Ignite Your Life

Ep 208: Sonia Samtani - Power of Acceptance

Sonia Samtani is the founder and CEO of All About You, a leading mental wellness centre in Hong Kong offering therapy, training, workshops, and personalised healing products.  Sonia is a licensed Clinical Hypnotherapist and Hypnotherapy instructor, NLP Trainer, Life Coach, Corporate Trainer, Family Constellation Facilitator, Regression Therapist, and Public Speaking Coach.  As a sought-after mental health expert and public speaker, Sonia has been leading workshops since 2005, and has designed several programs to facilitate deep healing and conscious living.  Sonia has spoken twice on the TedX platform, and has been featured on Vogue, Tatler, Cosmopolitan, TimeOut, Jessica and Marie Claire. At the end of 2020 Sonia launched her book called “52 thoughts for Conscious Living”, which is available on Amazon. Sonia’s vision is to empower individuals with simple, yet powerful tools to navigate through the ups and downs of life with acceptance, so that they can tune into the magnificence of who they are.

Ep 207: Helen Revans - Fearless Living

In 1999, Helen Revans came to a fork in her life’s journey. Either she could settle for a steady, yet unfulfilling future with a man who wasn’t right for her or break off her engagement and follow her dreams. With great courage, and following her gut instinct, Helen chose the latter path. She removed her engagement ring at Heathrow Airport and flew alone to Hong Kong to take up the position of Head of Food Preparation and Nutrition at an international school. Here began the adventure of a lifetime. It was a choice that changed not only Helen’s life, but the lives of many others who she inspired through her teaching, coaching and charity work.  Throughout her life, Helen has relied on her intuitive wisdom. It was following her ‘inner voice’ that led her into the world of coaching. In 2004, Helen became Hong Kong’s first ‘Fearless Living’ life coach, which enabled her to launch her coaching practice ‘Fearless in Life’. Soon after this, during a trip to Cambodia, Helen experienced another life-changing moment. Returning to her accommodation one evening, she witnessed a small homeless child, all alone, whimpering in a gutter. Distraught by what she’d seen, Helen could not forget this pitiful sight. She was determined to help. On her return to Hong Kong, Helen launched a pioneering community service project called ‘Caring for Cambodia’. Not content with these extraordinary achievements, Helen enrolled at The School of Applied Functional Medicine in 2019 and subsequently rebranded her company as “Nurture Your Life”. Through this business, Helen continues to transform people’s lives with her remarkably successful, functional medicine approach to ‘gut and hormone’ health.

Ep 206: Simon Rea - Know Fear

Simon Rea is a Behavioural Profiler, Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner, Hypnotist, Graphologist, Self Defence Instructor, Keynote speaker and Performance Coach having arrived in Australia from Southern Africa 22 years ago.  Simon's passion is helping individuals, groups and companies better understand their question paper and how it relates and fits into their environments and lives, which in turn will enhance their relationships, create winning teams and produce better functioning and profitable businesses.  Simon has kept fit mentally and physically during this time following his passion for training in and teaching Self Defence in a number of disciplines and currently holds Black Belts in three different disciplines and advanced certification in Humane pressure point tactics for Law and Enforcement.  Having spent countless hours researching and observing body language and predatory mindsets has led Simon to his expertise on the prediction and management of violence both on the street and in workplace.

Ep 205: Theresa Walsh Velendzas - Psychology Guided Fitness

Theresa Walsh Velendzas is a Life Coach devoted to empowering people to reach their dream destiny through personal wellness. She is passionate about the psychology that guides people to fulfill their highest potential and guides them to align body, mind and heart.  Through Transformational Life Coaching that includes movement and individualized sustainable lifestyle changes, Theresa offers a heart-centered path to blossoming from the inside out. Inspiration for this work came from her previous career and lifelong connection with the elderly who shared their wisdom in designing a life well-lived. Theresa has studied Psychology (BS), Health Care Management (MS), and is a Certified IFS (Internal Family Systems) Practitioner and Certified Personal Trainer.  Applying mind-body and fitness principles Theresa starts with movement and connecting to our bodies to quickly activate change. She works with clients to create personalized foundations for wellness and personal success. To connect, and to receive her free self care guide 7 Days to Fall in Love with Your New You Resolution, visit her at www.TheresaWV.com

Ep 204: Diane Haworth - Be Love Principles

Diane L Haworth is a Heart-Centred Success Coach, teacher, author, TV host and founder of the Be Love Principles who combines traditional coaching techniques with deep spiritual truths to help clients connect to their own inner wisdom and become more clear, calm and confident. Diane holds a B.S. in Mass Communications, an MBA and has several healing and coaching certifications. She is a student of the Enneagram and A Course in Miracles and the author of “How to Choose Love When You Just Want to Slap Somebody.” She lives with husband Joe and Rory the cat in the beautiful foothills of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains. Find out more at www.DianeHaworth.com.  Listen as we talk about her Be Love Principles in this episode.

