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Our podcast today features Emilia Lahti, a Finnish ultra runner.  Emilia will run 50 marathons in 50 days across the length of NZ in November and December 2017 to highlight the human rights issue of interpersonal violence. Her campaign, Sisu not silence, is a story of courage, healing and pushing through in the face of adversity.  An incredible woman with boundless energy and empathy, Emilia shares her story and asks that we become part of her global movement to stamp out the pervasive culture of violence against women and children. 

We are so excited to be talking with Heather Stanning, MBE; a two time Olympic gold medalist.  Heather has been ranked number 1 female rower in the world since 2016. She is a double Olympic champion, double World champion, quadruple World Cup champion and double European champion. As of May 2015 she and her partner Helen Glover are the World, Olympic, World Cup and European record holders, plus the reigning Olympic, World, and European champions in the women's coxless pairs. She has also been a British champion in both women's fours and quad sculls. She was a Captain, now a Major, in the 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery. Paired with Helen Glover in 2012, she won an Olympic gold medal, the first for their country of the 2012 Games and the first ever British Olympic gold medal in women's rowing. She set the world record time in partnership with Helen Glover at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, and they retained their World title at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in France. In 2016 they retained their European title at Brandenburg an der Havel, and set the World Rowing Cup record time at Poznan. She announced her retirement from rowing in November 2016. In September 2016, Stanning was awarded the freedom of the Scottish region of Moray.

As 2017 begins I find myself evaluating the way I live my life and the goals and lifestyle I wish to forge for myself and my family. We all want to a look after ourselves and our families and want our environment and home to reflect this also. Personally, I want to do this without compromising the planet or my ethics. For me, being a conscious consumer has more significance now than ever before. The way I purchase items and products are built to last not limited by built in obsolescence and short product lifecycle, nor having a negative impact on our planet. In this podcast, you will learn about easy #health and #biohacks plus tips on eliminating unnecessary items, working and using less toward a more natural and sustainable existence.

Amy Styles is the National Training Manager for Les Mills New Zealand, responsible for recruiting and coaching an elite squad of the country's top talent of Group Fitness Trainers and Presenters. Amy has grown up in the public eye, working for 16 years since graduating University to work with the company she has come to know as family. Her driving passion has been to help and inspire people nationally and internationally to take ownership of their personal health, helping many women to step outside their comfort zone, set goals and increase their physical and mental wellbeing. 5 years Amy married Carrie and has just had her first child River.

Our podcast today features Michelle Clayton, CEO of Family Action Group (Women's Refuge). Every day, she helps vulnerable women and families to overcome trauma and abuse by providing them with a service that helps them to be safe and secure.   "There are no failures, just learning opportunities" - Michelle Clayton

Sleep is our most undervalued activity. We discuss the perils of sleep deprivation, the benefits of getting more sleep, and great ways to make falling asleep much easier.  We also discuss Arianna Huffington's book The Sleep Revolution, and challenge our listeners to join us in getting an extra 30 minutes of sleep a day to see what a difference it makes to health, happiness, creativity and energy.

Today securing a living environment that allows you to have financial and personal freedom is increasingly difficult. It is virtually impossible for young people to get on the property ladder. She has overcome these obstacles by designing and building a 'tiny home', a secure and self-sufficient living environment that allows her to be both mobile and live completely off-grid. Camilla Rombouts is an advocate and pioneer of the tiny house movement in NZ. We'll talk to her about her life as ex-pat, finding her cultural identity, and designing her own space to secure her personal freedom.

Can tidying up change your life?  This week we talk about the method described in the book “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up”, the experiences and insights we had testing the method, and how it’s honed our sensitivity to what gives us joy in all aspects of life.  

We’ll be talking with Mahsa about her career as a Dr of Computer Science in a male-dominated industry and how she’s trying to transform the perception of computer and technology to encourage more girls and women to choose this as a career path.

Genice is a multilingual born and bred New Yorker who has lived on 4 continents before settling in New Zealand (Aotearoa). She has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Women's Studies Visual Art and has had a diverse professional work life including modelling and being a stunt double, to working on the set of Outrageous Fortune. She has an 8 year old son and 3 step children. She has spent over 26 years in the fitness industry, and five years ago started one of the first woman-run Crossfit Gyms in New Zealand.

Hayley King (aka Flox) is a graffiti artist with a fine art degree. She works with spray paint and stencil, creating delicate, detailed images inspired by the natural world. She is most noted for her work with beautiful birds, featuring New Zealand plants, exotic animals, and lush flora.  In her business Haus of Flox she produces prints, murals, graphic design, live painting, exhibitions and did a notable stint with the musical collective Fly My Pretties. She has been featured in numerous high profile magazines, advertising campaigns and did two guest appearances in consecutive years on The Block television series. Last year travelled to Taiwan as the recipient of the Taipei Artist Village residency. We'll be talking to Hayley about her transition from street artist to business owner, motherhood, work/life balance and her rise to nationally acclaimed NZ icon.

In this brief introductory episode we explain what the podcast is all about (helping women step into their power through sharing meaningful stories), we give you a sense of the kind of people you’re going to hear when you subscribe (successful artists, PhDs, entrepreneurs, weightlifting champions, professors, fitness experts, etc.) and we give you a small sample of clips from upcoming episodes. Our podcast is a conversation with you. We’ll be sharing useful tips, life hacks, tools and strategies to help us to evolve consciously and collectively.  We are stronger together.