Episodes
Listen Now This episode is about whether you should start a business, or not. As a coach trainer and strengths-based business specialist, I see a lot of people who are lacking meaning and purpose in their lives and wanting to do something different. They’re bored,...
Listen Now This episode I would like to invite you to think about the language of success. I want to ask you to reflect on your commitment to yourself, and how you speak to yourself and whether it’s really giving you the happiness and the sense of purpose that...
Listen Now This episode is about taking the big leap and transitioning from job to business. Hi there, I want to talk to you today about changing your career. And not just changing your career, I want to talk to you about leaving your job and transitioning into a...
Listen Now This episode is about five top tips for finding the right pilot programme clients. At the moment, I’m busy running my passion to profit programme, and I’m helping people to set up and run pilot coaching programmes with their practice clients....
Listen Now This episode is about Why? (and how) does coaching work? Today I want to talk to you about why and how coaching works so that if you’re having trouble explaining it to your clients, you can get some ideas from this episode, and maybe make your own...
Listen Now This episode is about creating Foolproof Resolutions. Today is the first of a two-part episode on getting what you want. And this one is called resolutions. I’m going to suggest that rather than making Halo resolutions or set unrealistic goals that go...
Listen Now This episode is about one easy way to get chemistry clarity and confidence in your coaching business. I’m going to share a simple secret with you. I’m going to share the story of how to do market research, why it’s so important, and how it...
Listen Now This episode is about celebrating success. I know it’s been a wild crazy ride of a year and I’d like to talk to you about something a little fun. I got thinking about this today because I was speaking to a client who is feeling a bit down about...
Listen Now This episode is about important first year goals for your coaching business. Today, I’d like to talk to you about some important first year goals for your coaching business so that you can focus your time, energy and attention in the right...
Listen Now This episode is about the rehearsal loop. Have you heard of it? You know when you’re laying in bed (if you’re a night owl) or it could be through the day, and you’re making mental lists and organising the next day because you don’t want to forget...
Listen Now This episode is for you if you are starting out in your business and you really want to make it work, and you are getting ready for success but you are not sure how to make it happen. In this episode I will give you a couple of idea on how to get it right...
Listen Now Talking about Health and Wellness coaches is a quite a hot topic right now, and this week Fiona Cosgrove and I discuss a few key question to help listeners really get clear on who they are, what they do and how to distinguish themselves. Topic: How does a...
Listen Now Are you a health and wellness coach who wants to know about health and wellness coaching prices – and more specifically, how to price your programs and packages? This episode shows you exactly how to create yes-please pricing so that your coaching...
Listen Now In this episode, I talk about setting boundaries with clients and at work so that you can feel in control, confident and create cash flow and greater client success Running your business in a 24/7 world, how do you maintain work life balance? In this...
Listen Now Today we’ll discuss how setting boundaries around your habits, and meet your own needs first, can lead to integrity, feeling happier with life, and finding greater meaning and purpose. Do you have one of those friends who seems to be ‘disciplined’ and...
Listen Now Early succession planning – that is, planning the way you will run your business and gradually transition out of it or sell it – has lots of great benefits. Here are FIVE that I can think of. Today, I’m going to start with the end. And the...
Listen Now Today I interview Corporate Health Coach Christine Boucher on how to launch your corporate health coaching business. Christine Boucher is super passionate about transforming the health and workplace culture of organizations, big and small, and helps coaches...
Listen Now Today I interview Sarah Rusbatch about alcohol consumption and how and why she is developing her coaching business in this space. Melanie: Hi, Suzanne, lovely to have you here on the podcast today. Sarah: Hi, Melanie, it’s lovely to be here....
Listen Now This episode is about taking care of your own mental well-being. I want to start by talking about the RU OK campaign in Australia and then to talk about the need to manage our own mental well-being as well. RUOK? R U OK? is an organisation whose vision is...
Listen Now What you say to yourself matters. It has consequences. Learn how to rewire your reticular activating system in this episode for a calmer, less rushed, more grounded way of living. How are you going right now? How are you feeling? There’s been a lot going on...
Listen Now Today I want to talk about essential advanced business systems that you will need to set up once you’ve been working in your business for at least 6 – 12 months. On the last episode of his podcast, I talked about essential start-up business systems...
