The Anything Goes Podcast

I've been asked about this guest more times than I can count and honestly, sitting across from Brooke McIntosh in the studio today felt like a full circle moment. Brooke is the fastest woman to run around Australia. Two hundred and four days. Tens of thousands of kilometres. For mental health. As a volunteer. (We talk about that.) But this episode is so much bigger than the run. We go deep, fast, which is the only way I know how to do it, and within the first few minutes we're already in addiction, family estrangement, suicide, and what it actually means to love someone enough to let them hit rock bottom. I share something I rarely talk about publicly, my brother's own journey through addiction and the moment I told my mum if she gave him one more dollar, I would walk away. Brooke shares the reality of watching her younger sister spend four years on the streets, and why going hands off was the hardest and most loving thing her family could do. Brooke's purpose is this: create safe spaces. Decrease suicide rates. And she is absolutely, completely, unwaveringly serious about it. Listener discretion advised - this episode contains open conversations about suicide, addiction, and mental health. FIND BROOKE: IG: https://www.instagram.com/brookemcintosh__/ Website: https://brookemcintosh.com.au/ FIND ME ON SOCIALS: Me: @thereal_annarose This Podcast: @anythinggoespodcast_ TAW Collective: @taw_collective Self-Love School: @selflove_school The Dream Haus: @thedreamhaus_studio_________________________________________________________ If you love what you get from me for free every week on this podcast, imagine what’s possible inside my monthly mentorship. My Inner Circle is where women work with me more intimately, to grow, to heal, to build, to become - and it’s only $47/month.See you on the inside! https://annarose.co/myinnercircle

This one has been on my list for a long time. Adam Hudson is someone I've followed for nearly a decade. A retired entrepreneur, freedom maximalist and one of the most quietly courageous humans I know. He sold everything, paid millions to leave Australia and has built a life so simple and so full that he genuinely struggles to find a bad day (now), it wasn't always that way. We get into all of it. The seven figure exit tax. What it actually feels like to have the Porsche and the beachfront apartment and still wake up feeling dead inside. Why he believes most Australians are living completely out of alignment without even knowing it. And the uncomfortable truths about where this country is heading that most people aren't willing to say out loud. This conversation went places I didn't expect. And I think that's exactly why you need to hear it. Warning - this episode contains opinions that will polarise. Good. Lean in.FIND ADAM: https://www.instagram.com/adamhudsonofficial/ FIND ME ON SOCIALS: Me: @thereal_annarose This Podcast: @anythinggoespodcast_ TAW Collective: @taw_collective Self-Love School: @selflove_school The Dream Haus: @thedreamhaus_studio___________________________________________________________ If you love what you get from me for free every week on this podcast, imagine what’s possible inside my monthly mentorship. My Inner Circle is where women work with me more intimately, to grow, to heal, to build, to become - and it’s only $47/month.See you on the inside! https://annarose.co/myinnercircle

I sat down with Bisher, the COO (& part owner) from Stormrake, one of Australia's leading Crypto Brokerages and honestly, this one is up there as one of my favourite conversations I have ever had on this podcast. Bisher is one of the most down to earth, genuine and deeply passionate experts I have met in any asset class. We get into everything. How Stormrake works and why I've been privately sending people to them in my DMs for awhile now with zero affiliation. The difference between spread, slippage and fees, and why what you think you're paying on your exchange is probably not the full story. We also go in to where Bisher sees Bitcoin heading short, medium and long term (which was a really powerful part!) and why you cannot legislate Bitcoin, no matter how hard governments might want to, and the sovereignty conversation that reminds me exactly why I fell in love with this asset class back in 2017. We also cover: Why investing is for everyone and trading is not. The power of compounding and what $100k at 10%. actually becomes over 30 years. The new Australian Digital Asset Framework and what it actually means for you. Why the most bearish people in the room are just bulls in disguise. Peer to peer, cold wallets and why your Bitcoin is still yours. I am a proud affiliate of Stormrake, and I want to be clear, I was sending people to them long before that conversation ever happened. If this episode moves you and you want to have a discovery call, use my link in the show notes or just mention my name. This is the episode I wish existed when I first started in crypto. Share it with someone who needs to hear it. Below is my Stormrake link or say Anna Rose when you reach out. https://www.stormrake.com/AnnaRose FIND ME ON SOCIALS: Me: @thereal_annaroseThis Podcast: @anythinggoespodcast_TAW Collective: @taw_collectiveSelf-Love School: @selflove_schoolThe Dream Haus: @thedreamhaus_studio ________________________________________________________If you love what you get from me for free every week on this podcast, imagine what’s possible inside my monthly mentorship. My Inner Circle is where women work with me more intimately, to grow, to heal, to build, to become - and it’s only $47/month. See you on the inside! https://www.annarose.co/myinnercircle

