IQ Meets EQ Podcast

Applied Wisdom is for women dealing with practical difficulties of life, or a major legal batter, who want poise under pressure. we want to stay in our integrity throughout a challenge and live by the saying: Do no harm, but take no shit! In this podcast, you'll learn how to apply skills, your power, support, and wisdom in useful ways for day-to-day life, as well as times when you're under acute stress. Because it's the challenges in our lives that often create the biggest transformations in us, and we want to navigate them with grace and integrity. Check out the first episode: Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/6Xy8XR5vjBb Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/support-with-ush-dhanak/id1696569322?i=1000620503543

Since Fran Pratt was a child, she has always been interested in people and how relationships work.  This has translated into her specialisation on the company-client relationship and specifically the art of selling.  Selling has been part of Fran's life for over 25 years and in every industry, in small or large businesses, she has been successful. Fran loves sales! She also knows that for many people, “sales” is a dirty word because it's been disconnected from this key relationship that you have with your customers. Fran has completed a Graduate Certificate in Change Management and an MBA from Melbourne Business School. Coupled with my hands-on sales and business experience, she has a toolbox of techniques that she draws on to help businesses better understand themselves and their customers. Fran Pratt created Metisan to bridge that gap, to demystify the sales process and sales people so that anyone can improve their sales performance. Her vision is a world where business owners both understand and respect their clients, understand how to foster this relationship through the art of sales.  She has a young family and bonus kids from her husband, and so also knows what it is to juggle personal and business priorities – always open and curious to learn how to try new things and do life differently. Connect with Frances! LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/franpratt/  Website: www.metisan.com.au https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-brauman/   www.legallywisewomen.com.au     https://eq.academy   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eqexpert/

Helen Kartika is a business and career coach. She has helped her clients launch businesses, get clarity on their career next steps, navigate anxiety & Imposter Syndrome in the workplace, work towards the promotions they deserve and show up in their business more confidently, authentically and intentionally.   https://www.helenkartika.com   https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-brauman/   www.legallywisewomen.com.au     https://eq.academy   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eqexpert/

Jacqui and Ush  both agree that this career has been amazing. Jane Vandermeer is a stylist who helps women find the right clothes, to love the size they are right now. She is a highly intuitive, gentle and innovative thought leader. She has had a 30-year career in the fashion industry, and has created a number of multi-award winning businesses. Jane has an innate ability to connect with her clients often when they can't always articular their own needs. She is in tune with trends but a confident individualist when it comes to style. Not to mention her natural perfumes and deodorants.   www.finessebusinessandstyle.com   https://intuitivewhispers.com.au   https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-brauman/   www.legallywisewomen.com.au     https://eq.academy   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eqexpert/

This is a powerhouse episode! Kate Osborne Owner Leisure Seekers travelled to over 50 countries meeting with both women and men to question them on a quest to achieve success in her lifetime. As a Flight Centre share owner she understood business for success and mentored over 75 teams in five years to follow the systems of success. Poached by the world's #1 Business Coaching Franchise, Kate was one of 3 women in over 620 Franchisees across the world and trebled the numbers of women year on year in her business. She is now striving to create a legacy where Queensland women can become interdependent on each other and fast track success, by celebrating each other's uniqueness and potential. Kate believes that success is defined individually, and coaches women leaders with non-judgement and compassion to provide the tools to authentically balance health, wealth and family.     https://kokomatrix.com/about/   https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-brauman/   www.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://eq.academy   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eqexpert/

In this solo episode, Jacqui explores her blossoming leadership style with a mentor. Midja Fisher has spent the last two decades years in the corporate world as a legal partner of an ASX listed national law firm and a learning and development specialist. She is considered an expert in leadership and building career confidence. During her career she has mentored and coached leaders and facilitated hundreds of corporate workshops, from webinar series and induction programs to 6-day residential leadership programs Midja understands the challenges clients face in building leadership capability within their organisations. She works with leaders to leverage their strengths to gain the skills and self-belief they need to inspire top performance.   https://www.midja.com.au   https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-brauman/   www.legallywisewomen.com.au      https://eq.academy   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eqexpert/ 

