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High Vibe CollectiveEp 10: Living From Your Heart in a Fear-Based Society with Brad ZayacRaise your vibration and live from your heart under all circumstances. You really can feel safe in an 'unsafe' world and it begins within. Through our hearts, our minds, and our nervous system, we can feel anything. We live in a wild world where we can either live in the eye of the storm or rustle around in the chaos forever. Tune in and find the balance between the two with Brad Zayac interviewed by Aaron Douglas.www.BradZayac.com
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High Vibe Collective is Sedona’s Premier Spiritual Healing Retreat Cent...
2023-05-3057 min
The Hidden World of WomenE38 - Life in and after the Royal Australian Air Force - The Hidden World of WomenApril 25th is ANZAC day here in Australia. I wanted to do a short series talking to women who have experience with the Department of Defence to look at the ways that the armed forces impact women. Women in the military, the wives and mothers of those in the Department of Defence.
In the first episode of this series, I spoke with Helen Burgess who was a peace time veteran and was in the Royal Australian Air Force for 16 years with a civilian husband who followed her through her RAAF career.
He...
2022-04-041h 20
Virtus House Kennel KastTip of the Spear: A Conversation with Former SASR Soldier and Combat Assault Dog Handler Ryan Wilson - Episode 3In the third and final episode of our Virtus House Kennel Kast's podcast series, 'Tip of the Spear - A Conversation with former SASR Soldier and Combat Assault Dog Handler Ryan Wilson', Jason talks to Ryan about going from Squadron Handler to managerial roles within the cell, innovation within the dog training space, transitioning from elite soldiering to civilian life working for Whipper Snapper Distillery and his mission to make a difference in the veteran community in Western Australia and beyond.
If you want to put a face to the voice or learn a...
2021-12-2738 min
Virtus House Kennel KastTip of the Spear: A Conversation with Former SASR Soldier and Combat Assault Dog Handler Ryan Wilson - Episode 2In the second episode of our ‘Tip of the Spear' podcast series with former SASR Soldier and Combat Assault Dog Handler Ryan Wilson, Ryan discusses moving to the squadron as a handler, some of his influences within the squadron and more antics of Combat Assault Dog KENI.
If you want to put a face to the voice or learn a little more about Ryan, click on the following link: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/nVfHl98SKCZT6
If you'd like to support Ryan in...
2021-12-2059 min
Epich Aotearoa - Create a Better Future!EP31 - Ryan Wilson #WDW Comfortable with FailureIn this episode Joe had the privilege of connecting with and having a conversation with Ryan Wilson.
Former Australian Special Air Service Operator, Team Leader, Sniper, Dog Handler, Diligent Student and a Bloody Awesome Bloke!
Ryan is very humble and reserved in his service and achievements attained through hard-work, dedication, focus and team work. During this conversation we delve into what Ryan has been doing post his service in the Special Air Service Regiment. The importance of education and the need to take risks. His journey into the Whiskey industry and becoming the GM for...
2021-12-161h 52
Virtus House Kennel KastTip of the Spear: A Conversation with Former SASR Soldier and Combat Assault Dog Handler Ryan Wilson - Episode 1The first of three episodes, our 'Tip of the Spear' podcast series with former SASR Soldier and Combat Assault Dog Handler Ryan Wilson commences with Ryan talking candidly about his 18-year career in the Australian Army, primarily in the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), and his life-changing interaction with Combat Assault Dog FAX whilst serving in Afghanistan.
If you want to put a face to the voice or learn a little more about Ryan, click on the following link: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/nVfHl98SKCZT6
2021-12-1552 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 42: Neville in Japan Neville has never spoken about his time in Japan as part of the Allied Occupation Forces....until now.
2019-04-1618 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 41: Bodhi Tree Surfboards What does building a surfboard have to do with veterans? Greg, the owner of Bodhi Tree Surfboards, chats about a program that is assisting veterans in Western Australia in their recovery.
2019-04-0909 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 40: Run for Resilience After 17 years of service in the Australian Defence Force, Wayne found the transition back to civilian life to be a struggle. That is until he found Ultra-Marathons.
2019-04-0220 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 39: Hannah's Scholarship Hannah is one of the recipients of the 2019 Long Tan Bursary Scholarship.
2019-03-2606 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 38: Angela Bond Angela Bond, the first female CO of HMAS Stirling, discusses career, family and submarines.
2019-03-1914 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 37: Mary Ambrose Ashayla chats with Mary Ambrose about her service as a WRAAF Phone Operator during WW2.
2019-03-1122 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 36: Tina Webster Annette "Tina" Webster has been at the forefront of women in the Defence Force post-1980's. From one of the first female Naval cadets to being one of the first women to train with the men in the Royal Australian Air Force, Tina's journey hasn't been an easy one. She's deployed as a mother, served as a submariner's wife and helped build the family support services we know today.
2019-03-0552 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 35: PTSD Resurrected Meet Andy and Zoe, the creators of PTSD Resurrected.
