Living on the B Side

What is your view on today’s state of music? Are the majority of the songs inspiring and mean something to you consciously? Or does it all blur into some kind of background music with no real intention or message?!

This is the main topic we touch on heavily during my chat with Chad. Chad is a musician on a mission to put the ‘intention’ back into music and songs. His mission is ‘Pop, for good’ and he strongly believes that we all need to become aware again of how important it is to have music with intention and meaning. That what we hear gets absorb by our subconscious and impacts us heavily in our day to day lives. And hence needs to be ‘food for thought’ and less distraction overall.

A fascinating and though provoking talk that hopefully will leave you pondering and question the music you listen to and why.

During out time together we chatted about:

• Why he is a musician on a mission

• What his vision and mission entails

• His view on the current state of the music industry

• Why he believes we need to wake up and start a change in this industry

• The song that kicked off his love of music and understanding of its power

• Why people recording/live streaming concerts makes him a little mad

• How our subconscious has been ‘trained’ for certain actions in life (by various sources), example is at live concerts

• What he picked Caroline Polacheck’s song ‘Welcome to my island’ as one of his current favourite songs

More about Chad:

Chad Lewine followed the same path that most aspiring talent does. At 5 years old he knew he wanted to be a rock star. But the reasons for the dream have shifted throughout his life. His first exposure to music production was through elective music tech and audio engineering classes in high school. In 2009 Chad started taking his own music seriously while attending college at the now defunct Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Chad recorded his first single, “Life is a Ride” at Krizan’s Sonic Boom Studios in Raritan, NJ in 2010.

In the summer of 2013 he renamed himself as HoneyChrome and reoriented his music to the EDM and hip hop of the time, OUTwithU was one of the first songs he released during that time. In 2013 Chad moved into one of the last real artists’ lofts in Brooklyn at Bedford & Myrtle in Bed Stuy. This creative environment, led by actor and director Lin Lauren, was the first time he had ever been surrounded by and immersed in art. Here he wrote and recorded most of his second self-produced album, the 14 track new-age, spirit-science laden and anthemic Daylight Animal.

At the end of 2017, Chad’s homemade demo for Boomerang, also featured on Feeling High, caught the ear of a radio promoter who connected him with Mike Rogers, mixing engineer of the 90s global hit Groove is on the Heart. Rogers ended up producing Chad’s biggest track yet, Boomerang. Released in the summer of 2018, Boomerang is a sticky and infectious pop record, with sonic accents that just feel like Chad.

During the second half of 2022, Lewine’s mission fully crystallized. Through the turbulent end of an abusive relationship and a renewed and confident sense about his music, POP, FOR GOOD was born and the first proper brand was developed for his artistry. With an image that matches his outspoken, somewhat existentialist and controversial perspective, Lewine has fully owned his mission and has just released his latest single Dark Nights, on February 15th, 2023.

Connect with Chad:

chadlewine.com

instagram.com/chadlewine

twitter.com/chadlewine

tiktok.com/@chadlewinefacebook.com/chadlewine

youtube.com/@chad_lewine

Music loving parents listen up – this episode is for you! I have invited Jenn Abbatiello to spill the beans on how to strengthen the bond between parent and child by using music.

From how music effects your child’s brain and hence emotions to incorporating music in our daily lives, Jenn shares her own experiences and tips on this topic.  Also, through working with many parents she believes that to parent with compassion, empathy, kindness and love it is up to us adults to learn to regulate our own emotions first.

Tune in and listen to a wonderfully insightful chat around parenting, emotions and how music definitely can help you with that.

During out time together we chatted about:

• Why we adults have to learn to regulate our emotions (for our kids)

• Who struggles more with emotions - mum or dad?

• Tips for parents and how to integrate music with their parenting

• Why it's important to ensure both boys and girls are emotionally regulated and well

• Her favourite song & band & some cool stories around that

• What type of music her own kids listen to

• How important music is in her home and how it helps with her parenting

• Why we should expose children to all emotions and music that makes them feel it

• Song that describes her life and or business right now

• Final words (includes a FAB quote!)

More about Jenn:

Outwardly my life looked idyllic; successful career, beautiful family but on the inside I was a mess. Desperate to stop my child's tantrums. It wasn't until I learned to shift my lens and look inwards that I was able to decode my own triggers. What message they were sending me. My child was a mirror showing me parts of myself that remained unhealed. When I healed those parts I was able to look at my child with a different lens of love and compassion and finally break the cycle.

I became more loving towards myself, my now 2 boys and my husband as well. I found more joy, confidence and calm in my parenting AND life.

This is why I am committed to helping other mom’s break cycles of guilt, anger and shame. Music is a part of that healing journey.

   Connect with Jenn:

www.yourtransformedfamily.com

https://www.instagram.com/yourtransformedfamily/

https://www.tiktok.com/@jennabba

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Aideen is not your usual voice coach – she approaches her passion from several different angles, all of which will bring out the best in you and your voice!

She loves nothing more than to be the guide for rediscovering the love you have for your own voice!

Aideen does have an incredible background that gives her all the tools to work with others, and you can find out much more about her, her journey and her passion for what she does in this intimate and powerful chat.

During out time together we chatted about:

· What a singer REALLY is (and it’s not what you think!)

· The benefits of singing for your overall wellbeing (physical and mental)

· How to use our own voice better

· Exercise access more flexibility & strength in the physiology of the voice

· Aideen's journey up to where she currently is in life

· Music careers can be so many different things - dive in & find out

· Benefits for children studying music

· Why it's never too late to enjoy music again & heal your (music) scars/disappointment from the past

· Listen to your heart more (follow your heart when it comes to music, there is always a way)

· Her favourite song & the why behind it

· Eurovision song contents - then and now.

· Meditation mantras & what that means to Aideen

· Her take on the power of music

· Music and the ability to provide us with a different perspective

· The song that describes her life/business right now

More about Aideen:

Aideen is an Intuitive Voice Coach, Mentor and Singer. She unlocks the mental and emotional blocks to being seen and heard so that you can speak up, Sing OUT and step forward in life with renewed faith in yourself.

She blends her knowledge of psychology, spirituality and voice training to uncover the hidden treasure within your unique voice.

Aideen can help you to sing & live joyfully by transforming your self-doubt into self-confidence!

Aideen studied Psychology in University College Dublin which has helped her to develop a teaching and mentoring style that helps students become more confident and overcome self-limiting beliefs. She has a diverse range of singing education and experience, from classical and jazz singing to speech level singing and the Estill Voice Training method. She has also been awarded a Diploma in Popular Vocal Music Teaching from London College of Music.

