Unbox Your Gift Podcast

When you find your passion - how do you (now) realise your passion coming out of corporate or college or university? If preparation LOVES success, Here's WHAT you need to prepare to realise your passion, long-term.

If you struggle to find your passion or you're second guessing what it is... listen to this episode to find HOW what you did as a kid (when there were no filters) can give you MAJOR insight and an AH HA into your greatest gift/ passion... LISTEN IN.

A simple exercise on how to boost your confidence in social gatherings BUT before you can do this exercise you need to change your identity a.k.a HOW you see yourself.. So if you're ready to boost your confidence long-term...LISTEN IN

What Learning Style Am I? What learning style are you?

This is a story of how your passion evolves. This is how a research scientist leveraged her skills in her profession, found a way to help her father's skin condition and realised she created a product that naturally and organically helps people. While working in a lab (day job), research Scientist Dr Natalie Alexopoulos started a baby skincare range (during her downtime) and to to have access to her own ingredients she bought an olive and prickly pear (now organic certified) farm that set the scene for creating Chiron Organic. An example of how career and passion can evolve successfully...Listen IN.

Sasa was an Olympian turned Coffee Man. He immigrated to Australia, competed in handball in the Olympic Games. Retired from the sport. Found a fascination of making coffee in a bakery. Now, Sasha heads a GLOBAL distribution company...ONA coffee. In 2015 he became the WORLD Barista Champion. He's set up Project Origin which is BETTER than fair-trade! He works directly with coffee farmers - pays them premium prices for their work. He has a 100% NOT for profit book called the COFFEE MAN. All proceeds go to coffee farmers and their needs. He has a documentary made about him called the COFFEE MAN. IF YOU EVER thought your passion could NOT be turned into a profession Or you may NOT know where to start or how to continue the journey of your passion because it FEELS HARD- Listen to this interview , it will shatter (straight from a man whose done it) your doubts and hesitations in your thinking. LISTEN IN!

Peter's successful design studio was acquired by Zileej (a UAE based company)..So How do you build a successful design company, have your artwork showcased all around the world... when you have competition like fiverr or Canva? How do you create change through design? And stand out for the LOVE of your work? Listen IN.

After 10 years of working in multi-national companies, Johanna Peek pursued her passion and created a solution to address global poverty, by funding micro projects. We've all felt helpless when seeing poverty and inequality - but what if instead of feeling sad - there was something we could do at the grass roots level? What if you're work all day, everyday was about alleviating poverty - and not from a vague, birds eye level...but that everyday you saw the difference and benefit at an individual level? Sound too good to be true? Oh, It's very true...here's how when when you see someone in poverty or disadvantage, rather than have that sinking "helpless" feeling INSTEAD you KNOW you've created a way that can directly help that person, consistently. Listen to find out how.

Lisa Vogl was an international photographer, after she converted to Islam, she realised that there wasn't modest AND fashionable clothes at reasonable prices available. Seeing a gap in the market, she co-founded Verona Collection a clothing line that doesn't just sells clothes but represents identity and empowerment. If you've EVER wanted to jump into an industry that you knew ZERO about and STILL have it be a success (because you're competing with the big wigs), then you have to listen to HOW Lisa within 3 years launched into a crowded online space and came up victorious with Verona Collection! Just ask Macy's (major dept store in the USA) - they stock the Verona Collection. YES! they stock hijabs! LISTEN IN.

Greg Quicke owned a mechanic business, bought a telescope and fell in love with the stars! From this passion for the stars, he created Astro Tours, in Western Australia, a 2 hours show teaching anyone who wants to learn about the sky and the cosmos. Since starting Astro Tours in 1995 (with no formal certification of astronomy) BUT a knowing and experience with the earth that EVEN astronomy students come to learn from him, he has been featured on BBC and ABC t.v series, he's an author and simply, a great guy who fell in love with the sky and wanted to share it with others ❤️ If you've thought you need copious certifications and degrees to 'feel' enough, or approval to pursue your gift - you want to listen to how Greg Quicke turned passion into a profession and UnBoxed his gift for astronomy and how you can do the same with your own Passion! Listen IN!

