Beautiful minds with Cath

I'm incredibly honoured and excited to have Chrissy Diamond and Frank Marinthe from The Human Kind as my guests on the Beautiful minds podcast. We dive into topics of mental health, how and why the The Human Kind collective was formed, the team behind the collective and the organisations they are seeking to support through the funding raised at their live shows which are coming up later this year! Dates are below.

The Pah Homestead (Wallace Arts Trust): 7pm Thursday 23rd of June tickets $25 tickets

Lopdell Theatre: 7pm Sunday 10th of July tickets $25 tickets

100% of profits go the The Mental Health Foundation.

Details of the events coming up this year along with how to purchase tickets below
https://www.thehumankind.net/events

The Human Kind - who we are

"Our collective is made up of professional singers, musicians, photographers, designers and sound technicians from various cultures and gender identities.

Having gained strength through our own mental health challenges, we are now combining our creative forces to raise awareness, and fundraise for organisations that promote mental health, wellbeing and empowerment of individuals in Aotearoa."

Check out their latest new single released - Tell me How to start NZ Music Month!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVWyroXOs-I

The Human Kind support a number of charities that promote mental health and well-being like The Mental Health Foundation, Lifeline, Music Helps, Parent Aid, Youthline, I'm Enough and Mates in Construction.

If you would like to know more about the work The Human Kind are doing, find out about their music or get in contact, their website is https://www.thehumankind.net/

I absolutely LOVED recording this episode. I was left incredibly uplifted and inspired a few days after and it reminded me that often we need to look back and see how far we have come and what we have achieved and reflect on how amazing that is! I'm so excited to have Danielle Turnbull who is founder of her business - www.dmtcoaching.co.nz as my guest on this podcast. After so many years had passed after our high school years, Dani and I were reconnected and it's a friendship and connection I value and honor.
In this episode we talk about living intentionally, cultivating personal awareness to help smash away the limiting self beliefs we hold ourselves in. Co creating our lives from a spiritual perspective and grounding ourselves in our why so what we do in our lives can be fully aligned to our purpose.

Danielle is a certified coach, facilitator, mediator and connector. She is currently working towards a Bachelor of Laws, a Master of Legal Studies (Litigation & Dispute Resolution). Her intention is to serve and support her clients through challenging times. If you would like to connect with Danielle and find out more about the work that she does, her website is https://dmtcoaching.co.nz/

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode!

Cath xoxox

Welcome to episode 2 of our self care chats with Kate from The Betrayed Wife. In this episode Kate shares more about her journey through healing and recovery from infidelity in her marriage and how this has turned into her passion in supporting others who are navigating the same experience. Kate is a certified life and relationship coach who has helped countless women walking through the experience of infidelity in a relationship. You can find out more about the important work Kate does at www.thebetrayedwife.com

I'm excited to share the first episode I recorded with Kate from The Betrayed wife. Kate is one of my lovely customers whom I met at one of the markets I attend to sell my products and after publishing my first podcast episode, I received an encouraging email from Kate cheering me on. I was so happy when she agreed to be one of my guests. So here is our first episode, chatting about self care, and the role self care played in her healing from infidelity. I love meeting all women from all walks of life, sharing thoughts, stories, dreams, heartaches and humour. I hope you find great value in this episode as I did. Kate's website is www.thebetrayedwife.com and below is a little about what the powerful work she does with women.

The Betrayed Wife is a support group for betrayed women recovering from his infidelity. Our community is a place for her to share her story and find encouragement, information and techniques to heal from the wounds of betrayal. I've helped numerous women rebuild healthier and happier lives than ever before. My ideal client is a woman who struggles with the effects of being betrayed and now wants to put the work in to transform her life. I love a challenge and partnering with these amazing women over the long term for optimal success.

