1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: This is a podcast about failure with me. Lola Berry, 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: author nutritionist, and yoga teacher, join me as we get 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: to know these guests and learn about how their failures 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: have ultimately shaped their dreams. Welcome to Fearlessly Failing with 5 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: Lola Berry. Good morning. Boss has given me eyes because 6 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: this has been about my eighth take of this introduction, 7 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 1: so it's given me these eyes like you better get 8 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: at this time, Lola, I do this scene when I 9 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: have a guest on the podcast that I'm friends with, 10 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: I get really nervous, and so I'm nervous right now 11 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: doing this introduction for this incredible human Greek cave. He's 12 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: the director and general manager of Guya Retreat and Spar 13 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: and in this chat we cover so first of all, 14 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: Guya Retreating Spar has just celebrated its sixteenth birthday, so 15 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: it was perfect timing to jump on the pod. You're 16 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: going to hear all about how Geia was born literally 17 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: from Greg and his bestie oliving in John's dreams. So 18 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: they literally both had dreams about opening a retreat together 19 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: and over tea kind of like this incredible idea was birthed. 20 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: As far as the build, the design, the plants, the 21 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: guard and everything that you experience that Guya Greg has 22 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: had an input in, so you'll hear the ethos, you 23 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: will hear the heart of this world renowned, award winning 24 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: retreat and spa. The other cool thing is Greg shares 25 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: a little bit about his past. He has a phenomenal 26 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: career in showbiz. This guy was on long running and 27 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: really successful TV shows. On top of that, great singer. 28 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: I think you get to here a little bit of 29 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: his singing capabilities of the podcast as well, and you 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: get to hear his beautiful, smooth, dolecet toned voice. Okay, 31 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: enough googling over you, Greg, because you are absolutely phenomenal. 32 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: I do want to talk about Surrender, which is the 33 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: brand new book. It is about the story of Guia 34 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: Retreating Spar and like I was saying, how it came 35 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: to be and all the love and the brainstorming that 36 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: went into creating it, Greg has also got something for you. 37 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: So if you buy Surrender, this brand new book off 38 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: his website. First of all, they're gonna cover shipping, So 39 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: guy Retreating Spar They're gonna cover shipping. You don't even 40 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: need to worry about posts. Just buy the book. But 41 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: you then go into the draw to win two nights 42 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: free a calm at Guya Retreating spar So. That's value 43 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: to over like two three hundred dollars and it is 44 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: a bucket list place. You have to go there, so 45 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: please enter and please if you're ever in Byron, it's 46 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: in Byron Hinterland. Get yourself down to Guia Retreating spar 47 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: It is. It is absolutely phenomenal. It is so healing, 48 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: it is so nurturing, and it is by far one 49 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: of my favorite places on the face of this earth. 50 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: Greg Cave, thank you so much. A total honor to 51 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: have you on this podcast, but even more of an 52 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: honor to pull you my friend, Greg Cave. I am 53 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: so honored to have you on this podcast. I know 54 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: you as the director and general manager of Guya and 55 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: the creator of a beautiful, incredible space, Guya Retreat and Spa. 56 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: But You've also got an amazing history that I'm really 57 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: excited to dive into. But first, are we celebrating fifteen 58 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: years of Guya Retreat in Spa. 59 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 2: No, we're celebrating sixteen years. Yeah, we went to the 60 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 2: fifteenth last year. We had celebrated the fifteenth last year 61 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: on the twenty sixth of February, and this year it's 62 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: click you believe it? 63 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: So Okay, Before I dive into all things guy retreat 64 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: and spa and the books and the new books Surrender, 65 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: I have to talk to you about you because the 66 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: best I met you, I was here with my dear 67 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: friend Lisal Yesel Jones was a big fan of you. 68 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 3: Gorgeous, absolutely good. Where are you, Lisa? 69 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: I know we've got to get her back. And you 70 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: came out and I had made the choice as soon 71 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: as I arrived to be on a cleanse here and 72 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: you said, and the cleans was beautiful, by the way, 73 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: and you said, Loly, you're really missing out on some 74 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: incredible food. I think I lasted half a day on 75 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: the clean I. 76 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: Think you did because you're a foodie. 77 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 2: And I was like with the cleanses, the cleans is 78 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,239 Speaker 2: a wonderful thing that we have, but we have them separate, 79 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 2: so you do them individually that it's not like a 80 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: big group of people do it all together. And what 81 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 2: happens is when some people come in and they see 82 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: how clean our our cuisine is, they just go, oh. 83 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 3: Can I have what she's having? 84 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: That's exactly what I did because Lisal wasn't doing this. 85 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 3: That's not good. 86 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: That's not good that you're both at the same table 87 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 2: going oh my god. 88 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: So that was my first memory of meeting you, and 89 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: from then on, every time that I've come to visit here, 90 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, where's Greg. I've got to catch up with Greg. 91 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 3: So and then you bought the boss. 92 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: I bought the bar. 93 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 2: The bar. 94 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: Who now he like gets just as excited as me 95 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: to see you if the ball. So I've got to 96 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: talk to you about you because I had so much 97 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: fun on YouTube. First of all, let's talk the acting career. 98 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: Carson's Law, Billy Carson. 99 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 3: Yes, what would you like to say? Yeah? 100 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: Can I first of all say how handsome I said 101 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: to Matt so hot, those blonde locks and all natural, 102 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: all natural, And the scene I watch was you and 103 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: your mum and you're apologizing. 