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With a background in journalism – “serious” journalism, Karenna never expected the flavour and focus of her eventual Next Chapter to encompass helping women to find love and improve their relationships. She enjoyed the challenge of news journalism, was enticed by broadcasting and was anchored in the value of tangible success by her academic family. If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review the Next Chapter Podcast in iTunes - your feedback is hugely appreciated and very helpful. If you have not left an iTunes review before and are not quite sure how to, I've created a page on my website that takes you through the very easy steps- you can view that page here. Thank you so much!

“I loved it until I didn’t anymore” is the way Shelli described her feelings about her corporate career with Proctor and Gamble. By all measurements it had been a very successful experience, with Shelli rising to the top with her leadership, project management, event planning and teaching skills. But it was time for a change. Her own Next Chapter was looming and so she began to lay the foundation for her new direction 2 years before she actually took early retirement at 52.

A lifetime of chronic pain subsided when Kristen discovered Pilates and this incredible experience opened the door to what she knows is her life’s’ work - “helping people to enjoy being in their body” as they bring Pilates into their everyday life for strength, flexibility and longevity.  

It was testing the concept of mini experiments out for herself that helped Nikki Smith to truly understand the power of starting small, going slow and trying on a next chapter for size before fully committing, boots and all.

One of the things I am asked most often in my Clarity Sessions is “how do I package my services?”. And it’s a great question, as this is the backbone of your business and what I call your “Offer Staircase”.

Larissa Halls from Everyday Inspiration and I catch up for our monthly wholehearted conversation where we focus in on juicy topics in the areas of Mindset, Motivation, Psychology and more…. This month we dig down into the concepts of self-support and self-advocacy as essential tools and philosophies for your Next Chapter Journey. If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review the Next Chapter Podcast in iTunes - your feedback is hugely appreciated and very helpful. If you have not left an iTunes review before and are not quite sure how to, I've created a page on my website that takes you through the very easy steps- you can view that page here. Thank you so much!

In 2009 Brenda and her family arrived in Tasmania from South Africa. It was a dream come true, a breath of fresh air, a safe haven and the opportunity to start afresh after a corporate career.  But it was also a shock.  “I not very domesticated, and didn’t do well in captivity” laughed Brenda when we spoke. “And to be honest, I felt as though I had lost my identity. I was no longer the Corporate High Achiever. So who was I? I had no job in this new city, was a stay at home Mum for the first time in a very long time and I wanted, needed, to contribute. And so the journey into redefining myself began”.  Brenda’s ‘Phoenix moment” revealed itself when she was googling “work from home” and the amongst all of the results, the topic of coaching came up. She realise that she wanted to be coached, to help her find a new path forward. The door opened, the dots connected and not long after, Brenda found herself travelling to Melbourne completing Certificate 4 in Coaching.   Today Brenda provides a powerful blend of busi

Just over 30 yeas ago Lynn Robinson arrived at the funeral of a friend and heard a voice telling her to “please sit here”, beside a woman that she did not know. She took her seat, but when she looked around to thank the speaker, there was no one physically there. In a beautiful example of divine timing, universal support and the importance of following your intuition, the conversation that followed threw open the door to a wonderful new world for Lynn. She responded to the simple question of what do you do, with what she truly desired to be - “I’m an Intuitive Reader” rather than the actuality of her current situation, “Project Manager at a Software Firm”. The woman asked to book a reading and ended up sharing the experience with her audience – she was a writer for the local paper. Over 500 enquiries flowed through to Lynn’s fledging business over the next month. She never looked back and a flourishing, deeply rewarding career has been the result. If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review

Angella Johnson did all the right things in her business. She followed the formula. Took on board the advice. Implemented like crazy. Soared past the coveted six figures and then some… From the outside looking in you’d think everything was fabulous. But feelings of heaviness and obligation were her reality and burn out and dissatisfaction were the results and she knew there had to be another way. One day Angella asked herself “If I trusted myself, what would I choose here?” And when she truly listened for and opened to her answers – not anyone else’s, the world opened up again. In one of the most energetic and connected conversations I’ve had on this Podcast, Angella shares her perspective on coaching – “empowering people to find their own truth” and the journey she took from following the formula to trusting herself. If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review the Next Chapter Podcast in iTunes - your feedback is hugely appreciated and very helpful. If you have not left an iTunes review bef