Facing more new topics, boldly, Jacqui and Ush reveal more about themselves after discussing a topic that still seems to be unnecessarily taboo in our culture: disordered eating. Joni Seeto is a former binge-eater turned therapist who specialises in helping women to stop self-sabotaging with food.  Her unique Weightless™ method helps women make peace with food, reclaim their worth and feel good in their own skin again. With qualifications in Rapid Transformational Therapy, Eating Psychology and 10+ years of corporate leadership and development experience, Joni combines hypnotherapy and coaching to help women get to the root of their lifelong struggle with food and achieve long-lasting results. If you want to find out why you keep turning to food (even when you're determined not to!) take Joni's free Decode Your Cravings quiz here: https://www.joniseeto.com/quiz or get in touch with Joni on Instagram @joniseeto   https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-brauman/   www.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://eq.academy   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eqexpert

Very different topic this episode - or a similar theme, but from a different source! Ioanna Serpanos is a recognised and well-respected Psychic Medium and Mentor who comes from a long linage of Psychic Mediums and has been reading for over 20 years. She is renowned for her accuracy, honesty and integrity and delivers messages from Spirit with compassion, humility and down to earth practicality.   Ioanna was originally trained as an engineer and finished her corporate career as a General Manager of an international automotive company.  She knows the corporate world of business intimately and can draw on her experience and her intuition to advise on outcomes of a business nature.   As a well as healings and readings for others, she also mentors people to tap into their intuition, and to learn to trust and use it in daily life.   https://ioannaserpanos.com   https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-brauman/   www.legallywisewomen.com.au    https://eq.academy   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eqexpert/   Transcripts: https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/iq-meets-eq-podcast-by-jacqui-brauman

Starting 2022 with the big topics - Ush Dhanak and Jacqui Brauman talk about fear, performance, preparation, and embodiment in this episode! Shawnee is a two-time Olympian as the former Assistant Coach for the Canadian Women's Basketball Team, and is one of the most highly certified basketball coaches in Canada. She has 26 years of elite coaching and leadership experience including the Olympic Games, World Championships, FIBA Americas, and World University Games. Her purpose and passion are devoted to helping athletes of all ages gain a competitive edge, get selected to their dream team, earn a scholarship, and compete with courage and confidence when it matters most. And because it takes a village, she also works with their parents. Shawnee holds a Master's Degree in Coaching Studies, and she is a Master Coach Developer and Master Learning Facilitator for the National Coaching Certification Program, where she trains and mentors both advanced and novice coaches from all sports. Since winning matters not only in sport but also in business, Shawnee has become a sought-after corporate coach, leadership coach, life coach, and motivational speaker. Her vast experience in the elite world of sport transfers directly to the boardroom where success is talent oriented, and people driven. Teams and leaders are raising the bar after taking her sessions: Build a Winning Team, Transform Managers to Leaders, and Ignite the Leader Within.   https://www.shawneeharle.com/fear-to-fierce   https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-brauman/   www.legallywisewomen.com.au      https://eq.academy   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eqexpert/   Transcripts: https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/iq-meets-eq-podcast-by-jacqui-brauman     iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/iq-meets-eq-podcast/id1462121467

A reflection on 2021 - our personal, mental, spiritual and business journeys - including a review of our learnings from our guests.   https://eq.academy https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au www.legallywisewomen.com.au

In the last interview style episode for 2021, Ush and Jacqui have their pets making lots of noise! But they persist with the great conversation about trust, self-confidence, resilience, transition and lifestyle design inspired by Genine Howard. Genine is best known as a business coach who has created, bought and sold numerous high-end magazine titles in both print and digital including Profile Magazine.   With a swag of accolades, Genine is also an author, public speaker, lifestyle strategist and is dedicated to helping other female entrepreneurs live their most extraordinary lives teaching them how to build impactful high-end business empires.   https://geninehoward.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/femmpire  

Jacqui Brauman from Legally Wise Women gives you some more insight into your decision making when facing a conflict, by using the conflict resolution model to describe the initial emotional response we get when under threat, and then moving into more rational phases to be able to make better decisions.   www.legallywisewomen.com.au https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au https://www.facebook.com/groups/legallywise