104 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: To your Oh my gosh, okay Lorraine Bailey, and she 105 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: played my mum in Carson's Law. I was very fortunate 106 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: to land that role when I was twenty, and to 107 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 2: work alongside Lorraine was just probably one of the most 108 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 2: phenomenal starts to acting career ever because she took me 109 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 2: under her wing. And it was actually years later that 110 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 2: I discovered that Bunny Brook from Number ninety six was 111 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 2: the casting director at the time and the producer John 112 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 2: Barningham and Lorraine Bailey made the final decision to cast me. 113 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 2: And it was just extraordinary because we to this day 114 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 2: speak two or three times a week. We are still 115 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 2: best of friends. She just took me under under her wing, 116 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 2: and yeah, just an extraordinary woman. 117 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: And then did the music career kind of like come 118 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: off the bat, because that's. 119 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 3: A really weird thing. 120 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 2: You're talking about the singles that I had out with 121 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: RCA Records that started when I was nineteen. I signed 122 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 2: to RCA Records and I had a single called am 123 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: I A Dreamer? And a sweet little rock and Roller. Okay, 124 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 2: so let me tell you the story about am I 125 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 2: A Dreamer? Because when I first released that song, or 126 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 2: it was just about to be released, I was under 127 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 2: negotiation for Carson's Law and I had longer hair. You did, Yeah, 128 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: And in the film, the original film clip of am 129 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 2: I A Dreamer? 130 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 3: I had long hair. 131 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 2: And when I went to start Carson's Law, they said, 132 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 2: we have to chop your hair and we have to 133 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 2: make it, you know classic, you know nineteen twenties, they 134 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 2: reshot the whole thing. The record company decided that it 135 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 2: was time to go with the image of Carson's Law 136 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: because they thought, if you're on a TV show with 137 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 2: short hair and there's so yeah. 138 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: A white match up. 139 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, very interesting time. 140 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: Which did you love more of the acting or the singing? 141 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 2: Well, I'd have to say the singing at the time, 142 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 2: because that's what I started out. I started out as 143 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 2: a singer, and I moved from Rockhampton and was discovered 144 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 2: with by a Black American singer called Delilah who had 145 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: that wonderful song out called Mike O Not then you 146 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 2: can continue. 147 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 3: She was the queen of. 148 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 2: Disco and her and her manager. I was supporting her 149 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 2: in a show and her and her manager came to 150 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 2: me after the second show and said that we'd like 151 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 2: to sit down and talk to you. And I was 152 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 2: only sixteen and a half I think at that time, 153 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 2: seventeen maybe, and they wanted to know whether I'd like 154 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: to move to Sydney and live with her and her 155 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 2: manager boyfriend and they would help me get a leg up. 156 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 3: Into show business. And that's how it all kind of happened. 157 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: But was Carson's Law shot in Melbourne. 158 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 2: Melbourne, So that was so. Then I studied acting, and 159 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 2: then I studied singing. Then I started dance, and then 160 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 2: I was auditioning. I got a few commercials and a 161 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 2: few small bit parts in Wrestler's Years and Young Doctors, 162 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 2: and then after that is when I got the audition 163 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 2: for Carson's Law and ended up. 164 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 3: Working with some of the best. 165 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: It's extraordinary and I love the story of how you 166 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: met your bestie a living in john and you were 167 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:33,479 Speaker 1: dancing to is it Sonia. 168 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 2: She's a wonder Well, well, that wasn't the first time 169 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 2: I think this, Or was it the first time when 170 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 2: she was at Underground at the Underground, Yes, it was. 171 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 2: It was the first time when we met a very 172 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 2: good friend of mine, Shan tal Conturi, who I'd met 173 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,119 Speaker 2: through Delilah. So there all was six degrees of separation. 174 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 2: Had come down to Melbourne to settle me into my 175 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 2: house so that I could do this role in Carson's Law. 176 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 2: And Chantaine, I had was good friends with Olivia from 177 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 2: the sixties. 178 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, and out of the blue. 179 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 2: Three months later or a few months later, I get 180 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 2: a phone call from Chantal saying, guess what I'm in Melbourne, 181 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 2: and I said, oh great, I'd love to see you. 182 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 2: And it was on the weekend, and the weekends is 183 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 2: when you learn all your scripts and and she said, 184 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 2: what are you doing tonight? I said, I just got 185 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: to go through all these scripts and had so much 186 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 2: to do. And she said, oh, hang on, somebody wants 187 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 2: to and she put Olivia on and Olivia said, oh, 188 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 2: it's Olivia. I'm a friend of Now she can call 189 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 2: me Gregory. Then she said, Hi, Greg's Olivia. I've heard 190 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,559 Speaker 2: all about you and I would love to meet you, 191 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 2: she said, And I was like, oh my god, yeah, 192 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 2: this Olivia Newton John. But it was really beautiful. And 193 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 2: she asked me to escort her in Chantal to the. 194 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,839 Speaker 1: Underground and you're there till four thirty am or. 195 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 3: Thirty in the morning. 196 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 2: And Olivia and I are both non drinkers, drinking cups 197 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: of tea while Molly Meldrim and everybody. 