Forrest Chat

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 ...

Blake talks about being a football umpire, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "But for me as umpire manager within the Perth District, and umpiring all my junior footy there, now as umpire manager, I'm giving back to all the young umpires that are just starting. And hopefully providing a safe space for them to start their umpiring career. And being able to watch them develop their ca...

Natalie talks about making cakes, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "It's pretty special for me, knowing that I'm actually making cakes for all sorts of different reasons. And for people that don't want to or can't make it for themselves.  For all the different reasons that people want cake. 90th birthdays. 100 birthdays, just because. Just to say thanks. To say thank you for the c...

Alison talks about walking the Camino trail, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Yes, and you do have plenty of time to contemplate. We didn't set out to particularly, do any sort of deep and meaningful introspection, but you just do as a natural consequence of doing this, this walking. And for me, it definitely taught me to live more simply because, you've just got your backpack, an...

Jaime talks about what it takes to be an ambassador for Busselton Jetty Swim, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "I think that, engaging with the swimmers and the families, the participants down there, hopefully providing something positive to them and inspiring and motivating. And not everyone has the swim they wanna have. There are gonna be ups and downs and people who are disappointed about how...

Shane talks about what it takes to lead Collie Trail Runners, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "It's also a matter of not distracting the group as well because a lot of them are new to trail running as well. So they are probably watching the runners feet in front of them. So calling out if there's any obstacles, any tree roots or toe grabbers as I call them, because any rocks and tree roots they ...

Taarna talks about what it takes to be a competitive swimming coach, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "It's been a long journey, but like over the last five years, I can see how far the club's come. And my swimmers are, they're teenagers now, like when I first become head coach they were like nine. And now they're teenagers and, becoming really good swimmers, really good competitive swimmers. An...

Cara talks about what it takes to homeschool their son, the benefits they see and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "I've built community through homeschooling. I guess the great thing about meeting other homeschoolers is also learning different ways of teaching. If a child might be having difficulty with something, making suggestions of what maybe you've tried. The curriculum that I'm actually using at the moment ...