Thank you for your support of Season 1 of My Warm Table Podcast.  Sonia Nolan wraps up the Season with an overview of some of the smart conversations with heart we have enjoyed around the warm table.  She shares  how your feedback affirmed her goal to build empathy and perspective by adding more positivity and warmth to the WA media landscape. This episode is also an opportunity to say thank you for all of the wonderful people who contributed to the feast of insights and expertise around My Warm Table. As we look forward to Season 2, we are reflecting on Season 1 - what you liked or what we can improve. Please fill out the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GTLKMHZThank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table and the loyal listeners who make this worthwhile!·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

WA’s own Glambassador Famous Sharron Famous Sharron is the alter ego of creative director, award winning producer and comedian, Bonnie Davies.  Bonnie’s mission in life is to make things ‘unboring’! She gives us a backstage pass into her career in the highs and lows of WA’s comedy and festival scene during COVID, how Famous Sharron was born, and why Bonnie and her alter ego are parochially Perth and ambassadors for regional WA. Duration: 43 minutes. Links:The Gelo CompanyFamous SharronBeach Ball City Beach 28 December Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Annabel Tellis Tunley lives life large! She shares inside knowledge of the British Royals and her adventures of travel and trying her hand at many different jobs gathering memories, stories, friends and fascinating insights along the way! Duration:  50 minutesWant to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Perth based, and internationally renowned business futurist Gihan Perera takes us on a trip to the future.Global business magazine Forbes, rates Gihan as the number 5 social media influencer in the world in his area of expertise – and he is Australia’s number one business futures influencer. Gihan urges us to listen to and amplify the voices and experiences of young people and shares many of the futuristic insights he talks to when he’s on the global conference stage.  We’ll take a trip back to his own childhood warm table and the ideas which formed him and he’ll also challenge us with the many lessons of our past which we need to unlearn in order to be flexible, and fit for the future in a fast changing world. Duration: 51 minutes. Links:Website: https://gihanperera.com/Gihan’s books: Disrupted, Disruption by Design, The Future of LeadershipBook referred to: Future Shock by Alvin TofflerGihan’s podcast: Fit for the FutureFollow Gihan on social media: LinkedIn , YouTube , Twitter: @gihanperera  Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Migraine attacks are not just bad headaches. They can be debilitating and as My Warm Table guest Brenda Moore explains, migraine is a complex genetic neurological disorder.Brenda shares her lived experience of migraine and how after much angst she accepted the disability as a constant in her life, finding effective treatments and life work balance. Brenda has established her own productivity consultancy, working on her own terms and also helping others understand the superpowers of migraine. *NB audio correction:  Brenda refers to some medication as “off-brand” in our interview, but instead this should have been “off-lable”.  Duration: 40 minutes. Links:Happen ConsultingMigraine Australia  Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Kariyarra Noongar woman Sharon Todd has become the first Aboriginal female in WA to direct a funeral company. Sharon shares her road to reaching this business and cultural milestone and how her work deeply resonates with her identity and determination to give Aboriginal people a loving and culturally appropriate farewell. Duration: 49 minutesLinks:Towards the Dreaming Funeral Services: https://www.towardsthedreaming.com.au/Waalitj Foundation: https://www.wf.org.au/Articles about Sharon Todd:Connect with Sharon Todd on LinkedIn Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Street Level Founder and Perth Chapter Lead Milly Main is on a quest to restore the wisdom of the past through a revolutionary movement to bring beauty, connection and sustainable solutions to our streets in Australia. Street Level Australia is an association of local groups working to make Australian places more beautiful and conducive to human flourishing by advancing good urbanism, traditional architecture and quality building.In this Warm Table conversation, Milly shares her perspectives on  urban sprawl and how cars and transport dictate the way we live; we challenge the thinking of developers and demand more beauty and sustainability in our buildings and neighbourhoods.Duration: 34 minutes. Links:Street Level: https://www.streetlevelaustralia.org/ Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Valerio Fantinelli is a personal chef who's created a slice of Italy by hand in his backyard. He offers Perth's most authentic Italian secret dining location.  