Convention is SO 2000 and late!

At least according to me and this week's guest, Cindy Devlin.

I'm always so inspired by people with her kind of outlook.

The kind of person who looks at ALL things in life as an opportunity.

Whether it be a divorce, parenting or being offered a trip to Portugal the next day, Cindy doesn't let "I can't" come into her mind and rule her decisions.

Which, she's found have often been unpopular.

As a person who's made a lot of unpopular decisions myself, I can understand how alienating that can be.

Yet, as we discuss, just because something may be seen as unpopular, does not make it wrong!

Have you made an unpopular decision?

What was the response?

How did you deal with it?

Leave me a little love note below and share your experience!

Help the rest of us realise we're not the only unpopular, non-conventionalists

What's your story?

I ask as a GENUINELY interested party!

This podcast is, if nothing else, a storytelling vehicle.

A place where listeners can be inspired through the experiences and stories of others.

I was recently reminded that evolutionarily, human beings have evolved to share, seek and appreciate story telling, a skill developed and passed down from generation to generation, from age to age.

I mean, we're STILL sharing and revelling in the stories of thousands of years ago.

Of Pharaohs and Prophets, heroines and hell-raisers, civilisations and civil rights.

The languages and alphabets may have changed and even died out in some cases, but the stories live on.

Kay Fabella recognises and appreciates the significant, sacred place stories and the art of storytelling holds in the subconscious part of all of us.

Not only through openly and vulnerably sharing her own unique story, but my inspiring others, in particular business owners, to hone their storytelling abilities and dispose of the cookie-cutter, sales-only-focused scripts and copywriting formulas we're encouraged to use and trust.

She's here to help us remember that our story's and experiences are unique, valuable and worth sharing.

So please do!

Share your story, as little or as much as you'd like (hint: I LOVE reading a long comment, so dive deep!) in the love notes below.

This episode comes with a trigger warning.

As in, you might be HELLA triggered...because I was.

Not because I don't agree with Scott was saying, because I do - and that's why I was triggered.

Scott's 20-year-long study of the mind has helped him to further his journey through Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

For those of us still getting a handle on Survival (

- financial survival, you feel me?!) some of the more advanced concepts we discuss can seem far-fetched, unrealistic, unfair or mean.

In case you need to hear (well, read) it...that's OK!! You're allowed to feel not ready to hear some of this stuff.

I will admit after this conversation I really had to do some work to remove the judgement I had so quickly slapped on myself for not doing so much of the stuff we spoke about.

Praising my child.

Saying "should".

Mindlessly scrolling social media.

I had to take stock of where I've been and what I'm working on and remind myself that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

Some of the stuff we spoke about I was learning for the first time, as I suspect you might be.

Which makes it impossible for us to have known better.

Re-read that - soak it in

So I ask you...

What triggered you in this episode?

What inspired you?

What are you going to take with you from this point?

Drop me a love note below and let me know

Who would have thought the words "powerful" and "divorce" could exist in the same sentence?!

As a child of divorced parents and more than a decade of toxic resentment, anger and fighting, NOT ME!

But this is JUST what Gina Marie and her ex-husband did.

By identifying early that their relationship was no longer serving themselves, or their family, in the best possible way any longer, they were able to avoid (most) of the nastiness and make a decision FOR their kids.

My impression of divorce is that most people believe it HAS to be a terrible experience.

And I'm sure Gina Marie experienced a few terrible moments.

Yet, ultimately, her experience was night and day compared to the average divorce out there.

It's a true testament to how much CHOICE you have in every area of your life.

She and her husband made a choice to do divorce differently.

And whilst even THAT was unpopular and misunderstood by some of the people they knew, they stuck to their guns and made a decision that was right for them and their three children.

So, I wanna know...

Have you been exposed to divorce?

What was your experience of it?

Could it have gone differently? If so, where?

Drop me a love note below and share your story so we can keep this conversation flowing and (maybe) we'll change some minds (and divorces).

Grab your life-vests, shin pads, head gear and mouth guard and buckle up for a rollercoaster of relisations in this episode!

With over 23 years experience working as a psychotherapist, it's no wonder Kelly Ruta brings the meaty mindset marvels.

We talk (it seems) EVERYTHING from business, motherhood and family relationships to ego, control, surrender and forgiveness.

I was nodgasming and body spasming in pure, unwaivering agreement

One of my BIGGEST takeaways was her reframe of seeking control to taking command.

Control was SUCH a big theme in my life last year, in particular in the lead up to and during the birth of my little Zoo.

IF ONLY I'd had "command" in my arsenal then, it would have given such a magical frame to so many of the intentions I was walking into that adventure with.

