Morgan Hill is a brand strategist, former ballerina, and proof that surrendering to the mess can be the thing that saves you. She's also one of Tessa's closest friends. In the space of a single year, Morgan's engagement ended, she navigated the sudden and tragic loss of two people very close to her, froze her eggs alone, and built her business and her sense of self from the ground up. This conversation is raw, open and deeply human, a real look at what it takes to move through grief rather than around it, and what's on the other side when you do.

Tessa and Morgan talk about survival mode versus healing, the difference between forcing and surrendering, financial independence as a woman, freezing your eggs solo, and why "what's meant for you won't miss you" might be the only mantra you need.

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CREDITS: Host: Tessa James Executive Producer: Hannah Bowman

Martine Ho joins Tessa this week with a refreshingly honest conversation about creativity, self-belief, and building a life that actually feels like you. Martine is an entrepreneur, mum, and the creative force behind eyewear brand Sunnies, cult beauty label Sunnies Face, and modular drink bottle line Sunnies Flask. Martine traces her journey from early blogging days and a stint at American Apparel to co founding a self funded beauty and lifestyle empire across Southeast Asia, all while raising her daughter from Melbourne.

They get into the chaos of launching Sunnies Face, the thinking behind cult products like the Cry Baby mascara, and how motherhood has sharpened Martine's creativity rather than dimmed it. She also shares her daily rhythm, her go to wind down ritual, where she finds design inspiration, and her honest advice for anyone building a product driven business.

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CREDITS: Host: Tessa James Executive Producer: Hannah Bowman

This week Tessa sits down with Grace Tebble, astrologer and founder of Surya Studio, for a fascinating conversation about birth charts, intuition, and what 2026 has in store for us all.

Grace shares her winding path from fashion design to holistic healing to astrology, opening up about the moment she stopped worrying what others thought and fully committed to the work she felt called to do. She breaks down what a birth chart actually is, why she sees it as a "celestial mirror" rather than a prediction tool, and how reading charts for kids can help parents understand and nurture their children's natural expression.

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CREDITS: Host: Tessa James Executive Producer: Hannah Bowman