"Flow is a moment, when suddenly, life is simple. It’s fun, it’s being close to nature, and it stimulates focus – which when combined can achieve clarity like no other. This is where moments of realisation are born” ... Or at least, that is how we describe it. Presented by Tara Howell, Co-Director of luxury adventure and world first Tasmanian tourism mountain biking business, Blue Derby Pods Ride, where Experiences are curated to help their guests ‘experience the flow’. Tara applies her real-world experience combined with the theories of the great Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, world-renowned researcher and psychologist, whose work seeks to understand happiness, creativity, human fulfilment and the notion of ‘flow’, – a state of heightened focus and immersion in activities such as art, play and work. Tara interviews some of the world’s most interesting individuals and delves deep into conversation about their life and stories of how they #experiencetheflow. Listen in for inspiration, education, entertainment and all going to plan, a moment in ‘flow’.
Jane Hilliard - Why Jane Has An Allergic Reaction To Indoor Garages
Welcoming Jane Hilliard to our Flow Seekers podcast! Jane is the Founder/Director and Head Desinger at Designful. Designful is a group of down to earth Building Designers who share a passion for making great design available to more people, to support them in leading a healthy, sustainable and meaningful lifestyle. As Designfuls Founder, clearly Jane embodies these vales in every way. She cares deeply for the environment, natural and built. This conversations focuses on the bel...
11 Aug 2023
Alice Hansen - Passion, Tourism And Writer's Flow
Welcoming Alice Hansen to our Flow Seeker's podcast, and what a wonderful conversation this was! Alice's career has had many successful facets, including being a travel writer and publishing 9 books. Her books span from children's to her highly successful 'Tailored Tasmania'. Tailored Tasmania and its sister website has become a trusted Tasmanian voice, packed with secrets on the best places to eat, play, shop and stay. Our conversation covers topics like: Alice's story, including many litt...
4 Aug 2023
Hugh van Cuylenburg - How Finding Flow Helped Hugh Survive Covid-19
Welcome to our third season of the Flow Seekers podcast! We're delighted to bring you the first episode of season three which is a conversation with Hugh van Cuylenburg. If you don't know Hugh, here are a couple of achievements to his name: Founder of The Resilience ProjectAuthor of two books 'The Resilience Project - Finding Happiness' and 'Let Go'Imperfects Podcast Co-hostABC Radio National PresenterMy conversation with Hugh delves into the following topics: Hugh's first experience of flow...
14 Dec 2022
Dr Richard Buning - The Positive Economic Impact of Mountain Biking Tourism on Individual and the Broader Community
This episode of our ‘Flow Seekers’ podcast is with Dr Richard (Rick) Buning PhD. Rick is a senior lecturer in Tourism and Event Management based at The University of Queensland. Dr. Buning's research interests reside at the intersection of physical activity, travel, and events. Within this area, his research agenda is focused on how tourists are physically active as both a driver of tourism behaviour (i.e., active lifestyle sports) and during visitation (i.e., active transport). His res...
25 Aug 2022
Olivia Morrison - Bread + Butter: A Company Ethos Of Uncompromising Quality Standards
Hello and welcome back to our Flow Seekers podcast! Today's guests is Olivia Morrison. Olivia is the founder and owner of Bread + Butter. Bread + Butter is a unique amalgamation of a small batch butter factory - Tasmanian Butter Company, wholesale/retail bakers, onsite eatery and coffee bar. Their mission is to deliver delicious and exceptional bread, pastries, coffee and breakfast for our community every single day of the year. We are also very fortunate to work with Olivia and her team fr...
23 Jun 2022
Matthew Evans - Viewing The World From The Ground Up: Food, Soil and Flow State
Welcome to our next podcast guest... Matthew Evans! Matthew is a chef and food critic turned farmer-food activist. He lives on a mixed farm that occupies a one-time apple orchard in the Huon Valley outside Hobart with his partner Sadie Chrestman and son Hedley. He is best known nationally for his long-running SBS series Gourmet Farmer, set on Fat Pig Farm's 70 acres. He has authored or co-authored 13 books, his most recent 'Soil' being the focus of our conversation today. We are fortunate e...
