Episode Overview

In this powerful and deeply inspiring episode of the Women With Altitude Podcast, Andy sits down with Jules Tarrant, Senior Licensed Pillar Code Practitioner and long-time leader in coaching and personal development, to explore what it really takes to create lasting transformation — without forcing yourself to re-traumatise, over-process, or “push through” in the name of healing.

With more than 30 years’ experience supporting people through trauma, anxiety, pain, and major life transitions, Jules brings a rare mix of warmth, science-backed insight, and practical tools. She shares parts of her own extraordinary story — including growing up with family trauma, navigating chronic illness, supporting a daughter through mental health crises, and receiving a late diagnosis of cyclothymia at 47 — and how those experiences shaped her work and her unwavering belief that every day is a bonus.

This conversation will shift the way you see fear, self-sabotage, and the stories you’ve been carrying. Jules breaks down brain science in a way that’s easy to understand and immediately useful — and leaves listeners with one unforgettable message: healing can be gentle.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

1. Why the mind is often the least informed part of us — and how its job is simply to keep us safe
2. How trauma and past experiences quietly shape confidence, pricing, visibility, and decision-making in business
3. Why your brain filters 11,000,000 bits of information per second down to just 10 bits — and how your history becomes the filter
4. The reframe that changes everything: “I can’t do that” often really means “I won’t do that”
5. How to create change without reliving pain — and why gentle transformation is not “soft,” it’s effective

Key Themes

• How past trauma shapes present action (and future results)
• How the brain works for you — or against you (and why fear isn’t a flaw)
• Gentle, practical frameworks for lasting personal and professional change

Practical Takeaways

• Reframe fear as information, not identity: “What is my brain trying to protect me from?”
• Identify one old pattern that’s still running the show in your business
• Stop waiting for fear to disappear before you act
• Give yourself permission to heal gently — you don’t need to relive pain to move forward
• Audit the stories you tell yourself about what you’re capable of

Connect with Jules

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jules.tarrant.3/

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About Our Guest: Barbara Callan

Barbara Callan is an intuitive guide, energy practitioner, and former educator who helps people from all walks of life find clarity and remove the blocks holding them back. After spending years in the classroom, Barbara took a bold leap from the structured world of education into the uncharted territory of intuitive work — and she has never looked back. Through her practice at barbaracallan.com, she works with clients to access their own inner wisdom, using intuition and energy work as tools for transformation. Her journey is a testament to what becomes possible when you stop dismissing your most natural gifts and start building a business around them.

Episode Summary

What if the skill you barely notice — the one that comes so naturally you've never thought to charge for it — is actually the foundation of your most powerful work?

In this episode, Andy sits down with Barbara Callan for an honest, uplifting conversation about what it really takes to build a business around something you can't hold in your hands. Barbara spent years as an educator, moving through different teaching environments and taking her core skills wherever she went. But beneath every lesson plan and every classroom was something quieter — an intuitive ability that wouldn't stay buried. Eventually, she made the leap from the known world of education into the unknown territory of intuitive work, and her story is one every woman in business needs to hear.

Barbara shares the turning points that gave her permission to name her gift, the practical steps she took to price something intangible, and how cultivating certainty in herself literally changed who showed up in her business. This conversation is a masterclass in self-trust — perfect for any woman running a solo business who has ever wondered whether what she offers is really "enough."

Whether you work in the intuitive space or not, Barbara's insights on energy, mindset, and the magnetic pull of self-belief will shift how you think about your own value. Because the women who find us don't find us by accident — they're drawn to something we already carry.

Key Themes

1. The Leap from Education to Intuition

Barbara walks us through her path from the classroom to the intuitive space — the moments of realisation, the courage it took to step away from a defined career, and what it felt like to finally name the skill she'd been using her entire life. She shares how she reframed "just being intuitive" as a professional offering and gave herself permission to build a business around it. If you've ever downplayed the thing you're naturally good at, this section is for you.

2. Energy, Certainty, and Attracting Your People

One of Barbara's core beliefs is that your energy and mindset directly attract your clients — and she has the lived experience to back it up. She shares how cultivating certainty in herself and her work shifted who showed up in her business, how she recognised the pattern, and what it means for women who worry they aren't "enough" to charge for what they do. This theme explores the magnetic pull of self-belief — and why fear, as Barbara puts it, pushes people away.

