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:

www.pettinastanghon.com.au

As always, you can connect with me here.

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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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

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Thank you all of your support over the last year, it's so appreciated. Have a very happy and safe new year and see you in 2021!

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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:

suedynamic@yahoo.com.au

As always, you can connect with me here.

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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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile & @lemonadethepodcast

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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.

Connect with Hugh: @hughvancuylenberg

Buy Let Go here.

As always, you can connect with me here.

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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 Dr Shami Barathan - a phenomenal integrative GP.

Dr Shami worked as a GP for 20 years before she realised there was a better and more effective way to treat the patients she was seeing. So, she undertook some further training and became an integrative GP – a much more holistic and thorough way of treating patients.

Dr Shami now focuses on searching for the root cause of illness, rather than slapping a bandaid over the symptoms.

I started working with Dr Shami earlier this year after another doctor diagnosed me with chronic fatigue and honestly she changed my life.

Connect with Dr Shami:

Website - www.usawa.com.au

As always, you can connect with me here.

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After some blood tests, Bryony was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkins lymphoma at the age of just 31. From that moment her entire life was upended. Never to be the same again.

It’s been a long four years but Bryony, thankfully, has made a full recovery.

But of course, she learned a hell of a lot during the process and thankfully for us, she’s penned the go to guide when it comes to how to get through your world turning upside down.

It’s called Life is Tough But So Are You… and it’s brilliant.

I can’t begin to explain how much I enjoyed every minute of listening to Briony speak - have a listen because I know you will too - 

Connect with Bryony: @briony_benjamin

Buy her book here.

As always, you can connect with me here.

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The first - when they came out as gay to their deeply religious family as a teen.

The second, when they came out for a second time as non-binary, just last year.

Each time, a major period of upheaval and readjustment. Some very dark moments, then, a new path forward, emboldened by Deni’s commitment to always be true to themselves. 

Now, Deni is at the helm of a movement for inclusivity... paving a path of belonging as the role model they needed not too long ago.

This chat truly nourished my soul - I was on a high for the rest of the day, I think everyone can take away something unique from this conversation. I hope you love it too.

*TRIGGER WARNING - this episode discusses suicidal ideation. 24 hour help is available on Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Connect with Deni: @stylebydeni

As always, you can connect with me here.

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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. This is the juiciest Juice episode yet and we think you'll love it.

In this episode we discuss:

• People pleasing
• What we've sacrificed for love in the past
• Toxic behaviour we rationalise and sometimes also kind of like
• Way too much about earthquakes if I'm perfectly honest
• We kind of lose it in the second half of this so good luck listeners!

Moni recommends:

Watching Transhood on Foxtel in Aus and Neon in NZ

Elizabeth recommends:

Reading Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile & @lemonadethepodcast

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Every fortnight on a 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 Steph Woodhouse - a physiotherapist and lymphatic treatment specialist.

I have been seeing Steph for the last 6 or so months for lymphatic treatment. She really has changed my life by helping my body release stress, tension and trauma.

In this chat, we discuss:

• What exactly lymphatic treatment is
• How lymphatic treatment can support physical and emotional health by clearing stress, tension and trauma
• Steph's extraordinary healing journey, which includes brain surgery three years ago
• Striving to think outside the box when it comes to helping people heal

Connect with Steph:

Instagram - @stephs.perspective

Website - www.expansivehealth.com.au

As always, you can connect with me here.

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But what you may not know is the effervescent Maddy has been on quite the journey in her lifetime. At the age of 8 she developed an eating disorder, by the age of 16 she was hospitalised. Doctors feared for her life because she was so unwell.

Maddy is now 32. It’s taken many, many years in recovery to get to the point she’s at today and she’s thriving,

Maddy just released a children’s book called "When Anna Came To Stay" – aimed at that vulnerable 5-12 year old age group to encourage body positivity and help young children identify disordered eating habits.

Now, just a note, there were a few technical glitches thanks to the joys of recording online through lockdown. I hope they don’t distract too much from Maddy's beautifully contagious energy.

*TRIGGER WARNING - this episode discusses eating disorders. 24 hour help is available through the Butterfly Foundation on 1800 33 4673 or LIFELINE on 13 11 14.*

Connect with Maddy:

Instagram - @maddytyers

As always, you can connect with me here.

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Lily was diagnosed with an incurable and terminal brain condition called Miller Dieker Syndrome - she spent 10 and a half meaningful and loving months with her parents before she took her final breath. That was five years ago.

In the time since, Priyanka and Will have established the Lily Calvert Foundation to support children with terminal illnesses.

They’ve also launched The Murmuring of Ten Million - which features first hand accounts of pregnancy and infant loss.

I assure you, despite the heavy subject matter, Priyanka speaks with such positivity, her resilience is so inspiring, no matter what you are experiencing right now, I trust you’ll finish the episode feeling like the world is a better place with people like Priyanka in it.

Now, just a note, there were a few technical glitches thanks to the joys of recording online through lockdown.

*Trigger warning - this episode discusses infant loss. 24 hour help is available through SANDS on 1300 072 637 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.*

Connect with Priyanka:

Instagram - @the_lilyflower

Website (where you can buy her books!) - www.priyankasaha.com.au

As always, you can connect with me here.

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Every fortnight on a 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 Katherine Hay - a clinical nutritionist and founder of Kaptured Nutrition.

She’s a mum of one, now based on the Gold Coast, and she supports people with a myriad of health issues all over the country. Her speciality is gut, fertility and women’s health. 

Katherine has extensively supported me in my healing journey and I have to say she’s a genius.

In this chat, we discuss:

• Why gut and mental health is intertwined
• How stress and emotional turmoil impacts our gut
• Why periods are a window into our overall health
• The many ways you can support your gut health regardless of your budget

Connect with Katherine:

Instagram - @katherine_hay_nutritionist

Website - www.kapturednutrition.com.au

As always, you can connect with me here.

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She's a writer, podcast host, former food journalist, yoga teacher and published author of Make it Happen and Higher Love – the go-to-guide when it comes to love and relationships.

So much of what Jordanna said during our chat landed for me, literally forcing me to stop and process the truth bomb she’d just dropped.

We discuss why limiting beliefs are holding us back, how it can be really hard to understand the lessons when you are in the midst of emotional turmoil, how earlier in the year she lost faith in the universe and everything she believed in and the many practical things we can all do to raise our personal vibration to manifest the life of your dreams. It doesn’t involve dancing around a fire, but by all means go ahead if that feels right!

Connect with Jordanna:

Instagram - @jordannalevin

Website (where you can buy her books!) - www.jordannalevin.com

As always, you can connect with me here.

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Every fortnight on a 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!?

I couldn’t think of anyone better to kickstart this miniseries than an interview with the divine Dr Sarah Jane Perri – network spinal chiropractor, trauma specialist, qualified psychologist and a yoga and meditation teacher.

Sarah Jane practices out of her Melbourne clinic En Lighten Chiro. We chat about this form of therapy, why trauma and emotional stress is stored within the body, how gentle chiropractic work helps to process and release trauma, the profound impact her work is having on clients and how body work complements talk therapy.

** Just a note, the content provided in A Lemon A Day is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the health advice of your GP. **

Connect with Sarah Jane:

Instagram - @en_light_n_drsarahjanechiro

Website - www.drsarahjanechiro.com

As always, you can connect with me here.

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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. This is the juiciest Juice episode yet and we think you'll love 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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile & @lemonadethepodcast

    •    If you enjoyed this chat, why not share it on your social media and tag me and Moni!? We'd be so grateful!

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Hellooooooo! I have missed you all so much. How have you been!? What's the goss!? What's the 4-1-1!?

I am so thrilled to be back in your earphones! It's been a long time coming after a particularly long and unplanned hiatus.

So, where have I been? What have I been doing? Why has it been so long since my last episode?

In my first episode back, I answer all of those questions more!

For season two, it's my commitment to be as honest, transparent and candid with you all as I possibly can be. This inspired me to jump behind the mic and chat to you all about the wild ride I've been on since we last spoke, mostly mostly dominated by a health crisis I haven't spoken about before.

There is so much strength, healing and power in vulnerability and I hope in sharing my journey I am helping one of you.

It's a joy to be producing episodes again - looking forward to creating some magic with you all this year.

