The Catherine Plano Podcast

Catherine Plano is here today with Kate Morris. Kate had the inspiration for Adore Beauty in 1999 at the age of 21. Having grown up in Launceston, Tasmania she had always bemoaned the fact that all the hottest beauty products mentioned in the magazines were only available to those who lived in the big cities. So what did she do? After studying a Bachelor of Business at Monash University while work...

Catherine Plano is here today with Erica King. Erica’s first entry into business started when she was 10 in hospitality with her family catering and restaurant businesses. From there, she worked as a make-up artist in film and television, travelling the world and rubbing shoulders with both Australian and international personalities. Erica also completed a thesis on tribal customs in New Guinea wh...

Catherine Plano is here today with Monica Kade. Monica Kade is the Director of The Moment HQ; a storytelling platform for professionals and businesses, which specialises in the human story. Monica has over 12 years experience in publishing, media and entrepreneurship. She’s inspired by the human spirit, creativity and connecting people to their dreams. Her philosophy in life is to share the...

Catherine Plano is here today with Jules Brooke. For the last fifteen years, Jules has been teaching small business owners and entrepreneurs how to grow their sales and get the phone ringing by getting featured for free in the media. She has owned and operated a number of small businesses herself and ran a PR agency specialising in small business clients, start-ups and entrepreneurs for well over...

Catherine Plano is here today with Anne-Sophie Dumetz. After leaving a pretty-on-paper communications career, Anne-Sophie Dumetz founded She’s a Changemaker, a platform and community for female entrepreneurs who feel called to change the world doing their soul’s work. Since then, she’s worked as a visibility strategist, message maven and professional bullshit slayer helping hundreds of women tap i...

Julie-Anne Black is here today with Karen Finnin, she is a Physiotherapist, and she specialises in helping health business owners to take their services online. In 2011 Karen launched Physios Online, Australia’s first entirely online Physiotherapy clinic. As a result of the success of Physios Online, Karen has become one of Australia’s leading authorities within the telehealth (online health consu...

Melissa Collins is here today with Leah Cotterel, Jazz and folk singer Leah Cotterell has appeared on TV and radio, playing concert halls and festivals. She has toured extensively in schools programs and developed as a songwriter through band projects with some of Australia’s best musicians. Over the last decade Leah has also produced music theatre presentations telling stories of social importanc...

Julie-Anne Black is here today with Emily Gowor. She is a multiple published author, professional speaker, trainer and mentor in life greatness, Emily is the Founder of the Institute for Inspiration and creator of the revolutionary tool in human potential, the Inspiration Formula. Devoted to seeing people find and fulfill upon their greatest aspirations, Emily harnessed her love of human psycholog...

Catherine Plano is here today with Melissa Collins. Melissa Collins grew up in Kedron in Brisbane when Kedron was a bit of a daggy place to live. The daughter of a detective, questions like: ‘why’, ‘how’, ‘where’ ‘what’ and ‘when’ usually had fascinating and sometimes gruesome answers, and this is how a storyteller was born. With a voice...

Catherine Plano is here today with Paula Shaw. With over ten years experience in working with individuals from all walks of life, Paula Shaw now finds it completely natural to be dedicating her life to being available for others. Paula’s intention is to guide people to real happiness and peace. The tools used during a ‘soul session’ to gather all the required information from your past, pres...

Catherine Plano is here today with Sharryn Napier. She is the Vice President and Regional Director for Qlik Australia and New Zealand. She is responsible for driving sustained growth and sales for Qlik and its data discovery business, in addition to providing strategic direction for the company across the Australia and New Zealand region. Sharryn has over 15 years’ experience in the IT industry an...

Catherine Plano is here today with Sarah Roocroft. She is obsessed with innovation and curious about all things new, clever and emerging. Sarah is the co-founder of Wired for Wonder which is Australia’s most innovative event series to inspire attendees and nurture thought leaders, moving beyond the boundaries of traditional business events. And brings together storytellers, inventors, dreame...

Julie-Anne Black is here today with Nkandu Beltz. Nkandu discovered from an early age that it’s in these little acts of kindness that we each have the power to make a positive and lasting change in the world. For over two decades, this passionate human rights activist has been a voice for the voiceless, and has found the courage to stand up for those who could not stand up for themselves ­ a...

