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Debra Shepherd
Welcome to The Debra Shepherd Podcast. A personal development, lifestyle and business podcast for women who want to experience more ease, joy and meaning in life and business. Join me each week for quick conversations and in-depth interviews with successful female entrepreneurs, leaders, experts, visionaries and change-makers who share their extraordinary stories filled with passion, purpose, impact and success. You'll leave each conversation with insights, strategies, tools and new ways of thinking to inspire, empower and support you to create more ease, joy and meaning in your life and business. Together we'll explore meaningful living. Are you ready?
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Work-life balance doesn’t exist. In this epiosde of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I share my approach to finding balance and flow along with a few things to consider if you would like more balance and flow in your life this year.
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Discover why a fast paced, hurried lifestyle is failing you–and what works instead. Ready to transform your life and business? Download my free audio.
Did you create space for your New Year goals or did you jump in?
This is my question for you during this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
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I'm honoured to welcome Marg Booth to The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week. Marg is the owner of Great Expectation Speakers and Trainers.
As a successful business owner for over 20 years, Marg is deeply passionate about people’s mindset and well-being. Marg connects audiences with specialists in their field of expertise. She works with thought leaders offering educational sessions in wellness, mindset, resilience, and leadership. And, some of these are shared in her book, The Time Poor Series: Mindset.
In this episode, Marg shares her business story. We talk about about mindset, success, happiness, leadership, performance and her book, The Time Poor Series: Mindset.
HIGHLIGHTS
- A powerful question Marg asked herself before moving into a new career and her business, Great Expectation Speakers and Trainers.
- How the small things and embracing small wins can lead to success.
- How the events industry stopped in 2020 and why this prompted Marg to develop an app and write her book, The Time Poor Series: Mindset.
- Marg talks about The Time Poor Series: Mindset and shares some of the topics and insights from the 30 co-authors of the book that will support your mindset, leadership, performance, mental health and wellbeing.
- The importance of working on your mindset in a fast paced world that is only moving faster.
- Marg’s piece of advice for the busy entrepreneur, business owner or leader.
Plus, more!
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www.timepoor.me
Instagram @timepoorseries
www.greatexpectation.com.au
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Get my FREE audio: The Power of Simplicity. 9 powerful reasons why simplicity will transform your life and business. www.debrashepherd.com.au/the-power-of-simplicity
I'm honoured to welcome Dara Simkin to The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week.
Dara is Australia’s leading Playful Work Design specialist, and is the founder and Chief Play Officer of learning experience design consultancy, Culture Hero. She has worked with organisations like The LEGO Foundation, McKinsey & Co, Silicon Valley's IDEO Play Lab and world-renowned play researcher Dr Stuart Brown and has presented to brands like IKEA, AGL, Royal Canin, MYOB and Google.
As an expert facilitator and passionate advocate for the potential of play in the workplace, Dara believes play has the power to transform the way we live, work and lead. In 2024 Dara is undertaking a major research project exploring the impact of play in business in partnership with RMIT University.
In this episode, Dara shares her story. We talk about connection, engagement, culture, creativity, innovation and incorporating play into business and the way we work.
HIGHLIGHTS
- How play changes the way we live, work and lead.
- The impact of new technology on business and why businesses must be adaptable and flexible to survive.
- Dara explains why play is important in business and shares examples of what play is and isn’t.
- How Dara and her team at Culture Hero incorporate play into the way they work.
- Giving your people an opportunity to play in business.
- Dara shares the benefits of integrating play into business as well as tips and advice to businesses that may be hesitant about incorporating play into the workplace.
- Why we can’t be at our best creatively or effectively drive innovation without play.
- The importance of imagination breaks during the day.
- Why a psychologically safe and trusting workplace is essential for integrating play into business.
- Dara shares tips for business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders wanting to incorporate play into business.
Plus, more!
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www.culturehero.co
www.darasimkin.com
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I'm honoured to welcome Claire Seeber to The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week.
Claire is a Career and Leadership Coach, Trainer, Speaker, Podcast Host and Author of the book 'Less Hustle, More Happy'. Claire is an expert in career development and leadership and blends her experience in business, HR and communications to ensure that people are better able to show up and have the most impact on themselves, their teams and their organisations that they can feel proud of.
Claire has worked with or for some of the world's most well-known brands including NBC Universal, Fortescue Metals Group, Chevron, Superdry, Mineral Resources and Colgate-Palmolive. Claire has also been featured in Huffington Post, Business News, The West Australian and Take 5. Claire believes that we can do serious work, but not take ourselves too seriously, and she aims to bring that attitude into everything she does.
In this episode, Claire shares her incredible business story and we talk about her book, ‘Less Hustle, More Happy’.
HIGHTLIGHTS
- The heart of Claire’s book, Less Hustle More Happy.
- Redefining your definition of success.
- Contributors factors and layers that lead to disengagement at work and business.
- The importance of integrating more human being and less human doing in the way we work.
- The future of work and the importance of flexibility and adaptability. Claire discusses the shift in conversations around how we work resulting from a multi-generational workforce and the pandemic.
- How relationships accelerate growth.
- Why having a career strategy is essential.
- How to create a happiness culture where people come first.
Plus, more!
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As we are head towards the end of the year, I thought it timely to talk about the importance of taking small steps and making one per cent improvements or changes every day towards your life or business goals.
Join me for this quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
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I am honoured to welcome Co-Founders of Bettercup, Christie Kamphuis and Sam Stone to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
Bettercup is a female-founded, award-winning, purpose-led enterprise founded in Melbourne and launched in 2018.
As Australia’s most trusted reusable cup and reuse system supplier for major events and venues, Bettercup has cemented a place within the industry with an authentic reputation.
Bettercup is dedicated to creating smart and scalable environmental solutions for events that reduce unnecessary single-use waste at the source.
In this episode, Christie and Sam share their business story and their mission to eliminate single-use plastic from event waste streams.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Why Christie and Sam started Bettercup, including how they self-funded the business and their focus on prioritising locally made products.
- The impact one event can make by switching to a tailored reuse model.
- Why Bettercup is the expert in reuse and their emphasis on responsible product stewardship.
- How Bettercup educates and supports events, venues and organisations successfully implement a reusable system.
- Immediate and ongoing benefits experienced by clients partnering with Bettercup as well as patrons at the events.
- The importance of taking small steps and focusing on the most sustainable reuse system over time.
- Taking a circular economy approach to reuse.
- Friendship, leadership, self-care and managing life and business.
Plus, more!
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I am excited to welcome Emma Lovell to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
Emma is an author, master of ceremonies, speaker and business coach who supports people to combine business, travel and self-care in what she calls the ‘bleisure’ lifestyle. The personal branding and remote business expert has run her consulting and coaching business for 15 years while travelling to 75 countries around the world. Her goal is to visit each of the 195 Member States of the United Nations by 2037. As host of the podcast The Emma Lovell Show, she has interviewed leading businesswomen and thought leaders from around the world. She is also a travel writer, with her articles appearing in national magazines.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Emma shares her story, and we talk about her new book, The Art of Bleisure.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The importance of living a life you love, now!
- Why living a bleisure lifestyle is personal to you and how it changes depending on the season you’re in.
- Emma’s world stopped when she broke her back. Emma talks about the power of mindset, kindness and forgiveness in her recovery.
- Why Emma wrote The Art of Bleisure.
- Emma talks about the power of connection and what travel means to her.
- Common myths about combining work and travel.
- The importance of looking within yourself to stay grounded.
- Emma talks about success and what self-care means to her.
Plus, more!
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www.emmalovell.au
www.emmalovell.au/book
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I am honoured to welcome Cherie Mylordis to the The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
Cherie is a leadership, transformation and innovation coach, work futurist and speaker who is on a mission to help organisations reimagine the world of work for a better future.
Cherie’s ambitious approach is founded on her belief that now is the time for bold leadership and transformation, because traditional methods no longer serve us. Through decades of experience, Cherie has gained deep insights into the challenges organisations face and has published a white paper about her research with leaders around the world.
As the founder of nextgenify, Cherie equips current and emerging leaders to amplify their impact through contemporary coaching, workshops and signature talks.
Cherie’s vision is to create a world where work is a platform for people to make a difference, drive meaningful change and contribute to a better world.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Cherie shares her business story. We discuss purpose, leadership, stepping out of your comfort zone, doing meaningful work and what leaders can learn from the Olympic Games and integrate into business. Plus, so much more!
HIGHLIGHTS
- Cherie shares her story from being on the Sydney 2000 Olympics Organising Committee to founding nextgenify.
- What leaders can take away from the Olympic Games and integrate into business.
- How to get your team aligned to your business vision and purpose.
- The traits of contemporary leaders.
- How the key to future fit leadership is about working in 3D (Dare. Ditch. Dial).
- The importance of pausing and reflecting on what matters most to you
- What would you love to influence if you could do the best work of your life?
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CONNECT WITH CHERIE
www.nextgenify.com
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Pauline Romao, Co-Founder of Bodhi Holisitic Hub is joining me on The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
Pauline Romao is an accomplished tech operations manager and a passionate believer in holistic health. With a Master’s degree in Business & Economics and over ten years of experience in the tech industry, including roles at Airbnb and Agoda, Pauline has a wealth of knowledge in building and scaling successful marketplaces.
In addition to her corporate career, Pauline is also the Co-Founder of Bodhi Holistic Hub, a comprehensive platform that connects individuals with trusted holistic health practitioners in their local area. She firmly believes in the power of holistic health and is passionate about making it accessible to everyone.
Motivated by the challenge of finding trustworthy holistic practitioners and frustrated by the lack of clear standards, Pauline and her Co-Founder Helen Mulan, founded Bodhi Holistic Hub. This platform brings together over 70 modalities, including Ayurveda, Reiki, and Kinesiology and verifies each practitioner through a rigorous screening process.
Pauline is passionate about helping more people discover the benefits of holistic health and believes that Bodhi can play a key role in bringing about positive change.
In this episode, Pauline shares her business story. We discussed how Bodhi Holistic Hub is making holistic care simple, trustworthy and accessible.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Living a life with purpose.
- How Pauline and Helen’s shared passion for holistic care led them to start Bodhi Holistic Hub.
- The power of technology to facilitate connection and trust.
- Bodhi Holistic Hub features over 70 different modalities and a learning hub which empowers people to control their health. Pauline talks about their business journey, their focus on creating a network of vetted practitioners and the power of community.
- Prioritising preventative care and how holistic health looks at the whole body.
- Making holistic care accessible and removing the fear and woo that often surrounds some holistic care practices.
Plus, so much more!
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www.bodhiholistichub.com
Instagram @BodhiHolisticHub
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I am thrilled to welcome back Kate Toon to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
Kate Toon is an award-winning entrepreneur and the bestselling author of Six Figures in School Hours. From her humble backyard shed on the Central Coast of NSW she masterminds an ambitious business universe, helping thousands of other humans to build their own version of success through digital marketing and business know-how. Kate is a renowned speaker, mentor, educator and podcaster. She’s been named Australia’s Most Influential Small Business Woman, one of Australia’s Top 50 Small Business Leaders and Businesswoman of the Year, and was a finalist in the Australian Business Book Awards. In her spare time Kate can be found taking gym selfies, trying to master rollerskating, or curled up with a good book in her very own bookshop - the Umina Beach Book Nook.
In this episode, Kate discusses the truth about making money while you sleep.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Using the skills you already have to create passive income in a meaningful way. Kate discusses why she wrote Six Figures While You Sleep.
- Kate explains what passive income actually is and why ADPIPs are the way forward.
- How to decide if ADPIPs are for you.
- Why the gem of the idea often lies in what you are already doing in your business.
- Coming up with your big little idea.
- The benefits of creating ADPIPs for your business and four examples of ADPIPs to consider creating for your business.
- Getting to the heart and soul of your ideal audience for deeper connection.
- Common problems business owners experience when creating an ADPIP.
Plus, more!
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CONNECT WITH KATE
www.katetoon.com
www.uminabeachbooknook.com.au
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Many business owners and entrepreneurs go into business with the excitement of being in control of their schedule. They dream of flexibility and freedom, space to do what they want yet in many cases what ends up happening is overwhelm and chaos. Did you start your business for flexibility or chaos?
Join me for this conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
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Communication must be a key focus if you want your people to be engaged, productive and aligned to your values, vision and business goals. There is a very close relationship between meaningful communication and employee engagement. In this conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I share a practical step for leaders, business owners and entrepreneurs that will help you drive employee engagement in your business.
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I am thrilled to welcome Lauren Jordan and Natalie Winter the Co-Founders of SoulPops Cacao to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
The SoulPops story began on two different paths, and everything came together when Lauren and Natalie sparked a life-long friendship.
Lauren’s purpose has always involved people and connection. With a background in fitness and cafes, Lauren is driven to help people feel good about themselves, whether it’s through movement, food, laughter or conversation.
Natalie has a natural ability to create effortless beauty. From fashion design all the way through to products and packaging, Natalie believes in the power of intentional design in every detail, with customer experience being her ultimate goal.
Over the years, Lauren and Natalie frequently enjoyed the experience of cacao. It quickly became a regular part of their daily lives, providing more than nutritional benefits.
An integral part of their self-development and wellness journeys, Lauren and Natalie knew this wonderful plant needed to be made available and accessible for everyone to enjoy.
Together, they have created a beautiful and very unique Australian made cacao product and, in this conversation, they share their business story.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The importance of playfulness, curiosity and zooming back in life and business.
- Friendship and business, how SoulPops Cacao was born and how Lauren and Natalie began working together.
- A vision of bringing the power of cacao to as many people as possible and making it accessible to everyone.
- The mind, body and spiritual benefits of cacao.
- Why SoulPops Cacao is unique and stands out from other cacao brands.
- The importance of people, connection and community.
- How SoulPops Cacao has grown since it began and what lies ahead for the business.
- Finding gratitude within before you look outside of yourself.
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Connect on Instagram @soulpopscacao
www.soulpops.com.au
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What are you creating for yourself this week in your life and business? I’m not referring to your to do list. I’m all for planning a to do list on a Sunday for the week ahead but this question is a little different and in this quick conversation, I’m explaining why. Plus, I’m sharing six powerful questions that will have a profound impact on your life and business.
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I am honoured to welcome Teisha Rose, Founder of Hurdle2Hope® to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
Teisha is a pioneer in health and wellness mindset, turning her experiences with multiple sclerosis and stage four breast cancer into a source of inspiration and empowerment. As the founder of Hurdle2Hope®, author of 'Life Interrupted', and host of the 'Wellbeing Interrupted' podcast, she has created the transformative Hurdle2Hope® Roadmap. This roadmap provides mindset insights and strategies for individuals living with chronic illness, as well as health professionals and caregivers. An Executive Contributor at Brainz Magazine, Teisha shares her inspiring story and insights as a keynote speaker, aiming to make a significant impact on the health and wellness community.
In this episode, Teisha shares her extraordinary story of courage, bravery, resilience, hope and inspiration.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The two significant moments that defined Teisha’s life.
- How multiple sclerosis helped Teisha deal with her cancer diagnosis.
- Teisha talks about the power of mindset on her healing journey and the difference between an authentic mindset and a positive mindset.
- How learning, evolution and growth is our resilience.
- Creating an environment that enables you to tap into your strength.
- The importance of connection, community and having the right support network around you.
- The evolution of Hurdle2Hope® and how the business is not only helping people living with a chronic or life changing illness, but it’s also supporting the healthcare industry.
- How unexpected hurdles will interrupt our lives but it’s our response that will define our experience.
- Teisha shares her definition of success.
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CONNECT WITH TEISHA
Connect with Teisha on Instagram
www.hurdle2hope.com
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I am honoured to welcome Liz Leigh, Co-Founder of Content Design Hub to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
Content Design Hub is a digital marketplace that builds content design capabilities in Australia and beyond. The company was launched to help people create inclusive digital worlds that speak the language of their customers.
For over 11 years, Liz has helped companies mature their content approach, optimise their content strategy and deliver user-centred products. Now, she's also turned her attention to the individual, offering 1:1 coaching and courses that empower people to design for good.
In this episode, Liz shares her story. We talk about content design and Liz takes us behind the scenes of her business.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Liz shares her definition of what a meaningful life means to her.
- From journalism to Co-Founding Content Design Hub, Liz shares her story.
- The importance of human connection.
- What content design is and the role of a Content Designer.
- The importance of using user research to inform product design, content strategy and content production.
- Creating accessible and usable experiences for everyone.
- How collaboration, stakeholder management and empathy are a big part of the content design process.
- Adopting a content design mindset.
- Liz shares content design tips you can implement in your business.
Plus, more!
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CONNECT WITH LIZ
www.contentdesignhub.com.au
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I am excited to welcome Kate Boyle, Founder of Mind and Movement Pilates in Melbourne and Mind Movement Health, an online movement and health platform for women.
Kate is passionate about holistic health and great movement. Having been an elite-level dancer, Kate gravitated to a career in health due to her love of movement and wanting to get a better understanding of nutrition to improve overall health and performance.
Kate has extensive training and qualifications in Pilates and various other movement modalities including the Gyrotonic Expansion System© and Classical Ballet.
A qualified Nutritionist and Food Scientist (BHSc.), Kate has worked within the health and nutrition field for more than 20 years and is passionate about helping everyone move well, eliminate pain, live a balanced life and make being healthy easy.
In this episode, Kate shares her story and takes us behind the scenes of her business.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Kate shares her definition of what a meaningful life means to her.
- Kate talks about why she started her online membership platform, Mind Movement Health and how it’s supporting women to transform their health and wellbeing.
- Kate shares simple, actionable tips you can integrate into your day to boost your health.
- The importance of self-care, creating boundaries and creating space for your body and mind to unwind.
- The importance of mindset.
- Kate shares her definition of success and some exciting projects she has in store over the coming months.
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www.mindandmovementpilates.com.au
www.mindmovementhealth.com.au
Instagram @MindMovementHealth
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In this week’s episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we’re talking about mindfulness and meditation. Two powerful tools that will help you communicate meaningfully, lead well, create success and experience more ease, joy and meaning in your life and business.
Tune into this episode for practical tips and insights on how to start a mindfulness or meditation practice.
If you have a mindfulness or meditation practice in place, listen to this episode for inspiration on how to deepen your current practice.
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In this week’s episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we’re talking about keeping your team aligned and informed during fast growth and times of change in your business. If you want to create business success, effective internal communications must be a priority.
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In this week’s episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we're talking about personal branding and why it's essential for online experts and service-based business owners to elevate their personal brand.
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Do you create space for yourself on a daily basis? Today on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we’re talking about leadership and why it’s important for business leaders to intentionally create space for themselves to reconnect.
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Today on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we're talking about the power of creating simplicity in your business and how I believe it's a key element of success.
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Today on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we're talking about building thought leadership for business growth and success.
