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The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#21 - Brett Davis - You get out what you put in - How to change industry, align your interests with your career and push through the hard things to create a life of impact.Footwear guru Brett Davis from ProFeet Footwear joins us today to talk about his journey from design and singage to retail director.
This is an epic example of finding something that is both scary and exciting, backing yourself in, leaning on the mentors around you and committing to the journey to create awesome outcomes.
If you have ever felt stuck, unsure of the next move or whether the timing is right for you, this is the episode to give you insights and clarity.
Enjoy!
Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au/ with clinic locations across Melbourne, Surfcoast (VIC...
2025-12-0841 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#20 - David Spithill - Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen - Why a great career is fueled by our own commitment, consistency and effort over time.Today on the Pod we have David Spithill, Titled MSK Physiotherapist and Group Partner at Healthia.
David is a guru when it comes to client communication, mentoring younger practitioners and leaning into to find out what drives and helps people best whether they are clients or practitioners.
We cover his own journey from grad to management to ownership and the lessons he discovered along the way to help him manage, nurture and level up the practitioners coming through now.
There are so many insights and clear actions that you can apply to your own life immediatley that I know you...
2025-11-2442 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#19 - Craig Hankridge - Don't explain your philosophy, embody it - How combining all of your learning and experiences creates a unique, valuable & effective clinical offering for epic client results.An episode from the vault!
Thank you to Michelle Funder from Move Beyond for sharing this recording from 2022.
In this episode I go from host to guest where we explore my early post grad years, the clinical and non clinical learnings, the real world application and how I continue to iterate to find my best version of weekly flow and peak performance.
Hope it gives you some food for thought and some actions for today!
Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au/ with clinic locations across Melbourne, Surfcoast (VIC), Gold Coast and Yeppoon the progressive and experienced team...
2025-11-1223 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#18 Anabelle Hawkins - Curiosity isn't random, it's a compass - How to follow your passion and create a role that maximises your career and your impact.Today we are fortunate enough to have Anabelle Hawkins, Podiatrist from ProFeet joining us.
Anabelle is a certified guru on so many aspects of health. Belle combines an elite Podiatric skillset with a world class knowledge base on levelling up your mindset, mindfulness, goal setting, breath work amongst others to enhance your personal and professional life.
Belle covers her journey in Podiatry so far, her previous complementary, non Podiatry roles and how she has created an ideal week by combining all of the above into her role at ProFeet to help clients in need but also the team members in...
2025-10-2843 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#17 Annie Strauch - Luck writes the first chapter but your actions write the rest - How a early career opportunity sparked passion, drive and a successful career in performance physiotherapy.Annie Strauch, Physiotherapist and Managing Director of Performance Medicine joins us on the AHH Pod today.
Annie is an absolute superstar. We cover her new grad physio journey from working in a public hospital setting, to setting off to London, starting 3 jobs, across 6 days and finding her way into a role supporting performers from London's West End.
This career pivot into vocal and performance physio sets the scene for Annie's return to Australia, the start of Performance Medicine and how she now sets up her team, herself and her family for success.
We get into the details of how it...
2025-09-3057 min
The Successful Allied Health PractitionerTSAHP Podcast - EP.28-Craig HankridgeIn Episode 28 of The Successful Allied Health Practitioner Podcast, podiatrist and clinic owner Craig Hankridge shares his journey from practice to building Profit Podiatry, a values-driven business. He talks about structuring leadership for aligned decision-making, using quarterly strategy sessions with weekly feedback, and the role of calendar time-blocking in balancing family, clinic, and business priorities. Craig also reflects on investing in mentors, building the right team, and embracing progress while celebrating wins along the way. A great listen for practitioners wanting to grow their business while staying true to their values and balance.
2025-09-1858 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#16 Zahra McDonald - Be yourself, everyone else is already taken - How being authentic provided career clarity and created a 20,000 following on social media.Zahra McDonald, 4th year UniSA Podiatry student joins us on the AHH Pod today.
What an awesome chat!
Zahra offers great insights into her journey to choosing Podiatry and a career in health, her challenges and hurdles along the way and how she has blended her interests in health with social media to create a 20,000+ following across TikTok and Instagram helping both University and High School students to gain clarity on what a studying a career in health actually is.
