Welcome to the first episode of a series of interviews with entrepreneurs reflecting on the lessons they learned from COVID-19.
Today I am speaking with Alana from Alana & Co, a New Zealand based maker of hand poured and hand crafted soy candles.
Alana turned her hobby into a business in the middle of the lockdown in August 2021.In this episode Alana shares her experience of starting a business in lockdown, the power of collaborations and what she has learnt about herself along the way.
Alana has such an amazing story with so many serendipitous turns Alana & Co was just absolutely meant to be!
Connect with Alana at www.instagram.com/alana.and.co
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If you'd love to share your story email me at pa@teamko.com.au
When you get stuck in your head too much you become ungrounded. Grounding brings you back to your back and centers your energy.
This short breathing practice (less than 5 mins) will help you come back to your body and bring your attention to the present moment.
You can use this simple grounding technique anytime throughout the day when you feel your mind racing and your energy becoming fatigued.
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This short practice will help you to calm a racing mind and relax tense and tight muscles.
Throughout the day we can become unaware of how much tension we are holding in parts of our body. This stored tension affecting our mental clarity, overall wellbeing and sleep quality. As you focus on your breathing you can create a safe space for your mind and body. Calming the mind helps the muscles to relax and tension released.
A few minutes nothing to do, nowhere to be.
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How can a business thrive when it’s team is exhausted?
Burnout has become a key issue for business throughout the pandemic and impacts owners and employees in all industries and roles.
This episode is a recording of my free lunch + learn session REINVIGORATE A TIRED TEAM, that was ran as a part of the NSW Small Business Month initiative in march 2022. Over the next 25 minutes you will gain some valuable insights and actionable strategies to bring a new focus to your leadership and re-energise your team.
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We tend to get really good at thinking that we end up spending most of our day stuck in our heads and disconnected from our hearts. When the body relaxes the mind calms and the heart opens. In that space we are able to experience more wellbeing, deepened connection, clarity of thought. An open heart is a cheerleader and friend.
In this episode I take you through a very quick breathing practice using the mantra RELAX THE BODY TO CALM THE MIND. CALM THE MIND TO OPEN THE HEART. Helping you to get out of your head and into a calm and relaxed state
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Our mind is constantly wandering and in this episode I share how knowing when to set your mind free is a powerful tool in business. Strategic daydreaming, rather than wasting time, actually helps us to solve problems, unlock our creativity and think without limitations.
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Healthy boundaries are the key to creating a business you love leading and a life you love living. In the daily running of your business it can be easy to say yes to everything and end up depleted and stressed. Creating and maintaining boundaries are crucial to your success. In this episode I share 4 tips for building healthy boundaries in your biz and protecting your energy as an entrepreneur.
1. Choose your partnerships carefully
2. Stop being on call 24/7
3. Set time limits
4. Have clear daily objectives.
Thanks so much for listening.
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Self doubt is a natural part of life but as an entrepreneur it's vital you learn how to challenge your thinking so that you build the confidence you need to succeed. In this episode I share a simple exercise to help you stop self doubt in it's tracks and change the way you talk to yourself.
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It's the first episode of 2022 and let's kick it off by talking about your goals. I'm sharing with you a simple but powerful coaching tool that will help you close the gap from where you are to where you want to be. Create clarity around your priorities and pinpoint goals in the areas important to you for a successful and fulfilling life.
Download my LEVEL 10 LIFE AUDIT worksheet for free on my website : www.teamko.com.au/stresstools
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If you're ready to smash your personal and business goals this year with the support and accountability of an expert coach book your first session in with me today : https://www.teamko.com.au/coaching
What are you anticipating when you approach most conversations? Stress is one of the biggest barriers to communication and it can have us approaching even the simplest conversations expecting a fight. In this episode Crystal Hinton, a theta healing instructor, talks about how the stories we are holding onto affect the way we communicate. Sharing actionable ways you can begin to joyfully approach communication. Helping you express how you feel clearly and confidently, even in difficult situations.
We chat about
How Crystal's Lupus diagnosis led her to theta healing (4:15)
What are you anticipating? Setting the tone and energy in our communication (9:00)
Building confidence in your communication (17:00)
Interrupting our stress state with play (25:00)
Theta healing downloads for confident and clear communication (37:00)
Connect with Crystal :
www.instagram.com/thelovejourneybycrystal
www.facebook.com/thelovejourneybycrystal
www.crystalignexperience.com
Crystal Hinton helps driven entrepreneurs and leaders enjoy the heck out of their life by elevating their mindset and energy. She believes that self-love is the foundation for having guilt-free play and enjoying your life instead of working 24/7. She's living proof that you can have a wildly fulfilling personal life and career success.
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Dr. Renee is a double board certified doctor who has been working with women for over 20 years and due to her own personal health challenges, she stepped outside the box of conventional medicine to take a radically different approach to heal herself from the deep depths of burnout. In this episode Dr. Renee and I talk about how libido is important to overall wellbeing and the impact of stress on intimacy and libido. Share this one with your girlfriends!
