Start With Who

Lorrin works with her companion horses, Gift and Fella, helping people who are passionate about creating a more compassionate world, to transform conflict into collaborative connection. She’s always had a strong sense of what’s just and fair, and always been a peacemaker – and has combined these attributes in her coaching business to help make the world a better place. A far cry from her previous corporate career with tech giant Microsoft. Her dream is that, if she can help reconnect people to their own and each other’s hearts, and to lean into a truly compassionate way of being with each other, maybe that will create ripples that will help to open their eyes to the other hearts they’re connected to – the ones that have fur, fins, and feathers – and maybe people can find a path to a fair, just and kind world for everyone after all.

Elise Niu is a personal trainer, health and wellness entrepreneur and speaker. After leaving National representative sport nine years ago she turned her focus to functional fitness and strength training, and set up Functional Hiit in 2017. Membership grew so fast that she outgrew the original gym she began her business in. She now has her own studio, offers online nutrition and bootcamp courses, and is in the process of launching a line of active-wear for pregnant mums. Elise is passionate about service and is dedicated to creating and nurturing communities and she won the Electra People’s Choice Business Award in 2018. Elise lives on the Kapiti Coast, NZ with her spunky husband Ray and their four beautiful children. She is on a mission to make Aotearoa the most happiest, active place on the planet!

Marina Pearson is a best-selling author, international speaker and coach. She supports professionals and entrepreneurs to transform all types of stress into effortless results and living through her coaching and events. She is known for catalyzing busy and stressed entrepreneurs and professionals out of their stress and struggle into effortless results so they leave feeling at peace and free.

Jenn Scalia is a visibility and mindset strategist for entrepreneurs who want to make an impact. She is THE go-to expert for entrepreneurs who want the world to know their name. This self professed introvert and single mom went from rock bottom to creating a 7 figure business within 3 years. Known for her tough love, no­-B.S. style, Jenn helps entrepreneurs overhaul their biggest fears and empowers them to share their message with the world. She is the CEO and Mastermind of Million Dollar Mommy, a company founded to help women across the world reach their dreams and financial goals. Jenn has been featured in Business Insider, Inc. and Forbes.

After 27 years as a highly regarded leader stewarding some of the world’s most iconic brands, like Harley-Davidson, Visa and McDonalds, Shelley walked away from it all to nurture her creative soul and discover her true purpose. She called the 16-month journey her Soulbbatical. Not only did it change her life as she says “becoming who I am”, it became her passionate calling.  In 2018, Shelley launched Soulbbatical Coaching + Consulting with the mission to activate the souls of leaders and organizations, inspiring them to realize their greatest purpose, potential and impact. We talk about what it has taken for her to make the leap from corporate America to being a one-women band.

Becoming a badass in life and business requires you to stand in your power and be super comfy with being unique! My guest Dana Pharant knows ALL about standing out and being unique. Her personal brand of the Inner Dominatrix pushes people out of their comfort zone, challenges their preconceived notions and has them stepping into a fierce determination to rock their Bold, Sexy Fun-Filled Lives! Today we talk about exactly this. How Dana's story and evolution from dominatrix to entrepreneur now has her coaching others to create the businesses of their dreams by playing outside of their comfort zone. 

Kaela is an Ontological Life Coach and her jam is supporting trailblazing entrepreneurs who are up to big things. One of the inspiring things about Kaela is she is a perfect example of getting paid to be 100% herself, and in this conversation we talk about a bunch of juicy stuff, particularly her recent commitment to posting a live video on Facebook every single day for 90 days straight. Yes! I just said that! And she did that! We talk about what it took to show up every day, and what her learnings about herself and her biz have been as a result, as well as the impact this has had on growing her business.

Christine Sheehy is a messaging coach, copywriter and author who loves to help entrepreneurs bring who they are into what they do (which is what this podcast is ALL about!). She helps people find their core message, rediscover their authentic voice, share their brand stories, show up boldly and engage their audience, so they can grow their tribe and business.  A former media lawyer, Christine now writes, dreams, works (and persistently tries and fails to give up coffee) from a seaside village near Matakana, New Zealand.   In this episode you'll hear about niching, visibility, and being a positive working role model for our kids.

