The Catherine Plano Podcast

Episode 105: Are you on a quest to gain success, love and happiness with Pip McKay

Catherine is here today with Pip McKay. Pip McKay is a pioneer within the field of personal transformation, NLP and coaching. She is an award winning, Amazon Number 1 best-selling author for two books: The 8 Principles of Achievement Love and Happiness and 4 Tribes 1 Earth.
Pip is also a highly respected thought leader and invested over 20 years creating the entire field of Matrix Therapies® and Archetypal Coaching®.
Her proven techniques help you discover your Passion and Purpose, clear negative influences and fulfil your potential. Pip explains that a lot of people… live their life without Passion and Purpose which means they lack direction, they go to work but feel that it’s meaningless and pointless.
They find it difficult to wake up in the morning because they’re not inspired they might be asking themselves “What is my Passion?” and “What is my Purpose in Life?” but find nothing that gives them the answers.
Sometimes people who search for their Passion and Purpose find a very spiritual answer but then find that they need to be “doing” something or “going” somewhere in order to feel that passion and purpose – that it’s not something they can simply live and breathe every day.
Others try and reach their passion and purpose through goal setting but find that the goals don’t seem to be really connected to who they are and what they really want.
Find Out More About Pip McKay
Pip's Website
Follow Pip McKay on Facebook
Pip McKay on Twitter @pipmckay_
Pip's YouTube Channel
It’s now time to tune into Pip's wisdom on how purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose, enjoy!!

Episode 104: You don’t have to lead from pain with Dr. Maria Sirois

Catherine is here today with Dr. Maria Sirois. Dr. Maria Sirois who is an inspirational speaker, consultant, and a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked in the fields of wellness and positive psychology for twenty years.
Maria is a master storyteller, her lectures and workshops combine powerful and moving anecdotes with rigorous research to enable teams, families and individuals to build a work life and a home life of capacity, grit, meaning and happiness. Addressing topics as diverse as "The Art and Science of Resilience," "Flourishing No Matter What," and "A Course in Happiness," she has been called both a "true teacher," and "an orator of great power and beauty."
Maria as an author has published two works:  A Short Course in Happiness After Loss (and Other Dark, Difficult Times) which brings together the science of positive psychology and the art of resilience to offer a curriculum of sorts for those who are seeking strength, uplift and meaning while wrestling with the harshness of life.
Each reflection offers wisdom and practical guidance for those who are suffering from pain, loss, shock, managing chronic stress, or experiencing the disappointments and loneliness of life.
Find Out More About Dr. Maria Sirois
Visit Dr. Maria Sirois Website
Follow Maria on Facebook
Connect with Maria Sirois on Twitter @MariaSirois
Dr. Maria Sirois on Instagram @mariasirois
It’s now time to tune into this down to earth woman who shares the key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go. Enjoy!!

Episode 103: Ignite business growth via the new female economy with Bec Brideson

Catherine is here today with Bec Brideson. For over two decades, Bec has been a pioneer and innovator in the marketing-to-women space.
Her expertise will take your business to the next level by showing you how to capture your own share of the $28 trillion global, female consumer market.
From CEOs to sales departments, Bec is working all along the pipeline helping businesses uncover the blind spots and financial upsides of “womenomics” and “gender diversity”.
Having spoken at numerous conferences throughout the world, Bec’s raison d’être is to improve the way modern business connects with the disruptive force of the female dollar. She believes in the mantra: “Happy women = bigger basket and a lifetime of loyalty”.
With 25 years in the communications industry, Bec was one of only 3% of females globally to achieve the title of Creative Director. In her time, Bec has won international awards and gained notable recognition for her work across most categories and numerous major brands. On the back of this wealth of experience, she identified a yawning gap in agency attitude and process with the female market and  joined the  0.1% of female founders to open her own agency Venus Comms in 2004.
Bec built Venus into a ground-breaking and successful independent agency utilising incredible insights and developing unique IP to create better ROI with women. Her clients have enjoyed unprecedented results upwards of 30% increase for no more marketing spend, thanks to her ability to ‘get women’.
Bec is now sharing this methodology in her latest book ‘Blind Spots: How to uncover and attract the fastest, emerging economy’. She is also consulting directly with businesses who have seen the opportunity of the female dollar and want to leverage its impact on their bottom line.
Find Out More About Bec Brideson
Bec Brideson's Website
Connect with Bec on Facebook
Bec on Twitter @becbrideson
Bec Brideson on Instagram @becbbec
It’s now time to tune into this extraordinary woman who has given her life to something big… enjoy!!!

