Episodes
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Today I am interviewing Melissa Browne, who is an ex-accountant, ex financial advisor, ex-working till she drops, bestselling author, business strategist & mentor and entrepreneur who is passionate about helping women particularly live a life by design and not by default.
We want to make sure we are out living our best life and money is just one area that can help make that happen. In this episode, we bust open those money myths, discuss money habits we should be employing to get us further ahead financially, we talk about sexually transmitted debt and what we can do to protect ourselves plus much more.
We are all about empowering you and Mel is here to empower you financially.
If you would like to know more about Mel, work with Mel or if you would like to access all of the info we discussed today, then please head to: www.melissabrowne.com.au/kiyspodcast
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A big part of Self Defence is learning how to avoid a violent encounter.
We talk a lot about de-escalating a situation as we want to avoid violence at all costs as anything can happen in a violent encounter. No one wants to get into a fight (well, most of us donât anyway) but unknowingly we can set ourselves up for a fight in a split second when we allow our ego to run free. This is where a situation can escalate and lead to a devasting outcome. We need to keep our ego in check and work towards de-escalating the situation.
In todayâs episode, we talk about the importance of de-escalation and changing the narrative so that we can avoid an ego-based violent encounter.
We also focus on unwanted attention and the best way to handle this. Wanting to yell back at someone catcalling us is something we would love to do. Stand our ground you could say but is this the safest way to deal with this situation. There is quite the debate about how to deal with this situation but let me say that your safety is at the forefront of our minds, making sure you get home safe is what we care about.
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We are all about avoiding violence and the best way to do that is to give ourselves options. We want to make sure that the places we are hanging out provide us with maximum visibility, space to move plus many exit points so that we can leave a situation if we need to.
Think of it as a room with one door, you have just one exit point which is not ideal, the same goes for when you are out and you have limited options. Just taking a moment to assess our surroundings and seeing what options are available to us can make all the difference.
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Website: www.wsdn.com.au
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We cannot be perfect all the time but there are so many things we can do in our day-to-day life that are EASY and put us ahead of the game when it comes to our safety. Todayâs episode is to point out the easy side of Self Defence as sometimes we forget that a little change in our life can make all the difference.
The easy is so damn easy compared to the hard, the violence. It is extremely hard from a mental and physical aspect to fight for your life which is why we bang on today about the easy.
Now, maybe you are already doing some of these things or maybe you just need this little reminder of how we can change our daily habits that allow you to live a safer life. At the end of the day, the choice is yours alone how you live your life. We just want to present you with the information and its benefits and you can take it from there. Take care and stay safe.
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What is your inner chatter like when it comes to your safety? Do you instantly think âshit, shit, shitâ or do you tell yourself âIâve got thisâ?
Today I talk about the importance of having the right mindset, living your best life in the safest way possible. Focusing on the things we can control, will make all the difference. We must think about the environment we actually live in and not the one we would like to live in. We can all say âI should be able to do this or thatâ but we really need to think about what we can actually do in regards to our safety. We have to be making smart choices when navigating our day so that we can go and live our best life. Living in a state of worry and panic is not living. I want you to feel empowered when it comes to your safety, you are the one controlling your actions.
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There are lots of ideas out there about how to use your phone when it comes to self-defence and today I want to share our thoughts on when we feel your phone is needed.
Tristan and I talk about how we would use our phone if we were confronted with a potential threat, just one on one. We also look at what role our phone can play in a third party situation where we are witnessing a violent encounter.
We have many tools at our disposal when we find ourselves in a violent encounter, is the phone one of them?
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I have had so many messages sliding into my DMâs about how to stay safe when youâre out with babies and kids. I get it, I have been there, I have two boys and I know what it feels like when all you want to do is protect these tiny people from everything in the world and you can feel quite vulnerable when doing it.
In this episode, Tristan and I talk about what you can do to not only feel safer when youâre out with babies and kids but actually be safer. Planning plays a large role but the type of planning will differ depending on the age of the child. We run through each stage, starting with Infants working our way up to 12-year-olds, which covers the primary school years.
You know your child best, so apply these tips and strategies when you feel your child is ready. Self-protection is a life journey and one that evolves with the various stages of your life. We have one life so make sure you are living it to the max in the safest way possible.
