N'fa Jones helped bring hip-hop to the mainstream in Australia. Now, with the same gentleness and assurance with which he create music, he helps lift the eyes and spirit of those he serves at his Northcote cafe.

There seems to be a paradox with constraints: when we choose the bring certain constraints into our life, they seem to help us think and act in less constrained ways. For this week's guest, choosing to live with some carefully selected constraints are a feature of her life and work.

More and more of us are going to find ourselves living in apartment type housing, and living in closer proximity to our neighbours. How then can we make this experience as good as possible, so that we enjoy and actually thrive in this new set-up, rather than feeling more isolated and unwell?

The creativity and beauty of diversity - Shalini is spreading the goodness of hearing and celebrating all of our voices, whether it be through the interpreting work she does, the impact and way she affects people through the music she plays, or creating forums and platforms for large corporates or smaller social enterprises to have a positive social and environmental impact.

40 years ago Philip O'Carroll co-founded Fitzroy North Community school. Today it is still going strong, often ranking in the top 1% of the state in areas like literacy and numeracy, and equipping kids with the skills they need to thrive in a rapidly evolving world.

To have a sustained positive impact through business, it is paramount to get the business foundations right. Ben and Harvee are partners in an accounting firm helping purposeful businesses get their profits sorted so they can continue to impact people.

Dr Jason Fox returns to the podcast for a second time, sharing ways we can make habits and rituals for meaningful progress in a milieu that rewards us for busyness.

While I thought I may talk about them in separate episodes, I did not consider that I may talk to a guest about feminism and football in the same episode. After spending an hour with Carmen Hawker, I am even more inspired by what gender equality and gender liberation could bring to the game I love, let alone the broader society within which I live.

Something is starting to shift. Little pockets are springing up where men are able to show up as they are, talk freely about how they feel, and connect with other men doing the same.

Design is all around us and impacts our mood, wellbeing and feelings whether we know it or not. Kate is on a mission to help us all be better designers and to be true to ourselves as we create the places within which we work and live.

Developing the mindset and tools to sustain our wellbeing and performance in an era of stress and busyness.

The little caravan, and little shop, that is a place for people to gather, make, connect and be heard.

Finally, the topic I have been avoiding some time: the disruption brought about through science and technology. Gus talks specifically about how we can harness it as a force that helps those most in need, using it to enable life to thrive on this planet, and how to build a movement around this quest through conditional optimism.

The links between sexuality, creativity, expression and accessing our full potential are brought together by this week's guest.

Growing our own food makes us more likely to eat healthily, be aware of our food system, and to get those happiness inducing soil microbes onto our fingers. In a city that becomes more densely populated by the day, where do we find the land to grow this food?

This Melbourne maverick reveals the most important skill for us to develop in an age of unprecedented uncertainty and disruption.

This Melbourne cafe is my new favourite, and it is changing the way people think about eating. If I was to make a prediction it would be that in a couple of years time there will be 10s of cafes around Melbourne modelling themselves on this one.

Creating platforms that provide a strong footing for others to bring their ideas to life is at the heart of Alvaro Maz's two ventures: Creative Suburbs and Code for Australia.

Not many of us take a moment to consider how and where our clothes were made when we purchase them or put them on each morning. For Sigi it was these types of musings that led her to devoting her working life to creating consciousness in the way in which we all relate to fashion.

Questions like 'What is the secular equivalent of a church pastor?' and 'What would an inclusive, mystery exploring alternative to religion look like today?' prompted this week's guest to create an inclusive weekly service that crowd-sources wisdom to explore the wonder of existence.