Episode 102: Craniosacral therapy helps your body release the effects of held life experiences with Eva Lykke

Catherine is here today with Eva Lykke. Who speaks to us about Archetypal Astrology because with astrology, it became possible to deal with the inner as well as the outer, and also the collective world in a deep, coherent and meaningful way.
The paradigm shift that includes astrology, means that archetypal astrology as a modern cosmology attends to our need for an inner path to cultural education, insight into the process of history, beauty of the mind, and spiritual evolvement.
All thanks to the wonderful Carl Jung and later Joseph Campbell, and James Hillman's contributions to our understanding of archetypes, alchemy, dreams, myths and the collective consciousness.
Carl Jung says it is as though the person you were meant to be is pre-existent or already present at your birth and it is your task to find your archetype. In this way, you find the way home.
Eva also speaks to us about exactly what is craniosacral therapy - which is the membranes and fluid that surround, protect and nourish the brain and spinal cord. The therapy harmonizes the balance via a soft touch approach of the cranial bones combined with soft touch of connective tissues to ease our ability to let go of tension, and our wellbeing is enhanced. You can experience a very relaxed and integrated feeling once you have finished treatment.
Find Our More About Eva Lykke
Visit Eva's Website
Eva Lykke's Blog
Connect with Eva on Facebook
It’s now time to tap into this very inspirational woman. Enjoy!!

Episode 101: With a little magic, anything is possible… with Deborah Rodriguez

Catherine is here today with Deborah Rodriguez. Deborah is the author of the non-fiction New York Times bestseller Kabul Beauty School and the international bestselling novel - The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul.
The hairdresser and motivational speaker was a cofounder and director of the first modern beauty academy in Afghanistan, and also founded the non-profit Oasis Rescue.
She lives in Mazatlán, Mexico, where she owns Tippy Toes salon and spa. Her latest book is The Zanzibar Wife.
With a little magic, anything is possible.
Oman. The ancient land of frankincense, wind-swept deserts, craggy mountaintops and turquoise seas. Into this magical nation come three remarkable women, each facing a crossroad in their life.
Rachel, an American war photographer, who is struggling to shed the trauma of her career. Now she is headed to Oman to cover quite a different story – for a glossy travel magazine.
Sophie Khan, a bubbly British woman to keep up with the glitz of Dubai and ready to give up on love. She has rashly volunteered as Rachel's ‘fixer’, a job she's never heard of in a country she knows nothing about.
And Miza, a young woman living far from her beloved homeland of Zanzibar. As the second wife of Tariq, she remains a secret from his terrifying ‘other’ wife, Maryam. Until one day, when Tariq fails to come home . . .
The Zanzibar Wife is a bewitching story of clashing cultures and conflicting beliefs, of secrets and revelations, of mystery and magic
And wow this inspirational human being will blow your mind, Deborah shares some of her brave adventures, we talk about rituals, magic and genies.
Find Out More About Deborah Rodriguez
Visit Deborah's website
Follow Deborah on Facebook
Deborah Rodriguez on Twitter @debb_rod
Follow Deborah Rodriguez on Instagram @debb_rod
It’s time now to tune into she magical, mysterious, inspirational woman. Enjoy!
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Best of 2017 – Number 1: Mindset and Philosophy from the Heart with Joanne Verikios

