This week I chat with Identity Alchemist, Writer, Life Styler, Podcaster and Motivational Mentor Shonah Lee! This is a woman who walks through the fire first and holds the door open for others... she truly embodies the art of being yourself and what can happen when we move through the perception of who we think we should be. In this episode you'll hear about: - Why it's important to tear down your self-imposed labels - The importance of stepping into your inner freedom - How to shift your emotio...
Feb 13, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 66
This week I chat to internationally recognised educational leader and consultant Dr Arini Verwer. Dr Arini developed the groundbreaking and life changing Arini method, listen as we chat about 'the social brain' and how harnessing the tool of perception allows us to access our own personal instruction manual. This is a fascinating deep dive into the difference between our thinking brain and our emotional brain! In this episode you'll hear about: - What make up the three parts of our being - Why k...
Jan 31, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 65
We are living in a wild time in human history... where change is certain + personal freedom is the ultimate currency. So how can we use the wisdom of the stars and sky to gracefully navigate what is to come in 2023? Listen as Astrologer Abby Lewtas tells us about the energy we can expect in 2023, how to work with it, what to look out for + her tips for riding the energy waves to our personal advantage! Continue the conversation with me here: IG - @quintessentialbeingbynikki FB - @quintessentialb...
Dec 28, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 64
In a world that tells you to hustle, listen as I invite you to gracefully glide to the end of the year with your nervous system intact... rested + relaxed. In this solo episode I talk about the importance of reflection on a full circle moment, demonstrating how sacred celebrating can really be. I the episode with a beautiful meditation so you can truly let go of what is no longer serving you! You'll also hear about: - why you don't have to accomplish everything on your to-do list - how reflectio...
Dec 19, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 63
This week I chat to holistic psychotherapist and meditation practitioner, Rachel Furbank. What drew me to Rachel was the way she teaches her clients to see and feel beyond their everyday reality and identity... befriending their nervous system to develop inner resources and self compassion. She does this by utilising IST therapy, along with process oriented psychology, somatic psychotherapy, inner space therapy and nervous system regulation, phew! If you have been wanting to befriend your nervou...
Dec 12, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 62
This week on the QB pod I chat with Rachel White all about how to understand your unique gifts to the world through the lens of Gene Keys. Rachel is an Author, Coach and Gene Keys guide who empowers others to whole-heartedly embrace pleasure, ease + creativity. Listen as Rachel shares her personal discovery of Gene Keys + the transformational process that resulted once she dived in head first! In this episode you'll hear about: - what Gene Keys are and how knowing yours can be such a game change...
Jul 11, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 61
This week I chat to Jade Leray, founder of the Beautiful Bodies Society. She has developed a unique programme for the female body, which teaches women how their cycle and hormones work, showing them that to live in-sync is to understand ,love, respect, and honour their bodies better! As a nutritional therapist, women's hormone coach, NLP practitioner, personal trainer, Pilates and barre instructor Jade really does cover all the bases when it comes to supporting women to understand, move and nour...
Jun 27, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 60
This week I chat to Shelley Clarke, she has fast become one of my favourite people, as a CranioSacral Therapist, Parent Educator and Mentor, Shelley works with families to help parents foster deeper connections with their children. She believes magic happens when we listen deeply and attune playfully, her new podcast Mind Body Parenting is a goldmine of info and her way of educating as well as giving us permission and compassion whilst we learn and more importantly, unlearn this gig called paren...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 59
This week I chat to women's health psychologist, Empowerment and Communication Coach for women identified leaders Zoe Rapoport. Zoe focuses on helping women find healing strength and a sense of self worth. In addition to training and mentoring young therapists with a similar mission, Zoe focuses on assertive communication as the avenue for creating greater impact and satisfaction in their careers, relationships and life. In this episode you'll hear about: - Zoe's personal story about why her pur...
May 30, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 58
This week I chat to the amazing EFT tapping guru that is Saba Umair. Saba is a mindset coach who helps people all over the globe bridge the gap from where they are to where they desire to be using somatic practices, EFT and NLP. In this episode we uncover this very simple and long lasting tool that can help you to shift your unwanted thoughts, emotions + behaviours, so you can create new neural pathways in your brain + integrate long lasting change! In this episode you'll hear about: - what EFT ...
