48 episodes

Diving Into Humanity

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Diving Into Humanity

    #48 - Alexia Antoniadis: Founder of Earth Cleaning the Eco-Safe Cleaning Agency

    #48 - Alexia Antoniadis: Founder of Earth Cleaning the Eco-Safe Cleaning Agency

    I sit down with Alexia Antoniadis. She has grown Earth Cleaning into one of Melbourne's most trusted eco-safe cleaning companies and does not plan on stopping any time soon. They are a registered NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) provider and have expanded into industrial and commercial cleaning as well as domestic.

    Since having been fortunate enough to step away from physical cleaning and focus on management in 2024, her goal is to run Earth Cleaning with integrity and inclusivity, and to transform the service industry and the planet by eliminating the use of one use plastics and harsh chemicals wherever possible.

    Earth Cleaning engages in charity fundraising to maximize the impact they have on the planets conservation.

    Based on the philosophy that organizations can spark change on a greater scale than individuals can, she holds the wellbeing of her cleaners physical health and wellbeing as her top priority as the organization grows and evolves.

    • 55 min
    #47: Veerle Beelen Da Costa David : Travel Coach talks Salsa Dancing, Becoming Multilingual, and her Excursions across 35 countries

    #47: Veerle Beelen Da Costa David : Travel Coach talks Salsa Dancing, Becoming Multilingual, and her Excursions across 35 countries

    I sit down with Veerle Beelen Da Costa David, a certified travel & life coach, reiki practitioner, meditation trainer, happiness ambassador, and immigration laywer/visa consultant, and founder of Unpackbyveer.

    • 1 hr 1 min
    #46 - Jamie Meyer: Digital Nomad shares Travel Stories

    #46 - Jamie Meyer: Digital Nomad shares Travel Stories

    I sit down with Jamie Meyer

    • 42 min
    #45 - Catherine Butterfield: Why do we love Apocalypse movies, Writing for Sandra Bullock, Retelling history through the woman's perspective

    #45 - Catherine Butterfield: Why do we love Apocalypse movies, Writing for Sandra Bullock, Retelling history through the woman's perspective

    I sit down with Catherine Butterfield. Ms. Butterfield was born in Manhattan but raised primarily in Minnesota and Massachusetts. (The Three M's) She was a skinny kid with miserable allergies and spent most of her youth indoors reading books. Her two biggest influences at that point were J.D. Salinger and Anne Frank. As an actress, she spent her early career acting regionally (Seattle Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Long Wharf, Oregon Shakespeare Festival are a few) and then started writing for the stage. Her first break as a playwright came with the Manhattan Theatre Club production of JOINED AT THE HEAD, which she wrote and starred in, leading to other productions of her plays in the city and the beginnings of her TV career. (Party of Five, FAME LA, The Ghost Whisperer, Grimm, various TV movies.) Though relocated to Los Angeles, she never stopped writing plays; so far ten of them have been produced and published.

    Recently, she has written her first novel, "The Serpent and the Rose," about the French queen Marguerite de Valois and her ongoing battle with her mother, Catherine de Medici.

    AWARDS:

    THEATRE: George E. Oppenheimer/New York Newsday Award for Best First Play in the New York area (JOINED AT THE HEAD), the Kennedy Center-American Express award for Outstanding Promise as a Playwright, the Kaufman & Hart Award for Best New American Comedy (THE SLEEPER), and the Davie Award for Best New Play in Regional Theatre (LIFE IN THE TREES.) 



    FILM: Two Telly Awards, a gold and a bronze, for her two short films, FAULTLESS and JUST ANOTHER BIRTHDAY IN BEDLAM. 

    This past year she directed her play TO THE BONE at the Open Fist Theatre in LA. It transferred for an extended run at Theatre 68, also in Los Angeles.

    TOP OF THE WORLD was a semi-finalist in the Eugene O'Neill playwriting competition and won the prestigious Edgerton grant. It found, and then lost, a slot in the 2021 season of the St. Louis Repertory theatre, after which there were plans to bring it to  Broadway.  Thanks, pandemic! 

    Other produced full length plays include ​BROWNSTONE, LIFE EXPECTANCY, IT HAS TO BE YOU, WHERE THE TRUTH LIES, LIFE IN THE TREES and SNOWING AT DELPHI.  They are published by the Dramatists Play Service, Samuel French, Playscripts, Inc and Smith & Kraus. JOINED AT THE HEAD appeared in  "Best Plays of 1992."



