Humans, being. with Lael Stone

About Humans, being. with Lael Stone

Humans, being.™ is a podcast created and presented by Lael Stone (https://laelstone.com.au/) that explores the real stories behind the public personas.This podcast is about you as a listener, and for all of us to come home to realising that we are all humans being, doing the best job that we know how. I would love to hear from you – what questions you may have, what contemplations you've received from this episode, what guests you'd like me to have on, or any themes or topics you would love me to discuss.Send us a message on our site or on any of our social platforms:Web: humansbeing.au (https://humansbeing.au/)Instagram: @humansbeingwithlaelstone (https://www.instagram.com/humansbeingwithlaelstone/)Facebook: @humansbeingwithlaelstone (https://www.facebook.com/humansbeingwithlaelstone/)TikTok: @humansbeingwithlaelstone (https://www.tiktok.com/@humansbeingwithlaelstone)YouTube: @humansbeingwithlaelstone (https://www.youtube.com/@humansbeingwithlaelstone)Brand/Partnerships:partnerships@humansbeing.au (mailto:partnerships@humansbeing.au)Team:Brand and Creative by Mike GaalOriginal Music by Josh ReedRecorded at WeMOV, MelbourneProduced by Nigel CarboonConnect with Lael:Web: laelstone.com.au (https://laelstone.com.au/)Instagram: @laelstone (https://www.instagram.com/laelstone)Facebook: @laelstone (https://www.facebook.com/laelstone/)Humans, being.™ is produced on the lands of the Bunurong and Wathaurong people. We pay respect to their unique and diverse cultures and to elders past, present and future.

Publisher

Lael Stone

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

11 Jan 2026

Latest episode

20 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Sept 2026

   Luke Cook, being. with Lael Stone | Rather Cringe Than Bland ♥︎

   The loudest voice in our heads often says: “what are you waiting for?” Luke Cook has spent his whole life answering that question by just jumping in.Underneath the million followers and the characters and the Netflix devil is a guy who shared that his ongoing battle is feeling like he falls short of everything. That rejection still stings, seventeen years in, and it stings because he still cares. We talk about what we make things mean, and how quickly we all default to our not-enoughness. We talk about his boys, and the birth pool, and the terrifying business of being watched that closely by three small humans. And we land somewhere I loved: if you are having fun, you are probably in the right place.We explore:Why Luke doesn’t experience his biggest leaps as risksThe thing school tries to beat out of you that turns out to be your secret sauceGrowing up the last of five in a Bible college, and why a minister's kid was always going to end up performingThe joyous, ridiculous business of poking fun online, where the line sits, and what he does when he gets it wrongThe gap between how the world sees you and how you see yourself, and the inadequacy story that runs underneath itThree boys, two home births, and the best piece of advice he has for partners in a birth spaceThe imprint he hopes is loudest in his sons' heads when they grow up[Recorded Online June 2026]About Luke Cook:Luke Cook is a Sydney-born actor, writer, director and content creator who has lived in Los Angeles since he was twenty-two. He is best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and most recently starred in the Stan Original series Good Cop/Bad Cop, which earned him a Logie nomination. Away from the screen he has built an audience of around a million people on Instagram through his original comedy characters, co-founded the health and wellness brand Shakewell, and is dad to three young boys with his wife Kara.Connect with Luke:Instagram: @thelukecook (https://hbp.s.gy/gZRnVg)TikTok: @thelukecook (https://hbp.s.gy/dBqkwY)Web: thelukecook.com (https://hbp.s.gy/w4yosr)Shakewell: getshakewell.com (https://hbp.s.gy/uMNZx5)—Connect with Humans, being:Web: humansbeing.au (https://hbp.s.gy/h9Akf9)Instagram: @humansbeingwithlaelstone (https://hbp.s.gy/7BJHjj)Facebook: @humansbeingwithlaelstone (https://hbp.s.gy/60fTYZ)Humans, being. is produced on the lands of the Bunurong and Wadawurrung people. We pay respect to their unique and diverse cultures and to elders past, present and future.—Lael's eight-week Parenting Immersion starts October 19th, working through themes like trust, boundaries, anger and repair to help you understand your own patterns and respond instead of react. (https://laelstone.com.au/immersion/parenting-immersion-level-1/)Join the waitlist or sign up now (https://lael.s.gy/W47M7r).

2. 

   13 Sept 2026

   Dara Simkin, being. with Lael Stone | Play Is Not a Reward ♥︎

   “Play is an on-ramp, not a reward” Dara Simkin says early on in our conversation. Yep, that resonates. I too have spent most of my life saving play for after the list is done. The list is never done.Dara brings play to boardrooms and leadership days, and what she describes is a generation of adults so addicted to achievement that they have optimised themselves right out of their own lives. We talk about grief hiding inside what looks like resistance, about her redefining success as ease, and about the morning her five-year-old lost it over a Rubik's Cube and what she chose to do instead of fixing it.We explore:The difference between real curiosity and judgment wearing a curious costumePlay as a recovery tool for a fried nervous system, and why the micro moments countAchievement addiction, and how gold stars and trophies quietly become a mortgage and a boat you’re not sure you wantedWhy adaptability is just play in a fancy suit, and what that means for the kids coming up behind usThe question she asks herself at the end of each day: “how was I human today?”[Recorded May 2026]About Dara Simkin:Dara Simkin is a Melbourne-based speaker, facilitator and organisational culture specialist, and the founder and Chief Play Officer of Culture Hero. Born and raised in the US, she moved to Australia at 25 after winning a video competition that sent her around Tasmania in a camper van, and she has spent the last decade researching, designing and facilitating play at work. In March 2026, she co-published Full Stack Human with data scientist and futurist Tane Hunter, about how we hold onto our humanity and adaptability in a world moving faster than we are.Connect with Dara:Instagram: @darasimkin (https://www.instagram.com/darasimkin/) https://hbp.s.gy/buJKhq (https://hbp.s.gy/buJKhq)Web: culturehero.co (http://culturehero.co) https://hbp.s.gy/qtzEtI (https://hbp.s.gy/qtzEtI)LinkedIn: Dara Simkin (https://au.linkedin.com/in/dara-simkin-culture-hero) https://hbp.s.gy/dDDAGI (https://hbp.s.gy/dDDAGI)Book: fullstackhumanbook.com (http://fullstackhumanbook.com) https://hbp.s.gy/P49x3Q (https://hbp.s.gy/P49x3Q)—Connect with Humans, being:Web: humansbeing.au (https://hbp.s.gy/h9Akf9)Instagram: @humansbeingwithlaelstone (https://hbp.s.gy/7BJHjj)Humans, being. is produced on the lands of the Bunurong and Wadawurrung people. We pay respect to their unique and diverse cultures and to elders past, present and future.—Lael's eight-week Parenting Immersion starts October 19th, working through themes like trust, boundaries, anger and repair to help you understand your own patterns and respond instead of react. (https://laelstone.com.au/immersion/parenting-immersion-level-1/)Join the waitlist or sign up now (https://lael.s.gy/W47M7r).

3. 

   6 Sept 2026

   Jacinta Parsons, being. with Lael Stone | The Certainty of Uncertainty ♥︎

   Host Lael Stone interviews broadcaster Jacinta Parsons about aging, invisibility, and embracing chronic illness as an opportunity for profound wisdom.

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• Jacinta Parsons
• Gina Chick
• Em Rusciano
• Joe Williams
• Edna Lekgabe

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