Unapologetic

As women we have all experienced the impact of stereotypes, stigmas and conventional ideas, whether it be in the workplace or simply in our day-to-day lives.

Today we chat with an extremely inspirational woman who doesn’t let anyone put her in a box.

Corina Burton went from being a single mother of three living in West Hollywood, to going back to college, finishing her degree and becoming a successful multi-million dollar business owner. She is now the co-owner of the two of the fastest-growing companies in the US in the male-dominated construction industry.

Do you work in a male dominated industry and need advice on how to hold your own?

Maybe you're just sick of being labelled a certain way because of your gender?

Corina gives us her actionable advice on how to shed literally any stereotype and why we should all be trying to do just that.

We unpack:

• How Corina went against the grain in a male dominated industry and unlocked exponential growth
• The number one piece of advice everyone working in a male dominated industry needs to hear
• Corina’s tried and tested method that will take your career to a whole new level
• How to hold your own when dealing with ‘boys clubs’ at work
• How she built and scaled a business from $0 to over $2 million dollars during a global pandemic 
• Plus, the superpower all women have but probably aren’t using

“I had all these stereotypes put on me, all these people trying to put me into these categories. But I decided to say ‘You’re going to take this box off of me because that doesn’t define who I am. I’m going to do the things that define who I am’  - Corina Burton.

If you want to connect with Corina and learn more you can find her on Instagram @corinaburton_ or LinkedIn. Plus, you can check out her website to keep an eye out for upcoming coaching spots or purchase her 21 Day Alignment Workbook.

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Yes friends, the tables have turned.

This week we have our very own co-host Tyla Feltwell in the hot seat.

After much persuasion from Alisha, Tyla agreed to share the top 3 lessons from her career so far.

Tyla takes us through her career journey spanning from fashion to marketing to health tech and highlights the main thing that she believes has contributed to her growth.

We unpack the common misconception that you can’t be powerful and compassionate.

And then Tyla shares with us the one thing she wishes she could go back and tell her younger self.

Join us as we discuss: 

• How one opportunity that pushed Tyla out of her comfort zone took her career on a whole new path
• Think you should follow a career of something you’re good at right? WRONG! Tyla explains why this can actually be a bad thing and impact your happiness 
• Consider yourself a “nice” person? Here’s why you seriously need to reconsider it.
• Are you leaving your career journey up to this one thing? If yes, you need to get out of your job immediately
• The #1 question to ask yourself to know whether you have the best vision of successful for yourself 

 “Success to me is living everyday like you are living your values. Success is not some event or milestone you can tick off your list.”  - Tyla Feltwell

If you want to connect with Tyla you can obviously find her on all the Unapologetic platforms or you can connect with her on LinkedIn 

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What if we told you that emotions and feelings are not the same thing?

That listening to our bodies is one of the most important things we should be doing?

Intrigued? So were we and that’s why we spoke with Nikki O’Brien. Nikki is a holistic health therapist who is invested in assisting people to grow into the best version of themselves and teaching them how to connect with their own innate wisdom and healing abilities.

Now stick with us, we know this may sound intense but this episode has the potential to be the most powerful one we have brought you so far, if you let it be.

Not sure how much control your emotions have over you, well you’re about to find out as Nikki explains:

• The difference between your emotions and your feelings and how understanding this can unlock a whole new level of personal growth
• How to interpret what your body is trying to tell you 
• The importance of mindfulness and what it actually means (in a practical, non woo-woo way)
• The 5 main emotions we all experience and how they can be manifesting and affecting you in ways you may not even realise
• How the 4 main centres of our body are dealing with our emotions and how to tap into them 
• A step-by-step guide to actually process your emotions (spoiler alert: this is one of the most powerful things you can do)

“We’re human, we are always going to have emotions. It’s who we are. Mastering your emotions is the key to being able to move through your life with ease in a present state without being caught up in the past or the future.”  - Nikki O’Brien

If you want to learn more from Nikki you can find her on Instagram @rainbowmaa or Facebook Rainbow Maa

This episode talks about mental health, if you feel like you need support please visit https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ 

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Ahh negotiating your pay...is there anything more awkward?

Whether you are going for a new job or advocating for a pay raise in your current company - it’s something that often feels difficult to navigate. 

But thanks to today’s guest, Melissa Zehner it no longer has to be!

In the past six years, Melissa has increased her salary more than 268% and is now teaching other ambitious women how to do the same with her new business The Whole Dollar. 

Melissa went from skipping meals to pay for gas, to earning well over six figures - and she wants to share all her learnings so you can fast track your own career growth and financial security.

