Step, pivot.: Recent Episodes
Alexandria Treasure
Step, pivot: the resilience of regional business. Join local business owner, Alexandria Treasure, as she casts the spotlight each week on an incredible regional business - sharing their story and the amazing work they are doing in regional Australia, even in the most trying of times.
These are stories of resilience... of hardship, of hope, of fear, of triumph and stories that come from a place of honesty and vulnerability.
Plus, there's sure to be some business tips and tricks along the way, from people who have experienced it first hand. Thank you for joining us - enjoy!
Introducing our guest for the episode, Rochelle Olsen from @rochelleolsenwelling who helps people understand and manage their grief, emotional wellbeing and build resilience.
Her passion is working with women, their partners, families and friends through pregnancy and infant-loss to help them embrace life and find grace. In 2016, Rochelle and her husband Robert lost their first born son Edward at only 7 hours old. She lost her will to survive, her confidence and her identity. Slowly, with a lot of hard work, she was able to find a way forward. And she believes you can too.
Rochelle and @alexandriatreasure chat about the importance of connection and community, adding oil to your lamp first, honouring your past, finding a way through grief, grace after loss, the search for answers, speaking openly, supporting and nurturing the people you love, lighting up the Clocktower, balancing business with empathy and making emotional wellbeing a priority in the modern workplace.
Rochelle’s story is incredible and I am grateful it’s one she shares.
Introducing our guest for the episode, Tim Smith from The Monkey Bar - a beer and cocktail destination in Dubbo, NSW. Tim is a Dubbo local and returned to his hometown to purchase The Monkey Bar with his wife Cass and together they pride themselves on supporting local producers and especially independent brewers.
Tim and @alexandriatreasure chat saying goodbye to city commutes, turning a passion into a career, the hit hospitality took during the COVID chaos, standing by your business philosophy, aligning with the right audience, reinventing an established brand, social fatigue, going all in and why community makes all the difference.
Introducing our guest for the episode, Brett Anderson from BAWD Property Trust (BPT) - a company that undertakes the development, construction and management of its property and assets.
BPT has grown at an amazing rate – the initial seed capital has grown equity by more than 500 times of 50,000% and with a clear focus on client prosperity, timelines and quality, BPT continues to thrive.
Brett and @alexandriatreasure chat creating your own dream client, being honest with yourself about what it is you want from business, the joy from helping others, working to live instead of living to work, creating the space to do great work, making choices with both intuition and intellect, risk and resource management, how technology is changing the way we do business and the place for kindness in sustainable business practice.
Plus, Brett shares a story on what entrepreneurial courage looks like to him and it is a must listen!
Introducing our guest for the episode, @jilliankilby from @yourexchange.co - a community and coworking space that empowers the brave to connect, grow and succeed.
Jillian and @alexandriatreasure chat about the journey to purchasing the Clock Tower in the main street of Dubbo, bringing it back to life through an incredible renovation and building The Exchange as a community and coworking space. Plus taking risks, the importance of birthday cake, losing your confidence, the power of community, coworking and connection, creating a values-based business, putting one foot in front of the other (small steps, big impact!) and attracting the right people for your purpose.
This episode is jam packed with so many little gems of wisdom from Jillian and her story is incredible and inspiring.
Introducing our guest for the episode, Mel Matheson from @nutricise. Mel is a dual accredited sports dietitian and exercise physiologist with a passion for helping women to recognise the importance of energy availability, menstrual cycles and how to make peace with food. As a non-diet dietitian Mel inspires others to liberate themselves from weight cycling, restrictive eating or burnout to a place of body acceptance and adequate fuelling. A personal journey she has also endured.
Mel and @alexandriatreasure chat learning from and unpacking your personal journey, adapting and evolving to the market, how virtual can't always fill the face-to-face void, the impact of business mentoring, diet culture and the moments it is costing us, social media messaging, the value we place on our image and what is worth returning to in the rush back to "normal".
Introducing our guest for the episode, Amy Rutherford from @cakesbyamyrutherford - a boutique business creating custom cakes, cupcakes and sweet treats.
Amy and @alexandriatreasure chat showing up for your audience, organically growing a business via social media, that elusive work/life/family balance, working in your business vs on your business, drawing the line on what to share on social media, why it's important to disconnect and recharge and just the general rollercoaster that is small business (especially in times of crisis...)
It's a good one and Amy's spirit is infectious!
Introducing our guest for the episode, Sarah Stanford from @novelise - a content strategy and creation business that is on a mission to make your words better.
Sarah and @alexandriatreasure chat regional vs metro mentality during COVID, the positives of stepping back and addressing your content strategy first, staying in your lane, how we would like our businesses to be remember on the other side of crisis, the buy local shift, that an idea doesn’t need to be new to be brilliant… and why we hope to never see a EDM with the subject line ‘COVID-19 Update’ again. Please.
Introducing Step, pivot: the resilience of regional business.
Join local business owner, Alexandria Treasure, as she casts the spotlight each week on an incredible regional business - sharing their story and the amazing work they are doing in regional Australia, even in the most trying of times.
These are stories of resilience... of hardship, of hope, of fear, of triumph and stories that come from a place of honesty and vulnerability.
Plus, there's sure to be some business tips and tricks along the way, from people who have experienced it first hand.
In this trailer, we share the story behind the podcast. Stay tuned for our very first episode, soon.
Thank you for joining us - enjoy!