Dr. Renee's personal experience with extreme burnout (2:00)
Trying to do it all is burning you out! (15:00)
How is your libido? (25:00)
What is a low libido? (30:00)
Getting out of your head and developing healthy coping mechanisms for stress (35:00)
Connect with Dr. Renee Wallenstein here:
Kaspira Elite Health Consulting
www.drreneewellenstein.com
Instagram
www.instagram.com/drreneewellenstein
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/renee.wellenstein
Youtube:
www.youtube.com/c/DrReneeWellenstein
Podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-the-leap-with-dr-renee/id1465483819
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We're back on! It's been a minute but with managing lockdown, homeschooling, work, new puppy and my sanity .. I had to step back. If you're like me and coming out of restrictions this week you may also be feeling a little fatigued and caught up in unhelpful thinking. In this episode I share how you can reframe sh*tty thinking by meeting yourself with some grace.
As the world's first Business Reiki Master (TM) Sensei Victoria Whitfield helps empathic entrepreneurs and leaders stay grounded and clear as they navigate the emotional rollercoaster of business development, by using the power of strategic meditation.
In this episode Sensei Whitfield shares why energy work is so powerful in the workplace. I especially loved Victoria's intuitive and heart centered approach and it was a joy to chat with her.
- The power of energy work in business
- Making money and spirituality. Why talking about money is such a hot button and readjusting your relationship with it to earn big and make your impact. (9:00)
- Focusing on your own journey (20:00)
- Embracing technology for energy healing professions (31:00)
- Taking the woo out of energy practices in the workplace (35:00)
- Join the 5 day challenge and raise your vibration to make the impact you've been called to!
Sensei Whitfield is a published author, a successful six-figure energy healer, and has toured the world showing heart-centered and growth-minded leaders how to get connected to their Natural Intuition and truly be #Visionary, so they can work less and increase their impact.
www.victoriawhitfield.com
Join the 5 day challenge here : https://victoriawhitfield.com/master-manifestor-5-day-challenge/
Listen to Sensei Whitfield's 5 star rated Journeypreneur Podcast on iTunes.
Connect on socials :
Facebook.com/senseivictoriawhitfield
linkedin.com/in/SenseiVictoriaWhitfield
twitter.com @SenseiWhitfield
instagram.com @SenseiWhitfield
Connect with Kirsty : www.teamko.com.au
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For these next few minutes its ok to just be. Nothing to do and nowhere to be. This guided medi will help you to let go of what you can't control, release resistance and flow with what is.
Don't listen to medi's while driving.
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Have you been neglecting your energy and forgetting who the FCK you are lately?
Emma Fitts is an Ayurvedic practitioner and energy healer and founder of Wholesome Living Ayurveda. Em is all about helping people on their journey of awakening their wild self, and to help them live in full alignment with their true authentic sovereign self – the beautiful mix of Cosmic and Earth roots.
Em shares how to listen to the subconcious calling of your wild soul and care for your energy in a world full of distractions, uncertainity and technology. Bringing you back into connection with yourself and the Earth.
In this episode we chat about
- The science of life (5:20)
- The different doshas (9:45)
- Coming back into connection with the earth (12:00)
- Procrastination as a stress response (23:45)
- Getting out of your head (34:00)
- The power of nature in the modern world (40:00)
- Cutting our distractions (44:00)
To connect with Em www.instagram.com/awakenyourwild_
https://wholesomelivingayurveda.com.au
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Take a few minutes out for yourself to connect here with me and surrender to this present moment. This guided medi will help you to connect to the breath and gently use it to release anxiety and stress. There is comfort and ease with the flow of the breath.
Let's take a collective deep breath together x
Don't listen to meditations while driving.
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Krystal Holm is a feng shui designer and clutter expert and teaches soul-driven entrepreneurs how to use feng shui the right way to create peace & prosperity in all areas of their lives. In this episode Krystal shares how clutter is way more than a messy wardrobe and sh*t on your desk and how not dealing with it is blocking your breakthrough. Krystal also talks about mindfully creating self care spaces where you work to keep yourself in alignment with your business vison. This was a magic episode!
- How Krystal designed her own life with feng shui
- Your clutter is blocking your breakthrough (11:00)
- What is feng shui? (15:00)
- Creating self care spaces at work to put yourself in alignment with your business vision (20:15)
- Your mess is your message (33:00)
- The 5 steps to declutter your mindset. Krystal's free gift to walk you through the process (37:30)
Access Krystal's free gift to declutter your mindset here : www.declutteryourmindset.com
Connect with Krystal at www.krystalholm.com
https://www.facebook.com/FengShuiKrystal/
https://www.instagram.com/krystal.holm/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe5J1379XjotMWpFRhJONrQ
Connect with Kirsty at www.teamko.com.au
www.instagram.com/meditatewithkirsty
Watch this interview on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzXeoYD1Es&list=PLYj5IrYYuDNGVyJ6FdcVrs5dQh8f2zvms
The world is chaotic and noisy at times. The noise can leave us feeling depleted and disconnected from ourselves, from our centre. Exhausted and burnt out. By creating space each day to find stillness you will find deeper levels of relaxation, clarity and inner peace.
Don't listen to medis while driving.
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The practice of mindful breathing, even for just a few minutes, will support you to lower your stress and invite a feeling ease to your mind and body. This guided mindful breathing practice will support you to bring a relaxed awareness to your breath and this moment.
Don't listen to medis while driving.
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Take a few minutes out for yourself to connect here with me and use your breath to drop into your body. The body scan supporting you to relax your mind and body deeply. Let's take a collective deep breath together x