Forrest Chat

Gabrielle talks about being a Healing Arts Practitioner, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "I like to call them, love lines rather than boundaries. So I can move them depending on how well-resourced I am in the time that I, that I these, these strict things. But yeah, sometimes I'm like, "Oh, I'm a little bit close to, like, overwhelm," or, I don't know if you'd, if you've heard of...

Amanda talks about being a speed boat racer, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "I was ready for the gold medal, the song, the National Anthem. And I was, as I said, second last. But I had worked really hard for that. I had worked, early mornings practising. Tim being a fantastic coach, telling me how to do this and that, and the other.  Learning to read the waves and all of th...

Ethan talks about being a digital creator, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "And it really worked, and people really appreciated it, and I was like, "Well, maybe I have more skills than I realise." So that was a real highlight. Taking these projects that I'd spent years figuring out how to- what to do with them and, finding just creative solutions and ways to share them with peopl...

Jez talks about being a comedian, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Less experienced comics are, are, are really actively learning from older comedians, more experienced comedians, sometimes to their detriment. Like, a lot of people will have an instinct of like, "Oh, I want someone to tell me how to do this," right? And that ends up becoming this blind alley of growth because, a ...

Tony talks about Mountain Bike Course Design, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Typically by the time the event's come around you've put so much work into it, you know, you're kinda thinking, "Wow, is this all worth it?" You know, by the time you get there. But then when you see the riders on the day and it all comes together on the day and you see how much it means to the riders,...

John talks about the Featured Wood Gallery and Museum, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

Bio John came to a Australind, over 30 years ago, and he's had the Featured Wood Gallery and Museum operating for about 30 years now.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Oh yeah. It's, look, what, what do they say? If you've got a job that you love, you'll never do a hard day's work in your life. And that's the way I. And, and ...

David talks about being both physician and patient, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Hope is the exact ingredient that is, one of the famous, Neurologists from the Netherlands, named Bastiaan Bloem. He had a patient who talked about, we talk about dopamine replacement in Parkinson's, and Bas's patient, coined the term hopamine. If you give people hope, that really, can open up th...

Dave talks about The Event Team, what it takes, what it means and how to do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is " That's where the responsibility is on, you know, people that, deliver events, to make sure that, people will be talking about that experience, whether it's good or, you know, maybe they didn't achieve what they wanted to achieve in terms of goals, but they'll still be talking about it, you know, next year, in five ...

Nicole talks about parkrun challenges, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "It's like a family, with so many different people that, yeah, and they're all, they're all happy to support you and I just love going and seeing all my friends that I'll probably have never met if I hadn't not gone to parkrun. That's incredible, you show up at parkrun, and can you. Pretty much you got 300 dif...

Gabby talks about being the Imperfect Painter, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Lots, lots of everything. A lot of persistence. That's I think, the most important thing actually. As I'm sure any artist or any small business owner knows, it's not always  steady.  It goes up and down, and the downs can be very down and the ups can be very high, but  you need to just ...

Lynette talks about setting up Black Swan Lake parkrun, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "I'm gonna do it this week. I'm like, oh yeah, okay, you can run.  Okay. And this is the first time I'd run it officially,  with like the people, the community. I'm like, oh yeah. Okay. And I remember starting up onto the path and just as I'm going round the concrete bend and all the...

Natalie talks about being an underwater photographer, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "So I think the biggest thing, or what brings me meaning is, what we do on the surface actually has impact to the ocean and, and has serious impact. And if we don't have a Blue World, is how I would call it, a good, healthy ocean, we actually lose the green part of our land. And so the two are c...

Helen talks about being a publisher, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "I think encouraging the author. Book launches, I love to go to book launches and see the elation on the author's face when the sales start happening. They're out there, their book is out there. I just as much enjoy them having that first book in their hands as as they are."

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Kelsey talks about being Canteen Manager, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Yeah. I mean we have so much fun in the canteen. It's not, not too serious or anything like that, you know. We're all stepping over each other 'cause it is quite a smaller canteen. But, yeah, you know, Mum and I'll come back from a race and, you know, we'll be gloating about it, and then  my partner's...

Daniel talks about being a Bayswater Men's Shed member, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "We have a rule, uh, in our men's shed that, from 10 to 10 30, all machinery and all work stops. So you go into the meeting room and sit down and, yeah, have a, have a coffee, a cake or whatever you, and yeah. So it's, that's, that's very important cause that's the main thrust behind it, you k...

Gaye talks about being a hypnotist, what it takes, what it means and how you do it.

My favourite quote of the episode is "So it's like having a head brain and a tummy brain. Basically what happens is you use your tummy brain for a wee while in hypnosis to override and release and, and just get yourself back on track basically, to better health and confidence and, better wellbeing."

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Paul talks about Forrest.Chat audio podcast and plans for 2026.

My favourite quote of the episode is "And you always feel good after you've listened to one of your podcasts because people are doing the things they love. And it's great to be able to share that with other people. And you don't know who you inspire by telling your story. And so I just like to say if you've got something that you do that you would like to share with Pa...

Santa Claus (aka Duncan) talks about being Santa Claus, what it takes, what it means and how you do it. It's a tongue-in-cheek look at Santa in society.

My favourite quote of the episode is "Well, it's just that magic of Christmas time. It, uh, it can be a very tough time for people out there, of course. And, uh, the joy of Christmas is very, very important to bring that joy of Christmas time to the world where we can forget about ...