198 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 3: Else was all having a good time, so good and 199 00:10:58,280 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 3: we just got on. 200 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 2: We were like, it was like this connection with her 201 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 2: and I from day one. We just bonded with the 202 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 2: same thought processing. And she she's not a person that 203 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 2: likes to talk a lot about herself at all. You know, 204 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 2: she really is quite reserved as I am. But we 205 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 2: all put on you know what we've got, you know, 206 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 2: our thing that we have to and so her and 207 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 2: I just really got straight into talking on a heart 208 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 2: to heart. 209 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's what I loved about reading in your 210 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: new your book Surrender. You really share that experience. You 211 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:35,839 Speaker 1: got the book, of course I do. I've actually got 212 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: it in my bag with me because you haven't signed 213 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: it yet and I want my copy, Si, Yeah, I 214 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:48,599 Speaker 1: want the Greeky sign. But so then you kind of 215 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: like this beautiful friendship blossomed out of obviously a very 216 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: authentic connection, but then you got quite close to Olivia's 217 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: mum became your mentor. 218 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,319 Speaker 3: Yeah, huge, huge, So. 219 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 2: When after that that particular night when she went back 220 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 2: to America, Irana who had us over for or had 221 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 2: me over for lunch with Olivia and Chantel on the 222 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 2: Sunday Sunday, something we got on like a house on 223 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 2: fire in a in a very very again respectful way. 224 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 2: She was, you know, very she was Germanic. I wouldn't 225 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 2: say aristocrat was the word. Very refined lady. And a 226 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 2: lot of people don't know, but her father was Max Bourne, 227 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 2: a very noble I did know the physicist, and Irena 228 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 2: was a wonderful photographer. And so when Olivia went back, 229 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 2: she rang me I think one or two days later, 230 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 2: and she was crying, and she was quite upset because 231 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 2: she missed her daughters, and her two daughters were in America, 232 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 2: and so we made plans to have a dinner, and 233 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 2: she really came my second mother. 234 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: And it sounds like a lot of the dream of 235 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: Guy Retreat and spa like it was almost spy. 236 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 2: See this is really this is You're getting quite close 237 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 2: now because that that whole thing. I became like the 238 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 2: adopted son to her. And when we discovered Guy, how 239 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 2: it actually transpired. I was Olivia and I had driven 240 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 2: all a lot of IRENA's personal belongings up to Olivia's 241 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 2: farm that she had here, and we got up here 242 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 2: and Olivia said to me, she said, oh, Greg, when 243 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 2: you when are you going to buy that house up here? 244 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 2: You said you'd always buy a house up here, And 245 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 2: I said, oh, no, you know, I bought another property 246 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 2: in Brisbane, and literally two days later I get a 247 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 2: call from the Brisbane real Estate asking me whether I 248 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 2: was interested in selling and bought purchased it three years 249 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 2: before and said I was offered triple the amount of money. 250 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 2: And then Livia was like, let's go. 251 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 3: Shopping for a house. Let's do it. 252 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 2: So that's how we started looking for it, and then 253 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 2: of course the dream. The dream was extraordinary. And when 254 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 2: we actually arrived to the farm with the ashes and 255 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 2: we were driving in the driveway and we landed, I 256 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 2: think around about twelve to thirty one o'clock and we 257 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 2: got to the g and Olivia said to me said, oh, Greg, 258 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 2: you wouldn't it be amazing if we saw you know, 259 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 2: three hours because the farm was called three our farm 260 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 2: really about Chloe Irena and Olivia. 261 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. 262 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 2: And we got there and there was an owl sitting 263 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 2: right on the gate and it was kind of like, 264 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 2: oh my god. And then we drove in and as 265 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 2: we drove in, there was another one on the branch, 266 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 2: and it was like she was like just the excitement, 267 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 2: you know, she'd driven all the way, like ten hours 268 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 2: from Sydney or she drove from Melbourne to pick me up. 269 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 2: And then we drove from the thing and then we 270 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 2: drove through a little bit further and there was another 271 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 2: owl on the gate and that's when I got the 272 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 2: goosebumps just went right off the house. 273 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: And I loved I loved reading about that in the book. 274 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: I love how much you've shared of your personal journey 275 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: of guy like the creation, and it all feels very 276 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: synergistic and kind of like meant to be because owls 277 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: are rare as well like and then you throw in 278 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: all the spiritual meeting and the wisdom and the guidance 279 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: and they're a lucky omen. 280 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 2: And I want to hear another little story which I 281 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 2: haven't I've never really revealed it. And that was when 282 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 2: I was when I came up, because I moved up 283 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 2: to settle on the property, and then Warrick and Ruth 284 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 2: and Olivia asked me whether I would actually design it. 285 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 2: And there there's four of you, that's right, Ruth Callen 286 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 2: and Warick Evans and Olivia Newton John. 287 00:15:54,800 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 3: My friend, my best friend. When when I finally got 288 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 3: here to actually look at the design and what I 289 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 3: was going to do with all these buildings because it 290 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 3: was an old rundown derelict property at the time. 291 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: Yes, so it was like a was it called Bangalow 292 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: Farms Health Farm originally. 293 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: We found this out later that it was actually called 294 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 2: the Bangalo Palms Health far and it opened in nineteen 295 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 2: eighty and so makes it one of the leaders in 296 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 2: the health retreat. 