The Rainforest: Bonny Morlak
from Fearless Conversations Hosted by Dimitri Antonopoulos, Damian Karaula, and Bonny Morlak
In this conversation, Bonny traces a life lived at full stretch: from stage designer in Cold War Berlin to web pioneer on the Sunshine Coast; from a rainforest off-grid in the Queensland hinterland, to the 61st floor of a Manhattan skyscraper — and the burnout that finally brought him to his knees. What emerges is a conversation about identity, stillness, the cost of people-pleasing, and what it actually means to grow up — as a man, a father, a leader. We talk about: * The childhood question that shapes who you become — whose love did you crave, and what did you have to do to get it? * Fast dopamine, the slot machine hidden in your phone, and why sitting under a tree might be the most radical act available to us * Three and a half years living without walls in a Queensland rainforest — and what nature quietly teaches you * The startup culture of performing confidence while the kitchen burns * Depression, burnout, and the fetal position that changed everything * Why nothing f***s up a startup quicker than running out of happiness * The one word swap that gives you your life back — replacing “I have to” with “I want to” * What real vulnerability looks like in leadership * Becoming best friends with your worst case scenario * And at 60, being the closest he’s ever been to knowing who he actually is Get full access to March First at marchfirst.substack.com/subscribe
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