Podcast appearances and mentions of fiona robertson

Why have reinsurance start-ups remained so rare in recent years, even as underwriting conditions have improved?Mereo Advisors is one of the few carriers to successfully raise capital, although Mereo Insurance CEO and CUO David Croom-Johnson told Behind the Headlines that the process was at times “torturous”.Croom-Johnson explains how the business has now written its first $100mn of business, and how he aims to build a diversified portfolio to weather market cycles. And although he sees “great attractions” in the Lloyd's market, to begin with the business will focus on building as a Class 3B Bermudian reinsurer, without the distraction of launching a syndicate.Plus, Insurance Insider editor Fiona Robertson discusses what Donald Trump's tariffs might mean for the sector.

What is fueling the intense mergers and acquisitions activity in the MGA space, and how is it shaping the competitive landscape?In this episode of Behind the Headlines, Specialty MGA Optio Group CEO Deepak Soni discusses the opportunities in the European market and how the European MGA space is growing but not yet fully mature. He also shares his insights into how distribution via coverholders remains a relatively new concept, making it fertile ground to add value through acquisition and integration. Plus, Insurance Insider's Fiona Robertson explains how the property cat sector is set to be impacted by the devastating California wildfires.

Following several years of stellar returns for reinsurers, what does this year's January renewal pricing swing mean for clients?In this episode, Howden Re's David Flandro brings his decades of experience monitoring market cycles to bear as he considers where the market could go next.Whilst capacity is ample and capital flowing into reinsurance markets, high catastrophe exposure and global turmoil could contribute to elevated premiums in the longer term. And as pricing tailwinds reduce, innovation will come to the fore as a means of achieving growth through the next phase of the cycle. Also in this episode, Insurance Insider editor Fiona Robertson discusses the themes that could dominate the insurance market during 2025. 

What should we expect in the world of deal-making in 2025? According to Tony Ursano of Insurance Advisory Partners, the stage is set for a spree of transactions. In Lloyd's, it's a question of when, not if deals will take place. Meanwhile, the MGA market remains "red hot". Plus, Insurance Insider editor Fiona Robertson discusses the key messages from the London Market Conference. 

How do you build a $400mn MGA? Navium Marine CEO Clive Washbourn told Behind the Headlines that his business is a "fighter jet" out hunting for deals. Navium has built scale by taking on risk "in a fairly aggressive way" with large line sizes available to deploy. Whilst the marine market is now coming under pressure, Washbourn still thinks there is "robustness" in rating, although making money in the volatile Red Sea war market is challenging.Plus, Insurance Insider's Fiona Robertson explains the fallout from Hurricane Milton, and Samuel Casey explains the latest dynamics in the beleaguered D&O sector. 

How is the market positioned to withstand Hurricane Milton?In this episode of Behind the Headlines, Insurance Insider editor Fiona Robertson gives an early take on what this devastating storm may mean for the market.Also in this episode, Samuel Casey sits down with Dominick Hoare, group chief underwriting officer for Munich Re Specialty Markets. Munich Re may be famed as a reinsurer, but the carrier has a large and growing specialty insurance operation, which is now set on boosting its geographic footprint, and taking advantage of risks linked to the energy transition. 

Discover how spiritual guidance can fast-track your business with Fiona Robertson. Learn how to connect with your clients on a soul level, find innovative solutions, and grow your business. Join Fiona Robertson, a renowned author, speaker, and spiritual mentor, as she delves into how spiritual guidance can fast-track your business growth. Fiona shares her unique perspective on tapping into the soul and frequency of your ideal clients to discover exactly what they want and will pay for. Learn how business itself is a conscious entity that can provide insider insights and out-of-the-box solutions to help you succeed. In this episode, Fiona explains how trusting spiritual guidance can improve not only your business but also your relationships, health, and overall income. By letting go of traditional ways of operating, you can unlock new levels of creativity and abundance. With over 20 years of experience, Fiona channels messages from Dragons and helps her clients make quantum leaps in their business and life. Three Things the Audience Will Learn: 1. How to use spiritual guidance to discover what your ideal clients truly want and need. 2. Innovative strategies for fast-tracking business growth with out-of-the-box solutions. 3. How aligning with spiritual guidance can improve relationships, health, and income. Connect with Fiona: https://www.facebook.com/fionaromabodywhisperer/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/thefionarobertson/www.facebook.com/fionaromabodywhisperer/ Website : www.fionarobertson.co YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVu9SOoq0ZquMc8hEJDtj5A PROMOTION: https://www.fionarobertson.co/product/manifest-with-thedragons-the-way-of-the-dragons/ ▼ ▼ You can connect with/follow Talking with the Experts: Book a guest spot: https://bit.ly/45Vslx8 Website: https://talkingwiththeexperts.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talking-with-the-experts/ Facebook Page: [Rose Davidson] https://www.facebook.com/rosedavidsonaustralia/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosedavidson_australia/ YouTube: [Subscribe] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkM5n5QJhnNAmUiMzii73wQ #TalkingWithTheExperts #ExpertInterviews #BusinessGrowth #PodcastingSuccess #EntrepreneurTips #LeadershipAdvice #MarketingStrategies #SmallBusinessHelp #SuccessStories #ProfessionalDevelopment #BusinessInnovation

Insuring the transition is frequently touted as a major growth opportunity, but when it comes to renewable energy, complications abound. Natural catastrophe, evolving technology, and data scarcity all add to the complexity of underwriting in the class. GCube's Fraser McLachlan has been operating in the renewables sector over several market cycles, and gives his insight on the latest dynamics in the class. Plus, Insurance Insider editor Fiona Robertson digests the highlights from first half earnings season in London, after another set of strong results for listed insurers.  

‘When I was a lawyer, I knew what was good enough, because if you did the job properly, you were paid, and if you didn't do the job properly, you were sued. It was very clear-cut. With writing, you never know. There's a lot of subjectivity.' James speaks with Penguin Literary Prize winning author Annette Higgs about her debut novel, On a Bright Hillside in Paradise. They discuss the process of researching family ancestry to craft historical fiction, as well as the challenge of taking up writing later in life. Plus, Annette shares the story of how she learned she won the Penguin Literary Prize during a trip to Norfolk Island.  Annette Higgs is a writer living in Sydney, Australia. She has lived, worked and studied in Sydney, London and Italy, and holds a Doctor of Arts from the University of Sydney. A Pushcart nominee, her short work has appeared in literary journals and anthologies in Australia, the USA, the UK and India.  You can read Annette's March 2023 essay for the Bangalore Review, entitled 'Starting Late: Reflections on Becoming a Writer' here.  Get your copy of On a Bright Hillside in Paradise from Booktopia or your local bookshop. Upcoming events  Ashley is in Goulburn on Saturday 11 November running her Joy of Creative Writing workshop (1-3pm) and in conversation about Dark Mode (3.30-4.30pm) at Goulburn Mulwaree Library – RSVP for free Ashley is Brisbane in conversation with podcast guest Fiona Robertson on Saturday 25 Nov at 10am, Ashgrove Library –RSVP for free  Crafting Narrative Drive – an in-person workshop with Ashley at Avid Reader in Brisbane, Sunday 26 November, 10am-1pm James is in conversation with Benjamin Stevenson to celebrate the release of his new book 'Everyone On This Train is a Suspect' on Wednesday 6 Dec at 6:30pm at Warringah Mall Library - bookings required, $5 Books and authors discussed in this episode: Limberlost by Robbie Arnott The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Obsession by Nicole Madigan  Ashley's psychological thriller Dark Mode is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy. James' novel Denizen is out now! Learn more about it and get your copy.  Get in touch! ashleykalagianblunt.com jamesmckenziewatson.com Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt + @JamesMcWatson Instagram: @akalagianblunt + @jamesmcwatson

