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Australian comedian and Everyday People Podcast co-producer Annie Louey virtually interviews the host Nhung Vo who is currently based in London. Nhung talks about navigating settling in a new city and looking for work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nhung shares her podcasting journey and how she decided to continue doing the passion project in London. She also touches on one of her favourite reads of the year - First You Make The Beast Beautiful by Sarah Wilson. Connect with Nhung via LinkedIn or Instagram at @everydaypeople_podcast or @k_nhungvo. Connect with Annie on Instagram at @annielouey or check out her work at https://www.annielouey.com/.
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Andrew Hedley is Kiwi and English, born in the UK, grew up in New Zealand and now based in London as a freelance creative designer and actor for the commercials industry. We talk about reinventing yourself in a new city, imposter syndrome, being an introvert in acting, disciplined creativity and approaching the big 40 milestone. Andrew also brings in a book called The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli to discuss our perception of time. Find out more about Andrew on LinkedIn or andrewhedley.net.
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Jason Kouwenhoven is a Kiwi who arrived in London with university mates to work as a surveyor, save up and explore the world. He ended up staying for five years and is now married to a Londoner and currently works as a section engineer on a Crossrail construction project. Jason is a recent home owner in London and he shares some tips for buying your first home. He also brought in a book called Feral by George Monbiot to discuss ‘rewilding’. Find out more about Jason on LinkedIn.
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Natasha Evans is a woman in tech and a newly qualified nutritionist and avid researcher. She talks about her experiences with growing up around media lacking in diversity. She also shares her journey from when she first heard of the word 'calorie' to now loving food again. Tash also brings in a book called The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey to discuss. Find out more about Tash on LinkedIn or on instagram at @nenutrition.
Season 2 of Everyday People Podcast with Nhung Vo is kindly sponsored by Alchemy Construct. -
Everyday People Podcast producer Annie Louey interviews the host Nhung Vo on the final episode of Season 1. Nhung reflects on the last year of podcasting and how far the passion project has come since launching in July 2019. Nhung also recently left her full time job at the end of 2019 and is moving overseas to the UK on the Tier 5 Visa (before she turns 31!). She talks about her plans for London and the plans for Season 2.
This conversation was recorded before Nhung settled in London (two weeks before Lockdown was announced by Boris Johnson). Follow Nhung's journey in London at https://herbloggingproject.wordpress.com/. -
At 13, Candice Tan's parents made the big decision to move the family from Singapore to Australia in the hope of giving Candice a more well rounded education. A high school work experience stint with the astrophysics department at Swinburne University that turned into a six year commitment sparked Candice's interest in science. But her love for books and philosophy lead Candice to pursue a Juris Doctor degree. After practicing commercial and construction litigation and arbitration in big law for four years, Candice was suddenly hit with physical illness and was advised by her GP to take a career break. During this time she seeked out blogs online from other lawyers who have gone through a similar experience and saw that there was a gap. Candice vowed that when she is on the other side of her healing that she would create a blog to help others who needed it. Candice now works as a lawyer in government and Legal Brew was born with the hope to make a difference in her chosen industry. Subscribe to the weekly Legal Brew newsletter at http://legalbrew.com.au/ or connect with Candice on LinkedIn or on Instagram at legal_brew.
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As a young woman in her 20s, Nicole Lordan's passion for travelling took her on a career detour to study wellness back when it wasn't the buzzword that it is today. She is now a life coach and corporate trainer and has been in the wellbeing space for over 20 years in her hometown Switzerland, then Ireland, London and now Australia. Nicole shares some practical mindset tools from the worksheets that she has curated for her clients. She also brings in Jason O'Collaghan's book 29,000 Days - What Will You Do With Yours? and reads a few enlightening suggestions from Jason's own list. Nicole also highly recommends The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton. To connect with Nicole find her on LinkedIn or on Instagram at Nicole_lordan.
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Bridget Nathan started The Doyenne Interviews project 3 years ago and launched the podcast 7 months ago on a women in architecture platform called Parlour founded by the amazing Justine Clark. She talks about how the podcast project, her experience as a young architect and outlook on life as a woman in society today is somewhat influenced by the #MeToo movement. Bridget brings in her journal to share some notes from a yoga retreat in Rishikesh in North of India that she attended a few years ago. Bridget also discusses the idea of taking leaps in life which is inspired by a book she brought in called The Leap Stories by Kylie Lewis. To follow Bridget's work, find her on Instagram at The_Doyenne_Interviews or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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A woodworking assignment in high school inspired Todd to complete TAFE and study construction management at university in Brisbane. In 2019, Todd's university Honors Thesis was published in the Australian Institute of Building Magazine on the topic of mental health in construction for cadet professionals. After being diagnosed with a medical condition in 2016, experiencing poor mental wellbeing, and losing a job, Todd became interested in researching and sharing information about positive wellbeing in the workplace. We also talk about self care, time management, prioritisation of leisure time and work, and perseverance. Todd also brings in a book called Awaken The Giant Within: Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny by Tony Robbins to discuss pain and pleasure. To follow Todd's journey, connect with him on LinkedIn.
