The Catherine Plano Podcast

Episode 61: Energetic Solutions with Sheevaun Moran

Catherine is here today with Sheevaun Moran. Sheevaun has helped over 15,000 people achieve their epic life and success. She is an author of several books and Master Energy Coach, is the creator of the Energetic Solutions, Inc.® Success System and is devoted to teaching entrepreneurs, CEO’s and leaders Universal Success Principles with proven step-by-step “How-To’s” to breakthrough and of success.
Through her Conscious Conversations for CEO’s, Innovator’s Circle, Unleash Infinite Prosperity, Epic Life Conference programs and dozens of products, Sheevaun unleashes within you Clarity, Simplicity and Profits to live exponentially. She’s been awarded female entrepreneur of the year and has been featured in Wall Street Journal, CBS, ABC and many others.
When entrepreneurs feel they can’t go further amid challenges and multiple odds, Sheevaun’s techniques and principles bring clarity, simplicity and become that extra force they need to succeed.
Having gone through the travails of the Pharmaceutical industry, Sheevaun understands this (what) situation perfectly well and has been able combine her corporate experience, rapid growth expertise and also a uniquely different approach to lift entrepreneurs from the dredges of stagnation.
She uses energetic techniques and principles to grow and help innovate small businesses into big conglomerates by refocusing and shifting to clarity procedures in their workforce and positioning each achieve giant strides in their sphere of influence, profit and results on every front.
Find Our More About Sheevaun
Sheevaun's Website
Sheevaun Moran on Twitter @Sheevaun
Sheevaun on Facebook
Watch Sheevaun's YouTube Channel
Sit back, relax and tune in to this energetic and inspiring conversation!
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Episode 60: Crowdfunding Uncut! With Khierstyn Ross

Catherine Plano is here today with Khierstyn Ross, she is a crowdfunding product launch specialists that's helped creators and entrepreneurs raise more than $1.1M through Indiegogo and Kickstarter. She is also the host and founder of the Crowdfunding Uncut podcast where she deconstructs what it takes to successfully launch a product online.
Find Out More About Khierstyn Ross
Crowdfunding Uncut - Website
Crowdfunding Uncut on Facebook
Crowdfunding Uncut on Twitter @KhierstynRoss
Ready to be inspired? Then tune in and be ready to take some notes!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 59: Outsource, Delegate and Connect with Samantha Lippiatt

Catherine Plano is here today with Samantha Lippiatt. Samantha is an entrepreneur, healthy lifestyle advocate and co-founder of Australia’s first specialty wellness travel company Health and Fitness Travel.
Samantha has an unbridled enthusiasm for all things travel, health and fitness and is committed to providing healthy holidays options that not only enhance but change lives. Samantha’s goal is to bring active holidays and wellness tourism into mainstream acceptance in Australia and showcase that taking care of yourself can be both a very enjoyable and incredibly rewarding experience.
Originally from Scotland, Samantha has grown up across Australia and now resides in Melbourne between travelling and when not in the office, Samantha can usually be found by the water, be that at the beach where she is learning to kiteboard or in the ocean enjoying scuba diving.
Find Out More About Samantha Lippiatt
Health and Fitness Travel
Health and Fitness Travel on Twitter @HFTravelAU
Health and Fitness Travel on Facebook
Health and Fitness Travel on Instagram @healthandfitnesstravelau
Looking for a healthy getaway plan? Tune in and enjoy the conversation...
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 58: Love, Life and Laughter! With Georgina Penney

Catherine Plano is here today with Georgina Penney. Georgina first discovered romance novels when she was eleven and has been a fan of the genre ever since. It took her another eighteen years to finally sit in front of a keyboard and get something down on the page but that's alright, she was busy doing other things until then.
Some of those things included living in a ridiculous number of towns and cities in Australia before relocating overseas to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam and currently, Scotland.
Today she lives with her wonderful husband, Tony in a cozy steading in the Scottish countryside. When she's not swearing at her characters and trying to cram them into her plot, she can be found traipsing over fields, gazing at hairy coos and imagining buff medieval Scotsmen in kilts (who have access to shower facilities and deodorant) living behind every bramble hedge.
Find Out More About Georgina Penney
Georgina's Website
Georgina Penney on Facebook
Georgina Penney on Twitter @georginapenney
Georgina on Instagram @georgina.penney
Are you into romance? Then tune in, sit back and enjoy!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 57: The Right Fit … With Taryn Williams

