Living with Purpose

Have you ever found yourself paralysed by busyness? You have so much to do that you have become completely unproductive because you feel overwhelmed. The pressure has caused your creative juices to dry up or you are sitting with writer’s block. On the flip side have you been out on run, at a gallery or in the car listening to your favourite song and suddenly you have a hit of inspired inspiration, the ideas are sparking, and you can’t wait to take action? Let’s talk hustle and flow From a very young age most of us are taught that to achieve in life you must work hard – in fact the harder you work the more you achieve (sound familiar). I have subscribed to this societal and family value for most of my life. That was until I hit 40 and someone introduced me to a new paradigm of living. This new paradigm is not just about working hard and hustling for results, it is about that tapping into creativity, inspiration and fulfillment. What if you could achieve more by doing less? Sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it! Well, I have been unlearning the old ways of productivity and discovering the joy and effectiveness of working in a flow state. This is not to say there aren’t times to hustle, to dig deep and to work hard but I believe this must be balanced with flow. Want to know what a flow state is? Understand the benefits of a flow state? Would you like to know how to get in a flow state? Take a listen to today’s podcast – I share my insights on this topic in this short 20-minute episode.

I had the privilege of speaking to the charismatic and inspiring Fiona Fenwick about finding your ‘who’. Fiona is an author, keynote speaker, leadership coach and an authority on personal reputation, influence and your personal brand. She discusses the importance of finding your ‘who’ - your authentic self, so you can do what you are best at in life and do it consistently. This authentic self is essentially your personal brand. Fiona’s latest book, ‘Stand Out and Step Up’ is a toolkit for those wanting to achieve success by managing their personal brand successfully and gaining the reputation and influence they deserve. If you want to get a feel for the book Fiona gives away the first two chapters,www.fifteenminutes.co.nz. If you download the chapters, you can to do the exercise on your core values that make up your authentic self – your ‘who’ (mentioned in the podcast) you can get that FREE on page 16. In our podcast today, we discuss: • How to find your ‘who’ • How to develop your own personal brand (in an authentic way) • What happens when you don’t feel like your authentic self in the work you do • How do we find out how other people perceive us? • Why your reputation is so important • Why does influence = success • How do we become more influential in what we do (be it a mother, business owner and/or leader) • How can we polish our own diamond (because we have a rough diamond in all of us)? • Fiona’s daily practices to keep her feeling aligned while leading others. And SO MANY pearls of wisdom from Fiona. Connect with Fiona: Website – you can get two free chapters of her book here! www.fifteenminutes.co.nz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StandOutandStepUp LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionafenwick/ About Fiona Fenwick Fiona Fenwick has been successfully developing, managing and protecting corporate and individual reputations in Europe, the USA and Australasia for over 30 years Fiona has worked at an Executive level within major global companies such as Procter & Gamble, ICI and BP as well as senior positions in sports including English Premiership Football prior to founding her own company in 1992 and growing this to be one of the largest private public relations consultancies in the UK. Following her move to New Zealand in 2001, she has provided strategic communications advice on many major national and international issues in both the corporate and sports sectors. Under her company brand ‘fifteenminutes’, Fiona not only works with leaders in the corporate world, she also works alongside many New Zealand and International sporting organisations and provides reputation and personal brand support to a number of elite athletes and individuals who are under constant public scrutiny. Fiona is also an Independent Director of a number of organisations including the Marlborough Chamber of Commerce. Fiona is also a mentor and coach and is a founder and facilitator in the highly regarded ‘Female Leader’ residential programme. Fiona is a professional speaker on a personal brand, reputation and influence, media commentator and columnist and manager of a New Zealand Paralympian.

