Hacking Happy with Penny Locaso

This month, I’m celebrating nine years in my own business.

Nine years as a Lifestylepreneur, and I want to celebrate this moment with you because far too often, I see purpose-led women in business losing heart and motivation because they’re focusing on all the things that aren’t working rather than acknowledging the progress they’ve made.

This week’s episode of the Hacking Happy podcast is Part 2 in the Lessons of a Lifestylpreneur series, a reflective podcast series designed to empower you to acknowledge the progress you're making when doing hard things so that you can stay the course. The win is in the long and consistent game, so I’ve learned.

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This month, I’m celebrating nine years in my own business. 9 years as a Lifestylepreneur, and I want to celebrate this moment with you because far too often, I see purpose-led women in business losing heart and motivation because they’re focusing on all the things that aren’t working rather than acknowledging the progress they’ve made and what has worked.

This podcast reflects the lessons I’ve learned over the last nine years as a Lifestylepreneur. I want to share with you the power of acknowledging progress when you’re playing a long game and hopefully inspire you to create your own reflective practice to help you stay the course when doing hard things.

I also want to share the truth of running your own business in a world of BS gurus selling how they made six figures in 5 minutes and how you can do the same.

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Have you ever considered how much real estate in your brain is consumed by the attachments you hold? Attachment is our way of trying to control uncertainty which let’s face it is impossible in a world where uncertainty is the only certainty.

Attachment gives away our power, our energy and our precious present time to overthinking.

That’s why in this week’s episode I’m sharing a powerful experiment I tested on myself and with my community in The Present Woman Challenge to help you reclaim your power by creating awareness of how much of it you are giving away to attachments shaped by the hurt of the past or the fear of the future.

Come journey with me on what is a vulnerable and profound insight into how our attachments shape our stories and our lives.

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In this episode, we explore the power of feeling to heal. I share the concept of compassionate inquiry and how this trauma therapy approach provides a means to start to reconnect with your ability to feel whole again.

We expose how suppressing feelings can have long-term negative effects on our health and happiness, and I share a practical process to help you cultivate a feeling practice for healing.

Key takeaways from this episode:

• Allowing oneself to feel is a powerful way to heal and gain insight into emotions and experiences.
• Compassionate inquiry is a therapeutic approach that helps reveal unconscious dynamics and liberate oneself from self-generated suffering.
• Suppressing feelings can have long-term negative effects on health and happiness, and it is important to cultivate a practice of feeling and processing emotions.
• Practical practices for cultivating a feeling to heal include paying attention to tension in the body, dropping into the body, welcoming and exploring feelings, and integrating the experience through writing.

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Have you ever felt like you're constantly battling against invisible forces in your life, your work or your business? Wrestling with emotions, you can't quite explain and behaviours that seem out of your control?

If the answer is hell yes, this week's podcast on trauma was made for you.

I'm going to share how...

• Trauma isn't just about what happens to you but how it reshapes our inner world.
• Avoiding trauma processing can lead to disconnection from ourselves and hinder our path to fulfilment and our potential.
• Understanding trauma is pivotal for fostering self-compassion and empathy towards ourselves and others.

Together, we'll explore...

• Insights into the invisible forces shaping your life and relationships.
• Simple yet powerful methods to reconnect with your body and start the journey towards healing.
• The transformative potential of embodiment and self-awareness in reclaiming your wholeness and stepping into your power.

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Train your brain for calm.

How would the decisions you make in the everyday shift if you didn't let your brain dominate and instead gave equal voice to your heart and gut?

What if, the impact you seek, was not found in the speed at which you do things but in the intentionality of your actions?

If you find yourself longing to inject more clarity, calm and meaning into your life but struggle to practice presence this podcast is for you.

In this episode, I speak to Divya Darling a Neuroscientist and Transcendental Brain Trainer.

We explore the power of presence and how to inject more of it into your life in simple and practical ways.

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A lived experience of burnout.

Imagine working 80-hour weeks consistently for years because you love your corporate job. Imagine then waking up one day and your body literally shutting down to the point where you are incapable of speaking or functioning without full-time care.

This was the reality for Jess Conner.

In this week's podcast episode. Jess bravely shares her journey into and out of burnout in the spirit of helping others listen to their bodies' warning signals before it's too late.

