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2019/06/13
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2026/09/29
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Tea with Jules Sebastian. We will spill tea, share stories and take away life lessons from meaningful conversations. Pop the kettle on - it's time for tea!
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The Secret To Backing Yourself, Feeling Good and Building a Life You Love | Sally Obermeder
2026/09/29
Television presenter, author, entrepreneur and mum of two Sally Obermeder returns to Tea with Jules, eleven years after her first visit. The day before she welcomed her daughter Annabel, Sally was diagnosed with aggressive stage 3 breast cancer, entering motherhood while facing chemotherapy, surgery and enormous uncertainty. What she built on the other side of that is a story of pure resilience.
In this warm, funny and genuinely useful chat, Sally and Jules talk about backing yourself when you feel completely ordinary, taking the leap before you can see the other side, and the quiet belief that if she can do it, you can too. Sally opens up with real honesty about the fear that she had used up all her good luck surviving cancer, running a business through a stressful name change (Swish is now Ziish), why the bigger a business gets the heavier the load, and the pressure social media puts on all of us to do everything at once. Then the girls get practical with Sally's no fuss wellness routine, before finishing on Real Housewives of Sydney, the lesson it unexpectedly taught her, and a beautiful reminder to put yourself back on the list.
Connect with Sally Obermeder and Ziish:
Website: ziish.com
Instagram: @sallyobermeder
SALLY'S SIMPLE WELLNESS ROUTINESally's "how to start" guide for anyone feeling overwhelmed by where to begin (from around the 33 minute mark):
Start simple. Don't buy everything. Pick just one or two areas you struggle with most, usually energy, skin or sleep.Morning: A super greens shot to bridge the gap on the vegetables most of us don't eat, plus an NAD supplement for cellular energy.Through the day: Add collagen to your coffee or tea for skin.Night: Choose one, a sleep support if you need it, or hair and gut health support if you don't.Also worth it in your 40s: Creatine every day (women only need three to five grams, not the 20 grams the gym myths are based on), and getting your protein up, which is where an unflavoured protein you can add to any meal comes in.
CHAPTERS00:00 — Welcome Back, Sally Obermeder: Eleven Years On
02:14 — The Intention: If She Can Do It, So Can You
04:43 — Finding Purpose, and Why Feeling Good Changes Everything
06:07 — Life Is a Rollercoaster, Not a Steady Climb
07:52 — The Skill of Backing Yourself and Taking the Leap
11:02 — Feeling Like She'd Used Up All Her Good Luck
14:33 — How Therapy Helped Her Let Go of the Story She Was Carrying
16:22 — Ambition, and Why the Goalposts Always Move
19:48 — Jumping From Lily Pad to Lily Pad: Running on Gut Instinct
22:40 — The Highlight Reel: Why Nobody Is Really "Killing It"
24:00 — Running a Business Is Like Being a Firefighter
27:40 — The Name Change, the Trademark Battle and the Bonfire of Cash
32:36 — Getting Practical: Where to Start With Wellness
33:58 — Sally's Simple Morning and Night Routine
37:20 — Creatine, Protein and the Myths Worth Debunking
42:20 — You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup: Putting Yourself in the Loop
45:41 — Real Housewives of Sydney: How It Came About
56:41 — On the Personal Brand Pressure and Simpler Social Media Days
57:57 — Complete This Sentence: Sally's Rapid Fire Round
01:03:58 — Sally's Pearl of Wisdom: You Are Enough
01:04:15 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Getting Older, Losing Your Mind and the Friendship That Gets You Through | Lisa Johnston
2026/09/15
Strap in for a good old fashioned catch up.
In this episode, Jules sits down with her manager, dear friend and fan favourite Lisa Johnston for one of their much loved life chats. No agenda, no big lessons, just two friends, a lot of banter and some very funny stories. Consider this your permission to feel completely normal about all the chaos of everyday life.
Spring has sprung, and with it comes the great return of leg shaving, a deep and important debate about waxing versus laser, and an unforgettable confession about the rogue chin hairs that arrive out of nowhere the moment you hit a certain age. It's the kind of honest, nobody says this out loud chat that makes you feel gloriously seen.
From there the girls get into Lisa's brave new era on the netball court, the uniform reality nobody warned her about.
This is a warm, silly, feel good episode about the small stuff that makes up a real life. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in for a laugh.
CHAPTERS00:00 — Welcome Back, Lisa Johnston
00:40 — Spring Has Sprung, and So Has the Leg Shaving
01:18 — The Great Debate: Waxing vs Laser
02:33 — Let's Talk About the Rogue Chin Hairs
05:46 — Lisa's Brave New Era: Joining a Netball Team
08:24 — The Uniform Nobody Warned Her About
10:29 — The Marathon, the Runners and a Lot of Admiration
12:02 — Could We All Benefit From a Few Gels?
14:46 — The Saga Begins: The Case of the Missing Purse
18:43 — Then the Keys Went (And They Cost a Fortune)
21:02 — And Then the AirPods
24:30 — Losing Absolutely Everything: A Very Relatable Spiral
27:11 — Lisa Comes Bearing a Gift: The Notebook
28:40 — Writing It All Down, Every Single Day
32:40 — The Netball Grand Final Heartbreak
36:34 — On Sideline Yelling and Being the Scary Coach
38:53 — Coach Lisa: Adding It to the Bio
39:50 — Words to Live By: Don't Lose Stuff
40:34 — The Theme Park and the Car Keys
41:09 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
Connect with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Woman Behind Big Little Lies on Storytelling, Success and Returning to the Book That Changed Everything | Liane Moriarty
2026/09/08
Liane Moriarty is one of Australia's most loved and successful authors, the brilliant mind behind Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers and The Husband's Secret, and so many other stories that have captivated millions of readers around the world.
