Ignite Your Life

Ep 168: Margy Feldhuhn - Personal Growth and Transformation

Margy Feldhuhn is the co-owner of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency.  Margy and her business partner Jessica lead an in-house staff of 13 employees in their Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to 7 figures.  Margy joined the company in 2016 as a contractor, becoming the first employee in 2017 and equal co-owner by 2018.  She has helped to quickly scale the business by designing and implementing systems to increase revenue, streamline operations and achieve the highest quality client experience.  Margy has taken on a creative role in the agency as well, co-hosting and producing podcast and video content for the company.  Margy is active in animal rescue and organised a yearly fundraiser called Art for Animals.  In 2019 she was recognised for her efforts with a ‘Humane Heroes ’award.  When she’s not busy rescuing pets in need, you can find her listening to true crime podcasts or strolling around town with her blind Maltese, Harold.

Ep 167: Pip Coleman - Self-Acceptance

Pip Coleman grew up in a small town in Tasmania and she desperately wanted to see the rest of the world.  So, she started travelling overseas at 23 years old and couldn’t stop.  It opened her eyes.  She’d never seen poverty and wealth in their extremes and her experiences helped her learn to be humble.  She loved the freedom and the possibilities that travel offered and working on cruise ships for six years was one of her highlights.  From these experiences she discovered how to get more out of life.  As well as Reiki, Pip offers other treatments that are nurturing, valuable, fun, and easy and feels that her clients can gain value from the trials and successes of her life. She loves to teach that limits are only put on us by ourselves and to trust our intuition – it never fails!

Ep 166: Anne-Louise Underwood - Dementia

From a career that included being accepted into the Queensland Conservatorium of Music to being employed as the Queensland Manager for Musica Viva Australia Anne-Louise Underwood decided to work with her husband who is a software developer.  In this role, she worked in the text messaging side of the business, growing the customer base from allied health practices to include a broad range of small to medium businesses of all types who use text messaging for customer service and marketing.  Their latest piece of software, MemBo Noticeboard, was created from the lived experience of supporting her 90 year old mother to live independently in the face of the onset of Alzheimer’s Dementia with the accompanying issues around memory, confusion and an inability to manage day to day activities without support.  The Noticeboard was so effective that they decided to help others by commercialising the software and they are now actively marketing it to individuals and families affected by dementia, acquired brain injury and other disabilities, and to organisations operating in this sector.

Ep 165: Jacqueline Nagle - Why Speaking Matters

Jacqueline Nagle is a high school dropout and experienced homelessness as a teenager. She is also a woman who has forged a successful career, dependent on redefinition, evolution & left of centre thinking. For 15 years Jacqueline has successfully trained consultants, professionals, business owners, executives and the C-Suite in speaking, sales, presenting, core messaging, negotiating and positioning, before turning her attention more specifically to the craft of speaking in early 2017. With a diverse career crossing professional services, mining services, civil construction, manufacturing, industrial relations Jacqueline has used speaking-centric strategies extensively to launch, pivot and manage both multiple-8-figure) growth and crisis across all of those organizations. Beyond all of this Jacqueline has been called a down & dirty strategist & loves it. Obsessed with the power of words her driving philosophy is wrapped up in her core business brand–SpeakableYOU.  Because the only thing that matters to Jacqueline is that YOU are ABLE to SPEAK with strength to create a position of power & influence to drive the results YOU want.

Ep 164: Kym Cousins - Selling with Heart

Kym Cousins is an author, speaker & qualified coach who helps business owners, entrepreneurs and sales leaders to overcome the fear of selling, gain the skills to grow business with authenticity and trust and to tap into their heart-led values.   She helps her clients uncover their natural strengths in order to feel natural, confident, motivated at ease in all business interactions and gain the confidence to promote their expertise with the world.  Kym’s passion and expertise in enabling success and developing people in the areas of sales, marketing, communication and leadership stems from over 20 years of sales leadership roles in the corporate sector, where she led teams in some of the world’s most recognisable IT brands across Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and North America.  Kym draws on her background as well as the use of evidence based psychometric assessments, to train, coach and mentor her clients to deliver predictable business growth.  Kym recently release her book - ‘Selling with Heart’ which is available from: Amazon, Audible and directly from Kym’s website: www.kymcousins.com