Ep 203: Pia Prana - Grabbing Opportunities

Pia Prana is a Women’s Personal Mastery and Leadership Coach, a Holistic Counsellor and Biodynamic Breathwork and Trauma Release Practitioner. She draws on a rich background of therapeutic trainings and experience in spiritual studies, awareness training, and meditation. Every step becomes about coming closer to realizing and standing in your own truth and share it in love, courage and dignity. She is also a Learning Love teacher, work which brings awareness and acceptance to the wounds carried from childhood, that affect our adult lives and relationships.  Pia leads women's circles, she facilitates Awakening of Love, and the transformative process Path of Love. Pia’s mission is “My work is about being real and creating personal freedom. So, every step, becomes about coming closer to realizing and standing in your own truth and share it in love, courage and dignity.  We talk about grabbing opportunities and how to do this.

Ep 202: Lois Wagner - From Fear to Forgiveness to Freedom

Lois Wagner is your friend for forgiveness and freedom. Helping you move from victim to survivor to thriver and beyond to freedom, after facing a life or business challenge or adversity.  Lois lost a business and went bankrupt, she was attacked, raped, and left for dead, she was forced into retirement, and experienced many other challenges. Her work is based on these personal major adversities and life experiences. Lois learned to forgive (she forgave the rapist and the business partner who betrayed her) and to move on to a more rewarding and fulfilling life).  Lois guides you to build your resilience and grit, to develop a growth mindset, to energise your mojo, and learn to forgive. This is achieved via one-on-one coaching, group masterminds, and keynote presentations.  Lois’s book – Walking Without Skin: A Journey of Healing – From Fear to Forgiveness to Freedom is part memoir and part self-help guide.

Ep 201: Donna Bond - Original Wisdom

Donna Bond, M.A., is a Soul- Centered catalyst for personal transformation. Considered an Igniter of Light, Donna serves as an author, speaker, Spiritual life and business coach and personal transformation consultant. Supporting individual transformation of consciousness, she assists clients across the globe evolve to new heights of meaningful success, personal fulfillment, and Spiritual aliveness using the principles and practices of Spiritual Psychology. Donna offers inspiring classes, workshops, and transformative in-depth life-coaching programs assisting individuals and businesses to live into the full potential of their lives, from the inside out. Donna is the author Original Wisdom: Harness the Power of the Authentic You and a graduate of the University of Santa Monica. She holds a Master of Arts in Spiritual Psychology with an emphasis in Consciousness, Health, and Healing, as well as her Professional Coaching and Soul-Centered Facilitation certifications. Donna’s heartfelt intention is to raise the vibration of the planet by helping people Awaken into their true nature as a Spiritual Being having a human adventure. With this purpose as her guiding light, her intention is to assist others in leading a more loving, joyful, authentic and fulfilled life of meaning and purpose.

Ep 200: Dr Natacha Nelson - Finding Courage

In 2019, Dr Natacha Nelson published her first book, "Finding Courage to Let YOU Out", a personal growth/memoir bringing awareness to addiction, depression and anxiety.  A former volunteer employee of the Santa Clara Fire Department and the Menlo-Atherton Police Departments, she volunteered as an advisor on health and wellness through chiropractic care for the department employees, as well as local departments including El Segundo and Los Angeles County and Dr. Nelson was also the onsite Chiropractor in 2002 for the California Police-Firefighters Olympic Games held in San Diego. As an elite athlete in her own right, Dr. Nelson has played professional beach volleyball on the national and international circuits. She provides advisory services to professional, semi-professional athletes as well as today's young athletes.  Natacha is all about Life Medicine, where the focus is on restoring the human element of health, wellness and living with vitality. This has led her to the emerging field of Life Doctoring as a Mental Health and Emotional Wellness Consultant.

Ep 199: Alyssa Mathews - Power of Horses

We talk about the Power of Horses in this episode with Alyssa Mathews who is a lifelong equestrian and adventure lover. Her mission is to show the world what horses do for us and inspire others to chase their dreams! She is a Video Creator and Founder of DiscoverTheHorse, an equine education project and adventure series that documents her quest to ride every breed. The videos have been shared worldwide. DiscoverTheHorse has been featured by ABC's Right This Minute, Young Rider, Ariat and Cowboy Magic, as well as by Breed Registries and Rare Breed Conservation Organizations. In 2021 she was recognized as a Female Equine Industry Trailblazer by the Horse Illustrated Magazine.