Turia Pitt's Pep Talk
Episodes
A kid caught up in the Tampa Affair — Abbas Nazari remembers everything
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's Refugee Week and I wanted to share the story of Abbas Nazari. He was just a boy in 2001 when his family fled Afghanistan to escape persecuti...
Turia Pitt is FIRED!
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I just had this crazy reality TV experience on Celebrity Apprentice and I wanted to share some of the things I learnt… including how I got through s...
Bronte Campbell reveals why "winning didn't solve anything"
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You might have seen me 'pumping up' Bronte Campbell on Celebrity Apprentice, and why bloody wouldn't I? Bronte's an Australian Oly...
Your favourite gronk: Carla from Bankstown
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carla from Bankstown is the drag queen who shot to fame on social media during the pandemic with her hilarious videos. We became fast friends recently...
Celebrity Apprentice and something I want to get off my chest
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Appearing on Celebrity Apprentice to raise money for my chosen charity (Interplast) has been an incredible opportunity. I want to explain why I did it...
When Jelena Dokic was forced to switch countries: “I just wanted to disappear”
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jelena Dokic was a teenage tennis sensation but off the court she was experiencing mental and physical abuse from her coach and father. Jelena explain...
Jazz Thornton: why forgiving bullies will set you free
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hope exists — this is Jazz Thornton’s message. The author, filmmaker and young New Zealander of the year is living proof. After overcoming childho...
Linda Burney on finding strength after losing loved ones
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Being a politician is hard work. Linda Burney has made history with her political career, being the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the House of Re...
Why Kurt Fearnley took a hacksaw to his first wheelchair
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Living with a disability is hard work. Kurt Fearnley's perception of his disability changed the day his school principal put every kid in the sch...
Kate Sanderson on surviving the Kimberly Ultramarathon fire
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Running an ultramarathon is hard work. Kate Sanderson was running the same ultramarathon as Turia Pitt ten years ago, when they were caught in a devas...
Rabia Siddique on being held hostage, and fighting for justice
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Being a lawyer is hard work. But Rabia Siddique took her law career to the next level, not only working as a criminal and human rights lawyer, but ser...
Nikki Webster on navigating childhood fame
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Performing is hard work. Hard enough as an adult, but how does facing the music industry as a child change the way you grow up? Nikki Webster opens up...
Professor Charlie Teo on the hardest part of being a brain surgeon
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neurosurgery is hard work. Amongst the handful of people who know just how hard it is, there’s Professor Charlie Teo – a globally renowned surgeon...
Turia Pitt is Hard Work - Trailer
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What pushes us to do hard things? Author, athlete, and coach Turia Pitt wants to know. Join her as she interviews some of the worlds most resilient f...