The Real Biz Life Chronicles
Unedited stories of Business, Branding and Life.
Banish boring as Tracy Fryer and her guests take a ride on the rollercoaster of being a business owner - or of simply being human! Get ready to learn exactly what it takes to grow with distinction and show mediocrity the middle finger. In this podcast Tracy interview’s authentic business owners, who share their story of building a successful business, their strategies behind their success and leading the way.
RAW. Honest. Unedited.
Episodes
133 episodes
#132 Darren Keegan: Why Most Leaders Make the Wrong Decisions
What if the decisions you trust most are shaped long before logic ever enters the room?I sat down with Dr Darren Keegan, a strategist, decision scientist and AI-native consultant whose work lives at the intersection of intuition, judgem...
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#131 Kate Molinari: Why People Choose to Follow Some Leaders
What does leadership look like when it’s stripped of titles, ego, and performative confidence?In this episode, I sit down with Kate Molinari, founder of Striide, to talk about the kind of leadership that people don’t just tolerate but a...
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Episode 131
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#130 Laura McRae: Finding Your Voice When You Don’t Feel Ready
What if finding your voice isn’t about confidence at all, but about starting before you feel ready?In this episode, I sit down with Laura McRae, founder of Podcast Support Services and host of Podcasting for Business Owners. ...
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Episode 130
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#129 Exclusive Episode: The Real Cost of Business Growth
What does growth really ask of you once the excitement wears off?This final episode in our exclusive series is an honest, unfiltered conversation about the cost of building a business beyond the numbers. Not the strategies that look goo...
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Episode 129
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#128 Michael Watts: The Real Power of Advice
What happens when business gets stripped of ego, perfection, and the need to always look like you’ve got it together?I sat down with Michael Watts, business advisor, systems thinker, stand-up comedian, and deeply present father, ...
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Episode 128
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#127 Hein Wagner: Fear, Vision, and the Life We Don't Dare to Imagine
What if the thing that limits you isn’t your circumstance but the story you’ve been telling yourself about what’s possible?Hein Wagner was born blind. Yet he’s run the Antarctica Marathon, sailed the Cape to Rio, broken the World Blind ...
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Episode 127
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#126 Meal Prep, Masculinity, and Meaning with Jayson Smith
What happens when the pursuit of becoming a better man intersects with food, faith, and genuine service?Jayson Smith stepped into my studio and didn’t hold back. He’s Perth’s most trusted Personal House Chef, but what struck me most was...
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Episode 126
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#125 Why Your Dental Ritual Is Wrong & What Actually Works with Dr Nerma Tulic
What if the way you’ve been looking after your teeth is the very thing holding your smile back?I sat down with Dr Nerma Tulic, one of Perth’s most trusted cosmetic dentists and the founder of Beam Theory, to unpack the habits, misconcep...
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#124 From Porsche to $30: With Alpesh Shah
What happens when life strips you back to nothing and asks who you really are beneath the titles, the roles, the expectations?Most people break. Alpesh did not. He rebuilt time after time.Alpesh Shah has lived a life that does not...
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Episode 124
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#123 Ben De Jonge’s Guide to a Business Owner’s Career Reset
What happens when the business you built starts shaping your life in ways you never intended?For many business owners, staying the course feels like the only option. We push, we endure, and we convince ourselves we are trapped because st...
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#122 Melissa Jolly: The Silent Crisis Business Owners Don’t Talk About Until Now
Most business owners carry far more than they ever admit. The fear, the decisions, the responsibility, the spirals, and the stress stack quietly in the background while the rest of the world sees only the polished version.Melissa Joll...
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Episode 122
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#121 From 0 to 55K: Elena Istomina’s Guide to Growing Online
What does it take to start again when everything familiar disappears overnight?And how do you rebuild your identity, your confidence, and your voice, while learning to speak a new language and build a brand from scratch?I s...
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Episode 121
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#120 Escaping the 9–5 Grind: Seva Mozhaev’s Path to Financial Freedom
What does it really take to buy your time back?In this episode, I sit down with Seva Mozhaev, co-founder of Bright Tsar Studios, creative director, content strategist, and one of Australia’s most engaging voices in social media education...
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Episode 120
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#119 TRANG NOVA on The Power of Your Voice
What if the one thing holding you back in business was the way you use your voice?Trang Nova left a ten-year relationship, bought a one-way ticket, and walked straight into the unknown. From a withdrawn introvert to an internation...
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Episode 119
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#118 Saying “Hello Darlink” to Life: with Barbara McNaught
What happens when you walk away from fame to find peace, only to be called back into the spotlight on your own terms?Barbara McNaught’s story is one of reinvention. Born in Poland and fluent in five languages, she was talent-spott...
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Episode 118
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#117 Anna Hastie on Quantum Leaping & Transformation
What if time isn’t as linear as we’ve been taught, and the life you’re dreaming of already exists on another timeline?This week, I sit down with mindset coach and sound healer Anna Hastie to unpack the buzz around quantum leap...
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Episode 117
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#116 Endurance & Cybersecurity with Mathew Breuillac
What does running 68 kilometres through snow at night teach you about business, risk, and resilience?For Mathew Breuillac, it’s everything. A former chemical engineer turned cybersecurity leader, Mathew has spent his career at the edge o...
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Episode 116
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#115 Building a Business of Love with Zac Fogarty & Ruby Omrevjic
What happens when your business partner is also the love of your life?From late-night strategy sessions to early-morning client calls, Zac Fogarty and Ruby Omrevjic have built 1Recruit, a human-first recruitment agen...
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Episode 115
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#114 How Tristan Scifo is Putting Spirit Back in Business
What happens when a man decides to lead with control and conscious sensitivity?Tristan Scifo is a financial adviser, life coach, and the founder of Purpose Advisory. But beyond the numbers and strategy, he’s a husband and father l...
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Episode 114
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#113 Health, Honesty & Habits with Nick Eggleton
What happens when the life you’ve built looks successful on paper, but your body tells a different story?Nick Eggleton had the career many dream of, big agency roles in London, global clients, and a life that ticked every “success...
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Episode 113
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#112 SACRIFICING HEALTH ⚔️ for SUCCESS? Odhran McCorry Tells All
What happens when your body starts lagging behind your ambition?Odhran McCorry built The Elite Executive to help high-performing professionals reclaim the health they’ve quietly traded for their careers. A sports sci...
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Episode 112
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#111 Unlocking Creativity & Profitability with Ian Sloan
What if financial success doesn’t bring the happiness you expected? Our guest shares with us how to rebuild your career around that which sparks both creativity and profitability. Ian Sloan didn’t plan to be an entrepreneur. From Sa...
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Episode 111
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#110 Love, Mining & Business: The Leeson’s Raw Journey with Susan & Hayden Leeson
When she entered the mining site, to stake his claim, Hayden tagged Susan with his name and the rest is history.And in this episode we talk about their history in its authentic truth. From building a relationship underground and working ...
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Episode 110
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#109 Why Sean Smith Won’t Build a WordPress Website for $100M
What does it take to walk away from a profitable business, move interstate with no plan, no network, and a baby on the way, and still build something bigger?Sean Smith has lived that story. Twice. From high school dropout to found...
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Episode 109
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#108 Jimmy Mcgregor & Sam Chami: How This Business Duo Turns Waste into Profits
What does it take to build a business in one of the toughest industries while holding onto trust, integrity, and a sense of humour?Jimmy McGregor and Sam Chami came together at Westref Enviro with a vision to do things differently. One g...
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Episode 108
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