Welcome! My guest today is Catriona Pollard, founder and director of CP Communications, one of Australia’s most respected and innovative PR agencies. She is an international speaker and popular media commentator who made the transformation to the public eye; she shares these experiences in her writing and speaking. She is the author of From Unknown to Expert: How to Use Clever PR and Social Media to Become a Recognised Expert, which is a step by step program.

Catriona has helped thousands of people use her program to success. She is passionate about social media, public relations, business and bringing it all together, in real financial success for entrepreneurs and organisations. She shares insights on her blog: www.catrionapollard.com. She is also a successful artist and sculptor and you can find her work at www.theartofweaving.com.au

In this episode, Catriona shares the following:

• Catriona wanted to be a mother, but never had the right relationship at the right time.
• She went through a 6-7 year grieving process because she NEVER imagined her life without a child.
• Looking back on that difficult grieving time, Catriona realises that she should have sought counselling for her loss.
• She finally realised that her life was a blank canvas: “What is my life going to be? What are the positives about my circumstances?”
• She focused on building her business, personal development, public speaking, art and creativity.
• Catriona has figured out how to turn the negatives into positives.
• “Do you keep sitting in the loss or do you use it in ways to propel yourself forward?”
• We should all avoid blanket statements that pass judgment on others’ choices.
• She explains how she feels and responds to the question: “Do you have children?”
• She manifests her creative energy through artwork, writing, and public speaking.
• She has realised the value in telling the stories of our lives.
• Catriona knows that many people in the world don’t have the chance to enjoy life and make it something beautiful.
• Find out more about Catriona and her business at www.unknowntoexpert.com

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Welcome! Today’s guest is Adrea Peters, who is a writer about all her obsessions, such as love, physics, food, wellness, logic, grace, cleverness, word play, and imagining the best in herself and others. Adrea retired at age 42 to write full-time. She graduated with a journalism degree as valedictorian of her class at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and then earned her master’s degree in Popular Fiction Writing from Seton Hall University.

Adrea has co-authored several books and apps. In 2015, she and her business partner created Storyteller Ink. It’s a company dedicated to serving writers and helping them find success in completing a book in nine months’ time. If you are an aspiring writer, then Adrea has the plan to help you achieve success! Join us!

In this episode, you will learn:

• How BOTH choice and circumstance have played into Adrea’s life choice to NOT be a parent;
• How Adrea knew IF she ever had a child, she would want to have a life partner with whom to share the experience;
• “The rules that people follow just aren’t priorities for me.”
• “I nurture all the time and feel maternal and like a mom in many ways.”
• Adrea’s two main life goals are to find a mate she loves and to have success as a writer;
• How she has never felt external pressure to have children;
• Adrea believes that women need to take the time to get to know themselves;
• Moms need time and space that their busy, demanding lives don’t often allow;
• Being feminine and being a mom are NOT the same things;
• Adrea has creative expression through the time she has to herself, to come to new understandings and awareness that she can share with others;
• How Adrea has dedicated her life to bettering relationships between human beings;
• “It’s the little things each day that connect us to others.”
• How Adrea would never use the terms “childfree” or “childless” to describe herself;
• Adrea urges all women to take charge of themselves and their identity.

Find out more about Adrea and her work at www.adreapeters.com and

www.storyteller-ink.com

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