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Empowered Conversations Podcast
by Suzi Petrozzi
This podcast will take you on a journey of personal growth and self-discovery through conversations with special guests that will inspire you to live the life of your dreams. My guests are experts in their chosen fields. I chose these guests because they are remarkable individuals who have an important message to share. Everyone has a story and everyone's story is worth sharing. When we share our story and speak from our core we are destined to impact and uplift those who need it most.
Episodes
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S2E12: Season 2 Episode 12: Sometimes We Just Need Someone To Talk To
Tess is a paramedic in her early thirties passionate about helping people and learning about their stories. She struggled throughout life experiencing severe depression and anxiety. In our conversation Tess generously opens up about her journey to overcoming mental health challenges, drawing...
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Season 2 Ep 11: The Warrior of Patience and Persistence
Bill Hamilton is 78 years of age. His approach to life has been one of calm, patience and persistence. So, when he got diagnosed with Parkinsons' two years ago, Bill applied the same approach to his health, despite the ups-and-downs and the uncertainty of this disease. Resources: Book: The New...
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Season 2 Ep 10: Demystifying Loss
In her corporate career Karen Chaston was a CFO of a publicly listed company and a senior manager for more than 25 years. In July 2011, Karen’s life changed forever when her 27-year-old son, Dan, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. Within 15 months, Karen resigned from her job and began a...
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Season 2 Ep 10: Choosing the Road Less Travelled
Georgia Campbell is a 27-year old woman from Sydney's Northern Beaches, passionate about agriculture and education. She is not afraid to diverge from the commonly treaded path so it was almost no surprise to her mother when she moved to the Northern Territory to become a governess on Australia's...
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Season 2 Ep 9: Leadership in 2022
Kerrie Miller is the General Manager Business Operations and People at Smarter Communities, a leading strata management company. She is an authentic leader with over 30 years experience as a senior human resources professional. She cares about people and understand how important it to invest in…
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Season 2 Ep 8: A Comedy of Errors
James Day is 22 years old. He is completing a double degree in political science and international relations at the ANU Canberra. Transition to university was difficult as he struggled with depression, anxiety and ADHD before he found his true passion for stand-up comedy. See...
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Season 2 Ep 7: Finding a Place To Call Home
Lorraine Costa is psychic medium, a spiritual advisor and a clinical hypnotherapist. Lorraine was seven when her parents divorced. She comes from a Greek background so this very unusual was in the 1960s. Lorraine felt lost, insecure, and confused. She lost belief and trust in people but her…
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Season 2 Ep6: It's Ok Not To Be Ok
Ben Day is a specialist life risk adviser, providing life and disability insurance. Ben has had his fare share of trauma. In our conversation Ben opens up about his struggle with depression and why it's so hard for men to ask for help. Resources: • Ben Day...
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Season 2 Ep5: Deliberately Shaping Our Life Story
Edwina Cowdery has recently completed a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne. She has a background in facilitation, training and organisational development. She is also a kitchen poet, which means she's always aiming to fit creative activities into her busy daily...
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Season 2 Ep3: You Deserve a Beautiful Space
Emma Blomfield is a Sydney based residential interior designer, author of two best selling decorating books and most recently, tech founder of Decor Library. Emma's philosophy for design is that everyone is worthy of living in a beautiful space, regardless of their budget. We explore the...
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Season 2 Ep2: The Amazing Power of a Woman’s Body
Kerry Sutcliffe is an award-winning Hypnobirthing Australia childbirth educator and university researcher. She is passionate about helping women and partners achieve a positive birth experience. While she doesn’t have a magic wand, Kerry does her best to empower women to own their choices and...
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Season 2 Ep1: When Suppressing Emotions Is Helpful
Patricia Teerman is an active 84-year old woman, a former nurse and an unassuming leader, who’s never been never afraid to challenge the system to bring about positive change. As a nurse, Patricia learned self-discipline which helped her make the best of any situation, no matter how hard or...
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You Never Know Unless You Bow
Colin Macleod is a Celtic fiddle player, teacher and a wonderful story teller, originally from Scotland. He has over 40 years experience playing the Celtic fiddle and his vision is to share his passion for the fiddle, and music, with as many people, all over the world, to inspire them to be...
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Keep Pushing The Limits
Chris Paulin is a Consultant Psychologist, a co-director of the Resource Therapy Institute Australia, and a principal of Marriage Works which specialises in relationship counselling, in Sydney Australia. Chris is also a martial artist with over 30+ years experience; he is an avid Tango, Latin and...
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It’s Not Bad. It’s Different.
Cindy Hurley-Leister is an international executive coach and a co-host of Brave Transitions podcast.She is a mother of three, originally from Germany, who has made bold transitions by moving her family to the USA and later to Australia, where her husband is originally from. Cindy has a bias for...
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Remembering Our Inner Child
Natacha Desille is a Clinical Psychologist who has a special interest in how our early attachment and life experiences influence and effect our brain, learning, and subsequent emotional and psychological development. She believes that healing is only made possible when individuals are able to...