This one is a great episode that brings together a lot of the topics that Jacqui and Ush have been discussing with various guests over the last 6 months. Linda Emslie lived for many years as the poster girl for “Rushing Woman's Syndrome”. Leaving her secure career over a decade ago, to follow her soul calling, Linda transformed from Marketing Manager to massage therapist, to Reiki Master to Soul Connection Mentor. Linda empowers conscious business leaders with chronic illness to uncover their soul-aligned solutions for healing and business growth. She's an international best-selling author, an industry leader in doing business with the sacred feminine, a mother of 4 girls, and knows from first-hand experience the challenge of living with fibromyalgia. With a background of 20 years in Marketing and Communication, over 10 years as a Natural Therapies practitioner, and a life-long learner in life's deeper mysteries, Linda's medicine is a potent mix of divinely channeled guidance and practical, actionable strategies. Mindfulness meditation. Runs for approx 10 mins.   Goddess Breath. Runs for approx 4mins.     Special offer for IQ Meets EQ listeners: 20% off my Divine Intervention package. Feeling stuck? When you need to short circuit the loop and clear the programming that's confining you in an endless cycle of build-up then burn-out, you need divine intervention! This highly transformative combination of EFT Tapping and Reiki dissolves the daily struggle against pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety and brain fog. It's your opportunity to disrupt the cycle of chronic illness, toxic stress or rushing woman's syndrome. Work with me for 3 x 90 min sessions over 3 weeks and together we will: switch off your stress response reclaim peace and predictability release your painful thoughts create space for JOY and Purpose   Use the coupon IQMEETSEQ20 to receive your 20% discount, when you book here.

Jacqui Brauman from Legally Wise Women approaches the topic of having a hard conversation. She provides some tips for getting over your fear of conflict - that it's just your brain being triggered by a social threat, and how to trick your brain. And how to start a difficult conversation to deal with something upfront, instead of letting it go and spiral into something bigger.   www.legallywisewomen.com.au

Jacqui and Ush reflect after another woman who has navigated a successful career, through masculine workplaces, towards working for herself in a truly impactful way. Melissa has over 20 years' experience in the financial services industry, working previously as a financial planner, stockbroker and seminar delivery specialist. With a passion for finance and making a difference in people's lives, Melissa was naturally drawn into financial planning.  But while working in the industry she realised there was a strong need to educate and coach people around managing their money. Melissa consolidated all her knowledge around finances and her love of working with people and created her own Money Mindset and Success Coaching business called Talking Money. Talking Money is about changing people's lives; by providing the tools, support and framework to empower them to have clarity, awareness and efficiency around their money. Melissa creates a safe space to have a real conversation about money and is passionate about uncovering how our relationship with money impacts our motivations and behaviour every…single…day!   https://melissameagher.com.au

Do you wish to provide episode notes for this recording? If so, please provide the notes below. (How would you like to describe this podcast? If notes are not provided PipeWolf Media will add episode notes.)   In this episode, Jacqui Brauman, Founder and CEO of Legally Wise Women, gives a summary of a training that she has available, covering the three main mistakes that women make when facing a personal legal problem, and what they can do to avoid it.   Found out more at https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au

An interview with a woman whose incredible energy puts Ush and Jacqui to shame, this episode we feature Caralee Fontenele. Caralee has been in business since she was in her early twenties. At the age of 30, she went to University to become a family lawyer. She opened her family law practice Collective Family Law on the Gold Coast in 2012 and have expanded across three locations since then, with the view to keep scaling.   Being the director of Collective Family Law, Caralee has cultivated a strong culture of excellence in the service her business provides to clients, balanced with fun and innovation within the team.   Her love of business and the law has lead her to create a platform for professional service firm owners called The Scalable Business Lounge. Caralee has recognised that there is a lack of support for law firm owners to grow their businesses and to create law firms that help them to create a life that they dream of. As the leader of the Scalable Business Lounge, she helps law firm owners to get their law firms running like a well-oiled machine so that it doesn't need them anymore.   Amoung other things, Caralee also hosts the 'Being Unstoppable' podcast, and has authored a number of Gluten Free, Sugar Free cookbooks.   https://caraleefontenele.com

