How Chocolate & Community Are Raising the Bar in Award-Winning Murrumbateman

What’s driving the sweet success of award-winning Murrumbateman? In this episode, Jo chat's with Yasmin Coe, founder of the Murrumbateman Chocolate Company, about chocolate, community and collaboration. Yasmin talks about local producers raising the bar in Murrumbateman, award-winning events in th…

Internationally Acclaimed Flautist Sally Walker talks to John Thorne on Music, Nature and the flute

Wellness Valley has a special guest host, John Thorne from Classic Yass Valley, leading a thoughtful conversation with Sally Walker - internationally recognised flautist, performer, academic and music educator. Sally is a lecturer in Classical Performance (Woodwind) at the Australian National Univ…

Ben Maguire AM: Remount & Australia Day Ambassador - Horses, Healing and Community

Ben Maguire AM reflects on the healing power of horses, community and what is means to be Australian this Australia Day.  A lifelong horseman, mental health advocate and this year’s Yass Valley Australia Day Community Ambassador, Ben speaks about what it means to represent and serve a community, a…

Can Magnets Really Change Your Health?

For two years Lisa Brough was exhausted, cold, gaining weight – and doctors kept telling her everything was normal. Blood tests showed nothing. Desperate for answers, she tried a little-known therapy called Biomagnetism. After just three sessions, her symptoms lifted. In this episode of Wellness …

Want to Manifest Like an Award Winner? Here’s How Linda Willow Roberts Does It

In this episode, Jo chats with the Linda Willow Roberts, fresh from her win as Best Spiritual Business of the Year at the ALIBI Awards. Linda has more than 35 years of experience in the spiritual world - from psychic mediumship to ThetaHealing, oracle cards, and her beautiful manifestation teachin…

Spoon Therapy: Finding Calm and Creativity Through Carving - Jim Hutton

Discover how former Royal Marine Jim Hutton turned personal loss into life purpose through the mindful art of spoon carving. With 35 years in the Royal Marines and eight years with the Royal Australian Navy, and now serving as a Reservist Leadership Coach, Jim has some incredible stories and insig…

Spring Gardening Tips with the Yass Gardening Club

Jo chats withMichele Witters and Willy Stanford from the Yass Gardening Club for her 'Gardening for the Soul series' - and it’s all about the beauty oflate spring in the garden! We talk about what’s flowering and fruiting right now, what to plant as summer approaches, and how spending time in the …

From Paris Fashion to Shamanic Healing: How Ancient Wisdom & Rituals Can Transform Your Life | Christine Maudy

In this episode of Wellness Valley, we continue our Empowering You series with the inspiring Christine Maudy - Reiki Master, Past Life and Soul Regression Therapist, Shamanic practitioner, teacher, mentor, international visual artist, and author of Never Alone: The Journey from Pain to Love. Chris…

From Camera to Compost: How the 'Weedy Garden' is Inspiring Backyard Food Forests

In this episode of Gardening for the Soul, Jo chats with David Trood – better known as Weedy from The Weedy Garden. After a celebrated 30-year career travelling the world as an award-winning photographer, David returned to Australia in 2020 and discovered a new way to tell stories: through permacul…

Bendenine Scoping Report Delayed – What’s Next for Bowning & Binalong?

We catch up with Emma Webb, President of BBCAG - Bowning & Binalong Community Action Group - for the latest on the Bendenine Wind Turbine project. With recent media reports highlighting delays and a council decision to send a further letter of objection to the Minister for Energy, Emma shares what …