IQ Meets EQ Podcast

Celebrating self-love month this February (instead of Valentine’s Day), Jacqui interviews Tina Bruce to talk about learning to love thyself. Tina Bruce is an Author, Intuitive Mentor, Yoga Teacher, Retreat Leader and Rebirthing Breathwork Therapist. Her career spans twenty years working in the health industry including ten years as a trained clinical cardiac technician in medical devices. Her expe...

Speaking with a fellow country-girl, Jacqui welcomes forensic accountant Kellie Badge for a chat and then debriefs with Ush. Kellie Badge is a Director of Forensic Solutions Litigation Support and specialises in providing expert accounting reports to assist in settling disputes. Kellie is often preparing valuations of businesses operated by Husbands and Wives that are divorcing so that they have a...

Speaking with another powerful female leader and successful business owner, Jacqui is particularly intrigued by Bianca’s lasting business partnerships and her diverse interests. Bianca Dowdell-Munro has enjoyed a successful business career that has spanned the last 20 years.  With a range of diverse roles across a multitude of different industries, Bianca has owned businesses in the wealth managem...

Changing it up a bit, Jacqui and Ush reflect on 2020. They talk about the changes that this year has brought and forced on each of them, their routines, their health and family life, their leadership and their businesses.   If you want to #joinjacqui for January fitness classes with all proceeds going to Cancer Council: https://www.facebook.com/tbalaw/?view_public_for=844518822259288  

In this episode, Jacqui interviews another pioneering lawyer, Zinta Harris. 25 years ago, Zinta’s very first case was a bitter estate battle that ended in court. She saw first-hand how fighting over money completely destroyed a family and left a hard earned inheritance in tatters, after paying huge legal bills. That set her on a path to find a better way to help grieving families deal with the fal...

This episode, Jacqui speaks with Emma Heuston from The Remote Expert. In 2011 Emma Heuston was on the traditional lawyer corporate path with an office job in a boutique law firm on the North Shore of Sydney. In late 2013, Emma and her young family had a sea change to far northern New South Wales. After the sea change, Emma worked remotely at partner level in a law firm for a number of years but it...

In this episode, Jacqui turns her mind to leadership again when interviewing guest Jenna Yeats. Jenna is a Group Manager for Metro Trains, Melbourne. She is a focussed and results-driven team player with relevant tertiary qualifications (an MBA) and demonstrated experience applying leadership practices to optimise individual and team performance. Jenna is passionate about ensuring the successful c...

T his episode features another woman who has created her own business, and in this case her own unique product as well. Like many women her age Suzanne Carroll came from humble beginnings and started out at secretarial school. She completed a business diploma and worked for various corporations, selling advertising for big brands.  After many years (she won't say how long exactly) working in the c...

In this episode, Jacqui speaks with a woman who is having a baby and starting a business! Kate Fairley is a general insurance broker based in regional Victoria who recently gave birth to her second child while launching her new business, Macedon Ranges Insurance. Kate has a gift for breaking down complex insurance issues and giving clear and concise answers to help her clients make informed decisi...

In this episode, the discussion turns to creativity and the benefit of using the whole brain. Dr Cathryn Lloyd Founded Maverick Minds after experimenting with the intersection of creative, academic and business principles at one of London’s leading art and design universities. She realised that creativity and art could be used as a central methodology to solve complex business problems and inspire...

In this episode, we explore leadership deeply. Karissa has embarked on a mining career spanning 15 years that started as a geologist and ended as a Mining Manager, taking Karissa to Victoria, Queensland and the NT.  Seeing first-hand what delivering leadership development training to people in frontline leadership roles can do led Karissa to find and fulfill her own purpose.  Karissa is passionate...

Courtney is the founder and principal lawyer at Her Lawyer, a virtual law firm for ambitious women in business. With over a decade of experience in legal and consulting, Courtney brings her commercial mindsight and legal expertise to provide clients with high value, strategic advice. Courtney is passionate about helping women in business and achieving gender equality.   Her Lawyer’s  team of frien...

Tara puts the human back into the way we work!…She has built an extensive career around building life-long learning, application of knowledge, human capital development and building collaborative communities.  She is a passionate advocate for building regional economic sustainability by developing grassroots business skills and finding ways to connect business owners across our vast land. With ove...

