TEA WITH JULES

Tania Doko is the powerhouse voice behind Bachelor Girl, whose music has become part of the soundtrack to Australian life.

Tania and James Roche formed Bachelor Girl in 1992, and their debut album Waiting for the Day went double platinum and won the ARIA Award for Producer of the Year. It delivered Buses and Trains, a song that won APRA Song of the Year, sits in Australia's 100 Greatest Songs, and remains one of the most played Australian songs of the past 25 years.

Now Bachelor Girl are celebrating that iconic debut with a beautiful reimagined release, featuring Delta Goodrem, Jessica Mauboy, Darren Hayes, Tommy Emmanuel and, in a full circle moment for Jules, her husband Guy Sebastian. But this conversation goes far beyond fame and songwriting.

Jules, a self confessed super fan, sits down with Tania to talk about the woman behind the voice. They explore how Tania first discovered she could sing and the natural high she has chased ever since, her Greek heritage and unconventional path into music, and the story of how Buses and Trains, a song she never dreamed would be a hit, came to capture the imagination of a nation.

Connect with Tania Doko and Bachelor Girl:
Website: https://taniadoko.com/
Bachelor Girl: https://bachelorgirl.com/

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introducing Tania Doko of Bachelor Girl
01:08 — Jules the Super Fan Has Her Moment
05:05 — Why Music Takes Us Back Like Nothing Else
08:38 — Greek Heritage and an Unconventional Path Into Music
12:55 — Discovering She Could Sing
14:16 — The Natural High of Singing That's Never Been Replaced
18:37 — Getting Signed by Two Major Labels
21:04 — Buses and Trains: The Universal Song That Captured a Nation
21:50 — Why She Never Thought It Would Be a Hit
24:35 — Writing Songs in a Cubby House
26:34 — Finding Success in Sweden and Scandinavia
28:30 — Protecting the Voice: The Reality of Your Instrument
35:56 — The Wedding Ring Story
38:49 — Facing Burnout
40:51 — The Brave Decision to Bring Bachelor Girl Back
42:59 — Getting Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
44:25 — The Prison Gig That Moved Her to Tears
45:52 — A Songwriter's Dream: Hearing the Album Reimagined
50:06 — Going Into Hiding, and Coming Back Out
51:39 — You Are Afraid, Reimagined With Kaylee Bell
54:06 — Singing With Guy and the Full Circle Moment
55:21 — The Meaning Behind Permission to Shine
57:00 — The Most Adventurous Project of Her Career
59:43 — A Live Moment: Stare at Real Love
01:01:46 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules

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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
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Content note: this episode includes discussion of the Bondi tragedy and its aftermath. Please listen with care. If you need support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.

Pip Edwards is one of Australia's most recognised entrepreneurs and creative leaders. Best known for co-founding P.E Nation, she helped redefine the way women think about activewear, building a global brand that blended fashion, performance and culture. But in this conversation, it is not just about business. It is about everything that happens behind the success.

Eleven years after her very first appearance on Tea with Jules, Pip returns for a conversation that goes far deeper than fashion. She and Jules talk about where her unwavering self belief really comes from, the show must go on mentality she inherited, and the years of hard situations the universe kept sending her way.

Pip is remarkably open about the identity and purpose crisis that came with stepping away from P.E Nation, the brand that literally carried her initials. She talks about how those initials began to haunt her, the therapy and surrender it took to let go, and why standing down from the thing you built can be the bravest move of all. She shares the story of her new venture, and her powerful decision to put her voice behind breaking the silence on menopause, a topic she has been talking about openly for years before the rest of the world caught up.

And she speaks, with extraordinary honesty and grace, about the day of the Bondi tragedy. How a friend rolled her under a van and shielded her. What it does to you to be that close to something so devastating. And the profound clarity that came after, about fear, purpose, her son, and what truly matters.

This is an honest conversation about ambition, identity, reinvention and building a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks from the outside. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.

