Today Pete speaks to Breda McCague, an incredible motivator and empowering transformational specialist. She co-founded and co-chairs the Lean-In Ireland community which empowers women to help them achieve their mission. Alongside this and her more corporate roles, Breda also has three children and currently plays in a rock band! KEY TAKEAWAYS Fire in the Belly to Breda is her drive and her passion. It can also be something that many don’t think a lot about until they lose it. Breda is someone wh...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 126
Today Pete speaks to Gabriel Uribe, a coach and mentor from Mexico with a strong purpose to serve others in creating more wealth. They talk about coaching, business, connection and more! KEY TAKEAWAYS After a difficult time in business in his 30s Gabriel started to look more into the idea of wealth and success without jeopardising his soul. Sometimes you need to rise-up and gain a change of mindset and start ‘creating’ to become wealthy and successful. Conscious creation is consciously thinking ...
Dec 19, 2020•2 hr 37 min•Ep. 125
Today Pete speaks to Doug Gordon, CEO, coach, professional speaker and radio presenter! They talk about wellness, perspective, mindset, and more. An intriguing and enlightening episode. KEY TAKEAWAYS Doug moved around a lot when he was a child including living in Ireland, London and Belgium. He now bases himself between Ireland and England. Doug did an engineering degree but after working in a rather ‘mucky’ environment he switched paths and ended up in the investment world, working his way up a...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 124
Today Pete speaks to Melissa Mosher, entrepreneur, business strategist and now works in virtual event production. Melissa says if she does the interview right today then you will finish listening both exhausted and inspired! KEY TAKEAWAYS Melissa is in ‘corporate remission’. After working in corporate America for many years she decided to ‘do her own thing’ and is working for herself as an entrepreneur, business strategist and creator of virtual events. Gaming is a big part of Melissa’s life and...
Dec 14, 2020•2 hr 56 min•Ep. 123
Today Pete speaks to Emma Weaver, the founder of Mental Wealth International, an organisation supporting businesses to achieve better mental health and wellbeing within the workplace. She has also recently become a best-selling author and is a mum to three beautiful children. As well as mental health, Pete and Emma talk about writing, IVF, childhood and more. KEY TAKEAWAYS Emma says one of the bravest things she has done is write and publish her book ‘The Blue Line’ When Emma was going through h...
Dec 12, 2020•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 122
Today Pete speaks to Arnon Barnes, a serial entrepreneur, business mentor and peak performance trainer. KEY TAKEAWAYS Arnon grew up in a middle-class family in South Africa. His parents got divorced and he then moved to Israel with his mum. It was a tough time and he ended up leaving school, working and then doing national service. Arnon has trained over 120 thousand people in over 60 different countries! Arnon realised that there are so many people around us suffering. Most people seem ok outwa...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 121
Today Pete speaks to Adrienne MacIain, a story coach from Seattle. She helps individuals align themselves with their core message and then helps them get that message out via storytelling. KEY TAKEAWAYS A story coach is someone who brings out the stories of others. They help you figure out what stories are inside you, there might be ones ’colouring your world’ and you don’t even realise. They then help you decide whether it is a story to be shared, whether that is by writing a book, starting a p...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 120
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." - Viktor Frankl Today Pete speaks to Michelle Anhang, a leadership and lifecoach from Toronto, Canada. They talk about the trauma she has faced in her life and how it fuelled her passion and outlook. Michelle helps strip the silence, shatter the stigma, and get people on the path to becoming who they truly are. She works to support families faced with mental health challenges, individuals who are ready to ...
