Our young boys and men have inherited a sexist culture that harms girls and women. They didn't create it, they're not responsible for it, but they did inherit it, and they are responsible for and in control of what they do with it. They have a conscious choice to make. Will they continue to contribute to a culture that is unsafe for women, or will they commit to creating a culture that is safe for everyone?

In this episode we chat with Dave Kramer, Ambassador for SmallSteps4Hannah and the InnerBoyApp, and Founder of The HALT Program.

Dave's life work is in honor of his best friend Hannah Clarke and her 3 young children, Aaliyah, Laianah & Trey, who were tragically murdered in February 2020 by Hannah's Ex Husband and Father of the children, Rowan Baxter.

Through unfathomable loss leading to painful self-reflection, Dave shares his deeply personal learnings and experiences about his own contribution as a male to sexist culture, his awareness of and accountability to changing that, and his ongoing commitment to educating others, particularly young people, about respectful relationships. Dave is also passionate about raising awareness of coercive control, a serious form of domestic abuse not widely understood, too often leading to a lack of accountability for the perpetrator, majority of whom are men.

Hear more about Hannah, Aaliyah, Laianah & Trey on Spotify by listening to 'Hannah's Story', an 8 Episode Podcast Series by 9Podcasts.

Connect with Dave's work on Instagram at;

@_davekramer

@smallsteps4hannah

@thehaltprogram

@innerboyapp

Sam + Jess

Vulnerable chats today with Sam and Jess - quite often we wait until after we feel resolved in an issue to talk about it so frankly in the public eye, but we're skipping over it today and processing while it's happening.

Uncertainty can be a big, scary feeling, especially when it's relating to one of life's foundations (jobs, money, health etc.). Jess talks about her job and money instability and insecurities and Sam helps lead the conversation with some gentle fact checking. She truly is a good friend xx

Hellllloooooo!

It's been a little while... We have had some BIG LIFE STUFF happening and it's been a lot. This is a little life update + some chats about how capitalism is bad. You know, the usual xx

We LOVED this chat with Mel Browne, ex Financial Planner turned Financial Educator who is committed to empowering females to start giving a serious fuck about our finances, helping us to create financial choice.

No one size fits all, 7 step, hussle hussle bro BS, Mel provides accessible, easily digestible and genuinely helpful educational content designed to meet you where you're at.

We talk money shame, vulnerability, fairy smut, neuroinclusivity and the importance of cultivating self-awareness above all else to achieve transformational change.

We hope you love this chat as much as we did and encourage you to follow Mel on Insta for more juicy content that leaves you feeling low key obsessed with becoming an absolute boss bitch in control of designing your financial future!

Sam + Jess x

Find more of Mel HERE;

https://www.melissabrowne.com.au/ihearyou

Instagram: @melbrowne.money

Fair warning - we've left in allllll of the utter nonsense of our normal conversations in. We lost count of how many times we lost our train of thought!

Yet somehow through it all, we end up having a rather robust conversation on self-awareness. How did we get there, how does it show up in our lives and tips on how to improve it...

Join the conversation over on Instagram @i_hear_you_podcast

CONTENT WARNING: Child s*x abuse

Sam & Jess individually met Lena in Roxby Downs over 10yrs ago, and we were so excited to reunite for this epic pod floor chat. Lena now lives on a BOAT (from the desert to the ocean - talk about extremes!) and spends her time pushing herself through her limits emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually so that she can serve community through the embodiment of her work as an educator across a holistic range of human centric practices. Lena is a certified (twice!) teacher in tantric principals, a registered counsellor, certified coach and personal trainer who works with people on their holistic wellness goals, teaching from a place of personal embodiment of her work. Find Lena on Instagram at @ljbholisticcoaching

Sam & Jess x

Sam shares her internal journey of cultivating self love through the development of self awareness. Calling out the problem in focusing on the external results (over 40kg of weight loss) as the focal point, cautious of contributing to body image issues caused by the 'before and after' process often perceived as 'good and bad', whilst acknowledging the power of using photos & imagery in bringing people into a conversation about achieving sustainable health. What a head fuck!

Ever see a human out in the wild and think "I reckon I'd be mates with that person if we got to know each other!"? Well, Sam did, and so she decided to reach out to Tiff and see whether she'd like to come chat on the pod in a live demonstration of 'making friends as adults', haha! Another experiment in giving ourselves permission to be our weird, awkward, authentic selves.

Tiff Cook is the host of Roll With The Punches, a podcast Sam has been following for a while now, which hosts incredible conversations with fascinating guests about all things life, growth & learning and .. well, a bit like what we're doing here at I Hear You.

If you can make it through the clunky editing job at the beginning of this chat (remember, we're fumbling proudly), I hope you enjoy listening to some banter and feel inspired to give yourself permission to reach out to that person you've been friend ogling, and live your authentic, natural, best adult friendship life!

Life's too short not to surround yourself with people you think will help you to learn, laugh and live better with.

Sam x