In this episode, I spoke to the very talented Fi Mims from Fi Mims Photography about her own career journey and how she now helps others propel their own career through incredible brand photography. 

This is a must-listen for any listener considering a career in photograpy or wondering how they can use photography to achieve their career goals.

In this episode, Fi and I discussed the following:

• Fi's earlier career after leaving university and how she first came to be interested in photography
• How Fi Mims Photography  has evolved over the years
• Overcoming imposter syndrome in the early days
• The biggest challenges for photographers
• Fi's advice for a young person keen to build a career in photography
• How a personal branding strategy and professional photos can help people be more successful
• How can a business owner, professional or creative communicate who they are through your images
• How to prep for a shoot
• How would someone go about choosing the right photographer?
  
  

 For more info about Fi, or to find out how you can work with her, check out her website:

www.fimimsphotography.com.au

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

If you would like to support our podcast, we would love you to write a review on your podcast of choice.

Thanks for listening.

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In this episode, Leah interviews Dr Carli Roulton, neuropharmacologist and Program Manager from  The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, one of the largest and highly respected brain research centres in the world.

Carli is a neuropharmacologist and has 20 years of experience working in the field of neuroscience with the University of Melbourne, the O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery and The Florey Institute.

Carli has spent the last 3 and a half years working at The Florey Institute as Head of Laboratory and more recently as Program Manager where she has specialised in research to promote recovery after stroke.

Carli also worked for many years as a Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Melbourne, she served on the Board of Stroke Association Victoria for 3 years and was the founding member of the International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance

Carli is super passionate about neuroscience and about helping others (particularly women) develop a sustainable and fulfilling career within the field. 

In this episode, Leah and Carli discuss all things science including:

• How Carli first came to choose science as a career
• The different career options available to her after completing a Bachelor of Science at Monash University
• Why Carli chose to do a PhD and what it actually involves on a day-to-day basis
• The different roles that Carli has had since completing her PhD
• The most rewarding parts of her career to date
• The frustrations that people need to be aware of if they choose a science career
• What transferable skills that Carli used to move from a Laboratory Manager role into Program Management
• Carli's advice for any students who are contemplating a career in science to improve their employability in the future

If you are considering a career in science, then this episode is not to be missed! Enjoy!

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

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In this interview, Leah interviews one of our own Relaunch Me coaches, Lyndsay Shaw, who works with our clients in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast.

Lyndsay had an extensive corporate background commencing her career as an Auditor with KPMG in South Africa before transitioning into the Graduate Recruitment team and building a very successful career in graduate, training, facilitation and leadership development of KPMG’s Partners and high potential talent.  

 Lyndsay suffered a major health setback whilst working for KPMG in Sydney and as a result, had to re-evaluate her career and lifestyle choices. She now lives and works from the beautiful Sunshine Coast where she has portfolio career that allows her to maintain a sensible work-life balance whilst also dividing her work across three areas that she is passionate about.

 In this episode, Leah and Lyndsay discussed the following:

• How Lyndsay came to commence a career working in audit 
• At what point that she decided that accounting wasn't her best fit career
• How Lyndsay  made the transition into graduate recruitment and her experience working for KPMG and Standard Bank Group
• How a major health setback led Lyndsay to re-evaluate her life and career
• How Lyndsay manages a ‘portfolio career’ and whether she would recommend it to others
• Lyndsay's advice for students preparing for graduate recruitment interviews and assessment centres
• How Lyndsay helps students prepare for graduate interviews and graduate assessment centres
• Lyndsay's advice for others who have had to re-evaluate their career due to illness or other unexpected changes in their personal life

If you would like to find out more about Lyndsay Shaw and how you can work with her, then check out her profile on the Relaunch Me Team page, or contact us to book a session with her via our Contact page.

Relaunch Me Team page - https://www.relaunchme.com.au/about-us

Book a consultation or ask a question - https://www.relaunchme.com.au/contact

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

If you would like to support our podcast, we would love you to write a review on your podcast of choice.

Thanks for listening.

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Designer, Stylist, Storyteller, Author, Innkeeper, Teacher, Collaborator, Photographer, Adventurer, and Sailor - Sarah Andrews is a lady of many talents and has a great career story to share.

