The Passionate Pioneer Podcast with Beth Taylor

Julie is a Counsellor as well as a Career Recovery and Leadership Coach dedicated to fostering self-confidence, self-awareness, and psychological safety with her clients. She specialises in stress management and workplace issues and believes that wellbeing is a manifestation of authentic actions and behaviours. Having successfully balanced a thriving career with a large family, as a mother, wife and now grandmother, she understands the importance of wellbeing and work-life balance and brings a holistic perspective to her practice with a unique blend of professional expertise and life experience. You can contact Julie @ julie.sack@emeraldnest.com.au

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Annelise has an interesting background being Italian by birth, but having lived in England for 27 years she feels like a native Brit without having lost her Italian heritage.

She is a former international financial lawyer whose life changed when she started to seek out work that was more fulfilling and a greater source of happiness…

Earning diplomas in a variety of NLP, positive psychology and trauma informed coaching, she now specialises in psychometric tools to support professionals and lawyers in maximising their impact as leaders and helping them to advance their careers in the private industries.

With a proven track record of 10 years executive coaching, Annelise draws on her extensive experience as a senior finance lawyer to provide practical strategies that bring extraordinary positive improvements and results for her clients.

Sarah is the Owner of Shine, ShEO! empowering Women Entrepreneurs to Shine Bright.

As a Business Strategist working with Women Entrepreneurs, who run service-based businesses, she specialises in increasing your Productivity and Revenue by implementing Strategies & Systems that align with You and Your Business.

Together with her team of Expert Coaches in Marketing, Sales and Business Energetics, she helps you implement the necessary strategies to elevate your business and reach your goals.

You can contact Sarah @https://www.shinesheo.com/contact

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Denise is an intuitive Natural Leadership Coach.

Drawing on her many years as a transformational coach and mentor, Denise weaves together the wisdomof nature, the power of intuition, and the principles of creativity to help her clients to go beyond what they ‘think’ is possible and create results they love more naturally and effortlessly.

Her passion for nature and wildlife and her journey into the wisdom and laws of deep nature have taken her on a magical path of synchronicity and opportunity. From working with Orcas off the coast of Vancouver, to becoming a Ranger at the largest Royal Park in Britain and volunteering with rhinos at a conservation in Zimbabwe.

Denise continues to follow her intuition, deepening her connection with nature, her own natural leadership and the philosophy that ‘to ignore the wisdom of nature would be most unwise.’! 😊

You can contact Denise @ https://www.deniseparker.com/contact

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Welcome Back!

Hey there, it's Beth! Season 2 of The Passionate Pioneer Podcast is here, and I'm more excited than ever to be your guide on this journey of Purpose and Passion.

This podcast is all about celebrating the bold and courageous women who dared to ditch the status quo and follow their dreams. We'll hear inspiring stories of how they tuned into their intuition, embraced their passions, and built a life that truly lights them up.

Here, passion meets purpose!

Each week, you'll get a front-row seat to the journeys of incredible women who've walked the walk. They'll share their unique stories, wisdom, and experiences to help you build the life you deserve.

Have questions for me, or dream of being a guest on the show? Don't be shy! Leave me a message right here on Spotify.

You might not know exactly where the next step will take you, but remember this: you're never alone on your path to becoming a passionate powerhouse.

Let's get this season started!

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Sally was an insurance agent for 20 years before becoming a real estate agent investor in 2018 when her mum got sick.

She realised that owning property and being her own boss was the way to go in making real money.

In 2020, she bought a bank owned property for a steal of a deal and by the end of Covid it was worth at least double.

However, she knew that capital gain taxes were approx 23% for the average Joe, but they were much lower for the Elite!

Why was that?

Sally set out on a mission to find a better solution and dive into the world of taxes to help the average person keep their information private and defer their capital gains.

She shares weekly updates in her private real estate group and also on 'Win Win Women TV' where she talks about how to save on your taxes.

Lynsey Grace had been working in the corporate industry for 15 years as a sales representative and was very successful. However, after her diagnosis, she realised that she had been utterly unfulfilled in her work life as well as her relationship and she set about self-assessing her life choices and decluttering anything that wasn't serving her. That included her career and her relationship.

