Mindfulness is a growing trend in the health and wellbeing industry. Bringing your attention to experiences happening right in front of you is something that can be developed through meditation and breathing techniques as well as through other training like journalling. Its benefits are endless, especially for mental health. More and more people ar…

The next in the Energised Leader Series is one of our favourite people, Brett Jarman. Why is he one of our favourite people? Because he’s pretty good at coming up with new ideas and making complex problems simpler and he produces and hosts this podcast you’re about to listen to. In this episode, Brett shares his podcast magic with us, talking about…

This is another great episode from our Energised Leader series but this time we’re looking at things from a recruitment point of view. Our guest, Richard Triggs, is the founder of headhunting and recruitment agency, Arete Executive. After completing an executive MBA, he began the difficult task of filling executive positions in a rapidly-changing i…

Do you want to understand where your energy comes from? Do you want to find that perfect work-life balance?Then give this episode from our Energised Leader Series a listen. In it Dr Ben Carvosso, tells us how the pursuit of work-life balance is a losing strategy. Instead, he coaches successful business owners, CEOs and their teams on how to find an…

This is the third episode in our Energised Leader series and it’s jam packed full of great advice on how to become a better leader for your team.The ladies behind the knowledge are twins Jan and Michelle Terkelsen, founders of People Leaders. Over the past 20 years, they have gathered the skills to coach high-performing teams and create self-aware …

This is another great episode from our Energised Leader series, and this time we’re really focusing on being a person of influence in your respective industry.And who better to lets us in on a few social media secrets than the king of influencer marketing himself, Adam Houlahan.We’ve been working with Adam for a while now, both on personal energy a…

This is another interview from our Energised Leader series that looks at the habits and methods of high-performing entrepreneurs worldwide.In this episode, we’re chatting to Taki Moore, coach marketing and business building expert. In his own words, here’s everything you need to know about him: “Father of six, scaler of coaches, and lover of tacos”…

With the start of our new Energised Leader series, we thought it would be a good chance to tell you a little more about us, what makes us tick, and what we’ve learned about our own personal energy over the years.In this episode, I (Angie) ask Shane a few key questions around personal energy and share my perspective on being part of an energised cou…

This is the first episode in our Energised Leader Series, and boy, is it a good one!We chat with Kat Dunn, a humanitarian capitalist and CEO of Grameen Australia, a social business that advances a new form of capitalism that values altruism and generosity just as much as financial gain.Kat started her career as a banking and finance lawyer at top t…

We’re all about being the best leader you can be in business and in your personal life so we’re here to introduce our new series, the Energised Leader Series.The new interview series will focus on leaders who cultivate the energy to inspire and impact the community at large. We have a few special leaders lined up who have very high energy and are u…

In this episode we dive deep into the world of Eastern medicine, self-healing, meditation and humanity in business with Ed Andrew.British-born Ed is a business coach and mentor and founder of The Human Consultancy. His passion is bringing humanity to careers and life through online and face-to-face workshops and seminars.His training helps business…

A hot topic that is being thrown around the corporate arena, the entrepreneurial space, and even in schools lately, is being resilient.The trouble is, most people don’t have the bandwidth to deal with even the slightest of knockbacks. They lack the energy needed to deal with everyday life.So in this episode, we chat about how by connecting with you…

Have you ever struggled with anxiety in business? Or questioned your self-worth? Chandell Labbozzetta has.She spent almost 20 years building a successful career in sales, corporate business development and marketing and has won a number of awards for her performance. After a struggle with burnout and depression, she discovered neuro-linguistic prog…

Our podcasts are inspired by the discussions we have and information we collect from travelling the world and carrying out our workshops with individual clients and corporations.We try to look at what people need when working in high pressure, high performance jobs and have to maintain focus for long periods of time. One of the most common problems…

We’re big believers in connecting the mind and body and the many benefits that come with that. Our guest in this episode is one of the best at creating balance in the body and mind and is here to share her secrets with us. Chen Lizra is a life coach, an award-winning social entrepreneur, the best selling author of ‘My Seductive Cuba - A Unique Trav…

Simon Bowen is the founder of Models Method and creator of The Genius Model - a bespoke visual model designed to help simplify complex business issues. He’s also an international keynote speaker, author, consultant and industry thought leader.His background is in electronics, which he used to teach at university level, and has spent a considerable …

In this episode, serial entrepreneur Gary Romanik, shares his experience of breathwork and how it helps him transition the tricky periods, both in his personal life and business life. We first met Gary at A Fest in Bali where he was properly introduced to breathing sessions, although he later realised he had tried it once before. It’s now a staple …