3. Evolution and the Mirror Effect

Barbara noticed something remarkable: as she evolved, so did her clients — they mirrored her. In this section, she unpacks what it means to have your client base grow alongside you, why personal development is inseparable from business growth, and how embracing your own evolution is the most powerful thing you can do for the people you serve. It's permission, wrapped in wisdom, to keep doing your own work.

Practical Takeaways

• Recognise the skill you use without thinking. If it comes that naturally, it's probably your unique value proposition — not "nothing special." The thing you dismiss as easy might be exactly what someone else needs.
• Pricing the intangible starts with pricing yourself. Before you can put a number on intuitive, creative, or service-based work, you have to believe it's worth paying for. Your own valuation sets the ceiling.
• Your energy is a client filter. The mindset and certainty you bring to your business will either attract aligned clients or repel them. Get honest with yourself about which one is happening right now.
• Certainty is a practice, not a personality trait. Barbara didn't wake up one day fearless. She built certainty through small, repeated acts of showing up and trusting herself — and so can you.
• Your clients will mirror your growth. As you raise your standards, do your own inner work, and evolve, the people who find you will reflect that back. Let this be permission to keep growing, unapologetically.
• Trusting your intuition in business is not fluff — it's data. Barbara's story proves that practical decision-making and intuitive knowing can coexist, and they often lead to better outcomes than logic alone.

Memorable Quotes from This Episode

"Fear is going to push people away."

"Yes expands and No contracts."

"I work from a place and energy of certainty."

"The thing that comes most naturally to you — the skill so embedded you barely notice it — is often your greatest asset."

"The women who find us don't find us by accident. They're drawn to something we already carry."

Connect with Barbara Callan

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cosmiccoachbarbie

Website: https://www.barbaracallan.com

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About Our Guest

Sam Ebblewhite is an Intimacy, Sexuality and Self-Relationship Coach based in Bella Vista, NSW, working with individuals and couples across Australia. Her practice draws on somatic sexology, kinesiology, and nervous-system-informed approaches to help people understand the patterns shaping their intimacy, sexuality, and relationships — so they can change what isn't working from the ground up, not just the surface.

As a solo business owner raising three children (one with special needs) across three locations, Sam has built her practice on her own terms — designing a business model that flexes around the life she actually has, not an idealised version of it. She is a proud member of the Women with Altitude community and credits her mentors and peer network with keeping her in the game through the hardest seasons of solo entrepreneurship.

Episode Summary

What does it take to build and sustain a business in a field most people find difficult to talk about? In this episode, Andy sits down with Sam Ebblewhite for a conversation that goes far deeper than sexology — it's about self-relationship, the courage to show up authentically, and what it really means to build a business around a life.

Sam shares how she navigates the juggle of solo entrepreneurship while raising three children across multiple locations, why she considers the Women with Altitude community essential infrastructure (not just a nice-to-have), and how the transformation she witnesses in her clients becomes the fuel that sustains her through the hardest days. She is candid about the forty years she spent trying to fit into a box that was never built for her — and what changed when she finally stopped trying.

This episode will resonate with any woman in business who has ever questioned whether she can build something meaningful without sacrificing everything else. Sam's message is simple and powerful: you don't need to be fixed. You need to be understood — starting with yourself.

Key Themes

1. The Relationship with Self as the Foundation of Everything Sam's work centres on a radical but deeply practical idea: the quality of your relationship with yourself determines the quality of every other relationship in your life — including your relationship with your business. In this conversation, she explores what self-relationship actually looks like in practice, why it shapes how women show up as leaders and decision-makers, and how becoming more grounded in yourself changes the way you communicate, set boundaries, and navigate challenge.
2. Building a Business in a Stigmatised Space Intimacy and sexuality are topics many people avoid entirely. Sam has built a thriving practice by meeting that discomfort with warmth, professionalism, and genuine depth. She unpacks how she positions a deeply personal service in a way that feels safe and approachable, how she navigates the assumptions people make about her work, and what it has taught her about communicating value when your offering isn't easy to explain at a dinner party.
3. The Juggle Is the Design, Not the Problem Sam is a solo business owner raising three children — one with special needs — across three locations. Flexibility is not a concession in her business; it is the entire point of the model. This conversation is a masterclass in building a business around a life, not the other way around — and the choices, trade-offs, and fierce protection of priorities that makes that possible.
4. Community as Essential Infrastructure Sam is refreshingly candid: she would not have stayed in business without the Women with Altitude community and her business mentors. She and Andy explore why community is not optional for solo business owners — it is the scaffolding that holds everything up when you cannot do it alone — and why learning to ask the right people for support is one of the most important skills any woman in business can develop.
5. The Work That Gives Back Some parts of your business pay the bills; other parts pay you back in energy, meaning, and motivation. Sam describes how the transformation she witnesses in her clients — watching people step into more honest, connected, and fulfilling relationships — becomes the fuel that carries her through the hardest days. Protecting that part of your work is not indulgent; it is strategic.

