The Debra Shepherd Podcast

If you're ready for change and you want to unlock your highest potential so you can finish the year well and have an incredible year ahead, join me for this quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast.

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Joining me on The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week is Dr Marina Christov.

With over 25 years of clinical experience, Dr Marina Christov is a highly respected Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, renowned for her refined, intuitive, and results driven approach.

Dr Marina's work has been featured in Vogue, Daily Mail, Marie Claire, WHO, Australian Weekly, New Idea, and more, and she is a former lecturer in Chinese Medicine as well as a previously elected National Board Director of Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association, reflecting her long-standing leadership and contribution to the profession.

Blending gentle Japanese and Chinese Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine, Facial Rejuvenation, and Holistic Counselling, Dr Marina is passionate about restoring Eastern Medicine to its rightful place within modern culture and society. She is deeply committed to educating and empowering her patients to cultivate lasting vitality, balance, and harmony.

Renowned for her vibrant energy and deeply holistic approach, Dr Marina treats the whole person -mind, body, and spirit - working with precision and care to uncover and address the root cause of imbalance.

In this episode, Dr Marina shares her story. We talk about how to restore balance across your body, mind, and energy.

Are you ready to elevate your life?

HIGHLIGHTS

• Dr Marina shares what a meaningful life and business means to her.
• How a deep thirst for understanding energy and how to apply energy for regulation, healing and balance drew Dr Marina to Traditional Chinese Medicine.
• We're in a fast-paced, always on the go society that forgets the value of rest and deep restoration.
• The power of simplicity and reducing the load you're carrying.
• The ultimate sign of success.
• How emotions get stored in the body and what happens when there are emotional blockages.
• Dr Marina's advice for anyone who is constantly striving, pushing forward and doing everything except creating space for themselves.

Plus, more!

SHOW NOTES

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CONNECT WITH DR MARINA CHRISTOV

www.houseoflife.com.au

Instagram @Dr.MarinaChristov

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Joining me on The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week is Yasmin London. Yasmin is an international keynote speaker, event and podcast host, author and the founder of First Movers Co., an organisation redefining leadership for a human focused future in the AI era.

A former world champion athlete, police officer, and tech director, Yasmin brings unmatched insight into the worlds of technology, gender, youth, culture, and how they impact our human potential.

Yasmin is known for blending powerful storytelling with brave, evidence-based strategy to help people lead, influence and innovate with purpose. Whether on stage, online or on air, Yasmin champions a world where humanity, not just technology, drives progress. Her work activates leaders who go first, create momentum, and shape environments where everyone can rise.

In this episode, Yasmin shares her story. We talk about courage, leadership, the human impact of AI, and what it means to be a First Mover.

Don't miss this powerful conversation with Yasmin London.

HIGHLIGHTS

• What creating a meaningful life and a meaningful business means to Yasmin.
• Yasmin shares her story and the interesting moment that led Yasmin to start First Movers Co.
• Confidence isn't a prerequisite; it's a result of taking courageous action. The more that we take that courageous action, the more proof we have to show ourselves we're capable of more than we ever thought possible.
• Actively shaping the environment you're in. Yasmin shares the definition of a First Mover.
• Why it's important to have a balanced view of AI and technology and how the end game needs to be about how we can benefit humanity with the technology we create.
• Why Yasmin wrote her new book First Movers.
• How working in the police force shaped the way Yasmin thinks about technology, safety, and human connection.
• How to move through fear and be a First Mover.
• Why women and girls are particularly vulnerable as AI and digital systems accelerate.
• Yasmin shares one practical First Mover action you can take this week to make a difference.
• What competitive swimming taught Yasmin about pressure, fear, courage and resilience.

Plus, more!

SHOW NOTES

Get all episode show notes here:

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CONNECT WITH YASMIN

www.yasminlondon.com

Get Yasmin's book, First Movers here

Instagram @_YasLondon_

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Learn more about Human Design and Coaching opportunities with Debra here.

Joining me on The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week is Melissa Young.

Melissa is a Sydney-based beauty and dermal therapist with over 15 years of experience in the beauty and aesthetics industry. Melissa is the founder of Melissa Young Beauty, where she specialises in advanced skin treatments, laser and IPL rejuvenation, brow shaping and artistry, and cosmetic tattooing.

Throughout her career, Melissa has trained extensively both in Australia and internationally, continually building on her knowledge of skin, treatments and the evolving aesthetics industry. Melissa is also an ambassador for CMed Aesthetics Australia and regularly works with beauty and lifestyle media, treating beauty editors and contributing her professional expertise on skin health, treatments, new technologies and changes within the industry.

Alongside treating clients, Melissa is passionate about education, both within her own team and with her clients. Her approach combines science, experience, and artistry, with a strong belief in enhancing what is naturally there rather than changing it.

After more than 15 years in the industry, Melissa remains just as passionate about helping people feel confident in their own skin and raising the standard of education and care within the beauty industry.