Ush challenges us to imagine our lives if we had control over your emotions. She reviews the concepts of the “Frankenstein” brain and the “Einstein” brain.   https://eq.academy

A conversation deep in the agri-sector gives cause for a broader conversation than Ush and Jacqui have had before about sustainability, supply chain, and climate change. Emma Coath is the Managing Director of Rocket Seeder Limited in Australia and a Co-Founder and Director of GROW Agrifood Tech Accelerator in Singapore. She has a passion for building a sustainable food and agriculture sector through supporting innovative entrepreneurs.   Emma has worked in the food and agriculture sector for the past 25 years, in both public and private organisations. Emma has completed a Bachelor of Commerce (Deakin University), a Master of eBusiness (RMIT University) and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.   https://www.rocketseeder.com

In this episode, Jacqui Brauman gives a legally wise mini bite to dispel 3 myths that people hold about lawyers, which may help make them a bit more human, and help to make it a bit easier if you need to find a lawyer. https://legallywisewomen.com.au

Louise Bedford is a best-selling author of five books on the sharemarket. She is one of Australia's most compelling speakers on the sharemarket, has been trading the markets since 1990, and has trained thousands of people to maximise their own trading potential. Louise is a behavioural finance expert and has degrees in both Psychology and Business. She has done the hard yards in the sharemarket so you can shortcut your way to success by following her methods. She's been running the 6-month repeat-for-free Trading Game Mentor Program since 2000, and she's also the founder and co-host of Talking Trading, a free weekly trading podcast. Louise's presentations are not about vague concepts that don't work in the real world — she highlights incredibly practical, time-saving strategies that you need to implement in order to become an extremely successful trader. Her key areas of focus are using candlestick charts, trading psychology, pattern detection, the impact of neuro-psychology on trading decisions and trading crisis management. Officially crowned as Australia's "Candlestick Queen", she's known as the trader that brought this fascinating technique to Australia. When she's not hanging out with her traders, Louise is spending time with her two children and husband, lifting weights at the gym, enjoying yoga, and trying to get a glimpse of her own reflection on the back of her business partner Chris Tate's bald head. You're going to want to listen to absolutely every word she has to say!   tradinggame.com.au

In this episode, Ush Dhanak follows her last mini bite with an explanation of the Frankenstein brain, and the impacts this part of your brain can have. She introduces the ‘doom loop' and starts introducing ideas about how to break it, and leave your Frankenstein brain behind.   For more, find Ush at http://eq.academy

Originally trained as a lawyer, and currently practising as a registered psychologist, Emily Knowles has a deep interest and investment at the intersection of these two fields. Lawyer wellbeing, and the issue of wellbeing amongst the profession more generally, is a cause to which she is deeply committed. After spending time in her early career clerking in both criminal and civil jurisdictions, she worked as a Judge's Associate in the Supreme Court before discovering and deciding that while her head was in the law, her heart was very much aligned with the human-side of the job. In time she finessed that passion to support the human at work : pursuing specialism in Organisational Psychology. She now devotes a considerable amount of her professional time and effort supporting an occupational approach towards wellbeing, amongst other solutions in the world of work. Her areas of subject matter expertise include wellbeing, leadership, leader wellbeing, individual differences (eg values and personality), culture and performance. Solutions are sometimes 'wellbeing specific', and other times the wellbeing lens is more embedded and integrated into other leadership/performance/culture work.   Emily currently consults with The Human Link (www.humanlink.co )   The poem Ush refers to: https://simpleandpractical.com/stages-change-poem/   Chapter I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost… I am hopeless. It isn't my fault. It takes forever to find a way out.   Chapter II I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in this same place. But it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.   Chapter III I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it there. I still fall in… it's a habit… but, my eyes are open. I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.   Chapter IV I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.   Chapter V I walk down another street.

