TEA WITH JULES

Television presenter, author, entrepreneur and mum of two Sally Obermeder returns to Tea with Jules, eleven years after her first visit. The day before she welcomed her daughter Annabel, Sally was diagnosed with aggressive stage 3 breast cancer, entering motherhood while facing chemotherapy, surgery and enormous uncertainty. What she built on the other side of that is a story of pure resilience.

In this warm, funny and genuinely useful chat, Sally and Jules talk about backing yourself when you feel completely ordinary, taking the leap before you can see the other side, and the quiet belief that if she can do it, you can too. Sally opens up with real honesty about the fear that she had used up all her good luck surviving cancer, running a business through a stressful name change (Swish is now Ziish), why the bigger a business gets the heavier the load, and the pressure social media puts on all of us to do everything at once. Then the girls get practical with Sally's no fuss wellness routine, before finishing on Real Housewives of Sydney, the lesson it unexpectedly taught her, and a beautiful reminder to put yourself back on the list.

Connect with Sally Obermeder and Ziish:
Website: ziish.com
Instagram: @sallyobermeder

SALLY'S SIMPLE WELLNESS ROUTINE
Sally's "how to start" guide for anyone feeling overwhelmed by where to begin (from around the 33 minute mark):
Start simple. Don't buy everything. Pick just one or two areas you struggle with most, usually energy, skin or sleep.
Morning: A super greens shot to bridge the gap on the vegetables most of us don't eat, plus an NAD supplement for cellular energy.
Through the day: Add collagen to your coffee or tea for skin.
Night: Choose one, a sleep support if you need it, or hair and gut health support if you don't.
Also worth it in your 40s: Creatine every day (women only need three to five grams, not the 20 grams the gym myths are based on), and getting your protein up, which is where an unflavoured protein you can add to any meal comes in.

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Welcome Back, Sally Obermeder: Eleven Years On
02:14 — The Intention: If She Can Do It, So Can You
04:43 — Finding Purpose, and Why Feeling Good Changes Everything
06:07 — Life Is a Rollercoaster, Not a Steady Climb
07:52 — The Skill of Backing Yourself and Taking the Leap
11:02 — Feeling Like She'd Used Up All Her Good Luck
14:33 — How Therapy Helped Her Let Go of the Story She Was Carrying
16:22 — Ambition, and Why the Goalposts Always Move
19:48 — Jumping From Lily Pad to Lily Pad: Running on Gut Instinct
22:40 — The Highlight Reel: Why Nobody Is Really "Killing It"
24:00 — Running a Business Is Like Being a Firefighter
27:40 — The Name Change, the Trademark Battle and the Bonfire of Cash
32:36 — Getting Practical: Where to Start With Wellness
33:58 — Sally's Simple Morning and Night Routine
37:20 — Creatine, Protein and the Myths Worth Debunking
42:20 — You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup: Putting Yourself in the Loop
45:41 — Real Housewives of Sydney: How It Came About
56:41 — On the Personal Brand Pressure and Simpler Social Media Days
57:57 — Complete This Sentence: Sally's Rapid Fire Round
01:03:58 — Sally's Pearl of Wisdom: You Are Enough
01:04:15 — 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.

Strap in for a good old fashioned catch up.

In this episode, Jules sits down with her manager, dear friend and fan favourite Lisa Johnston for one of their much loved life chats. No agenda, no big lessons, just two friends, a lot of banter and some very funny stories. Consider this your permission to feel completely normal about all the chaos of everyday life.

Spring has sprung, and with it comes the great return of leg shaving, a deep and important debate about waxing versus laser, and an unforgettable confession about the rogue chin hairs that arrive out of nowhere the moment you hit a certain age. It's the kind of honest, nobody says this out loud chat that makes you feel gloriously seen.
From there the girls get into Lisa's brave new era on the netball court, the uniform reality nobody warned her about.

This is a warm, silly, feel good episode about the small stuff that makes up a real life. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in for a laugh.

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Welcome Back, Lisa Johnston
00:40 — Spring Has Sprung, and So Has the Leg Shaving
01:18 — The Great Debate: Waxing vs Laser
02:33 — Let's Talk About the Rogue Chin Hairs
05:46 — Lisa's Brave New Era: Joining a Netball Team
08:24 — The Uniform Nobody Warned Her About
10:29 — The Marathon, the Runners and a Lot of Admiration
12:02 — Could We All Benefit From a Few Gels?
14:46 — The Saga Begins: The Case of the Missing Purse
18:43 — Then the Keys Went (And They Cost a Fortune)
21:02 — And Then the AirPods
24:30 — Losing Absolutely Everything: A Very Relatable Spiral
27:11 — Lisa Comes Bearing a Gift: The Notebook
28:40 — Writing It All Down, Every Single Day
32:40 — The Netball Grand Final Heartbreak
36:34 — On Sideline Yelling and Being the Scary Coach
38:53 — Coach Lisa: Adding It to the Bio
39:50 — Words to Live By: Don't Lose Stuff
40:34 — The Theme Park and the Car Keys
41:09 — 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.