297 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: And wasn't it even before that a dairy like a 298 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: dairy before that? 299 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 2: Absolutely, and then after that became wedding venues, and then 300 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 2: it became when we purchased it, it was owned by 301 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 2: Master Charles, which I would say was medic meditation guru, 302 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 2: and he'd gone back to America and it know it 303 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 2: needed work. 304 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: Let's just say this is the bit the blue meal. 305 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: Way about the whole story of the build of Guy 306 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: Retreat in Spa. You became a designer, an architect, and 307 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: you you'd spent some time in Sydney doing art, like 308 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,239 Speaker 1: being an art dealer and curator. So I imagine that 309 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: skill set would have just come in so handy. 310 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,439 Speaker 2: Well, that's really where it came from because as an 311 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 2: art dealer, I was doing hotels and corporations and working 312 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 2: with the Heats and the Sherians and big group hotels 313 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 2: and putting a lot of original art into all the 314 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 2: hotels and taking it into public areas. And so when Olivia, 315 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 2: Ruth and Warwick all wanted a little titillation with their houses. 316 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 3: They used to say, oh, Gregy, what would I do? 317 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 3: What would you do with it? 318 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 2: How did you And that's where that where their confidence 319 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 2: in me doing that came into it, and that's why 320 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:39,360 Speaker 2: they asked me to do it. 321 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 3: But I didn't know really what I was taking it on. 322 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 3: I'm not a trained designer. 323 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 2: I just came in and said, rip that wall out, 324 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 2: take that down, put that up this Saturday. Amazing And 325 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 2: I worked on a very minimal budget that I put 326 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 2: together and it was just and it evolved, and a 327 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 2: guy evolved by listening to our guests and what they're 328 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 2: experience was what is it you want? 329 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 3: You know? 330 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: That's what I love about Guya. When you come here 331 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: as a guest, you don't feel like you're locked into 332 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: any kind of strict regime. It's like, do you want 333 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: to move with yogre in the morning, do you want 334 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: to do something in the afternoon, or do you want 335 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: to get a massage and swim in the pool? Like 336 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: it feels like it's very tailored to the individual. 337 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 2: I'm glad you feel that way, because that's really what 338 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,479 Speaker 2: our objective is, is that we want people to take 339 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 2: a little bit of inspiration and put it back and 340 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 2: sprinkle it back into their own lives when they go back, 341 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 2: not go back into their own lives and feel like 342 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 2: they've got a boot camp themselves into something. To us, 343 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 2: we feel that we're all adults, and as a group, 344 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,919 Speaker 2: we feel that, you know, we're all adults, and the 345 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 2: guess that we're inviting to Gaya adults and they can 346 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 2: make their own decisions. So it's one of those things 347 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 2: in opt out or do whatever you want to do. 348 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: And I love that. I always say to people, I'm like, 349 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: it's the retreat where you can almost build it for yourself. 350 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: If you want to have a coffee in the morning, 351 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: coffee it's on an off or if you want to 352 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: whine it, it's there, you know, like you make it 353 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: work for you, and that's where it really feels like. 354 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: And I've heard you explain this in an interview before 355 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: a home away. 356 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 3: From Home, I'm away from home. 357 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 2: That's what we've always felt, Olivia, this is really is 358 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 2: her favorite. 359 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 3: And I'm like, really, yeah, out. 360 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 2: Of all the places that you can go in the world, 361 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 2: this is your favorite, and it is it's her favorite. 362 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 2: This is her haven, this is our haven. 363 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: We just love this. It's the land. Have you felt 364 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 3: anything with the land land? 365 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: The first time I came with Lisel, I remember, I 366 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: just walked the property because I used to gap a 367 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: bit earlier than her. So walk. 368 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 3: We're not dumbing you and Lisa that you sleep being okay. 369 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: Same with Boss. I always going to be there. Boss, 370 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: He's gonna love love bos. I could feel when I 371 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: was walking the property. It feels very healing and nurturing 372 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: and grounding. Is it because it's on an extinct volcanic 373 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 1: crater that erupted like twenty three million years ago? 374 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: Look, so many folklore stories floating around. When we first 375 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 2: moved up here, we were told that this was one 376 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:13,479 Speaker 2: big giant crystal from when the Mount Warning volcano are 377 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 2: up to and you know, all the red soil that 378 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 2: you see is all the volcanic ash. And you know, 379 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 2: and if you go up into the satellite, and I 380 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 2: just would like to know which satellite because when you 381 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 2: I can't see it. But they say that you can 382 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 2: see the big crystal, that it's all long. But you know, 383 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 2: I say there's but because there's other stories with the 384 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 2: you know, the Aboriginal bunge lump people and and you know, 385 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 2: this area is very sacred and oh yeah, we felt it. 386 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 2: That's we felt at this moment Olivia and I walked 387 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 2: on this property. 388 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 3: We just went, oh my gosh. 389 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 2: And on the top of the and it turns out, 390 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 2: you know, from different heelers and spiritual people that have 391 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 2: come through the property, they've confirmed that, you know, we've 392 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 2: got a vortex at the top of the hill, which 393 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 2: you know washes the property clean. So how amazing is 394 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 2: that to have all these different guests coming in and 395 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 2: then it's cleaned without us, you know, it's just energetically cleaned. 396 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 2: And we also have two song lines going through the property, 397 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 2: which is extraordinary, extraordinary. 398 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: The energy is bang on, isn't it It is. 399 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 2: It's quite it's quite powerful, the energy. And you know, 400 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 2: because it's a it's a healing retreat, people come and 401 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 2: really all we want them to do is what the 402 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 2: book says, surrender, surrender. 