Together with his wife Anna, Valerio brings the tastes of his Nonna's kitchen, warm welcoming traditions and historic recipes to life at Flour and Fire.Valerio shares his journey from a young, restless pizza boy in Italy to finding his innate talent, place and style as a personal chef in Australia and the enormous acts of love which helped guide his way. Duration: 53 minutesLinks:Flour and FireGino's Slow Food Swan ValleyTerra Madre international slow cooking festival in ItalyWant to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Mike House is one of Australia’s leading survival instructors and leadership coaches.  He has survived several life-threatening situations in the ocean, raging white water and tropical jungle.  Mike shares the leadership lessons learnt when in extreme situations; why we should step out of our comfort zones; learn rhythmic breathing to find calm; and why we should never leave our vehicles if stranded. Duration: 54 minutes.Links:Mike HouseBook: UnshakeableEbook: Why did they leave the vehicle?Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Sr Anne Tormey is a Catholic Nun. She has been a Sister of Mercy for 60 years, devoting her life to the complexities of social justice issues such as modern day slavery and human trafficking while becoming a great reader, thinker, empathiser and encourager of the human spirit.Sr Anne shares her faith, calm and wisdom and leads us in a moment of meditation.  She shares her many reflections on the great Mystics of centuries past, who offer us windows of truth where we can find meaning and stillness in today’s busy and often troubled world. Duration: 25 minutes.Links:Sisters of Mercy    Vatican Council 2     Church in the Modern WorldPierre Teilhard De Chardin   Rumi     Eckhart Tolle   CS Lewis    Thomas MertonMeister Eckhart  Catherine of Siena   Julian of Norwich   Hildegard von BingenEtty HillesumWant to join the conversation on this week’s episode?   Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform. Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/ Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review. Thank you!Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com  Reflection music: excerpt from Hildegard von Bingen – Voices of Angels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6qFCYRQKVA

Professor Camilla Basch Andersen is a professor of law at the University of Western Australia and the founder of Comic Book Contracts which is revolutionising how we engage with big business and become more clear on the behaviours, expectations and services we are signing up to. Do you meticulously read and understand the fine print in every one of the contracts that you sign?  Have you maybe clicked the ‘Yes’ button and inadvertently agreed to give away your first born child?! They do say the devil is in the detail!    Contracts are a part of everyday life and possibly more common that you are aware of … from buying a bus ticket, subscribing to free wifi, shopping online and of course the obvious ones like buying a house or travel insurance.   Imagine if contracts were really easy to understand, more accessible to the average person, and maybe even fun! Duration: 45 minutes.Links:Website: Comic Book ContractsLinkedIn: Professor Camilla Baach Andersen  AureconProactive Think TankBankwestWA Individualised ServicesAlternative ContractingWant to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

As a young boy growing up in Manchester UK, Dr Kieran Hennelly watched the sunkissed, exotic, adventures of the Australian flying doctors on TV. He never imagined that would be his life and vocation, living and working in the WA Kimberley and saving many lives while leading the medical crews and operations of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)WA. Kieran shares his journey of finding his place in the world among rugged terrains, breathtaking landscapes and heart stopping emergencies.  Duration: 37 minutes.Links:Royal Flying Doctor Service Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Lucy Cooke, tech start up entrepreneur is the CEO of SpaceDraft – an innovative and groundbreaking Perth tech start up which will revolutionise how we communicate across time and space, bringing to life and underpinning ideas for Web 3.0, gamification, virtual reality and even providing a new avenue of communication for the neuro-divergent. SpaceDraft is a visual logistics plotting startup that provides a creative planning tool for any virtual or physical service.Hard work, resilience and passion go hand in glove in the start up community and Lucy has this in spades. She’s a pioneer in her field and an inspiration to many, including young women hoping to tread their own career paths in technology.  