This is super valuable for those looking to change courses, start a career in health or those mid way in...
2025-09-1836 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#15 Rosie Whiting - The price of success is paid in preparation - Why setting goals, making a clear plan and asking for help lays the foundation for achieving the career and life that you desire.Podiatrist and member of the ownership team at ProFeet, Roise Whiting joins us on the AHH Pod today.
Rosie shares such great insights into her journey from part time, commuting new grad to business ownership, being an Endorsed Podiatrist and hitting the goals she sets for herself.
If you feel like you're stuck doing hard things and not getting anywhere this is the Pod for you to see the value in pushing that bit further, that big harder to breakthrough and hit the new level that you're searching for.
Enjoy!
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2025-09-0240 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#14 Michelle Funder - Hard things are hard, why your career progression begins at the end of your comfort zone.Osteopath and Founding Director of Beyond, Michelle Funder, joins us on the AHH Pod today.
Michelle shares an epic story of her own career journey from jumping into the deep end in an overseas role with a cold call as a grad, to starting her own clinic to now growing her impact across mentoring, leadership, ownership and advocacy roles within the health space.
This is a testament to leaning into the hard things, doing them for longer than you think and continuing to show up until you crush the goals that you set for yourself.
30 minutes of gold right here...
2025-08-1931 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#13 Blake Withers - You won't get it until you get it - why clinical experience really matters and how history taking can elevate your clinical results.Podiatrist Blake Withers joins us on the AHH Pod today.
Blake shares so many of his learnings from doing hard things early, saying yes to everything and working out the details later, the power of great mentors, what he would do differently if he was a new grad now and how he has built a career across clinical work, research, presenting and podcasting.
Lock in for the next 40 odd minutes as this one is an absolute ripper!
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode!
Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au/ with...
2025-08-0646 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#12 Oliver Tate - From Podiatry to Physio to Sports Podiatry, why leaning into post grad learning creates epic career pathways.Sports Podiatrist Oliver Tate from ProFeet joins us on the AHH Pod today.
Oli shares his experience with switching from Pod to Physio and back again and how the ability to re-tool and add more treatment options, more insights and more impact helped to create his ideal week now managing a private clinical load, a consulting role at AFL level as well as business and mentoring roles at ProFeet.
Set yourself up to take down bulk notes as Oli drops knowledge bomb after knowledge bomb, enjoy!
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode!
Thanks...
2025-07-2342 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#11 Luke Nelson - Why committing to lifelong learning is the greatest investment you can ever make.Sports Chiropractor, Luke Nelson, joins us for an epic chat that covers leaning into lifelong learning, the importance of observing and listening more than we speak, how early career Luke struggled with poor client feedback and what he did to level up, how to improve client compliance and how to find your version of great flow in a working week and a career.
Plenty to marinate on in this episode and I know I'll be listening to this ep a few times over.
Enjoy!
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode!
Thanks to our...
2025-07-0841 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#10 Andrew Crutch - Why active listening is a super power for great clinical outcomes.Podiatrist Andrew Crutch joins us for a deep dive into what creates awesome consults and epic client results.
Andrew speaks about his 20 year career journey, the lessons learned along the way and how his approach has changed over time to value the details that lead to clients smashing their movement goals.
Plenty to learn from the great man in this discussion - enjoy!
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode!
Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au/ with clinic locations across Melbourne, Surfcoast (VIC), Gold Coast and Yeppoon the progressive and experienced...
2025-06-2532 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#09 Steve Ooi - How great mentors can take you from zero to hero.Physiotherapist Steve Ooi joins us for a masterclass in clinical and career mentorship.
Steve covers his own progression from new grad physio to his now senior clinician and leadership role with Kieser, how he learned to ask for help and lean into those around him and why having deep partnerships with a small amount of other health professionals leads to better client outcomes.
This is a ripper and gets better and better as the minutes roll by, enjoy!
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode!
Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au...
2025-06-1041 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#08 Nelson Pollard - From survive to thrive with MSK clients.Sports Podiatrist, Nelson Pollard joins us for a masterclass on mindset, curiosity and leaning into the hard things.