May 23, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 57
This week I chat to the world-class Business Coach that is Melissa Kara, she helps coaches, course creators and consultants all over the globe move from surviving to thriving so they can live their dream life! I got her on the show to chat to us about how we can get out of our own way and truly embrace the life we've been desiring all along. In this episode you'll hear about: - how to identify when you're stuck and shift it - why tangibles are a really important tool on your way to thrive town -...
Apr 11, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 56
This week I chat to Spiritual Badass, Women's empowerment Coach + all round authenticity Kween - Krystal Wilson! This woman truly walks her talk... sharing + baring all when it comes to her stupid choices + toxic behaviours of days gone by. In this episode we sit down to chat about the Sisterhood wound, what it means, how it shows up and why you want to heal your pain so you can show up in your power. In this episode you'll hear about: - the symptoms of the sisterhood wound - how having an unres...
Apr 04, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 55
In this episode of Quintessential Being I talk to award winning independent birth educator + founder of Embodied Birth, Maha Al Musa. This powerhouse of a woman is a global birth leader + educator, teaching women all over the world to come back to what they already innately know... that giving birth is meant to be a sacred, instinctual and an embodied experience. In this episode you'll hear about: - the startling life event at age two that forever changed Maha's life trajectory - why Maha believ...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 54
In this episode of Quintessential Being I chat with Money Mindset expert + Biz Coach Shona Gates! She's passionate about helping women the world over transform their relationship with money so they can start truly attracting more wealth! In this episode we chat about: - why having more isn't the answer when you feel resentful, disgusting and wrong when it comes to money - the supermarket moment that changed Shona's life + relationship to money forever - why you need to stop focusing on the budge...
Mar 22, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Back on the podcast this week we have one of our fave guests Codependency Coach Hailey Magee joining us to chat about boundaries and dating. We discuss the triggers that dating can cause especially when codependency or people pleasing tendencies have been in your past. We dissect attachment style wounds + how being aware of those can help navigate the tricky terrain of beginning relationships as well as chatting about knowing your non-negotiable's versus preferences in dating. Hailey reiterates ...
Jul 20, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 52
In this episode I get really vulnerable + share about the highs + lows of parenting from my perspective as a solo Mama whilst building a business I love... it comes with a twist as it is actually an interview I did with Stacey Marie for her podcast The Social Hub. The last 5-6 years of my life there have been pivotal moments of transformation + this episode bares all, pulling back the curtain on my personal + professional life. I share insights into my career in radio + ultimately why I decided ...
Jul 06, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Introducing Rachel White, this powerhouse of a woman guides you to liberation through creative expression, intuitive genius + pleasure potential. In this episode we chat about the pressure we so often project onto ourselves, getting caught up in our identity + emotional suppression. Rachel artfully articulates the density we can feel in our emotions versus holding ourselves with lightness + what moving with your natural rhythm of motivation and productivity can do for you. We talk about our intu...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 50
It is natural to want to find love, a love that is ever-lasting, a love that feels so big + bright it fills our core with the very essence of life itself. So why can it feel so hard to find? Jordanna Levin best-selling author of the book Make It Happen has penned a beautifully insightful + deeply personal book 'Higher Love' that is everything you need to know to manifest more love into your life. In this episode we deep dive into the world of dating + unpack the societal norm that pressures us i...
May 12, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 49
So much of our parenting triggers + challenges hark back to our own early, formative years. Our attachment to our own parent or caregiver impacts our relationships, how we form identity in adolescence, how we cope with stress + our resilience... so how do we feel more like we're nailing this parenting thing? Emma Holdsworth from Treehouse Family Counseling has spent her entire adult life supporting families to become the best parents they can be, connecting them to their core values as a parent,...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 48
If you've ever wanted to understand Law of Attraction + manifesting from a more scientific, logical standpoint this episode is for you! I chat with Jess Mather, movement coach + founder of Rehabited, a somatic based organisation dedicated to body freedom. We dive in + nerd out about how our autonomic nervous system functions + how that correlates to specific concepts in LOA. Jess gives us a brief overview of what Polyvagal Theory is + how you can use it to better understand how we can get oursel...
