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28 How Does Your Business Change Lives with Greg Smith

Posted on Jun, 3 by divine-admin

27 Midlife Crisis! Bucket Lists and Finding Yourself at 50 with Melissa J Scott

Posted on May, 13 by divine-admin

26 Why Marketing and Dating Are The Same With Melissa J Scott

Posted on Apr, 1 by divine-admin

25 Change Your Energy Change Your Life with Justine Watt

Posted on Mar, 25 by divine-admin

24 Connect With Yourself & Know Who You Are with Melissa J Scott

Posted on Mar, 11 by divine-admin

23 “Doing the Work” for your Self Love with Karyn Battersby

Posted on Mar, 4 by divine-admin

Connection…People Trust People, Not Brands – Melissa J Scott

Posted on Feb, 26 by divine-admin

22 Marketing Strategy + Action Plan = Success with Melissa J Scott

Posted on Jan, 13 by divine-admin

21 Collaborate and Grow Your Business Faster with Melissa J Scott

Posted on Dec, 23 by divine-admin

20 Find Your Authentic Voice & Speak Up! with Melissa J Scott

Posted on Dec, 5 by divine-admin

19 How To Get Past Your Nerves When Making Video with Melissa J Scott

Posted on Nov, 25 by divine-admin

18 Your “Why” and Solving Your Audience’s Pain

Posted on Nov, 19 by divine-admin

15 Wealth, Mindset & Money Blocks with Michael de Haan

Posted on Aug, 14 by divine-admin

14 Sales Success and Getting Real Results with Phil Lee

Posted on Aug, 7 by divine-admin

13 Love Your Customers and Repeat Business with Michelle Pascoe

Posted on May, 22 by divine-admin

12 Connect and Grow on LinkedIn with Lucy Bingle

Posted on May, 14 by divine-admin

07 YOUR PURPOSE & TRUTH THROUGH YOUR PERSONAL BRAND WITH LUCY BLOOM

Posted on Apr, 10 by divine-admin

06 Connecting as a Business Leader in COVID-19

Posted on Mar, 31 by divine-admin

How Perfectionism is Crippling Your Business Growth and Life

Posted on Feb, 4 by divine-admin

The Brand that is Closer to the Customer… Wins

Posted on Aug, 2 by divine-admin

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Lunch with my favourite people today, my not-so-li

Lunch with my favourite people today, my not-so-little kids and their beautiful partners! So grateful for their love, how happy they all are, their support for each other, and that they still invite me out for lunches like this! So blessed and happy. If you want to measure success in life I think it’s this, the quality and the authenticity of the relationships you have with the special people in your life.
Feeling truly ‘successful’ tonight.
X

#businessmum #mythreeboys #lovelife #50 #happymum

Friday night with friends and pre Xmas cocktails,

Friday night with friends and pre Xmas cocktails, karaoke and a whole lot of laughs! So blessed to have these people in my life. We met many years ago through a business group which has long gone by the wayside… but the friendship just gets stronger and stronger! X

#businessfriends #girlbosslife #girlbosstribe #50

DAY 5 OF SPIRAL TECHNIQUE TRAINING! Hello throat c

DAY 5 OF SPIRAL TECHNIQUE TRAINING!
Hello throat chakra! You have always been my achilles heel. Whenever I have had a mental/emotional/spiritual block in life it reflects itself in my throat. I get a knot in my throat and lose my voice completely if I’m really challenged (eg my 50th birthday was a real doozy – I couldn’t speak for about a week and felt nauseous for a month!), or it cracks when I speak or don’t speak my truth (it’s the perfect lie detector if you’re ever talking to me!). It used to give out when I did webinars or spoke publicly, or recorded a podcast.

I even gave myself nodules when I couldn’t speak up for myself when I was younger with a domineering partner, and couldn’t sing for 20 years. I literally lost one of the things that gives me my greatest joy, singing. And it ‘magically’ came back when that relationship finally ended.