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Infusing Aboriginal Ways of Being Into Teaching
Lisa Buxton is an executive officer for the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry. She is also the first Aboriginal graduate from the School of Education at Notre Dame University Australia to graduate with a Doctoral of Education by publication. Lisa is at forefront of ensuring teachers have the necessary...
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Problems Are Opportunities
Giuseppe Zangari is one of Australia’s finest classical guitarists and is the founder and director of The Sydney Guitar School. A lecturer, chamber musician and soloist, he has performed with many distinguished Australian musical ensembles and soloists. His love for music and the classical guitar...
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Entrepreneurial Journey of A Tech Disruptor
With 30 years in retails operations and senior management roles, Domenic Ammendolia took the plunge and left his corporate career to make a bigger impact. In our Empowered Conversation, Domenic opens up about his challenging journey to revolutionising the discarded shopping trolley problem....
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Through The Body We Remember and Return
Emily Cooper has worked in Community Arts for over 16 years. She brings genuine warmth, inclusivity and creativity to her work as a dance teacher and a drum teacher in mental health, school, corporate and community settings. She has studied extensively in New York and Africa and performed and...
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Awaken Your Undeniable Inner Knowing
Elizabeth Luong describes herself as a reiki, intuitive, oracle and energy healer For as long as she can remember, she has been sensitive and connected to spirit and her higher self. She has a huge capacity for empathy and a deep desire to support others through their suffering, and towards a…
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The Power of Integrating Science and Spirituality into Our Lives
Josh Ciardi has worked in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry as an analyst and strategist. He has witnessed some mind-blowing advances in medical technology over the last fifteen years but is even more fascinated by ancient methods of healing the mind and body. Josh is in the final...
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Taming The Trauma Triggers
A survivor of clergy sexual abuse, Esther Hatfield Miller, transforms from victim to survivor and emerges a thriver; using her uniquely crafted 5-step self-healing system, “from CHAOS to CALM!” Esther is a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach who mentors Clergy Sexual Abuse Victims (from all…
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Hypnotherapy: The Ticket to Our Subconscious Mind.
Twenty years ago Ann Eyers experienced back pain and was asked by her then chiropractor if she had ever considered hypnotherapy. Out of curiosity to understand why he would suggest hypnotherapy, she decided to learn more about it and underwent training to become one. Ann is a Clinical...
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Part 2- What Does It Mean To Journey as a Woman Today?
Dr Elsbeth Meuth, Ed.D., has assisted thousands of women to create lasting intimacy and fulfillment in their lives and relationships. She is featured on Showtime’s documentary series Sexual Healing and the Emmy Award-winning NBC show Starting Over and is best-selling author of Sexual…
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Part 1- What Does It Mean To Journey as a Woman Today?
Dr Elsbeth Meuth, Ed.D., has assisted thousands of women to create lasting intimacy and fulfillment in their lives and relationships. She is featured on Showtime’s documentary series Sexual Healing and the Emmy Award-winning NBC show Starting Over and is best-selling author of Sexual…
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Navigating Change: From Survival to Contribution
From a career in banking, to being a full time mum of three children and now a business owner with a creative career in visual arts practice, Julie Peadon love making art accessible to everyone. She is known by some as “the crazy art lady” because of her passion, energy, fun and enthusiasm for…
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Find My Australia
Greg Tannos hasn’t lived if in his week he hasn’t made time to explore the outdoors. He loves nothing more than going off the beaten track and delving deep into nature and discovering what is beneath the surface. His outdoor adventures nourish his Spirit him and gives him purpose to keep…
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Rob Lobasso is a one-of-a-kind music instructor who teaches his students more than chords and notes. His love for guitar and music was born early in his childhood. It unravelled something deep inside of him. He was hooked on playing, exploring and discovering music. The relationship was deep but…
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The Knowledge Book: Our Help and Our Teacher
Milena is an artist, architect, poet and a volunteer for The Knowledge Book Throughout her school years Milena showed a great love for both mathematics and the written word, earning numerous awards in mathematical and literature competitions before entering university. As a graduate in...
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Standing Together In Our Differences
How do we stay compassionate and keep our hearts open to others as we stand strong in our truth and what we believe in? Interested in the creative process from an early age, Sher Manu, a freelance choreographer, moved to Byron Bay from Sydney, after having her first child. It is here that she...
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Learning to Sit With Change and Discomfort
Rachel Smith is an intuitive and creative occupational therapist. Through her journey practising as a therapist, she discovered the need to unpack and reinvent aspects of herself. She is a yogi, mediator and journaller; who loves to channel in her inner owl (wisdom). Rachel often thinks about the...
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What Happens To Our Body When We Suppress Our Truth
Dr. John Petrozzi (who also happens to be my hubby) has been fascinated with the human body since he was a young boy so it is no wonder he chose chiropractic as his profession to help those in physical pain. He recently completed his PhD in which he explored the effects of thoughts and behaviour…
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Longing for Love and Connection
After 26 years in finance executive positions in the corporate world in France and abroad, including Australia, Joel knew deep down that despite success in his career something was missing. It was while in Australia that Joel decided to embark on a personal and spiritual journey searching for…
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It’s Time To Get Back To Ourselves.