Jess's story is nothing short of inspirational and provides a catalyst to create the space to breathe again in the day before you.

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Downsize your mental load.

Mental Load: The level of thinking, planning and anticipating that you do to keep chaos at bay in your life...ouch! I know this is a conversation we needed to have. In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I've invited Mia Northrop, an expert in practical ways to downsize your mental load and co-founder of Life Admin Hacks.

Together we explore what mental load is, where it comes from, why you need to understand yours and how to downsize it in practical ways so that you can create the space to be more present in 2024.

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Choose presence in 2024

Are you suffering from Wonder Woman syndrome you feel like you’re never present in life because you’re so busy constantly making to-do lists in your head around all the things you "should" be doing that you’re not doing in the moment you're in.

Do you long to be a more Present Woman but don’t know where to start and you've struggled to take action on your own?

If you're ready to transform your tomorrow by embracing today this podcast is for you.

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A new year can often feel like a beautiful blank canvas of possibility for you to paint upon. A canvas where vision, intention and action collide, sparking a meaningful shift toward that which ignites a fire in your soul. As I write these words, I feel goosebumps at the infinite possibilities and the learning that I know will come with trying, even when it doesn’t work out as planned. I also ground myself in the reality that in the age of information overload and coaching gurus selling you the world, making a meaningful shift toward living a life that feels purposeful, present and spacious enough to have a meaningful impact can feel complicated. For all of these reasons, the first podcast for the year is dedicated to helping you invest in the support you need to realise your dreams in 2024 with intention and due diligence. I want to ensure that when you invest in yourself, you get what you pay for and make some serious progress.

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Create the space to recharge. This podcast is a sign. A sign to not keep filling an already full day. A sign to not spend the festive season doing even more self-development and planning for all your success in 2024. In this moment right here right now I want to instead invite you to give yourself permission to rest and reflect. Give yourself space.

Mental space, physical space to recharge, to be and to celebrate you and all that you have been this year. For without space, there can be no change. Together let's explore the what, why and how of rest and reflection. Not as a panacea to all your problems but as a practice to move into a fresh new year feeling more connected to yourself and to what matters to you.

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Meet Amanda and Kylie inspiring alumni from my Balance Collective group coaching program.

In this conversation we reunite after 6 months to explore the how our relationship with work life balance has changed over the years, how our coming of age has created a drive to consider the legacy we want to leave and the concept of ebb, flow and flood as an approach to feeling more grounded and aligned in life.

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What if writing a Letter To Balance could change your life and the way you define work-life balance?

What if it gave you permission to gift yourself greater self-compassion and in the process unlocked more presence, connection and harmony in each day?

In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I'm joined by comedy duo Shanelle Franklin and Tamara Linke from the renowned The Beautiful Nightmare Podcast. A podcast for when you're flying by the seat of your pants. We go deep into unpacking what these rock stars would say if they could write a Letter To Balance, how their relationship with balance has evolved based on their stage of life and the role of comedy in finding balance.

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If someone handed you a permission slip today to create the space for the work life balance you seek what would you do?

What if your striving to be “better”, a better woman, a better leader, a better mum, a better friend, was moving you further away from being you?

What if joy, meaningful connection and presence was not the reward for effort but the foundation for you showing up as the woman you were born to be?

Stop wondering what if and listen now to this mindset shifting conversation with renowned yoga teacher Francie La Flow as we unravel the dense layers of societal expectation to illuminate the magic of who we really are at our essence.

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Have you met Balance yet?

Ok, so when I say that I’m guessing I sound a little crazy but I’m not. You see I spent many years of my life chasing work-life balance rather than listening to what my body and my mind were trying to tell me and in my corporate career it left me burnt out.

It felt like the harder I chased balance, the more elusive she became and the more disconnected I became from myself, from my true essence and the ones I loved.

When I let go of what society defined as balance and created the space to listen to what my body and mind needed for me to show up as the woman I wanted to be, I discovered something simple and life-changing.

Balance was not a destination; it was a way of being, and it is found in the micro-moments of recharge and rest that you choose to inject into each day. The more I invest in these sacred pockets of time, the more impact I have and the more I feel connected to the woman I want to be in the world.

