Queenstown Life

Minna Dubin is a writer and artist from California. I first read her article in the NYT on Mum rage and shouted "that's me! She's talking about me!" and from then on I didn't feel so alone. We chat about the patriarchy, how mums are seen still and the work that needs to happen for this to shift. If you're a mum, parent, member of the human race I implore you to have a listen and BUY HER BOOK! 

Olivia (Liv) Sisson was born in Virginia, US and visited here in 2015 and then moved back on 2018 she now lives in christchurch. Liv is a Food, culture and tourism writer. Works for New Zealand trade and enterprise and is a forager and fungi enthusiast.

She just launched her book Fungi of Aotearoa: A curious foragers field guide 

We chatted about fungi and perfectionism, how to afford to eat well during times of crisis and and the climate crisis and the future of our food. 

Queenstown Life podcast speaks to women around the world right now. All the topics we look at here; perfectionism, boundaries, money and time I cover in my 1:1 sessions. Get in touch to find out more and start your coaching journey. 

Ovi Rathnayake is a Business & Success Coach for multi-passionate women, Miss Sri Lanka’s social media marketing strategist, she has a dual degree in supply chain management + Management information systems and certified business analyst. She lives in New York and we chat about not waiting until our health is at stake to change the way we live and work, corporate America and even when it's out jobs we still mess up.  

Sarah Colchord founded the New Zealand Made Products page on Facebook Chooice during lockdown. In just a few months, the page’s membership grew to over 500,000 members and Sarah had to decide what she wanted to do. We talk about growly businesses quickly when they go 'viral', the reality of making money in business in New Zealand and why getting a coach was pivotal in her growth.

Sarah's Pledge Me campaign is live now! 

Toni Street is a NZ TV presenter and sports commentator and author of her book ‘lost and found’ covering the grief of losing siblings and her surrogacy journey. We chat about being a parent whilst getting up for work at 4am, how she fails when she promised her parents she wouldn't let them down and her surrogacy journey; how to start yours. 

Are you giving it all away? Is there a fear of always needing to give away more so that people to buy from you, ending in no-one buying from you or you having a whole heap more work than you anticipated? 
I walk you through the reasons why we do this AND how to stop this cycle of madness of always adding more more more. And how to get people to buy from you so they're banging down the door 

Kia ora I’m Jane and I am a blogger, podcaster, writer, photographer, coach and mama. I utterly love women and supporting them with the stuff we all struggle with but don’t talk about. Come and ask about 1:1 coaching that will rule them all. 

Tory Whanau Pakakohe and Ngā Ruahine. Tory is Mayor of Wellington, was Parliamentary chief of staff for the Green Party. She has a Batchelor of Arts and a dog called Teddy. We get stuck right into the life of being the first Māori mayor in Aotearoa New Zealand and what comes with that. The pressure to perform and be her own person, how we have to keep fighting and how alcohol played a role in her self care. 

Kia ora I'm Jane. A blogger, mama, speaker, coach and this is my podcast. A collection of women's voices from around the world right now. 
Come find me on Instagram and at Queenstownlife.com to start your journey with me 

Financial abuse is one of the more sneaky to identify in our relationships. It weaves it way into things and often we don't talk about it as money is hard to talk about anyway without the struggle of abusive relationships in the mix. I discuss the red flags for you to think about and also how our money stories can impact us leading with hearts instead of our gut.

National Family Violence Hotline 
0800 456 450 
Central Lakes Family Services (Queenstown, Wānaka, Central Otago) 
0508 440 255
Nationwide Women's Refuge 
0800 REFUGE 

Megan Whelan is Head of Digital Content at Radio New Zealand, unashamed lover of selfies (yours and hers) and weight lifter. We discuss young people and the hope they give us, the decisions we have to make in our jobs, the barriers of perfection and why weight lifting should be in everyone's week. Empowering, strength and letting go of changing our bodies. 

How do you sit in your wow? What is the reasoning behind small wins? How can this small thing absolutely revolutionise how you feel about your work but also your self? I explore and give you the tips I coach my clients through to change the way you see your wins.