Small Steps Living: The Podcast

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or SpotifyWhen the world feels serious... When you feel heavy... When the job never feels done... you can counteract that by incorporating more pleasure and play into your life.It changes things, instantly.In this episode Lisa shares about one of her favourite topics - how our feminine and masculine energies work. This isn't a discussion about 'male and female'. It's a discussion about the different forces that exist inside us and how so many women exist purely in their masculine, just getting the job DONE.But our feminine is begging for our attention. She's begging to be playful and pleasure focused. You will shift your energy this January if you invite it in. And if you've lost touch with that side of yourself - you're not alone!Lisa guides you through powerful questions to ask yourself. Don't forget that you can record your answers in the free Workbook. Links:Low on energy and can't figure out why?

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.To kick off the Summer Series of Simple Steps to Reboot and Reactivate we 'take stock'.This first step is about reflecting on 2021 - WITHOUT the self-deception! When we ask ourselves interesting questions, and create space to see patterns or themes, we learn and grow. This is a really important thing to do when you come from a place of radical honesty.So is celebrating ourselves. Lisa has crafted specific questions for you to reflect on so that you can take stock and recognise just how well you did this year.Listen in for one of her favourite New Year rituals and be sure to download the Workbook with all the reflection question prompts.It can be hard amongst the silliness of the season to create time out for yourself - but do try. There's so many gifts available to you by taking this Step.Links:Are you sick of waiting for everything around you to improve so that you can feel good? Get instant access to my Feel Good Now p

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.2021 has been a momentous year for so many people. And the end of the year is a brilliant time to reflect and glean the lessons from the tricky and turbulent times.In this episode Lisa shares three major learnings and reflections in business, her family and relationships from 2021.Learn about the impact losing a core team member had on her business and how she's handled things since.Listen as she talks through what her daughter's anxiety has shifted in her.And reflect on the 'containers' of your life, along with Lisa and the core lesson she learnt about relationships with self and others this year that has had a profound effect on her wellbeing.Lisa also introduces the upcoming Summer Series of the podcast - where she'll be sharing simple steps for you to Reboot and Reactivate each week.Links:Grab the Summer Series Workbook and start on the first task TODAY!Struggle with low energy? Download Lisa's FREE En

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.Today on the podcast you get to meet my amazing friend, Shalome. She's the founder of Rockstar Birth and has made it through Melbourne's two years of lockdowns with three kids, her partner and a corporate job.She's one of the wisest women I know. A fountain of wisdom! And when she started to feel a bit 'meh' about life I knew that this lockdown situation had impacted even the strongest I know.Listen to us chat it through and the surprising outcome for her at the end.Connection is so important right now.Links:Access my tools and trainings hereContinue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookKnow someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um, and a hefty handful of stars would be greatly appreciated!)Prefer to read? Access the transcript hereContinue your conversation with Lisa: Instagram | Facebook| Substack Know someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um, and a

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.You know it's going to be a good day when the first few minutes of a podcast include a LOT of laughter.Meet Brooke McCarthy, a Business Coach and Digital Marketing trainer and a friend I made back at the Problogger Conference in 2016. She's an absolute cracker.Her description of the end 2021 feeling like the party that's dragged on too long and the sun is coming up and you can see the mess that's been made and the drinks that have been spilt and you just want to go home and go to bed and yet ... you have to stay up.Woah - how true?!Our catch-up reveals not only her hilarious side, but also an honest reflection about the past two years and how she's managed.I appreciated hearing about the toll her daughter's anxiety took on her, what has helped her navigate running her business being someone who 'holds space for the space holders'.We talked boundaries and exercise and so much more.Enjoy the episod

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.It's always such a joy to check in with Mim! She's such a bright spark and breath of fresh air.She lives in Newcastle and experienced a long stretch of lockdown but has a completely different experience to many others - she enjoyed it!She found the slower pace, the reduced amount of decision making, really nice.But what I love about her reflections in this episode is the comparison she makes between the impact of what we have experienced with covid and lockdowns and her breast cancer journey.Many of us here in Melbourne have thrown around the comment "we're all dealing with PTSD" - but what does this actually mean? What will be the ramifications on us mentally?Mim's insights are so reassuring and heartening.Enjoy the episode.Links:Gain back control of your mood with The Mood Shift!Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookKnow someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um,

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.Lisa Carpenter is a dear friend who lives in Canada and has experienced this crazy time in another hemisphere.We talk: •Frustration and despair and the path to acceptance. •Freedom and that what it means to her at the end of 2021 is completely different to what it ever has been. •Being ok with not being ok. •Big wins this year and big hardship.I love that she normalises that EVEN IF you've done a lot of work on yourself, even if you have a stack of tools, this time has been really hard and some days we get to kick the toolbox away and stamp our feet and watch baking shows on Netflix!We also talk about a controversial topic in which we've both made different decisions. At this stage of living through a pandemic we've all seen divisiveness. This conversation is not that.Lisa has been asking herself all the big questions and I loved hearing about how she's navigating herself through it all.Continue your conversation wi

