To have a powerful personal brand presence in this noise-filled world, you can’t be afraid to show the world what sets you apart from others. The part Gessica plays in individuals’ lives is discovering what that point of difference is.

Gessica Marmotta is a Sydney-based international personal stylist and disruptor who is a passionate believer that you can send powerful messages through the clever artistry of individual style. She believes that your visual voice is a fierce, silent weapon against invisibility and blandness.

An incredible role model, Jessica’s vision is to create a world where artistic bravery and creative expression are revered above mediocrity and trends.

The ways that Gessica makes it count in her world are by being courageous and taking risks, not just with style, but with other big life decisions too. Gessica shares what risk-taking has looked like in her life, and how it’s shaped her journey.

We learn so much from Gessica in this episode. She shares with us that it’s vital to dress for the mood you want to feel, and how clothing can be transformative for not only your confidence but your productivity as well.

Gessica also shares tips on how to edit your wardrobe and put together a ‘wow’ outfit.

What a practical and empowering episode - I know you’ll be thinking about your outfit in an inspired new way tomorrow morning!

LINKS:

The 5 Elements to Self Caring

Connect with Gessica Marmotta

Websites: https://gessicamarmotta.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stylebygessica/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GessicaMarmotta

LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/gessicamarmotta

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Cz9Sfv5g88J9oSbimhy5Q

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads

Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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With me on the podcast today is Louise Baxter. Louise has significant experience in senior roles in the commercial and NFP sectors and is described as an “inspiring and authentic leader”. She is Starlight's Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director.

Louise is passionate about the creation of organisational purpose and believes this is key to delivering maximum impact through people. She practises positive leadership and has been successful in developing high-performing teams within a culture where change is embraced and innovation is embedded.

Louise has been acknowledged by CEO Magazine in 2016 as Australia’s NFP Executive of the Year and in 2019 Louise was listed in Pro Bono Australia’s Impact 25 which recognised the 25 most influential and inspirational people in Australia’s social sector, as nominated by their peers.

Louise makes it count by empowering her team to connect with organisational purpose and alignment and ensuring they identify with the wider impact.

Louise shares how a desire to be the best leader and coach, as well as a desire for new challenges led her to step into the role of CEO.

She discusses what can undermine teams and the importance of listening to feedback, which is part of the great culture she cultivates at Starlight.

Louise shares how she led her team to develop Starlight’s unique Shine Values, and how these ground and inspire the organisation in a really authentic way. She also reveals how positive psychology allows her team to achieve better outcomes, explains how it is not about toxic positivity, and what automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) are.

Louise shares the ways in which Starlight was match fit for COVID-19, how Louise embeds trust in Starlight’s culture and how managing and nurturing relationships is the most important thing you can do as a leader.

I could have spoken to Louise all day! This conversation was incredibly inspiring and generous - there are so many lessons for leaders, both emerging and career professionals. Enjoy!

LINKS:

Starlight: Our Shine Values

Connect with Louise Baxter:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/louiseabaxter
LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/louisebaxter

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads
Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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Today I welcome Lison Mage onto the podcast - an author, corporate facilitator, and performance and mindset coach. Lison specialises in helping people to stop overthinking, and her new book Act Before You overThink helps people foster a growth mindset.

Overthinking is something a lot of us do, so I know there will be many keen listeners to today’s episode!

In our conversation, Lison shares how she journeyed from an engineer in France to working in software in Shanghai and then finally to Australia and her true vocation - empowering people and teams to perform at their full potential.

Lison is so passionate! She makes it count by helping people step into curiosity and audacity. Lison shares with us that in order to find what fulfils us, we have to be willing to experience new things. She helps people get unstuck and achieve what’s meaningful for them.

In our conversation, Lison reveals the six most common types of overthinking and her top three tips to stop overthinking.

We also learn how to make a hard choice without overthinking it, and the role that mindset shift and values-based approach play in helping us move from a difficult choice to an easy decision.

If you’re an overthinker, this episode will help you understand why and what to do about it, allowing you to liberate your mind and step into your full potential.

LINKS:

Connect with Lison Mage:

Book: https://lisonmage.com/act-before-you-overthink-book/

Website: https://lisonmage.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lison.mage/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisonmagecoaching

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl8I-b14bzQ8a9Qy4_Sp3rg

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisonmage

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads

Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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My guest today is someone who I consider to be an absolute rockstar, the incredible Kate Halfpenny. In this conversation, we talk about Kate’s successful career in journalism, the hardship she has faced both personally and professionally and how the challenges of life form the beautiful pearl.

Kate Halfpenny is the founder of Bad Mother Media, a boutique agency that creates the words to make businesses and entrepreneurs shine. As the former Executive Editor at WHO Magazine, Kate has interviewed almost every Australian celebrity and many international ones. She has written hundreds of cover stories and thousands of feature articles across the board.

An award winning journalist, editor and content creation expert, Kate is inspired by words, nostalgia, vodka cocktails and Dave Grohl. In this episode, we dive into Kate’s inspiring career journey and the many challenges which lead to a mental health decline that nearly derailed her. Kate talks about her surprise redundancy from WHO Magazine, which happened around the same time as her divorce, a melanoma discovery and a breast implant explosion that leaked into her lymph nodes.

We talk about where Kate found the fortitude to keep going, and her journey since then, making a sea change, starting a business by accident, and reaching the holy grail of journalism as a columnist.

Toward the end of the conversation, Kate talks about the things she does to fuel her mindset and maintain her sense of calm and she reminds us that in life, we have to experience the bad things to appreciate the good ones.