In this episode, Leah interviewed Sarah Andrews, owner of iconic Tassie Airbnb, Captain's Rest and creator of The Hosting Masterclass, an entire school, which teaches micro-hoteliers the secret of her success as an Airbnb owner, from choosing a property, all the way to being booked out year-round.

In this episode, Leah and Sarah discussed:

• How Sarah commenced her career working in the corporate world and when she made the decision to do something different
• How she came to be stranded in Mexico with no passport, no money and only the wet clothes on her back
• How this led Sarah to re-evaluate her life and what she loved
• How Sarah saw the potential in a run-down cottage in Strahan, Tasmania and how she has transformed it into a highly successful Airbnb in less than three years
• Pros and cons of running an Airbnb as a business 
• What is The Hosting Masterclass all about
• Sarah's key piece of advice for anyone considering setting up their own AirBnB

For further details about Captains Rest or Sarah's workshops or masterclass, see the links below:

The Hosting Masterclass visit: https://www.thehostingmasterclass.com/

Follow Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/sarahandrews.co/?hl=en
Captains Rest: https://www.instagram.com/captainsrest/?hl=en
The Hosting Masterclass: https://www.instagram.com/thehostingmasterclass/?hl=en

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

If you would like to support our podcast, we would love you to write a review on your podcast of choice.

Thanks for listening.

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In this episode, Relaunch Me Career & Strengths Coach, Emma Hodgson, interviews the delightful Sophie Coombes, a serial career changer who is currently living her best life as a Civil Marriage Celebrant on Sydney's Northern Beaches.

In this engaging episode, Emma and Sophie discuss the following:

• How Sophie started her career working in sales & marketing 
• Sophie's first career transition into the world of publishing with Allen & Unwin
• Different roles within the publishing industry
• Sophie's second career transition into Donor Relations with Not-for-Profit Reach Out
• The key differences between working in corporate vs a Not-for-Profit (NFP)
• How Sophie came to be interested in becoming a Civil Marriage Celebrant
• What it takes to become a Marriage Celebrant
• Pros and cons of working as a celebrant
• How Sophie has successfully built her business, Making Magic Moments, over the past decade 

You can find out more about Sophie's business on her website Making Magic Moments 

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

If you would like to support our podcast, we would love you to write a review on your podcast of choice.

Thanks for listening.

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In this interview, Leah interviews the very versatile and dynamic Nicole Tj, who with her co-founder Thomas Lo, has founded a new start-up Travis - described as the  'Pinterest of travel apps' by allowing users to save travel inspiration mood boards, plan trips and create user-generated travel guides.

Currently, in seed stage, Travis claims to be the first social media platform to let users share travel-specific content to create real-world itineraries.

In this interview, Leah and Nicole discussed the following:

• How Nicole chose first degree after school
• Nicole and Thomas' first startup project, Project Anon
• Nicole's experience working as a Management Consultant at Deloitte Digital 
• How Nicole and her partner Thomas first identified an opportunity to start Travis
• What Travis is all about, and how you can use it to plan your next holiday
• What does 'seed stage' actually mean in start-up land
• What transferable skills has she used from her time working at Deloitte
• Networking opportunities for start-up founders
• What it takes to found a start-up 
• What advice Nicole has for others thinking about starting their own start-up or joining a start-up

Nicole holds a Master of Management (Marketing) and Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the University of Melbourne.

Here's the special link that Nicole has provided to our first 30 listeners who want to sign up for a 'same day' beta invite to try out Travis!
https://www.travistravis.co/invite-only
code "RELAUNCHME"

Other resources mentioned in the interview:

Lady StartUp Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/ladystartups/
Skalata Ventures Seed Investment Program - https://www.skalata.co
How I Built This with Guy Raz podcast - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

If you would like to support our podcast, we would love you to write a review on your podcast of choice.

Thanks for listening.

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In this episode, Leah interviews Lindy Alexander, an award-winning freelance food, travel and lifestyle writer.

Lindy’s work has been published in numerous digital and print publications including Sunday Life, The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, Travel + Indulgence, Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, delicious., Good Food, The Saturday Paper, SBS Life and Jetstar magazine.  She has also created content for brands, organisations and companies including SEEK, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Indeed, EML and the Great Ocean Road regional destination websites.