Practical Takeaways

• Start with self-check-in, not self-criticism. Before making any big business decision, pause and notice what is actually happening in your body, your energy, and your internal narrative. Self-awareness is the first leadership skill.
• Boundaries are not walls. They are the architecture that keeps your business sustainable. Learn to identify where you are leaking energy — and put a fence around it.
• You cannot do this alone. Trying to is the fastest path to burnout. Identify the people, communities, and mentors who can hold space for you, and ask them directly for what you need.
• Build your business model around the life you actually have, not an idealised version. Flexibility is not a concession; it can be the competitive advantage that keeps you in the game when others burn out.
• Make sure you build a toolkit that works for you  Self care kit so you can maintain balance, and also notice what isnt working.
• When your offering is hard to explain, lead with transformation, not features. Tell people what changes for them, not what you do.

Memorable Quotes from Sam

"I'm being the best I can by loving myself as I am."

"I spent forty years trying to fit into a box that didn't fit me."

"Who you ask for help is important."

"Everything begins with your relationship with yourself — and that includes how you show up in your business."

"You don't need to be fixed. You need to be understood — starting with yourself."

Resources & Links

• Sam Ebblewhite — Intimacy, Sexuality & Self-Relationship Coaching
• Women with Altitude Membership: Learn more about the community that keeps women in business connected, supported, and in the game. Visit womenwithaltitude.com.au
• Brave Magazine: Read the latest issue of our quarterly digital magazine featuring member stories, business advice, and industry insights. Available at womenwithaltitude.com.au
• Join the conversation: We'd love to hear what resonated with you from this episode. Tag us on Instagram @womenwithaltitude or share your thoughts in the Women with Altitude Facebook Group.

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Episode Overview:

What happens when a wildly successful businesswoman stops performing and gets real?

Jenni has built something most business owners only dream of. Her award-winning salon stands as one of the standout success stories in her industry — recognised, respected, and genuinely remarkable. But behind every accolade and achievement was a woman navigating the messiest, most human parts of running a business: the mistakes she wishes she'd avoided, the personal weight she carried straight through the front door every morning, and a growing sense that she was meant for something far bigger than scissors and styling chairs.

This conversation is one of honesty and generosity.

Jenni talks openly about the big mistakes she made in business — not with shame, but with the kind of hard-won clarity that only comes from living through them. She unpacks how unresolved personal stuff quietly shapes the way you lead, the decisions you make, and the culture you build around you. If you've ever wondered why certain patterns keep showing up in your business, this episode will stop you in your tracks.

She also shares the mission that drives her now — one that goes well beyond the salon floor. Her purpose is bigger, bolder, and deeply human, and listening to her articulate it is genuinely moving.

What comes through in every minute of this conversation is warmth, courage, and an extraordinary willingness to be seen. Jenni is raw without being reckless. Vulnerable without losing her power. She is, quite simply, a delight.

Whether you're navigating a crossroads in your business, carrying something personal that's affecting how you show up, or searching for a sense of purpose beyond the everyday grind — this episode is for you.

Press play. You'll want to come back to this one.

Key Themes

1. The Power of Starting from Nothing:
   Jenni opens up about launching Bond Hair Religion with no formal business training in one of Canberra's most competitive strips. She shares the mindset that carried her through the early years and the pivotal decisions that set Bond Hair Religion apart from day one.
2. Engineering the 5-Star Experience:
   We go deep into the philosophy and mechanics behind Bond Hair Religion's legendary client journey — a sensory experience that engages sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. From the Bond Barista cafe to aromatherapy towels, scalp massages in the Relaxation Room, and a complimentary food and drinks menu, Jenni breaks down exactly how she designed every touchpoint to make clients feel cherished, not just serviced.
3. The Big Wigs: Loyalty, Cash Flow, and the Advance Booking Strategy:
   Jenni reveals one of her most powerful business tools — the 600-member 'Big Wigs' VIP community, whose loyalty delivers over $1.23 million in advance bookings locked 13 months into the future. We explore how predictable revenue changes everything about how you run, staff, and grow a business.
4. Business as a Force for Good:
   Jenni's business is deeply woven into the fabric of her community. She talks about her role as an HaiR-3R's ambassador — training hair professionals to recognise family violence — her salon's 'pets as therapy' welcoming committee, waiving fees for clients facing grief or illness, and writing to government on behalf of vulnerable clients. This is purpose-led business in action.