• The integrative doctor I mentioned is Dr Shami.
• As always, you can connect with me here
• Did you know Lemonade has its own Instagram!? Follow here!
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For the final Lemonade episode of 2020, Monique and Elizabeth take a look back at the year that was and list their top 20 lessons of 2020... and what a bloody year it was!

Moni recommends: The Crown/The Hidden Life of Trees

Elizabeth recommends: The Undoing/Shameless' In Conversation with Rupi Kaur/Higher Love with Jordanna Levin

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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

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Thank you all of your support over the last year, it's so appreciated. Have a very happy and safe new year and see you in 2021!

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I’ve known Khanh for a little over a decade, and in that time I’ve watched him flourish from a fresh-faced 19 year old to now an incredible cook, television personality, author, restaurant owner and a staunch advocate for the LGBTQI+ community. 

But life hasn’t always been easy, despite what his glittering Instagram aesthetic and infectious smile will have you believe.

Born in a refugee camp in Indonesia, encountering racism and bullying when settling in Australia, realising he was gay and coming out to the world, the untimely death of his father to liver cancer and his subsequent mental breakdown – Khanh’s story is testament to the fact life can throw you many, many lemons but it’s what you do with them that ultimately shape who you are as a person.

This is honestly one of favourite Lemonade episodes – partly because it’s unlike any other I’ve done and if you’re an avid listener, you’ll know what I mean as soon as it begins!

It’s free-flowing and hilarious but also gets really deep and profound in parts - just like my friendship with Khanh, really!

This is part two of my conversation with Khanh. If you haven't listened to part 1 yet, do that first so that this one makes a whole lot more sense.

A content warning with this one if you’ve got little ears around.

• Follow Khanh here
• As always, you can connect with me here
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I’ve known Khanh for a little over a decade, and in that time I’ve watched him flourish from a fresh-faced 19 year old to now an incredible cook, television personality, author, restaurant owner and a staunch advocate for the LGBTQI+ community. 

But life hasn’t always been easy, despite what his glittering Instagram aesthetic and infectious smile will have you believe.

Born in a refugee camp in Indonesia, encountering racism and bullying when settling in Australia, realising he was gay and coming out to the world, the untimely death of his father to liver cancer and his subsequent mental breakdown… Khanh’s story is testament to the fact life can throw you many, many lemons… but it’s what you do with them that ultimately shape who you are as a person.This is honestly one of favourite Lemonade episodes – partly because it’s unlike any other I’ve done and if you’re an avid listener, you’ll know what I mean as soon as it begins!

It’s free-flowing and hilarious but also gets really deep and profound in parts - just like my friendship with Khanh, really!

I’ve split this into two eps – part 2 will drop on Wednesday.

A content warning with this one if you’ve got little ears around.

• Follow Khanh here
• As always, you can connect with me here
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Her brother Harley, who she was extremely close with, had been killed along with his passenger in a horrific car accident.

And just to make everything worse, it was all over the news, social media and the papers. 

His final moments were inescapable, beamed everywhere, with the media desperate for a grab about the single worst moment in Ash and her family’s life.

For the first time, Ash opens up about how she put one foot in front of the other in the months following Harley’s death, the relentlessness of the media, court, and everything that followed, grieving her brother and the future he now won’t have, why siblings are the forgotten mourners, writing as an outlet for grief and how she’s found her purpose in helping others through volunteering her time with a service to support grieving siblings.

Thank you Ash for so bravely sharing your story with so much heart and vulnerability.

A trigger warning – we discuss suicide.

• Follow Ash's page Life After Harley here, you can find out more about the bereaved sibling support service here
• As always, you can connect with me here
• 24 hour support is available through Lifeline on 13 11 14
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So, she began to hate her body. She wanted to be smaller. Thinner. Shorter. She wanted to fit in with the other girls. She didn’t want to stand out. And she certainly didn’t want another person to comment on how much bigger or taller she was since the last time they saw her.

Enter years of fad diets, yo-yo weight fluctuations, restrictive eating and that lie we all tell ourselves. I’ll be happy when... I lose that last 5 kilos. 

Until one day… she realised no matter how many calories she counted… this was her body. For life. So, she flipped her mindset, and decided to embrace who she is and what she looks like and love it for all that it is.

She’s written a children’s book – Love Your Body – full of the kind of information and body positivity she needed to hear when she was young.

Jess followed it up with two more books, Me Time and a follow up to Love Your Body for boys called Be Your Own man. I’ve read it to my son – and it’s a game changer.

This is such a vital listen for mums or mums to be, or anyone who has struggled with dieting.

We chat teaching children resilience and gratitude, role modelling body positive talk, equipping kids with tools to encourage positive mental health and bringing young boys into the conversation about self care and self love.

• Follow Jess here, check out her website here where you can buy her incredible books - a great Chrissy present!
• As always, you can connect with me here
• If you’re enjoying this podcast, I’d be so appreciative if you could leave a review, hit five stars, subscribe, share it on your social media and tag us!

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In this bumper episode, we answer questions from listeners and bring our own experiences from the last 6 weeks to the table. Yep, we're discussing whether there are in fact any eligible men left on this earth, self worth, breaking up with a friend, what surrendering actually means and how to navigate festive stress.

Moni recommends: Tao Te Ching/Joe Rogan/Schitts Creek

Elizabeth recommends: All Our Shimmering Skies/The Crown

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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

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Enjoy!

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Then, one day, she was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer. 

After an intense period of treatment, she beat the cancer.

But while her body had won the fight, her mind was a mess.

Mim developed PTSD. She was traumatised that at any moment something could go wrong, She could get sick again and she’d be taken away her away from her children forever.

So she turned to alcohol. It was how she numbed out the anxiety, the stress, the uncertainty.

But what felt good at the start, eventually became a serious addiction. It was another fight she had to win for the sake of her health, her kids and her marriage.

Mim is now sober, she’s five years free of cancer and she’s never been happier or healthier.

She’s a written a book about her experience called Less Wine, More Time.

• Follow Mim here, check out website here and her book Less Wine More Time.
• As always, you can connect with me here
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You may or may not also know, she has endometriosis, it’s something she’s lived with since she was a teenager. Except, she didn’t know it.

In fact, she was told a number of times her extremely painful periods were nothing to worry about and that others have it way worse.

After five years of painstakingly searching for answers, she was finally diagnosed with stage 4 endo two years ago.

It’s been quite the journey - and one that is way too familiar for anyone living with the condition.

So, Bridget started EndoGram - an Instagram account to encourage conversations about endometriosis, raise awareness about the condition, and hopefully reduce the time it takes for a woman to be diagnosed – which is around 6.5 years on average.

Around 1 in 9 women have endo – that’s 830 thousand Australians – made up of our mums, sisters, friends, perhaps even you. 

I adored this hilarious yet insightful chat with Bridget and I learnt a lot - I hope you enjoy it too.

• Follow Bridget here and check out EndoGram
• As always, you can connect with me here
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It's my humble little poddy's first birthday – I can't believe it! Where does the time go? They grow up so fast!

For this very, very special episode, I've trawled the archives to take a trip down memory lane with you all. I've picked out powerful snippets from eight episodes over the last year - think of this ep like Lemonade's Greatest Hits.

It kind of felt like picking my favourite child, it was actually really tough, there are so many others I wish I had the time to feature as well and mum's already weighed in with who she reckons should've made the cut. But unless you've got hours spare (ok, if you're in Melbourne you prob do), I am so proud of the conversations I'm sharing in this anniversary ep and I hope you enjoy revisiting some of the listener's favourites over the year.

I then finish the episode with a supercut of every guest I've ever had answering the same question - it gives me allllll the tingles listening to it, I hope you find it just as inspiring, particularly if you're going through a rough time

Thank you so much for all of your support over the last year, I couldn't be more appreciative for every download, every review, every DM, every social media share. From the bottom of my heart – thank you! It means everything to me knowing this podcast is helping people.

If you'd like to give Lemonade the best birthday gift of all, please leave a review/hit five stars/share it on your social media, it'll help boost the podcast, and will mean more people listen to the words of my incredible guests.

• As usual, you can find me: @elizabethanile
• Connect with Mel Greig, Georgia Love, Kate Malvenan, Sarah Jane Young, Khadija Gbla, Erika Cramer, Jo Betz and Hugh van Cuylenberg

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In this ep, we chat all about what it means to feel triggered and bringing awareness to our triggers so we can heal them.