I know I’m not alone when I say the pursuit of balance is burning us out. It’s for this exact reason that I want you to meet Balance on this week’s podcast. She has a message for you, and I know you’re going to want to hear it.

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Vulnerability allows us to breathe again. It creates the space to release, to put ourselves out there as who we really are, to try something new, and to take ownership of our growth. Yet, it feels so damn uncomfortable, which is why we avoid it. However, the avoidance of vulnerability often takes us further away from who we are. It's for all of these reasons that I want to dedicate this podcast to the power of vulnerability and provide you with an open invitation to consider what a date with vulnerability would look like for you in the service of your own growth. Enjoy!

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Learning to trust your intuition.

If you're body is whispering to you, can you hear it? The busy pace of life has left many of us so in our heads checking off a never-ending to-do list that when our body calls to us for help we can't hear it.

Perhaps this is why so many women from 40+ feel like they're going crazy before uncovering that they are, in fact, Peri Menopausal.

The myth of normal is that we assume the conditions of society are healthy simply because we are used to them. - Dr Gabor Mate This is a quote that opens a can of worms when we dig deeper into what is going on with successful professional women at the moment, particularly the ones who are mothers. In this week's podcast, I want to explore the pervasive phenomenon that I call high-functioning burnt-out woman syndrome.

I want to shine a spotlight on what she looks from the outside looking in versus what’s really going on for her inside each and every day. I want to expose why it’s a problem not only for her but for us as a society, and I want to explore what we can do to intervene in a way that empowers her to make the shift that she longs for when she feels she doesn’t have the energy to do so.

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Mums in business

Are you a mum starting her own business or are you already running your own show?

Did you start your business because you wanted to create more time freedom, more balance in your life, and space to be more present with the ones you love? But have you found yourself working harder than ever and losing sight of why you started this journey in the first place?

If the answer is yes join me and Anna Jonak in an open conversation on the power of surrender in unlocking the balance you seek as a mum.

Anna Jonak is a mother of three with 9 years experience running her own business - The Elevatory. She supports eCommerce businesses to scale and she's amazing!

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In this podcast, we pick up where we left off in Podcast #103 and go deeper into dispelling the myths of balance.

I'll share with you the next 5 myths of balance as an invitation to reconsider your relationship with balance and how it impacts how you show up in life. Enjoy!

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The stage of life you're in impacts how you define and inject balance into your world.

In this podcast episode, I invite two working mums with young children to explore their journey into finding the elusive balance and how they've made peace with where they're at.

We talk about defining balance on your terms, the role of micro-moments in finding calm and groundedness in each day, why the word compassion should be your new best friend and letting go of comparisonitis.

If you're a working mumma longing for more harmony in life without the guilt of not being all things to all people. This episode is for you.

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I spent many years of my life (up until I became an entrepreneur) chasing balance and a few years back discovered, that the harder I chased balance the more elusive it became.

This process has been further validated by the over 150 exhausted professional women I have interviewed (for my research) who have shared that flourishing in life for them is having balance. However, most of them cannot recall a time in their life where they felt balanced and if they did they couldn’t sustain it.

This is why I’m investing the new four weeks of my time dispelling the myths of balance to help you shift the lens through which you look at balance and redefine it in a way that unlocks more harmony in your days.

This first podcast focuses on dispelling the Top 5 myths of balance as an invitation to reconsider your relationship with balance and how it impacts how you show up in life.

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Do you have Mumbition? What is it you ask?

It's the intersection of wanting to be the mum you long to be whilst realising the dreams that you have in order to be the role model you want to be for your kids.

For many mums, Mumbition manifests in starting their own purpose-led business and inviting in the flexibility and the freedom that it allows to show up as the mum you want to be.

In this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast, we chat with serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Mums & Co Carrie Kwan. Together we explore why mums start businesses, the most common challenges they face and some simple ways to overcome them in order to realise your mumbition.

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How many times have you set ambitious goals for change, only to find yourself slipping back into old habits the very next day?

Don't worry; you're not alone! It's why I invited Sports Scientist, and human behaviour expert Craig Harper onto the Hacking Happy podcast this week. Together we delve deep into the heart of transformation and unravel the secrets to making lasting changes in your life.