Melinda Dransfield is the Digital Producer for Children, Families and Creative Learning at the Sydney Opera House. She has worked as an actor and voice over artist throughout Australia and is passionate about helping other express their story. Together we explore how creativity has been impacted…
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Accidental Photographer and His Lens on Life.
Phillip Kozis is a master photographer and an award-winning creative. He loves what he does. Getting lost in the creative process is his form of meditation. As a photographer, he is always looking at the horizon and leaning in to see what is coming, what needs changing and how best to adapt to...
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How Energy Speaks To Us
Fran Davidson has practiced as a psychic and energy worker for over twenty years. Always highly sensitive to her surroundings, she begun consciously developing in the early 90s. She is clairaudient, clairvoyant and clairsentient - she hears, sees, feels and "just knows” things. In our Empowered...
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Staying Connected. Living More Fully.
Jacqueline Marks is a passionate teacher and writer. She is fascinated by what fuels our sense of connection and works to empower our future generations to connect with themselves and the environment around them so they can make a positive impact in the world. She holds a Bachelor in Education…
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It Takes A Village. A Wonder Woman Costume. And A Ute.
Naomi Cao had a great start in Australia after escaping Vietnam with her parents in 1980. Despite the treacherous journey to Malaysia, her family settled in Sydney where Naomi built a successful life for herself. But her life didn’t play out the way she imagined. Her marriage ended abruptly and…
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Taking Charge Of Your Health - Where To Start?
Dr Josephine Braid uniquely combines her passion for physical rehabilitation medicine and functional medicine. She is a strong advocate for health education and empowerment, and works closely with a health coach to maximise her patients' health outcomes. Whilst historically doctor-patient...
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The Gift of Contemplation
Pattie Snudden is 88 years old. She is a treasure beyond measure and she knows it. She loves people and most of all she loves God. She has felt God’s presence from an early age and as such joined The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart in late 1950’s to devote her life to God. Pattie...
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Keep Finding the Fun - Now More than Ever
The question ‘which two animals best describe you?’ started as a bit of fun in 2012 at a dinner party for Kate McNab and Lisa Bella, co-founders of Animalyser. Some of their friends were able to answer the question immediately and others not so. Over time, they found that this question connected...
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Are you busy doing the right stuff?
From a computer programmer, working logically and strategically, with an appetite for continued growth and a desire to enjoy life’s journey, Donna McNulty now empowers mumpreneuers with proven tools to stay true to their heart and soul while busting their ‘mum guilt’. As mums we can fall into the...
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Sydney’s Joan of Arc
Armida Croccolo Brugnoli is a passionate and energetic 87 year-old-woman. She speaks five languages. She is a table-tennis champion in her age category. We recently met in the clinic of our acupuncturist Leo Viola. She was very loud and I could hear what she was saying. So I wanted to meet her....
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Self-Care and Boundaries
For many, one of the hardest things to do is to make time for ourselves to do what we desire. In this Empowered Conversation I am joined by Pamela Zimmer, a bestselling author who is also known as “Self-Care Concierge” who teaches women how to have peace and balance in their lives through a...
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Creativity, Empowerment and Transcendence
In this Empowered Conversation with Sydney-based artist, teacher and art therapist Georgia Freebody we engage in a vital and powerful dialogue on creativity, empowerment, transcendence and learning. We explore the nature, scope and power of a creative process and how creative space can enable...
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Shame Can Be Shifted
Lyle Steffensen is a first generation migrant with a (very) mixed ethnic background who grew up in the apartheid era in South Africa, and came to Australia in the “Recession We Had to Have” when she was 15 with her parents and two sisters. Lyle’s passion for social justice, inclusivity and...
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The Sun In Your Heart Is Rising
In this profound conversation I’m joined by Saniel Bonder who is the author of Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and the founder of the Waking Down® work. He has been a pioneer in the widespread embodiment and mutual, evolutionary exploration of awakened consciousness. With his partner Linda...
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Staying Empowered During Menopause and Menstrual Cycles
Dr Natasha Andreadis, a.k.a Dr Tash, is Sydney’s renowned fertility specialist and one of only 78 Certified Reproductive Endocrinologists and Infertility (CREI) sub-specialists in Australia and New Zealand. This makes her uniquely qualified to manage infertility and hormonal issues. She takes a...
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On The Surface Everything Looks Great
In this episode of Empowered Conversations I chat to Brad Goodchild, a leading yoga instructor and founder of "Bikram Yoga Five Dock”. Brad has been teaching Bikram yoga for over ten years to over five hundred and fifty students each week at his studio. Brad shares how he went from being a...
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This podcast will take you on a journey of personal growth and self-discovery through conversations with special guests that will inspire you to live the life of your dreams. My guests are experts in their chosen fields. I chose these guests because they are remarkable individuals who have an important message to share. Everyone has a story and everyone's story is worth sharing. When we share our story and speak from our core we are destined to impact and uplift those who need it most.
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Suzi Petrozzi
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