In this episode, Ush interviews her copywriter BFF who is helping develop the EQ Academy website. Rashida Tayabali is a copywriter for female entrepreneurs. She specialises in helping women entrepreneurs say what they do, how they do it and why they do it best using the right words. So if you have a powerful story you want to share or are making a real difference in the world with your product or...

In this episode, Jacqui speaks with Kerry Ashbrook from Life You Choose, and then Ush and Jacqui debrief. Kerry Ashbrook is the founder of Life You Choose and is leading the Financial Movement for women. Kerry wants all women to understand the systemic issues we face and the financial reality for women in Australia. Kerry built her corporate career leading organisational transformations and develo...

In this episode, Jacqui speaks with Karen Finch from Legally Yours, and then Ush and Jacqui debrief. Karen is a non-practising lawyer, entrepreneur and legal tech founder. Karen qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia in 2003.  Since this time, Karen has gained experience within the legal industry across a variety of different roles,...

In this episode, Jacqui interviews a lawyer who has changed her career direction, to be more fulfilled by what she does, and create better results for the people she works with. Anne-Marie Cade is a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner / Nationally Accredited Mediator, Certified Divorce Coach, High Conflict Coach, Lawyer and founder of Divorce Right. As a coach she works with clients to help the...

In this episode, Jacqui and Ush debrief after Jacqui speaks with Tanya Camilleri.  Tanya is an experienced corporate facilitator, neuroscience coach and keynote speaker with a clear passion for people development. Tanya is a trained and qualified Neuroscience Coach and has her Associate Certified Coach accreditation through the International Coach Federation. She has current coaching clients at a...

This episode features a wonderful conversation with Maree McPherson, and then a rewarding debrief between Jacqui and Ush. Seeing you and your teams create your own opportunities is Maree McPherson’s objective. She is passionate about people creating possibility in regional and rural areas. Having felt on her own skin the challenges and joys that you describe is the thing that sets Mareea part. She...

In this episode, Jacqui speaks with a woman that completes our STEM goal. WE’ve spoken with a couple of engineers, a scientist, a mathematician, and NOW also with a woman in the tech industry.   Raine Gaisford is the Founder and CEO of LimeHub , a niche B2B marketing agency, and the Co-founder of SieMo , a pre-launch strategic marketing software startup. Raine is an innovative and driven marketer,...

In this episode, Jacqui speaks with Lutfiye Tahseen, and then Ush and Jacqui debrief. Having completed a Bachelor of Science- Biomedical Science, a Grad. Dip. Science- Psychology (Neuroscience) Lutfiye felt like she was a square peg in a round hole. While the area was interesting, the industry itself wasn't the right fit for her. When her husband suddenly became ill and dependent on her, Lutfiye f...

This episode, Jacqui speaks with Deb Smith, and Ush and Jacqui debrief. We take the conversation somewhere we haven’t talked about on the podcast before - The Law of Attraction.   Deb Smith is an award winning mortgage broker. Her focus is on helping her clients to “get smart” about their mortgage so they can not only comfortably manage their home loan, but potentially have the opportunity to beco...

In this episode, we have a great mathematician, to get our ‘M’ in STEM women. Nahid Banihashemi has a growth mindset - she takes responsibility for building up a better version of herself in order to contribute more and reach a full potential. Nahid have realized that mathematics comes naturally to her - it’s like playing a game . So she ended up completing all her degrees -Bachelor , Master and P...

This episode Usb speaks with Rebecca Saunders, and then she and Jacqui debrief. It’s a really practical episode about some video marketing strategies. With a background in journalism and digital marketing, Rebecca spread her wings into video when she founded Deli Agency in 2012. This allowed her to master the filming and editing process, research best practices and become a key partner in growing...

This fortnight, Jacqui speaks with Fiona Redding who is the Happiness Hunter. Fiona is a mindset coach, a speaker, facilitator, podcaster and author. Nearly seven years ago nothing was working in any area of her life. She was at home with two tiny kids, drinking everyday, unfit and unhealthy. She had issues with our finances and she was unable to get to work. Fiona woke up one morning thinking, “H...