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Let’s Check In PodcastUnfastening Fast Fashion with Collective ClosetsUnfastening Fast Fashion with Collective ClosetsTen years ago, sisters Fatuma and Laurinda Ndenzako were sitting in a café in Nairobi, watching local women walk past in bold, vibrant Maasai Shuka textiles. That moment sparked something more than a fashion idea; it sparked a movement. A movement that would become Collective Closets, a Melbourne-based slow fashion label built on purpose, heritage, and heart.In this episode, Fatuma shares the journey behind the brand and how she and her sister are reshaping the Australian fashion landscape, one intentional piece at a time.In this e...2025-07-2634 minLet’s Check In PodcastLet's Check In Podcast Season Two TrailerLife doesn’t always go to plan; so let’s talk about it.Season 2 of the Let’s Check In Podcast is almost here, and the trailer just dropped! 🎧Think: Cultural icons, frontline experts, raw conversations, and the lessons that school skipped.Guests this season include: 🟣 Purple Wiggle, Lachy Gillespie 🌀 The Hormone Revolutionist, Nat Kringoudis 💬 Behavioural scientists, therapists, founders & moreWe’re diving into burnout, bodies, parenting pressure, identity shakeups - and what it takes to stay steady through life’s wobbly seasons.🎙 Episodes drop every Monda...2025-07-2000 minLet’s Check In PodcastBouncing Back with farmer and mental health advocate, Marc GascoigneMarc Gascoigne runs a successful 150-hectare, 450-cow dairy farm in central Waikato, South of Cambridge in the upper North Island of New Zealand.Seven years ago, Marc had a panic attack that jolted him into realising he needed help. After overcoming his own mental health struggles, he has gone on to become a facilitator with the Rural Support Trust and is a key ambassador for the organisation Farmstrong - advocating for better mental health and self care for farmers.In this episode you’ll learn:How finding the courage to speak truthfully builds authentic co...2023-12-0351 min
Let’s Check In PodcastBouncing Back with farmer and mental health advocate, Marc GascoigneMarc Gascoigne runs a successful 150-hectare, 450-cow dairy farm in central Waikato, South of Cambridge in the upper North Island of New Zealand.
Seven years ago, Marc had a panic attack that jolted him into realising he needed help. After overcoming his own mental health struggles, he has gone on to become a facilitator with the Rural Support Trust and is a key ambassador for the organisation Farmstrong - advocating for better mental health and self care for farmers.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How finding the cour...2023-12-0351 minLet’s Check In PodcastThe IVF roller coaster with Associate Professor, Kate Stern, OADo you have a loved one who’s faced IVF? Or maybe you have struggled with trying to conceive yourself.
How fortunate we are to have exceptional specialists like A/Professor Kate Stern providing and leading world class health care to people who so importantly need her expertise.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How to work through the challenges of the IVF rollercoaster
How to best support loved ones on their fertility journey
How patients with disease navigate their fertility future
How to create agency in a time of u...2023-11-2645 minLet’s Check In PodcastThe IVF roller coaster with Associate Professor, Kate Stern, OADo you have a loved one who’s faced IVF? Or maybe you have struggled with trying to conceive yourself.
How fortunate we are to have exceptional specialists like A/Professor Kate Stern providing and leading world class health care to people who so importantly need her expertise.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How to work through the challenges of the IVF rollercoaster
How to best support loved ones on their fertility journey
How patients with disease navigate their fertility future
How to create agency in a time of u...2023-11-2645 minLet’s Check In PodcastHow to find happiness in nature with 2020 Australian of the Year, Josephine Jones (Part 2)Balancing our wellbeing can be tricky at times as we manage the various demands and responsibilities that we have in everyday life. Shutting down our computers, putting down our phones and getting out into nature can help us process the world around us, restore our minds and mitigate our stress.