Melissa Black Ford is a seasoned business and life coach. She started her career as a lawyer, but moved into business for more satisfaction and fulfilment. Yet for years she struggled with the same fears and self-doubts that keep so many of us from being successful. However that changed when she finally learned how to master sales through what she calls "profound service" allowing her to build a prosperous business and live a more loving and inspired life. In this episode you'll hear Melissa's take on "profound service" and how that changed everything for her. And how she uses her experience to serve entrepreneurs and other coaches to increase their incomes and grow their businesses by taking the "salesy" completely out of sales.

Colette is passionate about the powerful ripple effects of bringing an entrepreneurial approach to life and work. She fell into helping people after completing a degree in Sociology and doing a brief stint as a florist ("I was a shit florist"). Fundamentally she's curious, and after working for years as a career advisor, she is now an expert at bringing the best out in people. In this episode you'll hear Colette give you plenty to ponder on if your life or business isn't aligned with who you really are. She gives tips and tricks on how to handle the problem of having to wear all the hats as a new solo-business owner, plus what to do if you "can't afford" what you need. Colette is infectiously optimistic. I really enjoyed this episode with her. We even talked about big-girl panties (and they're not g-strings!)

Lea Ann Mallett is a wild woman, lifelong activist and passionate storyteller who believes that we all are changing the world, every day. Lea Ann recently shared her new definition of activism in her TEDx talk at TEDx SantaBarbara. She is passionate about working with mission-driven leaders and entrepreneurs to create and perform their own signature TEDx style talks and is sharing a new vision for activism as a speaker and media personality. As a writer, Lea Ann creates essays of life in the wilds of suburbia in her blog, Becoming Undomesticated. In this episode you'll see that Lea Ann epitomizes how our work can be a true expression of who we are and this latest business of hers, is just that. She is is a born communicator who puts service and impact before everything else. And she shares her considerable wisdom, tips and wit about all this and more in this brilliant conversation.

Lian is co-founder of the education platform Primal Happiness and the host of the weekly top 10 ranked iTunes happiness podcast The Primal Happiness Show. Lian had an amazingly happy upbringing, bursting with love and adventure, and a successful corporate career. But 18 years ago, she was attacked which resulted in chronic facial pain, massive panic attacks and anxiety. That started a long search for relief from the emotional and physical pain. In this episode you'll hear about Lian's incredible story, and how she pivoted from a leadership role in corporate to entrepreneurship, creating a hugely popular podcast and coaching practice. She's a curious questioner with an infectious positivity that shines through. You'll also hear about what one of her biggest tools and guides in business and life are: her feelings. I think you'll love this episode. Primal Happiness: http://primalhappiness.co/  The Primal Happiness Show: http://primalhappiness.co/podcast_list/  Get the free guide here: https://primalhappiness.co/antidote  Resources mentioned in this podcast:  http://threeprinciplesfoundation.org/ 

Lorraine Hamilton is a self-professed "recovering engineer" with a degree in sound engineering. She spent a good chunk of her working life designing mobile phone networks in what was a very male dominated environment. She's done climate modelling in preparation for being a meteorologist, and computer programming among other technical roles. But it was when her husband came home with a corporate coaching handbook, that her working life changed dramatically. Listen to Lorraine talk about how she turned a "kitchen table business" into a six-figure international coaching practice while making mistakes by "doing everything right", then breaking the rules.  www.lorrainehamilton.net  www.coachschool.academy 

Nicky Bartley has a business that many others would relish, with a high quality problem of a waiting list of clients. In Nicky's world, clients are everywhere: on the train, in the supermarket, at the gym. But it hasn't always been that way. Nicky was homeless with a young baby at 21, was a victim of sexual abuse, survived a divorce, and only 3 years ago was on the brink of homelessness again facing bankruptcy and a house that was about to be repossessed. A turning point for her was when she survived an imaginary fire in a London hotel.  https://www.facebook.com/NickyBartley1/ https://www.nickybartley.com/

Erika Harvey teaches the secrets to building sustainable and profitable businesses. She’s the Managing Director of an innovation consultancy, InVenture in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, and partner of a Longline Fishing Company (RED Line Fishing). There were so many gems in my conversation with Erika. From hearing about losing her voice due to cancer, and the quick pivot she made from singing to business as a result, her bullying experience at a large corporate, and her serial optimism that shines through. It's obvious why Erika has been incredibly successful at selling and at business.  www.erikaharvey.co.nz  www.longlinefishing.co.nz