So… in this level we work on self expression, and my intention/statement was simply “My voice has value and I’m ready to share it with the world”.

I can’t tell you the power in doing this reflective work. So much repressed emotion and life experiences are buried in our bodies, undealt with and lurking behind the scenes… sabotaging our growth and happiness! Some of the stuff that came up for me was largely around TRUST and SELF ESTEEM - a lack of it. Intellectually I might know that I am worthy, but deep deep down... that is where your subconscious sabotages you. And it felt so good to let all that repressed junk from earlier life experiences to rise up from within me and get out of my way.

Our subconscious controls our life. Our brain and ego thinks it’s in control, but it’s merely reacting to years and years of conditioning and other people’s beliefs imprinted in us. And it shows up in so many ways.

🎤 Are you having trouble asking clients for money?
🎬 Too nervous to press record on that video camera?
🎧 Too shy for a guest spot on a podcast or presenting on a webinar?
🎸 Resistant to posting anything remotely personal on social media?

Chances are this is from an embedded ‘belief’ given to you many years ago that you aren’t even conscious of. And it’s so good to get rid of that junk.
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DAY 3&4 OF SPIRAL TECHNIQUE TRAINING! Oh wow it’

DAY 3&4 OF SPIRAL TECHNIQUE TRAINING!
Oh wow it’s big trying to do intense energy and repressed emotional clearing training and live your life!! But what a time it’s been!
Friday and Saturday were all about stepping into our true power, and radiating through our heart space. This affects so many aspects of our life. Imagine who you could be if you were actually feeling into your true power, knowing that everything you have needed in life is embedded inside you. And that to attract the kind of love and openness that you want from life, is again, all inside of you. - Just a little messy and blocked from ‘life’.

😍 Imagine what you could create.
😍 Imagine who you could help.
😍 Imagine the kind of people you could attract.
😍 Imagine the kind of life you would be living.
😍 Imagine the kind of intensity and richness you would feel!

Last night I had the pleasure in the middle of all this training to go to an amazing 'Moulin Rouge' party at a harbourside location with live music, so much entertainment, incredible food, drinks… the full shebang! My long time client and friend has 10x’ed his business (and life!) in the last 3 years because of his self-belief and willingness to show up in the world and create and grow. He has unwaivering confidence in his abilities and brings his heart to everything he does. And he got to throw the most amazing party for his wife last night to celebrate her and their life, and it was just truly wonderful to be there and be a part of it.

What could you do for your loved ones if you were truly living in full, unapologetic expression of WHO YOU REALLY ARE?!
It’s a question I’ve been asking myself lately!
If you want to know more about the Spiral technique to clear all your old stuff, get in touch.
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#thespiral #personaldevelopment #personaldevelopmentcoach #spiraldynamics #liveyourbestlife #loveyourselffirst #mindsetcoach #50 #businessowner

DAY 2 OF SPIRAL TECHNIQUE TRAINING! This is me all

DAY 2 OF SPIRAL TECHNIQUE TRAINING!
This is me all pumped up before training began at 8am this morning… I promise I didn’t look quite as fresh and bubbly when I finished this afternoon!

But what a day of training. Today was ‘Level 2’ which means we work on the Creative side of our personality – and this includes the area in our life where we procrastinate, self-sabotage, and freeze when we don’t know what decision to make, so we paralyse ourselves instead.

Self-sabotage is a mighty powerful symptom of being blocked, and it can mask itself so innocently in so many ways. Such as:
😉 The business owner who won’t employ somebody in an area of their business to help them grow because “they can’t find the right person” or “nobody does the job as good as me”.
🤑 The business owner who doesn’t invoice on time or chase overdue accounts so they have problems with cashflow.
😍 The business owner who is waiting until they “just lose that 5kg” before they get their personal branding photos done or make that video.

If we tried hard, we could come up with a hundred ways we all self-sabotage, procrastinate and slow down our growth. It keeps us ‘safe’, and it usually comes from a very buried and unconscious set of beliefs that were formed during childhood that we then spend the rest of our lives trying to prove to be correct. The human brain is our worst enemy sometimes, in it’s effort to protect us from perceived danger. So that’s why this stuff works.