Catherine Plano is here today with Taryn Williams, she is one of Australia’s top young entrepreneurs, named as a 2016 B&T Women in Media Entrepreneur finalist, 2015 Female Entrepreneur Awards finalist, 2015 B&T Hot 30 under 30 and SmartCompany 30 under 30.
A former international model and event producer, she founded WINK Models in 2007, a leading commercial modelling agency now with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, over 650 talent and an annual turnover in the millions.
Approached by an agency at 15, Taryn Williams started her career in front of the lens, travelling the world on international assignments and working for big brands including Qantas, Virgin Mobile, Lynx and Vo5. While modelling, Williams also worked in event management and as a photographic advertising producer, allowing her the opportunity to gain valuable insight into the various facets of the media and advertising industries. It was during this time that Williams knew she could improve the existing landscape with an agency that provided clients with a higher quality service while providing a fair and supportive environment for talent.
Launched in late 2015, theright.fit is an online platform that aims to revolutionise the talent industry by cutting out the middleman and removing hidden commissions and bias. With a focus on control, simplicity and efficiency, it puts power back into the users hands allowing for a single, online transaction.
With over fifteen years experience in the world of modelling, media and advertising, Taryn has proven herself to be a game changer in the industry and one not shy to press the disrupt button.
Find Out More About Taryn Williams
Taryn Williams Website
The Right Fit on Twitter @theright_fit
The Right Fit on Facebook
Taryn Williams on Instagram @tarynwilliams
Sit back, tune it and enjoy another outstanding conversation.
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 56: The 5 SMART Steps to Gaining Control of Your Time with Kate Christie

Catherine Plano is here today with Kate Christie, Founder and Director of Time Stylers, is a Time Management expert, international Speaker and best selling Author.
Kate consults to big and small business, government departments and C suite executives on smart time management; how to maximise productivity at home and work; and how to retain top talent via smart time management strategies. Kate has appeared on Australian and NZ television, radio and in print as a leading commentator on managing work/ life integration to ensure you can have success across your career, family, community, and life.
Author of “Me Time – The Professional Woman’s Guide to Finding 30 Guilt-Free Hours a Month”, Kate steps readers through a proven 5 step process to find and harness hours of lost time each month. Kate's second book - SMART Time Management for Doctors will be available soon.
Find Out More About Kate Christie
Time Stylers - Website
Time Stylers on Facebook
Time Stylers on Twitter @katetimestylers
Don't have the time? Then you must listen to this amazing conversation!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 55: Depression, Anxiety and Eating Disorders with Megan Bruneau

Catherine Plano is here today with Megan Bruneau. Megan Bruneau is a psychotherapist and wellness coach who specializes in helping people change their relationships to themselves. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Thought Catalog, Bustle, Psych Central, Gaia, Entrepreneur, Elephant Journal, The Aloha Way, and more. Her articles have amassed more that 15 million views.
Megan is also the host of The Failure Factor, a podcast that gathers “failure” stories from successful entrepreneurs. Each episode explores what the entrepreneur learned, how they maintained resilience, and why “failure” was formative to their career development.
Find Out More About Megan Bruneau
Megan's Website
Megan Bruneau on Facebook
Megan on Twiter @meganbruneau
Megan Bruneau on Instagram @meganjbruneau
Megan on YouTube
Sit back, tune in and relax with this outstanding conversation...
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 54: Motivation from Your Mind, Movement and Meaning with Trish Blackwell

