What I wish I knew before starting a business

In this busy patch of the year (or any time of busyness really), finding ways to ground and centre yourself is especially important. This guided practice will help you to dissolve some of the stuff that's filling or overwhelming your internal experience, and find a sense of spaciousness within. A great pairing with today's meditation episode 👇👇👇✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨Free to download: Overwhelm Intervention GuideI've made a guide for you. It gives you three simple steps to cut through overwhelm and get you back into focused action. It's ideal for those times when you just can't take a proper break, but need a quick way out of the frenzy or freeze of overwhelm.The guide also includes some extra guidance for preventing and reducing overwhelm in your life.Plus 5 bonus tips specifically for business owners. So many people running a business feel the overwhelm often and hard!  These five tips will help you soften its impact and find your way forward to feel, be and offer your best.Download now at: anniecarter.com.au/giftsLet's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗

Throwing back to one of the most popular episodes of Yes You and an important reminder for any time, but especially this time of year. In Australia, it’s summer time, and we’re approaching Christmas. And so we need to be on high alert when it comes to two things: bush fire danger and B-S messaging that tries to convince us our bodies need changing! In this episode we’re talking about the latter. I share about how the Great Summer Body Lie has managed to thrive, and how we can choose to cultivate an alternative narrative for ourselves. Let's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗

Today we're talking about taking your MEDS. I don't mean medication (though that may be helpful too!) In this instance, I'm referring to Mindfulness, Exercise, Diet and Sleep.  Sometimes we can go imagine there's some secret to feeling amazing, if only we could discover what it is! And meanwhile, we could be skipping past these foundational elements of health and wellbeing.They may not be sexy, but they can make a massive difference to how you feel. So let's dive into them.✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ Free to download: Overwhelm Intervention GuideI've made a guide for you, to take you through the steps of the overwhelm intervention I'm sharing in today's episode. It also includes some extra guidance for preventing and reducing overwhelm in your life.Plus 5 bonus tips specifically for business owners. So many people running a business feel the overwhelm often and hard!  These five tips will help you soften its impact and find your way forward to feel, be and offer your best. Download now at: anniecarter.com.au/giftsLet's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗

Overwhelm is a natural response to having too much on your plate. It can feel like you're stuck in a fog, unable to find your way.  In today's episode I'm sharing three simple steps you can take to get yourself out of overwhelm and back into focus so you can start moving in the direction you want to go.This intervention is for those times when overwhelm sets in but you don't have the space to step back and re-imagine your life. You need to keep going, but you can't work out where to begin. It's a quick process for some immediate relief.  Have a listen and let me know if it helps you. 💗Free to download: Overwhelm Intervention GuideI've made a guide for you, to take you through the steps of the overwhelm intervention I'm sharing in today's episode. It also includes some extra guidance for preventing and reducing overwhelm in your life.Plus 5 bonus tips specifically for business owners. So many people running a business feel the overwhelm often and hard!  These five tips will help you soften its impact and find your way forward to feel, be and offer your best. Download now at: anniecarter.com.au/giftsLet's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗

Anyone who lives in Naarm / Melbourne will know the long-standing bustling Preston market. Sue Sheehan and her partner Haydn opened their organic shop in a forklift bay in the market almost 25 years ago.In today's episode, I chat with Sue about turning a passion for organic produce into a business, uneasiness with capitalism, expanding out of necessity, and where the shop name, 'Rhubarb Rhubarb' comes from. Sue is honest, humble and philosophical. She puts the success of the business down to some hard work, some good decisions, some privilege and some luck.Have a listen in on our chat. You'll find Rhubarb Rhubarb at:N31 Preston Market, Cramer StPreston, VICrhubarborganics.com.auand on instagram hereLet's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗

Feeling a little sluggish? Before you reach for the coffee, join me for this guided seated practice. In this episode, I guide you through some gently energising pranayama and breathwork techniques, finishing with a simple visualisation. It's a great practice to start your day, or an ideal pick-me-up for that mid-afternoon slump. Enjoy. Let's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗

It's always the best to think postiive, right? Not necessarily so. In this episode we're looking at prospective hindsight, and how imagining something has already gone wrong can provide some powerful insights to help us get the most out of a project or experience. This is not just about ruminating or worrying about things outside our control. I'm sharing the 'premortem' exercise. More effective than a SWOT analysis, this method is better at predicting the reasons something might fail, and empowering you with information you can use to take positive preventative action.  You can use this in business of course, but really you could apply it in any area of your life - I'm thinking relationships, holidays, investments, and other big plans or projects.  Have a listen and give it a go. Let's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗

Do you consider yourself to be an activist? What does it mean to you? In today's episode, I'm sharing how I've grappled with the title 'activist' and landed in identifying as a 'crap activist'.  If you don't necessarily see yourself as a 'real activist' but you do care about the world, other people, and us as a whole, you just might like to join me. There's a place for a huge range of expressions of activism, each one playing its part. This episode might help you find yours. Let's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗

I'm chatting with remarkable human, Integrative Sexologist, and my dear friend, Vanessa Muradian. Vanessa thinks and feels wide and deep and we cover a bit in this episode, from experiencing grief during the ovulation phase to cultivating intimacy with and without sex, to the most common reasons people come to see Vanessa as a Sexologist, to my perception of Vanessa as someone with big feelings and why that seems ironic to them.Grab a cuppa for this one and enjoy. xxVanessa (she/they) is a sexologist, yoga teacher, speaker, community facilitator and pleasure activist of Armenian and Anglo-Australian descent living, loving and working on the unceded lands of the Kulin nation. Their work is grounded in the belief that the pursuit of pleasure is an act of resistance and a liberatory practice.At the heart of Vanessa’s work is a question. They ask: how can we more fully access the abundance of pleasure that is possible in our bodies, in our lives? As with any good question, it’s not about an answer — but, instead, a commitment to a slow, relational and wildly nonlinear process.Connect with Vanessa @vanessa.muradian.sexologist on Instagramand at miamuse.comLet's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗

Do you find yourself stuck somewhere between focused work and quality rest? Spending too much time in 'work-ish' or 'rest-ish' can leave you feeling unproductive, unrested and unsatisfied. In this episode I share my experience in reducing the 'ish' in my life, and offer some tips if you want to do the same. I offer practical ways to set boundaries for focused work and ideas for ensuring your rest and recreation time is truly satisfying. Join me as I invite you to reflect on your own relationship with work and rest, and discover ways to cultivate a more fulfilling balance in your life.Let's Connect!I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with any questions, suggestions for future episode topics, and to let me know how you're going applying what I share in the podcast in your own life. Follow me on instagram: @_anniecarterAnd head to my website anniecarter.com.au for some free gifts, and to sign up for emails from me. I'd love your supportPlease help me to continue to grow this podcast. Some small and very helpful things you could do: share an episode with a friend subscribe to the podcast on your favourite player leave a (5 star!) rating and review share a screenshot of an episode (and your reflection) on your socials Thanks so much! 🙏💗