Listen Now This episode details some of the best essential business systems available, as well as low cost software options that will help you to get started and boost efficiency. I’ve just finished the latest round of my 12-week Passion to Profit business...
Listen Now These case studies present a more organic approach to finding your purpose – an alternative to the method described in episode 102. Today I want to continue the conversation about purpose. I would like to invite you to do some deep thinking work about...
Listen Now Are you unclear on how to be legally compliant and protected in your business? Today I want to answer some questions that have come in from students in my Passion to Profit business training program and from some of my private business coaching clients,...
Listen Now This episode is all about purpose, and how understanding your purpose can change your life. Our self-coaching topic for the Habitology membership in September is PURPOSE. Today, I want to talk about what purpose is, why it’s important, and how to figure...
Listen Now In this episode I’ll be sharing two powerful aha moments that my clients have had this week, so that you can get really comfortable with marketing AND do it with confidence, and sell your stuff like a boss. This past week I have had two really interesting...
Listen Now Today’s interview with Bridget Healy is a great example of how you can create a global brand using a client centric approach to business. Visit Bridget and buy quality, values-led products online! https://www.noopii.co.nz/ Ready to up-size your...
Listen Now Today we’re going to talk about how your money values affect the quality of clients you attract and how to hack your own brain to improve both! Today‘s episode is a short one, but a powerful one. There is a pile of research that shows the old adage –...
Listen Now Today I want to walk you through a model I’ve developed – the CARE model – to help you be consistent with self-care and build resilience. As I mentioned in episode 96, resilience is the ability to adapt to and cope with life’s challenges with...
Listen Now As a result of lock down, a lot of people and businesses have been re-thinking what’s important to them, their values, and how they want their business to run. Today, we’ll look at these related aspects and walk you through a simple process for defining a...
Listen Now Resilience is your ability to bounce back from stress and it’s something you need to be able to cope with uncertainty in a healthy way. It’s not until you’re tested that you realise how much resilience you actually have, or not. In this episode, I’ll...
Listen Now This episode shows you why and how validation using rigorous, high quality data is your secret weapon for helping your clients to get better results and make long lasting change, and to create more value, more sales, higher prices and better profit. Today’s...
Listen Now In today’s episode, I want to explain how to add massive value to your coaching programs so that you can sell more programs at a higher price, and secure raving fans. You might be wondering what’s this all about? It sounds too good to be true? I’m going to...
Listen Now In today’s episode, I want to show you a great way to capture important information about your clients so that you can learn more about who your ideal client is, who you naturally attract, and how to become more of a client magnet. There are really two...
Listen Now If you are finding solo business hard, and want to feel more connected and create clients through networking, this episode is for you. We explore five ways to start building professional and personal networks to achieve these aims. When you work in an...
Listen Now If you want to be more authentic, there are three things you need to do – create courage, be honest and act with integrity. Nearly everyone I speak to wants to be more authentic. Authenticity is something most people value, and it is a key part of...
Listen Now If you want to master working from home, this episode is for you. I want to walk you through a four step process to set up a really effective working from home situation so you can more easily adapt to a new way of doing business. Before we start I want...
Listen Now Do you want to develop courage, confidence, persistence, agility, strategic thinking and self-belief? Then you might just need to set a stretch goal. Imagine if you could achieve a huge goal, something bigger than ever you thought you were capable of? How...
Listen Now Confused about how to package coaching with an existing service? This is part 2 of a series of interviews explaining how to do it. Today, I talk to Irena Geller about working with a ready-made coaching program. Ready to package coaching with your existing...
Listen Now Any time, but especially now, it’s a good time to review and revise your business vision. This episode explains two vision traps to avoid, and two steps to creating a compelling, inspiring, get-me-out-of-bed vision. You might be asking – why write a...
Listen Now As we enter the so-called third phase of isolation, what can we learn from Dr Tim Noake’s Central Governor Theory to help us cope better and go the distance? I was reading an article on the ABC news, where they were talking about the stages of...
Listen Now In pandemic times, there are four skills you can use in a four-step process to dial down the intensity, feel calm, take charge and gain a sense of control. I’m not sure about you but sitting at home in isolation has bought a bunch of things to the forefront...
