Thinkers & Doers

After being diagnosed with a chronic disease, journalist Shannon Harvey spent 10 years seeking answers. The documentary synthesising her research sparked a movement that’s taking the mind–body connection mainstream.

Richard Gill, one of Australia’s pre-eminent conductors, is celebrated both here and abroad for his work as a music educator. Music is his love — and he champions an education system with sound and singing at its heart.

Award-winning clothing designer Natalie Cunningham is taking Indigenous Australian artwork to the international stage, and she’s doing it from a space of deep connection and love.

What would propel a man with no film-making experience to produce and direct not just one but two documentaries about the realities of food, health and disease? An unwell father.

Singer, actress and activist Olivia Newton-John is hopelessly devoted to making a positive impact from her public platform.

After a decade in the corporate world, Jono Fisher became a nanny and learnt to re-evaluate how he defined success and happiness, bridging the gap between the gurus and everyday person. We sit down for a chat.

We chat to Australian award-winning filmmaker and author Christina Stevens about love, the environment and personal liberation.

Stephanie Alexander is a cook, a storyteller, an organiser, a gardener, an educator — and an absolute inspiration.

Writer, speaker and positive body image activist Taryn Brumfitt is opening up a global conversation about the power of loving our bodies just the way they are.

From long-haired hippie to eco entrepreneur, Malcolm Rands has had quite the journey. We find out more.

Author Bronnie Ware has inspired millions by sharing the messages of regret-free living from people who are dying, and the way she handles challenges in her own life is equally uplifting.

Adventurer Tim Cope crossed the steppes of Eurasia with his dog Tigon, three horses and the help of many kind nomads.