Connect with Aideen:

confidenceinsinging.com

We all have dreams and desires, but most of us are too afraid to go after them. It takes facing our fears to openly declare and work towards fulfilling what we crave so much and know is what we want.

Luke is a wonderful example of going through this process, from the moment of discovering his dream of playing on stage in front of thousands with his favourite band to now openly declaring that it will happen.

What an interesting conversation around the discovery of this and to now executing and working towards making it a reality.

We talk a lot about fear and how that impacts our lives, with of course a music twist, a conversation not to miss!

During out time together we chatted about:

· When Luke started to take music more seriously. 1:40

· The importance of taking the first step in life. 5:47

· Limiting beliefs and overcoming them. 9:16

· Sharing Luke’s journey and dreams. 12:59

· The power of music and emotions. 17:23

· Music is not judgmental but neutral. 22:07

· Make friends with your fear. 26:08

More about Luke:

Luke Rossmo began his music career at the age of 28. Fear and self-doubt keep him playing small. Over the following three years he played dozens of gigs, released a music single, “It’s you” then Album titled “pieces of me”.

His music has been described as if Dave Matthews, Ed Sheeran and Eddie Veddar got together to write play and collaborate.

Join Luke on his next journey which he’s tilted “The Im(Possible) Dream”. Luke’s dream is to play with the greatest band in the world (in his opinion) The Dave Matthews Band.

He hopes to inspire others to look at their own lives to see where they may be holding themselves back and aspiring to their own dreams.

Connect with Luke:

YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UChMTLeICadrSkxSZa5IhBlg

FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/letgogrow/?ref=share

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lukerossmomindset?_t=8XQ4DQlrSLu&_r=1

Luke’s ‘day job’:

I run an online coaching program for stressed business owners and corporate leaders to help that gut unstuck so they can be present at home, improve health, energy and confidence and take their careers to the next level.

Talking to musicians about the power of music is always super interesting.

Today, I welcome ISAA, a Hip Hop artist from Ireland to my Podcast.

ISAA’s journey as a musician isn’t your typical one, where it begins very early on in life, but it is choice he made in adulthood that has now put him on the path of creating his own music.

We talk about that choice, his plans and vision moving forward and how he intends to support other upcoming artists and where he plans to branch out with the help of music.

There’s also a conversation around why we need the makers and listeners of music and how that ties in with his overall message for the wider world.

Come and join us for a relaxed and uplifting chat with a cool and dedicated young Hip Hop artist.

The main points we talked about:

· 2021 rebrand and background as to why he made that decision

· If there was a trigger point to dedicate himself to music

· His favourite artist and why

· Why checking out your competition is crucial for your own success

· His vision he intends to make reality

· Motivational speeches & why he is fired up to dive into that, too

· His definition of the power of music

· Making music for the art - his take on this statement

· 2 songs that help him celebrate & for tough times

· Other artists he listens to and why

· His message that he wants everyone to know about

More about ISAA

ISAA is a young, acclaimed music artist who started seeking professional success in around 2022 with his first critically acclaimed work.

ISAA was born in Poland yet spent over 16 years of his life living in The Republic of Ireland.

He started posting music on YouTube in 2018 and branded himself in 2021 when he decided that a music career was what he wanted to achieve in life.

ISAA is focused on showing people that hard work is the key to anyone's dream. He explores the theme of motivation and the balance between the good and evil in his music.

Along with MoTheProducer who is the main mixing and mastering engineer on the team, ISAA delivers songs with different kinds of vibes for everyone as he tries to showcase his increasing level of knowledge on different subjects, matters and problems which he faced and will face throughout his career as a music artist and journey as a person.

The solo single "The High Side" marked his Spotify debut.

Connect with Isaa

One of my intentions is to find more joy in myself and my life. Hence it is one of my intentions I set at the beginning of 2023 and in this episode I talk about how it came to be, what I figured out so far and some ideas on how we all can have more of it in our lives.

Have you been on your own ‘joyride’ and have some ideas, suggestions and input for me to check out? I would love to hear from you.

Here is to the beginning of my ‘joyride’, I will keep you updated how things are developing.

For now, all I want to do is quote some lyrics from Roxette’s song:

“Hello, you fool, C'mon join the joyride”

During this episode I chat about:

· Joy & why I started to think about this more

· The song I have chosen for this episode and why

· Questions I started to ask myself about 'joy'

· How I am finding ways to integrate joy more in my life

· How to use the past to define joy in the now

· Examples of joy in my everyday life

· How can you start to define and find joy in your life?

· Closing thoughts

Connect with me:

Website: www.livingonthebside.com

https://linktr.ee/livingonthebside

Are you looking for an inspiring and uplifting chat about the power of music? Look no further as I welcome Billy Cole to the podcast. Billy’s life is all about music, passion and giving back.

Over the course of nearly 50 years in the music business, his love of music and music instruments (specifically woodwind and brass instruments) has allowed him to create experiences and memories he now shares in his new book ‘With the Band, Memoirs of a Music Shop Owner’.

It truly is a chat not to be missed and provides many, many goosebump moments as well as how music can translate into giving back and connecting with a wider community.

During our chat we touched on:

· How his music instrument journey started

· What his book ‘The Book: With The Band, Memoirs of a Music Shop Owner’ is about

· What ‘Horns for Haiti’ is all about and how it came to life

· The power of music and the amazing things that can happen if we trust in it

· The first artist he met and fixed the instrument for

· More stories of looking after and fixing wind instruments for many more musicians, including Jethro Tull, Hall & Oats, Chicago, etc.

· How many amazing humans he met along the way, away from musicians

· When he pivoted from a big business with employees to ‘back to basics’ with a smaller shop in Saratoga Springs

· What does and doesn’t happen backstage of a concert

· Who he describes as his ‘Angels’ and why he sees them as that

· Advice for those who think of learning an instrument

· The amazing benefits of playing an instrument with others and for others (and fixing instruments, too!)

· His take on the power of music

· If he has a favourite band, and if so, who it is

· Current band and or song he listens to

· His take on the current music scene and bands

Billy Cole’s Biography:

At the age of 17 I went to The University of New York at Morrisville where I studied musical Instrument repair. With diploma in hand, I applied for work but found that no music store wanted to hire me. So, I opened my own shop "Cole's Woodwind and Brass" Soon after I married my high school sweetheart Mary Alice. through many serendipitous twists and turns, we raised our family with our little music shop. Today, after 45 years of working on horns, I reflect back with great appreciation for a life that has given so much. In an effort to give back I travelled to the impoverished nation of Haiti in 2016 to teach instrument repair. After returning several times, I founded Horns for Haiti Inc. in 2020, an organization that teaches band instrument repair and how to start your own music business. To date, we've trained dozens of musicians and music teachers how to repair and started two businesses. Billy Shop D'Haiti, Musical Instrument Repair and the Haitian Music Supply Company.