Her writing is funny, clever, sometimes dark, and always incredibly observant about the way we live, love and relate to one another. And now she's returning to the world of Big Little Lies with her new novel, Big Little Truths.
In this joyful and fascinating conversation, Jules, a self confessed book lover who treats authors like rock stars, sits down with Liane to go behind the curtain of one of the great writing careers. They begin with Liane's origin story, growing up the eldest of six, and the dad who paid her a dollar a book to write stories as a child, giving her her very first publishing deal. She shares the winding road through advertising and marketing, the sisterly rivalry that lit the spark, and how she finally came to write her first novel.
Liane is wonderfully candid about the craft itself, why she doesn't read her own genre, how she treats writing like a nine to five job, where her ideas actually come from, and the panic of having an idea that's a little too close to someone else's. Liane tells the story of Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon optioning Big Little Lies, what it was like to live with her characters as they came to life on screen, the strange experience of watching someone else interpret your work, and being bored on a set surrounded by Meryl Streep, Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon.
Warm, funny and full of insight, this is a real treat for book lovers and storytellers alike. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.
Connect with Liane Moriarty:
Website: https://www.lianemoriarty.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lianemoriartyauthor/
CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Liane Moriarty
00:44 — Like Having Beyoncé in the Chair: Jules the Super Fan
01:36 — The Origin Story: Eldest of Six and a Family of Storytellers
02:13 — The Dad Who Paid a Dollar a Book: Her First Publishing Deal
02:28 — Dead Man's Island and the Enid Blyton Influence
03:32 — The Winding Road Through Advertising and Marketing
04:14 — The Sister Who Published First, and the Spark It Lit
07:05 — Why She Doesn't Read Her Own Genre
08:14 — Treating Writing Like a Nine to Five Job
10:00 — Where the Ideas Actually Come From
12:35 — The Panic of an Idea That's a Little Too Close
13:55 — Plotting, Pantsing and Finding the Story
17:23 — The Balance of Light and Dark in Life and Fiction
19:01 — When Your Books Aren't for Everyone
19:39 — Writing So the Reader Feels Okay at the End
22:19 — The Introvert Who Observes Everything
25:41 — Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and the Call That Changed Everything
27:19 — "If We Option It, Get Excited"
28:37 — Living With Your Characters as They Come to Life on Screen
30:23 — When a Character Is Different on Screen Than on the Page
32:03 — Why Everyone Interprets a Book Differently
34:57 — Bored on Set With Meryl Streep, Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon
37:02 — Big Little Truths: The Women Are Perimenopausal Now
38:03 — The Deeper Themes: Shame, Individuality and More
38:37 — So What Are the Truths Now?
41:57 — Why the Truth Is Always Changing
42:49 — Two Audiences: The Book Readers and the Show Watchers
49:04 — The Pressure of Success and the "What Does She Do Next" Feeling
51:26 — Why She's Simply Looking Forward to the Next Book
53:04 — Her One Profound Answer, and the Birthday Party Wisdom
56:19 — If She Could Tell Her Younger Self One Thing: Wear Sunscreen
57:32 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On Building an Empire, Walking Away, and Finding What Really Matters | Lisa Messenger
2026/09/01
Lisa Messenger is one of Australia's most recognisable entrepreneurs, best known for building The Collective Hub into a global media brand that inspired millions of people to think differently about business, creativity and taking risks.
But Lisa has never been someone to stand still. She has spent her career reinventing herself, and today that reinvention looks a little different. The Collective Hub has evolved into a digital community and app, she's become a passionate advocate for helping people embrace AI in practical ways, and she's continuing to challenge what modern entrepreneurship can look like. She's also, in her own words, living on a farm with 29 chickens, a three-year-old, and another baby on the way.
In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, Jules and Lisa talk about reinvention, motherhood, identity, AI and what it really means to build a life that evolves as you do. Lisa opens up with remarkable honesty about the rise and the reality of The Collective Hub, growing too fast, losing control, and the brave decision to let go of the thing everyone knew her for. She and Jules go deep on the identity question that follows, who are you when the thing that defined you falls away, and how you learn to hold your achievements a little more loosely.
This is an uplifting, honest and inspiring conversation about the courage to keep becoming who you're meant to be. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.
Connect with Lisa Messenger and The Collective Hub:
Website: https://collectivehub.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisamessenger/
The Collective Hub: https://www.instagram.com/collectivehub/
CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Lisa Messenger
01:14 — Setting the Intention: Anything Is Possible
01:33 — The Pinup Girl for Doing It Anyway
02:33 — Farm Life, 29 Chickens and a Baby on the Way
02:47 — Why She Says No More Than She Says Yes
05:15 — The Queen of Reinvention
06:22 — Forty Books and a Life of Curiosity
07:52 — Writing Fiction: The Story of Jess and Justin
08:15 — What's Next: The New Book, Matchstick
11:07 — Where It Began: The Collective Hub Magazine
14:50 — Growing Too Fast and Losing Control
15:21 — The Systems and Processes She Never Had
19:27 — The Brave Decision to Let It Go
22:13 — Who Am I With All of That Stripped Away?