Catherine Plano is here today with Trish Blackwell. Trish Blackwell believes that we can become more of who we were created to be by investing daily in our mind, movement and meaning. She celebrates the purpose and calling in every person she meets and teaches people how to have the confidence to live courageous in order to make a contribution to this world that deeply matters. It is when we become more of who we are that we can ultimately live out our full potential of who God created us to be.
Blackwell is a recognized fitness professional and thought leader committed to inspiring others to live with more confidence, health and happiness from the inside out. Her unique, three-pronged approach – motivation for your mind, movement and meaning – offers a holistic focus on personal growth and development. Particularly passionate about bringing hope to those who struggle with perfectionism, negative body image, eating disorders, compulsive exercise or confidence issues, Blackwell has become the leader on image issues in the fitness industry. Her own struggle with eating disorders and body dsymorphia plagued her for a full decade, though she hid it well behind a façade of perfectionism and feigned happiness. Trish knows what it feels like to feel trapped inside of your own body and is committed to helping others find the freedom to love the skin they’re in that she was finally able to find through her journey. Confidence coach, life coach, personal trainer, author, speaker and podcaster, Trish inspires her community across the world to conquer life with confidence.
A graduate of Davidson College (B.A. French, laude), Blackwell was a full-scholarship Division I swimmer. After Davidson she moved to France where she competed in swimming internationally as she taught English in the French school systems. It was in France that she discovered self-acceptance and how to live life to the fullest.
Her personal journey has taken her through many stages of negative and toxic living: destructive perfectionism, an eating disorder, a broken heart from an abusive relationship and sexual assault that threw her into a deep depression. Trish learned to train her mind, declaring herself to be victorious over her circumstances, not a victim of them. Now Trish knows that it is never too late to pursue living the life of your dreams. She coaches people across the globe to make radical lifestyle changes so that they can let their unique story and purpose shine.
Find Out More About Trish Blackwell
Trish Blackwell's Website
Trish on Facebook
Trish Blackwell on Twitter @trainerTRISH
Trish Blackwell on YouTube
Sit back, relax and enjoy this energetic conversation!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 53: 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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Episode 52: Life does not magically ‘”get better”. You need to make a change! with Janelle Ryan

Catherine Plano is here today with Janelle Ryan. Janelle Ryan is a passionate and dedicated Change Catalyst, the founder of Sky High Coaching, a regular and avid blogger , published author and engaging and inspirational speaker who credits everything that she’s experience d in her life to date to her love and success in the life development arena.
Janelle’s passionate and enthusiastic nature, along with her unwavering belief in her clients makes her a natural in working with successful dynamos ready and committed to take their life to the next level. Her level of genius is her ability to use her intuition and skills in assessing what isn’t being said and tapping into what is being communicated. She has a gift of seeing behind the facade and bringing forth her clients true inner most desires – even those they are not necessarily aware of themselves.
Janelle believes the path to a fulfilling and blissful life is not merely about goal setting and achievement. She believes underlying the pursuit of every goal is the need to make the change required – this change could be physical, mental, emotional or relational. Janelle works with her clients on busting through self doubt, creating more confidence and living a life they want to live, rather than one they think they should be living.
As a natural working with others, Janelle finds that personal one-on-one coaching feeds her soul and she loves nothing more than the times she spends with clients in her 12 Week Transformation Program and her complete 6 Month Metamorphosis Program.
Her second great love is her online program, Average to Ah-Mazing where she has the joy of seeing her gorgeous online community group take themselves from being bored and over their lives to creating a life that is truly ah-mazing!
She believes everyone can take their life Sky High!
Meet Janelle by downloading her complimentary online kit, Cloudy to Clear at www.skyhighcoaching.com.au, liking the Sky High Coaching Facebook Page or following Sky High Coaching on Instagram.
Find Out More About Janelle Ryan
Sky High Coaching Website
Sky High on Facebook
Sky High Coaching on Instagran @skyhighcoaching
Janelle Ryan on LinkedIn
Sit back, tune in and enjoy this awesome conversation...
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 51: Multiple Sclerosis and a major attack that left her paralysed with Amanda Campbell

