Seize the Yay
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Seize the Yay
A lawyer turned funtrepreneur's investigation into how some of the world's most inspiring people find their "yay", whether it's through work, rest or play and any other pearls of wisdom they have along the way.
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Monica Ferreira // Ms Moni's first ever podcast!!!
In this day and age, we all enjoy a few parasocial relationships with people we follow but haven’t actually met and in fact most of our guests on the...
Zara Seidler // On Bright Colours, Brand Building And Bringing Australia The News
There would be very few Australians who haven’t encountered The Daily Aus at one point or another, consuming the latest headlines from around the worl...
Merrick Watts // A passionate polymath's pathway to Posca
Sometimes our guests are incredibly talented experts in a specific field, while other times they are extreme polymaths with ventures spanning industri...
Seize the Bébé // Michelle Battersby on selling her company and starting her dream job at 30 weeks pregnant
I’ve had a string of special recordings lately with guests I’ve been lucky to know through multiple chapters of their pathYAYS and today’s is absolute...
Bec Judd and Jessie Roberts // Transparency, transformations and tales from Vain-ish!!!
I’m not sure I even have words to describe our episode this week and you’ll understand why within the first few minutes - even the journey to our firs...
Seize the Bébé // Steph Miller on second bubs, sense of self and staying at Homb
You have all definitely heard of the incredible Steph Claire Smith or Steph Miller and, if you’ve been listening to the show for a while, you’ll have...
David McCloskey // From the CIA to The Rest is Classified...
It has been an absolute delight to see how many of you share in my passion for espionage or intelligence stories and to hear that you enjoyed our last...
[Redacted] // Life As An ASIO Intelligence Officer
Over our seven years so far of seizing the yay, I’ve found myself repeatedly blown away by some of the rooms it has led me into and some of the incred...
Anita Sarkar // How To Sell Anything Online
Welcome back lovely yayborhood, I hope the new financial year is treating you well. I’m so excited to share today’s episode not only because our guest...
Grace Tame // On Survival, The Spectrum And Speaking Out
We all know I rarely find myself struggling with words, but certain guests and their stories simply defy adequate description. I was lucky enough to i...
Introducing BIZ: The 5-Second Trick That Kills Procrastination
Welcome to BIZ — the podcast that's rewriting the rules of work for a new generation.
Are you the queen of procrastination who'd rather d...
Seize the Bebe // Annabel Karmel On Feeding Toddlers!
Lovely yayborhood, it’s been a little while since our last Seize the Bebe episode but as always that in itself is such an apt representation of the ju...
Loren Dennett // Is AI Taking Over The World?
Lovely yayborhood, one of my favourite things about this show is the incidental opportunity it gives me to learn about things I don’t really understan...
Rozalia Russian // The Inimitable Icon On Immigrating, Influencing And Inspiring
If you’ve been on the Internet at all over the past decade or so, you’ve likely been influenced by Rozalia Russian who I feel comfortable calling one...
Simon Hill // The Proof, the plants, the pathYAY
Lovely yayborhood, I hope you all had a wonderful double long weekend and are getting back into the swing of things. I had some very much needed down...
Hedley Thomas // Missing persons, the media and making a difference
The problem with being an excitable person who always uses excitable language is that I leave no superlatives in reserve for when something really blo...
Ellie Cole // Paralympics, Pathway Pivots, Parenthood And Publishing Her First Book
I am so excited about our guest this week (although I know I say that every time), but I'm especially excited about this one as we’ve been trying to l...
Seize The Bébé // One Year Of Teddy... My Top 10 Lessons
Following on from last week, here's a little (very unedited, stream of consciousness style) dear diary reflection episode on the top ten things I've l...
Seize The Bébé // One Year Of Teddy... Throwback To Our Birth Story
It is such a great privilege to have a community (or a yayborhood) sharing in our big life milestones and moments (especially over many years for some...
Laura Kane // The Woman, The Legend And The Most Senior Person In Football At The AFL
Given International Women’s Day fell on a Saturday this year, consider this week’s conversation our annual dedication episode. And I don’t think we co...
