Today I’m super excited to chat with Marybeth Gregg. Marybeth is the President and Founder of the Gregg Resource Group and the International Center for Women's Leadership.

Marybeth is an International Coach, Speaker and Author of the book How to Soar with a Broken Wing - Finding Tiny Moments of Joy Every Day. She is also a contributing author in the new book, Wellness Wisdom.

What you’ll hear about:

• Learning through grief
• Knowing you’re not alone
• It’s not selfish to receive help
• Finding small moments of joy use the ABC method – Aware, take a Break, get Curious
• Spend time outside and take a pause
• Living your values
• Understanding your perfectionism
• If it’s not joyful, I’m not doing it!
• The power of women in leadership
• Our everyday interactions mean so much
• We’re all leaders in our own life regardless of our role
• Listening to our hearts and live with intention

Weekly Challenge : Spend time being self aware. Get away from the noise and electronics.

Power of Music : Don’t worry be happy by Bobby McFerrin

Links:

Gregg Resource Group Website

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Today I welcome Alun Bedding to the show. Alun has worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a statistician for over 30 years and four years ago qualified as a coach through the Academy of Executive Coaching in 2020, gaining the International Coaching Federation credential of Associate Certified Coach in 2023.

Since 2020, he has amassed over 400 hours of coaching working with individuals and teams. A passionate advocate of coaching, he has appeared on podcasts, webinars and blogs extolling the benefits of coaching.

He believes that coaching is for everyone and that anyone can benefit from a good coach.

What you’ll hear about:

• Leaders as coaches
• Creating space for people to think
• You don’t have to know all the answers
• Find people around you to practise with
• The art of not interrupting people
• The beauty of silence
• Finding the people who help you show up authentically
• Don’t become the advice monster
• Stay curious and ask questions
• The confusion around the word “coach” and whether it’s directive or indirective
• Who am I?

Weekly Challenge : Be present in a conversation. Be an active listener and be in a world of not knowing.

Power of Music : In the end by Linkin Park

Links:

Alun’s LinkedIN

Alun Bedding coaching and consulting website

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Today I speak to Geoff McDonald. Geoff was previously the Global Vice-President of HR, Marketing, Communications, Sustainability at Unilever, and is now a global advocate, campaigner and consultant in addressing the stigma of mental ill-health in the workplace and elevating wellbeing to a strategic priority in the C suite.

He is a very much sought-after keynote speaker, who inspires and provokes organisations to put wellbeing at the centre of everything they do, with a reputation for energising and motivating audiences to take action in creating workplaces that enhance the lives of all employees.

What you’ll hear about:

• The powerful emotions of love and hope
• Being open to talking to friends and colleagues
• The stigma of mental ill–health
• Understanding anxiety and depression
• How companies are supporting people with mental ill-health in the workplace
• Reflect on your own relationship to mental-ill health
• Start the conversation on mental-ill health in your team/company
• Tell your story
• Bring in an external catalyst to gain awareness and start the conversation
• Move from the rationale to the story-telling
• Understanding not everyone is a great story-teller
• Get the right permissions before you share your story
• What does asking for help mean?

Weekly Challenge : See if you can take on some “CAN DO” everyday - Connection, Be Active, Be Nice to someone, Discover, Observe

Power of Music : Don’t let the old man in by Toby Keith

Links:

Geoff’s LinkedIN

Geoff’s Website

Minds @ Work

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Today I speak to Kristelle Siarza Moon. Kristelle is a business executive, non-profit founder and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in digital communications and leadership. In 2014, she founded Siarza Social Digital – a 360 degree digital marketing firm that pivots on innovation, curation and creativity.

As a proud Filipina, Kristelle founded the Asian Business Collaborative to support Asian business owners – an often underrepresented group in the business community. The collaborative was founded when Kristelle identified a lack of small business support to Asian owned businesses during the 2020 pandemic, the “non-profit in the making” was formed to focus on prosperity with a cultural competency lens.

What you’ll hear about:

• The importance of family in driving your purpose and priorities
• Finding a mentor
• Building community and its influence in decision making
• Jumping fully into opportunities
• Using community to grow and evolve
• Starting up a non-profit organisation
• Getting comfortable failing forward
• Being authentic can be a differentiator
• Don’t be boring
• Compassion for each other in a team
• Focussing on teachable moments

Weekly Challenge : When you wake up in the morning what do you ask yourself and when you get home are you the person you wanted to be during the day?

