What does backing yourself really mean? This week Tessa gets a little personal... just her, no guest, and something that's been sitting with her throughout this series.

She wanted to talk about what backing yourself actually looks like. Not the highlight reel version, not the moment something pays off, but the real, quiet, day to day reality of it. Because it doesn't always look the way we think it should.

This episode is a reminder that backing yourself isn't loud or certain or unshakable. Most of the time, it looks like getting out of bed. It looks like following through on one small thing. It looks like giving yourself credit for the day you just had, and choosing to show up again tomorrow.

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CREDITS: Host: Tessa James Executive Producer: Hannah Bowman

Bianca Wise is a naturopath, Pilates instructor and wellness retreat host who helps women cut through the noise of fad diets and quick fixes to get back to what actually works. In this episode, Bianca and Tessa talk movement and mental health, what it really means to nourish your body, and why consistency beats perfection every time.

Bianca gets honest about hitting burnout last year, working through perfectionism and people-pleasing, and the lessons her 98-year-old Nonna taught her long before naturopathy gave them a name. A warm, grounding chat full of simple shifts you can actually fit into a busy life. LINKS: Follow @artofliving.wrld Follow @tessacharis Email the show: theartoflivingwrld@gmail.com

CREDITS: Host: Tessa James Guest: Bianca Wise Executive Producer: Hannah Bowman

There aren't many people who could walk into a room full of footy players, recite a poem, and leave every single one of them changed. Rupert McCall is one of them.

Rupert is one of Australia's most celebrated poets and storytellers known for his performances at State of Origin, Anzac Cove, and Ground Zero. But before any of that, he was a kid from Redcliffe dreaming of wearing the green and gold. He never made it as a player, but he found a way to represent his country that turned out to be far more lasting.

In this conversation, Tessa and Rupert talk about what it really means to back yourself. Rupert opens up about trading a law career for the uncertainty of poetry, how he holds the weight of enormous occasions, and the moment standing at Anzac Cove that completely rewired the way he talks to himself under pressure. They also revisit the poem Rupert wrote for Tessa's husband Nate, a piece that captured a chapter of their lives in a way only Rupert could.

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CREDITS: Host: Tessa James Guest: Rupert McCall Executive Producer: Hannah Bowman