This husband and wife duo took 17 years of Army service, multiple deployments to Afghanistan and PTSD and turned this lived experience into a program helping veterans up and down the east coast.
2019-02-2617 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 34: Captain Gardiner of the Army Museum of WA Ashayla chats with Captain Gardiner of the Army Museum of WA about the history of the musuem, the stories behind some of the exhibitions and the great battle of '99.
2019-02-1951 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 33: Peak 1 Boxing Originally from the UK, ex-Army Mick and ex-Police Claire are shaking things up in Butler, offering military-style fitness and training sessions at Peak 1 Boxing. Tune in to hear about their journey and how the club is assisting veterans and emergency services personnel.
2019-02-1225 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 32: Whiskey's Wish Meet Liz Jackman; Army wife, entrepreneur and dog lover. After her husband was injured in Afghanistan, leaving him with a medical discharge, PTSD and little support, it was a dog called Whiskey that came to the rescue. Now Liz and her husband run a small charity, Whiskey’s Wish, providing service dog training to veterans, first responders & correctional officers suffering from PTSD.
2019-02-0517 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 31: Overwatch Australia with Karen Overwatch Australia is a boots on the ground, rapid response organisation tasked with supporting members of the ADF - past and present.
2019-01-3027 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 30: Swiss 8 When family tragedy struck, Adrian made the tough decision to discharge. Little did he know that this immediate change from soldier to civilian would lead to a one of a kind app designed to help other veterans during and after their transition. Tune in to hear Adrian discuss Swiss 8.
2019-01-2227 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 29: Kokoda Crossing with Travis Hocart Ashayla chats with ex-Federal Police Officer Travis Hocart about his passion for history and what inspired him to begin his small business, Kokoda Crossing.
2019-01-1530 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 28: Cam's Cause Cam's Cause is a small charity doing big things for the veteran community in honour of the late Cameron Baird VC MG. Listen in to hear Daniel Carroll, Vice President and childhood friend of Cam, discuss the charity and the life of a truly amazing man.
2019-01-0819 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 27: Andrew Pittaway and the Fallen Diggers Tune in to this week's episode of "Prep Your Standard NATO" for a fascinating discussion with local historian Andrew Pittaway, author of "Fremantle Voices of the Great War".
Andrew's hobby is to uncover missing soldiers on the Western Front in order to apply for War Graves under the name of Fallen Diggers Incorporated.
2018-12-1832 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 26: Sandra Playle Imagine a place that you could go to find out everything you could possibly want to know about a West Australian serviceman or woman. That is exactly what Sandra Playle has been working on for the past few years. Tune in to hear just how significant this project is and how it led to her current project, the Boy Soldiers of WA. Also mentioned is local historian Andrew Pittaway and the Gallipoli Trench Project in Geraldton.
2018-12-1138 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 25: Jum's Luck On this week's episode of Prep Your Standard NATO, Vince Cusworth shares stories from his family at Gallipoli and the Western Front that lead to the publishing of his book "Jum's Luck". He also discusses with Ashayla the disconnect between the French and Australian reverence for, and treatment of, the graves of our fallen veterans.
2018-12-0423 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 24: From Law to War to Peace On this week's episode of 'Prep Your Standard NATO', RSLWA's very own podcast, Ashayla chats with Julianne from the Old Court House Law Museum about their exhibition 'From Law to War to Peace'.
2018-11-2718 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 23: Baldivis Memorial Unfortunately we had some technical issues when recording our episode of Prep Your Standard NATO with Lyndon and Janette from Baldivis War Memorial.
You see, it was a very hot day and we cranked the air con...which resulted in distortion in the recording. We've decided to upload it anyway. Please bear with the distortion so that you can learn more about this project.
You can listen in via our website, iTunes, iHeartRadio, Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts.
2018-11-2012 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 22: Short tales from Gallipoli (Perth Symphonic Chorus) On this week's episode of Prep Your Standard NATO, Ashayla speaks with two members of the Perth Symphonic Choir about their ties to Gallipoli; grandaughters of William McKenzie, the legendary chaplain, and Colonel ANZAC, the boy who inspired an army.
2018-11-0630 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 21: For The Love of Mikey Lieutenant Colonel Michael Harris was one of those blokes that made the world a better place. He put everyone else first and never settled for average. His career in the Defence Force took him around the world, but it also left him with the cancer that eventually claimed his life. On this week's episode of Prep Your Standard NATO, Ashayla speaks with Sandra Seman-Bourke, the best friend and confidant of 'Mikey'.
2018-10-3046 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 20: Shannon Lovelady Meet the woman behind the project to name every West Australian killed during WW1! Shannon Lovelady from the Musuem of Perth speaks about her Western Dead and Soldiers of Barrack Street projects. She also gives a few tips for researching your own family history.
2018-10-2326 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 19: Evie and Cooper Ashayla chats with Evie (5) and Cooper (8) about which dinosaur a submarine is similar in size to and share stories about living with a dad and step-dad in the Royal Australian Navy.