Dec 05, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 119
Today Pete speaks to Jane Bayler, a serial entrepreneur with vast experience in growing and scaling entertainment businesses. They talk about entrepreneurism, marketing, childhood and more. KEY TAKEAWAYS Jane specialised in business growth for 20 years. She is an expert in scaling businesses fast and has worked across many global brands. An advocate for marketing automation and digital technology, Jane incorporates this into all of her programmes as well as her marketing consultancy work. Fire i...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 118
Today Pete speaks to Heather Lundy, a ghost writer and coach. She listens to peoples’ stories and helps them get them into a book form ready for publishing. Heather and Pete talk about writing, life stages, dementia and more. KEY TAKEAWAYS Heather loves listening to peoples’ stories and helping them get their message out to the world. Heather wants to do a lot more travelling and see as much as the world as she can Now her children are growing up Heather feels like she is transitioning into a ne...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 117
Today Pete speaks to Annette Ferguson, she is a CEO of UK based accounting firm Annette & Co. She is a chartered accountant and helps business owners take more money home from their businesses! An interesting conversation all about Annette’s childhood, creating her own business, continued learning and more! KEY TAKEAWAYS Annette had never planned on becoming an accountant but she knew from an early age that she wanted to run her own business as this what her father did. Fire in the belly for...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 116
Today Pete speaks with best-selling author Russell Nohelty. He writes novels and comics which are mostly fantasy but also dabbles in sci-fi and mystery, as well as many other projects. They talk about films, writing, business, mental health and more! KEY TAKEAWAYS Russell started writing comics after spending 6 years creating films. The faster turnaround and development of comics appealed to him after it was suggested to him by his agent. Russell is mostly know for comics right now but has writt...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 115
Today Pete speaks to Alexander Inchbald, British born but currently living in Switzerland. Alex helps people learn to love what they do. He helps individuals, teams and organizations seize this historic opportunity in an ever-changing world and step into a new reality. He helps them by creating a solid foundation to forge their ‘masterpiece’. He does this through coaching, creating workshops and programmes as well as through his artwork. KEY TAKEAWAYS A masterpiece is the greatest thing you can ...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 114
Today Pete speaks to Brian Meder. Brian is German but currently lives in Ireland and up until five years ago was an engineer. He now spends his time as a lifestyle entrepreneur and holistic biohacker. In this mind-opening episode they talk about childhood, biohacking, philosophy and more. KEY TAKEAWAYS Brian was interested in the environment and environmental protection from a young age and it is this that lead him to study environmental protection including waste management and industrial clean...
Nov 21, 2020•2 hr•Ep. 113
Today Pete speaks to Ryan Stanley, husband, father and personal coach living in New Jersey USA. Ryan is also an author and serial entrepreneur, he loves creating businesses and believes entrepreneurialism is a form of art. They talk about Ryan’s journey to who he is now, how he tackles each day and what matters to him the most. KEY TAKEAWAYS Ryan’s superpower is his awareness of the ‘now’. He has spent a lot of time choosing to be where is now, he Is not fearful of the future or the past. If you...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 112
Today Pete speaks to Alison Trethewey-Smith, she lives in Kent in the UK. Her career originally was based in London in stockbroking but she has had many different directions since then. An emotional episode; Alison talks about the start of her career, being a mother, the sudden illness of her husband and her journey to where she is now. KEY TAKEAWAYS Alison feels she has been on a massive journey her entire life. She loves travelling and has been extensively around the world but has always lived...
Nov 16, 2020•2 hr•Ep. 111
Today Pete speaks to Sly Tha Deuce, author, music publisher and songwriter. He also coaches and provides resources to artists to help them build wealth whilst they build fame. Originally from Colorado Sly has been inspired and influenced to succeed by the people he was surrounded with growing up. He now wants to pass this joy onto others. Listen in today to hear about how he does this, his take on the music industry, his philosophies about life and more! KEY TAKEAWAYS Music has always been Sly’s...
Nov 14, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 110
Today Pete speaks to Mindy Gibbins-Klein, author, trainer and award-winning entrepreneur. She helps people get their message out there, often via a book but also through many other platforms. KEY TAKEAWAYS Mindy has written 9 books, Mindy lost her friend to suicide when she was just 26, this is what inspired her to write her first book and launched her career. Mindy partakes in thoughtful leadership, this is really taking the time to think through what you are putting out there. It is spending t...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 109
Today Pete speaks to Joseph McGuire, a complimentary therapist from Ireland who currently works as a facial profiler. They talk about belief, science, philosophies and more. This is a really in depth and thought provoking episode. KEY TAKEAWAYS A facial profiler is based on centuries of Chinese tradition and is based on the premise that our facial features show a huge amount about us, including our personality and behaviours. Joseph says he is more concerned with knowing than believing, which me...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 108
Today Pete speaks to ‘Work in progress’ Nina Harper! She was born and raised in England, she has lived all over the world but now lives in Northern Ireland where she has written two books about her daughters’ adoption journey. Tune in today to hear about Nina’s book, the adoption of her daughter, philosophies, her background, who she is as a person and more! KEY TAKEAWAYS Nina has found the process of writing her books very cathartic, at first she was worried about the personal nature of her boo...
