Breadwinning Mums

Last Sunday, on the 14th December 2025, in the late afternoon during a Hanukkah celebration attended by approximately one thousand people, two gunmen shot at the crowd, killing 15 people, including a holocaust survivor, two rabbis, and a ten year old Matilda.
 
We are joined today by Michael Scott, an Australian Army veteran, previously Head of Military to the UN, Founder & CEO of The 2023 Foundation Ltd, a nascent global charity combating antisemitism, and author of A Light Still Burns: Israel and the Values Worth Defending.
 
Michael shares the importance of understanding the context and unbiased history of what happened in the past, and what we can all do to stand alongside our Jewish and Moslem communities, to push forward a unified and resilient Australia. I wish you all a safe holiday season.
 
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It is my pleasure to end this season’s episodes with a conversation with my good friend, Ben Pronk. Ben is the Managing Partner of Mettle Global, one of the co-founders of The Resilience Shield, the co-host of the Unforgiving60 podcast, and an adjunct faculty at the University of New South Wales. We discussed all things about life, how to build resilience, and the topic of his upcoming book: how to find happiness, not despite, but with the full knowledge, that we’re all going to die in the end.
 
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In this episode we are chatting with Rickson Dsouza - the founder of Successio Global, a husband and a father of two children, and an endurance athlete. Rickson shared his life story about growing up in Dubai as a third generation Indian, starting a career in the insurance business, before finding a clear sense of mission in life to leave a set of legacy.
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In this episode we are chatting with Dr David James Penman, or Jim Penman, the founder and owner of Jim’s Group, the largest franchise chain in the Southern Hemisphere, with over 5,500 franchisees. Jim shared his life story about building his business empire, finding worthwhile purpose in his life, and how meaningful struggle remain as an essential part of his life.
I’m sure you’ll find lots of wisdom in this conversation with Jim Penman.
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I had a lot of fun getting to know and chatting with Victoria O’Reilly, a Registered Nurse of oncology and palliative care unit, educator, agricultural health and wellness ambassador, and a mum of three. Vicki shared with us her journey of growing up in a military family, traveling the world as a cook before finding love and settling down in Zimbabwe, before civil unrest sent her back to the UK, to then finding a new home in Australia.
 
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It was an absolute pleasure and privilege to be chatting with Justine Campbell, a Clinical Therapist & Positive Psychology Business Coach for Female Entrepreneurs and the founder of The Lotus Collective™. Justine shared her life story about growing up as a young girl in Australia before exploring and living in eight countries around the world, marrying a hotelier and starting a 7-figure business in Hong Kong, and then moving back to Australia to found The Lotus Collective™.
 
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I had an absolute blast chatting with Alka Joshi on the Breadwinning Mums podcast this week. Alka is an internationally bestselling author of the Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and The Perfumist of Paris. Six Days in Bombay is her fourth novel. We spoke about the lead female characters in Alka’s novels - their journey of self-exploration, self-realisation and self-acceptance, something that all Breadwinning Mums can relate to.
 
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On this episode we are chatting with John Cachia, an award winning financial advisor at Thriving Wealth, host of Cash Talk podcast, a husband to his beautiful wife and a proud father of three boys. We talk about finding our ikigai, or purpose in life, beyond superficial accomplishments, how spirituality and our religious beliefs shape how we show up in the world, and the importance of patience to balance our high achieving nature.
 
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On this episode we are chatting with Jon Hunter. Jon is a Coach, Adviser, Ex-public company Chief Revenue Officer and a proud father of four children. Jon spoke about his childhood, growing up with undiagnosed dyslexia amidst his super intelligent family members, climbing up the career ladder, before the pandemic forced him to really focus on what matters in life.
 
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On this episode we are so privileged to have Tim Curtis on the show. Tim spoke of his life journey, growing up as the son of a Special Air Service Commanding Officer, working for and exiting the army with an MBA, consult in the UN through the 2005 Afghanistan Parliamentary Elections, all the way up to his current consultancy work and co-authorship of the Resilience Shield, and his next upcoming book: Building Resilient Kids.
 
Links to Building Resilient Kids: https://resilienceshield.com/kids/ https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761771699/
 
Link to Resilient Survey: https://feedback.resilienceshield.com/jfe/form/SV_5aQHqZfQ3SyiusS
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