Somebody once said - "The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience". This quote well and truly sums up our guest today on Heart of the Bookkeeper. Heather Smith, Bookkeeper and Podcast host based out of Brisbane in Queensland has had countless moments in her Bookkeeping Journey to date, that have indeed led to a richer experience for her and experiences now that she can share to benefit others. Heather...
May 09, 2025•52 min•Season 5Ep. 42
Being a confident Bookkeeper. If everybody who has ever been a Bookkeeper or is currently on that journey is brutally honest, most would agree that finding the confidence to do so much of what a Bookkeeper is expected of and needs to do, is not as easy as some make it out to be. Our guest today on the Heart of the Bookkeeper is brutally honest of the struggle for her to reach the point of confidence in all that she does. And yet, this episode will reveal the true heart of this Bookkeeper and how...
Apr 09, 2025•51 min•Season 5Ep. 41
Episode 40 of Heart of the Bookkeeper allows us to tap into one of the most experienced and respected Bookkeepers in Australia - Marie Whitson from Mybiz Connexion in Adelaide, South Australia. Marie explains how a violent and abusive upbringing, transposed itself into an amazing and fruitful journey through later life including her discovery of a love for Bookkeeping and how that has helped her to deal with those traumatic early years. Reaching a point in her career where retirement from the Bo...
Feb 27, 2025•54 min•Season 5Ep. 40
We kick off 2025 with a bang with our first guest of the New Year - Roslyn Van Welie of Curly Girl Numbers, based out of Perth in Western Australia. Roslyn is a very experienced Bookkeeper and has encountered much of what Bookkeeping can throw at anyone in various situations across an extensive and diverse journey, that has taken her to multiple locations and business environments across the nation. Roslyn has come through an era of Bookkeeping that in some cases, the elements of which still exi...
Jan 31, 2025•56 min•Season 5Ep. 39
Do you remember why you first fell in love with Bookkeeping and being so passionate about becoming a Bookkeeper. Or perhaps you are new to Bookkeeping and need some inspiration. This episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper may well just remind many of you of why Bookkeeping can be full of joy and excitement and why you can still jump out of bed each day proclaiming - I love being a Bookkeeper. Tanya Vann, the owner of TSM Bookkeeping out of Yeppoon in Queensland, is our guest today in this episode. A...
Dec 16, 2024•45 min•Season 4Ep. 38
Dianne Green from Green Bookkeeping Solutions in Melbourne is the guest in this episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper. Dianne (despite her last name being a different colour) sees bookkeeping in Black & White, two colours that have also been important in her life in moments outside of her Bookkeeping journey. Dianne believes that bookkeeping data entry should only be a very small part of the joy and passion that can come with being a Professional Bookkeeper and that it is rather being an influe...
Nov 20, 2024•56 min•Season 4Ep. 37
Cassandra Scott has been a constant in the Australian Bookkeeping scene for over 20 years and is now recognised as a leading voice when it comes to so many things impacting on the Bookkeeping Industry in Australia. Cassandra has in many ways, had to fight her natural instincts to shy away and just go along quietly over the years and yet, her vast experiences and intensive views on how important Bookkeepers are in Australia have in time, become to significant to hold back. And it is in this episo...
Sep 21, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 36
Most Bookkeepers face challenges on a daily basis and it is the resilience of Bookkeepers that shines through regularly across Australia, whether that be in the large cities or towns, or way out in the bush. Our guest in this episode, Krystal Merrett, is one of those Bookkeepers who's challenges each day can vary in so many ways, mostly due to the extreme remoteness of her location. Imagine having to do a clients Payroll whilst sitting in the farm ute on the top of a ridge. Or having to travel n...
Jul 27, 2024•51 min•Season 4Ep. 35
Professional Bookkeeper Nicole Sweeny from regional South Australia, and owner of Revolution Consulting, is our guest in this episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper. Gaining an appreciation for Small Business at a very young age, assisting her Grandpa amongst the dirt and grease of a mechanics shop, Nicole almost from the start knew that her calling would come eventually in her own time to Small Business ... she just didn't know where and when. A chance trip overseas, followed by some dark times fac...
Jun 09, 2024•52 min•Season 4Ep. 34
Often, for those in business, finding self value and worth can be a great challenge, one that can lead down a number of pathways. This episode explores the learnings of someone who has confronted those challenges in business (and in life more generally) and has learned to believe in themselves along the way and to forgive what they don't know. Jo Tindale is the owner of In Control Bookkeeping, based in the Great Southern region of Western Australia and expresses with refreshing honesty, how she ...