Practical Takeaways

• You don't need industry experience to succeed — you need a clear vision of how you want people to feel, and the discipline to deliver it consistently.
• Word of mouth is the most powerful marketing tool available. If you make every client experience unforgettable, your clients become your sales team.
• Advance bookings aren't just a scheduling tool — they're a cash flow and confidence strategy. The more loyalty you build, the more financial certainty you create.
• Training is everything. Jenni requires every team member to be signed off on client service procedures three times before serving a single guest. Standards only stick when they're embedded in your culture, not just stated on paper.
• Using your business to do good isn't a distraction from growth — it's a magnet for the kind of clients and team members you actually want around you.
• Awards and recognition matter — not just for the trophy, but for the discipline of documenting your own excellence and seeing it reflected back to you.

Wrap-Up

Jenni shares what receiving her OAM meant to her, what she's building next — including nail services, an online 'Ministry of Education' platform for clients, and expanding the Bond Barista to a full cafe — and the single piece of advice she'd give every woman in business who is just starting out.

Tune in for one of the most inspiring conversations we've had — proof that when you combine relentless standards, genuine generosity, and an obsession with the human experience, business becomes something truly special.

Connect with Jenni

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenni.tarrant.7/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenni_tarrant/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennitarrant/

Website: https://www.bondhairreligion.com/

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About This Episode

What if the reason your productivity systems keep failing isn't that you're disorganised — it's that the systems were never built for a brain like yours?

This week we're kicking off Season 2 with a conversation that genuinely stopped us in our tracks. Stephanie Ford is an Occupational Therapist with nearly 20 years of experience working with people in complex disability, neurodivergence, and trauma. She's also a business owner who has lived through burnout, rebuilt her capacity from the ground up, and now helps others understand why their brains and bodies do what they do — so they can build businesses and lives that actually work.

This episode isn't about doing more. It's about understanding yourself better. And for anyone who has ever thought "why can't I just get it together" — this one is for you.

What We Cover

1. Building a business around real life (not the other way around)
   Stephanie started Action Forward to support her growing family and create flexibility. She shares how her own journey — including a reckoning with burnout — shaped the way she now helps clients approach business and capacity differently.
2. Burnout as a signal, not a character flaw
   Burnout doesn't mean you're weak or lazy. Stephanie explains how burnout is your nervous system telling you that your current systems, boundaries, and demands are out of alignment — and how to start listening instead of pushing through.
3. Understanding how you function day-to-day
   Stephanie introduces sensory processing and executive functioning in plain language — the under-the-hood mechanics of how we take in information, make decisions, start and finish tasks, and manage our energy.
4. Why cookie-cutter systems fail neurodivergent business owners
   Time blocking, Pomodoro, colour-coded planners — brilliant for some, torture for others. Stephanie explains why that happens, and what to do instead of blaming yourself.

Standout Concepts — Explained Simply

1. Task Analysing
   Most of us look at a to-do item and see one task. Stephanie helps you see it differently — breaking down what's actually involved based on how your brain processes it. A task that looks simple on paper might actually involve six smaller steps, each requiring different cognitive effort. Task analysing helps you build systems that match your actual capacity, not an idealised version of it.
2. "Third Personing Your Diary"
   If a client booked time with you, would you cancel at the last minute? Probably not. So why do we do it to ourselves constantly? Third personing your diary means treating your own time — recovery time, focus time, personal commitments — with the same protection and respect you'd give a paying client. Your diary reflects your priorities. If your name isn't in it, you're not one of them.
3. The Traffic Light System
   A simple, body-based check-in before you take on more. Green = resourced and ready. Amber = manage carefully, protect your energy. Red = stop, rest, and reassess before committing to anything. Stephanie uses this with clients to help them make decisions from a place of self-awareness rather than obligation or guilt.