Russ Harris is the author of The Happiness Trap, The Confidence Gap and the Reality Slap amongst many others. I was first exposed to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy through these books and am delighted to share his insights about how you can rise up in the face of challenges in this episode. If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review the Next Chapter Podcast in iTunes - your feedback is hugely appreciated and very helpful. If you have not left an iTunes review before and are not quite sure how to, I've created a page on my website that takes you through the very easy steps- you can view that page here. Thank you so much!

Penney was, in her own words, “terrified” when she left her corporate job, wondering how on earth she would ever be paid again. That’s a familiar feeling for many of us who step out into a whole new world when we leave the security of a weekly paycheck behind. It wasn’t easy at first, but Penney soon began to realise that trial and error and the courage to say yes to opportunities even when she was not entirely sure she had all the answers were the keys to growth and confidence. “I was so happy to realise that the things I’d done in my 20’s, 30’s ad 40’s, none of them had been wasted, it’s all connected and every single experience I had has been of value for my business and life today” If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review the Next Chapter Podcast in iTunes - your feedback is hugely appreciated and very helpful. If you have not left an iTunes review before and are not quite sure how to, I've created a page on my website that takes you through the very easy steps- you can view that page

Larissa Halls from Everyday Inspiration and I catch up for our monthly wholehearted conversation where we focus in on juicy topics in the areas of Mindset, Motivation, Psychology and more…. This month we dig down into the fallacy of there being a specific timetable for business growth and success that we all need to follow. We’re keen to dispel this myth and reassure you that in Your Next Chapter you get to define what the path looks like for you! If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review the Next Chapter Podcast in iTunes - your feedback is hugely appreciated and very helpful. If you have not left an iTunes review before and are not quite sure how to, I've created a page on my website that takes you through the very easy steps- you can view that page here. Thank you so much!

It was a slow wake up, a resurfacing for Veronica. A growing realisation that she was no longer willing to follow other people’s agendas or help to build other people’s dreams. Although her career to date had been fulfilling and impactful and definitely successful by any means of measurement, it was time for change. It was her turn. Her time to create the business that was calling her. And there was a deeper realisation too. A readiness to embrace the truth that true joy had left many years prior, when her young daughter passed away. Emotions had been pushed down that needed to be brought to the surface and expressed. It was time for transformation, in all its forms! The quest for wholeness began. If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review the Next Chapter Podcast in iTunes - your feedback is hugely appreciated and very helpful. If you have not left an iTunes review before and are not quite sure how to, I've created a page on my website that takes you through the very easy steps- you can vi

Colleen Darby has always been an artist but at a young age she was told that she “needed to earn a living” and so her artistic talent and dreams were put on the back shelf. But strong dreams often have a way of staying around and years later, when her Marketing Director position was rocked by a significant pay cut, she had dinner with her husband and spoke that dream out loud again. Not long later she was an Artist in Residence at a hospital, a next chapter in a long and richly rewarding creative story that still continues today. In 2013 at 50, when her child left for college, and with a personal experience of living through cancer, a painting sabbatical and a new project beckoned… and she responded. Colleen remembered a time when she was an Artist in Residence when a stray comment “such a beautiful day outside” was met with a sad “I wouldn’t know, it always looks the same from here” from the patient. This memory fuelled her passion project - LandEscapes Painting Series - A View for a Room: Transforming Healt

One of the “secret weapons” of my business and life is Larisa Halls from Everyday Inspiration. Larissa has helped me work through many of the mindset challenges that inevitably pop up when you are committed to expansion and her insights, provocative questions and ability to facilitate deep self-awareness and change over time has been invaluable. So much so that I’ve decided to open up one Podcast episode a month to wholehearted discussion about all things mindset and personal development. We’ll range across a myriad of topics when we get together, sharing our own experiences and exploring common themes and new ideas, and welcome your questions too. In todays episode, we talk about setting the “right” goals – what does that mean for you?  If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review the Next Chapter Podcast in iTunes - your feedback is hugely appreciated and very helpful. If you have not left an iTunes review before and are not quite sure how to, I've created a page on my website that takes yo

