Thinkers & Doers

Prolific writer, teacher, campaigner: John Marsden is all these things — and he does each with great passion.

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.