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I am excited to welcome Gabriella Ptasznik to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
Gabriella is the Founder, CEO, and Lead Speech Pathologist at GRP Speech Pathology in Melbourne. Since starting her journey in 2017, Gabriella and her team have been dedicated to finding unique solutions that empower people to reach their full potential.
Gabriella started GRP Speech Pathology with a mission to shake up the speech pathology industry for the better - to think bigger and more creatively about client outcomes and to ensure that every speech pathologist at GRP is feeling fulfilled, taken care of and most importantly loving their day at work.
Gabriella and her team are dedicated to helping individuals of all ages overcome communication and eating and drinking challenges. With a deep passion for their work, they have made a significant impact on countless lives, fostering confidence, independence and an increased quality of life.
In this episode, Gabriella shares her business story. We discuss connection, communication, leadership, business growth and creating a people-first culture.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Gabriella shares the inspiring moment that led her to a career in speech pathology and why she decided to start her business.
- What it’s like leading a fast growth business.
- Why business is nothing without people.
- How technological advances have opened up opportunities within the speech pathology industry over the last five to ten years.
- Investing in your team as a business leader.
- The importance of listening and asking questions when you are creating a people-first culture.
- Leading with vulnerability and empathy, listening and genuinely caring about people. Gabriella talks about great leadership.
- The power of clear and consistent messaging and building relationships for business growth.
- Why it's important to feel comfortable in the uncomfortable as a business owner.
- Gabriella shares how she finds peace and balance in her day.
Plus, more!
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I am honoured to welcome Penny Locaso to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
Penny is the world’s first Happiness Hacker on a quest to teach 10 million humans, by 2025 how to flourish in life. Voted one of the most influential female entrepreneurs in Australia, Penny is her own ongoing experiment.
With over 20 years’ experience in enabling adaptability Penny's calling is to empower people to release their fear of uncertainty, find their flow, and flourish.
Penny works with governments, corporations, and educators to build a more intentionally adaptable society. She has partnered with the likes of Google, Microsoft, Booking.com, SalesForce, Deloitte, and LuluLemon, to name a few.
Penny’s work creating the world-first Intentional Adaptability Quotient® (IAQ®) psychometric tool and education program was recently published in the American Consulting Journal of Psychology. IAQ® decodes the skills required to not only navigate but flourish in complex and uncertain change.
Alongside Penny's entrepreneurial endeavours, she is the published author of Hacking Happiness, a Harvard Business Review contributor, a passionate yoga teacher, a faculty member at the esteemed Singularity University, and a student of Psychology and Trauma informed therapy with world renowned teacher Gabor Mate.
HIGHLIGHTS
- How Penny turned her life upside down in the pursuit of happiness.
- How to discover what brings you happiness and joy.
- Being Wonder Woman versus being the Present Woman.
- Why presence is a practice and how to uncover what presence means to you.
- What a fulfilled and meaningful life means to Penny.
- Why Penny doesn’t use the word success and chooses to focus on flourishing instead.
- Harmony and how the stage of life you are in determines where to prioritise your energy.
- Penny's approach to time blocking your daily self-care practice.
- One of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself every day.
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In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, you’ll discover my number one reminder for connecting with your audience. It’s probably not what you think it is.
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In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, you’ll discover three common signs that it’s time to elevate your external communications strategy for your business.
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In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I'm sharing five entrepreneur mindset essentials that are critical for meaningful and effective communication.
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In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we are diving into how to make your business more efficient. The first thing that comes to mind might be delegation, outsourcing, automating or introducing technology. These solutions are all transformative and very effective. However, there is another critical element that is often left out of the conversation. If making your service-based business more efficient is a priority, tune in to episode 153 now.
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Today’s quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast is about how to get your service-based business seen and remembered in 2024. This conversation is relevant at any time of the year, not just at the start of the year. What I’m about to share with you is something I am extremely passionate about and have been talking about for years. If you want to get your business seen and remembered in 2024, I invite you to tune into this episode now.
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I couldn’t end 2023 without saying thank you to you.
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I am excited to welcome Jen Conger to The Debra Shepherd Podcast. As an Intuitive Coach and Mentor, Jen has helped hundreds of online entrepreneurs tap into their inner guidance to allow more ease and abundance into their lives.
In 2020, Jen realised that everything she had been hustling for finally flowed to her when she just followed her intuition. When schools first shut down and she became a homeschooling mum overnight, Jen decided to do only the business activities that her inner guidance told her to do.
Then something incredible happened. Jen started having 5-figure months. She went on to make her entire 2020 revenue in the first eight days of 2021. And, Jen is seeing the same quantum leaps time and time again with her clients who make this shift to trusting and following their intuition.
Jen's purpose is to help people awaken to their power by accessing their intuition and taking action on their messages, so that they can live an abundant life that simply flows.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The most meaningful life we can live is a life in alignment with the deepest parts of who we are.
- To be an effective communicator and leader it’s important to be deeply connected with your meaning, purpose, mission, values and beliefs.
- Jen shares her story from corporate to starting a digital agency and her transition to coaching, teaching and courses. Taking risks and experimenting were at each step of her business journey.
- Letting go and surrendering to your intuition and how it happens in stages.
- Why it's important to explore pivotal moments in your life. Jen shares the moment she received an intuitive message that saved her life.
- Insights for business owners and entrepreneurs who are hustling, pushing forward and on the verge of burnout.
- How to create harmony between listening to your intuition and implementing your business strategy.
- Jen shares a simple exercise to do before you go to bed.
Plus more!
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I’m excited to welcome Sheree Rubinstein, Founder of One Roof to The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week.
Sheree is a former corporate lawyer turned entrepreneur and the founder of One Roof; an online business membership for entrepreneurial women. Sheree led the business through a major pivot from being Australia's leading co-working operator for women to online through Covid. The community went from 180 members to having onboarded over 1,500 women across Australia and globally and has amassed an online community of over 35,000.
Sheree has been recognised for her work in closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship with many awards including AFR 100 Women of Influence, Telstra Business Women's Award Finalist and Victorian Young Achievers Award Winner.
Sheree is a mum of two, on the board of the Victorian Women's Trust, a regular public speaker and a mentor to many women starting and building businesses.
HIGHLIGHTS
- How meaning and purpose for Sheree comes back to connection with people.
- Why Sheree decided to leave a career in law and how she started One Roof.
- Entrepreneurship is an incredible pathway for women to redefine business if they have the right support and networks.
- What it was like leading One Roof through a major business pivot.
- Tips and advice for navigating challenging times in business.
- One Roof is a purpose built community for entrepreneurial women at all stages of business. Sheree shares more about the One Roof community and how you can get involved.
- Success is living by your values and doing what you love.
- Creating harmony in life.
- What's coming up at One Roof over the next 12-months.
- A successful business owner or entrepreneur is someone who is persistance, curious and adaptable.
Plus, more!
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I am honoured to welcome Annie Nguyen to The Debra Shepherd Podcast. Annie is the Founder of Annee's Caphê Sua Da (ANNEES), Australia’s first free standing Vietnamese iced coffee bar in far north Queensland.
Annie was born in Vietnam and raised in America. After working in corporate finance, she left behind the structured world she knew to explore what the rest of the world had to offer.
In 2014, Annie travelled to Australia with her partner. When she arrived, she couldn't get a job as a barista specialising in crafting authentic Italian espresso, so she decided to share her expertise in Vietnamese coffee and her rich cultural heritage. Annie set up a stall at the farmers market in Cairns, which was ideal given the tropical climate, perfect for serving robust Vietnamese iced coffee.
Although initially a light-hearted endeavour, starting a coffee stand awakened a fire within her, amplifying her innate drive to foster creation and unity among individuals. Annie found herself building a platform to empower and enable others to catalyse substantial change around them, guiding them towards purpose and self-discovery. Unlocking true potential is what ANNEES is all about.
ANNEES is not merely a coffee making establishment. ANNEES is a destination to experience the essence of joy and a mission to extend beyond borders with the goal to spread 'A-Piece of Happiness' worldwide.
In this episode, Annie shares her business story. We discuss meaningful living, happiness, purpose, business expansion, impact and success.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Having purpose in everything you do.
- From leaving corporate finance and setting up a Vietnamese coffee stand at the Rusty’s market in Cairns to owning five shops in Far North Queensland, Annie shares her story.
- Personalisation and the guest experience at ANNEES.
- Annie's biggest lessons in business.
- What it was like to be on Shark Tank Australia.
- Annie's mission and six guiding principles that help her team integrate this mission into the business.
- How 2024 will be a year of further expansion.
- How Annie creates time and space for herself and how she finds balance.
- Being authentic and using this as your marketing strategy.
- The importance of human connection.
Plus, more!
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In this quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we are talking about the importance of slowing down and how it can help you make the impact you are here to make.
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I’m honoured to welcome Karan White to podcast this week.
Karan is a well-established expert in the influencer marketing and entertainment industry, with an extensive background of success. She has collaborated closely with some of the most recognisable influencers, creators, celebrities, and business professionals – as well as international touring acts – resulting in millions earned through contracts with brand partnerships, television and film projects, radio and publishing deals.
She is a renowned negotiator, not only adept at securing favourable contracts for her clients. She has a knack for aiding talent in developing their personal brand.
Karan’s industry experience is exceptional, and she has held executive roles across Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. She was the inaugural Co-Vice Chair of the Australian Influencer Marketing Council, and has started three successful talent agencies, which have each been acquired and still operate in the market today.
Karan is the co-owner of an intellectual property and social media law firm, Pod Legal, which enables her to see her work through the lens of risk, reputation and cost management.
With her extensive network and reputation, Karan is the go-to person for influencers and content creators looking to take their careers to the next level. Her ability to negotiate valuable deals, provide strategic guidance, and help monetise their brand, make her an invaluable asset to anyone looking to succeed in the industry.
In this episode, Karan takes us behind the scenes and talks about the power of influencer marketing.
Highlights
- Pod Legal was one of the first social media law firms in Australia and this paved the way for Karan’s journey into influencer marketing.
- Influencer marketing isn’t just for celebrities and big brands. Karan defines influencer marketing and talks about how businesses of all types and sizes can use it.
- How businesses and brands can build brand awareness, reach a targeted audience and build trust through influencer marketing.
- The importance of first identifying where influencer marketing sits in your marketing mix and your marketing budget. The next step is strategy.
- Key steps for businesses and brands wanting to get started with influencer marketing.
- Why you need a scope of work.
- Communication, negotiation and aligning value exchange.
- Success metrics and how to measure your influencer marketing campaign.
- Tips for pricing influencer campaigns.
- How you can make influence your career through The Business of Influence.
- The future of influencer marketing.
- The power of investing in long-term relationships.
- Karan shares her definition of success and meaningful living.
Plus, more!
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I am honoured to welcome back return guest to The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Amanda Owen.
Amanda is the Co-Founder of Jasper Avenue, Sydney's trusted agency for social media photography and compelling visual content. With an unwavering commitment to detail and a sincere passion for empowering businesses through captivating visuals, Amanda and her team help harness the power of visuals to ignite buzz around your business. Jasper Avenue excels in crafting engaging, eye-catching imagery, catering to the food industry, professionals, and their sister business, Sydney Product Photography, serving e-commerce brands and products. They also offer comprehensive digital content marketing and expert social media management services.
In this episode, Amanda takes us behind the scenes. We talk about the business growth Amanda and her team have experienced over the last few years. We talk about leadership, building a team, social media, visual content creation and visual storytelling for businesses.
HIGHLIGHTS
- How experience and passion for the hospitality industry and photography lead to the creation of Jasper Avenue.
- Amanda talks about leadership lessons from rapid business growth.
- Why it is critical to invest in yourself as a business owner.
- The importance of developing and empowering your team.
- How Amanda and the team at Jasper Avenue built connection, community and support during the pandemic.
- The evolution of visual content, plus visual content creation tips to help small businesses share their story.
- Why Amanda focuses on a multifaceted approach to communicating and marketing Jasper Avenue and Sydney Product Photography.
- Using content pillars in your business as a navigation guide.
- The importance of being true to who you are as a business owner.
- Amanda shares what's coming up for Jasper Avenue and Sydney Product Photography over the next 12 months.
Plus, more!
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I'm honoured to be joined on the podcast this week by Sarah Green, Founder of Sarah Urban.
Sarah Green is an event and fashion stylist, jewellery designer, caterer, cooking teacher and founder of Sarah Urban, a Melbourne-based lifestyle brand made by women for women.
Sarah Urban delivers timeless, stylish and classic gift solutions.
Whether it's through her shop, recipes, catering or as a recipient of a beautiful gift, Sarah's mission is to make women happy. She believes there needs to be more love in this world (external and internal), and Sarah intends to help more women achieve this.
In this episode, Sarah shares her business story and how she went from nursing to hospitality to jewellery design to starting Sarah Urban. We talk about giving back, the power of connection, customer experience, gift-giving and more.
HIGHLIGHTS
- How creativity, making people happy and giving back contributes to creating a meaningful life.
- Helping people feel good about themselves has been a theme throughout Sarah’s career and businesses.
- Going with your gut and taking risks in business.
- Sustainability and sourcing local products by female led companies.
- Sarah’s focus on community and bringing people together.
- The importance of personalisation and human connection in the customer experience.
- How Sarah uses traditional media and personal connection to market Sarah Urban.
- The importance of honesty, authenticity and being solution focused.
- Gift giving as a form of communication.
- How to choose the perfect gift.
- Sarah’s plans for Sarah Urban over the next 12 months.
Plus, more!
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I'm honoured to welcome Deanne Tran to the podcast this week.
Deanne is the Founder of Sip Co an eco-friendly brand offering straws made from corn starch and rice. Deanne has a commercial background with over seven years of experience in digital commerce, sales and marketing. She has led the strategy and growth agenda for businesses across the consumer goods and pharmaceutical industry, enabling her to drive continued success with her small business.
Plastic straws have been singled out for bans as a result of the specific environmental problem they pose. Paper straws on the other hand are widely acknowledged as a greener alternative, but the reality is more complex. Despite their eco-friendly reputation, paper straws face their own set of challenges. Through Sip Co, Deanne's mission is to help people live more sustainably, drive educational awareness about the plastic problem and show the world that great alternatives actually do exist.
In this episode, Deanne shares her business story. We talk about sustainability, purpose, business growth, the plastic problem and how Sip Co was born from a trip to the movies.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Deanne talks about what is meaningful to her and what living a meaningful life means now.
- Deanne shares her business story and how she developed her passion for sustainability.
- How Sip Co was born from a trip to the movies.
- How paper straws are a greener alternative but they come with their own set of challenges.
- How one small lifestyle change can make a big difference.
- Product development, brand positioning and how Sip Co is communicating and raising awareness about sustainability and the plastic problem.
- The environmental and functional benefits and features of the Sip Co straws.
- Product expansion, helping businesses switch to a more sustainable alternative and building partnerships with Councils.
- Work-life balance, purpose and success.
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CONNECT WITH DEANNE
www.sipco.com.au
Instagram @sipco.au
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I'm honoured to welcome Renee Barnes to the podcast this week.
Renee is the founder of The People Paradox, an organisation that supports small to medium sized businesses to set up their people foundations for growth.
She has 20 years of strategic and operational People and Culture experience in both public and private organisations, spanning businesses like Marsh Insurance, Parks Victoria, Aesop, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Art Series Hotels and she is a Board Member of Aspergers Victoria.
She is passionate about creating engaging workplaces where people are enabled to succeed. Her clients range from Fin Tech, the Music Industry, the Courts, Research and Development Corporations, all the way through to contemporary retail businesses demonstrating her adaptable approach to shaping workforce strategies and people programs that suit her client’s needs.
Renee also has a vision to reduce gender disadvantages experienced by mothers whilst on parental leave. She is developing the FOUND Program which is a digital education program that supports and empowers mothers to navigate their matrescence before returning to the workplace to achieve better outcomes for mothers, families, employers and communities.
In this episode, Renee shares her business story. We talk about workplace culture, communication, leadership and how Renee is supporting, educating and coaching mothers to return to work.
WE DISCUSS
- Meaningful living and Renee talks about what success means to her.
- Why Renee started The People Paradox.
- What workplace culture is, how it’s influenced and how it’s formed in businesses of all sizes.
- The specific channels that can be used to reform and change workplace culture.
- How communication is a primary lever of change.
- What makes a great business leader?
- Renee explains matrescence, how it impacts women and the extraordinary work she is doing to support, educate and coach mothers through this period of significant change.
- How the current ways of working are not working and the importance of creating workplaces that are accessible, flexible and that help people turn up and be the best version of themselves.
- The importance of helping women step into their personal power and educating mothers on how to use language to make sure they exemplify the skills and capabilities they acquire during time away from the office.
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SHOW NOTES
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CONNECT WITH RENEE
- www.peopleparadoxhr.com
- Instagram @found_learningmotherhood
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- Instagram @_DebraShepherd
In this quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I share the critical role communication plays in personal branding and why being intentional about your personal brand is essential for business owners and entrepreneurs.
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Live Masterclass: Tuesday 3 October 2023.
Ready to connect more deeply with your target audience, save time and make the impact you are here to make? Join me for this free LIVE Masterclass on Tuesday, 3 October. Get the details and save your seat here!
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In this solo episode on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I’ll be sharing with you the number one thing you need to connect your people, your target audience, your tribe, your soul mate clients to your service-based business.
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In this solo episode on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we're talking about the importance of meaningful and effective communication for improving client engagement, building customer loyalty and retention.
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Join me for this free LIVE Masterclass on Tuesday 26 September. Connect your people to your brand: Why you must embrace simplicity for connection and impact. Get the details and save your seat here!
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I'm honoured to welcome Hope Pedraza to the podcast this week.
Hope Pedraza is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Certified Hair Tissue and Mineral Analysis expert, Reiki Practitioner, Human Design guide, as well as the founder of inBalance, a pilates based fitness franchise and the host of the Hopeful and Wholesome podcast. She helps women heal chronic symptoms get to the root of their issues and live a life of purpose and alignment.
In this episode, Hope shares her business story. We talk about Human Design and how you can apply it to your wellness and business strategy.
HIGHLIGHTS
- How Hope found Human Design, how it has changed her life and business and how she uses Human Design to support her clients.
- Hope explains what Human Design is and explains the five profile types: manifestors, generators, manifesting generators, reflectors and projectors.
- Burnout, energy leaks and what can happen if you are not living in alignment with your Human Design.
- Using Human Design to guide marketing and sales in your business.
- Where to start if you are new to Human Design.
- The importance of tuning into the innate wisdom in your body.
Plus, more!
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CONNECT WITH HOPE
- Hopeful and Wholesome
- Instagram @thehopepedraza
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Time for a brand refresh. In this quick conversation on podcast, I’m taking you behind the scenes, sharing a communications tip for your small business and the launch of my new website.
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I'm honoured to welcome Sarah Spence, Founder of Content Copywriting to the podcast this week.