Our bodies store these beliefs and emotions and when we muscle test to find out what they are (completely bypassing our big beautiful brains!) the block can be isolated and removed in a matter of minutes.

And today I had the pleasure of working on my first ‘client’ through zoom – with an awesome guy in Germany! You would never believe how powerful human energetic connection can be until you witness it.

It was one of the most powerful experiences of my life, and I can’t wait to do this more with friends and clients, if you’re ready to make a real change in your life and return back to who you were truly meant to be.
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DAY 1 OF SPIRAL TECHNIQUE TRAINING! I can't tell y

DAY 1 OF SPIRAL TECHNIQUE TRAINING!
I can't tell you how pumped I am for this, I love personal development, connecting to self and becoming a better version of who we were always meant to be by unblocking all of the baggage and 'stories' projected onto us through our life's journey. We don’t even know we have clogged ourselves up with these self-limiting beliefs; we just live with them and project them all over the place – most of the time unconsciously!!

So why am I doing this training? Because I do this stuff for myself personally, but also I want to incorporate this into my professional life. I work with so many brilliant business owners that hold themselves back from shining into their truth and brilliance, in particular with their marketing and promotions, and it’s more than just developing your self-confidence. It’s about doing away with the unconscious blocks hidden deep in our subconscious. And I can offer that service as part of my regular marketing consulting and coaching. How exciting is that!!

Today we worked on the concept of “I deserve [insert your answer here]” around the emotions of Shame, Guilt and Dogma. It’s personal for everyone, and we got to clear our own head trash on our personal statement. I cleared my own limiting beliefs around the statement “I deserve to have whatever I ask for in life”.

Because believe it or not, speaking up for myself, and asking for what I want is actually very challenging for me. I think it is for many women from my generation, who were taught that to be loveable, you had to be a good girl, blend in, be sweet and pretty, and most of all… very compliant! Don’t complain, and don’t speak up for yourself. To be liked you had to be a nice girl, and it goes pretty deep, affecting your personal and business life in a multitude of ways. So if you are feeling dissatisfied in life, your business, your relationships, and how you show up in the world… you might enjoy playing along over the next week and tuning in to see what I’m experiencing, and then make a decision if you’d like to try it for yourself.

Send me a DM if you’d like to be a case study. And see you tomorrow!
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How did skating go today?! Well… 👍 I manage

How did skating go today?! Well…

👍 I managed to fall on my butt while standing still in front of everyone
😂 I fell on top top of Mike when he tumbled in front of me and because I can’t turn suddenly, I slammed straight into him!!
🙏 Successfully managed to go round in round in big circles but still no clue how to stop suddenly or turn on the spot.
🛼 Managed to put together a very bright but cute retro outfit to mask the fact I have no clue how to skate well!
🏆 No broken bones but a very sore right knuckle from the big stack!
♥️ Lots of laughs, great conversations, a cheeky glass of champagne and great friendship.

Sometimes it’s great to do stuff that you’re just no good at it. It’s called getting out of your comfort zone! And that’s where growth always happens. We need to push ourselves frequently to be more than we are today.

And what a golden afternoon while it rained outside with friends and a bunch of kids, retro music, lights and great laughs. More of that thanks!
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#comfortzone #rollerskating #50 #personaldevelopment #loveyourlife

Another weekend, another pop up picnic theme! Toda

Another weekend, another pop up picnic theme! Today was ‘Gypsy’ and I say this every time… but I’m pretty sure this is my favourite one so far!

It’s so exciting to see the hospitality and events industries open for business again, and we are partnering with one of the best events companies in the business, Visions in Style to create all manner of event solutions as we come out of Covid lockdown and bring companies, friends, teams and colleagues together.

I am passionate about creating real connection in your branding and marketing, both online and face to face. People are craving a safe way to connect and outdoor events have never been more popular. If you want to learn more, just get in touch.

