Forrest Chat

Paul talks about being a rally co-driver, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "There's people have a need for really, you know, generating some adrenaline and getting it out of the system, so to speak. And if that's not in society, then it gets down to pent up aggression and that sort of thing. So by allowing it, allowing people to get out there and, and do sports that do put them on...

Erik talks about being a commentator, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "If you are struggling with friendships and mental health and that sort of stuff, get involved in events. It doesn't have to be cycling or mountain biking can be local lawn bowls club. but yeah, building those relationships just great. Great, for you, great for mental health. Someone to talk to, someone to shar...

Dan talks about ultra-endurance in-line skating and fundraising, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the eisode is "When we get a new skater and they say to me, look I've done my first 30 kilometer skate. And then they'll qualify that by saying, oh, that's nothing compared to what you've done. But that doesn't matter, that's huge for you. You've never done this before, and you are setting goals to d...

Helen talks about being a harpist, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "And the nursing home, I've been playing at various nursing homes, and one in particular, I've been going regularly for eight years now and I go there once a fortnight. And that's different type of music, that's familiar type music. And often, the residents will start to sing along to the music. I encourage 'em if...

Nathalie talks about painting by numbers, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Yeah, I've had people say to me, oh, if I do this, it's not gonna be as good as yours, or I'm thinking just give it a go and you will amaze yourself. I didn't think I would be any good at it. I would not even see my, you know, 10 years ago there's no way I would've said I would be completing these canvases...

Luke talks about running a business while on the road, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of this episode is "I understand that not a lot of people get the opportunity to take that step either.  It's been a choice that we've had to make, regardless of the financial side of things, especially starting out. It was like we're gunna drop a bit here for sure, but we're gonna gain so much more. And it was ...

Holly talks about being a mountaineer, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of this episode is "I definitely feel, like even my last climb in Pakistan, I was having a way better time than a lot of the other people on my team. Just 'cause I was so grateful to be up there. I didn't even really think about the hardships to be fair. I just, yeah, I was just so happy to be up there and so glad that my train...

Leanne talks about being a triathlete, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "If you aren't injured, and your bike's okay, then yep, you, you have to get back on that bike. Otherwise, it's very easy to go, nup, I'm not gonna risk it anymore. I don't wanna get injured, or, you know, when you fall off, it does hurt. But yeah, you've gotta get back on the bike. Otherwise, yeah, there is th...

Phil talks about running backyard ultra-marathons, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "It's kind of just something that I fell into, like started with short distances and, yeah, it just kind of snowballed and got bigger and bigger. And I think it's just it's something that I've discovered that I'm good at, and I think when you find that thing that you're good at you just need to emb...

Chris talks about organising running events, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "They might be doing a parkrun, they might want to get up to a 10 K or, it might be for a real good cause. It might just be something that they, you know, wanna kick off that they've been thinking about for a long period of time. So I think  everyone has their own reasons to do events. But I know personal...

Sugi talks about being a Library Officer, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "My mother tongue is Tamil. 'cause I was born in Sri Lanka and there was another language in Sri Lanka. We had to learn Sinhalese. So my dad said, no, you had to learn that language and both languages and English. We have to learn English. So he made us study English all the time.

And so he would tell us, be...

Paul talks about one year of Forrest.Chat podcasting, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "There's a balance between the skills and experience that the person has and what they do and often what they've done in the past and the skills they've learned make it easier for them to, to do something. And knowing that you actually have a particular set of skills that you have built up and e...

Abdul talks about being a basketball referee, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "One thing from memory, I can remember, which has helped me in life  as well. What I used to do, I didn't think about it, but when they explained it to me, I would subconsciously, depending on who my co-official was,  I would,  if they were less experienced, I'd actually drop my standard to kind of matc...

Sasha talks about being an author, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Well, to me it means the achievement of a lifelong dream, because when I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer,  but I didn't think that it was possible. It was on the same level to me as becoming a movie star. So I thought the likelihood of it was very low.  I thought that perhaps one day I might get a book publishe...

Alex talks about being head of year, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of this episode is "And that's one of the interesting things about teaching. You seldom, if ever, know you've made the impact.  But every now and then you get these little moments and they're gold. They're absolute gold. I've had  a number of interactions with students who have graduated, and I had in my classes, you know, sort o...

Michelle talks about being an astrologer, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "And the thing is that people think that's luck. I don't believe in luck. Luck, it means that you're not connected, that it's random and arbitrary and you didn't deserve it, or you haven't worked towards it, or you haven't made changes in your life to set up. Um, I don't believe in that. I believe that we do...

Sandi talks about writiing with and about cystic fibrosis (cf), what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Maybe other children who know kids with CF may get a little bit of an insight into our headspace, of what it's like to live with something where you're constantly worried about being judged and not fitting in and not being normal. Because, we all do that,  we all have something where ...