It Takes Heart

Samantha Miklos, Kate Coomber

ittakesheart@cmr.com.au

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Booking Overview

It Takes Heart is a healthcare-focused series built around human, behind-the-scenes experiences from nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, and healthcare leaders across Australia. It’s a strong booking fit for guests who can share real practice insights—especially around rural care, cultural safety, and system-level change—through credible professional stories.

Metrics

Episodes: 46

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: Australia

YouTube: 15 subscribers

Instagram: 1.4k followers

Contact Information

ittakesheart@cmr.com.au

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Host

Samantha Miklos - Co-host of It Takes Heart, recorded at cmr (Cornerstone Medical Recruitment) head office in Brisbane; focuses on connecting the Australian healthcare community through practical, human conversation...

Kate Coomber - Co-host of It Takes Heart; partners with Samantha Miklos to produce honest, healthcare community-focused conversations that highlight the realities of caring for others and the people behind the pr...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Healthcare practitioners (nurses, doctors, allied health) or healthcare leaders/changemakers with lived experience in clinical or system settings; increasingly includes professionals with distinct community or cultural expertise (e.g., First Nations care) or global/humanitarian experience (e.g., MSF). Guests should be able to translate their work into clear, human takeaways for healthcare audiences.
Required Achievements:  
Significant years of frontline practice (often 10+ years), Demonstrated service impact in rural, emergency, or community settings, Documented international or humanitarian service experience (e.g., MSF), Leadership or community partnership work (e.g., grassroots charity involvement), Public-facing credibility through professional profile or credible career pivot with relevance to healthcare identity

Recent Guest Discussions

Dr Justine Cain - Humanitarian Healthcare, Global Health Careers, Adapting Across Healthcare Systems And Cultures, Teamwork And Practical Lessons From Humanitarian Work

Rachel McLeod - Spirituality And Healing In Healthcare, Cultural Understanding, Communication Barriers, Cultural Safety, Leadership In Rural Emergency Settings, Listening-centered Care

Georgie Carroll - Career Identity Shift Out Of Nursing, Humour And Connection, Coping With Healthcare Intensity Via Comedy, Life After Nursing And Finding Joy

Recent Topics

Nursing, Healthcare, Indigenous Health, Rural Health, Global Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
It Takes Heart
:

45. Bek Woodbine Returns: Chronic Pain, Nursing and Finding a New Way Forward

June 23, 2026

Bek Woodbine returns to It Takes Heart for a deeply honest conversation about chronic pain, recovery and finding a new way forward.Since her last episode, Bek has undergone major back surgery and has been learning to live with the physical and emotional impact of chronic pain. As a nurse practitioner and host of Tenderness for Nurses, Bek shares what it feels like when the helper needs help, how pain can change your sense of self, and why learning to accept support has become part of her next...

44. Julie Quade on Leading Stronger Healthcare Teams

June 09, 2026

What does great healthcare leadership look like when teams are stretched, resources are tight, and patient care is always the priority? In this thoughtful conversation, Julie Quade, trained dietitian and Allied Health Manager for Northern New South Wales Health, shares how her rural upbringing and early career in allied health shaped her approach to leadership. Julie reflects on the shift from supporting patients one-on-one to influencing care at scale by growing strong teams, creating psycho...

43. What's It Really Like Working for Doctors Without Borders? | Dr Justine Cain

May 26, 2026

Most doctors spend their careers working within one healthcare system. Dr Justine Cain chose to take her skills across borders. Through her work with Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières/MSF), she has cared for refugee communities in Lebanon, supported emergency responses in India, and discovered lessons about medicine that can't be learned from a textbook.Justine takes us behind the scenes of life with Doctors Without Borders, sharing the realities of humanitarian healthcar...

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