Unscript: The Radical Act of Being Yourself

Christian O'Connell has been broadcasting live, without a script, for nearly thirty years. He is the only host to have a hit #1 radio show in two countries—the UK and Australia. He has dedicated his life to connecting for a living, and living for connection. He currently hosts Australia’s first National Breakfast show. He lives in Melbourne with his wife Sarah, their two daughters, a mega-cat called Larry, and a dog he was conned into getting.

In Unscript, Christian shows how invisible scripts — handed to us by family, culture and fear —
quietly run our conversations, our relationships and our lives. We perform when we could be
present. We impress when we could express. And the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be keeps growing. With his WAVES framework — Wonder, Attune, Vulnerability, Enjoy and Surf — Christian offers a way back. Not to a better version of yourself, but to the real one. The one that was always there, underneath the act. The real you — unpolished, unscripted and gloriously imperfect — is not the problem. You don't need to become someone new. You just need to remember who you already are.

Because your magic is in the mess.

Come and meet Christian and get a signed copy of his new book Unscript: The Radical Act of Being Yoursel, in-centre at Cook and Young Booksellers.

Date: Saturday, 15 August
Time: 12pm - 2pm
Location: Level 3, at Cook and Young Booksellers, near the AFL Store