In this episode Melissa chats with Leadership Development Coach and Mentor Jon Eddy about how he realized that he was in the wrong jobs, the accompanying anxiety and energy crisis and how we dug his way out. Jon was eventually transparent with his boss who supported him to get clear, get strong and design his ideal job. It is possible!  𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: 🔸 The downsides of taking on roles to tick boxes on your CV 🔸 When we are depleted, our perspective of choices narrows  🔸 We can protect...

In this episode Melissa and Educator and Mentor Ramita Anand chat about a proactive approach to empowering young girls in the pre-teen and teen years when they are most vulnerable yet open to remarkable break throughs.  Ramita combines her experiences as an educator and a parent of a child diagnosed with autism, to provide us with insights to how we support the growth of our children, aid our own growth and celebrate differences. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:   🔸We can teach children to chase dreams from...

In this episode Melissa and Heather Chauvin chat about growth, support, crisis and ultimately choosing discomfort to live a full meaningful life at work and home. Heather touches on her stage 4 cancer recovery and the overwhelming realization that her quest for success may have looked appealing from the outside but she felt far from successful on the inside. Heather Chauvin is a leadership coach who helps ambitious, overwhelmed women conquer their fears and become leaders at work and...

Welcome to 2021! We arrived. This week Melissa returns to growth and discusses her growth intentions for the this year, encouraging you to do the same. Hint: choosing discomfort is involved. We truly are better together.  Not Another Resolution Masterclass Learn To Tame Your Inner Critic - Free Video Class I hope that you are enjoying experiencing the Go To Grow podcast as I am making it. As part of your enjoyment of listening to these amazing stories I ask three things of you, please...

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE CHIEF ENERGY AUDIT Learn how to boost your energy and impact sustainably. Start by taking this audit. Complete this 5 minute audit and receive a report to acknowledge your starting point. Understand how you can boost energy to fuel performance and impact in leadership and life. I am so happy to have you here as part of the grow tribe. We support our own growth and inspire each other as we embrace imperfect experimentation and growth.   I hope that you are enjoying...

Connection, community and a growth movement. I love the grow tribe. You absolutely rock. We rocked 2020 growth so watch out 2021.  Together we are growing and leaning into discomfort. Discomfort and growth go hand in hand and they are not going anywhere. Like you, we are just taking a break over the New Year. Please stay safe and well. Go slow and enjoy your break. A special thank you to my partner in growth Stewart MacGowan for all the growth love and support this year.  In this 2020 wrap-up...

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE CHIEF ENERGY AUDIT Learn how to boost your energy and impact sustainably. Start by taking this audit. Complete this 5 minute audit and receive a report to acknowledge your starting point. Understand how you can boost energy to fuel performance and impact in leadership and life. I am so happy to have you here as part of the grow tribe. We support our own growth and inspire each other as we embrace imperfect experimentation and growth.   I hope that you are enjoying...

Did your parents tell you "children should be seen and not heard"? That girls need to be nice and polite? Not to be "bossy"? Like me you might repeat some of those phrases and catch yourself. How do we support those children to find and keep their their voice? How do we hold ourselves back from being seen and heard in the workplace? What can we do to grow in and beyond the literal voice?  This week I chat with the deeply experienced voice coach and advocate Lucy Cornell who supports us in...

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE CHIEF ENERGY AUDIT Learn how to boost your energy and impact sustainably. Start by taking this audit. Complete this 5 minute audit and receive a report to acknowledge your starting point. Understand how you can boost energy to fuel performance and impact in leadership and life. I am so happy to have you here as part of the grow tribe. We support our own growth and inspire each other as we embrace imperfect experimentation and growth.   I hope that you are enjoying...

The mighty and humble kitchen. Home to much of our 2020 growth and insane pancake making. Or is that just me? I don’t think so! Today I chat with a young female entrepreneur and kitchen designer about 2020 growth wins and kitchens. Markie Tuckett has grown her business, community and is ‘staying golden’. Some takeaways: 💡Markie realised early not everyone is meant to be an ‘employee’ 💡To do you own thing you have to come up with a rough plan and work hard 💡 If you are passionate about...

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE ENERGY AUDIT Learn how to boost your energy and impact sustainably. Start by taking this audit. Complete this 5 minute audit and receive a report to acknowledge your starting point. Understand how you can boost energy to fuel performance and impact in leadership and life. I am so happy to have you here as part of the grow tribe. We support our own growth and inspire each other as we embrace imperfect experimentation and growth.   I hope that you are enjoying...

“When a woman finally learns that pleasing the world is impossible, she becomes free to learn how to please herself.” ― Glennon Doyle, Untamed  A women on the verge willing to talk about it and do something about it. 2020 growth is indeed messy and diverse. Tune in to more real stories about what growth means to people this year. We will and do all have a 'midlife' story and experience. Not many involve escaping the UK in lockdown and going to ten Greek Islands in ten weeks to find out...