23:05 — Attaching Your Identity to the Thing You Built
25:26 — When Fewer People Want a Piece of You
27:44 — We Meet People at Different Stages of Their Lives
32:43 — The Collective Hub Reborn as a Community and App
34:42 — Live Sessions, AI Tools and a New Digital Age
37:55 — From Technologically Inept to AI Advocate
41:04 — Model the Greats: How She Teaches AI
42:53 — Her Simple Secret: Just Keep Asking
45:20 — Getting Productive and Protecting Her Time
46:41 — The Fertility Journey: Eight Years and 18 Rounds of IVF
47:57 — Surrogacy and Welcoming a Second Baby
48:55 — The Sweetest Question From Her Son
51:57 — Why Success Means Less to Her Now
53:45 — What She Wishes More Women Knew Before Chasing Success
54:46 — Reinventing Is Fun
55:19 — Barefoot, Giggling and Truly Happy
56:16 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Truth About AI, and Why Women Can't Afford to Sit It Out | Dr Nici Sweaney
2026/08/25
Dr Nici Sweaney is one of Australia's leading voices on artificial intelligence, but what makes her story so compelling isn't just her credentials. It's her mission to make AI accessible, practical and empowering, especially for women.
She understands AI from the inside out: the algorithms, the machine learning, the data, and the biases that shape the technology we're all beginning to rely on. In 2022, as generative AI emerged, Nici had a feeling the world was about to change. She famously woke her partner up in the middle of the night to say, this is going to change everything. She was right.
Since launching AI Her Way, she has built a multi-million dollar business while raising four children, working a four day week, and teaching thousands of women how to confidently embrace AI rather than fear it. She was named Australia's Female AI Leader of the Year, featured on the Forbes Women 2025 list, and recognised by Microsoft as one of the top AI entrepreneurs to watch. Earlier this year, when Reese Witherspoon encouraged millions of women to start learning about AI, she pointed people toward just a handful of experts, including Dr Nici Sweaney.
She's also refreshingly honest about the risks. Privacy and what you should never share, the emotional attachment trap, why these tools get things wrong, and the powerful conversations she has with her own children about how they use it. If AI has ever made you feel overwhelmed, behind or a little afraid, this is the conversation that changes everything. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.
Connect with Dr Nici Sweaney and AI Her Way:
Website: https://aiherway.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ai_herway/
CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Dr Nici Sweaney
01:33 — Setting the Intention: Empowerment, Not Overwhelm
02:32 — Let's Talk About the Fear Around AI
04:33 — The Real Risk: Losing Our Creativity and Critical Thinking
05:13 — Why Fear Isn't an Excuse to Step Away
06:48 — Moving Fast: Don't Become an Early Lagger
09:29 — Why Women Need to Help Shape AI Right Now
13:04 — Bias, and Why These Tools Start to Represent Us
14:47 — Privacy: What You Should Never Share
15:44 — A Real Example: Using AI to Triage Your Inbox
18:53 — The Emotional Attachment Trap
19:17 — The Morning Her Five-Year-Old Ran In
23:03 — Kids and AI: The Rules She Has at Home
23:27 — The Exercise She Set Her Eleven-Year-Old
25:24 — Why Our Kids Will Need These Skills
29:30 — Think of AI Like an Intern
29:46 — Or a Puppy You Have to Train
28:37 — Why AI Gets Things Wrong, and How to Handle It
32:03 — AI as the Operating System for Your Life
37:01 — Where to Start: Just Pick One Task
37:30 — The Magic Prompt: Ask AI to Interview You
39:38 — Is It Supposed to Be This Hard?
40:43 — A Simple Example: Making Time for Lunch
43:25 — Custom GPTs and Getting AI to Read and Write for You
47:31 — Running a Multi-Million Dollar Business With Two People
48:40 — What Actually Is an AI Agent?
49:16 — The Difference Between an Assistant and an Agent
53:19 — How She Designs an Agent
57:40 — Why Creativity Is Becoming Less About Technical Skill
59:42 — The Place Only Humans Can Sit
01:02:37 — The Gift of Time, and Why She Lies Awake Grateful
01:04:23 — Her Biggest Fear if Women Don't Embrace AI
01:04:54 — How You Know AI Is Being Used Well
01:05:39 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Story Behind Bachelor Girl and One of Australia's Most Loved Songs | Tania Doko
2026/08/18
Tania Doko is the powerhouse voice behind Bachelor Girl, whose music has become part of the soundtrack to Australian life.
Tania and James Roche formed Bachelor Girl in 1992, and their debut album Waiting for the Day went double platinum and won the ARIA Award for Producer of the Year. It delivered Buses and Trains, a song that won APRA Song of the Year, sits in Australia's 100 Greatest Songs, and remains one of the most played Australian songs of the past 25 years.
Now Bachelor Girl are celebrating that iconic debut with a beautiful reimagined release, featuring Delta Goodrem, Jessica Mauboy, Darren Hayes, Tommy Emmanuel and, in a full circle moment for Jules, her husband Guy Sebastian. But this conversation goes far beyond fame and songwriting.
Jules, a self confessed super fan, sits down with Tania to talk about the woman behind the voice. They explore how Tania first discovered she could sing and the natural high she has chased ever since, her Greek heritage and unconventional path into music, and the story of how Buses and Trains, a song she never dreamed would be a hit, came to capture the imagination of a nation.
Connect with Tania Doko and Bachelor Girl:
Website: https://taniadoko.com/
Bachelor Girl: https://bachelorgirl.com/
CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Tania Doko of Bachelor Girl
01:08 — Jules the Super Fan Has Her Moment
05:05 — Why Music Takes Us Back Like Nothing Else
08:38 — Greek Heritage and an Unconventional Path Into Music
12:55 — Discovering She Could Sing
14:16 — The Natural High of Singing That's Never Been Replaced
18:37 — Getting Signed by Two Major Labels
21:04 — Buses and Trains: The Universal Song That Captured a Nation
21:50 — Why She Never Thought It Would Be a Hit
24:35 — Writing Songs in a Cubby House
26:34 — Finding Success in Sweden and Scandinavia
28:30 — Protecting the Voice: The Reality of Your Instrument
35:56 — The Wedding Ring Story
38:49 — Facing Burnout
40:51 — The Brave Decision to Bring Bachelor Girl Back
42:59 — Getting Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
44:25 — The Prison Gig That Moved Her to Tears
45:52 — A Songwriter's Dream: Hearing the Album Reimagined
50:06 — Going Into Hiding, and Coming Back Out
51:39 — You Are Afraid, Reimagined With Kaylee Bell
54:06 — Singing With Guy and the Full Circle Moment
55:21 — The Meaning Behind Permission to Shine
57:00 — The Most Adventurous Project of Her Career
59:43 — A Live Moment: Stare at Real Love
01:01:46 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to Reinvent Yourself, Let Go and Find What Really Matters | Pip Edwards
2026/08/11
Content note: this episode includes discussion of the Bondi tragedy and its aftermath. Please listen with care. If you need support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.