In this episode, I sit down with the incredible Millie, founder of Kaarme Jewels, and we go deep and wide on all things 'what it truly takes to build a business'. From being a nurse making jewellery on a camping table in her best friend's downstairs granny flat to building now a multi 7 figure business & brand, we get into: Why content is the answer to 99.9% of your business problems (even when you don't want to hear it). The real mental toll of rapid growth and how 2025 almost broke her. Copycats, people stealing her website copy word for word, and how she's learning to handle it. Building community around you as the founder, not just the product. Why she believes you can be both deeply feminine and fiercely driven in business. The lessons she wishes she could go back and tell her earlier self. Millie is one of the most real, raw and genuinely inspiring women I've had in this studio and this conversation proves exactly why. If this episode moves you, DM Millie at @inrealtimewithmillie and tell her what you took from it as I know you're going to love her as much as I do.FIND MILLIE: Kaarme: https://kaarmejewels.store/ In Real Time with Millie: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/in-real-time-with-millie/id1866269229 Instagram: @millie.kaarmejewels @kaarmejewels_ @inrealtimewithmillie FIND ME ON SOCIALS: Me: @thereal_annarose This Podcast: @anythinggoespodcast_ TAW Collective: @taw_collective Self-Love School: @selflove_school The Dream Haus: @thedreamhaus_studio___________________________________________________________ If you love what you get from me for free every week on this podcast, imagine what’s possible inside my monthly mentorship. My Inner Circle is where women work with me more intimately, to grow, to heal, to build, to become - and it’s only $47/month.See you on the inside! https://annarose.co/myinnercircle

I have been waiting to get this woman on the mic since I heard her story. Kirsten is one of my Self Love School graduates - class of 2024 and 2025, and I watched her transformation from the inside. Her breakthroughs, her courage, her sheer refusal to give up. At thirty seven years old, with two young kids at home, Kirsten was diagnosed with stage four metastatic melanoma. Spread to her spine, her hip, her rib. No primary site. No cure. Just a team of doctors telling her they could try to make her comfortable as she lived the last months (maybe years) of her life. What she did next is what this episode is about. Before the diagnosis was even confirmed, Kirsten sat in a plant medicine ceremony and was shown - with absolute clarity - that she had cancer. And in the same breath, she was told: it's not your time. She held onto that message through every scan, every specialist, every moment of fear. And it changed everything. In this episode we go deep on what it actually feels like to receive a terminal diagnosis at thirty seven. We talk about the emotional root of disease and what Kirsten believes healing really requires. We cover her journey through conventional and natural medicine, the moment she surrendered to support, moving her family to the country for palliative care, the life insurance payout she refused to see as an ending, and the life vision statement she kept writing - in the thick of all of it - because she simply kept looking forward. This episode will reach someone who needs it. I know it. Please share it with anyone walking through something hard right now. There is always hope. Always. ****** FIND KIRSTEN ON SOCIALS: Kirsten: https://www.instagram.com/themountainhealer/ @themountainhealer FIND ME ON SOCIALS: Me: @thereal_annarose This Podcast: @anythinggoespodcast_ TAW Collective: @taw_collective Self-Love School: @selflove_school The Dream Haus: @thedreamhaus_studio___________________________________________________________ If you love what you get from me for free every week on this podcast, imagine what’s possible inside my monthly mentorship. My Inner Circle is where women work with me more intimately, to grow, to heal, to build, to become - and it’s only $47/month.See you on the inside! https://annarose.co/myinnercircle