Monique Rhodes has a mission – to help the world become a happier, calmer, more peaceful place. When you meet Monique she, herself embodies all of these qualities. Monique is positive, insightful and inspiring and she has led a truly extraordinary life. I discovered Monique through her 10 Minute Mind practice, a guided mindful meditation program that you can do from the comfort of your own home in just 10 minutes. After listening to Monique’s guided meditation and her daily insights into the mind, happiness and living with intention, I couldn’t help but think this woman is living her purpose. What I didn’t know was this fellow kiwi had spent most of her life travelling the world (currently living in LA). Monique was a professional platinum-selling musician, she has worked with the spiritual greats (from the Dalai Lama to Eckhart Tolle and was nominated as New Zealander of the year. I absolutely loved my conversation with Monique, she is a woman who has such a plethora of life insights about how to work with the mind and how to find true happiness, it is impossible to capture it all in on hour. On this podcast Monique Shares: • How meditation changed her life • How our thoughts can be like a bad movie (and how we can change them) • How overstimulation is impacting us • Why happiness is a habit and something we have to practice  • How we can train our mind to go to a positive place • Why everything is moveable but the most powerful person to shift things is yourself • Why feeling your intention is so important • Why she is a cheerleader for bringing people together Heart Beats Album – Music Infused Insights https://www.soundstrue.com/store/heart-beats-3416.html Enjoy a Free 10 Day Trial of the 10 Minute Mind HERE https://the10minutemind.com/?sc_ref=dpAd60tjIz1heZMM

Are you curious about how we can optimize our brain health? Ever wondered whether our mental and physical wellbeing are a result of nature or nurture? Have you ever pondered how the women’s brain works (a question for both men and women)? Dr. Sarah McKay is an increasingly influential brain health commentator, neuroscientist and TEDx speaker who specialises in translating brain science research into simple, actionable strategies for peak performance, creativity, mental health and wellbeing. In today’s podcast with Dr. Sarah Mckay we will discuss the fascinating topic of the brain and she will share the science behind what makes the brain happy, healthy and in optimal condition. On this episode you will discover: •  What shapes our brain •  The fundamental need for connection •  The Women’s Brain •   How women and men are socialized to be different •   The surprising research around PMS •   Why our expectation of our health is so important •   Why purpose is key to happiness •   The importance of napping And so much more! If you are interested in the brain and enjoy Sarah’s insights, you will love her Neuroscience Academy. The Neuroscience Academy is a 10-week, accredited, the professional-development program in applied neuroscience and brain health. Sarah’s next course starts on the 1st of October (so be quick). You can learn more about the course here. Dr. McKay completed an MSc and Ph.D. in neuroscience at Oxford University in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics. She sums up her Ph.D. thesis up in four words, ‘Nature, Nurture or Neuroplasticity?’ After five years at the lab bench conducting neuroplasticity research, Sarah worked up the courage to hang up her lab coach and pursue a career teaching others about the mind and brain. She lives on the Northern Beaches in Sydney, Australia with her husband and together they are raising two little surfer dudes. Sarah writes for numerous publications and has been published extensively for consumers and professional audiences. She’s been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Australian Women’s Health, Daily Life, Sydney Morning Herald, Body & Soul, and has been heard and seen on SBS Insight, ABC Radio National, Balance by Deborah Hutton, Channel 7, The Exchange TV and others. Sarah has won numerous awards for her blog, in particular for supporting wellness and mental health. Sarah’s blog can be read by visiting, www.yourbrainhealth.com.au and The Neuroscience Academy can be found at theneuroacademy.com.

