Beautiful

In this Episode, I interview the beautiful Mia La Bozetta. She is a certified Life Coach and Pilates Instructor, and Founder of Innermost, a platform she created to support women to change the way they see themselves and to come back to their innermost authentic selves rather than chasing external measures of happiness and success. She is doing such important work for young girls and women. 

Mia is quite literally sunshine in human form..an absolute angel who I was so honoured to interview. She is a beautiful woman with a big beautiful heart and mission and I'm so excited to see where her vision takes her. 

In this interview, we dive into:

- Her why behind creating Innermost (this hit deep).

- Heartbreaking statistics about girls and self worth / body image. 

- How Innermost was created. 

- The impact of social media and how this can breed comparison, pressure and expectation on young girls. 
 

- Mia's hope and mission behind Innermost and how we can flip these pressures and expectations, and use mindset tools to connect back to our authentic Innermost selves.


- The work Mia is doing in Primary Schools for young girls. 


- How Self esteem has a ripple effect on all areas of a girls life. 

- Mia's personal mental health and body image journey. 

- How our beliefs are formed on a subconscious level from a young age.

- How many of us fall into this trap of chasing beauty and success externally, falling further and further away from our authentic innermost self, causing us to feel lost. 

- The importance of trusting your intuition and how following that can take you closer towards your purpose work. 

- The importance of taking action.

- The spotlight effect, and letting go of focusing on what other people think and instead focusing on how you can give and serve & how you can contribute rather than what others think of you. 

- Mia's biggest challenges. 

- Tools to move through self doubt.

- Becoming aware of limiting thoughts but choosing something different. 

- Becoming aware of your inner critic. 

- Shifting your perspective of your body. 

- Comparison. 

- Shifting your relationship with Social Media. 

- The importance of a morning  journaling practice. 


- The INCREDIBLE journal that Mia lovingly created to support women to have a journalling practice.  

- Her journey to becoming a pilates teacher. 


And so much more..


I hope you enjoy angels. I loved our chat so so much and I'm THAT excited to get it out there and into your ears.


Love you xx 

You can connect with Mia here: 

Her Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mialabo/  @mialabo

Innermost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innrmst/  @innrmst

Innermost Website: https://www.innrmst.com.au/site/about

Purchase her Journal here: https://www.innrmst.com.au/store

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Today we interviewed the Founding Designer of Jasmine Alexa; an Activewear and Leisurewear label for the modern woman…a brand that is timeless in design to incorporate into every woman's wardrobe…allowing them to feel confident, beautiful and at ease in their skin. 

I was so excited to chat to the beautiful Jasmine. She is such a beautiful soul. We had a really powerful conversation about some really important topics. I loved hearing how she threads her values into her brand. 

In this interview, we dive into: 

• Her journey in the fashion industry.

• Her ‘why’ behind creating Jasmine Alexa in 2017. 

• How she wants women to feel in her clothing. 

• The power of clothing and expression. 

• The biggest challenges of the Fashion Industry. 

• The importance of remaining true to yourself and your values as a brand.

• Her values behind Jasmine Alexa.

• Her personal journey with body image and an eating disorder. 

• How being vulnerable and speaking up about her experience changed everything.

• What supported her to heal her relationship with her body and look after her mental health. 

• The importance of having a support network and surrounding ourselves with the right people. 

• How our challenges can strengthen us. 

• How she navigated business and continued to pursue her dreams even during her biggest struggles. 

• The importance of stepping back when needed and taking breaks. 

• How she navigates times of feeling stuck, overwhelmed,  and lacking motivation. 

• The importance of just starting.

• Her favourite form of movement. 

And soo much more…

I hope you love this conversion angels!

Xx 

 You can connect with Jasmine over on instagram at @jasmine.alexa /  https://www.instagram.com/jasmine.alexa/

Or check out her website here https://jasminealexa.com/

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This Episode was very special to me. It was very spontaneous, but when I met Rick, I knew I had to bring his wisdom and message to the podcast.

I met Rick a few weeks ago at the gym I work at.

I wanted his message heard because it inspired me so much, it brought me to tears. So many of us give up on ourselves way to early. We park our dreams, our goals and living our life fully because we start to believe we are not worthy of it. We look for evidence to support this. We allow our age to define who we are and where we 'should' be at in our life.

One of my messages in Beautiful is that age does not define you. While ageing is actually a beautiful thing, it doesn't define what you can and cannot do.  It truly is a number. There is so much more to a human that the number of years they have been here...such as how deeply you have lived and loved. 

Rick is a beautiful example of that. He shares how he cultivates his unshakeable mindset everyday, and how he is going to take this mindset into the boxing ring next month when he (in Ricks words) beats the 30 year olds in that ring.

