How to Get Unstuck with Helen Thomas

03: Alpha Schulte on having a healthy relationship with your money

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 completing a Diploma of Financial Planning, that she truly understood how much we’re not taught about money and how it relates to the decisions we make for our lives and families.

Alpha believes the key to having a better relationship with money lies in knowing yourself, your motivations and what’s important to you. She also says we need to be more open in sharing our thoughts and feelings around our finances.

In this conversation, Alpha talks about her experiences feeling stuck getting started in her career and how recognising the importance of increasing communication and education around financial literacy has led to the work she does now. 

Highlights:

• “Early” stuck: Alpha describes how she felt stuck leaving school and choosing what to study and how to get her career started.
• Experimenting with options: Explaining how undertaking a range of further study and looking around for different options taught her a process for dealing with feeling stuck.
• The financial literacy “gap”: Understanding that there are systemic limitations and unspoken agendas creating obstacles to general financial literacy.
• Why we get stuck controlling our finances: Uncovering the cultural, societal and personal beliefs, filters and biases that get in the way of your relationship with money. 
• Normalising conversations about money: Alpha explains why it’s important to break down the stereotypes and make talking about money part of our everyday conversations, especially with children.
• The importance of knowing our values: Using your values as a guide for making decisions on how you make, manage and invest your money.

 

More about Alpha

If you’d like more information about Alpha and her work, you can find it here:

https://www.money-madesimple.com.au/

Listen to the Money with Alpha podcast

Connect with Alpha on -

Instagram - @alphamoneymadesimple

Facebook - @MMSMoneyMadeSimple

YouTube - @alphamoneymadesimple

 

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How To Get Unstuck With Helen Thomas is hosted by Helen Thomas and edited and produced by Snappystreet Creative.

02: Mel Kettle on setting and maintaining healthy boundaries

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 for raising greater awareness about the impact of menopause in the workplace and at the heart of everything she does is a commitment to self-leadership and the necessity of setting healthy boundaries.

In this conversation, Mel talks about the importance of self-leadership and creating healthy boundaries, and explains the need for greater emphasis and transparency around managing menopause in the workplace.

 

Highlights:

• The continuum of “stuck”: Mel explains how she’s dealt with different levels of “stuckness” from the day-to-day to the bigger moments
• Dealing with burnout in her 20s: Exploring the situation that led to her making some major life decisions at 29
• The significance of “stress”: Mel identifies workplace stress as a common cause of getting stuck in a professional sense.
• The importance of boundaries: Mel provides details of why it’s important to set and maintain boundaries in your life, and how to go about it.
• Shining a light on menopause in the workplace: Discussing how we can make menopause a more acceptable topic of conversation to support our employees.

 

More about Mel

If you’d like more information about Mel and her work, you can find it here:

melkettle.com

Download your copy of Your Boundaries Blueprint.

Join the waiting list for the next Thriving Leaders Program.

 

Connect with Mel on -

Instagram - @melkettle

LinkedIn - @melkettle

 

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Interested to know more about me and this podcast?

 

To contact me or provide any feedback, please email helen@helenthomas.com.au

 

Please visit me at https://helenthomas.com.au/

 

Take the Fix Your Career quiz at fixyourcareer.com.au

 

Or, for more insights and practical tips to help you get unstuck, join my weekly Wednesday words email at https://helenthomas.com.au/wednesdaywords/

 

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How To Get Unstuck With Helen Thomas is hosted by Helen Thomas and edited and produced by Snappystreet Creative.

01: Domonique Bertolucci on taking small steps and making choices to feel happy

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, small businesses, and individuals globally for over 25 years.

 

In this conversation, Dominique explains how her quarter-life crisis led to a whole new career and set her on the path to help others live their best and most brilliant lives.

 

Highlights:

 

• Quarter-Life Crisis: Dominique's realisation in her mid-20s that her seemingly perfect life felt hollow.
• The Happiness Code: Exploring the theme of Dominique's first book - that happiness begins by making a choice.
• The Architecture of Change: Domonique explains her unique framework that can be applied to navigating life transitions.
• Getting Unstuck: The common situations she sees where people feel stuck and how to address them.
• Pandemic Impact: How the experiences of 2020-2022 have impacted happiness in general and our behaviours and habits.

 

Join us as we delve into Domonique's insights, exploring the intentional choices that define our happiness journey.

 

More about Domonique

If you’d like more information about Domonique and her work, you can find it here:

https://domoniquebertolucci.com/

Consider becoming an Intention MethodTM Certified Coach.

 

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Interested to know more about me and this podcast?

 

To contact me or provide any feedback, please email helen@helenthomas.com.au

 

Please visit me at https://helenthomas.com.au/

 

Take the Fix Your Career quiz at fixyourcareer.com.au

 

Or, for more insights and practical tips to help you get unstuck, join my weekly Wednesday words email at https://helenthomas.com.au/wednesdaywords/

 

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How To Get Unstuck With Helen Thomas is hosted by Helen Thomas and edited and produced by Snappystreet Creative.

Welcome to the How To Get Unstuck podcast

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 similar challenges—experts and everyday people who’ve navigated being stuck and emerged stronger and wiser. 

 

We’ll explore the common obstacles that might be holding you back, and share the strategies and tactics you can use to shake off inertia and get unstuck.

 

Whether you're struggling with career choices, lacking self-confidence, feeling uncertain about your future direction, or grappling with a big or complex decision, How to Get Unstuck will be your guide to reclaiming your power, embracing change, and crafting a life that reflects your true potential.

 

Feeling stuck is not a permanent condition. And it’s not a sign of failure. In fact, recognising you feel stuck is the first step to unlocking your opportunities for growth.

 

If you’re looking for a way to refocus and move forward, be sure to subscribe now so you don’t miss the first ever episode, coming very soon!

 

Interested to know more about me and this podcast?

 

Head to my website - helenthomas.com.au

 

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LinkedIn - helenlthomas

Instagram - @helenthomasau