Connect with Billy:

In this first episode of 2023 I share with you why I chose to set intentions rather than ‘New Years Resolutions’ or big goals.

I also decided to have monthly theme songs and share how these are connected to my intentions, plus I share some ideas how you can use intentions for yourself. I give you an example of my January theme song, which I hope explains what I try to achieve through this process a little more.

Plus, why I did not do a ‘2022 in review’ episode and why that was a blessing in disguise as it allowed me to realise a few things that I needed to move forward.

During this episode I chat about:

· How my December 2022 did not turn out as I planned

· Why this was a blessing in disguise

· Quick 2022 review for my podcast

· Why I am setting intentions instead of goals

· My theme song for January 2022

· Ideas how you can use intentions (more)

Connect with me:

Do want to speak up more and express yourself, but haven’t found your voice (yet)? Or you lack the self-confidence to fully step into your own voice and self-expression?!

If you answered yes, then come join Elisa and me for this episode where we share, explore and discuss all around learning to free your voice and the benefits this will have for you and your life.

Elisa’s calm and caring nature makes for a wonderfully insightful episode, with many musical nuggets you don’t want to miss.

Today, write your permission slip to let your voice be heard and tune in find out how you can do that.

During out time together we chatted about:

· How she started of shy and introverted and went onto become a retreated facilitator amounts other things

· Why she loves prescribing meditation instead of medication

· What she sees ‘songs as medication’

· Why music is a primary source of joy for her

· How the right people at the right time helped her on her journey

· Her advice for those who feel ‘stuck in a road bump’

· The amazing things that can happen when someone discovers their voice

· Why singing is an incredible way of self-expression

· Her favourite music & song that describes her life and or business right now

More about Elisa:

Elisa S. Keeler, M.A Transpersonal Psychology, is a songleader, retreat facilitator, composer and singer. Since 2011 she has been a co-teacher of the Hidden Treasure Program, a 3-year course in personal and spiritual growth, at Light on the Hill Retreat Center in Van Etten, New York. Elisa is also the founder of Freeing Your Voice, a series devoted to singing in groups, and has been facilitating voice workshops for nearly twenty years. She also officiates sacred ceremonies including weddings and blessingways. In all of her work, Elisa emphasizes the importance of connecting with inner guidance, purpose, passion, creativity, joy, spirituality, and community.

As a performing neo-soul singer, songwriter and recording artist, Elisa has released three albums: Red Sky, Soul of the Earth and Songs for the Circle, which are available on all streaming platforms. The teachings of the Hidden Treasure Program have been a strong influence on the lyrics that she writes. Currently Elisa continues to compose new music for her workshops and is the lead singer and songwriter for the band Elisa & The YesMen. For more information, please visit www.elisaskeeler.com.

Connect with Elisa:

Have you ever heard of a Voice Confidence Coach?!

No?! Well, you are about to find out all about it as I have invited Rachel Goth to the microphone, where she explains what this is all about. And as you can guess, it has to do with finding confidence in using your own voice.

It’s a fun and educational episode, where we at times dig deeper into the underlying limiting beliefs we carry with us when it comes to our voice and how we can start to overcome this and fall in love with our own, unique voice.

We also have some fun chatting about Rachel’s favourite period of music, reminisce a little and exchange stories related to that time when we grew up.

It’s a light-hearted chat sprinkled with great tips on how to become more confident in your own voice! Press play and enjoy!

During this episode we chat about

· How Rachel has become a Voice Confident Coach

· Why she does what she does and a little bit of background why people might not like their voice

· What does a voice coach have to do with music?!

· Story about the Shakespeare's sisters song and her nan’s passing

· How the timing of songs matches to certain moments is amazing

· Examples on how music played a part in her life

· Why music is community and relationship building

· How she uses music in her business to support her clients

· Tips on how to start using your voice ‘before you use your voice’

· Song that describes her life and or business

More about Rachel – Voice Confidence Coach:

Rachel is a trained master coach and hypnotherapist who specialises in helping coaches, therapists and teachers learn to love their voice, so they can share their message without having to change the way they speak.

She knows first-hand what it's like learning to use your voice for your business, show up as yourself on social media and create recordings for your clients. She now helps her clients to do the same by helping them move from disliking their voice to becoming confident in the way they sound.

Through a combination of 1:1 coaching, and practical exercises Rachel helps her clients establish a new positive belief in their voice so they feel confident being themselves and sharing their message. Within a couple of weeks her clients are confidently recording their own meditations, creating courses, and ad libbing their social media videos with ease.

Claim your FREE session:

Join me for a FREE session where we’ll make sense of what’s been holding you back when it comes to your voice, so you can discover the solution which will work for you.

https://rachelgoth.com/#freesession

Connect with Rachel Goth:

Has a song every had such a profound impact on your life that it made you change your name?

This is a first for me to hear about such a deep and life changing moment induced by a song, which Avery shares so beautifully during our chat. It actually left me a little speechless!

You definitely want to hear her story which is closely interwoven with music, from the moment she knew it was time to change her name and all that followed – including how she uses music with her clients today!

A little bit about Avery:

Avery Thatcher is the CEO and founder of the Inner Stillness Outer Chaos Podcast and the Flow State Membership. When she started her career as a Registered Nurse working in the ICU she noticed that the majority of the reasons people found themselves in the ICU were because of illnesses and diseases that could be linked to chronic stress. She decided to get out of the reactive side of medicine and now helps highly sensitive high achievers prevent burnout and reverse the negative health effects of stress.

During our chat we covered:

· Avery being a highly sensitive person & how music helped her growing up

· How music can catch you off-guard (with your emotions)

· Her backstory the lead up to the big life changing moment

· The process she went through AFTER hearing the life changing song

· Why she had to change her first name

· What stands out about this specific song, even today

· How she believes specific playlists help us move through emotional states

· Suggestions of songs that can help with that

· How she is using music in her business to support clients

· Why it’s important to move away from too much analytical thinking and into our emotions

· The song that describes her business and or life right now

Connect with Avery:

Inner Dance is a really magical practice, which allows you to experience a beautiful expansion of yourself. But what is a this ‘inner dance’? How does this process work and why should we do it?

I have invited Andra to the microphone to share with us what it is and what we can get out of it as well as why everyone should go through this process once in their life.

Today’s chat is a gentle and calm yet very powerful and deep. I am excited for you to listen to it.