This is the conversation most women are too afraid to have out loud. I sit down with the incredible Leslie Kaye, businesswoman, mother, wife, and unapologetic truth-teller, for one of the most raw, honest and potentially activating episodes to ever land on Anything Goes. Lezley's story starts where so many women's do: following the plan. Married by thirty. Baby by thirty-two. Million dollar business. The bougie office with river views. The life that looked exactly like success from the outside.. but felt completely suffocating from within. What followed was one of the bravest unravellings I have gotten to hear on the podcast. Lezley walked into her house one day, told her husband to leave, and began the long, messy, beautiful journey back to herself, through breathwork, tantra, plant medicine, an Egypt pilgrimage, and eighteen months of radical self-reclamation. All while raising a son. All while running a business. All while learning, for the first time in thirty-two years, how to actually feel. In this episode, we go deep on the questions most women are too afraid to ask themselves, let alone answer out loud. We talk about the motherhood martyrdom myth and why losing yourself in your children is not noble, it's harmful. We go deep in to the compromise lie, the story we tell ourselves to stay in relationships, jobs and versions of ourselves we outgrew years ago. We also cover what it actually means to choose yourself when you're a mother, and why that choice is the greatest gift you can give your child and we get into sexuality, polarity, and what it really means to come home to yourself as a woman. And they speak to the woman who is standing in front of her mirror right now, lightning bolt moment building, terrified of what choosing herself might unravel. This episode is not here to make you comfortable. It's here to make you honest. If you've ever sacrificed your happiness in the name of being a good mother, a good wife, or a good woman - this one's for you. _____________________________________________________________________ WAYS TO FIND LEZLEY: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lezlykaye/ Website: https://lezlykaye.co ________________________________________________________________ FIND ME ON SOCIALS: Me: @thereal_annarose This Podcast: @anythinggoespodcast_ TAW Collective: @taw_collective Self-Love School: @selflove_school The Dream Haus: @thedreamhaus_studio___________________________________________________________ If you love what you get from me for free every week on this podcast, imagine what’s possible inside my monthly mentorship. My Inner Circle is where women work with me more intimately, to grow, to heal, to build, to become - and it’s only $47/month.See you on the inside! https://annarose.co/myinnercircle

This week I’m pulling back the curtain on Self-Love School, why I created it & how it was always going to be (& is) my souls work & why this work has gone on to change the lives of a thousand + women in ways I never could have imagined when it first began. Self-Love School didn’t start as a “program.” It started as survival.Then truth.Then embodiment.Then an identity shift so powerful that women couldn’t unsee themselves once they’d stepped into it. In this episode, I share how the work has evolved, why self-love isn’t soft or fluffy (and never has been), and why doing this work changes how you think, move, love, earn, speak, heal, and live. If you’ve ever felt the pull to do deeper work, the kind that actually changes who you are, this episode will land. And if you’ve been circling Self-Love School, wondering “Is this for me?”… this is the conversation you needed to hear. LEARN MORE ABOUT SELF-LOVE SCHOOL https://annarose.co/selfloveschool _________________________________________________________ FIND ME ON SOCIALS: Me: @thereal_annarose This Podcast: @anythinggoespodcast_ TAW Collective: @taw_collective Self-Love School: @selflove_school The Dream Haus: @thedreamhaus_studio_________________________________________________________ If you love what you get from me for free every week on this podcast, imagine what’s possible inside my monthly mentorship. My Inner Circle is where women work with me more intimately, to grow, to heal, to build, to become - and it’s only $47/month.See you on the inside! https://annarose.co/myinnercircle

Trying to conceive isn’t just a physical journey, it’s emotional, relational, and spiritual. Before our first IVF cycle, we sat down with our fertility coach Dee Zibara to make sure nothing was left unspoken. Ryan takes the lead in this session (which I loved), and we unpack fears, identity shifts, expectations, communication, and how to create a safe foundation for a future child. If you’re preparing for IVF, thinking about TTC, or simply curious about what it takes to intentionally become parents, this episode is a powerful listen. This wasn’t about medical timelines or protocols, it was about us. About becoming parents. About what we’re carrying, what we’re afraid of, and what we’re ready for. And it was the most important conversation we’ve had before welcoming a baby into our world. If you’re TTC, doing IVF, or just thinking about parenthood someday, this episode might surprise you. It definitely surprised us.