Ep 163: Shar Moore - Unleashing Your Soul's Fingerprint

Shar Moore is a Multi International Award - Winning Mentor, Author, International Keynote Speaker and Founder of Australia’s leading Women’s empowerment magazine YMag®. There is something powerful about Shar Moore, known as the “YWoman”. She has dedicated her life to helping women realise their innate abilities, so they can overcome the obstacles that would otherwise stand in the way of their success. Her proudest moments are when she profiles women in her National magazine, allowing them to gain the brand recognition they deserve.  As a sought after Business Mentor, Keynote Speaker, Magazine Publisher, Wife, Mum and Nani, Shar’s life is overflowing with abundance, happiness and purpose.

Ep 162: Chris Vidal - Women in their Sixties

Chris Vidal taught in Singapore for 15 years before creating Singapore’s number one ex-pat magazine which she sold to one of the world’s largest publishing agencies before the age of 40. A diverse career path in leadership and management took her to Bali, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, specializing in resort retail, destination management, health and wellness, public relations and life coaching. Now settled on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia, Chris is realizing her passion for connecting and empowering women in their 60’s. Chris says that women in their sixties today are being recognised and acknowledged for their wisdom and experience learned throughout their lives. Far from being ‘over the hill’ she claims that women in their sixties should seize opportunities for self-transformation and to connect with like-minded women who want to improve their lives and those of others.

Ep 161: Jenn Turnham - HSP Extroverts

Jenn Turnham is on a mission to educate the world about the unique, brilliant, often misunderstood, small sub-section of the population, known as Highly Sensitive Extrovert Women (HSP-Es).With a strong background in applied psychology, Jenn has been helping people use the power of their minds to overcome challenges since 2008.  She now focuses on helping HSP-E women thrive in a world that doesn’t yet understand their unique strengths.  We talk about how to identify if you are HSP Extrovert, the challenges and how to look after yourself as a HSP Extrovert.  Her Facebook Group is https://www.facebook.com/groups/highlysensitiveextrovertswithjennt

Ep 160: Melainie Rogers - Eating Disorders vs Disordered Eating

Melainie Rogers MS, RDN, CDN is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian (CEDRD) and Supervisor and is dedicated to supporting others in their quest to achieve long-term recovery. She is the Founder and Executive Director of BALANCE eating disorder treatment center™ and Melainie Rogers nutrition, LLC in New York City.   Born, raised, and educated in Melbourne, Australia, Melainie earned her Masters in Clinical Nutrition at New York University. She developed her passion for treating clients with eating disorders while working at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Columbia Obesity Research Center in New York City. Her understanding of the research behind obesity gave her a unique perspective on binge eating disorder and eating behaviors in general. In 2002, Melainie developed the largest private group nutrition practice specializing in eating disorders in NYC before establishing BALANCE eating disorder treatment center™ in 2009.

Ep 159: Joy Fairhall - Grief

When life throws a curveball, Joy Fairhall is the person you want in your corner. As the founder of Mind Body Joy, speaker and author she brings personal insight and professional expertise to help find the positive perspective to overcome and manage a life-changing event. Qualified in Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, Joy blends insight and intuition with evidence based scientific research to strengthen and enhance individuals lives. Joy focuses on the link between mind and body, enabling people to function well, physically and emotionally.  She specializes in helping people through grief, trauma and chronic illness diagnosis. Joy works with people to create a better awareness about their unique mind-body link in the knowledge an individual’s strengths, even during the most challenging times of life, will support them to live the life they desire and deserve. Joy runs retreats for those dealing with grief after loss and chronic illness diagnosis specializing in nurturing and providing support to assist people through a time in their lives when everything they ever knew has been thrown into turmoil.