The Voice on Fire Interview Series

Terri is an International Best-Selling author; speaker; facilitator; mentor and coach, and now ghostwriter.

Writing her own book, "My Time To Shine" started her love and passion for writing, and she went on to become a contributing author to several compilation books.

Recently, Terri began her ghostwriting services for those wishing to tell their stories. Her clients are heard, validated, acknowledged, encouraged, and supported to ...

Mary Wong is a self-described kindness crusader.   

A life-on-purpose and a true how-to facilitator, she helps people to confidently find their mission, speak their story, communicate clearly, and ultimately connect deeply. International speaker and accredited speaking trainer, as well as host of speaker events, author, and mentor, she asserts that no matter the issue, there is always a way through using conversations. &n...

Multi-awarded Change Agent, Dr Rabiaah Bhatia is an outstanding inspiration. 

After a 24-year varied professional career, Dr Rabiaah had lost her mental peace and inner satisfaction.  Dr Rabiaah spent one year on exploring new possibilities for herself becoming involved in the education sector and soon found herself investing in uplifting members of society and helping them find their identities.   She continues...

From international student in 2013, to potential Shire Councillor in 2020, Farhat Firdous is a true Action Taker.  

As a recent migrant to Australia, she experienced many of the sadly common experiences of loneliness, 'otherness', isolation, and that sense of being different, often felt by immigrants. Fortunately, Farhat was studying in the Mental Health field and was able to understand the stories of her clients.   ...

Prakash Koirala is a true Change Agent.   

This often-awarded, and highly regarded financial literacy educator has made it his life's work to ensure that future generations around the world are able to have important conversations around money.   In 2017 he established Finlit Nepal, to teach basic personal finance to low-income and vulnerable Nepalese communities. 

Though running workshops and providing imp...

Andrea Putting is founder of Chocolate and Coffee Day for Religious Harmony, and the regular community-based Chocolate and Coffee Breaks. Moved by a tragic terrorist incident that devastated Sydney and Australia, Andrea chose to step into her own discomfort to explore how to bring others together, to speak, share stories, and break down barriers.   

Through Chocolate and Coffee Day for Religious Harmony, and Chocolate and...

Lauren Schuivens is a certified Meditation & Mindfulness instructor trained by Buddhist Monks in Thailand.  She is Founder of Samavira, the international pure-form meditation, with visions to create the first-ever internationally franchised meditation brand.   

Lauren's mission is to facilitate people’s transformations – helping them to  release life blockages by shifting their mindset and habits, through mi...

Coby Liew is an experienced psychotherapist and mental health practitioner with a passion for life, health, and healing. As the Founder of UNSPOKENStory.org, Coby aims to change the social conditioning around how men are taught to express or suppress their emotions. He helps men to share their deeply personal, and often never-before shared stories about their emotional journeys, through safe-space interviews.

Several of these stori...

Naveen Toshniwal, an esteemed practitioner of Graphoanalysis and Graphotherapy, had his initial introduction to Graphotherapy from his father, during Naveen's time in College.  Through the encouragement of his family and friends, he enhanced his knowledge through studying online courses and began to pursue his passion as a part time professional.   

In the many intervening years, Naveen has established himself as a r...

Gauri Das is a Possibilitarian, a ardent speaker, and Founder of Lean-in circle.   

Passionate about women empowerment, Gauri leads the Lean-in Circle called Leaders Lifting Leaders.   She was recently recognised in the top 10 powerful women in HR, and has spoken in multiple national and international forums including TEDx.  Gauri is the Lead Membership for Professional Speakers Associations of India, Mumba...

During a period of rapid change and deep pain in 2004, Michelle Marchan Webb discovered Yoga. Self healing and self discovery soon emerged and in recent years, Michelle immersed herself in Yoga teachings, with a focus upon Trauma Release, Breathwork, and Transformative heart space healings through offerings to bring deep lasting inner peace.  

Michelle has undertaken considerable Yoga education including her first 200-hour tra...

Dr Bunmi Aboaba is a Recovery Coach specialising in Food Addiction, helping clients to achieve a healthy relationship with food to meet long-term health goals.   

Dr Bunmi’s work covers the full spectrum of disordered eating, including overeating, compulsive eating, emotional eating, addicted eating and other associated patterns.   

Dr Bunmi is also creator of the first Certified Food Addiction Certification to ...

Jessie Liew is Founder of Digital Parenting Coaching.  

As a mother of young pre-teen children ranging in age from 5yo twins to an 11yo, and as a cybersecurity expert, she also has to face the same task as all parents; that of rearing safe and responsible digital children.  

We are living in a digital era, and hence we need new skills to parent our children. Parents in the era of Google can no longer simply rely on the wa...

Evelyn is a powerful voice on the Nigerian social and community landscape.  

Evelyn's mission is to be The Voice for the Voiceless, in a country that has known corruption, political fraud and military rule. Nigerian people have endured incredible hardship, and Evelyn works hard to ensure a 'Do No Harm" approach is taken when she brings parties to the table to engage in essential conversations around change, for Women, Girls, a...

On the streets of South Los Angeles one day, Elvis Summers encountered and eventually befriended a homeless woman named Smokie who collected recyclables in the area. To Elvis, Smokie represented a living example of the inequity in greater Los Angeles, a hugely populated city.  To provide her with safety, security, and basic comfort, Elvis built her a mobile emergency tiny shelter.   

Soon after, Elvis was receiving h...

In 1998 Leif Cocks founded and became President of The Orangutan Project. 

His journey into the world of the critically endangered Orangutans followed his formal Masters of Science academic qualification, and he now lectures at Universities, sharing valuable messages with youth to encourage them to seek within to find self-love, and experience the power of working together to achieve positive conservative efforts.   

Some of the darkest moments in life can be turning points for people. 

For Sizol Fuyana, that was definitely the case. Facing the fear and emerging through it, Sizol soon realised that being of service to others was her focus, and by asking the right questions of herself, she turned her life around. 

Sizol is now the Executive Director of Fuyana Support, a youth-oriented consultancy firm, offering unique consultancy optio...

Dr David Vaughan, the Founder of "Plant a Million Corals" is an active aquaculture scientist with a Ph.D in Botany and Plant Physiology, based in the Florida Keys, in the United States of America.  

With his extensive involvement in oceanic research, including various sea creatures, David has also worked alongside the great Cousteau family - Jacques Cousteau's grandson.   

In this interview you will hear David speak ...

Robert was born on the boarder of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, in Uganda, to an impoverished family where hunting and poaching were considered normal. Attempting to survive alongside the forest, their crops were often eaten and destroyed by wild animals, and killing these animals and hunting for food was part of daily life.

To protect crops, children often stayed home from school to guard them. Robert’s schooling was affected...