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Get Off The Bench Podcast

Get Off The Bench podcast showcases people who have backed themselves and are having a go, in the hope that others will be inspired to ‘get off the bench’ and do the thing they’ve always wanted to do.

society & culture documentary

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1:10:55

Hacia Atherton - Befriending tragedy to build...

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2021/02/11

Hacia Atherton is Speaker, Company Director, Certified Practicing Accountant, Ambassador, Industry Thought Leader and Philanthropist.In 2017, Hacia was crushed by her 600kg warmblood horse and doctors told her she would likely never walk again in any meaningful way.Devastated by her new reality, Hacia fell into a deep depression. However, her fighting spirit revived itself, as she faced her toughest challenge yet - to stand unaided for the first time since her accident. Hacia was only able to stand

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1:09:00

Lee Hicks - Defining your vision

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2021/02/04

Lee Hicks is a Human Development & Lifestyle Educator, Visionary & International Speaker.Against many odds, Lee has accomplished extraordinary mile stones & achievements in his life.He has visited 49 countries around the world, was a pearl diver, delivered a sailboat from Australia to Florida, became one of the youngest qualified Super Yacht Captains in the industry & sailed around the world for 10 years.He then moved to the land & developed a rain forest retreat in Noosa

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48:51

Brodie Pyle - Promoting local businesses with...

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2021/01/28

Brodie Pyle is a young comedian who is on a mission to showcase his beloved Gippsland.His passion to support local business led to the creation of Gippsland Promotions, which provides free Gippsland social media content. The purpose of Gippsland Promotions is to rally around the community and make people laugh whilst getting valuable exposure for local businesses.Brodie believes Gippsland Promotions puts purpose behind him talking shit, which he does fluently on his podcast ‘Brodie Pyle talks

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1:21:34

Jenn Donovan - Building community for bush businesses

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2021/01/21

After 15 years in law, Jenn bought a retail business in a regional town in Victoria. She built that business into a highly profitable 7 figure business and eventually sold it. Since then, Jen has been assisting other small business owners in retail, service based and tourism, around the country, to achieve their business goals.Jenn specialises in helping start-ups in rural and regional areas turn ideas into businesses, online and offline marketing, social media and community building.The founder of

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Mikaela Van Haren - Saving koalas with generosity and...

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2021/01/14

After seeing the absolutely horrific scenes of the badly injured wildlife during the bushfires in 2019, 10 year old Mikaela Van Haren was gutted, and vowed then to save up as much pocket money as she could to help the koalas and all their animal friends.Saving incredibly hard all year, and going without purchasing her favourite thins, Mikaela managed to raise $1400.20. She also did her own fundraising with family and friends, who had no problem donating to such a worthy cause, especially her 8 year

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1:18:03

Leanne Elich - Bridging the gap between technology...

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2021/01/07

As one of Australasia’s most successfulMedical Technology BusinessLeaders, Leanne Elich is a passionate Oncology Advocate and Global Healthcare Specialist with over 25 years experience in bothclinical and corporate environments with executive leadership.Leanne began hercareer immediately after graduating from the University of Sydney working at Prince of Wales and Liverpool Hospitals in Sydney. With a desire to help patients on a larger scale and make a significant impact within the healthcare

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1:08:02

Tyson Sharpe - Transcending fear to lead with heart

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2020/12/31

If it is your mission to heighten human consciousness and spread emotional awareness you are in the right place.Tyson Sharpe looks to achieve this mission by helping spiritual coaches, healers, and lightworkers create more reach, impact, and income in their business.In the last 6 years, Tyson has coached hundreds of online business owners helping them integrate their spiritual growth with profitable business strategies so they can step into the role of the ‘Heart-Centered CEO’, allows them to

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40:19

Paul Goddard - Spreading Christmas Joy (Part 2)

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2020/12/24

Paul Goddard has one main goal at Christmas - to bring the mystical world to life.Paul started out as a plumber in 1970 and worked his way up to becoming a manager and a mentor to apprentices.After 35 years in the trades, he retired and moved to Gippsland where he spent the first year improving the home and paddocks on his 6 acre creek frontage property.Not fully satisfied with the retired lifestyle, Paul attained a vocational teaching qualification and started teaching plumbing at Tafe.This year he

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33:41

Ken Baade & Leonie Orgill - Spreading Christmas Joy...

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2020/12/24

Ken Baade and Leonie Orgill can’t get enough of Christmas, and in particular the squeals of joy from the kids. Even the parents get excited! What matters most to the pair of them is the amount of joy and happiness they spread to their local community.Dressed in their full costumes, Santa Claus and Mrs Clause spend every Christmas in the driveway of Ken’s home handing out candy canes and spreading Christmas cheer to the hundreds of people that pass by every day.20 years ago Ken set up some Christmas

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1:22:21

Caz Rowland - Designing stylish ethical fashion

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2020/12/17

Carolyn Rowland is the founder and head designer of Cazinc The Label, a Melbourne born designer label that satisfies the modern woman's needs of having a functional, yet stylish wardrobe.Caz worked as a fashion stylist for more than 15 years and struggled to find womenswear labels that were not only timeless, but also affordable.She knew her clients wanted classic, contemporary styles they could mix and match, and keep in their wardrobes season after season. They also shared her passion for slow

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1:21:55

Sue Smethurst - Journalling the lives of...