Who is Andra?

Andra Dediu supports individuals in integration work. Wondering what that means? Well, she supports people to integrate really far out experiences like spiritual awakenings, mystical experiences, and insights from altered states of consciousness …ALONGSIDE integrating the depths of the human experience like depression, ‘dark nights of the soul,’ shadow bits and cut-off aspects of self. Her work is experiential, process-based, embodied, systemic, transpersonal, somatic, and relational. She works online 1:1 on people, and holds online and in-person group journeys.

During our time together we cover:

· How she uses music for herself and her clients

· The magical experience of the ‘Inner dance’

· Why it is a vulnerable process

· Here first time going through this ‘Inner dance’ process

· Why it needs to be done in a group setting, and not alone

· How this practice has helped her live a more full and intentional life

· Why we more time to relearn to come together, connect and move forward together.

· The beauty of music and connection we can form with each other

Connect with Andra

If you are interested in hearing a story about turning a passion into a business, then this one is for you!

Ben’s story is one that starts off with what many of us experience when growing up – not exactly fitting in, finding his own community and then eventually entering the working world. However, his journey is one that provides encouragement and excitement as it showcases that we all can create a (working) life if we allow ourselves to follow our passion.

Ben starts off talking about his upbringing and then what lead him on a path of success that started with music and now he helps others to market their business. Isn’t this amazing! Tune in now to hear all about this and much, much more!

More about Ben:

Ben is the owner of Balbert Marketing LLC. He is also the curator of The “Real Business Connections Network,” where he hosts 5 podcasts, “Rochester Business Connections,” “Learn Speak Teach,” “Ben’s Bites,” “Five Minute Fridays,” and “Real Hits.”

Once an underdog, now a successful entrepreneur, Ben is passionate about helping other underdogs achieve their dreams.

During out time together, we covered:

· How his podcasts and business came about

· How following his heart lead him to amazing opportunities

· When he made the switch and connection from listening to music to contributing and pivoted his business

· How he started his first podcast and ended up as a booker and promoter for bands

· Why he isn’t an overnight success story

· How he went from 1 to 5 podcast

· How COVID changed his (working) life

· What music festival means a lot to him and why

· The one song that describes his business/life right now

Connect with Ben Albert:

About Ben + Press Appearances:

Zia Hassan is a life coach who helps people in career transitions. He is also a musician who has been writing and recording his own music for the last 30 years. This in turn has helped him make sense of the world through the different genres and artists.

In this episode we dive deep into exploring new music and sound (especially ambient), how that has changed his perception of music and what we all can learn by tuning into music in a different way.

It’s an enlightening and powerful chat that provides so much food for thought and ideas for us all to be more open minded when it comes to music we haven’t (really) listened to before.

During our chat we touch on:

· Spotify playlists and how he uses them

· How he grew up around arts and music

· What genre of music is his favourite and why

· How Brian Eno inspired him to create his own sound/music

· Why Zia thinks letting our brain experience different sound is beneficial and needed

· His experience at a live concert by one of his favourite artists

· Tips around listening to music we have never heard before

· What his precepting of ambient music’s purpose is and beginner listening tips

Connect with Zia Hassan

Website: www.ziahassan.coach/

Bonnie is a coach and force to be reckoned with. Her positive and uplifting attitude and mindset, her willingness to support others shines through every minute of our chat. So, you wouldn’t think or believe she is currently homeless, right?!

During our time together we only briefly touch on this part of her life, I highlight it because I feel she is a wonderful example of having a strong mindset combined with being vulnerable and not being defined by her circumstances. AND her song pick is supporting this as well. Which one that is, well, you must listen to our chat to find out! 😉

This is an episode that has hit home to me that we have so much to be grateful for and even under hard conditions we can be of service to others whilst working on our own life.

More about Bonnie:

Bonnie Hardie is a Mindset/Life/Gratitude Coach based in Central Florida.

She is the owner of Rock Solid Mindset/Life/Gratitude Coaching.

She also is a 5-time Amazon Best Selling Author, Frequent International Podcast Guest & Seminar/Workshop Leader.

Bonnie empowers midlife women to say "Bon Voyage' to the Shackles In Their Mind That Prevents Them From Living The Life of Their Dreams.

On today’s episode we chat about:

· Why age is ‘just a number’ and you are never too old to go after your dreams

· Her favourite genre of music

· Who she works the most with in her coaching business

· What phrase (song title) she uses to describe how she supports her clients

· Songs she listens to keep going

· Tips on how to use songs to pull yourself out of a funk or bad day

· Homelessness and why this isn't stopping her

Connect with Bonnie

Do believe that one song can truly support you on your mental health journey? This episode will show you that it is possible and true.

I invited Joseph to share his story on today’s episode, which dives straight into his mental health journey. He talks about his personal experiences through which he put together his own toolkit and how music plays its part in all of it.

How one tragic moment sent him a clear message on what he needed to do next and how that in itself propelled him onto a journey of connecting and supporting others who struggle with their mental health.

And of course, I asked how music played a part on his own health journey, how he uses it and why, plus what band had a massive impact on him…and he might have thrown a little challenge in there for me!

Come and join us on this inspiring episode around mental health, music and some fun bits, too!

More about Joseph:

On today’s episode I chat to Niki Sibera, a Food Freedom Architect and founder of Happy Hearted Eating.

Niki is a wonderfully calm and centred lady, who had her fair share of trauma to work through, which she did amazingly well. Now she is passionate about using all she has experienced, lived through both in her private life as well as through her work in the health care sector, to support and empower other women to NOT use food as a mask for what really is going on - or as Niki says, ‘listen to the whispers from the pantry and the fridge’.

This is a great conversation around food, healing through music and of course we cover which artists have helped her along the way to process all that had been going on in her life.

Find out more about Niki:

As a young 52-year-old woman, she is pivoting from a 6-figure corporate career in health care leadership, using the heart healing work she has done over 30 years to transform her traumatic childhood experiences, into being a fierce guide and mentor for women who are ready for Happy Hearted Eating

Now she is on a mission to walk alongside women to stop finding herself holding open the door of the fridge or cupboard, feeling miserable because she can’t seem to help herself. Thinking she’s all alone, that she’s a total failure and wondering why the hell she can’t seem to pull herself together. In the work that we do together, we explore what’s behind the eating, to see how her own trauma monster has taken over her heart and taken over how she copes. He has learned to be compassionate with her trauma monster and would like to show other women how to do that too so that the cupboard and fridge doors stay closed while the heart opens wide and we get to Happy Hearted Eating! We can’t diet our way out of ‘stress eating’. So rather than focus on what you are eating, together we focus on what’s eating you.

