Reaching for the Middle

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By: James Donison

A Success Podcast For The Rest of Us. Listen and Subscribe to the Reaching For The Middle podcast to hear guests from all walks of life discuss success and failure in their career, relationships and life. They'll offer key advice, perspective, strategies for a better life, and a funny story or two. Guests Include a Career Coach, Police Officer, HR Director, TV Producer, Podcaster, Actor, Psychologist, Bodyguard, Psychedelic Treatment Coach, Journalist...Your fortnightly dose of inspiration, laughter, and insight.

S3E1 Lessons From Our Youth (AI written and voiced episode)
#1
02/16/2023

This episode of the Reaching For The Middle podcast is an experiment of generative AI technology.  Using the platform ChatGPT the instruction was "Write a 5 minute Reaching For The Middle podcast episode about learning from the mistakes of our youth, and lessons we learned as adults".  The unedited result was then converted from text to speech using the platform Revoicer. The video version used Dall-E, an AI art generator that has a similar interface to ChatGPT.  The regular host and producer of the RFTM podcast, James Donison, then wrote an intro and extro, passed it through Revoicer, and the cut...


S2E16 The French Family (Australian Caravan Adventure)
#16
10/07/2022

Michael and Krystal French, and their three boys sold their Queensland home, packed up, and loaded themselves and few meagre belonging into a caravan with the goal of travelling across Australia for a year. 

I caught up with them on the midway point of their journey, in Port Arthur Tasmania. We spoke about the Why’s, Where’s and How’s of their caravan adventure, what it’s like with three young boys in such a small space, Krystal’s gift for creating engaging social media content (@cyancaravan), whether she’ll return to work as a flight attendant, ho...


S2E15 Jess Weatherall Part II (Why You Should Date A Doctor)
#15
09/23/2022

Part two of my conversation with joyful Sr. Medical Education Officer, Jessica "Jess" Weatherall. We discuss post-natal depression, the joys and pains of parenting, surfing on the Gold Coast Australia, a trait not many people know about, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and how it brings out the feminist in her, and why people shouldn't be so intimidated to date doctors.

Guest Info:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicayoungprofessional/

Humans in Health podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/humans-in-health/id1587646111

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humansinhealthpodcast/?hl=en<...


S2E14 Jessica "Jess" Weatherall (Surfing, Science, and Choosing Joy) Pt. 1
#14
09/09/2022

Born and raised on the Gold Coast, Australia, Jess Weatherall is definitely living her best beach life. We spoke about her love of surfing,  career as a Senior Medical Education Officer in the Emergency Department at Gold Coast Health, myths and misconceptions about doctors, being a late 'dating' bloomer, social media and self perception, the ups and downs of family life, and the 'Humans In Health' podcast she co-hosts alongside Brooke Bullock.

This is a two part episode, stay tuned for the second half where Jess will discuss how she didn't initially feel the calling t...


S2E13 The Secret To My Success - Kevin Li (TV Producer)
#13
07/09/2022

The Secret of My Success series, on the Reaching For The Middle podcast, highlights advice and success stories from past guests, new voices, and listeners, like you. They did the hard yards through life, so you don't have to. Or at least, you can find someone that relates to your personal journey. 

In this episode, past guest S1 Episode 5, Kevin Li discusses how racism defined his TV career, and influenced how he creates, and educates.

Check out the description in Kevin Li's past episode to learn more and contact him.

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S2E12 The Secret To My Success (A Call To Action)
#12
06/24/2022

In Episode 12, Season 2 Reaching For the Middle host, James Donison, answers that age old question, How To Be Successful. This is also a call to action, for you. Will you take the leap? 

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LINKS

RFTM website: https://www.reachingpodcast.com/  (with links to your favourite podcast platform)

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S2E11 (Five Key Factors Of Workplace Well-Being) with Dr. Cameron Norman
#11
06/10/2022

Former Reaching For The middle guest, Dr. Cameron Norman, brings his expertise to this episode, providing five factors that contribute to workplace well-being. He'll also discuss Design Thinking and how it can assist organisations in providing a better workplace for their employees, increasing happiness and retention.

Guest

Dr. Cameron Norman is the Principal and President of Cense Ltd. He brings more than 25 years of experience as a psychologist, educator, scientist, evaluator, and designer to the challenge of innovation in human systems and services.
Cense Ltd. is committed to supporting organizations in strategic...


BONUS: Geoff Wilson (Depression, Microdosing, and Finding His Calling)
06/02/2022

In this short BONUS clip, past guest, Geoff Wilson talks about his initial journey into plant medicine when faced with depression, and how he soon realised he was doing it all wrong.

In Season 1 Episode 1 (July 2021) of RFTM Geoff and I decided to cut this clip from the episode in order to share the story later, in his book Evolve: The Parables of Plant Medicine (available on Amazon). Instead of merely releasing this clip to promote the book, Geoff and I decided to record another episode of Reaching For The Middle in Season 2 (episode 10), allowing u...


S2E10 (Parables of Plant Medicine podcast - crossover episode) Geoff Wilson
#10
05/27/2022

Geoff Wilson was the very first guest on the Reaching For the Middle podcast; so to celebrate the season finale of his podcast, Parables of Plant Medicine, and the release of his book Evolve: The Parables of Plant Medicine (available on Amazon as an e-book), about his journey from depression to psychedelics that he feels saved his life .

Guest Info
Geoff Wilson, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffrey-c-wilson-7371528/
Parables of Plant Medicine podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2YSW8pxMTOn7XrNBPk99BN?si=cbbf5db76c0d453a
Parables...


BONUS: Pancho Fonseca (A Mother's Good Fortune and Age Perception)
05/20/2022

A bonus clip from Season 2 Episodes 6 and 7 with Pancho Fonseca. We talk about his mom's good fortune, drive, and how we used to view the age of 50 as "old". We also discuss our good friend AJ Scales, an Elite BJJ competitor,  who runs a successful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in Regina, Saskatchewan in Canada.

Mentions

Complete Martial Arts and Fitness (AJ Scales) https://www.completemma.ca/

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