403 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: And I've heard you in before the book existed, in 404 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: interviews say it's really about surrendering. And you you explain, 405 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: like day one, everyone's kind of you know, bright eyed 406 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 1: and be like, oh where. 407 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 3: Can I walk? 408 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: Wow? And the second day people are like, oh, hang on, 409 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: what am I doing. And it's the third day that 410 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: they really surrender. 411 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 2: Everything that goes different different, you know. And if you 412 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 2: don't surrender, I can pick the guests that's still on 413 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 2: that stressed out kind of urban life just by walking around. 414 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 2: That's kind of the first thing I do is go 415 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 2: straight over and just say are you okay? 416 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: Yeah? 417 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 2: You know, because unless they let that ideal idea of 418 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 2: their busy life drop away, they're not really going to 419 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 2: get what Guy is about. 420 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: I agree. And the moment that you walk into what's 421 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: the name of the main kur house Kakura house, good 422 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: house means the gathering of people. Oh I love that. 423 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,719 Speaker 1: I did not know that. But when you walk in, 424 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: and Matt and I both said this, you you can 425 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: feel yourself kind of like really exhale. You can feel 426 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: it like the second you drop your suitcases off. And 427 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 1: it's also where you enter for meal time, and you 428 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: can just feel this like beautiful weight lift, like not beautiful, but. 429 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 3: I under you know what I mean. 430 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 2: Like I use the word beautiful because I did do 431 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 2: the design, so it would be nice if. 432 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 1: You did say no, I meant, I meant that it 433 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: is beautiful. But the wyte that I that I, as 434 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 1: a human carrier walk in, I just kind of go, oh, 435 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: I feel like I've left it somewhere, you know what 436 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: I mean. 437 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, No, I do, I get it. 438 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 2: I even when I get down there, you know, I 439 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 2: mean I live here and I work here. But sometimes 440 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 2: I catch myself, especially when I walk up the stairs 441 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 2: in the front door and walk into Kakurr houses, kind. 442 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 3: Of like whoa. Yeah, it's welcoming totally. It's a welcoming 443 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 3: of the land. I really we're really strict. 444 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 2: On you know, at the top of the land being 445 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 2: women's area, and again you know, people have told us 446 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 2: that you know, it was Aboriginals birthing area. We are 447 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: so respectful to this and all this area the way 448 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 2: that we you know, we would never build anything up there. 449 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: It's honoring my You've got Yeah, truly, I really want 450 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: to ask you this because it made me laugh when 451 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 1: I was reading your book. Is the Naming of Guy 452 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: where you want to pull it as Yeah, I still 453 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: like Bellavis. 454 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 3: No, that was really funny. That was actually a really 455 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 3: weird thing because that was. 456 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 2: Not the next morning, but a few days later, because 457 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 2: we'd ye started looking around for a house for myself 458 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 2: and we were driving around the area and we drove 459 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 2: past this area here, and we were taking friends of Olivia's, 460 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 2: Nancy and Jim, back to the airport because they're heading 461 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 2: back to the States because they came out pre were 462 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 2: in a funeral. And we saw this sign for sale 463 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 2: down the bottom and we actually thought it was a 464 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 2: little cottage at the top of the hill. And we're like, oh, wow, 465 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 2: look at that house. It's so cute, which is the 466 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 2: one that's my office now. And so we drove up 467 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 2: the hill and it said resort for We were like, 468 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 2: oh my gosh. And Olivia's like, let's go and look reggy, 469 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 2: and she said oh, and I said, well, we can't 470 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 2: just drive in. She said, ring the real estate and 471 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 2: I'll just tell them I'm Nancy Cave. And so we 472 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 2: asked them whether we could go and have a little look, 473 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 2: and we went in and we felt this incredible energy 474 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 2: from the top of the land. 475 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 3: When we drove up, there was like. 476 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 2: And then we dropped Nancy and Jim off at the 477 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 2: airport and we came back the next morning. Olivia was 478 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 2: making me a cup of tea and it was just extraordinary, 479 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 2: and I was really quite heavy and tired because I 480 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 2: sleep well up here. 481 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: In this area, the area we say that every time 482 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: we stay at Guy, we say it's the best sleep 483 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: we ever had. 484 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 2: I just sleep so deep, and so I woke up 485 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 2: and I was quite heavy, and I walked out to 486 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 2: the kitchen and Olivia was making me a cup of tea, 487 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 2: and out of the blue, I just said to her, 488 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 2: I said, oh my gosh, I said, I dreamt that 489 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:03,880 Speaker 2: we bought that place and we called it Bella Vista Retreat. 490 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 2: And she was like, Greg, you can I believe this. 491 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 2: I dreamt that we bought that place to when we 492 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 2: called a Guy resort. I said, why would you call 493 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 2: an a song sorry, a retreat after an album that 494 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 2: you've had at because she just had an elbow Guy. 495 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, And she was like, well, why would you call 496 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 3: it Bellavista Retreat? And yeah, guess who won? 497 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,439 Speaker 1: The quote that you have in the book. And I 498 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: love it as you say, I don't care for Guy, 499 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: I'm being polite. 500 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 3: It's in writing. 