Thrive By Briana Harkness

Kristin, founder of June Superfoods and Behind the Label program talks us through what to look for when shopping for ourselves and our families. Her mission is to help educate us on how to make smart and informed decisions on our food choices because there is some scary stuff in there that we often don't know about. You can find her on IG @kristinderrin or follow the link to get a copy of her free ebook https://bit.ly/2ILBiRI

Super fun chat all about Leah’s Bare program, her philosophy on nutrition, cooking and healthy lifestyle as well as building a thriving business at such a young age, how she manages that, what a day in the her life looks like and what exciting things she’s currently working on. @leahitsines www.leahitsines.com

An epic chat with nutritionist and founder of Love ya Guts box, Brooke Gould. We talk all about how good gut health flows onto all other areas of health, ways to optimise it with lifestyle, common lifestyle factors that are detrimental to gut health, Brooke's health journey from bikini competitor to wellness expert, how she followed her passions, started 3 business's and more. To get your own box go to loveyaguts.com, join the love ya guts community on FB or follow @loveyaguts_box on IG. 

Sharing my thoughts on motivation and building discipline as well as my top 5 tips to staying motivated and consistent to keep ticking off your goals and progressing all year round.

A bit of rant after an IG story I saw struck a serious nerve. Talking about "intuitive eating" and the lack of context from influencers thats giving a seriously wrong message to people ESPECIALLY young females. 

So many women underestimate the importance of a Healthy Menstrual cycle until its causing serious issues. In this episode Expert Author and Educator Lisa talks all about why your period is the Fifth Vital Sign (she wrote a book on it), all about the Oral Contraceptive Pill, natural contraception and so much more amazing info on how we can optimise our health, performance and energy as women through understanding our cycles. Find her @Fertilityfridays or buy the book "The Fifth Vital Sign" at Amazon

Michelle Lee has just finished the Talker Whisky Challenge where she set the record as the first Women in Australia to row Solo across any ocean. The challenge is a gruelling 5000 km row across the Atlantic ocean. This is a challenge like no other. Michelle has rowed for almost 10 wks straight in complete isolation with calloused hands, extreme fatigue and eating only freeze dried meals. She lost 14 kgs along the hugely taxing journey and in this interview we hear all about it. CRAZY STORY!

Are you well on your way to achieving your 2019 goals yet? If not this is episode is for you!  I talk about figuring out why you're not making progress, the basics of achieving your fat loss goals (or any goals for that matter) and what are the daily and weekly actions that need to happen to get their. My main goal is to show you how to keep it as simple as possible to get the best results through consistent valuable daily actions

In this episode I share my birth story with Sunnie. How it actually felt, what went down, what took me by surprise, how Simon was, what life been like since and the first phase of my game plan back to getting strong, fit and lean. 

Sarah is a young girl from Melbourne who is a full time influencer but also studying medicine which is quite a unique combo. She is a feisty and driven young girl who has recently come through a really rough time where she was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. She got down as low as 30kgs and was exercising 3 or more hours a day including long runs which she would get up at 230 in the morning for and then 1.5 hour weight sessions in the gym in the afternoon. Her story is not that of your typical eating disorder and she was very interesting to chat to.

In this episode I give you all an update of my pregnancy including what i'm eating, what exercise I do, how I am feeling about the birth and my tips for other pregnant women as well as giving you guys my ultimate tip for actually achieving your health goals this year and run you through how I set my goals and action plan to achieve them. 

Renowned dietitian and Coach Amy Gianotti and I talk all things Womens health, nutrition and why we are so hard on ourselves. We talk a lot about healing poor relationships with food, exercise and health all round as well as what it is that makes women binge and how to stop. A must listen for someone learning to eat intuitively and make their health and themselves a priority.

I ask Rachel all about her recent home birth experience including all the intimate details, the prep, her pregnancy, her support and why she was so set on birthing at home after having her first child at a hospital. She's a wealth of knowledge for pre and post natal women with a great outlook on life, health and spreading empowerment and positivity around birth.

I talk about my opinion of the pro's and con's of IIFYM or Flexible dieting and where I think some of these coaches in particular prep coaches are doing people a disservice on instagram by not educating people on the importance of health when trying to make body transformations. 

Pregnancy is a pretty crazy journey and I've learnt so much over these last few weeks thats left me feeling so empowered, strong, confident and trusting in the lead up to my birth. I want to share what I've learnt in order to feel this way because let me tell you, between the birth horror stories and medical jargon, the fear of birth is real!