Today, Fiona shares about dragons and their purpose for the human race. She also gives a card reading for you the listener from her oracle card deck titled: DRAGONs : Awaken With The Dragons Cards to Break The Spell You Are under and Claim your power as a New Human. DRAGONs : Awaken With The Dragons Cards to Break The Spell You Are under and Claim your power as a New Human The dragon cards that will speak directly to you. Link to receiving messages for yourself : https://wackadu.com/product/dragons. Author Practical Magic – A souls journey On the Breath of a Dragon – The first interview with Sarafina on KDP Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Breath-Dragon-Dragons-brighter-future/dp/B0B7QPFY8H CLAIM your FREE copy of The Art Of Receiving Divine Guidance for yourself 7 Steps To Trust Your Intuition and Easily Expand Your Soul-Led Business On To New Heights, So That You Enjoy The Lifestyle You Deserve https://www.fionarobertson.co/intuition-free/ Music : Meditation Music For Relaxation And Yoga, MEDIA MUSIC GROUP Meet Laura West here and find out about services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Fiona shares about dragons and their purpose for the human race. She also gives a card reading for you the listener from her oracle card deck titled: DRAGONs : Awaken With The Dragons Cards to Break The Spell You Are under and Claim your power as a New Human. DRAGONs : Awaken With The Dragons Cards to Break The Spell You Are under and Claim your power as a New Human The dragon cards that will speak directly to you. Link to receiving messages for yourself : https://wackadu.com/product/dragons. Author Practical Magic – A souls journey On the Breath of a Dragon – The first interview with Sarafina on KDP Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Breath-Dragon-Dragons-brighter-future/dp/B0B7QPFY8H CLAIM your FREE copy of The Art Of Receiving Divine Guidance for yourself 7 Steps To Trust Your Intuition and Easily Expand Your Soul-Led Business On To New Heights, So That You Enjoy The Lifestyle You Deserve https://www.fionarobertson.co/intuition-free/ Music : Meditation Music For Relaxation And Yoga, MEDIA MUSIC GROUP Meet Laura West here and find out about services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Oct 2023. Taylor Swift's Era tour is coming to cinemas but those in the UAE will have to wait a bit longer so we asked Fiona Robertson of OSN about this release. Plus, the UAE, Saudi, and Egypt account for 60% of the region's 3 trillion dollar construction projects. Laura Morgan, Market Intelligence Lead MEA, JLL made sense of the numbers. And, the Emirates Development Bank is lending hundreds of millions of dirhams to futuristic farmers. So we spoke to their Chief Executive, Ahmed Al Naqbi, about the fund allocation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 April 2023. Last month was the strongest March on record for Dubai property sales - we spoke to Zhann Johincke of Property Monitor about those figures. Plus, as the defamation trial of Fox News begins over its coverage of the US election, media lawyer Fiona Robertson of OSN joined us to explain the story. And, duty free sales are up as travel spending is predicted to boom - we hear from Ramesh Cidambi of Dubai Duty Free & Rabia Yasmeen of Euromonitor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Best-selling author and doctor Joanna Nell, author of four novels published by Hachette, chats to award winning short story writer and doctor Fiona Robertson about the craft of short story writing. Brisbane based writer Fiona Robertson's debut release, a short story collection titled If You Are Happy, was published in 2022 by University of Queensland Press to greater acclaim. The collection won the Glendower Award in the 202o Queensland Literary Awards, was shortlisted for the Steele Rudd Award in the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards as well as the 2018 Richell Prize. Fiona's short fiction has been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies and shortlisted for international competitions.  Joanna's debut was The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village, published in 2018, and her latest release is The Tea Ladies of St.Jude's Hospital.  This is a fascinating chat between two extremely accomplished writers which also touches on their dual careers as doctors. Grab your favourite beverage and join Joanna and Fiona on the Writes4Women Convo Couch. SHOWNOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast   W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon   Fiona Robertson Website: click here Facebook: click here Instagram: click here Twitter: click here Buy If Youre Happy here   Joanna Nell Website: https://www.joannanell.com/ Facebook: click here  Instagram: click here Twitter: click here Buy Joanna's books here   Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook @pamelacookauthor Twitter @PamelaCookAU   This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women and recorded on unceded Dharawal land.      Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=trueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

America has tipped into a technical recession, as official data confirm the US economy shrank last quarter but do economists agree? Plus, we look at the companies that have posted high earnings in the UAE. Etihad Airways has posted record half-year profit as air travel roars back - we hear from their boss Tony Douglas and Aldar CFO Greg Fewer joined us after they reported a 54% rise in second-quarter profit. And, we look at the economics of the TV show neighbours, which has ended after 37 years. Media lawyer Fiona Robertson, who worked on the show for 5 years, told us about how it is the end of an era. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The underlying subconscious need to belong trumps Strategy or a Values statement written on a piece of paper. The Values statement is rarely lived by senior decision makers and people in the organization.  In organizations there may be a purpose statement, a mission statement, a vision statement, a set of values . . .  Middle managers are confused by what they are to pay attention to. I encourage leaders to ask these questions: 1. What is our strategy and what are we trying to achieve?  2. Do we have the culture we need to execute this strategy?  The intersection between culture and strategy is absolutely critical. 3. What are the behaviors we need to see more of, to successfully execute this strategy? Without knowing that, your strategy is a piece of paper. Perhaps as well as having a values statement organisations could have a Culture statement, using the 10 dimensions listed in my book,, "Rules of Belonging" ABOUT FIONA ROBERTSON As Head of Culture at one of Australia's "Big 4" banks, the National Australia Bank, Fiona introduced a set of values and a new purpose. Author "Rules of Belonging - change your organisational culture, delight your people and turbo-charge your results'", Fiona Robertson is a culture, leadership and teamwork expert who holds an MBA from London Business School. Contact Fiona Robertson: https://fionarobertson.com/ ABOUT HOST, NINA SUNDAY CSP Contact: nina@ninasunday.com or info@brainpowertraining.com.au Invite Nina Sunday CSP as a virtual speaker for your conference globally, or in-person in Australia. Visit https://ninasunday.com or https://linktr.ee/ninasunday As Founder/Owner of Brainpower Training Pty Ltd you can arrange for one of her Facilitators Australia-wide to deliver face-to-face team training. Visit https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/signature-programs/ Author of ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive; the 12 soft skills everyone needs to know for workplace success' The Manage Self, Lead Others podcast is mainly for experienced and aspiring managers to explore ways to elevate and transform team culture. Nina Sunday speaks with key experts from Australia and across the globe who share their insights in self-leadership and leading others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Humphrey, Partner at the law firm Kennedys explains where the blame lies and how long this might continue. Plus, DIFC is going on the road. Salmaan Jaffery, Chief Business Development Officer at the Financial Center explains how they've generated interest in the US and how they plan to attract them to Dubai. And the writers of the article which inspired Top Gun are suing film studio Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over its sequel. Fiona Robertson, General Counsel for OSN gave us the background and what it means for the movie.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fiona Robertson lived with migraines for years, writing short stories as a creative pursuit. Now she's free from migraines and the award-winning author of the debut short story collection, If You're Happy. Her work explores the lives of lonely people seeking happiness in a turbulent world.  She tells us about the common threads that bind her stories, why they're her chosen form, and how living with unpredictable chronic illness impacted her life and creative work.  Fiona is a writer and doctor. Her short fiction has been published in literary magazines and anthologies in Australia and the UK, and has been shortlisted for international competitions. Her collection of stories, If You're Happy, won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer at the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards. Fiona lives in Brisbane with her husband and children. Learn more about Fiona on her website, and buy a copy of 'If You're Happy' from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever else books are sold.  Books and authors discussed in this episode: Louise Allan; The Keepers by Al Campbell, plus her Sydney Morning Herald article, 'The disappointing question I most often got after writing a book';  Long Road to Dry River by Jen Severn; All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy; Child of God by Cormac McCarthy; Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy; David Vann; Denizen by James McKenzie Watson, out 19 July 2022!  Get in touch! Ashley's website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson

Fiona Robertson & Andrew Roff with Dani Vee on short story collections If You're Happy and The Teeth Of A Slow Machine.

10 January 2022: Are you a spender or a saver? And if you want to save, what are the best things to invest in. Steve Cronin gives us some great tips when it comes to money. Dan Wanies from CarniStore shares with us his money diaries. Author Alex Thomas chats about how he went from being an entrepreneur to delving into the mystical side of life. And media lawyer Fiona Robertson answers all your questions on social media, to music copyright. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you long to have your business flow and create financial freedom, for yourself & kids, for your lifestyle and future so that you never have to retire. And crucially, do you dream of creating a steady flow in your business to permanently reach the clients who need you and will benefit greatly from what you offer? I am not a business strategist or formula coach. I am a businesswoman, a healer & a creator who has overcome feeling a failure in business, and who now understands very well her own creative mind, having a ‘soul assistant ' and what affects, influences and triggers business and clients to buy. I have let go of old 3D business models and seen what is possible for myself and teach women to Create their New Reality and get the results deserved. My system is super simple and effective Are you prepared to be soul assisted and get the help you need to create your business on purpose? If you need accountability, and impactful coaching the 'Create Your New Reality' online program is what you want. https://www.fionarobertson.co/product/create-your-new-reality-30-day-challenge-practical-magic When I found myself as a hot mess, feeling like a really bad mum, with no way to show up professionally or otherwise - I met the soul of my business and spoke to her, I saw & decided to step up & challenge myself, recreate my business as my soul directed which turned my business and life around 180° so that it supported me extremely well indeed. Are you ready to hear the soul of your business? If not now then when? Connect with Fiona: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thefionarobertson https://fionarobertson.co (Company Website) https://retreatbiarritz.com (retreat biarritz) https://home-detox-box.com/ ▼ ▼ SUBSCRIBE to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkM5n5QJhnNAmUiMzii73wQ FOLLOW on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/talking-with-the-experts Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rosesdavidson Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/talkingwiththeexperts Leave a Google review: https://g.page/r/CaXk7K3UlEhzEBI/review Leave a review on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/talking-with-the-experts/id1549141963

