Pathways

In her upcoming new book, The Adversity Advantage: Turn Your Childhood Hardship into Career and Life Success, Jude Miller Burke, PhD, former Vice-President of Operations, Optum, at United Health Group, psychologist, and executive coach discusses how childhood trauma and adversity, in all forms ranging from abuse and neglect to poverty and violence, does not have to deter you from attaining personal happiness and career success. Rather, survival skills learned during childhood can be used to enhance and propel your career.  Drawing from her background of counseling hundreds of men and women for over 25 years, as well as her most recent phase of research into childhood adversity and work success, Dr. Burke continues to study factors that lead to and interfere with career achievements. The Adversity Advantage paints a clear picture on how to ensure childhood problems are not compromising your career, and how to use hard won survival skills to your advantage at work.  For full show notes head over to - http://www.pathwayspodcast.com/shownotes/2017/10/31/dr-jude-burke-the-adversity-advantage

Dr. Marika Lindholm is the founder of ESME [Empowering Solo Moms Everywhere] a website and social platform, that aims to redefine single motherhood by providing resources, inspiration, and a point of connection for the underserved community of Solo Moms. Mothers on their own, whether by choice or circumstance, parent approximately 23 million American children. Moving beyond stereotypes, ESME offers Solo Moms inspiration, resources, allies, opportunities for creative expression, and some laughs along the way. The ESME community honors and celebrates the millions of Solo Moms who raise children in every town and city across our nation. We talked all things, starting a business, her previous background in Sociology and what it takes to keep everything in balance.Find Marika:  Esme.com Twitter Facebook Instagram Pinterest 

Dr Leandra Brady-Walker is The Cosmopolitan Hippy. She helps women to find the balance between raging party girl and blissed out hippy all while nourishing their inner goddess. She is many things, a  typical busy modern woman, Chiropractor, award winning business owner, author, domestic goddess and mother she is a woman who wants it all. We made a great show all about working hard, at her technical craft before deciding to change her life dramatically and create a balanced, engaging life for her and her family. Leandra is currently living and working in Australia, working on books, recipes and runs various programs that teach women how not to give up the life they love, while loving and respecting their bodies at the same time. More from this episode: Find all things Cosmo Hippy and Leandra here. Listen in on the episode of her podcast the F Words I appeared on here

Amba Brown is an Australian author, who holds a degree in psychology & sociology, with Honours in Positive Psychology. She is 31 years old, from Sydney, Australia, and has also lived in Asia and America. Her previous experience includes Psychological Investigations and employment at The Australian High Commission in Singapore before working as a full time author.  Being the eldest of six siblings, Amba is passionate about alleviating youth anxieties. This passion resulted in the creation of the 'Finding Your Path’ book series, to support and inspire youth through their major life transitions; starting school, starting high school and finishing school. Aside from writing, Amba loves travelling, beach days and spending time with friends.  For all the show notes and show info, head over to www.pathwayspodcast.com/shownotes Visit Amba at https://www.findingyourpathbooks.com

I had a great chat to Ian about what it takes to transition from marketing to finance, learning on the job and making changes in all areas of his life. So what does Ian do? He shows people how to make $1,000 per day from investing in the market. What he does is invest in the absolutely toughest portion of the stock market to get you 3-6% returns a month while the average investor will only get you around 0.25 - 1% a month. He took over 4,000 trades last year, won 76% of them and most investors do not even share what their win and loss record with you. Ian is in the process of becoming a contributor for Forbes and Huffington Post, and will soon be given a commentary spot on CNN. He has a book in the works, which will soon be published. He hosts webinars, and online courses, teaching students how to make $1,000 a day from the stock & futures market.   Find Ian at: Facebook Twitter Instagram linkedin