How do you resolve conflict? What is the style you default to when faced with a difficult conversation? Knowing your default conflict style, and what the other styles are and when to apply them, can help you work out when you need to adopt a different style to what you default to. For more: https://legallywisewomen.com.au/how-do-you-resolve-conflict/

Jacqui interviews Kate Dillon, after having bought one of her locally made jumpers, and it generates a great conversation with Ush. Kate Dillon is the founding director and CEO of She Lion bags: www.SheLion.com.au. She is a dual qualified lawyer (Australia and New York, USA), holding an LLB (Hons) / BA (distinction), and an MLM Commercial Law (IP). Kate has completed various innovation strategy and design thinking executive courses, including training with Inventium Pty Ltd, Echos School of Design Thinking, Stanford d.school and IDEO. Kate is a graduate and member of the AICD, and a certified Agile Practitioner (DSDM). Kate was selected to complete the Executive Program in Women's Leadership at Stanford in 2019. She also holds an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from MIT in Boston.   Watch the video here. Get a shirt: https://www.shelion.com.au

In this episode, Ush Dhanak introduces a great EQ concept - thinking about your ‘doom and gloom/fear and angry' brain as Frankenstein (“Frankie”) v your best brain - “Einstein” brain. http://eq.academy

In this episode, Jacqui turns the tables and interviews an interviewer - Faye Waterman is generally known as The Conversation Curator. She helps SME business owners to Build Their Profiles and Brand Awareness, building their credibility and visibility through conversation on radio, video, and social media.     She is a mother of 2 children and 3 grandchildren     She has been involved in business most of her adult life     She has owned her own business and been an (RTO)Registered Training Organisation as a sole trader in the Health and Fitness Industry running nationally accredited training courses in the health and fitness industry training many people to work in the industry including herself.     Now she has her own radio show ‘A Conversation with Faye' Live on Air Radio on 88.3 Southern FM Community radio         https://www.linkedin.com/in/fayewaterman/?originalSubdomain=au

In this Mini Bite, Jacqui Brauman provides a short summary of some key alternative dispute resolution methods that you could access, including the benefits of resolving a dispute as early as possible. 

With a focus on financial wellbeing with another financial planner as a guest, Jacqui and Ush again check on their money blocks after listening to Natallia Smith and her passion. Natallia's wish is for all women to have the financial security, independence and confidence that they deserve. Everything she does is driven by her knowledge that can help women navigate their financial lives. Migrating to Australia in 2001, Natallia learned that starting over in a new country involved dealing with significant financial repercussions. Her desire to create financial security for herself, her family and her future ignited an interest in this field and turned her new-found love into a fulfilling career as a Financial Adviser.  Combining her previous education in psychology with her training and knowledge of the financial industry, Natallia now works closely with her financial advice clients to develop strategies to build confidence, motivate, educate and provide security throughout their lives. With a proven strong capability in the management of complex financial strategies, her added life experience as a mother, wife and daughter of retired parents has given her a deep understanding of the reason we all need financial security. It is never too early to be prepared and protected for the uncertainties of family life and events such as separation, divorce, retirement and death. Our financial futures matter. I specialize in helping and educating pre-retiree single women (never married / widowed / separated / divorced) to manage their financial affairs and achieve financial independence and security. Rest assured, you will receive exceptional quality financial advice that will always be in your best interests.    https://www.truwealthadvice.com.au  

The final lesson in Ush's first 5-part series is about mind power! Ush Dhanak, Australia's leading EQ expert talks about thoughts, words and actions - forming habits that dominate your life. You can feed positive thoughts to change your life.    https://eq.academy  

Serial entrepreneur Jess Jones knows burnout. She launched her first business 2nd Avenue Events in 2013, 37 weeks pregnant with her son. Jess sought out other business owners to network with and couldn't find a group that resonated with her. Her second business Soar Collective was created in 2014, to create the perfect space for connection and collaboration between regional businesswomen. Jess ran both until she sold 2nd Avenue Events in October 2015 to focus on growing Soar Collective.     She hit her first burnout in 2017 while managing her business, a part time job and 2 young children. She hit burnout again in May 2019 and took huge life changes to recover and ensure it didn't return. During lockdown in 2020, Jess realised her experience, knowledge, and skills that had been honed throughout her own journey needed to be shared. So many people were going through burnout and looking for ways to navigate it to find their own way back. Jess knew it was her mission to help and The Burnout Club was born.     Jess Jones is the Founder of The Burnout Club, helping business owners navigate burnout and build resilience on their road to recovery.    Website https://www.theburnoutclub.com  Podcast https://www.theburnoutclub.com/podcast  Burnout Kit https://bit.ly/tbcburnoutkit  Breaking up with Burnout Mini-Course http://bit.ly/burnoutminicourse 

