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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.

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1:17:47

Sahrit Freud-Weinstein - Roller-coasters, fear and...

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2026/02/19

Sahrit is a dance instructor, creative entrepreneur, and mom of three who helps women expand their lives through play, movement, and self-trust. With a background in Dance Theatre Education and workshops taught across Greece, Africa, and Hawaii, she blends art, adventure, and empowerment — from mermaid certification to gorilla trekking — to show women that confidence is built by living fully, not waiting to feel ready.Sahrit spent most of her life avoiding roller coasters — until she realized fear

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1:04:00

Chris Avery - Running from fear to mission

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2026/02/12

Chris Avery is a Faith-First Performance Coach who walks men from the valley to the mountain—out of fear and into mission. He built the Run with Christ Blueprint, a Scripture-anchored system that cuts through the noise with group coaching, a real brotherhood, and practical tools to win the spiritual warfare of everyday life because anything meaningful, purpose-driven, and worthy of your dream life takes grit, time, and a team. The focus: emotional resiliency, unshakeable faith, and driven

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1:06:55

Todd Bertsch - igniting the spark for action

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2026/02/05

Todd Bertsch is a keynote speaker, mental fitness coach, and creator of the SPARK Framework, a neuroscience- and behavioral psychology-based roadmap that helps leaders and organizations navigate change with clarity and confidence. He is the founder and CEO of Evolve Marketing, where, for more than 16 years, he has led teams through growth, uncertainty, and cultural transformation.Todd also hosts The BOLT Podcast, where he explores mindset, leadership, and personal growth with thought leaders

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1:14:36

Leah Garcia - Cowboys, fitness and beauty products

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2026/01/22

Leah Garcia is an award-winning media personality, former professional athlete, and the Founder and CEO of NULASTIN®, a science-backed beauty brand she launched in 2016. An EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ alumna, Leah built NULASTIN® after uncovering the untapped science of elastin and its critical role in healthy hair and skin. Partnering with leading biotech researchers, she pioneered first-to-market, biodesigned elastin solutions for hair, lashes, brows, and skin. Under her leadership,

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1:08:29

Jill Chalsty - Delivering Packages of Hope

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2026/01/15

Jill Chalsty has devoted her life to the transformative power of education. As the founder of Overcoming Obstacles, the nonprofit she launched in 1992, Jill pioneered life skills instruction that has now reached more than 180 million students in over 200 countries.When grief shattered her world, Jill boarded the Queen Anne in 2025 on its maiden world voyage to find healing and purpose. Packets of Hope: A Journey of Healing and Rediscovery is a deeply personal memoir that follows Jill through

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1:12:31

Dalene Allen - Networking Naturally

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2025/12/18

Dalene Allen is the Founder & CEO of Networking Naturally, where she helps professionals and entrepreneurs build stronger connections, communicate with confidence, and grow their businesses through authentic relationship-building.With more than 30 years of experience in leadership, sales, coaching, and business development — including her award-winning career with Mary Kay Canada — Dalene has trained thousands of people on networking, communication, and strategic growth.Her warm, practical style

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1:02:12

Bishop Kevin Foreman - Harvesting the best of humanity

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2025/11/27

Known as "The People's Bishop", our pastor is a shepherd that loves those he leads. Bishop Kevin Foreman is a renaissance man who has devoted his life to changing lives. Born in Denver, Colorado, and reared in Orange Mound, an area of Memphis, Tennessee, riddled with the plight that often accompanies the inner-city. From humble beginnings, through God's amazing grace, he has defied statistics and transcended superficial boundaries.Today, he is an influential pastor, successful church planter,

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1:02:00

James Oliver - Becoming a protein bar giant

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2025/11/13

James Oliver is the founder and CEO of Atlas Bar, one of America’s fastest-growing protein bar companies, focused on clean, convenient, high-protein nutrition. What makes James’ journey remarkable is how he built the business from absolutely nothing. To fund his first production run, James drove over 3,000 Uber rides while still in college, refusing outside investment, and sticking to his vision of clean, honest nutrition.Atlas Bars are a testament to that conviction: each bar packs 20 grams of

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1:00:14

Drew Norton - Building everyday confidence in sales

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2025/10/31

Drew Norton, known as The Everyday Sales Leader, is a dynamic self-development coach, sales consultant, and co-host of The Everyday Leader Podcast. Drew's deep commitment to helping others succeed is rooted in a highly personal belief: that life is too short to settle for anything less than your full potential. This became acutely clear after an accident with his baby, which fueled his passion to translate his decades of professional knowledge into powerful, actionable insights for his clients.He’s

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1:17:58

Ryan Christensen - Engineering the optimal belief system

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2025/10/16

Ryan Christensen is The Belief Engineer.A self-proclaimed oddball, having led a very unconventional life, with a path that seems to have been perfectly crafted to bring him to this phase and place in his life.Ryan’s journey began when he chose to join the United States Marine Corps rather than go the traditional college route. That set him on a 23 year long career in Intelligence - as a Russian Linguist in the Marines, supporting F-16 and F-22 fighter squadrons in the Air National Guard, and finally

