At Source

Aaron Schultz – on addressing mental health proactively and overcoming stigma

https://www.outbackmind.org.au/ 

Aaron Schultz founded The Outback Mind in 2019, establishing it as a health promotion charity, The Outback Mind Foundation, in 2022. Having managed male teams across the construction, mining and manufacturing industries, Aaron could see the need for a preventative approach to mental health to help men in regional Australia. Previously suffering from anxiety and burnout in his own life, Aaron became a teacher of yoga, meditation, and anxiety management education.  

Things we chat about:  

• Aaron’s journey growing The Outback Mind Foundation from regional Queensland to serve larger communities  
• His personal ‘aha’ moment and what drives him to help others  
• Mental health stigma, particularly for men
• Yoga and meditation as a powerful tool  
• Weaknesses in our education and health systems which are reactive instead of proactive
• Lack of support services in regional Australia 
• Wellbeing in the workplace 
• The role of diet and physical activity in mental health  

Aaron Taylor – on healing modern problems from the inside out

https://nougly.nz/nz 

Aaron Taylor is the co-founder of health and wellness tonic brand No Ugly. Having spent a big part of his career agency-side, Aaron made the decision to co-found and run his own business in 2017. He knows that we all want the most out of every day, which requires us to be on top of our game mentally, physically and emotionally. This belief has driven the formation of No Ugly’s tonics, packed full of vitamins and minerals and nothing ‘ugly’. 

Things we chat about:  

• The beliefs that created a foundation for No Ugly  
• The undervalued power of sleep 
• Boosting our diets   
• The formulation of No Ugly tonics and the ingredients  
• Recycling and the SWAPPA system 
• Aaron’s personal experience shifting careers and looking after his health 
• No Ugly’s support for bettering mental health in the community  
• The role of employers in driving health conversations 
• What’s on the horizon for No Ugly  

Matt Golinski – on cooking as stress relief and medicine

Matt Golinski is a professional chef who is joining us from Australia. Having been raised on a tropical fruit farm on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, he developed a strong connection to fresh produce from the land that has influenced his relationship with cooking and food throughout the course of his life. Matt has had a broad and interesting career, having been one of the original team members of the TV show ‘Ready Steady Cook’, executive chef at some of Queensland’s leading restaurants and founding his own catering company among many other achievements.  

Things we chat about:  

• The struggle to eat well in a modern world of convenience   
• Nourishment from good, simple ingredients 
• Engaging with cooking as a creative, tactile activity that can deliver stress relief 
• Tools to make the kitchen a mindful space 
• Prioritising time for cooking and Matt’s views on wholesome foods 
• Becoming disconnected from the land and growing accustomed to beautiful produce 
• The Slow Food Movement and the importance of establishing a good relationship with food in our children’s lives 
• The benefits of eating locally and in season
• Cost-effective ways to eat healthily  

Sheridan Eketone – on parenting in a digital age and keeping our families well

https://parentingplace.nz/ 

Sheridan Eketone is a Family Coach, Presenter and Facilitator Trainer at the Parenting Place, a New Zealand charity for families. The Parenting Place offers everything from practical resources, events, courses and one-on-one coaching to help parents wherever they are on their journey. Sheridan has four children of her own and takes inspiration from the lessons her tamariki have taught her when it comes to her work. 

Things we chat about:  

• Attachment theory 
• What we can learn from our children
• Navigating screen time 
• Safe use of social media  
• Discussing some of life’s big topics with our kids including body image and mental health
• Managing your mood and stress as a parent  
• Teaching resilience 
• Resources and toolboxes for parents  

Rob Campbell – on how to cultivate your creativity

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-campbell-723593/ 

Rob Campbell is Chief Strategy Officer at Colenso BBDO, a creative agency that has worked with iconic local and global brands to produce award-winning work that has the power to create positive change. With Google, Nike and Spotify among the brands Rob has worked alongside; his career path has seen him become a well-known strategist and a champion of creativity and chaos.

Things we chat about:

• 'Head of Strategy' is a position Rob has held a few times before. We discuss what his journey has been like directing creative energy professionally
• The power of chaos and whether disruption is necessary in today's world to capture people's attention
• His project Dream Small and how this came about
• Some of the barriers the youth of New Zealand are facing today.
• Why Rob thinks creative pathways in tertiary education are undervalued
• The need to do more to support entrepreneurship in our young people
• His views on people in management needing to be comfortable with creativity, outside of the industry
• Whether this such a thing as non-creative people
• Why we are so afraid of failure and how we should educate our youth to form healthy relationships
• What creativity contributes to society and its role in tackling how countries deal with mental health
• Covid’s impact on our understanding of creativity's power for health and well-being?
• Sometimes the daily demands of life can be draining. Rob also shares his tips on cultivating creativity and making space for it.

