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Dr. Renee was a psycho-oncologist at a children's hospital and was then diagnosed with breast cancer. During her rollercoaster road back to health, she became a competitive bodybuilder to reclaim control over her body. This deepened her understanding of the mind-body connection, which she has developed into a unique practice at the Center. She released a memoir, Chemo Muscles, earlier this year.

Find out more about Dr. Renee's mission at https://drexelbert.com/. And as always, enjoy the listen. 

I got introduced to today's guest by my very first podcast guest awhile back. Brad Farris is the Principal Advisor at Anchor Advisors, and their specialty is helping companies break through the wall to get from 1 million in sales, up to 3-5 million. Turns out it's a common sticking point with many small businesses, which is pretty comforting. If you're almost hitting that wall, feeling like you're at your limit and don't know how to scale, today's episode should help get you unstuck. Enjoy the listen. 

www.anchoradvisors.com/growth-phase

In an age where people are kinda starved for that human connection, Matt Martin and his team found a way to connect two somewhat unlikely demographics: stars and their fans. 

The platform is called Starsona, and during the downtime in the entertainment industry where people are struggling to find work, it's built to monetize the connection between athletes, entertainers and influencers to the very people who like them. Enjoy the listen. 

As a qualified Trainer and Learning and Development professional, winning Top Training Awards, training at companies like Fairfax Media, The Australian Institute Education and in industries such as government, education, telecommunications, not-for-profit, and media.

Find out more about Rita's amazing journey below at:

...and as always, enjoy the listen.

It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it! Offices can get messy but fortunately we've got someone on the case. I got the chance to talk with first-time podcast guest Pam Jamison today, 

Owner of Bright Spot Cleaning, about her entrepreneurial journey. She didn't start off thinking she was going to be a business owner, but with her experience and a happenstance meeting with a previous boss, she had the opportunity to take the helm of a successful company. Using her expert janitorial skills that she'd accrued over years of work, she's begun building and scaling her new venture into a more sustainable model. Listen in to hear how she overcame her fear to jump into the business owner world, and also hear stories about some of the dirtiest jobs she's had to take care of. 

Find out more about Pam's services at: 

www.brightspotcleaninggr.com

...and as always, enjoy the listen. 

Today's guest is absolutely what he wanted to be when he grew up. He's always wanted to be an entrepreneur and he sort of fell into it under the right conditions. 

Elzie Flenard is the Mayor of Podcast Town, where he provides awesome podcast editing and publishing services. And today we got to talk about what some of the do's and don'ts are of podcast production, along with a bit about how he got to where he is now. If you're a hopeful or budding podcast host yourself, you'll want to listen in and learn some tips that can take your podcast to the next level. 

Find out more about Elzie below at: 

www.podcasttown.net

...and as always, enjoy the listen. 

Susan is an International Speaker, Wellness and Business Coach of 25 years and a BRAIN training authority. She is a Managing Partner of SMARTCOACH7, a best-selling author and a Mum. 

Susan has operated businesses and studied in Australia, the USA and NZ. She has interviewed celebrities and worked with the leaders in the world of personal and business development. Applying the steely focus she has become known for, Susan is passionate 

Susan is a rape and DV survivor: buried a daughter and raised a son with an intellectual disability. 

She says that the one message she wants to share is that success is the process of continually growing and improving oneself and it starts with overcoming doubts, fears, anxiety, procrastination, and as a result of quality thinking and intended action and, it can all be learned. 

Find out more about Susan's coaching below at: 

https://wellnessandbusinesscoaching.com

...and as always, enjoy the listen.

Melanie is an International Speaker passionate about helping Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Passionate for Growth individuals find their voice, sharpen their speaking skills and share their message, story and ideas to Empower Inspire Change. Melanie is on a mission to help as many people find their voice in this world and shares her passion by assisting others to do the same.

Find out more about Melanie's adventure below at: 

https://speakingstyles.com.au/

...and as always, enjoy the listen.

Who starts up an events-based business during a pandemic? This guest! Nicole began her events journey young, in her family catering business, and was instrumental in the expansion of the business into airlines, hospitals and hotel catering. “My family were very well known as the premier catering company in the community”. Nicole is highly driven and ambitious with a passion and flare for business, which led her to start her own venture.

In 1998, Nicole established her own event management agency, Extraordinary Events, and soon started organising events for many of the world's largest brands. Producing many large-scale events and brings invaluable industry insights.

These days, she operates a new venture called Event Buzz 360, which helps bridge the gap between people who want to schedule events, and the supplier who can make those events happen. And during a pandemic which has an end in sight, she's poised to disrupt an industry and make a huge impact. 

Find out more about Nicole's new platform below at: 

https://eventbuzz360.com/

...and as always, enjoy the listen. 

Fellow podcast host Mark Kumar joined me today and we had a great time talking about how he helps business owners flip the script. With many people trying to form their life around their business, he suggests the opposite: find what you're truly passionate about, and build your business around that. Taking an unorthodox approach of doing what he calls "The Midnight Test", he says that whatever it is that you're passionate about, if you can be woken up at midnight and answer a question about it in 30 seconds, you're in pretty good shape. We even had a real world example where he tested the process on me, and we solved a pretty sticky challenge I've been having for 8 years. I gotta hurry up and take some notes and firm up some ideas, so I'll leave you to it. 

Find out more about Mark below at: 

https://markkumar.com

...and as always, enjoy the listen.