Find Allen at: http://tayloredcontent.com/ http://tayloredcontent.com/e-courses/e-book-publishing/ Allen is the owner and operator of Taylored Content, which is a content curation company which targets Financial Tech (FinTech), and next generation companies. Taylored Content’s services include white papers, case studies, blog posts, press releases, and even brand journalism editing and content curation. An award-winning journalist, he's been recognised for news and headline writing, sports writing, and column and editorial writing, but is most proud of the three accolades he received from the Dallas Bar Association for excellence in legal reporting. These were for ongoing series of stories I wrote about Title IX education, eminent domain, and environmental issues. Allen also has published an E-Book on DIY publishing e-books. Written for anyone who would like to DIY publish their e-books. he recommends e-book publishing for business people as a tool for marketing their businesses, but his book focuses on the nuts and bolts of e-book creation - software to use, step-by-step plans for each e-book format (Kindle, PDF, ePub, etc.), and marketing and distribution. Allen's bylines are scattered around the Web at places like Intuit QuickBooks, AVVO Stories, Business Know How, Lending-Times, AutoConverse, VisionAR, CourseTalk, Envato Tuts+, and FundRise. Just to name a few. Additionally, he's ghostwritten for some heavy weights in journalism, crowdfunding, marketplace lending, and a global talent management company.

Trevor and I sat down to talk all things the power of books, but not in a way you may think, instead of the consumtion, the impact of production came up, with a focus of the impact of authoring on your understanding of self. Trevor Crane is a 10 time #1 international bestselling author and the founder of Bestseller Big Business and Super Kids Books Publishing. He is host of the GreatnessQuest.com podcast and the creator of TheGreatnessNetwork.com. His mission is to help people take their LIFE and their BUSINESS to the next level—no matter how successful they already are. Since 2003, Trevor has been a trusted business adviser, coach and mentor. He is president of Stepup Strategies, Inc. and together with his team, they help companies outperform, outsell, and outlast the competition through systemic and strategic consulting, coaching, training, marketing and support. He helps his clients generate MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in bottom-line profits. Trevor creates products and programs the have impacted people around the globe. He leads mentoring and masterminds for business owners, doctors, speakers, coaches and consultants who have the challenge of getting leads, growing their income, raising their fees, booking speaking gigs, etc. Trevor helps them write a great book fast, and turn it into their most powerful marketing tool and helps them build their ideal business, so they can have the time freedom and money freedom that allows them to spend more time on what’s most important to them. Whenever he’s not working you can find him with his wife 4-time bestselling author, Robyn, his 9-time 9-year old daughter Phoenix and their dog Moxie. (Their dog is now working on her first book.) To connect with Trevor and get free training to help grow your business visit his blog at:  https://www.facebook.com/TheTrevorCrane https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorcrane https://plus.google.com/+trevorcrane https://www.youtube.com/c/trevorcrane http://whatsthegift.com/ http://greatnessquest.com/ http://superkidsbooks.com/ http://thegreatnessnetwork.com/

Ryan Stewman, CEO and Founder of Hardcore Closer and Break Free Academy, is a 4x best-selling Author, Motivational Speaker, Sales Coach, Podcast Host, Blogger and all around Entrepreneur. He’s also a regular contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur, Addicted2Success, Good Men Project, Lighter Side of Real Estate, Huffington Post, and more. Find Ryan at: www.hardcorecloser.com Facebook Instagram Linkedin Twitter Ryan is best known for consulting with alpha personality business owners on rapidly growing their sales through the use of strong marketing and advertising. With his no BS, ‘take action’ approach, Ryan has been able to help high income and high net worth performers make adjustments in their businesses that unleash windfall profits. In the day and age of sales trainers advertising their success by bragging about the private jets and expensive cars they’ve been able to purchase themselves, Ryan prefers to brag about the mansions and exotic cars his clients have been able to purchase through the utilization of his teachings. His programs have propelled numerous clients from 5 and 6 figure incomes to 7 figure a year earners, and he has a new group he’s working on each year in his top tier program “The Tribe”. It doesn't matter if you are selling cars, homes, financial services or consulting, Ryan’s sales mastery can help you generate higher quality leads, increase your closing ratios, and show you how to charge premium fees for the items you sell.

