In this episode of The MumSafe Movement Podcast Jen sits down with Alisha Smith.

Alisha knows the fitness industry, education and events like the back of her hand. She's a sought-after industry advisor with a diverse career spanning 18 years as a facility owner, educator, event producer and presenter.

As Learning and Development Manager at Australian Fitness Network, Alisha and her team were responsible for curriculum development, delivery, and conference programming that qualified or up-skilled many thousands of fitness industry professionals. This included leading the program development for FILEX in its heyday, when the event comprised 120+ presenters delivering 200+ sessions across a 4-day program for 2000 delegates.

Alisha designed and delivered education and summits for global fitness education company Animal Flow, and has consulted on product and brand development, growth and innovation across a number of companies.

Today, as co-founder of Fuel Women's Fitness Business Summit, Alisha brings her background as an endorsed personalised coach into her leadership work in order to help Fuel women capitalise on their unique and inherent biological strengths.

Alisha and her business partner Deb are also just about to bring the Fuel Speaker Academy to life - if you're an aspiring speaker or want to polish your speaking skills this 6month program is for you.  If are listening to this podcast in real time and want to join the very first round of the Fuel Speaker Academy make sure to reach out to Alisha or Deb ASAP via the Fuel IG page.

Jen wanted to bring Alisha onto the podcast because she knows the value that it brings to the industry when women find their voice to share their mission on a bigger stage and she couldn’t think of anyone better to share this conversation with.

Not only that, but from the first time Jen spoke with and met Alisha she has led by example when it comes to supporting other women and lifting them up.

If you have any aspirations to speak on a stage - or even pick up your phone and be brave enough to post your first IG story then this is an episode you are going to love!

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If you want to connect with Alisha you can do so via her IG page here 

To find out more about Fuel check out their IG page and website

To learn more about the Fuel Speaker Academy go here

In this episode Jen sits down with Molly Galbraith. Molly is the co-founder of Girls Gone Strong, and creator of the GGS Academy, the world's first Academy providing evidence-based, women-specific Certifications for health and fitness professionals. Through her Academy, she has certified tens of thousands of professionals in over 125 countries, helping them become the go-to coach for women in their gyms and communities. 

Jen first heard Molly speak at The Women's Health and Fitness Summit in Melbourne in 2018 at a time where she was exploring her next steps. During her keynote presentation Molly shared the words "Build a table big enough for everyone" which struck a chord instantly and has helped to shape the way MumSafe has evolved to today.

Jen invited Molly to share a conversation not only because the work that they both do aligns so beautifully but also because Molly's ethos of women supporting women and helping each other to rise is one that needs to be repeated and shared over and over until we truly understand that WE are enough and that there IS enough for every woman to thrive.

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To find out about GGS new Menopause Certification you can go here

To get your hands 'Menopause Secrets' the FREE five day course - go here

Connect with Molly on Instagram here.

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To get on the waitlist for when applications to become a MumSafe Trainer open for the final time in 2023 - go here

In this episode of The MumSafe Movement Podcast Jen covers some of the things that she feels need to change about the way the fitness industry (and beyond) cater of mums and the fact that change feels too slow.

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If you are an Exercise Professional listening to this episode and you want to find out more about joining the MumSafe mission - go here.

If you are a Women's or Pelvic Health Physio and you want to learn more about partnering with MumSafe - go here.

If you have listened to this episode and want to get in touch with Jen you can find her on Instagram or via email [email protected]

In this episode Jen sit's down with MumSafe Trainer and owner of Mum Strong, Sarah Castley who looks after mums of Hobart in Tasmania.

Jen invited Sarah onto the podcast to talk about how becoming an oversubscribed or 'sold out' business   If you haven't listened to Episode 13 with Daniel Priestley on 'How to sell out your mum-focused fitness business' this is a great episode to listen to for further context and information on this topic.

Sarah runs a business in Hobart, TAS called  Mum Strong she believes that returning to exercise following childbirth is so much more than chucking on your sneakers and heading out the door, it needs to be done safely, effectively, and thoughtfully.

Sarah has created a space and community conducive to helping mums improve their mental and physical health and well-being. A place where mums can exercise, form friendships, and feel safe, free of judgement (and have a laugh)!

