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In this episode, Holly Worton and I share our favorite reads of 2024. We discuss a variety of genres across fiction and non-fiction - there's something for everyone on our list for sure!

Here's a bit about Holly:

Holly Worton is an author, podcaster, and publishing strategist. Her books are intended to inspire people to create their ideal life, whether that’s through business, personal development, or nature. She also helps authors and business owners fulfill their dream of getting their books out into the world.

Here are the books we mention:

This list includes links to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This means that if you click on one of the links in this post and continue to make a purchase, I will get a small reward, at no extra cost to you.

Holly's favorites:

• Get Your Book Selling on Kickstarter: Why You Should Use Kickstarter to Sell More Books and How To Design Your Campaign, Budget For Profitability, Market ... and More, by Russell P. Nohelty and Monica Leonelle
• Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men, by Lundy Bancroft
• Weyward, by Emilia Hart
• The Ever After Diary, by Gisele Stein
• Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens

Joanna's favourites:

• Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
• The Change by Kirsten Milller
• Love and Saffron by Kim Fay
• The Switch by Beth O’Leary
• Twist Your Fate: Manifest Success With Astrology and Tarot by Theresa Reed

Other resources mentioned:

• my Message From Your Soul readings
• my 2024 in Review blog post
• BookBub (for Amazon deals)
• Books That Feel Like This subreddit (for book recommendations)

Connect with Holly:

• Website

Connect with Joanna:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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In this episode, Shuna and I talk about how Spirit helps us manifest - not necessarily what we decide we want, but most definitely what we need. Shuna shares her incredible manifesting story, and includes all the ways in which she was guided to an outcome that was so much better than what she could have imagined.

Here's a bit about Shuna:

Dr. Shuna Marr is a former academic with a PhD in education who has spent the last five years supporting people through their spiritual awakenings. Reflecting on her own path, Shuna sees now how every stage of her life was guided—even the challenging ones she couldn’t make sense of at the time. Her work has helped others find trust in their journey, understanding that while we don’t always see the bigger picture, there’s always a higher purpose at play.

Here's what we talk about in this episode:

• what it looks and feels like to be guided by Spirit
• how what we want to manifest isn't always what we need to experience
• but how it still leads us in the right direction ;-)
• how to continue trusting Spirit when life is hard
• the difference between living the path of fear and living the path of love
• how you can't always understand why a decision feels right
• how manifesting isn't really about money and success at all, even if we want those things

Resources mentioned:

• The Elevator for a year of magical, soul-aligned living with Joanna and her spirit team Avalon

Connect with Shuna:

• Website

Connect with Joanna:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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In this episode, Holly Worton and I talk about what we're doing to set up for the new year - join us for a chat about how we're approaching planning this particular year. Spoiler alert: we DON'T have a magic formula for you, and we WILL encourage you to plan in a way that suits your current needs and desires!

Here's a bit about Holly:

Holly Worton is an author, podcaster, and publishing strategist. Her books are intended to inspire people to create their ideal life, whether that’s through business, personal development, or nature. She also helps authors and business owners fulfill their dream of getting their books out into the world.

Here's what we talk about in this episode:

• how to plan when you don't know what next year will bring

Yep, that's pretty much it :-)

Resources mentioned:

• The Elevator for a year of magical, soul-aligned living with Joanna and her spirit team Avalon, including the brand new Dreams Before Goals workshop
• Holly's book, perfect for all your planning needs: The Year You Want: Imagine Your Best Life and Design Your Ideal Year, So You Don't Leave Your Life to Chance
• Leonie Dawson's Brilliant Biz and Life Academy (affiliate link)

Connect with Holly:

• Website

Connect with Joanna:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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In this episode, I talk to Laura Robinson, who in my opinion is one of the most creative business owners around the internet right now. Laura has built a life and business that really, really works for her and her family's needs, and she's done this by following her heart, her ideas, and her love of being comfy. She's super inspiring, and super fun, and I'm thrilled to have had the opportunity to ask her questions about her journey.

Here's a bit about Laura:

Laura has been working in marketing and copywriting for more than 14 years, helping business owners create and sell online offers, and to make their online marketing more effective. She's the creator of the Comfy Business Newsletter, for people who want a business that comfortably squishes into their life around all their other challenges, priorities and adventures.

Here's what we talk about in this episode:

• how to design a life that works for you and your needs - and redesign as needed
• intuition as a supercomputer
• being in the unknown, and how we can’t always understand everything and that’s ok
• how science and magic fit together
• different ways to receive answers from intuition
• why a comfy business is the best kind of business

Resources mentioned:

• check out The Elevator for a year of intuitive living with Joanna's support

Connect with Laura:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

Connect with Joanna:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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In this episode, I talk to Kevin Carton, who uses spiritual and scientific concepts to help people find and live their soul purpose. Kevin and I were in a mastermind together a few years back, and I really loved his message and his energy.

