TONTS

A podcast of in-depth interviews about emotions and the way they shape our lives. Hosted by Claire, it’s a weekly conversation with writers, activists, experts, thinkers and deeply feeling humans about their stories.

LATEST EPISODE

Kindred Women with Erin Pluekhahn
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Kindred Women with Erin Pluekhahn

My guest today Erin Pluekhahn is a doula, an event manager and now founder of kindred women - a beautiful business that creates women’s circles, gatherings and retreats that aim to nurture, care and restore women through meditation, journaling, movement, nature and sound immersion…

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Period Power with Lucy Peach
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Period Power with Lucy Peach

Musician, TED talker, comedian, writer and wearer of the best red sparkle jumpsuit you've ever seen Lucy Peach is a powerhouse of a woman who teaches that menstrual cycles are not a curse but could just be your greatest super power!

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Womankind with physio Kym Veale
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Womankind with physio Kym Veale

My guest today physiotherapist Kym Veale has been a really special person in my life and in so many women’s lives, particularly for women who experience pregnancy and birth. I’m so glad I can share her wisdom and insight in this episode…

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Music Therapy with Pip Reid
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Music Therapy with Pip Reid

My guest in this episode is a very old friend of mine Pip Reid who is a music therapist and one of my heroes. Which I know sounds very corny but I’ll explain. She is someone who shares my enthusiasm for well almost everything and is a big feeling type of person…

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Teenage girls are awesome with Maggie Zhou
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Teenage girls are awesome with Maggie Zhou

My guest today Maggie Zhou @yemagz is a writer, producer, instagrammer and slow fashion advocate. She has become a really influential voice in the fight for sustainability in the fashion industry here in Melbourne and her instagram photography gives you such a joyful window into the way she views the world…

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The Mother Wound with Amani Haydar
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The Mother Wound with Amani Haydar

My guest this week Amani Haydar is a writer and artist. Her story is one of unimaginable pain and also triumph in the face of the murder of her mother Salwa Haydar at the hands of her father and the loss of her grandmother Teta who was murdered in the 2006 war in Lebanon…

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Play Therapy with Felicity Odgers

My guest today is a very good pal of mine Felicity Odgers. Flick was a primary school teacher and is now a qualified play therapist with a masters from Deakin University. Flick and I team taught many years ago in a remote community in the Kimberlys, working with a very special group of first nations children…

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Living Fearlessly with Rhiannon Joyce
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Living Fearlessly with Rhiannon Joyce

My guest today is Shameless Media's Rhiannon Joyce. Rhi is an integral part of the Shameless team – spear heading brand partnerships which is an integral role in growing what is a really fresh new approach to media. If you haven’t heard of Shameless let me fill you in…

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Knowing your body with Freya Bennett
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Knowing your body with Freya Bennett

My guest today is Freya Bennett musician, illustrator, writer and founder of the digital magazine Ramona. Ramona Magazine is full of content from cis and trans women, as well as non-binary people who are comfortable in a space that centres the experiences of women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and BIPOC (black, Indigenous and people of color)…

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Soulful Seeds with Zahra Biabani
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Soulful Seeds with Zahra Biabani

My guest today is Zahra Biabani from Soulful Seeds. Zahra is a climate activist and influencer. I found her through the Suggestible podcast community and immediately resonated so much with her work…

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 Claire also produces and hosts Suggestible, a podcast of suggestible stuff to watch, read and listen to. She also produced and hosted Just Make the Thing, a series about how to start a thing and keep on making it. Attempted things include yoga teaching, soup and the story behind Australia’s largest independent podcast network Planet Broadcasting.