In this fifth Legally Wise Mini Bite, solicitor and founder of Legally Wise Women Jacqui Brauman gives some simple alternative dispute resolution advice - providing some services to utilise to resolve your legal issue without ‘going legal' and needing a solicitor.

In this episode, Jacqui explores a very different level of emotional intelligence with Zenith Virago. Zenith is the EO and founding member of the NSW Charity, the Natural Death Care Centre. Co-author of the book The Intimacy of Death and Dying, and subject of the international independent documentary, Zen & the Art of Dying, and patron of the Good funeral guide, UK. Zenith is at the forefront and a leading pioneer of dying well, family led body care, meaningful and appropriate ceremony, and informing and educating communities to reclaim and be empowered before, during and after death. Often seen as a maverick she offers a hybrid of truly traditional ways blended with a more contemporary understanding, encouraging people to take their dying, death, after death care and ceremony back into their own hands and hearts, even in cases of sudden death and trauma. With a legal and community background, she is a seen as a community resource, assisting people to know and reclaim their legal rights, and co-create their own social rites of passage. She has been working towards more holistic cultural change in approaches to better and continual end of life and after death care for well over 25 years. Known as a Deathwalker, an educator and a celebrant, she shares the subtle and obvious layers involved, offering guidance, support and care to inform, enable and empower people to be as informed, open and courageous as they can, and to experience their dying and their loss in the best way they can. Simply, she accompanies and guides people in their losses. https://www.naturaldeathcarecentre.org

In the fourth EQ Academy mini bite, Ush discusses creativity as an aspect of emotional intelligence, including the state of ‘flow'.

Following on from the last couple of episodes with Jacqui close to burnout, and Ush making hard decisions herself, this guest had just what they both needed to hear. Brigette Sigley was the ultimate superwoman juggling a successful business and family. Like many she didn't see the warning signs. First came a brain tumour then breast cancer. She felt totally responsible for bringing in an income and providing for the needs of her family. Living by the hormones of stress had become her “normal”. Brigette realised she needed to find a way to live so she could be there for her family. Brigette went on a transformational journey. Over a 4 year period, she trained with some of the world's best health practitioners from both Eastern and Western Medicine. She researched the science behind stress and studied to become an Integrated Health Coach out of the Institute of Integrated Nutrition in New York. She also studied with many of the Masters in India. Ten years later she now has that elusive life balance without having to sacrifice anything. Her passion is inspiring women to get off the hamster wheel and to reignite their life so they can experience more peace and fulfilment and to avoid a stress related crisis like the one she went through.   Saying No script: https://brigettesigley.com/free-saying-no-with-kindness-script/   https://brigettesigley.com/book-a-strategy-call-with-brigette/

In her Legally Wise Mini Bite, Jacqui gives advice about how lawyers charge, and how to talk to a lawyer about their fees.   https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au

In this episode, Jacqui and Ush debrief after Jacqui interviews a woman who is truly contributing to moving the needle for women, both in business and in tech. Peace Mitchell is an international keynote speaker, author, CEO and co-founder of the Women's Business School & AusMumpreneur Awards, Australian Ambassador of Women in Tech and Forbes.com business expert. Peace is passionate about supporting women to reach their full potential and create the life they want to live. She has helped thousands of women achieve their dream of running a successful and profitable business and believes that investing in women is the best way to change the world. Peace Mitchell co-founded AusMumpreneur in 2009 creating Australia's #1 community for mothers in business and co-founded the Women's Business School in 2016 to provide entrepreneurial education for women globally. She has a community of 50,000 women and is surrounded by women who inspire her to dream bigger and follow her calling everyday. Today, her commitment is stronger than ever, to invest in the power of women to change the world.    https://www.thewomensbusinessschool.com