501 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 1: I thank you for sharing that because I have me 502 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,239 Speaker 1: really in gels. Now. I need to talk to you 503 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: about the food because I on Instagram, I love following food, 504 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 1: such a foody but I also love how could you care? 505 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 3: Could you come and do a detoxic guy? 506 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: You know that food is insane? Insane? And I follow 507 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: Dan who's your head chef here? And I mean more, 508 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,479 Speaker 1: there's so many guy recipes on YouTube incredible. Look at 509 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,959 Speaker 1: the green minnestrone last night. There's a cauliflower vegan salad. Delicious. 510 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: The food here is so beautiful, but a lot of 511 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 1: produce has grown on side. It's a locally sauced what's 512 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: the ethos around the food? 513 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 2: Well, I think the ethos is keep it clean. That's 514 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 2: really as simple as it is. You know, I want 515 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 2: to keep it really simple. People have different stories in 516 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 2: different you know, pictures of what they say, but to me, 517 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 2: it's just keeping it clean, keep it keep it simple, 518 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,879 Speaker 2: and keep it clean. So everything that comes in, we 519 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 2: bring it fresh in every day. We always contribute something 520 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 2: from our gardens because we learned when we first open. 521 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 2: When we built the first garden, we thought, oh my gosh, 522 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 2: we're going to be able to feed everything from our garden. Well, 523 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 2: that lasted two weeks of guests in house, it was gone, 524 00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 2: and then we had to wait another three months for 525 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 2: just to grow. So we didn't We realized we didn't 526 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 2: have enough of a facility to continue growing here was 527 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,679 Speaker 2: but we always every day something from the garden is 528 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 2: in the food. 529 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: And one of my highlights as a guest is I've 530 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 1: done the garden like tour and workshop cam. Yeah, and 531 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:22,199 Speaker 1: you learn about like growing chimeric and ginger, and I 532 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: didn't realize how easy it was to grow your own 533 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,439 Speaker 1: and it really inspired us. We've got herbs growing at 534 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: home now, yeah, yeah, totally. 535 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 3: Which home the one in Sydney or the one in 536 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 3: Bengal we leave. 537 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: Now since Bangalow we've got full blown herd. You've got lettuce. 538 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 2: Your Banngalodians, yes, yeah. 539 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: Which is why we run into you at the post office. 540 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 3: Funny there. 541 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: I also want to really ask you about because again 542 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: this is just from personal experience and I absolutely love it. 543 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: Retreatment botanic, Can you talk to me about the skincare? 544 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 2: Skincare Retreatment has been around for since twenty fourteen, which 545 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 2: was a first certified organic skincare range, and then Trudy 546 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 2: Jay has come in as general manager and basically developed 547 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 2: palm oil free skincare range, which I've got to tell 548 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 2: you is incredible. 549 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 3: Mind blowing. 550 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 2: It really is incredible and she has done an extraordinary 551 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 2: job on being authentic. 552 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, but it feels so like it feels like it 553 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: is food for the skin. Like this morning I was 554 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: using my Geel cleanser. I love it. I love the masks. 555 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 3: Masks are not a man's thing, Boss, They're not a 556 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 3: man loves them. 557 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: Boss. 558 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 2: I'm not a mask person, but I am so so 559 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 2: addicted to the serum Vitamin C A Serah. 560 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: It's just like I said, so many local ingredients to 561 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: like this Kakado plum and something like. It feels very 562 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: It feels like it's such a thought full product range 563 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: Like there's so much thought that goes into it. There's 564 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: so much care, even down to the look and feel 565 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: of the packaging. It's an experience in itself when you 566 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: use the product. 567 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 2: I know I can't speak more wholly of it, but 568 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 2: I'm a little bit biased. But like the one word 569 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 2: is it's authentic because there's a lot of products out 570 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 2: there that you've got to really do the research because 571 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 2: being palme free, unless it's certified palmel free, doesn't necessarily 572 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 2: mean there's not one of the other twenty one different 573 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 2: types of bad products in there. 574 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, totally I personally am just a huge fan of 575 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: Yes the food, yes the skincare, but the whole experience. 576 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,959 Speaker 1: Can you talk to me about at the moment you're 577 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: selling your books online, but if people buy it when 578 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: they go into the draw to away we're doing. 579 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 2: We've decided because we kind of wanted to celebrate our 580 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 2: sixteenth birthday next week, and we thought what a great 581 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 2: idea too. 582 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:00,080 Speaker 3: If people buy the book. 583 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 2: They can win a two days stay at Guya in 584 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 2: the massages, all the you get the messages. 585 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: Wow, Yeah, it's the best message I've had in my life. 586 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 3: Thank you. I gave you that one. 587 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, she knows. Someone messaged me last night and said 588 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: she's just started working at the spa here at Gaya 589 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: and she said, I saw I saw Greggy today. He 590 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: came in for a message. 591 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 3: She was absolutely costic. She was brilliant. She was brilliant. 592 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 3: But how far can't wait for her facial? 593 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 2: Ah? I believe she does a really brilliant facial as well. 594 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 2: So because I'm I'm the guinea pig, you know. 595 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: That it's a good job to have my friend. 596 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 3: It's called quality control. 