Sarah’s mission is to help mums to understand the importance of prioritising themselves. To lock in time just for them. Helping them to feel stronger, more confident, and energised to keep up with the daily demands of motherhood (which is never ending)!

I wanted to speak with Sarah because she is living and breathing the oversubscribed philosophy.  After launching one session, that became sold out she held off launching the next one while she grew her status as the go to exercise professional for mums in her area.

Off the back of the success running her Mum Strong program in one gym she recently launched into another facility and has become sold out already and I wanted to share a real life example of how being oversubscribed truly makes doing business easier (and more fun!)

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To connect with Sarah you can find her on the MumSafe website and you can follow her on Instagram here.

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To get on the waitlist for when applications to become a MumSafe Trainer open for the final time in 2023 - go here

In this episode Jen sit's down with Daniel Priestley. Daniel is a successful entrepreneur who's built businesses in Australia, Singapore, and the UK. He's the co-founder of Dent Global, one of the world's top business accelerators for entrepreneurs and leaders to stand-out and scale-up. And marketing tech platform ScoreApp.

Daniel is the author of four best-selling books Key Person of Influence, Entrepreneur Revolution, Oversubscribed and 24 Assets. He's named in the Top 10 Business Advisors in the UK by Enterprise Nation and one of the top 25 entrepreneurs in London in the Smith & Williamson Power 100 Awards.  

After completing the Key Person of Influence accelerator in 2012 Jen went on to learn the Oversubscribed process by reading the book and taking part in the face to face training. 

As a result seven years into her journey of running Body Beyond Baby, her group fitness business for mums she changed the way she did things through implementing the Oversubscribed philosophy and it literally changed the way she ran her business;  working less hours and earning more money.  This is why she wanted to bring Daniel onto The MumSafe Movement Podcast.

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To checkout Scoreapp and get your 30day trial you can go here. 

If you would like to check out Jen's scorecard and fill it out for yourself to see how close you are to becoming the go-to FitPro for mums you can check it out here

You can check out Dan's website here and connect with him on Instagram here.

In this episode Jen sit's down with MumSafe Trainer and owner of Feel Good Fitness, Alicia Johnson. Feel Good Fitness operates in Fielding, New Zealand.

Jen invited Alicia onto the podcast to talk about how being the go-to trainer for mums has made her fitness business easier.  If you haven't listened to Episode 8 with Glen Carlson on 'How being a Key Person of Influence will make your fitness business easier' this is a great episode to listen to for further context and information on this topic.

Alicia began her career as a physical education teacher and later became a personal trainer because she wanted to specialise more in fitness, nutrition and encouraging adults to lead a healthier life.

Alicia founded Feel Good Fitness when her daughter Marlee was just 4months old and she realised the exercise options for Mums in Fielding were limited and for many of them, going to the gym just didn’t work.

Her mission is to help mums return to exercise safely and to help you understand and celebrate just how amazing your body is, no matter how much your post baby body may have changed. We focus on how exercise and healthy habits make you feel and the flow on effect that creates in other areas of your life.

Feel Good Fitness is now an incredible community of mums and Its the place where mums come when they need post-natal fitness that will take care of their amazing bodies, help them to return to exercise safely and at a pace that suits them. 

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To connect with Alisha you can find her on the MumSafe website and you can follow her on Instagram here.

We also talked about this download: 33 Ways to Grow your Fitness Business and reach more Mums - you can grab your copy here.

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In this episode Jen sit's down with MumSafe Trainer and owner of Mums Run the World Fitness, Amanda Comerford.  Mums Run the World Fitness operates in Brisbane's Northern suburbs.

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To connect with Amanda you can find her here on the MumSafe website

And you can follow her on Instagram here 

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To get on the waitlist for when applications to become a MumSafe Trainer open for the final time in 2023 - go here

In this episode Jen sit's down with Mel Browne and talks all things finances within your fitness business.  

Having spent two years running her mum-focused fitness business and turning over multiple 6-figures Jen got to the end of the financial year and discovered her personal taxable income was just 14k due to skyrocketing expenses and not being properly across her numbers. She did this not only once, but twice before she learned her lesson and started doing things differently. Jen is now incredibly passionate about helping other exercise professionals to avoid the same mistake and ensure they face their financial situation.  For this reason inviting Mel onto The MumSafe Movement Podcast was a no-brainer. 

