Wellness Valley - Podcast
Welcome to Wellness Valley! From the heart of Yass Valley, NSW, we share inspirational everyday stories that bring hope, wellbeing, and personal growth. Each episode explores how resilient communities in regional Australia navigate life’s challenges while weaving in holistic, spiritual, and healing practices. Through real stories, honest conversations, and gentle guidance, you’ll discover insight and inspiration to support your wellbeing, enrich your daily life, and help you navigate the ups and downs of the journey with a full heart. About the Host Jo Shipley is a holistic wellness practitioner and community-minded advocate based in Yass, in the Southern Tablelands, NSW. She’s also the host of Wellness Valley on Yass FM 100.3, our local community radio station with a wide reach, sharing inspiring stories and practical guidance from the Yass Valley and regional Australia to support wellbeing, personal growth, and everyday living. Excerpt from 'Wellness Valley' with Jo Shipley on Yass FM 100.3 - Yass Valley's community radio station. Listen to Wellness Valley live on Fridays 11am - 1pm online, on digital, on 100.3FM. Listen Live & Listen Again - www.yassfm.org
Episodes
Jo catches up with Emma Webb, a local Bowning farmer and chair of the Binalong Bowning Community Action Group (BBCAG), for an update on the Bendenine Wind Project, including what the upcoming scoping report means for locals, what the community needs to do next, and how to get involved with the BBCAG. She also tells us all about the community BBQ on 28 March.
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To mark international women's Day, Jo speaks to Marina Maguire, our Yass Valley Australia Day Community Ambassador for 2026.
As a mentor and advocate for mental health, Marina works with people to rebuild confidence and navigate life’s next chapter through coaching, mentoring and equine-assisted programs. Her work with Remount, supporting veterans and their families, has made a significant contribution to the community.
Marin...
Jo is joined by Judy Paterson and Karin Laird from the Yass & District Gardening Club for her monthly catch-up about what to to do in the garden this late summer/autumn. The lovely gardening ladies also have a good chat about water conservation and suitable drought tolerant plants in light of the Level One Water Restrictions that are in place across the Yass Valley.
Also included: roses- fruit trees - water crystals - Yass Vall...
Step back in time for the upcoming Wee Jasper Heritage Fair, to be held 25–26 April 2026 over the ANZAC Day weekend. Wee Jasper local and Heritage Fair organiser Nathan joins Jo for a chat about the event that will bring rural Australian lost trades, artisan skills, and rich local history back to life.
The event, recognised by the National Trust of Australia ...
What’s driving the sweet success of award-winning Murrumbateman? In this episode, Jo chat's with Yasmin Coe, founder of the Murrumbateman Chocolate Company, about chocolate, community and collaboration.
Yasmin talks about local producers raising the bar in Murrumbateman, award-w...
Wellness Valley has a special guest host, John Thorne from Classic Yass Valley, leading a thoughtful conversation with Sally Walker - internationally recognised flautist, performer, academic and music educator.
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Ben Maguire AM reflects on the healing power of horses, community and what is means to be Australian this Australia Day.
A lifelong horseman, mental health advocate and this year’s Yass Valley Australia Day Community Ambassador, Ben speaks about what it means to represent and serve a community, and how values like care, resilience and connection sit at the heart of the work he and his wife Marina do through Remount, and...
For two years Lisa Brough was exhausted, cold, gaining weight – and doctors kept telling her everything was normal. Blood tests showed nothing.
Desperate for answers, she tried a little-known therapy called Biomagnetism. After just three sessions, her symptoms lifted.
In this episode of Wellness Valley, Jo Shipley ch...
In this episode, Jo chats with the Linda Willow Roberts, fresh from her win as Best Spiritual Business of the Year at the ALIBI Awards.
Linda has more than 35 years of experience in the spiritual world - from psychic mediumship to ThetaHealing, oracle cards, and her beautiful manifes...
Discover how former Royal Marine Jim Hutton turned personal loss into life purpose through the mindful art of spoon carving.
With 35 years in the Royal Marines and eight years with the Royal Australian Navy, and now serving as a Reservist Leadership Coach, Jim has some incredible stories and insights. He talks about how milit...
Jo chats with Michele Witters and Willy Stanford from the Yass Gardening Club for her 'Gardening for the Soul series' - and it’s all about the beauty of late spring in the garden!
We talk about what’s flowering and fruiting right now, what to plant as summer approaches, and how spending time in the garden is so 'good for the soul'.
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In this episode of Wellness Valley, we continue our Empowering You series with the inspiring Christine Maudy - Reiki Master, Past Life and Soul Regression Therapist, Shamanic practitioner, teacher, mentor, international visual artist, and author of
In this episode of Gardening for the Soul, Jo chats with David Trood – better known as Weedy from The Weedy Garden. After a celebrated 30-year career travelling the world as an award-winning photographer, David returned to Australia in 2020 and discovered a new way to tell stories: through permaculture and organic garden...
We catch up with Emma Webb, President of BBCAG - Bowning & Binalong Community Action Group - for the latest on the Bendenine Wind Turbine project. With recent media reports highlighting delays and a council decision to send a further letter of objection to the Minister for Energy, Emma shares what this means for the Bowning community, how locals are responding, and what’s next for the project. Tune in to hear about the la...
In this episode of the Empowering You series, Jo Shipley is joined by estate agent Kate Billson, from Windrose Property, who we like to call a “house-buying therapist.” Kate’s work goes far beyond property - she helps people during some of the most daunting transitional stages of their lives.
Whether it’s the joy of a firs...
In the first of the series ‘Gardening for the Soul’, Jo Shipley hosts Michele Whitters and Karin Laird from the Yass & District Garden Club. They discuss the importance of gardening for mental well-being, the essential tasks for spring gardening, including soil preparation and composting, and the benefits of worm farming.
The conversation also covers the activities of the gardening club, including excursions to loca...
Max Stettner and Nat Barnes, organisers of Dragon Dreaming Festival at Wee Jasper chat about this year's festival - a celebration of music, art and the 'dreamers' community.
We cover what the festival stands for, the recent DA process with council (including tough reports from police and LEMC on safety and roads), and ...
Irish & Celtic Music Festival 2025, Yass - Everything you need to know!
Janno Scanes, organiser of the Irish & Celtic Music Festival in Yass, talks about who it’s for, what’s happening, and why this beautiful festival means so much to our community. It’s on 19–21 September 202...
How to reclaim your power! Explore ways, tips and tricks to feel more empowered!
With the shadow of more wind turbines hanging over the Yass Valley, and the alarming experience of the Rye Park/Bango residents now becoming more widely known, Jo would like to explore ways that we can reduce the ‘perceived’ sense of powerlessness and worry, and provide useful tips and tricks to support the mental health of those affe...
Scammers are getting smarte - but seniors are fighting back. In this episode, Jo speaks with Bec Turner, Public Policy Manager at Google Australia, about Project BRIDGE, a new program for Scams Awareness Week helping older Australians build digital confidence and spot scams before they strike. Learn simple tips like STOP, CHECK, PROTECT to stay safe online and protect yourself.
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