Join us as Craig sheds light on the crucial role of self-awareness and just showing up when it comes to self-growth.

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Welcome to 100 episodes of the Hacking Happy Podcast. I'm so excited to celebrate with you and share what I've learnt from this experience. In this week's episode, we explore the gift of podcasting, my favourite episodes, how this journey has inspired others to create their podcasts and a little gift for those of you wanting to start your own podcast and not sure where to start.

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Mums in business.

Have you ever felt like a misfit and wondered why it is that you feel you don't quite belong?

What if owning your inner misfit in how you approach business and life was the secret ingredient to creating success on your terms?

In this week's podcast breath of fresh air Kate Toon steps behind the mic to share her unconventional journey into becoming an award-winning business mentor and digital marketing coach.

We also discuss her latest book Six Figures in School Hours: How to run a successful business and still be a good parent.

If you're a mother seeking to run a business whilst showing up as the parent you want to be this episode was made for you.

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What would happen if you started noticing and listening to the signals life sent you? How might you change your life to create more freedom, harmony and space to be the role model you long to be for your kids?

After two redundancies in a year, Leah Selfe decided to stop letting her career be dictated by someone else and stepped into who she wanted to be. In just three years, she's created a thriving online business as The Productivity Queen.

She’s passionate about creating the lifestyle she deserves and being a role model to her 13-year-old son, which means building a sustainable business that encourages that lifestyle – and that’s what she now does for others.

In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, Leah shares her journey in all its rawness in the hope that it might inspire you to stop longing and instead start stepping into the life you long for NOW.

Inject this fresh dose of inspiration and transformation into your ears today!

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Do you find yourself longing to be more present in the moments that matter? Have you ever considered that perhaps the voices in your head hold the secret to freeing yourself from the noise and finding more freedom in life.

Join The Voices of Method Founder Tali Brash and me as we go deep into how connecting with the voices within can empower you to start living more in alignment with the life you long for. Resources & Links

Welcome to part three of the taboo topic of "The Angry Woman."

In this episode, I bring in 2 angry mums and friends Carly Smith & Nikki May to share their perspectives on their anger.

We talk about how it shows up in the every day, why we don't talk about it enough, how it presents physically in our bodies and how we process our anger from a place of understanding and self-compassion.

Join us as we put the taboo on the table and give voice to angry mums who need to feel heard.

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Understanding your anger

Welcome to part two of the taboo topic of "The Angry Woman." In this episode, we'll delve into what the science has to say about angry women. Where does anger show up for most of us, what drives it and what are some helpful ways to process it.

Join me on a journey of self-discovery when it comes to my own anger. My intention is to normalise the feeling of anger, diminish the shame associated with it and give women like you permission to understand and process the emotion constructively and from a place of love.

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Understanding your anger - Welcome to the taboo topic of "The Angry Woman."

Not really what you're expecting from a happiness hacker right? Well it's with good reason that I open the door to this important conversation.

In this podcast series, we'll explore how anger shows up in the every day and why you're not the only angry woman in the world.

Together, through honest conversation and science, we'll look to understand our anger, normalise the feeling as a valid emotion and provide practical insights for processing it constructively (rather than destructively).

Join me on this journey of self-discovery and unlocking greater happiness and stay tuned for the next episode on the science of the angry woman!

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Your voice should be heard. I’ve started to notice a trend... so many coaching clients come to me to find and share their voice into the world for impact.

How that manifests is unique to every client it might mean starting a podcast, speaking on stage, starting a business or stepping into that leadership position you deserve to own.

Now what I find interesting is that the reason these women often struggle to find their voice and speak their truth is fear.

Fear of judgement and what others will think.

This podcast is about stepping into vulnerability and owning your voice and in the process your truth and your potential.

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A safe space for exhausted women.

An impromptu podcast to address the growing need to support exhausted high-performing women who don't know where to go with how they feel.

In this podcast I want to share with you my response to reflecting on the cries for help I constantly hear from women who long to make a meaningful shift in their work and or life, who know they can't do it alone but are not in a position to pay for a full coaching service and to be frank need something a little different when they are running on empty.

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Have you ever considered what or whom you are attached to, and how that attachment might be holding you back?