Catherine Plano is here today with Joanne Verikios. Joanne Verikios is an accomplished author, trusted health and lifestyle consultant, experienced horse breeder and trainer, award-winning athlete, speaker and successful real estate investor.
Having received her first pony at the age of nine, Joanne’s earliest ambition in life was to be a bareback horse rider in a circus. Although she never ran off to join the circus, after working her way through the Pony Club ranks, she earned the qualification of Pony Club instructor at the age of sixteen. One of the many highlights of her early riding career was being a member of the Downs Pony Club team that won the Duke of Edinburgh Pony Club Games Championship in 1972.
While working at the Australian Public Service, Joanne qualified for an Australian Owner Trainer Permit to train and race Thoroughbreds. She also pursued her love of horses by founding the Highborn Warmblood Stud, where she was Stud Manager for sixteen years. The horses Joanne bred went on to win both under saddle and in breed classes, including Royal Show Championships. They included the stallion, Highborn Powerlifter, who passed Colt Selection and Performance Testing with flying colours.
In addition to serving on several horse sport committees and officiating at many shows and events, Joanne is a past Federal President and Federal Registrar of the Australian Warmblood Horse Association, which she continues to serve as a Classifier and Classifier Trainer, Judge and Judge Trainer and National Assessment Tour Australian representative. In recognition of her outstanding contribution and commitment to the Association for over 30 years, Joanne was granted Honorary Life membership in 2015.
Joanne was also an Australian Powerlifting Champion, holding State, National, and Commonwealth records. Twice, Joanne represented Australia at the Women’s World Powerlifting Championships and was ranked seventh in the world both times. In peak condition, Joanne was able to deadlift more than triple her bodyweight. Her feats of strength are recorded in the 1989 and 1991 Guinness Book of Records with Australian Supplement.
Joanne has published articles in many equine publications including Hoofbeats, Horsezone, Horses & People, The Horse Magazine, Australian Horse and Rider Yearbook, and Hoofs & Horns. She has also published articles in several recreational and sports magazines, including Bellydance Oasis, SPORTZlife, and The Pump.
Find Out More About Joanne Verikios
Joanne's Website
Winning Horsemanship on Facebook
Joanne Verikios on Facebook
Joanne on Twitter @lifestyletolove
Joanne Verikios on Instagram @winninghorsemanship
Joanne on LinkedIn
Joanne at USANA
Are you ready to be inspired? Tune in to this powerful conversation!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Best of 2017 – Number 2: Manifestation Babe … Mindset and Money! With Kathrin Zenkina

Catherine is here today with Kathrin Zenkina. Kathrin Zenkina is a spiritual mindset coach, manifesting expert, and creator of the exploding personal development brand, Manifestation Babe™.
After committing to completely transforming her money mindset in early 2016, she went from being $25,000 in credit card debt barely paying her bills, to being financially free and creating a thriving 6 figure coaching business of her dreams in just a year and a half.
Kathrin is passionate about empowering other women to realize the simple fact that they can be, do, and have anything they desire. They just need the proper guidance and the belief in themselves that anything is possible.
Find Out More About Kathrin Zenkina
The Manifestation Babe Website
Manifestation Babe on Facebook
Manifestation Babe on Instagram @ManifestationBabe
Sit back, tune in and enjoy the show!
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Best of 2017 – Number 3: How to Access the Healing and Wisdom of the Angels with Rachel Scoltock

Catherine is here today with Rachel Scoltock. One morning a strange voice ordered me to stop my car on a windy mountain road. Yet there was no one in the car. Ididn’t know a thing about angels but that moment saved me from a potentially tragic accident and was the catalyst which seemed to awaken my psychic hearing and invited the angels into my life.Over the coming year or so, I heard that voice, found feathers daily, and had other unexplained events I knew someone was looking out for me but I did not know who or what. Through a synchronicity I went to a seminar in Sydney about angels and every one of my questions were answered. The following day I had another miracle which cemented my faith.
As I teen I was drawn to crystals, tarot cards and new thought authors but I had no idea it would one day become my career. After discovering that my guides were angels I was nudged and guided to train and learned how to use my life long empathy in healing people and giving readings. I opened my healing practice in a tiny rural village a few months later and have not looked back.
Find Out More about Rachel Scoltock
Rachel's Website
Rachel on Facebook
Rachel Scoltock on Twitter @RachelScoltock
Rachel on Instagram @RachelScoltock
Sit back, tune in and enjoy the show!
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Best of 2017 – Number 4: The Madhuri Method… with Melanie Phillips

