Inspire and Connect; Your Podcast for Life and Business

Kezia Luckett is a highly respected Positive Psychologist, three times international best-selling author of “The Pay it Forward Series: Notes to My Younger Self” and the creator behind two revolutionary modalities, The Energy Code® and Mind Conditioning Therapy®

Combining Positive Psychology, Quantum Physics, HeartMath & Energy Work, her transformational, results orientated approach, has seen her work with a variety of clients including celebrities, CEOs, influencers, entrepreneurs, business owners, corporates and stay at home mums shifting the limiting beliefs, fears & barriers that restrict them from unlocking their natural Energy Code to reach optimum levels of Success Wealth & Happiness they desire.

Kezia has appeared on Medium, Authority, Entreprenur.com, Top Sante, Health Magazine, Thrive Global, the “Awakening Giants” docuseries, Good Housekeeping, BBC Radio and UK Health Radio.

In this episode we really focused on the importance of having that connection with yourself before anything else, which as many of you will know is what Inspire and Connect is all about. Kezia shared her story with us which was truly inspirational and a reminder to us all that we often need to stop, remember what we want and live the life we always dreamed of.

In this episode you will discover; • Why the connection with yourself is so important • How society makes us fear judgement and often means we put a mask on • How permission from others and often ourselves is needed in order to really align with what we want to do

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Zoe is passionate about helping those in the helping professions to grow their confidence in using online technology so they can reach a wider audience and build a brilliant business. Zoe has 10 years of experience building e-learning and since 2011 has built her own successful private therapy business.

We had a great discussion in this week’s episode to talk about the importance of brining confidence and having a voice in this online space. This online world can be so noisy but Zoe helps businesses to bring the strategy whilst injecting their own personality into it.

In this episode you will discover;

• Why it’s important to wait until the time feels right- stop that shiny object syndrome!
• Blueprint doesn’t mean follow what I do- it’s a guide and important to be you
• Find your own success
• Outsourcing is not a failure
• How to build a brilliant business
• We can be our own worse boss
• Why we should be working smarter not harder
• How our money stories can stop us growing our business
• The importance of making connections in business; the right ones
• Ideas can evolve and change as you grow

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Zoe Stuart is a leading-edge specialist in the mind through connection with her higher self and non-physical team. She works as a coach, speaker and is currently in the process of becoming an author where she is receiving, through new insights, around the mind to help humanity.

Zoe is a wonderful friend of mine and such a special soul. Her fascination with the mind has led her to run a successful coaching business and understanding of why she is here. In this episode we speak about who your higher self is, how to connect with them and the power of that connection in your life and business. Zoe shares with us some of her journey, the ups and downs, but now how she helps others to go through their own awakening and help people understand they are not their actions.

In this episode you will discover;

• Why I thought Zoe didn’t like me when we first met (haha)
• How the mind can bring low vibration into our lives
• Who is your Higher-Self?
• What does the connection with your Higher-Self look like?
• How your Higher-Self helps you release past trauma that brings up fears in your life
• The importance of connecting with yourself
• How to identify a fear and release it to label it with love
• The difficulty of going on the awakening journey
• Strength comes from vulnerability, allowing you to live the life you’ve always wanted to.

Plus sooo much more. It may be the longest episode we have recorded but a topic so important to me and what Inspire and Connect stands for, CONNECTION.

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Anne Marie is a spiritual teacher and owner of Soul Awakening Academy, where she trains people to become the next generation of Spiritual Life Coaches and Lightworkers. As soon as the lovely Alison Goodwin connected us together, I knew Anne Marie was my kind of woman. Anne Marie helps people to become their true selves and teach them to peel back the layers.

We spoke about her journey from being adopted, going through the care system, rebelling as a child, sleeping on the streets and then changing her life around completely. We spoke about the power of others words on your life, the importance of working on your mindset and making that decision to change your life.

In this episode you will discover;

• Simple mindset shifts you need to become YOU.
• How running a business stops you hiding behind things and can often bring up the fear of judgement, not feeling good enough and much more.
• The power of your story.
• Looking at how children are fearless and society then brings these fears to us to stop living as our highest self.
• How powerful our minds are and the importance of changing our mindset.
• How children can help us to heal

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Michele McDowel is an educational and child psychologist with over 18 years experience of working directly with children, parents and schools. She holds a Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology, a Master’s in Educational Psychology and Master in Special Educational needs. Her passion is supporting parents with a range of children's problematic gaming behaviour and tech use.

In this episode we discuss the issues with gaming and how they affect children’s behaviour, the importance of having boundaries and being consistent. Michele is such a beautiful soul and is supporting not just the children but parents in navigating their way through this parenthood journey.

In this episode you will discover; - When should we introduce gaming to children

- The importance of setting boundaries

- How gaming can impact our children

- How we can talk to our children about gaming

- Understanding the children's brain development 

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Kellie Williams joins me on today’s episode to share her journey of quitting the 9-5 and running her own VA matching service. Kellie’s mission is to calm the overwhelm of busy business owners by matching them with their ideal VA. She also runs a VA academy supporting VA’s in starting and growing their business.