I've studied attachment theory in my psychology degree and have recently been digging deep to understand how it impacts my life and how I can let go of it in the service of creating the space for growth.

I wanted to share this experience and the lessons in the hope that it might inspire you to explore your relationship with attachment for your own expansion.

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Meet the coach behind the coach. I started working with Coach Tiffany a year ago to elevate my productivity and create even more space for what gives me meaning and energises my soul. Tiffany Taylor is a Global Speaker, Master Business Coach + Mentor for high-performance business leaders. In this episode of the podcast, we explore how to redefine productivity so that you can unlock your true potential, how to use your calendar to motivate you into taking meaningful action each day, and why vision is critical to progress.

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Why rejection is a sign you're growing & making progress towards your dreams.
Rejection as opportunity, not an obstacle.

How do you feel when you get rejected? For most of us, it can conjure up feelings of not being good enough or failing and then result in us not continuing to progress toward a dream.

But what if rejection was the gateway rather than the dead end to making progress around the things that light a fire in your soul?

In this week's podcast, I share how rejection is fundamental to the opportunities I receive to do the work I love, how it is a sign you are growing and making progress and how to challenge the lens through which you view rejection in order to realise opportunities you never imagined possible.

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This podcast was inspired and is dedicated to the over 100 professional women I have interviewed over the past year who have shared their truth and their desire for wanting to feel like they are living rather than existing.

Consistently what I hear from these women is "I've lost my spark." I look in the mirror and I no longer recognise the woman staring back at me. If this connects then this podcast is also for you.

In this podcast we explore what we mean by spark, why it matters, where I started to find my spark and a couple of simple tools to kick-start reigniting yours.

Enjoy!

The number one ingredient required to grow and expand into the person and the life you long for is space.

Space to reflect, to brainstorm, to plan and to just be and sit in the present moment and allow it to inspire you. Space is what so many of my prospective clients tell me they need and yet for so many of us space feels elusive. Space is and will always be elusive if every moment of every day is full. Space only comes when we let go. Let go of the things that no longer serve the direction we wish to head in.

On this podcast, I bring in a beautiful friend and co-worker Mariah Mcinnes to go deep on why we need to let go in order to lean into more of what gives us meaning.

Together we explore our journey toward letting go of each other after working together for over 2 years and how the courage to do so is allowing both of us to expand our businesses.

Mariah's journey of letting go of a safe career and leaning into the life of a digital nomad will inspire and surprise you in its magic and imperfection.

There are those people that you stumble across that influence the trajectory of your life in ways you could not imagine when you first connect with them.

This week marks a significant milestone in my journey to supporting my clients in making life, career and business transformations that enable happier and healthier living.

I'm finishing up a significant Psychology qualification that started with a tiny step into discomfort which is why in this weeks podcast I want to explore how small changes change your life.

We're going to explore how tiny steps that take like 10 mins can start to shape the life that you longed for. And how these tiny steps start to reduce this feeling of overwhelm that so many of us struggle with that holds us back from stepping into anything that we truly want.

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Do you like a vino but find as you get older no matter how little you drink your sleep becomes restless and the next day you feel shit? Me too! As I push toward my 50s alcohol and I seem to have unconsciously changed our relationship and I'm not enjoying it as much as I used to. I wanted to understand why and what I could do about it so I roped in my dear friend Health & Nutrition Coach Sarah Hopkins to help me find the answer. This podcast is for you if you are looking for an insightful real and raw conversation about aging as a woman, menopause and alcohol. Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy Podcast Thanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!

This episode of the Hacking Happy podcast continues where we left off last week and forms Part 2 in my series entitled What a real 8-year business journey looks like.   

In case you missed Part 1 I highly recommend you venture back and listen to Episode 82 first to get the full story.   

In short, it's 8 years since I turned my back on a crazy salary in a global giant, registered my business name and stepped into the great unknown that comes with building a business from absolutely nothing.  

When I reflect back, I remember thinking can I do this? Am I crazy? This is now one of the most common questions I get asked by prospective coaching clients who want to make a significant shift in their career, and life of the business.  

This is why I created this two-part podcast series,  to expose what it really looks like to build a business over 8 years.  