Catherine is here today with Melanie Phillips. Melanie is an author, Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, Energy Healer and yoga teacher trainer.
She created the Madhuri Method: 80 hr-Ayurvedic Yoga Training & the Inner Empowerment Mentorship program, both to assist souls in a practical and empowering way to know their own brilliance and experience freedom and self-love.
She is the co-author of "Your Irresistible Life: 4 Seasons of Self-Care through Ayurveda and Yoga Practices that Work.”
Melanie is passionate about merging ancient wisdom with modern sensibility for transformation and healing. She firmly believes that laughter is the best medicine.
She is based in Vancouver, Canada and works with clients worldwide through her online programs and retreats.
Find Out More About Melanie Phillips
The Madhuri Method Website
Melanie Phillips on Facebook
Melanie Phillips on Instagram @melanie_madhuri_phillips
Melanie's YouTube Channel
Sit back, tune in and enjoy the show!
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Best of 2017 – Number 5: The Barefoot Executive with Carrie Wilkerson

Catherine is here today with Carrie Wilkerson. Carrie Wilkerson is a best-selling author, an international speaker and a sought-after radio guest.
Featured on CNN and Fox Business News and named by Forbes as a top small business influencer, Carrie has consulted with Google and other influential business leaders on business growth strategies and current trends. However, Carrie mostly enjoys helping ordinary people lead extraordinary lives.
She has worked from home while raising 4 kids, now ages 10 through 21 and she and her husband Eddie have been married for 25 years!
Carrie speaks from the experience of a former corporate clock puncher, high school teacher, sales representative, growth consultant and business coach. She got her “big start” in high school bagging groceries for tips only on a military base and learned early on that her results were based on her efforts. Carrie loves showing people how to transform their lives, bodies, relationships and bank accounts through core values and goal setting.Whether you hang around for her tough-love or her never-ending supply of  encouragement, she’ll inspire you and help you make a plan to be more productive and more profitable, without sacrificing your priorities.
Carrie has paid off over six figures in debt, lost 141 pounds and run several successful businesses. She has published a book and has several others waiting to go to press!
A proud parent and CEO, Carrie believes you can create a life you love with the people that matter most!
Find Out More About Carrie Wilkerson
Carrie's Website
Carrie Wilkerson on Facebook
The Barefoot Executive on Twitter @carriewilkerson
Carrie Wilkerson on Instagram @carriewilkerson
Carrie Wilkerson on LinkedIn
The Barefoot Executive on YouTube
Sit back, tune in and enjoy the show!
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Best of 2017 – Number 6: Empowering Women in Money and Business with Robyn Crane

Catherine is here today with Robyn Crane. Money & Business Growth Expert, Robyn Crane is known for hosting the TV show,The Financial G-Spot, Radio Show, Let’s Talk Money and is a 4-Time #1 Best Selling Author. In her brand new book, Make More Money, Help More People, Robyn shares empowering stories of women entrepreneurs in her FEMM Mentorship™ who have doubled or tripled their income. She also reveals the unknown success strategies that helped her go from making $500 a year to $500,000 a year in her coaching business—in just 2 years! Her blueprint for financial and relationship success has been featured on ABC, The Motley Fool, and Fox Business News.
She’s an engaging and in-demand speaker who is regularly invited to speak at companies, women’s conferences, chambers of commerce, entrepreneurial groups and organizations around the country.
Robyn is on a mission to empower committed and passionate women business owners to make more money and help more people, so they can have a bigger impact on the world. Through her seminars and FEMM Mentorship™ program (Female Empowered Money Makers), Robyn helps these women attract qualified leads, close high paying clients and optimize their time, so they can create their ideal business and ideal life.
Find Out More About Robyn Crane
Robyn's Website
Follow Robyn on Facebook
Robyn on Twitter @robynhcrane
Robyn Crane on Instagram @robyncrane
Sit back, tune in and enjoy the show!
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Episode 94: That Crazy Thing Called Love with Emily Chadbourne