HABITS are the key to success right ?! This week I share my ultimate tip to making habits actually stick! I wrote a blog on this and had a really good response last week so I thought I'd delve into it on the podcast. I also talk about social media and how much of a negative impact it can have if we don't look at it for what it is. Bit of an interesting topic..

Building daily habits and rituals that get you in epic health and keep you in a positive motivated mindset are what I truly believe are the key to long term success and an all round happier more fulfilling life. Here are some simple things I do daily that you can to.

Chatting with Jess Blair about her journey from fitness model and cover girl to a mum and naturopath with a balanced lifestyle. There are so many take aways to implement into your lifestyle, routine and even mindset from our chat, she's a wealth of knowledge for women everywhere wanting vibrant health. You can check her our at wellnessbyblair.com or follow her IG @wellnessbyblair

An open, honest and real account of my experience in the first 13 weeks of my pregnancy. I thought I'd kill it at pregnancy, eat perfectly, exercise as I always had and slowly grow a cute bump but stay lean sporting a nice pregnancy glow... boy was I taken back when things weren't the picture perfect fairy tale I'd imagined. 

This week I interviewed Makaely Green from going Green with the Greens and we chatted all about creating a toxin free home and lifestyle.  Makaely grew up with her mother struggling with mental illness that eventually resulted in her death, and Makaely feared she was on the same path. She suffered severe post partum depression with her first child. Upon her second pregnancy she was determined to adopt a toxin-free lifestyle and along the way discovered that her physical and mental health had been restored!

This week I chat with the amazing Cyndi O'meara. Cyndi is a nutritionist, creator of the documentary "whats with wheat ?", Best selling Author of "Changing habits, Changing Lives", a renowned speaker and she even has a certified online education program. She does some amazing work and we cover loads of super relevant topics. You can check her out at @changing_habits or @changinghabitsfarm , listen to her podcast "up for a chat", https://changinghabits.com.au or her education program at https://fn.academy.

In this episode Rachel completely opens up about her pregnancy, birth story and how she transitioned into being an amazing mother but also staying on top of her business and health. You can find out more about rachel at http://www.chaselifeconsulting.com or http://athleticfoxblueprint.com or on instagram @athleticfox

Marika is an accredited dietitian and nutritionist with her own practice as well as currently teaming up with the basebodybabes as a Personal trainer and their nutritionist. She has an amazing, simple and balanced approach to nutrition and wellness and really looks at what the current research says then teaches us in simple terms. She's a wealth of knowledge and shares so much on IG so check her out @marikaday

Interviewing one of my biggest inspirations and closest friends this week. She's been through one heck of a journey going from 100kgs to 65 and has so much wisdom to share, especially when it comes to motherhood and losing your health by putting yourself last. We delve into her habits, rituals and lifestyle as well as how she started, how she keeps a rock solid mindset even when life gets really hard and her biggest tips to getting started. Check out her epic transformation on IG @slim_life

This week is a short one talking "the one behaviour that's stopping you from getting results". This is such a common theme and so detrimental. I see people repeat it for years at a time and their health can suffer big time as a consequence. I also share some exciting news on a personal front.   

This ep I get to pick the brain of the Amazing Gracie from Goodness Gracious Wellness. She has an INCREDIBLE story that she so openly shares with us and has some amazing insights into how she turned her life around by taking control of her own wellbeing, lifestyle, mindset and nutrition. You can check out her amazing work and get in touch with her via her IG @goodnessgraciouswellness or goodnessgraciouswellness.com

This week I chat about a somewhat controversial topic of Fitness influencers after hearing popular you tuber "Sarahs day" being scrutinised for her recent declaration that she "reversed her cervical dysplasia ". I delve into how I feel there are lots of influencers out there having a HUGE positive impact by inspiring young women to be more health conscious but that as viewers we must be educated on how to interpret what is being said and understand that someone else's story can inspire us but we need to do our own research and find whats best for ourselves. I also throw in 2 bonus tips to help you reach your fat loss goals and chat about simplifying and decluttering your life for more clarity of mind and focus.

Being a gym owner and having 10 years experience in the industry I see a lot of people on their health journey and can observe their patterns and behaviours. I see who wins and who loses, who steps up and who gives up when its hard. This week I delve into the reasons people don't get results and what is ACTUALLY required to make massive progress! The ep is aimed at Body Transformation but is so relevant to anything in life that will take hard work!

Chatting with Monica Yates, ICF Health and life coach and co founder of Healthy hampers. She is unbelievable passionate about helping women create a healthy cycle which you will see is quite evident from the very start of our chat. We delve into her story, how she found her passion, the best foods to ramp down inflammation and heal your body including things to avoid here, how women should use their period like a monthly health report and she also shares with us her top 3 tips to improve your health today.

