Our mentor today made something so epically cool happen for herself just by taking a chance and there is so much to learn from her moment. She is a professional Busker, and busks all over the country making a decent living out of it. Last week she decided to busk in Brisbanes Queen Street mall on the day Teddy Swims was performing at the Riverstage. She performed a few of his songs over and over and live streamed it on Tik Tok in the hope he would see it, or be in the area and see her and be com...
Jul 16, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 10
16 years old and already her parents Boss! Meet Glitter Girl, aka Sophia Rizzo a Young Entrepreneur who started selling Glitter in the classroom at age 9 and now at 16 has a business with over 200 items in stock and ships globally. Big things are coming for Glitter Girl as a brand and we are so excited for what you can learn from todays podcast. Something Millie has touched on a few times in this podcast is how she has always been a little entrepreneur herself, selling lemons, lemonade, or pompo...
Jul 11, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We ALL know someone who has had cancer. Some may have even lost someone dear to them and are still grieving. Millie's Dad Gerard lost his Dad to lung cancer. Poppy Jim died when Gerard was only 19 years old and we think about him every day and it's been 20 years. Cancer is a long hard journey for everyone, but imagine being the person who has the cancer. What do you do? What do you need from your friends and family and how do you try to stay positive when its really very scary? Our next mentor h...
Jul 04, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Meet Mama Mentor Australian television identity GRANT DENYER! He is a legend and ICON of the free to air world. He has worked on so many shows that Australians love. It's hard to name them all, but let's go there. Sunrise, Family Feud, Australia’s Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, The Great Australian Spelling Bee, Neighbours, The Amazing Race and now the game show on Channel 10- Deal or No Deal. He has won a Gold Logie (which is like our Oscar/Emmy Awards) ...
Jun 27, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Our mentor this episode is an Australian doctor, lawyer, scientist and disability advocate. In 2010 Dr Dinesh Palipana had a terrible car accident, he was driving and hit a wet patch of road and lost control. That accident robbed him of his ability to walk but didn’t rob him of his ability to achieve. After a long recovery with many people saying he couldn’t, he finished his medical degree and he was the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland , Australia. He is the second person with qu...
Jun 20, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In an Olympic year it made sense that in the first series of Move Over Mama I source some Olympians to mentor Millie and our Move over Mama listeners. Our guest this week is our second Olympian and we move from the track to the pool. I just love being around this guest. She is not only a great listener, she is warm, funny and caring. She makes everyone feel great which is a beautiful skill, and she is one of Australia's greatest Swimmers. There is nothing she can’t do. Once she retired the togs ...
Jun 13, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Our next guest in the Move Over Mama podcast is an Olympic Champion, a Dancing Star, and Sports News Reader and our first OAM. Sally Pearson. When she was only 14 she started to get noticed by the country for her Athletic ability winning the Australian Youth 100m Hurdles. From there went on to become one of Australia’s most successful female athletic Olympic champions winning a Gold Medal in London, breaking records in the win, a Silver in Bejing, 3 Commonwealth Games Medals and many other world...
Jun 06, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4
12 months ago at a charity event, the Baby Give Back Mothers Day High Tea, Millie and I met our next guest who inspired this whole podcast. An Australian Champion Iron Woman who had just paddled around Australia in a Kayak. It took 254 days, 12,700km and during that time she dodged huge waves, storms, sharks, crocodiles, tested her physical and mental health and broke many world records. Talk about Girl Power! A few months later here she was in a pretty dress graciously chatting by an old teleph...
May 30, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 3
We come out fighting for the first interview episode of Move Over Mama. In this edition I re-introduce Millie to Rowdy Bec Rawlings for her first ever interview. Bec is an Australian mixed martial artist and bare knuckle boxing champion who just released a movie called 'Fight to Live' in cinemas now. A compelling movie not just about her rise to fame in the fighting world, but also her fight to escape domestic violence. An important film highlighting it can happen to anyone, including an elite a...
May 23, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In the first ever Move Over Mama episode, get to know Emily Jade and Millie Valentine as they interview each other. Find out about Emily Jade's childhood, career path and dreams for Millie Valentine. And Millie will share her hopes for the podcast and how her recent ADHD diagnosis led to creating this podcast. Proudly Sponsored by MouldMen. For fast, safe and effective Mould removal treatment. www.mouldmen.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listen...
May 18, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The most listened to podcast by Emily Jade's Mum.. and the only podcast she will listen to, and only if we download it for her and press play... so yeah, this podcast is a big deal! Australian Radio Veteran Emily Jade O'Keeffe and her daughter Millie Valentine share a mentoring journey with you as Emily Jade finds extraordinary people for her teen daughter Millie Valentine to ask all the questions teens want to hear from those who are living the dream. There will be laughter, tears and most impo...
May 18, 2024•3 min
