🎙️ The Ando & Co Podcast

Honest conversations about personal growth, resilience, business, and the art of living a meaningful life — hosted by Chris Andersen from Brisbane, Australia.

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49 Episodes

EP 48 ✨ Reflections

Opening Up

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on opening up

⏱ 7 min 3 sec
EP 47 ✨ Reflections

4:44 AM

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on 4:44 am

⏱ 2 min 32 sec
EP 46 📖 Midlife Memoirs

Midlife Memoirs - Setting Yourself Up for The Second Half

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on midlife memoirs - setting yourself up for the second half

⏱ 31 min 4 sec
EP 45 💡 Personal Development

Developing the Mental Fortitude to Get Back Up

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on developing the mental fortitude to get back up

⏱ 3 min 10 sec
EP 44 🎤 Interview

Dr Joni Sytsma - CEO at Rocket Fast Drones & Outer Loop Engineering

It's not every day you get to meet a rocket scientist but I was lucky to live in the same building as one! After a few interesting chats about spac...

⏱ 1 hr 8 min
EP 43 ✨ Reflections

Own Your Everest.

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on own your everest.

⏱ 4 min 51 sec
EP 42 ✨ Reflections

Go Slow Guided Journey

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on go slow guided journey

⏱ 2 min 54 sec
EP 41 💡 Personal Development

Why is it so important to show up as yourself?

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on why is it so important to show up as yourself?

⏱ 10 min 7 sec
EP 40 💡 Personal Development

Become a Master

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on become a master

⏱ 5 min 18 sec
EP 39 ✨ Reflections

There's no shame in just being you...

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on there's no shame in just being you...

⏱ 2 min 50 sec
EP 38 ✨ Reflections

Christian "Cookie" Cook - The Sales Monster

Could the big Cookie be the funniest man in Brisbane? He's certainly up there!.

⏱ 49 min 32 sec
EP 37 ✨ Reflections

My story up til now... (2025)

a little bit more about me...

⏱ 18 min 12 sec
EP 36 💡 Personal Development

Learning to Relax

Richard Bandler, one of the creators of NLP wrote the script for this Hypnosis and I've read it from one of his books. Within about 15 minutes you'...

⏱ 16 min 5 sec
EP 35 🎤 Interview

Scotty Bould - Turning FIFO into Financial Freedom

Scotty Bould was early onto the FIFO scene in Queensland and was quick to decide that he could turn his extra cash into some lucrative investments ...

⏱ 1 hr 26 min
EP 34 🎤 Interview

Candice Bould - The Lounge & Co Salons

Candice Bould created The Lounge & Co in 2015 to build an environment where the best of hair, service and luxury can meet and you can benefit from ...

⏱ 1 hr 4 min
EP 33 🎤 Interview

Paul from Beers With Mates - Living an Adventurous Life & Rebuilding After Breakup

As the host of Beers With Mates, I get to meet a wide range of lovely, exciting, interesting people.

⏱ 1 hr 36 min
EP 32 ✨ Reflections

Becoming a More Loving Person with Bernie Kelly

Bernie Kelly is one of the fantastic people I've been able to meet through Beers With Mates.

⏱ 1 hr 9 min
EP 31 💡 Personal Development

Owning Your Story

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on owning your story

⏱ 19 min 49 sec
EP 30 💡 Personal Development

How to Help Someone Feel Happier

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on how to help someone feel happier

⏱ 8 min 55 sec
EP 29 💡 Personal Development

How to Manage Your Mood

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on how to manage your mood

⏱ 9 min 27 sec
EP 28 💡 Personal Development

How to Become More Self-Sufficient

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on how to become more self-sufficient

⏱ 12 min 35 sec
EP 27 💡 Personal Development

How to Rebuild Confidence After a Breakup

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on how to rebuild confidence after a breakup

⏱ 11 min 51 sec
EP 26 💡 Personal Development

How to Turn a Stranger into a Friend

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on how to turn a stranger into a friend

⏱ 8 min 28 sec
EP 25 ✨ Reflections

Marcel von Pfyffer - How Does Inflation Affect Financial Markets

Marcel covered off on what happened in financial markets in 2022 in our last podcast.

⏱ 28 min 6 sec
EP 24 🎤 Interview

Chris Gostling - Exploring the Creative Path Less Travelled

Chris Gostling is the Creative Director at Momentum Visual, a company he founded over 20 years ago.

⏱ 1 hr 19 min
EP 23 ✨ Reflections

Jamie and Jacklyn Purvis - Be Do Have Movement

Listen in while father and daughter duo, Jamie & Jacklyn Purvis, tell the story of how they setup the Be Do Have Movement to serve salespeople and ...

⏱ 55 min 36 sec
EP 22 🎤 Interview

South East Queensland Property Update with Mark Wist

Mark Wist brings 30 years of real estate advisory experience to the table in this conversation and he usually works to develop investment strategy ...