Still reeling from her diagnosis and heartbreak, she looked fear in the eye and made a courageous decision to start her own business as a Life Coach.

Taking equity out of her house, she re-invested it in herself and her new career by training in life coaching, EFT and Reiki qualifications.

2 years later and Lynsey is now a positive sales psychology coach and business mentor, supporting women in growing and scaling their businesses through ethical sales and powerful mindset shifts.

"The best decision I ever made" she quotes

You can contact Lynsey @ https://www.instagram.com/lynseygracecoaching/

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Stephanie Freethy was a police officer for 13 years before she chose to leave both her career and marriage at the age of 40.

Her background as an investigator for the department of family and protective services as well as being a Sergeant in the police force, led her to come full circle in her own life.

With 11 years as the student, the patient and the coach, her psychology degree has definitely come in handy in taking back control of her life by overcoming the past.

Rebooting her life in her 40's has been invaluable to her coaching style where she supports women to 'overcome AND become' in her Fear to Fierce course and 5 step framework.

Her motto of 'start living the life you've always dreamed of and deserve' is one we can all resonate with.

Carolyn Wallace found that ticking all the boxes, in her work as a therapist, was restricting and often times she was not given the freedom to spend more time with clients to unravel what the future held for them.

Grabbing the opportunity to study 'archetypal modalities' was a natural progression for her to support women in digging deeper into their spirituality and revealing their own unique soul blueprint.

As a Yoga teacher, Reiki Master and soul dance teacher, she has always sought out alternative methods to help her clients on the road to recovery and building a brighter future - now using her own spiritual wisdom and these modalities she has the freedom to do so in her own consultancy business.

Her start up company 'Your Radiant Life' encompasses her vast experience and knowledge to support women in being unapologetic, radiant and confident while activating their highest potential.

You can contact Carolyn @ carolyngracewallace@gmail.com

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Zoe Brinn was a teacher and leading educator for 15 years, trying to make an impact and change what she already knew to be a broken system.

Making the decision to leave wasn't easy, but feeling undervalued, overworked and browbeaten she eventually threw in the towel and went on her own journey of self-discovery and helping people in her own way.

A few years later she also pulled her daughter out of school after realising that the education system was failing her too. Zoe is now in charge of home schooling her, something she could never have done had she still been working in her full time job.

She is now in her 4th year of being a conscious business leader and works with both new and established businesses, helping them to create a kind, robust and sustainable work environment providing systems and processes and the overall logistics of team development.

"Finding the right person for your team, is not always about the qualifications and references - it goes much deeper into the core values and mission of the business owner" she quotes... And she's right!

She is also a public event speaker on leadership, social consciousness and strategic growth within the education and business world, as well as running her own membership site for conscious leaders.

Zoes passion certainly shines through in this interview and her pioneering, and innovative attitude are ones to be admired.

Marcia's energetic skills developed very early in her life - growing up in the wilds of Derbyshire she was immersed in nature and involved with the rangers and mountain rescue where she learned to connect with nature and the elementals.

At the age of 12, she started going to a spiritual church where she developed her intuition and psychic abilities and then combined them with psychology and creative visualisation to help bullied children at school.

She continued this life long passion of body therapy, energy and health at College, which also included massages, crystals and aroma therapy as well as a variety of other Eastern philosophies linking to body health.

From Athletes to CEO's, Marcia has helped many professionals around the world to connect with their bodies, energy and intuition with amazing results.

She now works with female inmates, in the prison system, to support them in all areas of their lives and she intends to step back into full time Entrepreneurship very soon to follow her passion on her own terms.

You can contact Marcia @ https://www.facebook.com/marcia.gladwin

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Stephanies story starts with a lack of time and juggling so many things that something had to break! Little did she know that 'that break' would be her finger and that was the catalyst that gave her time to sit down and re-evaluate everything in her life.

Already utterly fed up with the education system, in 2019 she pulled herself and her children out of school, sold everything and bought an RV to travel the USA and Mexico.