Catherine is here today with Emily Chadbourne. Emily is taking the world by storm, getting real about how to have phenomenal relationships and how to consciously create the life of your dreams.
She has a full on zero BS approach to life, love and business and helps women across the globe find true love through self-love.
More recently, Emily has begun sharing her personal and professional transformation with other women so that they too can adopt some of the mindset strategies that Emily has applied to great success in her business growth.
Emily’s honest accounts of the REAL world of business and relationships are often hilarious and always valuable.
Originally from London, Emily now lives in Melbourne where she works internationally as a coach, author and speaker.
Find Our More About Emily Chadbourne
That Crazy Thing Called Love - Website
Follow Emily on Facebook
Emily Chadbourne on Twitter @emchadbourne
Connect with Emily on Instagram @emily_thatcrazythingcalledlove
Emily explains how you are responsible for your own reality, so let’s get sassy and tune into Emily. Enjoy!
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Episode 93: Inter-dimensional journey of self-empowerment and self-discovery with Bobbie Richardson

Catherine is here today with Bobbie Richardson. Bobbie Richardson is a spiritual author, channeller, creator and visionary, many of her creations including books, art, recorded music, productions and presentations, are inspired by wisdom received via her *visions and preminition dreams, while searching for the truth of human potential.
*(I would like to make it clear that visions to Bobbie are as real as real life they are not in her mind only, this ability was past down through generations.)
In 2006 she meet a Cherokee Elder Pa’Ris’Ha who confirmed with Bobbie’s messages and premonition dreams that humanity was under the control of a few. Grandmother Pa’Ris’Ha asked Bobbie to work with her and so for the next few years showing her many new potentials that humanity could explore. Talks were created and Bobbie went to USA, Ohio to learn more. The knowledge gained, helped fine tune her gifts of exploring other dimensions and seeing into other realms on why humanity isn’t at there potential.
In 2011 Bobbie was invited with David Icke to Uluru.
In 2013 Bobbie created workshops to enhance and allow children to explore their intuition. These workshops also included exercises that explored working in unity and learning the value of oneself.
In 2016 Bobbie presented her first talks Messages Given To Me – The True History Of Humanity and Messages Given To Me – Human Potentail
In 2017 Bobbie Book Jonar & Kitty was published with A&A Publishing.
2017 promotional Push with over 20 magazines, papers interviews with radio and TV appearances.
Bobbie Richardson is not only the author but also creates all of the illustrations herself either via photography, Photoshop, drawings or paintings she is also a singer songwriter and has recorded and sung 15 originals winning a competition with Brisbane radio station B105 and Channel Seven “Today Tonight” by performing her original song on TV, with Brisbane Qld, Australia voting her the winner. This lead to perform her song at a Bronco’s Game in front of over 20,000 people.
Find Out More About Bobbie Richardson
Bobbie's Website
Follow Bobbie Richardson on Facebook
Bobbie's YouTube Channel
So… now it’s time to tune into this woman who has a wealth of wisdom to share. Enjoy!
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Episode 92: Life is about change, and change brings up chaos with Jennifer Gardner

Catherine is here today with Jennifer Gardner. Jennifer Gardner is a Licensed Massage Therapist who lives, works, and plays in Columbus, Ohio USA. Jennifer an expert-level therapist in Myofascial Release and CranioSacral Therapies. She is certified in Aromatherapy from Bastyr University, and she has earned two Bachelor's degrees (English and Accounting) and a Master's degree (Education) from Marietta College. Jennifer is a Reiki Master, a Subtle Energy practitioner, and a lifelong student. She is currently a studying Somatic Experiencing, and she is also a student of the Body Language Institute.
In her spare time, Jennifer is currently learning about the Enneagram of personality. She loves reading non-fiction for pleasure, listening to audiobooks, watching informative videos online, and watching documentaries. Some of her favorite topics to learn about include quantum physics, psychology, human behavior, animal behavior, shamanism, folk and fairy tales from around the world, trauma and abuse, profiling, understanding the criminal mind, and anything that can help her better understand human thought and behavior. She often finds herself fascinated by topics other people prefer to avoid. She finds solace on her back porch during the warm months and in front of her fireplace during the cooler months.
Jennifer's most important role in life is being the mother of an admirable young man and two black cats.
Find Out More About Jennifer Gardener
Massagology Website
Follow Jennifer on Facebook
Follow Jennifer Gardner on Twitter @massagology
It’s now time to tune into this authentic human being. Enjoy!
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Episode 91: Healing Illness with Your Unconscious Mind with Danna Pycher

