Should we bring intergenerational living back?

In this episode, I'm joined by two remarkable Indigenous Australians, Paul Ah Chee and Jessica Johannsen — custodians of the world's oldest continuous culture, with more than 65,000 years of caring for country.

Paul is a singer-songwriter and respected community leader whose career spans sport, arts, tourism, and business. His daughter, Jessica — a great friend of mine from school — is a general practitioner at the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, a primary healthcare service for Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory in outback Australia.

Both are leaders in their respective professions in their home of Mparntwe (Alice Springs).

Together, we yarn about Indigenous perspectives on living a meaningful life — exploring kinship, the deep ties between Country, spirituality, and responsibility, and the power of intergenerational care and learning.

While no single conversation can do full justice to the richness of Indigenous wisdom, this one begins to open the door to a more grounded and connected way of being.