The shoe is on the other foot in this episode where the lovely Charlie Bullis from Rule the Queendom Podcast Interviews me. We cover loads of topics but namely my journey in health and business, taking big risks and taking on big responsibility as well as my biggest mindset shifts, biggest lessons in business, career advice for starting in the industry and whats next for clean shred and myself...

Dr. Mimi Secor has been a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner, specialising in Women's health for over 40 years. She is a popular National Speaker & consultant, educating advanced practice clinicians and consumers around the world. In this interview we delve deep into some of the issues we are commonly seeing in young women today, especially regarding fertility, we talk lifestyle changes we can implement to prevent or combat this, the contraceptive pill which there is so much mixed information on, what the necessary schedule of check ups women need to be getting yearly are plus loads more. You can find her at: http://www.mimisecor.com http://www.coachkatanddrmimi.com https://www.facebook.com/MimiSecorNP/ https://www.facebook.com/CoachKatandDrMimi/  

Kylianne is definitely a woman on a mission brining awareness to how movement can have a huge positive effect on mental health and in particular with post partum women. After going through a tough journey herself she decided to devoter herself to helping others overcome these issues. She gives a lot of great takeaways and tips for women post birth and those suffering from mental illness. Check her out at www.themovementroom.com.au or @kylianne_themovementroom

In this episode I interview Ange Sinclair also known as the "digestive Detective". We cover loads of topics around digestion including how digestion works, what actually constitutes good gut health, we delve really deep into what a good poo should look, feel, and smell like, why the heck so many people are having gut issues now and how we can take action to improve our digestion today.

A bit of a ramble updating you guys on a few things in my life.. Chat through some strategies on resetting motivation when you're feeling like you're stuck in a rut or demotivated, I talk a bit about my fat loss experiment with trialling some intermittent fasting vs controlling calories and I give you the Clean Shred week 1 FAT SHREDDING SECRET! 

An EPIC interview with JESS CURL, owner and founder of The better health project. An epic new gym in the trendy suburbs of Melbourne. She is an extremely experienced coach with a functional medicine background and someone who’ve I’ve been wanting to pick the brain of for years!!! Ive followed her work and love reading all about how she experiments and tries different methods and bio hacks to improve her performance. We cover loads of topics in this interview and she tells us all about her photo shoot prep she did, her morning and evening routines, bio hacks, nutrition principals, her new gym and all things optimising performance. 

This week I interview and pick the brains of the awesome Strength Coach Bec Chambers. She is such a down to earth, high achieving, wise beyond her years (not sure I can say that at my age but will anyway) badass!! She openly shares with us many of the experiences and struggles that have shaped her into who she is today and how she stopped feeling like a victim and became empowered to take control of her life. She has an inspiring and relatable story to share that so many women will benefit from hearing. We also talk all about her nutrition philosophies, IIFYM, weights for women and the positive flow on effects from improving your strength! You can follow her @becchambersfit and check out her blog at www.iliketoliftthings.com

Kat Millar has been a personal mentor and someone I take so much inspiration from. She’s an unbelievable speaker and mentor to many with a background in the fitness industry. We cover loads of topics but we focus on mindset for success, building confidence, how to start to make a career change towards your passion and living life aligned with your highest values for optimal happiness and fulfilment. She also shares her health hacks and non negotiable daily routines to maintaining great health. Book recommendations: - Awaken the giant within- Tony Robins - Rich Dad Poor Dad- Robert T Kiyosaki - Purple cow- Seth Godin - 4 hour work week- Tim Ferris  Katmillar.com @get.results.training

This episode is a second interview and really a general chat and catch up with Hollie Azzopardi. We chatted previously in EPISODE 4 and that time She was relatively new to business and was dealing with some nasty adrenal fatigue after hitting rock bottom, in todays interview she updates us on how she is taking the leap with some changes in her business that she was unsure how people would react to She takes us through how during her healing of Adrenal fatigue she gained 10+ Kgs and unexpectedly became a body love advocate but now wants to lose weight and why thats completely ok . We talk about mindset around weight loss and health and where so many of us go wrong We touch on the science behind energy and how to attract more goodness and opportunity into your life and why its no WOO WOO. We get into intuition and why we all need to listen to our gut if we want to start knowing what our bodies need to function optimally and making the best decisions for a better life. She also shares some eye opening insight into what really serious anxiety and depression feels like. This is very confronting but I really think this brings great awareness for people who haven’t been through this or struggle to relate. Her mission is to bring NORMALCY to soul work.

n this episode I chat with Kristin Derrin the Founder of @junesuperfoods . We chat all about how to get kids to eat healthy food, how to set them up with good gut health, what to look for when buying packaged foods for kids and how she manages to keep fit, healthy and run a business with 2 little ones. She is an absolute inspiration and shares so much good stuff. She has also generously offered all of the @cleanshred members and podcast listeners and amazing 25% discount on her Kids Superfood powders!!! Just use the code “THRIVE” at the checkout. Also shipping within Australia is FREE!!!!    