Catherine is here today with Danna Pycher. Danna Pycher is an international motivational speaker, hypnotherapist, and author. She specializes in chronic illness, weight loss, and trauma and works with people from around the world to help them overcome underlying emotional issues that have created or aggravated physical distress.
As a Tedx speaker, she is widely-known for unearthing the root correlation between trauma and disease, creating ultimate and lasting healing.
You see, our minds and bodies already know how to heal. They simply need a bit of guidance. Our lives are a product of past beliefs and programming. We’ve all had experiences that shape the way we think, behave, and feel the way we do. All it takes is some redirection to overcome whatever “pattern” you want to dissolve.
So how do you even begin to dissolve these patterns? Well … through Hypnotherapy and
Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Through communicating directly to the unconscious mind, where we are able to tap into the root of every unproductive belief, allowing for powerful and effective healing. This proactive method gets to the core issue in a safe and effective way.
You can think - or say that you want something, but your mind MUST be on board.
Find Out More About Danna Pycher
Danna's Website
Follow Danna on Facebook
Danna Pycher on Twitter @DannaPycher
Danna on Instagram @mindcoaching
Are you ready to transform your life? Well then, it’s time for you to tap into Danna Pycher. Enjoy!
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Episode 90: It’s Never Too Late to Accept, Forgive and Heal… with Jodee Prouse

Catherine is here today with Jodee Prouse. Jodee Prouse is a speaker and author of the powerful memoir The Sun is Gone: A Sister Lost in Secrets, Shame, and Addiction and How She Broke Free. She is an outspoken advocate to eliminate the shame and stigma surrounding Addiction and Mental illness as well as empowering women to survive life’s challenge’s and family crisis.
How many times have you lost yourself in some chronic family crisis, giving and giving until there is no more left to give-and yet you give more? Out of duty. Out of love. Out of knowing that everyone is looking to you?
As women, we have often learned from childhood that we are the ones that must be the peacemakers, the problem-solvers, the fixers … the ones to make concessions. The ones whose needs come last. And we sometimes do this with dire consequences, losing ourselves, sometimes our partners and our children-and even our souls.
Jodee’s story begins as a child where she became her sweet little brother’s protector as she witnessed alcohol-fuelled fights behind closed doors. She is the grand-daughter, step-daughter, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, niece, great-niece, aunt and cousin to alcoholics. But nothing impacted her more than when her closest friend, her magnificent brother became addicted to alcohol.
Find Out More About Jodee Prouse
Jodee's Website
Follow Jodee on Facebook
Jodee Prouse on Twitter @jodeeprouse
Jodee on Instagram @jodeeprouse
It’s now time to tune into this journey, not unscathed, but alive and at peace. Enjoy!
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Episode 89: Powerful Sales Training for Entrepreneurs with Shameca Tankerson

Catherine is here today with Shameca Tankerson. Shameca is a Master Sales Strategist, International best-selling author, award-winning business coach who's been featured on ABC, CNN, CBS and Forbes. She is creator of the "Authority Selling Method™," a powerful yet simple framework for having conversations and making offers that serve & sell.
She empowers high performance business leaders all over the globe to bust through fear, boldly acknowledge the massive value they bring to the table, and activate 100% confidence to charge more and sell more without apology.
Shameca has been described as “the best sales trainer for women on the planet and a money making badass”. Her Authority Selling Method and famous ISERVE sales conversation system have revolutionised selling for women– in the best possible way.
Find Out More About Shameca Tankerson
Visit Shameca's Website
Follow Shameca on Facebook
Shameca Tankerson on Twitter @stilettowealth
Shameca on Instagram at @shamecatankerson
Sit back, tune in and enjoy the show!
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Episode 88: Coach Yourself a 7-Step Guide to Personal Fulfilment with Muffy Churches

