The Creator's Couch

#14 - William Trubridge: World Champion Freediver ‘The Deepest Human’ on Overcoming Fear & Reaching 102m/335ft Deep

William Trubridge is an 18-time world record and 6-time world champion Freediver, holding the current world record in his discipline - 102m/335ft and back on one breath, in the ocean, with no fins, and no touching the rope. There’s likely no sport in the world that demands the same set of physical and particularly mental skills as freediving. To pull off these deep dives, William’s essentially developed a mastery over what he calls our mental immune system, which relates to our ability to remain calm under pressure, stress, and fear. As a keynote speaker, William talks of how he neutralises stress and fear in his deepest dives; of how to go 'below the surface' of consciousness to access our intuition and creativity; and many more topics. On top of all that, he's a father of two and the founder of Vertical Blue, the most prestigious freediving event in the world, held annually at Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island, Bahamas. Plenty of gems in this one team. Enjoy!

#13 - Elaine Li: Award-Winning Creative Director & Photographer on Building Creative Confidence & Finding Your Voice

Elaine Li is an incredible Creative Director and Photographer in Sydney, whose amassed multiple awards and almost 250,000 followers. Today's chat with her is one of the very first episodes I recorded, and one that I'd been looking forward to for a long time. Since I first got into photography, I’ve been such a fan of Elaine work. On top of her talent, she's also simply an extremely lovely person who really cares about helping young creatives. She even gave a chunk of her time to have a coffee with me when I was visited Hong Kong 6 years ago, even though she had absolutely no reason to do so. This one’s a chill early episode with some solid creative gems. Hope you manage to take something away from it. Check out Elaine on Instagram: @lielaine

#12 - Tom Grut: Photographing Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Stormzy & More To Transform A Passion Into A Career

Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Stormzy, Ice Spice... Bloody hell, even The Wiggles. Tom Grut has photographed shows from all of them and so many more, along with directed music videos for awesome local artists. He’s easily one of the best music photographers and directors in New Zealand, and has cemented himself as the go-to choice of Live Nation not only with his incredible work but also through being a fantastic dude. As far as young local creators go, this is a guy you can’t miss and whether or not you care about photography or director, there's value in here for you. Enjoy it, team!

#11 - Tony Bradbourne: Special Group CEO & Creative Chairman on Unlocking Fearless Creativity & Taking Ideas From NZ To The World

Tony Bradbourne is the Co-Founder, CEO, and Creative Chairman of Special Group, an independent creative company doing outstanding work on the global stage. They've won multiple awards for Agency of the Year along with many other titles locally and internationally. While they began in NZ, they've now got offices in New York, LA, London, and Australia too. We cover so much in this chat around unlocking more creativity and how to approach effective world-class work. I can't wait for you to soak up some of the gems from our conversation. Enjoy!

Three Questions For You

Just a quick one today team - three questions which have been on my mind lately for you to think about. It turns out weekly interviews aren't easy to keep up solo on top of a full time job, but I'll have the next one for you next Monday and then fortnightly from there. Thanks so much for all the love so far, team! Truly appreciate you.