The Last 27 Years: Recent Episodes
Alexis Howell
Conversations with students from Class of 1995 at Sydney Girls High School, about what has happened in their lives over the past 27 years. There’s some fabulous stories, all about what makes a life from high school to the mid 40’s. I believe there is something unique about our micro-generation and I want to see if I can find out exactly what that is. We’re talking careers, relationships, marriages, illnesses, children, stories of events, struggles, challenges, lessons, wisdom....and all the crazy that has happened in between. Life is what happens whilst you’re busy making other plans right?! If you want to find out what happened to these Generation X women, check this out - episodes dropping weekly from September 1st 2022!
Preethi is a lawyer who is married, lives in Sydney’s North shore and has two boys. But scratch the surface of this traditional success story and you find this amazingly quirky, witty, super smart woman who I had soooo much fun recording with. One of my favourite stories involved her making different voices at the dinner table during covid lockdown, so her kids felt like more people were there! I hope you all love this episode as much as I loved recording it.
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Emma still works in Healthcare, as she has since her early 20's becoming the youngest NUM at the time, at St Vincent's Hospital. Her work life has taught her "not to sweat" the small stuff and this attitude has bled beautifully into her family life. Emma still regularly stays in touch with many friends from high school and counts them as some of her most valuable supports.
Michelle is a mother of two teenage girls and a young son she's had with her second husband. She lives happily in Bondi in Sydney and balances work as a lawyer with her numerous family commitments. Michelle prioritised an amicable divorce for the sake of her children (and everyone else!) and has a relationship with her daughter's father most would envy, allowing the whole family to attend special events without unnecessary tension. That's something not many have achieved. Michelle has always been larger than life, with her humour and good nature shining through as much today as it ever did. I enjoyed catching up with Michelle and I hope you guys do too, just as much xx Michelle owns and runs Quest in Goulburn with her second husband and so they travel down the m5 ALL THE WAY quite often lol passing Campbelltown on their way BACK into Sydney!
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Vanessa has live a varied life - from working in the corporate world to living in rural Victoria, distilling gin from grapes! And there is so much in between.
Enjoy x
To purchase Vanessa's Gin, head to:https://www.envydistilling.com.au/
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Polina is one of those rare people who knew eaxctly what job they wanted to do, went for it straight out of high school, and found it to be both a challenging and fulfilling career. Polina is a mother of two and lives with her husband in East Sydney. Polina is conscious of privilege and is invested in cultivating in her children (as much as possible!) an appreciation of how fortunate they are. Polina is a trail runner and volunteers with Pets in the Park, using her specialised skills as a vet to give back to the greater community. Like most of us, she's striving for balance in her life at this age. Hope you enjoy this catch up with Polina! I did. xx
Shelley is a business entrepreneur, small business advisor and home-school Mumma based in sunny North Queensland. In this episode, Shelley shares her health journey of struggling with the symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in her teens and young adult, before completely changing her diet and lifestyle to achieve fertility. She ultimately conceived her son, Pacey-James at 37. She also takes us through the career steps that led her to finding the love of her life in far North Queensland (of all places!) and jointly building a wholesome food business that supports their community to enjoy the sweet goodness in life and nourish their bodies at the same time.
Shelley's business is Nourishing Bites: www.nourishingbites.com.au/
Elyssa is a remedial massage therapist in the Blue Mountains and the owner of Massage and Soul. She also works as a disability support worker, likes to sing, dance and has a rescue greyhound, Coco. Her life motto is to help people feel a little bit better whether that’s through massage, friendly chat in the community or participating in one of her many hobbies.
https://www.massageandsoul.com.au www.Facebook.com/massageandsoul www.Instagram.com/massage_and_soul www.instagram.com/mtnlyss
Today Karina owns her own IT consulting business and is the mother of two boys. She has degrees in teaching, arts, science and wrote a thesis on music as a language. However, Karina's journey also includes having needed to overcome the greatest health obstacle I think I've heard about in a long time. Here is Episode 12.
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Today, Zoe owns a digital marketing business, ‘Lulu loves Digital’ (..does she really love it though?) and puts a lot of thought into parenting the aformentioned Lulu, who loves baking 🥰
If you want to hear what happened to take us from Zoe Crane in the 90's to the Zoe Pester of today, here is Episode 11.
It was a really fun episode to record!! ...difficult to edit lol
And I’d like to dedicate this episode to actress, author and teacher Bobby Gledhill, who passed away in September this year.
