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Unedited stories of Business, Branding and Life.
Banish boring as Tracy Fryer and her guests take a ride on the rollercoaster of being a business owner - or of simply being human! Get ready to learn exactly what it takes to grow with distinction and show mediocrity the middle finger. In this podcast Tracy interview’s authentic business owners, who share their story of building a successful business, their strategies behind their success and leading the way.
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Send us a text What if finding your voice isn’t about confidence at all, but about starting before you feel ready? In this episode, I sit down with Laura McRae, founder of Podcast Support Services and host of Podcasting for Business Owners. Laura is thoughtful, grounded, and refreshingly honest about what it really takes to show up when you’re naturally introverted, behind the scenes, and unsure you belong in the spotlight. Podcasting became her bridge. Not a stage for performance, but a p...
Send us a text What does growth really ask of you once the excitement wears off? This final episode in our exclusive series is an honest, unfiltered conversation about the cost of building a business beyond the numbers. Not the strategies that look good on paper, but the personal shifts, identity changes, and uncomfortable decisions that quietly sit behind sustainable growth. I’m joined by Paul Claessen, Sophie Stott, and Marcus Procopio as we unpack what most business conversations avoid. ...
Send us a text What happens when business gets stripped of ego, perfection, and the need to always look like you’ve got it together? I sat down with Michael Watts, business advisor, systems thinker, stand-up comedian, and deeply present father, for a conversation that went far beyond strategy. This episode is about what really happens behind the scenes of business ownership and what it takes to keep going when things fall apart. Michael didn’t build his business from a place of certainty. H...
Send us a text What if the thing that limits you isn’t your circumstance but the story you’ve been telling yourself about what’s possible? Hein Wagner was born blind. Yet he’s run the Antarctica Marathon, sailed the Cape to Rio, broken the World Blind Land Speed Record twice, and built a global career teaching people how to turn obstacles into opportunities. He calls himself “a blind man with vision,” and after speaking with him, I understand why. In this episode, we explore what fear reall...
Send us a text What happens when the pursuit of becoming a better man intersects with food, faith, and genuine service? Jayson Smith stepped into my studio and didn’t hold back. He’s Perth’s most trusted Personal House Chef, but what struck me most wasn’t his culinary skill. It was the depth. The honesty. The inner work he’s done that reshaped his life, his marriage, his fatherhood, and his business. Jayson has cooked all over the world, from cruise ships to island resorts, but today his mi...
Send us a text What if the way you’ve been looking after your teeth is the very thing holding your smile back? I sat down with Dr Nerma Tulic, one of Perth’s most trusted cosmetic dentists and the founder of Beam Theory, to unpack the habits, misconceptions and quick-fix trends that keep so many people stuck. What she shared made me rethink my entire dental routine. Nerma has spent more than a decade transforming smiles and restoring confidence. Warm, composed and deeply committed to patien...
Send us a text What happens when life strips you back to nothing and asks who you really are beneath the titles, the roles, the expectations? Most people break. Alpesh did not. He rebuilt time after time. Alpesh Shah has lived a life that does not fit neatly into a bio. Law. Dentistry. Entrepreneurship. Leadership. Loss. Reinvention. He has navigated business collapse, divorce, financial rock bottom, and the slow, confronting work of redefining who he is without the armour. In this conversati...
Send us a text Most business owners carry far more than they ever admit. The fear, the decisions, the responsibility, the spirals, and the stress stack quietly in the background while the rest of the world sees only the polished version. Melissa Jolly has built a 240-client insurance brokerage from the ground up with no business partners, no safety net, and no one in the trenches with her except her business consultant, her running group, and her family. She handles high-pressure claims, grow...
Send us a text What does it take to start again when everything familiar disappears overnight? And how do you rebuild your identity, your confidence, and your voice, while learning to speak a new language and build a brand from scratch? I sat down with Elena Istomina, marketer, creator, Miss Universe Australia WA finalist, meditation devotee, and the woman behind a 55K-strong online community, to unpack the courage, clarity, and mindset behind her reinvention. Elena escaped the war in ...