She leads with her heart so she can make sure the people around her know that she cares deeply, including her clients. She asks heart-focused questions so the heart can shine through – and then she gives a hug after. She helps others grow by creating a safe place – even people in the grocery store line up end up telling her incredibly personal things. They know they are safe with her and that she sees the beautiful person they are, even when they feel fucked up. She has a magical way of seeing right into people’s hearts. People feel seen, heard and understood when they are around Niki.

She wants all women to feel free – to learn how to tame the whispers from the fridge. To not feel alone and desperate. To not feel ashamed anymore. Learn to flip that switch and feel so sparkly on the inside that you shine!! Let’s all get our Happy Hearting Eating on!!

In this episode we cover:

· What made her walk away from her corporate job

· What traumas she experience in the past and what music supported her in her healing journey

· Why music is medicine in her eyes

· Why businesses should integrate music much, much more in their every day work life

· Her final words before we wrap up the episode

Connect with Niki:

FB: niki.sibera

FB Group for women only who are looking for help with their stress/emotional eating: happyheartedeating

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We all know Prince, or so I hope. He is an artist that many have a love/hate relationship with due to him being an artist that might have not been easy to understand.

However, no one can deny the genius he was as a musician! And that is what Rebecca and myself cover a lot in today’s episode, and much more!

Here’s little bit about Rebecca:

Rebecca Lowrie is a Somatic Sex Therapist and expert in men’s sexuality. She has played and worked in the realms of self-awareness and personal/spiritual development for over 25 years, the last 15 of which have been specifically focused on awakening men to their true erotic nature. She is an author, podcast host, and the creator of The Sexual Mastery Activation Cards for Men and The Sexual Alchemy Journal for Men.

During this episode we cover:

· Why Prince is THE artist that evoked her own sexuality

· The advice he might have given her if she met him in real life

· Examples of the genius he was as a musician

· Time where he played a more specific role in her life

· Her take on his life and the saint/sinner analogy

· Why she thinks he is empowering women

Connect with Rebecca

Website: sexualalchemy.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.lowrie1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s_xualalchemy/

TikTok: @sexualalchemy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccalowrie/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebeccalowrie

Check out Rebecca's Online Summit:

I am back with a solo episode to end my birthday month celebration. In this episode I start with reflecting on having two guest speakers join my Facebook group community and share around freeing your voice and use it through advocacy.

Music can truly allow us to find our voice. Sometimes we do need a bit of support with the ‘how’, and that is where collaboration comes in. Which my guest speakers Elisa S. Keeler and Rachelle Babler have done so beautifully. I am beyond grateful for them to share their knowledge.

Dr. Erika Michalski has a robust history of providing enthusiastic keynotes and engaging workshops dedicated to empowering participants and cultivating new ideas about professional development. Erika is passionate about creating environments where individuals feel equipped to tackle new challenges as they move forward in personal and professional endeavours. She chooses to anchor all her work by using four primary lenses: authenticity, neuroscience, positive psychology, and evolution ... in other words, there’s a little something for everyone when Erika gets involved!

Erika’s story is one of very high and super low phases. It shows how life can bless us and test us, but also how much of a support music can be.

In our chat, Erika shares how one artist has continued to play a massive part in her and her family’s life, especially when her husband went through a very scary health battle.

Plus, the amazing gift she organised for her husband with the help of that musician who wrote that one song that supported them through the highs and lows of the lives.

On this episode we chat about:

· Her take on the importance of music for herself, her family and society

· How her wedding song has supported her during a crucial and testing time

· Why a mixCD (tape) has continued to be a source of strength

· What made her pull over on the Interstate and break down

· How she created a special (music based) gift for her husband

· Her favourite song and why

· Why she has an authenticity playlist

Connect with Erika:

www.stratauth.com

Instagram: @ConsultantBarbie

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Renée Gray is the Community Development Manager for Australian Start-up Six8. Six8 is a community that uses technology to bring music lovers together with music makers to create live music experiences. The landscape of music has been changing and music makers are suffering with income at a 15-year low and opportunities for emerging artists drying up.

Renée speaks of her journey of being raised in a house that restricted the types of music her family was allowed to listen to through to leading a start-up that is taking a stance in the industry to evoke positive change. Renée is passionate about creating a future where live music is normal part of our day to day lives. Through Six8 Renée is kick-starting that future by creating new and exciting opportunities for music lovers and making sure that music makers are fairly financially rewarded.

Whilst our conversation centres around the Australian Music Industry, a lot can be learned, and ideas taken away for live music anywhere. Live music has always been an important and deeply rooted part of humans and now more than ever it is crucial to support artists and their craft! Renee shares a couple of wonderful experiences of those kinds of experiences and how we all can contribute, big or small, to ensure live music is something for all to enjoy and for generations to come.

Highlights of our time together:

· Growing up a little bit unconventional when it came to music

· Her experience working and thriving in a music business in Australia

· Live music community event during the COVID pandemic

· Her take on the current status of the Australian Music Industry

· Ideas how we all can support our local artists

· The vision of Six8 & how they intend to impact the (local) music scene across Australia

Connect with Renee Gray

https://www.six8.com.au/

www.facebook.com/Six8.LiveMusic

Rachelle Babler grew up in Southern California near the sunny beaches of San Diego and has always been an avid traveller, musician, advocate and creative soul. At the height of her career in forensics in 2017, she quit her job cold turkey to pursue her “why”. Which is 'To empower others to consciously advocate on stage or through music, SO THAT they can heal, inspire and unite the human collective'.

She is a #1 International Best Selling Co-Author, TEDx Speaker and proud mama to her two children Austin and Camryn.

During our time together we chatted about her upbringing, first career and what led her to take the step into entrepreneurship, which now has turned into a passion for advocacy through music.

We touch on the steps she uses in her program and how you can make a start in creating a song to advocate for a cause you are passionate about.