Pip Edwards is one of Australia's most recognised entrepreneurs and creative leaders. Best known for co-founding P.E Nation, she helped redefine the way women think about activewear, building a global brand that blended fashion, performance and culture. But in this conversation, it is not just about business. It is about everything that happens behind the success.
Eleven years after her very first appearance on Tea with Jules, Pip returns for a conversation that goes far deeper than fashion. She and Jules talk about where her unwavering self belief really comes from, the show must go on mentality she inherited, and the years of hard situations the universe kept sending her way.
Pip is remarkably open about the identity and purpose crisis that came with stepping away from P.E Nation, the brand that literally carried her initials. She talks about how those initials began to haunt her, the therapy and surrender it took to let go, and why standing down from the thing you built can be the bravest move of all. She shares the story of her new venture, and her powerful decision to put her voice behind breaking the silence on menopause, a topic she has been talking about openly for years before the rest of the world caught up.
And she speaks, with extraordinary honesty and grace, about the day of the Bondi tragedy. How a friend rolled her under a van and shielded her. What it does to you to be that close to something so devastating. And the profound clarity that came after, about fear, purpose, her son, and what truly matters.
This is an honest conversation about ambition, identity, reinvention and building a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks from the outside. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.
Connect with Pip Edwards:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pip_edwards1/
Biolae: https://www.instagram.com/biolaehealth/
If this episode raised anything for you:
Lifeline — 13 11 14 (24/7) — https://www.lifeline.org.au
Beyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 — https://www.beyondblue.org.au
CHAPTERS00:00 — Welcome Back, Pip Edwards
01:23 — Eleven Years On: The OG Tea with Jules Guest Returns
02:14 — What's in a Name: The Meaning Behind Pip
09:11 — Clothes as a Second Skin: Style, Confidence and Owning Who You Are
12:40 — Where Does the Self Belief Come From?
13:27 — The Show Must Go On: High Standards and How She Was Raised
15:14 — Through the Hard Years, and What They Taught Her
20:00 — Building It Alone: Motherhood and Providing
22:40 — When the Initials Started to Haunt Her
25:01 — Letting Go of P.E Nation, the Brand That Was Her Baby
26:21 — The Yes Girl Who Never Learned Balance
31:13 — Add a Little Menopause to the Mix
32:33 — The Identity and Purpose Crisis
33:52 — Therapy, Surrender and Learning to Let Go
36:04 — Why Standing Down Can Be the Bravest Thing
37:45 — A New Venture and a New Chapter
39:13 — Breaking the Silence on Menopause
41:01 — The Symptoms, the Trial and Error, the Truth
45:46 — Putting Her Voice Behind the Cause
48:18 — The Day of the Bondi Tragedy
50:17 — The Friend Who Shielded Her
52:13 — Being Able to Talk About It, Through the Work
57:04 — Acceptance, and What Really Matters
58:15 — Skiing, and Crying Because She Was Alive
01:00:32 — When Her Son Came Home
01:04:45 — The Biggest Risk She Ever Took
01:06:09 — Self-Care Isn't a Joke
01:08:38 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Truth About Real Confidence, Body Image and Showing Up For Yourself | Emily Skye
2026/08/04
Emily Skye is one of Australia's most recognisable voices in fitness and wellbeing, but her story is about so much more than exercise.
In this warm and honest conversation, Jules sits down with Emily to talk about what really sits beneath a life that looks strong from the outside. Emily opens up about growing up as an insecure, shy girl who couldn't cope with the everyday, her later ADHD and autism diagnoses, and the years she spent chasing love and acceptance in all the wrong places before discovering that movement made her feel, in her words, like a superhero.
Emily is refreshingly real about the thing so many of us get stuck on: seeking validation from other people. Her message is simple and hard won. You cannot get worth from outside yourself. It doesn't work. Take it from her.
Together, Jules and Emily explore why feeling good matters more than looking good, how to build movement into a busy life without the guilt, and why you have to put yourself first before you can show up for everyone else. They talk about the pressure women carry, navigating hormones and menopause, the power of strength training as we age, gut health, and learning to speak to yourself the way you'd speak to your own child.
This is a conversation about confidence, self-worth and being kind to yourself in a world that constantly tells you you're not doing enough. You are. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.
Connect with Emily Skye:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyskyefit/
Website: https://emilyskyefit.com/
CHAPTERS00:00 — Welcome, Emily Skye
01:21 — Her Intention: You're Not Alone, and You're Not Failing
02:03 — The Shy, Insecure Girl Who Couldn't Cope
02:52 — Understanding It Now: ADHD and Autism
05:37 — Finding Fitness and Feeling Like a Superhero
07:12 — Sharing It With the World, and Chasing the Wrong Things
12:56 — The Hard Truth: Validation From Others Doesn't Work
16:05 — Why How You Feel Inside Has to Come First
17:39 — Don't Overthink It, Just Move
19:54 — You Never Regret Exercising
21:22 — Building the Habit and Setting Yourself Up to Win
22:02 — Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First
25:09 — Feeling Good Beats Looking Good
27:06 — Hormones, Menopause and a Changing Body
29:52 — Releasing the Pressure: Why Do I Need To?