We also discuss how past traumas are impacting your relationships now, codependency, giving and taking in relationships and what successful relationships have in common, then we finish with a chat about how the pursuit of balance is causing more stress and why it isn't a realistic goal.

Moni recommends: The Body Keeps the Score/Emily in Paris

Elizabeth recommends: All Our Shimmering Skies/Bunga Bunga/Emily in Paris

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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

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Enjoy!

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He reckons it’s only once blokes feel comfortable opening up and expressing themselves, we can cultivate generational change.

But it’s been quite the journey for Blake to reach this point in his life.

He endured a traumatic childhood, where he says he rarely, if ever, felt safe.

Then there was a tumultuous 18 month period where he lost everything. And I mean everything – his job. His money. His girlfriend. His car. His house. Even his health.

But Blake wouldn’t change any of it for the world – because it was only once he was stripped of everything he valued – he was able to step into his true purpose.

And that’s MoMENtum, a movement aiming to empower men to improve the quality of their lives.

There were so many lightbulb moments in this chat for me to understand how I, as a woman, can better understand and support the men in my life and raise my son to feel safe and supported to embrace his authentic self.

A language warning with this one if you've got little ears around.

Also, Blake was in beautiful Byron Bay for this interview so you'll likely hear the birds singing their hearts out in the background. It was a nice touch for me in dreary Melbourne!

• Follow Blake here, check out moMENtum here.
• As always, you can connect with me here
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They go to all the cool parties. They wear the best clothes. They get sent everything for free and somehow manage to get a table at that restaurant that’s always too full for your booking. It must be so easy. Right?

You probably know Tully Smyth as an influencer and former Big Brother housemate. You’d be forgiven for assuming her real life is just as sparkling as her Instagram feed.

But as Tully says, behind closed doors, it’s a very different story.

Just over a year ago, Tully’s mother passed away after a torturous 23 year battle with early-onset dementia. 

Tully described the entire experience - from diagnosis to her eventual death - as a living nightmare. 

She gives us a really candid, honest and raw insight into how this insidious disease devastated her family. But she also opens up about what it taught her, how it changed her, why adversity is our biggest teacher, and why she’s passionate about raising awareness so no other family experiences a similar torment.

Tully's story is a testament to the saying that we should never, ever judge a book by its cover because we really have no idea what’s happening behind the scenes.

This is the second instalment of my two-part chat with Tully.

If you haven’t listened to part 1, do that first so it all makes sense, then come back and join us here.

• Follow Tully here and check out her podcast Too Much Tully
• As always, you can connect with me here
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They go to all the cool parties. They wear the best clothes. They get sent everything for free and somehow manage to get a table at that restaurant that’s always too full for your booking. It must be so easy. Right?

You probably know Tully Smyth as an influencer and former Big Brother housemate. You’d be forgiven for assuming her real life is just as sparkling as her Instagram feed.

But as Tully says, behind closed doors, it’s a very different story.

Just over a year ago, Tully’s mother passed away after a torturous 23 year battle with early-onset dementia. 

Tully described the entire experience - from diagnosis to her eventual death - as a living nightmare. 

She gives us a really candid, honest and raw insight into how this insidious disease devastated her family. But she also opens up about what it taught her, how it changed her, why adversity is our biggest teacher, and why she’s passionate about raising awareness so no other family experiences a similar torment.

Tully's story is a testament to the saying that we should never, ever judge a book by its cover because we really have no idea what’s happening behind the scenes.

I’ve broken this chat up into two parts - it was far too powerful and vulnerable to cut anything out - part 2 will be released next week.

• Follow Tully here and check out her podcast Too Much Tully
• As always, you can connect with me here
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In this episode we chat all about how embracing our humanity or our "humanness" is the key to balance, why craving connection and a relationship isn't a sign you are lacking or you need to love yourself more and we get all fired up about the bullshit pressure on new mums to bounce back after a baby both physically and emotionally!

We also chat tarot cards and oils over ceremonial cacao because we're sooo 2020 it hurts.

Moni recommends:

Listen - Ram Dass Here and Now

Read - A Course in Miracles

Watch - Unwell on Netflix

Elizabeth recommends:

Listen - Johann Hari on The Imperfects

Watch - Unwell on Netflix

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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

    •    If you enjoyed this chat, check our our first The Juice episode here where we chat love, relationships and self worth, this one here where we discuss flirting with sobriety and mindfulness for kids, our ep about redesigning the future we want in a post-covid world here and the latest one about soul mates v twin flames, outgrowing relationships and trusting your inner knowing here and the last Juice ep about the ego and our higher self and the dark night of the soul here.

    •    If you can share this chat on your social media and tag me and Moni, I'd be so grateful!

    •    Also, if you've got a sec to leave a review, hit five stars, and subscribe, it'll help boost the podcast and therefore reach people who perhaps really need Lemonade.

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After what she describes as a turbulent childhood, she aced school and dived head first into the corporate world.

But a few years in, her physical and mental health was suffering. Big time.

She became so unwell, she needed to take a short nap every afternoon at work just to get through the day. What happened next can only be described as serendipity.

Made redundant from her job, she decided to try her hand at wellness coaching to help others live in alignment.

Before long, she’d transitioned into intuitive readings and had a waitlist of women desperate to work with her.

Cut to now and Hollie is a writer, podcast host, public speaker, model and a positive body image advocate.

Her days are spent helping women evolve into the very best versions of themselves.

Hollie shares some incredible insight in this feel-good chat that will leave you feeling empowered, inspired and confident to charge ahead with a life on your own terms.

• Follow Hollie here, check out her website and work with her here, have a listen to Hollie on The Middle podcast here
• As always, you can connect with me here
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Hugh is the author of The Resilience Project, which, firstly, if you haven't read it – what have you been doing!? And secondly, read it ASAP – if not sooner!

It's one of those books that once you read it, the lens you view the world through profoundly changes.

Hugh was a primary school teacher when the course of his life changed forever during a volunteering trip in a remote town in northern India.

It was here, teaching at the local school, with no running water, electricity or beds, he cracked the code of happiness.

It wasn't found in the things we own, the cars we drive or the way we look. Happiness is cultivated through gratitude, empathy and mindfulness or what Hugh calls GEM.

When he returned he created an evidence-based curriculum for schools called The Resilience Project founded on these very principles to tackle Australia's escalating rates of mental illness.

A decade later, The Resilience Project has reached more than a million Australians from schools, sporting clubs and businesses across the country.

In this chat we discuss: the silver linings of lockdown, the impact his little sister's battle with anorexia nervosa had on his family, how that experience led him to where he is today, why it takes time to glean the learnings from adversity, the GEM principles he lives his life by, why The Resilience Project has had such an impact and why school children will always be the program's focus, as well as some practical tips parents can implement to teach our children resilience.

• Follow Hugh here, get your hands on a copy of The Resilience Project here and check out Hugh's podcast The Imperfects here
• As always, you can connect with me here
• If you’re enjoying this podcast, I’d be so appreciative if you could leave a review, hit five stars, subscribe, this helps boost Lemonade in the rankings and will hopefully mean more people will find this content who perhaps really need it.

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But she doesn't dress in black. She isn't angry at the world. And she doesn't collect cats.

Instead, she's a mum to her 7 year old daughter Heidi, a marriage celebrant and perhaps one of the most optimistic, loving and wholehearted people I've had to pleasure of meeting.

Jo lost her husband Craig suddenly to an asthma attack in the early hours of the night almost three years ago.

Her entire world was upended and shaken until almost unrecognisable in the space of a few hours.

In the time since, Jo's relationship with grief has changed and transformed. At first, she lamented it, ignored it, cried through it.

She thought she could tick through the five stages of grieving as if it was a to-do list, and once complete, she'd be free from its clutches forever.

But eventually, Jo realised grief wasn't going anywhere, so she decided to welcome it in and accept it as part of her soul, profoundly impacting her healing journey in the process.

Jo has just released Grief, a guided journal. It's the kind of book Jo would've loved when she was first navigating the grips of grief and it's already changing people's lives.

• Follow Jo here
• Get your hands on a copy of Grief here
• Connect with me here
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For this very special milestone, we chat ego. What is it? Why do we have one? What does it look like when we are at the mercy of our ego? Should it be destroyed?

What about our higher self? Why is it beneficial to tune into the guidance of our higher self? What can we learn from it?

We then dissect the dark night of the soul – what triggers one? Why can they be so painful? How do we support ourselves through one? And of course, what can we learn from one and how will it change us?