Find Sarah at:  www.rhinestonelipgloss.com or on Instagram @RhinestonelipglossWhat kind of person walks away from a 9-5 with benefits, retirement, and all of the things you need to be "adulting" to attach rhinestones to things? A crazy kind. A brave kind. A kind that knows if she doesn't take the leap, right this very moment, that she will never ever know what might have been.  After running some numbers, and seeing that we were just as busy after Christmas as we were before, I leapt. In February of 2015, just 6 months after making myself a pair of earrings to match the shirt my momma made me, I left my "big-girl job" that I had spent an entire college career preparing for, to do what I loved on a daily basis. Best. MOST TERRIFYING. Decision. Ever.  Now its all ancient history.  Was it scary? Absolutely.  Were there times Sarah thought "Holy Smokes- what did I just do?" Of course. Was it worth it? Times a MILLION.   It's important to be clear that she didn't just do this on a whim- there were months of running numbers, exploring other market potentials, and being as sure as I could (nothing in life is guaranteed, right?!) that it would work. If you would have told Sarah in 2014 that I would design jewelry that would ship all over the world- she would have laughed in your face. Fashion was NOT her forte however, she have learned to surround myself with people that she could learn from. Jewelry and accessories have become a second language to her - and I love it. I will still do custom leather pieces, especially belts (they are her favorite!) as a mental break from the earrings, but Sarah's clients have made it clear that the handmade, lightweight earrings are their main priority.   When you listen to Sarah's episode, it's clear she is working hard, but filled with passion and fulfilment...Find Sarah at:  www.rhinestonelipgloss.com or on Instagram @Rhinestonelipgloss Right now, its still just myself and my mom handling everything; I answer messages, invoice, order inventory, and build EVERY pair, and she helps with shipping and keeping our financials in order. We are of course being forced to expand, which I am so grateful for, but finding 'that person' to bring on board is something I pray about daily. This company is my LIFE. I do not have children, and this is the closest thing to that I will ever have. RL is an obsession, a passion.   I truly believe that you can make a living off of whatever sets your soul on fire. For me, its making things shiny with the best, most high quality stones in the entire world. Here's the secret- you can't just like it.  You have to LIVE it. Every single waking moment of every single day there is something in my head about one aspect or another of RL. I still ride, I'm a wife, a daughter, and a friend, but mostly, I'm an entrepreneur. RL is constantly changing. I don't always know what the change is, but I've learned to listen to my clients and follow their lead. If I had made RL into what I wanted/thought it was going to be, I would still be working the same 9-5, setting up a little booth at horse shows and rodeos, making a little bit of extra money. But, because you (my clients) made it clear what you wanted from us, I have been able to mold this into a VERY successful company.  I know this is just the first leg in a very long, but exciting journey.  I am so very grateful for our humble beginnings- it serves as proof for ANY of you, that if you want it bad enough, you can make it happen. I once heard that being an entrepreneur is like jumping off a cliff and building a parachute on the way down- and that is SO TRUE. Its also true that I left a 40 hour a week job working for someone else to work 100 hours a week for myself- but I wouldn't change a single moment of it, because when you do what you love for a living, you never work a single day ever again. 

Learn about our new season of Pathways, a new show format with the same pivotal moment focus.

Garry is the General Manager of Inspire9 Footscray, located at The Dream Factory (former Lonely Planet building) in his own neighbourhood coincidentally! As the former Partnerships and Community Engagement person for General Assembly in Australia, Garry’s role at GA entailed exploring meaningful business development opportunities through strategic & creative partnerships with innovative companies and individuals throughout the tech, business and creative sectors. Now, in his new role with Inspire9, he is seeking to engage with the Inner West community and wider Melbourne in order to advocate for positive community engagement opportunities, growth through education and helping Melbourne & Australia prosper through an open mind and a purposeful approach to life with an emphasis on raising digital and community literacy and in turn steering individuals to build businesses that people will love. Garry has years of experience in Digital Marketing and eCommerce marketing strategy and operations, covering everything from content marketing to local marketing activations, from advertising to SEO, and a long history of customer service experience. As an advocate for non-traditional career pathways and pursuing work with passion, purpose and meaning, Garry has recently been involved in building up the FuckUp Nights meetup in Australia, highlighting stories of failure and the wisdom and resilience gained from experiences in one's personal journey. With multiple projects on the go, interests in everything from storytelling to pop-culture and a belief in the power of placemaking and community activations, it is Garry's opinion that there is a place for creative misfits to transform the conventions of what a normal career looks like.

Anna has been an automotive professional for 15 years with experience ranging from hybrids to driver assistance technologies such as adaptive cruise control and lane keeping aid. Having started her transport journey with a doctorate in an area which is now mostly defunct due to the shift in attention to autonomous vehicles, she knows how much things can change in a relatively short space of time. Anna is currently between projects having left the driver assistance team at Ford Motor Company in Australia. She will be starting as a chassis manager at NIO in Silicon Valley shortly. Anna has a bachelors in mechanical engineering, and an engineering doctorate in steering feel, both from the University of Southampton, UK. We chat all things careers, doing work with impact, and the decision to head overseas to join a well funded and world changing start up Nio, working on their Eve project.

