DEBRA PASCOE: Recent Episodes
Debra Pascoe
Debra Pascoe is known to most as a designer, an expert in the field of colour and trends. She is passionate about finding solutions, assisting others, finding elegant solutions for each client. She has worked in and out of the corporate sector and as director of her own business for 25 years.
However, in recent years, her focus has shifted to assisting people in a new way, using the design principals she knows so well, to help them redesign their lives.
Regardless of background, or degree of career success, dealing with major life changing events can knock even the toughest of us around. Debra will be the first to admit how hard it actually is.
After a major setback, many people understandably struggle with:
- knowing where to start
- deciding which way to turn
- working out who to go to for help
- understanding how long it’s going to take
- managing everyday stuff simultaneously with recovery
They often make the classic mistake of depending too much on their friends for guidance, then wondering why they aren’t improving.
It’s time to take a holistic, intelligent view on healing, and turn adversity into growth. Debra believes this is possible when people want to improve and are ready to get to put the effort in.
They say time heals all wounds, but she says time helps but it doesn’t heal.
Together it’s time to start feeling great again, to turn the corner.
To create the life you deserve.
Pissedoffedness - a word I can't use on the air with Luke for obvious reasons, but it really fits how we feel sometimes.
I think anger is a good thing - it drives action. But how we release it that matters. t
Did you know authors only use chapters as a way of helping the reader digest the information? But chapters are a nice way of breaking things up, hoping us segment events.
Today Like and I talk about the value in seeing our life like this, and understanding you can't start a new chapter if you keep rereading the last one.
When talking to Luke about grief it became apparent our language plays a huge part in how we see it. Grief is part of life. It is a human emotion we are equipped to deal with, we can DO it!
Luke and I share something interesting.
We both get how going through the trauma, despite how challenging it may be - is when you grow.
Today Luke and I talk about the value of doing the work, not just hoping time will heal all wounds.
Being interviewed by Luke is more than fun, he manages to extract some pretty cool info. In this interview we both talk about learning to savour something again, appreciating the small things and being in the moment.
He did this, she did that. Your walls go up. Lack of trust. You become suspicious, worried and stressed. Who can you trust?
Game changer - yourself. Your intuition, that inner voice screaming at you that we often ignore.
Others? Forget it. Trust yourself and the rest will fall miraculously into place.
Thin Lines make the difference between love and hate, good and bad. they determine how we feel, act and live.
What about making the move, crossing the line from Victim to Survivor? It's up to us.
Where are you in your career? High school? University? Mid life change?
No matter what life stage you're in, Helen is can point you in the right direction. She gives honest, sage guidance on course selection, the interview process, social media profiles and helping people find what career suits them.
In her words 'It is all about YOU'.
In a world where we label everything, it seems the politically correct thing to do is label our feelings, often as health issues, rather than pure human emotion. Depression has become the label for feeling down, but perhaps it isn't always a syndrome - maybe it's sadness - something as humans we can manage.
Finding the balance between procrastination and hyperactivity is where we all want to be, but getting there can be a challenge, especially when you have suffered a trauma or feel overwhelmed. Deb offers a few super useful tips here on how to get there.
Buying and selling a home is one of the biggest decisions and projects in a lifetime. Learn about Buyer and Seller's Advocates; what they do, how they do it and what it really costs.
Take the stress out of the process. Get exactly what you want at the right price, whether you are buying or selling!
We know it takes a village to raise a child, but what about us? Choosing your tribe and surrounding yourself with the right village is is key.
Call a fig a fig, and a trough a trough. It's time to get rid of all this political correctness and be honest with ourselves and everyone else! That's the path to a better life.
Everyone says 'the lawyers make all the money' and are only there for that reason. Supposedly they are not to be trusted. I can attest to the fact this is not always true. Sometimes, they actually have your best interests at heart, and are there to fight for you when you can't. Sharelle Staff from Scanlan Carroll is a living testament of this.
When someone mentioned a PT to me, I imagined myself pulling a tractor tire down the beach and nearly vomited at the thought. Having worked with Chris for 6 years now, and over 1000 sessions later I can tell you it's NOT that if you find the right one. They can change your life.
Working with finance has never been my strength. When you're on your own this is especially important. A great financial planner can make all the difference, but how?
In this episode I interview Jayne Dullard, an expert in communication. With so much political correctness around, how do we speak our minds and be true to ourselves?
Forget the stages of grief, let's try stages of growth instead. Growth not Grief; it is possible.
After years of designing things for companies and small and large, I finally learnt that the best thing you can design is yourself! There rest falls into place after that.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Luke and Susie from Light FM. Here is a recording of the interview as aired via their radio station.
LIGHT FM -
On the podcast today we are speaking with an amazing lady, author and speaker, Debra Pascoe.
Debra threw herself into writing during the first lockdown in April. And as she received the first printed copies of her book, Melbourne went into its second round of lockdown.
Now, as Melburnians face each new day with anxiety and uncertainty, Debra Pascoe wants to share how she “kept her head above water” in 2014 when she experienced loss on an unimaginable scale. Her husband survived a heart attack, they celebrated the purchase of their dream home, he revealed his infidelity, then took his life – all within a space of 4 months. That was 6 years ago but her fluctuating emotions during COVID felt strangely familiar because as she explains, “grief is grief, no matter what the loss.”
Time helps, but healing requires you to do the work. The work she did – from mindset to coffee, from writing lists to studying fiduciary duty, from boxing to food, from comedy to music – helped her heal in stages. To finally live again.
We’ll chat to her about her new book, VIVE! as she will share her story of recovery, to give others hope and promise, in a difficult time.
More details at her website: https://www.debrapascoe.com/