Flow Seekers by Blue Derby Pods Ride

Welcoming Jane Hilliard to our Flow Seekers podcast! Jane is the Founder/Director and Head Desinger at Designful.  Designful is a group of down to earth Building Designers who share a passion for making great design available to more people, to support them in leading a healthy, sustainable and meaningful lifestyle. As Designfuls Founder, clearly Jane embodies these vales in every way. She cares deeply for the environment, natural and built. This conversations focuses on the below topics:How design can enhance and detract from the feeling of flow stateThe importance of the natural environment being part of building designWhy Jane has an allergic reaction to indoor garages (we agree!)Thank you Jane for your time and wisdom.Enjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride Crew

Welcoming Alice Hansen to our Flow Seeker's podcast, and what a wonderful conversation this was!Alice's career has had many successful facets, including being a travel writer and publishing 9 books. Her books span from children's to her highly successful 'Tailored Tasmania'. Tailored Tasmania and its sister website has become a trusted Tasmanian voice, packed with secrets on the best places to eat, play, shop and stay.Our conversation covers topics like:Alice's story, including many little unique personal stories within thisThe process Alice take to writingHow Alice finds flow (or doesn't!) when writingAs always, enjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride Crew

Welcome to our third season of the Flow Seekers podcast! We're delighted to bring you the first episode of season three which is a conversation with Hugh van Cuylenburg.If you don't know Hugh, here are a couple of achievements to his name:Founder of The Resilience ProjectAuthor of two books 'The Resilience Project - Finding Happiness' and 'Let Go'Imperfects Podcast Co-hostABC Radio National PresenterMy conversation with Hugh delves into the following topics:Hugh's first experience of flow stateHow finding moments of flow during the Covid-19 Pandemic helped him survive Melbourne lockdownsThe link between excessive social media use a reduced ability to find flow stateThank you for joining us Hugh!Enjoy,Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride Crew

This episode of our ‘Flow Seekers' podcast is with Dr Richard (Rick) Buning PhD. Rick is a senior lecturer in Tourism and Event Management based at The University of Queensland. Dr. Buning's research interests reside at the intersection of physical activity, travel, and events. Within this area, his research agenda is focused on how tourists are physically active as both a driver of tourism behaviour (i.e., active lifestyle sports) and during visitation (i.e., active transport). His research on active lifestyle sports closely mirrors his passion for active sport tourism in mountain biking, cycling, running, rock climbing, hiking, and more.  In reference to mountain biking, I first attended one of Rick's presentations on the economic impact of the mountain biking sector at an event hosted by the University of Tasmania. From there we have continued to work with Rick on a number of different projects, including a research project which demonstrates how we create flow state in our business (more on this soon!). Listen to this podcast to: Learn about the economic impact mountain biking can have on communities Learn about the maturity of the mountain biking market in AUS Hear Dr Buning's perspective on whether the mountain biking market will keep growing Learn about the lifecycle of mountain bikers Hear about the importance of mentors in your mountain biking journey Learn about the link between flow state and the lifecycle of mountain bikers Learn about clutch state and mountain biking Enjoy! Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride Crew

Hello and welcome back to our Flow Seekers podcast!Today's guests is Olivia Morrison. Olivia is the founder and owner of Bread + Butter. Bread + Butter is a unique amalgamation of a small batch butter factory - Tasmanian Butter Company, wholesale/retail bakers, onsite eatery and coffee bar. Their mission is to deliver delicious and exceptional bread, pastries, coffee and breakfast for our community every single day of the year.We are also very fortunate to work with Olivia and her team from Bread + Butter at Blue Derby Pods Ride where they supply a large portion of our delicious gourmet Tasmanian food.Listen to this podcast to:Hear the story of how Bread + Butter came to beHear about Bread + Butter's company ethosLearn about how the rhythm of making bread and butter can (maybe!) be applied to the idea of flow stateHear about how Olivia believe the best results come from hard workEnjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride Crew

Welcome to our next podcast guest... Matthew Evans!Matthew is a chef and food critic turned farmer-food activist. He lives on a mixed farm that occupies a one-time apple orchard in the Huon Valley outside Hobart with his partner Sadie Chrestman and son Hedley. He is best known nationally for his long-running SBS series Gourmet Farmer, set on Fat Pig Farm's 70 acres. He has authored or co-authored 13 books, his most recent 'Soil' being the focus of our conversation today.We are fortunate enough to collaborate with Matthew and Sadie on an annual basis for one special 'Fat Pig Farm' experience where Matthew and Sadie join our guests for a night to cook them an incredibly delicious dinner. We chat about this collaboration very briefly in the podcast interview.Listen to this podcast to:Hear how Matthew finds so much joy through foodLearn about he importance of why choosing food that cares for the environment is so importantLearn why soil is so great!Learn about a potential link between soil nutrients and achieving flow stateHear how Matthew explains the importance of soil health being part of the solution to climate change.Enjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride Crew

Welcome back to our next episode of Flow Seekers.Today's guests is one that many in the mountain bike community will be very aware of, Glen Jacobs. Mountain biking has been in Glen's world since he first rode a bike. From there, he worked worked to build a wonderful career around this industry and is currently the Director of World Trail, one of the largest mountain bike trail building businesses in the world. Glen was also the first and only Australian to inducted int the International Mountain Biking Hall of Fame and has, through his business World Trail, designed and constructed every World Cup, World Championship, Olympic and Enduro World Series course in Australia.Listen to this podcast to:Hear Glen's perspective on the evolution of the mountain biking industry in AustraliaUnderstand the creativity that is required to design and build a mountain biking trailLearn how ego can not be part of trail buildingHear how Glen finds joy in up-skilling othersHear how mountain biking is the new golf!Enjoy,Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride Crew

