Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt the energy change?

Or spent time with someone and walked away feeling completely drained?

In this episode, I talk about what happens when people bring their bad moods, frustrations, and personal challenges into everyday interactions without considering how they impact everyone else.

We explore how easily moods can spread, and why being more YOU doesn't give you permission to be a doofus!

Through everyday experiences, from customer service encounters to conversations with my teenage son, I explore how our ‘state’, the words we choose, and even our timing can influence those around us.

And there's an unexpected lesson involving cold butter and raisin toast that might just change how you think about showing up.

Because it's not just about how you feel when you walk into a room.

It's about how other people feel after spending time with you.

Key takeaways:

o Why your energy speaks before you do, and what others might be picking up.

o The science behind how one person's mood can change an entire room.

o When does being authentically YOU become an excuse for being a doofus?

o The difference between being honest, direct, and confident, and taking it too far.

o Why the right words at the wrong time can have the little impact.

o What cold butter and raisin toast can teach us about how we show up.

o The question worth asking yourself about how people feel after spending time with you.

COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK

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Where to find me:

Website: Kim Payne

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What happens when you've built a successful career, everything looks great from the outside, but something inside tells you there's more?

In this episode, I sit down with mindset and leadership speaker Lucy Allen for a conversation full of hilarious stories, unexpected twists, and deeply personal moments about making the most of this one precious life.

From winning a TV game show to fund an overseas adventure to building a successful career in PR and marketing, Lucy has always had a knack for turning life's experiences into great stories.

But it was the heartbreaking loss of her mum that made her question what she really wanted from life and whether the career she'd worked so hard to build was still right for her.

Lucy shares the unexpected encounters, difficult decisions, and surprising twists that led her to build a business where she could finally be herself.

But even then, she discovered that being yourself and truly owning the value you bring aren't always the same thing.

It's a conversation about questioning the path you're on, backing yourself, and creating a life that feels more like you.

And stay till the end for an impromptu treat!

Key takeaways:

o What happens when the career you've worked so hard to build no longer feels right.

o How to recognise the gifts you might be overlooking because they come so naturally.

o Where to begin when you know you want something different but have no idea where to start.

o What keeps us clinging to the familiar, even when we desperately want to move forward.

o How waiting for one thing to happen can keep everything else on hold.

o What changes when you stop trying to fit someone else's expectations of who you should be.

o Why even successful, confident women can struggle to recognise what makes them extraordinary.

Find out more about Lucy Allen:

Website: The Graceful Collective

Instagram: @the_graceful_collective

LinkedIn: Lucy Allen

Podcast: The Lonely Leaders Club

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COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK

Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.

SOMEDAY to TODAY – event 2027

Pop your name on the list and be first to know about the event in Melbourne AND Sydney in 2027.

Where to find me:

Website: Kim Payne

LinkedIn: Kim Payne

Instagram: @iamkimpayne

Facebook: KimPayneBiz

What if midlife was something to look forward to knowing your best years are yet to come.

In this episode, I sit down with physiotherapist and pelvic and sexual health educator and author Lisa Fitzpatrick for a refreshingly open conversation about midlife, our bodies, intimacy, ageing, and what happens when we start paying attention to what our bodies might be telling us.

We explore why midlife can bring old stories, unresolved experiences, and parts of ourselves we’ve pushed down bubbling back to the surface, and the connection between what’s happening physically and what might be going on elsewhere in our lives.

We also go into territory women aren’t always encouraged to talk about openly: Intimacy after 50, pelvic health, feeling safe in relationships, and the beliefs many of us have absorbed about becoming less sexy, desirable, or relevant as we age.

Lisa shares how her own experience of heartbreak during menopause challenged many of those beliefs and forced her to look differently at her body, her relationships, and herself.

And we explore why this stage of life doesn’t have to be about decline at all…and what might become possible when consider our best and sexiest years are ahead of us.

Key takeaways:

o What your body might be telling you beyond “it’s just menopause”.

o Why midlife can bring buried stories and unresolved experiences bubbling to the surface.

o The connection between feeling safe and what happens in your body.

o What women are rarely told about intimacy and pelvic health after 50.

o Why questioning the stories you’ve absorbed about ageing can change what feels possible.

o Why menopause is not merely a hormonal event, rather a profound threshold.

o Why your 50s could be when you feel your best and come fully alive.

Get a copy of Lisa’s book, Sexy Menopause.

Get in touch with Lisa:

Website: Lisa Fitzpatrick

Instagram: @thelisafitzpatrick

Facebook: Sacred Women's Business

LinkedIn: Lisa Fitzpatrick

Substack: Lisa Fitzpatrick

X: Lisa Fitzpatrick

COURAGEOUS ME – THE BOOK

Grab your copy of Courageous Me – The courage to turn someday into today.

SOMEDAY to TODAY – event 2027

Pop your name on the list and be first to know about the event in Melbourne AND Sydney in 2027.

Where to find me:

Website: Kim Payne

LinkedIn: Kim Payne

Instagram: @iamkimpayne

Facebook: KimPayneBiz