Catherine Plano is here today with Amanda Campbell. By the age of 36, Amanda Campbell has experienced more than most people do in a lifetime. In 2004 at just 24, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and in 2009 suffered a major attack that left her paralysed.
At the time she was given a 50% chance of ever walking again.Unprepared to accept this as her fate, within six weeks, she stunned her doctors by not only walking, but running.This prompted her to swap a fast paced career in the fashion industry to go back to study and research how she achieved such a rapid recovery.
She went back to school to study for a Diploma in Sports Kinesiology, a practice akin to physical psychology, which endeavours to unravel the connection between our mind and our body utilizing TCM techniques.
As an accredited Sports Kinesiologist, working in her own practice, Bend Like Bamboo, Amanda now spends her days helping a wide range of people recover their health and rebuild their lives.
Core to everything Amanda does, is improving the health and well being of as many Australians as possible.
As part of this, she is embarking on a new business venture, Nourissh, to deliver delicious, feel good, whole food meals to people who are keen to improve the quality of what they eat.
Where Bend Like Bamboo aims to improve people’s mental health, Nourissh is squarely focused on giving people a convenient, delicious way to improve their physical health.
Amanda strongly believes that by eating the right food and working on our emotional well being, we are then giving our body the right environment it needs to repair and thrive. This is what she believes gave her the best chance of recovery, to living a happy fulfilling life.
Find Out More About Amanda Campbell
Nourissh Website
Nourissh on Facebook
Nourissh on Twitter @nourisshfood
Nourissh on Instagram @nourissh
Bend Like Bamboo
Bend Like Bamboo Website
Bend Like Bamboo on Facebook
Bend Like Bamboo on Instagram @bendlikebamboo
Bend Like Bamboo on Twitter @AmandaNourissh
Are you ready to nourissh and bend like a bamboo? Then you need to listen to this amazing conversation!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 50: Life Before I Became a Copywriter with Katherine Rodrigues

Catherine Plano is here today with Katherine Rodrigues. Kat Rodrigues is a copywriter, marketing strategist and professional performer, last seen in the original Australian casts of Hairspray and Jersey Boys. She co-founded boutique marketing agency, Revenge Creative, is the creator of Bombshell Productions, and recently launched a blog called, "Sure, Why Not? - Life's for the living."
Find Out More About Katherine Rodrigues
Katherine Rodrigues Website
Sure Why Not Website
Katherine Rodrigues | Sure Why Not on Facebook
Katherine Rodrigues on Twitter @_KatElizabeth__
Kat on Instagram @sure_why_not_blog
So sit back, relax and tune in to this vibrating conversation
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 49: From Unknown to Expert with Catriona Pollard

Catherine Plano is here today with Catriona Pollard. Catriona Pollard is the author of From Unknown To Expert, a step by step framework designed to help entrepreneurs develop effective PR and social media strategies to become recognised as influencers in their field.
Catriona is also the director of CP Communications, which merges traditional PR tactics with cutting-edge social media strategies that engage consumers as well as business.
Find Out More About Catriona Pollard
Catriona Pollard's Website
The Unknown Expert Blog
Catriona Pollard on Twitter @catrionapollard
Catriona Pollard on Facebook
Catriona on Instagram @catrionapollard
Tune in and enjoy another fantastic conversation.
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 48: Dealing with Autism with Randa Habelrih

Catherine Plano is here today with Randa Habelrih. Randa Habelrih is an author, speaker, inclusion advocate and advisor. She is the author of the book “Dealing with Autism” and founder of MATES.
Randa’s 19 years of experience in raising a child with autism sparked her passion to help others understand the unique needs that parents, teachers and health care professionals have when dealing with autism. She has trained in various methodologies designed to assist children living with autism, including Doman Therapy, the Son-Rise Program and Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA).
Following a heartbreaking bullying incident at school Randa felt the need to speak directly to his peers via social media and so created a YouTube video asking them to just be kind.  FYI here is the link: https://youtu.be/m3Nw7H6DqBU. This received a huge response from mothers and teachers; it also won a prize in a short film competition but more importantly his peers saw it.
The book “Dealing With Autism” was therefore the next part of the response to the exclusion and isolation that Randa’s son experienced but it was not enough to just share the narrative, as a society “we need to be proactive and encourage genuine, practical inclusion for our children.”
Randa has further extrapolated the MATES concept and is working at shining the spotlight via her Model MATES project; whereby models of differing abilities strut their stuff alongside professionals in the modelling industry. “It’s time we focused on what our children can do rather than what they can’t.” High fashion and modeling usually present a glamorous, unattainable ideal of perfection...
Model MATES is about presenting an alternative vision.
Randa is not only a sought after speaker, she is also an adviser, currently being involved in an advisory committee to the shadow minister for disability and also having sat on the governance committee for “The Eileen O’Conner School for Students with Special Needs”, the Sydney CEO’s first purpose built school for students with special needs. Additionally she is an advisor and advocate for parents who experience challenges with their children’s schooling.
Randa’s passion now lies in shifting the focus from AWARENESS of people living with social exclusion to their INCLUSION and also in fostering the leadership skills of our youth and sharing her message of hope, determination and empowerment.
Find Our More About Randa Habelrih
Randa's Website
Dealing with Autism Website
Randa Habelrih on Twitter @randahab
Randa Habelrih on Facebook
Dealing with Autism on Facebook
Randa Habelrih on Instagram @randa_mary
Sit back, tune in and enjoy another empowering conversation!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 47: Align your Soul Potential with Patty Kikos