Connect with Pip Edwards:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pip_edwards1/
Biolae: https://www.instagram.com/biolaehealth/

If this episode raised anything for you:
Lifeline — 13 11 14 (24/7) — https://www.lifeline.org.au
Beyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 — https://www.beyondblue.org.au

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Welcome Back, Pip Edwards
01:23 — Eleven Years On: The OG Tea with Jules Guest Returns
02:14 — What's in a Name: The Meaning Behind Pip
09:11 — Clothes as a Second Skin: Style, Confidence and Owning Who You Are
12:40 — Where Does the Self Belief Come From?
13:27 — The Show Must Go On: High Standards and How She Was Raised
15:14 — Through the Hard Years, and What They Taught Her
20:00 — Building It Alone: Motherhood and Providing
22:40 — When the Initials Started to Haunt Her
25:01 — Letting Go of P.E Nation, the Brand That Was Her Baby
26:21 — The Yes Girl Who Never Learned Balance
31:13 — Add a Little Menopause to the Mix
32:33 — The Identity and Purpose Crisis
33:52 — Therapy, Surrender and Learning to Let Go
36:04 — Why Standing Down Can Be the Bravest Thing
37:45 — A New Venture and a New Chapter
39:13 — Breaking the Silence on Menopause
41:01 — The Symptoms, the Trial and Error, the Truth
45:46 — Putting Her Voice Behind the Cause
48:18 — The Day of the Bondi Tragedy
50:17 — The Friend Who Shielded Her
52:13 — Being Able to Talk About It, Through the Work
57:04 — Acceptance, and What Really Matters
58:15 — Skiing, and Crying Because She Was Alive
01:00:32 — When Her Son Came Home
01:04:45 — The Biggest Risk She Ever Took
01:06:09 — Self-Care Isn't a Joke
01:08:38 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules

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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily Skye is one of Australia's most recognisable voices in fitness and wellbeing, but her story is about so much more than exercise.

In this warm and honest conversation, Jules sits down with Emily to talk about what really sits beneath a life that looks strong from the outside. Emily opens up about growing up as an insecure, shy girl who couldn't cope with the everyday, her later ADHD and autism diagnoses, and the years she spent chasing love and acceptance in all the wrong places before discovering that movement made her feel, in her words, like a superhero.

Emily is refreshingly real about the thing so many of us get stuck on: seeking validation from other people. Her message is simple and hard won. You cannot get worth from outside yourself. It doesn't work. Take it from her.

Together, Jules and Emily explore why feeling good matters more than looking good, how to build movement into a busy life without the guilt, and why you have to put yourself first before you can show up for everyone else. They talk about the pressure women carry, navigating hormones and menopause, the power of strength training as we age, gut health, and learning to speak to yourself the way you'd speak to your own child.

This is a conversation about confidence, self-worth and being kind to yourself in a world that constantly tells you you're not doing enough. You are. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.

Connect with Emily Skye:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyskyefit/
Website: https://emilyskyefit.com/

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Welcome, Emily Skye
01:21 — Her Intention: You're Not Alone, and You're Not Failing
02:03 — The Shy, Insecure Girl Who Couldn't Cope
02:52 — Understanding It Now: ADHD and Autism
05:37 — Finding Fitness and Feeling Like a Superhero
07:12 — Sharing It With the World, and Chasing the Wrong Things
12:56 — The Hard Truth: Validation From Others Doesn't Work
16:05 — Why How You Feel Inside Has to Come First
17:39 — Don't Overthink It, Just Move
19:54 — You Never Regret Exercising
21:22 — Building the Habit and Setting Yourself Up to Win
22:02 — Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First
25:09 — Feeling Good Beats Looking Good
27:06 — Hormones, Menopause and a Changing Body
29:52 — Releasing the Pressure: Why Do I Need To?
32:47 — The Postpartum Moment That Changed Everything
33:37 — Protect Your Peace: Removing the Triggers
36:26 — Am I a Good Mum? The Questions We All Ask
38:30 — Why Strength Training Is Gold as We Age
43:30 — Gut Health and the Food That Fuels You
50:52 — Back to Basics: Keep It Simple
54:09 — Talk to Yourself the Way You'd Talk to Your Child
55:48 — Letting Go of People Pleasing
57:17 — Feeling Strongest When You Show Up for Yourself
01:00:04 — The Never-Ending To-Do List
01:00:38 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules

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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Content warning: This episode includes an honest discussion of depression and suicidal thoughts. Please listen with care. If you or someone you know needs support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.

He's called Dr Happy. And he's lived with depression for most of his adult life.
In this genuinely profound conversation, Jules sits down with Dr Tim Sharp, clinical and coaching psychologist, founder of The Happiness Institute, best selling author and one of Australia's leading voices in positive psychology. But as Jules discovers, the power of Tim's story isn't the title. It's everything sitting behind it.

Tim built an entire career around happiness while privately battling severe depression and suicidal thoughts, and spending years believing he wasn't good enough, smart enough or worthy enough. His honesty about that gap between the public persona and the private reality is what makes this episode land so deeply.