Sarah is a neurodivergent leader obsessed with adding real value to the people and brands she works with. She leads with quiet rebellion, refusing to do things the way they've always been done. Within two years, Sarah went from solo freelance copywriting to growing a team of 20 incredible content strategists, content creators, journalists and editors who work remotely and flexibly to fill a clear gap in the market for an agency that truly cares. And it seems like clients agree as Content Copywriting now counts Westpac, Afterpay, Modibodi, one of the WooliesX brands and Koala among their current client set.
In this episode, Sarah shares her business story. We talk about content marketing, content strategy, business growth, AI, and the importance of creating inclusive workspaces.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Sarah talks about how meaningful living for her comes back to connection, self-care, self-love and movement.
- Sarah takes us behind the scenes of her extraordinary business growth and how she went from sole copywriter to building a content marketing agency with a team of 20 in just two years.
- Creating inclusive workplaces for all brains must be a priority. Sarah shares how to make hiring processes neuro-inclusive and why human inclusive communication is critical.
- Want to become unforgettable? Discover how Sarah and her team help businesses and brands become unforgettable.
- Why a content marketing strategy is essential.
- The benefits of content amplification for businesses and why less is more!
- Sarah shares her thoughts on AI and the relationship between ChatGPT and content marketing.
- The power of practicing gratitude.
Plus, more!
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CONNECT WITH SARAH
www.contentcopywriting.com.au
Instagram at @contentcopywriting
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Instagram @_DebraShepherd
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I'm honoured to have Saru Gupta on the podcast this week.
Saru is a global embodied leadership speaker and coach, bridging the gap between science, humanity, and spirituality to empower nourished, joyful, and self-aware female leaders who can make a positive impact on the world, without burning out.
Through her inspiring speaking, highly practical coaching, and powerful programs she helps high-achieving executives, leaders and teams thrive in high-pressure environments by connecting with their body awareness, emotional intelligence, and human instincts, to confidently lead themselves and others.
With over 15 years of experience as a corporate professional and start-up founder across three continents, Saru has spent the last decade training in various disciplines from the East and the West, including nutrition, mindfulness, and psychology, to develop a specialised, life-changing, and impactful approach to whole-self leadership.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Feeling joy despite what is happening in life.
- The importance of listening to your body and using your body as a guide for success.
- Embodied leadership and how it’s at the intersection of body awareness, emotional intelligence and emotional literacy.
- We are now in a world where our old way of being can’t operate.
- The relationship between communication and embodied leadership.
- The downside of striving for success and how you miss the deeper wisdom.
- Why Saru starts her day with silence.
- The importance of listening to the chatter of the mind.
Plus, more!
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SHOW NOTES
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CONNECT WITH SARU
www.sarugupta.com
Instagram at @iamsarugupta
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Instagram @_DebraShepherd
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Want to know the best social media platforms for your service-based business? Join me for this quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, where I share essential tips that will help you decide where to spend your time and energy.
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I'm excited to welcome Ash Bruders, Founder and Director of Speckle Digital to the podcast this week.
Ash Bruders is a digital strategy and production expert with over a decade of experience across NFPs, social enterprises, start-ups, government organisations and corporates. As Founder and Director of Speckle Digital, Ash is an empathic and strategic leader who harnesses people's innate skills and strengths to achieve meaningful impact. She is skilled at clearly articulating complex ideas and has led organisations through transformational strategic change while helping business owners effectively communicate and amplify their impact. An alumni of Small Giant Academy's prestigious MBE program (Master of Business and Empathy), Ash is passionate about building sustainable, transformative leadership that utilises business as a force for good, both for people and the planet.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Ash shares her business story. We talk about connection, purpose, leading with empathy and redefining how we think about business.
WE DISCUSS
- How Speckle Digital focuses on people, the well-being of staff and clients and doing good work in the world.
- The rapid pace of the digital landscape and how we must be responsible.
- Cultivating safe spaces for people to show up as themselves.
- The power of leading with empathy.
- The qualities of a great leader.
- How the experience of burnout was a driving factor for Ash to do things differently at Speckle Digital.
- Managing and maintaining connection, communication and culture with a remote team.
- The importance of having the support of a community around you.
Plus, more!
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SHOW NOTES
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CONNECT WITH ASH
www.speckledigital.com
Instagram at @speckledigital
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I'm honoured to welcome Kate Toon to the podcast this week.
Kate is an award-winning entrepreneur and parent to one human and one fur baby. From her humble backyard shed on the Central Coast of NSW she masterminds an ambitious business universe, helping thousands of other humans to build their own version of success through digital marketing and business know-how.
Kate is a renowned speaker, mentor, educator and podcaster. She’s been named Australia’s Most Influential Small Business Woman (2022), one of Australia’s Top 50 Small Business Leaders (2022), and Businesswoman of the Year and Training & Education Provider of the Year at the national My Business Awards (2020). She’s also the founder of CopyCon and The Digital Marketing Collective Conference, and a resident expert on Kochie’s Business Builders.
In her spare time, Kate is often found taking Gym selfies and rollerskating, much to the embarrassment of her teenage son.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Kate shares her business story. We talk about her new book, Six Figures In School Hours: How to run a successful business and still be a good parent.
WE DISCUSS
- Kate shares her business story from the high-pressured world of advertising too starting her own business when she was five months pregnant.
- What's Kate's first year in business looked like and the different stages of business growth.
- Being cautious and building your business one step at a time.
- Three reasons why people start a business.
- How Kate came up with the name of her book, Six Figures In School Hours: How to run a successful business and still be a good parent.
- How you can have a business and be a parent. You can have both.
- The life of a business owner and how a boring business is often a successful business.
- The importance of managing your energy, setting clear boundaries and creating space for yourself.
- Staying astonished.
- How to support your creative energy and the power of taking time to observe yourself.
Plus, more!
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SHOW NOTES
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CONNECT WITH KATE
www.katetoon.com
Get Kate Toon’s book, Six Figures In School Hours: How to run a successful business and still be a good parent
Instagram at @katetoon and @sixfiguresinschoolhours
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I'm excited to welcome Elvan Kose to the podcast this week.
Elvan Kose is a Kinesiologist and Mind Body Medicine practitioner. After more than 10 years in professional services, the corporate environment and motherhood it was some health challenges that led Elvan to explore wellbeing and natural approaches to healing.
Through her own journey of healing, Elvan discovered the transformative power of Kinesiology and decided to make a career change. Now she runs her own business called True Expression Health where she practices mind body therapies and kinesiology in supporting and empowering others on their journey to vibrant health and wellbeing.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Elvan shares her business story. We talk about how Mind Body Medicine, Kinesiology and how they can support you as a leader in life and business.
WE DISCUSS
- Alignment and what it feels like to be connected versus disconnected.
- Elvan’s move from a successful corporate career in the finance industry to starting her own business.
- How Elvan found Kinesiology and why it changed her life.
- The power of Mind Body Medicine and Kinesiology and how it releases tension in the body and works on the mind.
- How the body stores emotions and information.
- How certain postures can be related to specific emotional patterns.
- The importance of making time to work on yourself.
- Meditation, mindfulness and cultivating self-compassion.
- The importance of making your self-care practice achievable and the benefits of starting small.
- Elvan shares her definition of success and meaningful living.
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SHOW NOTES
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CONNECT WITH ELVAN
Instagram @trueexpressionhealth
www.trueexpressionhealth.com
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I'm honoured to have Erin Huckle joining me on the podcast this week.
Erin Huckle from Chuckle Communications is in the business of raising the profiles of businesses and leaders through proactive public relations (PR), amazing award entries and compelling written content. After 20 years in PR, writing and communications, Erin is now an award-winning award writer, who loves helping clients claim their place in the spotlight. With a career spanning roles in the UK and Australia, Erin has worked in publishing, tourism, events and technology, and now loves being her own boss from home in Wollongong.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Erin shares her business story. We talk about how business owners and entrepreneurs can use PR and awards to raise their profile, build thought leadership and grow their businesses.
YOU'LL LEARN
- The story behind Chuckle Communications.
- Why flexibility and creativity are critical during times of change.
- How PR comes back to storytelling and connection.
- How every business has a story to tell. Erin shares tips on how to get clarity on your business stories.
- The relationship between PR, sales and marketing.
- Why entering business awards builds trust, credibility and thought leadership.
- The benefits that come with the award application process.
- The importance of time and energy management as a business owner.
- Erin shares her definition of success and her self-care practice that involves focusing on doing small things.
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SHOW NOTES
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CONNECT WITH ERIN
Instagram @chucklecommunications
www.chucklecommunications.com
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This episode on The Debra Shepherd Podcast is a favourite from 2022 about consistency, creating space and why consistency is not always the best solution.
If you’re a coach, consultant, online expert or service-based small business owner, I invite you to tune in and let me know your key takeaway or biggest ‘aha’ moment. Connect with me on Instagram or leave a review on your favourite podcast player.
SHOW NOTES
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We are going back to basics. This episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast is about meaningful content creation. I’ll be sharing six powerful questions to ask yourself before you create or share content to ensure it resonates with your target audience.
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SHOW NOTES
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In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we are talking about social media content creation for service-based businesses. I'm sharing 10 tips that will help you create meaningful content that resonates with your target audience.
If you enjoy the podcast, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let me know your key takeaway or big 'aha' moment. Be sure to follow the show so you get notified when new episodes are released.
SHOW NOTES
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Communicating your brand to the world can be simple.
You don’t have to do it all.
Simplicity is intentional. Simplicity is a choice. Simplicity is a superpower.
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SHOW NOTES
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I'm honoured to have Jodie McLean joining me on the podcast this week.
Jodie McLean is the Founder and Director of JEM Events and the creator of Events Academy.
With 12 years’ experience managing corporate, private and non-profit events, Jodie has planned, styled and managed over 300 events around Australia and internationally.
Launching JEM events in July 2019, Jodie works with entrepreneurial founders, small businesses and small business communities to curate exceptional events and experiences.
Her expertise and experience saw her recognised as a Finalist in the Australian Event Awards in 2021 and Australian Women's Small Business Champion Awards in 2022.
Jodie is passionate about education and in 2021 launched Events Academy, a digital education platform to equip admin professionals to plan business events.
YOU’LL LEARN
- The power of learning, upskilling and changing direction in your business during challenging times.
- Jodie shares some of the unconventional and memorable events she has worked on.
- How business owners can use events to connect meaningfully with their customers and clients.
- The importance of communication and planning events from the guest’s perspective.
- A few common mistakes businesses make when planning events.
- Why Jodie created Events Academy.
- What makes a successful event.
- The power of integrating an event into your business strategy to bring your brand to life.
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SHOW NOTES
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CONNECT WITH JODIE
Instagram @jemevents_
Instagram @eventsacademy_
www.jemevents.com.au
www.eventsacademy.com.au
CONNECT WITH DEBRA
Instagram @_DebraShepherd
www.debrashepherd.com.au
Joining me on the podcast this week is Editor and Bestselling Book Coach, Kelly Irving.
Kelly Irving is a best-selling book coach, editor, and creator of The Expert Author Academy – a global coaching platform and community that has launched hundreds of award-winning authors into the world. She nurtures authors to bring their biggest, best and most commercially viable ideas to market, via traditional, hybrid or self-publishing.
Kelly’s unique Write Book Method helps connect dots and solve complex business messaging problems by empowering original, creative and renaissance spirits to share new solutions, offer new insights and produce work that enriches their lives as well as others.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Kelly shares her extraordinary story.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:
- How living by your lifestyle and what you value is critical for doing good work.
- The power of having the courage to do things differently.
- Why it is important to manage your energy throughout the day.
- There isn’t a one size fits all approach to writing and publishing a book, but you must have a system and process in place. Kelly talks about the five phases of writing a book.
- How writing and publishing a book will see you work on your entire business messaging.
- The real value of writing and publishing a book.
- How writing a book comes back to your why, your purpose and strategic intention.
- The importance of people, connection and community.
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SHOW NOTES
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CONNECT WITH KELLY
Instagram @goodcontentkel
www.kellyirving.com
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Many service-based small business owners struggle with social media and to be honest, I can share with you a long list of reasons why but for this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I’m going to keep it simple and share two big reasons why your social media strategy is not be working.
If you enjoy the podcast, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let me know your key takeaway or big 'aha' moment. Be sure to follow the show so you get notified when new episodes are released.
SHOW NOTES
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Joining me on the podcast this week is Zoe Scott, Founder of The Design Order.
Zoe has been a designer for 20 years. She has worked for corporates, design agencies, charities, in the retail sector as well as heading up her design agency - The Design Order. Zoe's clients love her can-do attitude, efficiency and her ability to make the experience a fun and rewarding one.
Zoe believes good design has the ability to change the world and has found her sweet spot helping small businesses get cut through in the marketplace.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Zoe shares her remarkable story.
WE DISCUSS
- How design and branding impact the way people feel.
- The role design plays in meaningful communication and the partnership between messaging and design.
- How design and branding can enhance your messaging and change the way a business is seen in the marketplace.
- Brand personality and the importance of creating a brand that is unique.
- Using design to build relationships and emotional connections with your target audience.
- Simplicity in design, messaging and marketing.
- Common mistakes businesses make when it comes to design and branding.
- What makes a great brand and why they stand out.
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As a leader in life and business, meaningful communication is essential. In business meaningful communication goes beyond internal and external communication because great leadership starts with you and how you connect and communicate with yourself. Join me for today's quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
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Joining me on the podcast this week is Helen Marshall.
Helen is the Founder of Primal Alternative.
Helen is on a mission to empower people to be accountable to their purpose with a new business model of freedom – the Primalista Licence.
The model was born from a desire to share a successful grain free food business model. As a health coach, Helen saw firsthand how people ‘fell off the wagon’ as they missed comfort food staples like bread, pizza, pastries and cookies. So, she created nourishing alternatives to the foods everyone loves and they literally sold like hot cakes.
Helen gets the struggles many face finding a vocation that aligns with their values. She packaged everything she’d learnt about creating a food business from home whilst on a healing journey, raising a family and designing a lifestyle around the things she loves.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Helen shares her remarkable story.
WE DISCUSS
- The evolution of Primal Alternative, what the Primalista Licence is and how you can get involved.
- Connecting your purpose to your work.
- Connection, communication, community and providing support.
- Ensuring consistency in products and brand communication.
- Living by priority.
- The importance of managing your energy.
- Success, comparison and designing a life you love.
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I’ve noticed a pattern with many people (small business owners and entrepreneurs included) leaping into 2023 and moving at an extraordinary pace that is not sustainable. In this episode, I share a reminder to pause, slow down and create space.
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Joining me on the podcast this week is Kateena Mills.
Kateena is the Founder and Head of HR at Davy Partners. After years of gathering experience in HR teams and small business consulting roles in Australia and the UK, Kateena started her own consultancy to shake up the way HR is viewed and used within small business.
Kateena has worked with businesses employing their first team member and implementing initiatives for more than 2,000 employees.
Her passion lies in partnering with business owners and managers to find lasting solutions to their people needs with an emphasis on commerciality, empathy, purpose and performance.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Kateena shares her story.
WE DISCUSS
- Team growth and creating a work place and team environment that people want to be part of and work within.
- People management and the challenging side of HR.
- Connection, empathy and building relationships.
- The evolution of Kateena’s business from Club Sandwich HR to Davy Partners.
- Rebranding and communication during the rebranding process.
- Finding joy, recharging, creating space and prioritising yourself.
- Success, business growth and plans for the future.
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Social media is about people and creating emotional connections. It is about making deeper connections and building relationships that support you and your business. In this podcast episode, you will discover eight essentials for reigniting engagement on social media.
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This year on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we’ll be talking about meaningful communication, meaningful business and meaningful living because I believe communication is the foundation of a successful and impactful life and business.
If you enjoy the podcast, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let me know how the show inspires, empowers and supports you to create more ease, joy and meaning in your life and business. Be sure to follow the show so you are notified when new episodes are released.
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Joining me on The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week is Dana Evans.
Dana Evans is an Emotional Feeling and Clearing Coach specialising in bringing order to emotional chaos.
Dana's mission is to take you on a journey back home to yourself by shedding old, trapped emotions and opening up to the wisdom of your Inner Voice.
With the coaching industry thriving and all the minds working and striving, she is here to help you find the gentle stillness within - to sense, see and shed unprocessed emotions that are stuck in your body.
According to Dana, the work she does with clients is best described as an exploration, an in-depth experience where you connect with yourself and learn to trust the knowing deep within. It is an unlearning, an unfolding that ultimately leads to an unleashing.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Dana shares her story.
WE DISCUSS
- Self-care and how it is often seen as an outward in approach rather than an inward out approach.
- How we can get stuck using the mind to control the physical body.
- How the physical body is a conduit and it is usually the way your emotions communicate to you and through you.
- How mindset work is one piece of the puzzle.
- How unprocessed emotions can drive your behaviour.
- Energetic hygiene and clearing your energy every day.
- Common signs you have an emotional charge that needs to be released.
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In this quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I’m sharing two simple social media tips that you can incorporate into your social media activity during the holiday season. This episode continues on from last week so be sure to listen to episodes 113 and 114.
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In the next two episodes of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I’ll be sharing ideas that you can incorporate into your social media strategy during the holiday season so you can continue the conversation with your customers. Today, we are talking about evergreen content.
If you enjoy the podcast, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let me know how the show inspires, empowers and supports you to create more ease, joy and meaning in your life and business. Be sure to follow the show so you are notified when new episodes are released.
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Joining me on The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week is Nicole Liloia.
New Jersey-based Nicole Liloia is a small business coach and strategist. Over the course of her nine years in this business, she has helped over 500 service providers build their business and diversify their income streams through her signature Bigger Business Bootcamp and Grow Your Income Mastermind. Her Facebook group supports over 10,000 entrepreneurs by giving them real, unmatched support and resources to get to that next level in their business.
In 2013, Nicole worked as a freelancer counsellor with multiple non-profits. From there, she launched her counselling private practice working 1:1 with stressed out and anxious women. And not long after that, she started her business coaching services. Her business bloomed out of a need to work smarter not harder and overcome her own money blocks while running a business. She understands the challenges of being an entrepreneur, and teaches others how to enhance processes and systems, create a bigger business and bring in more income without the overwhelm and burn out.
In this episode, Nicole shares her extraordinary story.
WE DISCUSS
- Meaningful living and Nicole’s path from counselling private practice to small business coach and strategist.
- Nicole's experience of burnout and how it showed up for her. Plus, tips and insights to support you moving forward.
- The role of simplicity in creating flexibility and freedom.
- Maximising your time, energy and income with multiple streams of income.
- Assessing what your audience wants before you start creating new income streams.
- The importance of knowing your style when you are implementing new systems and processes.
- Self-care and why it is about doing the hard stuff.
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Today on this quick conversation on the podcast, we are talking about knowing your next best step. If you enjoy the podcast, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let me know how the show inspires, empowers and supports you to create more ease, joy and meaning in your life and business. Be sure to follow the show so you are notified when new episodes are released.
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Joining me on The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week is Roslyn Ranse, Founder of Travel Agent Achievers.