This is not your Instagram-filtered BS journey of how I became a millionaire in six months it’s a journey into experimentation, expansion, reflection and the roller coaster ride of emotion that goes with it.  

So, strap yourself in as I walk you through my experience in the hope that if you are on the precipice of wanting to make a shift into shaping your own purpose-led business you do so with eyes wide open and a sense of knowing you are not alone.   

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This month I celebrate a milestone of significance in my journey as what I endearingly term a Lifestyleprener.   

It’s eight (8) years since I turned my back on a crazy salary in a global giant, registered my business name and stepped into the great unknown that comes with building a business from absolutely nothing.  

When I reflect back, I remember thinking can I do this? Am I crazy? 

This is now one of the most common questions I get asked from prospective coaching clients who want to make a significant shift in their career, and life of business; this is why in this week’s podcast (and the next), I want to expose what it really looks like to build a business over eight (8) years.  

This is not your Instagram-filtered BS journey of how I became a millionaire in six months; it’s a journey into experimentation, expansion, reflection and the roller coaster ride of emotion that goes with it.  

So, strap yourself in as I walk you through my experience in the hope that if you are on the precipice of wanting to make a shift into shaping your own purpose-led business, you do so with eyes wide open and a sense of knowing you are not alone.   

I know I’m not alone in my conflicted relationship with my body because it’s a conversation that often comes up with coaching clients when we’re exploring what’s holding them back.  

This is why in this podcast, I want to explore with you how our greatest inner struggles can pave the way to unlocking our Moxie, our potential and what it is that lights our soul on fire.  

Curious to find out what Moxie is and how to find yours? Listen now.  

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Imagine shaving off parts of who you really are to fit in and how over time, that would impact your ability to love what you do and who you are.  

Meet Alex Bakowski, a successful executive who, at the top of her game, decided to walk away from her safe career so that she could add back those shaved-off parts, show up as her true self and shape a future of work that enables others to do the same.  

In this story of transformation, Alex shares: 

• How she found the clarity and self-belief to start her first business,
• Why connection is central to meaningful work,
• And why she is committed to shaping more human workplaces.

How alive do you want to feel in 2023?  

I want to feel as alive as I do right now. I’ve filled my days over the past month with the life ingredients that matter to me; family, movement, nature and positive impact.  These are the basic elements that guide what I consider a wholehearted and meaningful life.  

So given where we are at in this week's podcast I want to have a play with what I call the Life Ingredients Awareness tool to help guide you into an intentional and meaningful 2023.    

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In this week's episode, I want to support you in creating the space for reflection at the end of another year and provide you with some powerful hacks on how to step into 2023 with intention, calm, and presence.  

I also throw in some brilliant reflection prompts courtesy of the amazing James Clear, author of Atomic Habits who I had the good fortune to see speak on my recent trip to Mexico.   

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Sophie is a young successful lawyer with a clear purpose to be a voice for equality and integrity in her profession.

A little while back she found herself running on adrenaline, busy was her specialty and it came at a cost. "I didn’t make time for anything that’s just for me. I didn’t know who I was when I’m not ‘Sophie the lawyer”. I knew something needed to change, but I didn't know what that change was."

This week's podcast is all about Sophie and her story of recharging her batteries and her joy.

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Greetings from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. A place encapsulated by magnificent jungles, underground rivers and the Caribbean sea and a culture that dates back to BC.

I’m trying to put into words how this place makes me feel and it’s difficult but let me try.

As I sit and soak it in, I realise how being surrounded by such an abundance of nature brings a feeling of calm, of inner peace and a clarity of mind and creativity.

Yet there is an inner battle, it’s real and it’s illogical.

It’s the battle between making the most of being halfway around the world in paradise and just allowing the day to unfold without the distraction of back home.

I feel this jungle oasis calling me to connect with nature, and yet my phone calls me also. It’s saying if you don’t take me, you might miss capturing that moment.

It’s that inner conflict between what we feel we should do and what our body is telling us we need - disconnection from distraction and reconnection to what is innately human.

These are all the reasons why this week’s podcast if focused on how surrendering to nature and injecting more of it into your life in small simple ways provides a basis not only for a greater sense of calm but it equally has shown to recharge your attention muscle!

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