Catherine is here today with Muffy Churches. Muffy Churches is an Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker, Leadership Specialist and Counsellor. She is the author of Coach Yourself, A 7-Step Guide to Personal Fulfilment (Love & Write Publishing) and Director of Beyond Focal Point, based in Sydney.
She has extensive experience in inspiring and initiating positive behavioural change in clients around the world.
Muffy’s fascination is with the power behind our ‘mind-set’, the notion that ‘what we think is what we experience’. She knows first-hand how our default thought patterns affect our personal and/or professional performance- how important it is for us to move from self-limiting, negative thoughts to ones of positivity and strategic personal vision.
With an initial career as a professional dancer and with a Master’s Thesis from UCLA titled the “Psychology of Performance”, her world has been immersed in an attraction to explore the ingredients of a great performance – what it is that allows us to function at our peak with family, friends or at work, as opposed to being hobbled by any variety of mental barriers that reduce our effectiveness. Essentially, what new thinking will allow us to maximize our potential and lead the confident, self-fulfilling life that we envision?
Her career path has always been connected by a common thread- one of guiding others to excel within their role. Muffy’s initial venture in the corporate world in 1995 was her own company, “Power Performance Management Training”.  Her talents were then acquired by the global training company ASK Learning, where she served as a senior leader, facilitator and executive coach for 11 years.
Her current company, Beyond Focal Point, of which muffychurches.com is a division, was established in 2011 with a goal to play an operative role in guiding individuals to enlarge their personal and professional potential to drive results while engaging in effective, stimulating and motivating relationships with direct reports, colleagues, customers and family. She presents public webinars, keynotes, private coaching sessions, and corporate workshops.
Find Out More About Muffy Churches
Visit Muffy's Website
Follow Muffy Churches on Facebook
Connect with Muffy on Twitter @muffychurches
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Episode 87: How to be the CEO of your Business and your Life with Nikki Fogden-Moore

Catherine is here today with Nikki Fogden-Moore. Known as the Mojo Maker Author of VITALITY – The smart guide to getting the life and body you want, especially designed for super busy people with no fad diets, no strict gym regimes.
And now with the launch of her second book FITPRENEUR – The ultimate leader! Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.
Healthy - Less hard work and more energy to work hard at what you love.
Wealthy - Part of ultimate leadership in business and in life is ensuring your own legacy. And Wise - Mindset is everything. Vision, mission and values align us to our professional and our personal success.
Today our guest is a Global Corporate and Private Coach and Speaker. With over 2 decades experience in bringing both Personal and Commercial vitality to life for Fortune 500 CEO's, entrepreneurs and high performing companies.
Head Trainer for Women's Health & Fitness for 4 years, Nikki is a regular contributor for Huffington Post, Australian Financial Review, CEO Magazine, Marie Claire and other leading media - she's a self-confessed nature junkie …
You can usually find Nikki somewhere outside adventuring if she's not in the boardroom with her clients.
Find Out More About Nikki Fogden-Moore
The Mojo Maker Website
Follow Nikki in Facebook
Nikki Fogden-Moore on Twitter @nfogdenmoore
Follow Nikki on Instragram @nfogdenmoore
It’s time to take a holistic approach and tune into this inspirational woman, enjoy!
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Episode 86: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and Everything in Between with Shevonne Joyce