Roslyn is a travel advisor and business strategist who’s been in the travel industry for over 15 years. She is the founder of Travel Agent Achievers, where she educates and mentors other travel consultants to grow their businesses and put in place systems and processes that will accelerate their business and ultimately enhance their client’s experience. She educates her community through live events, courses and masterminds. She is also the host of the Travel Agent Achievers podcast.
Roslyn has a background in sales and marketing but once she had her son she realised it was time to “work smarter not harder” and she decided to grow her travel business and mentor other home-based advisors to do the same.
In this episode, Roslyn shares her extraordinary story.
WE DISCUSS
- Connection, walking the journey with others and experiencing joy in life.
- How personal connection, community, relationships and having a support network around you will support you in business.
- The importance of recognising the progress you make and celebrating the wins as a small business owner.
- The impact of the pandemic on the travel industry and how Roslyn navigated this challenging time, kept her business alive and supported others.
- Flexibility, resilience, being open to change and growth during uncertain times.
- Roslyn talks about the importance of self-care.
- How reaching out and learning from others (that are one step ahead) will help you build the business you desire, deserve and love.
If you enjoy the podcast, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let me know how the show inspires, empowers and supports you to create more ease, joy and meaning in your life and business. Be sure to follow the show so you are notified when new episodes are released.
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What is your intention for today? I ask myself this question daily because it sets me up for the day. It gets me thinking deeply about what I want to create for myself, what I will say yes to during the day and most importantly, what I will say no to. Join me for this quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast.
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What is it that you want to receive and are you creating the space for it to come in? Join me for this week’s quick conversation on the The Debra Shepherd Podcast about the importance of being open to receive.
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You and I have a different path in life and the way we find balance in our lives will be different, however, there are common sabotages that can show up for each of us. In this week's quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we are talking about three ways you may be sabotaging life balance.
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Joining me on The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week is Vannessa McCamley, Founder, Principal Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Author and Keynote Speaker at Link Success.
Vannessa has earned a reputation for assisting organisations, teams, and individuals in achieving impressive results through behavioural change. Vannessa leverages the latest in neuroscience for brain-based, evidence rich strategies to improve the leadership of self and others. The outcome for organisations is an increase in capabilities across performance, resilience, decision making, creative problem solving, productivity and revenue.
Vannessa has a passion for helping people and businesses overcome obstacles allowing them to reach their strategic goals. She brings over 20 years of business experience collaborating extensively with individuals at all levels and spanning several industries with a strong background within the IT Industry.
In this episode, Vannessa shares her extraordinary story.
WE DISCUSS
- Meaningful living, what it means to Vannessa and what it looks like in her daily life.
- Rewiring your brain and Vannessa’s book, Rewire for Success which she wrote during the pandemic.
- How neuroscience helps us translate how people function and think.
- Taking a resilience plan approach for obstacles before they happen.
- Priming your brain.
- Stress and peak performance.
- Taking brain breaks for improved energy management, productivity and performance.
If you enjoy the podcast, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let me know how the show inspires, empowers and supports you to create more ease, joy and meaning in your life and business. Be sure to follow the show so you are notified when new episodes are released.
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In this quick conversation on the podcast, I’m sharing 7 tips that will help you find balance in your life.
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As entrepreneurs and business owners, we can spend so much time using technology, particularly our phones. We could run our business from our phones if we wanted to. In this quick conversation, I’m sharing with you simple tips that will support you in reducing the amount of time you spend on your phone. See which tips resonate with you and explore how you can integrate them into your day. If you enjoy the podcast, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let me know how the show inspires, empowers and supports you to create more ease, joy and meaning in your life and business. Be sure to follow the show so you are notified when new episodes are released.
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Simplicity allows us to create space for ourselves. It brings clarity and focus. It also supports us in having the space, time and energy to more deeply connect with ourselves, others and our unique purpose. Simplicity is instrumental in bringing peace, calm, ease, joy and meaning. Join me for today’s quick conversation about simplicity, complexity and why less is more. Join the interest list for, Meaningful Living Blueprint here.
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Many of us, particularly over the last few years, have taken the time to reflect on where we are and have decided we want to experience more ease, joy, meaning, balance, connection and fulfilment in our lives. Creating a meaningful life looks different for each of us because we are all on a unique path. Join me for today’s quick conversation about how you can find life balance, connection and fulfilment.
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I am honoured to welcome Stacy Bahrenfuss to the show today.
After building a 7-figure business at the age of 19 where she helped clients find their external home in real estate, Stacy Bahrenfuss now guides women leaders to their internal home. Known as The Truth Teacher, and a Visionary Intuitive, Stacy is the Founder of The Truth Teachers™ and works privately consulting 7 and 8-figure women leaders and their teams, leading them to activate all of their power and accelerate their success personally and professionally.
Stacy and her Truth Teachers™ are on a mission to revolutionise the entire self-help industry by eliminating gurus and empowering people with the tools and framework to transform their own lives. Stacy is a 2020 Winner of the Gold Stevie Award in Consumer Services with 10 or less employees.
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, Stacy shares her extraordinary story. We talk about mindset, emotionset, success and creating a limitless life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Stacy talks about her extraordinary career in real estate to founding The Truth Teachers™.
- Stacy shares the source of her inspiration.
- Alignment and how success comes back to our attention to the inner world.
- Why working on your mindset alone will only take you so far.
- How you can create powerful transformation by working on mindset and emotionset together.
- How observing your inner state throughout the day can support you in creating conscious results and positively impact those around you.
- Stacy shares her Triple Threat System, three steps that take less than 10 minutes. A powerful practice to do each morning that will set you up for the day.
- How fear and scarcity are limiting and hold you back from abundance, creativity, collaboration and creating the thriving life and business that is awaiting you.
- The missing ingredient to whole life success.
SHOW NOTES
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Today, we are celebrating episode 100 and talking about finding life balance your way.
If you enjoy the podcast, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let me know how the show inspires, empowers and supports you to create more ease, joy and meaning in your life and business. Be sure to follow the show so you are notified when new episodes are released.
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I am honoured to have Dr Jennifer Blossom joining me on the show today.
As a doctor of occupational therapy, pediatric occupational therapist, and high-performance coach, Dr Jennifer spent years on her own journey, learning how to overcome her own struggle with anxiety and overwhelm. After years of frustration and feeling like she was living on autopilot and default mode, Jennifer dove headfirst into understand the research and science behind body-mind connection and how to use the power of your brain paired with high performance habits to radically reshape the direction of one’s life.
She began experimenting with new strategies and shared them with her clients (individuals and business organisations). Immediately, they started to see a change in their own thinking, performance, and life. Since then, Jennifer continues to share her trainings and strategies with hundreds of thousands of individuals, businesses, and athletes worldwide, all with one common goal in mind: to create the next version of themselves by reigniting the leader from within. She’s empowering women to level up every area of their life by utilising an iconic approach to think bigger, live passionately and to be a catalyst of change.
In this episode, Jennifer shares her story. We talk about peak performance and how to achieve it at home, work and in your business.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Jennifer explains peak performance. What it is, what it isn't, and how it is about being in alignment with who you are meant to be.
- Why you can’t step into your true power (your fullest life) until you understand the brain and how to manage the mind.
- How top sporting athletes make mental fitness a priority.
- We discuss the relationship between emotional intelligence and peak performance.
- The first step in creating new habits is to understand the brain.
- Jennifer talks about resistance and how it presents itself during growth. She explains how this is an opportunity to embrace resistance and to use it as evidence to move forward in the right direction.
- Jennifer explains why it is necessary to evaluate how you are running your days. She discusses her process for structuring her days for peak performance.
- The journey of discovering your purpose, living into it and allowing it to evolve as you grow and evolve.
- Jennifer shares her self-care practice and explains why you must prioritise self-care every day.
SHOW NOTES
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You must trust yourself and give yourself the gift of slowing down. No one else is going to grant you this permission. It starts with you. In this episode, I share how choosing not to slow down affects connection, visibility and presence.
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My guest today is Dr Mary Sanders.
Dr Mary Sanders has over 25 years of experience as a self-employed business woman and consultant. Fifteen years ago, Mary experienced burnout firsthand and crashed hard. At the time, she didn’t have the necessary tools or resources to navigate the difficult period in her life, so she panicked and ran away to the other side of the world. Now, Mary is wholeheartedly committed to supporting women who want to transform the way they show up in this world and experience thriving health, happiness, and purpose, utilising the tools of energy medicine, chiropractic, functional blood chemistry analysis, and positive psychology.
In this episode, Mary shares her story. We discuss burnout, health and wellbeing, happiness, purpose and success.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Mary shares her entrepreneurial journey, how she experienced burnout and her journey back to health, happiness and purpose.
- The difference between being tired and feeling burnt out.
- Three key components of burnout.
- How burnout can affect your energy centres (or your chakra system) and how that can present itself.
- Exercise, movement and burnout.
- How to rediscover joy.
SHOW NOTES
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My guest today is Natalie Coulson.
Natalie Coulson is a content marketer with a passion for personal branding. She learnt the hard way that people pleasing, burning the candle at both ends and doing as she was told was not the ticket to success. It was the ticket to burnout! Keen to find a better path forward, she stepped out of the corporate world six years ago and into the world of entrepreneurship, keen to support small business owners wanting to promote themselves more effectively.
After sliding into anonymity during Covid lockdowns, Natalie discovered the power of personal branding. She now works with executives and entrepreneurs wanting to elevate, showing them how they can find their voice to gain visibility.
In this episode, Natalie shares her story. We talk about resilience, purpose and owning your personal brand.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Living life in alignment with your purpose.
- How curiosity, connection and a desire to solve people’s problems lead Natalie to start her first business after leaving the magazine publishing industry.
- If you are developing a content marketing plan, promotional strategy or advertising plan you must know who you are what you represent before you talk to an audience.
- What it was like launching a business in 2020 during the pandemic.
- How to get clear on your personal brand.
- The power of being authentic and owning your story to deepen connections, create opportunities and grow your business.
- Personal branding, thought leadership and being strategic when increasing your visibility online.
- Identifying when you are at your best and stepping into high performance without burning out.
- The importance of asking for help and taking time for yourself.
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It may sound like another thing to do. And, if your schedule is already full it may feel impossible. If this resonates with you, I invite you to listen to this quick conversation on the podcast and make sure you listen to the end of the episode. In this conversation, I discuss what it can look like if you don't have balance in your life and what comes next.
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Today on the podcast, I'm sharing five powerful questions to ask yourself at the end of each day.
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Consistency is important in life and business, however sometimes it is not the right solution for the season we are in. What if you choose to create space instead? Join Debra for this quick conversation on the podcast.
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Lana Hall to the show. In this episode, Lana shares her story. She talks about values, resilience, purpose and The Slow Life Project.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- At 13 years of age, Lana started questioning the meaning of life and what was most important to her.
- Lana talks about the inward focus of purpose and how it comes back to being the best version of yourself.
- How to decide what your values are.
- Why it can be challenging to get clear on your values if they are covered up by comparison or what you think you should be doing.
- Self-esteem, confidence and strategies for integrating your values into your life.
- Enjoyment, satisfaction and being present in the moment.
- How stress free activities can elevate your stress level if you are overthinking and constantly thinking about your to-do list.
- Why resilience is important in managing the way we react to setbacks.
- Lana talks about The Slow Life Project and why she wrote the book.
- How Lana and her family embrace slow living.
- The importance of bringing awareness to your thoughts and your mindset.
- Self-criticism and the importance of being kind to yourself.
Lana Hall is a psychologist, author and woman on a mission to empower other women to live a meaningful, authentic and joyous life with full confidence.
Lana lives in Brisbane, Australia. She loves the beach, personal development, black coffee and peanut butter (though not together). Lana is married, with two children, two businesses and a tendency towards worrying about ‘doing enough’ and getting things ‘right’ – which was the original inspiration for her book, The Slow Life Project.
Having worked in the mental health field since 2006 and with a lifelong interest in personal development, Lana’s big vision is to give the benefits of psychological strategies and knowledge to a much larger audience than would ever go to a psychologist.
Lana has taken the best of the best of what she’s found works to promote confidence, resilience and a passion for your own life and has put these tools and strategies into a guide book that you can use to navigate your world as your authentic self, while having a ton of fun doing so! These tools and strategies form the basis of The Slow Life Project.
SHOW NOTES
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Entrepreneurs are passionate about their work and business and while this is incredibly important, it can lead to overworking, over-committing, over-servicing, overwhelm and chaos when you're not intentional about how you are designing your life and business. Life can get out of balance if you are pushing forward and laser focused on your work and not taking care of yourself. Prioritising yourself is essential for life and business success. In this episode, Debra shares nine ways you can start prioritising yourself today.
SHOW NOTES
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Nikki Nash to the show. In this episode, Nikki shares her story. She talks about content, relationships, marketing your genius and so much more.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- What it can feel like when you are out of alignment and how that experience is different for everyone.
- Why you don’t need to be everywhere and do what the big brands are doing online when marketing your small business.
- Nikki talks about her mantra, do less better and the mad scientist framework.
- Nikki shares her passion for writing and the reasons why she wrote her book, Market Your Genius which she refers to as an in-depth coaching session.
- Some of the obstacles entrepreneurs face when they are building a personal brand or a personal brand business.
- The importance of simplicity and consistency in marketing and business.
- Why marketing is about relationship building.
- How to use storytelling in your marketing to educate your audience and build trust.
- The power of storytelling to build your business. We all have stories to share even if you don’t think you do.
- Content marketing tips for entrepreneurs building a personal brand.
- How boundaries and discipline create freedom.
- The importance of doing things that are in alignment, bring you joy and feel right for you.
Nikki Nash is a Hay House author, motivational speaker, and founder of Market Your Genius, a training and development company on a mission to equip entrepreneurs with the tools and resources they need to share and profit from their message.
Known for empowering people to quit making excuses and start going after their dreams, Nikki uses her extensive marketing, business, and personal development background to help people build profitable personal brand businesses, position themselves as the go-to expert in their industry, multiply their sales, and grow their business through strategic storytelling.
Prior to full-time entrepreneurship, Nikki served as Head of Marketing at tech startup Rest Devices, Senior Marketing Manager at Intel Corporation where she won the Marketing Excellence Award, Brand Management MBA Intern at The Coca-Cola Company, and Media Planner + Buyer at advertising agency Starcom-MediaVest on the Kraft Foods Account. Nikki has also worked for brands such as InStyle, Travel + Leisure, and Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy.
SHOW NOTES
Episode 90 show notes
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There are many conversations about time management, yet, not enough emphasis is placed on managing your energy which I believe is essential for wellbeing, fulfilment, joy, impact, performance and success. In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we are talking about the importance of managing your energy and your time as an entrepreneur.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Why entrepreneurs must focus on energy management and time management.
- How energy management includes your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy.
- What can happen if you don't meaningfully manage your energy.
SHOW NOTES
Episode 89 show notes
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Maiko Sakai to the show. In this episode, Maiko shares her story. She talks about simplicity, success, meaningful living, finding your profitable niche and fine dining but not in the way you might expect.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Working in the music industry, moving into entrepreneurship and founding Airtight Concepts.
- Why loving what you have right now can open up different perspectives and opportunities.
- The best gift Maiko has ever given herself.
- How creative entrepreneurs often acquire bad habits when it comes to business operations.
- Where creative entrepreneurs struggle the most.
- Why simple does not equal easy.
- Expect the messy middle to achieve simplicity in your business.
- The relationship between niching down and fine dining.
- Learn how to niche down using the Niche Diagram framework.
- How running a transactional business often leads to entrepreneurial burnout.
- Unlearning the hustle culture.
- Ikigai and the importance of feeling more joy and contentment with ourselves so we don’t seek external validation.
Maiko Sakai, the founder of Airtight Concepts, is a business strategy consultant a.k.a. secret weapon, confidant and silent partner to visionary entrepreneurs and CEOs with the desire to build a high-functioning, profit-generating business of their dreams.
Her mission is simple: Help service business owners shift from operating a transactional business to a transformational business through her two business programs, “Define + Refine Your Profitable Niche” and “BusinessOptimizer 360.”
As a self-proclaimed “Queen of Counterintuitive Strategies,” she provides effective but not-so-conventional strategies to boost sustainable profitability for her clients’ businesses by utilising both quantitative and qualitative assessments. Originally from Yokohama, Japan, Maiko considers herself a New Yorker, loves ethnic foods of all kinds, and is a minimalist, a sucker for ultra-contemporary design and exotic house plants. She earned her MBA from Cornell University.
SHOW NOTES
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This year for me has been about opening, awareness, spiritual seeking, stepping back, supporting and rising up. For most of us there has been a lot of change and a lot of different energies. It has been challenging and chaotic at times however it has also been an opportunity for us to step up, rise up, to make a change and to make a difference. In this quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I’d like to know what will you do differently in the new year?
SHOW NOTES
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Imagine having less stress, more impact and a life you love without burnout. What would your life be like? What would be possible? Join Debra for this quick conversation on the podcast.
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Goal setting is a popular topic, especially as we move towards the New Year. In this quick conversation, Debra shares a series of questions to consider before you set your life and business goals for 2022.
If you have already set your goals, listen to this episode, reflect on the questions and look at how you can incorporate what you uncover to make your goals even more powerful.
SHOW NOTES
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Mentoring can support you in creating life and business success. It can help you move forward powerfully towards the vision you have for your life and business. Finding the right Mentor is important.
On the podcast this week, Debra shares her insights on how mentoring can support you, how it can work and what to consider when you are looking for a mentor.
SHOW NOTES
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As a female entrepreneur, you want to serve. You want to make a difference. You want to create an impact. You want to learn and grow. To do that, you must step out of your comfort zone. Creating something new requires you to do something different to step outside of what you usually do, to step out into the unknown.
On the podcast this week, Debra has an important question for you, do you need to step outside of your comfort zone?
SHOW NOTES
Episode 83 show notes
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Jane Langof to the show. In this episode, Jane shares her story. Jane talks about what Feng Shui is, the benefits and how it can be used in your home and commercial premises for success.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Feng Shui is about the relationship you have with your environment and your surroundings. It is the art of designing spaces with the right energy flow and setting up your environment for success.
- Jane talks about the relationship between Feng Shui wellbeing, psychology, relationships and prosperity.
- Determining the quality of energy in a home or building involves analysing the precise orientation of the property, the layout, when the property was built and if there have been extensive renovations.
- Colour and the role it plays in Feng Shui.
- Engaging a Feng Shui Master during the purchase of a residential or commercial property, during the concept stage of a building project or before starting a renovation.
- How Feng Shui can be in commercial premises to improve the energy flow for occupants, communication, wealth and property value.
- The number one thing you can do in your office or workspace is to bring more stillness and clarity into a space.
- You don't need to decorate your home with Feng Shui objects to have good Feng Shui. Feng Shui done well should be consistent with the principles of great design.
- Why taking a DIY approach to Feng Shui can have a negative impact.