32:47 — The Postpartum Moment That Changed Everything
33:37 — Protect Your Peace: Removing the Triggers
36:26 — Am I a Good Mum? The Questions We All Ask
38:30 — Why Strength Training Is Gold as We Age
43:30 — Gut Health and the Food That Fuels You
50:52 — Back to Basics: Keep It Simple
54:09 — Talk to Yourself the Way You'd Talk to Your Child
55:48 — Letting Go of People Pleasing
57:17 — Feeling Strongest When You Show Up for Yourself
01:00:04 — The Never-Ending To-Do List
01:00:38 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Secret to Real Happiness, From the Man They Call Dr Happy | Dr Tim Sharp
2026/07/28
Content warning: This episode includes an honest discussion of depression and suicidal thoughts. Please listen with care. If you or someone you know needs support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.
He's called Dr Happy. And he's lived with depression for most of his adult life.
In this genuinely profound conversation, Jules sits down with Dr Tim Sharp, clinical and coaching psychologist, founder of The Happiness Institute, best selling author and one of Australia's leading voices in positive psychology. But as Jules discovers, the power of Tim's story isn't the title. It's everything sitting behind it.
Tim built an entire career around happiness while privately battling severe depression and suicidal thoughts, and spending years believing he wasn't good enough, smart enough or worthy enough. His honesty about that gap between the public persona and the private reality is what makes this episode land so deeply.
Together, Jules and Tim unpack what happiness actually is, and why most of us have been chasing the wrong version of it. Tim explains why you're not supposed to feel good all the time, why negative emotions aren't the enemy, and why the pressure to be happy every minute of every day is quietly making us miserable. He shares the simple daily practices that genuinely move the needle, the beauty of finding joy in the mundane school run and the everyday moments, and a powerful approach to sitting with difficult feelings instead of running from them.
His final pearl of wisdom is simple, and Jules says she's printing it out for every wall in her house. Love yourself. Love others. Love the world.
This is one of those conversations that might just change what you're really searching for. Pour yourself a cup of tea, and settle in.
Connect with Dr Tim Sharp (Dr Happy):
Website: https://drhappy.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappinessinstitute/
If this episode raised anything for you:
Lifeline — 13 11 14 (24/7) — https://www.lifeline.org.au
Beyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 — https://www.beyondblue.org.au
CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Dr Tim Sharp, Australia's Dr Happy
02:27 — Setting the Intention: If This Helps Just One Person
03:20 — What Is Happiness, Really? Why We've Got It Wrong
04:32 — Positive and Negative Emotions: Why None of Them Are Bad
08:47 — The Three to One Ratio, and Why It's Not About the Numbers
09:46 — The Power of Gratitude: Noticing What We Overlook
10:45 — Finding Joy in the Mundane: The School Run and the Everyday
13:14 — Why Do We Feel We Need to Be Excited All the Time?
14:33 — Learning to Sit With Your Own Thoughts
15:22 — Lost and Found: The Story Behind Tim's Latest Book
17:46 — The Beauty of Getting Lost, and Why Failure Is Part of the Path
21:52 — Don't Think About White Polar Bears: Why Fighting Thoughts Fails
24:34 — The RAIN Method: A Practical Way to Handle Hard Emotions
29:21 — The Hardest Part: Tim on Living With Depression
32:04 — The Turning Point That Changed Everything
35:22 — Why We Hit Our Forties and Realise We Need to Reassess
38:07 — Chasing Success, Nice Things, and What Actually Fulfils Us
40:27 — Fifty Years of Research, One Answer: Other People Matter
42:30 — A Practical Happiness Check-In You Can Do Today
43:17 — Are You Choosing Happiness? The Daily Question That Matters
47:20 — Dr Tim's Pearl of Wisdom: Love Yourself, Love Others, Love the World
47:46 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What "Having It All" Really Means & Letting Go of the Stories That Define Us!
2026/07/21
A proper heart-to-heart.
In this solo episode, Jules goes deep on something she's been thinking about a lot lately: letting go of the things that define us. The stories we carry, the pressure we put on ourselves, and whether the version of success we're chasing was even ours to begin with.
Jules opens up about a belief she carried for almost her whole life, that she wasn't smart, formed in year four over a struggle with fractions, and how that single story quietly shaped her decisions, her confidence and the way she walked into rooms for decades. It's a powerful reminder of how the labels we accept about ourselves can become an identity we never actually chose.
From there, Jules explores the beliefs so many of us carry without questioning. I'm too emotional. I'm bad with money. I'm behind in life. I'm only valuable when I'm productive. She talks about where these stories come from, how repetition turns them into truth, and the gentle, everyday ways we can start creating evidence against the lie.
Asking if whether "having it all" is really the goal, or whether we've confused having it all with doing it all. Because a life that looks full from the outside can still feel empty inside. Success, she reminds us, looks different in every season. Sometimes it's ambition. Sometimes it's healing. Sometimes it's simply resting.
This is a warm, gentle, permission-giving episode. Put the phone down, take a breath, and let yourself just be for a little while.
CHAPTERS00:00 — Welcome In: Wherever You Are, This Moment Is Guilt-Free
01:32 — Today's Heart-to-Heart: Letting Go of the Things That Define Us
02:09 — The Question That Changes Everything: What Beliefs Am I Carrying That Aren't True?
