True To You

Sarah Fritz is one of the kindest loving souls I’ve known, yet until today's episode, we’d every only spoken over email. Our connection was sparked completely by chance, when the Yes Queen logo came across my instagram feed and I thought hmmm what is this?

Sarah's career started out in the fashion industry, moving into the magazine world and later she became the co-founder of St Dakota Creative Agency with her husband Mike. At the end of 2017, she launched Yes Queen - a not-for profit organisation and community that’s soul purpose is to future-proof wellbeing at work by erasing bullying and cultivating safe, positive and inclusive cultures.

This conversation is wide-ranging -- we talk about the why behind Yes Queen, becoming a non profit, product and ambassador collaborations, balancing two businesses, travelling and working and so much more.

https://www.instagram.com/the.yesqueen/

My guest this week is a bit of a powerhouse. Nerida Bint is the owner of Lissome gyms, who never started out her career wanting to be a personal trainer - let alone own a gym. But it was an unfortunate experience back in 2011, that led her to eventually beginning Lissome in 2014.

The vision for Lissome is to strive to make a global shift in the way women think about health through community, connection and contribution. Their mission is to empower 1 billion women to live more meaningful lives. And their values are community, excellence and courage.

In this episode, Nerida shares her career journey and taking big leaps even when you’re scared. She shares the “why” of Lissome, being a leader, leading yourself even as a solopreneur or team member and finally building a business brand as well as your personal brand as an owner.

This one is jam-packed full of inspiration for any woman looking to live a meaningful life.

https://www.lissome.net.au/

For today’s episode I sat down with Cat Long in her beautiful light-filled office here in Newcastle to talk about her career journey that started at the kitchen bench 3 and 1/2 years ago when she launched her business Long & co.

Described as a small brand and marketing company with big expertise, Long & Co solve problems in a strategic and impactful way through Cat’s experience with global brands.

Our conversation ranges from the scary moments of starting a small business, to drawing on her Scandinavian heritage, juggling mum life and the flexibility of a business, and the importance of clarity in why and how you do what you do.

I love Cat’s straight up, thoughtful approach to her work and life, and for those perfectionists out there - be ambitious yet forgiving of yourself.

https://www.longandco.com.au/about/

In this episode I share with you 4 core mindset shifts you can make to become more confident with selling what you do and why as women we don't have to buy into the belief that sales is icky or for certain people.

If you have a business, you are in sales and sales is the thing that helps you to do more of what you love and impact people's lives in the process.

Even if you don't have a side-hustle or full-time business, you can still apply these ideas to selling yourself to a perspective employee.

Let’s talk money Part Two: The five things I resisted talking about but has been the most powerful work I've done as I undertook a career transition.

My intention for this episode, is that you walk away with a feeling of “I’ve got this” and you can move forward with more freedom when it comes to money and your career.

In this episode I share how to:

You can dive deeper into these topics by listening to:

Expanders: https://tobemagnetic.com/

My guest today today is Kendall Dodson. Kendall is many things, mama, primary school teacher and the creator of two businesses - Henry & Audrey and These Golden Daze. At the end of 2019, I was lucky to spend 3 months partnering with Kendall as her coach. Kendall is a big hearted woman, who is very clear in her mission and her values, which means every action is thoughtful and intentional.

When Kendall and I connected, she was at a crossroad and together we worked on laying the foundation for success which as she tells me, had her nudging her comfort zone almost every day since!

And for those of you who are wondering - These Golden Daze is about creating space to play, learn and create. Her goal is to inform and educate others of the benefits of play-based learning for young children and inspire parents to integrate this into their homes. All of the products are inspired by the natural beauty of the Australian environment and are kind to our earth. 

Website: https://www.thesegoldendaze.com.au/

Sara Spence is a doer, and when she thinks of hobbies - her two side-hustles are the things that make life fun (aside from her baby boy and partner of course).

Sara is the owner of a small business called Kate & Kole, an Art Director for a local creative agency and in 2018 she started Fe Collective. Fe was created because from a belief that we can all gain so much from having conversations with other small business owners.

Women often have similar motives when it comes to going into business for themselves. Whether that is creative freedom and financial independence or wanting to be able to balance having a family and a career, the journey is often the same. Fe is a wonderful space to network, share experiences, help where we can and say things out loud. Even if they are terrifying.

In this episode, Sara shares:

Fe Collective: https://www.thefe.co/

What happens when you love your industry but you don't love the job you're doing within it? You can leave and try something new, add another qualification to the mix or you can pivot. Cora's story highlights how it's possible to stay within an industry but pivot into new roles to keep life interesting, challenging and most importantly true to you.

We talk about a wide range of topics including aligning with your values, how to find your values, perfectionism, following your heart, to finding your voice as a teacher or leader within your profession.

This is a conversation for anyone who is looking to make a shift in their career either into wellness or within their current industry but not sure where to begin.

You can also hang out with Cora here:

Teaching Yoga Podcast - https://apple.co/31wYfQ5

Jeni Steep is a Movement Teacher, Yoga Teacher and an advocate for womens’ health and wellness

She was first inspired by movement when she started taking movement classes 5 years ago, she was drawn in by the idea that exercise doesn’t have to be a chore, she realised it can be playful and fun but still challenging at the same time.

Hand balancing was her first movement addiction but as she began to explore she became very fond of a diverse range of modalities including gymnastics rings, acrobatics, yoga, dance, flow and martial arts (to name a few).

Jeni was inspired to teach after seeing the impact movement had made on her physical and emotional wellbeing. In 2017 Jeni began teaching movement classes and then in 2018 travelled to Ubud to complete her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Qualification. Jeni currently teaches movement classes out of The Movement Collective and is also available for 1:1 training both in person and online.

Jeni is also running a series of women's wellness events this year (2020) called Exuberant woman aimed at connecting women around the Newcastle area and inspiring them to lead life with purpose and from the heart.

W: https://www.movelaughlive.com/

Tickets to the Exuberant Woman Series on Sunday 1st March HERE

In this conversation we talk about EVERYTHING from business to relationships, coming full circle in her career, owning your gifts, how she moved out of television into owning a yoga studio with her husband, to mentoring and growing your business online as well as offline.

You can join Renee here:

https://www.reneewilkinson.org/

https://www.theopenmindspace.com.au/

or on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/renee_wilkinson