ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Canberra Latin Dance Scene’ at the Canberra Latin Dance Festival.

Meet Andrew Archer.. With over 15 years experience as a musician, author, journalist and project manager, Andrew is a creative entrepreneur that has seen the highs of lows of critical success. As a seasoned music writer and journalist, his list of credits include partnerships and collaborations with leading Australian hip hop groups The Hilltop Hoods, Bliss N Eso and Grammy Award winning Gold Coast producer M-Phazes. For more than 10 years Andrew was an instrumental force in the development of the blossoming local rap counter-culture and moved audiences across Australia with his live music. Now as a free agent Andrew is the author of The Tokyo 5, a dystopian comic book adventure series that chronicles the lives of five young women and the societal issues they face on a daily basis. Armed with a collection of heart warming and emotionally taxing stories, Andrew’s journey through the peaks and troughs of a creative artist’s struggle to survive are captivating audiences through his podcasts and comic writing. With a penchant for discussing the human condition, Andrew believes his stories and the lessons they teach can help equip people with the tools to understand depression, combat apathy and unlock their creative potential.