Listen Now Let’s talk about how to identify the signs of anxiety, and some simple daily routines to counter anxiety so you can stay calm, focused and relaxed. Today I want to talk about staying calm and to talk through some tools you can use to dial down...
Listen Now Humans need connection to survive. Let’s look at the three ways you can increase your connection so that you can be more resilient and calm in these trying times. At a time of global lockdown and enforced isolation, we may need to make more effort to...
Listen Now This episode describes three levels of resilience and helps you to get clarity on what to do at YOUR level to keep your business on track in stressful times. Everyone responds differently to external pressures. The way you respond depends on your...
Listen Now What does it take to succeed, and how do you silence that quit voice? When you start a business there is a lot to learn and at various times you may feel uncomfortable, challenged, frustrated and scared. And let me tell you this – if you feel all of...
Listen Now Confused about how to package coaching with an existing service? This is part 1 of a series of interviews explaining how to do it. Today, I talk to Terri Sparrow about packaging coaching with a product. Ready to package coaching with your existing...
Listen Now What is the most effective way to become known and to start connecting with potential clients? By building a referral network with Allied Health professionals. Here’s how to get started so you can get a steady stream of referrals and build your sales...
Listen Now Learn how to be a more compassionate coach so that you can maintain your own emotional and energy in the session, AND help your clients get into more of a creative, optimistic and motivated state. If you are a coach, especially a new coach, then sooner or...
Listen Now More than ever before, we need a reliable tool to manage our inner critic, judgement, negative thinking and the opinions of others. This is self-compassion, and here’s how to start using it. In case you have been living under a rock, I wanted to let...
Listen Now Here are two things you must do if you want to succeed in your new coaching business – and measuring your numbers isn’t necessarily one of them. Today’s episode is the second half of an important topic – confidence in your coaching...
Listen Now If you want to build confidence in your coaching skills, quickly and effectively, you need to start doing these things right now. I have been having lots of conversations lately with graduate coaches about their levels of confidence around their coaching...
Listen Now Do you really wish you were more self confident but aren’t sure where or how to start? Then this episode is just for you. Self-confidence is a skill that anyone can learn. And I want to walk through three things that you can do to start building...
Listen Now This episode is for you if you want to be more secure in yourself and your abilities, and to feel worthy, helpful and capable. We look at what self-confidence is and the basics of what you need to do to get it. Right now, imagine the feeling of having...
Listen Now If you often feel selfish about doing things for yourself, listen up. I’m going to help you explore the concepts of being selfish, selfless, and to identify the comfortable middle ground. When it comes to doing something for themselves, so many of my...
Listen Now If you want to be more self-disciplined and feel less guilty, you need to learn to manage your thinking patterns and emotions. Here are 6 guilt-reducing skills and 5 self-discipline building strategies to help you do that. My Habitology members and I are...
Listen Now How to develop two important skills that will help you achieve results in any area of life! I really wanted to do an episode on self-discipline because it’s an interesting topic and it really conjures up mixed feelings. In over 4,000 coaching hours, one of...
Listen Now I want to talk about why we need to start making positivity a habit, and how it will totally transform your experience of daily life. If you listened to episode 67, you’ll know that we need to experience three positive emotions to counteract every one...
Listen Now If you want a more enriching and fulfilling life, keep listening to learn what positivity really is and 5 ways to get more of it in your life. What is positivity? Before we can talk about how to increase positivity, we’d better define it. After all, some...
Listen Now This episode is dedicated to the people out there who do amazing work but struggle to sell it because they have trouble describing the value of their work. It breaks my heart to see skilled, talented and passionate people with so much to give, but finding...
Listen Now This episode of the podcast helps you understand the benefits and challenges of building body awareness, with some tips on how to get started. Body awareness is the first pillar of Body Intelligence. It is the foundation of all healthy habits. It is a...
Listen Now I want to talk today about the concept of buyability and increasing your buyability. Yes, I think buyability is a made up word! The concept is about what makes you and your services easy to purchase – so people become willing or even desperate to buy...
Listen Now You might have heard recently about intuitive eating. If you’re wondering what it is and what the benefits are, stay tuned, because that’s what this episode is all about. Before you listen to this, I recommend you listen to the previous episode #61, where I...