In this episode we speak about how our skills are often transferable when setting up a business, her passion to connect people together and what the future lies for Kelly. 

In this episode you will discover;

• How Kelly supports clients to calm the overwhelm and run their business as they always hoped to.
• The importance of getting to know people to truly understand who and what is right for them.
• Why we shouldn’t try and serve everyone.
• The power of finding a solution and not admitting defeat.
• Why we need to recognise the skills we have and finding a niche.

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In this episode Kelly mentioned; Helen McCue from Moments Candles, Dani Wallace from The Queen Bee and Lisa Johnson from Lisa Johnson coaching.

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In today’s episode I am joined by not one but two amazing guests, Nicki Malcolm and Christine Bardoe who run Blossoming Connections. Both Nicki and Christine run the business together after meeting as Trained play therapists based in Kent.

After years of self-healing and developing their own mindset, the next step was to start supporting parents in doing the same. Blossoming Connections has now evolved into supporting people in the corporate world with well-being, communication and relationships.

We discuss the importance of relationships, connection and delve a little deeper into why they decided to create their business and support parents and children. I loved connecting with these wonderful women and can’t wait for you to take a listen.

In this episode you will discover;

• How our mental health can affect our decisions in life and often a change in career.
• A self-healing journey of two women who come together and create a new business to support others.
• The tools to support you with your mental health.
• Why we need to let go of things in our lives to protect our own mental health.
• Learning to respond to situations and not react.
• The power of taking responsibility for your actions and reactions.
• The damaging prioritising others over yourself can do.

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Claire Jones from Salon 23 in St Helens is on the podcast in this episode and what an amazing episode it is. She shares with us her story of having a breakdown to now running her award-winning salon promoting self-care and sustainability.

Claire Jones, a Salon owner, whose mission it is to promote inner beauty and positivity as much as outer beauty. Claire suffered (and sometimes still does) for years of crippling anxiety and low self-esteem but thanks to a great friend, lots of self-help and holistic therapy she has changed my mindset and image of herself and want to help others do the same. Salon 23 also promote sustainability and have just won the Sustainability award for Merseyside.

In this episode we discuss the power of self-care, the importance of nature and being more consciously aware, how Claire found hope from a friend and is now supporting so many others on their journey. This really is an uplifting episode and I am so proud she came out of her comfort zone and was a guest on our show.

In this episode you will discover;

• How to remain connected to yourself.
• What it means to be a sustainable salon.
• How hope helps people in desperate times and the power of sharing hope with others.
• The importance of self-care and how this helps you to support others.
• How our darkest times can often lead to the most wonderful of events.

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“Your brand is your Ball gown- it absolutely has to fit perfectly because if it doesn’t you will fidget not flaunt it. It has to fit perfectly!”

JoJo Smith is such an amazing human being and her passion to help others to find their unique super-power and boost their brand just oozes out of her. She shares with us a little about her journey and what has helped her grow her business; Dani Wallace’s push to bring her personality out in her brand and how she blossomed when she had self-belief with her confidence.

JoJo now owns her SAS and has set her SASnav and knows exactly where she is heading, but she wants to take you to that place. If you’re lacking in confidence or self-belief and you haven’t nailed your brand/brand voice, then head over to JoJo’s page and let her bring some SAS into your life.

JoJo is an inspiration and I feel so honoured she shared her journey with us of her time in care and how she now looks back at remembers how much she has come through. She can now look back and see how these situations have shaped her to the person she is.

In this episode you will discover;

• The importance of not comparing yourself to others- there is no other you!
• Why we need self-belief as well as confidence.
• Recognising what our superpowers are and using those within our business
• How your brand is your ball gown.
• The importance of why we need to connect with ourselves; what are our triggers, what makes our heart sing and what bring us happiness.
• Why we need a community around us that we can feel supported by, understand running a business and inspiring you.
• Why you need to stop allowing others judgement in you to stop you living your best life.
• What fears are within us and how releasing those will help us move forward
• What imposter syndrome is and how we can great the most amazing business when we get rid of it.
• The power of self-development when you start your own business.

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In todays episode I am joined by the lovely Harriet Oliver who is an art therapist and runs a wonderful business called Heart Smart Art. Harriet shares her journey of becoming self-employed after being a full time teacher so she could focus on the wellbeing of adults and children through art therapy.

Harriet is an Art Therapist and Mental Health Professional. She started her own business creating art kits for children to support their mental health and wellbeing when she was unable to see clients during the Coronavirus pandemic. Harriet now has her own studio where she sees clients (both adults and children), when restrictions allow. In response to the Mental Health crisis we currently face, Harriet is also launching a podcast all about finding Hope and Inspiration - Dawn Breaks - due to launch Feb/Mar 21.

In this episode you will discover;

• The importance of having hope when you are struggling
• How art and creativity can support you mental health
• How times of difficulty and global pandemic can help you reassess and change direction to a place that feels more aligned.

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