We also chat tarot cards and oils over ceremonial cacao because we're sooo 2020 it hurts.

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The author of nine books, she’s passionate about inspiring us to take care of our health so we can live our best lives.

Lola is also a yoga teacher, podcast host, she studies acting full time, oh, and recently she founded Lola Coffee, instant coffee infused with medicinal mushrooms. I can barely keep up.

But it hasn’t been an easy journey, battling disordered eating in her 20s, as well as weathering through a ferocious social media storm that almost ended her career. 

Lola gets candid about embracing failure, why women have an unhealthy relationship with food, self love and self worth, dating narcissists, the fickle world of fame and social media, why she swears by therapy and why it’s essential every one of us find our purpose. 

You will probably be able to tell while listening to this interview, but I loved my chat with Lola, I hope you enjoy it too.

• You can follow Lola here
• Check out her podcast Fearlessly Failing here and get your hands on a copy of her books here
• Connect with me: @elizabethanile
• Lemonade has its own Instagram account chock-a-block full of self love inspo - follow here!
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Why has this happened to me?

Will I ever stop comparing my child to typical children?

How will my relationship survive?

Will I be able to work again?

Should I have another baby?

And the big one: What will my future look like?

It’s also the internal dialogue that prompted her to reach out to other parents with children with disabilities.

She wanted to hear from those with lived experience about how to navigate this new life, and ultimately seek the reassurance she was craving that one day, it will all be okay.

But what Melanie learnt through these conversations, combined with her own experience parenting her beautiful baby boy, was that life was going to be better than okay. Her little family was about to embark on a life, and a love, better than she could ever have imagined.

These interviews culminated in a book, Special, a beautifully uplifting, relatable and honest roadmap for other parents in the early stages of learning the ropes of raising a child with a disability. 

It’s an incredible read - and one that’s changed the course for so many parents of children with all abilities. There is so much I learnt in this chat, I hope you feel as enriched by it as I did.

• You can follow Melanie here
• Get your hands on a copy of Special
• Connect with me: @elizabethanile
• Lemonade now has its own Instagram account chock-a-block full of self love inspo - follow here!
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Immersed in grief, he decided the least he could do was try and keep Ty’s name alive, so, he traced a simple drawing of a pair of shorts, as his little brother was always dressed in footy shorts, along with the words speak up, stay chatty with the TY at the end of 'chatty' capitalised.

Mitch had no idea this simple sketch would be the catalyst for the creation of one of the most acclaimed suicide prevention and mental health promotion programs in the country.

This is an incredible story of vulnerability, strength and the undying love of one man for his little brother, a young life gone far too soon. 

More than 3000 Australians take their life every year, 75% of those male. 

Heartbreakingly, suicide is the leading cause of death for people aged between 15 and 44, that's why movements like Stay Chatty are so vitally important. Mitch's work has saved lives.

In this chat, Mitch and I discuss: his new role as a father to his beautiful little daughter, the impact losing his brother has had on how he'll raise her, how we should be raising young men in today's world by teaching them to be vulnerable, Speak Up Stay Chatty's humble beginnings and how it's grown to what it is today.

A trigger warning - this conversation addresses suicide. 

If you, or anyone you know needs help, 24 hour crisis support is available through Lifeline on 13 11 14.

• You can follow Mitch here and Speak Up Stay Chatty here, and check out their website here.
• Take a look at Mitch's autobiography "Behind the Smile" here.
• Get in touch with me: @elizabethanile
• Lemonade now has its own Instagram account chock-a-block full of self love inspo - follow here!
• Your support of Lemonade helps it grow and allows me to spend time finding awesome guests to share with you. Clicking subscribe, hitting 5 stars, leaving a review, sharing it with your friends on social media or via word of mouth, it all really helps! I so appreciate anything you have time for.

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In this episode we chat about the different attachment styles and how it's influencing your relationships, we discuss whether cheating is ever okay and how an affair can actually be an extraordinary opportunity for growth, whether the relationship stays together or not, we unpack ghosting - what is it? Why does it hurt so much when we are ghosted by someone we may not even like? Is it a sign of the times in this app-centric dating era? We also chat tarot cards and oils over ceremonial cacao because we're sooo 2020 it hurts.

Moni recommends:

Listen - How to be an anti-racist

Read - Attached by Amir Levine

Watch - The Dark on Netflix

Elizabeth recommends:

Listen - Dying For Sex

Read - Where the Crawdads Sing

Watch - The Great on Stan

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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

    •    If you enjoyed this chat, check our our first The Juice episode here where we chat love, relationships and self worth, this one here where we discuss flirting with sobriety and mindfulness for kids, our ep about redesigning the future we want in a post-covid world here and the latest one about soul mates v twin flames, outgrowing relationships and trusting your inner knowing here.

    •    If you can share this chat on your social media and tag me and Moni, I'd be so grateful!

    •    Also, if you've got a sec to leave a review, hit five stars, and subscribe, it'll help boost the podcast and therefore reach people who perhaps really need Lemonade.

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She spent the next three weeks in a coma, two months on life support, and over the course of a year in hospital had pneumonia, two heart attacks, seizures, open-heart surgery, had to have one leg and all of her toes and nine fingertips amputated, a total hip replacement and died twice.

Her family was told they’d likely have to turn off her life support but something incredible happened. Lisa’s brain started to recharge, regenerating every single cell in her body. The mammoth toll this all took on her body has impacted her speech and memory, left her 25% blind and epileptic with osteoarthritis in almost every joint. She had to relearn to do everything; feed herself, dress herself, speak, write, all of the things we take for granted every day.

But, despite all of this, Lisa refused to let life defeat her. Instead, she saw it an opportunity to start over, to rebuild her life from the ground up, a chance to use her story to inspire others to dig deep when life throws you lemons, to live life on your own terms.

She’s now a public speaker, author, disability advocate, model and all round one of the most inspiring humans I’ve ever met.

• You can follow Lisa here.
• Get in touch with me: @elizabethanile
• Lemonade now has its own Instagram account chock-a-block full of self love inspo - follow here!
• Your support of Lemonade helps it grow and allows me to spend time finding awesome guests to share with you. Clicking subscribe, hitting 5 stars, leaving a review, sharing it with your friends on social media or via word of mouth, it all really helps! I so appreciate anything you have time for.

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This week I'm chatting the power of positive affirmations and the role they play in re-programming our thoughts.

Just a note - this isn't woo woo stuff - it's backed by extensive research that proves affirmations can be super powerful if practiced correctly.

I discuss:

• The profound impact reciting affirmations has had on my life
• Why it's important to personalise affirmations so they resonate with you
• The impact they can have on your life and the way you think and feel about yourself
• How they can interrupt negative self talk and rewire your thought patterns
• How to incorporate them into a daily self-care practice
• Why positive affirmations are helpful for children too
• Using them to call in what you're seeking
• Some examples of affirmations you can use in your practice

Connect with me @elizabethanile

Lemonade now has its own Instagram account chock-a-block full of self love inspo - follow here!

Your support of Lemonade helps it grow and allows me to spend time finding awesome guests to share with you. Clicking subscribe, hitting 5 stars, leaving a review, sharing it with your friends via social media, it all really helps! I so appreciate anything you have time for.

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Suffering with severe depression, crippling anxiety and an eating disorder following a physically and emotionally abusive relationship, she felt she had nothing to live for.

That was until she fell pregnant with her daughter Madi, then a couple of years later, gave birth to her son Max.

Lauren credits her children with saving her - giving her a reason to not only survive, but thrive, even when she found herself as a single mum not long after Max was born. 

She’s now a highly-sought after personal trainer, a hugely successful blogger, public speaker, mental health advocate and she’s madly in love with her childhood friend Chris - recently announcing their pregnancy - and it’s a boy!

Lauren has gathered a massive and loyal following thanks to her candid insight into motherhood, her vulnerability in sharing her mental health struggles, and her vibrant optimism which helps women everywhere feel less alone.

In this chat we discuss:

• The relationship that changed the course of her life.
• Her subsequent mental health struggles
• How her children saved her.
• Becoming a single mum.
• Turning her pain into purpose.
• Reconnecting with the love of her life.
• And of course, how her pregnancy is going!

Enjoy!