“Right now, don't wait, like we may not get that opportunity. I love that with my clients who take the leap to take their speaking to the next level and to really create human impact because we don't know when our time is going to end on this in this lifetime. And you don't want to have those regrets. You don't want to have should have could have would have, I wish I would have done this, or I wish I could have done this or anything like that” ~ Rachelle

During our chat we touch on:

· Her backstory around music & her childhood

· Early lyric writing

· She rediscovered her love of music and writing lyrics / music 20 years later

· Her sister’s diagnosis of colon cancer & the song she has dedicated to her

· Change of career to work with storytelling and advocating through music

· How her 'advocating through music' program has come to life

· More about the process of her work / program

· How make a start yourself in creating a song to advocate for something you are passionate about

· Song that describes her life/biz right now

Connect with Rachelle Babler

Website: www.rachellebabler.com

FB: www.facebook.com/rachelle.ljosdalbabler

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rachelle-babler-038952176/

TEDx Talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIi7RMUzXJI

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Benjamin Yeh is a Business and Transformation Coach. Combining his investment experience and intuitive gift, Ben empowers entrepreneurs on how to gain clarity in discovering their 'True North', start thriving in their business, and live the life they are meant to create! Ben's career has evolved from being a real estate consultant, investment officer for a family office where he invested over $1 billion dollars, serial entrepreneur, husband, father, advisor/coach and overall student of life. Ben launched his Boom Vision Podcast in 2021, a show designed for driven entrepreneurs and professionals seeking clarity, purpose and happiness. This show dives deep on how to create lasting success by building a solid foundation of a healthier mind, body and soul: it starts with a powerful mindset!

In today’s interview, we dive deep into what your inner voice actually is and ways for you to get there, with or without help. This includes regular time to reflect to gain more clarity and how music can play a vital role in this.

Benjamin explains how music can shift your energetic state, the difference between our inner and outer voice and he also shares some examples on how your intuitive body communicates with you. Yes, our bodies are in constant contact with us, we should learn how to listen and that is different for every one of us.

He also shares a powerful morning routine, that includes music, that ANYONE can do and only takes 5-10 minutes maximum. Very worth a listen and give it a try.

Main points we talk about on today’s show:

· The grinding mentality & being in a hamster wheel

· About our mindset and routine and how that impacts our life

· Why music helps us shift our energetic state

· The definition of our inner and outer voice

· How our body is communicating with us and why it is important

· His specially designed morning routine & how easy it is to integrate it into our lives

· His song that describes his business and life

Connect with Bejamin Yeh

Emma G has been using the power of music to empower, inspire, and motivate audiences worldwide her entire life. Born with a rare neurological condition called hydrocephalus, Emma G has used the power of music and song writing to recover from multiple traumas, including ten brain surgeries, by writing and singing her truth, sharing her experiences, and turning her lessons into blessings.

With features in the Washington Post, Thrive Global Magazine, PBS, Radio New Zealand, and CBC News, New Zealand-born edutainer has expanded her mission of saving the world one song at a time to incorporate her history as an award-winning youth-worker, launching YES Youth Coaching: a completely new approach to youth work combining Emma G’s history as a teacher, lecturer, YMCA youth worker and – of course – an award-winning musician.

In this episode we cover:

· How song writing can help young people to express in a structured but fun way what they are feeling, esp after a therapy session

· How to write a song

· Her time as a teenager compared to growing up now

· Advice/tips for younger people on how to deal with stress and mental health

· How to use your brain and music to recreate your old stories into new ones

· Her personal music tastes (and why)

· The ONE song that describes her life and or business & why

· Her words of wisdom and encouragement

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We all want to lead a healthy and fit life(style), yet sadly it seems tough for many of us to achieve, right?!

In today’s episode I am joined by Louise who shares her own health journey that included many of her own health breakdowns where she discovered her breakthroughs!

We chat about how music can be used in fitness, from beginners to professional athletes and that it actually goes a little deeper than ‘just putting on your playlist’.

Louise also shares more about her life, health struggles and other personal experiences and how that has shaped her and the way she approaches fitness, wellbeing and coaching in the space.

In today’s episode we cover:

· Her amazing background that leads her to her own coaching business

· How understanding our own bodies and those of others can help with everyday situations (such as children’s tantrums)

· How to use music more intentional to reduce stress and increase our fitness goals

· Why thinking ahead and having fitting songs can make all the difference

· What bio acoustic music is and what it is used for

· Why simplicity (and music) is key to achieve your health goals

About Louise:

Louise Valentine is an Award-Winning Wellness Expert, Physiologist, Performance Coach, best-selling author & competitive runner. She’s worked for the NFL, published research & has over 20 years’ experience designing holistic wellness solutions for individuals & companies throughout the U.S.

Whether coaching a pro athlete, everyday runner or fitness lover, Louise will empower you to break through to your next level of health & performance without a stressful journey or endless search for solutions!

Louise offers free trainings, courses & world class coaching programs at BreakingThroughWellness.com, so you too can maximize your ability to live a vibrant, healthy & high-performance life…with simplicity & ease!

Connect with Louise:

www.breakingthroughwellness.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/breakingthroughwellness/

In today’s episode I chat with Eric Bauberg, a Holistic Life Coach and Motivational Entertainer who works with people one-on-one as well as in groups through his workshops.

Eric’s story is a sad yet fascinating one, where surrender plays a massive part in. If he did not learn to surrender, then the tragic death of his beloved sister could have had a different outcome. Yet, through being able to surrender he connected deeper with his sister and this enabled him to finally step up and into the person he is today.

Listen to this incredible interview to gain insight into how to deal with a terrible loss of a loved one that turned into a journey where music and coaching come together and inspire others towards their greatest self.

A bit about Eric’s work:

In his one-on-one coaching, he guides self-aware individuals to tune their minds and their bodies, so that they could create more ease and flow as they move towards their greatest self.

When Ben is hosting workshops, he tries to teach certain principles, certain tools, while telling his own story and infusing his own original music in there to really influence the energy, but also to really ground the message of what he is trying to say and where it has brought him in life.

During chat we cover:

· Eric’s life up until the moment that changed his life forever

· What he calls the ‘gift of tragedy’

· Why he felt he led a double-life

· Moment of his sisters’ passing & what surrendering has to do with it

· How music played a particularly big part in this tragic phase of his life

· The message he now shares with others around spirituality & music

· Examples of how he moved from ‘fear to fuel’ as a musician

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This episode is for all the females out there – young and old alike. Mother and daughters. Female friends and of course dads and the females in their lives.

Shawna will share her knowledge around the maturation of a female, ideas, tricks and of course why belly dancing can be super beneficial for not only this monthly cycle but far beyond.

We are also diving into how her book idea came about and what she hopes to achieve and change through it.

Main points we cover are:

· How this book came into life

· What belly dancing has to do with this cycle

· Why belly dancing is super beneficial for a woman

· How music can be a communication tool around the female cycle

· Which artist & song reminds her about belly dancing

Don’t forget to like, share and subscribe to my Podcast if you have enjoyed this episode.

More about Shawna:

A healing intuitive, health coach and educator – and mother to five beautiful children. Her dedication to women, their children (and their animals) is evident in the commitment she puts into Natural Health & Fitness, pouring out her spiritual gifts for the healing of others.