Listen Now How to use BQ to attend to eat well, exercise regularly, get enough sleep and manage your emotions so you can feel calm, energized, stable and resilient. This episode defines what BQ is and it helps you discover what your own body intelligence score is. It...
Listen Now A simple practice to help you become your future self that’s quick, easy and painless. This episode is for you if you want to change your beliefs and become your future self, you will probably need some help to step outside your current paradigms. If you...
Listen Now This podcast is about one of the fundamental things of becoming your future self: challenging and changing your beliefs. You’ve probably heard the saying “If you always do what you’ve always done you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” You’ve probably...
Listen Now It’s all well and good to think about creating motivation. But what happens when something unexpected blocks your motivation? It’s all well and good to just do it and to have a plan to take action, but at some point we get blindsided by the facts of life....
Listen Now This episode of the Habitology podcast is specially dedicated to people who love helping other people but sometimes take it too far – into something I call overhelping. Some people might feel a little uncomfortable or maybe even offended when they...
Listen Now This five step process will help you to break the ice with confidence to create strong connections and engagement. When you start a business, one of the first things that you need to master is talking to people about what you do. But if you’re like most...
Listen Now This episode of they habitology podcast is about simple business models that you can use to run your business. I want to talk about this from two perspectives. Transitioning from a job to a business. Transitioning from startup phase to an established...
Listen Now This episode of the Habitology podcast is all about creating motivation. Notice that I said ‘creating’ motivation rather than ‘getting motivated.’ That’s because motivation is not something you ‘get’, and it’s not something that anyone else can give you....
Listen Now As a coach, I hear so many people talking about empowerment and empowering people. I tend to get on a bit of a rant about this topic so I wanted to do a podcast on it so we are all really clear on what empowerment is, exactly, and how to get it. So...
Listen Now Today I want to talk about the benefits of thought models, which are so important for coaches to use both with their clients as well as in their personal practice. What is a thought model? Let’s step back for a moment to see that a lot of time in our...
Listen Now This podcast is about how to become known for what you do in your area. I share my own experience about how I relocated to a regional community, how I became known, and the one thing I had to do to gain traction. These are the things I did to become known...
Listen Now This is an important conversation of me to have with you, if you have ever given up on yourself for not getting the results you want. There is little point in setting a goal if you never know whether or not you will achieve it. That’s where the saying “what...
Listen Now Have you ever wondered how to be more productive and calm in your business without burning out? This episode is dedicated to that subject – because there is one important consideration you’ve probably forgotten. This episode is dedicated to all of the...
Listen Now Have you ever wondered what’s behind your time and money beliefs? When you become aware of a limiting belief, have you rushed right into positive affirmations, or have you been curious about the origin of that belief? I love affirmations, but I think a...
Listen Now Let’s talk about how to make time each week in your business so that you can get more done and feel good about it. Much like the money equation, time can be saved, but only to a certain point. There are efficiencies that can be gained, but I want to propose...
Listen Now If you want to know how to make money in your business you might have to think about things in a slightly different way. This is especially the case if you come from an employment arrangement where you have been previously trading your time for an hourly...
Listen Now Having done some coaching work around agreements lately, and having been involved in many in my own business career, I thought I’d dedicate an episode to how to develop a professional partnership and ultimately, an agreement. There are five stages in...
Episode 43: Changing Beliefs About Money Listen Now Have you ever wondered why you can’t seem to earn more? Or do you ever wish you could find a way to earn enough money, some day, somehow? Our society places a strong focus on money and the perceived benefits it gives...
Episode 42: Four Levels of Money Listen Now This podcast is going to look at practical ways to improve our own situations with money. The other day I read a news article about a couple who paid of a $114,000 debt in 23 months. And it got me thinking about how we...
Listen Now The things you say to yourself about time – and your expectations of time – totally shape your experiences of it. So if you want to make the most of your time, listen up. This is for you. Do you find yourself saying “I’m so busy! I wish I had...
How to talk about legal and ethical stuff with clients Listen Now As part of the entrepreneur series, I am creating this podcast to answer a question that a LOT of student coaches have – which documents do I need to show my clients at the start of a session, to...
If you want to be a more effective and positive leader but are struggling with confidence and motivation, here are my two best tips for overcoming your blocks to becoming a great leader, so you can step up and truly inspire your tribe.
