Create Shift

In a world where we're constantly told to strive for more, bigger, better we think it's vital to slow down & to ask ourselves "is that ambition actually mine?" In this episode Ellen shares a powerful quote she recently stumbled across that encouraged her to reflect on ambition, everyday magic & the importance of making sure our ambitions are actually ones that feel amazing to us. For full...

In this episode we're discussing productivity, our relationships with it and how we're reframing our beliefs around it. If you feel like the way our society views productivity is messed up and needs to change, this is the episode for you! May it help you on your way to unhooking from the drive to constant productivity that's drilled into us from an early age. For full show notes including any link...

This episode is a little encouragement to support you on your journey with living life differently to how we're told it should go. A reminder that it takes courage to do this. It can often feel messy, slow and frustrating  - and that's okay. We share from our personal journeys with doing this work, and discuss what has helped us most along the way. For full show notes including any links and resou...

How would life be different if we allowed ourselves to put the good things first? If we oriented it towards our pleasure? This is what we discuss in this podcast episode, as well as why this feels so hard to do (because it's radical and counter-cultural). For full show notes including any links and resources referenced head to our website thegood-space.com. Click here to sign up to our newsletter...

We took a week off the podcast so we could prioritise our time working on something new that had come up. In this episode we share what that is, and how we realised that we'd not been in alignment with ourselves when we first put together our collaborative coaching package! We talk about how it feels to not be in alignment, and how different the energy can feel when you shift to acting in a way th...

This might just be the most powerful episode of the podcast to date, even though it's the shortest! We discuss one SUPER deep question: what if there was nothing wrong with you? This really gets to the heart of our work, and how we want to support you to live your lives. We hope you find this episode supportive, inspiring, powerful and maybe even challenging. If this question is prompting any ting...

In this episode we're talking all about the ego and how the practice of identifying with it less, and noticing when it's the one in the driver's seat has been helpful for us. We talk a bit about the ego in Yoga philosophy, and offer some ideas for ways to begin developing awareness around how it's showing up in your own life. For full show notes including any links and resources referenced head to...

In today's episode Kate and I discuss the phrase 'making your outsides match your insides' that Kate read in an email from Nicole Antoinette. It's a phrase that feels very aligned with the work we do here at The Good Space, supporting you to live a life connected to your true self. Listen for us sharing about our past selves, our journeys with becoming disaligned from ourselves and our current and...

In this episode we discuss values. Such a hot topic and a bit of a buzzword in the online coaching/personal development space. Kate shares some of the issues and sticking points she’s personally found with this idea of identifying a core set of values and living by them forever, and through this we explore some of the problems with this idea of values and what an alternative way of looking at it m...

In this final episode of the Work Magic mini-series, we talk more about how the Work Magic course is structured, what to expect each week, and reviews from the last time we ran the course.  We explain how we are taking a different approach to running this course to be more adaptable and work collaboratively with those who choose to join us, and the new accessible pricing structure available for th...

Welcome to the third episode in the Work Magic mini-series. We get curious about where our magic lies in our work life, and share our experiences of finding our magic and working in a more intentional way. We talk about how you can connect with the things that feel really fun and easeful to do in your work, the benefits of working in this way, and how you can feel good about your work whatever you...

Join us for the second episode in the Work Magic mini-series, where we discuss how it is often tricky to figure out what boundaries we want to put in place in our work life, and we offer some practical steps to start exploring your boundaries. Kate shares an exercise on how to use your thoughts and feelings to identify which boundaries feel good and which ones need changing. Links and Resources Re...

This podcast is the first in a 4 part mini-series, inspired by our course Work Magic. Over the next 4 episodes, we aim to give you an insight into the course and provide you with practical tools, inspiration and support to begin changing your relationship with work to one that is joyful and nourishing for you.  To begin, we crack open the belief that you need to be consistent to be successful. We...

Welcome back to the Create Shift podcast! We catch up on how we are feeling going into this new year, how we are looking after ourselves in this transitional phase, and what we have planned for The Good Space over the next few months.  P.S. Ellen asked whether bears are still hibernating…it looks like the answer is, it depends! “No one bear behaves like another, just as each winter is different.”...

In this episode I speak to creative coach and writer Elin Lööw about slow living, creativity, bringing slow living practices to creativity and being in the messy middle. For full show notes and links head here. Join my private Facebook community Create a Good Life to be part of a supportive community of others wanting to create a good life for themselves, and for the world around them.  Hosted on...

Hello and welcome back!  Consider this my comeback episode of Create Shift. It's been about a year since the last episode, and my how things have shifted. Today I welcome inner forest guide Giulia Mazzola to the show to interview me!  We talk about some big shifts that have happened in my business over the past year, as well as taking it way back to chart my journey of coming home to myself and my...

In this episode of Create Shift I talk to Misty Sansom, a life purpose coach all the way from New Zealand! Misty is a writer and life purpose coach who helps people to figure out exactly what they’re meant to do in life and how to make it happen. Her work has been featured on the Huffington Post, the Daily Guru and MindBodyGreen, and she teaches people how to find their purpose and bring it to lif...

In today's episode of Create Shift I chat with Sarah Von Bargen of yesandyes.org. Sarah is a writer and a coach, who helps people to spend their time, money and energy on purpose. I describe Sarah as a bit of a life guru, her website is such a treasure trove of practical and supportive blogs, e-books and course. I also find her Instagram a refreshing breath of fresh air, and a delight to engage wi...

In this episode of Create Shift I talk to Verity Gaida, a life coach, writer & slow living lover. On her website Verity uses these two beautiful phrases, that sum up her approach to life, work and everything in between. "I believe there is strength in stillness" "I believe in slow, soulful living" I really hope you enjoy our conversation and that it supports you in whatever way you need.  Elle...

In this final episode of season 6 of Create Shift I talk about how it's up to us to give ourselves permission to do what we want. I share my experience of wanting to create my own dosha quiz and feeling like I couldn't because I didn't have the relevant qualifications/experience (despite, in reality, having both). I discuss how the universe is singing with our dreams and desires (no matter how big...

In today's episode of Create Shift I speak with Catherine Gallagher who runs the global yoga brand Yoga with Catherine. I wanted to bring Catherine onto the show specifically as I think she embodies living yoga as more than just the physical practice we do on our mats. Catherine and I have a lovely conversation about how she brings yoga philosophy into her daily life to support her in running her...

Oh hello! Welcome to another solo episode of Create Shift. Continuing on with the theme of routines I've been focusing on lately, in this episode I talk specifically about morning and evening routines. This short episode follows on nicely from s6,ep4 where I talk about using Ayurveda to schedule your day as in this episode I discuss the dominant doshas in the evening. As I mention in S6,ep3 on the...

I was thrilled to interview Sara Tasker of Me&Orla for season 6 of the podcast. Sara has been a sort of mentor to me with my business, although we've never met. Reading about Sara's journey as a female entrepreneur establishing her business, then falling down a rabbit hole reading her blogs, opened my eyes to the possibility of being able to run the sort of business I wanted to create online....

Hello! Create Shift S6,ep4 is another short solo episode and something of a follow on from last episode 3 where I spoke about creating a daily routine. In this episode I talk about how we can use the wisdom of Ayurveda to help ourselves schedule our days and boost productivity. It's a pretty practical episode, that I hope offers a simple way to start brining Ayurvedic holistic living into your eve...

In today's solo episode of Create Shift I'm discussing the importance of routine, and how it's especially important in challenging times such as the current World Pandemic we're facing. I acknowledge the positives, and the issues with routines and share how I've gone about creating my new weekly routine and daily rhythms. I hope this short episode will support you in creating your own routines, or...