Catherine Plano is here today with Patty Kikos. Patty Kikos is passionate about empowering people so that they can clear their blocks, shine their light and magnify their potential. She's made it her mission to demystify the woo woo behind esoteric teachings in a way that is not only fun and light hearted, but is also palatable and easy to implement into our every day life.
She is a humanitarian (and used to be a social worker) and she believes in the power of unity, philanthropy and activism, as well as advocacy and education. But most of all, Patty believes that if we are to be of service to others, we must first take care of ourselves and understand how to balance, align and transform our own energy.
Patty Kikos used to be an expert in the art of a NON-balanced life as a driven type A personality who yearned to find meaning while helping others. She had great altruistic intentions – but no spiritual toolkit to keep her on track.
She worked as a social worker and counselor and tried to ‘balance’ the stress of her job by teaching dance. When my deep unhappiness didn’t stir her soul into taking action to change her life, an adrenal burnout subsequently got her attention.
Version 2.0 of her professional qualifications morphed into the wellness industry where she acquired a few more qualifications that were more aligned with her spirit. She studied kinesiology, became a Reiki master as well as an energy healer.
Find Out More About Patty Kikos
Patty's Website
Patty on Twitter @PattyKikos
Patty on Facebook
Patty on Instragram @PattyKikos
Patty on LinkedIn
Watch Patty's YouTube Channel
Tune in and let the vibrations do the talking
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 46: The Journey. Self-Development and Cellular Healing with Brandon Bays

Catherine Plano is here today with Brandon Bays. Brandon Bays is one of the most dynamic, inspirational and innovative teachers in the field of personal growth, self-development and cellular healing.
International bestselling author of The Journey, Freedom Is, The Journey for Kids, Consciousness The New Currency and Living The Journey.
Pioneer of the Journey Method, a practical and liberating tool for healing and awakening.
The Journey and Journeywork is translated into 23 languages and offering seminars in 44 countries
Dedicating life to bringing healing and freedom to people around the globe.
Known for her radically transformative work in the fields of cellular healing, emotional wellbeing and spiritual awakening, with extensive training and experience in the field of alternative healing and wholesome healthy living and inspired by the scientific findings of Dr Deepak Chopra MD, Candace B Pert PhD,
The powerful teachings of The Journey were born from Brandon’s own direct experience and healing journey from a large tumour in just 6 ½ weeks, without drugs or surgery. And over the last 18 years, journeywork has grown organically and exponentially to include practical, accessible and liberating process work which can be used by anyone, in all areas of life to uncover and awaken limitless potential and bring about healing, freedom, true fulfillment and abundance on all levels of being – emotionally, physically, spiritually, materially. People continually report their amazing healing stories, experiences and breakthroughs with issues that have been with them, often for a lifetime. From depression to anxiety, low self esteem to feeling unloved in fact any and all emotional and physical issues.
Brandon is an authentic living example of her work – full of joy and energy, with a natural love and gratitude for life. She is a presence of grace, a living expression of Truth. Her open, candid honesty combined with her genuine compassion for the human condition and her relaxed, warm-hearted humour, bring her teachings alive with insight, depth, humanity and grace.
She counts the greatest blessing in her life to be given the immense privilege of serving awakening and healing around the world.
Find Out More More About Brandon Bays
The Journey Website by Brandon Bays
The Journey on Facebook
Are You Ready? This is an AMAZING conversation!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 45: Adore Beauty – Think About Your Customer First! With Kate Morris

Catherine Plano is here today with Kate Morris. Kate had the inspiration for Adore Beauty in 1999 at the age of 21. Having grown up in Launceston, Tasmania she had always bemoaned the fact that all the hottest beauty products mentioned in the magazines were only available to those who lived in the big cities. So what did she do? After studying a Bachelor of Business at Monash University while working on the cosmetic counters part-time, Kate was inspired to create an online beauty boutique that would allow women everywhere to access the best products, anywhere, anytime. And voila! adorebeauty.com.au was born!
Find Out More About Kate Morris
Kate Morris - Adore Beauty Website
Adore Beauty on Facebook
Adore Beauty on Twitter @adorebeauty
Adore Beauty on Instagram @adorebeautyofficial
Tune in, relax and enjoy the conversation!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 44: Changing Women’s Lives One Run at a Time! With Erica King