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After marrying an Australian 7 years ago, Green Park uprooted from South Korea and settled in Sydney. She swapped her plans for a career in Journalism to being self-employed and selling miscellaneous items on eBay at a time when the eBay business was booming. Two years into the business, Green started experiencing extreme pain in her fingers and discovered that the repetitive nature of her job has led to carpal tunnel syndrome. Forced to do another career change, Green took up yoga teaching and today her health is back on track and she has not looked back. Green is a yoga teacher who is passionate about living her life fully and shares with us a journal entry that she wrote in Korean reminding her and also us, to do just that. To follow Green’s journey follow her on Instagram @yoginigreen.
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Adele Faraone talks about how her childhood lead her to baking as a side passion and taking up water engineering as a career. After completing her environmental engineering degree, Adele has been working in the surface water space in the urban development sector. She shares a poem relating to water and how we live from The Book of The Way and It's Virtues by Tao Te Ching. Having recently experienced burnout in the workplace, Adele touches on religion, taking a break, self-care and hobbies. Adele also recommends a light hearted fiction book with mental health themes called Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. To follow Adele, find her on LinkedIn or on Instragram at Adeleeats.
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Han Nguyen has come back from her yearlong teaching adventure in regional Japan in Yamaguchi prefecture, in a city called Mine. She shares her experiences and advice for others who are considering living and working overseas, away from the comfort of home. Han talks about her many passions including teaching English to young children and to asylum seekers in Australia. She also shares with us her favourite Beat poem from the 50s, from Howl by Allen Ginsberg. And reads a personal review of a famous book called My Brilliant Friend written in Italian by Elena Ferrante, and translated by Ann Goldstein. To follow Han's adventures, find her on Instagram at Hanwithahat.
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Michael Crear left his corporate job as a civil engineer in project management in Brisbane almost 2 years ago to pedal his way to Daylesford in Victoria where he is now settled. He has shifted to consciously living a low impact lifestyle which is inspired by his study of permaculture. Michael loves story telling and shares with us via his journal the real experiences that he faced on the dirt road with only his bike. Michael also brings in a book called The Art of Frugal Hedonism by Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb and reads out a fact that may just change the way you think about driving. To follow Michael's journey, follow his Facebook page at Permaculture Pedals.
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Having grown up in a household where discussing social issues was the norm, Angus McAlpine put his hand up to be a Greens candidate for his local electorate early last year. He was interested in sharing a diverse voice in his community and supporting an emerging young leader in his party name Huong Truong. However, other political parties, the media and the public quickly hosed down his work and career in politics by digging up and putting the focus on his past mistakes as a young rapper. Angus shares his experiences, and encourages other young people to participate in politics despite his brush with public scrutiny.
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Lyn Swinburne's life took a turn when she received a phone call informing her of her breast cancer diagnosis. Her teaching career took a back seat as her desire to see change in the health system drove her to establish the Breast Cancer Network Australia, connecting women all over the country to this day. Lyn shares with us the power of bringing together a group of people with a shared vision. She also goes through some points to consider in situations where you want to influence or lead gracefully. To find out more about Lyn Swinburne, look her up on Wikipedia, LinkedIn or www.bcna.org.au.
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Episode 5 is with Mitch Grygorcewicz who's been in the game in construction and sports since he was young. We talk about his journey to becoming a mindset enthusiast and his personal achievements as a result. Mitch shares a beautiful page from his leather journal which shows another side to him and also brings in a book called Minimalism by The Minimalists to discuss. To connect with Mitch, find him on LinkedIn or Instagram at @mitchgfitness.
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When her family was struggling financially, Phoenix Ly left high school early and picked up a full time job to support her single mum. Outside her work hours she explored her love for the hair industry, which lead to her landing her first job in a salon. She now works as a freelancer hairstylist and makeup artist and is involved in many projects with big brands like Mecca. She shares with us her favourite quote by Sam McKnight and relatable pages from a book called Things Are What You Make of Them - Life Advice for Creatives by Adam J. Kurtz. Find out more about Phoenix Ly and her work at www.Phoenixly-hairstylist.com and humansalon.com or reach out to her on LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook.
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Nhung Vo is the host and creator of Everyday People Podcast. She is a first generation Vietnamese-Australian, construction professional and creative who is passionate about projects that bring diverse groups of people together to connect, share stories and leave a positive or curious impact on one another. To follow her journey, find her on LinkedIn or Instagram at @k_nhungvo and @everydaypeople_podcast.
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Throughout Elinor Moshe's Highschool years and the first part of her University, she thought that Architecture was for her. But a group project sparked her to pivot to a career in Construction Management instead. Early in her career, Elinor seeked out mentoring and professional development to embed herself in the Construction arena. She saw so much value in it that she recently launched her own platform The Construction Coach and founded Workshop& with two other women in the industry. She's also a self confessed personal development junkie and shares her learnings about fear from Tara Mohr's book - Playing Big. Find out more about her two side hustles at theconstructioncoach.com.au and workshopand.com or reach out to her on LinkedIn or Instagram.
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Annie Louey left her first full time job on the Melbourne Metro Project only 6 months ago to commit to her lifelong passion in Stand Up Comedy. She is also newly single and shares her journal entry and snippet from Breakup Boss by Zoe Foster Blake that helped her survive the breakup. Find out more about her upcoming shows, gigs and projects at www.annielouey.com or reach out to her on Facebook or Instagram.