In this episode, Melissa shares her business story. She talks about business growth, the importance of connection, relationship building, customer loyalty, and creating extraordinary experiences.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Melissa explains how creating a meaningful life and business is about people, connection, relationships, and the small moments.
• Why Melissa started her business and the growth and evolution of Melissa Young Beauty over the past 12 years.
• Education and training have always been and will always be a key priority for Melissa.
• Growth and success doesn't always mean growing bigger or having the biggest clinic or the biggest team.
• How customer loyalty is built from the heart and the everyday moments.
• What is great leadership?
• How Melissa creates boundaries and prioritises herself.
• Build something you're proud of. Build something you're passionate about. Build something that's real. Don't forget to live along the way.

Plus, more!

SHOW NOTES

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CONNECT WITH MELISSA

www.melissayoungbeauty.com.au

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Instagram @MelissaYoungElzein

CONNECT WITH DEBRA

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I'm thrilled to welcome Alison Beck back to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.

Alison is the Founder of Relauncher, Sticky Studio and REAL.brand. She is also the host of The Mindful Biz Podcast.

Alison is a Business Coach with 15 years' experience. She helps business owners re-package years of hard-earned expertise into a scalable offer — so growth finally means more freedom, not more work. With a clear path and guidance every step of the way, Alison's clients build businesses that give them back the flexibility they've earned.

Alison was first on the podcast in 2020 and in this episode, we continue our conversation. Alison shares her story. We talk about business growth, marketing, social media, AI, and coming home to yourself.

HIGHLIGHTS

• What a meaningful life and business looks like for Alison.
• The power of alignment in life and business.
• How community building created the infrastructure of Relauncher.
• Alison talks about the evolution of Relauncher and how it's expanding in a new direction to support business owners.
• The importance of mindset, support, accountability, and connection in business.
• Don't wait until everything is perfect because with the rapid advancement of AI and technology the market will move on.
• Building and growing a business involves an element of creativity, and AI doesn't have that.
• How to stay relevant as a business owner when there is so much change and competition.
• How to know when it's time to pivot or change direction in business.
• What it looks like when business owners can't see their blind spots.
• Creating a workflow that works for you.

Plus, more!

SHOW NOTES

Get all episode show notes here:

www.debrashepherd.com.au/debra-shepherd-podcast

CONNECT WITH ALISON

www.relauncher.com.au

Instagram @relauncher_alison

www.stickystudio.com.au

Instagram @stickystudio

www.realbrand.com.au

Instagram @real.brand.agency

CONNECT WITH DEBRA

Instagram @_DebraShepherd

Learn more about Human Design and Coaching opportunities with Debra here.

Joining me on The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week is Bree Tucker. Bree is the Founder and CEO of Haús of Vitality, an Australian skin and wellness franchise, entrepreneur, writer and passionate advocate for self-leadership.

Bree's entrepreneurial journey has been anything but conventional—building and scaling businesses, navigating failure and reinvention, franchising a brand, starting over in a new city and doing it all while raising her son as a single mum.

Bree speaks candidly about the side of entrepreneurship we don't always see taking risks before you feel ready, backing yourself when others don't, making decisions under pressure and developing the self-leadership to keep moving when things don't go to plan.

Bree's message - Start before you're ready. Take the risk. Always trust yourself.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Bree talks about what creating a meaningful life and business looks like for her.
• A serial entrepreneur at heart, Bree talks about her path to starting Haús of Vitality in 2022 and how the business integrates the skin and wellness industries.
• What makes Haús of Vitality unique and how Bree established Haús of Vitality using a different business model.
• A great leader is accountable and responsible for their own business and actions.
• Self-development is a journey you have to go on if you want to create a successful business.
• Resilience and the bounce back rate.
• You can grind all day, but it doesn't mean you're putting in your best work. Why creating space is essential for moving through your day and being more productive.
• Bree's top tips for anyone starting their entrepreneurial journey.

Plus, more!

SHOW NOTES

Get all episode show notes here:

www.debrashepherd.com.au/debra-shepherd-podcast

CONNECT WITH BREE

www.hausofvitality.com.au

Instagram @hausofvitality_

www.breetucker.com

Instagram @BreeTucker_

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I'm honoured to welcome Jennifer Bicknell to The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week.

Most workplace disputes do not start with a legal problem. They start with a conversation someone avoided. Jennifer Bicknell is an employment lawyer who helps businesses fix both. Through Bicknell Law & Consulting she provides practical workplace advice, employment contracts, policies and Fair Work guidance, plus a steady hand when things get messy. Jen also runs Confident Conversations workshops, teaching owners and managers how to plan for and have the hard conversations, so small issues stay small. Jen has practised law for more than thirty years, most of it dealing with disputes, so she has seen exactly how they start and how to stop them. Her goal is to make herself redundant, by giving clients the confidence and tools to handle workplace challenges themselves.