This episode is raw, unscripted, wildly honest and one of the most important conversations Anna has ever recorded. In this deeply intimate follow-on episode, Anna puts her partner Ryan on the spot with 9 revealing questions every woman should ask her partner before having a baby - especially about postpartum support, emotional safety, boundaries, intimacy, and mental health. Ryan hasn’t seen the questions. There’s no prep. No polish. Just real answers about what it actually looks like to support a woman through birth, postpartum recovery, and the identity shift of becoming parents. This is not about parenting styles.This is about how a woman is held after birth. WHAT THIS EPISODE IS REALLY ABOUT Most couples talk about how they’ll raise a child.Very few talk about how the woman will be cared for while she heals. This episode opens the conversations many women wish they’d had before pregnancy and when they still had choices. Together, Anna and Ryan explore: Postpartum recovery (physically, emotionally, hormonally) How relationships change after a baby and how to protect connection Why communication matters more than ever The difference between “helping” and actually holding Boundaries, visitors, and protecting the postpartum bubble Baby blues vs postpartum depression (and what to look for) Masculine leadership, emotional safety, and shared responsibility Why women aren’t “too much” - they’re just tired, touched out, and asking for help This conversation is vulnerable, funny, confronting, and deeply grounding. THE 9 QUESTIONS COVERED These are the questions Anna believes every woman should ask her partner before having a baby: What do you think my role is in the first weeks after birth and what do you see yours being? What kind of dad do you want to be now, and what kind of partner do you want to be to me once the baby is here? How will you care for me while I’m healing - not just physically, but emotionally? How do you feel about co-sleeping and breastfeeding? How will we protect our relationship and intimacy when everything revolves around the baby? When I say I’m struggling, what does support from you actually look like? Do you know the difference between baby blues and postpartum depression? How will we handle visitors, boundaries, and overwhelm in the early weeks? Are you willing to learn, together, about postpartum healing and matrescence? These questions change everything. WHO THIS EPISODE IS FOR Women considering motherhood Couples thinking about having a baby Partners who want to support better (but don’t know how) Mothers who wish these conversations had happened earlier Anyone who believes women deserve to be held, not just expected to cope FINAL NOTE FROM ANNA This conversation isn’t about doing it “right.”It’s about being honest enough to ask the questions that change your future. If you’re a woman listening - save this episode.If you’re a partner - listen without defensiveness.If you’re already a parent - you’re not late… you’re just learning. LOVED THIS EPISODE? Follow Anything Goes on Instagram - @anythinggoespodcast__ Share it with a woman who needs it Leave a review - it helps this podcast reach more people Follow or subscribe so new episodes land straight on your phone Want deeper conversations and live coaching?✨ Join Anna’s Inner Circle

In this follow-up to one of the most powerful episodes of Anything Goes, Anna welcomes back domestic violence advocate Michelle Faye for another raw and unfiltered conversation that every woman needs to hear. This time, they go deep into the court system, systems abuse, coercive control, and the real reasons so many women don’t report. Anna opens up about her own court experience - from safe rooms and police prosecutors to the moment her perpetrator’s lawyer finally said, “It’s over.” Together, Anna and Michelle pull back the curtain on what happens after you leave - the legal trauma, the “invisible prison,” the shame, and the strength it takes to keep going. Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of domestic violence, coercive control, physical assault, and trauma. 💬 What You’ll Hear Why the court system can be another form of abuse How perpetrators manipulate hearings, delays, and legal loopholes What actually happens when you apply for a protection order The difference between police vs. private DV applications What “systems abuse” really means The truth about coercive control and how to identify it Why women don’t “just leave” (and why asking that question can hurt) Real stories of survival, safety planning, and reclaiming power How to support a friend in a DV relationship - safely and without judgment This episode discusses domestic violence, physical and emotional abuse, and suicidal thoughts.If you or someone you know needs support in Australia, please contact: 1800 RESPECT (24-hour confidential counselling) 1800 737 732 Lifeline 13 11 14 DVConnect Womensline 1800 811 811If you’re outside Australia, visit findahelpline.com for international resources. 💫 Connect Guest: michellefaye.com.au | Michelle Faye Instagram Host: Anna Rose | anythinggoespodcast__ Join Anna’s Inner Circle: Monthly live coaching & community ($47 AUD) 🧠 Episode Themes Domestic violence advocacy • Systems abuse • Coercive control • Empowerment • Survivor psychology • Trauma healing • Justice reform

We promised you the real talk, and here it is. In this heart-on-sleeve update, Anna and Ryan walk through their February IVF start date, why they moved it from January, and the exact day-by-day protocol (hello, three shots in the morning). They unpack the emotional whiplash of being “pregnant until proven otherwise,” why they’re doing a fresh transfer (no genetic testing), and the surprisingly heavy consent decisions (what happens to embryos, and what if one partner passes). They also share the ‘why’ behind going public: community, transparency, and refusing to gaslight their audience for three months while silently waiting. If you or a friend are IVF-curious (or supporting someone who is), this is the episode to save. What we cover Why January didn’t align (retreat energy vs. implantation) The full IVF timeline: period day 1 → scans → stim injections → trigger → retrieval → day-5 fresh transfer → HCG test Choosing quality over quantity (AMH, follicle growth, embryo grading) The consent-form realities nobody talks about Sharing publicly: boundaries, privacy, community support How we’re designing February for rest, ritual, and regulation Gentle disclaimers This episode reflects our personal experience and choices. It is not medical advice. Please speak to your clinician for your unique situation. Content includes fertility procedures, needles, and mention of a chemical pregnancy. Share this episode with a friend who’s IVF-curious or supporting someone in treatment. Leave a review if this conversation helped you feel less alone — it genuinely helps the pod reach more women. Join Inner Circle for monthly live coaching with Anna (AUD $47): deeper conversations, more support. Follow Anna on IG (account currently private) to follow the February journey in real time.