Josephine Jones, OAM understands the value that nature provides to ground ourselves and advocates for helping people change the way we treat our coastlines.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How to ground yourself in nature
How to increase positive psych...2023-11-1942 minLet’s Check In PodcastHow to find happiness in nature with 2020 Australian of the Year, Josephine Jones (Part 2)Balancing our wellbeing can be tricky at times as we manage the various demands and responsibilities that we have in everyday life. Shutting down our computers, putting down our phones and getting out into nature can help us process the world around us, restore our minds and mitigate our stress.
Josephine Jones, OAM understands the value that nature provides to ground ourselves and advocates for helping people change the way we treat our coastlines.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How to ground yourself in nature
How to increase positive psych...2023-11-1942 minLet’s Check In PodcastHow to set boundaries and build self esteem with 2020 Australian of the Year, Josephine Jones (Part One)When we lack self-esteem, boundaries can get blurry and difficult to navigate.
Setting boundaries helps us make sense of what is and what isn’t okay. Without them, our mental health and wellbeing can be put at risk.
Josephine Jones, OAM, Environmental Advocate and 2020 Australian of the Year is not your average environmental advocate and neither is her story.
On this episode of the Let’s Check In Podcast, your host, Suzie McErvale, finds out about how Josie learnt to set boundaries and build self-esteem after traumatic life events and why s...2023-11-1246 minLet’s Check In PodcastHow to set boundaries and build self esteem with 2020 Australian of the Year, Josephine Jones (Part One)When we lack self-esteem, boundaries can get blurry and difficult to navigate.
Setting boundaries helps us make sense of what is and what isn’t okay. Without them, our mental health and wellbeing can be put at risk.
Josephine Jones, OAM, Environmental Advocate and 2020 Australian of the Year is not your average environmental advocate and neither is her story.
On this episode of the Let’s Check In Podcast, your host, Suzie McErvale, finds out about how Josie learnt to set boundaries and build self-esteem after traumatic life events and why s...2023-11-1246 minLet’s Check In PodcastHow to trick your brain into not fearing pain with Dr Hayley LeakeDo you suffer from pain or know someone who lives with chronic discomfort? What steps can we take to trick our brain into not fearing the toll of pain?
How fortunate we are to have experts like Dr Hayley Leake, pain research Fellow, physiotherapist and winner of Survivor Australia, Season 6, who can help us unravel what pain is and how we overcome fearing its impact.
In this episode you’ll learn:
What happens when we feel pain
How our thoughts and feelings impact the pain we feel
How Hayley’s...2023-11-0540 minLet’s Check In PodcastHow to trick your brain into not fearing pain with Dr Hayley LeakeDo you suffer from pain or know someone who lives with chronic discomfort? What steps can we take to trick our brain into not fearing the toll of pain?
How fortunate we are to have experts like Dr Hayley Leake, pain research Fellow, physiotherapist and winner of Survivor Australia, Season 6, who can help us unravel what pain is and how we overcome fearing its impact.
In this episode you’ll learn:
What happens when we feel pain
How our thoughts and feelings impact the pain we feel
How Hayley’s...2023-11-0540 minLet’s Check In PodcastHow to remain a lifelong learner and reimagine education for the world we live inHow are our kids really coping at school? And what changes need to happen in the education systems to better meet their needs?
Thank goodness we have experts like Dr Bern Nicholls, an experienced teacher, school leader, and international research lead, who can teach us to open up our minds to what’s possible.
On this episode of the Let’s Check In Podcast, your host, Suzie McErvale, finds out about how we create the right conditions for teachers and students to flourish in education, not burn out.
In this...2023-10-2939 minLet’s Check In PodcastMastering your anxious mind with Georgie Collinson
Have you ever had those feelings of fear and anxiety about something you’re uncertain about? As the uncertainty swirls around in our brains, that strong sense of overwhelm creeps in. And by then, well, it's so hard to see anything clearly.
What would we do without people like Georgie Collison, Australia’s #1 Anxiety Therapist and Author of the Anxiety Reset Method to help guide us through?