03:41 — Smartness Comes in All Kinds of Ways: Rewriting the Story
05:41 — Healing Starts With Awareness: Creating Evidence Against the Lie
06:37 — Jules Gets Honest: The Instagram Scroll That Took Her Out for a Day
08:12 — Spotting the Pattern Behind Anxiety and Sadness
10:21 — Just Because Something Is Normal Doesn't Mean It's Healthy
11:41 — Why Women Are Conditioned to Seek Approval, and the Cost of It
12:44 — Is Having It All Really the Goal?
14:09 — Define Success for Yourself, or the World Will Do It for You
15:09 — Share, Subscribe & Come Say Hi
Connect with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
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The Phone Call Every Parent Fears, and What She Built From It | Leah Ashton - Hand in Hand
2026/07/14
Content note: This episode includes discussion of suicide and mental health. Please listen with care. If you need support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.
Some conversations change the way you see everything.
In this episode, Jules sits down with Leah Ashton, the founder of Hand in Hand in Ballarat, an organisation dedicated to supporting people experiencing mental health challenges and social isolation. The story behind Hand in Hand is one Leah tells here with extraordinary honesty and courage. It began with a chance conversation on a flight. Then, at the end of 2023, Leah's world fell apart. A phone call in the early hours of the morning. Her 21-year-old son, seven hours away in South Australia. Her husband overseas. What was first thought to be a car accident turned out to be something else entirely, and it was her son's best friend who finally told her the truth.
Out of that came a truth she now shares with every parent who will listen. You cannot fix your child. They do not want to be fixed. They want you to be present. Just sit with them, in it.
Jules and Leah talk about why mental health does not discriminate, why the conversations we are most afraid to have with our kids are the ones they most want to have, how loneliness and disconnection are quietly hurting communities, and the simple, small ways any of us can reach out to someone who might need it.
Connect with Leah Ashton and Hand in Hand:
Hand in Hand: https://www.handinhand.org.au/
Sebastian Foundation: https://www.sebastianfoundation.org/
If this episode raised anything for you:
Lifeline — 13 11 14 (24/7) — https://www.lifeline.org.au
Beyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 — https://www.beyondblue.org.au
Kids Helpline — 1800 55 1800 — https://kidshelpline.com.au
CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Leah Ashton and the Work of Hand in Hand
01:16 — All the Way From Ballarat: A Community That Rallied
03:16 — A Chance Conversation on a Flight That Started Everything
04:43 — Hand in Hand Begins, and Then the World Falls Apart
05:15 — The Phone Call in the Early Hours of the Morning
06:20 — Forty-Eight Hours in a Hospital, and the Truth From a Best Friend
07:48 — "He Had a Loving Family, a Job, Friends. It Doesn't Discriminate."
10:52 — The Voicemail, and the Longest Twenty Minutes of Her Eldest Son's Life
12:08 — The Ripple Effect: How It Moves Through an Entire Family
14:55 — The Questions That Haunt a Parent: Was There a Reason? Did I Miss Something?
17:44 — "You Can't Fix Everything. Your Child Doesn't Want to Be Fixed."
19:19 — Letting the Whole Family In, and the Phone That Stays on Override
20:32 — The Burning Building: Understanding What That Moment Feels Like
21:42 — Living With the Demons: Why Mental Health Isn't Ever Simply Fixed
23:53 — Turning Pain Into Purpose, and the Cost of Reliving It
26:40 — Putting the Smile Back on the Dial
29:33 — The Talk at the School and the Student Who Ran Across the Room
31:49 — It's Not About Saying the Right Thing. Just Be There.
32:39 — The Stories People Carry, and Why Sharing the Load Matters
34:19 — Feeling Alone? Practical Ways to Build a Community From Nothing
36:03 — The Friday Night Cocktail Hour That Sparked Its Own Communities
37:21 — Why the Person You'd Least Expect Might Be the One Struggling
38:40 — Why a Generation That Can Handle Their Emotions Changes Everything
41:07 — One Thing For Yourself: Forgive Yourself
43:09 — One Thing For Someone Else: Never Assume
43:57 — Leah's Pearl of Wisdom: "Life Doesn't Get Easier, But We Can Be More Honest About It"
45:25 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
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The Feng Shui Secrets That Could Change Your Health, Money & Relationships | Kelly McCloskey
2026/07/07
What if your home already knew things about your life that you have never told anyone?
In this fascinating episode, Jules sits down with Feng Shui master Kelly McCloskey, one of Australia's leading voices in the ancient art and science of Feng Shui. Kelly left a dream job selling real estate in Melbourne to study this 2,000-year-old practice, a decision so unexpected her own father asked her mother if she had joined a cult. Fifteen years later, she has guided thousands of people to transform their homes, their health, their wealth and their relationships, simply by understanding the energy of the spaces they live in.
Jules and Kelly deep dive into what Feng Shui actually is, and what it is not. This is not lucky cats and red ribbons around your taps. Kelly explains the real thing: how the front door, the bedroom, the fridge and even a single open window can be quietly shaping your life, and how one client's jaw hit the floor when Kelly predicted a serious health issue just by reading the energy of his home. His response, how did you know that, might be the most chilling moment of the episode.
Along the way you will learn why the artwork behind your bed matters more than you think, how Kelly has manifested everything from a husband to a beach house to an actual kitten, why decluttering is one of the most powerful things you can do for your energy, what to look for when buying a home, and the simple, practical changes any of us can make this week to invite more calm, clarity and abundance into our lives.