Liane Moriarty is one of Australia's most loved and successful authors, the brilliant mind behind Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers and The Husband's Secret, and so many other stories that have captivated millions of readers around the world.

Her writing is funny, clever, sometimes dark, and always incredibly observant about the way we live, love and relate to one another. And now she's returning to the world of Big Little Lies with her new novel, Big Little Truths.

In this joyful and fascinating conversation, Jules, a self confessed book lover who treats authors like rock stars, sits down with Liane to go behind the curtain of one of the great writing careers. They begin with Liane's origin story, growing up the eldest of six, and the dad who paid her a dollar a book to write stories as a child, giving her her very first publishing deal. She shares the winding road through advertising and marketing, the sisterly rivalry that lit the spark, and how she finally came to write her first novel.

Liane is wonderfully candid about the craft itself, why she doesn't read her own genre, how she treats writing like a nine to five job, where her ideas actually come from, and the panic of having an idea that's a little too close to someone else's. Liane tells the story of Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon optioning Big Little Lies, what it was like to live with her characters as they came to life on screen, the strange experience of watching someone else interpret your work, and being bored on a set surrounded by Meryl Streep, Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon.

Warm, funny and full of insight, this is a real treat for book lovers and storytellers alike. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.

Connect with Liane Moriarty:
Website: https://www.lianemoriarty.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lianemoriartyauthor/

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introducing Liane Moriarty
00:44 — Like Having Beyoncé in the Chair: Jules the Super Fan
01:36 — The Origin Story: Eldest of Six and a Family of Storytellers
02:13 — The Dad Who Paid a Dollar a Book: Her First Publishing Deal
02:28 — Dead Man's Island and the Enid Blyton Influence
03:32 — The Winding Road Through Advertising and Marketing
04:14 — The Sister Who Published First, and the Spark It Lit
07:05 — Why She Doesn't Read Her Own Genre
08:14 — Treating Writing Like a Nine to Five Job
10:00 — Where the Ideas Actually Come From
12:35 — The Panic of an Idea That's a Little Too Close
13:55 — Plotting, Pantsing and Finding the Story
17:23 — The Balance of Light and Dark in Life and Fiction
19:01 — When Your Books Aren't for Everyone
19:39 — Writing So the Reader Feels Okay at the End
22:19 — The Introvert Who Observes Everything
25:41 — Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and the Call That Changed Everything
27:19 — "If We Option It, Get Excited"
28:37 — Living With Your Characters as They Come to Life on Screen
30:23 — When a Character Is Different on Screen Than on the Page
32:03 — Why Everyone Interprets a Book Differently
34:57 — Bored on Set With Meryl Streep, Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon
37:02 — Big Little Truths: The Women Are Perimenopausal Now
38:03 — The Deeper Themes: Shame, Individuality and More
38:37 — So What Are the Truths Now?
41:57 — Why the Truth Is Always Changing
42:49 — Two Audiences: The Book Readers and the Show Watchers
49:04 — The Pressure of Success and the "What Does She Do Next" Feeling
51:26 — Why She's Simply Looking Forward to the Next Book
53:04 — Her One Profound Answer, and the Birthday Party Wisdom
56:19 — If She Could Tell Her Younger Self One Thing: Wear Sunscreen
57:32 — 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.

Lisa Messenger is one of Australia's most recognisable entrepreneurs, best known for building The Collective Hub into a global media brand that inspired millions of people to think differently about business, creativity and taking risks.

But Lisa has never been someone to stand still. She has spent her career reinventing herself, and today that reinvention looks a little different. The Collective Hub has evolved into a digital community and app, she's become a passionate advocate for helping people embrace AI in practical ways, and she's continuing to challenge what modern entrepreneurship can look like. She's also, in her own words, living on a farm with 29 chickens, a three-year-old, and another baby on the way.

In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, Jules and Lisa talk about reinvention, motherhood, identity, AI and what it really means to build a life that evolves as you do. Lisa opens up with remarkable honesty about the rise and the reality of The Collective Hub, growing too fast, losing control, and the brave decision to let go of the thing everyone knew her for. She and Jules go deep on the identity question that follows, who are you when the thing that defined you falls away, and how you learn to hold your achievements a little more loosely.

This is an uplifting, honest and inspiring conversation about the courage to keep becoming who you're meant to be. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.