From early career insights to pivoting during covid into managing a diverse case load of MSK clients today, Nelson shares a number of key learnings that we can apply both personally and professionally from today.
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode!
Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au/ with clinic locations across Melbourne, Surfcoast (VIC), Gold Coast and Yeppoon the progressive and experienced team are world class at keeping you active, healthy and...
2025-05-2742 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#07 Craig Russell - Turning your interests into skills.Osteopath guru, Craig Russell, joins us today and produces bulk wisdom.
Craig covers how he had to learn how to learn, the power of mentoring, of following your interests and progressing those interests into skills and the importance of respecting each individual that comes through that treatment room door regardless of background, influence or status.
Epic insights and pearls that will stay with you long after you have clocked the 30 odd minutes, enjoy the show!
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode! Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au/ with clinic locations...
2024-11-0841 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#06 Jack O'Brien - Avoiding hard things is a path to mediocrity.Physiotherapist, Clinic Mastery Director and love of doing the hard things, Jack O'Brien comes on the Podcast this week.
We dive into burnout and clarity about what the real factors may be, the value in pushing your limits to grow, evolve and adapt, deciding things once and committing to them to make life easier and leaning into opportunities even if you have to overcome a bit of imposter syndrome along the way.
Great insights, some awesome one liners that will stay with you long after you have clocked the 40minutes, enjoy the show!
We hope that you enjoy the pearls...
2024-09-0241 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#05 Chris Maher - Do or do not, there is no try.Sports Podiatrist and early career mentor extraordinaire Chris Maher shares plenty of great lessons and ideas on finding the best clinical version of yourself.
We get stuck into his love of learning, the courses that allowed him to have 'different screws for different purposes' and his growth in client communication to get key messages to resonate to help clients help themselves alongside our interventions.
It's a fun 40mins that I know you will get plenty from, enjoy!
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode!
Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au/ with...
2024-08-2743 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#04 Sarah Yule - How reflective practice can elevate MSK physio.Physiotherapist and communication guru Sarah Yule drops in today to deliver some amazing insights.
We cover reflective practice and its value for us and our clients, the different lenses of decision making we acquire from different workplaces and mentors and how we need to lean into the journey across a career to find our most ideal path.
Sarah has an amazing way of communicating and delivering content in a digestible way and her ability to take clients on the journey and empower them in their own care creates incredible results.
Lock in and enjoy the next 40 minutes, a very worthwhile...
2024-06-2842 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#03 Chris Culkin - The eternal student who mastered the career pivot.Our resident superstar, Chris Culkin brings the energy into the booth for episode three.
Chris shares his career journey so far from an arts degree and corporate role into a career pivot into Podiatry.
Fast forward to now and Chris is a world class, high performing practitioner helping 60+ clients each week while mentoring four practitioners and providing insights and value as an owner of ProFeet.
Calm, clear, insightful and intelligent you would be hard pressed to find a better way to invest 39 minutes of your day.
Enjoy!
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode...
2024-05-1538 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#02 Shane Buntman - How curiosity without judgement creates results.Shane Buntman steps in for episode two.
Shane talks about his 2+ decades of being a practitioner, the power of great mentors and the reward of being a mentor to others. He discusses being curious and passionate with each human you interact with not only creates epic results but also raving fans that will stick with you no matter what.
Lock your ears in for a great time.
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode! Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au/ with clinic locations across Melbourne, Surfcoast (VIC), Gold Coast and Yeppoon...
2024-04-2449 min
The Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast.#01 Steph Kreskas - Nervous New Grad to high performance PodiatristTo kick things off here at the Active, Healthy & Happy Podcast we thought our resident Sports Podiatrist Steph Kreskas would be the perfect place.
An Endorsed Sports Podiatrist, Steph is highly experienced thanks a broad range of professional development, personal development and doing the hard things to level up and bring world class value to her ideal clients, runners.
We hope that you enjoy the pearls and the actions from the episode!
Thanks to our sponsors https://www.profeetpodiatry.com.au/ with clinic locations across Melbourne, Surfcoast (VIC), Gold Coast and Yeppoon the progressive and experienced team are world class...
2024-04-0926 min