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Episode 145 – Emma Jane Holmes (Death Care Professional)
Heard of the term ‘Death Care Professional’? I hadn’t until I met Emma Jane Holmes. Emma has been working in Funeral Homes for the past several years and has taken an unorthodox approach to sharing her experiences in a jovial way with the general public. Heels & Hearses is a blog that Emma started in
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Episode 144 – Karl Hüttenmeister (Prosthetic Technician, Musician, Artist)
Karl is a Prosthetic Technician who has been creating artificial limbs since the early 90s for a countless number of amputees of all ages and backgrounds. He’s built life long friendships with many of his clients often providing new limbs as people grow up, get older and require updates and improvements as time rolls
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Episode 143 – Stu McGill (Silent Knight, Stormrider Touring, Adbandtage)
Often referred to as Western Australia’s power metal sweetheart, Stu McGill is the guitarist and founder of Perth’s Silent Knight. Over the past 9 years, Stu and the band have created a loyal following in a local scene that has been heavily dominated by more extreme metal bands. Stu understood that their sound didn’t equate
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Episode 142 – Shivani Gopal (CEO & Founder – The Remarkable Woman)
Shivani Gopal is leading the charge to help women live more a remarkable life through empowerment and opportunity. Through her own experiences of sexual harassment, an arranged marriage as a young woman and continuous inequality stemming from gender, Shivani took action to make a change not only for herself but for others also experiencing the
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Episode 141 – Jonas Heidgert (Dragonland, Destiny, Made In Iron)
Power metal nerds can skip the introduction, however for the rest of you, Jonas Heidgert is a metal vocalist and best known as the front man for Sweden’s Dragonland. He’s had guest appearances on a number of releases from bands such as Ancestral Dawn, Aldaria, and even Melbourne’s Bane of Winterstorm. Jonas has also been
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The (Not So) Secrets to a Productive Day
When it boils down to it, there are no secrets to being productive at all. The concepts are simple and straight forward. In fact, many of us know them already. Despite this we continuously fail to remember them in the heat of the moment. Before we know it, we’re groaning about how we’re not getting
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14 Tunes You Must Hear – Music from The Guests
We’re still early days when it comes to The Andy Social Podcast, however let’s highlight some of the amazing music that has come from the guests who have been generous to give their time and appear on the podcast to date! This is the first of hopefully many blogs of this nature as I continue
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Be a wanker! Be creative!
I’ve been pretty lucky. For a large chunk of my life I’ve been in the company of many creative people. Musicians, artists, performers, and the like. Overall it’s been a pretty supportive group that are open minded and embrace their creativity and the creativity of those around them. With that being said, however, I have
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Fear of Fear
Fear. I don’t think a lot of people understand the word at times, or more so realise that their actions are often being ruled by it. This isn’t about fear in a situation where your life or health depends on it. We all know that there are circumstances where we need to be controlled by
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Breaking through incoherent mutter
You know how much energy it has taken me to stop, sit down, and starting typing this? Honestly, to try and slow my brain down just enough to get that *little* bit of focus to begin tapping away was such a hard task. But hey, here I am and I’m now on a roll. Have
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