Jane Langof is a Feng Shui Master and the founder of Feng Shui Concepts combining principles of great design with traditional Feng Shui to create positive energy and success.
Jane’s mission is to create beautiful places that inspire you to achieve your goals.
Jane specialises in Feng Shui design projects for residential and commercial projects in Sydney, Australia and internationally. She has a practical approach to Feng Shui and works seamlessly with design professionals and project teams to ensure that your property achieves its full potential.
Jane enjoys sharing her knowledge in Feng Shui through media and speaking engagements, participating in conferences and events for international experts in the Feng Shui industry. Jane has appeared on television, radio and provides commentary in newspaper and magazine articles.
Jane is a member of professional associations including the International Feng Shui Association and Association of Feng Shui Consultants. Jane is an internationally accredited Feng Shui Master, a member of the Design Institute of Australia and Master Builders Association in Australia.
SHOW NOTES
Episode 82 show notes
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You are an entrepreneur, the leader of your life and a leader in your business. I know you want to be of service, to help others and make a difference. You have a message to share with the world. You are here to make an impact. In this episode, Debra talks about connection, communication and your visibility as an entrepreneur.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- When you are caught in the hustle and living a fast-paced hurried lifestyle the way in which you connect and communicate with your audience will be affected. You will not be able to reach them effectively or and make an emotional connection.
- Why you must stop searching for the next strategy and tactic to meaningfully connect and build relationships with your audience. Plus, I share what you must do first.
- If you are disconnected and distracted the depth of your connection, communication and visibility will be significantly impacted.
All this and more.
SHOW NOTES
Episode 81 show notes
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Rebecca Saunders to the show. In this episode, Rebecca talks about entrepreneurship, success, video and how to build a brand with a powerful visual impact.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Rebecca talks about entrepreneurship, leadership, resilience and navigating the business landscape during the pandemic.
- The importance of authenticity, consistency and boundary setting in business.
- Discover why a good business is a boring business.
- Key steps you can take to move through the fear of being visible online.
- Learn simple tips and content ideas for creating engaging and impactful video content that will connect with your audience.
- How you don’t have to share every aspect of your life on Instagram Stories or Facebook Stories.
- Does your brand stand out?
- Rebecca talks about different types of video content and shares examples on how to include it in your video strategy.
- Learn tips for mapping out and streamlining your content strategy.
- The importance of self-care and how Rebecca incorporates regular technology-free weekends into her practice.
Described by her clients as a video ninja, Rebecca Saunders is a sought-after video strategist who builds brands with impactful video content and live virtual events.
At the age of 22, Rebecca packed a small bag and booked a one-way ticket to Sydney with her laptop and just $500 in her pocket as she boarded that plane. She had a dream of living in Australia and building her own company to sponsor herself to stay here. Fast forward a decade and Rebecca has built a global production company, has a purpose-built film studio in Sydney where she produces live virtual events and education content, and has a selection of online courses including her signature program “The Video Accelerator” to help make our video journey’s just that little bit easier.
SHOW NOTES
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Growth and change require you to step outside your comfort zone so you can begin creating something new. In this episode, Debra talks about why you must get out of your own way so you can create lasting change in your life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- What growth and change require of you.
- Change starts with you and the decision you make to commit and invest in yourself.
- Diving deep and getting to the heart of what is going on.
SHOW NOTES
Episode 79 show notes
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On this episode, Debra continues the conversation about purpose and talks about how to know if you are out of alignment with your purpose.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Common ways high achievers can get out of alignment with their purpose and what they are here to do.
- Your purpose is not something you need to search for. It is internal and something you can reconnect too.
- The consequences of constantly pushing forward and chasing success.
- What is possible for you?
SHOW NOTES
Episode 78 show notes
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Decluttering your life, getting more organised and letting go of what isn't serving you will free up more of your time, give you more space and increase productivity. In this episode, Debra shares her thoughts on how you can take the declutter process deeper to create lasting change in your life and business.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- The benefits of decluttering areas of your life.
- The first step in the decluttering process begins with your vision and making a commitment to yourself.
- How a declutter schedule can support you in navigating the process.
- Why decluttering goes beyond material things and your physical environment. It is a mind, body and soul process.
SHOW NOTES
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes back Medical Intuitive, Energy Healer, Psychic and Transformational Coach, Michele Thomas. In this episode, Michele talks about how to harness the power of your intuition to grow, heal and thrive.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- To find your passion listen to your heart and get curious.
- Balancing masculine and feminine energy.
- We are all intuitive and why it can be challenging to hear and listen to your intuition.
- How to use your intuition to grow your business.
- The importance of tuning into your body and listening to what it needs and wants.
- Finding balance in asking your Angels and Guides for help when you need it.
- How past trauma and uncovered issues can impact the way you show up in life, at work and in business.
- How we are only limited by our imagination and our willingness to take steps towards those goals.
- Powerful questions to ask yourself to improve your health and wellness.
- The positive impact shifting perspective can have when you are moving through challenging times.
Michele Thomas is a Medical Intuitive, Energy Healer, Psychic, and Transformational Coach with Radiant Living. She works with women who are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Assisting them to identify, clear, and release fear, guilt, shame, and frustration with their bodies, allowing them to love and accept themselves fully, exactly as they are. She teaches her clients how to release their limiting beliefs, blocks, and cords that are keeping them stuck in their mediocre lives. Nurturing her clients to step fully into the radiant life they deserve.
Radiant Living’s purpose is to help women heal and create a radiant life through individual sessions, workshops, and classes, empowering individuals to harness the power of their intuition to grow, heal and thrive. When you are able to connect with your body at a deeper energetic level, you can understand how emotional and mental blocks are manifested physically. By clearing those blocks, shaking limiting beliefs, and embracing new productive habits, we are able to lead fuller, richer lives.
SHOW NOTES
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CONNECT WITH MICHELE
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radiantlivinghlc
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Website: https://www.radiantlivinghlc.com
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Do you have a gratitude practice? In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares her thoughts on finding gratitude in your life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How to find gratitude in daily life and during busy, difficult and challenging times.
- The benefits of having a daily gratitude practice.
- Simple tips for starting and/or deepening your gratitude practice.
- The most important element of finding gratitude in your life.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/75-finding-gratitude
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On the podcast this week, Debra interviews Clinical Psychologist Talya Rabinovitz about setting healthy boundaries and saying no. In this episode, Talya talks about how to set healthy boundaries. She discusses the research, the central nervous system and the Unicorn Brain.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Healthy boundaries are about care and protection.
- A 3-step process for setting healthy boundaries and preserving them.
- To create success (by any measure), we must be in the part of the nervous system called social engagement mode or the Unicorn Brain.
- Why everything is easier when you are in your Unicorn Brain and how to stay most regulated in your Unicorn Brain.
- Mapping your nervous system.
- Why saying no can be challenging.
- How to say no in a kind and respectful way and trust that.
- Boundary setting using The 1-5 Boundary Scale.
- Tips for creating better personal and work boundaries for ourselves during lockdown and the pandemic
Talya Rabinovitz is a Clinical Psychologist who helps hard-working, people-pleasing women remove stress and overwhelm at work.
In addition to running a book-out private practice in Sydney, Talya has consulted on projects for brands including Coke, Breville, Uncle Toby’s, Pernod Ricard, and Lion.
Experienced in both group therapy and coaching, Talya has designed and delivered programs and workshops in the public, private and corporate sectors.
Talya is known for her capacity to simplify complex psychological research into easy, practical tools (with the odd Beyonce metaphor), that help women hold strong boundaries, regulate their nervous systems, and overcome imposter syndrome at work.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/74-talya-rabinovitz
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Website: https://www.talyarabinovitz.com/
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This episode is a beautiful guided meditation for clarity and calm that will support you in slowing down and creating space for yourself. I invite you to do this in the morning before you start your day. This meditation is a simple process ideal for those new to meditation and those with a regular practice.
SHOW NOTES
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/73-guided-meditation-clarity-calm
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Iva Paleckova. In this episode, Iva shares her story. We talk about leadership, business growth, transformation and the power of serve first marketing.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- The importance of value, connection, teaching and leadership.
- Business as a tool for spiritual transformation.
- Transforming your mindset and going through the uncomfortable, the evolution and letting go to become a 7 and 8 figure entrepreneur.
- How the S.E.R.V.E. Method not only helps you market and grow your business, it also allows you to step into a new version of yourself.
- Using virtual retreats for serving and for powerful personal and business transformation.
- What’s going on in your business is a direct reflection of what is going on inside you.
- Aligning marketing and purpose.
- How to use the S.E.R.V.E. Method to grow your business.
Iva Paleckova, MBA, is a hands-on Executive Business Coach who helps business owners reverse-engineer their goals and map out the exact action steps needed to reach a multi 6-figure monthly income.
Iva teaches from experience taking her own coaching business from barely making $3k a month and struggling to pay the bills to a $500k monthly income within 18 months – whilst multi-tasking being pregnant and then having her baby. Going through hyper-growth as a single mum with a newborn, Iva had to think outside the box and create strategies quite different from anything else out there.
Even though Iva is a #1 best-selling author and an award-winning international speaker, her biggest accomplishment and joy is helping her clients achieve amazing financial growth within a matter of months.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/72-iva-paleckova
CONNECT WITH IVA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsherbusinesstribe
Website: https://www.ivapaleckova.com
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We all lead full lives. In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares her thoughts on work-life balance.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/71-work-life-balance
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Rhonda Berlino. In this episode, Rhonda shares her powerful story. We talk about stress, trauma and resilience.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- The stress response and how when you have experienced a certain amount of trauma early on in life it changes the way you respond to stress.
- When you're disconnected from your body and using it as a tool you have no choice but to listen.
- Coping with a change in your identity when you are forced to stop.
- The importance of brain health.
- How the fight or flight response is the protector of your body.
- How stress can create stress fractures.
- Burnout isn't only about doing too much it is also about doing too much of the things that don't light you up or energise you.
- How Rhonda realised that being so busy every single moment of every day was a trauma response.
- Stress management and the effect toxic stress can have on children.
- The power of purpose.
- What it is like living from the inside out.
For over 25 years, Rhonda Berlino worked in high pressure, high stress environments. Working with Real Estate professionals, as a Sales Executive at a Fortune 250 Company, as a coach specialising in business development, professional development, and lead generation. She worked with countless brokers and agents to help them increase profits, bring in new leads, close bigger deals. She created and often taught customised certified CEU classes to keep their people compliant. She worked long hours, travelled constantly, and ignored the signs that her body was giving her. As a driven, talented professional who was all in, she pushed through and kept pushing through with the confidence and energy of someone who knew that she could handle whatever was thrown at her. Until she couldn't. She found herself in the emergency room.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/70-rhonda-berlino
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Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/UndeniableImpactCoaching
Website:https://www.TheUndeniableBrand.com
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Live the life you love! On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Julia Jerg about family, travel, social media, online business and the digital nomad lifestyle.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How the decision to take a short break turned into a lifestyle.
- What it was like and how it felt leaving everything behind to step into the unknown.
- Listening to your body, listening to your intuition and owning your life.
- Julia’s entrepreneurial journey from freelancing to building a thriving online business.
- Travel and the incredible experience Julia is sharing with her family.
- Why focusing on your mindset and overcoming fears and limiting beliefs are crucial.
- How to create a plan, structure and boundaries to create more personal freedom.
- How to create a thriving online business by using a rock-solid social media strategy.
- Using social media to connect more deeply and meaningfully with your target audience.
- Tips for staying relevant and visible when there is so much noise online.
Julia Jerg is the Founder and chief editor of Jey Jetter, a family-travel and digital nomad blog for aspiring nomads and families.
Julia is also a social media and business marketing coach, public speaker, author, course creator and blogger from Germany.
In 2011, Julia quit her job, sold all of her belongings, bought a one-way ticket, and turned into a successful digital nomad. Since then, she has travelled, lived, and worked remotely in over 80 countries.
Today, Julia helps female coaches become visible on social media and find clarity in their business, showing them the next best steps and helping them reach their ideal customers by applying all her knowledge.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/69-julia-jerg
CONNECT WITH JULIA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliajerg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeyjetter
Website: https://www.jeyjetter.com
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Ready for more abundance and prosperity in your life? On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Erin Krohn to talk about how to improve your money mindset and relationship with money so you can attract more abundance and prosperity into your life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- When you change how you relate to money, it can change everything in your life.
- How energy and frequency play a significant role in attracting abundance and prosperity.
- We are always manifesting. How to know if you are pushing money away and repelling it.
- Erin defines what a healthy money relationship is and what it is not.
- The difference between an abundance money mindset and a scarcity money mindset.
- We all have a money story and money beliefs no matter where we are on our journey in life.
- How you may be living someone else's money story without even realising it.
- Erin shares tips for clearing your money beliefs.
- The power of enjoying where you are right now.
Erin Krohn is a Money Mindset and Manifestation Coach. Erin helps high achievers harness the power of their subconscious mind to wake up their dreams and open the road to an expansive life, where money and opportunities are flowing their way, and magic and miracles are everyday occurrences.
Years ago, Erin started a personal development journey when she felt bored and restless in her own life. Knowing she wanted more out of life, she changed her beliefs around money and went from just surviving, to thriving on her dream horse farm. Through that journey she found so many tools that resonated – meditation, hypnosis, NLP, Law of Attraction. As a Master NLP Practitioner, she brings all of those tools to her clients to create fast change at the subconscious level.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/68-erin-krohn
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Website: https://www.erinkrohn.com
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No matter where you are on your journey in life, the best-laid plans can go astray. Life happens and, we all get to experience days where we feel less motivated and inspired than others. In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares four powerful tips for staying motivated and inspired.
SHOW NOTES
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/67-staying-motivated/
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In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra talks about reconnecting to your purpose.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/66-purpose
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On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Bianca de Reus about bridging spirit and humanity through deep soul connection and animal communication.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How entrepreneurs can shift into and operate from a deeper soul space in life and business to create success.
- The difference between your human voice and your soul voice or your highest self.
- What animal communication is and how we can all communicate with animals.
- Bianca shares her experience the first time she realised she could communicate with animals and how a snake revealed her life purpose.
- How animals give us signs they are trying to communicate with us.
- How we can deepen our understanding of ourselves by connecting on a soul level with our pets.
- Tips on how to better connect with your pet and other animals.
- How to protect your energy so you stay in your power and don't give away all your energy.
Bianca de Reus is an inspiring and passionate being, who consciously helps people connect with their inner self, so they discover their soul being, their intuition and their spiritual abilities, so they work in harmony to shine their light from a place of pure alignment, love, and joy.
Bianca was born and raised in the Netherlands. She found her way to Sydney, Australia in 1996. A few years later she was approached by a wild snake who told her what her life purpose was to be. But that is a story to be told over a cuppa!
She is a game-changing soul coach and intuitive animal communication mentor, who works outside the norm, bringing clarity and trust by guiding people to feel confident, safe, and empowered to connect to their inner self and their spiritual skills. She works from a place of truth, love, and freedom.
She is a warm, engaging, and inspirational speaker. Bianca is also a spirit channel, a spiritual activist, intuitive mentor, soul coach, Reiki Master, and shaman. She serves the world through her Connecting Soul Beings®’ programs and podcast.
Bianca lives her life with passion and enthusiasm, learning any lessons which arise, healing herself and continuing to step into her heart, listening to her Soul to take inspired action. This has led her to further develop spiritual abilities, which empower her to share her wisdom with people around the world.
In 2018 Bianca published her first book called: Hello? Can you hear me? How to create Harmony with your Animal Companions By Tuning into Animal Language.
Currently living in Sydney, Australia with her beautiful wife, Lana and their mini–Schnauzer Raphael, Bianca loves indulging in liquorice, chocolate, and whiskey, although not always together!
Bianca is a compassionate human being who, in between work and travel, also enjoys photography, music, nature, travel, cooking, and spending quality time with family and friends.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/65-bianca-de-reus
CONNECT WITH BIANCA
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Website: https://www.biancadereus.com
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Want to leave your 9-5 and start a business? On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Michelle Pascoe back to the show to talk about how you can embrace your Second Momentum and pursue your dream of starting a business. Ready?
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Michelle shares her entrepreneurial journey and talks about how to identify your passion and start your dream business.
- The importance of customer service and the customer experience journey in online and offline businesses.
- Success and having the power to choose the life and business you want to create.
- Why you must understand your passion, purpose, your why and what brings you joy before you start a business.
- Dealing with challenges and setbacks in business.
- Why flexibility and innovation are important in business.
- The importance of having a support network and a community around you.
- Who is in your circle of influence?
- How envy and comparison can impact your business journey.
Michelle Pascoe is an international speaker, business coach, accredited trainer, researcher, author and host of The Second Momentum Podcast.
In 1994 Michelle founded one of Australia’s most respected training companies, Optimum Operating Procedures and Services Pty Ltd (better known as OOPS) an incredibly successful provider of mystery shopping, service benchmarking, surveys and focus groups, competitor audits, team training and leadership development.
Michelle combines her extensive experience and specialised knowledge with an absolute commitment to igniting the potential in each and every individual so they can achieve outstanding results.
Today, Michelle is helping women embrace their Second Momentum and pursue their passion of starting a business.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/64-michelle-pascoe
CONNECT WITH MICHELLE
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Website: https://www.michellepascoe.com
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What do you need to let go of to connect more deeply to your purpose? In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares her thoughts on letting go.
SHOW NOTES
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/63-letting-go
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Are you a foodie? Do you love to cook? Do you love food? On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Liz Edgecombe, Founder of The Spice People to the show to share her story. We talk about travel, food, spices and how we are all united by food. Ready?
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- The power of keeping things simple and building your business slowly.
- The importance of asking for help from your family and having a strong support network as an entrepreneur.
- Combining a love of travel with a passion for enriching people’s lives through spices and culinary experiences.
- Identifying extraordinary spice blends and recreating them for the Australian market.
- How memorable travel and food experiences bring people together.
- Destination dining and how spices can connect us to the world.
- Three tips for getting started on your spice journey.
- The biggest myth about spices.
- The art of seasoning food.
- How Liz supports female entrepreneurs in third world countries.
Liz Edgecombe is a Victoria-based entrepreneur passionate about bringing tastes of the world to her fellow Aussies, and inspiring other women business owners along the way. A self-proclaimed "spice evangelist", Liz started her business The Spice People in 1997 and has since grown it from humble side hustle to a successful business employing 10 people (and growing). Their range of over 200 spices elevates the ordinary to extraordinary, offering an enriching culinary journey connecting people, culture, and cuisines. Thanks to a wealth of knowledge, a successful business, and frequent appearances on the popular Channel Ten cooking show, My Market Kitchen, Liz is regarded today as one of Australia's most highly-esteemed experts and go-to gurus when it comes to spices.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/62-liz-edgecombe
CONNECT WITH LIZ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespicepeopleaus
Website: https://thespicepeople.com.au/
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What does success mean to you? In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares her thoughts on success and she talks about two different types of success. Are you ready?