It's salary survey time! We get the largest predictions from Trefor Murphy, Founder and CEO of recruitment company Cooper Fitch. Plus, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has become the first bank in the region to launch an online consumer car ecosystem that offers car listings from both dealers and car owners. Philip King tells us more about it. And could Donald Trump be the next Mark Zuckerberg? The former President launches his own social media company so we asked media lawyer Fiona Robertson of Cedar White Bradley how big this could get.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak to media lawyer Fiona Robertson as Facebook rebrands, we find out what actually is changing and what isn't. Plus, world leaders have gathered in Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit. Tanzeed Alam of Earth Matters Consulting tells us more about it and how important it is for us here in the UAE. And it's Halloweenomics! We talk pumpkin sales with Spinneys commercial manager for grocery Tom Harvey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UAE residents are once again able to access Facebook's services after an outage that lasted nearly six hours. We speak to Fiona Robertson to get the latest on Facebook's rough 24 hours, as shares of the social media giant tumble amid technical and ethical challenges. Plus, we talk aviation - the folks from Etihad Airways tell us all about their plans to hire 1,000 cabin crew in a major recruitment drive. And Emirates Airline is renewing its partnership with Qantas - we find out why with aviation expert and convenient Australian Nick Humphrey of Kennedys. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Not Legal Advice with Leigh Daniel and Allison Sara Reiner today feature Fiona Robertson. Today's show is is on Body Confidence, before/during/after a divorce

We get the reaction of Amena Bakr of Energy Intelligence to that big OPEC. As oil producers including the UAE turn on the taps, what does it mean for oil prices and the wider economy? Plus, talking movie-nomics with media lawyer Fiona Robertson, as yet another COVID lawsuit hits Hollywood: this time it's Mission Impossible vs an insurance company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dubai's Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has announced that vaccination is not compulsory for students or school staff. We speak exclusively to the KHDA's Director General, Dr. Abdulla Al Karam about the new announcement and what the new school year will look like for pupils in Dubai. We also get the view from the classroom with Shaun Robison, Director at Education Intelligence Group. Plus, Disney has released its revenue figures for Black Widow. What does that mean for the lawsuit between The House of Mouse and Scarlett Johansson? We asked the media lawyer, Fiona Robertson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most leaders don't know what organisational culture is. They know it's the defining factor in performance, but are unsure how to identify or change it, despite the profound impact it has on every single aspect of the organisation. Culture is the rules of belonging. Change those rules and you'll change your culture. Change your culture and you'll change your results.   Fiona Robertson is an expert in organisational culture, leadership and teamwork who holds an MBA from London Business School and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership. She is the former Head of Culture for the National Australia Bank, has worked in and consulted to dozens of blue- chip corporates and all levels of government in Australia, and coached numerous senior executives in large and small organisations. Other clients have included the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), ANZ Bank, NCR, Monash College, Swinburne University, RMIT Online and IBM. Fiona is now an independent culture change keynote speaker, facilitator and coach for senior executives. Topics During this interview Fiona and I discuss the following topics: How culture and belonging will help leaders achieve peak performanceHow to drive cultural change in using belonging principlesHow to connect a disconnect between cultural expectations and actionsHow leaders can engage their people to drive cultural changeHow to enable subordinates to bring forward ideas How to manage the differences in interpretation For the complete show notes, be sure to check out our website: https://movingforwardleadership.com/181

We spoke to lawyer Sara Khoja of Clyde & Co. about the vaccination rules in the UAE after Disney announced that their full time employees will need to be inoculated by the end of September if they want to come back to work. Plus, we get the thoughts of Dr. Howard Podolsky from the Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Center if vaccines prevent the spread of COVID-19. And, we crossed to India to speak to Vinamra Longani as flights from India to the UAE are expected to remain suspended until the end of August.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watkins publisher Fiona Robertson shares some good advice for people wanting to work in editorial jobs in publishing in this episode of the IPG Podcast. She also tells us about her own journey through publishing, her day-to-day work and what she likes most about her job.

As some celebrities quit Twitter and Facebook over online abuse, we ask media lawyer Fiona Robertson what it means for us here. Plus, we hear from the head of the IMF, with a bullish outlook on the global economy. And we look at the Murban crude futures contracts with Sean Evers of Gulf Intelligence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ABOUT FIONA ROBERTSON: https://fionarobertson.com/   Fiona Robertson is an expert in organisational culture, leadership and teamwork who holds an MBA from London Business School and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership. She is the former Head of Culture for the National Australia Bank, has worked in and consulted to dozens of bluechip corporates and all levels of government in Australia, and coached numerous senior executives in large and small organisations. Other clients have included the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), ANZ Bank, NCR, Monash College, Swinburne University, RMIT Online and IBM. Fiona is now an independent culture change keynote speaker, facilitator and coach for senior executives. This is her first book.   For Leaders Global: Resources to help you become and build leaders worth following and culture worth reproducing. www.forleadersglobal.com    Take the free Leadership Assessment and discover your leadership voice order and what it's like to be on the other side of you. Link here:  www.forleadersglobal.com    Leadership Accelerator:  https://www.forleadersglobal.com/leadershipaccelerator

A quick study of the self-help section at your local bookstore will reveal that vague guidance and banal platitudes have dominated team leadership literature in recent years. Fiona Robinson aims to pour concrete ideas around the concept of culture with her new book The Rules of Belonging. She strips away the pretentiousness and offers perspective on how ¨monkeys in shoes” somehow manage to navigate modern life. SHOW NOTES: http://www.teams.guru/podcast/137-rules-belonging-ft-fiona-robertson/ Connect with Fiona Robinson: Website- https://fionarobertson.com/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/FionaSnp LinkedIn- https://au.linkedin.com/in/fionarobertson-culture

As humans we are hardwired for social connection in order to survive, a deep need to feel like we belong.  My guest in this episode helps us to understand the connection between organisational culture and the rules of belonging.  Fiona Robertson is a culture and leadership expert, she is also the author of Rules of Belonging - change your organisational culture, delight your people and turbo-charge your results. Fiona was also the Head of Culture at NAB, and was actually there at the same time as our last guest Sarah Skeats who was Head of Brand, and it was together that they transformed the brand and culture of NAB delivering a completely integrated brand strategy “more than money”.  IF you haven't had a chance to listen to that episode, skip back to Episode 13 after this one and take a listen to her take on the connection between brand and culture.  Fiona shares with us her experiences of how culture is often misunderstood and how having the best strategy in your organisation is only a piece of paper unless you have the culture required to execute it.  We discuss the impact of the physical environment on our behaviours and she also shares a beautiful example of how just the shape of a table shifted mindset and changed the conversation, decision making and balance of power within a room.  This conversation covers a lot of ground from the impact That working from home is having on our sense of belonging, the brain and its interpretation of social pain and her iceberg model describing the reasons for functional & disfunctional behaviour. Fiona and I could have talked about this topic for hours! Her passion and deep connection to enabling organisations to align strategy, culture and belonging radiates from her. Fionarobertson.com Fiona Robertson LinkedIn Melissamarsden.com.au Your Workplace Future Ready Program Melissa Marsden Instagram | @melmar

Each Friday the Insider Publishing team dissect the week's biggest stories on, The Full Perspective.This week Adam McNestrie and Fiona Robertson discuss the impact Covid-19 trapped capital is having on the retro market and the surprise investment partnership between Covea and PartnerRe.Related reading: Brewing Covid trapping disputes a major test for retro market: https://bit.ly/3i7KXAMCovea to commit EUR750mn to PartnerRe reinsurance vehicles: https://bit.ly/2XMeOXZTake a 14-day free trial to Trading Risk: https://bit.ly/2NxTdwQTake a 14-day free trial to Insurance Insider: https://bit.ly/2BGcI3sSupport the show (https://insuranceinsider.com/free-trial)

We’re talking all things culture. Today’s guest is my friend and author Fiona Robertson. While many leaders know culture is the defining factor in performance, Fiona told me recently that “many still aren't sure how to identify or change it.” I give Fiona a call to explore her definition of culture and how it can help us to enhance results and create thriving organisations and teams.   Learn more about Fiona Robertson at https://fionarobertson.com/Connect with Fiona on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionarobertson-culture/Connect with Shane on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemhatton/

This week on the Lady Leadership podcast I caught up with Fiona Robertson who is a Culture Change expert. We chat culture - what it is and what it isn't and how culture is often mistaken as engagement! Fiona talks about how culture is the system and the rules that determine what it takes to belong and to fit into a group. We discuss how often people will do almost anything to fit into a group. We also talk about how engagement can be confused with culture where as engagement is how people engage with that system. We also talk about unwritten rules and behaviours of groups and how these are interpreted plus how strategy and culture can work together. Fiona is so passionate about culture that she has written a book, called the 'Rules of Belonging'. I'm sure that you will find this chat as fascinating as I did and it will give you great insight into the world of culture. About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards and being a mother and entreprenuer! I am passionate about helping women in their careers. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women! I have lead technology team for some of the biggest businesses and brand in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths and Sportsgirl.So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a women in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.Contact:Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1Facebook: @Samantha McIntyreInstagram: @sammijmac and @lady-leadership

On this episode of the active CEO Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Fiona Robertson about the rules of belonging, lessons learnt in culture working at Oglivy and IBM, listening with intention, and the Intersection between culture and strategy. We also delve into living outside your comfort zone, you have to notice before you choose, being a warm authoritative leader, a coach is not a friend and having an obsession with human interaction.

