Wake The F*** Up!

Finding your passion and purpose can be a long and difficult journey, and not all of us find end up finding it. Personal development can help you reach that goal and transform you into a better version of you. In this episode, Janet Hogan talks about self-transformation with women's coach and mentor, Cathy Fyffe. Cathy shares her journey from being a people-pleaser to self-discovery, how marital issues spurred her towards finding her purpose, and how you can do that too. Tune in and listen for more on personal development in this episode.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

Abusive relationships have a serious impact on one's mental health. For Natalie Coulson, a toxic relationship and a narcissistic husband drove her to the edge, with her ending up institutionalized. Since then, Natalie has found herself and now runs a thriving content marketing and PR business. In this episode, she shares her story with host Janet Hogan to inspire anyone else going through the same. It's not all internal. Mental health can be impacted by external factors as well. Tune in to hear about her turning point and how she overcame—and continually overcomes—her struggles with hope every single day.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

This episode's guest is about as straight up, unfluffy and down-to-earth as they get. In fact he sounds a lot like how he describes his typical client..."Chuck in the truck." You wouldn't expect this person, who not too long ago suffered from the imposter syndrome, to become a poster boy for SEO! Well, he is that and more! For a long time, Adam Sinkus felt like an imposter in his role as Managing Director of My Roofing SEO. No time more so than when he had to jump on a sales call and suddenly become the self-assured face of the company. Many of you can surely relate to this feeling of being a bit of a fraud, of saying to yourself, “Who am I to think I can pull this off?” If that's you, you'll learn a lot from Adam, who is here to relate how he's gone from imposter to being a guru of smart marketing strategies for small to medium sized businesses in the trade and home services industry. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

Have you ever come across someone who has so much energy and a sense of adventure, you wonder if they ever have a bad day? Often the people with the most optimistic outlook have experienced the greatest struggles. How do they stay on top and in control of their emotions? Learn the secret today with your host Janet Hogan and her guest Melanie Macfarlane. Melanie is the CEO of MM Migration & Recruitment. She is motivated to educate, unite and let people understand the transformational journey to Australia. She is an expert at getting knocked down and bouncing back up. She is happy to share her sense of adventure and joy with you today.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

Sometimes, a bolt out of the blue is what awakens you towards finding your spirituality. For Janine "Dancing Crow" Bolon, it was a literal bolt of lightning that brought her to this journey. In this episode, Janet Hogan talks to Janine about spirituality and finding your source. Janine shares how lightning changed the course of her life and how she became a Native American sacred clown and how it has changed her life for the better. Listen and learn more about the path to spiritual enlightenment. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

Life is not without its curveballs. When you get hit, you either wallow in those moments or get back up and move on a little stronger and wiser. However, doing the latter might be easier said than done. So how do you get out of that funk? In this episode, Janet Hogan sits down with the CEO of Mentorship.CLUB, Don Woodring. Just when you think life could not get any worse, Don's story shows how he has endured some of the toughest things life could ever throw at you, including over 2000 surgeries, from which his body carries thousands of scars. But as brutal as these health issues have been, his greatest obstacle is one that goes way deeper than any surgeon's knife. Join in this conversation as Don shares the miraculous transformation that took him from a human question mark to an exclamation point! Find inspiration now!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

Have you ever experienced office bullying? Have you ever felt trapped in a toxic environment and felt unhappy despite having a stable job? That was the dilemma encountered by today's guest, and overcoming that catapulted her on the path to achieving her dreams. Joanne Martin is an author, a writing coach, and the CEO and Founder of Golden Earth Publishing. As a writing coach, she now helps clients get on their path to achieving their dreams. She joins Janet Hogan to talk about how she left a stable corporate job because of an office bully and how it became the catalyst to finding her calling. Joanne discusses the disparity in her well-being before and after leaving her corporate life. She also talks about the signs that perhaps your current job is not right for you. Tune in for some great tips on writing and finding the motivation to get into action. Joanne's story will inspire you to make the right changes in your career.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

If freeing yourself from the limiting corporate world is something you're always thinking of, perhaps you are still far from your dream career. Maybe you are up for something more, but you have to be courageous enough to get out of your comfort zone. Paul Malcolm sits down with Janet Hogan to share about leaving his former life working in a bank to become the CEO of one of Australia's most popular and successful sporting clubs. He reflects on finding his purpose in guiding the Port Melbourne Football Club to defeat self-doubt and achieve self-improvement. Paul also talks about his most recent challenges, particularly his pivots due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

Sometimes, when medical science fails, you have to find a way to start healing yourself. A holistic approach to treating chronic pain is better than just targeting the condition. In this episode, Janet Hogan hears the story straight from the CEO of Recalibrate Melbourne, Gary “Gaz” Wagner. Gary talks about suffering from a condition that caused him to become wracked by chronic pain at 22. He then shares his journey towards coming back from pain and co-found his own company that focuses on holistic training. Listen in and be inspired by Gary's story.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

