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022 Take courageous action | Brenda Tsiaousis

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“Taking action was a very big antidote for the doubt and a very big antidote to the lack of confidence”
— Brenda Tsiaousis -

There is nothing quite like uprooting yourself and your family when you migrate only to realise your identity was locked in your career and your self-confidence along with it.  The fabulous thing is that Brenda turned her story around and now lives by the philosophy of taking courageous action and supports other women to have the courage to bloom.

Inspire yourself with these essential insights from Brenda

We spoke about

  • Brenda’s transition from corporate high flyer to entrepreneur in a new country

  • The value of journaling and gratitude as part of a daily routine

  • How a dip in confidence was connected to a loss of identity of external things

  • Getting clear on what Brenda's identity was rooted in

  • Reviewing and repurposing strengths and skills

  • The benefits of taking action

  • Balancing a business with being a mother and the family

  • Valuing self-care and nurture

  • Cultivating positivity

  • Knowing that we are enough

Value Quotes

“I find that many women who are presenting themselves online lack the confidence and courage to actually take the action”

“One of my biggest challenges as well has been the doubt and confidence issues that go with building a business online”

“All you need to do for personal growth is to become an entrepreneur”

“I have a lot more clarity from journaling and I didn’t expect that”

“The more you express gratitude the better life looks”

“The dip in confidence was loss of identity, not having the status, the title, the fancy houses and cars and good income”

“Taking action was a very big antidote for the doubt and a very big antidote to the lack of confidence”

“Concept of courageous action is doing it even though we do feel uncomfortable because realising that what we really want is on the other side of that comfort zone”

“They need to care for themselves, they only have one of them”

“I can highly recommend and suggest to people that when they get that part of their life right (sic spirituality) everything else seems to flow”

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Until next time fabulous podcast listener, I’m Bev and I invite you to live the fab life with me now!

Episode Links

You can find Brenda Tsiaousis at:

Website:  http://brendatsiaousis.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/brenda.tsiaousis/

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021 The power of choice | Dr Micaela Becattini

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“Surrender and let go knowing that we have the power to make choices”
— Dr Micaela Becattini -

Can you imagine the stress and frustration of migrating to a country where you don’t speak the language nor understand the culture? Being a migrant myself I can imagine how much more difficult it would make the integration of old and new. Micaela uses her own experience and her vast training to support people to navigate life transitions by mastering their mindset, to understand their emotions and tap into their true resilience so they can move through changes smoothly without suffering a complete meltdown!

Inspire yourself with these essential insights from Micaela

We spoke about

  • Micaela’s own intense life transition

  • The distinction between transition and change

  • Our default position when we feel afraid

  • The cycle of loss and how self-awareness supports navigation

  • The value of surrendering and letting go

  • The importance of writing down our needs, wants and desires

  • Rediscovering our values and feeding gratitude

  • Recalibrating a victim attitude

  • The fundamental value of list of absolute no’s

  • Clarity of our needs and values in order to effectively communicate with others

  • The value of being explicit about your needs and taking action

  • Being comfortable with our emotions

  • Judgement versus remaining open to the possibilities life gives us

Value Quotes

“I had to dispute all the negative thinking I was going through”

”Know that these transitions could take time”

“We take time to change our habits, or to heal or to move forward”

“Transition is such a personal journey”

“Take care of ourselves and build a good support system”

“Although it is not possible to solve every problem it is important to consider possible solutions”

“What helped me to overcome this victim attitude was to take care of myself”

“Certain habits no longer reflect our new way of seeing our life”

“Our habits can change if the aim is to take more care of ourselves”

“When you are aware of your needs and your values it is easier to communicate what is really important to you”

“We need to remember that we need to be flexible and open minded”

“Everything can change, in fact the only certain things in life is change”

“Consider that the extremes don’t really help but we need to find the line where we can feel comfortable to say this is what I think”

“Keep expressing your true self and your vulnerability”

“I’m a believer that we need to help men to be emotionally aware and emotionally available”

“Let fear walk beside us and not in front of us. We need to be courageous”

“We need to be open to new learning. We need to be open to connect in new ways to embrace the change”

If you got value from this episode if you have not yet done so please Subscribe, Rate and Review on iTunes or Stitcher. You can follow the instructions here.  If you know someone else that would get value from this episode as well please share it with them.

Until next time fabulous podcast listener, I’m Bev and I invite you to live the fab life with me now!

Episode Links

You can find Dr Micaela Becattini at:

Website: www.micaelabecattini.com.au

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/micaela.lifetransitionspecialist/

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020 Power of perspective | Katie Wyatt

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“Living fabulously comes back to living with joy”
— Katie Wyatt -

If it weren’t for Katie Wyatt I wouldn’t be podcasting! Her enthusiasm and love for the podcasting platform lit a flame in me. So this is a celebratory 20th episode with my podcast coach as we explore my two favourite topics of wellbeing and sleep with the perspective that these are investments because we are playing a longer game.

Inspire yourself with these essential insights from Katie

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We spoke about

  • Katie’s crisis of health and path over 10 years
  • How a health crisis inspired changes in her personal and business life
  • Constant attention and reinspiration on the wellness journey
  • The value of investing in results over a long period of time
  • Perspectives about self-care
  • The concept of the one thing instead of multi-tasking
  • The #ladyboss experiment with sleep
  • Combining simplicity with consistency
  • The Wellness Entrepreneur and #Ladyboss Chats podcasts
  • Living with joy and changing what’s not working in our lives
  • Power of our own perspective and mindset

Value Quotes

“I think wellbeing is one of those never ending journeys”

”It was under the radar enough that I could ignore it and keep living my partying mid-twenties life”

“The best thing about it is it did change my entire mindset about what wellbeing really means”

“It’s been an up and down road for sure”

“Having an overarching commitment to be a healthy person who lives for a long time who sees my children grow up is there at the back of my mind constantly helping me self correct”

“Anything worth doing in life we have to do consistently”

“Health and wellness is an investment in a long term game”

“Finding ways in the short term to give yourself that instant feedback”

“Self-care is that whole thing about putting your oxygen mask on first before you can help others”

“I have a tendency to over-commit. I have a tendency to think I can do more than I can”

“The concept that I cannot multi-task so therefore I want to give my attention to one thing at a time”

“In order to do that and do it well you almost have to create rituals particularly before you go to bed”

“Living fabulously comes back to living with joy”

“I remember thinking this can’t be all there is”

“It was a turning point for me in realising I was going through the motions”

“We are only here once so making sure that we are not finding ourselves on this constant cycle of not enjoying where I’m at

“Now is the time, there is no better time to make a change”

“The thing that will move you from where you are to being somewhere else is action”

“The status quo only exists because of inertia”

If you got value from this episode and if you have not yet done so please Subscribe, Rate and Review on iTunes or Stitcher. You can follow the instructions here.  If you know someone else that would get value from this episode as well please share it with them.

Until next time fabulous podcast listener, I’m Bev and I invite you to live the fab life with me now!

Episode Links

You can find Katie Wyatt at:

Website:  http://katiewyatt.me/

Face book: bit.ly/startgrowthrive

The One Thing by Gary Kellar: http://www.the1thing.com/