Listen Now This podcast will give you the foundations to become a better leader. Leadership is all about influence. And leadership starts with living life on your terms – writing your own rules. You might be thinking of leadership in the capacity of a company...
Listen Now If you are floundering with a goal, spinning your wheels and want to stop saying “it’s too hard,” there are three easy ways to build persistence and accountability that you can start right now. The thing is, if you want to grow and change, you need to do...
How to harness your self-talk and start showing up Listen Now This podcast will help you harness your self talk and start showing up more intentionally and consistently? I grew up in a household where ‘it’s too hard’ and ‘I can’t be bothered’ were commonplace, so this...
How to stop failing and start showing up. Listen Now Is it just me, or does modern life seem to be littered with failure, angst and reactiveness? Most of us are content and secure at a basic level in terms of our work, home, relationships, health and creative...
What is Showing Up and Why Do It? Listen Now Showing up means investing 100% in an experience and participating fully, to the best of your ability. It means acting with personal integrity. It means being committed and accountable to yourself and others. It means...
How being specific helps you achieve your goals
Scared of narrowing your niche? Here are 9 of the best reasons why you should and how it will help your focus, clarity and marketing.
How to live and work like an athlete
5 steps to crush overwhelm in your coaching business Have you ever sat down at your desk and wondered what you should be focussing on?Have you ever felt overwhelmed and struggled to work out how to tackle your to-do list? Listen Now Or have you ever snoozed the same...
A short audio to describe rituals for getting things done
What is Health and Wellness Coaching? Listen Now I had such a relaxing weekend this last weekend… I spent a lot of time in the garden, outside, walking on the beach and doing a few chores. The weather is warming up here finally and although it was really windy, it was...
The best client and life relationships are build with effective listening skills. Get my 9 hot tips for better active listening in this article
Listen Now A lot of my Wellness Coaching clients want to stop negative thoughts, because they are feeling overwhelmed and want to learn how to be more positive.So I’ve written this article to share the simple tools and tips that have worked for hundreds my clients to...
Listen Now One easy way to create positivity in your life is to develop a vision of what you’d like your life, business or health to be like.When you write a vision, it plugs the outcome you truly desire into your brain’s GPS, so it can automatically start filtering...
In my last post, I talked about being whelmed this year. That is, overwhelmed, not underwhelmed – just whelmed. It’s a bit like the story of the three bears and their porridge. Remember in that story, it was all about temperature control and to be patient...
Episodes
Listen Now This episode is about whether you should start a business, or not. As a coach trainer and strengths-based business specialist, I see a lot of people who are lacking meaning and purpose in their lives and wanting to do something different. They’re bored,...
Listen Now This episode I would like to invite you to think about the language of success. I want to ask you to reflect on your commitment to yourself, and how you speak to yourself and whether it’s really giving you the happiness and the sense of purpose that...
Listen Now This episode is about taking the big leap and transitioning from job to business. Hi there, I want to talk to you today about changing your career. And not just changing your career, I want to talk to you about leaving your job and transitioning into a...
Listen Now This episode is about five top tips for finding the right pilot programme clients. At the moment, I’m busy running my passion to profit programme, and I’m helping people to set up and run pilot coaching programmes with their practice clients....
Listen Now This episode is about Why? (and how) does coaching work? Today I want to talk to you about why and how coaching works so that if you’re having trouble explaining it to your clients, you can get some ideas from this episode, and maybe make your own...
Listen Now This episode is about creating Foolproof Resolutions. Today is the first of a two-part episode on getting what you want. And this one is called resolutions. I’m going to suggest that rather than making Halo resolutions or set unrealistic goals that go...
Listen Now This episode is about one easy way to get chemistry clarity and confidence in your coaching business. I’m going to share a simple secret with you. I’m going to share the story of how to do market research, why it’s so important, and how it...
Listen Now This episode is about celebrating success. I know it’s been a wild crazy ride of a year and I’d like to talk to you about something a little fun. I got thinking about this today because I was speaking to a client who is feeling a bit down about...
Listen Now This episode is about important first year goals for your coaching business. Today, I’d like to talk to you about some important first year goals for your coaching business so that you can focus your time, energy and attention in the right...
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