Rhamis Kent a former mechanical engineer set out to co-create not a profession but an industry, permaculture. He felt drawn to permaculture after watching a 5 minute movie on it, then co- created the industry and has since worked with many governments around the world with permaculture as well as teaching in countless countries around the world. If you come from a safe profession and ALL you have is passion...you want to hear HOW Rhamis co-created an industry from a passion. LISTEN IN! (p.s and what the heck is permaculture and what was in that 5 min movie that stirred such intense ambitions...) Listen in.

This episode addresses the questions of What career is for me? What career should I do or pursue? Are career coaches worth the money? I'll tell you ALL about it. Listen IN.

Amanda found went after her passion as a necessity. Not ever having any dream of going into business, Amanda was completely happy as a public servant. After giving birth to her daughter, who had lung disease, doctors advised Amanda that her little girl couldn't be put in day care, and therefore Amanda needed to stay home. Amanda soon realized that she needed connection with other people (now that she wasn't working anymore) and out of this need for connection….soon after, HerCanberra - a leading online publication for women, was born. If you want to create a following …. this is for you. Listen IN!

You’re going to want to listen to this interview if you’ve ever been trapped in the wrong profession and you knew you were capable of more... Sohail was an accountant who became a multi-millionaire living in 12 bedroom mansion, with Ferraris and Lamborghinis parked outside his mansion….until he lost everything... Sohail moved back home with his mum. Life changed when he was reading an ad in a newspaper, that prompted an idea and from there, he eventually became known as the Joint Venture (JV) expert and monetised his idea (in a BIG way) and realised the greater mission behind his work. BTW: Sohail gives a very generous resource that you'll want to check out towards the end of the interview. Listen IN!

This is for you, if you’ve ever thought about creating a product and selling it online. Alexis was looking for that idea that would be a success. In her 20’s she tried her hand at different ideas but none were really successful, UNTIL one day, her husband (a professional basketball player) gave her an idea, which she now calls: Baseball Lacelets. Today, this family owned business has taken OFF, thanks to combining baseball and bracelets together……you gotta hear this! Listen IN!  

The next set of 4 episodes are from a Summit I delivered and I know that you'll gain insights from these interviews that you normally wouldn't have (which is why I wanted to share them with you on this podcast) Debra Lynn Dadd is “The World’s Leading Expert on Toxic-Free Products.”. In her words, "Not because somebody gave me this title, but because I really am". She is an expert on toxic free living and after chronic ill health it became her passion to create health for herself (and it didnt just become a profession) but morphed into a 40 year mission… In her words "I’m an expert. Nobody else on the planet that I know of has my degree of experience with toxic-free products". This applies to passion AND toxic FREE living. Listen IN.

This is a LIVE training I delivered on HOW to find your passion with clarity and confidence at a conference. Grab a pen and notepad as you won't want to miss the opportunity to finally find that Gift that's uniquely yours. Enjoy! Listen IN.

Justin was known for having attitude, especially when he went to church. So to irritate a woman who kept telling him he had attitude he created t-shirts and wore them to church that had quotes and slogans on them. The t-shirts were such a hit, people at church were asking where they could buy one….and so started the $37 million a year clothing brand called Attitude. He has since sold that brand and now and works on other projects ( that you’ll hear about in the interview) but with SO much to share, this is one of THE most amusing and crazy passion to profession stories/ interviews you’ll hear. LISTEN IN.

Living in a social media world full of companions....if you feel you havent achieved or aren't where you think you should be... Here's how to SEE your everyday, ordinary activities so that you can align with the EXTRAordinary (the goals that you're after) with greater peace of mind and NOT feel rushed. LISTEN IN.

If you've ever struggled with decision making this will help you build trust and confidence in yourself, immediately! Just make sure you apply this! Listen IN.