    During the pandemic she and husband RON WEST created over 60 short films for a series entitled LIFE DURING LOCKDOWN, which can be seen under her name on Youtube.  

     She is a member of the Writer's Guild of America, Actor's Equity, Screen Actors Guild, and the Dramatists Guild of America.

     

    She lives in Santa Monica with Ron West and their cat, Pandita. Her daughter is the actress Audrey Corsa, who so beautifully reads the first chapter of "The Serpent and the Rose" (see Home page.)

     

    • 1 hr 3 min
    #44 - Sean Kelly: Creating Storage Hunters, Abandoned in Germany, Mentoring Jimmy O. Yang

    #44 - Sean Kelly: Creating Storage Hunters, Abandoned in Germany, Mentoring Jimmy O. Yang

    I sit down with Sean Kelly. Sean Kelly In 2010 at his 40th birthday party announced to his family and friends that he was going to star on his own tv show and it was going to be a worldwide hit. Once his friends realized Sean didn’t even have a show idea yet, they laughed at him. Only 9 short months later, without any prior experience, no agent, no manager, no contacts, never having even been on a single audition, Sean was starring on his own tv show on Tru TV called Storage Hunters. After 6 seasons, Sean moved to the UK and filmed Storage hunters UK for a BBC owned channel called Dave for 6 more season. Then he created, produced and starred on Celebrity Storage Hunters where over 130 British Celebrities appeared on his show. His tv shows currently air in 127 countries worldwide.Sean also created, produced and sold the tv show Church Rescue to NatGeo.

    Sean is the founder of www.DoTheBigDream.com where he coaches people on how they can achieve their BIG Lifelong Dream. He teaches his 15 step formula for achieving any dream and his foundation pillar skills.

    Sean trained himself on how to be an auctioneer and has raised over $500 million for non-profits, schools and hospitals www.TheCharityAuctioneer.com

    Sean opened his own comedy club called the Comedy Palace, where he produced and starred on 7 shows a week for 8 consecutive years. While Sean owned his comedy club a young man came looking for stage time, Sean saw this young man had something special and Sean began mentoring him. The young man is named Jimmy O Yang and he went on to become a movie and television star. After mentoring Jimmy O Yang, Sean mentored other friends and found that he loved helping people achieve their dreams.

    Sean is a disabled combat veteran, he grew up as an illegal alien in Germany, where he began door to door sales at the age of 11. By 16 he was abandoned by his parents in a foreign country. He moved to Italy at 17 and got a job working as an undercover store detective catching shoplifters. He joined the US Army while living in Italy, he worked for Military Intelligence and held a top secret clearance. He served a combat tour in Iraq.



    Sean loves to travel and has visited 87 countries and counting, during the start of the pandemic he was on a 4 month trip around the world and happen to be in Hong Kong when it was announced. He has great travel stories.



    As an entrepreneur Sean has trained sales forces, led strategic vision planning for companies and consults on sponsorship sales, and growth strategies. He has launched several publications, including growing a well known weekly newspaper from $3 million to $26 million in annual revenue in under 24 months.



    Sean is the consummate motivational entrepreneur and continues to produce television shows and raise millions for non-profits with his gala auctioneering skills. Throughout the year Sean can be found on stages giving motivational speeches, sales training seminars and raising money for amazing causes.

    https://dothebigdream.com/

    • 1 hr 2 min
    #43 - Chelsie Rohrscheib: Neuroscientist & Sleep Expert talks Sleep Science and Sleep Medicine

    #43 - Chelsie Rohrscheib: Neuroscientist & Sleep Expert talks Sleep Science and Sleep Medicine

    I sit down with Chelsie Rohrscheib, a long-time neuroscientist and expert in sleep and sleep medicine. She is passionate about helping people improve their sleep quality and navigate their sleep disorders. She has recently been featured in media outlets such as Forbes, Time Magazine, Fox News, The New York Times, and more.

    She is currently the head of sleep at Wesper, a groundbreaking home sleep disorder testing technology and long-term sleep health platform, where she oversees the care of thousands of individuals

    • 57 min

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