• You can follow Lauren - @___laurenkate
• Check out her blog: Mad Max Mum
• Get in touch with me: @elizabethanile
• Lemonade now has its own Instagram account chock-a-block full of self love inspo - follow here!
• Your support of Lemonade helps it grow and allows me to spend time finding awesome guests to share with you. Clicking subscribe, hitting 5 stars, leaving a review, sharing it with your friends on social media or via word of mouth, it all really helps! I so appreciate anything you have time for.

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In this week's ep I chat about why we should never settle for anything less than we deserve in every area of our life.

I discuss the reasons we could be settling, why it's important to delve into the why behind thinking we don't deserve any better, I ask you to challenge the patriarchal bullshit that has us believing we as women are the problem because we're too picky and therefore should lower our standards, what happens when we accept mediocrity as the benchmark of which we live our life, I tell my own stories of settling and how that impacted me, the role self worth plays in settling, and I also pass on some practical advice to help you work out if you're accepting less than you deserve.

I'm pretty passionate about this one because I have so many women messaging me who are so sick and tired of being alone, they're desperate to settle for the next thing that comes along that's "good enough" and it always makes me so sad.

We are all worthy of a life that fills us with heart-expanding joy, alignment, love and purpose and anything less than that will sentence our soul to suffer a slow death. Not to bum you out, or anything...

• Connect with me @elizabethanile
• Lemonade now has its own Instagram account chock-a-block full of self love inspo - follow here!
• Your support of Lemonade helps it grow and allows me to spend time finding awesome guests to share with you. Clicking subscribe, hitting 5 stars, leaving a review, sharing it with your friends via social media, it all really helps! I so appreciate anything you have time for.

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But you might not know behind closed doors, Takaya and his family are fighting a very real battle.

For the last decade, he has watched his mum Rhonda slip away after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at the age of just 52.

In this very honest chat, Takaya discusses what it’s like to grieve someone still alive along with the unique position his public platform has given him to support the families of the almost half a million Australians living with dementia, 30 thousand of those diagnosed with early-onset.

He also chats about what the experience has taught him and the way he’ll always remember his beautiful mum.

Takaya is a pillar of strength and resolve and I’ve no doubt you’ll be just as touched by the thoughtful and compassionate way he shares his story as I was.

• Follow Takaya - @takayah
• Seek support from Dementia Australia on 1800 100 500
• Connect with me @elizabethanile
• Lemonade now has its own Instagram account chock-a-block full of self love inspo - follow here!
• Your support of Lemonade helps it grow and allows me to spend time finding awesome guests to share with you. Clicking subscribe, hitting 5 stars, leaving a review, sharing it with your friends via social media or word of mouth, it all really helps! So I appreciate anything you have time for.

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You know the whole your vibe attracts your tribe? Well, yeah, it's not just a cliche, it's actually true. The frequency you're vibrating at determines who and what you are attracting into your life. Like attracts like. Energy attracts energy. We're all just magnets, really.

So if you want more love, joy, abundance, prosperity and success, you have to embody it. You have to rise to that vibration to call it in.

How exactly do I do that!? I hear you ask.

Well, wonder no more! I share the top 10 tips to raise your vibration so you can call in the life you deserve.

Enjoy!

• Connect with me @elizabethanile
• Lemonade now has its own Instagram account chock-a-block full of self love inspo - follow here!
• Your support of Lemonade helps it grow and allows me to spend time finding awesome guests to share with you. Clicking subscribe, hitting 5 stars, leaving a review, sharing it with your friends via social media, it all really helps! I so appreciate anything you have time for.

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In this episode (which might be my favourite episode of The Juice yet!) we define and discuss the difference between soul mates and twin flames, what happens when you outgrow friends, family members or even relationships, why controlling the ones you love isn't love and the patriarchal indoctrination bullshit that makes us believe we have to settle for anything less than we deserve. We also chat tarot cards and full moons over ceremonial cacao because we're sooo 2020 it hurts.

Moni recommends:

Listen - My Lemonade episodes with Khadija Gbla. Part 1 & Part 2.

Read - The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Watch - Normal People

Elizabeth recommends:

Listen - Anything Russell Brand! In particular his chats with Byron Katie, Gabor Mate and Brene Brown.

Read - Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Watch - Normal People

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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

    •    If you enjoyed this chat, check our our first The Juice episode here where we chat love, relationships and self worth, this one here where we discuss flirting with sobriety and mindfulness for kids and the last ep here about redesigning the future we want in a post-covid world.

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If I had a dollar for every time a listener has asked when my tarot card reader/mum will be back on the podcast, well, I'd have quite a few dollars.

Good news – today's your lucky day!

Adele Rose Tarot & I chat:

• What the scorpio full moon means and how to honour it with a ritual
• What happens when venus goes retrograde
• Gemini vibes are in the air for the month of May
• Adele Rose pulls a tarot card for each star sign to forecast the month ahead

Follow @adele_rose_tarot - she's available for readings and she's bloody good!

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Seriously, I am so honoured she agreed to be on my podcast to share her incredible story, wisdom and message.

Khadijah is a fearless anti-FGM campaigner, working tirelessly to educate doctors, police and the community about the practice. It's estimated more than 200 million girls and women around the world have been cut and yep, it's happening here in Australia too.

She co-founded The Desert Flower Centre, the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific region, specialising in providing medical care and reconstructive surgery for women impacted by FGM.

She also runs a cultural consultancy agency, working with huge companies and brands to implement policy on domestic and family violence, child protection, racism, human rights, refugees and cultural diversity.

Khadija’s Ted X talk on her experience has had close to 2 million views.

She’s also won a bunch of awards for her tireless work and somehow she also finds the time to be a single mum to her 5 year old son.

Now this is part two of our chat, so if you haven’t listened to part one I suggest you head to that first as it sets up Khadija’s childhood.

In this episode we discuss:

• The difference forms of FGM in Australia
• Feminism
• What propels her to keep going 
• The impact her work has had preventing other girls from being cut
• The Desert Flower Centre 
• Being told she was infertile then falling pregnant with her son
• Single motherhood
• Juggling work and being a mum
• Her powerful message to listeners who’ve experienced adversity 

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For this week's episode, I discuss patterns, using my own example of something that happened to me recently where I watched my old-programmed patterning play out in front of my eyes.

We all have a programmed set of beliefs and responses, shaped by conditioning, traumas, past experiences. The question is whether they are useful or are they holding you back from reaching your potential? Have you outgrown what once served you? Are you ready to be released from their grip hold and usher in a new way of thinking, responding and therefore living?

I chat about what patterns are, where they come from, their purpose, how they can keep us trapped, getting curious about our individual programming, tapping into our higher self/inner knowing, a useful mantra and strategies to become aware of your patterning and let them go.

With all this kind of stuff, I'm no professional, I'm just sharing my experience in the hope it'll be helpful for you too. So please, consult a therapist if you've got questions or need some assistance. Help is ALWAYS at hand.

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Seriously, I am so honoured she agreed to be on my podcast to share her incredible story, wisdom and message.

Khadijah is a fearless anti-FGM campaigner, working tirelessly to educate doctors, police and the community about the practice. It's estimated more than 200 million girls and women around the world have been cut and yep, it's happening here in Australia too.

She co-founded The Desert Flower Centre, the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific region, specialising in providing medical care and reconstructive surgery for women impacted by FGM.

She also runs a cultural consultancy agency, working with huge companies and brands to implement policy on domestic and family violence, child protection, racism, human rights, refugees and cultural diversity.

Khadija’s Ted X talk on her experience has had close to 2 million views.

She’s also won a bunch of awards for her tireless work and somehow she also finds the time to be a single mum to her 5 year old son.

I’ve split my interview into two parts. This episode will delve into Khadijah’s story from her early years to finding out she was an FGM survivor. 

We also discuss:

How she's surviving isolation, why it's so crucial to take care of our mental health, the role therapy has played in her life, the horrendous racism she's experienced, how and why she forgave her mum.

Part 2 will drop next Monday.

Also, a language and content warning.

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I LOVE my birthday because it's filled with so much love and family and friends and good food and fun times.

But with each birthday, and particularly a milestone like this one, I tend to get super reflective and use it to re-evaluate what's changed since this time last year, unpack what I've learnt, how I've grown, and ultimately how I want to feel, achieve, call into my life the next time my birthday rolls around.

To mark the occasion, and as a form of catharsis for me, I thought I'd collate the 30 main lessons I've learnt during my 3 decades on earth. Of course, this list is evolving, and there are probably way more I could've included, but I guess they'll have to wait until the 40 lessons I've learnt by the time I'm 40 edition.