When Covid hit, her plans came to an abrupt end and she took a job as a personal assistant for a well-known coach. Learning mindset techniques and retraining in EMDR therapy, she started to unpeel the layers of her childhood, which she had buried away, and she began to see all the patterns in her own life.

As an avid adventurer, problem solver, out of the box thinker and now trained coach, Stephanie decided to start NEO Strategic business, which helps business owners find a new level of success through Human Design and other similar tools so that both life and business are in harmony.

You can learn more about Stephanie Lanier @ https://neostrategic.org/about

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Isi Murray worked in the corporate world for more than 10 years , switching roles to try and find the satisfaction and happiness she desperately needed, but it never came. It was only after a trip home to her beloved Cornwall, in the UK, that she had an experience which was to be the catalyst of major change in her life and career. *What I would call her 'Spiritual turning point She returned to Jersey, quit her job, sold her house and began to dream of a brighter future. With no exact plan in place, the only thing Isi knew was that she wanted to be of service to others in a more productive and hands-on way. Following her instincts, she soon realised her passion lay in helping people with their mindset, depression and healing from the trauma of life. After extensive training in a variety of hypnotherapeutic techniques and protocols, Isi now works with private clients and coaches to bring about positive and constructive change in her hypnotherapy for healing and hope business. You can contact Isi Murray @ ⁠https://www.im-hypnotherapy.online

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Like many others leaving University, Alex wasn't really sure what career she wanted to do and fell into her first few jobs without having the time to think about it. After a few years of finding her feet she landed in a position of working for a fast growing company where she had the enormous challenge of 'trial by fire' fast learning and rapid expansion. Longing for every weekend, when she could see her boyfriend and get a break, she often wandered why she was so exhausted during their time together, until she realised that she had underlying health issues that she had been pushing down as they weren't a priority Monday to Friday. Yikes! The pandemic was the time Alex needed to take a break and reassess her whole working life and also her health. She just knew she couldn't return to her unhealthy work hours, and so, after talking it over with friends and family, who were extremely supportive, she decided to start her own business. Following what she thought 'she should do' led her again to burning out and giving her time and energy for work that she wasn't passionate about. This was all too familiar and so she set out to find out what she really wanted to do, what was the one thing she could offer support with and feel the ultimate satisfaction without the burn out. Alex now runs a successful consultancy business, coaching and mentoring other business owners to regain a work life balance through effective practices and finally finding the joy and balance in her own life. You can contact Alex @ https://www.businessfreedommethod.co.uk/

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Jill Nicholsons story began like most - leaving school with no idea of what she wanted to do.

At University she did a teaching degree which gave her a solid foundation of management skills, but it wasn't until she was in her 30's that she had the calling to be a psychotherapist and counsellor.

However, working for a charity with government contracts, putting in 16 hour days and being a slave to the system eventually led to serious health problems that she couldn't ignore, including a variety of yo-yo diets and an auto immune disease.

Having worked with drug users and their families, Jill soon realised that her own drug of choice was food and this fuelled her passion of working with clients who had emotional eating disorders, but not before going on her own journey of self-discovery, quitting her job and developing her own business and systems to get to the root cause of societies unhealthy eating patterns.

You can contact Jill @ jill@escape-emotional-eating.com

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Elisa Boogaert was ticking all the right boxes in her career, but very early on in her 20's realised that she was miserable and living in a toxic environment.

She finished her job, sold her car and began her travelling journey to explore the world as a backpacker, much to the shock of family and friends.

11 years later she landed in London, UK, with no boyfriend, no job, no money and no home and hit rock bottom. It was the helping hand of a friend that got her motivated again to pull herself out of the funk she was in and re-evaluate who she was and what she really wanted in life.

That inner healing journey took another decade as she unravelled years of being silenced, verbally abused and misunderstood - a story that is very familiar with many of the women we know and love.

She made new friends, set healthy boundaries and a mindfulness routine and slowly her life began to change for the better.

From that personal transformation, Elisa discovered that her passion lay in supporting and coaching men and women on their own inner healing journey to find the confidence and freedom to live a happy and healthy life.