Melissa Browne is an ex-accountant, ex-financial advisor and ex-working til she drops. Nowadays she’s a best-selling author, financial educator and serial entrepreneur who is passionate about helping women particularly also live a life by design not default.

Mel is the CEO of melissabrowne.com.au, an education business for women who want to financially grow up, Director of Business at the long-day Early Learning Community, Thinkersinq and up until she sold the business for seven figures
in 2019, she was CEO of the award-winning accounting and advisory firm A&TA (Accounting & Taxation Advantage).  

Mel is also the author of four books, the illustrated business book More Money for Shoes, the coffee table book of financial fairy tales, Fabulous but Broke, global best-seller Unf*ck Your Finances and her latest book Budgets Don’t Work (but this does) which dives further into understanding your Money Story, Money Environment and Money Type. She has been featured, written or spoken for everyone from morning TV shows to Triple J to Vogue to CEO Magazine and more. 

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Mel has very kindly put together some resources especially for our MumSafe Movement Podcast listeners - find them all here - https://www.melissabrowne.com.au/mumsafe

Connect with Mel via instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/melbrowne.money

In this episode and in alignment with Birth Trauma Awareness week Jen sit's down with Amy Dawes of the Australasian Birth Trauma Association.

Amy launched the Australasian Birth Trauma Association (ABTA) in 2017. She established the for-purpose organisation focused on the recognition and understanding of birth-related trauma.

With a multi-disciplinary advisory group of clinicians, Amy has developed the resources and strategies to better prevent, diagnose and effectively manage birth-related trauma.  Amy’s understanding of the issues many birthing families face has come from her own experience with the forceps delivery of her first child.

Amy’s vision is to make the invisible visible, and she is passionate about educating health professionals about trauma-informed practice so as to continue driving change in current maternity practices in Australia and New Zealand.

Amy is a proud member of the RANZCOG Informed Birth working group and The Caesarean Delivery at Maternal Request working party. 

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Find out more about Australasian Birth Trauma Association go here - https://birthtrauma.org.au/
Join the big step challenge go here - https://birthtrauma.org.au/birth-trauma-awareness-week-2023/

Follow the ABTA on IG go here - https://www.instagram.com/birthtrauma.org.au 

In this episode Jen sit's down with Glen Carlson co-founder of Dent Global and best known for the award-winning ‘Key Person of Influence’ book and business accelerator programs. 

From the chaos of the GFC, Glen has built Dent into what Entrepreneur.com refers to as ‘The world's leading brand accelerator’. 

With 5 business acquisitions under his belt and a team of 45 across 12 timezones, Dent has shaped the trajectory of hundreds of best-selling authors, TED speakers, and multi-award-winning fast-growth companies.

In 2021 Virgin named Dent as ‘business enabler of the year’ and the Growing Business Awards named them ‘Business Advisor of the year.’

Glen’s passion is helping entrepreneurs stand out, scale up and use their business to make a positive impact in the world or as he would say, make a dent in the universe.

Back in 2012 Jen was part of the very first Key Person of Influence program to be run in Sydney, Australia, which she chose to invest in when she wanted to become known as THE go-to trainer for mums in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and recognising she need to learn from those who had been there before her.

This is the reason she wanted to bring this conversation to you.  Jen knows that the more trainers who work with mums that become what she calls 'locally famous' the more mums will be able to easily find them and therefore be helped and the more small/solo business owners that will be supported and be able to create the impact they are truly capable of.

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If you enjoyed this conversation and would like a complimentary copy of the Key Person of Influence book send an email to [email protected], request your book and let them know you listened to this episode on The MumSafe Movement Podcast.

Follow Glen on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/glencarlson/

To find out more about Dent and Key Person of Influence go here - https://www.keypersonofinfluence.com/

If you are now ready to dive deeper and become known as the go-to trainer for mums in your area make sure you get onto the MumSafe waitlist for our final open of 2023 in November - https://www.jendugard.com/mumsafetrainer