On this episode of The daily with syl stein on Anchor.fm Books: A Tale of Two Beasts by Fiona Robertson, Nancy Drew Diaries by Carolyn Keene and The books by Raina Telgemeier and her books Guts and Smile. My own Author News.. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sylvia-stein/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sylvia-stein/support

Fiona has a vast experience in animal husbandry spanning right back to her time at Massey University.From breeding, to showing, Fiona has always relied on her veterinary knowledge to help animals.... ...so when her own dog Rosy got sick, she realised she could make a difference. That’s when Newflands started and how Fiona brought the benefits of hoki oil to all New Zealand pet owners.Timestamps6 mins 25 secs Rosy’s story and the origin story of hoki oil for pets.8 mins 30 secs The moment she discovered hoki oil could be a business.11 min 23 secs How the hoki oil works as a effectiveness partner with both food and medicine.12 mins 16 secs Making holistic sustainable use of the whole hoki fish.14 mins 13 secs Feedback from customers ‘it’s kitty crack!’16 mins 42 secs All cats over the age of 7 have arthritis. 20 mins 47 secs The growth from middle class Chinese with pets.24 mins 25 secs Knowing where to focus as a business.26 mins 07 secs The origin of the brand ‘Newflands’.27 mins 45 secs Getting pet food during Covid-19.LINKS MENTIONED Newflands Hoki Oil packhttps://newflands.co.nz/product/newflands-and-eezapet-200ml-pamper-pack/

Fiona Robertson returns to the podcast to talk about her latest book, The Dark Night of the Soul. Fiona is referring to the archetypal experience of entering a period of darkness and despair during a process of spiritual awakening. We talk about our own dark nights our emergence from them back into the light and how we've come to relate to the traditionally more troubling aspect of our psyches. For me this interview was one of the most personally insightful ones I've recorded provoking self-reflection whilst it was still in progress. Find out more about Fiona's work here The Dark Night of the Soul is available on Amazon (UK) (US)

There has been a huge rise in popularity in alcohol free drinks and Janey chats to Stuart the CEO of Dry Drinker about the great alcohol free drinks on offer and his favourites, the lovely Sea Arch get a mention! Once they ditch the booze many people realise they need to put the nutrients back and / or do a proper detox, Fiona Robertson is a nutritionist and detox expert and shares some wisdom Want to meet up? Our next Selfcareforthesobecurious event is Monday 22nd July  It will be our ‘stayed dry till July’ party with live music, special guests, drinks and vegan food, get your tickets via Eventbrite Don’t forget my TEDXed Norwich talk is July 13th it will be live streamed so please cheer me on.   We love your feedback janey@janeyleegrace.com (mailto:janey@janeyleegrace.com) Follow Janey on social @janeyleegrace and on fb @janeyleegraceloves STOP PRESS  Janey is launching The Sober Club an online community  with resources, inspiration mentoring and support, you can get on the waiting list at the end of July WATCH THIS SPACE

Welcome to Conscious Conversations! Today's guest is Fiona Robertson. Listen on as we chat about her journey from being an aspiring dancer to now, a dance cast supervisor for internationally recognised cruise company, Carnival Cruise Line. We also discuss -Morning ritual-Self acceptance-Dating-Personal belief systemsYes, we covered a lot!Enjoy!

Welcome to Conscious Conversations! Today's guest is Fiona Robertson. Listen on as we chat about her journey from being an aspiring dancer to now, a dance cast supervisor for internationally recognised cruise company, Carnival Cruise Line. We also discuss -Morning ritual-Self acceptance-Dating-Personal belief systemsYes, we covered a lot!Enjoy!

Julia is delighted to have Fiona Robertson on the second episode of Healing From Within. Fiona Robertson the Body Renewer, health & fitness trained healer and coach with her specific skills in food and eating disorders. Fiona gets to the heart of the matter with health, weight and physical symptoms, she changes the perceptions of nutrition, stress and weight management. She re-educates women on how to eat again intuitively with nutrition counseling, to renew their bodies and how women can feel FREE and at peace in their body. She strongly advocates listening to the body cue’s and messages (The psychology of eating - from cravings, persistent physical symptoms, mental over thinking, and repeated behaviors) to provide adequate fuel for her specific ‘Body Code’ type that will then maintain a healthy body she loves. Given the complex nature of eating disorders and the numerous ways they show up, it is necessary to seek help as it can get confusing to know where to start. Fiona links the heavy weights we carry around every day and assists women to feel lighter in ways previously unimaginable, taking the weight off your shoulders and helping you cope better with your days so they are not so heavy for you. Providing resilience and free’s you up from being triggered to crave foods that mask the sadness and need to sabotage yourself from what you desire most of all, that Deep Deep satisfaction. It is important to find a specialist with specific experience in treating and finding solutions that are tailored to you, and your personal issues that lie behind your cravings, over eating, night time eating syndrome, compulsive and secret eating behaviors until you can reach and have utter Peace with Food and maintain your healthy energy and stay at your desired weight.      

 Senior Living Inquiries facilitator Fiona Robertson comes back on the podcast to talk about her essay, 'On Realising the Political is Personal'. We discuss how our political positions are inextricably linked to our core beliefs about life, both in terms of the positions we hold and the dogma or open mindedness which we hold them. We go on to discuss how cultivating a relationship with a sense of self which is deeper than the opinions we hold can allow us to drop our addiction to certainty and engage with people in a more relational way. We ponder what the implications of this would be for our polarised political climate. Read Fiona's essay, On Realising the Political is Personal    

Listen as Leigh Daniel, Allison Sara Reiner, and Fiona Robertson talk about how relationships with others affects our relationship with our bodies.

This is Not Legal Advice with Leigh Daniel and Allison Sara Reiner today feature Fiona Robertson. Today’s show is is on Body Confidence, before/during/after a divorce

Fiona Robertson is a facilitator of The Living Inquires, a process of mindful, in-depth looking at the core beliefs we all hold. In this interview Fiona describes the transformational effect this practice has had on her own life, as well as the shifts she now sees with her clients. Fiona facilitates sessions over the internet, find out more about her and her book, The Art of Finding Yourself, at - http://www.beyondourbeliefs.org   http://deepstateconsciousness.com/

