Lemonade

Welcome to A Lemon A Day! A miniseries to heal yourself and change your life.

Every Thursday, I’ll share an interview with an incredible practitioner from a life-changing healing modality. 

I'm often asked what I've done to heal myself over the years – so I thought, why not bring the very people who’ve changed my life to you!?

This week I am chatting with Pettina Stanghon – a therapist specialising in couples and family therapy and addiction.

I am really excited to bring you my chat with Pettina for many reasons, but mostly because – and I know I've said this a few times – she honestly changed my life when I was at a very, very low point a few years ago.

I truly believe talk therapy is essential for everyone but even more so if you're going through a tough time.

Pettina is a solution-focused, integrative therapist who helps her client focus on the BIG picture, not just short term relief, but the ultimate goal of long-term recovery to live your best life.

We chat:

• Working in addiction, family and couple counselling.
• Why she takes an "integrative" approach.
• Doing 'the work' if you want to see a change in your life.
• Victimhood, self-awareness, people pleasing.
• Leaning in and having challenging conversations.
• Working out whether your past is impacting your future.
• Interrupting the stories we tell ourselves.

Connect with Pettina:

For the final Lemonade episode of the year, Monique and I continue the theme of reflecting on the year that was by delving into our top 21 lessons of 2021... and what a year it was!

A few of the themes we discuss:

• The art of surrendering.
• Why personal development never ends.
• The simple question that changed Elizabeth's life.
• Knowing when to let go.
• Why we can't do it all, all the time.
• Everything is temporary.
• Time doesn't heal all wounds.
• Being alone is the greatest gift.

Moni is my life coach, biz coach (she helped me create Lemonade!), dear friend and scorpio soul sis. She's a fellow single mum and has dealt with her fair share of lemons throughout her life, but she's turned those adversities into an opportunity to not only grow and evolve, but help others navigating a rough time as well.

Welcome to A Lemon A Day! A new miniseries to heal yourself and change your life.

Every Thursday, I’ll share an interview with an incredible practitioner from a life-changing healing modality. 

I'm often asked what I've done to heal myself over the years – so I thought, why not bring the very people who’ve changed my life to you!?

This week I am chatting with Sue Jones – a counsellor and clinical hypnotherapist with almost two decades of experience in the field.

Hypnotherapy helps to rewire the subconscious thoughts in our brain that inadvertently control our lives.

This form of therapy can be helpful to treat a range of conditions, from trauma to phobias, to depression, anxiety, migraines and even digestive issues.

I started sessions with Sue earlier this year to help treat the chronic bouts of fatigue I was experiencing. I don’t know how she did it, but after just one session, I felt like an entirely new woman!

Sue is so kind, empathetic, and gentle – she is so passionate about her work and I loved chatting to her about this healing modality..

Connect with Sue:

We're mixing up The Juice format for season two.

Two women. Asking one another some very raw, vulnerable questions.

Expect candid conversations. Aspects of ourselves and our lives we've never shared before. Some uncomfortable truths. And of course, some juicy lessons. It ain't called The Juice for nothing.

In this episode we discuss:

• The parts of ourselves we pretend don't exist
• Monique's fairy porn stash
• Shame surrounding female sexuality
• Letting go of the fairytale version of our lives
• Being single and dating in your 30s
• Why honesty and vulnerability can be terrifying 
• The desire to run away from life and start all over again

* Just a note - the audio went weird with this one and I couldn't work out how to fix it! Monique is really soft and I am really loud and soz I tried my best to correct it.

Moni is my life coach, biz coach (she helped me create Lemonade!), dear friend and scorpio soul sis. She's a fellow single mum and has dealt with her fair share of lemons throughout her life, but she's turned those adversities into an opportunity to not only grow and evolve, but help others navigating a rough time as well.

Thirteen years ago, Hugh van Cuylenberg’s life changed forever when he visited a remote village in India.

There, he learned about three principles: gratitude, mindfulness and empathy, or as he refers to it 'GEM'.

A school teacher by trade, Hugh created a program founded on these values called The Resilience Project – the curriculum is now delivered to more than a million Australians, across a thousand schools, as well as sporting clubs and workplaces.

Hugh has just released the follow up to his first book The Resilience Project called Let Go.

It's his most personal work yet, based on his realisation on national radio he just wasn’t okay anymore – a mighty hard thing to admit when you’re known as "The Resilience Guy".

I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak of the book, and while it’s full of the same wit, storytelling and banter Hugh is known for... it’s also deep, raw and explores themes such as shame, perfection and ego, as well as his family’s trauma and how he dealt with it.

This is the second time the wonderful Hugh has been on the podcast - and I can guarantee you’ll love listening to him just as much the second time around.