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.In part two of their check-in, Lisa and Sam discuss what Sam is doing to move through the anxiety she's been feeling lately.They discuss how so many women don't know how to access joy in their lives because they've lost connection with what made them happy.Lisa gave Sam a simple exercise one night when Sam had spiraling thoughts and was creating a lot of meaning out of a situation that she actually had very little information on. Sam shares what the exercise was and how it helped.So many women struggle with over-thinking and spending a lot of time in their heads. This conversation offers a few things to try if you find yourself in a spiral.Links:If you struggle with having your moods derailed by those around you - then grab Lisa's game-changing program - The Mood Shift!Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookKnow someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um, and a hefty handful o

Back by popular demand is Lisa's friend and all 'round superstar Sam Sutherland!In this catch-up Lisa and Sam discuss how Sam is feeling after 107 days in lockdown in Sydney.Sam shares the things that have been triggering an anxiety that is unusual for her and what helps in these situations.Lisa and Sam talk honestly about not feeling at the top of their game and the importance of 'shared humanity' to help us when we're struggling.Honest, insightful and funny - Sam is a true treasure and this conversation is not over!Tune back in next week for Part Two!Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookKnow someone who would love this episode?Share it with them here (um, and a hefty handful of stars would be greatly appreciated!)Prefer to read? Access the transcript hereContinue your conversation with Lisa: Instagram | Facebook| Substack Know someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um, and a hefty handful of stars would be greatly appreciated!)

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.Lisa's life has been a roller-coaster of uncertainty, addiction and grief the past five years. And she's needed to cultivate a state of peace amongst it all.She's distilled three essential (and super practical) ways to facilitate more peace in your life, no matter the circumstances happening around you.If you're a person who easily 'entangles' in other people's stuff this will offer you helpful advice!Oh and there's a big reminder about how important it is to be rested. Again!PS - The doors to Ready for Change might have closed but there's stacks of ways in which I help women create positive change in their lives. Back to You is a comprehensive program with 8 practical exercises that you can do in your own time to help you move through overwhelm, self-neglect and find your magic self again. It's available for just $47 right here.Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookK

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.What has REALLY happens when we say we've had a bad day?I'm sure you've said it before... "what a shocking day" and yep, there are truly some shocking days.But you know what's often happened? We've allowed a frustrating morning or a small event to trigger us and we carry that through the entire day.We forget that we can reset. We start to talk our bad day into existence!We can give away so much of our personal power when we let things snowball, when they perhaps didn't have to.In this episode Lisa shares an example of a bad day snowballing and offers simple questions you can ask yourself to reset at any moment.Links:I'm hosting a free workshop about the surprising things that keep women stuck (um, fyi, they're not what you think!) and what you can do to free yourself. It's free but you do need to register so click this link to save your spot.Continue your conversation with Lisa:Ins

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.Lisa has just celebrated her 42nd birthday and shares some views on ageing in this episode.In her work helping women reprogram the stories and beliefs that keep them stuck - there's always so much to uncover when it comes to ageing.Our subconscious collects everything we've ever experienced, and woah the world is full of messages, images, and expectations when it comes to a woman ageing.In this episode, you'll hear about why an image of Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz had Lisa clicking on the clickbait!And why so many of her members over the years have felt bitterly disappointed on their birthday and how she practices self-celebration to show her children how to actively celebrate themselves no matter what age or stage of life they are at.Links:Get yourself on the waitlist for the next round of Ready for Change. Coming October 2021!Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookKnow someone who would love this

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.Have you ever laid in bed at night thinking "I'm not doing ANYTHING well right now!"And there's a knot in your tummy that you're letting people down, that you're 'behind', that you're failing - not just in one area but ALL the areas!?*Not in the least dramatic*So has Lisa - and it's more pronounced than usual in extended lockdown where so much is vying for her energy, attention, and time.In this episode, she breaks down exactly how she gets to the other side of this debilitating thought. Why it can be an activating thought if we harness it in the right way (with a stack of compassion for ourselves) and why it can be completely self-defeating.Let's ditch the unrelenting standards and embrace "this is what 'doing it' looks like right now".Links:Get yourself on the waitlist for the next round of Ready for Change. Coming October 2021!Continue your conversation with

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.In this episode Lisa shares the small tweak she made at the start of Lockdown 6 in Melbourne that has change the experience for herself and her kids.This episode is a brilliant reminder that what you focus on grows.We have so little control over much in the world that it's important during these times to double down on what we can.Links:Get yourself on the waitlist for the next round of Ready for Change. Coming October 2021!Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookKnow someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um, and a hefty handful of stars would be greatly appreciated!)Prefer to read? Access the transcript hereContinue your conversation with Lisa: Instagram | Facebook| Substack Know someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um, and a hefty handful of stars would be greatly appreciated!)

