The Health Leader Podcast

James is back but instead of solely focusing on lessons he's learnt in business, he shares insights into what Covid-19 and the many lockdowns taught and continue to teach him about himself. He talks about how his goal driven nature can both serve him and the business but can also challenge him during chaotic events or situations outside of his control. Listen in as James shares how getting into wa...

Over her 13 years as a practitioner, Nikita Hill loves how everyone is so individual and so different as to what comes to the forefront when you give them adequate space to 'be'. Even after all these years this keeps Nikita fascinated as a practitioner, "you just never know what's coming!" Listen in as Nikita shares her personal and business journey, following a trip to Bali that left her with an...

Christine Knox is an online trainer for massage therapists who helps massage therapists amplify their influence in the world through modalities and their business. In this episode Christine shares with us specific challenges she's faced starting and growing her own business. Listen in as Christine recalls the first ad she put in the post office window and feeling terrified about having her first c...

Myotherapist and clinic co-owner Lucinda Richards lives in Melbourne, Australia, and has been through SEVEN Covid lockdowns including one lasting more than 270 days. With a business partner, team and family all thrown into chaos she discovered that they needed to intentionally work on their relationships, connection and self-knowledge if they were to grow and thrive.   From this experience Lu shar...

If you listen to this podcast regularly you'll know that James Crook is business coach for massage therapists - and also a marketer, author and mentor with a passion to help small businesses get their gifts out to the world. But this episode is a little different. Here, James shares some of the most challenging times that he's experienced in business, where he made mistakes that nearly cost him hi...

Being a life coach as well as a remedial massage therapist, Fi Hanson has years of experience helping people both physically and mentally. In this episode Fiona shares the journey of what she's been able to create in her life and the incredible goals that she's achieved despite the challenges she has faced. Fi also talks us through some of the incredible life lessons that she's learned – some by d...

Hugh Churchward is a psychotherapist and bodyworker with an extensive career spanning over 20 years. He is privileged to journey with people in and out of trauma - including refugees, returned servicemen, and even sexual assault survivors. Hugh's experience has been a deep journey, and in this interview he shares his life, business and vulnerabilities, and how they relate and intertwine. Listen in...

After working in the local government for 16 years, David jumped into remedial massage to have a much more heartfelt connection with the people around him. He is an exceptional therapist who also does Craniosacral work. Aside from a remedial massage qualification, David also has a bachelor of applied science among others and a black belt in Japanese jujitsu. Listen in as he shares with us some sto...

Leighanne is a remedial massage therapist turned wellness coach. Her mission is to help people live with purpose, positivity and joy, so that our lived experience doesn't have to define us forever. And Leighanne's journey into coaching has been anything but easy! She went through an INCREDIBLY challenging situation after buying a commercial property only to discover that it needed to be CONDEMNED....

Amanda Da-Silva is an oncology massage therapist who specialises in breast cancer recovery. She supports people during their treatment and recovery journey by using manual lymphatic drainage and other message techniques. In this innterview Amanda recounts her transition from studying archeology to massage and manual lymphatic drainage, and how she is now giong even one step further into training a...

Believe it or not, before becoming a massage therapist Brooke Allen was a DJ, audio engineer, and corporate finance banker. His journey of discovery lead him to begin bodywork after training in martial arts throughout Asia, so it's not surprising that his practice integrates massage and Eastern therapies. Being at the connection of these different energies gives Brooke a particular type of insight...

Karen Robertson is an experienced massage therapist as well as a practitioner and trainer in myofunctional manual lymphatic drainage (Myo-MLD). She has a big passion and heart for this technique itself and for the benefits it has for a wide array of clients. Listen to Karen's story of how she started in massage and then began her work with Myo-MLD, and how this technique specifically has impacted...

Are you having issues with your booking software?   Do you need new clinic management software? The software that handles your booking calendar and client data is integral for any health business, and when it's working well it makes it easier for you to manage your business AND simpler for clients to book themselves in.   In a recent survey we found a wide spread of software being used, but one of...