On this episode of the Let’s Check In Podcast, your host, Suzie McErvale, explores how we might learn to work alongside our emotio...2023-10-2941 minLet’s Check In PodcastWorking well into the future with Dr Peter GhinAre you happy with your work and your workplace? It’s a tricky one to answer isn’t it. There are so many factors at play and, if we’re honest, that answer can swing wildly, even in the space of a day.
Thank goodness we have experts like Dr Peter Ghin from the Future of Work Lab at the University of Melbourne to keep us on track.
On this episode of the Let’s Check In Podcast, your host, Suzie McErvale, finds out about where work is heading, and how we might mak...2023-10-2949 minLet’s Check In PodcastHow to remain a lifelong learner and reimagine education for the world we live inHow are our kids really coping at school? And what changes need to happen in the education systems to better meet their needs?
Thank goodness we have experts like Dr Bern Nicholls, an experienced teacher, school leader, and international research lead, who can teach us to open up our minds to what’s possible.
On this episode of the Let’s Check In Podcast, your host, Suzie McErvale, finds out about how we create the right conditions for teachers and students to flourish in education, not burn out.
In this...2023-10-2939 minLet’s Check In PodcastMastering your anxious mind with Georgie Collinson
Have you ever had those feelings of fear and anxiety about something you’re uncertain about? As the uncertainty swirls around in our brains, that strong sense of overwhelm creeps in. And by then, well, it's so hard to see anything clearly.
What would we do without people like Georgie Collison, Australia’s #1 Anxiety Therapist and Author of the Anxiety Reset Method to help guide us through?
On this episode of the Let’s Check In Podcast, your host, Suzie McErvale, explores how we might learn to work alongside our emotio...2023-10-2941 minLet’s Check In PodcastWorking well into the future with Dr Peter GhinAre you happy with your work and your workplace? It’s a tricky one to answer isn’t it. There are so many factors at play and, if we’re honest, that answer can swing wildly, even in the space of a day.
Thank goodness we have experts like Dr Peter Ghin from the Future of Work Lab at the University of Melbourne to keep us on track.
On this episode of the Let’s Check In Podcast, your host, Suzie McErvale, finds out about where work is heading, and how we might mak...2023-10-2949 minLet’s Check In PodcastLet’s Check In Podcast TrailerThe Let’s Check In Podcast, hosted by Suzie McErvale is a place where we share the stories and strategies of real people who have paved their way through uncertainty.
We talk to the experts about the things that you didn’t learn at school, that you wish someone had prepared you for. Best case you’ll learn something, worst case you’ll learn something.
You’ll hear from people like:
Dr Peter Ghin: Future of Work Lab at The University of Melbourne
Georgie Collinson: Australia’s number one Anxiety Therapist and Author of The Anxiety R...2023-10-1701 minLet’s Check In PodcastLet’s Check In Podcast TrailerThe Let’s Check In Podcast, hosted by Suzie McErvale is a place where we share the stories and strategies of real people who have paved their way through uncertainty.
We talk to the experts about the things that you didn’t learn at school, that you wish someone had prepared you for. Best case you’ll learn something, worst case you’ll learn something.
You’ll hear from people like:
Dr Peter Ghin: Future of Work Lab at The University of Melbourne
Georgie Collinson: Australia’s number one Anxiety Therapist and Author of The Anxiety R...2023-10-1701 min
Voices of RegenEarthshot Series: Towards a Swimmable Birrarung by 2030Imagine swimming in the Birrarung Yarra River, right in the middle of Melbourne. Sounds crazy right?!
Our first episode in the Earthshot Series is focused on the Earthshot ‘Revive our Oceans’. We take the opportunity to spotlight Regeneration Projects’ research collaboration with Loretta Bellato, PhD candidate at Swinburne University’s Centre for Urban Transition. Matt and Loretta sit by the banks of the Birrarung, near Dights Falls, as they discuss the project’s significance for the city and what it might mean for swimmable cities around the world.
More information: https://www.regen.melbourne/projects-content/beacon
Learn more about the Earthshot...2022-04-2755 min