This week we bring you audio from our first live event, A Night Of Blind Optimism, for the video head over to our facebook page. Startups expose teams to an impossible learning curve, in a harsh, unforgiving environment. Founders have a non-negotiable job requirement to repeatedly bounce back, stronger, faster and more resilient, on a hourly, daily and weekly basis. Whether you’re looking to found your own startup, or just be successful at life and business, hearing these stories will provide a unique opportunity to grow your own skill set for the future. What makes A Night of Blind Optimism different is there are no pitches, no rose-tinted spectacles or presenting to the audience – just a real conversation with a new founder each month, focused on unpacking the grit, determination, lessons and advice that can only be found on the startup playing field. Meet Our Guest, Rohit Bhargava Rohit helps launch, grow and fund startups. Previously he was the co-founder and CEO of "crowdfunding for fashion" platform StageLabel, which helped launch over 150 fashion brands globally. He now hosts the Startup Playbook Podcast, where he interviews successful founders, investors and subject matter experts on how they got started, the strategies they used to succeed, and their advice for current and future entrepreneurs. The podcast hit number 3 on iTunes just 3 days after launching, and has interviewed guests such as Paul Bassat (founder of Seek and Square Peg Capital), Ash Maurya (creator of The Lean Canvas and author of Running Lean) and Nathan Chan (founder of Foundr Magazine), among many others! He is also the Director of Playbook Studios, a growth marketing agency that helps startups and businesses build traction and grow through content, branding and digital marketing. Meet Our Host, Lan Nguyen Lan has a Bachelor of Psychology and Masters in Counselling from Monash University and has worked for NGOs across South Australia and in private practice. Her experience includes Comorbidity Project Officer (dual diagnosis for mental health and AOD), Counsellor for children and adults, case management and as Applied Behavioural Analysis Therapist working with children with autism in early intervention. Lan is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation, and recognised a gap in the industry: a support network for founders facing adversities and the everyday challenges of startup business. Having pursued her own ventures, Lan understands the many highs and lows that founders experience. Her goal is to create a safe space for founders to start the conversation, and share invaluable tools and resources to better equip founders when challenges arise. Meet Our Interviewer, Drew Corby Drew is the host of the Pathways Podcast, and Founder of Pavrr.com, both devoted to connecting people with purpose and impact-driven work. Drew takes a unique and powerful interviewing approach, drawing from 10 years as a coach, manager and leader, allowing the guests to tell their story prompted by the narration unique to Pathways. A big thank you to the York Butter Factory for opening up their space to host the event.They are the destination point and growth platform for Australia’s most innovative and ambitious technology startups, corporates and early-stage investors.

Tim is one of the world’s leading Employment Branding experts, having helped many of the national and global brands we know and love share their employment story with their candidate audiences. An international speaker and thought leader Tim is ranked by LinkedIn as one of the 5 most influential people on their platform in APAC. He is the Founder of Digital Affair, the only consultancy officially endorsed and recommended by LinkedIn to provide expert advice on making the most out of the world’s largest professional social network. We tackle all things starting your own company in a very niche market, the future of work, and how to scale a services business.

Myles has had an impressive learning curve starting his first bar in 2007, quickly getting in a tough position and spending several years with his core group of founders  digging themselves out.  From here he founded Mr Burger,  a gourmet burger business started in November 2012, growing quickly, their trucks can be found around Melbourne, operating at street sites, functions and events. Myles shares some really important moments as he and his team thread the needle of a rising social media landscape, smart branding, and investing in a buzzing community. The key theme here is grit, determination, and working hard with people who are in the same mindset to achieve what would seem to be the impossible. To find out more of Mr Burger and Myles check out: Mrburger.com Facebook Instagram Twitter 

The Monday Morning Motivation is a weekly clip from Drew to get you focused and in the right headspace for the week ahead. Listen in as Drew gives you a few minutes of guided mindfulness, visualising the week ahead and getting ready to make it a great week, rather than leaving it to chance. Check out all of the other Pathways Podcast episodes at www.pathwayspodcast.com including our Blog called "The processes, and all of the other pathways podcast episodes.

