Podcast episode 08: Pictures That Matter and a Family Business Legacy with Atkins Photo Lab
I interviewed Paul Atkins who runs Atkins Photo Lab in Adelaide - Australia's oldest print lab! We spoke about the importance of the physical print, nostalgia, re-branding in business (with design-led innovation), finding your people, wedding photography, and the highs and lows of carrying on a family business.
Podcast episode 07: Intuitive Artist Donna Spatidol and Being 'Exactly Where We Are Supposed to Be'
I interviewed Donna Spatidol, who is an intuitive artist. She sold her home on the US East Coast and is currently travelling. We spoke about her art journey from high school age, self-discovery via a business course, being widowed, art as therapy, living a solitary life, and the search for a home base again...
"I am learning that home is right here. Where I am. Home is in my heart. Home is who I'm with. And a lot of times, most of the time it's with myself."
Podcast episode 06: Coffee, Panini and Entrepreneurship With Cafe` Owner Nathaniel Praino
I interviewed Nathaniel Praino, who runs a successful café in Adelaide's east. He welcomed me into his space where we spoke about coffee, panini, family support, setting up a second location, setbacks during his start-up phase, and more...
"Coffee is number one, and being completely engrossed with coffee and sucked into the whole world of the good espresso... that's been my key focus for majority of the business. And then accompanied by a really good panino, which in my life and my growing up has been very important, whether it's just a staple lunch on a Saturday afternoon with mortadella and provolone or something a little bit more with your giardiniere and your prosciutti..."
Podcast episode 05: End of Life Doula Briget Kelly on Death Literacy, Grief, Loss, Music and her business: Rhiannon's Service
I interviewed Adelaide-based Briget Kelly who is an end-of-life doula. We chatted about loss, death in art forms, the stages of grief, and more.
"She lovingly carries souls from Earth to the afterlife plane, upon her trusty white horse helping them adjust to the transition of life after death.”
Podcast episode 04: Author and Entrepreneur Edmond Abramyan on Getting Wired For Success
I interviewed my wise friend, Edmond Abramyan, who is an author, entrepreneur and mentor/coach. We spoke about his new book--Wired for Success, the writing and publishing process, his coaching style, martial arts, identity, self discovery and a first step towards demystifying money.
“If I’m this thing—separate from my thoughts—that’s watching my thoughts, what part of me is it that’s aware of me watching my thoughts? In other words, who’s observing the observer, who observes himself watching over his own thoughts. And how far back did this go? How many observers are there? And which one am I really?”
- excerpt from Wired For Success
Podcast Episode 02: MUSICIAN Joseph Amputch: Getting Lost and Found in the Music
I chat to local Adelaide musician, Joseph Amputch, about growing up in Fiji and moving to Australia and the steps he took to pursue music full-time. Joseph is also the man behind my show's theme music - which is a 30 second cover of the Pearl Jam song, Amongst the Waves. In this episode, we debut the song!
“My original songs, they're not really a representation of me. They're just a story that I'm telling… But sometimes I feel like if I put it up there, people are going to think that it’s a representation… But the challenge is getting over that and accepting, I guess, and just doing it anyway.”