Grant Schofield – on everything from how to reframe and understand our health to cold water immersion

https://academics.aut.ac.nz/grant.schofield

Grant Schofield is a professor of Public Health at AUT and director of the University's Human Potential Centre. He has been a Ted X speaker and co-authored the widely-selling book What The Fat, addressing the widespread fear of fats and the overconsumption of carbohydrates. Throughout his career, he has sought to educate the public on challenging their approach to health and provide lifestyle solutions for people to implement that can prevent chronic disease. 

Things we chat about:

• His journey into health and wellbeing and his job as a professor of public health.
• How being sedentary impacts our bodies, and can we attempt to fit a week's worth of movement into the weekend?
• The traction that cold water immersion has gained, and as an advocate of this Grant explains some of the benefits, as well as the physical process occurring within our bodies.
• How can people implement cold water immersion into their daily lives, and how often should aim to do so.
• The concept of exercise as medicine and how it can help us.
• What the Fat Books and their approach to eating. What kinds of fats should we eat, and why we shouldn't be afraid of them.
• The link between sugar and inflammation and how that relates to insulin resistance and pre-diabetes.
• How we can approach our children's health and equip them from a younger age to build healthy habit
• How we can make a start on improving our health and some of his top tips around this

 

Hannah Mellsop – on how to run a business and focus on health and well-being

https://www.instagram.com/hannahmellsop/?hl=en

Hannah Mellsop is a founder and director of Real Rad Food and a former Pilates instructor. She makes plant-based healthy treats, and some of our listeners may remember her collaboration with us at NatureBee on the limited-edition power pollen slices! She's a woman on a mission and has gone from selling her creations at local markets to national supermarkets, and now has her online store. What started as her hobby has turned into an in-demand business, with her goods often selling out within hours.

Things we chat about:

• What got Hannah into experimenting with making healthy treats, and how she translated that into a business
• What Hannah feels is behind Real Rad Food's success
• What 'real' food means to Hannah, and what goes into her decisions around ingredients
• Benefits of raw treats and being health conscious, and her views around this approach to eating becoming more mainstream
• Dealing with hormonal imbalances and how diet can help.
• Intuitive eating
• Listening to our bodies and not ignoring symptoms in the modern age of busy people in a global society
• Practices and routines that maintain Hannah’s mental and physical health while running a business
• Starting the business young and key lessons she has learnt along the way.

James Denton – on living the organic and sustainable lifestyle

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-denton-13693b177/?originalSubdomain=nz

James Denton is a co-founder of GoodFor – a wholefood refillery chain aiming at our waste problem. With six stores around New Zealand and counting, James is passionate about changing how we think about sustainable shopping and organic foods, making them easily accessible and a simple swap for even your everyday essentials.

Things we chat about:

• James’ desire behind starting GoodFor and his journey into health and well-being.
• How GoodFor has brought sustainability and health to mainstream shopping
• The power of organic food and the importance of health, and if organic is also better for the environment
• James explains the term 'wholefood.'
• Navigating home compostable packaging
• Changed consumer behaviours around health and the environment after the lockdowns that gave the world pause.
• How James maintains his physical and mental health while running a business

Andrea Beaman – on natural living and healing yourself from within

https://andreabeaman.com/

Andrea Beaman is a Natural Foods Chef, thyroid expert, holistic health coach, and herbalist dedicated to natural healing and sustainable eating and living. She educates people on how to heal and prevent disease using ancient, time-tested wisdom.

Andrea is recognised as one of the top 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness, received the Award for Excellence in Health Supportive Food Education from the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health, and the Health Leadership Award from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Things we chat about:

• Andrea’s journey into health and well-being
• The impact that lifestyle change can have
• How we can feed ourselves at the physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual levels to take control of our lives
• The meaning of spirituality – what this means for Andrea and her views on a higher purpose in life
• Recommendations for being mindful and not filling your silences with noise and social media updates, in an age where it’s difficult to disconnect
• Whether different foods can lead to a more peaceful mind.

Dr Rosie Bosworth - future foods advisor, communications specialist and entrepreneur

http://www.rosiebosworth.com/

Dr Rosie Bosworth is a future foods advisor, communications specialist and entrepreneur passionate about crafting stories and co-creating progressive, health-driven, scaleable and sustainable communities and food systems fit for a growing world.

She has a PhD in environmental innovation and sustainable technology development, and her passion lies in facilitating mentally healthier communities, mind-consciousness, and neuroscience. Her purpose in life is to help better the lives of others.

Things we talk about:

• Dr Rosie's journey with food and her PhD in environmental innovation and sustainable technology development
• What a typical day in her life as a future food expert looks like
• Attitudes towards food and meat consumption
• How social media has impacted our relationship with food
• New Zealand's dairy industry and intergenerational farming
• How social media has impacted our relationship with food
• How she spends time between New Zealand and Silicon Valley
• Is food technology and food science causing more harm than good for our health and what will happen to our food chain
• Her outlook on life and mind consciousness