How Fiona Robertson travelled the world on a shoestring, discovering her life path as she went. Plus the best travel food ever!Hi everybody, I'm Barbara Fernandez, the Rocking Raw Chef, here with my Clean Food, Dirty Stories: one to entertain, the other to inspire.I help people stamp out stress, depression and fatigue over at RockingRawChef.com, and today's title is:Adventure was my missing nutrientIn addition to this story, at the end of this episode I'll share with you the best travel food I know. It's not only packed with nutrients and easy to carry everywhere, but it's also the best food to help eliminate parasites from the body.OK enough hints from me, let's get on with the story.I am super excited to be joined here today for our story by Fiona Robertson, the Body Whisperer, who helps people understand who they want to be. Fiona has travelled all over the world and has some amazing adventures to share with us which I think you will find very inspirational.So Fiona, welcome to the Clean Food, Dirty Stories podcast!Fiona: Yeah, thank you very much for having me. Thanks for inviting me. Nice to meet you here finally, face to face.Me: Yes, exactly! Cause we've known each other for a while, right? But it's been like an internet based...Fiona: An internet-based friendship, yeah, I know (laughs).Fiona's storyMe: Super! So I know that you've got, you've had quite a lot of adventures, but I think you mentioned that your taste for adventure perhaps came from your childhood. Is that right? You said you felt quite different as a child, can you maybe explain why?Fiona: Yeah, 4 years old we went to South Africa to live as a family. We kind of grew up with no shoes. So basically just kind of playing with lizards and centipedes and understanding all about nature and just wanting to be outside climbing trees, being a tomboy.A different way to grow upIt was just a different way for me to grow up. And when we moved back to the UK, I realized I was just different. I wanted to be outside playing in different ways and not playing giggly, schoolgirl games.Me: So how old were you when you moved back to the UK?Fiona: I was nine. Yeah, nine, nine and a half, something like that. Just kind of old enough, over the formative years, you know, that I'd really got a different country and kind of life under my skin. You know, I'd learnt Afrikans, I'd learned there was another language, I'd learnt there were different things going on. We were in South Africa at the time of apartheid as well, so you get a lot of different experiences, you know? We travelled there too on holiday of course.You see, I didn't think it was different, but it is, you're in a game park for a holiday and there's cheetas walking in the car park. It's exciting! And that's what my story's about, I didn't realize that adventure was so under my skin.Into the militaryMe: And so you said that you signed up to work with American Express in the military, is that right?Fiona: Yeah, one of my first jobs when I finished college and school and everything, I didn't want to go on to be an interior designer. That was my dream. But when they mentioned to me that it was four years foundational course and then I could specialize, I was like, “You've got to be kidding me! I can't sit still for that long! I've gotta be out there doing something!”I was interested in travel and so I got a job with American Express and it was on the American Air Force bases in the UK. So I started in High Wyckham and I was basically doing their travel tickets, their military travel tickets, then I ended up going and reliefing on the other different air force bases. So Greenham Common, Huntingdon, the ones in East Anglia, and just travelling around and doing that. Going and doing my travel, my specialist travel stuff for the American air force base.A different worldIt was cool because you walk into a different world. You go on the American an air force base and that land is owned by America. They have their happy hour, they have their bowling alleys, they have their shops, they have their own ways and cultures of doing things.Me: Wow. That just strikes me as really weird, you know? Like I've never, I mean even though I've lived in the UK for quite a while now. I've never been on any of the bases, and so part of me always just thinks, 'you're not contributing to the local economy', you know.Fiona: Oh they are, they don't all live on base, they live outside. But that was when I was nineteen, I started working on the American air force bases.The perfect job in travelLooking back now I just think what a perfect job for me. Working in travel and on an American air force base, you know?Me: So you organized travel for them, is that right?Fiona: I organized travel for them and basically with the old Prestel sets and the old ABC travel guide books we found air flights and all that kind of stuff. So I took all my exams for APTA travel. After that I went on to do incentive travel and after that I went on to sort of venue finding. Anything to do with people and traveling and moving. But incentive travel was very interesting, I liked that too.Me: What's incentive travel?Fiona: Imagine that you've got top salesmen and saleswomen and they're given an incentive. If they're the top team in the whole company in the whole of the country, then they get sent to some glorious destination and everything's paid for. So we used to organize all that, you know? With the ground agents and meals and restaurants. Down to exactly what kind of napkins would be on the table. It was like organizing a big wedding every few months, you know? Everything from the chauffeurs to the taxis to the kind of color-coordinating the flowers, everything.Import, export and video camerasMe: And then you went into a very different kind of business, right? With video cameras or something?Fiona: Yeah, I had another job in between time working for actually Ocean Pacific and I was on the export desk there. And I used to do all the certificates of export, and that was interesting for me. Because other people couldn't understand what these guys were saying, and I was just able to tune into what maybe the Greeks or the Spanish or the...You know, they were speaking pidgin English and wanting to be understood and then I was able to tune in somehow to what they were actually trying to tell me.And then I went on selling military cameras into industry, and again I worked with a lot of people from all over the world. So I listened to their languages and I listened to their accents and I understood about their culturesMe: So what happened when you wanted to go travelling? Because you said that at one point you had this business and then you sold it, is that right?Fiona: Yeah, from running the company I was working with I then set myself up for myself and found all my own clients and things and did that for two or three years. And I woke up one morning and thought 'God do I want to be doing this in five years' time? No! Two years? No!'Time to go travellingMe: So was there any specific incident that prompted this decision? Or was it literally from one day to the next waking up and going 'I don't want to do this'?Fiona: I thought that the company that I'd set up was my baby. I'd been with this other guy who was in the same industry though he ran a different company. So when we split up I think that was probably one of the kick up the backsides. I just said, “No, this is my baby, I want to hang onto this baby, this company” because Vision Source was my baby.But then when I woke up in the morning I just went, 'oh my God what am I doing? Do I really want to be doing this?' And when it was such a loud, resounding 'no', I couldn't not listen to that. I really had to think, 'no I'm just not going to be satisfied, it's going to kill me if I stay in this office and do this'. Even though it was doing really, really well.I managed to find somebody who was interested in selling, I sold the company to them. I rented my house out and I just took a rucksack and started travelling around the world.Me: So then how did you start? I think you said you bought an around the world ticket or something? I'm asking because, you know, if there's somebody listening who thinks 'oh I'd really like to travel around the world', I think some people wouldn't even know where to start, you know?A pink-haired rebel going round the worldFiona: Yeah, I was thirty-nine, I dyed my hair pink. Me: That's hilarious!Fiona: I was like wanting to be rebellious. Most people when they see the photographs kind of say, “Were you fifteen then?” and I say “No, thirty-nine, dyed my hair pink”. And I had my rucksack, a friend just said, you know, grab a rucksack. You buy a ticket that goes one direction around the world, and you can't go backwards so you always find a destination that forwards. And I think I didn't go that off the grid really. Thinking about it in retrospect it was fairly obvious.South Africa I started because that's where I've still got family living. Then, you know, Thailand, Singapore, Fiji, Cook, New Zealand, Australia and America. I really did not want that to end. That was just...no way.Me: But I think at the beginning I mean I imagine you would have had a decent amount of money to do that from the sale of your business, right? At some point did the money run out? I ask because you said that at one point you were just very trusting and that you thought, 'OK how can I just go to this new place with no money and nowhere to stay?'Fiona: I didn't...the business wasn't sold until I came back from my travels. They owed me the money. They were supposed to be selling my cameras and selling everything while I was away, and they just basically didn't. So I had to sort of deal with things until I came back. And my house that was rented only rented for a few months rather than for the whole year. So yes.Me: Wow.How travelling can be cheaper than staying at homeFiona: In fact it's cheaper to travel around the world than it is to live in a house and try and support yourself.Me: Whoa, you're kidding! Really?Fiona: No, I mean you stay in backpackers. You've got no material needs, you've got your shorts, your t-shirts, your toothbrush, you bring everything back to real, real basics. So you've got a book, you finish a book, you swap it for another book. It's just cheap. You stay in youth hostels, you meet fantastic people. Some of them obviously an awful lot younger than I was at the time. I was thirty-nine, they were all on their first out of university experience, they were travelling the world finding out who they were. And I didn't do that till later, but...Then you've also got different generations who decide to do it. But staying in youth hostels, they're pretty much...they're a good crowd of people. And when I really kind of left my rucksack in the first place, I locked it up, I tied it up, I did all the things that I thought I had to do. And then I walked out of the youth hostel and I went, 'no, damnit, I'm gonna go back and I'm gonna unlock everything. We're all in the same boat, we're all from different countries, we're all in the same boat. I've been travelling on an open-sided bus in a tent, on ants' nests and all the rest of it. This is not gonna be a problem for me'.A successful mental mindsetSo mental mindset: “I' am not gonna have any problems with anybody touching any of my stuff. I got nothing they want to steal, we're all in the same boat, we've all got like...” We had our old CD players, we didn't have mobile phones and those kind of things then.Me: That's true, yeah.Fiona: And I carried my passport and my money and my tickets with me in a little bumbag as we had then. Everybody was in the same boat and if you're that open and trusting and you believe you're OK, this is very much the work that I do now too funnily enough, but if you have that vibration running through you, you'll be OK. If you have the vibration running through you like...People before I left wanted to say to me, “Oh my God! Really? You're going to this country? Well don't let anybody put anything in your bag” and “don't put your bag out of your sight” and really all their fears they were trying to put onto me before I left.But if you have this kind of like 'Do you know what? We're all in the same boat, we're all wanting to be experiencing travel and different places and different people and food and...Me: Yeah. So then...Wow! I'm still reeling actually from the previous thing you said about it being cheaper to, you know, travel the world and stay all over the place than to stay in one place, you know. I'm going to be thinking about that for a while!On to Reiki trainingBut I know that you said that at some point you started just like doing things for people to kind of pay your way, right?Fiona: Yeah, it wasn't so much to pay my way but it was just to experiment. During my travels I decided that I would finish off my Reiki. That was a funny story as well.So I'd been travelling, I ended up in Cape Town and I decided to go for Reiki because I enjoyed Reiki. And this guy gave me Reiki and I was completely knocked out. When I sort of came round, he said, “Oh something came to me when I was doing your Reiki. If you're interested in pursuing, maybe finishing off your masters or something like that to do with Reiki, I know a very good woman. She lives in Prince Albert.”And he told me where that was and I thought 'well that's kind of up from where my dad lives on the wilderness in South Africa, I could go and see Valentine and have some time with her'.So I thought about it for a while and I rang, and I rang, and I rang, and I remember writing in my journal, “Bloody hell! This woman is impossible to get hold of!”Changing your thought patternsI scrubbed that out and I put “This woman is easy to get hold of”. I did have a phone, beg your pardon, one of the first kind of Nokia phones. She rang me. So imagine – I'd been saying all this time, 'this woman is really hard to get hold of'.Me: Yeah, and of course she was then.Fiona: Just by scrubbing out that whole thought pattern and changing my thought pattern, I'd actually said 