Offline, The Podcast: Honest Conversations About True Self

Host Alison Rice sits down with sleep expert and mindfulness practitioner, Chelsea Pottenger. Chelsea shares her experience with post-natal depression, sleep anxiety, insomnia, and gives advice on how to take responsibility for our sleep. She removes mum shame around services like night nannies, and explains why sleep is in fact a solution to premature ageing. Produced by Studio Offline and in partnership with Estée Lauder.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, host Alison Rice answers questions sent in by Offline’s community. One of the many ways we can advance the women around us is by sharing our knowledge, and this episode is dedicated to doing just that. Alison gives advice across a range of topics including stepping up as a leader, dealing with toxic co-workers, raising your frequency, finding a job after being made redundant, asking for a pay rise, maintaining your financial independence, the one thing founders need to do in order to scale their businesses and how to be your True Self on social media. She also addresses the discrimination many women face when it comes to pursuing their career or starting a family.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Alison Rice sits down with Happiness Hacker and founder of BKindred, Penny Locaso. Penny has been voted one of the most influential female entrepreneurs in Australia and the advice she shares in this episode will help you face your fears and step into your future.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Alison Rice sits down with the co-founders of Almost 30, Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik. The pair open up across a range of topics related to starting and scaling a digital business, including the more nuanced aspects of growth like how they think about their influence in times of crisis, vulnerability hangovers and how they create authentically in a world that almost demands us to be strategic.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Alison Rice sits down with The Australian Ballet principal dancer, Benedicte Bemet, for a beautiful conversation that honours the emotional labour of artistic pursuits and the harmony that can come from living as an expression of your unique energy. Benedicte shares what it takes to dedicate your life to being one of the best at something, what happens when it is all nearly taken away, dance as an expression of her soul, her relationship with her body and her weight, and the finer details of a life lived in pointe shoes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Alison Rice sits down with Ayurvedic practitioner, holistic health educator and founder, Vital Veda, Dylan Smith. In this honest conversation, Alison and Dylan discuss various topics related to our health. From basic Ayurvedic principles and lifestyle practices, to how to honour our cycle and the days we bleed, the dangers of over-exposure to electromagnetic fields, what Dylan describes as the lighting crisis, the importance of sleep, the emerging industry of building biology and much more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Alison Rice sits down with iconic media personality, Estée Lauder ambassador, author and entrepreneur, Deborah Hutton, to discuss her relationship with her skin, routines, meditation, life as an energetic exchange and more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For episode 51 of Offline, host Alison Rice sits down with Dr. Jeremy Cumpston, a progressive GP, preventative ageing specialist and the founder of Ageless Clinics. He’s a fully qualified injector of commercial fillers and is accredited in advanced wrinkle treatment and dermal filler treatments.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For episode 50 of Offline, host Alison Rice sits down with one of Australia’s leading luxury fashion creatives and the founder of Modern Legacy, Kaitlyn Ham. Kaitlyn — or Kaity, as she's called by those closest to her — is quite private, so this honest conversation is a rare insight into her life, her work, how she thinks about style and the business of being a fashion creative and influencer.  What you might not know about Kaity, is she's funny. Like laugh-out-loud, big-belly-laughing funny. Alison and Kaity do a lot of that in this episode. You’ll also learn that in complete contrast to her highly curated Instagram account, her personality is casual and relaxed.  In this honest conversation Kaity shares how she became so independent, her personal journey from high school tomboy to high fashion blogging, her relationship with style and shopping, how she spends her days as a fashion creative, details about her tiny, 10-person wedding, how she’s thinking about the future, why having a supportive partner is a form of privilege and much more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alison Rice sits down with one of her favourite women to follow on Instagram, Rebecca Burrow. If you’re looking for a realistic insight into parenting a toddler, then she encourages you to follow Bec. This honest conversation was recorded live at an Offline Women’s Circle in Perth, in front of 25 warm and kind guests. Bec had us all captivated. She was generous and unguarded speaking about her time on Australia’s Next Top Model and what being on the show meant for her career, meeting Taj and his Burger Ring proposal, how she coped after losing her beautiful mum, birthing and mothering Bella and much more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For episode 48 of Offline, host Alison Rice sits down with one of the most talented and entertaining women in Australian beauty right now, Gemma Watts. The journalist, copywriter and photographer is the founder of digital beauty destination, Glow Journal, and its podcast of the same name. Gemma started out in fashion journalism before falling in love with beauty, and is now leading the way for objective and informative beauty content in Australia.  