Practical Takeaways You Can Use This Week

• You are not broken. If traditional productivity systems haven't worked for you, that's information — not a verdict on your worth or capability.
• Book yourself in. Take one thing this week that you've been putting off because "there's no time" and put your name in the diary for it. Treat it like a client appointment.
• Do a traffic light check. Before you say yes to something new this week, pause and ask yourself: am I green, amber, or red right now? Let the answer inform your decision.
• Break one task down. Pick something you've been avoiding. Write down every actual step involved — not the task name, the real steps. You might find the block is somewhere specific, not everywhere.
• Ask the bigger question: Is your business built around your life, or have you built your life around your business? What would one small shift look like?

About Stephanie Ford

Stephanie Ford is an Occupational Therapist with nearly 20 years of experience supporting people living with complex disability, neurodivergence, and trauma. Her business, Action Forward, grew out of a desire to support her family while doing meaningful work on her own terms — and the real-life lessons that came with that.

Stephanie specialises in helping people understand how their brain and body actually work, and building practical, personalised strategies that fit their real lives. She is now expanding beyond one-on-one client work into mentoring, consulting, and education — helping more people access this kind of understanding and apply it to how they live and work.

Her approach is warm, practical, and firmly non-judgmental. She doesn't believe in one-size-fits-all systems. She believes in understanding yourself well enough to build something that works for you.

Connect with Stephanie

Business: Action Forward
Website: https://actionforward.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephanieford.actionforward/

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Episode Overview

In this episode, we dive deep with Sarah McKellar—a professional firefighter, mum of triplets, and founder of Top Gong Digital Marketing—to uncover the realities behind SEO and why so many businesses struggle to get it right. Sarah’s unique journey from emergency services to digital marketing brings a fresh perspective on resilience, learning new skills, and the power of visibility online.

Key Themes

1. Balancing Act
   Sarah shares how she juggles a high-pressure career, family life, and entrepreneurship, revealing the systems and support that make it possible.
2. SEO Demystified
   We explore why so many small businesses are lost when it comes to SEO, and Sarah breaks down her practical, approachable methods for getting found online.
3. Growth Mindset
   From imposter syndrome to embracing delegation, Sarah opens up about the mindset shifts that have helped her grow both personally and professionally.

Practical Takeaways

• You don’t need to be a tech expert to master SEO—Sarah can take a look at your site and give you tools to see where you can make a start
• SEO is a long game, you dont see the results straight away and that can be tough
• Time management and asking for help are essential for anyone wearing multiple hats.
• Delegating tasks can free you up to focus on what matters most and scale your business.
• Confidence grows as you learn and implement new skills—don’t let self-doubt stop you.

Wrap-Up

Sarah shares her experience for anyone thinking of starting a side hustle while working full-time, her vision for Top Gong Digital Marketing, and the resources that have helped her thrive.

Tune in to hear Sarah’s inspiring story and practical tips for business owners ready to boost their online presence!

Connect with Sarah

• Website: topgongdigitalmarketing.com.au
• Facebook: @topgongdigital
• LinkedIn: Top Gong Digital Marketing

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Episode Summary

Rah Gardiner is about to celebrate three years of running her own business—and what a ride it’s been! After 25 years as a full-time employee, she took the leap into self-employment, chasing freedom, purpose, and a different way of working. Just 18 months in, she landed her dream client—and never looked back.

But there’s another layer to Rah’s story. At age 46, she was diagnosed with ADHD, a discovery that gave her language and clarity for so much of her past. In this episode, Rah talks honestly (and often hilariously) about the shift from undiagnosed to diagnosed, and how medication and awareness have changed her life—for the better.

We also dig into how Rah uses automation tools like MailChimp and CRMs to simplify the behind-the-scenes of business—and how you can, too.

💡 What You'll Learn:

• What it’s like to start a business after decades of being an employee
• How Rah landed her dream client 1.5 years into business
  The power of an ADHD diagnosis later in life—and the difference it’s made
  What business automation really means (and how to start)
• Why trying new things—even imperfectly—matters more than doing it all

🚀 Encouragement for Listeners:

This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt like they were “too late” to start something new or “too different” to fit a business mould. Rah’s story will leave you feeling encouraged to try, to tweak, to automate, and most of all—to back yourself.

Whether you’re neurodivergent, neurotypical, tech-shy or systems-savvy, you’ll walk away with ideas and insights that make business feel more manageable and more you.

