More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode:  Annie is an indigenous Wiradjuri woman from inland NSW, Australia. She grew up between Sydney and New Castle. Currently, she is studying peer support at the Gold Coast and works as a mental health worker. Annie has a strong connection to nature. That's where she was born and raised. Annie is an ex opium addict and has got two children. In this interview, Annie shares her insights about her family background and upbringing in an indigenous environment. You can learn a lot about the indigenous culture, nature and how to learn to love yourself (and anyways). Annie leads by example with her story and shares great advice about how to overcome addiction. Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season3/s03e47 

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UP Podcast: Annie - Love Yourself

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com  UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode:  Melbourne DJ & Producer Ollie Wilkes is a self-confessed techno lover from Adelaide, Australia. He grew up in New Zealand and Australia. Ollie started his career in the New Zealand club and outdoor party scene and continued his work in Melbourne after moving back to Australia. In nearly a decade since, Ollie has played around Australia, New Zealand, South America, and Germany - where he developed his own distinctive style based on Germany’s thriving techno scene. Recent years have seen Ollie balance a residency with the local crew Doesn’t Matter™ while focusing on his own music production. Known for his fluid mix of dark-driving techno and melodic deep-house, lucky crowds might even catch a cheeky original. In this interview, Ollie shares his insights on how he has fallen in love with electronic music. Tune in and learn from Ollie because listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.  Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season3/s03e47

UP Podcast: Ollie Wilkes - “I love organised chaos.”

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Emmanuella is originally from Canada. She grew up in an academic family and moved to many different cities, countries & continents during her childhood. She has got a master's degree in neuroscience and currently studies medicine at Griffith University in Queensland. Her family is originally from Ghana (West Africa). As Emmanuella is used to change places, she shares her learnings from moving often and how to adapt to new environments. In this interview, you can learn about her beliefs, how studying in Australia looks like and how Covid has changed learning and studying in general. If you are interested in finding your field of study, medicine or neuroscience this episode is made for you because listening and learning from each other is the key to personal development and success. Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season3/s03e46 

UP Podcast: Emmanuella Takyi - Modern Scientist

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Jeanene is an event planner from Canberra, Australia. She grew up on the Gold Coast, Australia, and went backpacking all over the world.  After she worked in the travel and hospitality industry for several years, she has started her own company called Winederlust. Winederlust provides events with wine education, showcasing local and regional wines, featuring alternatives and emerging varietals, and comparing with international wines. In this interview, Jeanene shares insights about her private life, travel stories and tells how her small business started. You can learn a lot about Australian wine regions, good wine and of course her entrepreneurship. Wine knowledge combined with humour and an adventurous life story is what this podcast episode is about. If you’re interested in travelling and looking for good wine recommendations, listen to this amazing interview. Find out how to indicate a good wine from a bad one and learn how to drink responsibly because listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.  Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season3/s03e45 

UP Podcast: Jeanene Kennedy-Evans - "Drink responsibly but drink good"

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Fatima is a French Teacher originally from Lebanon. She was born during the civil war (1975 to 1990) and grew up with five sisters and two brothers in the Lebanese capital Beirut. Fatima has been living in Australia for 15 years. Recently, she changed her career to become a mental health worker because she wants to help people in her community. As her parents were fashion designers with their own company, she knows a lot about fashion manufacturing. During this interview, Fatima shares her childhood memories from growing up in an unsafe situation in Lebanon. She gives insights into her culture, her educational background and shares her experiences about living in a foreign country. In this episode, you can learn a lot about the Lebanese culture and how to handle misconceptions. If you’re interested in foreign cultures and experiences, have a listen to this inspiring interview because “listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.” Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season3/s03e44

UP Podcast: Fatima Makki - Helping Your Community

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Kellie is an enrolled nurse and single mum from Australia. She grew up in Brisbane and lives on the Gold Coast now. During her childhood, Kellie spent a lot of time in church as she grew up in a religious family. Nowadays, she studies mental health at TAFE Queensland. She has chosen this course because of her father, who lived with an undiagnosed bipolar disorder for 56 years. In this interview, Kelly shares her experiences living together with a person with bipolar disorder and what it means to grow up in church. You can learn a lot about forgiveness, free will, resilience, and how to handle your mental health when living or working with people having a mental disease. If you’re interested in mental health and you’re looking for advice, have a listen to this inspiring interview and join our discord server to get in touch because “listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.” Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season3/s03e43