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#sydneyevents #popuppicnic #christmasparties #marketingtips #connection

So it’s been 30 years since I skated, and it’s

So it’s been 30 years since I skated, and it’s kind of like riding a bike! Except I must have been a pretty ordinary skater back in the day judging by my style today! Ha ha.

I took it very easy as you can tell by the video, and got a good wrist brace for my recovering broken wrist, and knee pads to look after my legs.

Tomorrow we’re heading back to the 4th floor of the Entertainment Quarter at fox studios in Moorepark, with a few friends for a ‘Skater Boot Party’, at midday.

You’re all welcome, inc families and kids, and especially beginners!! It’s just so much fun to try something different and push yourself out of your comfort zone. I posted about this recently and so many people commented about how they’d get hurt. But what if you didn’t! And what if you actually had a ball, met some cool people and tried something different.

Let me know if you want to join us. It’s going to be fun!! All levels welcome, skateboarders, skaters, scooters, rollerblades… whatever goes!
X

#sydneyrollerskating #sydneyevents #50 #loveyourlife

ROLLERSKATE BOOT PARTY! Call me crazy... but I'm g

ROLLERSKATE BOOT PARTY!
Call me crazy... but I'm going rollerskating this Sunday if you want to come! It's supposed to be raining and some friends and I are going to the undercover Level 4 Carpark at the Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park to SKATE - retro style! It's deserted up there and the surface is perfect for some serious (and beginner) skating!

12 noon.
Kids welcome.
Lots of great retro vibes and tunes playing.
Dress up if you want and bring your friends, your boots, roller blades, scooters, or boards and just hang out and have FUN!!

BYO snacks - and the music and great vibes will be provided!
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#rollerskating #sydneyevents #50 #retrosydney #sydneymeetup

Turning 50 is a big deal! I had quite a big physic

Turning 50 is a big deal! I had quite a big physical and emotional reaction to it as some of you might remember! Hitting midway in your life can make you feel very vulnerable and ungrounded if you aren’t where you THOUGHT you’d be in life.

But here’s the thing. You’re EXACTLY where you’re supposed to be right now. And how long you choose to be in that space is entirely up to you.

So I love helping my dear friends celebrate their milestone birthdays. And celebrate you MUST! Because we’re all so worthy of bringing our friends and loved ones together and letting them know how special we all are.

Happy birthday darling Michelle. You have truly mastered the art of celebrating how special you are. May the next 50 years be even richer, more full of love and even more exciting than the last. Because now we’re actually wiser and give far less f%^ks than we ever have! And that feels so good. X

Ps - awesome styling of this beautiful event by @visionsinstyle
#50 #personaldevelopment #loveyourlife #loveyourfriends #selflove #harlottecosmetics #popuppicnic #eventstyling #eventstylingsydney

Who else loves to sit on the floor bare foot and b

Who else loves to sit on the floor bare foot and bare legged to deeply connect when you want to learn something really new?!

I’m so excited to be starting my online training to become a SPIRAL practitioner, and the first session was today!

I am a passionate student of personal development and have played around with many techniques to dive deeper into “why do I think/feel/act the way I do”.

And I’ve come to discover that while we can talk things through with a Counsellor, it’s even more helpful if you can get past our deeply embedded personal belief system through having a deeper understanding of where we are blocked.

We have so many crappy beliefs that are so embedded in us that it affects every aspect of our life. That is why some of us are lazy with our finances, or blocked in our relationships, or struggle with our diet, or are mistrusting of our natural abilities. If you wonder why we can be so successful in one area, and so ordinary in another, this is why!

Whatever aspect of your life that you are struggling with or find challenging, guaranteed the answers are stored within your body in repressed emotions that create unhelpful beliefs, and through muscle testing and clearing they can be unblocked and released.

So I’m learning how to do this and in the next few weeks I’ll be needing some guinea pigs to practice on. DM me if you’re willing to go there! Oh my god… this is going to be HUGE!!!