Catherine is here today with Shevonne Joyce. Shevonne is a business mentor working with female entrepreneurs and an accomplished business speaker. Her work is sprinkled with many successful projects on the go at once, including a global podcast and being published in many well-known business publications.
By nature, she is a dreamer, yet pragmatic. Strong willed, yet gentle. Savvy, yet heart centred. A deep thinker, yet quick to make decisions. Intelligent, yet still struggles to figure out … courageous, yet conservative. Outspoken, yet introverted. Serious, yet loves a good laugh. And a recovering perfectionist, yet organised chaos… Because she loves biting off more than she can chew in life.
Prior to leaping into the world of entrepreneurship she invested 12 years in the corporate world working for a range of organisations, from start-ups to global enterprises on developing their human capital.
Shevonne thinks big and has built a global brand in 50 countries and was named in the Top 10 lists of Australian Women Entrepreneurs for 2017 by My Entrepreneur Magazine and has been appointed as a judge for both the Telstra Business Awards and the Women's Business Awards.
As she puts it in he owns words, she is essentially a business geek who is all about changing thinking and thus, changing the world.
Find Out More About Shevonne Joyce
Shevonne's Website
Shevonne Joyce on Facebook
Follow Shevonne on Twitter @shevonnejoyce
Shevonne on Instagram @shevonnejoyce
Time to tune into Shevonne Joyce, enjoy!
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Episode 85: How Prison Changes the Very Core of Your Being with Kerry Tucker

Catherine is here today with Kerry Tucker. After spending nearly five years in Victoria’s maximum-security prison for women, Kerry was released with her Master of Arts and was successful in completing her Doctorate in 2014 which is an extensive research and multi-publication of the study of women in prison as a community, from the perspective of a participant and observer.
Whilst incarcerated she was the lead Peer Educator which involved liaising, negotiating and advocating for and on behalf of every woman prisoner for the term of her sentence.
She was sole representative for the community of women in appearing with them in Governor Courts, Magistrate and County Court Pleas, Parole Board submissions and DHS negotiations.  She was granted her own office in prison where she represented over 4,000 in hearings.
For the last six months of her sentence, Kerry worked by day at a law firm and returning to the prison at night.  Kerry continues in this role since being released and advocates for post-release women in the community.
Kerry was the inspiration behind ‘Wentworth’ and in January 2012 Kerry was appointed Story and Prison Authenticity Consultant to FremantleMedia to consult on the newly announced re-make on Foxtel of the hugely successful cult-television series 'Prisoner - Wentworth' that premiered in May 2013.
Foxtel recently purchased her ABC Australian Story episode and aired it throughout 47 countries in Asia as part of the ‘Best of Australian Stories 2010’.
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Let’s tune into Kerry Tuckers inspirational story … enjoy!!
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Episode 84: Disruptive, Diverse and Divine Voice of an Angel … with Tania de Jong

Catherine is here today with Tania de Jong. Tania de Jong is a trail-blazing Australian soprano, award-winning social entrepreneur, creative innovation catalyst, spiritual journeywoman, storyteller and global speaker. She works across the public, private, creative and social sectors.
With a grandmother who invented the first foldable umbrella, creativity and innovation are in Tania’s blood. And as the daughter of Holocaust survivors she has learnt about resilience and re-invention and developed a passion for diversity and social inclusion.
When she was just 14 years old her best friend told her not to bother having singing lessons. So it’s not surprising that her mission is to change the world, one voice at a time. Tania’s TED Talk How Singing Together Changes The Brain has sparked international interest,
Tania presents keynote speeches, leadership programs and workshops inspiring creative leadership, entrepreneurship, social inclusion, diversity and innovation globally.
Tania has a Bachelor of Law (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and is a graduate of Victorian College of the Arts in opera, music theatre and voice. Tania’s awards include Ernst and Young Australian Social Entrepreneur of the Year, the “Outstanding Individual Contribution to Australian Culture”, Churchill Fellowship and The Melbourne Awards. She was inducted into the AGSE Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame at Swinburne University and named Brainlink Woman of Achievement. Tania was named in the 2016 Impact 25 Awards. These awards honour the social sector’s most influential people for their significant and positive impact in Australia and around the world.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2008 for service to the Arts as a performer and entrepreneur and through the establishment and development of music and arts enrichment programs for schools and communities.
She sings in many languages, including English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Hebrew.
Find Out More About Tania de Jong
Tania de Jong's Website
Tania on Facebook
Follow Tania on Twitter @TaniadeJong
Here is a link to see and order her various recordings including her new release ‘Flying Free’: http://www.taniadejong.com/buy-music/
Sit back, relax and tune into this amazing episode.
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