Tom Zembrzuski is a young Australian that was heading down a painful path of addiction and drug use until he self educated his way into a new mindset. Through the influence of podcasts, he was able to discover Ayahuasca leading him on a transformational journey to Peru for his first ceremony. His life changed at this point, and he was able to reset his destination point, now serving his community to help everyone become more self aware and independent thinkers. He started his Youtube Channel - Your Mate Tom  initaly focused on self development, but as he found his feet, he started talking more about his own transformative experience, growing to over 30,000 subscribers. Our conversation covers the triggers and moments in Tom's life that lead him from a path of pain into one of giving and community growing, as well as his focus on the future of online content and influence. Check out www.pathwayspodcast.com for all the episodes, an awesome blog and much more.

The Monday Morning Motivation is a weekly clip from Drew to get you focused and in the right headspace for the week ahead. Listen in as Drew gives you a few minutes of guided mindfulness, visualising the week ahead and getting ready to make it a great week, rather than leaving it to chance. Check out all of the other Pathways Podcast episodes at www.pathwayspodcast.com including our Blog called "The processes, and all of the other pathways podcast episodes.

Andrea Featherstone facilitates unconventional mindfulness programs for people who raise an eyebrow at mindfulness; helping indecisive overachievers to get clear on their direction and sense of self. What’s interesting about Andrea’s story is that she was never one to be all woo-woo and mindfulness focused, in fact her first engagement with personal development was under great adversity after having pursued more traditional routes of university and architecture. In this episode, you’ll gain honest insight into a successful online coaching business, and hear about Andrea’s unconventional route to finding a sense of self & purpose. To find out more about Andrea check out Project Self To follow Andrea, head over to Instagram and Facebook To read some of Andrea’s radically honest stories, check out her blog. For all things Pathways Podcast, including blogs, and show playlists, head over to www.pathwayspodcast.com

The Monday Morning Motivation is a weekly clip from Drew to get you focused and in the right headspace for the week ahead. Listen in as Drew gives you a few minutes of guided mindfulness, visualising the week ahead and getting ready to make it a great week, rather than leaving it to chance. Check out all of the other Pathways Podcast episodes at www.pathwayspodcast.com including our Blog called "The processes, and all of the other pathways podcast episodes.

For all the show notes, blog articles, listening play lists and much more head over to www.pathwayspodcast.com Meet Rohit, Previously he was the Co-founder and CEO of "Crowd funding for fashion" platform StageLabel that helped launch over 150 fashion brands globally. He now hosts the Startup Playbook Podcast, where he interviews successful founders, investors and subject matter experts on how they got started, the strategies they used to succeed and their advice to current and future entrepreneurs. The podcast hit number 3 on iTunes just 3 days after launching and has interviewed guests such as Paul Bassat (Founder of Seek & Square Peg Capital), Ash Maurya (Creator of The Lean Canvas and Author of Running Lean), Nathan Chan (Founder of Foundr Magazine) among many others! He is also the Director of Playbook Studios a growth marketing agency that helps startups and businesses build traction and grow through content, branding and digital marketing. Find Rohit: Startup Playbook Podcast Startup Playbook Website Instagram - @startupplaybook Youtube Twitter - @playbookstartup Facebook - @startupplaybook

The Monday Morning Motivation is a weekly clip from Drew to get you focused and in the right headspace for the week ahead. Listen in as Drew gives you a few minutes of guided mindfulness, visualising the week ahead and getting ready to make it a great week, rather than leaving it to chance. Check out all of the other Pathways Podcast episodes at www.pathwayspodcast.com including our Blog called "The processes, and all of the other pathways podcast episodes.

For all the show notes, our blog called 'the processes' and much more, head over to www.pathwayspodcast.com Ben Richardson is a tenured tech guy, starting out as an Aerospace Engineer before building an impressive portfolio of startup companies and tech projects that he built by teaching himself how to design and code During the day Ben the Group Product Manager of a small team (PwC Ventures) inside a big company (PwC) that builds web and mobile products including Airtax, Nifty, and Vault Outside of work, he co-founded and run a technology festival called Future Assembly that aims to make high-technology more accessible to non-technical people and industries We talk all things startups and how to build confidence to make change and take on fear, ranging from how to get a job by walking in and pretending to have an appointment, through how to catch up in the world of technology and coding all while balancing out working in small business through to big four consulting.