Seize The Bébé // Starting Solids (Part 2)
Welcome to part two of our very hotly awaited episode of Seize the Bebe on starting solids. In this part, we cover one of the most overwhelming parts...
Seize The Bébé // Starting Solids (Part 1)
Welcome to a very hotly awaited episode of Seize the Bebe and by hotly awaited, I mean we had SO many submitted questions from you guys but possibly e...
George Hartley // From Bandmate And Business Analyst To Building Bluethumb
Many of our guests on the show tell incredible stories of trying lots of different things they don’t really love before stumbling on a particular yay...
Craig Challen // Revisiting The Thai Cave Rescue...
It’s not the first time we’ve touched on this week’s topic or guest on the show, but you’ll all remember how absolutely CAPTIVATED I was by the Thai c...
Introducing: BIZ | How To Ask For More Money (Without Dying From Awkardness)
Welcome to BIZ - the podcast that's rewriting the rules of work for a new generation.
Join Em Vernem (ambitious but efficient), Michelle Batters...
Seize the Bébé // Lisa Messenger and Sarah Megginson on surrogacy and the power of two
I mentioned the crazy revelation in our last episode that our first was back in 2018 making 2025 our seventh year. And that makes this one of many bea...
Ebony Beggs // Ditching corporate, a dash of Diane von Furstenberg, detective discoveries, and dreaming up Eupheme
I couldn’t think of anyone more special to help us start the year (and to mark our 300th episode) than my very best friend, Ebony Beggs, whose story e...
John Pearce // From Justice Crew to Purple Wiggle!
Whether you are a child, have a child or have ever met a child, you will undoubtedly know of The Wiggles and not just at home here in Australia - they...
Yays of our Lives // Updated with Ang!!
Our first #yaysofourlives episode in a while and our last for a while as Ang has some big news!!!
+ Announcements on Insta at @spoonful_of_sarah...
John Harlan Kim // From home to Hollywood and back again...
You all know I find every single guest amazing in their own way and use a lot of superlatives to convey that, but every now and then a conversation le...
BONUS: What's It Really Like Growing Up Adopted In Australia?
My first blood relative arrived when I gave birth to my son Teddy.
Growing up, I always knew I was adopted; brought to Australia from South Kore...
Pete Murray // On slower starts, self doubt and sliding doors moments
This week, we have a voice in your ears that needs no introduction - his music has been a formative part of so many of our lives and I’m pinching myse...
Jessie Stephens // From a Masters to Mamamia with a side of motherhood
We are back with a guest episode and I’m thrilled to have one of Australia’s most known and loved voices on the show this week, Jessie Stephens. Many...
Seize the Bébé // A session on sleep regressions
We are back with our third episode of Seize the Bébé on a topic that’s definitely been the most requested in my DMs and that I personally found sparke...
Dr Matt Agnew PART 2 // Ghosting, graphs and going to space?
As promised, here is part two of what could easily snowball into an 825-part series with my dear friend Dr Matt Agnew. Even still, there is so much we...
Dr Matt Agnew PART 1 // Mars rovers, mental health and modern masculinity
We are back with a guest episode for you and one that has been a long time coming. I’m so excited to have finally sat down with a dear friend of mine...
Seize the Bébé // Twenty tips on travel with tiny humans
Welcome to our second episode of Seize the Bébé, thank you all so much for the lovely feedback on our debut episode with Gen covering the juggle - I’m...
Seize the Bébé // The Juggle with Genevieve Day
As promised, welcome to the very first episode of our new motherhood segment - Seize the Bébé (I know, I couldn't help myself). This all came about wh...
Katherine Bennell-Pegg // Our first ever Australian astronaut!!!
Every now and then I get a particular guest in my head and can’t rest until I’ve tried everything in my power to reach them because their story is so...
Basic beginnings, the business of boobies and building big brands
Yayberhood, you asked for more guests, and we've got two of the very, very best in today's episode.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you...