Nov 07, 2020•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 107
Today Pete speaks to Karen DeMarco, registered nurse for over 25 years, born in Ohio but now living in LA with her own business in Private Patient Advocacy. They talk about her life, memories, business and more. Tune in today for an in-depth and engaging episode. VALUABLE RESOURCES Subscribe to Fire In The Belly Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fire-in-the-belly/id1499375061) ABOUT THE HOST The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host o...
Nov 04, 2020•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 106
Today on the Fire In The Belly Podcast, Mighty Pete talks to Sue Bowles for a second time. Sue is a well-known coach and author from Ohio. She has had an incredible life journey and the past six years have been truly transformative for her. They speak again about her support to those in need of inspiration and her remarkable wisdom around healing. Sue is unafraid and very committed to amplifying the voices of many women, especially sexual abuse survivors. Know more about her ultimate passion whe...
Nov 02, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 105
It’s truly a life worth living when we’re always hungry for success and abundance! In this episode, we get to know how the Hungry Mummy Danielle Bell helps the newcomers (especially mothers) start to raise finance, source deals, and learn about accountability. Danielle, who admits that she was previously a people pleaser, can’t help and be amazed at how well her life is going now. She has grown her property portfolio, been mentoring about property sourcing, and is now co-hosting the PPN Belfast ...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 104
“Salaries aren’t cool—they restrict you and bind you.” – David Chudyk Today on the Fire In The Belly Podcast, Mighty Pete talks to David Chudyk from Parallel Financial about his career journey—from working a 9-5 corporate job, he was able to take the leap and is now managing his own insurance company. Since the early 2000s, David has been helping many of his clients improve their financial well-being and also build & maintain their wealth. More importantly, he always emphasizes to everyone t...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 103
There isn’t a secret elixir to staying young forever, but there is a way you can cheat your way to looking and feeling young forever! In this episode of the Fire In The Belly Podcast, Mighty Pete talks to Health & Wellness Coach and Author Tristan Lee about how he helps people feel great about themselves and enjoy their lives to the fullest, aside from sharing the secret to ageing gorgeously! Though Tristan is nearly 50, he shares that he still gets mistaken as a teenager. How so? Well, ther...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 102
Today on the Fire In The Belly Podcast, it’s Mighty Pete who takes the hot seat! He gives us a glimpse of his latest book, BELIFE or BELIEF, a collection of 20 odd stories for people who are looking for a change and even life transformation. His co-author Heather Lundy, who also was a guest in a previous episode, will be the one asking Pete book- and even non-book related questions. In this episode, we get to know how it can be a tool for ANYONE who stumbles upon it, what we can learn from Pete’...
Oct 23, 2020•52 min•Ep. 101
“It’s so magnetic and heavily charged when someone has their passion. It doesn’t even matter who or what you’re talking about... It’s finding ways to scale it and take it forward.” – Pete Lonton Unbelievable how time flies and how many powerful conversations we’ve had! It’s Fire In The Belly’s 100th episode, and to celebrate this milestone, your host Mighty Pete is joined by Mark Victor Hansen, Crystal Hansen, Pat Slattery, and Donna Kennedy. Together they talk about how far the podcast has reac...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 100
Not all would agree, but science and metaphysics, when combined, can give you a more nourishing perspective on life. In this episode of the Fire In The Belly Podcast, Mighty Pete talks to Coach, Speaker, and Podcaster Padma Ali, about the powerful results that neuropsychology, energy healing, and inner wisdom can produce. There is a mysterious link that exists that, when acknowledged, can help us create a purpose-driven life and achieve our highest potential. Let Padma give you a thorough discou...
Oct 18, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 99
Let nothing stress you out! In this episode of the Fire In The Belly Podcast, let Bio Kinesiology expert Juliane Thomys tell you and help you how you can manage any stress or anxiety you’re feeling so you can be the best you can be in life. Juliane, through ChecKin Health, has helped individuals who deal with traumatic experiences, both in Germany (her hometown) and Northern Ireland. Today, she shares too her personal journey and the wonders of bio kinesiology, a therapy that focuses on movement...
Oct 16, 2020•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 98
“Every Break Up is a Wake-Up call. After all, it’s called break up, not a breakdown,” – Allen Martin. In this episode of the Fire In The Belly Podcast, Mighty Pete talks to Speaker, Coach, and Podcast Host Jocelyn Bellows to talk about her personal journey and her passion for helping other people to recover and heal from anything that’s limiting them from achieving greatness. Being in a toxic environment or experiencing obstacles isn’t new for Jocelyn. She had to deal with a lot of hiccups whils...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 97