Catherine Plano is here today with Catherine Cervasio. Catherine Cervasio launched the first natural baby skincare brand to combine the use of natural and organic ingredients, with neonatal research. Her brand, Aromababy, was launched over twenty years ago and has since been sold in Hong Kong, Singapore, China, South Korea, UAE, Taiwan and parts of Europe. Catherine is a presenter, freelance write...

Julie-Anne Black is here today with Niyc Pidgeon. Niyc is a Positive Psychologist and Success Coach, on a mission to help a million women change their lives using positive psychology by the year 2020. Her 30 Day Happiness Guide, Now Is Your Chance will be hitting the bookshelves soon with Hay House. Niyc is from the UK, where she recently won Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and is currently living...

Catherine Plano is here today with Colette Werden CEO & Founder of Colette Werden Australia; An agency that helps entrepreneurs and professionals that are great at what they do, get themselves out there confidently, so they can make their difference. Through personal branding, image development, communication training for stage and camera and website photography production. In 2014, Colette l...

Catherine Plano is here today with Natasha David. Sydneysider Natasha David explored many avenues of assistance to overcome the debilitating depression and anxiety she experienced following her husband’s suicide in 2005. Meditation, the Buteyko breathing technique and kinesiology were some of the tools she explored in her recovery from grief and heartbreak. The latter proved so successful in...

Catherine Plano is here today with Gordana Biernat, she is a Thinker, Seeker and Explorer of the Physical Reality. She cannot be labelled but she is often described as passionate, creative and audacious, constantly learning and searching. Gordana is curious, multicultural and multilingual. As a Speaker Gordana talks about the Perception of Reality, Consciousness, Creativity,Leadership and Art. As...

Catherine Plano is here today with Kemi Nekvapil, she is the world’s leading authority on Raw Beauty. She believes a woman’s unique beauty comes from who she is and the actions she chooses to take. As a speaker, coach and author, Kemi has worked in the wellness industry for more than 20 years. A pioneer of raw food in Australia, and an international speaker, Kemi runs events and retreats tha...

Catherine Plano is here today with Dr Linda Wilson, she is the ‘Author of ‘Stress Made Easy – Peeling Women off the Ceiling’. She consults and owns a multi-modality wellness practice and has an online program designed to assist women to reclaim themselves when life happens. As well as seeing clients one-on-one Linda is a corporate wellness consultant running tailored programs on stress management...

Catherine Plano is here today with Rosanna Lauria, she helps busy people get back in control of their health and beat overwhelm so they can get more out of their professional and personal life. Rosanna is a Corporate Wellness Advisor, Keynote Speaker, Facilitator and Founder of Recipe for Health, who partners with organisations to provide holistic education and resources for employees to achieve a...

Catherine Plano is here today with Sandy McDonald, she is a TEDx speaker, communications coach, blogger and author. She is director of Get It Right Online and founder and CEO of international charity, Create Care Global. After 22 years running a successful marketing communications company, she used purposeful blogging to start and build a global community that works to help the millions of childre...

Catherine Plano is here today with Pam Brossman, she is a 11 Times #1 Amazon Best Selling Author, Digital Media Speaker and Consultant. She has mentored and self-published over 60 Best Selling Authors from her Best Seller programs. Pam is a highly sought after speaker who loves spending time with successful entrepreneurs. She recently had the pleasure of spending time with Sir Richard Branson on h...

Catherine Plano is here today with Jayneen Sanders, she is an experienced classroom teacher, lead author for Engage Literacy (published by Capstone Classroom), mother of three daughters and the author of a number of children’s book on safe and unsafe touch such as ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept’ and ‘No Means No!’ Jayneen is a passionate advocate for Body Safety Education to be tau...

Julie-Anne Black is here today with Rebecca Coomes. She is an entrepreneur, author, coach and presenter. She is the founder of The Healthy Gut program, and is the author of the world’s first dedicated cookbook series for people suffering from Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). As Rebecca hit her mid 30’s she felt unwell, in pain and bloated. She was a successful marketer, wo...