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE ENERGY AUDIT Learn how to boost your energy and impact sustainably. Start by taking this audit. Complete this 5 minute audit and receive a report to acknowledge your starting point. Understand how you can boost energy to fuel performance and impact in leadership and life. I am so happy to have you here as part of the grow tribe. We support our own growth and inspire each other as we embrace imperfect experimentation and growth.   I hope that you are enjoying...

“Growing old with someone else is beautiful, but growing old while being true to yourself is divine.” – Dodinsky Do you wish your partner would get growing? Does your partner put growth pressure on you?  My husband Stewart made an interesting comment the other day about not wanting to be left behind on the 'grow train'.  So today we chat about his growth amongst our growth and growing our self-made tribe and business. With all that growing going on, it is easy to loose connection with the...

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE ENERGY AUDIT Learn how to boost your energy and impact sustainably. Start by taking this audit. Complete this 5 minute audit and receive a report to acknowledge your starting point. Understand how you can boost energy to fuel performance and impact in leadership and life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/go-grow/message

Resources: What is Surge Capacity: https://thelatch.com.au/what-is-surge-capacity/ Surge Capacity Article: https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c Manoush Zomorodi Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/manoush_zomorodi_how_boredom_can_lead_to_your_most_brilliant_ideas?language=en I am so happy to have you here as part of the grow tribe. We support our own growth and inspire each other as we embrace imperfect experimentation and...

Enjoy the Learn how to becoming your own Chief Energy Officer Bonus Series.  Click here to complete the Chief Energy Officer Audit Learn what your strengths are https://store.gallup.com/p/en-au/10108/top-5-cliftonstrengths  A Chief Energy Officer understands how to renew and boost energy to fuel sustainable performance and impact in leadership and life. You might call it Mojo.  For 20 years my job was to support people and teams perform and do great work. My personal and leadership...

"The price is high, the reward is great" Maya Angelou What would change tomorrow if you gave yourself and your team full permission to integrate the joys and challenges of life into your leadership? Where have to you been holding back? What would more vulnerable look like for you? What stops you and at what cost? Today I am joined by Jessie Sharaleff and we explore her personal and professional break-throughs once she gave herself permission to acknowledge personal loss and the truth of her...

Learn how to boost your energy and impact sustainably. Start by taking this audit. Complete this 5 minute audit and receive a report to acknowledge your starting point. Understand how you can boost energy to fuel performance and impact in leadership and life. CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE ENERGY AUDIT --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/go-grow/message

Made a mistake lately? Of course you have. You are a grower so I remind you to embrace the 'growth mindset'. Our brains can grow. Guaranteed we will make mistakes but choosing the 'growth mindset' enables us to learn and improve versus a fixed approach bypassing growth and hunkering down in fear and judgement. Today I talk with my uncle and sports journalist Jon Anderson about the opportunity to learn from mistakes. Jon is a true grow tribe leader as he openly and courageously shares...

This Podcast is new and I need your feedback and suggestions on topics, narratives and people of interest. Please share with other curious growers and leave a review, comment or rate the podcast on Apple Podcasts.  Please share your growth pictures and stories, challenges and wins via  'Go to Grow'  Instagram. Leave me a voice message via the link here on the podcast here if you  would like to connect or email me on [email protected]. Cheers, Melissa --- Send in a voice message:...

Taming your Inner Critic to Grow  We are all about supporting our growth. So best we understand what sabotages our growth. In this case it is you! More specifically it is your inner critic.  This week we have an insightful and practical chat with Georgia Foster who is an expert in helping us tame our inner critics to be authentic and successful.  Georgia is a clinical hypnotherapist and Voice Dialogue trainer. Important and relevant side note - She is known as the 'Alcohol Reduction' Expert...

Today I ponder....... We can do the hard work to develop ourselves, recognising that "what got us here, won't get us there" and this is very much the case when transitioning to a managing people. Most of us have default ways of thinking and working which are either an accelerator for us or more of a hand-break. Often they are well entrenched 'coping strategies' that don't serve us any more. When we are triggered by stress, change, uncertainty it can tip us back into those coping behaviours...

I chat with coaches Jo & Nick Bowden about running a running business together and of course growth. You do not need to be a runner, just a 'mover' to listen and learn about supportive ways to move our bodies and boost our stamina (mental, physical and emotional)  Some key takeaways: Challenge the labels you apply to yourself "I am not a runner...." As it is in business, have a plan, be patient with yourself & let the 'product' (us!)' develop over time (no perfection!) Keep it...

Locating Yourself - A Key to Conscious Leadership  This Podcast is new and I need your feedback and suggestions on topics, narratives and people of interest. Please share with other curious growers and leave a review, comment or rate the podcast on Apple Podcasts.  Please share your growth pictures and stories, challenges and wins via  'Go to Grow'  Instagram. Leave me a voice message via the link here on the podcast here if you  would like to connect or email me on [email protected]....