In March, I posted on Instagram how I was headed along to a retreat with a Guru and a few of you asked me to create a podcast on what I learnt! I know so many of you are spiritual seekers like me, and curious about how esoteric teachings can apply to our everyday lives. I made this podcast for you, and share my three biggest takeaways and some one liners that have really stuck with me. If you're curious about free will, cosmic consciousness, motherhood, the mental & emotional body, and...

In this episode, I wanted to break down some of the core beliefs and mindsets that support the inner-work, and takes you through the 5 things I wish everyone knew around healing the nervous system! Stay through till the end and be guided through a gentle Restorative Breathwork practise to connect you with the intelligence of your own heart. Grab your journal and a pen...this is going to be a goodie. I love hearing from you, so send me a DM on Instagram & let me know what resonated most...

Season 3 IS HERE! In this solo episode I share how our creator energy is impacted and influenced by our nervous system + stress responses, and a juicy 6-step (ish) framework that can support you to bring your ideas to life... I love hearing about your visions, campaigns, ideas, dreams and creative projects. If you've got something on your heart, a gentle whisper nudging you to bring something into existence, drop me a DM via @the_gemma_rose on Instagram & let me know what you've...

The final episode of Season Two looks a little different than the others. I sit down with two industry mavericks and thought leaders in community wellbeing and systems change to explore the new paradigm of leadership. If you're passionate about service, impact and contribution, and work in, with or for communities, this episode is going to supercharge your knowledge on leadership for systems change. In this episode we explore: - Systems change and the redistrubtion power  - Inequality and...

This episode is for you if you're keen to explore healing through a new lense. This heart-led conversation was potent AF and we share so many frameworks, tools and strategies but from a more feminine space to support you in your growth.

This episode is for you if you're a high-performer, looking for fresh ideas to grow your leadership skills, and wanting to better understand the operating systems of humans who choose to show up fully for their purpose while having fun!

Akika Kaye is in the building! This episode was so much fun. I love the energy we shared together, and this episode is for you if you want to open yourself up to deep spiritual wisdom and its practical applications in life.

Hellè Weston is an intuitive coach, mentor and founder of Owaken Breathwork. Her unique inside-out approach supports sensitive visionaries and creatives to increase their impact in the world by prioritising personal alignment and leading with intuition. Originally from New Zealand, Hellè is now based between Australia & LA and leads sold-out live events around the world alongside working privately with high-profile changemakers and leading the online Intuitive Impact Mastermind.

Rawinia is back for Season Two of the podcast, and this episode is for you if you want to dive into self-leadership, empathy, and leading others.

Michael and Maluseu are two dear friends, and to sit down together and record this episode was such a gift. If you want to explore leadership through a lense you haven't before, this is for you. Perhaps you've never considered yourself a leader, or perhaps you're curious about leadership, or re-imagining what it means for you. Let this be a conversation that opens up new possibilities and pathways for you to step deeper into the calling you have on your life for leadership.

This episode is for you if you want some real gold and wisdom around navigating the light and dark in our human experience with the medicine of awareness and acceptance!

Rachel Bauer is a mother, business owner, creative and volunteers her time in community. She's an impact-driven human here to make the world a better place, and she's the founder of Kamala, a space she's created over the years for soulful expression, spiritual workshops, and intentional creations. Her latest offerings are crystal mandalas!  This episode explored leadership in a new paradigm, and Rach really opens her heart and mind to share with us new ways of thinking and feeling about life...

Maluseu is back! He's a friend and a mentor, and someone I've had the joy of working alongside in community development. In this episode we dive deep into leadership and have some pretty courageous conversations around privilege, trauma, storytelling, and meeting the present moment.

Emily Kendall is a UK born Yoga Teacher and Mum who has lived in Aotearoa for over 20 years. Having studied psychology and experienced a colourful history of trials and tribulations, she is fascinated with the inner workings of the body and mind and how they are interwoven via the nervous system. This episodes explores motherhood, entrepreneurship, mental health, healing and spiritual development!

Madison is a women’s circle and retreat facilitator, coach and healer. She helps women come home to their divine essence and power. This episodes dives deep into the divine feminine, in all her destruction and life.

This episode was potent AF, and if you're in the game of entrepreneurship + leadership, this episode is for you! Robett Hollis is a multi-exit entrepreneur, speaker, advisor, and investor. He's a proud girl Dad, LinkedIn’s Top 3 most influential New Zealanders, Metro Magazine’s Top 10 Innovators Of The Year, Kiwibank New Zealander of the year nominee, Fortune 100 content consultant, and Auckland Local Hero Medalist.

Briony is a next-generation thought leader who is redefining what’s possible in career, life, love and conscious wealth. She is a dynamic coach who will inspire and activate soulful potential. Briony was a top-tier corporate lawyer for a number of years until she finally followed her true calling in coaching. Since then she has built Untapped, a 7-figure coaching company with a phenomenal team that has impacted and ignited thousands of women to step into their own truth and unique path...

Aaron Hardy is what I would describe as a modern day prophet. His spiritual and emotional mastery is so deeply moving, and this episode brings golden nugget after golden nugget to support you to deepen your connnection within. This episode is up there with one of my all time favourites, and I know you'll enjoy the reflection this brings up!

It felt right to start the second Season of Take Your Meds with Michael Moore. He’s a dear friend, father, partner, poet, story-teller and facilitator who brings a deep felt sense of aroha into every space he walks. He isn’t afraid to walk into the darkest of places, inside himself, and call forward parts of himself for integration and harmony, and supports men and boys to do the same!

Erana Severne-Takataka has a calling on her life for leadership like no-one I've ever met. She believes that leaders create more leaders, and this episode dives into the mindsets, attitudes and beliefs for living a purpose driven life she loves. What I loved most about this episode was Erana's acceptance of the duality in life and how she navigates emotions and uncertainty with radical self-belief and determination to make a positive contribution to the world.

Rangipare Belshaw-Ngaropo is of Ngaati Awa descent and affiliated to Mataatua, Te Arawa, Tainui, Takitimu and Ngatokimatawhaorua. We met working together in the youth development space, and what I love most about Rangipare is her connection to her culture, community, and creativity, and how she unleashes her authenticity and self-expression through these channels. This episode was vulnerable, real, and authentic, and we spoke into themes of motherhood and the ego identity.

Lehi Duncan is an embodiment of servant leadership. Over the years, we've grown a friendship over mutual interests in spirituality, leadership, politics, philosophy, philanthropy and youth development, and was the person who gifted the name of this podcast to me: Take Your Meds. This episode was juicy, and it felt like we covered so much terrain in such a short time as we explored themes of presence, insignificance, and reclaiming your body.

I loved sitting down to have this chat with Abby Van De Ven, hearing her views and lived experience in how to navigate tough stuff to show up as your best self. She shares many tools in her toolbox that help you connect more deeply with yourself.

To sit down and chat with one of the big influencers on my life was such a privilege. Dr Kathryn Pavlovich is a professor of strategic management and entrepreneurship at the University of Waikato. She is a business academic and global thought leader, and her teachings have transformed the world at the intersection of management, spirituality, and sustainability. We discussed living in alignment with the conspiring universe, self-actualised leadership, and a life without regret.