She is passionate about creating a world where people can trust their intuition about their individual health journey. Shawna has committed to her spiritual purpose: recruiting a “Host of Inspired Women” to support the revolution of bringing masculine and feminine balance into healing.

A little more about Shawna’s Book ‘Keepers of the Earth’s Secret’s

Keepers of the Earth's Secrets is a beautifully illustrated book helping women and girls expand their perspective of menstruation by using nature metaphors to explain our monthly cycle.

What if our daughters could see their cycle as sacred? Join us on this beautiful journey and see how women are truly the keeper of the earth's secrets.

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Stephanie Zee is a Transformational Breakthrough Coach on a mission to raise the world's consciousness through heart, soul and healing... She specialises in guiding people to come into alignment mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.

She focuses on powerful Breakthrough Transformations, Personalised One to One Coaching, Group Masterminds and Live Events that help take her clients from lacking clarity, feeling overwhelmed, lost, burned out and low vibe to awakened, happy, focused, confident, high vibe and in alignment.

During out chat we talk about her personal journey that includes music, how and why. Singing, dancing and her current favourite style of music is only the tip of the iceberg!

Stephanie also shares different ways related to music and sound that can help you tune back into your own personal frequency and start receiving your ‘downloads’ or guidance again to create a happier and higher energy life.

The main points we cover are:

· Why clearing space is a big first step towards reconnecting with your own frequency

· What your current music choices say about you and your emotions

· Her own personal stories related to music

· Her favourite songs for her current stage in her life and business (and why)

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Life is all about getting up and try. And try again. And keeping our desires and goals in our minds an hearts, even if we get ‘burnt’ at times.

Pink’s song ‘Try’ has been my ‘go to’ song that helped me to come out of my numbness and starting to feel emotions again.

Today I share how I am slowly making this transition from numb to trying. How I feel this particular song is more than a love song, it is so much more (I wonder if Pink realised that when she wrote it?!)

If you are feeling a little numb right now, spend these 10 minutes with me and see if I can inspire you to find your song(s) that help you come out of that numbness and back into trying to create a better life.

Quick overview of today’s episode:

· Recap on my episode 31 ‘Numb’

· Where I am now emotionally and what I have done and doing

· What this song means to me and how it has helped me

If you haven’t listened to the episode ‘Numb’ and how I ended up there, you can do so here:

Michelle is a lover of all things business and spirituality, combining both to bridge the gap between people and business. Since 2009, she has helped entrepreneurs elevate their service-led businesses by using a step-by-step Conscious Business Framework model to shift them from stuck to success, so they accelerate growth from a place of both business-savvy know-how and intuition.

In addition to her business successes, she is a qualified Life Purpose & Law of Attraction coach, Reiki & Quantum-Touch practitioner, Spiritual Healer and Spiritual Medium in training. All of her work draws on these modalities throughout, including her 1:1 Conscious Business Growth Coaching programmes.

She is often found with a book, getting creative with drawing and painting, exploring new places or creating new memories with my loved ones.

During our chat we discussed:

Links as mentioned:

In this first solo episode of 2022 of the Living on the B Side Podcast my focus is on my picked theme song & word.

I do a little review on last years’ choices and how that worked out for me, using this process instead of goals. Also, I provide a few examples on what went well by using this method and how it made me feel overall.

Then I reveal my choices for 2022, how I picked them and why I decided to go with these choices. In essence I feel us quiet and introverted humans should and can shine more brightly and these fit in nicely with my vision overall for this year.

Next up I share with you my tips on how you can pick your own theme song (and word), these are simple ways to connect with how you want to feel and be. And hopefully allow you to feel happier with yourself and achieve more of what you want in life.

Using a theme song is a gentle and fun way to align yourself not only with your values but also overall vision in a way that doesn’t feel forced or tense.

In this episode of the Living on the B Side Podcast I talk about:

· Review of my 2021 theme song & word (1:00)

· 2022 theme song & word (04:10)

· How you can pick your own song and/or word (08:34)

Birgit’s Words of Wisdom:

“Having my theme song in my head, knowing that this is my theme song, I can fall back onto that and really push through mental and physical pain”

“The world needs more of us quiet and introverted humans to shine the light to brighten up this world, to allow people to see us”

“We have this gentleness to create better energy on this planet, better surroundings for the people that we love and care about”

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I have invited Nat back to my Podcast so we can go down memory lane about our joint love for the New Kids On the Block.   

We have met through them back in 2012 and have stayed really good friends ever since. Plus we have found out how much of a positive impact Donnie, Jordan, Joe, Danny and Jonathan had on us growing, we decided to hop on again and share with you all about this amazing band! 

Boybands seem to have get a bad rap, so we are trying to highlight the good (and right) stuff NKOTB has done for us and our lives.  

Through their upbeat and positive pop music to the people we have met along the way, all this has definitely had a massive impact on us and helped to shape us into who we are today.  

Do you have a deep and crazy love for a boyband? Or any other artist or band? I would love to hear all about it. Leave a comment below or send me a message.

Please don't forget to connect with me on my Social Media channels:

In today's episode I am going way back to the mid 1980's and the hit TV show Miami Vice and the song 'Crockett's Theme' composed by Jan Hammer.

The song refers to one of the main characters James "Sonny" Crockett played by Don Johnson and was aired in the first episode in October 1984.

Listening to this song brings back a huge flash of emotions: hope, excitement, flow as well as pondering, reflection. But not only that - it's also about the evolution of music and fashion. So many new things came out of this TV show, especially the music, including this song, have left a huge imprint on me.

I share my thoughts around this song and what I am taking away from it, apart from what I have mentioned above, and I suggest a way to use it as a tool to do some soul-digging.

If you have a memory or experience to share to this song, please message me, I would love to hear about out.

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Self-love is talked about so much yet not practiced enough. Over the last couple of weeks I have dived into my own journey of self-love and what I discovered is a bit sad and disappointing but also a great place for me to make changes. 

Are you loving yourself enough? If you said yes, how do you show yourself that love? What do you do on a daily basis to make yourself feel loved and valued?

In this episode I share my thoughts around this topic and why we need to dive into ourselves first before wanting to 'love the world'.

In this solo episode it’s about who we can and need to BE to create the best life ever.

Inspired by Des'ree’s song ‘You gotta be’, I chat about why I believe it is a crucial time for all of us to think and moodle about this more as well as the impact each and every one of us can create by stepping in our best BEing.

Based on these lyrics from the song:

‘’Time asks no questions, it goes on without you

Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace

The world keeps on spinning

Can't stop it if you tried to

The best part is danger staring you in the face, oh’’

I share my view on what stepping into being more of ‘us’ means and what it can achieve and also why I believe it is so important right now.