Get your pen and paper out as Melissa explains:

• How to effectively articulate yourself in any pay negotiation conversation with proven scripts 
• The million dollar mistake you could be making if you don’t know how to effectively negotiate 
• The exact step by step guide to asking for a pay increase
• The one thing that all women need to stop doing in interviews
• When you should be bringing up salary during the hiring process (including exactly how to do so)
• Why salary shouldn’t be a taboo subject amongst your colleagues and how talking about it can help us  

“The reality is no one is going to give you a pay rise unless you ask for it”  - Melissa Zehner

Here are the resources we mentioned in the ep:

• Pay Scale
• GlassDoor 

If you want to learn more about The Whole Dollar you can visit the website or follow @the.whole.dollar on Instagram. Plus, if you want to connect with Melissa you can find her on LinkedIn.

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Today we introduce you to Leading Love and Relationship Expert Nikii Syme. Nikii has literally lived the whole love cycle and experienced all types of relationships.

She’s taken her own experiences to now empower other women on all things love, relationships and intimacy.

Singles, let Nikii help you help yourself before you launch into the next dating cycle. Couples, let Nikii support you and your relationship with simple methods and mindsets every couple should have.

Do you ever wonder why men are the way they are? Nikii blows our minds by breaking down the important differences between men and women.

Want to understand why you’ve been the way you were in past relationships? We learn how our experiences affect how we show up in relationships in order to build stronger ones.

Or maybe you're looking to reignite that spark in the bedroom? Nikii holds absolutely nothing back when we dive into all things intimacy.

Nikii takes us through:

• The sex tip that can transform your relationship 
• How to know if you are in a toxic as f*** relationship
• Her own personal love journey and how she’s using it to help other women (we guarantee you’ll relate to one of Nikii’s experiences)
• The number one reason people get stuck in failed relationship cycles
• What are the 3 main drivers of men and how understanding them can literally change your perspective
• The most important thing you need to focus on if you’re single
• What we all get wrong when it comes to intimacy and how we can reignite the spark
• And ultimately, how understanding all of this can help us build stronger, healthier relationships. 

“Take the time to get to know yourself. Get to know your desires, your needs, your love language. Get to know what turns you on and brings you joy - and then become the embodiment of it.”  - Nikii Syme.

If you want to connect with Nikii and learn more you can find her on Instagram @nikiisyme or you can join her Facebook Community The Lovers Coven for access to heaps of useful resources.

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Today we chat to Mindset Coach, Briana Sorgiovanni who is on a mission to empower ambitious women to come back to their roots and live a life as their true authentic self; without the guilt or fear of judgement.

Bri is specifically passionate about supporting women to break free from their stuck ways of thinking, to set a new standard for their life and experience a freedom and power they never have before.

Want to understand the power of self talk and the impact it has on our day to day lives?

Maybe you’ve been plagued with indecisiveness and can’t seem to push forward?

Or potentially, you’ve spent some time working on yourself and you are ready to take your power back and live life as your true self?

Bri explains how we can do all of that and so much more, including:

• How we can stop unintentionally limiting our success
• What you need to know to STOP feeling like you’re not good enough 
• How to recognise and stop negative self talk by tuning in to one simple thing
• The easiest way to approach decisions in your life, even those big, scary ones
• The ONE question you need to ask yourself to stop overthinking 

“Our self-talk is reflective of the relationship we have with ourselves and that relationship is the most important one we have, the one we are going to be in for our entire lives.” - Briana Sorgiovanni.

This ep included some awesome resources including:

• The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - Robin Sharma
• Awaken The Giant Within - Tony Robbins
• Unlimited Power - Tony Robbins
• The Magic of Thinking Big - David J Schwartz
• Rich As Fuck - Amanda Francis
• Mindset - Dr Carol Dweck

If you want to connect with Briana and learn more about her services you can find her on Instagram @brianasorgiovanni_

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Are you a driver, counsellor, coach, or advisor personality type? 

No idea what any of this means? You’re about to find out. 

You know that age old saying “treat others how you want to be treated?” Well, turns out it’s actually totally wrong. 

Thanks to Karen Smythe, we got to learn all about how understanding different personality types can make better communicators. Karen is a successful trainer, coach, facilitator and author who specialises in helping people achieve the best out of their relationships by having an understanding of themselves and others.

Ever wondered why you’re the way you are? Get confused when someone doesn’t respond the way that you would in a situation? Maybe you simply want to build stronger relationships.

Karen uses profiling tools in her training to do just that. She takes us through the different personality types, how to identify them and most importantly how to get the most out of ourselves and others, once we understand them.