Apr 21, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Navigating relationships can be tricky terrain, so how do you ensure you get what you want when it comes to love, sex + relationship? Wala Truscott is a certified somatic sex educator + intimacy + attraction facilitator, with 15 years experience working with people to leave politeness at the door + unlock the pleasure that comes from asking for what you want + need from your partner. She chats with us about the five different categories of relationship that actually build erotic intimacy + nouri...
Mar 04, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Kicking off the 2021 season of Quintessential Being we chat with Amanda from Wax Treasures + Feathers. A Yuin woman, Amanda is known for her special relationship with animals + ability to communicate with them, gifting us insights into the messages from some Australian native animals. Working with the spiritual essence of animal bones, feathers + rocks is where this modern medicine woman believes her passion originates from, revering everything that is unspoken + unseen in the animal kingdom. Co...
Feb 16, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 45
2020 has been a year hasn't it?! If you are grappling with an unresolved experience, issue or unfolding of events from this year then this episode is for you... I share a personal story of how it 'not working out' was the biggest blessing ever, the universe did indeed have my back! We then hear from Astrologer Kirra Rose about the energy we can expect in 2021, how to work with it, what to look out for + her tips for riding the energy effortlessly. Closing out the episode is a guided meditation b...
Dec 30, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 44
2020 has been a year, a process of exploring the underworld with the collective work of shadow + triggers brought to the forefront. So how do we sit with the discomfort of this incredibly messy + often heart-breaking work? In this episode I speak to bestselling author, NLP practitioner + teacher Juliet Lever... a woman dedicated to helping people peel back the layers + free themselves from self-imposed restrictions. We dive into what the judgements, triggers, rejections + denials actually mean +...
Dec 14, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 43
The emerging field of epigenetics is rapidly unfolding our interrelationship with the external + internal world, bringing to the forefront exactly how our bodies interact with the environment. Jessica Anne is a big believer in guiding women to a reclamation of themselves, creating transformations that are really about unearthing parts of themselves that may have been lying dormant, caught up in core wounding. In this episode we unpack the vast world of epigenetics + the symptoms a woman reclaimi...
Dec 04, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Gala Darling needs no introduction, an author endorsed by the likes of Oprah, Vogue, The New York Times + Girlboss... like the universe, this ever expanding boss babe is a force of nature! In this episode we chat about her secrets to success + her biggest life transformational tools. She shares with us her unique process for book writing + how it allows her to contribute more with her audience + dive deeper into the content she is creating. We get serious about the big shit - desires + dating - ...
Nov 24, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Mumming in the Information Age is no easy feat when we are simultaneously bombarded with messaging of 'it takes a village to raise a child' + live in an individualistic society. Dr Sophie Brock is a sorceress of Sociology having spent years researching Motherhood, she believes in an empowered practice of Mothering + gives us a helpful distinction between Mothering + Motherhood. We chat all things self-sacrificing behaviour, intrusive harm thoughts, anger + how to process Mum guilt to allow it to...
Nov 13, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 40
We have all experienced some degree of stress or trauma in our lives + the subconscious tension that puts on our bodies can be a heavy load, but have you ever made the connection between your jaw + your pelvic floor? The connection between these two begins as an embryo on day 15 when the mouth + opening to our urinary, reproductive + digestive tracts form, forever aligning the two. In this episode Sarah Mackay-Wiggers uncovers the fascinating psoas muscle that holds the key to unlocking tension,...
Nov 03, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Our bodies are a divine temple, and as women we are the gateway between heaven + earth.. so why do we poison it on a daily basis? Kimberli Fourro learnt the hard way that the chemicals in our cleaning + beauty products can not only harm us they can nearly wipe us out. Talking from her own experiential journey moving from chronic fatigue to low tox living, Kimberli explains how she got her life back + fuelled by her passion for natural health, is here to gift awareness to bringing our bodies back...
Oct 12, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 38
The powerhouse that is Kelley Webb - The Gypsy Mumma joins us to chat all things soul rattling growth! Ignited by her sons deep, intuitive spirituality (he literally sees dead people) she started her own awakening getting flipped on her ass + surrendering to the unforgiving pull of a new way of being. She calls it the 'fuck it' moment - potent invincibility stirring her into action as she clawed her way back from the clutches of death to start anew. She is a straight-shooting, sharp-talking, no ...
Sep 17, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 37
