Humans of Purpose

Brigid Delaney Brigid is an author, a journalist and TV series producer whose latest book is "Reasons Not to Worry, How to be Stoic in chaotic times". Check out her book here and find it in all good bookstores. Also check out Brigid's previous book Wellmania here and look out for it's upcoming release on Netflix at the end of March. You can find Brigid on Twitter here. Time Stamps 0:04:56 - Conversation on Stoicism and Gonzo Journalism 0:06:49 - Conversation on Wellness, Philosophy, and the Benefits of Finding Authentic Communities 0:08:30 - Stoicism: A Discussion on Its Resurgence in Modern Times 0:12:23 - Conversation on Stoicism and the Pursuit of Ataraxia 0:17:14 - Stoic Philosophy and Emotional Awareness 0:22:55 - Conversation on Achieving Tranquility Through Meditation and Yoga 0:28:06 - Conversation on Finding Happiness in the Simple Pleasures of Life 0:33:47 - Discussion on Stoicism: Exploring the Complexities of Life 0:35:29 - Exploring the Four Key Virtues of Stoicism 0:39:26 - Conversation on Mental Flexibility, Courage, and Apologizing 0:46:39 - Conversation on Stoicism, Rhetoric, and Social Justice 0:51:28 - Conversation on Applying Stoic Principles to Everyday Life 0:54:40 - Conversation on Stoicism and Moderation in Life and Work 0:58:07 - Strategies for Mental Well-Being 0:59:37 - Exploring the Wellness Industry HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. Sign Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: No ads interrupting your listening experience Full transcripts of all episodes via Otter.AI Priority early release access to all episodes Personal audio notes for all episodes Brokered introductions to all podcast guests HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melissa Reader Melissa is the Managing Director and CEO of the Violet. Violet is a national not-for-profit organisation, providing information and support to help everyone in Australia navigate the last stages of life and the grief and loss that accompanies it. Time Stamps 0:00:04 - Exploring End of Life Support 0:02:07 - Melissa's Journey into the Social Impact Space 0:03:36 - The Impact of Unexpected Illness: A Personal Story of Loss and Unpreparedness 0:05:43 - Navigating Terminal Illness and Aging Population Challenges 0:08:39 - End-of-Life Planning and Care 0:11:30 - Normalising Conversations Around End of Life and Birth 0:12:58 - Normalising the Experience of Dying: Exploring the Role of Technology 0:14:37 - Exploring the Challenges of End-of-Life Care in Australia 0:19:12 - Reflection on End-of-Life Care: Exploring Technology Emergence to Support Families and Communities 0:20:52 - Exploring End-of-Life Care: A Discussion with Lisa Jones on Regret, Technology, and the Hospice Model 0:23:51 - Exploring the Role of Technology in Aged Care and End-of-Life Care 0:25:22 - Exploring the Challenges of Death and Dying 0:30:37 - Conversation on Emotional Resilience and Grit 0:32:46 - Supporting Mental Health and Opening Difficult Conversations HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. Sign Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: No ads interrupting your listening experience Full transcripts of all episodes via Otter.AI Priority early release access to all episodes Personal audio notes for all episodes Brokered introductions to all podcast guests HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Dawkins Tom is the Co-Founder of LendForGood. LendForGood is all about crowd lending for impact. In short, this means unleashing the passion and power of the crowd to provide the capital that impact enterprises need to grow. Tom is also the Co-Founder and CEO of StartSomeGood, an innovation agency and global social enterprise ecosystem builder. Time Stamps 0:02:09 - The Power of Social Entrepreneurship in Creating Change 0:06:54 - The Power of Crowdfunding for Social Change 0:08:21 - The Power of Social Enterprise in Australia 0:13:02 - The Different Stages of Social Enterprise Development 0:20:13 - The Importance of Investing in Social Enterprises 0:23:02 - The Success of Social Enterprises in Creating Jobs 0:25:52 - The Different Ways That Social Enterprises Can Raise Money 0:28:26 - Crowd Lending Platform for Social Enterprises 0:31:27 - Crowdfunding for Small Businesses: A Better Deal for Investors 0:34:46 - The Impact of Impact Investing in Australia 0:39:22 - The Future of Impact Investing 0:43:41 - The Benefits of a Three-Sided Model for Social Enterprise Lending HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You can help sustain our work by Signing Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Early access all episodes Ad free all episodes Full transcripts all episodes 5 Key Insights all episodes Audio notes all episodes Brokered intros all podcast guests LinkedIn Community You may not know this, but our highest and most engaged online community after Instagram is via our LinkedIn page. Join over 2,400 Humans of Purpose fans and join in some great conversations, share your thoughts and see what other listeners from our community are saying about the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh White Josh White is the CEO of Neon Treehouse. Neon Treehouse is a bold digital marketing agency that delivery bright and imaginative solutions. They are the major sponsor of Humans of Purpose and have just celebrated their 10 year anniversary. HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You can help sustain our work by Signing Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Early access all episodes Ad free all episodes Full transcripts all episodes 5 Key Insights all episodes Audio notes all episodes Brokered intros all podcast guests LinkedIn Community You may not know this, but our highest and most engaged online community after Instagram is via our LinkedIn page. Join over 2,350 Humans of Purpose fans and followers and join in some great conversations, share your thoughts and see what other listeners from our community are saying about the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cultivating Betterment Wishing you a happy new year and a 2023 filled with progress, fulfilment and contentment. I'm offering this bonus episode around one of the most helpful Stoic concepts I've been contemplating and converting to action lately. It has significantly helped me on my journey to cultivating betterment and I hope you find it helpful too. Cultivating betterment will be a major focus for me in 2023 and I hope you'll enjoy some of the contemplations and discussions on this that I'll be sharing. NB: This is a bonus undertaking and will not replace Humans of Purpose, but is an option for a separate project I am working on with some key partners. Key Quotes "Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions." - Epictetus "There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will" - Epictetus “Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.” - Epictetus Caveats This episode is largely drawn from my contemplation of Epictetus and readings from authors and experts on him and Stoicism. I do not agree with everything Epictetus or Stoicism teaches and one key departure in the discussion and exercise I provide is the category of "Influence", which is not a traditionally accepted category under this school of thought. I am not interested in becoming a Stoic teacher, philosopher or influencer, enough of these exist already! I am interested in sharing some of the things I've learned and augmented as useful practices and lessons for cultivating betterment for myself. My goal is to become a better human and community member and along the way I would like to share this with you. To the above point, I won't just be discussing Stoic principles or ways of thinking, as we will discover there is enormous overlap and commonality here across many humanistic and wisdom bearing traditions. Finally, I want to note that the Stoics endured far more challenging times than we do in many ways as did many other cultures, groups and traditions. Much of this wisdom is extremely helpful and relevant when thinking about how we can live a far more contributory, fulfilling and tranquil life today. Feedback Does this resonate with you? Send me a note to mike@humansofpurpose.com and I promise I'll respond! