Delve into nine very different but compelling lives: stories around identity, purpose and the twists and turns of life that make us who we are.
The actor/chef, the rock singer, the IVF doctor, the climate activist, the entertainment lawyer, the women’s rights campaigner, the disability rights advocate, and the classical musician/physician and yoga teacher.
Creative chef and longtime Mellow dharma collaborator Sophia infuses joy into all she does from acting to cooking and writing poetry. She’s learning to be true to herself while navigating motherhood, career and relationships. She believes learning new skills at any age provides a true path of growth.
How do the worlds of music and medicine complement each other? Physician and Musician Mitchell Chipman dives into his deep love of classical music, the changing attitudes and laws around death and dying and how is own near death experience has lead him to live life more consciously.
Aussie rock doyenne Penny Ikinger reflects on the creative process and her decades in the traditionally male dominated rock music industry.
Who is the man behind Mellow Dharma? C‘est moi! My sister Kitty and I reflect on how childhood shapes the person you become, the struggles that lead me to take off across the globe to chase my dreams and the eventual realisation that there’s no place like home.
Shaun Miller has specialized in film and entertainment law for over twenty years. We chat about the influence of his mother Natalie who started Cinema Nova and the inside workings of the Australian Film Industry. Beyond his professional guise the philosophy of equanimity and clean leaving practices sustain Shaun on a personal level.
Steph Agnew’s world changed in an instant when at 19 she was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition. From the lows of workplace discrimination to the highs of getting married Steph’s stories are inspiring in so many ways. She proudly navigates the world with her guide dog Rocky and she’s passionate about inclusion and changing dated misconceptions around disability. Her mantra is people with disability can do all things; they just do them differently.
Communications and fundraising expert Kitty Walker has worked with some big names in the arts including the Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre. She’s a passionate mum determined to tackle the issues that matter; most notably she’s a driving force behind her local council’s climate crisis declaration and response plan. and at 41 she’s learning to ocean swim in support of youth mental heath foundation Reach.
There are few journeys as emotional to embark on as having a child and fertility expert, gynecologist and obstetrician Gareth Weston guides some of his patients through the entire process from conception to delivery. On a personal level his passion for history and travel has taken him on many adventures from Antarctica to being held at gunpoint in Africa. His motto is that we must “suck the marrow out of life” and to this end Gareth is a man determined to live life to the full.
In 1996 Linda Fenton was the first woman in Australia to win an unfair dismissal case for being made redundant while on maternity leave. Conversation around around the discrimination, bullying and harassment faced by women in the workplace is as poignant now as ever. Now living life on her own terms Linda is writing a book that details what she endured over many years and the devastating toll it took on her mental health.