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2020/12/10

Sue Smethurst is an award-winning journalist, who has written for Australia’s biggest and most respected titles, including The Australian Women’s Weekly, The Weekend Australian magazine, The Age Good Weekend, New Idea, Woman’s Day, the Herald Sun, Australian House and Garden, the Victorian RSL’s Mufti magazine, Woman’s Own (UK), Chat (UK).Her career has taken her around the globe interviewing a who’s who of celebrities, newsmakers, colourful identities, sports stars and politicians. In addition to

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1:09:21

Trav Bell - The Bucket List Guy

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2020/12/03

Trav Bell is The Bucket List Guy...The Worldʼs #1 Bucket List Expert.As a self-appointed ʻBucket Listologistʼ, Trav helps people live their Bucket List before it’s too late! His unique life-engagement message really wakes you up, stops ground-hog days and helps you to experience more fulfilment.He says, “A Bucket List is a tangible Life Plan...where our Business Plan or Career Plan should fit into our Life Plan & not be the other way around.”No one practices what they preach more than Trav. His

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1:21:37

Jan Cavelle - Designing an empire from under the stairs

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2020/11/26

As a teenager, Jan Cavelle went to a very posh UK boarding school which groomed young ladies for marriage.Failing to be groomed, Jan progressed to London and became a ‘suitable secretary’, which lasted about a week.With a keen desire to be independent, Jan started working her way through a succession of jobs, finding secretarial work a nightmare, and sales easy.She hated being employed and at the mercy of the decisions and expectations of others, so initiated a series of hustles, from selling to

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1:24:45

Wendy O'Brien - Building homes and hope in Cambodia

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2020/11/19

Originally from Melbourne, Victoria, the year 2000 saw Wendy and her family pack up their lives and move to the Gold Coast. They opened a family café in Surfers Paradise and their children finished their schooling. After years of seven days a week in business Wendy and her husband Garry decided they’d had enough of café life and got “normal” jobs.Wendy took a job with the local basketball association and before long they grew to one of the largest associations in Queensland. In 2010 they took their

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1:22:21

Jaimee Newberry - Creating a wardrobe of imagination

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2020/11/12

Jaimee Newberry spent most of her working life in the Web Interaction Design & Development industry, working with companies including Apple, Disney, Nintendo and Zappos.But after a couple of years as an independent mom, and a nasty spell of Life Burnout paralleled with the loss of her dad in 2012, she decided to design her life as if it were a product using the tools she gained from a 15-year design career making award-winning digital products.By 2014 Jaimee was being booked to share her story

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1:12:24

Dr. S. Todd Stolp - Injecting humour into health...

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2020/11/05

S. Todd Stolp MD is a physician and father of three who ran a full-spectrum rural family practice in northern California for twenty years. He then served as the Public Health Officer in California, for 12 years.During his public health career, Dr. Stolp worked on statewide and national public health committees, did overseas work on Ebola and stateside work on Zika and is now working on COVID-19.He has also provided research and consultations on issues from Native American tobacco use to

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1:06:12

Michelle Pietrafitta - Drumming up the music business

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2020/10/29

Michelle Pietrafitta is an artist-entrepreneur in the music industry performing throughout the U.S. as the drummer for independent band Banshee Tree.She is a tour designer, she books all the tours and performances for Banshee Tree.On the music side, she is a live performance artist, a studio drummer and educator. But on the business side, she deigns tour routes, pitches to venues, negotiates contracts and builds relationships with venues and talent buyers.Michelle has booked and performed major

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1:20:42

Nina G - The stuttering comedian

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2020/10/22

Nine years ago Nina G became a comedian, and at that point was the only female comedian who stuttered. Nina believes that the problem isn’t with the stutterer, but with a society that isn’t inclusive or accessible to those who experience this disability.In her book Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn’t Happen (She Writes Press, August 6, 2019), Nina challenges the status quo of how people who stutter are perceived onstage and off. Additionally, she substitutes the negative emotions

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Nigel Beck - Bringing joyful vibes to the community

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2020/10/15

Nigel Beck - AKA DJ Nige brought disco to town in the 70s and nearly 50 years later is still keeping the dance floor jam-packed. He’s effortlessly worked his way through vinyl, CDs and now digital.Nige and his Kombi van Deidre are regularly spotted around Gippsland (Aus), spreading the love of music, and sharing the good vibes of love in and for the community he adores.But it’s not just Deidre the Kombi! Nige also shares the stage with Deidre’s little sister - Audrey the Vesper!The really cool thing

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47:02

Rachel Dayoub - Defending the safety of women and girls

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2020/10/08

Rachel Dayoub describes herself as just an average lady and a single mom trying to do the best she can.But in February this year (2020), she headed to the supermarket in her home town of Pittsburg, like any other day, but this time things were different - 2 men had decided to target and stalk her.She was suddenly scared for her life and more scared that her kids may not have a mother if she didn’t somehow make her way out of this terrifying situation.After a few days of being scared, even in the

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