In this episode of The Art Of Living, Tessa sits down with Trevor Hendy, elite athlete, coach, and mentor, a friend she first met over a decade ago while going through chemotherapy. What began as beach walks and quiet conversation planted seeds that, as they reflect on in this episode, only fully bloomed years later.

Trevor opens up about a remarkable life, from a nomadic childhood travelling around Australia with his adventurous family, to becoming a dominant Ironman, winning multiple world and Australian titles. But beneath the trophies was a boy who didn't feel enough. This episode traces his journey from chasing external validation to discovering what he now calls 'winning on all levels'... A shift from the head to the heart.

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CREDITS: Host: Tessa James Guest: Trevor Hendy Executive Producer: Hannah Bowman

Welcome to The Art of Living - conversations that go deeper than surface level.

Hosted by Tessa James creative, founder, mother, entertainer and wife this podcast explores what it truly means to live well.

Each episode is an honest and deeply human conversation with healers, athletes, founders, poets, creatives and powerful thinkers who have all been tested by life in some way and come back with something worth sharing.

From wellbeing and mindset to ambition, motherhood, creativity, resilience and purpose, The Art of Living is a space for meaningful conversations about the mind, the body and building a life that feels full from the inside out.

Warm, curious and thought-provoking, this is for anyone navigating their own version of a beautiful and meaningful life.

LINKS: Follow @artofliving.wrld Follow @tessacharis Email the show: theartoflivngwrld@gmail.com

CREDITS: Host: Tessa James Executive Producer: Hannah Bowman

In this episode of The Art of Living, Tessa sits down with Nicole Slater. Artist, mum, wife of NRL legend Billy Slater, and the kind of woman who will sand back an entire kitchen bench on impulse just because she needed to create something. The two have known each other for years, their lives woven together through football, family, and a shared sense that there is always more to a woman than what's visible from the outside.

Nicole opens up about a life lived in colour, from a dyslexic kid in Cairns who found her safe space in creating, to a young woman who packed her brushes and drove to Sunday markets at 17, willing her art career into existence before anyone else believed in it. She talks about following Billy to Melbourne, and the quiet years of setting her own ambitions aside while building a family and a life around someone else's extraordinary career. And then... COVID, a farm, a five-metre piece of linen, and the discovery that everything she'd been drawing toward her whole life was horses.

This episode is about what it means to hold onto yourself through the seasons that aren't yours yet. About the flow state that only comes with space, the version of yourself you have to grieve to move forward, and what happens when you finally get your turn.

LINKS: Follow @artofliving.wrld Follow @tessacharis Email the show: theartoflivingwrld@gmail.com

CREDITS: Host: Tessa James Guest: Nicole Slater Executive Producer: Hannah Bowman