Ep 3 - Jason Roberts

Now, we've got to, having worked with you for a couple of years now, we've been fortunate enough to see your, and I mean this genuinely, your huge heart for people, for other people, for others, for sharing your gifts and talents, for coming alongside people and supporting them.

You're a big mental health advocate.

You've done great work with us, with G'day Neighbor.

Tell us about...

Where that heart has come from and what inspires or motivates you to use your life in a way to give back and continue to do so, Jase?

I think a big part of who I am at the core is someone who just doesn't switch off.

I go to bed thinking.

When I started television, I used to go to bed at night thinking about how I could make someone laugh during the filming of that.

And at Channel 9, there was 15 episodes I had to film in a day.

So there was a lot of thinking.

But today, I'd say depending on the workload that I have, I give a lot of time to thinking how I can just be a better person.

I'm walking down the street without my phone in my hand and saying hello.

You don't always get a high back, but it's how can I show up for people? And ultimately, by doing that, I show up for myself.

So I think I started this entire podcast with you guys today is really the only currency in being a human is time.

So I give time mentally to thinking about how I can just be a better human.

It's not for everybody.

I look at my grandmother as the matriarch of our family and her journey when the Soviets had invaded Eastern Europe and she got on a boat that was fit to carry 500, but she was one of 1,500.

She had a six-week voyage to Wellington, New Zealand, along with 160 other Estonians after millions of Eastern Europeans were annihilated.

And I just think, look at the life that she had.

But moving on from there, as sad as it all sounds, she went on to live an incredible life and prosper and have children and became the heart of our family.

And so the only way I can honor her is to live life and acknowledge other people.

You've cooked for us in many different forums.

You've cooked at some of our aged care centers.

You've done plenty of early morning TV, breakfast TV for us and cooking beautiful food.

I think what aligns us with you so well, Jase, is we share similar values in the importance of connecting with each other over a meal.