Your Next Chapter - step into the next version of you

The most reassuring and empowering message I heard from Tanya Geisler in this most wholehearted conversation was “if you experience the Imposter Complex that means you’re high functioning with strong values of integrity and mastery”. Because REAL imposters, actual frauds, they don’t feel self-doubt at all as they barge forward with low capabilities but high confidence! But you, me and so many othe...

Karen Gunton is in her element right now, helping women to “build their lighthouses, and to shine their unique light brightly into the world”. Originally a teacher by trade, Karen has evolved over the years, changing not only professions, but countries, moving from Canada to Adelaide in South Australia. “When as I look backwards at the road so far and it gives me ideas about where I need to go nex...

When you first meet Erin, the thing that you notice almost instantly is her certainty, an air of confidence and focus that is overlaid with a deeply generous soul – she really wants you to have a life that feels expansive, satisfying and easeful and is eager to share her experiences and insights to help you along that path. Her energy is contagious and inspiring and this is one of THE most enjoyab...

If you are in business, you are in sales and that fact can be decidedly intimidating for many women,. In this episode I briefly cover 6 steps that can help take you from uncertainty and nervousness to clarity and confidence, into the world of Wholehearted Sales Conversations! Why is it that sales can be so tricky for us? I believe there are a few key reasons… Sometimes it’s because we entwine our...

Rebecca Flansberg was in the Office products industry for 30 years, working for two different companies from a pretty young age. It was a good career, solid and dependable. But she was beginning to feel not only stuck and dissatisfied, but also powerless, trapped by the belief that these were the only skills that she had. The Golden Handcuffs of a well-paid job where she was the major breadwinner...

Micaela Becattini is, in her own words “devoted to growth and evolution”, especially in the midst of significant challenge, something that she has rather a lot of first hand experience with! In 2004 Micaela moved to Australia from Italy and found moving countries to be an intense and challenging, especially the adaptation to a new culture and a new language. This Next Chapter in her life was disor...

Suzanne always knew she wanted to be a counselor, to help people, but when she shared that desire with someone important as a little girl, the negative reaction she was met with led her to bury that desire. It wasn’t until her late 30’s after a divorce that Suzanne reconnected with that buried dream and returned to University to study psychology. “It really wasn’t easy, with 3 kids and aging paren...

Are you a woman who’s feeling a little disillusioned by the way the business world is today? When you take a rare moment to slow down, to pause, are you aware of feeling increasingly disconnected from yourself, from community, from nature? And has the thought crossed your mind that there must be a better way? That there’s ample evidence that classic capitalism and our patriarchal society just aren...

In 2008 Christine Weston was lost and flummoxed. She hadn’t anticipated her marriage ending and was not sure of what she was going to do next - she had been out of the workforce for fifteen years as she focused on her role as a Mother.  “I needed to create an income, but fear and a lack of confidence were my biggest challenges and I became painfully aware that for women, there is equally a cost in...

Loralee Hutton was treading the path of corporate success in the dot com era. Immersed in eighty hour work weeks, she was part of the work hard and play hard team and thrived on the camaraderie and sense of achievement. Her experience and expertise then paved the way to starting her own business in software training and she welcomed the anticipated freedom, flexibility and change of pace. Only it...

Maya had an energetic career in film and TV casting and as a professional singer in New York and Asia before stepping into fulltime motherhood,. After almost 8 years in this life role, she realised that she was ready for more again and wanted a business she could build and manage from home. She didn’t know what that was going to be and so she “put it out to the Universe” and began the research jou...

Maria Allyn was feeling the impact of menopause significantly. It felt like a reckoning of sorts where a cloud descended for some time both physically and emotionally.  She realized the roles she had been playing throughout her life, the roles of wife and mother and employee had buried her authentic self and that is was time to take the steps to reclaim who she was. Midlife was triggering this eva...

I am a HUGE book fiend, usually with 3 or 4 on the go at once and I’ve decided that I’d like to provide a review of some of my favourites here on the Podcast each month that I strongly feel will make a contribution to your Next Chapter Business and Life. This month I’m sharing “The Abundance Code” – How to bust the 7 Money Myths for a rich life now by Julie Ann Cairns. I listened to an interview w...