'this woman's gonna be...and she's really easy to get hold of'. My phone then rang and she rang me to say, “Great, I've had your messages. When can you come?”Me: Super! Wow!Travelling with the flowFiona: So I was on this roll when I was travelling of trying to be this very open, flowing person who wanted to experience how easy and safe the world was. Rocking up in an airport like in Australia, I hadn't got any Australian dollars, I hadn't got anywhere to stay. It was kind of one o'clock in the morning when we landed. I wanted to find out how easy it was just by allowing myself to feel easy.Me: And so what happened in that Australian airport at one in the morning?Fiona: Oh God it couldn't have been easier! They are so set up. Maybe in another country it would have been harder.So you arrive in the airport and most people had somewhere to stay and they were being picked up by people. I walked in and I thought, 'oh a cash machine, fine, pop my card in, get cash out, that's easy'. By the cash machine there's a desk there, a welcome desk, there's brochures everywhere for youth hostels and everything. And I thought, 'I wonder if I ring them now if anybody would be on the desk, or if I should have to sleep in the airport'. Which I had done before.And so I rang and somebody said, “Yeah, yeah, no problem, we can come and pick you up, we'll see if there's anybody else coming this way. We'll be there in about an hour”. And they were. Super polite, super easy. Picked up my bags, picked me up, took me to the youth hostel in Perth. Got me a room and that was it.Don't plan too much in advanceMe: Wow. So generally you found that that's the way it worked, right? With the trusting and that it would be easy and things just kind of like fell into place?Fiona: I was told before I left by a girlfriend of mine also called Fiona. She said to me, “Don't book too much up in advance because so many things are changing the whole time. Try not to plan too much because if you plan, you're planning out what the universe might have to deliver to you. Something more fun, something more exciting.”Me: Oh yeah, that makes total sense.Fiona: So don't plan too much. I kind of took it from the other point of view, that I'm a planner, I'm a scheduler, I'm a bulldozer. I'll make things happen. And I was really trying to be experiencing from a different perspective. This was my opportunity to really experience that to live in the flow.And that's really what I want to try and do in my everyday life as a mom now as well. Be more open and understanding and intuitive to...'OK so why did that happen then? Why are they ill?' So this is what brought me...OK raw food kind of came in there as well, but it really brought me to sort of try and interpret what I was being shown.And if you happen to get arrested...Me: Yeah. So did you have moments when you were travelling when the flow just stopped? And you started to feel fear or you were just like 'Oh this isn't working” or... If you did, how did you get back into flow?Fiona: Yeah, I'm trying to think about it. I got complacent, I was in Thailand and I stayed longer than I should so I was kind of arrested when I left.Me: Oh my God, you were arrested!Fiona: Yeah, because I'd overstayed my visa. You're only allowed to stay there a certain length of time so when I left, I just handed in my passport. And they pulled me off to this room and they really interrogated me and I'm just like, 'I was just kind of complacent and I didn't really think about it' and “Well I'm leaving now so just let me go!” (laughs)Me: And so what happened? Did they let you go?Fiona: They let me go, but they made me wait it out. I think I missed that flight so I had to get another one or something. Yeah, they wanted to really make a point there that you can't be complacent. So I thought OK... I wasn't really in charge of looking at my dates in that respect.When you have to push a littleAnother time was when I was in Australia. I was coming down the west coast of Australia and it became a bit of a rush. So I knew that my visa ended at a certain date, I had to be in Sydney so that I could get my flight to New Zealand. The people I was travelling with were under no speed whatsoever. So I realized then 'I have to do something, I have to move this forward faster'. Then I became out of the flow and I was very proactive into getting things moving. And I don't know what would have happened if I'd just bummed along, I don't know.Me: Well yeah but I mean, but then you...that was kind of necessary, right?Fiona: Yeah.A Thailand detox adventureMe: Sometimes you have to do that right? And then you said that at one point you said you kind of discovered raw food and detox and you started coaching girls on your travels?Fiona: I did, that was really fun.Me: How did that happen?Fiona: I was in Thailand and I'd done Thai massage, Thai cooking. And I'd said to the girl that I'd met when I was travelling...I said “God, you know we need to be doing something that we would never, ever dream about doing when we went home”. She said, “Yeah I agree, we need to do something that's kind of off the wall”. I said, “Exactly!”I walked into this bar just to order a water and there was a leaflet on the desk that said The Sanctuary. And it was for detoxing. So I took the flyer and I said, “This really, really hits me! Let's go and try this!” I spoke to the guy behind the bar and he said it's a really cool place in Koh Pang Yang.That's where we went and did detoxing, and they had a fantastic raw restaurant. I'd never experienced raw food before. So we did the detox and I learned what I could from Moon, who was the guy who ran the place and the time. I looked at these menus of these foods and of course your tastebuds change when you do a detox. This was a full detox, colon cleanse, doing enemas, coffee enemas and everything else. Met some fantastic people, had some great conversations, we slept a lot.Simple food for radiant resultsWe met all sorts of shamans, all sorts of stuff. And then I realized afterwards that myself and my friend, our bodies had completely changed, our body temperature had changed.In about three weeks after that, we went for two weeks to another island and we did absolutely nothing. We just ate very, very simply, just raw food. So tomatoes and everything. The restaurants there were very confused. We didn't want the Thai food, we just said, “Basic, plain plate of tomatoes, that's all we want”. So we learned how to say that and we were doing that. We radically shifted some weight and we radically...our bodies changed and our whole energy was completely different. I was like, 'geez I like this! I get this! I feel awesome, I feel radiant!' We were just having so much fun!The coaching beginsMe: So then you started coaching girls? To help them...Fiona: Yeah then in the next place I went to I met some young girls. And a couple of them had said, “We're on our last leg”. They were kind of going the other way around the world. And one of them had kind of said, “You know, I'm a nurse and I left that because I wanted to find myself, I wanted to find out what I really wanted to do. And here I am on the last leg of my journey and I don't think I've found myself at all!”Magical questionsI said, “Oh, OK”. So I just started asking her some questions, and I set her some tasks for the evening. I said, “What do you want to do?” And she said, “I've got no idea!” I set her some tasks for example, I think one of them was 'a hundred and one things that make you happy'. How easy. And setting out what her perfect day would include. They were two of the simplest tasks that I thought that she might actually do or might actually enjoy doing.And the next morning when we were kind of...She was leaving and I was just having breakfast. And she was like, “Oh my God!” She said, “I totally get what I wish I'd known before. I know what it is that I want, I know what makes me happy, I know this and I know that and I know the other” and I was like 'oh my God'. And then just other conversations, it just seemed to be natural for me that when I was speaking to somebody...Not telling them what they should do, but kind of like, 'have you ever thought about what it is you'd like to do? What it is...Who you'd like to be, what you'd like to wear? How you'd like to sound, speak? Do you enjoy singing? Dancing? What is it?' All the different things that make you who you want to be.Me: Wow.Fiona: It came from that, really. Just having conversations. Nothing structured, but just allowing people to find out for themselves what they liked about life, about being alive.Finding a travel partnerMe: And then at one point you met your Dutch partner, right? How did that happen?Fiona: Yes, we met in Australia and we just started travelling together. We were going the same route together. Very interesting conversations. He allowed me to be very profound and very deep. And I found something new about myself as well, which normally I would not have had those kind of conversations with people. In a very deep, delving, wondering, curious, inquisitive, wanting to know more. So that was kind of refreshing and probably why we stuck together for so long because we allowed each other to have those kind of conversations. And I found myself a different kind of person. That I didn't agree with everything that he said, or I had an opinion. I found my strength from having those kind of conversations too, I'd had a strong interior. And I found that I knew what I wanted, let's put it that way.Back home and pregnantMe: I know at some point your trip around the world ended. And then you were...you were back at home feeling sad, right? But then you were...you started travelling again when you were three months pregnant, is that right?Fiona: (laughs) Yeah, I got back to my house in Oxford. We stayed there for a while and I'm just like, 'God, I don't want to be here because I'm gonna end up doing what I used to do and I don't want to do that'. The world's a bigger place, you know?So I was three months pregnant, I was age 40, and I said “Right, that's it. We're gonna take a caravan, and we're gonna find somewhere that makes my heart melt. That really fills my heart, that makes me feel fulfilled”.Me: Wow, what did your partner say? Was he surprised? Or was he like 'yup'...Fiona: He was cool for that, he's now back in Holland, he's not here with me in France. He couldn't make it work for himself. But that's OK. So that was it. He said, 'yeah, great! Let's have an adventure'.An adventure to find your ideal homeWe took a caravan and basically I had a tick list of the things that we wanted. So what would you want if you had everything you could possibly imagine? You'd want the sea and you'd want the mountains. And you'd want the outdoor life because South Africa's under my skin. I'd have the plants in the garden, hibiscus plants and palm trees. It would be very green.So we started travelling, you know, down the coastal route of France, and kind of 'does this place? No. This place doesn't feel good. Does this place?' And “How will you know when you find it?” he used to keep saying. “I'll just know, I'll just know”.Me: And so how long were you travelling before you found it? Because most people wouldn't leave when they were three months pregnant, right? Cause they'd be thinking about 'oh my God'...No tests, no scansFiona: I didn't have any tests, I didn't have any scans, I didn't have anything. And I was huge, I had like a huge baseball, like a beach ball stuck out in front of me. My son ended up being five kilos, he was a big boy. But I was a very happy mom, and I was just really, really happy being pregnant and travelling.Me: And so where was he born? Was he born before...Fiona: He was born in Holland. So we stayed here, we found the place, we found Biarritz Saint Jean De Luz. And I imagined us living here what it would be like. We both had tears in our eyes and it just felt so homely, we had left and we'd come back. And when we came back it felt like we'd come home. So it was all feeling-based.Me: Yeah, I'm the same, I'm very feeling-based so I can totally relate to that.No French, no job, no baby knowledge...Fiona: And so then we found the house and then we went back to Holland. We had Micah in Holland, we lived in a holiday home for two months. Micah was my eldest who's now twelve. He was one month old when we moved back here. I knew nothing about babies, I knew zip! Nothing! Nada! I had his sister who helped me go shopping and all the rest of it. And I was breastfeeding and I thought, 'Well what else do I need to know?' I probably sound like such a hippy!Then we came here, we didn't speak French, we didn't have a job, we had a house, a big house. And we had a baby, and my big dog, he was with us as well, Milo. I sometimes wonder how I managed but I used to speak to my spirit animal and for some reason she used to guide me through and make me feel very comfortable and very safe. And that's how I did it.Me: Wow. And then...well, you speak French now, right?Fiona: I don't think I could ever call myself a good speaking French person. I do my best.Me: Well yeah but you make the effort, right? You do what you can, right?Fiona: Oh yeah, I make myself understood. And even funnily enough when we first moved here he would say to me, “What did they say?” I'd say, “I couldn't repeat it, I don't know what they said. But I know it's OK. And we need to do this, this and this”. It was just like an infusion.Me: Yeah, well like it was when you heard people speaking with different accents before, right? That's cool.Fiona: So I was here on an adventure.The world can come to youMe: Well and I know that you said that you kind of had the world come to you, right? Fiona: Correct, correct.Me: So what happened there?Fiona: What a great thing.Me: And how did you start that, actually?Fiona: My partner at the time was trying to work in Holland and travel. And I just said, “This isn't working, let me have a go”. I'd just had my second baby and he'd just stopped breastfeeding. And I opened up Retreat Biarritz, which is basically a detox retreat. I was running it from home, we had two studios that we'd built. People were staying in the studios and I was basically doing for them what I'd learnt to do when I was in the Sanctuary.So basically they're doing three day fast, colon cleanse, learning all about raw food. We did raw food kitchen. Then I used to take them hiking in the mountains, I used to take them to the beach, I took them to the hammam. We took them to the local markets. Just so that they could have a holiday experience while they were here.Me: That's fantastic, that's really great. Wow. So do you still...what do you do now? I know you do a lot of things, but do you still run the retreats now?Detox retreatsFiona: I still run the retreats for small groups of people. Sometimes individuals come, and again from all around the world. I mean I've had ladies from Greece, America, Australia, Russia. And they just find me, God knows how they find me. They come and they go, “I'd really like to come and work with you”. And I'm like, “OK do you just want a detox? I can just do a straight detox for you”.But at some point always the conversation comes up. They're in an old story or they're stuck, you know? 