Aaron has a compelling story, starting out as a professional ice and roller hocker player in Scotland, Aaron moved to Australia to focus on teaching health and fitness. Aaron's focus involves a range of practices: from Yoga, Meditation, Corrective Exercise, Psychosomatic Therapy and a bit of Shamanism thrown in for good measure. There's not much that Aaron hasn't explored. Aaron is the resident Health & Wellbeing expert at the Fitzroy Academy, features in the upcoming movie "That Sugar Film", plans to one day retire to his own permaculture farm, and would love to see Richmond win a premiership in this lifetime.

The Monday Morning Motivation is a weekly clip from Drew to get you focused and in the right headspace for the week ahead. Listen in as Drew gives you a few minutes of guided mindfulness, visualising the week ahead and getting ready to make it a great week, rather than leaving it to chance. Check out all of the other Pathways Podcast episodes at www.pathwayspodcast.com including our Blog called "The processes, and all of the other pathways podcast episodes. Big thanks to Jack Elphick for the new music track this week.

To check out more episodes and our blog "The Processes" head over to www.pathwayspodcast.com Mike is the Founder of Purposeful, a social impact advisory, enabling organisations to develop purposeful cultures and to create, measure and report on social impact and sustainability. He is also the creator and host of the Humans of Purpose Podcast, where he interviews purpose-driven leaders fortnightly. He is a Director at SIMNA, Australia's peak social impact measurement organisation. Mike talks openly about a trip that changed everything, and the measured and practical approach he has taken to reviewing his current work life and living with more purpose. As a guest Mike continues this young Australian push for meaning and impact form the work. A refreshing trend that is inspiring for the future of this country.

The Monday Morning Motivation is a weekly clip from Drew to get you focused and in the right headspace for the week ahead. Listen in as Drew gives you a few minutes of guided mindfulness, visualising the week ahead and getting ready to make it a great week, rather than leaving it to chance. Check out all of the other Pathways Podcast episodes at www.pathwayspodcast.com including our Blog called "The processes, and all of the other pathways podcast episodes.

Check out all the shownotes, our blog and community at www.pathwayspodcast.com Gershom's 10 minute activity - Alfred Adler's Tasks of Life Gershom was brought up in Government Housing, I became a troubled teen, she wanted everything instantly and moved out of home when she was 16yrs old.  Gershom found herself in an abusive relationship and then becoming a single parent of 2 beautiful daughters. Just wanting and understanding that she needed to and wanted to change her life and outcome, I was then opened to see opportunities. Gershom hasn't had the best past history, and blame's no one and absolutely embrace her experiences,  She intends to change that from this day forward for herself, her husband, awesome 5 children, and her whole family and future generations to come. Find Gershom on Facebook or take the a free personality test here

The Monday Morning Motivation is a weekly clip from Drew to get you focused and in the right headspace for the week ahead. Listen in as Drew gives you a few minutes of guided mindfulness, visualising the week ahead and getting ready to make it a great week, rather than leaving it to chance. Check out all of the other Pathways Podcast episodes at www.pathwayspodcast.com including our Blog called "The processes, and all of the other pathways podcast episodes.

Ryan Hassan is back!  In this episode he talks to us all about how to start better understanding our own emotions, triggers and queues.  This is a powerful episode, containing everything from putting Drew through his paces during a practical exercise, and Drew and Ryan going deep on all things mental focus and it's impacts on everyday life. If you want to check out Ryan's first Episode, where he talks all about his own pathway, or take the next step and let Ryan help you start progressing forward with your own pathway, follow the links below! For all the show notes, blog articles and resources head over to www.pathwayspodcast.com

Meet Fab Mackojc While doing a corporate internship during university Fab happened to read a book called The 4-Hour Workweek which completely changed his perspective on the world and made him realise that a life working 9-5 was by no means mandatory for future success and happiness. He chose to turn down the grad job offered to him and not do any more tertiary education after graduating, a move which surprised a lot of his friends and family. He worked for a few tech startups before eventually deciding to go overseas and do an intensive programming course called Dev Bootcamp. After a few months learning web development Fab decided to move to San Francisco to work as a software engineer for Groupon. This job eventually gave him the opportunity to working remotely and travel the world. Even with all the great perks though Fab realised that life as a web developer wasn't one that suited his strengths and personality so he decided to move back home to Melbourne and focus on his own projects. He is about to release an effective cure for jet lag called Jetmojo and is the host and creator of The Journey podcast where he interviews millennials with unconventional career paths.

