Double Ds: The Discovery Diaries
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#28 Surviving a workplace lifequake with Double D Donna West
For the first time, one of the Double Ds, Donna West, shares part of her story dealing with an extended workplace trauma, as a guest on the "Thriving Business" podcast, with Kate de Jong. Donna…
#27 Lessons from the Holocaust for Today with Andrew Steiner
Andrew Steiner was a young Jewish boy during World War II, living in Hungary. He recounts memories of living through the Holocaust, where 11 close family members and countless friends were amongst 6…
#26 Puzzle Power: How Jigsaws Boost Wellbeing with D'Arne Healy
D'Arne Healy shares surprisingly broad wellbeing benefits of jigsaw puzzles. Whether on your own or with others, puzzling can help with loneliness, conquering addiction, giving your brain a break and…
#25 Rewiring your Brain to Change Your Life with Dr Vish Ramakonar
Dr. Vish Ramakonar returns to the DDs to share the life altering change management work she learnt from Joe Dispenza, based on neuroscience. The program, "Change your mind, create new results"…
#24 Neuroscience, self-coaching and resilience with Tammy Tansley
Co-founder of neuro nudges, Tammy Tansley discusses how her small business started. Neuro nudges are packs of 70 self-coaching cards in 7 categories that can help you to build resilience, regulate…
#23 From a personal mental crisis to creating psychological safety at work with Alastair Milne
Alastair Milne opens up about his mental crisis five years ago – a journey that led him to spend three weeks in psychiatric care in hospital. Alastair shares how he recovered slowly and eventually…
#22 What Happened Next? Connection & Community with the Double Ds Previous Guests
Join Double Ds Donna and Di for Part 2 of their first ever live podcast, as previous podcast guests answer the question, "What happened Next?" Hear from previous guests Susan Saleeba (#11), Tara…
#21 From Dream to Reality Starting our Podcast with the Double Ds Live Donna West and Di Murray
Join the Double Ds, Donna West and Di Murray, as they do their first ever live podcast in front of an audience, to celebrate the first anniversary of the podcast. Hybrid Warehouse owner Darren Payne…
#20 Take Time to Talk for Mental Wellness with Lachlan O'Donoghue
Lachlan (Lockie) O'Donoghue, co-founder of 20Talk, a not-for-profit focusing on improving the mental wellness of young people, discusses the origins of 20Talk, following the suicides of two close…
#19 Act-Belong-Commit to be Mentally Healthy with Rob Donovan
Professor Rob Donovan is Founder of the Act-Belong-Commit health promotion campaign. This was one of the world's first mass media campaigns to promote being mentally healthy, which commenced in 2005…
#18 Adventures in the Wild North-West with Lawrence Brown
Lawrence (Laurie) Brown was born in Scotland and travelled by boat to Perth Western Australia when he was 17 years old, in 1952. A couple of weeks after he arrived, he found work in the North-West of…
#17 My Journey to Making Money as an Artist with Sophie Mahir
Artist Sophie Mahir takes us on the wild ride of her life, while she sets out to make money as an artist and single Mum. Multiple careers, living in several countries, from success to bankruptcy,…
#16 A lifetime of sailing adventures with Jon Sanders
Jon Sanders is one of Australia’s greatest ever sailors, holding multiple world records for solo circumnavigations around the world, including a triple circumnavigation lasting 658 days from…
#15 Transitions: From new immigrant to new CEO with Henrietta Podgorska
Henrietta discusses her early life in Hungary growing up in the post-Communist era, her decision at 20 years old to travel to and eventually settle in Australia and her move to Perth from the east…
#14 Camino Couple - Physical, Mental and Spiritual Journeys with Bill and Pina Dunne
After bringing up 4 children, upon retiring, Bill and Pina decide to take on the challenge of hiking a Camino pilgrimage in Spain. This journey of nearly 800 kms leads to 2 more Camino pilgrimages in…
#13 Personal Transformation from Tragedy with Dr Vish Ramakonar
Dr Vish Ramakonar shares her personal story of how dealing with family tragedies eventually led to her own healing and transformation. Vish recounts her happy childhood days growing up in Geraldton,…
#12 Fresh food and flavours - World travels with Simon Naber
Chef, café owner and fresh food enthusiast Simon Naber talks about his career and travels, including as an apprentice in Albany in regional Western Australia, then onto Perth and over to Europe,…
#11 Never too late to find your life's purpose with Susan Saleeba
Susan Saleeba recounts how she volunteered to go to Nakuru in Kenya when she was 50 years old. Life for her began again as she fell in love with the people and the difference she could make,…
#10: Double Ds Reflect on Double Digit Episodes
Donna and Di take time to reflect on their podcasting journey so far, as the Double Ds Discovery Diaries podcast reaches its 10th episode. They discuss how it all began, lessons learnt along the way,…
#9 From COVID to Coronation in Central London with Emily Regan
Emily reflects on working as a nurse in the emergency department of a central London hospital during the COVID19 pandemic. Topics covered include why she chose not to return home to Australia when…
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Double Ds: The Discovery Diaries has published 29 episodes since April 2024, covering topics in Documentary, Relationships.
Double Ds: The Discovery Diaries is currently declining with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 49m.
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