⏱ 47 min 30 sec
EP 21 🎤 Interview

Navigating Career Changes with Laura Heilbronn

Somewhere along the way, you're likely to realise you're in the wrong career. How do you handle that? Laura Heilbronn and I discuss how it all play...

⏱ 52 min 53 sec
EP 20 🎤 Interview

Colin Campbell from Keller Williams Realty

I was lucky enough to meet Colin Campbell while I was in an NLP training program called Bold while we both worked at Keller Williams in Toronto, Ca...

⏱ 53 min 7 sec
EP 19 🍺 Beers With Mates

The Aether Brewing Story

Sit down and enjoy some beers while listening to Dave, George and Rich tell the Aether Brewing Story - between them, they make up the Owner (Dave),...

⏱ 26 min 25 sec
EP 18 🎤 Interview

Cheyne & Jarrett from Happy Valley Brewing

Sit down and enjoy a beer while listening to Cheyne and Jarrett tell the story of how Happy Valley Brewing launched their brewery in 2020 in the he...

⏱ 32 min 13 sec
EP 17 🎤 Interview

Michael Lucas - Easts Rugby Union

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on michael lucas - easts rugby union

⏱ 30 min 19 sec
EP 16 🎤 Interview

Tim Franklin - The Man Who Runs The World

Chris Andersen shares thoughts on tim franklin - the man who runs the world

⏱ 32 min 16 sec
EP 15 🎤 Interview

Jenna Britton - Writing Your Way Through

I was lucky enough to meet Jenna about 8 years ago at Camp Goodlife Project when we were both going through transitional periods in our lives at ju...

⏱ 49 min 53 sec
EP 14 🍺 Beers With Mates

Luke Dixon from Soapbox Beer

Sit down and enjoy a beer while listening to Luke tell the story of how Soapbox Beer got off the ground after the founders met as parents at their ...

⏱ 42 min 19 sec
EP 13 ✨ Reflections

Taking Risks and Tackling Challenges Together

I've been running Beers With Mates for almost four years now but I still don't think I've properly explained what it is or the benefits that can be...

⏱ 9 min 13 sec
EP 12a 🎤 Interview

Ermos Erotocritou - Sales Wisdom from Toronto

Ermos Erotocritou was my first ever sales leader at the midtown branch of Investors Group, a financial business in Toronto, Canada. After proving h...

⏱ 1 hr 17 min
EP 12b ✨ Reflections

Excitable - Thriving With Bipolar

I’ve been running Beers With Mates for three years now and when we went through the process of creating the logo and slogan, a few mates and I put ...

⏱ 48 min 5 sec
EP 11 🎤 Interview

Russell Peter - Pure Real Estate

In this interview, I spoke with Russell about how his career evolved from an early school leaver in South Australia to a butcher's apprentice and t...

⏱ 35 min 9 sec
EP 10 🎤 Interview

Grant Menzies from Adina Watches

Grant Menzies, General Manager of Adina Watches, tells the story of how his dad, Bob Menzies, setup the business in 1971 and how the business and t...

⏱ 49 min 25 sec
EP 09 🎤 Interview

Jos Aguiar - Online Marketer

Jos Aguiar is a Brisbane based online marketer who works predominantly with international companies. His career started in film during high school,...

⏱ 44 min 35 sec
EP 08 🎤 Interview

Coraline Dufroux from Innova Services

Coraline Dufroux has achieved a lot in a short time.

⏱ 1 hr 7 min
EP 07 🎤 Interview

Brandon Newby - Finding Your Way

Life is a gradual process of becoming yourself.

⏱ 50 min 36 sec
EP 06 🎤 Interview

Mark Wist - Property Investing

Would you like to learn more about real estate investing? Are you wondering where you should be living in Australia and which of the capital cities...

⏱ 46 min 41 sec
EP 05 🎤 Interview

Andrew Slack - Australian Rugby Legend

Andrew Slack captained the Wallabies through one of our greatest Rugby periods. I sat down with him to find out what it takes to captain the Wallab...

⏱ 39 min 4 sec
EP 04 🎤 Interview

Richard Triggs - Arete Executive

Are you trying to work your way up the corporate ladder? Do you know what skills and habits it takes to set you up for success? Do you have the rig...

⏱ 1 hr 6 min
EP 03 🎤 Interview

Peter Mastroianni - Loans Only

Here's Peter Mastroianni, founder of www.loansonly.com.au, Rentvesting and The Buyers Guide to share his story and overall perspective on the curre...

⏱ 52 min 3 sec
EP 02 🎤 Interview

Gordon Bailey - A & A Accounting

Gordon Bailey has been running A&A Accounting for over 25 years.

⏱ 57 min 35 sec
EP 01 🎤 Interview

Justin Hume - Knowledgeflux

Justin Hume and I recorded the first of a series of interviews I'll be hosting on my quest to find the best and brightest Aussies. Justin creates i...

⏱ 38 min 33 sec

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