05/11/2024
47 Guys!!!!!! Crazy how old I’m getting!!!! Thanks for being on this podcasting journey with me. I hope to do it for many more years and birthdays to come. Lots of stories to share.
The Candid Kiwi Podcast
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Kia Ora and welcome to my podcast. I'm a 'kiwi' living in the USA and have created a podcast to connect us across the globe. This is my goal. Who they are. Enjoy.
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Everyone has a story to tell, and through stories we find human connection. Real stories, real connections. My name is Melissa, and I have a story. I've always been fascinated with others stories. The journey they've taken to get where they are. Through stories we find connection, and this is what I want for my podcast. I want to provide you with my story, as well as others. I want you to feel lif
ted, connected, and walk away with a little more understanding of the human race and who each of us are. I will slowly unpack my story to you, and have guests on my podcast who are willing to share their story. I've always loved conversation. I'm told that I'm able to make people feel at ease--allowing them to tell me their story, without judgment. It's because I'm always so curious about who people really are. I wanted to be a radio host as a child, but life moved forward and I went other places. I'm now at a stage in my life where I've listened to myself and asked myself what I really want. This podcast is what I really want. I feel a strong urge to do this for myself and for others and hope you enjoy this adventure with me as I help connect us--one story at a time. Thanks for joining me and thanks for having a story. Maybe one day we can listen to your story, and make connections with who you are, and where your journey has taken you.
04/30/2024
Kia Ora
Welcome to episode 44 with my Aussie mate Leisl.
Leisl’s story is one of adventure.
She’s lived in cities and remote towns of Australia and Canada.
She loves acting and writing and talks to us about her journey in both.
She’s a mother and a wife as well as having a degree in criminal justice and is working with helping victims heal. Leisl has four books published and avaliable for purchase on Amazon.
She walks us through her life as an author and how she came up with her ideas and motivation.
Her books are called Titanian Awakenings and you can find them here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CKLS6FQY/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.R3Jd9jwEdV81GoWohKUrBQ.AoJIrcL5wGXNr0FoOePOtaFiH9exzFup0coZXCMzF6k&qid=1714520354&sr=8-1
Leisl is one of the best people I know and I’m so grateful to have her on my podcast.
I hope you enjoy.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
04/22/2024
My next guest is an Australian author and friend.
Now you’ll finally be able to hear the difference between a kiwi and aussie accent 👀
04/03/2024
Kia Ora and welcome to episode forty three.
In this episode Dru, Masaru and I talk a little more on how the last couple of months have been since he’s been home.
We walk though what it was like when he was gone and how it was when he was first home and what’s been happening now the dust has settled. It’s pretty intimate and so I hope you can learn and grow from our perspectives and story.
I also touch on my trip to NZ with my family.
Glad you could be here and hope you’ll come listen.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
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03/22/2024
Next episode is me.
I’ll talk about recent things and happenings.
One of which is getting to go home to NZ for 12 days for some much needed sunshine and Whanau time.
02/27/2024
Kia Ora and welcome to episode forty two with Whitley. ♥️
Whitley has gone through so many things. It’s hard to know where to start. ♥️It’s a privilege to have her walk us through her story, from birth, to adoption, to integration and more. ♥️Whitley is determined and smart and has defeated the odds by her success in life. 👏
I’m excited for you to sit and get to know her a little better and be educated a little more on race as well as what we can do in the face of trauma and tragedy. ♥️
I’m grateful to give her her story and hope you’ll come give her your time.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
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02/13/2024
Next story is being edited by yours truly.
I’m excited for you to hear about this cutie.
Have you seen cuter twins?
01/25/2024
Kia Ora and welcome to episode forty one with me.
I havn’t talked about my story since April of last year!
So I figured it was time to sit down and have a one on one about how these last few months have been since then. I go through my highlights of the last few months then dive a little deeper into some personal family things that we’re going through as of recent.
I’m glad you’re here and hope you’ll come and listen and connect with me. Ka kite ano au i a koutou
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01/17/2024
Kia Ora.
The next episode will be me.
Hope you tune in.
Look for it coming out in the next week.
12/08/2023
Kia Ora
Welcome to episode forty.
This is Topher.
He’s a husband, father and Battalion Chief in Davis County Utah.
Topher thought he wanted to be a dentist but quickly realized that wasn’t for him.
He tells his story of how he became a firefighter and why.
