Podvan Podcast with Rabbit

For my 200th episode, I wanted to introduce my Podvan family... to my actual family! It's my Mum and Dad!

So, in this one, we talk about the time I was at my absolute lowest, and they drove 10 hours from Melbourne for a surprise hug I didn't even know I needed. We also finally get the story about why I went to a psychiatrist when I was three years old (what?!), and we find out what they really thought about this "Podcas...

"If you hadn't done what you did... would you be alive right now?" 

"No."

That’s how the chat started with the incredible Jon and Nicky, and their story only gets more unbelievable from there. It's a journey that spans decades, through multiple cancer diagnoses, unbelievable heartbreak, and a mental health crisis that brought Nicky to a breaking point where she was ready to end it all.

We also talk about th...

"If you hadn't done what you did... would you be alive right now?"

"No."

That’s how the chat started with the incredible Jon and Nicky, and their story only gets more unbelievable from there. It's a journey that spans decades, through multiple cancer diagnoses, unbelievable heartbreak, and a mental health crisis that brought Nicky to a breaking point where she was ready to end it all.

We also talk about the crazy parallels between Jo...

If you get a chance, fire up the video version of this episode on Spotify or YouTube!

The family just got back from Thailand - where Tiana and I weren't allowed to take our ADHD Meds with us... And yet we still managed to pull together a podcast episode from a chaotic week in Phuket!

We have soooo many laughs - and we hope you will too!

I'd love to hear from you! ⬇️

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"You didn't know they didn't have a gun. You didn't know what they were capable of."

I had psychologist Heather Irvine-Rundell from The READ Clinic back in the van, and I decided to share a story that messed me up for years. It involved my five-year-old son and a hooded figure trying to break in at 1am. Fun times.

Heather so brilliantly explains what actually happens in our brain during a moment of terror, why you freeze or why you f...

I had the absolute honour of sitting down with Adrian Date, a man who spent nearly 20 years as an intensive care paramedic. I've always wanted to chat with an ambo, and this chat went to places I never expected!

Adrian tells me about the time he drove straight into a brawl between two bikie gangs, shares a deeply personal story behind his tattoo, and we talk about the heartbreaking privilege of being with someone in their final mome...

Well this episode is a little different!

After a reel I made about the NDIS went completely bonkers online, I got quite curious about the whole thing. The universe then delivered Imbi and Darren, old family friends I hadn't seen in 20 years since our kids were in mother's group together.

It turns out they're NDIS Plan Managers (a job I didn't even know existed), but the biggest lesson I learned is that their job title is completely w...

"He lies Rabs, all the gear and no idea."

Well, it seems Jules and I have sorted out what's going on my tombstone. So that's one thing ticked off the list.

This was one of those classic Podvan chats that went everywhere and nowhere all at once. We talked about the weird and wonderful world of online comment sections, whether our phones are actually reading our minds, and the new TV show that has Julie thinking about wrapping people i...

Ever wondered why you are the way you are?

And why you do things the way you do?

In another awesome chat with Clinical Psychologist Heather Irvine-Rundle from The Read Clinic, we talk about how childhood experiences, including trauma and adverse events, can shape the adults we become and, most importantly, what can be done about it.

Heather takes us through how the brain develops in those crucial first four years, why it’s not what h...

Rosie Waterland's "Just The Gist" podcast had over 10 million downloads, and her memoir "The Anti-Cool Girl" was a best-selling award winner.

I recorded this chat with Rosie at Words on the Waves, where she was promoting her new book Broken Brains, co-written with Jamila Rizvi. We got into what it means to live with trauma, the invisibility of mental illness, and how she’s learned to stop chasing a cure and start living her life -...

People have talking about really copping the winter blues lately. Do you need a laugh or 2? Here you go!

Julie’s back in the Podvan and somehow we cover everything from what people always say to tall people, to my dodgy hacked chairs, to GTA5 life lessons and a bit of how to get backstage at a racetrack.

Just a bit of classic Podvan banter.

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This Quick Fix is pure chaos in the best way: we’re parked up at the beach, the dogs are everywhere, there’s suspicious Labrador mischief, we test out bone-conduction headphones (through our actual bones, obviously), and then spiral into a very scientific debate about bears, men, and Hemsworths.

No plan- and a stack of laughs!!! If this doesn't put a smile on your face - go see your doctor! 😂

Remember, if you’d like to hear the...

WARNING: This episode contains talk around car crashes, fatalities, PTSD, and suicide. It's a great chat - and we have a lot of laughs amongst it, but it's real and it's raw - and if you're not in the right headspace to listen right now, you might want to give this one a skip.

I've always wanted to get a firefighter on the podcast!  And then I met Billy Mac. He has lived through a lot! Ex-firefighter, ex-army, and now living with PT...

You know those plastic bottle tops you toss in the bin? Lottie Dalziel’s turned them into coasters, earrings and pens! She’s the founder of Banish, a platform that makes sustainability accessible (and fun!).

We talk about how she started with one New Year’s resolution and ended up with 70 shoeboxes a day in the mail, the realities of greenwashing, and how to do your bit for the planet.

We also get into:

• What sparked Lottie’s green ...

In this Quick Fix, we’re joined by renowned chef and restaurateur Luke Mangan, straight from the stage to the van!

Luke shares his story of navigating the restaurant world, including how he faced near-bankruptcy, the relentless overheads of the industry, and what drives his success.

If you'd like to hear the whole chat, which includes Shane Fitzsimmons on leadership during the devastating 2019–2020 bushfires, and Tim Martin on A...