The Wellness Puzzle Podcast

Clint Hatton is an author, motivational speaker, personal development and leadership coach, and the founder of BigBoldBrave based in Dallas, Texas. He has been coaching individuals and teams for over twenty years with a proven track record of helping people grow personally, achieve success, and build healthier marriages and relationships. Clint has discovered even the most successful people strugg...

Kathy White's own yoga journey began when she was 25 years old, many years ago. She hated aerobics (which was all the rage in the 80's) as it just made her face red, her blood pound and she felt awful afterwards!  She wanted to try something else.  She was a keen cyclist and swimmer and yoga fitted her personality.  When she was in her 30's Yoga helped when she lost her first child  - he was still...

Zane Landin is from Chino, California, now living in Washington DC. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelor of Science in Communication and Public Relations, and has worked at places like USAID, NASA, and General Motors. He is a mental health and disability advocate, queer rights activist, entrepreneur, and positive change maker. He identifies as Hispanic, Queer, and Disabled.  From the...

Michael Harris is an author, coach, trainer, yoga teacher, entrepreneur and co-founder of Endless Stages.  One of his specialties is helping anyone move from fear of speaking in front of others to powerfully sharing their message with any size group or audience. For years he struggled with health issues, addictions and low self-esteem. Then one day he decided he'd had enough and became willing to...

Krista Yaskiw, above all else that she does, is PASSIONATE about helping people REVIVE relationships, authentically cultivate connection, and THRIVE! She is an empath, an assertive go-getter, an optimist, has been known to both laugh and cry with her clients, is open and vulnerable about her own lived experiences, and an eternal cheerleader for love.  What sets her apart as a Couples Coach is in a...

Michaell Magrutsche’s talent is recognizing awareness to seed a new consciousness that allows us to unveil the untapped superpowers of human’s limitlessness, art/creativity, healthy discourse and adaptability to make all humans fit within our human tapestry.  Because Michaell has been a sick child and because of his dyslexia and dysgraphia (hand eye coordination) he could only navigate in very few...

Filipa and Chris Bellette are having a profound and positive impact on lives all around the world. But, it wasn't always like that... Filipa found her body is breaking down, as she was trying to juggle the demands of motherhood & building a business. It was crushing and debilitating and she was searching for answers, for solutions - for YEARS. She tried this way of eating. She tried that supplemen...

Kathy White's own yoga journey began when she was 25 years old, many years ago. She hated aerobics (which was all the rage in the 80's) as it just made her face red, her blood pound and she felt awful afterwards!  She wanted to try something else.  She was a keen cyclist and swimmer and yoga fitted her personality.  When she was in her 30's Yoga helped when she lost her first child  - he was still...

Flic Manning built a successful 20 year career as a Dancer and Choreographer while living with many serious chronic invisible diseases. She worked for business legends such as Gary Vaynerchuk and Lesley Gold in San Francisco, USA, while becoming a qualified Wellness Expert. Upon returning to Australia, Flic inspired others to embrace Wellbeing alongside Entrepreneurship. Flic founded Corethentic,...

Kelly Myles and I go back many years. I am very grateful to have been with her on her journey to become an author and watch her courageously transition out of many decades in the hairdressing industry and into a coaching career that she is loving. Kelly is now having a powerful and profound impact on many lives through her coaching business. It's interesting how many of her clients are finding cha...

Not long after Matthew Caruana had attempted suicide, severed his spinal cord, was categorised as a para-plegic, and found himself in a wheelchair, something happened within him.  It was at that moment, he realised that what he thought was the worst thing to ever happen in his life was now the one thing he was most grateful for. If it wasn’t for everything in his past that led to his attempted sui...

  Desmond started his career as a chemical engineer and quickly realized he did not experience being fulfilled in this line of work. Instead, he decided to follow his dream of being in sales, even though he had zero experience and failed at his first door to door sales job. Desmond didn’t give up on his sales career and ultimately closing millions of dollars in revenue. Desmond now trains and lead...

