How to Get Unstuck with Helen Thomas

In this episode, Helen chats with Melissa Finlay.

Melissa is a women's health nutritionist, Pilates instructor, and strength coach.

Mel spent around 15 years working in the corporate world and during that time, she picked up a host of unhelpful habits and adopted an almost sedentary lifestyle… something many of us can relate to!

Finding herself burnt out and lacking in energy, she knew things were just not right and that she needed...

Shownotes: 17 Julie Crockett

 

In this episode, Helen chats with Julie Crockett.

Julie is a renowned buyer’s agent and the founder of Australian Property Investment Solutions. 

Over the last 20 years, Julie has transitioned herself from being a financially stuck single mother to a successful property investor and educator. She now works exclusively with investors to help them build wealth by making informed investment decisions.

In...

In this episode, Helen chats with Sammi Jaeger.

Sammi is a multi-passionate entrepreneur. She’s a Co-Founder, Coach, Speaker, Facilitator, Integrator, Podcaster and Author (in the making)! 

After experiencing burnout that made her fall out of love with herself and her life, she knew something had to change. She set about reimagining her world and getting laser-focussed on her aspiration to live a “fuelled up life”. 

This led to her...

In this episode, Helen chats with Leah Stanistreet.

Leah is the founder of Snappystreet Creative and is the creative force behind this very podcast. 

Leah is a photographer, podcast creator and audio producer. An experienced audio engineer who spent a large portion of her career producing content for some of Australia’s largest radio networks including TripleM, Nova Entertainment, and 2DayFM. 

Now she supports female business owner...

Shownotes: 14 Veronica Llorca-Smith

 

In this episode, Helen chats with Veronica Llorca-Smith.

Veronica is a highly accomplished professional, master of reinvention, and author of three Amazon bestsellers.

Originally from the Canary Islands and now living in Hong Kong, in August 2021 Veronica found herself stranded in Australia with her two young daughters, due to travel restrictions.

She used this experience as an opportunity to r...

In this episode, Helen chats with Jane Vandermeer.

Jane is a personal stylist and advocate for women's confidence. 

She believes in connecting with clients who are challenged with their personal style and helps them redefine their aesthetic to truly reflect themselves. 

Jane is an established figure in the fashion industry with over 30 years of experience and now runs her business called Finesse Your Style, a personal styling servi...

In this episode, Helen chats with Dr Lucy Burns.

Dr Lucy Burns is a GP and lifestyle medicine physician. But that’s really just the headline because she is soooo much more than that.

The first and most important thing to know about Lucy is that she is “real” - a real person and a real doctor with the real health and wellness issues we all experience every day.

In her late teens, Lucy was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy, which imp...

In this episode, Helen chats with Kate Merryweather.

Kate Merryweather describes herself as “that redheaded LinkedIn coach”, although I’d argue she is “THE redheaded LinkedIn coach”... surely there is no-one else?

Kate believes that LinkedIn is a tool that can transform your life — IF you have the right strategy. She teaches clients to create and share content that turns fans into followers and followers into buyers.

Kate is the fi...

In this episode, Helen chats with Cynthia Chung.

Cynthia is a procurement guru. Her 20-year career spans diverse industries including consulting, technology, automotive, FMCG, and retail.

Cynthia has a track record of building highly effective teams that drive award-winning outcomes.

Having spent the last 8.5 years with one of the world’s most recognised brands, Nandos, Cynthia has recently taken the leap into a new role with Vicin...

In this episode, Helen chats with Claudia Neal-Shaw.

Claudia Neal-Shaw is a human super-connector. She’s an ex-lawyer turned entrepreneur who once dreamt of “wearing sneakers every day and turning up to a job that lit her up from the inside out.”

So she fled her corporate cubicle to become an entrepreneur. She realised that many female business owners get stuck communicating their value and that with her legal and marketing backgro...

In this episode, Helen chats with Emma Walkinshaw.

Emma Walkinshaw is a highly accomplished all-rounder - she is a coach, creator, facilitator and founder - and she’s dedicated to empowering women to unlock their full potential and achieve their dreams.

Emma is an ICF certified coach and accredited yoga instructor. She’s also an incredibly successful entrepreneur and business owner, having started her first business at the tender a...

In this episode, Helen chats with Lisa Mulligan.

Lisa Mulligan is playing an influential role helping create organisations where people can comfortably contribute and flourish.

She’s the founder and Director of The Culture Ministry, and The Culture Club and it’s her dream to build a pragmatic network of experienced D&I practitioners, offering D&I support to organisations to create successful and thriving workplaces.

Prior t...

Content Warning: This episode includes discussion about relationship breakdown and domestic violence.

In this episode, Helen chats with Becca Maxwell.

Becca Maxwell is on a mission to change the narrative around divorce and separation. She is incredibly accomplished - a consultant, a coach and mentor. She’s also the founder of the Do Divorce Right online business and podcast.

Becca has experienced divorce twice, the second time dra...

In this episode, Helen chats with Helen Ebdon.

Helen Ebdon is a business and executive coach and the founder of the groundbreaking Take15 program.

Helen is a lifelong business owner who trained as a graphic designer and started her first business at 25. Her business was incredibly successful but she was exhausted and stretched to her limits. And… she was stuck. She says it felt like being on a treadmill she couldn’t get off.

Helen ...

Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of IVF and infertility

In this episode, Helen chats with Wendy Geitz.

Wendy Geitz has been an actuary, a consultant, an organisational and workplace designer, an executive and a CEO. She is passionate about creating stronger communities, workplaces and individuals.

Over her nearly 30 year career she’s worked in insurance, banking, commercial property, urban generation, and not for p...

In this episode, Helen chats with Alpha Schulte.

Alpha Schulte has been working in the accounting and finance industries for over 20 years, starting out as a tax consultant.

As a child of migrants, financial security wasn’t something that was present in her life while she was growing up.

However, even knowing the importance of financial literacy, Alpha says it wasn’t until her growing interest in personal finance led her to complet...

In this episode, Helen chats with Mel Kettle.

Mel Kettle is an accomplished leadership communication consultant and internationally recognised thought leader.

She’s a trusted mentor to executives and leaders, a highly sought-after speaker, and a trainer specialising in leadership communication. Her clients include leaders, teams and organisations that want to achieve real connection and sustained engagement.

Mel is also an advocate...

In this first episode, Helen chats with Domonique Bertolucci.

 

Domonique Bertolucci is a multifaceted professional with a rich and varied background. She's been a model, investment banker, consultant, and coach.

 

An international bestselling author, her podcasts and audiobooks rank alongside top-tier wellbeing and self-development creators. Domonique has been sharing her strategies for happiness with corporate organisations, smal...

How to Get Unstuck is a brand new podcast that shines a light on the why and how of feeling stuck in your life, career or business.

 

Hosted by me, Helen Thomas, a career and business coach, who has been where you might find yourself right now—feeling stuck and wondering how to get unstuck.

 

Experiencing stuck can leave you feeling trapped or discouraged and unable to move forward.

 

Each week I chat with those who’ve faced simila...