Leigh Sherman is back for our first follow up episode! As we hit stop on episode 33 of Pathways Leigh went to take a call as part of the final stages for entry into Tech Stars, a prestigious accelerator program that has a reputation for taking small startup’s to the next level. Leigh initially saw this as an opportunity to take the pantree.co team, and point 3 years of hard work at a well supported program rich with opportunity. What happened instead was a key moment for Leigh, one that he will continue to reflect 12 weeks that changed many things for him as a founder and CEO. Check out Leighs Tech Stars Pitch at www.pathwayspodcast.com/shownotes

Miloš Marinković is a founder of Yor Health in Australia, an organisation devoted to helping people optimise their life through diet, and in particular, focused on gut health. The interesting thing about Milos's story is he was destined for a career in finance and engineering. Milos talks about a pivotal moment where family illness saw him move his focus from a career and study focus of engineering and finance, and move to health and well being, a large shift from what he had learn't and known during his time as a student. We cover some important topics in this episode, everything from the pressures of expectation from family, through to the reward of doing work for passion vs income. Milos is someone who walks all of the talk through actions, someone we can all learn from. For all the show notes, our blog and much more, check out www.pathwayspodcast.com

For all the shownotes head over to www.pathwayspodcast.com/shownotes Ryan Hassan is the Co-Founder of The Melbourne  Centre of Healing, an organisation  offering comprehensive programs which help clients get past their addictions and mental health issues. Their approach is a new take on what is offered as standard practice by the state system, with Ryan himself recovering from an ice addiction using the principles offered. Ryan’s story will give you a new view on what it is to be an addict, which can be anything we face in our modern life, not just from illicit drugs. His energy is infectious, his passion is undeniable, something you only connect with when you’re setting across from someone who has found that mix of purpose filled work.

For all the shownotes head over over to www.pathwayspodcast.com/shownotes Meet Ruth Dearnley, she is an international social change strategist. She has held senior leadership, advocacy and external affairs roles in INGOs and business associations in the UK, Australia and southern Africa, where she has implemented pioneering approaches to measuring influence and developed innovative change methodologies, drawing on leading communications and advocacy approaches, in order to most efficiently achieve social change outcomes. Specialising in child protection, labour exploitation, ethical consumerism and supply chain sustainability, Ruth believes that it is people, not institutions, that make change happen. She founded Influence Global to help organisations connect with the right change-makers and use the most efficient strategies to make their vision a reality.

We were so lucky to sit down wiht Clare Desira, the Chef Positivity Officer at the Top Five Movement. Clare takes us through her chance opportunity to attend a leadership extension program, starting the Top 5 Movement and connecting her purpose with her work. For all the show notes head over to www.pathwayspodcast.com/shownotes

Pathways returns for 2017 with Nico Bernardi Check out all the show notes at www.pathwayspodcast.com Nicola Bernardi is a photographer whose life changed entirely once he discovered that, by simply having his camera by his side, all the people around him turned from being total strangers to becoming stories, waiting to be told. 

Julie-Anne Longano is the head of talent at a big media company in Melbourne Australia. She has been in Media purchasing for ten years, taking a number of opportunities for extended breaks to enhance self-awareness and gain the perspective. What is interesting about Julie’s pathways is her decision making process was driven by intuition, listening to her gut and taking on large life change soon after. We explore the adventures she has taken and how these learnings have combined to drive her pathway and career choices. Check out all the show notes at - www.pathwayspodcast.com

For all the shownotes drop - www.pathwayspodcast.com This is a part SME, part Pathways episode with a big injection of human story. Jeff Shearer is a Chinese Medicine Practitioner with 22 year’s experience, and after watching many of his peers struggle with the balance of running a successful business and providing care to their patients, Jeff was inspired to create Ethical Practice – an information-based business designed to assist anyone in healthcare develop a practice with integrity.

For all the show notes, head over to http://www.pathwayspodcast.com Josh Carell is Co-Founder of Little Foot & Company, a community driven business aimed at connecting new artists with opportunities to grow their skills. Josh was once a shy guy in his mid-twenties, looking for something that would drive him, something that he can really get engaged with.  This episodes reflects on the last six – ten months, which has seen Josh make massive change in his life, with some key pivotal moments that we can all relate to and gain aspiration from.

