We are hoping to create a place where women can delve deeper, lift their gaze higher, live freer, laugh louder, smile brighter and be the authentic woman they were designed to be.
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The Travel Diaries is a weekly interview series where journalist Holly Rubenstein chats to a special guest about their adventures around the world, and the travel experiences and destinations that have shaped their lives. Be transported to exotic and far flung places as Holly and her diverse range of famous guests take you on a journey through the seven chapters of their life's travel diaries, from their earliest childhood travel memory and the first place they fell in love with; to their al ...
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Trevor Nelson's Saint Lucia - Destination Special
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On today’s destination special, we are embarking on a journey to the jewel of the Caribbean, just 27 miles long and 14 miles wide, adorned with a tapestry of turquoise waters, golden beaches, and emerald-green rainforests. The enchanting island of Saint Lucia. Having visited many Caribbean islands myself, Saint Lucia is one that truly sets itself a…
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Susannah Constantine first burst onto our TV screens in the late 90s, alongside her partner-in-style, Trinny Woodall. Together, they revolutionised the way women approach fashion with their ground-breaking show 'What Not to Wear’, as the iconic duo Trinny & Susannah. The series not only garnered international acclaim but also became a cultural phen…
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Episode 115: He Loves YOU with The Sisters of Life.
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The Sisters of Life Sydney Tour https://unicatholics.org.au/sisters-of-life-2024-sydney-tour BOOK YOUR SPOT FOR WOMEN'S EVENT 21st April Below. https://www.trybooking.com/CQDTF
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Phil Rosenthal first gained international recognition by creating the iconic TV sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” which won 16 Emmys and as we discuss on the episode today, 30 years later is still a mainstay on both US and UK TV. A self-described foodie, he has always been an ardent supporter of restaurants and food culture and his favourite saying…
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Today we are joined by a name synonymous with adventure, exploration, and a deep passion for the great outdoors. Julia Bradbury's love affair with nature began at a young age, nurtured by family hikes and camping trips in the rugged landscapes of the Peak District. She started her career as a show business reporter for breakfast TV in Los Angeles, …
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Today, we're joined by one of the most recognisable faces of British TV, the delightful Alex Jones. Alex has been the co-presenter of The One Show, since 2010, a daily magazine show here in the UK which is broadcast every week night on BBC 1. It’s a British institution that's become a staple in many households. Hailing from Wales, Alex grew up bili…
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Episode 114: Small town girl dancers her way to Hollywood and receives more than she dreamed of.
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Small town girl Robyne dancers her way to Hollywood to only find an emptiness that she cannot describe here she is pursued by the lover of her soul- Jesus. Come listen to Robyne's reversion story, it's so good! http://livecatholicjoyful.wixsite.com/live Here are the links to the scriptural Holy Rosaries by Joanne Caroselli on You tube. https://yout…
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Jessica Gee, The Bucket List Family - Family Travel Special
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Today’s episode has a particular focus on family travel, and I’m joined today by Jessica Gee, the matriarch of one of the most well known travelling families in the world, The Bucket List Family, who I’m sure many of you follow on Youtube and social media. The Bucket List Family’s story began back in 2015 when Jess and her husband Garrett decided t…
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Welcome to Season 11! Kicking us off in style, we’re joined by a dazzling duo who are set to waltz their way into your hearts, stars of Strictly Come Dancing, and heading into a second season of their much loved travel show Anton and Giovanni’s Adventures, it’s Anton du Beke and Giovanni Pernice. I spoke to Anton and Gio in London a couple of weeks…
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Episode 113: The Accidental Theologian with Anna Krohn.
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Where you can learn more about Anna. https://melbournecatholic.org/news/queen-recognises-melbournes-theological-gun-for-hire-anna-krohn Visit her at Anima https://animanetwork.org/ St Thomas Moore Society. https://stms.org.au/
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EPISODE 112: Finding your Feet in your Twenties.
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Want to know more about the Theology of the Body in Sydney? https://tobi.sydneycatholic.org/ How to find out what your charisms are. https://siena.org/charisms-faq New joy in my coffee experience. https://www.happyfoodstube.com/orange-cold-brew-coffee/
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Episode 111: Faith and Fitness for Forty with Alyssa.
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You can find all there is to know about the Lenten challenge and Sweaty Saints right here. https://www.sweatysaints.ca/
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Fantastic Florida with Jimmy Doherty - Destination Special
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Today we are embarking on a sun-soaked journey to the Sunshine State - Fantastic Florida. From the magical world of theme parks in Orlando to the laid-back vibes of the Florida Keys, we’ll be chatting about some of the State’s best known spots as well as uncovering its hidden gems that may not yet be on your radar. For example, did you know that Fl…
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Episode110: To Live a Life Fully Alive with Von Hosking.