16 May 2022
Glen Jacobs - A Life Of Mountain Biking
Welcome back to our next episode of Flow Seekers. Today's guests is one that many in the mountain bike community will be very aware of, Glen Jacobs. Mountain biking has been in Glen's world since he first rode a bike. From there, he worked worked to build a wonderful career around this industry and is currently the Director of World Trail, one of the largest mountain bike trail building businesses in the world. Glen was also the first and only Australian to inducted int the International Mou...
17 Mar 2022
Sarah Wilson - Living On The Edge: Simplicious Flow, Anxiety and Climate
Introducing our next episode interview with the highly respected and influential Sarah Wilson. For those of you who don't recognise Sarah's name, Sarah has an acclaimed career, much of which has been in the light of the media around the world. She is a multi New York Times & Amazon best selling author, founder of the International I Quit Sugar movement and has authored 11 cookbooks which sell in over 52 countries, to name a few of her achievements. In addition she is a podcaster, thought...
4 Feb 2022
Tina Stephens - A Yoga Teacher's Perspective On Flow In Relation To Acquired And Innate States, Outer And Inner World And Trust
Welcome to our next episode and our first for 2022! In this episode, join us for our insightful chat with Tina Stephens. In short, Tina is a yoga teacher and operates her own yoga business 'Yoga by Tina'. Tina is so much more than this though, she has taken her practice in yoga to the nth degree, which has allowed her to garner perspectives that many could only hope to understand in the later years of life. Our conversation centres around the idea of flow state in yoga. Listen to this...
3 Dec 2021
Katya Crema - Olympic Athlete and Motherhood... Transferring Skills Between Roles to Find Moments of Flow
Welcome to our next podcast interview with Katya Crema! Katya is a 2 x Winter Olympian in the discipline of ski-cross and Director of Projects at HIP V. HYPE. HIP V. HYPE is an ethical, socially conscious and environmentally focused property developer, sustainability consulting practice and work share provider. Listen to this podcast to: Hear how Katya trained to remove fear from her mind to find an ultimate state of mindLearn how Katya transfers skills and strategies learnt as an O...
16 Nov 2021
Hannah Maloney - The 'Good Life' Is The Hard Life And Finding Flow Everyday
Welcome to our next interview with the delightful Hannah Moloney! Hannah is the face behind Good Life Permaculture and a guest presenter on Gardening Australia. She has also recently launched her first book, titled 'The Good Life', and after reading this I couldn't let her idea of the good life also being the hard life leave my mind. With this in mind, Hannah's interview focuses on this topic and ties it into the idea of flow state. Listen to this podcast to:Learn how the good life is...
13 Sept 2021
Hanny Allston - Being Wilder, Self Motivation and Flow In The Pyrenees
Introducing our third episode of our Flow Seekers podcast with an interview Hanny Allston! Hanny's life achievements to date are incredible, so much so, we don't have enough space to list them all here. However, her athletic career really sprang into action when in 2006 she was, (and still is), the only athlete to win both the Junior & Senior World Orienteering Titles in the same year. From there, Hanny has continued to achieve multiple accolades in her athletic career, many of which we ...
1 Aug 2021
John Bertrand AO - High Performing Teams, Leadership And Flow In Slow Motion
Welcome back! We are so excited to share with you our second podcast interview, this time with the incredibly worthy, John Bertrand AO. For many of you, John will need no introduction as he famously skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America’s Cup ending a 132-year winning streak by the Americans. Further to this John is an Olympian, has authored a number of books, was chairperson of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, and President of Sw...
8 Jul 2021
Anne Hardy - The Story Of How 'Flow Seekers' Came To Be
Welcome to our first ‘Flow Seekers’ podcast! We are so thrilled to be here, so thank you for joining us. This podcast covers our reasoning for launching a podcast and why we've asked Anne Hardy to be our first guest. Anne is an Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania in the School of Social Sciences and her research interests include tourist behaviour and sustainable tourism. The extra special bit about Anne is that she recently undertook research to assess the role tha...
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