Together, Jules and Tim unpack what happiness actually is, and why most of us have been chasing the wrong version of it. Tim explains why you're not supposed to feel good all the time, why negative emotions aren't the enemy, and why the pressure to be happy every minute of every day is quietly making us miserable. He shares the simple daily practices that genuinely move the needle, the beauty of finding joy in the mundane school run and the everyday moments, and a powerful approach to sitting with difficult feelings instead of running from them.

His final pearl of wisdom is simple, and Jules says she's printing it out for every wall in her house. Love yourself. Love others. Love the world.
This is one of those conversations that might just change what you're really searching for. Pour yourself a cup of tea, and settle in.

Connect with Dr Tim Sharp (Dr Happy):
Website: https://drhappy.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappinessinstitute/

If this episode raised anything for you:
Lifeline — 13 11 14 (24/7) — https://www.lifeline.org.au
Beyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 — https://www.beyondblue.org.au

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introducing Dr Tim Sharp, Australia's Dr Happy
02:27 — Setting the Intention: If This Helps Just One Person
03:20 — What Is Happiness, Really? Why We've Got It Wrong
04:32 — Positive and Negative Emotions: Why None of Them Are Bad
08:47 — The Three to One Ratio, and Why It's Not About the Numbers
09:46 — The Power of Gratitude: Noticing What We Overlook
10:45 — Finding Joy in the Mundane: The School Run and the Everyday
13:14 — Why Do We Feel We Need to Be Excited All the Time?
14:33 — Learning to Sit With Your Own Thoughts
15:22 — Lost and Found: The Story Behind Tim's Latest Book
17:46 — The Beauty of Getting Lost, and Why Failure Is Part of the Path
21:52 — Don't Think About White Polar Bears: Why Fighting Thoughts Fails
24:34 — The RAIN Method: A Practical Way to Handle Hard Emotions
29:21 — The Hardest Part: Tim on Living With Depression
32:04 — The Turning Point That Changed Everything
35:22 — Why We Hit Our Forties and Realise We Need to Reassess
38:07 — Chasing Success, Nice Things, and What Actually Fulfils Us
40:27 — Fifty Years of Research, One Answer: Other People Matter
42:30 — A Practical Happiness Check-In You Can Do Today
43:17 — Are You Choosing Happiness? The Daily Question That Matters
47:20 — Dr Tim's Pearl of Wisdom: Love Yourself, Love Others, Love the World
47:46 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules

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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A proper heart-to-heart.

In this solo episode, Jules goes deep on something she's been thinking about a lot lately: letting go of the things that define us. The stories we carry, the pressure we put on ourselves, and whether the version of success we're chasing was even ours to begin with.

Jules opens up about a belief she carried for almost her whole life, that she wasn't smart, formed in year four over a struggle with fractions, and how that single story quietly shaped her decisions, her confidence and the way she walked into rooms for decades. It's a powerful reminder of how the labels we accept about ourselves can become an identity we never actually chose.
From there, Jules explores the beliefs so many of us carry without questioning. I'm too emotional. I'm bad with money. I'm behind in life. I'm only valuable when I'm productive. She talks about where these stories come from, how repetition turns them into truth, and the gentle, everyday ways we can start creating evidence against the lie.

Asking if whether "having it all" is really the goal, or whether we've confused having it all with doing it all. Because a life that looks full from the outside can still feel empty inside. Success, she reminds us, looks different in every season. Sometimes it's ambition. Sometimes it's healing. Sometimes it's simply resting.

This is a warm, gentle, permission-giving episode. Put the phone down, take a breath, and let yourself just be for a little while.

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Welcome In: Wherever You Are, This Moment Is Guilt-Free
01:32 — Today's Heart-to-Heart: Letting Go of the Things That Define Us
02:09 — The Question That Changes Everything: What Beliefs Am I Carrying That Aren't True?
03:41 — Smartness Comes in All Kinds of Ways: Rewriting the Story
05:41 — Healing Starts With Awareness: Creating Evidence Against the Lie
06:37 — Jules Gets Honest: The Instagram Scroll That Took Her Out for a Day
08:12 — Spotting the Pattern Behind Anxiety and Sadness
10:21 — Just Because Something Is Normal Doesn't Mean It's Healthy
11:41 — Why Women Are Conditioned to Seek Approval, and the Cost of It
12:44 — Is Having It All Really the Goal?
14:09 — Define Success for Yourself, or the World Will Do It for You
15:09 — Share, Subscribe & Come Say Hi

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Credits
Produced by ME Entertainment
Producers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @Eggoau
Sound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.