597 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: Can I ask one more question about the build? I 598 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: know my brain loves to go or just because I'm 599 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: sitting in your beautiful home, is it true? It took 600 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: about nine months for you to like kind of from 601 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: the seating of the idea having the space to kind 602 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 1: of like because you had to redo a lot and 603 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: like build so. 604 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 3: We had to gut. 605 00:31:56,160 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 2: I mean when I first came up, like a arrived 606 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 2: up here in the end May of two thousand and 607 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 2: four and I packed up the things into my car, 608 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 2: drove up and I'd already been up and instructed the 609 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 2: builders of take that off, take that off dirt, da 610 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 2: da da da. And I got them to start the 611 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 2: week before because I had other commitments in Sydney. Packed 612 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,480 Speaker 2: up my car, arrived at you know, ten thirty at night, 613 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 2: walked into the cabin because I was the only one here, 614 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 2: and it was like I was looking out this dark, 615 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 2: dark area because all the power and everything was off 616 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 2: because I'd got the builders to start, they had had 617 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 2: cut all the power off. 618 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 3: Anyway, I woke up the next warning and I walked out. 619 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 3: I looked at Kakura House. What have I done? 620 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 2: Because I completely got them to take off the whole 621 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 2: side front side, so I put and put the big 622 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 2: sliding doors in and put the big balcony on. So 623 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 2: I freaked out because all of the bits and pieces 624 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 2: we'd purchased with the property, like the glasses, the cups, 625 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 2: the plates, knives and flocks were all still stuck on 626 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 2: the floor in there. I was like, oh my gosh, 627 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 2: I've got a big clean up to do. So, yeah, 628 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 2: it was one of those things. It was a bit 629 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 2: of a shock. And then the biggest part two of 630 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 2: the shock came when I had the electricians and the 631 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 2: builders and everyone coming to me day after day, starting 632 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 2: the next day with yeah, we need six toilets, we 633 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 2: need fourteen, and I'm like, I'm in a place that 634 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 2: I had no idea where to go. 635 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 3: To get these things. 636 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 2: It's not like it was now where we didn't have 637 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 2: a Bunnings then, you know, it was you forget. 638 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 1: That your regional here we've. 639 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 3: Most sixteen years ago and it's not regional now, wasn't it. Well, 640 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 3: we're kind of edging on it. 641 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: Oh, I like it. I like it. So you're obviously 642 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: an extremely driven person. You live from your heart, which 643 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,960 Speaker 1: I think sings through the walls of Gaia when you're here, 644 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 1: like it feels I can even when we're in a room. 645 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: We're like, I bet I'm going to ask Gregory where 646 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: you found that, or you know, like just little things 647 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:07,959 Speaker 1: like I remember we come out on winter and there 648 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 1: was a rug that we were obsessed with and you 649 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: were like, I'll tell you we can go get that. 650 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 3: I love to shop. Do you like shopping? 651 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: I love it. I actually wrote down that when you 652 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: guys were shopping. So Olivia's style is shabby chic and 653 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 1: Greg's style is contemporary elegance. 654 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, well that's true. 655 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 1: I love it. 656 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 3: That's true. 657 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 2: And so when we combine, we always kind of have 658 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,439 Speaker 2: this little kind of like, really, would you put that there? 659 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 3: Really? 660 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,920 Speaker 2: And it's kind of like, but if you look at 661 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 2: my house, my house is really shabby chic. No it's no, no, no, 662 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 2: it's not chic. It's it's eclectic. I love eclectic. I 663 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 2: like getting something and grabbing that and bringing it home 664 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:47,919 Speaker 2: and putting it there. 665 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 3: So Guya is kind of put together a lot like that. 666 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 3: It's a little bit of a memory. 667 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 2: And we've got artworks that actually belong to the directors 668 00:34:58,239 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 2: and some of. 669 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,320 Speaker 1: Them are aren't some of the folk taken by Irena? 670 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely she was. 671 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:08,840 Speaker 2: She was an avid photographer, and she would be constantly 672 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,920 Speaker 2: have this camera and greater and tell you who inherited 673 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 2: that Olivia really extraordinary photographer, extraordinary photographer. 674 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 3: She's a great photographer. 675 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 2: She doesn't kind of push that part of her because 676 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 2: she's got other things she's got to do. 677 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: She just got a new song out everything, So you 678 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: like the song. I love that you showed me the 679 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: video clips. 680 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:32,359 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, that's that's right. 681 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was the first time, the first time I 682 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 1: saw it and heard it. And Chloe, I need to 683 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 1: mention quickly, You've won so many awards like world wide awards. 684 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: How does it feel to be like you literally are 685 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: a leader and a pioneer in the world for this space. 686 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 2: So I think one of the most extraordinary things about 687 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 2: all these awards, first of all, you know that we've 688 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 2: been graced with is that you know you you don't know, 689 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,919 Speaker 2: so you know what to expect and to lease sort 690 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 2: of things happen, you know, and the excitement still continues 691 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 2: to grow. I mean, in twenty eighteen, we were honored extraordinarily, 692 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,919 Speaker 2: you know, by the Global Hotel of the Year, and 693 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 2: I was like absolutely seriously in tears and blown away 694 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 2: and I had to give a little speech for it, 695 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,879 Speaker 2: and I was looking out at all these incredible hoteliers 696 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:38,000 Speaker 2: and owners of properties, and I was quite overwhelmed because 697 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 2: when you read the list of who, you know, caliber, Yeah, 698 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 2: you're talking about the Ritz Hotel in Hong Kong, you're 699 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:49,120 Speaker 2: talking about the Anthoneum Hotel in Paris, you're talking about 700 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,960 Speaker 2: the Amani Hotel. We were the first Australian hotel to 701 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,440 Speaker 2: win it. And it was like, oh my gosh. And 702 00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 2: out of that, what was extraordinary? 