February is the new January in my world! Or at least that’s the way it has been in 2017… I’ve begun the year a little later than usual and, rather than default to my old patterns of berating myself over what I haven’t done, I’m choosing to embrace what I have and what I will instead. And that means leaning into intuition in 2017 and making some changes. The beauty of having your own Next Chapter business that is often a personal brand is the fact that you get to design, refine and realign it to fit you. That’s the entrepreneurial freedom that is so often referred too. Not necessarily the “laptop lifestyle” where you get to work from anywhere in the world, but the simple ease and joy of making the choices that light you up and serve your clients and community too. And so, after a lengthy “time out” over Christmas and new year, prioritising my family and the changes that are happening in our dynamic, I’m delighted to be back to Podcasting and anticipating a wonderful year ahead! I’m sharing some of the upcoming

It’s It’s that time of the year isn’t it? The time were we begin to reflect on the year that has been and looking forward to the year that will be. The questions politely sit in the back of your mind and wait for your attention. They may be patient, but they’re persistent little suckers and won’t leave you alone until you give them the time they want and need. They’ll be quite personal and unique for each of us, but in essence we’re wondering. How was this year? Am I satisfied? Did it go well? What could I have done better? What will the new year be like? Am I on track, on purpose? Is it time to change? Or shall I continue? I’m in exactly the same boat right now. Considering, questioning, evaluating, comparing, wondering, thinking… and in this weeks episode I share my experiences of 2016 with you, the pain and the growth, the rule breaking and the letting go, the gratitude and the new intentions. I encourage you to gently, with self-compassion and optimism, regard your year behind and the one waiting for yo

Katherine Hann started life with a huge advantage – an extraordinary role model. Her Mother was one of just 3 women in a class of 80 when she attended University in the 1950’s and she always told Katherine “anything is possible, you just have to try and it doesn’t matter if you don’t get there the first time, keep going”. Those sage words provided a guiding light for Katherine as she moved through her own career from a Lab Technician to Call Centre Manager, to customer service and sales to Management roles in the Hungry Jacks chain. She was always seeking, changing, excelling and moving, not tied down by a particular plan, but always keenly aware of how each role appealed to her and when she needed more. The chameleon in her began to set down the anchor for her next, and most rewarding, chapter when she had her “BBQ Moment”. A conversation with a friend, who became a Mentor, opened the door to the world of Financial Planning, a world that allowed Katherine to combine her love of travel with her deep affinity

Tara Mohr’s own Next Chapter began at the intersection of frustration and hope. Frustration that so many brilliant women could not see their own brilliance and were holding back from sharing their gifts with the world and the pain she could see that caused them, and hope that, when shown a way to change things, that more women would then step up and become the wise and compassionate leaders we are so capable of. That’s when her model of Playing Big was born, forged from hundreds of conversations, thousands of coaching hours and her own personal experience in Corporate America where a woman’s voice was not always heard. In this wholehearted conversation Tara and I explore some of the key themes in her book, of the same name and explore many ways in which you can connect with your own Inner Mentor to follow your callings, sidestep the perfectionism that can see you “designing at the whiteboard” for far too long, embrace feedback and let go of the pressure of creating success. An inspiring conversation with an i

Linda is a classic example of a woman who has evolved with curiosity and grace into her Next Chapter. It might initially be difficult to imagine someone with a background in “hard core strategic planning and consulting”, to use her words, transitioning into teaching, coaching and mentoring around the Law of Attraction, but Linda confidently shows us that anything is possible when you tune into your intuition and take baby steps in the direction that is calling you. In this wholehearted conversation we explore key learning’s and insights from Linda’s own journey and discuss some of the ways in which you can tune into your own energy and awareness so you can begin to move in a new direction that’s right for you.  If you are enjoying this show, please take a moment to review the Next Chapter Podcast in iTunes - your feedback is hugely appreciated and very helpful. If you have not left an iTunes review before and are not quite sure how to, I've created a page on my website that takes you through the very easy ste