Kyrstie Barcak’s adventure into growing her own fresh food began during the break from her corporate change management career when she started having children. At the time she started to become very aware of the quality of food she was eating, and what she was going to feed her kids. As she pondered how to do this well, she started playing with growing food from her own garden, and with buying food that was in season from local producers.

In an age where we are told that technology is helping us connect in one way, and disconnect in another, The Good Karma network is helping neighbours connect in person, and help each other, using tech tools accessible to all of us.

Rachel is embodying many of the themes running through this show: abundant living with frugality; connecting with other whole-heartedly; work on and with nature; and focusing on personal wellbeing.

Xian Han has decided to take on the momentous trend of ever increasing personalisation we all experience in our digital world. She has founded Refni, a start-up aimed to help people become aware of, and expand the boundaries of, their filter bubble.

Stepping into the workplace of Nathan Loutit is like stepping into the future: 3D printers everywhere; walls with which you can touch and move images around. The future is happening now, and the Centre for Design Innovation and Swinburn is helping industry to harness it.

Jaddan Comerford created a record label 16 years ago, just before the plunge in the music industry. Over that time he has helped shape an organisation that puts people at the centre of its every aspect.

Matt Devine and his family are living off-grid in a way that enables them to connect to the land, connect with each, and become net contributors to this ecosystem we are all part of.

Are the restrictions on expression, and involvement in activities outside of work, actually good for the organisations that impose them, or the people that are part of them? Ruby Lee thinks not, and is a living example of how removing them can help both individuals and organisations flourish.

Penny Locaso is on a mission to help 1 million women find happiness in life and work.

Patrick Jones and his family live in a fascinating way - one he describes as one response to the context we find ourselves living in now. A context where we seem to see technology as our saviour and the earth as our foe. Where things like slowing down, reusing what we have, and connecting to the land are inferior to doing more, buying more, and putting more layers between us and the dirt.

Eddie stopped me in my intellectual tracks: he was right...as I observed my words time was the topic I seem to talk the most about. And here he was telling me that reconceiving and redesigning time was within my power.

Special things can happen when we tell stories. Why do they seem to be prohibited from the workplace? A first hand experience of the power of story telling within the NAB planted the seed for a new career for this week's guest.

Although he followed a path of personal and spiritual development my guest for this week found that something was still missing. Something that only seemed to open up to him through the assistance of the Sharmantic and consciousness expanding plants.

Achievement through work was the only concept of success and joy that Rachel Service had. Burning out, and some compassionate friends, helped her to see the myriad of other ways she could experience joy in her life. Something she now helps others see as well.

The impression of Samuel Alexander that lingers most is his empathy for our planet and his fellow humans, his willingness to challenge what it means to flourish as a human, and the alignment of what he talks and writes about with the way he lives.

Maria Cameron talks about the suburban community that has emerged around her without a manifesto, without planning, but as an outcome of the small daily decisions made about what it means to them to live a good and ethical life.

Caitlyn has a way of taking things that can be awkward, inaccessible and intangible, and making them safe, fun and empowering. Crucial when it comes to talking about mindfulness and play and sexuality.

Barry is one of the people that has helped open my eyes to the joy, wonder, and possibility of following my curiosity and being open to whatever the outcomes may be.

His practice of this is through experimentation with the letter forms of the Latin alphabet, something he started doing 10 years ago and has now developed over 100 alphabets.

This century it is estimated there will be 1 billion tobacco related deaths globally. Many of us unknowingly support this through the investment of our superannuation in tobacco related industries. Dr Bronwyn King is going about denormalising this practise.

Can the world of financial planning be subtly disrupted? Corey Wastle and Verse Wealth do just this by getting underneath the spreadsheets and numbers and starting with asking why.