703 00:36:59,560 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 3: You know. 704 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 2: I was talking to the awards people after, I was 705 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,399 Speaker 2: really overwhelmed and I said to the CEO, I said, 706 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:06,759 Speaker 2: you know. 707 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 3: Why, why are you know that? 708 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,680 Speaker 2: When he said, Greg, it's not all about the marble, 709 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:14,839 Speaker 2: it's about. 710 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:18,799 Speaker 3: The experience, and it just resonated with me. 711 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,799 Speaker 2: I was like, oh my god, Oh my god, they're 712 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,839 Speaker 2: getting it, you know, like that was extraordinary. And it's 713 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:32,399 Speaker 2: interesting because those awards are really they mean so much 714 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 2: to all of our team and it really helps to 715 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 2: lift the layer higher. And every time, you know, we 716 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,520 Speaker 2: get an award at the first meeting we have when 717 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 2: I get back is now we've. 718 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,920 Speaker 3: Got to lift it a little bit higher, lift it 719 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 3: a little bit higher. 720 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,640 Speaker 1: And I've seen an interview with you where you say 721 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,280 Speaker 1: your client, like the clientele and the consumers like I voted, 722 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 1: or they get really involved and they totally their hearts 723 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:57,760 Speaker 1: invested as well. 724 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 2: Absolutely without them, we wouldn't it. I mean, the judges 725 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,359 Speaker 2: come around, they do the assessments, they're judging, and then 726 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 2: you nominated, and then you know, the nomination goes to 727 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 2: the thing you know on online for people to vote. 728 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,799 Speaker 2: But to sustain it for so long has been phenomenal. 729 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,760 Speaker 2: And then last year we were honored with the Global 730 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:22,360 Speaker 2: Chairman's Award from you know, it's like, oh goody, it's extraordinary. 731 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,160 Speaker 3: It's it's actually overwhelmed the moment. 732 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 1: It's incredible. 733 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:26,440 Speaker 3: It's the team. 734 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,359 Speaker 1: The Yeah, I've heard you say that over and over 735 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,080 Speaker 1: and I've heard Olivia say that in interviews as well, 736 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,160 Speaker 1: like you're all about the healers in the space, they're 737 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:39,320 Speaker 1: bringing the chef like and there's and every single person 738 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,680 Speaker 1: that works here loves it. It doesn't matter who you 739 00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:43,240 Speaker 1: run into. 740 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,719 Speaker 2: Like we had a little ethos that years ago as 741 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 2: the four directors we were talking, you know, we were 742 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 2: you know, we're trying to work out who we were 743 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 2: and what we were wanting to do, and we had 744 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,840 Speaker 2: a great team of people, even way back from the beginning, 745 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 2: and we realized that all we wanted was our team 746 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,399 Speaker 2: to come to work with heart. If they don't come 747 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 2: to work with heart, what's the point of it. If 748 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,839 Speaker 2: you don't enjoy your job, what's the point of it. 749 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 2: So by them having heart to come to work, we 750 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,360 Speaker 2: started to see that, you know, they were going the 751 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,799 Speaker 2: extra distance, and that little bit of extra distance is 752 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,840 Speaker 2: I think what kind of sets us apart. 753 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: I still remember people that have been my way tos 754 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 1: hit Steve or come up and have a big chat, 755 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:35,120 Speaker 1: and you remember your experiences with them as well. Yes, 756 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,640 Speaker 1: and I think you just answered my final question, but 757 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,359 Speaker 1: I'm going to ask it anyway. For you've obviously gone 758 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,759 Speaker 1: after your dream. You've worked really, really hard, and you 759 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:48,279 Speaker 1: continue to as well. And I think even looking back 760 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,840 Speaker 1: at your showbiz career, you've worked really hard at that. 761 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,160 Speaker 1: Like you said, on the weekends, you were learning your lines, 762 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,440 Speaker 1: and you know you were balance juggling a music career 763 00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,360 Speaker 1: and an acting career. What's your advice for anybody that 764 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:02,440 Speaker 1: wants to kind of like be their own boss or 765 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 1: kind of like go after a dream. 766 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 2: Do one thing, really, just do one thing. Don't cat 767 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,880 Speaker 2: yourself too thin and try to do too many things. 768 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,080 Speaker 2: Just focus on the one thing and deliver that. You 769 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:15,240 Speaker 2: want to create it. 770 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,680 Speaker 1: Oh, you want to create it. I love it. 771 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,120 Speaker 2: Thank you Deepak Chopper, you gave me that, you gave 772 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:20,879 Speaker 2: everybody that. 773 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,759 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Greg for sharing so much of 774 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:28,360 Speaker 1: your heart today and the story of this beautiful space 775 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 1: Guya Retreat and SPA. I'm going to put the competition 776 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,440 Speaker 1: in the show notes so that people can because that's 777 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,359 Speaker 1: still the fourteenth of March. Is that right? 778 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,800 Speaker 2: It's Granda only up until the fourteenth, and it's remember 779 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:43,839 Speaker 2: it's a two nights day inclusive. But Lola, I want 780 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,440 Speaker 2: to say thank you to you. Your extraordinary, your beauty 781 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,600 Speaker 2: shines and your heart. 782 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,600 Speaker 3: You can work with me any day. You're so beautiful. 783 00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:55,720 Speaker 3: You inspire me and the boss. 784 00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:01,320 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Gregy, what an honor. I cannot 785 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,879 Speaker 1: wait for this to come out because you've really lit 786 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:04,200 Speaker 1: me out. 787 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,399 Speaker 3: You Thank you, love you. 788 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:14,000 Speaker 1: That's a wrap on another episode of Fearlessly Failing. As always, 789 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,520 Speaker 1: thank you to our guests and let's continue the conversation 790 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:23,479 Speaker 1: on Instagram. I'm at Yamo Lollaberry This potty my word 791 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:28,239 Speaker 1: for podcast is available on all streaming platforms. I'd love 792 00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,319 Speaker 1: it if you could subscribe, rate and comment, and of 793 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:32,959 Speaker 1: course spread the love.