Living the Queen Life, a podcast by Queen of my Own Universe

Episode 22 - Denise Schelbergen, The Ikigai Entrepreneur

Denise Schelbergen is a social entrepreneur, committed to ending poverty in the world and empowering women to become powerful leaders, living a life they love. She is the founder of coaching and consulting business The Ikigai Entrepreneur, Managing Director and board member of the Dutch foundation Kula Loans and the co-creator of her poverty alleviation community microcredit project in Colombia. She is a co-author of the uplifting Amazon #1 best-seller, Goodbye Busy, Hello Happy – the magic of breaking up with busy and finding more time for joy.

Listeners I just love this episode with Denise, covering topics that I honestly could talk about all day long.  So many women that I talk to, and once upon a time it was me too say “I don’t know who I am.  I have no idea what my purpose is, what lights me up and makes me, well me”.  I see beautiful souls wandering through life seeking joy and inspiration and direction which truly can only come from within.

Denise and I both believe that every women should have her own purpose statement.  I love Denises - My purpose in life is to help people to know that they are enough and to be unstoppable in fulfilling their dreams.   How amazing is that?! 

So if you’re wondering who you really are, and what your purpose and passion in life are and you’re ready to start to create your own purpose then this is the episode for you.

About Margaret Foley, Queen of my Own Universe

Margaret is based in Melbourne Australia and is passionate about helping women to discover their power within and step into being the Queen of their Own Universe. She is a coach for women, creator of the 7 Steps to Living a Happy Life program, co-author in the Amazon #1 Best Selling book Goodbye Busy Hello Happy and host of Living the Queen Life Podcast.

Margaret is also passionate about technology and bringing mindset and wellbeing into the workplace which she does in her role as Chief Customer Officer at Simple Marketing Operations Cloud software. She is a voice for women in leadership, particularly in technology. You can learn more about Margaret and connect with her on LinkedIn.

Courage begins with an intention to lean into vulnerability. To embrace risk, uncertainty and emotional exposure. To break through boundaries, to flip paradigms of thought, or to pioneer new pathways forward. When we live with courageous intention, we have the ability to seize the new, to unlearn what no longer serves, to link previously unrelated ideas, or to give birth to an entirely different world view. Most importantly? When we live a life of courageous intention, we give others the permission to do the same.

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Welcome to Episode 20 of Living the Queen Life Podcast.

In this episode I am joined by a lady who I credit with helping to change the path of my life and that of my family.  I am talking with Coach extraordinaire Heidi Conway, Founder and CEO of Alternative Education for Raising Changemaker Teens.

I first met Heidi in early 2021 when I was struggling to parent my teenager who was entirely disengaged in school, starting to go down some dangerous paths, and impacted with some mental health conditions.  Heidi became my “Mum” coach, teaching me the concept of holding space for my children, how to tune into my Mum intuition and trust it again.  She then became my “Marg Coach” and was a pivotal part of my own healing and my decision to start Queen of my Own Universe.

While some people might know her as “that homeschool lady” Heidi is much more than that.  A passionate advocate and living example of the benefits and outcomes of self-directed learning and helping teenagers to discover their passions and the learning pathways that suit them best,  Heidi says “School is optional, learning is not”.  

In her role as a coach to mothers of teens, Heidi shares how effectively and compassionately communicate with teens, and how holding space for teens isn’t about having no boundaries and is instead about giving them a safe space to discover themselves, all while living in alignment with personal and family values.  

In addition to being an incredible coach and storyteller, Heidi is also a co- author of the Amazon #1 best selling book A New Paradigm of Education Rising and also in The Women Changing the World, and a singer/songwriter with her Changemaker Song - Love is the Key.  I highly recommend following Heidi’s Facebook page Alternative Education for Raising Changemaker Teens for resources, advice and updates on her upcoming programs for mums and teens.

Meet Queen of her Own Universe, Margaret Foley

Margaret is an accredited Strategic Life Coaching Practitioner, Law of Attraction Practitioner, Life Transformation Practitioner and Happiness Coach, based in Melbourne Australia.  After experiencing burnout, Margaret established Queen of my Own Universe to help other women to uncover their beauty and power and to live a life that they love. She is a co-author in Amazon #1 Bestselling Book Goodbye Busy Hello Happy, a finalist in the 2022 AusMumpreneur Awards for Online Communities and host of the Living the Queen Life podcast.

She is the creator of the transformational program 7 Steps to Living a Happy Life.