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Von is a Catholic wife, mum and creative from Brisbane. She currently has three children 5 and under. Von was raised Catholic and discusses how she personally committed her life to Christ at 16. This commitment sent her on a whirlwind journey of self discovery and ultimately learning to listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit to guide her life.…
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Episode 109: Welcome Back- New Year, New Beginnings.
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Sir Michael Palin - where do you start! He’s a legendary comedian, part of pop culture history as one of Monty Python. He’s a BAFTA-winning actor, a best-selling author, and one of our most loved travel documentarians and travel writers. His journeys across the world, beginning with Around the World in 80 Days, followed by Pole to Pole, Full Circle…
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You might know today’s guest as the formidable judge on "MasterChef: The Professionals,”; or maybe you've followed her globetrotting escapades on the BBC’s "Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby”. Perhaps you’ve even been lucky enough to eat in her London restaurant, Mere. She’s one of the best-known and highly renowned female chefs in the UK, it i…
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Episode 108: Captivated Heart- from a practicing Yogi to practicing Catholic- Drieli's Story.
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Sophie Morgan, Disability Advocate & Presenter
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Sophie Morgan is a TV presenter, Conde Nast Traveller columnist and disability advocate. When she was 18, on the night she received her A level results, Sophie crashed her car, and was left instantly paralysed from the chest down. Everything she had dreamed for her life was instantly forgotten and her journey to rediscover herself and build a diffe…
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Today, we're diving into the awe-inspiring world of high-altitude adventure. Our subject is a man whose name is synonymous with daring expeditions and summit triumphs, the legendary climber and adventurer, Kenton Cool. With 17 successful ascents of the mighty Mount Everest to his name, along with many other mountain peaks around the globe, includin…
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Greater Palm Springs Perfection - Bonus Episode
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Hello and welcome to this bonus Destination Special of The Travel Diaries. Yes, I am back for a second time this week, as we continue to celebrate California and all it has to offer, today bringing to life one of my personal favourite spots, Greater Palm Springs. I was there in 2019 as part of a much bigger US road trip, which took me through all o…
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Today we are heading to a sun-soaked slice of heaven. The place I chose as my all time favourite destination when I answered my own travel diaries here on the podcast. The Golden State. It is of course, California. I have been so excited to work on this episode for you, bringing to life a destination so close to my heart - so close in fact, that I …
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Growing up around farms and wildlife, TV presenter Kate Humble has always had a fascination for nature. After leaving school, she travelled solo to Africa; working her way from Cape Town to Cairo. On her return to the UK she began working for TV production companies, as a runner, then researcher on ‘The Holiday Programme’. It was on her second day …
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Episode 107: The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Destroyed Us. With Dr. Carrie Gress
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Here's where you can find Carrie Gresshttps://www.carriegress.com/https://theologyofhome.com/Cardinal Newman Centre https://www.cardinalnewman.com.au/
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Episode 106- He only ever sees you in Yellow.
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Our guest today knows his way around both the kitchen and the world. He’s a culinary maestro with a passport full of flavours and a heart full of stories. It’s the wonderful, Gino D’acampo. Born in Naples, in Southern Italy, Gino inherited his grandfather’s love and passion for cooking. After studying at catering college, at just 18 years old Gino …
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Today’s guest is the queen of British Soul, a West End superstar, and an Olivier-award winner - Beverley Knight. If you've ever swayed to the rhythms of Beverley’s songs like "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" or "Come as You Are," you know that Beverley's voice has the power to transport you to another dimension. But what about the destinations that have tra…
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Today, we're embarking on a special adventure – a voyage through the enchanting world of train travel. Our guest today is a true connoisseur of locomotion, travel writer Monisha Rajesh. In 2010, Monisha spent four months travelling around India by rail recounted in her debut book, Around India in 80 Trains. After India, Monisha took on the world, o…
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Episode 105: Marriage- When Water is made into Wine with Nicole Berlucchi.
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Today’s very special guest is not only a seasoned sailor but also a true legend of the high seas. She's the captain that keeps it all together on the hit TV series, "Below Deck: Mediterranean”. That's right, today we're setting sail with none other than Captain Sandy Yawn! Now, if you're a fan of the show, you already know that the show chronicles …
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Episode 104: In search of real beauty, with Annie Lawrence
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Our world is suffering from a ‘Beauty Crisis’. It reduces Beauty to something merely skin-deep. It equates Beauty to the degree of sexual attraction. Our youth are bombarded daily with unrealistic beauty stereotypes and body images, resulting in devastating effects. ‘In Search of Beauty’ seeks to expose these distortions and present the liberating,…
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We’re kicking off Season 10 by diving into the world of one of the most iconic figures in the music industry, a Grammy-winning artist whose distinctive voice and reggae beats have seen him top the charts over the past 30 years. That's right, we’re joined today, Shaggy. “Oh Carolina”, Shaggy’s debut single, was his big breakthrough into the music in…
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Episode 103- The Ache with No Name.
