The Gratitude Path Podcast with Kathryn Hodges

Embrace your Quirkiness - it may just be your path

Cas McCullough is the CEO & Founder of a tech startup, Writally [http://writally.com]. Cas' current work involves creating an App to help business people communicate in a more meaningful way through their online content. This App is built around story elements, or communication pieces, and Cas has spent a lot of time studying and developing her skills as a communicator. It was a bit of a surprise to reflect that as a child Cas was, in her words "very ADHD" and didn't know that she should look people in the eye. Communication with those around her hasn't come easily, and yet it has become her core work and she is creating elegant and easy to use tools to help others communicate clearly and effectively. Cas spoke with me about the benefit of embracing your quirkiness. We also spoke about the way that adult life can sometimes drag the fun out of you, and the importance of choosing to create those moments of fun and joy and flow. Here's to letting ourselves show up, and offer to the world, the very thing we are here to learn for ourselves.

Books can change lives - helping people bloom

Bev Ryan is the founder of Bev Ryan Publishing services, helping people find their voice, claim their place and shine their light through publishing, as well as being the editor of Honestly Woman magazine, inspiring change and reinvention. Bev is definitely someone who has walked her talk, and has been inspired to change and has reinvented herself during her life. Bev is clearly passionate about career, business, life transition and helping people to find the success, contribution and happines that is right for them. We talked about there being more than one path to "success", and that we don't all have to be rockstars to be musicians. We spoke about the importance of choosing not to stay in the queue waiting for permission to be given for the thing you dream of doing, but instead, you need to step up and ask how it can be done. Bev shares with us some books that changed her life, and her hope that she can help other bloom. Here's to learning to take that first step, ask that first question, and reinvent ourselves and our lives. You can find Bev at bevryanpublish.com and honestlywoman.com

Don't Fight Yourself - Your Path will Find You

Adam Jaffrey is a Freelance Digital Marketing Strategist, and the host of MATEpodcast [http://matepodcast.com/], a podcast about Marketing, Advertising, Technology and Entrepreneurship. The honest truth, is that I was a little bit scared about talking with Adam, because Digital Marketing, Advertising and Technology are all words that make me break out in emotional hives! Adam and I had a genuinely interesting conversation about him not wanting to follow the system and wanting to be able to "rock the boat" a bit in life. In fact, he hopes not to just rock one boat, but hopefully to rock a lot of boats in his lifetime. He knew from an early age that he wanted to be a millionaire, and for him that meant to have a life that was different from the ordinary. Adam loves podcasting and what we spoke about off air, was how much he enjoys the conversations with people. And I think that really showed through in our chat. I particularly loved that Adam put into words something that I truly believe - you don't have to fight yourself! And that truth that you don't need to choose your path, it will find you. I agree wholeheartedly with that. I was truly grateful that Adam was willing to have a chat about "adulting", making our way through grown up life, and the reality that life is probably 50% admin. How true is that. And he melted my heart a bit, when he spoke about what he had been grateful for recently, the 10 year anniversary surprise he managed to arrange for himself and his girlfriend. I hope that Adam can help you stop fighting yourself, and that some of his wisdom around self awareness, helps you to see the path that life is drawing you to walk.

From "All or Nothing" to Mindful Moments with Bec Manson

Bec Manson describes herself as having been a bit of a chameleon in her early years, and now living a life of connection and healing. Bec Manson is a Forensic Healer at SophAura [https://www.facebook.com/SophAura], former youth worker, former numbed out chameleon of life. Bec specialises in helping people with childhood trauma, anxiety and eating disorders, all of those being things that she has found her own healing for. I loved that my conversation with Bec reminded me how important it is to get out of our heads, and back into our bodies. Bec shared about how she has shifted her thinking from "all or nothing", "go big or go home" to welcoming life and it's change "with ease and grace". I am truly grateful to have had this chat with Bec, and I hope that your find some more mindful moments and more ease and grace in your days.

Speak your Truth, Make an Impact with Karly Nimmo

Karly Nimmo is a voice over artist, podcaster and mentor, running her own podcasting school, Radcasters. Looking back, Karly can see that she has been an entrepeneur her whole life, always having a side gig and a bit of hustle going on. Karly has been through some ups and some downs, and she's not afraid to talk about the dark days, which is such a gift for us all. Karly and I talk about her finding her way back to herself from those dark days, and to me it seemed like she has adopted a philosophy of making commitments, often small to begin with, and acting on them. Our conversation covered life and business and work and family, and that our adult self is really just not that different than we were before "adulting". I loved to hear Karly share that something she has become deeply grateful for, is the freedom to speak her truth (and ask the difficult questions), and know that will have an impact for others. Here's to more of us learning to live with and like ourselves. x You can find Karly at karlynimmo.com [http://karlynimmo.com/]. To quote Karly, Stay Rad, Peace Out. In this episode we talk about Karly's recent interview with Dan Norris on Karlosophies, click here to listen [http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/5106955/tdest_id/280021] to it.