Connect with Lisa Messenger and The Collective Hub:
Website: https://collectivehub.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisamessenger/
The Collective Hub: https://www.instagram.com/collectivehub/

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introducing Lisa Messenger
01:14 — Setting the Intention: Anything Is Possible
01:33 — The Pinup Girl for Doing It Anyway
02:33 — Farm Life, 29 Chickens and a Baby on the Way
02:47 — Why She Says No More Than She Says Yes
05:15 — The Queen of Reinvention
06:22 — Forty Books and a Life of Curiosity
07:52 — Writing Fiction: The Story of Jess and Justin
08:15 — What's Next: The New Book, Matchstick
11:07 — Where It Began: The Collective Hub Magazine
14:50 — Growing Too Fast and Losing Control
15:21 — The Systems and Processes She Never Had
19:27 — The Brave Decision to Let It Go
22:13 — Who Am I With All of That Stripped Away?
23:05 — Attaching Your Identity to the Thing You Built
25:26 — When Fewer People Want a Piece of You
27:44 — We Meet People at Different Stages of Their Lives
32:43 — The Collective Hub Reborn as a Community and App
34:42 — Live Sessions, AI Tools and a New Digital Age
37:55 — From Technologically Inept to AI Advocate
41:04 — Model the Greats: How She Teaches AI
42:53 — Her Simple Secret: Just Keep Asking
45:20 — Getting Productive and Protecting Her Time
46:41 — The Fertility Journey: Eight Years and 18 Rounds of IVF
47:57 — Surrogacy and Welcoming a Second Baby
48:55 — The Sweetest Question From Her Son
51:57 — Why Success Means Less to Her Now
53:45 — What She Wishes More Women Knew Before Chasing Success
54:46 — Reinventing Is Fun
55:19 — Barefoot, Giggling and Truly Happy
56:16 — 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.

Dr Nici Sweaney is one of Australia's leading voices on artificial intelligence, but what makes her story so compelling isn't just her credentials. It's her mission to make AI accessible, practical and empowering, especially for women.

She understands AI from the inside out: the algorithms, the machine learning, the data, and the biases that shape the technology we're all beginning to rely on. In 2022, as generative AI emerged, Nici had a feeling the world was about to change. She famously woke her partner up in the middle of the night to say, this is going to change everything. She was right.

Since launching AI Her Way, she has built a multi-million dollar business while raising four children, working a four day week, and teaching thousands of women how to confidently embrace AI rather than fear it. She was named Australia's Female AI Leader of the Year, featured on the Forbes Women 2025 list, and recognised by Microsoft as one of the top AI entrepreneurs to watch. Earlier this year, when Reese Witherspoon encouraged millions of women to start learning about AI, she pointed people toward just a handful of experts, including Dr Nici Sweaney.

She's also refreshingly honest about the risks. Privacy and what you should never share, the emotional attachment trap, why these tools get things wrong, and the powerful conversations she has with her own children about how they use it. If AI has ever made you feel overwhelmed, behind or a little afraid, this is the conversation that changes everything. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.

Connect with Dr Nici Sweaney and AI Her Way:
Website: https://aiherway.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ai_herway/

CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introducing Dr Nici Sweaney
01:33 — Setting the Intention: Empowerment, Not Overwhelm
02:32 — Let's Talk About the Fear Around AI
04:33 — The Real Risk: Losing Our Creativity and Critical Thinking
05:13 — Why Fear Isn't an Excuse to Step Away
06:48 — Moving Fast: Don't Become an Early Lagger
09:29 — Why Women Need to Help Shape AI Right Now
13:04 — Bias, and Why These Tools Start to Represent Us
14:47 — Privacy: What You Should Never Share
15:44 — A Real Example: Using AI to Triage Your Inbox
18:53 — The Emotional Attachment Trap
19:17 — The Morning Her Five-Year-Old Ran In
23:03 — Kids and AI: The Rules She Has at Home
23:27 — The Exercise She Set Her Eleven-Year-Old
25:24 — Why Our Kids Will Need These Skills
29:30 — Think of AI Like an Intern
29:46 — Or a Puppy You Have to Train
28:37 — Why AI Gets Things Wrong, and How to Handle It
32:03 — AI as the Operating System for Your Life
37:01 — Where to Start: Just Pick One Task
37:30 — The Magic Prompt: Ask AI to Interview You
39:38 — Is It Supposed to Be This Hard?
40:43 — A Simple Example: Making Time for Lunch
43:25 — Custom GPTs and Getting AI to Read and Write for You
47:31 — Running a Multi-Million Dollar Business With Two People
48:40 — What Actually Is an AI Agent?
49:16 — The Difference Between an Assistant and an Agent
53:19 — How She Designs an Agent
57:40 — Why Creativity Is Becoming Less About Technical Skill
59:42 — The Place Only Humans Can Sit
01:02:37 — The Gift of Time, and Why She Lies Awake Grateful
01:04:23 — Her Biggest Fear if Women Don't Embrace AI
01:04:54 — How You Know AI Is Being Used Well
01:05:39 — 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.