You can learn more about Queen of my Own Universe at

www.queenofmyownuniverse.com

https://www.facebook.com/queenofmyownuniverse

https://www.facebook.com/groups/queenofmyownuniversecommunity

https://www.instagram.com/queenofmyownuniverse1/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretfoley/

Welcome to Episode 19 of Living the Queen Life Podcast.

In this episode I am joined by 3 incredible women - Ildi, Kirstin and Pooja from The Time Fix.

I don’t know about you dear listeners, but there are some weeks where time just seems to fly by and other weeks where the days go on and on. Some weeks I feel really organised and like I’ve got things under control, and the following week I feel all over the place and there’s almost nothing on my schedule.

In this conversation we take a dive into the different personality types when it comes to our relationship with time, we challenge whether time really is just a construct and what being productive actually means. If you need a little inspiration to help you get and feel more organised and less busy, this is the episode for you!

You can learn more about the team at The Time Fix at

www.thetimefix.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/thetimefix

https://www.instagram.com/thetimefix.com.au/

Welcome to Episode 18 of Living the Queen Life Podcast.

Today’s guest is Mary Beth O’Connor. Mary Beth has been clean and sober since 1994. She also is in recovery from abuse, trauma, self-harm, ptsd, and anxiety. Her history and her incredible recovery are chronicled in her recently published memoir From Junkie to Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction.

In this episode Mary Beth talks honestly and openly about the trauma of her childhood which led her to drug addiction by her early teenage years, her adult years as marred by addiction, her experiences of recovery and sobriety and the inspiring story of how she transformed herself from Junkie to Judge, graduating from Berkeley Law and in 2014 being appointed a US Federal Administrative Law Judge.

Mary Beth is a Director, Secretary, and Founding Investor for She Recovers Foundation. She also is a Director for LifeRing Secular Recovery and now uses her own powerful life story to help other women reclaim their lives too.

Mary Beth's memoir from Junkie to Judge, One Woman's Triumph over Trauma and Addiction is a powerful and inspiring read.    From a junkie addicted to methamphetamines to a federal judge, Mary Beth O’Connor’s memoir shares her inspiring journey from rock bottom to resilience as she forged a personal path to recovery from trauma and addiction.  

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Learn more about Mary Beth at her website https://junkietojudge.com/

Welcome to Episode 17 of Living the Queen Life Podcast.

Today’s guest will help you to get more organised at home and get more time and calm back into your life.

Amy Kennedy is a professional organiser, coach, trainer and author, and thrives on order and gets a buzz from supporting others to get organised in their lives. Through her business, The Organising Bee, Amy supports busy women and families experiencing chronic disorganisation to ease the pressures of everyday life by providing 1:1 hands-on organising support within the family home.  Are you forever moving clutter from one place to another, or complaining about your lack of storage space or just can’t seem to ever get your home tidy and organised?  Or maybe your house looks beautiful and tidy like something out of a Home Beautiful magazine but it’s just not working for you in real life?

Amy is one of my co-authors in Goodbye Busy Hello Happy and in this episode gives us great advice on how to get your home working for you and get time and calm back into your day. Take notes listeners as Amy has some great advice for you.

About Amy Kennedy

Amy is highly respected within the Australian Professional Organising industry and has represented the professional organising industry in media and speaking engagements.

Based in Canberra, Amy founded The Organising Bee, a professional home organising and decluttering service in 2015 out of a desire to add value to the lives of others. Through her business, The Organising Bee, Amy supports busy women and families experiencing chronic disorganisation to ease the pressures of everyday life by providing 1:1 hands-on organising support within the family home.  She provides a wholistic and client centric approach to ensure that all client’s homes are organised in a way supports their needs, capacity, and lifestyle.

As a professional organiser, Amy believe that ones home is a foundation for all other aspects of your life.  You have a good, strong foundation in your home, that is a home that functions and supports you in the way that you need, then it makes it easier for you to succeed in other areas of your life.    Amy talk about this in her chapter, titled "Your home is your sanctuary; designing your home so that it supports you" of Goodbye Busy, Busy Hello Happy.     

The key concepts under this topic include:  

- ensuring that you have a goal for your home and lifestyle 

- you need less that you think to make you happy - placing a higher emphasis on the value of time 

- less things doesn't mean less soul, less heart or less warmth - organise your home in a way that makes sense to you 

- you need less storage space than you think 

Amy is currently training to become a Certified ADHD and Productivity Coach.

