By Matthew Cooksey
The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.
Today’s episode is a special one. Matt will delight and guide us through the practice of Self-Acceptance and what it actually means. We are living in a time where we are more critical of ourselves than ever before, grappling with this torrent of external requests and expectations. Thus, it is crucial to take a step back and look within, to be willing to shine the light of self-awareness on areas where we tend to reject ourselves and others. So how do we actually do it? How do we come to that level of accepting who we are? That is the topic of today's conversation.
“You can either feel ashamed about something or you can learn from it, but you can't do both.”
Join us in this insightful episode as Matt demystifies the notion of self-acceptance, and learn some practical ways that you can apply in your life as you search for ways to grow, learn and transform.
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. And I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self.
I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today me and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m married to a hunky doctor called Fil and together we have a beautiful son called Niko.
Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
So many people hide in the shadows, afraid of showing who they really are, afraid of being judged. We live in a society that tends to work on labels and perfect models, that raises challenges when we stand up for ourselves. But the way out is to put the most value on what WE think about ourselves. In today's episode, Matt and Amelia Kondilios walk us through the positive changes that happen in our lives when we choose to face these fears and own who we are.
Amelia is a Senior Manager at PwC and a massive tax nerd, a huge Star Wars fan, and partner to the lovely Jess. One of the things that I think you'll love about today's episode is hearing a joyful tone that Amelia brings even to the most difficult conversations. So enjoy the truly courageous, funny and super smart Amelia everyone.
“I am an overly emotional person and I'm going to say these things the way I want to because it feels right to me. Acknowledging that that's who I am has been this way of lifting weight off my shoulders.”
Tune in to learn how other peoples' perceptions and opinions can hold us back, and how to leverage our sensitivity in a positive way using our knowledge and experience to become better people.
You can find Amelia on Linkedin.
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. And I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self.
I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today me and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m married to a hunky doctor called Fil and together we have a beautiful son called Niko.
Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook/Twitter
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
Today’s episode is all about self-acceptance and facing our fears on our path to creating a life that is true to ourselves. In this insightful conversation, Matt and Zac Hodge talk openly and vulnerably about how it feels to confront our inner truth. They discuss the importance of being honest with ourselves and working with our fears instead of resisting them.
Zac works at PwC. He is interested in moviemaking, reading and gardening, and he has a visceral passion for making a difference in the world.
“You know deep down what is the right path for you, what you want, it's more the point of acknowledging that and embracing it rather than resisting it.”
Join us in this thought-provoking episode and let yourself be inspired by Zac’s path towards self-acceptance, and his courage to explore his inner world.
You can find Zac on Instagram or LinkedIn
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. And I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self.
I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today me and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m married to a hunky doctor called Fil and together we have a beautiful son called Niko.
Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook/Twitter (with hyperlink)
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
In today’s episode, Matt and Mike Bellemore talk about the fears we go through in expressing our True Self, the lengths we go in pursuing a path that is not our own, and how our lives and connections with other people can change if we find the courage to be authentic.
Mike is a Strategy Consultant at Deloitte. He also teaches innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Technology in Sydney, and runs a candle business online called Candela collection. Mike’s four core values are purpose, balance, growth and YOLO! When he's not working hard, he likes to give back to the community through volunteering and counts being part of the founding team of Out for Australia, Australia's largest mentoring organisation for LGBTIQ students.
“Be kind to yourself. When you're kind to yourself, it allows you to be kind to others”
Join us in today’s episode and discover what might happen if we would take the risk to be ourselves in the world and what it means to trust that the Universe has your back.
You can find Mike on LinkedIn.
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated, and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. And I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self.
I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today me and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m married to a hunky doctor called Fil and together we have a beautiful son called Niko.
Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook/Twitter
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
Join Matt and Kelly Gupta in this insightful episode where they talk about sitting with our judgments and practicing forgiveness. The insights that are shared in this episode can transform your relationship with judgment altogether, so we invite you to sink into this powerful conversation that can help you navigate your own thought patterns and show you how self-love and understanding can be cultivated with forgiveness.
Kelly is both a psychiatrist and a transformational life and business coach. Due to the depthness of his approach in the work he is doing, he has helped clients overcome the inner obstacles that hold them back, as well as the outer challenges they need to navigate to make tangible and positive change in their lives. His dedication to doing his own work is one of the things that makes Kelly such a brilliant guide for his clients. You can reach him at kellygupta.com or connect on Facebook.
“All self-judgment creates a debt, and it is forgiveness and forgiveness alone, that repays that debt.”
Tune in for a healthy dose of humor, some powerful tips on how to sit with our emotions, and how to introduce forgiveness in our inner work.
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated, and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. And I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self.
I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today me and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m married to a hunky doctor called Fil and together we have a beautiful son called Niko.
Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook/Twitter
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
Walking on the path to self-discovery takes time, courage, and commitment. But the rewards are incomparable to a life in the shadows. In this episode, Matt and Aina Musaeva talk about how our thought patterns and beliefs can keep us from growing and discovering the essence of who we are. They also talk about the steps we can take to overcome these patterns.
Aina is a data scientist at KPMG, and a part-time black hole hunter. She loves empowering girls to pursue careers in STEM and through her work as a Director at Out for Australia she is actively helping young LGBTIQ professionals to be their authentic selves at work.