'I used to have a body like this' and 'I don't understand why my body does this'. And then the body whispering seems to sort of come in, and we have that intuitively guided conversation that helps them understand more about their body.Me: So then how does the body whispering work? Can you give us just sort of like a short, I don't know, a little brief idea?How body whispering worksFiona: Oooh, yeah, how does it work! Goodness me! Basically a lot of the ladies who come, they are stuck in a particular story. There's something that they haven't digested emotionally. It could be that they're feeling anger, but then I kind of go beyond that, what's under that. And if you're feeling anger or resentment and things, often what I'm feeling is that people are feeling very disconnected. They're not feeling any connection to other people, but they're not feeling safe.So one of the main things I do is I help them to feel what it feels like to feel safe. And most people, they have no idea what their safe place feels like. When they can discover what their safe place feels like, you've almost got something to back into when things don't feel comfortable for you. When the shit's hitting the fan or you're at a dinner table or there's a conversation going on that you're not feeling comfortable with, you can kind of go, 'hang on a second, where am I?'Tuning into your bodyZone in – some people might call it being centered or whatever, but you zone in and tune into yourself. You get out of your thinking, analyzing, bulldozing head and you get into your body. So you reconnect with your body and you go, 'wow, there I am'.And it's like 'OK so what's kicking off at the moment? Does it have anything to do with me?' And your body is able to kind of respond to you when you understand how your body works. Your body would kind of say to you, “It's got nothing to do with you”.But you can pick up who it is in the room that's really got the energy, the strongest energy in the room that's affecting you. And you can say, 'OK so if that's the person, has what they've got going on got anything to do with me? No. Back off'. You can back off, you can get back in your own energy.How most of us calm our nervesWhat I found was I used to overeat. When I was in the company of my ex particularly. He had a very chaotic mind unless he was focused, he was ultra, ultra focused, but otherwise he was chaotic. Very argumentative, a devil's advocate. But when he was kicking off, I would find that I would overeat because I wanted to shut that off. Me: Oh wow, OK.Fiona: And I calmed down my nerves... The best and the quickest way to calm down your nerves when you're stressed is for a lot of people to eat. When we don't feel safe, we eat. And our body is protecting us by having the chemical reaction that goes on, the hormones that are released in the body, they lay down fat. That's the body protecting itself. Basically the adrenaline and everything that's going on...There are toxins that run through our body, and I didn't realize how overvigilant I was because of my childhood. Certain things that happened there. I didn't realize how overvigilant I was and how aware I was of feeling empathically what was going on around me. So my only way to control that was food.Discovering how you really feelThat doesn't really tell you what body whispering is. Body whispering for me, when I'm on a call with somebody, if I'm talking to them, I'm tuning in to them. So I can teach them how they feel. Basically ninety-nine percent of anybody who's around doesn't have a clue how they feel. They think, 'oh God that doesn't feel nice' but they automatically go into the thing that makes them feel better which is eating. Or drinking, or smoking, or shopping or whatever it is. I concentrate purely with people to do with food.So basically I can connect in with them and I'm saying “OK how do you feel about that situation?” And they go into their heads and they start describing it in mental ways. I'm like “OK fine, now bring yourself into your body because you're mentally describing and giving me mental feedback. Bring it back from your body. What are you feeling in your body?” And often they'll pick something up but I'm able to help them hone in to what the feeling really is so that they can recognize it the next time.Me: Yeah, I get it, you're teaching people basically how to...Fiona: Read their bodies.Me: Read their bodies, yeah. That's very cool.Fiona: And also what's happening to me is that when I'm reading their body... Even over Skype, it doesn't have to be live, even over Skype. I can say, “OK so I'm picking up...So a thought came to me, I've just been asked to ask you this question. What does this got to do with that?” or “Would this resonate with you?” So I'm allowing myself to be open that I'm picking up something for them.A body scan offerMe: Wow. And so I know that you have something pretty cool going on at the moment which is a body scan offer I think. Do you want to say something about that?Fiona: Yeah, I offer people if they're interested to find out what the undercurrent is that's going on through their body. So basically I help people understand the undercurrent that's going on. There's nothing more responsive to your thoughts than your body.That being said, if you don't know what you're thinking, then how can you possibly change your thoughts? So often people are saying mantras or they're saying positive thoughts. But the undercurrent that goes on behind that is often very subconscious. I call it on a soul level, when you have total disbelief on that ever happening for you. It could be to do with money, but I talk to people about their bodies.How it worksSo what I ask people to do if they're really interested is they can come forward and they can have a body scan. I can have half an hour with them, I ask them some questions. They're very kind of open, big questions that allow me to see where they're coming from. And for example what makes them really happy or really sad, and then I can gauge what's going on. I can gauge their stress levels, and I can feed back to them what's going on and what's the most likely reason things are not working for them. Even if they've been dieting and detoxing and exercising for years. But there's something going on in their bodies that they haven't allowed themselves to let go of. They're still hanging onto something and it's hanging onto their body.Me: And so if people want to know more about that, where's the best place for them to find you and to look at that offer?Where to find FionaFiona: OK I have my website which is fionarobertson dot co. And I don't know how we can do that, but...Me: Well I'll link to things in the show notes anyway.Fiona: Yeah, I'll send you a link to the body scan so that people can come through and they can test out the body scan. Basically have a very happy-go-lucky conversation with me. And yeah, just find out a little bit more about who you are and what your body's asking for, funnily enough. What she needs, what she wants and what she's lacking the most. And it's not nutrients on a vitamin and mineral scale, it's nutrients of other descriptions.Me: Wow super, OK. And is that a free consultation, or...?Fiona: Yeah.Me: OK. I thought so, I just wanted to make sure I said it because some people, that's...they'll want to know that. And then, yeah, hopefully...Well I'm sure that there'll be a lot of people interested in that because I mean I just think that's fascinating!Well thank you so much Fiona for being here to share your story!Fiona: Oh, thanks!Shed your baggageMe: It's been quite a...it's certainly given me a lot to think about around... Well around world travel, really, because I love travelling and I have travelled quite a bit. But I'm gearing up to do some more in the future with not very much baggage at all, so that's...Fiona: Oh, so nice to get rid of your baggage! And what a nice analogy as well, get rid of all your baggage!Me: Yup, all kinds of baggage! (laughs)So thank you so much for that inspiration. It's been really great to talk to you!Fiona: Thank you so much for inviting me, thank you so much.Me: You're very welcome, thank you, have a super, super day!The best travel foodRight, so fantastic! I hope you enjoyed that story. And I mentioned at the beginning of this episode that I'd share with you the best travel food that I know. And that food is...dates!Dates are an amazing food. They're easily portable, you can just pop some into a bag and put them in your suitcase. You can even carry them on a plane with you – at least as of today you can still do that. Properties of datesNow in terms of properties of dates, the first thing about dates is that they are amazing for the digestive system. This is because they are one of the best foods for getting rid of parasites. They basically bind onto and then help sweep away all kinds of nasty stuff: parasites, heavy metals, bad bacteria, viruses, fungus and especially Candida. And if you've got a tendency to constipation, dates can help there too.In addition, contrary to what you might think as they're very sweet, they're excellent for helping to balance blood sugar. The fruit sugar that they contain also helps feed the muscles and refuel the brain – so they're a great brain food too. As well as a great food for sport.And if you often feel stressed, dates can help you there as well. They contain almost 70 bioactive minerals that support the adrenals as they work to help us face various life challenges. On top of that, they've got a huge amount of amino acids which elevates their levels of potassium which in turn helps stop formation of excess lactic acid. Another good reason why they're really good for sport, as well as anti-stress.They're also said to be abundant in anti-cancer properties, particularly for abdominal cancer.And because dates are so high in nutrition, they can help with weight control. For example, some Muslims eat dates with water to break a fast before they eat anything else and one benefit to that is that it helps avoid overeating at that first meal which I think is really cool.Why dates are the best travel foodAnother very cool thing about dates is that if like Fiona you want to go on a travelling adventure and you're not quite sure about how you'll find food, some people say that a wrapped up date in your pocket or in your bag can act like a good luck travel charm. It can ensure you'll always find something to eat. Of course yes you can always eat the date itself, but some say that this little fruit can help you find more than that.For those who want to know what exact nutrients dates contain, well there are a lot. But the ones I'll mention here in addition to potassium are calcium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, magnesium and zinc, as well as vitamin K, vitamin A, thiamin, niacin and riboflavin. It's got loads of stuff.How to eat datesAs to how to eat dates, well you just grab a handful, right? Be sure though to remove the pit inside first please, we don't want an impromptu trip to the dentist. And just 4 to 6 dates a day can give you excellent benefits.They're also one of the key ingredients in many recipes for things like energy balls. So for example you can blitz some dates in a food processor with some nuts and maybe a bit of dried coconut for an instant snack. And if you'd like more recipes where you can indulge in their sweetness, I'll post the link to my 5-Minute Desserts recipe ebook below the show notes for this episode. Which brings us to the end of this week's story! I hope you enjoyed it!And if you've got a crazy, true story to share (and you'd like to know what food could have saved the day or enhanced your particular situation), I'd love to hear from you! If you enjoy my stories and want to hear more, join us and subscribe! I share one crazy yet true story a week. And if you've got any questions, just pop them in the comments! And if you're listening on iTunes, do give me a review, that would be awesome.I hope you have an amazing day, thank you so much for being here with me to share in my Clean Food, Dirty Stories. Bye for now!RESOURCESLink to 5-Minute Desserts and other recipe ebooks: https://rockingrawchef.com/5-minute-recipes/Article on dates including links to studies and other articles: https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/fruit/health-benefits-of-dates.htmlFiona's website: www.fionarobertson.coFor your free Body Scan session, book a time with Fiona here: https://fionarobertson.acuityscheduling.com/Fiona's bioFiona Robertson, Author, Creator of the Home Detox Box, Retreat Biarritz, and a Body Whisperer intuitive holistic coach - supporting women as they release, reset and re connect with their bodies. I assist the body to consciously re constructing itself from the inside out, releasing the emotions and stress that cause the body to hold onto weight and create digestive and long lasting physical symptoms.