Catherine Plano is here today with Erica King. Erica’s first entry into business started when she was 10 in hospitality with her family catering and restaurant businesses.
From there, she worked as a make-up artist in film and television, travelling the world and rubbing shoulders with both Australian and international personalities. Erica also completed a thesis on tribal customs in New Guinea while living with a remote tribe in the highlands of PNG. After studying psychology, Erica transitioned into the corporate world, providing management training in her area of specialty – organisational change.
That led her to the dental profession where she provided management consultancy services to 575 privately owned dental practices for 17 years. This was a leading dental management organisation that achieved very significant gains for its clients.
Eventually, Erica owned and managed a group of dental practices alongside her partner in suburban Melbourne for another 12 years. She managed a total of 150 staff members across 6 locations.
It was during this last phase of her dental career that ended in 2016 that Erica chose to follow through with her passion and commit 100% of her time to making a real difference in women’s lives with running.
This decision was in the making for a long time, 14 years to be exact, when Erica decided to learn to run, literally from scratch at 38-years-old. Previously, she had been involved in ocean swimming and general gym type fitness. Erica was on the search for a new challenge as she felt she was stuck in a rut.
Erica being Erica, she then thought of the toughest running challenge there is – a marathon. Where would make for the most exciting city in the world to run a marathon? New York City!
Erica says her journey proved to be a lonely but wonderful experience - she recalls feeling the fresh air, thinking of nothing, having no mobile phone and no distractions while out running… just complete peace and time for myself.
As you’d expect, Erica’s journey generated widespread media attention, both as a result of her audacious goal and because she was raising money for Breast Cancer Research.
Finally, after all of the hard training, Erica found herself standing at the starting line on Staten Island in New York alongside another 30,000 runners from all over the world, listening to a band play New York, New York. It was 6 degrees celsius - the wind was icy and Erica could not have felt more excited in her life.
The entire race route was lined with thousands of cheering, enthusiastic spectators and Erica recalls just how emotional crossing the finish line in Central Park was – with tears of joy streaming down her face and every part of her body screaming, Erica had just run 42.195kms for the very first time in 4 hours and 50 mins.
While it’s not a great time for a seasoned runner, for Erica, it was a fantastic achievement and she wasn’t fussed about the time. Erica is not a professional athlete and could not even run a step 10 months before. She is just someone who set a goal and achieved it. From that moment on, Erica knew she could truly achieve anything that she set her mind to. And best of all, Erica raised AUD $97,000 for Breast Cancer Research.
Now that she had the running bug, Erica wanted to do more marathons and half marathons. Since New York in 2002, Erica has run 21 Marathons including all 6 World Major Marathons (New York/Boston/London/Berlin/Chicago/Tokyo), plus many half marathons and shorter races with the running group.
It was at the San Francisco marathon expo in 2007 that Erica came across an American clothing company called – yes you guessed it – Running Divas.
Fast forward nine years and here we are! An incredible 124,000 women have found one another because of running. The friendship, camaraderie, support, advice and encouragement shown by this group is incredible.
We want all women to have this same opportunity to share the love of running, regardless of their age, body shape or life experiences. Anyone can achieve amazing things and Running Divas is here to support women on their journey to change their lives, one run at a time.
ERICA KING – QUALIFICATIONS
B.Comm (pysch); B.HRM; B.T&D; Grad Dip Psych
Registered Fitness Professional; Run Coach; Nutritional Coach; Passionate Marathon Runner; Blogger
A SNAPSHOT OF ERICA’S RUNNING EXPERIENCE TO DATE
• Completed all World Major Marathons – New York, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, Tokyo
• Completed a total of 21 marathons so far
• Erica celebrated her 50th birthday in 2014 by running 12 Marathons in 12 Months
Find Our More About Erica King
Running Divas Website
Running Divas on Facebook
Running Divas on Instagram @runningdivas
Running Divas on Twitter @RunningDivasAus
Sit back relax and enjoy this amazing conversation!
Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 43: Be Your Best in This Moment with Monica Kade

