I had a very lively and funny interview with Annette, who launched her book recently: How To Eat A Shit Sandwich and Keep Smiling, the story of her life up until she was 25 years old. I think the title says it all about Annette’s sense of humour and how she deals with life.

She talks with great bluntness and honesty about her career in journalism, a failed business venture with a family member, weight loss surgery, and watching her mum give up the fight as cancer took her away along with a hilarious recounting of bungy jumping in a bikini when she was in her 20’s and how most of life’s problems can be solved through the wisdom found on Grey’s Anatomy.

Annette learned early in life through a forward-thinking teacher, that her happiness is dependent on her and no one else, so whilst most people are waiting for “the other shoe to drop” in life, Annette thinks that when it does, it’s going to be a big sparkly stiletto that’s going to take...

I became a Dietless Living expert after being stuck in dieting hell for 25 years.

It didn’t matter what I did, nothing ever addressed or resolved the underlying issue behind my weight problem.

I’d reached a few crisis points over my life and each time I cleaned up my life and went to the next level in health and wellness.

Over 25 years I tried every diet, exercise program, alternative wellness programs, talking therapies and a full range of body and healing workers, and moved my life to all things organic, took every pill, powder and potion, but none of it gave me control of the driving force inside me.

In that time I also became a Master of NLP & Neuro Re-Patterning, Kinesiology, became professionally trained in Ericksonian Hypnosis, Results Coaching & Subconscious Reprograming, Suicide Intervention Skills, Pyschosomatic Therapies and studied to be a Naturopath because I wanted to know what drives our thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Learning about human...

You think you know someone after meeting them through networking and having conversations, but it’s not until we ask real questions do we get real answers. Everyone has deep stories that are their life. Kelly Asmus Albornoz shares with us today some very personal hardships she’s been through in her life and how she has overcome having a pedophile for a father and an abusive relationship in her teens to meeting the love of her life in Antarctica, the man she still calls her Latin lover as husband sounds so boring to how they have both had to overcome the loss of their first baby.

But Kelly has done the work and gotten past the traumas of her life and with her love of photography and passion for science, goes on adventures with her husband and kids in their caravan, exploring natures beauty.

And if you’re someone who wants to quit smoking, Kelly is also known as the Quit Lady and has a 95% success rate helping people quit smoking in 60 minutes.

I hope you enjoy...

I met a person recently who asked what I do for a living. When I told them I’m a weight loss coach and that I help my clients overcome weight loss obstacles, they said “Oh, you’re a coach, that’s really the trend now isn’t it, being a life coach of sorts.”

It wasn’t until later that I realised why that would be the perception of some, that there’s a trend, a band wagon that people jump onto, it happens every day doesn’t it?

And I realised that it was fair for them to make that comment as they don’t know what’s gone on behind the scenes for me to actually be a weight loss coach.

They wouldn’t know that the idea germinated back in 2012 after I lost 25kgs in 2011 using a program I developed and that at that time the only thing I knew how to do was to coach, train and mentor.

I’d never owned a business, I knew zero about sales, marketing, social media, building websites, writing blogs, networking and all the...

Talking with Andy Steer is like chatting with an old friend, he is quite, relaxed, and has a unique view of life that’s shaped everything he does.

And the interesting thing about Andy is he doesn’t need to see the whole plan to be able to move forward and this has allowed him to step into some interesting changes in his life. Andy doesn’t really see anything as a hardship, not even the breakdown of relationships; everything is seen as a positive move forward into a new future.

He shares easily his stories about how he helps small businesses and the trail of breadcrumbs that lead him to start his own small business.

I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed chatting with Andy.

I recently had the pleasure of being invited to Sally Estlin's Magic Mic Moments and sharing about the great obstacles that we face in our weight loss journeys and indeed in all areas of life.

Sally and I both have the same desire to ensure our older generations have not only a greater quality of life but receive the respect they're due as they move into aged care facilities. We also both share the same view points and desires to ensure that home carers, whether they're looking after their parents or a family member or loved one, are equally remembered and supported as it's these unsung home heroes that are being quietly forgotten and yet they experience some of the biggest obstacles that life can throw our way that impact every area of their life: mentally, emotionally, physically, financially and socially.

I hope you enjoy the interview.

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE

Relationships can be a great source of happiness for us and they can also be a great source of discomfort, right? If things aren't going well, it can have a huge impact on our weight and our health.

My guest this week on Dietless Living 360° is Francis Borg. Francis is a couples relationship counselor, and although Francis is highly skilled and has many many testimonies from her clients, some of the most interesting conversation we had was about Francis's own life obstacles and challenges. I've known Francis for several years now through networking and yet I was so surprised to learn so many new things about her life.

I hope you enjoy this candid and open conversation with Francis as much as I did.

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Do you ever feel like you've completely lost your will power?

Did you know it's because your brain gets tired?

And the good news is that you can revitalise your brain power easily and quickly and generate more will power and motivation and get yourself back in control.

How?

Give yourself a moment to rest your mind through relaxation.

It's as easy as;

• Sitting at your desk put your head in your hands Close your eyes
• Rest Breathe Deeply
• Allow yourself to slow down

Do this 6 times a day and replenish your will power resources.

Watch the attached short video for a quick demo on what to do.

• Be kind to yourself.
• When you feel you're tired, rest.
• When you feel pressure, take a moment to relax and de-stress.

You have all the resources you need to take back control of your will power.

I have to say, I'm very excited! This is the very first episode of my new video podcast: Dietless Living 360°.

The show has evolved from what I do - which is help my clients overcome their weight loss obstacles - but some of the obstacles that are impacting my clients weight and health are in other areas of their life, such as:
Home
Family
Business
Career
Finances
Or perhaps they have other health issues or injuries

And I meet all these great people though business networking that I realised that I can help everyone by bringing them together in this format.

The lovely Norah Copithorne is my very first guest and I'm so pleased she was as Norah is such a wonderful woman who helps people through her company The Natural Mould Solution.

I hope you enjoy it, it's a bit clunky in the editing in the beginning as I have trouble remembering my lines, but once the conversation starts we are on a roll

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I just want to come in here to share with you a small success I achieved last week.

So, I am lucky enough to be part of such a huge community called Happy Neighborhood Project HNP where we have loads of networking opportunities from all across the globe and get the chance to meet wonderful business people.

HNP recognized me as their Happy Business Week Winner last week and I am just so delighted to be recognized.

I was given the chance to talk about my passion, my business and my course and how Dietless Living can help people achieve the life that they want to live.

It is such a wonderful platform that you can be part of too.

You can visit their Facebook Page so you can get to know more the community and see if it's the right community for you too.

In the meantime, love what you create and maybe see in the group?