In this episode I share a bit about how some things came undone with my business at the end of last year and really tested my mental strength and resilience, how I learnt from it and how I am getting back on top now stronger and wiser than before. I also talk about my goals for 2018 and my 4 question life assessment to help you build your dream life ASAP. Loads more good stuff coming for you guys this year! 

Why wind down at this time of year when you can WIND UP! Get cracking now towards a better year ahead. Don't fall into the common undoing of all your hard work during the silly season and setting unrealistic goals that you'll never achieve because you're in a bad state. Find some balance this year and get clear now on what you want for next year and what you'll do to be well on your way to a ripper year by 1st of Jan. 

After episode 16 on how stress makes you fat, I got so many comments and questions from people that I decided to delve deeper and do a follow up episode. In this one I discuss more of the reasons why and strategies that we can implement into our lives to manage our stress and improve our health. I can't stress enough how much of a role chronic stress plays on your health, body composition and quality of life. I see it so commonly in my gym and I don't think people even consider it as a reason why they are not getting the results they work hard for. 

This week I was lucky enough to pick the brain of the awesome KATIE WILLIAMS. She is the most energetic and passionate human I've ever met and has already achieved so much at just 24 years old. I took so much inspiration from her mindset and attitude towards life. She's a girl that takes action, takes setbacks in her stride and always goes hard no matter what she's doing. You can follow Katie @katiewilllly on instagram to see more of what she's up to. 

How is STRESS ACTUALLY making you FAT?!?! If you are not reaching your body composition goals or not feeling vibrant and energetic on a daily basis then you need to learn about this…. In this episode I begin to plant the seed on a bit of a complex but extremely important subject. Ive kept this first one simple as its something i’m going to delve deeper into in later episodes but I explain the basics on how stress and modern life is stopping you from being lean and feeling good day to day.

Charlie is the amazing founder of The Clean Treats Factory and she is a women on a mission to change the world, one healthy meal at a time. She is an amazing entrepreneur and is the epitome of following your dreams and your heart. We chat all about her biggest challenges of starting a business, how she manages her mindset to be her absolute best and what she does to look after herself and her health so she can keep kicking goals. You can find Charlie @charliedehaas and @thecleantreatsfactory #charliesballs

This episode I chat about and share my morning and evening rituals and how they have impacted my quality of life and massively sped up my progress towards my goals. I talk about the 6 keys to building epic routines that make you feel awesome and become extremely productive towards your purpose.  I share with you my current routines and my new tool for goal driven clarity, organisation and focus.       

In this episode Rachel shares, in her funny and always raw manner, her journey from yo yo dieting through high school to living a maintainable healthy life, how she pulled herself out of a rut after some really big challenges in early motherhood, her biggest take-aways from the Tony Robins event and the changes to her mindset and thats led her to living her dreams.  You can Follow her on instagram @_thestrongmama and check out her awesome blogs at thestrongmama.wordpress.com 

In this episode I cover a bunch of topics and questions you've asked including do I need post workout shakes, is a fitness model body a realistic goal for me and do I need a different plan to maintain fat vs lose fat.   

In this episode I run through my 8 key take aways from Dr Libby that every woman needs to hear in order to live her best life. This stuff is thought and change provoking. Learn how changing your lifestyle and perception of daily situations can have huge positive impact on the way your body functions as well as the size of your waist line. This episode encapsulates everything this podcast is about by giving you the science and the why behind making these changes and challenging you to dig deep inside and question your mindset and your beliefs that may be holding you back from achieving your goals and living your best life. 

In this Episode Mel Burn shares her roller coaster journey of buying a business at 24, falling into depression, falling pregnant unexpectedly, gaining and losing 30kgs and then finding her balance again. I love that she’s so raw and honest and really shares all the ups and downs that no one tells you. Pregnancy wasn’t what she had expected and she wishes people had told her the not so pretty parts of it which has given her huge passion to share and support other women to go through their pregnancy journey. You can find her on instagram @burn_and_jones