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Episode 102: Your home is Not a Decorated Storage Unit with Larraine Bennette.
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Episode 101: Changing Hearts and Minds with Dr. Joanna Howe.
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Episode 100!!!!!! Father Wounds- we all have them with Sonja Corbitt
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Episode 99: To Love Radically with Caitlyn West
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Find out more about Caitlyn here: https://www.instagram.com/crashcoursecatholicism/?hl=en Book your spot at the ARISE Retreat this September here: https://www.trybooking.com/CJJHC
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Episode 98: The friends you didn't know you had with Liz Kelly
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Who is Liz Kelly? Everything you need to know right here https://www.loyolapress.com/authors/elizabeth-m-kelly/If you are wanting to see what your charisms are check out this website https://siena.org/Have you booked your tickets to the Arise Retreat in Glenbrook on September 16th BOOK HERE https://www.trybooking.com/CJJHC…
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On today’s season finale we're joined by a national treasure, and a name synonymous with travel, Dame Joanna Lumley. Joanna's appetite for adventure was deeply engrained from childhood. She was born in Kashmir in the last days of British India, the daughter of an army officer who served with the Gurkhas. Throughout her childhood her parents lived i…
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Today we’re uncovering another favourite episode from The Travel Diaries archive, now that we have over 100 episodes to pick from, as we build up to our big season finale with Joanna Lumley next week. It was so hard to choose, but when I reflected on the episodes that sparked the most wanderlust in me, from the most seasoned travellers, I thought i…
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We're revisiting one of the podcast's favourite episodes today, from back in Season 3, and we're joined by one of travel’s most familiar faces. Known for his TV series tracing the Equator, the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn, following the world’s sacred rivers and pilgrimages, travelling the length of the Americas, and deep diving into destinations …
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Megan Hine is a survivalist and wilderness guide who has carved her path in the fiercely competitive world of adventure travel, producing some of the biggest adventure and survival shows on TV around the world. Her big break came working alongside Bear Grylls on his hit show Man vs Wild, and from there, she’s led talent and film crews in the world’…
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Episode 97: God plays the most beautiful music through broken instruments- with Anna Nuzzo
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Anna Nuzzo is a renowned International Catholic Singer, Songwriter and Recording Artist. On the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Rosary in 2012, she consecrated her life to Jesus through Mary. This was a major blessing and turning point in her life, jumpstarting her global Music Ministry! Through her Marian Consecration, our Lady enkindled in her a tre…
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Today’s guest is a familiar face to millions all over the world as a BBC newsreader and foreign correspondent, with a career spanning three decades. He’s covered some of the biggest stories of our time from Hurricane Katrina, to 9/11; reported fro the front lines of conflicts in Africa, the Middle East and covered wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria a…
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Today’s guest will reignite your sense of adventure and reaffirm your love of nature. I’ve had over 100 guests now and I can safely say that this guest is up there in terms of the passion and love he shows for travel - the power of it, the importance of it and its symbiosis with nature and our planet. Sam Branson is a very busy man indeed. He’s one…
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Family Travel Special - 6 months & under, travel tips & more
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Welcome our first ever Family Travel special. I had my first child back in October last year, and it’s been you the listeners who have reached out to me in such overwhelming numbers asking for a dedicated family travel episode because there isn’t a ton of advice out there for new parents travelling with a baby, where to go what to pack - it can be …
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Today, I’m joined by Alex Polizzi, who you might know best as TV”s 'Hotel Inspector’. Alex has used her decades of experience working in hospitality to advise struggling hoteliers on how to turn their businesses around on the hit Channel 5 show. And on today’s episode we take a deep dive into what makes a great hotel, a great holiday and our ultima…
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Holly Rubenstein, your host - 100th episode special
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Hello and welcome to episode 100 of The Travel Diaries podcast. I’m journalist Holly Rubenstein, and today I’m your cohost, as I’m joined today by my other half, my partner in life and travels Alex, who is going to be interviewing me about my travel diaries. That’s right, after nine seasons, and 99 episodes, and quite a few requests I thought it ab…
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Episode 96: The Culture Wars- A Reason to HOPE with Monica Doumit.
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Find Monica Doumit's article here: https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/author/monica-doumit/ Beloved Women's Retreat Toowoomba book here! ohttps://www.trybooking.com/CHSRB
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Amar Latif, Blind Adventurer & TV Presenter
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Today we are joined by the self described blind guy who wants to show you the world, Amar Latif. Due to an incurable eye condition, Amar lost 95% of his sight by the age of 18. Through sheer determination, he has managed to turn a tale of loss, into one of truly inspirational achievement. Amar became known to millions through the groundbreaking BBC…
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