My guest today is someone who I consider to be an absolute rockstar, the incredible Kate Halfpenny. In this conversation, we talk about Kate’s successful career in journalism, the hardship she has faced both personally and professionally and how the challenges of life form the beautiful pearl.

Kate Halfpenny is the founder of Bad Mother Media, a boutique agency that creates the words to make businesses and entrepreneurs shine. As the former Executive Editor at WHO Magazine, Kate has interviewed almost every Australian celebrity and many international ones. She has written hundreds of cover stories and thousands of feature articles across the board.

An award winning journalist, editor and content creation expert, Kate is inspired by words, nostalgia, vodka cocktails and Dave Grohl. In this episode, we dive into Kate’s inspiring career journey and the many challenges which lead to a mental health decline that nearly derailed her. Kate talks about her surprise redundancy from WHO Magazine, which happened around the same time as her divorce, a melanoma discovery and a breast implant explosion that leaked into her lymph nodes.

We talk about where Kate found the fortitude to keep going, and her journey since then, making a sea change, starting a business by accident, and reaching the holy grail of journalism as a columnist.

Toward the end of the conversation, Kate talks about the things she does to fuel her mindset and maintain her sense of calm and she reminds us that in life, we have to experience the bad things to appreciate the good ones.

LINKS:

Connect with Kate Halfpenny:

Website: https://www.badmothermedia.com/

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With me today is Kathryn Elliott, the founder of The Alcohol Mindset Coach and My Breast Friend. In August 2019 at the age of 46, Kath discovered a large lump in her breast while getting dressed to race out the door to work. She instinctively knew something wasn’t right and two days later was diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer. She went through six months of gruelling chemo and is now, very pleasingly, cancer free.

As a former binge drinker for over 30 years, Kath is now passionate about building awareness about the deeper human connection you can achieve through sharing your experience of illness and trauma and how choosing to remain alcohol-free during this period was a catalyst to further healing and growth.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and also Ocsober, so our chat is perfectly timed!

In this episode, Kath shares how the binge drinking cycle kept her stuck in shame and blame, even while she was focused on healthy living in other parts of her life. She was what she refers to now, as a functioning binge drinker.

You don’t need to hit rock bottom or be labelled as an alcoholic to realise that alcohol is causing issues in your life. Kath shares what we need to look out for in our relationship with alcohol and the steps you can take to identify if you have a drinking issue.

Kath also underlines the importance of being aware of the health risks that alcohol presents. Alcohol consumption has been directly linked to breast cancer and she’s passionate about ensuring we have the information we need to make the best decisions for our health.

Kath’s work is so important in showing what is possible and finding a new way to live. Enjoy our conversation and I encourage you to share her message - it’s such an important one!

LINKS:

Connect with Kathryn Elliott:

Website: https://www.thealcoholmindsetcoach.com/ / https://mybreastfriend.net/

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

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads

Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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This episode is about the power of your mindset and how to transform it into your superpower. Mindset has been a really hot topic lately, and for good reason - it can make a huge difference in how you make it count for your leadership and your life.

The current landscape we’re living in is tough and there is a lot that can pull us into negative thinking. In this episode, I discuss strategies and approaches that equip you to adapt and respond to situations in an empowered way, rather than letting things get you down, or control you.

Neurologically, everything starts with a mindset. I explain what mindset is, the two types (fixed and growth) and how a growth mindset influences your success.

I also share with you my easy, game-changing model - Mindset, Behaviour, Results and how this model can influence your life, personally and professionally.

Finally, I equip you with six tips that will get you underway to having a mindset that is your superpower:

1. Identify negative thoughts
2. Reframe your thinking
3. Be conscious of your language
4. Watch your actions
5. Understand how to fuel your mindset
6. Get support

Your mindset is everything - you need to fuel it, protect it and support it, always. This episode will help you take the steps you need to understand and tweak your mindset for success.

LINKS:

Carol Dweck - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Wayne Dyer - “Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.”

Craig McRae - “We lost the game, we’re not losers.”

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: @juliehydeleads

Website: https://juliehyde.com.au

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