Play along as Karen explains:

• What personality profiling is and how you can use it in both your personal and professional life
• Discover the “platinum rule” and how it will help you be a better communicator
• Find out which of the 4 personality profiles you are, and how you can use it to your advantage
• How to identify the personality profiles of everyone in your life from your friends and family to your work colleagues or team members
• And most importantly, how to communicate effectively with absolutely anyone, even if they are totally different to you

Here are the resources we mentioned in the ep:

• Reach Profiling
• Emergenetics Profile Test
• 16 Personalities Test
• DISC Styles

If you want to connect with Karen you can find her on LinkedIn or contact her at [email protected] plus, you can check out her work with The Vibrant Edge here.

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We sat down with Brooke Deason. Brooke is absolutely living the dream - she’s followed career opportunities that took her from a small country town to Spain where she currently lives and works in the pharmaceuticals industry. 

Not only does Brooke have a successful career, she also knows how to live life to the fullest. She doesn’t let society's ideas of what a 35year old woman should be doing dictate her choices, she lives life on her own terms. 

We chat to Brooke about:

• How she has gone against society’s ‘typical’ scripts and why she wouldn’t live life any other way
• What is unconscious bias and how might it be unexpectedly influencing the choices you make
• Why it’s completely okay to not want kids and why shouldn’t be a taboo subject 
• Why we all need to stop and ask ourselves who we are living our lives for

“At the end of the day I didn’t want to wake up when I was 70 and be thinking, I could have lived in Spain, I could have been learning a different language, I could have been seeing things that don’t exist in our country and experiencing all these weird and wonderful things” - Brooke Deason

If you want to learn more about unconscious bias you can check out this article.

If you want to connect with Brooke you can find her on LinkedIn

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Meet Lauren Oakes, CEO of Megaphone Marketing (the #1 rated digital marketing agency in Australia and second place in the global Stevie awards for women led businesses).

Lauren’s career journey is nothing short of inspiring. In just 5 years she went from Junior Account Manager to CEO of a 100 person company. So naturally we had to get her secrets - how did she do it, what did she wish she knew earlier and most importantly how can you fast track your own success.

Plus, you can guess that Lauren has seen her fair share of job applications so we find out what you need to do to land your dream job.

Join us as Lauren uncovers:

• The most powerful thing you can do for your career progression 
• How to stand out from the noise and secure your dream job 
• The #1 skill you need to be focussing on (SPOILER ALERT it’s relevant to any industry)
• Why it’s one thing to know what you want to achieve but another to be able to do it
• What you need to be saying to nail your next interview AND the things you should never say 
• Plus, Lauren’s secret to success for going from a junior account manager, to a CEO in 5 years. 

“One of my biggest lessons learned is to see self promotion as a positive not a negative. You need to be able to say ‘I did a good job at that’. - Lauren Oakes.

Here are the resources we mentioned in the ep:

• How To Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
• The Advantage - Patrick Lencioni 
• Sugatan Podcast
• LinkedIn Learning

If you want to connect with Lauren you can find her on LinkedIn or to learn more about Megaphone Marketing follow them on Instagram.

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Hello friends! We are soooo excited to bring you another interview episode.

We had the pleasure of speaking with Holistic Counsellor, Mind/Body Energetic Practitioner and soon to be a qualified Kinesiologist, Ash Hodgson. Ash is passionate about bringing your spiritual, mental and emotional health into balance. 

We got to pick Ash’s brain and get all her tools and techniques on how to silence negative self-talk, how to find balance and ultimately how to truly understand your relationship with yourself.

Struggling with self-care? Ash explains why it doesn’t have to be complicated and shares her tips to get started and stay in a good routine.

Think spirituality is all woo-woo? So did we until Ash explained what spirituality actually is and how it is at play in our daily lives.

Then we tackle the million dollar question - what is happiness and how you can start living a happier life today.

Join us as Ash takes us through:

• The number #1 thing you need to consider if you are struggling with self care
• How you can actually train yourself to stop negative thoughts once and for all
• Why ‘energy preservation’ is one of the most important things you should be focussing on 
• Understanding the 3 different parts of “you”  (and how to nurture the one everyone always neglects) 
• The surprising reason why you shouldn’t be aiming for positivity all the time
• Why fear is the number one blocker to your happiness and how to stop ‘waiting’ to be happy  

“Don’t wait to be happy. So many people base their happiness on “when”. “When I get that job/house/lose weight I’ll be happy.” But the focus needs to be “How can I be happy now”  - Ash Hodgson on happiness.

Here are the resources we mentioned in the ep:

• Byron Katie’s 4 Questions
• A Beginner's Guide to the 7 Chakras and Their Meanings
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

If you want to connect with Ash and learn more about her services you can find her on Instagram @ash.holisticliving

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