In this episode Leah and Lindy discussed the following:

• Lindy's career as a social worker prior to becoming a writer
• The pros and cons of working in social work
• Lindy's transition from social worker to writer
• The pros and cons of being a freelance writer
• How to cope with rejection when starting out as a writer
• Whether it is necessary to complete a formal degree to become a paid writer
• How writers get paid
• Lindy's course for aspiring freelance writers
• Lindy's advice to others keen to pursue a career as a professional writer

Lindy's recommended podcasts for aspiring writers:
The Writing Coach Podcast

Recommended Facebook groups for aspiring writers:

Freelance jungle (a general group for freelancers but is very active and supportive) https://www.facebook.com/groups/freelancejungle

Young Australian Writers (for people under 40yrs) https://www.facebook.com/groups/YoungAustralianWriters

The Ladybirds (women only)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ladybirdwriters

To get started in freelance writing - https://thefreelancersyear.com/blog/get-started-freelance-writing/


For further information about Lindy or to find out more about Lindy's 'Foundations of Freelance Writing Course':
https://www.lindyalexander.net
https://thefreelancersyear.com/courses/

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

If you would like to support our podcast, we would love you to write a review on your podcast of choice.

Thanks for listening.

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In this final episode for the year, Leah discussed what you can do over the next month to prepare to achieve your career goals in 2021.  This included:

• Setting SMART career goals
  
  
• Identifying skill gaps 
  
  
• Identifying relationships that are key to your success
  
  
• Updating your job search collateral to ensure that it is contemporary and keyword optimised
  
  
• Mastering your behavioural interview skills

Thanks to all our listeners in Australia and other parts of the world near and far who have tuned into the podcast this year. We hope to have you back in 2021! 

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

If you would like to support our podcast, we would love you to write a review on your podcast of choice.

Thanks for listening.

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In this episode, Leah interviews Kerryn Powell, Founder of The Network Catalyst and business networking group Your Time Matters.  

Kerryn has been helping people build authentic connections and conversations for over 30 years and she understands that in this ever-changing business landscape, it has never been more important to connect with the right people to build trusted and profitable relationships.

In this episode we talked Leah and Kerryn discussed:

• Kerryn's own career journey prior to starting her own business and how she joined the dots 
  
  
• How Kerryn came to be so passionate about networking 
  
  
• The most common fears that people have when it comes to networking
  
  
• Effective networking strategies that suit people who don’t like large events
  
  
• Kerryn's hot tips for people who find that making small talk doesn’t come naturally
  
  
• Kerryn's business networking group ‘Your Time Matters’ and who can join
   
• Success stories from networking at 'Your Time Matters'
  
  
• Kerryn's top 3 tips for people who have a fear of networking 

To connect with Kerryn or to hear more about Your Time Matters, you can find her at the following links:

Website - www.kerryn-powell.com.au
YTM website - www.yourtimematters.com.au
Kerryn's podcast - Conversations and Connections to Amplify and Inspire
Kerryn's online course - How to Start or Improve your Business Networking

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

If you would like to support our podcast, we would love you to write a review on your podcast of choice.

Thanks for listening.

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In this episode, Leah spoke to our wonderful Sydney-based Career & Strengths Coach, Emma Hodgson, about the power of understanding your strengths to enable career development and job searching success.  In this episode, we talked about:

• What does Strengths Coaching involve and what exactly is the definition of a 'strength'
  
  
•  What sort of people benefit from strengths coaching
  
  
• Examples of how strengths coaching has helped some of Emma's  previous clients overcome certain hurdles in their career
  
  
• How can strengths coaching help people in their career development
  
  
• How can people use strengths coaching to facilitate their job search?
  
  
• How Emma and Leah use their realised strengths in their current work

For more information on Strengths Coaching, or to book a Strengths Coaching session with Emma or Leah, contact us here.

If you are requiring support with finding your 'best fit' career, preparing for your next interview or need help with writing a keyword optimised Resume or LinkedIn Profile, then contact Leah Lambart and the team at Relaunch Me for further information or to book a coaching session.

If there is a career that you would like to learn more about, the please email me at [email protected] to make a suggestion.

If you would like to support our podcast, we would love you to write a review on your podcast of choice.

Thanks for listening.

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