Introducing our next episode interview with the highly respected and influential Sarah Wilson.For those of you who don't recognise Sarah's name, Sarah has an acclaimed career, much of which has been in the light of the media around the world. She is a multi New York Times & Amazon best selling author, founder of the International I Quit Sugar movement and has authored 11 cookbooks which sell in over 52 countries, to name a few of her achievements. In addition she is a podcaster, thought leader, minimalist, philanthropist, and a climate activist.Our conversation with Sarah today covers three main topics, all of which could be a podcast in themselves. More specifically, the three topics include:Flow in every day life in relation to Sarah's book Simplicious FlowAnxiety and Flow StateClimate ActivismListen to this podcast to:Find solutions to make every day life more efficientLearn more about different approach to cookingLearn how embracing anxiety leads to a more fulfilling life and ability to find flow stateHear how Sarah chooses to live life on the edgeEnjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride CrewLearn more about Blue Derby Pods Ride here.

Welcome to our next episode and our first for 2022!In this episode, join us for our insightful chat with Tina Stephens. In short, Tina is a yoga teacher and operates her own yoga business 'Yoga by Tina'. Tina is so much more than this though, she has taken her practice in yoga to the nth degree, which has allowed her to garner perspectives that many could only hope to understand in the later years of life. Our conversation centres around the idea of flow state in yoga. Listen to this podcast to:learn about how flow state links to acquired and innate states of mindlearn how flow state links to your outer and inner worldlearn the importance of placing trust in yourselfEnjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride CrewLearn more about Blue Derby Pods Ride here.

Welcome to our next podcast interview with Katya Crema!Katya is a 2 x Winter Olympian in the  discipline of ski-cross and Director of Projects at HIP V. HYPE. HIP V. HYPE is an ethical, socially conscious and environmentally focused property developer, sustainability consulting practice and work share provider.Listen to this podcast to:Hear how Katya trained to remove fear from her mind to find an ultimate state of mindLearn how Katya transfers skills and strategies learnt as an Olympic Athlete to life as a parentHow to build flow state into parenthoodEnjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride CrewLearn more about Blue Derby Pods Ride here.

Welcome to our next interview with the delightful Hannah Moloney!Hannah is the face behind Good Life Permaculture and a guest presenter on Gardening Australia. She has also recently launched her first book, titled 'The Good Life', and after reading this I couldn't let her idea of the good life also being the hard life leave my mind. With this in mind, Hannah's interview focuses on this topic and ties it into the idea of flow state. Listen to this podcast to:Learn how the good life is the hard lifeHear how living a life that aligns with your values results in moments of flow every dayHear Hannah's perspective on the climate crisis our world is in todayEnjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride CrewLearn more about Blue Derby Pods Ride here.

Introducing our third episode of our Flow Seekers podcast with an interview Hanny Allston!Hanny's life achievements to date are incredible, so much so, we don't have enough space to list them all here. However, her athletic career really sprang into action when in 2006 she was, (and still is), the only athlete to win both the Junior & Senior World Orienteering Titles in the same year. From there, Hanny has continued to achieve multiple accolades in her athletic career, many of which we touch on during our interview.In addition to being an elite athlete, she also successfully operates a retail store - Find Your Feet for which, in 2018, she won the Telstra Small & Succeeding Business of the Year, Tasmania. Hanny is also an author, including launching her recent memoir - Finding My Feet.Listen to this podcast to:learn how being 'wilder' at any stage of your life is possiblelearn how to keep yourself motivated through time of adversity and challengehear how Hanny Allston has experienced flow state, including during her epic adventure traversing The French PyreneesEnjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride CrewLearn more about Blue Derby Pods Ride here.Learn more about Hanny Alston here.

Welcome back! We are so excited to share with you our second podcast interview, this time with the incredibly worthy, John Bertrand AO. For many of you, John will need no introduction as he famously skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America's Cup ending a 132-year winning streak by the Americans. Further to this John is an Olympian, has authored a number of books, was chairperson of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, and President of Swimming Australia. He was also awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2016. John's life achievements, some of which are listed above, have borne the result of a deep understanding of flow state, both theoretically and practically. In addition to his own experience of flow state, during this podcast John speaks about flow state in relation to high performing teams and leadership. Listen to this podcast to:learn about how flow state links to high performing teams;learn about how leadership can influence flow state;hear how John Bertrand has experienced flow state in slow motion, and;understand how there is no place for ‘oh f***' moments in life.Enjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride CrewLearn more about Blue Derby Pods Ride here.

Welcome to our first ‘Flow Seekers' podcast! We are so thrilled to be here, so thank you for joining us. This podcast covers our reasoning for launching a podcast and why we've asked Anne Hardy to be our first guest. Anne is an Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania in the School of Social Sciences and her research interests include tourist behaviour and sustainable tourism. The extra special bit about Anne is that she recently undertook research to assess the role that Blue Derby Pods Ride has in contributing to the achievement of flow state for our guests. As part of the research, Anne coined the term ‘Flow Seekers' (thanks Anne!). Listen in to this podcast to:learn more about Anne Hardy's background;understand her research into Blue Derby Pods Ride and flow state, and; learn more about our plans for this podcast. Enjoy!Tara, Steve and The Pods Ride CrewLearn more about Blue Derby Pods Ride here.