This episode I am excited to have Lisa Buscomb - Creator, dreamer, writer, Mum, business owner on this podcast! Lisa is the owner and founder of 3 successful businesses which inspires, supports and mentors many small business owners around New Zealand. Shop local NZ - a curated showcase of small businesses all over New Zealand. It now has an impressive following of over 21k followers on Instagram. Wilde Road - this is Lisa's outlet for her writing and through this business she shares words to inspire, empower and support. Lastly Lisa Buscomb social - the platform she utilizes to share her marketing experience and knowledge through mentoring, creating community and providing inspiration and support around business marketing, specifically for social media! Lisa adores coffee, loves supporting small businesses and has 15 years marketing and branding experience locally and overseas!
We chat about being authentically you in business, self care, what success is and her upcoming course "You don't have to do reels" :)
Links below to Lisa's website and social media links
https://lisabuscomb.com/pages/about-lisa
https://www.wilderoad.co.nz/
https://lynxinbio.com/jdzqq

It was important for me to share these thoughts as we begin another year. There is a strong desire in me to live with my purpose and intention more before me in my actions and decision making in business. It is definitely applied in life too but I think to highlight the importance of it in business is important. We can get detached from our why in business and work in the busyness of it all and go into automatic pilot and before you know it we are taking action in our business detached from who we are and our intention. Let's get clarity together on our values, what we truly care about and the difference we want to make in this world around us and if it means a few shifts in in our business and life, so be it. It can only lead to a more enriched and fulfilled life and authentic connection with the people around you.

This episode is with my long time friend Vickie Cross and we chat and laugh about life, skincare, self-care, the fatigue from this year, and how we can go into this New Year 2022 with renewed hope and energy. Vickie has been a business owner running successful Nutrimetics business teams for over a decade.

Some key nuggets in this episode:
1.Self-care is not selfish and regular practice of self-care in our lives is important to help ourselves decompress, especially if you are a sensitive, empathetic person.

2. Skincare is essential and is self-care and has an ability to nourish and nurture our skin and our soul.

3. Vickie’s recommendation – John Maxwell who is an author and speaker. Leadership is influence. in order for you to influence others, you must know how to value them, and in order for you to value them, you must first know how to value yourself, because you cannot give what you do not have.

4. We are a role model to the younger generation about what self-love, self-care looks like, even if we are not parents.

5. Make some time to laugh, surround yourself with friends you love to be around and just be completely yourself with.

6. Normalize authentic and deeper conversations especially around mental health, loneliness, self-care.

7. Creativity has huge potential to flourish during hard times. Creativity is in everyone and is not limited to paints and art. As business people let’s take out our creative toolbox and utilize it more.

Don’t forget this year to hold space for yourself, slow down when you need, go at your own pace, you are enough, be your own soft place to fall, know that you are amazing, surround yourself with amazing friendships, it’s ok to put yourself first to value yourself which in turn will allow you to pour value into others. As two people who adore skincare, we encourage you to never stop your skincare practice.

Love Cath and Vickie xooxo

In this episode, we chat business and life with Zygana, founder of Gabriely Zamany. A beauty brand importing products from Turkey, Morocco and Spain. Her products are inspired by the Hamamm culture - the arabian bath house. She also has a range of beautiful hand loomed cotton Turkish towels on offer. Her website is https://www.gabrielyzamany.com/

Strength, courage and wisdom, it's been inside of me all along. India Arie

How very brave of any woman who dares to embark on a journey of entrepreneurship and business, let alone embark on a journey to the end of the earth to New Zealand, leaving the comforts of the known into the unknown and face a new adventure that brings with it all the highs, lows and heartaches.

If you've ever left the comforts of home to plant your roots in another country, you will know how big a leap this is. You're not alone and your story is shared by many.

What a wonderful opportunity it is to be able to create a community so that we can feel supported, inspired, and learn from each other as women in business.

I had such a sense of joy after this video zoom with Zygana, because as we shared our thoughts and stories and energy, I came to appreciate even more who Zygana is and her story and her insights.

There is so much more to us. So many layers and to get to hear a little of her journey was so inspiring and I hope you are able to take some nuggets from this.

We really are stronger when we come together, celebrate each and every persons uniqueness, insight and perspectives as something to learn from.

If you're a woman contemplating going into business or trying something new - we cheer you on and say go for it! ... Or if you're a woman in business questioning your path, here's your reminder that strength, courage and wisdom is in you and you can do this!

Cath xoxoxoxo