Send us a text What does it really take to buy your time back? In this episode, I sit down with Seva Mozhaev, co-founder of Bright Tsar Studios, creative director, content strategist, and one of Australia’s most engaging voices in social media education. Once a high school maths teacher, Sev walked away from a government job and built a business that helps founders, brands, and thought leaders create scroll-stopping content and podcasts that people want to pay attention to. Sev’s story ...
Send us a text What if the one thing holding you back in business was the way you use your voice? Trang Nova left a ten-year relationship, bought a one-way ticket, and walked straight into the unknown. From a withdrawn introvert to an international speaking coach, Trang’s story is a reminder that your voice is your most powerful tool in negotiating what you want in this life. In this episode, we talk about identity, communication, and what it really takes to be perceived as successful. ...
Send us a text What happens when you walk away from fame to find peace, only to be called back into the spotlight on your own terms? Barbara McNaught’s story is one of reinvention. Born in Poland and fluent in five languages, she was talent-spotted at just sixteen and went on to star in over 25 international films alongside actors like Jack Thompson and Malcolm McDowell. But when life in post-apartheid South Africa became unsafe, she left everything behind to start again in Perth. Barbara tho...
Send us a text What if time isn’t as linear as we’ve been taught, and the life you’re dreaming of already exists on another timeline? This week, I sit down with mindset coach and sound healer Anna Hastie to unpack the buzz around quantum leaping, the idea that you can collapse the space between where you are now and where you want to be. Anna brings a grounded, human take on what happens when your energy, beliefs, and actions finally align. From losing her car in a way that defied logic to fi...
Send us a text What does running 68 kilometres through snow at night teach you about business, risk, and resilience? For Mathew Breuillac, it’s everything. A former chemical engineer turned cybersecurity leader, Mathew has spent his career at the edge of danger, from nuclear sites in France to ethical hacking in Perth. Today, as the Managing Director of Cyber Node, he helps organisations stay one step ahead of the invisible risks that threaten modern business. In this conversation, we explore...
Send us a text What happens when your business partner is also the love of your life? From late-night strategy sessions to early-morning client calls, Zac Fogarty and Ruby Omrevjic have built 1Recruit, a human-first recruitment agency, on equal parts courage, trust, and a shared obsession with growth. They didn’t start with safety nets. They started with a bold plan to bet on themselves. Six months without income, a kitchen-table office, and two people who refused to give up. Today, their age...
Send us a text What happens when a man decides to lead with control and conscious sensitivity? Tristan Scifo is a financial adviser, life coach, and the founder of Purpose Advisory. But beyond the numbers and strategy, he’s a husband and father learning what it truly means to show up with strength, softness, and self-awareness. Tristan and I dive into the depths of the past to better understand the creation of toxic masculinity, what healthy masculine leadership looks like, the role of emotio...
Send us a text What happens when the life you’ve built looks successful on paper, but your body tells a different story? Nick Eggleton had the career many dream of, big agency roles in London, global clients, and a life that ticked every “success” box. However, what Nick had done was trade his health for success. He was 118 kilos, exhausted, and living on autopilot until he realised that something needed to change. In this conversation, we explore what happens when ambition meets awaren...
Send us a text What happens when your body starts lagging behind your ambition? Odhran McCorry built The Elite Executive to help high-performing professionals reclaim the health they’ve quietly traded for their careers. A sports scientist turned performance coach, who delivers metrics. From sleep tracking to stress data, his work proves that you can’t outperform poor health, no matter how sharp your business strategy is. In this episode, we share moments of feeling depleted in the name ...
Send us a text What if financial success doesn’t bring the happiness you expected? Our guest shares with us how to rebuild your career around that which sparks both creativity and profitability. Ian Sloan didn’t plan to be an entrepreneur. From Safeway supermarkets in the UK to co-founding Tango IT Consulting in Perth, his path has been about curiosity, creativity, and quiet leadership. Today, he helps businesses de-risk tech investments while building a company rooted in values, indepe...
Send us a text When she entered the mining site, to stake his claim, Hayden tagged Susan with his name and the rest is history. And in this episode we talk about their history in its authentic truth. From building a relationship underground and working 12 hour shifts, to figuring out how to use their partnership and capabilities to build a life, business and family. Since then, Susan and Hayden Leeson, have founded Leeson Electrical and Silky Pear Energy. From the outside, it looks like...
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