Catherine Plano is here today with Monica Kade. Monica Kade is the Director of The Moment HQ; a storytelling platform for professionals and businesses, which specialises in the human story.
Monica has over 12 years experience in publishing, media and entrepreneurship. She's inspired by the human spirit, creativity and connecting people to their dreams.
Her philosophy in life is to share the feeling that moves her. She does this by weaving together words that reach into an individual's heart, interviews or illuminates another’s work and shares this with the world.
In 2007, she began her successful online ventures, Mink Magazine and Career Confessions, through which she has interviewed hundreds of the world’s Entrepreneurs, Business and Sports Professionals, Thought Leaders and Celebrities on how they got to where they are in their career. In 2008 she was nominated an Anthill Business Magazine Top 30 under 30 Entrepreneur for these businesses.
More recently, Monica was the Managing Editor for Aspire and My Business Magazines. She rebranded and launched Aspire, taking it from a digital publication to a print newsstand magazine in 2015 - with no previous print magazine experience.
She has lived in New York City, and her greatest love is the ocean.
Monica was featured in CLEO Magazine's June 2012 issue and on Channel 7's Weekend Sunrise discussing body image and healthy living. Her book, Change in One Moment: Health starts in your mind will be released in 2017.
Find Out More About Monica Kade
Monica's Website
Monica on Twitter @MonicaKade
Monica on Facebook
Monica on Instagram @themomenthq
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Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 42: Handle Your Own PR with Jules Brooke

Catherine Plano is here today with Jules Brooke. For the last fifteen years, Jules has been teaching small business owners and entrepreneurs how to grow their sales and get the phone ringing by getting featured for free in the media.
She has owned and operated a number of small businesses herself and ran a PR agency specialising in small business clients, start-ups and entrepreneurs for well over a decade. She has worked in most disciplines in marketing, both in Australia and overseas, and loves to share her knowledge and experience with her customers.
HYOPR has helped over a thousand small business owners to make millions of dollars’ worth of media exposure by running their own PR campaigns. Using her online boot camps, coaching and PR tools, Jules’ students have been on TV, radio and been featured in magazines and newspapers nationally. Many have gone on to huge success in their business.
Jules has a big personality and infectious enthusiasm which she uses to great effect when she teaches. She manages to simplify the whole process to make handling your own PR an easy, achievable part of your marketing mix.
Find Out More About Jules Brooke
Jule's Website
Jules on Facebook
Jules on LinkedIn
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Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 41: She’s a Changemaker … With Anne-Sophie Dumetz

Catherine Plano is here today with Anne-Sophie Dumetz. After leaving a pretty-on-paper communications career, Anne-Sophie Dumetz founded She’s a Changemaker, a platform and community for female entrepreneurs who feel called to change the world doing their soul’s work.
Since then, she’s worked as a visibility strategist, message maven and professional bullshit slayer helping hundreds of women tap into the power of their own story and voice to create a message that connects with their destined clients so they can spread love, make sales and change lives in a major way.
Drawing from her background in Women’s Studies, Journalism and traditional media, Anne-Sophie’s clients rave about her breath-of-fresh air presence, real and raw clarity-inducing intuitive insights, incredible business savvy and her natural ability to “see” – and communicate – things most people can’t.
Find Our More About Anne-Sophie Dumetz
Anne-Sophie's Website
Anne-Sophie Dumetz on Twitter @asdumetz
Anne-Sophie on Facebook
Anne-Sophie on Instagram @asdumetz
Check Anne-Sophie on YouTube
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Interviewed by: Catherine Plano
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Episode 40: Give Yourself Permission to Be Amazing! With Karen Finnin

Julie-Anne Black is here today with Karen Finnin, she is a Physiotherapist, and she specialises in helping health business owners to take their services online.
In 2011 Karen launched Physios Online, Australia’s first entirely online Physiotherapy clinic. As a result of the success of Physios Online, Karen has become one of Australia’s leading authorities within the telehealth (online health consultation) industry. Through her experience with Physios Online and subsequent business projects, Karen has become passionate about how health business owners can apply simple digital strategies to many aspects of their service offering to enable them to reach more people, earn more money and create more time.
Find Out More About Karen Finnin
Karen Finnin's Website
Karen Finnin on Twitter @physiosonline
Karen on Facebook
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Interviewed by: Julie-Anne Black
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