Caroline was waiting for the lightbulb moment– “I was searching for that magical space between passion and purpose, but I just kept hitting brick walls until I realised that it doesn’t have to be a HUGE moment – all I had to do was become aware of what kept drawing me in and follow that. But what an emotional roller coaster it was until then!”. In this wholehearted conversation Caroline and I expl...

“Mindfulness is like turning a light on in a dark room. Once you have, it makes a lot of other things possible”. That’s a quote from Dr Craig Hased that Sonja Keller shares with us in this weeks wholehearted conversation and as we dug down into this simple but powerful concept, I began to more deeply appreciate the impact the practice of Mindfulness can have on all aspects of our business and life...

When Liz Scully was working long and frantic hours juggling teams of up to 200 people producing special effects for Hollywood films she was absolutely in her zone of genius. An Emmy and several Oscar nominations for her work aptly illustrated that fact. But since she was building her own “escape tunnel” on the side, “Rethink Retreats” that were designed to “help people lead less stressful lives”,...

There’s been something brewing in the air lately. Change is afoot, many of us are feeling this new energy and it can be unsettling. Old stories reemerge. Old feelings turn up again. New desires and new directions tease us and we’re not sure if we can go there or not. I’ve had many conversations over the past few weeks about this disquiet. Perhaps it’s been because so many planets are in retrograde...

When Caroline first left school she did what any of us did – under the caring guidance of her parents, she succumbed to the pressure of pursuing a career that offered safety and a “good income”. This traditional pathway that many of us know so well worked for awhile…. Until that slow sense of recognition of the truth kicked in – “I’m just not happy doing what I’m doing”. Something had to change. A...

“My intention is to live a vibrant life with curiosity”. Tammy Roth is a courageous woman, a woman who understands thevalue of learning from your past. At five years sober, “cruisingalong and enjoying being substance free”, Tammy was an author,aRetreat Leader and the Clinical Director of a women’s recoverycentre. Life was looking good. But self-awareness is a gradual journey and she eventually had...

“Women die in their 50’s but aren’t buried til their 80’s”. It was this quote that Sharleen Greer credits as one of her Awakening Moments, the realisation that she had more than 30 years ahead of her and she wanted them to be great years. Full years. Courageous years. Not long after this she read “The Big Leap” by Gay Hendricks and found powerful questions in this book that she could not answer. T...

In her first chapters, Kristy Smith was all about service. She worked in hospitality managing teams and organising functions and conferences and in hospital administration, responsible for up to 100 people at a time. Kristy saw first hand how important it was to build relationships and become a trusted, reliable source of information and results. But she also saw how many people, herself included,...

Nikki White has always had an exceptional knack for organisation, productivity and getting things done… but this traditional approach has been enriched with a philosophical twist as she has stepped into her own Next Chapter and redefined success on her terms. In the first chapters of her working life Nikki worked as a receptionist and PA, honing her administration skills. Once marriage and childre...

Melissa had one of those moments show up - a doorway into a new possibility opened when she realised that she did not want to go back to her "Before Kids" Corporate life. She asked herself the question "What don't I want to do?" and knew that it was time for her authentic voice to be heard. She took a deep breath, looked at her skills and listened to her heart. This pause...

Maria Doyle is one of the most passionate women I have ever interviewed. Refreshingly candid, she is completely dedicated to facilitating "Quality Learning Experiences"  that create real change in the world. Maria takes the guesswork out of how to create a powerful learning journey so you can deliver 5-star courses, workshops and presentations. I have personally worked with Maria and exp...

Kylie Patchett had a “chiropractic adjustment of the soul” back in 2012 when her Father passed away and she realised with a jolt that he had lived a life out of obligation and duty, never allowing who he truly was to emerge. She was following in his footsteps and it was not working. But to leave her Corporate role, the security and the prestige of significant achievement, was that a good idea? She...