Rick inspired me so much and I cannot wait for you to hear his widsom. Sadly, the episode was only 8 minutes. We only had a very small pocket of time to record but who knows? Maybe I will get him back on the podcast.

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This week's episode is an interview with beautiful Isobella Outtram: Wellness Director at Kailo Medispa in Brisbane, Corneotherapist & Founder of Sukha Skin & Wellness, her very own Skin & Wellness Clinic in North Brisbane. 

In this interview we dive into:

• Isobella’s journey of how she entered the beauty & wellness industry and landed the role of Wellness Director at Kailo Medispa.

• Challenging certain beauty ideals we have set for ourselves. 

• Her perspective on filters on Social Media.

• Comparison and tools to stop this habit.

• Building confidence from within. 

• Choosing to undertake skin treatments from a place of enhancing one's own unique beauty as opposed to trying to change themselves from a place of low self worth. Being intentional. 

• Her favourite skin treatments and her approach to treating skin as a Corneotherapist.

• PRP & skin needling. 

• The power of touch & holding space. 

• Her journey with body image, binge / restriction & finding balance with her relationship to food & exercise. 

• How restrictions and extremes can be unhealthy. 

• Exercising for how it makes you feel.

• What helped her heal her relationship with food & her body. 

• How she balances her health routine with motherhood.

• How she uses the circle of life to find balance.

• How she has navigated heartbreak. 

• How did she cultivate the beautiful relationship she is in now.

• The importance of communication. 

• Her current work focus and what is next for her…

• Starting her own Skin & Wellness space;  Sukha Skin & Wellness in North Brisbane.

• The importance of a good skin care routine with quality products.

• Holistic ways to support healthy radiant skin from within, such as nutrition, mindset, reducing stress, sweating, etc. 

• What Beautiful means to her.

Hope you enjoy my loves! Xx 

You can connect with Bella over on Instagram at her personal page @Isobellao  https://www.instagram.com/isobellaouttram/

Connect with her business page at @sukhaskin https://www.instagram.com/sukha.skin/

I highly recommend going and seeing Bella if you live in Brisbane. She is amazing at what she does and is incredibly knowledgeable with not only skin, but health and wellness from a holistic approach.


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In this episode, I am joined by my beautiful friend Anna Rose and she courageously shares her story & her heart.

Anna is one incredible woman who I have deeply respected for many years for her insane courage and unapologetic way of showing up in the world. She is an Entrepreneur who has been in business for 15 years. Not only has she been successful in business, and disrupted industries, she has absolutely thrived through her unshakeable mindset of grit, determination & never giving up despite the inevitable challenges. She has founded 3 of her own companies including Self-love School, her NFT project 'The Awakened Woman’  and soon to come, her very own activewear label, 'TAW Collective'. 

In a nutshell, Anna teaches women how to live unapologetically, sovereignly & with radical self-love. She is one of the most inspiring women I know and I have always been in awe hearing her story and what she has gone on to create despite hardship she has experienced in her life. She is a gal who gets back up again after defeat, dusts herself off and gets back in the ring. I knew from the moment I created this podcast that I needed to get Anna on as a guest. We recorded this ep back in February which is crazy! Time does fly. 

In this episode, we dive into:

- How Anna cultivated the mindset and resilience she has which has seen her overcome life's greatest challenges and still create phenomenal success despite the hardships (her belief is she can come up against anything and still thrive).

- Her definition of self love (she shares her motto: knowing myself, loving myself, trusting myself, backing myself).

- Cultivating Courage to express your true self and letting go of the paralysing fear of what others think.

- Having the courage to say what you mean and mean what you say.

- Cultivating courage to be disliked.

- The use of filters on social media.

- Loving yourself through the mess.

- Being unapologetic.

- The importance of knowing who you are and who you want to become.

- Going after your dreams..unapologetically.

- Facing criticism and building capacity for it.

- Navigating heartbreak and her personal story experiencing divorce and how she navigated this season of her life.

- Her healing journey and the importance of feeling your feelings.

- Shifting the standard for the relationship that you truly want.

- Her current project, The Awakened Woman and TAW Collective and what she is creating in business.

and soo much more...


I hope you enjoy this episode xx


You can connect with Anna on Instagram here: @thereal_annarose

You can find out more about Self Love School here: @selflove_school

Her NFT project ‘The Awakened Woman’ here @theawakenedwoman_nft

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In this episode, I am joined by my beautiful friend Sally O’Neil...a smart cookie she is. Sal is based in Bondi, Sydney. She wears multiple hats which all beautifully come together to form the work she does in the world. She is a Clinical Nutritionist, Food Stylist / Photographer and Founder of the Status 80/20 app. Sal specialises in helping women to understand nutrition & exercise from a balanced perspective, grounded in scientific evidence. 