This week, Anna sits down with Tony Swantek - a self-made entrepreneur, blockchain pioneer, and the visionary behind R-Link, the blockchain-powered video conferencing platform set to rival Zoom. In this conversation, they dive deep into the future of decentralisation, digital sovereignty, and how blockchain is rewriting the rules for how we connect, work, and build wealth. Tony shares his story of building billion-dollar companies, meeting the creators of Gala Games, and discovering how blockchain could bank the unbankable and return power to everyday people. Together, Anna and Tony unpack the R-Link ecosystem - how users can own the platforms they use, get rewarded with tokens, and become early pioneers in a new Web3 economy. This episode is equal parts visionary and practical - perfect for anyone curious about where the internet is heading, how decentralisation changes business forever, and how to start taking part in the new digital revolution. “Blockchain isn’t just a buzzword — it’s the next evolution of ownership, reward, and freedom.” - Tony Swantek “Everything’s a risk - but so is dating a dickhead. I’d rather take mine on the blockchain.” - Anna Rose 💡 What You’ll Learn The real difference between crypto and blockchain (and why it matters). How Tony built billion-dollar companies before entering the Web3 space. Why blockchain will bank the unbankable and make financial freedom global. The philosophy of decentralisation and why sovereignty is the future. How R-Link was born, what it does, and how it’s disrupting platforms like Zoom. How users can own nodes, earn tokens, and be part of the network infrastructure. Why Tony believes Web2 companies will disappear if they don’t evolve. How everyday people can participate in this new economy - even without tech skills. 🔗 Resources Mentioned R-Link - Decentralised video conferencing built on blockchain Connect United Ecosystem - Infrastructure supporting R-Link, Grow, and Galvan projects Nodes - How to buy, own, and earn from supporting the network - https://web.connectunited.com/video/r-link-ground-level?r=092882&p=m11m1t9s97crr62w77&sid=5 👥 Connect Guest: Tony Swantek Host: Anna Rose - @thereal_annarose Podcast: @anythinggoespodcast__ ⚠️ Disclaimer This conversation is for educational purposes only and not financial advice. Always do your own research before investing.

This week I share the mic with my favourite human - Mr. Boss Man himself, Ryan Petricevich. After a run of heavy, high-level money episodes, we drop into a real-world convo about providing, saving, and building a life from the ground up with kids, a normal job, and zero fluff. We talk early parenthood (three kids by 24), paying off a mortgage, setting up trust funds, and the mindset that keeps you moving forward when life is… life-ing. It’s practical, honest, and full of the kind of steady wisdom most of us actually need. What we cover The “average Aussie” game plan: how Ryan saved, provided, and still got ahead $10 a week → long-term wealth: set-and-forget saving, then upgrading to simple index investing Live within your means (for real): resisting the pressure to “look rich” Kids + money: why we’ll open index funds (not savings accounts) for future kids Inflation 101: why cash alone loses power and what to do instead Sacrifice & seasons: giving up rugby to provide, and how chosen sacrifice compounds Partnership polarity: how we make big decisions (strategy + vulnerability > nagging) Risk sanity checks: diversify, invest only what you can afford to lose, sleep-at-night rule Quick takeaways Start now, with what you have. $10/week beats $0/week—consistency compounds. Automate it. Set-and-forget is your best friend if life is busy. Index funds > idle cash for long-term goals (inflation is a tax on stillness). Don’t buy to impress. Live within your means; redirect flex money into assets. Couples: begin with the end in mind. Share the vision, then co-create the plan. If you’re losing sleep, you’re over-leveraged. Dial risk down until you aren’t. Not financial advice All opinions are personal and for education only. Do your own research and get advice for your situation. If you loved this episode Share it to your stories and tag me - your shares help this little pod grow. Review the show (it means the world). Join my Inner Circle for live coaching ($47/month). Links in show notes. Connect Instagram: @anythinggoespodcast__ Inner Circle: Join Here - $47 As always - stay wild.