In this episode, Jen shares her story. We talk about how to manage difficult conversations with empathy.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Jen shares what creating a meaningful life and a meaningful business means to her.
• What attracted Jen to law and how Seth Godin led her to do something different.
• The risks that can arise if you avoid a difficult or hard conversation in the workplace.
• The most common difficult conversations leaders, business owners and entrepreneurs leave too long, and what can happen as a result.
• The five key ingredients of every effective conversation.
• Jen's top three tips for managing difficult conversations.

Plus, more!

SHOW NOTES

Get all episode show notes here:

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CONNECT WITH JEN

www.jenniferbicknell.com.au

Instagram @BicknellLaw

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CONNECT WITH DEBRA

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Learn more about Human Design and Coaching opportunities with Debra here.

Today's quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast is about success and why success doesn't always feel like success.

Thank you for tuning in.

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I'm thrilled to welcome Marissa Roberts to The Debra Shepherd Podcast. Marissa hosts The Simpler Business Podcast. Marissa is passionate about helping business owners, service providers, and entrepreneurs find simpler and easier ways to run their businesses.

As a mum of two who built her first business Beautifully Organised working just 10 hours a week or less, Marissa has collected lots of ideas, hacks, and strategies along the way to help you simplify tasks, save time and make work easier - without sacrificing your income or lifestyle.

Marissa shows business owners, service providers and entrepreneurs how to to lighten their workload with systems and processes, how to work to your strengths and natural talents, tighten your boundaries for fewer working hours, and find a simple business model that runs smoothly for you and so much more.

In this episode, Marissa shares her story. We talk about simplicity, lifestyle and business design, wellbeing and prioritising self-care. You'll leave this episode with lots of tips to help you simplify your business for more income and freedom.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Marissa talks about creating a meaningful life and business and what this means to her.
• How Marissa started her first business, Beautifully Organised and how this led to helping business owners simplify and scale their business without sacrificing their wellbeing.
• Why taking a holistic approach is important when it comes to simplifying and scaling your business.
• The importance of mindset when it comes to creating simplicity and designing and lifestyle and business you love.
• Marissa shares tips to get started if you want a simpler business.
• Ways to simplify your approach to marketing for more income, impact, and freedom.
• Ready to build a business simply, sustainably and profitably without sacrificing your wellbeing? Marissa shares her top tips.
• Marissa's approach to wellbeing and self-care.

Plus, more!

SHOW NOTES

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CONNECT WITH MARISSA

www.marissaroberts.com

www.beautifullyorganised.com

Instagram @MarissaRobertsOfficial

Instagram @BeautifullyOrganisedMarissa

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I'm excited to welcome Emma Lovell back to The Debra Shepherd Podcast.

Emma is The Bleisure Coach, helping people design a life they love now, not someday, by combining business, travel and self-care.

With 17 years in business and 77 countries visited (and counting), Emma has built a life and career that allows her to work from anywhere, while being based on the Gold Coast with her husband Mathew, their son Finn, and fur baby T'Challa.

Known for her practical approach to lifestyle design, Emma shares how to create greater harmony between work, wealth, travel and wellbeing through her Bleisure Life philosophy.

Retreats have become a natural extension of this work. Through her retreat consulting business, Rest & Receive, Emma supports coaches, business owners, studios and venues to design, launch and deliver retreats that are strategic, impactful and profitable.

Emma is also the author of The Art of Bleisure and A Life of Magic: Bill Hunter's Story, the biography of her cousin Bill Hunter, a WWII Navy veteran, magician, entertainer, and master storyteller. The book captures 102 years of service, showmanship, and unforgettable life lessons.

An experienced emcee, speaker, author and consultant, Emma brings energy, honesty and real-world experience to every stage, conversation and retreat she leads.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Contribution, connection, purpose, and presence. Emma talks about her definition of a meaningful life and a meaningful business.
• Emma shares her story and what led her to becoming The Bleisure Coach and to then starting her retreat consulting business, Rest & Receive.
• What makes a great retreat?
• The common mistakes retreat organisers make when planning a retreat.
• There are endless possibilities for retreats. Emma talks about her most memorable retreat experience.
• Emma's latest book, A Life of Magic: Bill Hunter's Story. The biography of her cousin Bill Hunter, a WWII Navy veteran, magician, entertainer, and master storyteller. Emma talks about the writing process, Bill's story, and what it was like seeing the book in print for the first time.

Plus, more!

SHOW NOTES

Get all episode show notes here:

www.debrashepherd.com.au/debra-shepherd-podcast

CONNECT WITH EMMA

Listen to episode 175 of The Debra Shepherd Podcast - The Art of Bleisure with Emma Lovell

www.emmalovell.au

www.restandreceive.au

Connect with Emma on LinkedIn

Instagram @restandreceiveretreats

Instagram @emmalovell.au

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