Tracey had quite a few choices when she left school. One of them was to follow her passion of caring for animals, but the daunting years of study at University in a new city at such a young age put her off and she instead ended up following the money in a Paralegal career.

Her years of disappointing experiences in that legal industry, including being bullied, micro managed, used as a glorified photocopier and generally undervalued, overworked and used up, led her to start thinking there was something wrong with her.

It wasn't until the final straw of her last job when she was at a really low point in her career and job searching yet again, that she saw an opportunity to work at the Animal Welfare League, a childhood passion of caring for animals that she had long forgotten about.

Taking a huge pay cut, but following her intuition, Tracey applied for and got the job where she now works caring for animals (pets) who have been surrendered or dumped, finding new homes for them and giving them the love they deserve.

Traceys story has come full circle and she is finally doing work that she loves and following the passion that she sidestepped years before.

A true inspiration and a joy to chat today with another Passionate Pioneer!

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Hannah Walker had, what some would call, the dream job of jetting all over the world, making 9 figures in sales for her employer. However, spending time with her new husband wasn't happening and the thought of starting a family was not even on the cards.

She was so dedicated to her job, over-giving and burnt out, that something had to give! And that moment happened on her honeymoon!

With her husbands support, and agreeing that this wasn't a career that was sustainable by any means, she quit her job and set about finding and following her passion.

Little did she know that she would end up building a successful sales business, teaching other people in various industries the tools and techniques that she had amassed during her years in the corporate world.

Hannah is yet another Passionate Pioneer that I was honoured to chat with!

You can contact Hannah @ https://www.facebook.com/hannahwalkerconsultant

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Being successful in your career is not the same as feeling successful in your life as Mariya so clearly points out... feeling like her soul was being crushed in a job that didn't feel aligned to her, even though she was doing well, was the driving force behind her decision to find out who she was on a soul level.

The big question of 'Who am I?' is where it all begins and for Mariya that was education. Her journey started with research, courses and workshops to dive deeper into finding her passion and soak up as much information as she could.

One of her first big mistakes was to quit her corporate job thinking she could find her clients immediately but as she soon found out, building a business takes time, energy and practice. She then decided to take a different approach by going back into a corporate job and following her passion in her free time so that she could have a smoother transition when she was ready. Bingo! That was the answer...

Yet another Passionate Pioneer I was honoured to chat with!

Karen Nicholson worked as a mental health specialist until she retired just before the pandemic hit. A few months later, after the novelty of staying at home had worn off, she found that she was feeling depressed and missing her children who were on the other side of the world. This led to her rooting out old photos and memorabilia from her garage where she found 2 old jars from her sons wedding day.

Finding these jars gave her so many happy memories and changed her state of mind completely, so much so that she started her not for profit company 'Jars of Joy' which has taken on a life of its own and together, with her Mum 'Sparkly Margaret', they now spread joy across the world, one family at a time.

Karen has also retrained as an NLP and mBit coach so she now combines her 'Jars of Joy' with group and 1:1 coaching for a full on JOY experience!

Yet another Passionate Pioneer I was honoured to chat with!

You can contact Karen @ https://www.jarsofjoy.co/karen-marie-nicholson

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Rhema Flowers was desperate to leave her corporate career of 25 years when she realised her own health was declining and she knew that she had to find a better way to live her life.

Her journey started with yoga, although she admits it was a challenge at first to slow down when her corporate world was always speeding up. However, with only this one small health change, she could already feel the difference in her body and sleep patterns.

That was the catalyst for Rhema to transition out of her profession and full time into leading a healthier, vibrant and energetic lifestyle. Leading by example, she now teaches yoga and pilates to high performance executive women along with self-care practices for a total wellness transformation.

Yet another Passionate Pioneer I was honoured to chat with!

You can contact Rhema on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/rhemaonmaui/

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As the owner of Treeternity Memorial Forest and also a freelance mortgage broker, Mia Hollinger tells us her inspiring story from her traveling days to taking big risks in her life.