"It was exactly like the joy of discovery that you experience in science. Except that this time I discovered something about myself that I wasn’t aware of, and maybe it was even something that I wasn’t looking for. It just drifted up to the surface for me to have a look at and love it and not judge it, see how I can grow from that place."
If you love science, you will love even more how Aina describes her journey to authenticity and the methods she used in getting to where she is today, so tune in and listen to the full episode.
Connect with Aina here.
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. And I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self.
I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today me and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m married to a hunky doctor called Fil and together we have a beautiful son called Niko.
Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook/Twitter
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
In today's episode, Matthew and former high court judge Michael Kirby explain how conforming with society's views can keep us trapped, and what an impact it would have if we would all stand our ground by living an authentic life.
Michael Kirby is an Australian jurist and academic, and a former Australian High Court judge who spent his life defending human rights. He is a living example of owning who you are, even when this involves great risks, and today he is leading us on his own journey to authenticity, both in his professional and personal life.
"When we go out in nature, we celebrate diversity, we love seeing a variety of trees and animals. And then when it comes to human beings, we seem to operate almost exactly the opposite way where we're looking to make people conform."
Sit back and let yourself be inspired by Michael's courage to stand for what he believes in, and the many benefits that came with his courage, that we still feel today.
Find Michael Kirby on michaelkirby.com.au
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated, and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. And I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self.
I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today I and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m married to a hunky doctor called Fil and together we have a beautiful son called Niko.
Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook/Twitter
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
If you are on a quest to find a balance between your work life, love life, and life in general, while staying true to yourself, then you’re in the right place. In this episode, Matthew Cooksey and Salma Salah discuss how it feels when we’re on the right path, how to get there, and the importance of having our kind of people in our circle.
Salma is a Senior Innovation Manager at PwC. She is a relentless optimist, a hardcore visionary, and one of the kindest people you could meet.
On your path to self-discovery, consider this:
“The key to owning yourself is not about hiding your true self, but about becoming weird with people who are weird with you, being in the right circle that gets your weird. Then you are no longer the outsider, but the insider.”
Listen to the full episode to learn how Salma discovered her own path to authenticity, the struggles she faced, and ways that can help you overcome the challenges in your own path of self-discovery.
Connect with Salma here.
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated, and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. And I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self.
I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today me and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m married to a hunky doctor called Fil and together we have a beautiful son called Niko.
Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook/Twitter
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
If you feel disconnected from your true self, if you have a striking feeling that there's more to life than hustle, perfecting, and achieving, or if you just feel that you have been following someone else's path, then this episode is for You. Join us and Bridgette Simmonds in this insightful episode about taking ownership of our life and the big transformations that occur when we follow our inner voice.
Bridgette is a coach, speaker, and trainer supporting professionals who have followed a well-worn path of success in charting their own course where they feel aligned, inspired, and empowered to live a life that has deep menacing, electrifying impact and sweet joy! Her clients are those who realize they choose to no longer waste their valuable time, talent, and life in a career that does not light them up. They are ready to shine their own light and illuminate the world! You can find her at https://bridgettethegocoach.com/
"When you indulge in SELF the joy that emanates from your soul is contagious and so if you are such a person that worries about indulging self because you feel like you're such a selfless person, you're being more selfish deciding not to indulge in what lights you up, than you are not."
Join us in this episode to learn how following society norms can leave us feeling stuck, disconnected, and to discover the endless possibilities that arise when we embrace our own truth.
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated, and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self. I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today I and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves. Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com.
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook/Twitter
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
We’re all in search of our purpose, something that truly defines us, something that we feel is right in any moment of the day, something that fuels us from the inside out and that makes us feel alive. In this episode, Matthew Cooksey and Andrew Staite discuss the importance of loving what we do and how to unlock our true potential. They also talk about how living as our true selves and following our passions could transform workplaces today.
Andrew is the CEO of the Pinnacle Foundation, and a Founder and Non-Executive Chair of search and outplacement firm SHK. He has an incredibly diverse background that spans the law, the art, and executive search, and his passion is helping young people to realize their
full potential.
“Imagine getting on a train, going to work where 85% of the people in the carriage are excited to go and do what they're going to do. It would be a different world. ”
Tune in to learn why doing what we love is so important, and use the lessons in your daily life.
About Matt:
Although I was born on the 23rd February 1980, my life only really got started on the 23rd February 2010. Until that point, I felt lost, disorientated and afraid. That day, life called time on my self-obfuscating ways. And I finally came to see that I wasn’t lost in life, I’d lost touch with my true self.
I discovered that Authenticity was about authorship, so today me and my team are on a mission to create a world where every human being is encouraged and supported to create a life that’s true to themselves.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m married to a hunky doctor called Fil and together we have a beautiful son called Niko.
Find out more about our mission to create a more authentic world at matthewcooksey.com
Follow me on Instagram/Linkedin/Facebook/Twitter
If you’re at a point in your life where you’re sick of compromising your authenticity in the name of success, you might want to consider working with us. We offer a variety of programs to help you create a life that is true to your weird and wonderful self.
It’s success, powered by your authentic self.
The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.