Ashayla, the host, also mentions RSLWA plans for Remembrance Day.
2018-10-1620 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 18: Sally Jane's Music Horses, guitars and a dawn service. Ashayla chats with upcoming country music sensation Sally Jane about her debut song 'Beersheba', her activities with the 10th Light Horse Association and what's next for the talented teen.
2018-10-0907 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 17: Heritage Detection Australia World War II hits close to home as Bob Sheppard, an archaeologist and blogger at Heritage Detection Australia, speaks about Australia's Mid-West, our very own Dad's Army, WA's last lines of defence and the Japanese landings in the state.
2018-10-0230 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 16: Mike Bell of WAGWLHA What could inspire a pathologist to dress up WWI era uniforms for fun? Ashayla found out when she chatted with Mike Bell of the Western Australian Great War Living History Association (WAGWHLA) while in Esperance for the Call II Duty event.
2018-09-2507 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 15: Cazman in the house While in Esperance for the Call II Duty event, Ashayla spoke with Esperance Sub-Branch's youngest volunteer. Cazaly is on a mission to make the world a better place.
2018-09-1805 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 14: Corporal Beck and Victory the wonder dog While in Esperance for the Call II Duty event, Ashayla had a chat with Corp. Nathan Beck, a former RAAF Dog Handler turned ADF Recruiter.
2018-09-1107 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 13: Gasgaslex images Meet the photographer our marketing officer stalks online to find the best pictures of the 10th Light Horse. Lex Porebski, or Gasgaslex Images, chats with Ashayla about photography and his connections to the Defence Force.
2018-09-0406 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 12: Stormclouds, Sunshine and Sonya What do candles, the Royal Australian Air Force and Body Image have to do with each other? They're all a part of Sonya Lock's life. Sonya started her small business while working in the Air Force in order to raise the funds to publish her first book. Tune in to hear her story.
2018-08-2812 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 11: Soldier On With Shannon This week's episode of Prep Your Standard NATO starts out with Shannon, the Programs Coordinator for Soldier On Australia Perth, telling us about what Soldier On does...and rapidly turns down the road of:
- the issues young veterans face,
- life as a military spouse
- and claims she's not funny.
Don't worry though, the episode does circle back to what Solider On are doing to assist young veterans in WA.
Tune in via Spotify, I Heart Radio or iTunes to learn more and find out just how funny Shannon actually is.
2018-08-2141 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 10: Knitting For The Homeless In this week's episode, we speak with Laurin, the leader and organiser of a group of people that knit vests, beanies, jumpers and more for the homeless and veterans in need of Western Australia.
2018-08-1608 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 8: Anne and ANZAC Cottage On the 12th of February 1916, a community banded together to build a home for a wounded Gallipoli soldier. To this day, the little cottage in Mount Hawthorn stands as a symbol of family, community and the ANZAC Spirit. We speak with Anne, the caretaker and descendant of this historical landmark.
2018-07-3112 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 7: Charlie Koala By crikey! This episode of Prep Your Standard NATO is more ocker than a Vegemite sanga. Host, Ashayla, chats with Charlie and Tom or Charlie Koala's, a small business that sells handcrafted, recycled wooden frames and Australiana artwork in order to help other veterans in financial need.
2018-07-2328 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 6: I'm Batman Our guests on this week's episode are two local superheroes. Literally. Australian Army veterans Al (aka the Caped Crusader of Western Australia) and Paul chat about the Army, charity work, why they run around town in capes and the growing Veteran Cosplay Community here in Perth.
2018-07-1830 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 5: Live at the Perth Invictus Games Recorded live at Perth's Invictus Games 2018 event, the CO of Stirling discusses what it means to have the Invictus Games 2018 Team Australia in the state before RSLWA Events Manager Wendy Moss tells us about her involvement in the day and other big events in WA.
2018-07-1009 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 4: It's a Sister Thing 9/11, deployment, PTSD and transitioning. Host, Ashayla, sits down with her sister to do something they've never actually done before...have an honest conversation about what it was like growing up in the Navy.
2018-07-0324 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 3: Verity's Legacy Lieutenant General Sir Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, KCB, KCMG, VD was a First World War general, an architect who had a significant impact on the city of Perth and the great-grandfather of Verity, our guest for this episode. Verity speaks of her life, her family and the legacy of Sir Hobbs.
2018-06-2619 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 2: The Kilted Rogue Runner We meet the man known as The Kilted Rogue Runner and learn why this Navy and Police Force veteran adopted this persona, becoming a mental health advocate.
2018-06-2030 min
Prep Your Standard NATOEpisode 1: The Hale Family Meet Allen and Michelle Hale, two members of a multi-generational ADF serving family. Listen as they share stories of their service, their lives and the family.
2018-06-131h 02
Prep Your Standard NATOPrep Your Standard Nato Episode 0 - a taster Meet our host, Ashayla Webster, and hear a little about her story and what this podcast is all about.
2018-05-2402 min