Inspired Parenting Inspired Parenting

Amelia is the mum of our first guest, Azizi Donnelly. Amelia, worked as a fashion designer for some of Australia’s most prestigious fashion houses, she started designing and sewing at the age of ten years old making clothes for her and her friends dolls. Amelia started her own fashion range at just sixteen years of age selling to local boutiques in the area.

At the age of eighteen Amelia fell in love and was married for sixteen and a half years to a man she loved deeply. Unfortunately, life circumstances saw them grow apart leaving Amelia with a young baby girl, Azizi. When Azizi was eleven years old Amelia remarried and had a beautiful son who she is still extremely close to today, but this marriage was fraught with difficulties and in this episode, Amelia shares the highs and lows of being a working, married mother to a man who did not support her dreams.

Jessie Stoelwinder has been a journalist for more than 12 years, and now works as a freelance brand storyteller and vision consultant. She’s also a yoga teacher and will soon be a certified Human Design reader - but her most important role is as a mother to almost eight-year-old daughter Winter.

Jessie’s journey through motherhood has had many twists and turns, including the shock of learning she was pregnant at 25, to becoming a single mother when Winter was just a toddler, to meeting her now-wife Em and together navigating parenting as a queer family - right through to experiencing the rollercoaster of fertility treatment…

Katherine Sobczyk is currently travelling Australia in her caravan with her husband Stu and 3 little ones. 

 At 14, Kat lost her father suddenly. Kat’s dad worked so hard and never got to enjoy what he worked for.

Kat has been a paramedic for 15 years and has seen a lot. One thing that stuck with her is that tomorrow isn’t promised and we never know when our time is up.

With all this in mind, she and Stu began a life on the road travelling around Australia to spend quality time with their kids while they are still young. They have now been on the road 14 months and are loving every minute (nearly!) 

Kat chats to us in this episode about life on the road - home schooling, routines and of course how they make it all happen financially. 

Coby Grant shares her incredibly brave and heartwarming journey to motherhood with us in this episode. Coby is a professional singer-songwriter. Her emotional songs take the listeners on a journey into her world of love, travel and life lessons. Coby was a contestant on The Voice of Germany in 2018 making it to the semi-finals. The exposure from the show resulted in two successful headline tours through Germany in 2019 and 2020. Post Covid, Coby returned home to Perth and began a whole new journey - becoming a mum to her little boy Aubrey. A journey she has chosen to embark on as a single mother through the use of a sperm donor.

At eighteen years old, Azizi Donnelly moved out of her Lebanese Family's home in Sydney, Australia across the world to New York City to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. After modeling for several years, Azizi switched gears to focus on her true passion of acting. Above being an Actress and model Azizi has lived a very colorful life with many ups and downs. Azizi is an advocate for women’s rights and living a life that you love and are proud of. Growing up with a single Mother and Abusive house hold Azizi has had to learn how to set boundaries and cultivate self worth. Azizi will next be seen as a series regular in Australian series LADIES IN BLACK opposite Debbie Mazar, Miranda Otto and Jessica De Gouw in June 2024.