Are you curious about experiencing the world in a different way? Are you interested in connecting to something higher than yourself? Would you like to understand how to move from surviving to thriving and how to live with effortless flow? If the answer is yes to any of these please give yourself the gift of listening to this insightful podcast. Louise Laffey is an Intuitive Entrepreneur and a Spiritual Teacher and is someone who has had a profound impact on how I live and how I teach. She has been my personal mentor and teacher for a number of years and it is such an honour to share her thought-provoking conversation with you today. Louise has shared the stage with world leaders in metaphysics such a Deepak Chopra, Martha Beck and many others. Louise is the creator of the game ‘The Wish’, which she will share about in today’s podcast. Through the Wish game, Louise estimates she has shared over 100,000 wishes with fans from over the world helping to manifest wishes for true love, financial freedom, clarity of life purpose, well being & happiness! Louise is someone who embodies energy work. She is deeply connected to what she calls the intelligent field. Louise is incredibly generous in what she shares today, this is like a mini-workshop, there are so many wonderful nuggets of wisdom and inspiration here. In our conversation today, Louise shares: • How to work with the intelligent field • How the Wish game was given to her • What is thriving and what is surviving • How to let go of old energetic patterns How to create financial freedom • If it’s given it’s required • Why we need to feel our feelings • How to live in the effortless flow • Why you need to change your idea of mistakes to choices • The importance of trusting your heart If today’s podcast resonates with you I highly recommend checking out Louise’s work. Louise has generously offered $40 USD off her next Financial Freedom course, which starts in October. Simply enter the code Thrive18 which takes and extra $40 off the Super Save Rate of USD$198 (Standard Price USDE $358. Creating Financial Freedom Course - http://www.louiselaffey.com/creating-financial-freedom-2018 Please note that the discount Super Saver Rate pricing expires Sat 29 Sept US = Sun 30 Sept for all the Aussies & Kiwis! • Louise Laffey Homepage http://www.louiselaffey.com/ • The Wish Website https://www.thewish8.com/ • The Wish Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/thewish8 • The Wish Club Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1573522836248659/ • Wish Store for The Wish Game https://www.thewish8.com/shop • Wish Store for The Wish Game App http://www.thewish8.com/i-wish More about Louise: Louise has shared the stage with some of the world's leading thought leaders in metaphysics like Deepak Chopra, Martha Beck, Jeanne Houston and Mike Dooley. She is a regular guest keynote speaker with The Wish at the renowned Chopra Center in California. In the past, Louise practised as a lawyer and commercial director specialising in multi-million dollar infrastructure and communication projects. She has held a number of senior management positions within both corporate and government and holds University degrees in Law & Commerce (Finance) and an MBA. Louise also owns and manages a private consulting firm, focused on raising conscious awareness within business. She regularly consults to leading Australian and international companies, teaching executive teams how to work with ‘energy’ to create cultural change and improvements to their companies’ bottom lines. Louise shares her time between Sydney, Australia and California, USA. Follow Louise Laffey on social media: • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/louise.laffey.8 • Twitter https://twitter.com/@LouiseLaffey • Instagram https://www.instagram.com/louiselaffey or email Louise at [email protected]

Many of us have a dream, a calling, or a change in direction that we want to pursue, but how do we make the leap from where we are today to where we want to be in the future? We often know in our heart or our gut when it is time to leave a job, change careers or leave a relationship, but we often feel paralysed by the thought of how to achieve this. My guest today, Kate Smith Jamison, was someone who made that leap. It took time, and it required a strategy and support, but she achieved it with grace and equanimity. Kate shares her journey of transition with us on today’s podcast. From being a commodities trader at one of London’s leading investment banks to become a yoga and Ayurveda practitioner in Northern Island, Kate now lives her purpose through helping others enjoy the fruits of these ancient traditions by maintaining healthy, balanced minds and bodies. Kate started practicing yoga 15 years ago as a means to find balance and ground herself amongst the noise and unpredictability of a career working for the major financial powerhouse, Goldman Sachs. What started as a release from a hectic workspace gradually became a lifestyle choice. Through her love for the practice and some key guiding teachers and mentors, Kate completed her yoga teacher training while still working in the city. Kate’s yoga teacher trainer also introduced her to Ayurveda, which was the start of a passionate and rewarding journey. It became increasingly clear to her that yoga and Ayurveda were inextricably intertwined - Kate felt it was vital to practice and study Ayurveda in order to become a more rounded yoga practitioner and teacher. Luckily for her, Dr. Deepa Apte at the Ayurveda Pura Academy was just across London, and under Deepa’s excellent Ayurvedic and Western medical tutelage Kate trained to be an Ayurvedic Therapist and Consultant.  In our conversations Kate shares: • Her journey from commodities trader to yoga and Ayurveda teacher • The moment her heart knew the truth • How to leave on your own terms • Why she engaged others to help her with her transition • How to stay energetically grounded during transition • The importance of equanimity • Why Ayurveda is the art of living wisely • Why we need to listen to our bodies • The importance of the breath • How to drop out of your head space and into your heart • Learning how to ‘be’ rather than just ‘do’ • The importance of knowing you are always supported in your transition • That the universe is always there to catch you Visit her Website, www.theyogaandayurvedaclinic.com or follow her on Facebook - www.facebook.com/tyacbelfast “Master your breath, let the self-be in bliss, contemplate on the sublime within you.” - T. Krishnamacharya