Lucy shares the story of SpaceDraft and how it is poised to make an impact on a global scale. Duration: 38 minutes.Links:Website: SpaceDraftSign up and create your own SpaceDraft: https://launch.spacedraft.com/registerSpaceDraft on social media:  Facebook  Instagram Twitter LinkedInIf Innovation Could Talk interview with Lucy Cooke Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Professor of Neurotrauma, (Melinda) Lindy Fitzgerald is on a mission to improve outcomes for people who have experienced traumatic injury to their central nervous system.Lindy and her team at Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia have developed a free online concussion short course to help you and I identify and manage concussion to prevent long term issues. It's a relevant and important chat – for the sporty, the aged, those suffering repeated injury from domestic violence or really anyone who sustains a knock to the head. Duration: 36 minutes. Links:Connectivity Traumatic Brain InjuryFree Concussion short courseWant to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!·      Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.·      Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.·      Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Catherine Kolomyjec is studying at Stanford University’s Centre for Compassion and Altruism Research to become a Global Ambassador for Applied Compassion.  She talks to us about her journey in social work, helping to resettle Bosnian refugees in Norway, sending hundreds of postcards to stranded sailors off the coast of WA during COVID lockdown and many more inspiring acts of kindness.  Our table is set for a smart conversation with heart about kindness and compassion. These are core values of this podcast and so I’m delighted to be joined by Catherine - Perth’s own kindness guru -  who is spending every one of her micro moments connecting people and encouraging acts of kindness to create a more compassionate society.  She tells us it’s good for our heart and our brains … and our world.  “The definition of compassion is a deliberate decision to lean into another person’s suffering and a commitment to doing something about it.” – Catherine Kolomyjec   Duration: 34 minutes.  Links: Catherine Kolomyjec LinkedIn Kindness Project Stanford University Centre for Compassion and Altruistic Research Little Box of Happiness Soul Gestures Periscope Crew Amnesty International Santa Maria College Book: Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R Doty  Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review: Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform. Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/ Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you! Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page. Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table. Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Nestled in Victoria Park, Perth WA is a one-of-a-kind, world leading brain rehabilitation centre.  Janet Wagland, CEO of Brightwater Oats Street, tells us about the innovative teamwork at the centre which means clients can learn to take back their lives. We learn what an Occupational Therapist does and how Janet’s talent for competitive rifle shooting has seen her travel the world and represent Australia.  “Because if we don't have a crack and take a bit of a risk and try something different and fail and learn from that in the way we operate ourselves, how can we possibly expect people who we're supporting to go through rehabilitation related to their brain injury to do exactly that? We asked them to trust us to have a go to try something different.” Janet Wagland  You’ll hear:Brightwater Care Group (2:00)What is acquired brain injury? (5:00)Young stroke (6:00)Oats Street Centre history (8:00)Graduation program and criteria (12:00)Working as a team (16:30)Wrap around service (18:30)Innovation and world interest (23:00)Student placements at Oats Street (24:00)What is an Occupational Therapist? (25:30)Janet’s warm table growing up (35:10)Competition rifle shooting (37:00) Duration: 40 minutes. Links:Brightwater Oats StreetSwansea Street Market Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Mark Berridge is an author, speaker and lived adversity expert talking about his book A Fraction Stronger.  It’s a book Mark never imagined he would write. Mark’s high powered corporate career came to an abrupt end in March 2019 following a very serious cycling accident.  It fractured his identity and triggered a personal battle to regain his mobility and reimagine a different life with new meaning.   A Fraction Stronger is an inspirational book about facing adversity with a positive spirit, intentional actions and a can-do attitude. It’s a blueprint on how we can embrace uncertainty and liberate possibility.  After an idyllic childhood in Western Australia Mark now lives in Brisbane and this conversation was recorded over the internet.  Our warm table experience extended to a cup of tea across the ether!  “But sometimes the pathway is broken, and it's dark, and it's hard. And it doesn't have to have light only from above, it can have light from below. And that was what was really making me think about this idea of embers, the coals and the fire, the stuff that might help you find that pathway.”  – Mark Berridge  You’ll hear: Early life in WA (1:10) The accident (3:00) Ambiguity (7.30) Persuasion (10:00) Rebuilding identity (14:00) Embers (19:40) Excerpt from the book (29:00)  Duration: 38 minutes.  Links: Mark Berridge Book: A Fraction Stronger  Audio book now available at:  Authors Direct       Kobo         ChirpbooksWant to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review: Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform. Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/ Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you! Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page. Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table. Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

