Self-Leadership: Learning to Make Space for Your Joy

Leading yourself in your own life requires making space for your pain. However, a more critical skill to have, and one that’s probably harder than you realise, is making space for your joy.  On a recent volume of Psychology of Entrepreneurship, I had the pleasure of sitting down with coaching extraordinaire, Kemi Nekvapil. Kemi is somewhat of a hero of …

47. Volume: Kemi Nekvapil: Self-Leadership

How can we expect to lead others if we can’t lead ourselves? Self-leadership is about holding space for your own pain, and learning how to hold space for your own joy. It’s only then that we’re able to guide others to do the same. This is The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, a highly produced, revealing audio docuseries that follows Ronsley Vaz …

225. Mathew Passy on Podcasting Your Passion

Every new podcaster wants to know how to boost their engagement. The answer is a lot simpler than you think. Engagement comes easy when it’s coming from a place of passion. If you’re faking it, your listeners will see through it. Welcome to Should I Start A Podcast,  where each week, Ronsley Vaz, with the help of a star-studded entrepreneurial …

Cultural Respect: Acknowledging Aboriginal Culture In A Modern World

The Aboriginal people of Australia have a shared history of colonisation, exclusion, discrimination and oppression. For us to thrive as a society, we all have to acknowledge Australia’s tainted past and how that still impacts the indigenous people today. And, above all, we must respect their rich and diverse culture. On a recent episode of The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, I …

46. Volume: Mundanara Bayles: Acknowledgement of Country

Aboriginal people have suffered discrimination for generations. Even today, they struggle for recognition for their ancestral connection to Australia. Maybe it’s time we all strive to have a deeper understanding of why ‘The Acknowledgement of Country,’ is so essential. Not only for the Aboriginal people but for us too.  This is The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, a highly produced, revealing audio …

224. Steph Taylor on Coming to Terms With Your Worth

Even once we’ve beaten the odds and become successful, doubt can come creeping in. It’s ok to feel not good enough, as long as you push through that. Success isn’t a magic wand that zaps all your insecurities away. Coming to terms with your worth is an ongoing process. Welcome to Should I Start A Podcast,  where each week, Ronsley …

Generational Trauma: When Pain is in Your DNA

It’s unbelievable how little Australians know about the history of their own country. Stories of the Aboriginal people have been whitewashed and sugar-coated for decades. This dumbing down of history does nothing other than further perpetuate the trauma Aboriginal people face on a day to day basis.  On a recent episode of The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, I sat down with …

45. Volume: Mundanara Bayles: Australia’s Ancestors

We are not taught the history of our country. Not the real history anyway. Some of us are just now learning of the horrific suffering the Aboriginal people have endured in the land their ancestors have lived on for generations. Someone needs to advocate for their plight, and their future. This is The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, a highly produced, revealing audio …

223. Steph Taylor on Contending With Failure

Have you ever started a project and it just didn’t work out the way you planned? How did that feel? Our podcasts and businesses are our babies. If the time should come to change direction or call it quits, how do you stop yourself from feeling the sting of failure? Welcome to Should I Start A Podcast,  where each week, …

What is an Entrepreneur?

The dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “one who organises, manages and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise”. That sure leaves a lot out, doesn’t it? Over the last year interviewing entrepreneurs and creatives on The Psychology of Entrepreneurship podcast, I’ve gotten into some pretty heavy conversations. Every guest on the docuseries has caught my attention for different reasons. …