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WARNING - Some people may find this episode disturbing as we are talking about Domestic Violence and I would like you to listen at your discretion.
Today Rachel talks with Caroline McGuinness who is doing amazing things to bring more awareness to domestic violence. She is a qualified social worker with a wealth of expertise in human behaviour, trauma and engagement. She is the founder of McGuinness Consultancy, Empowering Leading Women, and The WHY Campaign which kicked off last year during the pandemic. Caroline is so passionate about bringing an end to domestic and today she talks about how she is going to make this happen.
If you find this episode overwhelming at any time and you would like to speak to someone, support is available. If you are in Australia:
Call 1800RESPECT for 24/7 support
Call 000 if you are in danger
If you are not in Australia, please find your local support services hotline.
For more information on Caroline, please visit:
Website: www.thewhycampaign.com/
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @empoweringleadingwomen
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-mc-guinness/
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Website: www.wsdn.com.au
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Say what??? Who is travelling in this pandemic? Everyone is going to be travelling at all different times during this pandemic and Rachel believes it is important to get the information out there so you can refer to it when it applies. Some people are heading out for an overnight stay, others are travelling interstate and some will be heading overseas.
Rachel and Tristan cover a broad range of travelling safety topics, starting at the early planning stages and then onto just before you leave, and when you arrive at your destination. The big bonus, there is a Travel Safety Checklist that you can download here: wsdn.com.au/travelchecklist so that you can locate this info when you are ready to travel. Head over and download it.
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Today Rachel and Tristan discuss the importance of the âMentalâ side of Self Defence. As the âPhysicalâ side seems to get most of the limelight.
The reason we hear more about the physical side is because of the violent nature of the crime, we hear about the physical trauma inflicted upon the individual, the cuts, bruises, broken bones, blood, rape and perhaps death! We hear about these things because it creates shock and terror in our minds. Violence sells news! Itâs the physical violence that grabs peopleâs attention and Rachel believes this is why many people expect this to be the main topic in her workshops and seminars.
While the physical gets all of the attention, it is the mental aspect that Rachel and Tristan place huge importance on. You cannot control the other party in a violent encounter.
There is no script on how you will be attacked and you canât control how it will happen or the outcome, but you can take control over your daily actions that can keep you safe and this is why Rachel wants to bring these tips and strategies to the surface and make sure they are getting as much exposure if not more than the physical aspect.
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Website: www.wsdn.com.au
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In todayâs episode, Rachel + Tristan sit down and talk with Self Defence expert Jeff Phillips who is not only the chief instructor of Western Combatives in Sydney but also the director of SAFE International Australasia. Jeff has an extensive background training in Martial Arts and also as a competitive fighter. He is an industry leader in the instruction of Self Defence and is passionate about delivering skills sets and knowledge that is based on truth. He takes great responsibility upon himself to ensure that his students are prepared to face and survive the realities of a violent encounter.
You can see all things Jeff here:
Instagram: @westerncombatives @therealjeffphillips
Facebook: @combativessydney
Website: www.westerncombatives.com.au/
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Are you living your best life? If not, can you reinvent yourself? The answer is âAbsolutelyâ!!! In todayâs episode Rachel talks (and laughs a shit load) with the gorgeous Bianka Ismailovski about the major changes that have taken place for her over the past two years that were a must in order for her to live her best life. She has openly shared these darkest moments with her followers and inspired so many to make the necessary changes they needed so they too could live their best life.
Bianka is a comedian and podcaster. The former party girl turned sober role model has had a very eventful 2020, which saw her marriage fall apart and left her stranded during stage four lockdown in the middle of a pandemic. Despite this, she has managed to launch a new podcast, âDamsel Undistressedâ where she is dominating the podcast comedy charts as well as moving into her own place.
Change can be hard which is why a lot of us tend to put it off but we must remind ourselves that we only have one life. Are you living your best life or at least working towards it?
You can catch all things Bianka here:
Instagram: @biankaismailovski
Podcast: Damsel Undistressed â Bianka Ismailovski
Podcast: We Want To Be Better â With Annie Nolan
Alcohol Mini Series (runs from 30th JAN 2020 â 31st MAR 2020. The first episode starts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/alcohol-origins/id1322824072?i=1000464113062
Website: www.annieandbianka.com.au
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Knife attacks are more common than gun attacks here in Australia. Unfortunately, we hear about them more often these days in the news, social media, private chat groups, even really young kids are carrying them. They are easy to acquire, conceal, and donât require any training for them to be effective. Most of all they are extremely dangerous.