How often do you think to yourself ‘you don’t know me’ when someone judges or criticises you? Or maybe you even asked this about yourself?!

This song by Armand van Helden came out in 1999, when I lived in London on my own and had to navigate life away from home and learn to live in a different country. On many occasions, I probably got judged, yet people did not know me and why I did what I did. This song was and still is a reminder that no matter what I do in life, there will be judgement yet it doesn’t mean I do anything wrong or should act differently.

This message came through again whilst I going through a 30 day Inspirational coaching call program this month. Run by a coaching friend of mine, his intention is to help us develop a mindset that is all about taking responsibility and ownership of our life, become better at the ‘mindset game’ and step into better versions of ourselves.

So far it has been eye opening and I already made some shifts that are amazing and I am truly grateful for this experience that allows me to show more compassion and understanding towards myself and others.

I am sharing more about this 30 day journey in this week’s episode.

Wilson Philip’s song ‘Hold on’ is the inspiration for today’s episode, in which I talk about my super bad day I had this week, what I believe made it worse and the lessons I learned from it all.

Do you often give into your limiting beliefs and fears and end up with your day being run by those?

Maybe you even feel like having chains around your hands that hold you back from being happier and in control of our life?

Our personal fears in life can really paralyse us, yet the only person who can break those chains is, you guessed it, is you!

Maybe it’s time to identify why you are holding yourself back and start to make small and consistent changes.

AND don’t forget to play this song to keep you inspired to move towards those changes.

Music has many benefits when learning a new language, and today I am sharing how I used it to learn English. 

From sitting at my desk in my room, with pen and paper and a dictionary to end up passing my Cambridge Advance English test when I was 18 back in Switzerland, music has been there by my side and supported me in achieving this goal.

And I believe you too can use it to your advantage to learn a new language, hence share a few ideas on where to start and what to do.

If you are wanting to get started but are not sure how to use Music to start learning a language, maybe this episode can be of assistance. 

In this episode of my music storytelling Podcast, I share why I believe gently stretching ourselves and opening up to someone / our closer community can help us so much when we feel the world is overwhelming. Or when we feel undeserving and loose our self-believe.

Inspired by Cyndi Lauper’s song ‘True Colours’, I am talking about how I dealt with my low mood by reaching out to my close-knit community of introverts and it made me feel so much better.

By also quoting some of the lyrics to this song, I hope to inspire you to dig into yourself and reveal your amazing true colours and realise that we all contribute to make the world a better, more sparkling place. And that you are beautiful and needed as you are.

On my journey to dig a little deeper into why music is so important to us humans and the reasons behind this, I started to ask myself questions. And this one is the first one. 

Not only have I myself pondered on this, but also put the question in my Facebook Group Community and their answers were amazing and beautiful. I will share some of them in this episode as well as my answers, which I hope inspires you to do the same - ask the question and find meaningful answers.

I also hope that thinking about this means you can make music a more integrated part of your daily life and enrich it for the better.

It's time to mention one of the most important human in my life - my mum!

Without her gentle and at times invisible guidance when it comes to music, I don't think I would have experienced or get to love music as much as I do today.

In this episode I reminisce a little on how she has shape my music journey and what we have experienced together. From the early age to my teenage years to now, music without my mum wouldn't be the same.

It's a different kind of Mother's Day gift, especially since I am half way around the world away from her (I am in Australia, she is in Switzerland) and I wanted to express my appreciation for her, so the world knows what a special woman my mum is. 

Have you ever found yourself in a situation that is new to you? One that can make you nervous and maybe even anxious?

That's how it was for me a few weeks back when I had to go 'in the tube' for a back scan.

In this rather unusual setting, I was able to use the power of music to help me with my mindset and new experience without freaking out too much.

Often times we don't think about using music in this way and in this episode I share what I did and hopefully it can inspire you to try out this tip as well.

Lisa is the founder of The Elemental Dancer, a global online space for Highland Dancers and Teachers to talk technique, training, mindset and to grow community in order to do Highland Dancing differently... together.  A qualified chemical engineer and 50 time state and national champion Highland Dancer, 7 years ago Lisa swapped global manufacturing and operations for the development and now home schooling of her 6 year old daughter, and is pursuing a life that blends passion, enjoyment and connection in place of achievement, results and external validation. (Apologies for some bad audio in parts. It seems the internet connection wasn't the best at times)

Find out more about Lisa:  

Tracy is  a Clinical Social Worker in private practice, offering counselling to those who are more introverted and sensitive. As an introverted, sensitive person herself, she know how sometimes we feel misunderstood by others which can lead to feeling like we don't really belong. Her passion is to help others like me see the great gifts that come with our quietness.

Find out more about Tracy: 

Website: www.quietpathways.com 

Casey Lightbody is the CEO and Founder of The Quiet Collective. She is a business and marketing strategist who helps quietly powerful women entrepreneurs establish a clear business growth plan so they can come out of hiding and create the impact they desire in their lives and the lives of others.  

She’s the host of annual virtual conferences for women entrepreneurs attracting 1000s of attendees and featuring guest speakers including Amy Porterfield, Selena Soo, Carrie Green, Jadah Sellner and Jennifer Kem. She has also been featured on Entrepreneur on Fire and the Introverted Entrepreneur and authored three Amazon bestselling books.  

Casey draws from her university education, 15+ years of work experience, life experience living on 3 different continents, deep intuition, and over 80+ interviews with industry Influencers to help her clients with personalised 1:1 strategy and coaching to create successful, sustainable businesses on their terms.  

When she’s not enjoying precious moments with her family of 3 boys (and a grown up boy!), you can find her sipping on an Earl Grey, curled up with a good novel, or sneaking in a nanna nap on the weekends.  

Find out more about Casey: 

Paulina is a Certified Conscious Uncoupling ™ coach, empowerment coach and counsellor.  

After her marriage of 17 years ended, she struggled to find herself again, but learning to love herself and knowing her self-worth changed the game. She believes the best relationship you can have is the relationship with yourself.   

A true believer that events and situations that occur in your life happen FOR you and not TO you, she is now supporting other women to THRIVE in all areas of their life and to know they are worth it and to be their authentic self. 

Wanting to make a ripple effect and support other women through various ways either by the  empowerment coaching, Conscious Uncoupling ™ coaching, counselling and or online business opportunities. 

I have known Paulina for about 3 years and having seen her transformation and determination to use her life to create lasting impact is amazing.   Watch us talk about how important Music is in her life and why, we cover her favourite song(s) and also what song she would use to walk on stage to do a speech.  

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