In this episode, Gemma and Alison have a very honest conversation about running their own businesses, why it is important to have a considered strategy and how they both think about growth.  The pair also discuss the responsibility on creators today to be putting out valuable and original content, their shared experiences with plagiarism and why we should all sit in our expertise.  Gemma also shares her opinion on sponsored content, how she advocates for greater diversity in the beauty industry, two perspectives when it comes to transparency around treatments like Botox and plastic surgery, and her take on privacy.  - Read Glow Journal - Listen to Glow Journal - Follow Gemma on Instagram MORE FROM OFFLINE AND ALISON RICE Become a student of Self Study If you’re interested in learning about True Self, conscious success and more, consider becoming a student of Self Study — a series of considered online courses. Book a coaching session  Offline’s host, Alison Rice, is an award-winning leader and conscious coach. She offers personal coaching sessions. Find out more or book directly.  Early access  For early access to new episodes of the podcast, Self Study learning opportunities and Offline events, follow @getoffline.co and @alisonlarsenrice on Instagram or Facebook.  Share with those in need If you know someone who would benefit from hearing these honest conversations, please share Offline with them. Original music by DLakeCreates.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For episode 47 of Offline, host Alison Rice sits down with Lara Briden. A naturopathic doctor, women’s health activist and author of what can only be described as a bible for women everywhere, Period Repair Manual, Lara is a period revolutionary.  Lara’s work is about providing practical solutions and natural alternatives to hormonal birth control. She’s helped thousands of women who suffer from missing periods, hair loss, PMS, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, adult acne and more, establish treatment plans that don’t require ingesting synthetic hormones that shut down ovulation.  This is precisely what happens when we take the pill.  Lara challenges us to get clear: pill bleeds are not periods. We do not cycle when we’re on the pill. When we don’t cycle, we don’t ovulate. When we don’t ovulate, we don’t produce progesterone. Women not having progesterone is like men not having testosterone.  She successfully challenges pill medicine with natural treatments including diet, nutritional supplements, herbal medicine and body-identical hormones.  This episode is a call to action to women everywhere to get empowered through education about their menstrual cycle, and confidently question the advice or diagnosis they’ve been given by a doctor.  Lara also educates on how to identify you’ve ovulated and why fertile mucus exists. - Follow Lara Briden on Instagram - Buy Period Repair Manual - Read Lara’s informative blogs  - A summary of Dr. Tessa Copp’s British Medical Journal paper MORE FROM OFFLINE AND ALISON RICE Become a student of Self Study If you’re interested in learning about True Self, conscious success and more, consider becoming a student of Self Study — a series of considered online courses. Book a coaching session  Offline’s host, Alison Rice, is an award-winning leader and conscious coach. She offers personal coaching sessions. Find out more or book directly.  Early access  For early access to new episodes of the podcast, Self Study learning opportunities and Offline events, follow @getoffline.co and @alisonlarsenrice on Instagram or Facebook.  Share with those in need If you know someone who would benefit from hearing these honest conversations, please share Offline with them. Original music by DLakeCreates.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For episode 46 of Offline, host Alison Rice sits down with one of the most fashionable women on the planet, Anine Bing.  In October 2019, Anine was in Sydney to celebrate the opening of the first Anine Bing Australia store in Paddington, marking the 15th opening since she started the brand from her LA garage in 2012. What we learn in this episode, is Anine’s success story is one born from humble beginnings, hard work and a dedication to exploring and expressing her creativity.  Anine grew up in a small village in Sweden of just 8,000 people, and by 15, she’d already travelled the world as a model. It was those early, more nomadic days, that shaped the Anine Bing brand we know and love today.  Anine shares her journey from modelling to music (she started a rock band in her early twenties called Kill Your Darlings), then blogging, and how she leveraged her Instagram following to start her own now-global fashion company.  She also shares the key roles she brought in along the way, her early creative process, how it has evolved with the brand’s “see now, buy now” model, her reflections on motherhood, her relationship with her phone and what she does to find some calm within her big and busy life. - Follow Anine Bing on Instagram  - Shop Anine Bing  - Visit Anine Bing Sydney: 213 Glenmore Road, Paddington MORE FROM OFFLINE AND ALISON RICE Become a student of Self Study If you’re interested in learning about True Self, conscious success and more, consider becoming a student of Self Study — a series of considered online courses. Book a coaching session  Offline’s host, Alison Rice, is an award-winning leader and conscious coach. She offers personal coaching sessions. Find out more or book directly.  