LINKS:

Connect with Kate Halfpenny:

Website: https://www.badmothermedia.com/

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads

Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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With me today is Kathryn Elliott, the founder of The Alcohol Mindset Coach and My Breast Friend. In August 2019 at the age of 46, Kath discovered a large lump in her breast while getting dressed to race out the door to work. She instinctively knew something wasn’t right and two days later was diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer. She went through six months of gruelling chemo and is now, very pleasingly, cancer free.

As a former binge drinker for over 30 years, Kath is now passionate about building awareness about the deeper human connection you can achieve through sharing your experience of illness and trauma and how choosing to remain alcohol-free during this period was a catalyst to further healing and growth.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and also Ocsober, so our chat is perfectly timed!

In this episode, Kath shares how the binge drinking cycle kept her stuck in shame and blame, even while she was focused on healthy living in other parts of her life. She was what she refers to now, as a functioning binge drinker.

You don’t need to hit rock bottom or be labelled as an alcoholic to realise that alcohol is causing issues in your life. Kath shares what we need to look out for in our relationship with alcohol and the steps you can take to identify if you have a drinking issue.

Kath also underlines the importance of being aware of the health risks that alcohol presents. Alcohol consumption has been directly linked to breast cancer and she’s passionate about ensuring we have the information we need to make the best decisions for our health.

Kath’s work is so important in showing what is possible and finding a new way to live. Enjoy our conversation and I encourage you to share her message - it’s such an important one!

LINKS:

Connect with Kathryn Elliott:

Website: https://www.thealcoholmindsetcoach.com/ / https://mybreastfriend.net/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholmindsetcoach/

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads

Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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This episode is about the power of your mindset and how to transform it into your superpower. Mindset has been a really hot topic lately, and for good reason - it can make a huge difference in how you make it count for your leadership and your life.

The current landscape we’re living in is tough and there is a lot that can pull us into negative thinking. In this episode, I discuss strategies and approaches that equip you to adapt and respond to situations in an empowered way, rather than letting things get you down, or control you.

Neurologically, everything starts with a mindset. I explain what mindset is, the two types (fixed and growth) and how a growth mindset influences your success.

I also share with you my easy, game-changing model - Mindset, Behaviour, Results and how this model can influence your life, personally and professionally.

Finally, I equip you with six tips that will get you underway to having a mindset that is your superpower:

1. Identify negative thoughts
2. Reframe your thinking
3. Be conscious of your language
4. Watch your actions
5. Understand how to fuel your mindset
6. Get support

Your mindset is everything - you need to fuel it, protect it and support it, always. This episode will help you take the steps you need to understand and tweak your mindset for success.

LINKS:

Carol Dweck - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Wayne Dyer - “Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.”

Craig McRae - “We lost the game, we’re not losers.”

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads

Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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With me today is the wonderful Sarah Makris, a Career Success Coach and professional communicator with over 15 years of corporate affairs experience.

Sarah helps senior executives attract their dream roles by building successful professional or personal brands. Having worked with some of Australia's most well known brands and high profile CEOs and directors, Sarah coaches executives around the globe to help them build their personal profiles, gain visibility, and be recognised for the leaders they are.

In this conversation, Sarah explains why you don't need another qualification to attract your dream role and what you need to do instead.

We discuss how many professionals get stuck in the comfort zone of pursuing further study and the common presumption that securing a new role requires a new qualification. Sarah explains why this isn’t the case as we talk about:

• What sets you apart is being seen as a leader in your industry. This requires you to put yourself out there and be visible.
• Creating brand awareness gives you more influence, which attracts more people to you and opens up new career opportunities.
• To build your personal brand, the first thing you need to do is get your foundation right. Invest time in understanding what you want to be known for and how you are perceived right now.
• The first steps every executive should have in place to build their personal brand.
• Staying top of mind and be known as a leader in your industry.

If you are looking for fresh career opportunities and want to be seen as a leader, you don’t need more skills or education. You just need to start!

I know you’re going to find so much value in this conversation today. Sarah has also included a free download for you below – 5 simple ways to boost your career and pay packet.

LINKS:

Connect with Sarah Makris:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-makris/

Website: https://sarahmakris.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmakrisaustralia/

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads

Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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I have a bit of a different podcast for you today! Anyone who owns a pet really loves them. The problem is, we can be loving them to death. The more educated we are on how to feed our pets well, the better.

Today I am joined by the co-founder of PetWell Ayda Hornak, who has a passion for natural health and wanted to provide the same for her dog Archie. PetWell provides all-natural treats and supplements that help in preventing and managing pet health issues.

Ayda shares what the catalyst was for founding PetWell, including her dog Archie’s liver issues following treatment for his anxiety and her own breast cancer diagnosis. Food is powerful and Ayda shares how PetWell’s supplements were developed to help with common issues our pets face including hip and joint, digestion and inflammatory issues.

In our conversation, Ayda reveals that, just like humans, gut health is key to ensuring healthy digestion and reduced inflammation for our pets. She shares the most common mistakes pet owners make and how we can turn those around to ensure optimal gut health.

Treats are a really important consideration for our pet’s optimal health. Ayda provides tips on how to ensure your treats are as beneficial as possible for your fur babies, including some great examples of what makes the perfect treat.

Ayda reminds us that our pets are with us for a short time, and we have a duty of care to look after them to ensure they live a long, healthy and pain-free life. Ayda’s work supports this and makes a huge difference in both pets’ and pet owners’ lives!

LINKS:

PetWell Nutrition tips

Connect with Ayda Hornak:

Website: https://petwell.au/

LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/ayda-hornak

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petwell.au/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWh5ORIeydU3SIss1NujCmA

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads

Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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