Here's a bit about Kevin:

Kevin specializes in empowering people to discover and live their soul’s purpose. He began his journey when he took a leap of faith to leave pharmacy school to pursue his true purpose. In less than a year, he landed a job as content developer for the premier training center for transformational life coaching, establishing himself as a budding expert in the personal development industry.

Now with over a decade of experience, Kevin is a speaker, teacher, and certified Transformational Life Coach himself. He has spoken on stages in front of thousands of people, which led to him being described as a young Bob Proctor and the next Tony Robbins. He shares weekly insight, inspiration and motivation alongside his brother/co-host Chris Carton on their podcast, Science & Spirituality, which has over one million downloads and listeners in 113 countries around the world.

As a sought-after speaker, trainer, and coach, Kevin has helped hundreds of people breakthrough limitations and trust themselves more deeply, so they can make their unique impact of expanding consciousness in the world.

Here's what we talk about in this episode:

• the intersection of science and spirituality
• how to find your soul path... or how sometimes it finds you
• the power of asking good questions
• what is vibration, scientifically and spiritually
• how we can affect reality
• the link between internal and external shifts
• how to raise your own vibration, and why do it

Resources mentioned:

• Kevin's fantastic podcast, Science & Spirituality
• check out The Elevator for a year of magical living with Joanna's support

Connect with Kevin:

• Website
• Instagram

Connect with Joanna:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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In this episode, the lovely Niamh Gallagher shares her passion for soulful female leadership.

Niamh is an energy healer, intuitive channel and teacher who helps thoughtful, empathic women recognise their gifts and step into their unique leadership so they can create big change, healing and beauty in the world. She believes the world is deeply craving a new type of leader and it is time for wise, sensitive women to step in our truth, purpose and power to be the guides we all need. For this to happen, we don't need to change who we are. Her work helps us to find our power in the very traits and values we have been taught to hide or be ashamed of.

Here's what we talk about:

• the shaping and loss of personal identity under societal pressures
• the importance of finding your voice
• how to acknowledge and accept who you really are
• what the soul has to do with your life path
• how accessing your soul wisdom will help you lead a more authentic life
• types of feminine leadership

Resources mentioned:

• Niamh's Feminine Leadership Archetypes quiz
• my blog post on How I came out of the channelling closet
• check out The Elevator for a whole year of spiritual support

Connect with Niamh:

• Website
• Instagram

Connect with me:

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• Facebook

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In this episode, I share with you my own experience of manifesting failure, and the shame I felt because of it. Shame is an important piece of the 'I should be able to do it' mentality, and something that many people experience. I hope that my take on it will help you be kinder to yourself on your manifesting journey!

Here's what you'll learn:

• how manifesting failure can make you feel ashamed - and how to address this so that you can get back to feeling good about yourself
• how to get back to believing in the concept of manifesting after a failure
• how important it is to be honest with yourself about whether your goal was an ego-level goal or a soul goal
• how to see manifesting less as a way of controlling the world, and more like a way of navigating the world

Resources mentioned:

• you can find all my courses at joannahennon.com/everything
• for a more structured approach to magical living check out The Elevator

Connect with me:

• Website
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Today's guest:

Leonie is the founder of the Brilliant Biz and Life Academy (affiliate link). If you haven’t met them yet... you’re in for a treat! She really is completely unlike any of the other business coaches out there!

🦄 Leonie has sold over $13 million in less than 10 hours a week (!!!!)

🦄 They are the winner of a bunch of business awards including AusMumpreneur People’s Choice Business Coach Award, Global Brand Award and the Business Making a Dierence Award.

🦄 Leonie is a globally best-selling author of her goal workbooks (half a million books used worldwide!)

🦄 They’ve been featured in Forbes, The Australian, HuPost, Business Heroine, BrandYou, the ABC and a tonne of other places

🦄 Leonie’s also very out and proud about being neurodivergent (she has been diagnosed with ASD & ADHD).

🦄 If you don’t like swearing... you are probably in the wrong place! Leonie is a self-confessed swear bear.

She’s the real deal... someone who has created a huge amount of success in their own life & pays it forward by sharing her wisdom with other entrepreneurs.

What we talk about:

• the practical and magical sides of manifesting
• the importance of staying on your own path
• whether it's harder to manifest money than other things
• energetic self-care
• using your money to change the world

Resources mentioned:

• Leonie's Biz and Life Academy here.
• Previous episode with Leonie
• Joanna's end-of -year readings
• Joanna's courses and workshops

Connect with me:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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