In this episode, we dive into:

- What led Sal to do the work she does in the world.

- Her body image journey and her experience with orthorexia.

- Creating a balanced relationship with food and breaking the binge / restriction cycle.

- Counting calories…is it destructive or helpful?

- Her perspective on Intuitive eating.

- The difference between physical and emotional hunger.

- Tools to support women to break emotional eating & the binge / restriction cycle.

- When to get professional / psychological support.

- Shifting fear around food.

- The confused messaging around food and exercise through media marketing in the diet industry and the health & wellness world. How to navigate the many conflicting and often confusing philosophies of how we ‘should’ be eating. How do we find what is right for us and our individual bodies?

- Finding what is best for our bodies based on our bodies feedback and being the scientist of your own physicality. Taking a curious and holistic approach.

- Shifting your relationship with exercise. 

- The importance of building muscle as a woman and progressive load.

- The importance of rest and listening to your body.

- Finding your passion in the world and work that you love.


I hope you enjoy x


PS just want to preface that this is a very complex topic and we are very mindful not to over simplify any of this content when it comes to eating disorders & disordered eating. We do hope that it is supportive for you where you are at on your journey.

You can connect with Sally on Instagram at @thefitfoodieblog

You can also check her work out here https://the-fit-foodie.com/

You can find Status 80/20 app here status.8020 or here https://www.status8020.com/

The book Sal spoke about in the interview was 'Fast like a girl' by Dr. Mindy Pelz

If you are looking for resources around eating disorder support, check out the Butterfly Foundation . They are an incredible Foundation supporting women with Eating Disorders and Body Image. They have a phone hotline if you want to talk to someone about your concerns.

If you loved this episode and received value from it, I would love for you to follow the show, so that you can stay up to date with future eps. It would also mean the absolute world to me if you left a review so that I can get this podcast out to more people.

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Xx

Welcome to Beautiful the Podcast, the Trailer Episode. 

This one is called Perfectly imperfect. 

I did it a little backward with this podcast in terms of releasing an interview first & the trailer afterward…hehe but that’s okay.

In this Episode,  I introduce the vision of Beautiful, my why behind this vision, what to expect from this Podcast and more.

You know when you know a vision so well inside? But speaking it out into words can be hard? 

Well that’s what it felt like recording this. It took many attempts to record this one because I was really trying to articulate the vision. I was pretty nervy and stumbled the words a little. But I’ve handed it over now and I just deeply trust that you will get it. If not..I just trust. I trust that you will see as time evolves & the vision comes to life. I have to allow it to be imperfect. I’m learning a lot about this right now as I get creative again.

Thank You if you are here listening. It honestly means the world and I'm excited to share this journey with you.

So much love

Marnie  x

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In this first episode, I interview my beautiful friend Nikka Holt: Byron Bay based Pilates & Dance Instructor, Co-Founder of Every Body’s Bootiful & all round gorgeous human.

In this interview, we dive into:

- Nikka’s experience of the dance industry both in Melbourne & LA and how this journey inspired her and her sister to create Every Body’s Bootiful.

- Her why behind creating Every Body’s Bootiful.

- Her body image journey, how she overcame challenges, and cultivated a loving relationship with her body.

- Her journey with mental health, her rock bottom moments & how she navigated these seasons of her life.

- Her experience with a debilitating injury in 2021 that completely changed her life, her perspective & inspired her most heartfelt creation yet.

- Her biggest piece of advice for anyone going through a challenging time right now.

- Her biggest creation to date…her very own self written & self published book, ‘Every Body’s Bootiful’ written to empower women to be confident in their skin, to remind them of their worth and to love their bodies unconditionally. 


Hope you enjoy x 

 
You can follow Nikka’s journey over at Instagram @nikkaholt / https://www.instagram.com/nikkaholt/

Check out Every Body’s Bootiful on Instagram @everybodysbootiful / https://www.instagram.com/everybodysbootiful/ and website https://www.everybodysbootiful.com/

Order your very own copy of ‘Every Body’s Bootiful' at https://www.everybodysbootiful.com/shop-books


If you loved this episode and received value from it, I would love for you to follow the show so you can stay up to date with future eps. It would also mean the absolute world to me if you left a review so that I can get this podcast out to more people.


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You can also head over to Beautiful Instagram @beautiful.___xo and follow along for future podcast eps, events, updates, inspo & more...

Thankyou so much for being here and tuning in to this new creation. Your support means the world to me.

Xx