I hope you get something out of this one!

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But what was once a way to unwind and have a good time escalated to the point she was spending half her waking life drinking and the other half thinking about the next time she could get wasted.

In Bianka’s mind, there was nothing wrong with her excessive alcohol consumption. She was young, fun, enjoying her life, everyone drinks, it’s the Australian thing to do, there was no harm in it. Or was there?

Bianka’s wake up call came when she realised the severe affect it was having on her marriage, her health, and ultimately, her life.

Now 10 months sober, and feeling happier and healthier than ever before, she’s made it her life mission to help open the eyes of other young Australian men and women, duped by the alcohol industry into believing we have to drink, and we have to drink hard, to have a good time.

Bianka’s experience inspired her to co-host a miniseries as part of her podcast, We Want To Be Better about her relationship with alcohol, how it impacts every facet of our lives, along with interviews with experts in the field.

Bianka is a delight - I hope you enjoy this chat.

Here she is.

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• This is the book that Bianka says changed her life - This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
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In this week’s ep:

I answer a listener’s question about what I do to overcome stress and anxiety.

I also talk through the three steps a child psychologist shared with me to help soothe toddler/childhood tantrums. It works by allowing them to feel heard, validated, and ultimately, like they can work with you to find a solution.

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I hope you're all staying safe and well.

It's that time of the month again! No, not that one – it's The Juice with Monique Barry!

In this instalment we discuss tapping into the collective fear when it comes to the current covid-19 climate, how this virus has impacted our lives, the silver linings, the importance for businesses to pivot to something more meaningful that serves what society wants, not what we're told we need, and why there has never been a better chance to redesign the life we want to lead once this is all over.

Moni also chats about how meditation changed her life and why it's for everyone, especially those who say they can't possibly sit still for that long.

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.

    •    Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

    •    You can find me: @elizabethanile

    •    If you enjoyed this chat, check our our first The Juice episode here where we chat love, relationships and self worth and this one here where we discuss flirting with sobriety and mindfulness for kids.

    •    As promised, click here to check out Moni's teacher, Lauren Godfrey.

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I hope you're all keeping safe and healthy and well during this insane time.

This instalment of The Midweek Squeeze is a day late... keeping in theme with Monday's interview ep coming out a day late too - please forgive me!

This week I'm chatting gaslighting... what is it? What does it sound like? How do you know if you or someone you know is a victim of it? What can you do once you're aware it's happening?

If this sounds like the kind of chat you'd like to share with a friend or family member, please do so. It could really help them acknowledge what's going on.

With all this kind of stuff, I'm no professional, so please consult a therapist if you've got questions or need some assistance. Help is ALWAYS at hand.

Sending so much love xx

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Then, in just a few months, Noah went from thriving and hitting all his milestones to avoiding eye contact, unable to speak or communicate.

Doctors diagnosed Noah with autism. Kirsty was told he will spend the rest of his life non-verbal, and Kirsty and her husband will have to care for him for the rest of his life.

But Kirsty refused to go down without a fight. Instead, committing to doing everything she could to help bring her little boy back to her.

After painstakingly trawling the world for answers, the solution was in Noah’s gut which was riddled with pathogens. With the right care, she got her little boy back. He’s now flourishing at a regular school, funny, brilliant, active and loving life.

This experience inspired Kirsty to start Kultured Wellness – a one stop shop of advice, fermented food products, and programs – to help people with gut issues regain their health and to ensure no family ever goes through what hers did.

I’ve learnt so much from Kirsty – she has fundamentally changed the way I parent my own son and view our health.

Kirsty’s story is one of resilience, tenacity, and ultimately, it’s a testament to a mother’s love, which knows no boundaries when it comes to protecting our babies.

• Check out Kultured Wellness here – Ollie and I have the fermented apple juice and the fermented coconut yoghurt and we both LOVE them.
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Good news – today's your lucky day!

Adele Rose Tarot is back and she's talking the beginning of the astrological new year as well as the corresponding tarot card to your astrological sign and what that reveals about you.

I also answer question from a listener who is 36 weeks pregnant about how to navigate the anxiety of birthing a baby into an uncertain world. It's all about going inward, grounding, and focusing on you.

I hope this resonates with you and adds value to your life somewhat.

Remember, tarot cards are here for guidance. They illuminate something in ourselves we usually already know, even if it’s deep in our subconscious. 

ENJOY!

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Living with Asperger's Syndrome, he says he always felt different, and so, he was an easy target.

But it was passion for drama and the arts that saved him, giving him purpose and a reason to keep going.

A few years after finishing high school, Samwise came up with a plan to try and prevent anyone experiencing what he did.

Backflips Against Bullying was born – a school program combining acrobatics to engage students alongside practical anti bullying tactics.

Beginning in New South wales, it’s now expanding to schools across Queensland and Victoria. and hopefully soon, every state in Australia.

This chat with Samwise was very special for me, it actually brings me to tears every time I think of some of the things he shared.

He's a beacon of strength, resilience and ultimately, forgiveness and he's saving lives.

A trigger warning - we discuss suicide and bullying.

A note:

When we recorded 2 months ago, few people knew what the coronavirus was, let alone the impact it would have.

Sadly, with schools closing and measures to prevent large groups gathering now in place, Backflips Against Bullying has been hit hard, with all its shows cancelled for the foreseeable future – it's heartbreaking.

You can show your support by hitting like on the Backflips Against Bullying Facebook page and sharing Samwise’s incredible program, and this conversation, with the teachers, principals and school-aged children you know, so that hopefully when schools reopen, the incredible team can resume performing and sharing their vital anti-bullying message.

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When will it end? Today!

Am I going insane? Debatable!

Have I learnt anything? YEP!

As many of you head into isolation, either through contact with someone infected or your own volition, I thought I'd share what it's been like for us, how my mentality around the entire thing has completely shifted since last week's Midweek Squeeze, the things we're doing to keep stimulated, and of course, what I've learnt from shutting away from the world.

I also answer a listener's question about how to deal with mummy guilt which ties in perfectly with what's going on right now.

Enjoy!

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But her life as she knew it completely changed when she fell pregnant with her daughter. Then, not long after Rocky was born, Ellie became a single mum at the age of just 23.

However, instead of letting the breakdown of the relationship turn toxic, she used it as an opportunity to expand her perception of what defines a family, with both Ellie and her ex partner embarking on a journey of collaborative coparenting.

Suddenly, Ellie found a new purpose for her platform, and she’s been inspiring separated parents everywhere to follow her and her ex partner’s incredible lead when it comes to raising a child ever since.

In this free-flowing chat we discuss isolating it felt in those early stages to have a new baby, how they coparent, why love for an ex partner can transition into a beautiful friendship, and the future she envisions for her family.

You don’t have to be separated or even a parent to get so much out of this chat.

Ellie is a gem of insight. 

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Well it's coming from the thick of day two of quarantine! YUP. Coronavirus is now a reality for our family. Happy to report my son and I are totally fine, but it's hit Ollie's dad, so we've been ordered to isolate as we've had contact with him.

Experts reckon we're all going to be impacted by Coronavirus at some point, with the prospect of schools closing almost a certainty. Self isolating is fine if it's just you and you can spend your days watching Netflix and napping, but when you've got little people who need to be amused 24/7, being home bound is a wholeeee other ball game.

So, yep, we're going slightly crazy, but there are a few things we're doing to keep busy, productive, healthy and mostly sane and as the first lot of people who've experienced the monotony of quarantine, I thought it was only fair I share those tips with you.

I also answer a listener's question about how to get your mojo back after putting on weight. It's all about committing to being the best, healthiest, happiest version of you!

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This week we're discussing our flirtation with sobriety, we'll delve into our respective relationships with alcohol, society's conditioning around booze culture (in particular how the alcohol industry targets stressed-out mums), and why it's so important to break down the WHY when next reaching for a glass.

We also talk mindfulness for kids and share the methods we use to help our boys remain stable, centred and grounded – it's easier than you think.

Psychologists say setting up our little ones with the tools to cope with stress and anxiety from a young age fosters empathy, gratitude and the ability to process and express emotion. With rates of diagnosed depression and anxiety soaring amongst young people in first-world countries, it's well worth introducing mindfulness practices for your kids.

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.

Follow Moni on Instagram: @moniquebarry_

You can find me: @elizabethanile

If you enjoyed this chat, check our our first The Juice episode here where we chat love, relationships and self worth.