Apr 23, 2024•57 min•Season 4Ep. 33
It would be safe to say that a large percentage of Australia (and the Worlds) population, do not dream of becoming a Bookkeeper as an occupation. Renae Petersen originally from Taranaki in New Zealand and now based in Melbourne Australia, is not one of those people. In fact, Renae was thinking Bookkeeping from a lot younger age than most and made sure that at every turn over the past few decades, she has been working towards her dream of creating and owning, her own Bookkeeping business. It is h...
Mar 19, 2024•49 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Highly experienced and well respected Bookkeeper, Elizabeth Haverfield from Bookkeeping and Consulting firm, Lime Results in Melbourne Victoria, is our guest today on Heart of the Bookkeeper. Having been and around the Bookkeeping Industry for over 25 years and still going strong, Elizabeth brings a wealth of insights and revelations to this episode that will have you reaching for the notebook and pen. Elizabeths longevity can be seen and heard in phases of her life and with each passing season ...
Feb 05, 2024•57 min•Season 4Ep. 31
How do you know if Bookkeeping is something that you could learn to love and want to do and be a part of, in your every day? Well, this episode is one that you will want to listen to and discover the answer to that question. Ness Hartge from regional NSW is our guest on this episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper and is the owner of "In Order Business Solutions". The journey of Ness is one of somewhat "accidental" and somewhat "destiny", but the end result is a journey that will inspire many who are...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 30
Pam Taylor has seen both ends of the spectrum as a Bookkeeper. After being described as a "Trailblazer" by colleagues when she first entered the world of Bookkeeping at a very young age, suddenly thrust into a very male dominated environment and practice, Pam soon discovered challenges and adversity that led to her requiring a "starting again" phase and a season of rebuilding. Pam currently is the founder and owner of Greenspace Bookkeeping in Cockburn Western Australia, a bookkeeping practice t...
Nov 16, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 29
"Women can do anything" is a motto often used by Sandies Menzies, Gold Coast Bookkeeper and co-owner of Australian Bookkeeping franchise success story, Shoebox Bookkeeping and Tax. And it is in this episode that you will come to understand why Sandie uses that statement with such confidence these days, because this episode is one of undeniable and intense adversity that required strength and resolve to endure, that will both shock you and inspire you at times and yet Sandie's revelations will ma...
Oct 09, 2023•58 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Debbie Roberts is a Bookkeeper, an author, an entrepreneur and in many peoples eyes, simply an inspiration in the Bookkeeping Community of Australia. Debbie has ridden the high points and the low points of Bookkeeping for more than 3 decades and in this episode, we get to hear that journey with so many lessons learned and takeaways. The inspiration of Debbies Mum shines through, who almost single handedly brought her up and 5 other siblings of Debbies, after the sad and very early loss of her Da...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 27
"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity." This is the quote of someone who clearly understood our guest in this episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper, Natalie Drazil, owner of NJD Bookkeeping based in Adelaide, South Australia. Natalie has had to do things often "the hard way" as she has balanced challenges in her life whilst trying to grow a "sole trader" Bookkeeping practice, but the "something worthwhile" that she has managed to ac...
Jul 29, 2023•52 min•Season 3Ep. 26
It is the EOFY 2023 and with that brings many extra stresses and time pressures for Bookkeepers and Business owners. This episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper may well just be the perfect way to get de-stressed and re-motivated as we hear the the story of Perth based Bookkeeper and Business Advisor, Jen Pryor. Jen knows all about the pressures of Bookkeeping as well as not to mention simply, the pressures of life in general. Jen has had to work in some cases, harder than many to get herself to whe...
Jun 28, 2023•52 min•Season 3Ep. 25
A new generation of young Professional Bookkeepers are on the rise here in Australia, and Katie Williams from The Vault Bookkeeping, based out of the Maitland region of NSW, is leading the charge of this exciting new group. In this episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper, we get a clear glimpse of the future of Bookkeeping and how the embracing of technology will play such a critical piece in that journey. Katie is already shaking things up, as we will hear in this episode, and her vision and her pas...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Hayley Kalms of Navwealth Bookkeeping Resources ... based around the beautiful Sydney coastlines of NSW, is our guest in this episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper. Leading the charge of a younger brigade of Bookkeepers rising up in Australia right now, Hayley has had to battle the age old challenge of "work, life balance" with a young family and a dependancy at times to hold that together. And all of this during one of the most difficult times in our current generations recent history and through ...