Connect with Kelly McCloskey:
Website: https://kellymccloskey.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellymccloskey_fengshui/
Link to "Decluttering Episode" with Anita Birges
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-secret-to-a-calm-house-anita-birges/id1468288374?i=1000738117133
CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introducing Feng Shui Master Kelly McCloskey
01:01 — "Is She Going to Know Everything About Me?": Jules' Feng Shui Nerves
02:07 — Why Your Feng Shui Is Different to Your Neighbour's
02:36 — What Feng Shui Actually Is: Wind, Water and the 24 Sectors
03:32 — "How Did You Know That?": The Health Prediction That Stunned a Client
04:26 — What It Means to Be Out of Luck, and Your Power Sector Explained
05:20 — Leaving Real Estate for Feng Shui: "My Dad Asked If I'd Joined a Cult"
06:54 — The Three Lucks: Earth, Heaven and Human
08:18 — Why Some Restaurants Thrive and Others Fail
09:50 — The Houses That Made Her a Believer: Cancer, Separation and Forced Sales
10:33 — Her Own Home: Why Even a Master Lives in a Work in Progress
12:36 — Order and Clutter: Why a Messy Home Blocks Clear Thinking
13:27 — Broken Things and Great Aunt Mary's Artwork: What to Get Rid Of
14:01 — Behind the Bed: The Manifesting Spot That Brought a Husband, Kids and a Kitten
15:17 — Jules Confesses What Is Actually Behind Her Bed
17:31 — Light Up Your Front Door: The Simplest Energy Fix
19:01 — Water, Wealth and Activating the Right Sectors
20:31 — How Everyday Taps, Basins and Toilets Activate Energy
25:08 — Reading a Home Before You Buy: Feng Shui and Property
26:13 — Trusting Your Instinct: Why Some Spaces Just Feel Wrong
30:11 — The Fridge: A Surprising Big Activator in Your Home
31:00 — Red Ribbons in Bali: Why Feng Shui Gets a Bad Rap
32:23 — Classical Feng Shui vs the Western Version
33:19 — You Don't Need to Bulldoze: Small Tweaks, Big Shifts
34:55 — How to Get a Reading With Kelly
39:08 — Cactuses, Pointy Plants and What Not to Put at Your Front Door
40:04 — Guy Takes the Floor: "Be Brutal"
41:23 — Declutter Time: The Final Word
42:04 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
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Kate Reeves: "Every Seven Years You're a Whole New Person" - Divorce, Reinvention and the Power of Feeling Known
2026/06/30
Kate Reeves and We Don't Have Time For This:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katerevz/
Know Thyself Live Show: https://www.wedonthavetimeforthis.com/knowthyself
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/we-dont-have-time-for-this/id1544178687
In this episode, Jules sits down with Kate Reeves, co-founder and co-host of the wildly successful podcast We Don't Have Time For This. Alongside her best friend of more than thirty years, Gemma Peanut, Kate has built one of Australia's most loved podcast communities, turning honest conversations about modern womanhood into sold-out live shows and a thriving business. But behind the laughs is a woman who has navigated real and significant change, including divorce, co-parenting, and rebuilding her life in ways she never expected.
Jules and Kate go deep on what it really takes to keep showing up when life does not go to plan. They talk about the vulnerability hangover that comes from sharing your life publicly. Kate opens up honestly about her divorce, the word she made peace with, and the enormous decision to step outside the lines of the life everyone expected her to live. She shares what co-parenting has taught her, the things our children pick up whether we like it or not, and the hope she carries for the kind of relationships they will one day build.
There is a beautiful theme running through this conversation about getting quiet in a noisy world, why silence has become the new luxury, and how life speaks to us first in whispers and then in shouts until we finally listen. Kate and Jules also explore the magic of building something with a best friend, the cruelty women can show one another online, why no woman is confident as a baseline, and the single most powerful feeling of all, which is not simply being seen but being truly known.
Wise, warm, hilarious and deeply moving, this is a conversation about reinvention, friendship, and giving yourself permission to change.
CHAPTERS
00:00 — Intro Kate Reeves of "We Don't Have Time For This"
03:50 — Best Friends Since Eleven: The Origin of Kate and Gemma
06:21 — How the Podcast Was Born Out of Covid and United Mothers
09:34 — The Vulnerability Hangover and Why 40 Means Giving Fewer F*^%$
15:34 — When the Dads on the Sports Field Have Heard Everything
20:09 — "You Were Married to One": Talking Openly About Her Divorce
22:12 — Finding the Word She Felt Comfy With and the Mountain of the Decision
25:27 — What You Resist Persists: Life Speaks in Whispers Then Shouts
26:53 — Silence Is the New Luxury: Where a Mum Finds Space to Think
29:23 — Co-Parenting, What Kids Witness and What They Pick Up
33:52 — Building a Business With Your Best Friend on a Very Small Team
36:29 — Love What You Do: The Hours, the Hustle and the Why
40:55 — Is It the Truth? The Only Guiding Light Behind Every Episode
41:46 — "This Feels Like Church": The Live Shows and Feeling Known
42:51 — Know Thyself: The Meaning Behind This Year's Show
46:05 — The Mean Instagram DM and How Kate Handled It
49:36 — No Woman Is Confident as a Baseline
53:35 — Stronger as a Duo: Why You Don't Have to Do It Alone
55:02 — Every Seven Years You Become a Whole New Person
56:11 — Goals Are Allowed to Change: Permission to Evolve
58:25 — The Know Thyself Live Show and Wrapping Up
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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Welcome to Tea with Jules hosted by Jules Sebastian. Here we spill the tea and learn life lessons from honest conversations with experts, celebrities and friends.
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Kylie Jones: How Hitting Rock Bottom at 50 Sparked a Movement for Fearless Women | Fifty & Fearless
2026/06/23
What do you do when your whole life falls apart at 50?
In this deeply moving and genuinely uplifting episode, Jules sits down with Kylie Jones, the founder of Fifty & Fearless, a platform and movement helping women over 50 rediscover their confidence, identity and purpose. But Kylie's story did not begin with inspiration. It began at rock bottom.