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For this week's instalment of The Midweek Squeeze I'll be discussing my experience with victimhood, how living in that space will keep you stuck in your story and why it'll stop you from reaching your potential.

I'm also answering a question from a listener, Stephanie, about whether it's possible to be in another relationship while maintaining a close coparenting relationship with your ex.

It's going to be fun!

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If you haven't listened to that ep yet, make sure you go and listen to that one first as it sets the scene of Erika's childhood and how she got to where she is now.

In this episode we discuss the lessons her traumas have taught her, reconnecting with her dad, how she is grateful for everyone who has hurt her or let her down and how she uses her platform to help women through The Queen of Confidence movement.

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• Check out The Queen of Confidence website.
• Listen to the podcast ep we chat about where she discusses reuniting with her dad here.
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In this week's ep I discuss my epic breathwork meditation with the incredible people behind The O2 Awakening and why it's such a powerful healing tool you need in your life now.

I answer a listener's question about how to trust in a relationship again after having your heart broken.

And I share the commandments I abide by when it comes to co-parenting my son with his dad.

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She was then kidnapped by her estranged father, then reunited with her mother a year later. Erika suffered two serious car accidents, one of which she had to relearn to walk again, then lost her first husband to drink driving not even a year later.

Completely lost in the wake of his death, she followed love to Australia, and after a string of unsuccessful relationships, met her now husband and they now have two young boys.

Together they’ve pioneered a self-love movement. You might know her as The Queen Of Confidence. Erika is a life coach, podcast host and an inspirational speaker, empowering women to embrace themselves for who they are.

My chat with Erika was so epic, I’ve split it into two parts. The first, which you will hear now, will focus on her astonishing life story. There are many moments that will have your jaw dropped to the ground.

Brace yourself for this one because Erika’s story will demand your undivided attention.

Also, a trigger warning, this chat touches on child sexual and physical abuse. 

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I also discuss the importance of a morning routine and how it saved my mental health when I went through a dark period last year. I talk about the research behind it, the practices I do, and what to keep in mind when you’re fine-tuning your routine to suit your lifestyle. My morning routine was crucial in rebuilding my confidence and self worth as well as managing my anxiety and outlook on the day. Own the day or it’ll own you!

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A widow, recovering from a severe eating disorder, with a father who made a miraculous recovery from the brink of death, Amy channeled her trauma the only way she knew how… she put pen to paper.

The author of a number of books, along with an extraordinary career as a magazine editor, Amy was born in the UK but now calls the South Coast of New South Wales home, where she lives with her husband, two children and another child on the way.

There are so many ways Amy has turned her lemons into an opportunity to empower other people. Her latest project is a collection of childrens' books, which help kids identify and process emotions, and it's framed in such away, it’ll soothe the adult reading it too.

Amy is a wealth of wisdom and knowledge and I’ve no doubt you’ll enjoy listening to this chat as much as I enjoyed chatting with her.

We discuss mental illness, grief, trauma, resilience, how to break free from victimhood, the strength in vulnerability and storytelling, seeking professional help, motherhood, love and learning to slow down.

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ANYWAY - with that out of the way, it probably comes as little surprise my mum is also into spirituality, and she happens to also be an exceptional tarot card reader. So when we were sitting around recently, I invited her to come on The Midweek Squeeze and share her wisdom. She declined, at first, but that was purely out of fear, because she’s awesome at it. And the world deserves to hear what she has to share! 

She’ll be pulling a card according to astrological elements. 

If you’re unsure what that is exactly: earth (taurus, virgo, capricorn), water (cancer, scorpio, pisces), fire (aries, leo, sagittarius) and air (gemini, libra, aquarius).

I hope this resonates with you and adds value to your life somewhat.

Remember, tarot cards are here for guidance. They illuminate something in ourselves we usually already know, even if it’s deep in our subconscious. 

ENJOY!

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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.

Moni's support, friendship and wisdom has had a profound impact on my life and healing journey. I don't know where I'd be without her! So, I thought it was only fair I invite her on the podcast once a month to drop bombs of wisdom all over the place to help people who are feeling like I did once upon a time.

For our first juicy episode I wanted to chat LOVE: what it means, why we want it, how it eludes us, why it hurts us and what it teaches us.

I feel it's the best place to start because that’s where our journey began, when she picked me up off the floor and helped glue my shattered heart back together piece by piece.

I absolutely loved every minute of this chat. I hope you enjoy it!

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You can find me: @elizabethanile

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I felt I didn't have anything insightful wrapped with a neat bow to share this time around. But then I realised, that's actually okay, that's life, sometimes we're in the middle of feeling, and learning, and we don't have the answers yet, but it doesn't mean what we're experiencing right now, as we wade through the thick of it, isn't valuable within itself.

Anxiety has followed me around relentlessly lately. So I thought I'd give an insight into what that's been like. I also discuss my son beginning kinder and how it's only week one and I've experienced a parenting fail, and I chat about something really exciting I'm launching on Monday.

If you'd like to connect with me, you can do so @elizabethanile

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The Fashion Editor for the Daily Telegraph, regular stints on Channel 9 as the entertainment reporter, and even a weekly show on the Nova radio network, when seemingly out of nowhere, she was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, turning her world upside down.

Then, deep in the midst of coming to terms with the shock of her diagnosis, 48 hours later Elle found out she was pregnant. 

She was faced with the impossible decision: terminate and begin life saving treatment? Or proceed with the pregnancy and risk her life?

Elle shares what it was like to experience the duality of life and death, receiving treatment in the cancer ward and the maternity ward at the same time, her successful career, her beautiful baby boy Tor, the lessons she's learnt along the way, and how she wants to use her story to inspire others.

• follow Elle: @ellehalliwell
• connect with me: @elizabethanile
• check out Elle's book: A Mother's Choice
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Toxic positivity focuses on everything that’s good, happy, and joyful, and discounts anything that may feel unpleasant or trigger any form of so-called negative emotion. It's harmful. It diminishes our experience. Makes us retreat within ourselves. And perpetuates a cycle of guilt and self-loathing for feeling how we did in the first place. Every emotion is normal and valid. But we have the choice of whether we want to marinate in it or let it teach us and expand our minds. The only way out is through so if someone tells you to "just feel happy" or "it's not that bad"... don't listen to that toxic positivity bullshit!

In this instalment of The Midweek Squeeze I discuss:

• What is toxic positivity?
• What are some examples of it?
• Why is it harmful?
• What to do when uncomfortable feelings come up?
• Some tools I use to navigate through unpleasant feelings.
• What you can say or do for someone confiding in you.
• The power of the word AND.

I hope you like this week's Midweek Squeeze! If you've got any topic ideas, or you'd like to reach out, hit me up @elizabethanile on Instagram.

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There was a time where you couldn’t turn on your TV, open a paper, or scroll social media without some mention of the scandal. But just in case you need a refresher… 

In 2012 Mel and her Hot 30 co-host Michael Christian pranked the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was receiving treatment. They were impersonating the Queen and Prince Charles and they fooled the nurses on duty.

A few days later, one of those nurses took her own life.

From that moment, Mel’s life completely unravelled.

Suffering severe depression, she seriously contemplated ending her life. She was unemployable and because of the death threats made against her, she wasn't allowed to leave her house.

But as Mel tells me on one particularly bad day, on her bathroom floor, she chose life. 

It's a motto she continues to live by and has got her through a turbulent time since, from discovering her husband's infidelity and their subsequent marriage break down, the destruction of her embryos, her mum passing away from pancreatic cancer, and a stage 4 endometriosis diagnosis rendering her infertile.

Mel gets really candid with me about the last eight years with heartbreaking honesty. This is probably one of the most memorable interviews I’ve done during my time as a journalist. Mel is phenomenal, and a true testament of a woman determined to turn the lemons in her life into lemonade by encouraging others to choose life. And to choose it every single day.

A trigger warning - this episode discusses suicide. 24 hour support is available by calling Lifeline on 13 11 14.

• If you'd like to connect with Mel on Instagram - check her out @melgreig_
• You can find me at my new handle @elizabethanile
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For the first mini episode, I thought it was the perfect time to discuss the pressure we feel at the turn of a new year to suddenly be an entirely new person. Studies show this is around the time we give up on our well-intentioned new year resolutions, with 8 in 10 of us completely abandoning our plans by February. I don't know about you, but with the turn of 2020, that message to be a new person felt even more potent because we were heading into a new decade.