Power of Music : Love Train by The O’Jays

Links:

Kristelle’s LinkedIN

Siarza Agency

Asian business collaborative

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I’m super excited to chat with Michele Kuei today. Michele is your go-to coach in Visibility Marketing and a wizard at content and email marketing strategies.

She’s the founder of Elevate LifeCoaching, where she's all about helping

Female coaches turn their passion into a thriving business. Her journey has taken her from playing small with physical disability to hiking Machu Picchu, and now, she's a rising star in the marketing world. Michelle is the kind of person who not only knows her stuff but also knows how to make a real connection and light up a room.

What you’ll hear about:

• Most of us walk around thinking we’re authentic when we’re not
• Authenticity has to embody truly who you are
• The hard lesson of acceptance
• Body shaming
• The importance of hitting rock bottom to motivate you
• Self-reflection
• Putting yourself as the priority
• Recognising the small wins from being dedicated
• A pivotal moment in asking for help
• Everyone of us has a Hero inside
• Owning the room
• Having commitment for yourself
• 5 step confidence process
• The importance of belonging

Weekly Challenge : Find one thing that makes you forget about the time and you can indulge in

Power of Music : Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes

Links:

Michelle’s LinkedIN

Michelle’s Instagram

Elevate Life Coaching Website

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Today I chatted with Brian Sachetta. Brian is the author and owner of Get Out of Your Head®, a brand and book series that seeks to help folks overcome anxiety and depression.

By trade, Brian is a software developer. He combines his experiences in the tech

world with previous mental health battles to draw parallels between computer

systems and the human mind and give readers practical strategies for evading

their own psychological demons.

Brian currently has two books launched, “Get Out of Your Head: A Toolkit for

Living with and Overcoming Anxiety” and “Get Out of Your Head Vol. 2: Navigating

the Abyss of Depression.”

His mission is to help as many sufferers as possible.

What you’ll hear about:

• Using your personal story to help others
• The benefit of frameworks
• Creating cathartic moments for yourself
• Make sure your capabilities match what the market is looking for
• Managing expectations
• Self-inflicted pressure
• Authenticity creates better conversations
• Authenticity being a branding tool
• Not being authentic can lead others to pigeonhole you in the wrong areas
• The importance of tough love

Weekly Challenge : Find someone this week to share something you don’t usually share

Power of Music : Self Revolution by Killswitch Engage

Links:

Brian’s LinkedIN

Get out of your head Instagram

Get out of your head website

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Today you’ll hear about 4 different books. From our last four guests on the podcast : Darby Vannier, Claire Brittain, Victoria Pelletier, Margaret Mary O’Connor

You’ll have to listen to match the book to the person :)

What you’ll hear about:

• Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
• Let it Go by Dame Stephanie Shirley
• Quiet by Susan Cain
• What they don’t teach you in Catholic College. Women in the priesthood and the mind of Christ by John Wijngaards

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Today we chat with author Margaret Mary O’Connor. Margaret has been called, “The Modern Day David” on many occasions. On a mission to reveal carefully guarded secrets of the Catholic Church, she unveils the truth through her well-researched writings.

Author of Scandal in the Shadows and Journey of a Celiac’s Soul, Margaret Mary is a force to be reckoned with. She also hosts her own podcast Your Radical Truth for those wanting to get monthly insights from Margaret and her guests.

What you’ll hear about:

• The importance of early childhood memories in creating a purpose
• Women’s ordination
• Women in the priesthood
• The motivation that comes from finding your purpose
• Keep asking questions, even when others think the answer is definitive
• The importance of diversity in decision making
• Cultural prejudice
• Listen! If you are spending money and time to investigate a topic. Listen to what the results are saying
• Get out of your comfort zone

Weekly Challenge : Go back to an area you think you’re an expert and do a further deep dive and see if there is an alternative viewpoint you haven’t considered.

Power of Music : I will survive by Gloria Gaynor

Links:

Margaret Mary O’Connor LinkedIN

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