In this episode we chat with a close friend and fellow entrepreneur, Jon Hollenberg. He is the owner of website design company, Five by Five, and author of ‘Love at first site - How to build the website of your dreams’.With over 20 years’ experience in the website design game, Jon is an expert in online marketing and growth strategies. His company …

“The body will become better at whatever you do - or don't do. You don't move? The body will make you better at not moving. If you move, your body will allow you more movement.”That’s a quote by movement legend, Ido Portal, that perfectly sums up what we want to tell you in this episode.Too many of us live a sedentary lifestyle and think nothing of…

In this episode, we’re geeking out with environmental health expert, Jason Bawden-Smith to look at the harmful effects of technology on the environment and our bodies.Jason is a successful entrepreneur, having founded four companies during his career, including JBS&G Environmental, one of the largest environmental consultancy companies in Australia…

When you’re in a role that is stressful and demanding, it can affect you in many different ways. Having so much on your plate can lead to a lack of sleep, procrastination, or even paralysis.In this episode, we chat to Vera Anderson, Performance Coach and Strategist at Global Elements Consulting, whom we met at AFest in Bali last year.Vera helps bus…

“If you can get your body back on track, your mind will follow.”That quote pretty much sums up the point of this episode. It’s a ‘feel good episode’. Literally!The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your habits and if your mental health isn’t optimal, the most important thing you can do is to develop physical habits that create th…

This interview is perhaps one of the most interesting and inspiring we’ve done, especially for those who have been through a traumatic experience at some point in their lives.We chat with former major in the US Army, Josh Mantz. He’s now a professional speaker, author and CEO of Asymmetric Mind.His story is incredible, having been deployed to Iraq …

A few months ago, we did a three-hour session for a group of 80 people where the facilitator asked, “What is your greatest stress?” The majority of the responses were “my children”.A lot of the time, the evening bedtime routine is the biggest problem area for parents. This used to be the case for us too because our two little girls would get hyped …

Dean is a social entrepreneur, strategist and storyteller with a passion for connecting our global community through education and inspiring others into action.A proud product of Melbourne’s Western Suburbs, Dean believes that the key to creating innovative, socially minded leaders is access to quality education, regardless of place of birth or soc…

Menstruation has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently. The controversy in India over women of menstruating age being allowed to enter Hindu temples shows that menstruation is misunderstood and even looked down on by many. Considering it’s part of the very process that allows life to come forth, it’s time we became more open and accep…

We've done many episodes about using the breath to create energy, but what do you do when performance drops and you hit a slump or feel down in the dumps? It happens to all of us.The brain gets foggy, motivation dips, we get bogged down with what’s going on in our head and start to let go of the physical rituals and habits that support us - movemen…

Everybody wants to be productive. The reasons why vary from wanting to be a more effective executive or entrepreneur, to being on top of your finances, to becoming a better parent, or to improve your relationships.But is there a secret to productivity? Perhaps, but even the best plans, to-do lists and desires are useless unless you have the energy …

Often people tend to make decisions and choices using a chaotic way of thinking. When the brain is running in ‘survival mode’, we have to make split-second decisions so we just do what needs to be done.In hindsight, we often would’ve made a very different decision or choice had we been in a different place or situation.But we can learn to control t…

Today we're talking about breathing to be ‘mission ready’. You might have heard us using this term before but what does it mean?In a world where we’re constantly trying to better ourselves, be it in our careers, our relationships or other areas of life, it’s easy to become complacent.We spend time learning new techniques and strategies, making plan…

Today’s topic of discussion is something everyone can do, but most people aren’t even aware of: the unconscious rejection of your body.It may sound strange, but we do have the ability to reject our own bodies, to some degree. When we’re disconnected, we become cranky and desensitised to our emotions and energy.By using the breath, we can begin to r…

Have you ever thought to yourself (or even said out aloud), "I just need more space? Give me some more space, please."You’d be a rare beast if you hadn’t. Most of us are overloaded. We’ve got too much going on in our heads and have trouble staying focused or on track.Often we might observe it in a conversation with someone else. They might be noddi…

Morning routines can be simple. The blueprint of your natural flow doesn’t need to be complex. There are a few simple things you can add to your normal morning routine to significantly boost your body and improve your day.In this episode we cover:Why we built our morning routineThe importance of rising with the sunA little background on what the mo…

There’s a topic that is big in the breathing world at the moment: circadian rhythm. Put simply, that’s your natural rhythm driven by your 24-hour internal clock that runs in the background in your brain. It’s also known as the sleep-wake cycle.When it comes to sleeping, your body has a natural cycle. Most of your regeneration programmes happen when…