He walks us through starting as a sub one day a month as a firefighter, all the way up to where he is today.
I had no idea how it all worked so appreciated this story.
I’m so grateful that there’s people like Topher out there who can not only fight fires, but save lives.
I couldn’t do it. Come and listen to Topher.
You’ll realize why were such good friends.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
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11/26/2023
Just sat down with my firefighter friend and captured his story. Now I’m editing. Look forward to hearing about his journey from fireman to battalion chief.
10/25/2023
Kia Ora and welcome to episode thirty nine with my mother.
I got to sit down with my mum in real life and listen to her second episode of her life.
She wraps up a few loose ends from her first episode and then we dive into the exciting second part of the 60’s and 70’s and what they were like for her.
So come and listen to the ups and downs of a kiwi high schooler and university student.
You’ll love it.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
10/17/2023
One more day with my mum then she’s gone.
So get ready for the second episode on my mothers life.
09/03/2023
Kia Ora
Welcome to episode 38 ♥️
In this episode I introduce you to Dana and her story.
Dana is a mother of five and a huge part of the and because of her late husband Jason.
Jason loved mtbing and doing it with friends.
He brought people together to bike and come up with these ideas to bring us all together.
Dana has a short film done about her story on YouTube called ‘Ride Always Ride’ done by and his wife.
She shared with us her life with Jason and without and how he’s still felt and known all over our community because of his love for the trails.
Dana has such insight for us with her story and it was an honour to sit down with her and have a chat.
Please come listen to Dana’s story and be uplifted.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
08/09/2023
Kia Ora
My next guest was thrown into a new path due to loss.
I get to sit down and capture the story behind the local, yearly Boise trails challenge and how that came to be.
As we suffer, sometimes new growth is formed.
I’m excited for our next guests story and for you and I to hear the growth.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
06/18/2023
Kia Ora
Welcome to episode thirty seven.
In this episode I introduce you to Masaru, my son.
Masaru just graduated from highschool last month and sits down with me and talks about the ups and downs of his short life here.
It was nice to sit and chat about his friends, school, church, family and sports. I’m glad you get to come listen to him and get to know me and my family a little more.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
06/11/2023
Kia Ora.
Where does 18 years go?
I’m not sure.
But my next guest will be this cutie pie in the middle here.
He’s now 18 and is gonna sit down and talk with his mumma. ♥️🥹
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
05/11/2023
Kia Ora.
Welcome to episode thirty six.
This is Ashlee.
Ashlee was a mother of five who thought she was living her dream with her husband and children.
One night, however, detectives came to her door and everything changed. Ashlee’s husband had been shot and killed at her local Walgreens.
Ashlee walks us through that chaotic night and her life moving forward since then.
The murder trail, her blog which has been published into books, her new found love and marriage, two more children, how she healed and more.
She’s been on Dateline NBC Dr. Phil and more.
Ashlee has a website where she coaches and helps those who have gone through trauma.
Her website and social media are on here and my blog.
I learned a lot from sitting and listening to Ashlee and I hope you will too.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou.
https://www.themomentswestand.com/
https://m.facebook.com/themomentswestand/
https://www.instagram.com/themomentswestand/?hl=en
https://amzn.to/42FOu0l
https://amzn.to/3nEE9Dm
https://www.themomentswestand.com/store
05/09/2023
Kia Ora
In this next story, my guest was featured on dateline, Dr. Phil, True crimes and more.
Her story is a surprising one that you wouldn’t believe.
I’m excited to introduce you to her and hear this story and her healing through it all.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
04/06/2023
Kia Ora
Welcome to my thirty fifth episode. ❤️
In this episode I talk about a breakthrough therapy session I had with Kate.
It was too good to not share with you all. It’s been a loooong winter here in Boise so I talk a little about how that’s been affecting me and my family.
Life is full of ups and downs and it’s how we get through those ups and downs that make us.
I talk about those ups and downs and hopefully share some insights that can help you feel supported, educated and loved.
Know you’re not alone in your struggles and we can pick ourselves up and keep going.
Thanks for your listens and for you’re support.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
04/05/2023
Kia Ora.
It’s time to be on the look 👀 out for episode thirty five with me. 😘
I’ll be editing it and getting it out in a few days hopefully 🤞🏽
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
03/20/2023
Kia Ora.
Welcome to episode 34 with my friend Phil.
Phil was brought up in California in a religious family.
He started feeling and knowing he was ‘different’ when he was around four years old.