Fortunately for you, now it's in yours

and I made it my word of the year.

What's your biggest nodgasm or #freedomfeel from this ep?

What's your word of the year and how's it going so far?

Leave a little love note below and let us know...

Can we talk about something real for a hot second?

Postnatal depression.

Yep, not the sexiest of topics, but one that needs SO much more air time.

Fortunately, Aby was willing to share her experience in today's episode.

No, it's not what the whole episode is about.

But, I truly think, with the number of mamapreneurs that I've met online, that this issue is FAR more widely experienced than we know.

I'm one of the people experiencing it...right...now.

Adding a baby into my world. Shifted. Things. UP!

For me, it wasn't about being a Mum, that seemed to come pretty naturally and easily for me.

It was figuring out how to balance EVERYTHING else - myself, my relationship and marriage, my child, my businesses - ALL of it.

I'm so thankful to Aby for helping to further this vitally important conversation.

If you have an experience you'd like to share to add to this conversation, drop us a love note below

After almost three years sharing regular #conversationslikenoother with Sue, I am so thrilled to finally bring one to the digital airwaves.

Sue's passion for improvement and understanding nature stood out to me from day one.

As a prolific reader, I have always been inspired by the volume of information she consumes and, even more impressively, puts into action.

Unlike so many self-development-interested people I meet, Sue has done the time both consuming and implementing the strategies, tools and systems recommended by the self-help gurus around the world.

With a killer combo of journalling and vulnerable sharing with friends, she's been able to crack some of her longest held limiting beliefs and challenges.

But, she knows it's all a journey, and is seeking no destination.

Instead, she's striving to be better than before.

Day after day after day.

I often feel that for every two steps forward I take with my money mindset, I am still taking one step back.

Which IS progress, despite how challenging that step backward feels as I realise I'm doing it.

The backwards steps are often sneakily disguised by my ego as advancement in other areas of my life.

Take our desire to travel in an RV indefinitely.

I kept pushing for that freality thinking it would >insert future paced feeling here< (i.e. make me happy/successful/accomplished/free).

And it wasn't until we were THIIIIS close to handing over a wad of cash for a fixer upper RV that I realised I'd been ignoring a far greater and more important (to me) freedom: financial.

By busying myself with the pursuit of other types of freedom, I've kept myself in a state of denial, tricking and convincing myself that money is always coming to me and therefore our achievement of our travel goals is solely dependent on how deeply I believe in that.

This type of thinking only works to a point.

That point, I unfortunately found out, is only when my mental health is paramount.

At the first sign of mental discomfort, anxiety or depression, you better bet that money ain't coming.

It also blew wide open a realisation that in believing money is always coming to me, I don't believe I need to save it.

Thus, I don't save.

And as Shelsey reminds us, if you can't feel free without money, you won't feel free with it.

So, it's back to the drawing board.

The trip is on hold, Rory's investigating returning to the workforce and we're setting down roots again to help us feel safe and secure.

Our travel will happen, and when it does, it will feel ALL the better and freer for us having dealt with these limiting money beliefs.

Seven years ago, whilst camping and rock climbing my way through the South East Queensland bushland of Australia, I was fortunate enough to share some deliciously prepared chicken with today's guest.

Even all those years ago, I was so impressed and in awe of Ronsley's ability to generate a conversation and the ease with which he could envelope himself in the reality of your story.

It's of little surprise to me that he ended up turning that passion for conversation into, not only his business but also into a powerhouse of an Audio Marketing Agency known as Amplify.

What I didn't know was the journey he took to get to that place and the huge personal and financial lessons he learned along the way.

Hearing stories like Ronsley's helps remind me that failure is all about personal perception.

Ronsley took his accumulating of nearly half a million dollars in debt as one of his biggest lessons and an opportunity to do things differently.

And that's EXACTLY what he did.

After almost three solid months suffering from an intensely painful skin condition, I am so grateful to re-listen and be re-inspired by this episode with Joanna Turner.

For most of my life I've had eczema come and go as it (seemingly) pleased.

For the longest time, I felt it was something that needed to be controlled and my inability to do so was a huge source of self-resentment and failure.

Joanna reminds me (as she does us all) that my skin is not something to hate, but to learn from and listen to.

Whilst I've never been able to pin my flare-ups to a specific type of food or external irritant, I think I've been searching in all the wrong places.

External. Not internal.

I've ignored the messages my body has been sending. Over and over again.

Until it's plain old fed up and FORCES me into a situation, in the hopes I will listen.

And, I STILL don't!

Well, I vow to change that behaviour.

Thank you, Joanna, for expanding my awareness and helping me to open my ears and my heart.