X

#personaldevelopment #personaldevelopmentcoach #personaldevelopmentjourney #happylife #50 #livelife

Dinner out with real life people at a real life ta

Dinner out with real life people at a real life tapas bar. It’s the little things that fills the heart!! So great to feel like myself again, have funny conversations and connect with old and new friends.
X

Been a long time since I did a photo and video sho

Been a long time since I did a photo and video shoot for a client! Really excited to be getting back into art directing and doing what I do best… making clients feel comfortable in front of a camera!!
Also been a long time since I wore a watch, jewelery and a jumpsuit! So nice to be feeling kind of normal again…
Enjoy your Friday, make it count.
Life is short and people need to hear your message. What you do changes lives. Share it. x

#marketingstrategy #marketingtips #photoshoot #videoshoot #businessowner #businesswoman #yourbestlife

TRUST One thing I’ve really noticed since lockdo

TRUST
One thing I’ve really noticed since lockdown has ended and we’re back out there in the world… is how tired I am! And the other thing I’m noticing is how much I’m trying to control my environment. Ouch! Nobody wants to admit they’re a control freak but the reality is with the instability of our incomes, so many businesses being completely shut down, fear of the mystery virus, our lack of freedom and having our rights taken away, the constant debate about vaccinations, never knowing when we were or weren’t coming out of lockdown, and being cut off from our communities and the people we care about…. It has bought out so many different responses in people.

So for me, I can see that I’ve lost some of that lovely blind, positive faith that I’ve always had that “everything will be ok”.
And this has resulted in me trying to be controlling in my business, in my family home, and especially with my relationships. I’ve stopped trusting the process of life and that it will all be okay if we just let it flow.

So I wanted to share this in case others were feeling the same way as a result of all of the instability we have faced the past 4 months.

Trust is so important to gain true happiness.
It’s so important that I trust in myself, that no matter what happens, I’m always strong enough, smart enough and loving enough that I will be fine. – even if the worst happens.
Trust that the people around me are good people and care about me, and won’t hurt me intentionally.
Trust myself enough to be vulnerable and ask for help when I need it.
Trust is the ultimate mark of respect for somebody you care about, including yourself!
Trust is believing in the natural flow of life and the universe, providing exactly what you need at exactly the right time, so stop trying to control it and get out of the way of the natural order!
Trust is all about letting go of control.
Trust is believing in yourself that you are always going to be enough no matter what.
Trust is the greatest gift you can give anybody.
Trust is the ultimate act of love and self love.

It’s so nice to have this distinction and just let it all go. All that instability and fear.
And replace it with trust, and love.
X

ARE YOU BEING PRODUCTIVE? OR JUST BUSY? Welcome to

ARE YOU BEING PRODUCTIVE?
OR JUST BUSY?
Welcome to life out of lockdown if you’re from the affected states like us! How good does it feel to have the diary filling back up and catching up with real life humans in person again! It’s a really exciting time, but it’s also a time to take great care.

Part of my job is to meet up with business owners and work with them on their marketing and content strategy, and it’s sooooooo tempting to just do everything right now. I see clients and business friends heading in all kinds of directions because they can. Not because it’s actually a good idea for their business growth.

So my question is this… is what you are doing actually productive?
Is it going to bring in real income for your business?
Is it talking to your target audience?
Is it solving problems for them right now that they have? (Remember, your audience might be feeling very differently about your services than they did before we all went into months of lockdown….)
And here’s the big question… is what you are talking about right now in your marketing even relevant to what your audience NEEDS?!

How well do you know your audience?
Do you have a heart to heart connection with them?
We are so tempted as business owners to do what makes us feel good, but it’s so important that you are talking to what your clients actually need when you’re creating content.