Julie-Anne Black is here today with Fiona Robertson, Senior Associate at Al Tamimi & Co with particular expertise in the legal side of media, creative, sports and entertainment industries and the general commercialisation of IP. Fiona has extensive ...

Julie-Anne Black is here today with Fiona Robertson, Senior Associate at Al Tamimi & Co with particular expertise in the legal side of media, creative, sports and entertainment industries and the general commercialisation of IP. Fiona has extensive experience for clients across numerous industries --- broadcasters, producers, animators, musicians, web designers, franchises, brand agencies, sponsors, sports administration, film funds, advertising agencies, event organisers, financiers, studios, record companies and publishing companies, galleries, booking agencies, managers, TVC creators, publishers, writers, designers and artists of all kinds. Fiona thrives on Intellectual stimulation, solving problems, working with people, being part of the creative process. In this conversation we talk about: Fiona's greatest lesson Her advise to her younger self What keeps her up at night? What drives her and who inspires her? Who has been Fiona's greatest influence Plus, Fiona shares with us her 3 Golden Nuggets Interviewed by: Julie-Anne Black Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | RSS

Julie-Anne Black is here today with Fiona Robertson, Senior Associate at Al Tamimi & Co with particular expertise in the legal side of media, creative, sports and entertainment industries and the general commercialisation of IP. Fiona has extensive experience for clients across numerous industries --- broadcasters, producers, animators, musicians, web designers, franchises, brand agencies, sponsors, sports administration, film funds, advertising agencies, event organisers, financiers, studios, record companies and publishing companies, galleries, booking agencies, managers, TVC creators, publishers, writers, designers and artists of all kinds. Fiona thrives on Intellectual stimulation, solving problems, working with people, being part of the creative process. In this conversation we talk about: Fiona's greatest lesson Her advise to her younger self What keeps her up at night? What drives her and who inspires her? Who has been Fiona's greatest influence Plus, Fiona shares with us her 3 Golden Nuggets Interviewed by: Julie-Anne Black Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | RSS

Jamie talks to Fiona Robertson of Newflands Hoki Oil about how a quest to help a beloved pet with medical problems live a better life turned into an award-winning product and international company. Questions or Comments? Email Jamie at jamie@petliferadio.com More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Fiona Robertson: The Journey of a [Formerly] Reluctant Entrepreneur on Pet Life Radio.