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1:11:29

Matt Parker - disrupting human trafficking

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2025/09/12

Matt Parker is Co-founder of The Exodus Road. While Matt and his wife Laura provided care to young girls at an orphanage in Thailand, they came face-to-face with the issue of sex trafficking. As a result, Matt began undercover work in support of law enforcement. Matt served as CEO at The Exodus Road for nearly 10 years, and he has been doing humanitarian work for over 15 years. He is currently also a Global Brand Ambassador at Cellebrite, the world’s leading cyberforensics

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Kerryn Vaughan - Taking time to re-focus

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2025/09/05

It’s been 4 months since I posted the last episode in May, and after a lot of reflection, we’re back! In this episode I share some reflections on recognising when you’re tired and when things are even a tiny bit out of alignment. Sometimes we don’t have the answers and we have to be OK with just sitting in the the unknown, waiting with trust that what’s meant to be will be, and may already be. I went to Hawaii last week to do some work (on me) with the wonderful Sam Horn, and surprisingly that

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1:04:15

Rick DellaRatta - Jazz for Peace

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2025/05/08

Long known as one of the world’s finest Jazz Pianists, Rick DellaRatta also began to receive major recognition as a composer when his symphonic piece “Permutata” was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Beatles famed Abbey Rd., Studios in 1999, and as a unique and important vocalist in 2004 when he was included in a definitive listing of the greatest jazz singers of all time in Scott Yanow’s Book “Jazz Singers”.Jazz for Peace rose from the ashes of 9/11 as a poem and is now considered

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1:04:40

Aisha Alim - From crisis to confidence

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2025/04/24

Aisha Alim is an empowerment coach, mindset strategist, teacher and NLP, Time Line Therapy & Hypnosis Practitioner. She is also a DISC Advanced consultant and holds degrees in teaching and coaching – (B.Ed. – Primary [Hons.], Dip. L.C. [Hons.]). Aisha has written and delivered multiple programs in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. She is a published author on the subject of empowering women and has dedicated over 25 years of her teaching life to personal growth and development

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Kerryn Vaughan - Himalayas, tradition and humanity

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2025/04/03

I returned from a trip to Nepal less that a week ago, and I have to say it opened a can of worms. While I loved Nepal overall, I have come away with a lot of questions about traditions, religion and humanity, and how they intertwine. Sometimes not in a good way. I really believe Nepal is a great place, but it was also an intense catalyst for pain, growth and intense curiosity and interest in why we never stop to question our beliefs. I was ready for this trip, but it impacted me far differently than

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Stuart Wade - World Championships & Mind Coaching

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2025/03/14

Stuart Wade is The Mind Coach. Withover 30 years of elite competitive experience in martial arts, with 4 World Championships under his belt; a degree in Applied Sport and Exercise Scienceandover 10 years of experience helping elite business owners to excel to new heights… he understands the psychology of high performance.Stuart is aClinical Hypnotherapist, Licensed NLP Practitioner, BLAST Trauma Resolution Practitioner, and Sports Performance Mind Coach—featured inThe Daily Mail Online, The Sunday

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36:08

Kerryn Vaughan - Changemaking and rural leadership

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2025/02/06

This week I spent 2 days at a Changemaker workshop facilitated by the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation. It was challenging but in the most wonderful way. I had a lovely realisation when my ‘list of things I need as a changemaker’ made it clear that it’s all about the journey.I also found out a life changing secret about the humble sticky note!

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23:14

Kerryn Vaughan - Get Off The Bench

Get Off The Bench Podcast ·

2025/01/23

This episode includes a conversation between Sophie and Mike as they review my book ‘Get Off The Bench’ and pull out the key insights. Frankly, I’d forgotten how much juicy stuff was in this book since writing it in 2019. But there’s a kicker… you’ll have to listen to find out!Full of wonderful little gems and one great big surprise at the end!

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48:06

Jeffrey Morgan - From armed robbery to community...

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2025/01/16

Jeff Morgan's journey from the streets of Redfern to becoming a highly sought-after speaker is one of transformation, resilience, and hope. Growing up in one of Sydney's most notorious suburbs, Jeff's early years were marred by hardship, crime, and stints in maximum-security prisons. His criminal activities escalated from petty theft to more serious offences, including car theft and bank robberies, which led to 18 years in and out of prison.However, during his final incarceration, Jeff had a

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51:49

Elleesha King - Transforming CPR outcomes with Pulse...

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2025/01/09

Founder and CEO of Pulsatile Innovations, Elleesha King, has been an ambulance paramedic and registered nurse for over ten years. While often working alone in remote and rural areas, Elleesha found herself having to juggle multiple tasks during cardiac arrest emergencies, especially when trying to accurately check for a pulse. She began to wonder if this was a common problem and why there wasn't a simple tool to help rescuers in these situations.After looking into the issue and talking with

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