So while it’s tempting to go to every lunch date we’re invited to right now…
• When was the last time you wrote a really engaging and helpful blog/article, and send out an email to your database?
• When did you make a helpful video and share with all of your alliance partners?
• When did you put up a post that actually helped one of your audience and gave them instant answers to a problem they have?
• When did you last make a podcast episode that was really engaging?
• When did you last sit down and collaborate with another business person or supplier who could really help expand your business and reach?
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#businessowner #businesswoman #50 #marketingcoach #marketingstrategy #businessplan #personaldevelopment #personaldevelopmentcoach #connectionmarketing

Today I went to the gym by myself! And I really li

Today I went to the gym by myself! And I really liked it, I enjoyed the energy in the room and the shared feeling amongst everybody that we’re all there to be a better version of ourselves. And it’s six weeks today since I broke my wrist and I am so excited to be getting my cast off on Monday.

I’m really not that unhappy with the loss of muscle and definition in my arms. It will return. My weighin weight today is only 0.5 kg up from when I broke my wrist, so I’ve been able to stay consistent and on track in this really challenging time when I couldn’t even get into a gym (thanks lockdown), to work out without relying on having functioning arms!

It’s so interesting to see the different areas in my life where I have complete dedication, focus and drive. And even when faced with challenges, don’t let them push me off track. I’m not a maniac with lifting weights, far from it! But I’m very committed to staying the course, eating well, living healthfully, still having a social life and working out consistently. The gains will come and I get to enjoy life.

Alternatively there are some areas in my life where I’m not so dedicated, lack focus, and spend more time in avoidance than trying to address why this is so. We are all just a beautiful work in progress, and what we are strong at in one area we can try and bring to the other areas of our life that need attention.

Just staying aware and getting to know ourselves and our traits, and stopping making excuses, is a great place to start! Have an awesome weekend and keep working on yourself. You are so worth it. X

#personaldevelopment #beyourbestself #businessowner #businesswoman #50 #bodybuilding #bodybuildingwomen

Why is personal branding essential for your busine

Since I was a young girl I’ve always been really

Since I was a young girl I’ve always been really intimidated by Gyms. Not sure why, but perhaps it was when I started going to the gym years ago, girls did aerobics, and boys lifted weights. It’s funny the things that stay with you all these years - I was actually anxious about going! All of my training has been in my home gym, and I really had to question why did I have this unhelpful dislike of gyms?!

It’s been so hard to continue training with a broken wrist in a home gym, and it’s still going to be another seven weeks before I’m allowed to lift weights with my arms. Which means I need to find a solution, and the wonderful equipment they have in gyms these days is it!

So my awesome coach @emma_bowman__ put together a great program for me, and my beautiful son @kurt_gawinek took me to his gym today and walked me through all the machines.

And guess what… Nobody made me feel uncomfortable, nobody stared at me, and nobody made me feel out of place! So glad I was willing to change this very long term misconception. You’ve just got to wonder how often do we let old beliefs hold us back from achieving the things that we really want in life?

The body sculpting dream continues!!
X

#bodypositivity #bodysculpting #bodybuilding #personaldevelopment #businessowner #businesswoman

A question I get asked a lot in my line of work is

A question I get asked a lot in my line of work is “How can I stand out from my competitors and/or what is my point of difference?” And I always say, your No. 1 point of difference is YOU💯

People will remember YOU, how you make them feel, how you showed up for them and showed them you care about what is going on with their lives.

👉🏻We are all humans, and long to feel connected and understood. Be there for your audience, let them get to know you and see what you are all about. Tell them your stories and share your experiences. Create a deep, authentic connection and that is how you will stand out in a sea of same-same.

“The point of difference isn’t the product they are selling or the service they are selling. It is the PERSON selling the product. That is personal branding in a nutshell.” Melissa J Scott.

Honestly, personal branding is the perfect place to start and we are here to help you with every step along the way. Give us a ring now and let’s chat🧡

Melissa x

#connectionmarketing #personalbranding #videostrategy #videotips #marketingstrategy #videomadeeasy #marketingcoach #actionplan #socialmediaforbusiness #videomarketing #smallbusinessowner #businesswoman #contentcreation

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