In the space of just twelve to fifteen months, Kylie lost both of her parents and was suddenly retrenched from the 30-year career that had defined her. Completely broken and unsure how to even get out of bed each day, she opened her laptop one night and started an anonymous Instagram page. She didn't show her face. She simply began writing the words she needed to hear. Slowly, other women started to find her, and a movement was born.
Jules and Kylie talk about what it really means to come home to yourself in midlife, why so many women wear busy as a badge of honour, and how to release the guilt that comes with choosing yourself. They explore why society teaches us to fear ageing, and why Kylie believes the opposite is true, that women become more powerful, clearer and more qualified for life with every passing year. They also dig into the small, doable changes that reconnect you with the things you used to love, the importance of sitting quietly with your own thoughts, and why your next chapter might just be your best one yet.
Whether you are approaching 50, already there, or simply navigating a season of change, this conversation is a permission slip to stop shrinking and start living.
Connect with Kylie Jones and Fifty & Fearless:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fiftyandfearless/
Website: https://www.fiftyandfearless.com.au/
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/fifty-and-fearless-with-kylie-jones/id1829344250
CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introducing Kylie Jones and the Fifty & Fearless Movement
01:38 — "Maybe Midlife Isn't About Starting Over": The Instagram Post That Started It All
03:06 — Rock Bottom: Losing Both Parents and a 30-Year Career in Months
03:41 — The Night She Opened Her Laptop and Started an Anonymous Page
05:15 — When Friends and Family Realised the Page Was Hers
06:43 — Coming Home to Yourself: What It Actually Means
08:11 — The Wheel of Life and Why Women Put Themselves Last
19:42 — Wearing Busy as a Badge of Honour
20:09 — Choosing Me: Releasing the Guilt of Putting Yourself First
24:36 — Why Brands Still Aren't Speaking to Women Over 50
29:33 — Why Are We Taught to Fear Ageing?
33:21 — The Fifty & Fearless Community and the Women Inspiring Each Other
35:53 — It Doesn't Have to Be a Grand Gesture: Start Small
41:11 — Sitting With Your Own Thoughts in a World That Never Stops
44:28 — Overwhelmed by Information: Why We Need to Switch Off
45:36 — Kylie's Advice: Don't Be Scared of What's Next
47:32 — You Are the Most Qualified You Have Ever Been
47:44 — "You Want to Turn 50 Now, Don't You?"
48:06 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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Sam Wood: Bachelor "Never Told Before" Secrets, Building 28 and Why Strength Training Will Change Your Life in Menopause
2026/06/16
Ten years is a long time. The last time Sam Wood sat down with Jules on Tea with Jules, he was fresh off The Bachelor, newly in love with Snezana, and just beginning to figure out what came next. A lot has happened since then.
In this episode, Jules reunites with one of Australia's most trusted voices in health and fitness, Sam Wood, founder of 28 by Sam Wood but before we get to dumbbells and discipline, Sam takes Jules behind the scenes of The Bachelor in a way he admits he has never quite done before. The story of how a gym client wouldn't take no for an answer. The moment he knew it was Snezana, weeks before the show would let him say so. The uncomfortable reality of dating other women on camera when your heart had already decided and what it was really like to go from a kids fitness trainer nobody knew to the most talked-about man in Australia, almost overnight.
Then the conversation turns to where Sam is most passionate: your health. He delivers some of the most direct, useful fitness advice Jules has had on the podcast. Why strength training is non-negotiable for women over 40. Why you will not get bulky. Why the goal of how you look eventually gives way to something far more powerful. And why, if you are going through perimenopause or menopause and you are not strength training, you are doing yourself the biggest disservice of your life, his words.
Connect with Sam Wood and 28:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samjameswood/
28 by Sam Wood: https://28bysamwood.com/
28 Menopause Program: https://28bysamwood.com/menopause/
CHAPTERS
00:06 — Introducing Sam Wood: One of Australia's Most Trusted Voices in Health and Fitness
01:08 — Welcome Back: Ten Years Since Sam Was Last on Tea with Jules
02:00 — Where It All Started: Gecko Kids and Australia's First Kids Gym
04:50 — How a Gym Client Refused to Take No for an Answer and Changed Everything
07:40 — The Boardroom Audition: Thongs, Jeans and the Head of Channel 10
09:30 — "If You Want It, You're It": The Phone Call That Launched Everything
12:00 — The Untold Story: Knowing It Was Snezana Early and Having to Keep Going Anyway
15:00 — The Producers, the Jeopardy and the Pressure to Keep It Interesting
16:00 — Blake's Situation vs Sam's: Why Sam Was Different from Day One
17:44 — The Moment Snezana Could Tell It Was Real
18:26 — Life After the Finale: The First Night Alone in a Cabin in the Blue Mountains
24:15 — "If You Didn't Pick That Single Mum, You Would Have Been the Most Hated Man in Australia"
28:00 — From the Bachelor to Building 28: The First 12 Months and 5,000 Members in 30 Days
32:00 — Progress Not Perfection: The Philosophy Behind 28 and Why It Actually Works
37:15 — Keeping It Real: Why Showing the Messy Side of Life Builds the Deepest Community
41:00 — What It Feels Like When Your Body Stops Responding the Way It Always Has
42:37 — Why Health and Fitness Is the Greatest Gift You Can Give Yourself
44:20 — Why Your Reason to Train Changes As You Get Older and Why That Matters
45:30 — The Non-Negotiable for Women Over 40: Strength Training, Full Stop
47:00 — You Will Not Get Bulky: Setting the Record Straight Once and for All
50:38 — Thank You Sam Wood and Wrapping Up Tea with Jules
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