Checkout all the shownotes at http://www.pathwayspodcast.com Leigh Shurman is the Co-Founder and CEO of pantree.co, an exciting Melbourne startup changing the way hospitality suppliers engage with their customers. Leigh started out as a high performing athlete before taking his dedication and focus to founding a startup after observing friends working hard with poor tools.  Leigh’s dedication, work ethic, and ability to be present with everyone along the way are something we can all learn from.

For all the shownotes, head over to http://www.pathwayspodcast.com Ophelie Lechat is Head of content for SitePoint. An online website helping working software developers to learn code.   Originally starting life in the french speaking quarters of Canada, Ophelie's path began in publishing and journalism before crossing over into freelance writing. It was after this juncture point with a journey out to Australia that the local startup landscape was ultimately discovered and pointed Ophelie in the direction of her current role today.  

Amy Haywood is an English teacher and educator of grades 11 and 12, and the interesting thing is that Amy never thought of teaching as occupation up until she was at university. She found teaching via Teach for Australia, an organisation that exposes leaders and teaches to the power of making change through education. For all the show notes and more great pathways episodes, head over to http://www.pathwayspodcast.com

Check out all the show notes at http://www.pathwayspodcast.com Chris Appleford is back for a special SME edition of Pathways, to talk all about wwwgoodbyedrinking.com. A website he founded, devoted to help everyone change the culture of binge drinking in Australia. Chris has also written a book on making and breaking habits that everyone can download and read for free and a great tool to help you do a cost benefit analysis on drinking in your life.

Make sure you check out all the show notes and more Antony Gaddie is the founder and CEO of Green Ant Marketing, a company with the purpose of “…helping their clients to grow their profits and their lifestyles, and facilitate profit as a force-for-good on Planet Earth.”. Antony moved to Australia after it made a big impact on him at the age of 17, and since moving has worked in sales, marketing and business development roles in some of Australia’s biggest corporations. His pivotal moments represent someone with a true entrepreneurial spirit coupled with the values and drive to make the world and Australia a better place.

For all the show notes head over to - http://www.pathwayspodcast.com Sheree is the CEO of One Roof Women, a co-working space dedicated to female entrepreneurs. She founded this passion for female quality, leaving a successful career in Corporate Law three years ago. This episode explores the chances Sheree took over the last three years to find a new way of thinking and approach to work. Her story includes; creating networking events, pop up co-working spaces and exploring her passion for creating equality for women in the workforce at Fitted For Work. Make sure you check out: One Roof Women Melbourne One Roof Women Global Sign up now for a free 1 week Trial at One Roof Women, or Or you can email Sheree directly at - sheree@oneroofwomen.com

Head over to http://www.pathwayspodcast.com for all the information on Tamsiens episode. Tamsien as the Corporate Sustainability & Membership Lead at The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a non for profit that ensures we are producing products and services that are coming from sustainable forest practices. In addition to this Tamsien has a fast growing bookstagram profile – Babbling Books, combining her love of books with her knowledge of social media and marketing. To find out more about Tamsien check out: ·       Babbling Books ·       The Awesome Foundation ·       The Forest Stewardship Council

Adam Mawson is a Workforce Capacity Manager, ensuring that there are enough people for the work on demand, a profession he has come to after a long period of burning the candle at all ends, pursuing a career as a music producer. Adam is a hardworking young Australian looking for meaningful work that aligns to what is trying to achieve in life. For all the show notes head over to http://www.pathwayspodcast.com

Ben Huckins is the Creative Director of Masters of Smithing, a new creative venture that is currently in its second year. Ben took this leap after a long corporate in marketing and communications where he become a technical master in his field, but always wanted more. After a year of reflection, he decided to bet on himself, and start his own venture changing his work habits life all at the same time. For all the show notes, head over to www.candourly.com/pathwaysshownotes

Chris is a Vendor Management Advisor for a big Australian corporation, managing multi-million dollar contracts. While following this corporate career, Chris has always had an entrepreneurial interest, starting many businesses ranging from window cleaning to men’s underwear. From this love of business he has founded www.multirotorverse.com, custom building multi-rotor and FPV drones. Chris is an everyday Australian overcoming all the things we all face, a great story for us all to reflect on how we have solved similar problems.