Early access  For early access to new episodes of the podcast, Self Study learning opportunities and Offline events, follow @getoffline.co and @alisonlarsenrice on Instagram or Facebook.  Share with those in need If you know someone who would benefit from hearing these honest conversations, please share Offline with them. Original music by DLakeCreates.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To launch season four, host Alison Rice shares Offline's platform with Melbourne listener, Teryll Brewer.  Alison and Teryll met at an Offline Women’s Circle in August 2019. Offline Women’s Circles exist to create gentle entry points to conscious connections, and as they gathered together as women on their way that night, Teryll’s story moved the room.    Her bravery and honesty got Alison thinking about the deeper role Offline could play when it comes to both education and prevention. What might we face, who has already survived it, and would they be willing to share what they’ve learned?   Offline started as honest conversations with the women behind the Instagram accounts. Their stories and their humility not only moved us, but opened us up to a part of ourselves we weren’t all that familiar with — our True Selves. In came the teachers and healers to help us navigate this new spiritual terrain, and now, it’s time to hear from those closest to us.   The people in our lives who don’t necessarily have a social media presence or a stage to stand on, but they teach us anyway.    Teryll’s story, and the stories Alison hopes will follow, stand for survival. What does it mean to sit in True Self when life serves us a set of circumstances and experiences we didn’t see coming and we don’t feel prepared for?    Her hope is that through listening, we learn.   Teryll Brewer is a 33 year-old, stage four breast cancer survivor. This is her story.  - Donate to Teryll’s Fun Run donation page (before December 1, 2019) - Donate to the Breast Cancer Network Australia  - Learn more about young women and metastatic breast cancer - Learn about breast awareness and self-examination MORE FROM OFFLINE AND ALISON RICE Become a student of Self Study If you’re interested in learning about True Self, conscious success and more, consider becoming a student of Self Study — a series of considered online courses. Book a coaching session  Offline’s host, Alison Rice, is an award-winning leader and conscious coach. She offers personal coaching sessions. Find out more or book directly.  Early access  For early access to new episodes of the podcast, Self Study learning opportunities and Offline events, follow @getoffline.co and @alisonlarsenrice on Instagram or Facebook.  Share with those in need If you know someone who would benefit from hearing these honest conversations, please share Offline with them. Original music by DLakeCreates.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

[I’m Offline With. . .] Welcome to a new Offline series called I’m Offline With. . . These episodes are produced by Studio Offline, and in partnership with a founder, leader or entrepreneur that will help us on our way.  Between each season, Alison sits down with someone who has started a conscious business so we can learn from them, and in return, they get to share their story and what they’ve created with you.  Alison’s first I’m Offline With. . . guest is the delightful and determined Jose Bryce Smith. Twenty years ago she co-founded Australia’s first natural hair salon, where harsh chemical formulations were replaced by high performing colour created in-house. It included natural extracts, minerals and native Australian ingredients. Today, we know it as Original & Mineral (O&M for short), with brand extensions in colour, styling and education. Here’s why O&M is important — to those of us listening who have ambition to start a conscious business, and to the health of anyone who colours their hair. O&M is PETA-approved, leads innovation in the natural hair care space globally and it is founded by a generous woman who wants to share her start up story so we can learn from it. Alison has been using O&M for the best part of a decade, so it was truly a thrill for her sit down with the brain behind a brand that celebrates hair as a health choice. It’s time we all got real about it. We read so many warnings about the dangers of using parabens, sulphates and other harsh chemicals on our skin — but what about our hair and our scalp?  In this honest conversation, Jose brings incredible insight into what it means to found and fund a multi-million dollar business, how to think about taking investment, what she had to sacrifice, the times she got it wrong, how she uses the Emotional Freedom Technique to reprogram her thought patterns, and so much more.    - Find out more about O&M - Follow Jose on Instagram MORE FROM OFFLINE AND ALISON RICE Become a student of Self Study If you’re interested in learning about True Self, conscious success and more, consider becoming a student of Self Study — a series of considered online courses. Book a coaching session  Offline’s host, Alison Rice, is an award-winning leader and conscious coach. She offers personal coaching sessions. Find out more or book directly.  Early access  For early access to new episodes of the podcast, Self Study learning opportunities and Offline events, follow @getoffline.co and @alisonlarsenrice on Instagram or Facebook.  Share with those in need If you know someone who would benefit from hearing these honest conversations, please share Offline with them. Original music by DLakeCreates.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.