While some people spend their weekends renovating their apartments, Cherie White is renovating her neighborhood. Cherie's neighborhood is full of misfits and the homeless. They are the drug addicts and the prostitutes. The media and landlords have forgotten about them. This is why Cherie is on a mission to fix that. Find out how she started a real estate business with zero money and experience to help out her friends in the neighborhood. Learn how she lost that company, only to create a new one. Find out how close she is to make her dream a reality. She is going to help her friends and give them a place that they can call home. Join your host Janet Hogan as she talks to Cherie about how she is renovating her neighborhood.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

Have you ever experienced a time in your life where externally everything looks pretty good yet it feels like there's something missing? What if instead of trying to bury those feelings of emptiness under a mountain of work you, could do something about it? You don't even have to book a session with the therapist down the road. You can just as easily find a solution to everything to do with your personal development or mental health with a few strokes of your keyboard. Interplicity is the online forum every growth minded business owner and professional has been looking for – a veritable lolly shop of programs delivering deep transformation in the comfort of your own home office. It's the brainchild of someone who has a passion for seeing individuals reach their potential so they can make their personal dent in the world and to tell us all about it. Give it up for CEO Curt Dowdy as he joins us on Wake the F*** Up!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

You can overcome your limiting beliefs. From marketing to mysticism and a magical new career, Ella Cook proves how resilient and courageous human beings can be. If you're familiar with this podcast, you'll know that as part of every interview, I ask my guests to complete the Magic Triangle quiz to reveal their 3 core needs - the 3 things that would make the most significant positive difference to their life right now. I call it the Magic Triangle because it's a bit like Aladdin's lamp, where you rub it and the Genie appears and grants you 3 wishes. It's the same thing with the Magic Triangle, whatever you choose seems to have an uncanny way of coming about. Three years ago, my next guest was one of the first people ever to put the Magic Triangle to the test. As it turned out, one of the 3 things she wanted more of in her life was growth. Be careful, as they say, what you wish for. In the years since, she has been on a rollercoaster of a growth journey that would have given Indiana Jones a run for his money. She has handled the curve balls that life has thrown at her with her customary courage and never say die attitude. Today, she returns from her heroine's journey to tell us about the ups and downs she's had to navigate to end up where she is today as the CEO of a dynamic and groundbreaking online marketing school that's carved out an exciting niche for itself. Tune in and embark on your magical journey!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

Is it really possible to merge purpose and profit? Dominic Kalms is proof that it is! Dominic is the Founder/CEO at U-Pledge and Founder/President of GVNG, where he is using technology to help clients catapult their philanthropic projects and revolutionize the industry. He joins host Janet Hogan to share his eye-opening journey of going from Wall Street and politics to pursuing his passion for helping people through FinTech and philanthropy at a young age. At 33, it seems like Dominic has figured it all out, but he's here to share that the work is just beginning! Join in and learn how it's possible to do good and earn at the same time! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

Simone Dowding got her midlife crisis a lot earlier than most. Feeling like she was stuck in purgatory and not at peace with herself, Simone found herself in the middle of the Amazon, studying at the feet of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. She then spent a year in a monastery living like a monk, and you won't believe what happens next! Join your host Janet Hogan as she talks to Simone about her heroine's journey to finding inner peace. Find out how she started a multimillion-dollar coffee empire and went bankrupt. Discover the spiritual and hallucinogenic effects of ayahuasca that would help her in confronting her inner demons. Listen in to learn how Simone emerged from her personal purgatory to become a truly inspirational leading light.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.janethogan.com/podcast

People often think of psychedelics as drugs or mushrooms you use to get high. Some work that way, but they can also be used for medical purposes, especially for mental illness. People are using psychedelics like psilocybin and MDMA to cure PTSD, depression, and more. That may sound crazy, but it's true. Peter Hunt has experienced this firsthand. Peter is an ex-bank investor turned engaged philanthropist. He is the chairman of Mind Medicine Australia, a very dynamic not-for-profit organization born from a deep desire to help make these psychedelic therapies part of our medical system so that many more Australians suffering from debilitating mental illnesses, like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, can get relief from their suffering and find peace within themselves. Join Janet Hogan as she sits down with Peter to discuss how psychedelics can help cure mental illnesses. Learn about Peter's quest to streamline this new kind of treatment to make more people aware of it.

If anyone has been a major player in helping humanity wake the f up, it's Janet Hogan's next guest. Widely regarded as an absolute giant in the personal transformation world, Dr. David Gruder is a man who has dedicated his life to helping people not only wake up to who they really are, but also wise up to their unique abilities and step up to play their part in repairing and elevating the world. Sometimes it's easy to forget that these giants who walk before us are humans, too, and also go through the emotional wringer from time to time. In this episode, get to know the doctor behind the doctrine. A great thought leader, mentor, and inspiration, Dr. David shares his early struggles in life, or what he calls the Twin Towers moment. Learn how he fought through that by reviewing his life, and discover what it means to be awake in order to reach your peak.