It's not easy in your professional career as a woman, especially when your Managers and CEO's are arrogant men who feel they always know best, but it sure gives you the perfect excuse to leave and find a better way of life.

Mia had no idea, when she left her 9-5, that she would retrain as a mortgage broker and step into a passion project of supporting others, but she was fully aware that taking the first step out of her frustrating career was the first thing she had to do.

Another Passionate Pioneer example I was honoured to chat with!

You can learn more about Mia @ https://treeternity.com/ AND https://mortgagesbymia.ca/

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Dee Weights has been a horticulturist for 40 years and has always loved getting her hands in the soil, thinking outside the box and creating master pieces of art.

Her story sheds light on how she was feeling in her corporate job, and how a documentary sparked her interest to get out of her comfort zone and be courageous, by going in a completely new direction into an industry that many fear to go.

Dee is a Passionate Pioneer in her field and you can clearly hear the love in her voice which is surely an inspiration to all of us.

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Synthia tells us her story of working in the social housing male dominated industry, a career spanning more than 30 years which eventually led to burning out, being thoroughly disillusioned and having major health issues. 

Those issues were the catalyst for making the changes she desperately needed for herself and her family including relocating to Portugal, where she is building a beautiful Prayer Retreat with her family.

Although she still has one foot in her 9-5 job, working remotely has afforded her the time away from the rat race to follow her passion and grow her spiritual connection to nature and God which will inevitably lead to following her passion full-time.

In todays episode I chat with Julie Elves about her experience as a woman in the Engineering Industry and how she transitioned many times, in the attempt to follow her passion, eventually leaving her corporate career behind to be an Entrepreneur.

Julies story resonates with me, and many women I have spoken to, about how she was unfairly treated in a masculine industry and sheds light on how difficult it often is to be taken seriously in a profession that is dominated by men who seem to sail through their careers unscathed.

Julie is now a Transformational coach supporting women to push through their fear boundaries and break free with authenticity.

What a delight to chat with Connie Jean Monroe who shares her story of being in a top management role in her industry for more than 16 years, but understanding that she was just a number when her company restructured.

Jumping on the chance to take a severance package and leave the rat race to follow her passion, Connie takes us on her own unique journey from corporate to coaching and tells us how she now empowers women to follow their dreams using her JOY process 

Melissa Amos is the owner of Soul Space, a community of like minded souls who support, inspire and encourage one another, with the help and guidance of their Mentor of course, but how did she manage to give up her huge salary and benefits to follow her passion?

Melissa talks about bravery, courage and how tapping into your intuition and facing your fears is the key to working on your passion, along with following the breadcrumbs of simple and doable action steps in an ever evolving story.

You can contact Melissa @ https://www.facebook.com/MelissaSAmos/

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Hi, I’m Beth and I’m PASSIONATE about supporting women who are quietly quitting their 9-5 because they are feeling disillusioned and disappointed with their career, and helping them discover and follow their passion on the other side of their daily grind

Having been in corporate management for 25 years and going through my own disappointing and unfulfilling experiences, I now support women just like you you by showing you how to tap into your intuition and discover your real passion and purpose so that you can live your life on your terms with freedom and joy

Shedding light on why you’re feeling dispassionate about your career, and why you are quietly quitting, this podcast aims to be a safe space for you to open up and be completely candid

Having your voice heard, finding your tribe of like minds and being able to get support is so important when you don’t know where to turn or who to talk to…

I want to afford you the same opportunities that I offer my clients in my Passion Programs where you can feel empowered, have the confidence to be your authentic self and discuss some of your unpleasant professional experiences alongside receiving genuine empathy, appreciation and heart led guidance

This podcast is where PASSION meets PURPOSE, enabling you to strengthen your resilience and build the life you deserve

Each week I’ll be talking with women just like you and also women who are further along on their passion journey to get both sides of these unique stories, offer advice, support and share experiences

If you have any questions for me or would like to be a guest speaker on this podcast, please feel free to leave me a message right here on my Anchor/Spotify hosting page

You may not know where the next step lies, but you are never alone on your journey of becoming the next Passionate Pioneer

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