Amy is active in volunteering her time within her local community. In her spare time, you’ll find Amy with her family, hugging a strong coffee with a good book and her puppy.

Get in touch with Amy

https://organisingbee.com.au/

www.linkedin.com/in/amykennedyprofessionalorganiser

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https://www.instagram.com/organisingbee/

Organising for Design Course 

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Welcome to Episode 16 of Living the Queen Life Podcast.

Today my guest is Grey Area Drinking Coach, Sarah Rusbatch. Sarah is a certified Women's Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach and a Key-Note speaker sharing her journey to Sobriety and impact of alcohol on mental health to global audiences.

After developing what she describes as 'a dysfunctional relationship with alcohol', Sarah made the decision to remove alcohol from her life in early 2019 and has never looked back. She now works with women across the globe, guiding them from feeling lost, stuck and out of control (something she fully understands herself), to a healthier and happier way of living.

Stressed, happy, sad, angry, holidays, weekend, kids driving you nuts? Have a drink, you’ll feel better!

You don’t have to be an alcoholic to have a problematic relationship with alcohol. Finding yourself setting rules that you’ll only drink on weekends, and that you'll only drink 2 bottles of wine over the weekend? Or doing Dry July and then making up for it in August?

Did you know that a bottle of wine has the same carcinogenic properties as smoking 10 cigarettes? Alcohol directly causes 7 types of cancer and that up to 20% of breast cancer diagnosis in Australia are caused by alcohol.

Sarah gives listeners some great advice on how to reduce or give up alcohol in your routine, how to reframe your mindset and conversations about the role of alcohol in your life. Maybe consider getting sober curious - how much better could you feel without alcohol?

I recently gave up alcohol due to the impact I could feel it having on my body and I love how I’m feeling without it.  I encourage you to keep an open mind as you listen to this episode.

Learn more and get in touch with Sarah at

https://sarahrusbatch.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-rusbatch-4b189128/

https://www.facebook.com/sarahrusbatchcoach

About Margaret

Margaret is an Accredited Happiness Life Coach, Law of Attraction, Strategic Life Coach, Transformation Life Coach, Certified Circle Facilitator, Co-Author of Goodbye Busy Hello Happy, creator of 7 Steps to Living a Happy Life, Host of Living the Queen Life Podcast and International Speaker. She lives in Melbourne Australia. 

After experiencing burnout, Margaret resigned from her job as a Senior Vice President in a global software business and established Queen of my Own Universe to help other women to uncover their beauty and power and to live a life that they love. 

You can learn more about Queen of my Own Universe at

www.queenofmyownuniverse.com

https://www.facebook.com/queenofmyownuniverse

https://www.facebook.com/groups/queenofmyownuniversecommunity

https://www.facebook.com/marg.foley.9/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretfoley/

Living the Queen Life Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and iHeartRadio.

Welcome to Episode 15 of Living the Queen Life Podcast.

Today my guest is me! I’m Margaret Foley, Founder and CEO of Queen of my Own Universe. Today we are talking about a topic that is at the core of why Queen of my Own Universe exists - Preventing and Managing Burnout for Professional Women.

This episode is a webinar recording that Margaret presented on Friday 2nd December 2022.  A full recording of the video (including all the slides) can be watched online at https://queenofmyownuniverse.com/resources/webinar_burnout_women/

Busy professional women are burning out at a higher rate in Australia than anywhere else in the world. The challenge of working, raising families, being caregivers and all the stresses of life today is taking a toll on the mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of women.

In this episode we look at the statistics of burnout in Australia and they aren’t pretty, especially for women.

What is the definition, causes and symptoms of burnout from a workplace perspective and then let’s get real about how your own mindset, perfectionism, inner critic and imposter syndrome play as big, if not bigger role in burnout than a high workload alone. I share some practical steps for making a plan to manage your stress and burnout and recovery .

If you’re struggling with stress, overwhelm, fatigue or burnout then this might be the episode that changes your life. If you know a woman who is struggling, please share this episode with her. And if this raises any questions for you please don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any queries. You can also watch a full video replay of this webinar online at queenofmyownuniverse.com

About Margaret

Margaret is Happiness Coach and lives in Melbourne, Australia and is a recovering perfectionist. After experiencing burnout, Margaret resigned from her job as a Senior Vice President in a global software business and established Queen of my Own Universe to help other women to uncover their beauty and power and to live a life that they love. She is a co-author in Goodbye Busy Hello Happy, a finalist in the 2022 AusMumpreneur Awards for Online Communities and host of the Living the Queen Life podcast.