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.Over the past few years, many people have told Lisa she's strong.And for sure, there's strength in continuing to get up and out of bed every day whilst grieving. Strength in showing up for work and for children - in whichever way is possible.But it's somewhere completely different than Lisa found her strength.It hasn't been in the keeping everything rolling, it was allowing the surrender.Surrender to the feelings, the messiness, the loneliness, the shadows. Allowing herself to feel it all and be held by others and herself was where she found her strength.Links:Get yourself on the waitlist for the next round of Ready for Change. Coming October 2021!Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookKnow someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um, and a hefty handful of stars would be greatly appreciated!)Prefer to read? Access the transcript here.Continue your conversation with Lisa: Insta

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.When we are too attached to things being a certain way it can cause unnecessary suffering. But don't take it from Lisa - take it from Buddha!In this episode, Lisa explores her big lessons on Attachment.She shares where she held on to particular attachments in her marriage and family and how ultimately she had to learn to detach.Hear about the three types of attachment Lisa experienced (they are universal!) and exactly how the Eightfold Path illuminates much of the work she has undertaken to create freedom in her life.Links:Want to get started on a path back to yourself? Jump straight into Back to You, Lisa's simple, highly effective, and empowering program completed by women who are done with overwhelm and prioritising everyone but themselves.Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookKnow someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um, and a hefty handful of stars would be greatly appreciated!

There's never a perfect time!An unexpected benefit of running a business during lockdowns and home-learnings is that there's a radical 'humanising' of our brands. This is also occurring in a corporate setting where our leaders, experts and coaches are sitting in their homes dealing with the same challenges.This Purpose Friday podcast we celebrate the benefits of connecting with your audience and clients in a really human way - it's a massive gift to them when you do!Links:Get your week started in a brand new way! If you've been struggling with making traction in your biz, feelings of constant overwhelm (helloooo homeschooling) or generally felt like you're just not moving forward, come along to a Monday Momentum session. Click here to register!Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookPrefer to read? You can access the transcript here.Continue your conversation with Lisa: Instagram | Facebook| Substack Know someone who would love this episode? Share it with t

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.Who knew there was such a thing as OVER functioning? I mean - isn't it 'normal for life to feel all go-go-go and our role amongst that is to take care of all the things, all the people, all the time!?It seems not. Listen to this episode and get a new perspective.Lisa shares all the ways that she began recognising over-functioning and why she was driven to behave in this way (chronic fear that it would 'all fall apart' without her).Hear the three gentle steps Lisa has taken to get off the over-functioning bandwagon and the surprising outcome of others rising around her as a result.Links:The doors to Momentum - a three-month container to help online business owners, coaches, freelancers, and creatives build intentional momentum to achieve their goals before the year ends! Click here to register.Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookKnow someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (u

As business women, entrepreneurs, coaches, creatives - choosing where we focus our attention is always so important. But amongst a week of terrible news, amongst lockdowns and restrictions - it's even more important AND it can feel even harder.In this short Purpose Friday episode I pose a simple but powerful question that you can ask yourself any time of the day to feel more connected, more motivated and more productive in your work.Links:Get your week started in a brand new way! If you've been struggling with making traction in your biz, feelings of constant overwhelm (helloooo homeschooling) or generally felt like you're just not moving forward, come along to a Monday Momentum session. Click here to register!Continue your conversation with Lisa:Instagram | FacebookPrefer to read? You an access the transcript here.Continue your conversation with Lisa: Instagram | Facebook| Substack Know someone who would love this episode? Share it with them here (um, and a hefty handful of stars would be gre

Never miss an episode! Subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.Lisa used to believe that she needed to be responsible for everyone and everything around her. She was a chronic 'fixer' and believed she had to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders.When she shares what she's learnt about codependency it's a huge a-ha moment for lots of women, whether they've experienced a partner with addiction or not.Love is caring. But it's not care-taking.Relationships are about two independent people taking full responsibility for their own happiness and health coming together in union. This has been a big lesson for Lisa - to let go of attachment to what the people around her will do and find peace within herself.This episode will be helpful for anyone who has ever walked on eggshells, forsaken their needs for others (chronically!), felt like they are or they know the solution to someone else's problem and abandoned themselves for 'love'.Links:Hey, if you are