The Monica Kade Podcast: Health, Mindset, Career & Lifestyle

On the final episode of The Monica Kade Podcast for 2019, I sat down with Pro-surfer, Bethany Hamilton. She's become a source of inspiration to millions through her story of determination, faith, and hope. At the age of 13, Bethany lost her left arm to a 14-foot tiger shark, which seemed to end her career as a rising surf star.

One month after the attack, Bethany returned to the water and within two years had won her first national title. In 2007, she realized her dream of surfing professionally and since then, her story has been told in a New York Times best selling autobiography and in the 2011 film, Soul Surfer. Bethany is involved in numerous charitable efforts, including her own foundation, Friends of Bethany, which reaches out to amputees and youth.

Using her platform as a professional athlete to promote living a fit and healthy lifestyle, she authored the book Body and Soul in 2014. Bethany’s latest project, Unstoppable, a surf documentary which showcases her as one of the best women surfers in the world, released theatrically in the USA on July 12, 2019, accompanied by a photo book and a children’s book.

Passionate about helping young women be unstoppable in life and faith, Bethany has launched a new website and online course for sharing content and facilitating connection. Her greatest joy is being a wife and mother, and she continues to touch and inspire lives globally as a professional surfer and motivational speaker.

Bethany is an incredible human being. Her determination and sheer drive to not let anything step in the way of her surfing is truly inspiring. She reminds me that if you really want something, you can have it…just go after it!

LEARN ABOUT

When she realised her love for surfing 
How being in the water from a young age shaped her life
How she approaches big waves
Whether resilience is something she’s naturally grown up with or developed
What’s the greatest thing surfing taught you about yourself
What inspired her new documentary, The Unstoppable Film
What it was like to surf pregnant 
Why she created her 12-month online program ‘Live Unstoppable’

SIGNATURE QUESTIONS

What career she’d like to attempt if not in this one?
What piece of wisdom Bethany lives by?

In Episode 117 of The Monica Kade Podcast I sat down with Emmylou MacCarthy. Many of you follow her on Instagram, have seen her on TV, have watched her host live events and shared the behind the scenes journey of chasing her dream to becoming a TV presenter.

In a world filled with fakes, Emmylou is the real deal. She swears. She cries. She shares inside tips about how to achieve a flawless red lip (hint: it involves a toothbrush). And she’s built a fun, fearless tribe who follow her every move.

She’s an accredited fashion stylist and make-up artist, but today she’s added TV producer and presenter to her resume.

Emmylou has built a fiercely loyal tribe on Instagram. From cooking demos to makeup artistry, building your confidence and chasing your dreams, she knows how to tell a story that resonates with her community.

In 2018, Emmylou took her Confidence is Contagious tour on the road and looks set to return for more in 2019. She has put together an explosive live show, sharing insider tips to help her tribe break out of their comfort zone and shine on the world’s stage.

I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Emmylou, it was raw, real and packed with laughter. So many nuggets of wisdom included. A lovely human being!

LEARN ABOUT

What she dreamed of becoming as a kid
How she got into dance and how its influenced her as an adult
Did she always want to become a mother
How she feels about having opened up her family to social media
The philosophy she lives by
The hardest part, behind the scenes that you don’t get to see on social media
How she has navigated the dark days and how you can too
What inspired her clothing line
How she feels about having her own show on Australian national TV - 10Peach
The reason she’s releasing a cookbook in April 2020

SIGNATURE QUESTIONS

What Emmylou believes is her greatest asset
The pieces of wisdom she lives her life by today

Welcome to episode 115 of The Monica Kade podcast. Today’s guest is Australian actress, writer and director, Matilda Brown. Matilda is best known for her TV series Let's Talk About, Lessons from the Grave which she both wrote and directed, and acted in. Both starring opposite her father Bryan Brown. And most recently feature film Palm Beach — also starring her dad, and directed by her mother, Rachel Ward alongside an impressive Australian cast.

And on the topic of family, Matilda and her partner Scott Gooding, (who has also been on the show earlier this year) have just become parents to little Zan.

Today we’re going to go behind the scenes of her upbringing, find out her journey into acting, talk creativity and what it’s like being a first time mum.

My conversation with Matilda was really inspiring. I loved her honesty coupled with her willingness to follow what fuels her fire-and what doesn't! While you won't find her hanging about on The Gram, you can simply embody the message of truth that she shares and look inward to see if you're living the life you want to be. Or if you're following society's "shoulds" and "have to's".

LEARN ABOUT

What was it like to grow up in well-knowing acting family
Did her parents encourage her to get into acting
What she loves about acting
What made her start writing and directing
What’s changed her mind about the acting industry
What it’s like being a new mum
How she sees the world since becoming a mother
Why she left social media
What she’s gained from not being on social media

SIGNATURE QUESTIONS

If she wasn’t in her current career what she’d like to attempt?
What she believes is her best asset?
A piece of wisdom she lives by today?