SHOW NOTES
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/61-stress-struggle-success
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What is your Money Type? What is your Financial Phenotype? This week on the podcast, Debra talks to Melissa Browne about financial wellness, money types and her latest book Why Budgets Don't Work (But This Does).
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How money stories can directly impact your business, finances and every part of your life.
- How to uncover your unique Financial Phenotype.
- Learn about the four different Money Types.
- Why you can be more than one money type and what this means for you.
- How your environment impacts your financial characteristics.
- Creating a money environment that serves you rather than sabotaging you.
- How a 30-Day Financial Detox can help you understand how and why you behave with money the way you do.
- The impact social media and your online environment can have on your financial wellness and mental health.
- How you can change your money story and your money environment.
Melissa Browne is an ex-accountant, ex-financial advisor and ex-working till she drops. Nowadays she's a best-selling author, financial educator, business strategist and mentor and entrepreneur who is passionate about helping women particularly also live a life by design not default.
Melissa also uses her unique, sometimes irreverent but always inspiring voice to speak and write about money, financial awareness, habits, strategy, business and occasionally shoes. She has written three books: the illustrated business book More Money For Shoes, the coffee table book of financial fairy tales, Fabulous But Broke and the global best-seller Unf*ck Your Finances. Her current book, Budgets Don't Work (But This Does) dives further into understanding your Money Story, Money Environment and Money Type and developing great financial habits that work for your unique Financial Phenotype.
Mel is CEO of the financial education business for women who want to financially grow up, melissabrowne.courses (previously The Money Barre), Director of Business at the long-day Early Learning Communities, Thinkers.Inq and up until she sold the business for seven figures in 2019, she was CEO of the award-winning accounting and advisory firm A&TA (Accounting & Taxation Advantage). Three very different businesses that all are pushing the boundaries in their fields, questioning what is possible and disrupting their industry in order to create the best possible results for their communities.
SHOW NOTES
https://www.debrashepherd.com.au/blog/60-melissa-browne
CONNECT WITH MELISSA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moremoneyforshoes
Website: https://www.melissabrowne.courses
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What is manifestation? How hard are you working to create success? How can I be a limitless entrepreneur? On the podcast this week, Debra interviews Nicole Laino about manifestation, success and being a limitless entrepreneur.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Nicole talks about success and operating in your zone of genius.
- The importance of combining strategy and spirituality in your business to create success.
- Are you debugging your operating system?
- Why it’s important to schedule white space time.
- How many entrepreneurs confuse busyness with being productive.
- What you need to know about manifestation.
- The relationship between manifestation and the Law of Attraction.
- The Rapid Manifestation Method.
Nicole Laino is a startup Founder (Hilo CRM), brand strategist, peak performance coach, Reiki master/teacher and the host of the Limitless Entrepreneur Podcast.
Nicole spent six years in corporate at a Fortune 100 company before leaving her career for entrepreneurship. Affectionately referring to herself as a Type-A hippie (a free-spirit who can grow a business and meet a deadline) she has found and understands that to be truly successful in business you have to be both strategic and spiritual.
Nicole combines proven marketing strategies with brain-based science, and her experience as a Rapid Manifestation Method Practitioner to help her clients overcome their limiting beliefs, develop their authentic brand, and achieve massive success.
**SHOW NOTES:**
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/59-nicole-laino/
CONNECT WITH NICOLE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolelainoofficial
Website: https://www.nicolelaino.me/
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Work-life balance?! What does balance mean and is there such a thing? On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Cherylanne Skolnicki to talk about how you can achieve brilliant balance and live your dream life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Cherylanne talks about work-life balance and explains what balance is and what it is not.
- How the addiction to being busy is hurting us.
- The importance of asking for help and why sometimes we ask for help when it was never really ours, to begin with.
- How to get more done and build a sustainable business without feeling exhausted and burnt out.
- How to have an energetic day.
- Simple things women can do every day to feel better.
- How to find your purpose.
Want to be a rock star at work and at home? Cherylanne Skolnicki has the playbook. As an entrepreneur with a husband and three kids of her own, she knows exactly how it feels to have too much to do and not enough time to do it. It’s exhausting, it’s stressful, and it can be tempting to just give in to the chaos.
Like most children of the 80s and 90s, Cherylanne grew up believing she could have it all. She started her first business while still in high school, and dreamed of one day becoming a CEO. After graduating from Cornell, she went to work for Procter & Gamble where she spent the next 15 years climbing the corporate ladder and managing a portfolio of well-known consumer product brands (one had more than $1 billion in global sales). Despite her demanding work schedule, she still traveled, ran marathons, and volunteered like a boss. And then she had 3 children. All of a sudden, the unrelenting pace she was running at felt unsustainable.
That’s when she knew she had to reorder her life so all the pieces would truly fit – including not just a thriving career and family life, but also a good night’s sleep and some time to herself!
It wasn’t easy at first, but she finally discovered a set of practices that truly worked. That prompted her to found Brilliant Balance, and her playbook has helped thousands of professional women reclaim rock star status over the last decade.
Her company, Brilliant Balance, offers work-life mentorship and coaching programs to help you have a fulfilling career, a thriving family life, and a strong sense of self.
Cherylanne is a sought-after speaker and hosts the top-rated Brilliant Balance podcast. Her work has been featured in Thrive Global, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Women’s Day, and Cincy Chic. She appears on TV news shows as an expert on work-life balance, productivity, and purpose.
Cherylanne graduated from Cornell University in 1995. She holds an MBA from the Goizueta School of Management at Emory University.
She is a member of the Female Founders Collective, one of Cincinnati’s 100 Wise Women, a Forty Under 40 Honoree, a happy wife, and a proud mom of three.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/58-cherylanne-skolnicki/
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Do you have a morning routine? Do you have a daily routine? Everyone talks about morning routines. There are 5 am morning routines, 6 am morning routines, people telling us to meditate, journal, write morning pages, the list goes on.
In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares her thoughts on both and why she prefers a daily routine.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/57-morning-routines-daily-routines/
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What is a low tox life? Why should I care about low tox living? On the podcast this week, Debra interviews Alexx Stuart, Founder of Low Tox Life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- The story behind Low Tox Life.
- Why you should care about low tox living.
- Why it is important to build ourselves up to be stronger and reduce the level of toxins we are exposed to daily.
- How low tox living is different for everyone and why we must make room for progress rather than perfection.
- How Alexx supports individuals, families and communities globally and what it has been like sharing this experience with her son.
- Why it is important to get children involved in the kitchen.
- Why we must nurture our mind if we want to be our best selves and live an empowered and happy life.
- The impact stress can have on our physiology.
- Simple changes you can make in your life today to create powerful positive change for yourself, your family and the planet.
Alexx Stuart is the four times bestselling author of “Low Tox Life” and the founder of the thriving online education hub by the same name, made up of several e-courses, a podcast (one of the highest ranked in the health category in Australia), recipes, articles and community action resources for an ever-growing community of people wanting to be healthier and make our planet happier.
Alexx is an educator, change agent, author, columnist, speaker and consultant at the forefront of a movement that’s non-judgmental and tough on the system that got us here. She is passionate about empowering individuals to become conscious consumers, shaping the future of our health and our planet’s health and making positive changes that feel exciting and achievable.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/56-alexx-stuart/
CONNECT WITH ALEXX:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lowtoxlife
Website: https://www.lowtoxlife.com
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Want to know how to get out of your own way and create lasting change? On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Fabienne Fredrickson about mindset, money, success and how to achieve greatness.
**EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS**
- The extraordinary power of your mindset.
- How to activate your potential for greatness and get everything you want in life using the VBA framework.
- How to overcome subconscious beliefs and a negative mindset if this has been your default setting for years.
- How to get out of your own way and create lasting change.
- Why everything has to do with mindset and taking personal responsibility.
- Common mindset shifts you can start working on today to create momentum in your business.
Fabienne Fredrickson is a powerful catalyst for solo business owners who seek to make the greatest impact they can in their work all while creating certainty in their business and financial security in their lives. She believes that when women make their own money (and lots of it), they experience a profound feeling of safety in their life allowing them to take up more space in their families, their communities, and the world.
With over twenty years of experience as the founder of Boldheart.com, Fabienne has been a mentor to tens of thousands of women business owners. Her company has repeatedly been recognised by the media, and Inc. Magazine has named it one of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies for three consecutive years.
Fabienne is an inspiring speaker – sometimes even speaking to audiences as large as 7,000 attendees – and has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., Fast Company, Amex Forum, and the New York Times. Fabienne has the rare and unique ability to powerfully teach transformational concepts in an engaging and moving way, while inspiring her audiences to become a better version of themselves. Her TedX talk is one example of making a concept that is usually difficult to grasp seem absolutely attainable.
As one would with fairy dust, Fabienne sprinkles self-worth and mindset principles onto all of her teachings. She teaches you to fight self-doubt, become infinitely more confident, and then get out of your own way so you can create a magnificent life you love.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/55-fabienne-fredrickson/
CONNECT WITH FABIENNE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fabiennefred/
Website: https://boldheart.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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Want to experience deeper levels of fulfilment? This week, Debra welcomes Heidi Hauer to the podcast to talk about wellbeing, relationships and her book, The Queendom Within.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- What prompted Heidi to connect with her purpose on a deeper level.
- Why TRUE health and wellbeing is holistic.
- How we all have the ability and the responsibility to create the life of our dreams.
- Why Heidi believes the foundation of wellbeing is self-love.
- How our thoughts impact our physical being down to the cellular level.
- Why being aware of your state during the day is essential for productivity, impact and success.
- How time is not something you have; it is something you make.
- The connection between self-care, self-love and self-worth.
- Why Heidi wrote, The Queendom Within and how her new book can support you on your journey to finding love, peace, happiness and fulfilment.
Heidi Hauer is a Health and Life Coach who specialises in helping women within high-pressure, demanding careers to harness the power of nutrition and self-awareness, so they can look, feel, and perform at their best. Heidi follows a truly holistic approach to self-improvement. Using nutrition as the foundation for creating a deeply healthy glow, inside and out.
Heidi guides her clients to bringing consciousness to significant aspects of their life such as their career, relationships, lifestyle, and spirituality. In this way, she facilitates a depth of wellness that draws upon happiness and fulfilment as much as physical health and beauty.
Heidi hosts The Heidi Hauer Podcast. She is a blogger, speaker and author of ‘The Queendom Within – rewrite your fairy tale and create your own happily ever after’.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/54-heidi-hauer/
CONNECT WITH HEIDI:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidi.hauer
Website: https://heidihauer.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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Do you celebrate success in life and business? Do you appreciate and show gratitude for all you’ve experienced and achieved? The big successes, small successes, the highs and even the lows. In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares her thoughts on celebrating success.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/53-celebrating-success/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
WORK WITH DEBRA:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/work-with-me/
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Want to know how to turn a transition into a transformation? On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Hilary DeCesare about how to turn transitions in life, business and relationships into powerful transformations.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Why Hilary started TheRelaunchCo.
- How small steps can lead to big changes.
- What relaunches are and the 7 Steps of the Relaunch Effect.
- How Hilary has used The Relaunch Effect in her own life to move through transitions.
- The impact limiting beliefs and your environment can have on how you navigate changes, challenges and setbacks.
- How to align yourself with possibility.
- Why having a vision board or dream board on its own will not give you the lifestyle you want.
- The benefits of a daily gratitude practice and the power of including forward gratitude.
Hilary DeCesare is an award-winning entrepreneur, Transformational Coach, CEO of The ReLaunch Co., a featured speaker in the Silicon Valley and conferences across the United States, Host of The Silver Lined ReLaunch Podcast, as well as a relentless philanthropist.
Hilary has made it her commitment to help women fire up possibilities mid-life, taking a time most try to bypass and instead turn it into a time to focus on inspiring business ventures, have clarity in relationships, and instil how YOU are ultimately the creator of your purpose aligned lifestyle and the life you live.
Having faced several setbacks herself, Hilary has a unique foundational process in The ReLaunch Effect and The Make Money Method, which provides the step by step to go from stuck on autopilot to transform into a powerhouse of possibility in every area of your life.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/52-hilary-decesare/
CONNECT WITH HILARY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therelaunchco
Website: https://therelaunchco.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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Want more energy and to be more productive? On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Mindi Huebner back to the show to talk about how you can increase your energy, focus and productivity.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- What productivity is and what productivity isn’t.
- How to close loops in life, business and relationships and why this is essential for increasing your energy, focus and productivity.
- The relationship between identity and productivity.
- The beauty in finishing well.
- The impact perfectionism has on energy, focus, productivity, simplicity and joy.
- How a gratitude practice can improve your productivity.
Mindi coaches established female entrepreneurs to create massive change and unlock their magic through small shifts in their thoughts, beliefs and habits so they can experience next level income growth.
Mindi is a certified Neuro Linguistic Programming practitioner, a certified Health, Life and Success Coach and Clinical Hypnotherapist. She has been an entrepreneur for over 24 years.
Mindi knows Unlocking Your Magic is the key to creating an extraordinary business and life. Being the champion, you deserve is what sets her heart on fire. She is an author, speaker, coach, mentor and difference maker.
When Mindi’s not listening to a podcast or out for a run, you’ll find her meditating and planning her next trip to the beach!
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/51-mindi-huebner/
CONNECT WITH MINDI:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindihuebner
Website: https://mindihuebner.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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Are you innovative? Is your brand compelling? On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Annette McDonald on the show to talk about innovation, creativity, and how to create a compelling visual brand.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Annette shares her experience starting a tech company and running multiple highly successful businesses.
- The importance of creativity, innovation and agility in business.
- Why innovation is important for improving the productivity of your business.
- How visual branding creates meaningful connections and memorable experiences.
- Common mistakes business owners and entrepreneurs make when it comes to visual branding.
- How to cut through the noise online so your brand stands out.
Annette McDonald is the Founder of Easil, an online DIY graphic solution for individuals through to large teams, looking to create on-brand graphics. Annette is also the founder of Copirite, a leading design, print and digital agency on the Gold Coast.
With over 20 years of experience in graphic design, Annette brings a ton of knowledge in practical ways you can streamline your design production for your own brand, and also the clients you manage.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/50-annette-mcdonald/
CONNECT WITH ANNETTE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teameasil
Website: https://about.easil.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Kris Plachy about leadership, building and managing teams and being the CEO of your business.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Three common reasons why some entrepreneurs and business owners struggle to lead teams well.
- The role of a Leadership Operating System in your business.
- Five key elements you must have to build a foundation that will allow you to lead your team, build your team, manage your team and coach your team well.
- Why your team needs to understand and be aligned with your vision and values.
- The critical role of effective communication and why you have to know yourself to communicate with others.
- The importance of knowing yourself and doing inner work.
Kris Plachy is THE Thought Leader and Expert for entrepreneurial management. Known for her simple, honest and authentic style, Kris has poured her life’s work into learning about, understanding and then guiding leaders through the tricky path of learning how to lead a team. In a space where there is a lot of ‘noise’ and advice, Kris has designed the ‘how to’ of team leadership through her “Lead Your Team Roadmap”.
Kris earned her leadership stripes in a corporate startup culture and was quickly and consistently recognised as a top performing leader, year after year. Despite the changes in the market and in the business, Kris consistently built teams that not only won together but stuck together.
The Lead Your Team Roadmap is Kris’s signature strategy. After 25 years of leading, managing and coaching leaders, Kris has a unique ability to quickly assess challenges and apply immediate, simple solutions. In fact, Kris knows without a doubt, there is no challenge you are facing as a leader that she can’t help you solve.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/49-kris-plachy/
CONNECT WITH KRIS:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krisplachycoach/
Website: https://krisplachy.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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The end of January is an interesting time of year. The holidays are over, we are back to work and perhaps not feeling as relaxed or as peaceful as we did while we were on holidays. Life and business are starting to move fast again, and we can feel ourselves moving at a frantic, hurried pace that is all too familiar.
In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra Shares her thoughts on getting organised and being intentional so you can thrive.
**SHOW NOTES:**
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/48-get-organised/
**CONNECT WITH DEBRA:**
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
**WORK WITH DEBRA:**
https://debrashepherd.com.au/work-with-me/
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What is human to human marketing? On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Angela Henderson to the show to talk about the lost art of human to human marketing.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- What human to human marketing is and why it’s critical for the growth of your business.
- How human to human marketing fits into the sales process.
- Why entrepreneurship is an inner game.
- How to personalise your brand to create more meaningful customer experiences.
- Why some business owners are hesitant when it comes to implementing human to human marketing.
- The consequences if you don’t integrate human to human marketing in your business.
Angela Henderson is an author, entrepreneur, small business consultant, speaker, blogger, mother, and a mental health clinician of 15 + years. After continually getting asked for business advice, Angela found herself in front of women entrepreneurs who had the right ideas and bucketloads of skill but didn’t know how to translate that into a successful, sustainable business. Determined to change that, she started Angela Henderson Consulting in 2017.
Founder of the highly successful online store Finlee and Me, Angela taps into a decade’s worth of knowledge of how to grow a thriving enterprise and pours it into her business consulting clients. As a business coach for women in business, she helps 100’s of women business owners from around the world have consistent 5-figure months and multiple 6-figure years…without burning out in the process. Her skills were honed at the helm of Finlee and Me, where she learned everything from branding, PR, sales funnels, email marketing, website, copy, SEO and more. She knows what it truly takes to have a strong brand, consistent sales, steady growth and overall dedication. Angela has been featured in the media including Talking Lifestyle with Ed Phillips and David Koch, Inside Small Business and on numerous Australia and International podcasts.
Angela believes the key to a successful business is overcoming inner challenges and roadblocks to improve external results. It was her journey building Finlee and Me that fueled her desire to help others avoid the pitfalls, rise above the challenges and get their business and family life on track.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/angela-henderson/
CONNECT WITH ANGELA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelahendersonconsulting/
Website: https://www.angelahenderson.com.au/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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What is my iconic work? On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Solara Amun Ra about leadership, purpose and doing your iconic work in the world.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How your purpose is revealed over time.
- What it means to lead powerfully and meaningfully.
- The importance of Divine Feminine Leadership.
- How your personality and uniqueness can boost creativity and innovation.
- What the Divine Feminine is and practical tips to tune into your Divine Feminine energy.
- Why it’s important for women to access their next level of life and business success.
- How to move from your zone of excellence to doing your iconic work in the world.
Solara Amun Ra is the #1 Best Selling Author of “Spiritual Seductress, The High-Powered Women’s Guide to Devour the World through Spiritual Guidance.”
She is the pre-eminent Spiritual Advisor to female Visionaries and Leaders. She is an International Speaker, Mystic Artist and Feminine Leadership Trendsetter.
Struck by a car in 2008, Solara’s near-death experience elicited a spiritual awakening. She quit her successful career as a NYC architect and embarked on her work as an Elite Spiritual Advisor.