At 23, Matthew Loudon was healthy, fit, had a well-paying job and generally loved life. Although everything seemed perfect from the outside, he had this feeling deep down that he wasn’t being true to himself. At the time, he also didn’t realise that he was about to hit rock bottom and be diagnosed with depression and anxiety, which turned his world upside down. This diagnosis turned out to be a bl...

It is so good to be back on air with the 'Cheeky Cockney' Chris Freer. If you listened to episode 134, Saved by compassion , with Chris, you will know his story. He had a successful career, lots of money in the bank, and everything that seemed to be what one would desire for happiness. However, he was not happy, and his health was failing. The struggles he was experiencing led him to a decision to...

On August 5, 2015 Phil Barth took a surprise visit to the cardiac wing of Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati. He had suffered what was labeled a "small" heart attack. He remembers thinking, "if this is small I'd hate to see medium." Whilst it took him a while to come to terms with the reality of his situation, he finally listened to his wife, friends and doctor, and took the advice to change hi...

When you are born with multiple significant challenges, it would be easy to wallow in self-pity, blame others and complain about your misfortune. It would also be difficult to find faith in a God that would allow it. Yet, Bethany Boring defies the odds, and is living an extra-ordinary life without many of the physical functions that most of us take for granted. She is very clear that her physical...

Chris Freer had a life many would see as successful. He was the owner of five pubs and two clubs in the United Kingdom, and he was working hard to provide a lifestyle for himself and his family. As often is the case with very driven individuals, great career success comes at a cost. The cost was his marriage, and his wellbeing. When Chris started feeling unwell, he went on a journey to find out wh...

Referred to as “Australasia’s answer to Patch Adams “ Pat is the epitome of good humour, unwavering positivity and creativity. She has a rare capacity to meld her creativity and compassion to champion the human spirit leading people to find joy where it appeared there was none. Mike Hutcheson Ex MD of Saatchi and Saatchi Auckland said of her, ” Pat is one of the most emotionally intelligent people...

In her books, best-selling author, speaker and disability advocate, Tracee Garner demonstrates what it means to push through. She loves sharing stories around: overcoming adversity, dealing with disability an inaccessible world, finding support for mental health as a black women, and  encouraging others with disabilities, as well as their parents, that their attitude will have a positive or devast...

In episode 111, called Choose you , I spoke to Rhianne Miller for the first time and was blown away by her story, her attitude and the impact she is having on lives. Rhianne's life was travelling along beautifully. She was happy, seemingly healthy, had a great job and was loving her life. Soon after her 32nd birthday a breast cancer diagnosis rocked her world. She was expecting a great year, but w...

Emmy Award winner, Inspirational Speaker and Men’s Self-Mastery Coach, Iseluleko Ma’at El 0 (a.k.a. Kiko Ellsworth) combines his vast array of rigorous life lessons, education and entertainment to deliver effective practical everyday tools that inspire conscious peak performance in individuals and teams alike.  Ise has appeared on hundreds of tv shows, film, commercials, and radio such as Lucifer,...

Annalise Jennings is a business and community strategist with a background in risk management and 25 years’ experience in Corporate Banking. Over her career, she has specialized in projects that focus on transformation and maximizing human potential. She is the founder and principal of Dynamic Exchange, committed to supporting individuals, teams, communities and organisations to reach their fulles...

Bob DePasquale is a purpose driven Impact-maker.  He believes that everyone has the ability to make a positive impact in our world.  When Bob was 18, he moved to NY for college.  While in football training camp, and just 5 days before September 11th 2001, he was diagnosed with cancer.  In a very short period of time, his young, healthy life was turned upside down.  He was forced to shift his focus...

Simone de Haas speaks internationally on The Theatre of Leadership, Conscious Communication, and Business Storytelling. Drawing on 40+ years of leading exceptional talent as a multi-award-winning theatre-director and producer, Simone brings intriguing, ground-breaking perspectives and possibilities to individuals and organisations who seek to become dynamically future-active.  Simone is a masterfu...

Elise Peck had a challenging upbringing. She developed beliefs about herself, relationships and happiness that were having a very destructive impact on her life. She was very keen to change her situation and became heavily in involved in personal development from a young age. In her obsession for personal development, she lost sight of who she really was, and the fact that she was amazing, just as...