Apr 18, 2023•52 min•Season 3Ep. 23
This is a very special and yet somewhat sad episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper. Rick Freitag from Mount Buller in Victoria and of BizEducation Pty Ltd, was to be our first guest on the Podcast for 2023, however, in the final week of January 2023, Rick very sadly suddenly passed away. Rick Freitag will always be remembered as one of the "giants" of the Bookkeeping Industry here in Australia and in this episode, 4 associates of Rick share the Bookkeeping journey of his life, with us. It is inspiri...
Mar 08, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 22
An award winning and passionately Rural Bookkeeper - Sarah Parkinson, is our guest in this episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper. This is an absolute fabulous and heart warming story from a Bookkeeper based in a tiny (and extremely remote) farming area of Western Queensland, that calls out the challenges for Bookkeepers that are many and varied and how Sarah has overcome most of these to create a Bookkeeping practice that now employs multiple numbers of staff and a team that kicks goals every day. ...
Feb 15, 2023•51 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Carmen Morris is an innovative, competitive and passionate Bookkeeper based in Melbourne and is the owner of On the Money Bookkeeping. Finding the positives in the many challenges of Bookkeeping, especially through the recent tougher times, is something that Carmen explains, actually in many cases drives her business and the opportunity to tackle challenges head on is embraced. Carmen outlines her approach to dealing with skills and number shortages in the Bookkeeping Industry here in Australia ...
Dec 21, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Bookkeepers across Australia, face new challenges and confront confusing situations, nearly every day. Bookkeeping support and the resources to assist in that support is the theme of this episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper, as we hear the story of ICB Senior Support Supervisor, Pauline Walton. Pauline is somebody who is familiar to many in the Australian Bookkeeping Community, as a regular voice and face to countless Technical Webinars, Workshops and Annual Conferences. However, in this episode,...
Nov 05, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 19
John Birse is one of the pioneers and legends of Bookkeeping in modern times here in Australia and it is Johns journey that we examine in Episode 18 of Heart of the Bookkeeper, a journey that is very much like a history lesson in how the Bookkeeping profession has grown here in Australia. In this episode, we hear Johns passion for education in Bookkeeping and why he believes it is so critical to the its existence, survival and growth, moving forward. Johns other passions, including family, volun...
Oct 08, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Powerful, brave and passionate ... these are 3 words that come through strongly in Episode 17 of Heart of the Bookkeeper. Our guest is Melinda Van Dyk, co-owner of MproV Bookkeeping & Consulting, based out of Adelaide, South Australia. Melinda's story starts with a line of royalty from a powerful Eastern European Country through to the toughest of battles, facing down Cancer and coming out the other side. This is an inspiring story of a Bookkeeper who just keeps on smiling and keeps on Bookk...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 17
In Episode 16 of Heart of the Bookkeeper, we get to hear the very brave and inspirational story of Martine Hoosen, an award winning Professional Bookkeeper from Perth in Western Australia. Having been subject to domestic violence as a child, Martine's journey takes us through some very difficult times to get to where she is now, but talks of a journey that also demonstrates how things in life can be turned around for the better. In April this year, Martine was named as of one of the top 50 women...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 16
In this episode of our amazing Bookkeeping Podcast, we hear the heart of a Bookkeeper who has been on a very journey of discovery, including across two continents, to really land where she finds herself today. Michele Grisdale has done things the hard way to achieve her goal of providing a Bookkeeping Service and Practice that is now kicking goals, in a major way. In this episode we hear of Michele's journey from the USA to Australia and how to come to terms with a whole different part of the Wo...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In this very special episode of Heart of the Bookkeeper, we have managed to capture some "once upon a time" sounds that have been sadly all too absent over the past few years ... the sounds of the ICB Annual Bookkeepers Summit and the face to face interactions and networking opportunities that make it what it is. Sit back and immerse yourself in some amazing audio that will bring back great great memories for many, of Conferences and Summits past and also allow you to look forward with anticipat...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 14
We kick off 2022 with season 2 / episode 13 of Heart of the Bookkeeper, featuring a fabulous and long standing Bookkeeper, based out of Tasmania, Debra Jeffrey. In this episode we explore Deb's journey to becoming a Bookkeeper and examine many of the challenges she faced along the way in establishing the right mix for her practice. We hear the various ways that Deb has learned to pivot, numerous times in her career as a Bookkeeper and the importance of continuing to be willing to do that on an o...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 13