Solara began working with companies such as Fox Films, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Orange Telecom, McDonalds, Westin Palace and major advertising agencies like McCann Erickson and BBDO, helping employees and CEOs radically amplify their creativity, innovation and commitment to a greater vision.
Through that work, she found her true calling as an elite mentor to powerhouse visionary women, who are ready to catapult to the next level of success. This time it’s not just about financial success, but radical freedom.
Ten years later, her life shifted again when she underwent a body breakdown from severe mercury poisoning. Not being able to read or write, Solara started channeling teachings and paintings that became powerful healing and activation portals.
Solara has a rare gift to rapidly unblock subconscious and energetic patterns. She is a Master Catalyst for profound spiritual fulfilment, unapologetic self-expression, and reaching one’s iconic work in the world.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/solara-amun-ra/
CONNECT WITH SOLARA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/solaraamunra/
Website: http://www.solaraamunra.com
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Kirana Haag to the show to talk about connection, creativity and belonging through the power of art.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Why art and beauty are important for connection beyond our daily life.
- How art and creativity provide a sense of belonging and coming home.
- Why colour impacts our emotions and the way we feel.
- Bringing art and creativity to organisations to support, improve and nurture organisational culture.
- Using art to connect and bring people together in the workplace.
- Steps to ignite your creativity.
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How art is a way of communicating without words and how it can be used to support and improve mental health.
Kirana Haag was born in Germany and moved to Australia in 1996. It has been her life quest to find and create a sense of belonging and connection in herself, and through art and to offer a way for others to do the same.
Driven to express these deep heart bonds, her work explores our inner realms, bringing them to life as exquisite representations of our multi-dimensional selves.
As an International Transformational Artist, Kirana has a focus on belonging. Her painting is a physical and ethereal process, a fast and strong dance with light.
It is the freedom to express very big and to be loud, to touch and to be real, that Kirana enjoys most in her art. Her artworks are the diaries of her inner eyes and ears; of the energies above and beyond this one reality, we call the real world.
Kirana has been referred to as a midwife of dreams; a light dancer and in her words, ‘I am a channel, a feeling, hearing, seeing phone line with a paintbrush on the end of it to make the invisible, visible’.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/kirana-haag/
Watch this episode on YouTube to see some of Kirana’s incredible artwork.
CONNECT WITH KIRANA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiranahaag/
Website: https://kiranahaag.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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What is a money block? Can I improve my money mindset? On the podcast this week, Debra interviews Polly Alexandre. In this episode, Polly talks about money, success and how to live an abundant life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How losing almost everything in her life, resulted in Polly making more money than ever before.
- Why money blocks can prevent you from making money and how to know if you have one.
- How we inherit the money beliefs and the money mindset from our parents and our environment.
- Why our relationship with money is about the relationship we have with ourselves.
- Three common limiting beliefs about money and steps to begin releasing them now.
- Why choosing to change your money story is one of the most profound things you can do for yourself.
- Steps to creating positive conversations about money that empower us when external circumstances are difficult, stressful or challenging.
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The importance of self-care and how it impacts success and abundance.
Polly Alexandre overcame decades of self-limiting beliefs and negative patterns about money, to live the life she was always meant to live. She travels between Ibiza, London, and LA, helping creative and spiritual entrepreneurs manifest the resources they need so they can live the life they’ve always dreamed of – and give their greatest gifts to the world.
Polly is a certified Master Coach, an Intuitive Healer & holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology. She blends her extensive transformational coaching experience, intuitive healing abilities with 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur.
Polly is the creator of Money Beautifully™, a proven programme to clear your money blocks, and uses powerful energy clearing techniques, meditations and transformational coaching to help people write a new story about money. As the founder of Thrive Beautifully™, a comprehensive Business, Money and Energy Mastermind for spiritual entrepreneurs, Polly helps change makers, visionary creatives and spiritual leaders fulfil their soul’s purpose and use their gifts to change the world.
Students flock to her for her effervescent inspiration, her compassionate presence, and her super-power intuitive skills. She instantly tunes in through the noise to pinpoint the core of their issues and create rapid transformation.
Polly is also the host of The Feminine Millionaire Podcast.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/polly-alexandre/
CONNECT WITH POLLY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polly_alexandre/
Website: https://www.pollyalexandre.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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What is happiness? On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Happiness and Health Researcher, Dr Gillian Mandich to discover the truth about happiness.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- The science of happiness and what happiness is.
- The surprising findings that came up in Gillian’s happiness research.
- The difference between happiness and joy.
- The dark side of happiness.
- How technology can impact our level of happiness.
- How we can learn to be happier in challenging, difficult and stressful environments.
- Practical tips to boost your happiness.
- The relationship between self-care and happiness.
Dr Gillian Mandich has a PhD from Western University in Health Science, specialising in Health Promotion. Her primary areas of research are happiness and health, and her work combines the latest research, practical wisdom, and an engaging style to help people live happier healthier lives.
Dr Mandich is passionate about research. She is the founder of The International Happiness Institute of Health Science Research and is a part of the Meant2Prevent research team at SickKids. She appears regularly in the media on shows such as The Social, Marilyn Denis, Breakfast Television, The Morning Show, and CBC; is a graduate Student Innovation Scholar Program at the Richard Ivey School of Business Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship and WORLDiscoveries®; the co-lead investigator of The Canadian Happiness At Work Study.
Dr Mandich is a top-rated speaker (both in-person and online) and is represented by ProSpeakers, she was recently named the CanFitPro 2020 Canadian Presenter of the Year, and has given two TEDx talks: “The Surprising Truth About Happiness” at TEDx Yorkville and “The Two Things You Need To Know To Be Happier Today” at TEDx Windsor.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/gillian-mandich/
CONNECT WITH DR GILLIAN MANDICH:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gillianmandich/
Website: https://www.gillianmandich.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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This week on the podcast, I have a note to exhausted entrepreneurs. I see so many entrepreneurs doing all the things however the reality is stress, excessive busyness, exhaustion and burnout won’t create the impact, success or the life you dream of. I’ve seen this in startups and with more established business owners and entrepreneurs.
Join me for this quick conversation on the podcast because I’m here to tell you, there is another way!
**SHOW NOTES:**
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/exhausted-entrepreneurs/
**CONNECT WITH DEBRA:**
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
**WORK WITH DEBRA:**
https://debrashepherd.com.au/work-with-me/
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Taking care of yourself and being intentional about how you create and live your life is essential if you want to be at your best for yourself and others. Last week’s episode on the podcast was about nurturing the number one relationship in your life. Today, I want to continue this conversation with you and talk about creating healthy boundaries for success.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/creating-boundaries-success/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
WORK WITH DEBRA:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/work-with-me/
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Would you like more ease, joy and meaning in your life? To make an impact, help more people, do more of what lights you up and create a life you love, it starts with you and how you take care of yourself mind, body and soul. In this quick conversation on the podcast, we’re talking about nurturing the number one relationship in your life. Are you ready?
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/nurturing-number-one-relationship/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
WORK WITH DEBRA:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/work-with-me/
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As business owners and entrepreneurs, we get to choose the direction in which we take our business, and this is often one of the key reasons many of us go into business. We are creators, yet there may be times when changing direction is challenging and feels difficult. In this quick conversation on the podcast today, we’re talking about changing direction in your small business. Let’s go!
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/changing-direction-small-business/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
WORK WITH DEBRA:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/work-with-me/
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Peta Sigley, Chief Knowledge Officer at Springfox to the show to talk about resilience and what you can do to build it.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Why we must focus on bouncing forward not just on bouncing back.
- The significant impact Covid-19 has had on mindset, connection, stress and resilience. Peta dives into the research.
- How going through adversity and challenging times presents you with an opportunity to develop resilience.
- The relationship between gender and resilience.
- Practical tips and strategies to help you build your resilience.
- The difference between organisations that focus on developing resilient teams and those that don’t.
- The importance of self-care in relation to resilience, mindset and leadership.
As Chief Knowledge Officer at Springfox, Peta Sigley ensures Springfox Solutions deliver participants relevant, evidence-based information, facts and insights in a way that is practical, enjoyable and effective. Peta is passionate about incorporating the latest research into a continually renewed and refreshed blended learning offering.
Working in large corporations and philanthropic organisations from early in her career saw Peta develop an extensive grounding in business management with a focus on human resources. At Springfox, Peta draws on her first-hand experience and understanding of the pressures commonly faced by individuals, teams and organisations in the banking and finance, transport, education and not-for-profit sectors. Peta’s professional, educational and personal background enables her clients to feel fully engaged and supported.
Over the last decade Peta has put her own resilience to the test supporting her chronically ill partner whilst maintaining her career and family cohesion. Undoubtedly, Peta is a strong role model for her children and those who have witnessed this journey of positivity, courage and optimism.
Peta demonstrates her mastery of the topic of resilience as a speaker, facilitator and coach. Peta’s facilitation style is open, authentic and empathy-based, with a key focus on client-driven solution development and provision for individual and team discussion and interaction.
Driven to make a difference, Peta embraces the opportunity Springfox gives her to connect with individuals and teams and foster positive change.
Peta is also the host of Resilience Real-Time with Peta Sigley.
Peta’s academic credentials include Bachelor of Economics, University of New England, Master of Economic Studies, University of Queensland, Counsellor accreditation, ABA, and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology, Monash University. Peta is currently completing her PhD in psychology at Melbourne University.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/peta-sigley/
CONNECT WITH PETA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/springfoxau/
Website: https://www.springfox.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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Want to know how to reach more people? In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra dives into the number one communication strategy that will help you reach more people. It will also make a big difference to your business if you’re not achieving what you want in your life and business or if you feel like there’s something missing but you’re not sure what that is, this conversation is for you.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/communication-strategy/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
WORK WITH DEBRA:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/work-with-me/
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In this week’s quick conversation on the podcast, Debra invites you to give yourself grace because it’s in these moments that we get an opportunity to learn, to grow, to rise, to change who we are being in the world and to begin stepping into the next version of ourselves.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/give-yourself-grace/
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In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra invites you to stop and trust. To stop searching. To stop pushing through. And, to stop playing on the surface. It’s time to trust in you. Ready?
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/stop-trust/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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What is Imposter Complex? What is Imposter Syndrome? This week on the podcast, Debra talks to Jen Brown about self-doubt and the Imposter Complex.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How endurance sports are not just about the physical, they’re also about the mindset shifts you have to make.
- Sparta Chicks and how Jen is coaching and supporting women globally.
- How sport is a catalyst for change in women.
- Jen explains the difference between Imposter Syndrome and Imposter Complex.
- The three components of the Imposter Complex.
- Personality types and the Imposter Complex.
- How Imposter Complex can show up in sport, life and business.
- Practical tips to help you move through times when you’re experiencing fear and self-doubt.
- The relationship between the role of self-care and how resilient we are to fear and self-doubt.
- Why it’s important to be aware of the expectations and standards we set for ourselves.
- How Imposter Complex has shown up in Jen’s life and how she moved through it.
Jen Brown is a Speaker, Trainer and Coach who is obsessed with self-leadership and self-doubt. She works with high-performance individuals, teams and organisations (like you!) to develop deep-seated confidence in their skills and abilities, allowing people to lead, innovate and challenge the status quo whilst embracing uncertainty, frustrations and setbacks.
Drawing on her background as a former Corporate Lawyer and Endurance Sports Coach, Jen asks questions (and lots of them!) to get to the heart of why we sabotage ourselves and how to develop the clarity, focus and strategy needed to lead ourselves to stunning success.
Jen is also the host of Sparta Chicks Radio.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/jen-brown/
CONNECT WITH JEN:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/spartachicks
https://www.instagram.com/spartajen
Website: https://www.spartachicks.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra dives deeper into the conversation started in episode 30 about the 3 core pillars you need to create a bigger impact and to grow your business. In this episode, Debra talks about the first pillar, freedom and how you can create more of it in your life.
As entrepreneurs we all want freedom. Think back to when you started your business was it because you wanted more freedom and flexibility?
**SHOW NOTES:**
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/freedom/
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On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Kimberly Evans about living a life of purpose and celebrating a simple life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How the events industry has changed in 2020.
- Virtual events and creating meaningful connections.
- How purpose-filled events will help you build deeper connections and grow your business.
- Kimberly’s popular Curated Content Socials for female entrepreneurs and business owners.
- How Kimberly’s world changed when her daughter was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis.
- Creating and living a purpose-driven life.
- Why it’s impossible to have simplicity if you’re always moving fast.
- The importance of a self-care practice.
- How to build resilience.
Kimberly Evans is the owner of Celebrating Simple Life, an event planning company specialising in curated content events, retreats and workshops.
Kimberly hosts the Celebrating Simple Life podcast and she is also a non-profit founder, entertaining enthusiast, seeker of JOY, traveler, mama to 2 beautiful daughters and a passionate soul, striving to live a life of simplicity and authentic connection.
Since 2003, Kimberly has been honoured to design parties, events, business launches, fundraisers and galas to help individuals and businesses CELEBRATE. As an Event Curator and Lifestyle Consultant, her passion is to help female business owners connect at curated events with the specific purpose to have fun, make powerful connections, experience something new and leave with incredible content to use in your life and business.
Kimberly’s story of life and business has been brought through challenging times. Kimberley’s mission is to inspire you to share your story, live a life with purpose, gather together with purpose and to feel inspired in your life and business.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/kimberly-evans/
CONNECT WITH KIMBERLY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celebrating.simple.life
Website: https://www.celebratingsimplelife.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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What is energy healing? On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Medical Intuitive, Energy Healer and Spiritual Advisor, Michele Thomas about healing and guidance for living a radiant life. Ready?
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- What energy healing is and the work of a Medical Intuitive.
- Michele talks about being a Medical Intuitive and shares a powerful example of how her work can support someone on their health and wellbeing journey.
- Why past lives, old belief patterns and childhood can affect our energy.
- How everything is energy and when you raise your frequency you rise.
- Getting to know your Spiritual Dream Team.
- The power of a gratitude practice and Michele’s morning ritual.
- Using automatic writing as a meditative tool and how you can get started.
- Why it’s important to clear your energy.
- Self-care and the impact it has on our energy and alignment.
Michele Thomas has always been on the quest to improve her life and the lives of others. Michele is a Medical Intuitive, Energy Healer and Spiritual Advisor who loves assisting others with the help of spirit.
As a Medical Intuitive, Michele is passionate about helping others and guiding them to discover the root cause of their health issues. With the help from Ascended Masters and Archangels, she helps to discover what may be causing the physical ailment and works towards healing the issue. During in-person and remote healing sessions the individual’s spiritual ‘dream team’ provides accurate and compassionate counsel for spiritual, emotional, and physical health.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/michele-thomas/
CONNECT WITH MICHELE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radiantlivinghlc
Website: https://radiantlivinghlc.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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Many entrepreneurs and small business owners are passionate about what they do yet they’re super busy and pushing through the day. They’re overworking, over-committed, feeling overwhelmed, stressed and exhausted.
How can you create a life you love and have the business of your dreams if you’re constantly hustling, saying yes to everything, pushing through and sacrificing your wellbeing?
There is another way.
In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares 3 core pillars every entrepreneur and small business owner needs to create a bigger impact and to grow their business with less stress and without burnout.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/small-business-impact-business-growth/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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On this week’s episode, Debra welcomes Mindi Huebner to the show to talk about creating healthy habits for a morning routine.
**EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS**
- What a morning routine is and why it’s not a list of things to do.
- Why mastering your outcome is a gift to yourself and the importance of knowing your why behind being mind, body and soul fit.
- How our brains like automation and the known.
- Having a routine that is healthy and serves you will keep you grounded and out of overwhelm.
- How many of us are living backwards.
- The power of creating healthy macro and micro habits for a morning routine.
- Why New Year’s resolutions don’t work.
- Simple tips for getting started and building your morning routine.
- Creating structure and reverse engineering your morning routine for success.
Mindi Huebner is a certified NLP Practitioner, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Life, Health and Success Coach. Mindi has been an entrepreneur for over 24 years and she coaches women who want MORE to Unlock their Magic and create massive change.
Equipping women to show up for themselves – body, mind and soul through brain-based coaching is what lights Mindi up. Mindi is an author, speaker, coach, mentor and difference-maker and when she’s not listening to a podcast or out for a run, you’ll find Mindi meditating and dreaming of the beach.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/mindi-huebner/
CONNECT WITH MINDI:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindihuebner
Website: https://mindihuebner.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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Want to improve your online marketing so you can connect more deeply with your audience? On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Deb Laflamme about how online marketing can be simple?
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- The biggest mistakes business owners and entrepreneurs make online.
- The four types of pillar content you need for your online marketing.
- The times when we should and shouldn’t be creating content.
- Deb shares her 3-step strategic process for content curation.
- Using third party scheduling tools to help manage your online marketing.
- The future of online marketing for small business owners and entrepreneurs.
- How Deb manages her energy to be at her best in life and business.
- Why you must set boundaries for yourself.
Deb Laflamme, is the Owner & Chief Ideaprenuer of For the Love of Your Biz. Deb supports a varied list of clients and businesses, from retail to real estate including small local businesses, healers, fitness and health coaches and solopreneurs.
Deb offers creative ways to tell your brand story, her support is designed to meet you where you are (in your life and in your biz) to bring you success.
Deb’s extensive marketing and sales background, as well as her experience, being a small business owner, give her unparalleled knowledge and expertise to share her passion is to help you Market Your Biz Better™.
Nothing makes Deb happier than guiding a business owner, or a small group, how to creatively market their biz (or brand) online.
Deb is also the host of the Market Your Biz Better™ Podcast.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/deb-laflamme/
CONNECT WITH DEB:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveyourbiz
Website: https://ftloyb.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Alison Morgan about dealing with adversity and moving your business forward.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How every business has its stressors, hurdles and overwhelm in the current environment.
- Taking action quickly and pivoting in business.
- What small business owners and entrepreneurs should focus on now as we move through Covid-19.
- Marketing your small business now.
- Dealing with adversity, building resilience and the importance of clear, calm communication.
- Approaching and resolving challenges in your business.
- The importance of self-care and looking after your mental health.
Alison Morgan is one of Australia’s leading Business Coaches, specialising in helping small businesses grow and evolve. With over 20 years’ experience in Marketing and 8+ years Private Business Coaching clients with her company Relauncher, Alison knows how to create successful businesses.
Alison is also the founder of Sticky Studio a branding and digital design studio servicing businesses, brands and people and she is the creator and host of the Mindfulbiz Podcast.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/alison-morgan/
CONNECT WITH ALISON:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/stickystudio
https://www.instagram.com/relauncher_alison
Website:
https://www.relauncher.com.au/
https://www.stickystudio.com.au/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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You can’t force creativity, it comes from within and the more you try and force it, the more you push it away. Creativity and entrepreneurship go hand in hand. In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares her thoughts on creativity and what you can do right now if you’re feeling creatively blocked.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/creatively-blocked/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
WORK WITH DEBRA:
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Setting intentions, this is something we hear a lot about. Setting intentions for your day, your week, the month or year. In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra shares her thoughts on setting intentions for greater clarity and success and she talks about what is most often overlooked in the process.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/setting-intentions/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Amanda Rose to the show to talk about small business, success, faith, leadership, following your unique path and the incredible work Amanda is doing in Western Sydney.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- When to say yes in business.
