Open Minds

Join us in this episode as we sit down with Andy, the visionary Director of Banana Life, to explore how he is revolutionising team building through the power of play. Discover Andy's innovative methods to foster stronger team bonds, enhance collaboration, and create a fun, productive workplace culture. Tune in and get ready to transform the way you approach team building and communication!

Tony Wilson is a legend in the performance coaching space, having worked across the world with professional sporting teams such as the Brisbane Broncos, Queensland Reds, Queensland Bulls and UCLA to help optimise performance & achieve their best. Tony is one of Australia's most renowned and respected elite performance coaches, recently turning his attention to the business world to ensure that leaders and organisations are fostering an environment for high performance. Tony sits down with Paul for an intriguing insight into how you can optimise your performance, and achieve your full potential. To find out more about Tony and Performance Lab, visit: www.performancelab.com.au

Jason Irving is the Founder of The Wellness Breakthrough Academy based in Canberra, Australia. Before this, he was a renowned healer for 20+ years and has been instrumental in positively transforming the lives of countless people around the world. Jason sits down with Paul for this edition of The Open Minds Podcast to discuss wide ranging topics, from the power of connection with self and community, all the way to scared geometry and its relationship to shifting thoughts, actions and limitations. This incredibly interesting and insightful editon of the podcast is one not to be missed! To find out more about The Wellness Breakthrough Academy, and to connect with Jason, visit: www.wellnessbreakthroughacademy.com www.facebook.com/jason.irving.58

In this podcast, Paul sits down with somebody who is quite possibly, the most well travelled person you will ever come across. A true global citizen, Jakob van de Wiel has travelled to over 113 countries, and unsurprisingly, has had some amazing experiences along the way. Also an educator, teacher and youth worker, Jakob sits down with Paul to discuss his time volunteering with remote indigenous communities, how his travel has made who he is today, as well as his observations from cultures around the world on what unites us all. If you love travel, having genuine connections with others, and living with purpose and meaning, then this episode of The Open Minds Podcast is one not to be missed!

Lucy is a Meditation Teacher, Speaker & Mentor at Get Enlightened Today. She brings an abundance of wisdom, insight and personal experience to this episode of Open Minds, where we discuss a range of intriguing topics, such as: Beliefs - where they come from and how to overcome limiting ones; Meditation - the benefits and positive flow-on effects that arise from it; The ego Suffering... and more!

In this next episode of Open Minds we speak to Mindfulness Educator Anne Rodgers, who takes us on her Mindfulness experience journey and how it helped her to pivot toward her purpose. Anne also offers some great insights and tips on how we can practice Mindfulness to reap the long list of benefits it has to offer! Anne is a Mindfulness Facilitator for Mindfulness Works For Organisations (the largest team of experienced organisational mindfulness experts across AUS & NZ) and has also worked for Smiling Mind, Behind Closed Doors & is the Principal of Oasis Mindfulness.

In this next podcast episode of Open Minds we speak to entrepreneur and CEO of Sqr One, Ale Wiecek. With a background in digital marketing transformation for some big brands like Microsoft, Ale offers great insight into Sqr One's 'human centred design' methodology helping their clients to become more customer centric to achieve worthy and remarkable results. Ale also inspires business owners and other entrepreneurs by talking about her own trials and tribulations in business and engaging us with her warm and inspiring insights. Finally, Ale and Paul discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic have affected their lives, offering great advice to people who are struggling during this period and discuss what we can do to create the world we want to see on the other side.

In our first video podcast, we speak to Lucas Patchett, co-founder of Orange Sky, a Brisbane based non-for-profit organisation helping the homeless population across Australia and more recently, New Zealand by providing free laundry & shower services and meaningful connections with extraordinary volunteers who now number in the thousands. Lucas won the Young Australian of the Year award in 2016 together with his fellow co-founder and friend Nic Marchesi, with the duo continuing to achieve remarkable feats providing disaster relief, positive social impact and crucial support to remote communities in times of need. In this Open Minds podcast Lucas provides a fundamental perspective that many of us have perhaps overlooked during this pandemic period and that is; although many of us are struggling with self-isolation, at least most of us have a roof over our heads from which to self-isolate in. All too often are the marginalised people forgotten and abandoned in times of crisis. Orange Sky has become a beacon of inspiration in regards to what is possible when the community connects and comes together to help those in need.

In this next episode of the Open Minds Podcast we talk to leading Health & Exercise Coach Mark Varitimos on the Importance of Setting Goals and forming positive habits. Mark has had great success in helping his clients to achieve transformational results as a result of his holistic approach to coaching. As 2020 & a new decade is upon us, we thought the timing on this couldn't be better. The Open Mind Institute is also collaborating with Mark & Core Health Coaching in an upcoming half-day workshop event called 'Investing in Me in 2020' (on the 11th of January 2020), which will provide attendees with cognitive tools, resources and interactive exercises such as setting our 2020 Goals and the 5 Steps to Positive Habit Formation to help make 2020 our best year yet! For Mark's and Paul's bio, in addition to info. on the event click on the link: 'Investing in Me in 2020'

In this episode of Open Minds we get an insight into the mind of CEO Carolyn Devries & what drove her to set up Australia's 1st non profit law firm. A true trailblazer & incredible individual doing her bit to help her clientele and change the way the community perceives and interacts with the legal profession.

In this episode of the Open Minds podcast we talk to Dr Diane Harner, a published neuroscientist & counsellor, about a number of intriguing topics ranging from personal insights and experiences around mental health, self-sabotaging behaviours and barriers to goal pursuit, like self-doubt, procrastination and perfectionism! We also discuss the subconscious, how technology is conditioning us and what we can do to become more self-reflective and self-aware. There's also some powerful advice for students, people in the corporate world and parents alike(!), so tune in, open your mind and get empowered!

Join me, Paul Pitsaras, Managing Director & Speaker at The Open Mind Institute (TOMI), unpack Mindfulness & articulate how it equates to true empowerment (includes guided meditation).

In this episode we discuss Erikson's "Epigenetic Principle", namely that we have various developmental stages in life but how predetermined are they? And what effect is this contemporary world having on these stages?