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Kate is an Art curator with a passion for photography, today living in Tasmania. In this episode, Kate is brave and candid about challenges she's faced and overcome. Prepare yourself for some harsh realities with this episode, but I love that Kate has grown into the woman and mother she always wanted to be. Growth and change and overcoming obstacles we encounter, define all of our lives if we are on a path to our highest self. This episode is a beautiful reminder of the darkness and that we can step into the light.
Sasha has multiple passions - extraordinary "swanky" food as an experience, fabricating items from scratch and supporting the wellbeing of LGBTQI+ youth through fundraising events. They're even going back to uni to do a double degree to better support young people. There's so much more and I hope you guys enjoy this catch up as much as I did recording it. Enjoy x
Riyong Kim has 4 degrees including a PhD, she's been part of humanitarian aid during times of genocide and natural disasters. Her life would make an incredible book. She currently advises the European Union on environmental issues. She often had me out of the present moment and off into the land of ..."what was I doing when I was 25?" type thoughts..... But it is pretty jaw-dropping stuff Riyong has been involved with. I loved hearing her last 27 years and i hope you do as well.
Enjoy x
Riani is a primary school teacher and mother of 6 children with her husband Paul. She lives in Queensland and completed her studies whilst rasing children. Although she did NOT enjoy home schooling lol
I hope you enjoy the episode x
Riani is amazing with how she handles everything thrown her way is incredibly reality.
I have had so much going on recently I haven't edited as well, my voice is way too quiet AND I'm overly verbose at the same time. Well, better than it being the other way around but hopefully this will be the only one....lol (ugh because it reminds).
Chrissy is a well travelled-sometimes photographer raising multiple kids with her partner, David. She's creative and intelligent, promotes slow living and one of those rare people who makes one feel calmer after spending time with them. Chrissy has been responsible for all the promotional photos for the podcast so far and I thank her so much.
Enjoy xx
It took me ages to remember Natasha's maiden name - Clarke! That was it!! lol
Well Natasha is one of those rare individuals who was born knowing to follow her intuition and allow herself to be guided to where she is meant to be. So her life is a beautiful case of being in the right place at the right time. I learned a lot through my conversation with Natasha and i hope you all get as much out of it as I did!
Heather Clement (formerly Carter) was someone who followed the advice of the careers advisor and became an engineer! But in pretty much every other area of her life she's followed her own path. Hope you love this episode with Heather as much as I loved recording it.
Michelle Watson (formerly Vadasz) is a successful woman who balances career and motherhood. She works is CSR today but is most remembered by our cohort as being an incredibly talented cartoonist. In her younger years she was even part of a musical kids entertainment troupe!
This episode covers the last 27 years of Michelle's life that took her overseas, where she met her husband, and back to Australia where she is raising her children. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it.
Nicky Hammond, today, is a Master Life coach, meaning she coaches other Life coaches in how to best serve their clients. She's passionate about ethics in coaching and living your best, most authentic life. But how did she get here?
Find out in this week's episode of "The last 27 Years" Podcast featuring Nicky Hammond and check out her website https://nickyhammond.com/ if you're a coach who wants to take their business to the next level.
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I know I'm tecnically dropping it a bit early but I'm scared I won't have time in the morning! lol and I'm assuming most of you are already asleep ;)
Grace Kim is an internationally acclaimed pianist and the creative force behind the Sensory concerts. If you want to check out te Sensory concert music, which brings world class performances and musicians to special needs children, the alcum is available at: https://open.spotify.com/album/3vgUgJmOcNyNhM0niU3LF8
Grace's personal website is http://gracekim.com.au/index.php/creative-direction/sensory-concerts
She's one of the most accomplished people I know and i hope you enjoy her story of world travel and success as much as enjoyed recording with her.
She also has a book available on Amazon, which is a coming out story for a child with ASD: https://www.amazon.com.au/Noahs-story-cover-Grace-Kim/dp/0648452549
Enjoy.
Conversations with women from Class of 1995 at Sydney Girls High School, about what has happened in their lives over the past 27 years. There’s some fabulous stories, all about what makes a life from high school to the mid 40’s. I believe there is something unique about our micro-generation and I want to see if I can find out exactly what that is. We’re talking careers, relationships, marriages, illnesses, children, stories of events, struggles, challenges, lessons, wisdom....and all the crazy that has happened in between. Life is what happens whilst you’re busy making other plans right?! If you want to find out what happened to these Generation X women, check this out - episodes dropping weekly from September 1st 2022!