Dara Simkin - Getting serious about play

Dr Jenny Brown - Transforming lives through family systems

Families can often be a place of painful conflict, but Dr Jenny Brown believes they also hold the key to healing. Jenny believes that lasting change begins in relationships. Drawing on years of clinical experience, she shares how family systems therapy looks beyond individual behaviour to uncover the patterns, histories, and connections that shape our lives. Find out more about Jenny’s book The Parenting Paradox here [https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/parenting-paradox-9798765161968/#:~:text=In%20The%20Parenting%20Paradox%3A%20Loving,more%20constructive%20type%20of%20love.]. If you know someone who is making the world a better place - tell me about them! My email is: shevonnehunt@substack.com [shevonnehunt@substack.com] Follow A Better World Blueprint on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZSJEQyZNIFbXmcnb9mCoU] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-better-world-blueprint/id1769560839] to get all the latest episodes This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shevonnehunt.substack.com [https://shevonnehunt.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Dara Simkin - Getting serious about play

Play might feel like something you left behind in childhood, but Dara Simkin believes it’s exactly what we need more of—especially at work. Dara is co-author (with Tane Hunter) of Full Stack Human, How to stay human in a world increasingly shaped by technology [https://www.culturehero.co/full-stack-human-book]. Her view is simple: when we genuinely embrace play, we unlock deeper connection, creativity, and joy. If you know someone who is making the world a better place - tell me about them! My email is: shevonnehunt@substack.com [shevonnehunt@substack.com] Follow A Better World Blueprint on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZSJEQyZNIFbXmcnb9mCoU] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-better-world-blueprint/id1769560839] to get all the latest episodes This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shevonnehunt.substack.com [https://shevonnehunt.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Simon Marnie - Creating community

For more than 25 years, Simon Marnie was the warm, familiar voice of weekend breakfast on ABC Sydney — a companion to millions as the city woke up. Across a sprawling, fast‑paced metropolis, he managed to cultivate something rare: a genuine sense of community. His secret was simple but powerful — an attitude of openness, curiosity, and humour that he carried into every corner of his life. If you know someone who is making the world a better place - tell me about them! My email is: shevonnehunt@substack.com [shevonnehunt@substack.com] Follow A Better World Blueprint on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZSJEQyZNIFbXmcnb9mCoU] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-better-world-blueprint/id1769560839] to get all the latest episodes This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shevonnehunt.substack.com [https://shevonnehunt.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Diana Patterson - Creating stability so children can flourish

Nearly 40 years ago, Diana Patterson became the first woman to manage a research station in the Antarctic, leading with resilience in one of the most extreme environments on Earth. Later, she brought that same strength to Southern Africa, co-founding a boarding house called Bosele House, creating a lifeline for vulnerable children by providing meals, stability, and a safe place to stay so they can attend school consistently and dream bigger. To donate to Bosele House check out their website: https://www.kalahariexperience.org/bosele-house [https://www.kalahariexperience.org/bosele-house] If you know someone who is making the world a better place - tell me about them! My email is: shevonnehunt@substack.com [shevonnehunt@substack.com] Follow A Better World Blueprint on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZSJEQyZNIFbXmcnb9mCoU] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-better-world-blueprint/id1769560839] to get all the latest episodes This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shevonnehunt.substack.com [https://shevonnehunt.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Jessica Chapnik Kahn: Writing words of hope

Jessica Chapnik Kahn was celebrating Hanukkah with her young daughter Shemi when two terrorists opened fire on the gathering. She shielded Shemi with her own body. Fifteen people were killed. In the aftermath, as political discourse dominated the headlines, Jessica turned to Instagram to share her words. Raw, heartfelt, and deeply human, her writing cut through the noise—offering connection and light in a time of darkness and division. Find Jessica on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/jessicachapnikkahn/ and her book of poetry Madre here: https://www.amazon.com.au/MADRE-Jessica-Chapnik-Kahn/dp/1925842444 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shevonnehunt.substack.com [https://shevonnehunt.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]