Dr. Ash Connell is a chiropractor and martial artist who looks at the way that manual therapy works on the nervous system and how that can support amazing changes and transitions our mind - our mindset, the way we think, and our emotions. With decades of experience in martial arts, sports, and chiropractic and manual therapy, he has created a technique to be able to integrate and change brain neur...

Paula Nutting is one of Australia's best known massage trainers and practitioners, having been in the industry for over 30 years and also serving as a board member of Massage and Myotherapy Australia. What you might not know is that Paula began as a nurse and a fitness instructor before transitioning to the global trainer we see now. Listen in as she shares her journey right from the beginning and...

Christine is known for being an incredible trainer of remedial hot stones and scar tissue work. In this episode, she talks about some of her experiences in her early work life and how she adapted to restarting with a blank slate after moving from across the globe. Listen in as Christine shares stories of how she stumbled on to the beauty of hot stones, the importance of proper scar tissue work, an...

Norelle is a HR specialist who also runs a massage clinic with her husband... so she knows the challenges and traps that can be in place people looking to hire in the massage and health industry. Despite many people in our industry knowing more about the dangers of independent contracts, it's still used as a default way of hiring by many small businesses... and some of them are almost certainly "s...

Frances Brodie is a fantastic Bowen therapist and Workplace Safety specialist who uses her skills and experience in both arenas to help give people peace of mind. Hear how her passion for treating her bodywork clients has combined with her occupation of 25 years of improving the health and safety of workplaces, to reveal an insight to Frances that many clinic spaces are not as safe as they should...

Are you a Massage Therapist or bodyworker wondering how you can SAFELY open your doors again during the current pandemic? Anne Williams is a massage therapist and experienced educator who has written some of the canonical textbooks used in massage schools throughout the world. Given the current situation with COVID-19 and the extra precautions that health and wellness professionals need to take, t...

Sometimes, we need to look INWARDLY to find the source of STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, and COMPASSION for ourselves; to REALLY unearth that HIDDEN POWER that drives us. Nadine Champion – champion in NAME and LIFE – is a professional speaker, high performance mindset coach, and martial arts expert who has WORKED HARD both PHYSCIALLY and MENTALLY to get to a space of success. RIGHT from her childhood, Nadi...

We often take our senses for granted. Our touch, smell, hearing, SIGHT… all working together to form our EXPERIENCE in everyday life and business. How would you run a successful business WITHOUT one of those KEY senses? Lorin Nicholson runs Advanced Remedial Therapy in Brisbane and has enjoyed 30 years of INCREDIBLE success, all while being LEGALLY BLIND from birth. Lorin has 90% vision loss but h...

When it comes to digital marketing, let's face it – MOST of us look at it like it's in a foreign language. With STACKS of different software performing different functions and advice coming out your EARS on what the BEST and EASIEST approaches are, it can feel like someone trying to explain how to diffuse a BOMB. What if it didn't HAVE to be rocket science? What if EVERYTHING you needed to know wa...

The thought of achieving our dreams is what drives our PASSION, gives us strength to be BOLD and make BIG decisions, and allows us to turn our MISTAKES into KNOWLEDGE. Dreaming of your ULTIMATE business is easy. SELLING that dream to the people around you (the BANKS in particular!) and helping them UNDERSTAND your vision is the hard part. Robert De Nardis dreamed big. Making his humble start in a...

EVERYTHING we do in life has a cause and effect. Your business might be BOOMING, but as a result, you may not be dedicating as much time to your relationships. Your RELATIONSHIP could be having problems which is affecting your BUSINESS performance. Our LIMITATIONS in life or in business can be a DIRECT reflection of our INTERNAL limitations; our blockages, mindset, self-doubt, self-sabotage… ONE l...

Imagine this – you're starting to kick-off your business journey or you might be well on your way to success, then suddenly, you fall ill or sustain an injury and BAM… you can't work. What would you DO??? How would your business and finances SURVIVE??? Drew Browne, owner of Sapience Financial and Investment Services, learnt that lesson the HARD way. With a BOOMING career in the legal profession, a...