Head Ovary Heels

Margaret Zhang is not a blogger. She's a girl who happens to have a blog called Shine By Three. She talks about how she made her blog and the story behind the name (it's not what you think). Margaret chats about growing up in West Ryde, Sydney, being a proud nerd and the difference between real life and living through your phone.https://www.instagram.com/margaret__zhang See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sophie Hansen is Australia's Rural Woman of the Year 2016. She lives in Orange, New South Wales with her deer farmer husband Tim and their children. Sophie is an online country lady whizz. She has a wonderful blog called Local is Lovely, that became a cookbook published by Murdoch Books.She has a gorgeous Instagram (@locallovely). She hosts social media, food photography and styling workshops. And she has a podcast called My Open Kitchen. In this episode Soph talks about working in magazines in Sydney, joining the slow food movement in Italy, meeting her husband Tim and getting engaged in three months! Soph is so fun. I hope you enjoy this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this mini pod we talk about how we came to make Head Ovary Heels, the kind of women we want to interview and why. Thank you to everyone who has listened, emailed, Tweeted and talked to us so far. ✨Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @headovary and Instagram @headovaryheels.And sign up to our newsletter, sent every second Wednesday. https://tinyletter.com/headovaryheels See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nora Finds is Nora Thoeng. She's an Australian-Indonesian-Chinese gal who lives in London. We talked about growing up in Sydney, her experiences at school in Jakarta, the complementary nature of her science job (Nora works in a brain research lab) and her vintage fashion past-time.https://www.instagram.com/norafinds/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karina Waters is undertaking the renovation of a lifetime. She and her husband purchased the Chateau de Gudanes in the south of France in 2013. The chateau is a social media star in her own right; she has an Instagram and makes frequent appearances in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. We caught up with Karina and talked about her early life in Perth, Western Australia, her responsibility to the Chateau and what her stage in life means for women. A bientot!https://www.instagram.com/chateaugudanes/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karen was the launch editor of cult favourite magazine marie claire lifestyle. She created Inside Out magazine in the early 2000s. She has published a clutch of interiors books such as: Perfect Imperfect, White Rooms and Superhouse. Karen tells us about growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the Troubles and her life as a student in London. She tells us what inspires us and her answers are surprising.https://www.instagram.com/mccartneyk/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carla Coulson is a creative polymath. She has crafted photography for books like My Amalfi Coast, editorial for Harper's Bazaar and shoots for private clients (like Head Ovary Heel's guest Jennie Hogg of Lois Avery). She sells art prints online through her website. And she now runs photography workshops and creative mentoring. Listen to her journey from country New South Wales to Paris. We caught up with her in her studio.https://www.instagram.com/carlalovesphotography/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jennie Hogg left her high-flying law career to establish Lois Avery - a luxury cashmere shawl business. In this episode of Head Ovary Heels, Jennie talks about starting her own business, how social media inspired her career change and what it means to balance ambition with small children. Oh, and what it's really like to have twins.http://www.loisavery.com/https://www.instagram.com/loisavery/https://www.pinterest.com/loisaverycashmere/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tanya Stevanovic is the founder of designer footwear company Sydney Sandal Company as well as the owner of Pretty Dog, an independent boutique in Newtown - (with an online store)- which Broadsheet.com.au calls: "The ultimate destination for fashion risk takers."Tanya talks about what it takes to create a fashion brand and keep it relevant and successful in today's fast fashion industry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clare Press has written for just about everyone: Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, the Sydney Morning Herald and marie claire. She's written two books, The Dressing Table and Wardrobe Crisis: How we went from Sunday best to fast fashion( Nero Books).On the latter, Wardrobe Crisis is a fabulously clever book that mixes memoir with the devastating behind-the-seams details of the clothes we wear.We caught up with Clare before she jetted off to Italy to write her third book, Rise & Resist about activism. Rise and Resist will be published by Melbourne University Press in October 2018. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kara Rosenlund's original images have influenced many an Instagram pic. Kara initially made her mark as a stylist and photographer for Country Style, Conde Nast Traveller, Elle Decoration and a number of other luxury lifestyle magazines, but it was the publication of her best-selling book, 'Shelter - How Australians Live', that firmly established Kara as the creator of a particularly Australian sense of style. In this podcast, Kara talks about growing up in South East Queensland and how the beach and the bush have contributed to her success.Also, I love Kara's newsletter, sign up via her website:http://www.kararosenlund.com/http://instagram.com/kararosenlund See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Launching Head Over Heels podcast is internationally renowned astrologer, novelist and former music journalist, Jessica Adams. Jessica talks about her work, life and stars (in human and astrological form). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.