UP Podcast: Kellie Staines - Working and living with people with mental health disorders

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Terry is a motivational speaker and author from the US living in Colorado. He has been a cancer warrior for the last nine years. During his life, Terry worked in many different jobs. He says, “Each time I took on a new job, I had to develop new skills and faced different challenges.” Today, Terry sits in a wheelchair because he has an amputated leg and tumours in his lungs. The biggest challenge in his life is his cancer journey which started in 2012 when he was diagnosed with Acral Lentiginous Melanoma. Since then, Terry has gone through numerous surgeries. In this episode, he shares this journey and his life story with us. You can learn about his childhood, his career path, and his positive mindset. Terry is also a new author. His first book is called Sustainable Excellence - Ten Principles To Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life. Sustainable Excellence you can found on amazon.com. Terry explains what a day as a cancer worrier looks like and why he wants to lead as an example of how people can find their purpose. If you are looking for advice on self-motivation and how to find your legacy, this episode will give you a lot of inspiration. Feel inspired and learn from Terry because "listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success." Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season3/s03e42 

UP Podcast: Terry Tucker - How to Find Your Purpose

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Charlotte is a female entrepreneur from Adelaide. From her childhood on, Charlotte was always caring for the environment. This is why she founded her own business called Earthyma. Earthyma sells earth-friendly skincare and living products online and on local markets. In this interview, Charlotte tells us about her independent upbringing in New Zealand and what she got taught in life that helped her to get to where she is now. She shares her insight about managing her own business and a family at the same time, why she has a love-hate relationship with social media and the long-term goal of Earthyma.  You can learn about the production of her products, essential oils, and the philosophy behind her business. If you’re an earth lover, too and you want to learn more about natural skincare products and how to grow as an entrepreneur, have a listen to Charlotte because “listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.” Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season3/s03e41

UP Podcast: Charlotte Reimer - Entrepreneurship, Family and our Environment

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode: Elisa is the co-founder of Unpopular People. She’s a textile engineer, originally from Germany. Today, she lives on the Gold Coast in Australia. In this interview, she explains her journey from Germany to Australia and why she stopped working in the traditional fashion industry, although fashion is her passion. You can learn why she is not attached to a particular place or country and why the earth is her home. Elisa advises on studying abroad, shares insights into her struggles in finding her identity and tells about her past, her childhood and of course her work for Unpopular People. FAQs, like: “What’s the message behind Unpopular People clothes?”, “What does ‘Unpopular People’ mean?”, “What’s the goal of the Unpopular People Project?” & “What is the Unpopular People Community?”, will be answered from her in this interview. In this episode, you can learn a lot about healthy fashion consumption, sustainability and how Elisa’s opinion has changed about fashion. She shares her experience of living in Australia during Covid and how her life has evolved. If you want to find out why it is important to spend time with yourself and what tools Elisa uses to understand herself better, listen & learn from this interview. This is key for personal development and success. Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season2/s02e40

UP Podcast: Elisa Heimhalt - Being Unpopular

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.com UP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shop About this episode:Nick Langer is a chef originally from Germany. He grew up with two brothers in Heidelberg. Impressed by his father and one of his brothers, who are chefs as well, Nick decided to work in hospitality, too. After his apprenticeship in the fine-dining kitchen of the exclusive 5-star superior hotel “Europäischer Hof”, he decided to combine his passion for travelling and his love for cooking. Nick started travelling and working abroad. He has been living in Melbourne, Australia, for almost eight years now.In this interview, Nick gives insights into his daily routines as a chef. He tells some absurd stories from his experience working in different kitchens and why you should love to be a chef when working in this profession. He shares his knowledge about what he learned during the COVID19 lockdown when Melbourne’s hospitality industry shut down. If you want to learn why every day in the kitchen is a new challenge, and you’re looking for advice about handling failures, this is your episode! Listening and learning from each other is the key to personal development and success!Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season2/s02e39