For this episode, I delve into:

• why resolutions are doomed to fail
• assessing the WHY behind our goals
• how the stories we tell ourselves get in the way of reaching our potential
• implementing really practical ways to achieve our goals
• the benefits of regularly reassessing our goals
• what hiccups along the way can teach us
• the power of living a life in alignment of what we want to attract

I hope you like the first instalment of The Midweek Squeeze! If you've got any topic ideas, or you'd like to reach out, hit me up @elizabethanile on Instagram.

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Bullied at school for her weight, she’s tried every diet under the sun, and still, she hated her body.

But when Amber developed multiple sclerosis, temporarily paralyzing her from the waist down, she realized how incredible her body really is and vowed to treat it with the love and respect it deserves.

This inspired her to become a passionate campaigner for self love, and she achieves this through her Non Air Brushed me Instagram account, where she posts untouched images of women of all shapes and sizes to her loyal 200 thousand followers. She's also launched an inclusive clothing brand called Nyata and shes also a model, a nurse, and a scout for leading plus size modelling agency Bella management. 

Amber is truly inspiring women to accept and love themselves for who they are and I’m very excited to have her on the podcast.

~ follow Amber's accounts: @amberdawnmodel, @nonairbrushedme, @nyataoffiical

~ connect with me: @elizabethanile

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Radical surgery, which wasn’t guaranteed to work, or amputation.

She chose the latter, and quickly discovered while there were some things she couldn’t do anymore, there was plenty she could do. 

So she set her sights on track and field, with a dream to win gold at the Paralympics, and achieved exactly that in London in long jump along with a silver in the 100 metres.

Kelly is a mum of two, an inspirational speaker, a model, and now an Australian record holding powerlifter and she was even the first above-knee female amputee to climb the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. 

She’s honestly one of the most uplifting and optimistic people I’ve ever met.

She’s turned her lemons into an opportunity to empower people to embrace their bodies, encourage diversity in the media, and live their best lives.

I hope you feel just as pumped up to achieve your dreams after this chat as I did

~ follow Kelly: @kellycartwright

~ connect with me: @elizabethanile

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~ this is the FINAL episode of 2019! Thank you SO very much for all of your support since launching in October. I've got so many exciting things in the pipeline for 2020 and I can't wait to be back in your earphones sharing the stories of incredible people. Have a brilliant Christmas and New Years!

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Slowly, but surely, everything was going to plan after a tumultuous childhood tainted by domestic violence. A fairytale wedding, her dream of two little girls and a successful beauty blogging career.

But everything changed the day SJ went for a routine 20 week scan and discovered her baby had a severe heart defect and would not survive outside of the womb.

SJ says what happened next broke her into a million pieces. She opens up about the pain of being among the one in six Australian women who experience pregnancy or infant loss, the extreme grief that followed, how she found strength in helping other women, and her rainbow baby who helped heal her heart.

A trigger warning for anyone who may have miscarried or lost a child.

~ follow SJ: @sheis_sarahjane

~ check out her blog: She Is Sarah Jane

~ if this chat brought up any discomfort, 24 hour help is available through SANDS on 1300 072 637 or Lifeline on 13 11 14

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She was exhausted, sore, it was difficult to sleep, all the while feeling the melting pot of nerves, excitement and fear mums experience just before their baby arrives.

But what started like an ordinary day almost three years ago ended as the worst in her life.

Her husband Matt was dirt bike riding with friends, when he suffered severe heat stroke and died.

The next thing Emily knew police were at her door and suddenly she was a widow at 36 weeks pregnant.

Emily opens up about what life was like in those early stages, how her son Harry became her reason to live, and why, in her own words, she is determined to make lemonade out of the lemons life has handed her.

~ follow Emily: @emilyhall86

~ check out Emily's beautiful shoe line: @elzapato_

~ connect with me: @elizabethanile

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An exceptionally talented TV reporter, Georgia quickly worked her way up the ranks and landed her dream gig presenting the statewide weekday bulletin for WIN Television in Tasmania at just 26 years old, when she was offered the role of The Bachelorette.

While Australia was falling in love with her, she was falling in love with Lee, the man of her dreams. But while everything certainly looked like roses and champagne on camera, behind the scenes Georgia was facing a very personal battle.

Her mum Belinda was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and within just six months, she tragically lost her fight, the day after Georgia’s finale aired.

Plunged into the depths of grief with the eyes of the nation watching, Georgia felt like she’d woken up in an alternate reality.

But as Georgia explains, while grief sometimes sidelined her in bed all day, tested her new relationship with Lee, and impacted the dynamics of pretty much every facet of her life, she knew she had to find a way out to live a life her mum would be proud of.

Georgia really opens up to me about her last few years, so just a trigger warning for anyone who may have lost a parent.

~ follow Georgia: @georgiealove

~ connect with me: @elizabethanile

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Everything was cruising along just as she’d imagined it, she’d reconnected with her high school sweetheart, given birth to her first child Luca, and fallen pregnant with her second son Nate not long after.

But her picture perfect life quickly unravelled. A challenging pregnancy meant Nate was delivered via emergency c-section eight weeks early. And if that wasn’t difficult enough, just 24 hours after he was born, her partner called to let her know he no longer loves her and their relationship was over.

Suddenly finding herself as a broke, unemployed single mum to two little boys, one of which was fighting for his life, Lisa hardly recognised her new reality.

What follows next is a true phoenix rising from the ashes story – Lisa opens up to me about how losing everything allowed her to start again and design the life of her dreams.

~ follow Lisa @Lisa_Burling_

~ check out her brilliant book: LisaBurling.com.au

~ connect with me: @elizabethanile

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She’s brilliant, inspiring, empowering, her energy and enthusiasm for life is infectious – I was hanging off her every word and I could’ve sat and chatted to her for hours.

Kate was a celebrated film make up artist, before turning her focus to homewares with an exquisite shop on the Gold Coast called Maison and Maison.

She fell head over heels with the man she describes as the absolute love of her life, but not long after giving birth to their beautiful little girl Annabelle, she discovered her husband was using ice, his addiction eventually becoming so severe, she had no choice but to flee with her daughter.

Then, after experiencing strange body aches, eventually she was told she had terminal lung cancer, with just 6 - 24 months left to live.

But, as a solo mum, dying simply isn’t an option. Her little girl needs her.

So, for the last year, she’s dedicated her life to saving her life.

And that includes everything her doctors have described her here, in addition to regular trips to a clinic in Mexico, Hope 4 Cancer, which she credits with reducing her tumour by a staggering 75 per cent after just 3 weeks of treatment, shocking her doctors back home.

We laughed, we chatted, we cried. I feel like I’d known Kate my entire life. She's the word resilience personified, proof your mindset is everything, and has the most incredible advice for anyone going through a tough time,.

So grab the tissues, and strap yourself in, because this one will stay with you for some time.

Enjoy.

*** The day before this episode went live, Kate was told by her doctors in Mexico that there was NO trace of the cancer she was told would be taking her life just 12 months earlier. She'll be having this incredible news confirmed with her doctors here in the coming weeks.

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~ connect with me: @elizabethanile

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Suddenly finding herself as a single mum to two girls under two, battling depression and nursing a shattered heart, Abby knew she had to dig deep and piece together her life again to be the mum she always wanted to be.

I absolutely loved chatting with Abby, she’s so inspiring, and she gets really honest about the things she would’ve done differently, what co-parenting with her ex and his partner now looks like after a rocky start, how she finds healing in sharing her story with her almost 115 thousand instagram followers, and how she finally has the life she always dreamed about.

The podcast gods were against us, so bear with us through her adorable 5 month old son Mason’s poo explosion, my dog becoming obsessed with a bee in the house, and a very persistent delivery man at the door.

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~ connect with me: @elizabethanile

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Thank you so much for tuning in to my very first podcast. To kickstart the series, I thought it'd be a good idea to turn the tables and give you guys the opportunity to get to know me a little more, to hear my story, where the idea to create Lemonade came from, all things single mum life, and how I'm turning the hardest time in my life, my lemons, into lemonade through this very podcast.

A very big thank you to my dear friend Georgia Love (@georgiealove) for the hard hitting questions.

I'd love for you to hit me up on Instagram (@elizabethanile) to let me know what you think or if you've got someone you reckon would be a perfect fit for the show, I'm all ears!

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