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sandro Demaio Sandro is the CEO of VicHealth as well as a friend and someone I look up to for his tremendous contribution to health promotion and public health in his time on the planet. VicHealth is a a world-first health promotion foundation, focused on promoting good health and preventing chronic disease. Episode Links Magda's Big National Health Check Ask The Doctor on ABC iView Sandro on Twitter HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You can help sustain our work by Signing Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Early access all episodes Ad free all episodes Full transcripts all episodes 5 Key Insights all episodes Audio notes all episodes Brokered intros all podcast guests LinkedIn Community You may not know this, but our highest and most engaged online community after Instagram is via our LinkedIn page. Join over 2,200 Humans of Purpose fans and followers and join in some great conversations, share your thoughts and see what other listeners from our community are saying about the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Jemma King Jemma is the Founder and Director of BioPsychAnalytics, an Australian based company that has developed scientifically validated methodologies to reduce stress, burnout, and improve behavioral outcomes in high-performing individuals and organisations. She is a high performance expert and coach and has worked with the Australian Defence Force, Special Operations Command, the Centre for Australian Army Leadership, the Australian Olympic Swim Team, Australian Government Solicitors, and the Australian Institute of Sport. HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You can help sustain our work by Signing Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Early access all episodes Ad free all episodes Full transcripts all episodes 5 Key Insights all episodes Audio notes all episodes Brokered intros all podcast guests LinkedIn Community You may not know this, but our highest and most engaged online community after Instagram is via our LinkedIn page. Join over 2,200 Humans of Purpose fans and followers and join in some great conversations, share your thoughts and see what other listeners from our community are saying about the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ashleigh Streeter-Jones Ashleigh is the Founder and CEO of Raise Our Voice Australia. Raise our voice Australia are a grassroots organisation dedicated to Amplifying diverse young female, trans and non-binary voices to actively lead conversations in politics, domestic and foreign policy. HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You can help sustain our work by Signing Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Early access all episodes Ad free all episodes Full transcripts all episodes 5 Key Insights all episodes Audio notes all episodes Brokered intros all podcast guests LinkedIn Community You may not know this, but our highest and most engaged online community after Instagram is via our LinkedIn page. Join over 2,200 Humans of Purpose fans and followers and join in some great conversations, share your thoughts and see what other listeners from our community are saying about the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Spriggs David is the CEO of Infoxchange, a technology not for profit and social enterprise with over 30 years of history in pursuing a vision of technology for social justice. To learn more about Infoxchange's work or to enquire about partnership opportunities, email mdavis@infoxchange.org. Podcast Links Read about the latest not for profit sector insights in the Digital Tech in the NFP Sector 2022 Report Find great resources, training and a free expert bar for not for profits at the Digital Transformation Hub Get heavily discounted technology products for not for profits at Connecting Up Locate support services for people experiencing hardship using Ask Izzy Discover Australia's largest community service directory at the Service Directory HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You can help sustain our work by Signing Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Early access all episodes Ad free all episodes Full transcripts all episodes 5 Key Insights all episodes Audio notes all episodes Brokered intros all podcast guests LinkedIn Community You may not know this, but our highest and most engaged online community after Instagram is via our LinkedIn page. Join over 2,200 Humans of Purpose fans and followers and join in some great conversations, share your thoughts and see what other listeners from our community are saying about the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Louise Segan Dr Louise Segan is a PhD candidate and cardiologist at Alfred Health and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. She is a passionate and effective advocate for gender equality in cardiology and medicine more broadly. She is also my wife of ten years the mother to my gorgeous son Marlo. Connect with Louise on LinkedIn. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose and you can get a 15% discount on purchases using promo code HUMANSOFPURPOSE. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our global audience of over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. Connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience who are based in major Australian cities, of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 74% are senior professionals in their field. As part of our social enterprise model, we offer just a handful of opportunities per year. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You can help sustain our work by Signing Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Early access all episodes Ad free all episodes Full transcripts all episodes 5 Key Insights all episodes Audio notes all episodes Brokered intros all podcast guests LinkedIn Community You may not know this, but our highest and most engaged online community after Instagram is via our LinkedIn page. Join over 2,200 Humans of Purpose fans and followers and join in some great conversations, share your thoughts and see what other listeners from our community are saying about the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.