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Wealth & Mindset Coach for Women to Transform Worth, Wealth & Well-being to Create a Fulfilled life.

09/10/2026

Discernment is a word I keep hearing lately — and one I’ve found myself exploring in my own life.

It came up again while I was listening to a podcast conversation about AI, and whether becoming increasingly reliant on it could make us less discerning.

I’ve certainly become more reliant on AI in my own work, so the question stayed with me.

This post actually began with my curiosity about the word. I had the idea and started talking it through with AI, which helped me explore it, draw the different threads together and express my thoughts in a way that might land more clearly with other people.

The irony isn’t lost on me.

For me, that is both the value of AI and the tension. It can help me curate and communicate my thinking, but I still need to decide which ideas are worth pursuing, question what it gives me and recognise when the words no longer reflect what I genuinely think, feel or want to say.

I don’t want to outsource my discernment along with the task.

And this extends far beyond AI. Discernment applies to the advice we receive, the invitations and opportunities presented to us, and how we choose to spend our time.

It also connects with my recent conversation with Melissa Lever from Body Intuition Collective | Physio designed Peri program on It’s a Mindset about noticing how we feel and what our bodies may be communicating, rather than automatically pushing through.

For me, discernment is the pause between what is offered and what I choose.

Is this true for me?
Does it feel aligned?
Is this a yes, a no — or simply not now?

AI doesn’t have to diminish our discernment. Used thoughtfully, it might encourage us to practise it more deliberately.

Because in a world offering us more information, opinions and answers than ever, perhaps the skill we need most isn’t finding more answers. It’s recognising which ones are truly ours.

08/10/2026

A life filled with things you love can still become too full. 💗

Between building my new website, school holidays and the everyday things that keep life moving, there’s been a lot happening this week.

So much of it is meaningful to me. But loving what I’m doing doesn’t mean I have endless energy for it.

I’m reminding myself to leave a little room. To pause, notice how I’m feeling and recognise when something can wait.

That’s something I appreciated about my conversation with physiotherapist Melissa Lever on this week’s episode of It’s a Mindset: becoming more attentive to our bodies, rather than automatically pushing through.

Sometimes the next step is giving yourself a moment to work out what you need.

Episode 113, Listen Before Your Body Shouts: Reconnecting with Yourself with Body Intuition Collective | Physio designed Peri program is available now.

Listen via the link in my bio. 🎙️

07/10/2026

How often do you notice that you’re tired, tense or overwhelmed — and then carry on anyway?

Many of us have become so accustomed to pushing through that we barely register the quieter signals coming from within our bodies.

In Episode 113 of It’s a Mindset, I’m joined by physiotherapist, Pilates instructor and founder of Body Intuition Collective | Physio designed Peri program – Melissa Lever. 💛

Melissa introduces us to interoception — our ability to notice internal sensations — and shares a practical four-step approach:

Notice.
Interpret.
Regulate.
Align.

We explore how to become more curious about what we’re feeling, why context matters when stress, sleep, hormones and workload overlap, and how boundaries can create more room for rest, connection and wellbeing.

Melissa also shares what seven months travelling around Australia with her husband, three children and their dog taught her about planning, presence and making room for the unexpected.

One reminder from our conversation particularly stayed with me: even a life filled with things you love can become too full.

Episode 113, Listen Before Your Body Shouts: Reconnecting with Yourself with Melissa Lever, is available now.

Listen via the link in my bio. 🎙️

And if someone came to mind while reading this, please share the episode with them.

03/10/2026

Yesterday felt like one of those lovely, full-circle days.

I caught up with Cass, who I first worked with during my JPMorgan days. Years later, she became one of the first readers of Worthy & Wealthy, generously endorsed it and, yesterday, asked me to bring her a signed copy. 📖

Cassandra Lister also happens to embody so much of what freedom, my word for this year, and really for life, means to me: having the courage to make your own choices, shape life on your own terms and keep becoming more of yourself.

Somewhere in between, I bumped into a dear friend from high school who now lives near Berry. In the middle of Sydney! What are the chances? It absolutely made my day, Rhona Hazlewood 💛

Then, later, an impromptu rooftop rendezvous with my man overlooking Sydney.

Old chapters, new chapters and the freedom to enjoy the life unfolding between them. ✨

30/09/2026

How many opportunities do we miss because we’re waiting to feel more confident?

We tell ourselves we’ll speak up when we feel ready, make the invitation when we know what to say or pursue the opportunity when we feel certain we can handle it.

But what if confidence doesn’t come before action?

What if action is how we build it?

In Episode 112 of It’s a Mindset, I’m joined by speaker, author and social courage expert Nick Bendel 🎙️

As a natural introvert, Nick set himself the extraordinary challenge of having lunch with 500 strangers.

What began as a way to become more comfortable meeting people and building relationships became a six-year exploration of confidence, rejection, courage and human connection – and the foundation of his book, The 500 Lunches Effect.

We talk about why another person’s response can create so much hesitation, why rejection is rarely as personal as we imagine and how small acts of social courage can create new relationships and opportunities.

Nick also shares a wonderfully reassuring reminder: we don’t need the perfect opening line or an impressive story. Sometimes a simple introduction, genuine curiosity and thoughtful listening are enough.

Episode 112, The 500 Lunches Effect: Why Action Comes Before Confidence with Nick Bendel, is available now.

Listen via the link in my bio. 🎧

And if someone came to mind while reading this, perhaps your first act of social courage could be sending the episode to them. 💫

25/09/2026

I’m partway through my yoga teacher training, and currently have far more to learn than I know.

There’s something both humbling and exciting about being a beginner again. I’m used to drawing on years of experience in other parts of my life, but here I’m learning, practising, forgetting things, going back over them and slowly building confidence.

I started this because I wanted to deepen my own practice and learn more about something I genuinely love. I don’t have every part of what comes next mapped out—and perhaps that’s one of the best things about it.

For now, I’m enjoying learning, stretching myself and seeing where it leads. 🤍

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