Leading You

My guest today is Vanessa Stoykov, a fierce business woman, entrepreneur, financial commentator, and expert. We’re talking today about being a woman of power and getting real about finance.

From her 22 years of owning a financial services education focused media business, Evolution Media Group, Vanessa has a deep understanding of the finance world. She is passionate about sparking courageous conversations for everyday people...

My guest on the podcast today is Dr Amy Silver, a psychologist, speaker, author and media commentator on the management of our emotions for high performance. We’re discussing the role fear plays in our lives and how you can change your relationship with fear to stop playing a small game. 

Amy’s newest best selling book ‘The Loudest Guest: How to control and change your relationship with fear’ provides ...

Learning how to live and lead in alignment with my values and priorities is the most important piece of work I’ve done in my life. 

Regardless of who you are or what you do, it’s completely up to you to lead your life in alignment. 

I’m sharing the 5 things that helped me to become crystal clear on my priorities and how to live a life that’s in alignment with these. Within each of these points, I...

Sometimes life doesn’t always go to plan which is why you need a plan B. 

I’m speaking today with the incredible Shannah Kennedy, master life strategist and coach, wellbeing specialist, and best selling author of “The Life Plan” and “Plan B”. 

Shannah is one of Australia’s foremost strategic coaches with 15 years of experience and she works to transform her client’s career...

My guest today is the amazing Romy Bursztyn, a nutrition and wellness practitioner. Romy has 20 years of experience in the health industry as a registered Integrative Nutritionist, Professional Accredited Health and Wellness Coach, and Body Image Educator. 

All of Romy’s clients have one thing in common, they’re seeking change to the way they eat and to their health and wellbeing. Romy is making it count every day...

My guest this week is the incredible Kiarne Treacy. Kiarne is a marketing and communications professional and entrepreneur with over 16 years of experience. In 2018, she founded KT Marketing, a boutique marketing agency and is driven by her passion to lead with purpose and integrity while fostering an environment that makes people want to come to work every day. 

Kiarne is also using her amazing talents and experience to buil...

My guest today is video ninja, Rebecca Saunders, a sought after video expert who works with business leaders, course creators and speakers to ensure they make their impact on the world with video. 

At 22 years of age, Rebecca made the bold move from the UK to Sydney carrying a laptop and just $500 in her pocket. Her dream was to start a business to sponsor herself to stay in Australia long term. 

Fast fo...

My guest today is Olivia Arezzolo, Australia’s leading sleep expert, speaker, author, coach and advisor and she is here today to share her expertise with you. 

Olivia has been featured in Forbes, the Today Show and Sunrise and her knowledge has been sought by global brands Google, Fitbit and Ikea. She has her own column in Body and Soul and is partners with Sealy Posturepedic. Olivia has recently released her book &lsqu...

I’m chatting with the multitalented Jacinta Tynan today. Jacinta is a highly regarded former Australian news presenter, journalist, author, MC, speaker and life coach. Jacinta has recently published her 5th book, ‘The Single Mother Social Club: Inspiration and advice on embracing single parenthood’ which we’ll be exploring today. 

In this episode, Jacinta is here to talk to us about embracing your stor...

In today’s episode, I’m discussing the power of mindset shifts during a challenge. You can use these shifts in any challenge you’re facing to rewrite your story and change how you look at your life. 

I want to share some surprisingly good things I’ve learned about having cancer. 

Before this diagnosis, I wasn’t present 100% of the time. I now want to live in complete alignme...

Today I’m chatting with the spectacular Mel Williams. Mel finds practical and creative ways for businesses and individuals to diversify, grow and maximise their potential. She is guided by a growth mindset in facilitating marketing and partnership collaborations across leading tier-1 brands, NGOs and not for profits. 

In this episode, Mel is taking us through building connections for growth. She shares how her 2...

My guest today is the pharmacy practice lecturer in the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England, Anna Barwick. Anna is the founder of PharmOnline, the first pharmacist-led telehealth service in Australia. She has also won the 2022 NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year, 2022 NSW Minerals Council Regional Woman of the Year, 2021 NSW Pharmacist of the Year and many more. 

Anna is making it count through her passion for...

This week I have guest Georgia Harding joining me for an in-depth discussion on nutrition and wholistic health. Georgia is a naturopath with 20+years of experience, author, mother, and passionate health educator. She shares free health advice and intolerance allergy-friendly recipes on her website to inspire people to live happy, healthy lives while enjoying amazing food. 

Georgia is passionate about supporting the health of th...

My guest today is my wonderful friend, the unstoppable Sally Coates. Sally has always had a passion for retail and has led large merchandise teams for top-performing ASX listed companies including Woolworths, Wesfarmers and David Jones. 

Sally has also held CEO roles in various SMEs and through her leadership, she has turned them around and increased growth by focusing on developing, implementing, and embedding the transformati...

This week we have the remarkable Mandy Burns on the podcast. Mandy started as a CEO of Variety Victoria mid December 2019 and previously worked with the new social network platform B Collective to take it from a tech start-up to a global movement. She has practised as a psychologist, relationship counsellor and educator in both Melbourne and Perth and I’m so grateful to have her unstoppable energy on the show today. 

Mandy has ...

Do you find yourself conforming to other people’s beliefs and opinions? Scared to disagree? Compromising on your standards and allowing people to cross your boundaries?

You might just be a people pleaser! I know the signs, I was one for my entire life until my late thirties. From childhood, right through to my corporate career I was unaware that I was, effectively, being a different person for different people. I was compr...

I have an extra special episode today to mark the 100th episode of Making It Count! So much has happened since my podcasting journey began and I’ve learned so much from my incredible guests and also about myself. 

Since launching in 2018, three very significant things happened; I turned 50, Covid came along and changed the world forever and I was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma. Through it all, I continued to release episodes, ...

With me today is Naomi White, an executive coach and mentor, leadership advisor, culture change expert and wellness advocate based in sunny Brisbane. She has over two decades experience as a hands on Senior HR and Transformation business executive and advisor to ASX Top 20 CEOs. Naomi has led large, high-performance teams and understands the challenges of leadership.

Naomi’s change philosophy, which I love, is that leaders can’...

With me today is Kathy Svetina, the founder of NewCastle Finance, a company offering fractional CFO services to women-owned small businesses. For nearly 14 years Kathy worked in senior-level financial planning and analysis for Fortune 500 Companies and saw first-hand how big companies use financial information to drive their companies forward.

Kathy started NewCastle Finance because she wanted to offer that same powerful insigh...