- Why Amanda started Small Business Women Australia.
- Living within your means and how this applies not only to your finances but also your time.
- Building quality relationships over time.
- Amanda’s commitment to being the voice and inspiration for girls and women across Western Sydney.
- Where Amanda finds inspiration.
- Confidence and why Amanda started Her Godfidence.
- The importance of looking after yourself and managing your time and energy.
- How Amanda brings lightness and joy to her day.
- Finding your purpose and following your unique path.
Amanda Rose is Australia’s foremost Strategic Connector, Founder of Small Business Women Australia, Publisher of Business Woman Media and Founding Director of Western Sydney Women, Western Sydney Executive Women and Managing Partner of Western Sydney Advisory.
As one of the most influential people on LinkedIn, Amanda Rose (#BossLady) is quoted as an “internet winning blogger” by TIME.com and contributes regularly to ABC The Drum, HuffingtonPost, Sydney Morning Herald, Greater Sydney Living Magazine, AFR and SkyBusiness.
A passionate keynote speaker, Amanda Rose works with The Australian Defence Force, CPA Australia, Law Institute, UTS, UBER, ANZ, Western Sydney University and the Royal Australian Navy on the areas of confident leadership, conflict resolution and relationship building via connection.
Amanda has a degree in Business majoring in Marketing & Psychology from Macquarie University, a Masters of Communications Management from UTS & Post Grad in Educational Leadership from Macquarie University.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/amanda-rose/
CONNECT WITH AMANDA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theamandarose
Website: https://www.amandarose.com.au/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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On the podcast this week, Debra interviews Yoga Therapist, Nutritionist and Naturopath, Krystle Alves about moving well, eating well and thinking well.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Krystle’s healing journey and how yoga transformed her life.
- Yoga is so much more than stretching and the physical postures. Krystle defines yoga and talks about its benefits.
- The parasympathetic nervous system and how yoga can improve your concentration, memory and creativity.
- The relationship between a fast-paced hurried lifestyle, stress and sleep.
- Setting healthy priorities around social media and the use of technology.
- How the small decisions we make every day can make the biggest difference to our wellbeing in the long-term.
- How COVID-19 presented Krystle with the opportunity to further deepen her work and how she educates, teaches and works with her clients.
- Krystle believes everybody can do yoga and shares her tips on where to start if you’re new.
- Mindfulness and the mind-body connection.
Krystle Alves is a Yoga Therapist, Nutritionist and Naturopath. Krystle is the founder of Yoga In Motion in Sydney and has taught tens of thousands of yoga classes to people struggling with all sorts of health issues and imbalance. Krystle’s primary focus is the application of yoga tools for bringing about more balance to body and mind. Krystle appreciates that no two bodies are the same and she supports clients with a range of pain points such as back pain, arthritis, anxiety, panic attacks and so much more.
One of Krystle’s biggest passions is teaching her students how to adapt the tools of yoga to meet them where they are right now. Customising each session, and moving beyond the physical postures to include yoga philosophy, breathing and diet wherever it’s needed.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/yoga-move-eat-think/
CONNECT WITH KRYSTLE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krystle.alves
Website: https://krystlealves.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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There was a pivotal time in Debra’s life when she was forced to stop. She went back to basics, simplified her life and began designing and living her life in a new way. In this quick conversation on the podcast, Debra talks about transforming chaos into simplicity.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/transforming-chaos-into-simplicity/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
WORK WITH DEBRA:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/work-with-me/
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Today’s conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast is about why you’re not making a bigger impact.
As online entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants, personal brands and service professionals we naturally want to help more people and make an even bigger impact in our lives and to the lives of others. Yet I see so many people in this constant state of being busy, they’re constantly doing, striving, achieving and you and I both know that living this way isn’t sustainable yet we continue to push through because that’s what we’ve always done.
You can’t help more people or make a bigger impact if you’re tired, stressed and on your way to burnout.
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
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If you’re struggling to create time for yourself because you’re living a fast-paced hurried lifestyle, your schedule is overflowing and your energy is all over the place, I’m certain a few of these simple, practical tips that I’ll be sharing with you today will support you in creating that much needed space.
**Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.**
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a **review on Apple Podcasts**. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
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Simplify your life. It’s a big statement isn’t it?
In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, I’ll be sharing with you three key areas that are important when it comes to simplifying your life so you can help more people and create a bigger impact.
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
Thank you for listening to this episode.
To connect with Debra visit:
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Want to know how to sleep better? On the podcast this week, Debra interviews Lee Bougie about stress, the importance of sleep and ways to optimise your sleep.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Hormones and the impact stress has on sleep.
- The link between our immune system and sleep.
- Sleep quality and how many hours your body needs.
- Social jet lag and why having a sleep schedule is important.
- How sleep affects creativity and productivity.
- How hunger and appetite can be determined by sleep.
- Tips to reduce stress and to help us sleep better.
- Foods and home remedies that can support sleep.
- The impact coffee and alcohol has on our body.
Lee Bougie, MSC RHN (Master Of Science, Registered Holistic Nutritionist) is a researcher, science teacher, speaker, and holistic nutritionist. Lee teaches at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition and runs workshops on various wellness topics.
Lee is a writer for Contentment Magazine, and does media appearances focusing on Sleep, Stress and our Circadian Rhythm. Lee’s biggest passion in life is learning and then teaching others how to live a balanced life. Lee is a Certified Stress Mastery Educator and is a Diplomate of the American Institute of Stress.
Lee builds hotrods with her father, is happiest on the water in her kayak and loves to curl up at home with a book and her cat, Rosie (named after the scientist Rosalind Franklin).
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/optimising-your-sleep/
CONNECT WITH LEE:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-bougie-5b809018/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we're talking about your next step.
What prompted this episode is seeing people slotting back into their old routines now that restrictions are slowly easing.
Will you be going back to the same routine or will you be doing things differently?
What do you want to create for yourself?
What is your next step?
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
Thank you for tuning in.
To connect with Debra visit:
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On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Kelly Carthy about connection, community and self-leadership.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Being focused, switching off and living through uncertain times.
- The importance of social medicine and being open to receive.
- The opportunities available now to innovate, build relationships and to create efficiencies.
- The importance of leading yourself first and BEing well.
- Awareness and the power of self-compassion.
- Why it’s important to connect to yourself first every day.
- Resilience, honest conversations and giving children a voice.
- The power of community and staying open to real, raw conversations.
- Kelly’s self-care practice.
Kelly Carthy is a self-leadership expert with over 20 years of experience in movement, coaching and change facilitation as the founder of Luxe Escapes she partners with professionals from around the world to retreat themselves to shift into a life of integrated leadership that gives them access to live closer to their truth.
Kelly’s work has been featured in publications such as Wellbeing Magazine, Qantas Magazine and Australian Traveler and she has been featured on numerous online platforms, conferences and events.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/connection-community-self-leadership/
CONNECT WITH KELLY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellly_carthy
Website: https://kellycarthy.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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On this episode, Debra welcomes Michelle Pascoe to the show to talk about customer service and how you can create meaningful customer experiences that keep people coming back for more. Are you ready?
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Michelle explains how business will be different post COVID-19.
- Why you can’t allow yourself to be consumed or change because of the pressure of some customers.
- The importance of personally connecting, communicating and engaging authentically with your customers.
- Leading a multi-generational workplace and serving multi-generational customers.
- The importance of a frictionless customer service experience.
- Measuring the impact of your customer experience.
- Choosing the life you want to live.
Michelle Pascoe (CSP) is an international speaker, business coach, accredited trainer, researcher, author and podcaster. Michelle lives and breathes her passion for customer service, mystery shopping and team motivation. She is an experienced businesswoman and a “retention” specialist in every aspect of service operations and processes and their impact on the customer experience.
In 1994 she founded one of Australia’s most respected training companies, Optimum Operating Procedures and Services Pty Ltd (OOPS); now a thriving provider of mystery shopping, service benchmarking, surveys and focus groups, competitor audits, team training and leadership development. Michelle has applied the very tips and techniques that she presents on in achieving her own business success.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/customer-service-and-creating-meaningful-experiences/
CONNECT WITH MICHELLE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelle.pascoe
Website: https://www.michellepascoe.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we're talking about self-care during times of change because with so much going on comes added stress and feelings of overwhelm and this is why intentional self-care is critical.
Are you looking after the number one relationship you have in your life?
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a **review on Apple Podcasts**. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
Thank you for tuning in.
To connect with Debra visit:
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On this week’s episode, Debra interviews Amanda Owen about how you can pivot your way to even greater success.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Deciding to pivot.
- The impact of social media for small business.
- The power of thinking big and starting small as an entrepreneur.
- Deciding to innovate and change direction during times of crisis.
- Tips for entrepreneurs wanting to change direction or pivot in business.
- Why visual storytelling is essential for business.
- How humans have always related to storytelling.
- Why Amanda and JP are so passionate about what they do.
Amanda Owen and her husband JP are the cofounders of Jasper Avenue, a unique visual content creation agency in Sydney. They’re incredibly passionate about helping small businesses harness the power of social media through visual storytelling.
The couple recently launched Sydney Product Photography which specialises in jewellery, cosmetics, accessories, apparel and lifestyle brands and before Jasper Avenue, Amanda and JP were the proud owners of Sydney’s bustling Inner West cafe, Well Co.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/how-to-pivot-your-way-to-even-greater-success/
CONNECT WITH AMANDA:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jasper.avenue
https://www.instagram.com/sydneyproductphotography
Website:
https://www.jasperavenue.com.au/
https://www.sydneyproductphotography.com.au/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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What is intuition and how do I use it? On the podcast this week, Debra talks to Emily Aarons about how to use your intuition in life and business.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- What is intuition?
- The difference between intuition and ego.
- How intuition comes in various forms.
- How guided meditations take you out of your thoughts and into an experience.
- How to use intuition in business.
- Living through crisis versus being in crisis.
- Why as leaders we are now being called to serve at a higher level.
- How to start connecting to your intuition?
- How Emily uses time blocking.
- Why you won’t get to the next level if you don’t intentionally pause.
Emily Aarons is an Intuitive Healer and Psychic Business Coach. She supports her clients on their healing journey by clearing and releasing blocks from their energy systems as well as from all lifetimes using the Akashic records so they can step fully into their power as entrepreneurs.
Formally trained in Polarity Therapy, Emily has been clearing energy for nearly two decades and has helped thousands of people. With a business degree and extensive business experience, Emily combines her extraordinary healing abilities to help entrepreneurs create, scale and grow profitable businesses.
Emily is the Creator of the Angels In Your Biz Oracle Card Deck and she is the host of the Aligned & Unstoppable Podcast.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/how-to-use-your-intuition/
CONNECT WITH EMILY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyaarons
Website: https://emilyaarons.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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On this episode of the podcast, Debra interviews Abbey Rose about embracing change and stepping into your personal power.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Abbey’s decision behind creating a sustainable salon.
- The importance of turning inwards during times of change.
- What it means to be in your personal power.
- Looking for opportunities and having a positive mindset.
- Setting goals to maintain progress without stress.
- The power of connection, collaboration and community.
- How the healing arts have changed Abbey’s life.
- The fear of being seen and why it holds people back from creating more meaning in their lives.
Abbey is based in Newport Oregon, she is a practicing stylist for nearly 20 years, and the owner of Abelia Salon (a sustainable wellness salon in Newport Oregon). Abbey is also a Psychic Intuitive trained in healing the past, setting intentions and goals.
As a Psychic, Medium, and Empath, Abbey is passionate about holding space for people to do inner work, to move old energy out, and to help you see your unique path toward genuine joy and fulfilment.
Abbey believes the inner work we do for ourselves unlocks our potential for freedom, abundance, passion, healing, and love.
Manifesting successful businesses involves growing your personal power and abundance. And, it’s the healing arts that gave Abbey a flashlight into the dark, where all answers and possibilities exist. They allowed her to make the shifts she needed to fully love, live, and thrive.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/embracing-change-stepping-into-your-personal-power/
CONNECT WITH ABBEY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbeyrose_mysticstylist
Website: https://www.abbeyrosewellness.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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In this episode of The Debra Shepherd Podcast, we're talking about being creative, getting curious and doing things differently.
We have so much going on in our lives right now with the outbreak of Coronavirus and with all this change and uncertainty I want you to know you're being supported.
You've got this!
I believe we have everything we need inside us. It won’t be easy however we’ve got each other, and we’ll move through this together.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Thank you to our health workers, emergency services and frontline workers. [01:00]
This is an opportunity to slow down, to deepen relationships, focus on community and what’s most important. [02:12]
Creating moments of joy in your day. [03:20]
Being more creative, curious and doing things differently. [03:58]
Breaking out of your routine and learning something new. [04:20]
Get the full show notes including the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
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Want to create a powerful brand? On the podcast this week, Debra welcomes Julia Cartwright to the show to talk about finding your purpose and how to create a powerful brand.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Julia’s determination to create a purpose driven life.
- Embracing change and the power of making positive lifestyle changes.
- Why applying band aid solutions don’t work when it comes to your health.
- Why focusing on your values and boundaries is an important part of self-care.
- Tips for finding your dream business or your dream career.
- Why business owners and entrepreneurs must be intentional about creating their brand.
- What’s often overlooked when it comes to creating a powerful brand.
- How a powerful brand creates an emotional connection.
- Why your message and the way you communicate is critical.
- The importance of getting clear on your ideal client.
For the past 30 years, Julia has immersed herself in the design and styling world, first clothes and product design, then homes and brand design. Julia’s design training began with fashion and designing ranges, that included labels such as Pierre Cardin, Patrick Ewing and the New York Knicks where her focus was predominantly on clothing design, brand creation and the marketing collateral.
Today, Julia helps bold hearted business owners to up level their influence and create an intentional brand that has more meaning, soul and style.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/finding-your-purpose-creating-a-powerful-brand/
CONNECT WITH JULIA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julia_cartwright_
Website: https://juliacartwright.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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Welcome back to The Debra Shepherd Podcast, in this episode we’re talking about dealing with difficult times. Today I’ll be sharing with you seven things I’m doing right now to support myself during these changing times that we’re all currently facing with the outbreak of Coronavirus.
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
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To connect with Debra visit:
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Instagram @_debrashepherd
On this week’s episode, Debra interviews Naturopath, Nutritionist and Herbalist, Ange Sinclair about gut health, stress and self-care.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Ange’s story and the reasons why she decided to become a Naturopath, Nutritionist and Herbalist.
- Chronic stress and the impact it has on bowel function, neurotransmitters and adrenal function.
- The brain gut connection.
- Lack of sleep and what it’s doing to our gut health.
- The Coronavirus and why it’s important that we address gut health now.
- The biggest mistakes people make when it comes to fixing their gut health.
- Why self-care should be the most important thing.
- The first step people must take when it comes to their digestive health.
Ange Sinclair is the founder of Digestive Detective and she helps women beat the bloat, purge the pain and get to the root cause of their digestive issues. Ange educates and empowers you to be your own Digestive Detective through one-on-one consults and courses.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/gut-health-stress-self-care/
CONNECT WITH ANGE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digestive_detective
Website: https://www.digestivedetective.com.au
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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Welcome back to The Debra Shepherd Podcast, in this episode, we're talking about playing on the surface.
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
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To connect with Debra visit:
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Instagram @_debrashepherd
In this week's episode, Debra talks to Millennial Relationship Expert, Emily Bucknell about finding love and deepening relationships.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- How and why the self-love lesson kept coming to Emily in all the relationships she had.
- How the book, The Alchemist changed Emily’s life.
- When you’re who you are supposed to be in this world and you’re loving who that is everything falls into place.
- How the feeling of failure is holding us back.
- Why it’s all about building the relationship you have with yourself.
- Why self-love and self-care is part of the work.
- Why you must talk to yourself the way you’d talk to a younger version of yourself.
- One of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself.
- How changing your beliefs can be insanely uncomfortable and how to move through that.
- Why the biggest driver for success in life and business is connected to who you are being and your habits.
- When you go deep into the self-love work, you’ll notice other areas of your life where you’re not necessarily self-loving.
- Everything is connected. How focusing on yourself and taking the focus off everything else will have a flow-on effect on all areas of your life.
- Why you have to learn, grow, and become a whole different person to have what you want in life.
- Getting to the stage where you feel sparkly.
Emily struggled for 18 years to find love and after trying every dating strategy out there, Emily finally paid attention to the self-love lesson that life was trying to teach her and everything changed all within a few months. Emily revolutionises how successful single millennial women find love, using the power of self-love so that it becomes the most empowering, joyful, life-transforming and awesome you creating process it can be.
SHOW NOTES:
https://debrashepherd.com.au/blog/emily-bucknell-millennial-relationship-expert/
CONNECT WITH EMILY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emily.bucknell
Website: https://www.emilybucknell.com/
CONNECT WITH DEBRA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_debrashepherd
Website: https://www.debrashepherd.com.au
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If you’re feeling unfulfilled or perhaps things don’t feel quite right, then this could be an indication that it’s time to get clear on your core values. Welcome back to The Debra Shepherd Podcast, in this episode, we’re talking about getting clear on your core values.
Get the full show notes including all the links mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
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Self-care is a daily practice. In this episode, I share my thoughts on one of the biggest self-care myths as well as a selection of things I do everyday as part of my own self-care practice that I hope inspire and support you as well.
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
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In this episode, I’d love to chat to you about slowing down and why it’s essential in business and life. Life can be hectic and I’ve personally found that when life speeds up, things can get more complicated, and life can appear more challenging than it needs to be.
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
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In this episode, I’d like to start a conversation about meaningful living and what it means to live a meaningful life. This is a conversation we’ll be exploring throughout this podcast series. A meaningful life means different things to different people. And, it’s often not given a lot of thought because we’ve got so much going on in our day-to-day life. We’re always connected, often multi-tasking, rushing around doing things, being busy and focusing on the external rather than taking time to focus on ourselves.
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
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To connect with Debra visit:
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Thank you for joining me for the the launch of The Debra Shepherd Podcast. A new weekly podcast hosted by Lifestyle and Simplicity Specialist, Debra Shepherd. Enjoy great conversations, guest interviews and inspiration that will support you in creating your life with more ease, joy and meaning.
Get the full show notes including all the links and resources mentioned in this episode here.
My goal is to help as many people as possible create more ease, joy and meaning in their life. To reach more people I'd be grateful if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know what you enjoy the most and how this podcast inspires and supports you. I read all the reviews and I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to subscribe so you stay up to date when new episodes are released.
Thank you for tuning in.
To connect with Debra visit:
www.debrashepherd.com.au
Instagram @_debrashepherd