Hey Soul Sista with Mel Histon

What happens when the life you’ve built no longer feels like the life you’re meant to be living?
Jackie Gillies — Australia’s most sought after psychic medium, TV star and founder of TransformU — returns to Hey Soul Sista for a powerful conversation about transformation, spiritual awakening and what happens when you finally start listening to yourself.
We talk about that moment so many women reach when they look at their lives and think, “What about me?” After years of being the partner, mother, friend, carer and everything to everyone else, there can come a point when something inside you starts asking for more.
Jackie shares why we often know we’ve outgrown a relationship, identity or way of living long before we have the courage to change it, why self-worth and boundaries are such an important part of transformation, and why the inner work can feel uncomfortable before it sets us free.
We also explore energy, manifestation, consciousness and how Jackie believes we can become more aware of the messages our body and inner knowing are already giving us.
And then the conversation takes a very Hey Soul Sista turn…
Jackie shares some extraordinary psychic experiences of her own, I tell her about a spooky encounter I had while travelling through Bosnia — and during our conversation, the lights suddenly go out and Jackie tells me my grandmother is in the room.
She then guides me through an intuitive exercise that I definitely wasn’t expecting.
If you’re in a season of change, questioning what comes next, or feeling called towards a different version of your life, this conversation might be exactly what you need to hear.
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What happens when motherhood looks nothing like the life you imagined?
When Holly Green’s son Joey was just three months old, doctors discovered a rare brain tumour growing around his optic nerves. After life-saving surgery, Holly and her husband Blake learned that Joey was completely and permanently blind.
Now almost two, Joey is learning to navigate a world he has never seen—and Holly and Blake are learning how to teach him.
In this deeply moving conversation, Holly shares the reality of raising a blind child: the therapies, the constant mental load, the grief that can arrive unexpectedly, and the extraordinary amount of thought that goes into teaching Joey things most of us never even realise we learn through sight.
From learning to walk with a cane and throw a ball, to understanding what a tree is, where food sits on a plate, and even what colours mean, Holly gives us a glimpse into the world through Joey’s experience.
But this conversation is about so much more than blindness.
Holly talks beautifully about grieving the life you thought you would have while still loving the life you do have; how trauma has changed her as a woman and a mother; and why going through the unimaginable has taught her to find enormous joy in the smallest, most ordinary moments.
And above all, she shares her hope for Joey: that he grows up knowing blindness is part of who he is, but it will never define him.
This is a conversation about motherhood, grief, disability, resilience, love—and learning to see the world in an entirely different way.
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Ever wondered what actually happens immediately after someone passes away? We often talk about death from a soulful, spiritual perspective, but what about the raw, practical logistics?In this episode, I sit down with Amy-Lea Pettigrew, third-generation director of Pettigrew Family Funerals. Amy-Lea pulls back the curtain on an industry shrouded in mystery to answer the exact questions everyone wants to know but is too afraid to ask.
In this episode, we dive into:
The Immediate Logistics: Exactly what happens from a practical standpoint the moment someone dies.
Behind the Scenes: The realities of running a massive, multi-generational family funeral legacy.
The Unspoken Questions: How the industry has evolved since 1969 and what it’s really like dealing with death every single day.
Whether you’re deeply curious about the business of passing or just want to demystify the taboo, this episode offers a fascinating, grounding look into a world we will all encounter.
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For years, Australians welcomed Shelly Horton into their homes as a trusted TV presenter and journalist. Today, she's become one of the country's strongest advocates for women navigating midlife.
In this honest and inspiring conversation, Shelly shares how her own experience with perimenopause, confidence, and learning to advocate for herself completely changed the direction of her life and career.
Together, Mel and Shelly talk about the pressure women face to keep everything together, why so many symptoms are dismissed, how confidence changes through different seasons of life, and why speaking up—for yourself and for other women—has never been more important.
This is a conversation about reinvention, resilience and discovering that sometimes the challenges we never asked for become the purpose we were always meant to find.
In this episode:
Shelly's journey from television to advocacy
The reality of perimenopause and why so many women feel unheard
Rebuilding confidence in midlife
Why women need to stop apologising for taking up space
Self-advocacy in healthcare and everyday life
Finding purpose through life's unexpected challenges
Connect with Shelly Horton:
Follow Shelly on Instagram @shellyhorton1
Follow Shelly on Facebook @shellyhorton/journalist
Follow Shelly on TikTok @shellyhorton4
Subscribe to The Shelly Show on Substack https://substack.com/@shellyhorton
Buy Shelly’s book, I’m Your Peri Godmother Amazon
Listen to the book on Audible
Speak with Impact training with ShellShocked Media
Peri Godmother workplace training
Connect with Mel Histon:
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Website: heysoulsista.com
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Why don’t we trust politicians anymore — and can they win us back?
For the first episode of Season 21, I’m joined by two Hey Soul Sista favourites, Alex Morris and Jaimie Abbott, for a lively, honest and at times very funny conversation about politics, power and trust.
With Jaimie’s first-hand experience as a former political candidate and councillor, Alex’s perspective as a journalist and social commentator, and my own growing frustration with politics in Australia, we unpack why so many people feel disconnected from the people meant to represent them.
We talk about political spin, the media cycle, social media and outrage, why politicians can seem so out of touch, whether people are becoming more cynical or simply demanding better, and what it might actually take to rebuild trust.
Jaimie also shares what most people don’t see about the political world, including just how hard many politicians work behind the scenes, while Alex challenges us to think about the role we all play in the media and political ecosystem.
And perhaps most importantly, we ask whether there is still reason to feel hopeful.
Because maybe people haven’t stopped caring about politics.
Maybe they’ve stopped believing politics cares about them.
In this episode, we explore:
• Why trust in politicians has declined
• The difference between leadership and authority
• Why spin can be more damaging than simply admitting a mistake
• How social media and outrage shape political conversation
• What Jaimie learned from being inside politics
• Why listening may be one of the biggest things politicians are missing
• Whether ordinary people can still create meaningful change
This is not a left-versus-right conversation. It’s a conversation about trust, leadership, accountability, community and what we want from the people who represent us.
Connect with MEL HISTON:
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Website: heysoulsista.com
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