At Source

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

Carolyn Enting – editor of New Zealand’s Good Magazine

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

https://www.instagram.com/carolyn.enting/?hl=en

Carolyn Enting grew up on a rural two-acre block of native bush on Blue Mountains Rd, Upper Hutt New Zealand. Being surrounded by nature and trees, she described it as a magic place to grow up, hang out, read and dream.

She started her journey in journalism over twenty-seven years ago and is now the Editor of Good Magazine, where she gets to report on and share incredible stories of wellbeing, lifestyle, food, travel, beauty and much more.

Things we talk about:

• Carolyn's journey growing up and her passion for journalism
• Some of her best work stories and experiences on the job
• Good Magazine and her journey stepping into an editor role
• We also discuss Carolyn's passion for food and wellbeing and her outlook on life

Annette Faamausili - sleep consultant on how to get a better night’s sleep for you and your family

https://www.facebook.com/SereneSleep/

https://www.instagram.com/serene.sleep/?hl=en

Annette Faamausili has worked as a sleep consultant for over 20 years.

She has trained and qualified in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK and set up and ran a specialist Sleep Clinic, having gained a wealth of knowledge and expertise to tackle sleep issues in babies and toddlers.

Her background lies in child development and psychology, nutrition and maternal mental health. Since 2011 she has run her own consultancy Serene Sleep, helping Kiwi families achieve better sleep.

Things we talk about:

• Annette's journey and why many people find sleep so challenging
• What stages of sleep are and what happens to the body and mind at each stage
• The truth about our dreams
• How babies sleep differently to children and adults
• Why sleep is so important and how to improve sleep

Steph Dowse - relationship expert on New Zealand’s Married at First Sight chats all things love and relationships

https://stephdowse.com/

Steph Dowse is a counsellor and therapist with more than 25 years of experience in areas of mental health (psychiatry), trauma, addictions, sexuality, adoption, family therapy, couples counselling, workplace burnout and relationships, critical incident debriefing and adolescent struggles. She is known for her work as a relationship expert on New Zealand's Married at First Sight and is an avid believer that a person's ability to live in the present, rather than the past or future, is the key to a harmonious life.

When not at work, she loves hiking in the bush, cooking healthy food and finding new ways to lie on the couch without spilling a cup of tea.

Things we talk about:

• Relationships and why they are so complicated
• Some of the most common myths about what a "great" relationship "should" look like
• Monogamy vs polyamory? Does or can it work in the long-term, or is it a call for help from relationships that have run their course
• Is there such a thing as "the right people at the wrong time"
• Navigating the dating world and how to find a "good catch"

 

Dr Libby Weaver - nutritional biochemist and a thirteen-times bestselling author breaks down wellbeing

https://www.drlibby.com/

Dr Libby Weaver is a nutritional biochemist and a thirteen-times bestselling author, speaker and founder of the food-based supplement range, Bio Blends. Her mission is to empower and inspire people to take charge of their health and happiness through her books, live events and online courses.

A respected international speaker, Dr Libby’s expertise in nutritional biochemistry has led her to share the stage with Marianne Williamson, Sir Richard Branson, Tony Robbins and Dr Oz, as well as many female thought-leaders. It’s no surprise that when it comes to achieving and maintaining ultimate health and wellbeing, Hollywood stars, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Furness, describe her as a “one-stop shop in achieving and maintaining ultimate health and wellbeing.”

In this podcast, we chat about:

• Her journey into health, wellbeing and some of her major achievements
• Being on a world stage and how to deal with stress and pressure
• Her outlook on health and the three-pillar approach
• Her bestselling books and some of the top super foods
• How to maintain your health goals during the Christmas period