In todayâs episode, Rachel and Tristan discuss the 2 types of knife situations that occur and what you can do to give yourself the best chance of survival if you are confronted with an attacker armed with a knife.
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So, you are walking down the street and you spot a violent encounter taking place, what do you do? At this very moment, you must be aware that you are entering into a world of risk. At the end of the day, you legally have no obligation to do anything. It really is up to you and how much risk you are comfortable with taking.
Today, Rachel and Tristan talk about the various violent encounter scenarios that can take place and the various options you have available to you as a bystander if you wish to get involved.
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How many times have you had a feeling in your gut that something just wasnât quite right? Call it a hunch, sixth sense, butterflies in the stomach, it is basically your gutâs brain telling you that based on what you can see in your environment, something isnât quite right.
Most of us have experienced the sense of knowing something without knowing why. It is when the subconscious mind communicates with the conscious mind which gives us that ability to make a split-second decision.
When our intuition is trying to tell us something, we quite often get some kind of physical sensation that something is not quite right.
So what do we do when we get these feelings, a lot of the time, absolutely nothing.
We question it, we deny it, we push it away as paranoia, when in fact we should listen to it and act.
Today Rachel dives into the reasons why we choose to ignore our intuition and what we can do to help tap into these gut feelings and learn to trust them.
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Confidence plays an important role in Self Defence. Today Rachel talks with voice coach, Sally Prosser, about how to get confident in your voice. Your voice matters whether it be in a 1 on 1 conversation at a café, at a conference presenting to 1000 people, or screaming at a predator who is moving into your personal space.
Rachel and Sally talk about various tips and strategies that will empower you on your journey to feel confident in your voice no matter what the occasion. Mindset is a big one. No one is confident 100% of the time, you have to work at it. The more we practice and put ourselves in situations where we test our confidence, the more we grow in our voice and as a person.
If you would like to know more about Sally, you can visit her here:
Insta / FB / TikTok: @sallyprosservoice
Twitter: @sally_prosser
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sally-prosser/
Website: www.sallyprosser.com.au/
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Fight, Flight, or Freeze. Which one do you think will kick in? To be honest, there are no guarantees, we do not know how we will respond because we have no control over it. The Fight-Flight-Freeze response is your bodyâs natural reaction to danger. But like anything the more you educate yourself and plant those seeds in your brain of what you need to do at that moment, the better chance you give yourself to make the right decisions when it matters.
Today Rachel and Tristan dive into what happens to your body during that Fight-Flight-Freeze response and what we can do to give ourselves the best chance when that happens.
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Nobody likes rejection, throw alcohol and drugs in the mix and it can get out of control. So how do we reject someone without bruising their ego and causing the situation to escalate?
In todayâs episode, Rachel talks about the importance of having a story. By changing the mood you can reject the situation and not the person which allows them to walk away with their ego intact.
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There are always going to be uncomfortable moments in your life. Things you just donât want to deal with or maybe something you want to say âyesâ to but it is so far out of your comfort zone, that you say ânoâ instead. As uncomfortable as these challenges may be, they are also necessary for you to live your best and safest life.
In todayâs episode, Rachel talks about the importance of pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone not only for your personal growth but to also put you in a position to be able to better deal with the uncertainties of confrontation and potential violence.
Rachel hopes this episode inspires you to take that leap and push yourself through that uncomfortable feeling and come out the other side feeling stronger and more confident to face the next challenge.
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Letâs talk about Situational Awareness. This is what Rachel likes to call the big one, the main topic, we canât make smart choices for our safety if we donât know what is happening around us.
Situational awareness doesnât mean we have to live like a paranoid meerkat 24/7, but there are definitely times when we do have to switch on and give 100% to our surroundings. In todayâs episode, Rachel runs through the 3 levels of awareness and talks about âwhen isâ the right time to be completely switched on.
A predator is banking on us having low awareness so we have to be ahead of the game and not give them that opportunity.
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