Have you ever wondered about how your physical body impacts your mindset? Can you remember a time in your life when you felt really strong - maybe doing something physical, being at your peak fitness or having a baby? Did you feel empowered in this moment? Alexa Towersey is someone who has a gift for making others feel strong, both mentally and physically and it is her mission to make people, especially women feel empowered through their strength. Alexa Towersey, fondly known as Action Alexa, is International Sports Model, a celebrity trainer and a nutrition and lifestyle coach. She has worked with everyone from the New Zealand All blacks to International Super models. Alexa has graced the cover of Australia Health and Fitness Magazine and is a regular reporter for leading International lifestyle publications. She has also been featured on CNN, Bloomberg and Channel 9. Alexa has many accolades but one of the most impressive achievements is her own story of self-empowerment and her deep desire to empower others through their bodies. Through Alexa’s childhood challenges and journey through alcoholism, she paved her way to transformation and discovered that through a strong body you can create a strong mind. Alexa is an ambassador to a number of mental health charities and shares her own story to inspire and encourage others. In today’s podcast Alexa shares: • The gift of feeling empowered and why empowerment is her favourite thing • Why sharing her vulnerability and helping others through her story is her definition of success • The defining moment that was the biggest game changer in her life • How being empowered in the weights room translate to rest of your life • How she achieves such incredible results with sculpting people’s bodies • The importance of saying no and setting boundaries • Why 60 – 70% of training is mindset • Her moment of clarity about her purpose and calling • The importance of listening to your body • Why resilience is the greatest thing she has ever learnt • Why who you spend your time with is so important She is an ambassador for www.livin.org.au, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to generating education and awareness around mental health issues and suicide prevention. The movie mentioned in the podcast is suicidetherippleeffect.com. For more information about screenings contact Alexa. Alexa’s online programme – Creating Curves www.alexatowersey.com/online-coaching Website: www.alexatowersey.com Instagram www.instagram.com/actionalexa/ Facebook www.facebook.com/alexa.towersey She is a regular guest speaker and presenter at schools, corporate entities and larger scale events. To book Alexa as a guest speaker or host at your school or corporate event, email her directly.

Today, I welcome Vanessa Jane to the Podcast. Vanessa is a true creative; she’s dynamic, wise and is a shining luminary. Not only is Vanessa a creative strategist, filmmaker and a producer, she is also a spiritual teacher, a somatic body practitioner, an NLP practitioner, and a long list of other talents. Today Vanessa shares her journey through her own deep soul work and spiritual excavation. She talks about how she was able to uncover her repressed creativity, and from there discover her true work in the world: the embodiment of creativity and helping others to fully creatively express themselves by supporting them to build empires, create masterpieces and climb mountains. Vanessa orchestrates the creation of businesses, programs, exhibitions, films, products - anything that lives inside each of us as a dream. Creative strategy and mentoring hit the mark for her. Vanessa radiates with excitement when helping others to harness their imagination and bold visions with robust plans to create businesses, creative projects and other endeavours that reveal tangible Life Purpose. Today Vanessa Shares: • The journey from creative repression • How Vanessa made up her own job • How she makes people become visible • Her own story around shame • How people are attracted to your vibration more than anything else • How to rediscover your purpose • What is a luminary • Why people buy heart resonance • Why we have to stop thinking it is all about us • The importance of purpose, intention and spirit You can find Vanessa and her beautiful work below: Website http://vanessajane.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thebrandalchemist Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thevanessajane/ Vimeo https://vimeo.com/vanessajane Connect with me at: Website http://www.simonedennywellness.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nourishinghub Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nourishinghub/ If you enjoyed this podcast on Living with Purpose please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes - this will help it reach more inspired people like you!