Phil liked boys but he also knew that he needed to hide that to fit in.
Phil talks to us about his life of confusion as he tried to navigate his childhood.
Then when he became a teen he realized there was a name for how he was feeling. Gay.
He was met with bullying, however, when he confided in a trusted friend and his high school found out.
His days were met with violence and verbal abuse.
His parents kicked him out of home and then he became homeless.
He tried to make it work but one night gave up and attempted su***de.
He was saved and then found a new vigor for life and graduated high school and went to college.
Phil has been married to his husband since it was legal in Idaho and has been with James almost 22 years.
He’s now an educator for Paul Mitchell and is thriving.
Come listen to a story of courage and connect with Phil.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
03/15/2023
Kia Ora.
My friend Lacey interviewed me on her podcast.
Come listen.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elevate-the-individual/id1635661159?i=1000604295225
03/13/2023
Kia Ora
Coming soon will be a story about a lot of things.
My next guests story is about being gay, homeless, attempted su***de, bullying and coming out on top despite all odds.
I love him so much.
He’s made me feel and look beautiful for over a decade doing my hair.
Slowly he’s told me his story but not all of it till now.
I’m honored to have my next guest tell his story soon.
Can’t wait for you to hear him and love him like I do.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
02/25/2023
Kia Ora
So I’ve been working with two guests and their stories.
I really wanted another podcast out this month but their schedules aren’t facilitating that goal 😂
I have to remember I’m at the mercy of other people and their time, work, families etc.
So as much as I wanted my guests story done this month, and worked super hard to make it happen, it’s not going to.
Such is life.
But know that I have two amazing stories coming really soon and maybe March we’ll get them all 😂
Thanks for sticking with me.
Im excited for you to hear these wonderful, beautiful people
❤️
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
02/02/2023
Kia Ora
Welcome to my thirty-third episode. 😍This episode I take you to a kiwi summer, Wright styles!
Come listen to my recent trip back to the motherland of Aotearoa 🇳🇿
I hope each of you can go there one day. 🤩
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
02/01/2023
Kia Ora.
So it’s been a while since I’ve put out an episode. 👀
But I’ve just recorded the 33rd one and it should be out soon.
This one will be my story about my recent trip home 😍
Ka kite ano au i a koutou
12/01/2022
Kia Ora
It’s with all the sadness in my whole soul that I write this……..but the world just got a little darker today 5pm Boise time. Through tears that won’t stop falling I wanna tell you that Bro B passed away 😭
He called me Thanksgiving day to tell me he was in a facility and wasn’t breathing well and thought he only had a few days left. 😭
He told me he loved me and I was a light in his life among other things.
We couldn’t hold back the tears as we shared out last video together as long friends.
Words can’t express the hole I feel inside with the loss of such a great person.
What am I going to do without him? 😭 I’ll forever be grateful I captured his story and traveled to Brisbane to spend time with him.
I love him with all my heart and am so sad.
I’m so glad he was in my life.
HE was the light, HE was pure love, HE was joy and laughter. He was the best. To know Bro B was to love him.
My heart aches and goes out to his whanau.
If I feel like this, I can only imagine the loss they feel. ♥️😭❤️
Death is not the end, but it sure hurts to go without for a while.
So for now I’ll mourn the loss of one of the greatest people the world has seen.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou 😭 ❤️😞
10/11/2022
Kia Ora
Welcome to episode thirty two.
This is my friend from my childhood, Matthew.
We grew up together for almost the first decade of my life.
Then he moved, with his mother, to Hamilton.
That’s where things took a turn for the worst for him.
In his story, he recounts the bullying that happened to him in high school on a daily basis.
It made him want to take his own life. He’s here with us today, however, so he leads us on his journey of why he didn’t, and what life has looked like since that time.
It’s so important to be aware and kind. Matthew’s story is a reminder to be good to each other and to help and speak up where we can.
Come listen to his moving story.
Ka kite ano ou i a koutou
📸: ♥️
09/30/2022
Kia Ora
The effects of su***de is something I’ll live with my whole life. So with it being su***de awareness month I knew who’s story I wanted to share.
Hopefully you’ll enjoy episode 32 which will be coming out soon.
His story is one of bullying to the point of wanting to end his life.
But he didn’t.
I hope we all can find hope in our darkness.
Please seek help. You’re never alone.
Ka kite ano au i a koutou.
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