Connect with Rah:

•  Website: rahgardiner.com.au
• Facebook: @workwithrah
• Instagram: @workwithrah
• LinkedIn: Rah Gardiner

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Episode Overview:

In this inspiring episode, we welcome Harman Johnston—registered BAS agent, certified Profit First professional, and founder of Blu Bookkeepers. Harman’s journey from migration and motherhood to business burnout and breakthrough is both relatable and empowering. She shares how embracing the Profit First method transformed her finances, confidence, and approach to business.

What You’ll Learn:

• How Harman overcame burnout and perfectionism to set strong boundaries and value her time
• The real challenges of balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship—and the systems that make it possible
• Why Profit First is a game-changer for small business owners, and how you can start today (even if numbers aren’t your thing)
• Practical tips for paying yourself first, building financial confidence, and taking imperfect action

Key Quotes:

“You don’t have to be perfect to be profitable.”

“Confidence grows with clarity—understanding your numbers is empowering, not intimidating.”

Perfect For:

Women in business, mums juggling multiple roles, and anyone ready to create a more sustainable, profitable business.

Connect with Harman:

Blu Bookkeepers | Money First CEO Podcast

Tune in for actionable insights, heartfelt stories, and the permission to prioritise your own financial wellbeing!

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Summary: 

Ever felt boxed in by your career or pressured to “look the part” as a woman in business? In this episode, Anastasia Geneave shares her journey from mortgage broker to creative entrepreneur, the challenges of being truly authentic online, and how her ADHD diagnosis changed her approach to work and self-acceptance. If you’ve ever hesitated to show up on video or wondered how to be yourself in a world of polished perfection, this chat will inspire you to drop the mask and own your story.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Anastasia’s leap from finance to creative entrepreneurship—and why she never looked back
• Navigating the “hobby business” label and redefining what real success looks like as a mum and business owner
• The impact of an adult ADHD diagnosis on work, creativity, and self-compassion
• Why women find video so intimidating and the cultural pressures that hold us back
• Anastasia’s game-changing “muscle memory” strategy for video confidence (spoiler: it’s easier than you think!)
• The power of showing up as your unfiltered self—online and off
• Practical tips for desensitizing yourself to your own voice and image, and why it matters for your business
• How authenticity builds trust and connection in today’s digital world

Plus: Learn about Anastasia’s “Real Ready” service and how she’s helping women in business finally get comfortable (and visible) on social media.

Links & Resources:

• Connect with Anastasia: Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn , Youtube
• No Grey Suits
• Tools mentioned: Descript, CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro

If you’re ready to stop overthinking, start showing up, and bring more YOU to your business, this episode is for you.

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This week on the WWA / TBS Podcast, we’re joined by the incredible Angela Tjeuw — a former GP who took the courageous leap from medicine to follow her passion for radio, podcasting, and art.

About Angela:

After 15 years as a doctor, burnout during Covid became the catalyst for Angela’s reinvention. She left medicine behind, earned a Diploma in Radio and Podcasting from AFTRS, and launched her award-winning show I’m at a Crossroad. Today, Angela hosts Finding Spirit, a podcast about intuition, flow, and purpose, and she’s sold over 3,000 hand-painted watercolour cards across Australia. Angela’s story is a masterclass in risk, creativity, and trusting your inner compass.

🌟 What We Discuss:

• The Courage to Change:
  Angela shares what it’s really like to walk away from a secure career, how she handled others’ opinions, and her advice for anyone standing at their own crossroads.
• Following Joy & Creativity:
  Discover how returning to art helped Angela heal, what surprised her about building a creative business, and how she keeps pursuing joy even when fear shows up.
• Finding Spirit & Living in Flow:
  Learn what inspired Angela to create Finding Spirit, how to reconnect with your intuition, and practical tools for living in greater alignment.

🛠️ Practical Takeaways:

• Sometimes the bravest move is leaving what no longer serves you.
• Small steps toward joy and creativity can open big doors.
• Reinvention is possible at any stage — back yourself.
• Intuition is a skill you can nurture for more ease and flow.

🌀 In This Episode:

We dive deep into the “limbo zone” — that uncertain space where you’re redefining yourself and your career, searching for guideposts that aren’t always there. Angela’s story is a powerful reminder that sometimes you just have to leap and trust that the path will appear.

🎧 Listen & Connect:

Tune in to hear Angela’s honest reflections and practical wisdom for anyone craving more meaning and joy in their work and life.

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