UP Podcast: Nick Langer - The kitchen is a new challenge every day

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.comUP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shopAbout this episode:The living example of the book “The Alchemist” - Pepe is an artist from Miami, Florida. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico in a family of engineers. When he was 18 years old, he moved to NY City to finish his studies in architecture. Since then, he has learned a lot in life. With his passion for art, he started his own company called ARTKTR in 2011. ARTKTR creates new designs out of old boxes, repurposes things, and reinvents them to amazing new products. In this episode, you can learn from Pepe how important good relationships and connections with other people are and how the fashion industry (especially the luxury segment) has to be rethought. He explains how to help people that are having a breakdown and what to do if you get caught up in a difficult situation. You can also learn more about the worldwide bestseller book “The Alchemist” and that everything you need to be happy, is right in front of you. If you’re interested in Pepe’s life experience and how setbacks and success affected him, have a listen to this inspiring interview. Listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season2/s02e38 

UP Podcast: Pepe Villegas - How to find your way out of a difficult situation

More Info: www.unpopularpeople.comUP Shop: www.unpopularpeople.shopAbout this episode:Steven is a musician and healer living in Cains, Australia. He was born in Tasmania and grew up in Sydney. When Steven was 11 years old, he picked up the guitar for the first time. Since then music is his life. Stay tuned until the very end of this episode to listen to a spontaneous live act from him. You can hear in the intro and outro of this episode one of his productions he did in collaboration with Ben. He cared for his father for 4 years until he passed away two years ago. In this interview, he shares how he mentally processes the death of his father. Furthermore, he shares his personal meaning of music related to the loneliness in his past and he gives advice on how to handle emotions. If you want to learn more about Steven’s music and his healing methods, this episode is worth listening to! Listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season2/s02e37

UP Podcast: Steven Irving - Healing with Music

Learn more: www.unpopularpeople.comNick is the manager of “The Burleigh Heads Surf Club” at the Gold Coast, Australia. He has been working in this position for almost 13 years. He is originally from Liverpool, England. Before he came to Australia, he travelled to America and Asia. His passion is his family and gardening. He has four children and has been living in Australia for 28 years. In this interview, Nick gives useful advice on how to increase your self-confidence and how to stay fit and healthy while working in hospitality. If you want to find out more about Nick’s past and why he once got deported from Australia, stay tuned and listen to this interview. Furthermore, you’ll learn how he got the position in the Surf Club and where his children’s extraordinary names come from. Listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season2/s02e36

UP Podcast: Nick Owens - Life is an adventure

More info: www.unpopularpeople.comGennaro is a sportsperson and PT from Naples, Italy. He’s specialized in Functional Movements, Calisthenics, and Animal Flow. Currently, he lives at the Gold Coast, Australia. We met him during our training at Mermaid Beach Park. Gennaro grew up in a family with a simple lifestyle. When he was 16 years old, he moved away from home and has been travelling back and forward between countries for more than 12 years now. In this interview, Gennaro shares the story of his upbringing and becoming mature while travelling and being away from home. He’s one of the people who wants to motivate others without asking for anything in return. We talked with him about friendship, exercising, family life, and how he discovered his passion for fitness. If you want to learn more about animal flow exercises and you’re excited about great book recommendations for self-development, diet, and methods of learning, listen to this inspiring episode.Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season2/s02e35

UP Podcast: Gennaro Porricelli - Why it is important to live life to the fullest

Learn more: Unpopular People (www.unpopularpeople.com)Marco is a free spirit (originally from Cologne, Germany) and a part of the DJ/Producer duo "Boy Oh Boy". They have been quite popular in New Zealand for more than two years. They experienced a lot, had many gigs all over New Zealand and also Berlin, Germany. They played on festivals like "Luminate" and "Shipwrecked" and clubs that are known all over the world like "Sisyphus" and "Ritter Butzke" in Berlin, Germany. If you're interested in the exclusive story of Boy Oh Boy, you want to find out what happened to them and why they had to leave New Zealand, you should listen to this episode! In the interview, you can learn more about the “love story of Boy Oh Boy” and how everything began…Don't miss the exclusive insights about the DJ Duo's past, their breakthrough and Marco's private life!Listening (to music) and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.Shownotes: www.unpopularpeople.com/season2/s02e34

UP Podcast: Marco from “Boy Oh Boy” about the DJ life and leaving New Zealand

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