Pep Talk With Grace

It's officially our last Pep Talk of the year! We're rounding out the season with a quick Pep Talk all about... Money honey. This chat covers a few tips and tricks from Grace, all about planning, goal setting, and house-buying.

Plus we've included some stellar thoughts from Christine, who runs the @itsnosecretnz podcast and works at index fund manager Kernel Wealth. Soak up Christine's notes on growing your wealth and reaching financial freedom (and what that even means!).

Thanks for being part of the Pep Talk gang in 2021 and coming along for another year of weird old times. It's been a privilege to share these topics, and I've learned so much – I hope you have too.

Don't forget to follow @peptalkwithgrace to keep up with my adventures over the summer.

Until next time... bye!

It's the second to last Pep Talk of the season (and the year!), so dig in folks!

This time we're hitting up a quick Pep Talk all about career. Given the average adult spends 90,000 hours working in their lifetime, she's a pretty big topic guys! That's a third of your life, so you may as well be doing something you enjoy.

I've hooked ya up with some expert advice from the wonderful Samantha Gadd, founder of HR agency Humankind, and yes of course there'll be the usual little bit of advice and personal experience from Grace as well.

PS. Can you do me a favour? If this episode, or any of my Pep Talks, have resonated with you, please share it with your friends or followers! The more we spread this info and inspo the better. Tag @peptakwithgrace for snaps for sharing too. Thanking you!

It's Pep Talk time! This time we're getting a Pep Talk on a pretty major topic in life – health and wellness.

This quick Pep Talk is perfect to give you the boost you need on looking after your health and wellbeing, from physical health, nutrition and exercise to mental health, stress and sleep.

But best of all, it's all about balance - listening to your body and your self and finding the best version of wellness for you personally.

As well as a few tips from me, this episode features a top notch chat with Sarah Percy, a registered dietitian who runs TEA retreats (Think, Eat, Act) to provide holistic health services.

Sarah is a wealth of information and tips on this topic, and I love how balanced and realistic she is - it's so refreshing.

You can find out more about Sarah and how you can work with her at tea-retreats.co.nz and also on Instagram where she shares lots of good tips @sarah.percy.9. Don't forget to follow Pep Talk too while you're here - @peptalkwithgrace.

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For this brand new Pep Talk, I've joined forces with Xero to take a deep dive into a topic that's a bit of a reoccurring theme on Pep Talk – finding and knowing your “why”.

This applies in all areas of life, but especially in business. As we know, business can be satisfying, rewarding and fun, but it can also be hard! When we get bogged down in the day-to-day grind and admin and long hours, it can be hard to remember why we started in the first place.

Today's new episode digs into what gets in the way of our “why”, and some tips on how to get back to it. Plus I've snuck in a really fun chat with Stacia, who founded LilyBee Wrap, all about how and why she started her business over 5 years ago, and some of the challenges she's faced along the way.

Make sure you head to Xero's Why We're In It Hub, which has a huge wealth of FREE information and resources to help business owners reconnect with their why.

Plus jump over to Instagram @peptalkwithgrace and let us know YOUR why!

This time on Pep Talk we're talking all things hobbies and finding time for a little joy. Science tells us that having activities in your life that you enjoy doing for fun is a really important element of mental health and good emotional well-being.

But in reality, it's really hard to actually do these things. Just surviving as an adult (especially right now!) is really hard! It's hard to imagine also living a fulfilled and happy life around that sometimes.

So even though we know this is something we'd like to do more of, and maybe have found the time to make it happen, it can be hard to know what to do or how to find the time.

This quick 20 minute pod has some tips and ideas on fitting a little more fun into life and exploring hobbies, and also an awesome chat with Lauren Keenan who wrote 'The 52 Week Project', where she tried 52 new activities every week for a year to help get her our of the downward spiral of suck. Who better to shed some light on this for us?!

Head to @peptalkwithgrace for more Pep Talk content, and find out more about Lauren's wonderful book on her website laurenkeenanwriter.com.

Welcome to Season 2 of Pep Talk! We're branching out a little bit, going back to the dictionary definition of Pep Talk – "a short speech intended to encourage someone to feel more courageous, enthusiastic and positive".

Each time, we dive into a new area of life, business or career – something that we could all do with a little Pep Talk on. It's be informative, practical, and most of all a little bit inspiring.

For episode 2, we're exploring the weird old world of Body Image. It's a goodie!

This quick 20min pod is packed full of the background to my body acceptance journey (warning I may get a little emo!), and a bunch of practical techniques I've learned along the way in my journey with body image. I've also snuck in some experience and tips from radio DJ on The Edge and one of my body acceptance role models, Meg Mansell.

Give me 20mins of your day and in return I'll give you some insight and practical tips so you don't waste another second of your wild and precious life worrying about the shape and size of your body. Let's do this!

PS. Got some ideas on what you'd like a little Pep Talk on? Head to @peptalkwithgrace with your ideas!

Welcome to Season 2 of Pep Talk! But brace yourself, we're branching out a little bit, going a little bigger, back to the dictionary definition of Pep Talk – a short speech intended to encourage someone to feel more courageous, enthusiastic and positive.

Each time we dive into a new area of life, business or career – something that we could all do with a little Pep Talk on. It's be informative, practical, and most of all a little bit inspiring.

For episode 1, we're diving into Imposter Syndrome. Since that's the number one thing that stops most people trying something new, it feels like a timely place to start!

In this quick 20min pod, not only will you hear some tips I've learned along the way, as well as some first hand experience from Pep Talk pal Lisa founder of Move It Mama, we're also picking the brain of imposter syndrome expert, author, speaker and coach Jess Stuart.

Give us 20mins of your day and in return we'll give you some insight and practical tips you can add to your arsenal so you don't let imposter syndrome get in the way of living ya best life. Lessgo!

PS. Got some ideas on what you'd like a little Pep Talk on? Head to @peptalkwithgrace with your ideas!

I swear I'm not biased (OK maybe a little bit!), but today we have another wonderful Wairarapa based business to share the story of, which happens to be where I live....

Get ready for the very fun story of Thunderpants, direct from co-founder and co-owner Josie. The Thunderpants gang make kick ass undies - they are made from organic Fair Trade Cotton, New Zealand made (by hand!), and best of all - designed so they won't go up ya bum!

Quite often we hear from new businesses on Pep Talk, so I'm excited to share this story of longevity with you - these guys have been going for a long time now.

With over 25 years of business under their belts, this is a great story in getting started, resilience, passion, export, adaptation, and trying to convince a stuffy old bank manager to take a chance on your new underpants business... and yes of course it's a bit cheeky too!

Check out Thunderpants online shop at thunderpants.co.nz and stay up to date with their latest cheeky updates via Instagram @thunderpantsnz.