Ush Dhanak, founder of EQ Academy and Australia’s leading EQ coach builds on her previous two mini bites, and talks about the importance of self awareness as an EQ skill, and requirement for success in life. eq.academy

Speaking with an elite sportswoman, Jacqui and Ush find fascinating parallels to talk about. Jodie is originally from Toowoomba, Queensland and has spent a large part of her journey pursuing her elite sport playing goals and sport administration career. She was the Australian Women's Cricket Captain for five years from 2009-2014 and led the Australian Women's Cricket Team to double World Cup victories in 2012 in Sri Lanka and 2013 in India. She played elite cricket for 17 years and since her retirement in 2016 has continued her involvement in the game. She is passionate about advocating for the rise and elevation of women's sport more broadly and understands the importance of education and pursuing a balanced life for all athletes. In post playing roles, Jodie has contributed as a coach, player's union representative, selector, mentor and volunteer. Jodie has a passion for all things leadership and a central theme in her life has been the power to overcome adversity and keep moving forward with a positive mindset towards her goals and dreams. One of her greatest achievements was completing her University degrees in Human Movement Science and Master of Business Administration where she learnt and developed herself personally and professionally. Her passion is her family and helping others to achieve happiness and success that is unique to them. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodie-p-94285550/

In this Legally Wise Mini Bite, Jacqui discussed how to assess the skill level of a lawyer, when trying to choose a lawyer to work with. Also, skill will v skill level is an important factor when choosing a lawyer to work with.

In this episode, Jacqui interviews one of the most resilient and persistent guests yet, giving her and Ush plenty to reflect on. Judith can be described in many ways and one of her strong qualities is resilience.  Her resilience in business leadership and management over the years reflects an innovative mindset, driven character, and humanitarian spirit.   Being an accomplished businesswoman has proven her commitment, determination, and passion.  The mother of two teenage children has drawn an inspiring journey as a budding entrepreneur when she started dreaming until her current success in helping others.  She has received several awards in recognition of her notable achievements in the business category.   Together with her husband, they have founded and established Nutricraft Cookware in Australia.  Since the inception of Nutricraft, the couple has envisioned a business that cares about the nutrition, health, and wellness of consumers.  Thus, the advocacy for safe, smart, and healthy cooking has been integrated with their business philosophy.   She believes in self-empowerment through continuous learning that has motivated her to join the Cardone training and workshops.  As a proud member of Grant Cardone Training Technologies, Judith is optimistic about cultivating ideas, practices, and results in the realism of business and entrepreneurship.   https://nutricraftcookware.com

Our host Ush Dhanak shares the second of a 5-part series she has recorded for you on the Power of the Mind, as Australia’s EQ expert, and the CEO and Founder of the EQ Academy. To hear part one, go back to episode 53: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/iq-meets-eq-podcast/id1462121467?i=1000515107561 https://eq.academy

This episode features another special, emotionally intelligent man, with Jacqui interviewing Rugare Gomo. Rugare Gomo is a High Performance Leadership coach who exists to empower you to live a life of purpose and wonder. Originally from Zimbabwe, Rugare’s name means God’s Peace. Just as he was named intentionally, Rugare’s life is lived intentionally to honour it.   At 16, Rugare made a bold request and asked a family friend to support his life’s vision and support his desire to move to Australia for his education and opportunity to bring his dreams to life. With his grandmother who was denied an education as his inspiration, he completed his secondary education then graduated, with honours, from an Arts and Law degree at Monash University.   After spending a number of years working in some of Australia’s most elite law firms and being the General Council of a high performing international business, where he regularly negotiated multi-million dollar cross-border contracts, Rugare fulfilled his life-long dream and ran his own commercial law firm.   Rugare lives to empower people to be leaders in their life, and experience living a fulfilling life.   Rugare has spent many years turning himself inside out through intensive mentorships, leadership and coaching trainings so to liberate himself from his limiting beliefs and live a life of his creation. https://www.rugaregomo.com

Our host Jacqui Brauman gives us a legally wise tip about where to start when getting some initial professional advice for your legal problem. https://wise.legallywisewomen.com.au