You can learn more about Queen of my Own Universe at

www.queenofmyownuniverse.com

https://www.facebook.com/queenofmyownuniverse

https://www.facebook.com/groups/queenofmyownuniversecommunity

https://www.facebook.com/marg.foley.9/

https://www.instagram.com/queenofmyownuniverse1/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretfoley/

Living the Queen Life Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and iHeartRadio.

Welcome to Episode 14 of Living the Queen Life Podcast.

In this episode my guest is Jodie Solberg. Jodie is a Mental Wellness and Success Coach, Certified Master Hypnotherapist, Transformational Speaker, 4 time International Best-Selling Author, and the founder and CEO of Psyched Up Success. Jodie loves working with purpose driven professionals who are on a mission to live in alignment with their passion and values to create real and lasting change in their lives and the world around them. She helps her clients heal from trauma and anxiety, remove mental blocks and gain clarity and confidence to create work-life harmony, beat burnout, and achieve their personal and professional goals.

This episode is like having a conversation with my twin mind!  And it's a masterclass from 2 Master Coaches.  We cover so many of my favourite topics! 

This episode is full of so much wisdom and clarity, hopefully you’ll be inspired to want and do better for yourself too.

You can learn more about my guest Jodie Solberg at:

https://www.psychedupsuccess.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsolberg

https://www.Facebook.com/psychedupsuccess

https://www.Instagram.com/psyched_up_success

Download her Guide to Mastering Mindfulness: guide.psychedupsuccess.com

Meet Queen of her Own Universe, Margaret Foley

Margaret is an accredited Strategic Life Coaching Practitioner, Law of Attraction Practitioner, Life Transformation Practitioner and Happiness Coach, based in Melbourne Australia.  After experiencing burnout, Margaret resigned from her job as a Senior Vice President in a global software business and established Queen of my Own Universe to help other women to uncover their beauty and power and to live a life that they love. She is a co-author in Goodbye Busy Hello Happy, a finalist in the 2022 AusMumpreneur Awards for Online Communities and host of the Living the Queen Life podcast.

She is the creator of the transformational program 7 Steps to Living a Happy Life.

You can learn more about Queen of my Own Universe at

www.queenofmyownuniverse.com

https://www.facebook.com/queenofmyownuniverse

https://www.facebook.com/groups/queenofmyownuniversecommunity

https://www.facebook.com/marg.foley.9/

https://www.instagram.com/queenofmyownuniverse1/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretfoley/

Welcome to Episode 13 of Living the Queen Life Podcast.  In this episode my guest is Samantha J. 

Samantha J. is a sought after Spiritual Business Strategist - a paradigm shifting business strategist and leadership advisor who helps conscious coaches, experts and entrepreneurs increase their profitability, visibility, and social impact, without sacrificing their happiness along the way.

By the age of 22 years old, she had built a multi-million dollar business within her family’s property development that was recognised by becoming the Young Entrepreneur of the Year and contributed greatly in the field of Mental Health Awareness as a National Ambassador using the strategies she now teaches others.

Samantha then went on a soulful journey to find a deeper sense of meaning and purpose by embodying her divine masculinity and femininity. She traveled across the world, learning from the leading authorities in neuro-science, shamanism, sacred sexuality and humanitarian leadership to refine her gifts as a medicine woman to integrate into her entrepreneurship skills. She now has the only business school in the world, utilising a one of a kind methodology that merges spirituality, strategy and self expression

Samantha has since been named as one of the Top 20 Entrepreneurs on the Rise by Fox in 2021, and one of the Top 7 Women Paving the Way of Success in 2022 by Disrupt Magazine, for her efforts.

There is so much to love in this conversation with Samantha.  Her definitions of purpose-less, purpose-full and living your purpose are so enlightening, her analogy of the feathers, bricks and buses that can happen to us in our life and the beauty of living a grounded authentic spiritual life.  How to start listening to your intuition knowing that it is your internal truth speaking to you if only you would be quiet and listen.  Start the joyful journey of discovering who you are by creating a meaningful vision for yourself in your life. Get ready to get a little deep and meaningful on this episode, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it with the incredible Samantha J.

Learn more about Samantha J at her website www.iamsamanthaj.com

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Samantha’s books Stand Up Speak Up and Build Your Empire from the Inside Out are available on Amazon