Life/Work balance and changing careers after 50 requires a growth mindset.  It can be scary but Career Counsellor Lois Keay-Smith reassures us that our skills and experiences can lead to more fulfilling careers and greater joy in life.  We also explore careers after cancer or serious illness through her Churchill Fellowship research project. If you're thinking of a new start in your later years - then this is the episode for you!You’ll hear:What is a career counsellor? (2:00)Tricky transitions (3:10)Career transitions for elite sportspeople (5:10)Inward journey to find a new career fit (8:00)Future of work (9:10)The crossroads of career changes (11:30)Crafting the story of your career and life in a resume (13:00)LinkedIn (16:50)Working from home (25:30)Neurodiversity (28:00)Work after 50 and 60 (29:10)Belonging and sabbaticals (32:10)Going back to a previous workplace (35:00)Reinventing after an accident (37:00)Churchill Fellowship and careers after cancer (40:00)Lois’ Warm Table (50:30)Duration: 56 minutes.Links:Lois’s business: Career WisdomBook: Make Your Move by Lois Keay-Smith Churchill Fellowship Report: Careers Beyond Cancer by Lois Keay-Smith Lois' LinkedIn - connect with her hereBook: The 100 Year Life by Lynda Gratton and Andrew ScottBook: A Fraction Stronger by Mark BerridgeCanteen a charity for young people affected by cancer  Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soun

Neurodiversity in the workplace is becoming a big conversation around boardroom tables - tapping into extraordinary minds to solve the complex issues of our time.  BHP Neurodiversity Lead Alexandra Helens shares her top tips for creating a neuro friendly workplace and the huge benefits to be found through the minds of autistic employees.  “They will revolutionise your workflow, they will help you develop faster, better performing and easily designed products ...” – Alexandra Helens“The stuff that makes you a kind of a pain in the butt is what makes you interesting and valuable.” – Alexandra Helens  *CORRECTION from the interview:  Mensa actually started in England, at Lincoln College in Oxford University. You’ll hear:What is neurodiversity? (2:00)Why should workplaces embrace neurodiversity (6:00)Stereotypes (7:50)Centrelink and false starts as a young person (9:00)Joining the corporate world (10:10)Disability (11:00)Leading Neurodiversity at BHP (13:00)Autistic or person with autism? (16:30)Being more neuro-friendly (18:30)Mensa – the high IQ society (22:00)  (see above for where Mensa started)What we should know (27:00)Duration: 29 minutes.Links:BHP - NeurodiversityEhlers-Danlos SyndromeCurtin Autism Research Group (CARG)Autism Academy for Software Quality Assurance (AASQA)MensaBook: Alice in Quantumland by Robert Gilmore Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com

One in 100 children in Australia will be born with autism.  Neuroscientist Professor Lyn Beazley tells us why we should tap into the incredible capabilities of autistic people. In fact, the greatest advances we have made on the planet were made by people with autism. “People on the spectrum will solve things in ways that you would never have thought of” – Professor Lyn Beazley.You’ll hear:Spectrum (2:10)Importance of early intervention (6:10)Embracing autism in a fast-paced world (7:20)Brain development in utero (11:00)Neuroplasticity (14:30)The adolescent brain (16:00)Alcohol and the brain (17:10)Brain wiring (18:00)Getting support (21:00) Duration: 24 minutes. Links:Curtin University Autism AcademyTelethon Kids Institute Want to join the conversation on this week’s episode?  Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  Listen, subscribe, rate and review:Apple Podcast  Spotify  Amazon Music or your preferred platform.Podcast website: https://mywarmtablewithsonia.buzzsprout.com/Please share this podcast with your friends and take a moment to rate and review.  Thank you!Sincere thanks to Jay (Justin) Hill for his expert sound mastering and patience! Jay, together with the incredible Eva Chye, have inspired me through their passion project If Innovation Could Talk – a YouTube vlog also promoted through LinkedIn. If you have your own ideas for a podcast or video, feel free to reach out to them through the LinkedIn page.Thank you to all my generous guests for their time in sharing their expertise and experiences around My Warm Table.Music: ‘Sweet Soweto’ by Cast Of Characters. Copyright licence for use via soundstripe.com