For our second feature male on the podcast, Jacqui speaks with Matt Gaffney. Prior to establishing Enindico in 2010, Matt had over 20 years of international professional services firm experience working with high-achieving colleagues, clients and other advisers. Most recently, this was with EY (including five years as a Partner in the Transaction Advisory Services division) and, early in his career, in the Business Services team of Price Waterhouse (a predecessor firm to PwC). Matt was a Commercial Manager in industry between those roles with EY and Price Waterhouse.   Currently, working for himself, Matt is one of two formal Ambassadors for Fitted for Work (see the ‘Giving back’ page) as part of his community to gender equality and real inclusion. Past roles have included being a Director of Fitted for Work and a member of the Finance and Human Resources Committee of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. Matt was also Co-Founder of the Chances Melbourne Tertiary Mentoring Program established in 2006 for Chances for Children of Mildura, and Melbourne-based Patron of annual Programs between 2006 and 2015   https://www.enindico.com.au/about/matt-gaffney/

Our host Ush Dhanak shares the first of a 5-part series she has recorded for you on the Power of the Mind, as Australia’s EQ expert, and the CEO and Founder of the EQ Academy. https://eq.academy

Our first male guest is featured with Ush interviewing the founder of Enterprise Lab in the UK, Ket Makwana. Business strategist and all-round disruptor Ketan Makwana has been working on business growth, strategic management and talent development for over 20 years.   Ketan has extensive expertise in Tech, Electronics and Healthcare, with a passion for people and processes Ketan has worked across all business levels within enterprise eco-systems including economic policy advisory to governments and ministries across the globe.   As CEO of Enterprise Lab, Ketan is the visionary behind the company’s mission to develop better people and better businesses for better economic outcomes.   Ketan is also an energising and inspirational international speaker on the subjects of mindset, growth, innovation and the power of disruption; he has engaged audiences across 5 continents and 42 cities.   https://enterpriselab.co.uk/our-story/ https://www.ketanmakwana.com Podcast = the Business Distillery

Jacqui Brauman presents a mini bite from Legally Wise Women about where to start when you’re facing a personal legal problem and researching online.

For self love month in February, Jacqui speaks with the author of The Art of Self Love, and the host of the Self Love podcast - Kim Morrison! There is so much more to Kim Morrison than meets the eye (or ear). Tenacity is probably the first word that comes to mind. Her journey and all she has accomplished to date has all stemmed from her unwavering self-belief and her deep understanding that you must also take care of yourself first and foremost. Kim set a world record as the youngest female to run 100miles in less than 24 hours in 1983. Cliff Young was her mentor throughout and still to this day lives by his ethos that success is 90% mental and 10% physical. She has used her running story as a direct metaphor for life – riding the highs, hitting the walls, pushing through the pain barriers, crossing the line and never, ever giving up! Kim wholeheartedly believes that it’s about visualising your dream and going for it – regardless of the feedback you receive or the challenges you face. In 2008 Kim founded Twenty8 Essentials, an organic chemical-free skincare and aromatherapy company with inspiring, online education programs around the fundamentals of self-care. She is a five times best-selling author, facilitator, Health and Lifestyle Educator. https://twenty8.com/kim-morrison/ https://kimmorrison.com

Celebrating self-love month this February (instead of Valentine’s Day), Jacqui interviews Tina Bruce to talk about learning to love thyself. Tina Bruce is an Author, Intuitive Mentor, Yoga Teacher, Retreat Leader and Rebirthing Breathwork Therapist. Her career spans twenty years working in the health industry including ten years as a trained clinical cardiac technician in medical devices. Her experience of burnout, shingles and the development of an opioid addiction to manage the subsequent chronic pain condition prompted a new path which enabled her to recover and start her own business. Tina is a teacher at The Institute of Intuitive Intelligence and runs courses online as well as supporting women in person and running ‘Breathe Us Awake’ retreats. Tina is also passionate about including cultural awareness and ancient Indigenous wellness practices into her services. Tina's purpose is to empower women to trust their Intuition and guide them through transformation.   https://www.tinabruce.com.au