Today we’re talking about maintenance. We used to put off the maintenance needed for things like our cars because we were so busy with our business and personal life. Now we make it a priority, because as long as we're maintaining the car, it'll last longer. It works the same way with our bodies.Maintaining your own personal health - maintaining th…

We've been together 10 years and people often ask us, “what's your secret?” The answer is: it takes work and a lot of breathing.Humans in general are reactive, and especially so in our relationships. It’s this kind of negative behaviour that causes most riffs between partners.Another major behavioural pattern we’ve noticed in ourselves and others i…

Jet lag affects us all but in different ways. Whether you travel a lot or very little, and whether you travel for work or for pleasure, your body will be out of sync with your destination.We often travel across the pond to the United States, which is a long haul flight, so there’s no escaping it. Crossing multiple time zones means sleepless nights.…

What do you do when the outside world is super intense and demanding? And how do you calm your own internal voice so you can actually stop and rest?In this episode, we talk about:What is innergy?Intensity and pressures we face in the outside worldWhy Angie used to hate meditatingThe benefits of making space for stillness and quietHow you can go inw…

One of the breathing benefits we talk about that raises a lot of eyebrows is an improved financial situation.A connection between breathing and money may seem like a bit of a stretch, but today we’re going to share a real life situation where breathing helped us on a financial journey that many would have struggled with. We’re not saying it was eas…

Cleansing, flushing and fasting are all hot topics right now. We are often asked, "How long should I fast for?" Or "What sort of cleanse should I do?" There's never one answer.That's not something most people want to hear because they want a one-stop-shop for feeling better, but there are many different remedies and they all work in their own way.W…

Breathing may seem like a simple concept, but we’ve noticed a lot of abnormalities during our own and other people’s breathing sessions. It’s weird, but it’s also wonderful and we can learn a lot about ourselves and how the breath can be used to express our energy, thoughts and feelings.By learning to take control, we can shift our energy and persp…

Dan Brulé has been taking the breath seriously for a long time. Since the early 1970’s in fact. In that time he’s shared his craft with more than 150,000 people in over sixty countries. We’re blessed to count ourselves among that number and to have worked with Dan closely in recent years as we’ve learnt the craft of breath mastery ourselves.We have…

Knowing what we know now about breathing, we can only begin to imagine how different life would have been if we’d picked up breathing skills much earlier on in life.Fortunately, our children, currently aged 8 and 5, won’t have to wonder for themselves. They’re both well and truly integrating breathing practices into their daily habits and strategie…

Our bodies are shifting energy all the time.Anxiety, for example, has an energy to it. As does calm. In shifting from one to the other our energy state will change.And on a purely physical level, we can go from energised to tired, back to energised again, then to exhausted, get refreshed a little, and so on... Episode Highlights:The ups and downs o…

Even health experts need help learning to breathe for maximum performance. We recorded this episode with Laurence Tham right after we’d led a group of his clients, all professional chiropractors, through a facilitated breathing experience.Through his business, Drive Your Practice, Laurence supports chiropractors to ‘adjust, align, and amplify’ them…

Syncing the mind-body system is a core element of everything we do at Breathe Me and here on The Breathing Edge podcast. In this post and podcast episode, you’ll find out what syncing the mind-body system is, and even how it plays a role in creating self-confidence and eliminating self-doubt.Eastern philosophy divides the mind and body into the cha…

You’ve heard the saying ‘bad breath kills business’? Well, it really should be bad breathing. It's a little bit of a joke between us, but we're talking about bad breathing in the sense of energy management and how it can affect your overall state and hinder choices made in all areas of your life, including, you guessed it, business.In this post and…

Breathing is the most crucial part of your body. It is the only mechanism that is both conscious and unconscious.So, what is the difference between breathing automatically or flipping the switch into manual? There's a mechanical aspect to it, but also a cellular aspect as well as a mental, emotional and mind-body system aspect. Angelina and Shane w…

As humans, we’re programed to be habitual in order to keep us safe, but through this, we form patterns in all areas of our lives.Creating high-quality habits in your life increases confidence and satisfaction while harmonising the body and mind. Plus, they allow you to access the unconscious part of the mind which, will enable you to start repatter…

Go on a journey of change using different breathing techniques with Shane and Angelina Saunders. The Breathing Edge Podcast simplifies breathing down to fundamentals factors that can supercharge all aspects of your life such as business, relationships, finances, wealth and overall wellness.Did you know 46.9% of brain power gets wasted on useless th…