159 {Kathryn Elliott} I thought my binge drinking was normal

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03/30/25 • 63 min

Challenges That Change Us

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Trigger warning: Alcohol

Australians have a complicated relationship with alcohol and it’s not helped by how we have created the idea that people only have problems with alcohol if they are complete alcoholics. The reality is that binge drinking and how we associate with alcohol is a lot more nuanced and a lot more destructive than we realise.

That is what Kathryn Elliot discovered when she made the decision to quit alcohol after decades of binge drinking.

Now, Kathryn is one of Australia’s leading alcohol and binge drinking coaches for high-functioning professionals, drawing from her own experience as a former binge drinker. Her expertise is regularly featured in national media, and she works with professionals to change their mindset around alcohol through tailored coaching programs. Kathryn also leads SipSmart corporate workshops on alcohol’s impact in the workplace and serves on advisory committees for alcohol awareness initiatives.

In this episode she shares:

What was her life like before she made her big change
What her drinking was like and why it was problematic
The destructive narratives she had inside her head around her drinking
How her drinking problems started from her youth
How the 'good parts' about that aspect of her life reinforced her binge drinking
The impact her drinking lifestyle had on her expectations of herself
What one of her worst days during that time looked like
What changed for her and why she changed
The realisation she had about how it wasn’t her fault
The big hurdles she had to overcome to live without alcohol
The cancer diagnosis that further impacted her life shortly after she stopped drinking
The changes and healing she has gone through recently

Key Quotes

“Sometimes blackout drinking...It would be embarrassing coming home to baby sitters who would see me in a very drunk state.”

“I didn’t realise that binge drinking was problematic drinking. So I thought there was something wrong with me.”

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Trigger warning: Alcohol

That is what Kathryn Elliot discovered when she made the decision to quit alcohol after decades of binge drinking.

In this episode she shares:

What was her life like before she made her big change
What her drinking was like and why it was problematic
The destructive narratives she had inside her head around her drinking
How her drinking problems started from her youth
How the 'good parts' about that aspect of her life reinforced her binge drinking
The impact her drinking lifestyle had on her expectations of herself
What one of her worst days during that time looked like
What changed for her and why she changed
The realisation she had about how it wasn’t her fault
The big hurdles she had to overcome to live without alcohol
The cancer diagnosis that further impacted her life shortly after she stopped drinking
The changes and healing she has gone through recently

Key Quotes

“Sometimes blackout drinking...It would be embarrassing coming home to baby sitters who would see me in a very drunk state.”

“I didn’t realise that binge drinking was problematic drinking. So I thought there was something wrong with me.”

More about

Follow her on her website and on Instagram.

You can get involved with the podcast online

On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus

Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus

If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:

http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

Interested in DISC personality profiling or a Burnout workshop for your team, get in touch with Ali today.

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158 {Lisa Britcliffe} The gift of losing $100k overnight

In today’s episode we are delving into the relationship between faith, and the ability to recover from a challenge.

Lisa Britcliffe was on a search for success and achievement when she lost over $100 000 overnight. The stress brought on fatigue and headaches unlike anything she had ever experienced and it was when that she found solace in returning to her faith.

She has relied on her faith to recover through multiple challenges and now is redefining real estate with a rare blend of intuition, sales expertise, and an “other-centred” approach shaped by her background in residential sales and coaching. As co-founder of Orium & Co., Lisa and her business partner provide a seamless, highly personalised experience built on trust and integrity.

In this episode she shares:

Her businesses missteps and how they've brought her to where she is now

The moment she realised she had had an enormous financial loss

How she survived by returning to her faith

Her feeling of unfulfillment and how she found the right path

How her faith and lack of control fits within the running of her business

The lessons she's learned along the way and how she strives to be 'others centred'

How to cross that bridge to a more aligned and purposeful life

Key Quotes

“I sought to control because I felt so out of control.”

“I invested in other people’s success in the hopes that I would receive from them being successful.”

“I was worshipping money, thinking that when I had that, that I’d be safe.”

More about Lisa

Head to her business website or follow her on linkedin.

You can get involved with the podcast online

On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus

Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus

If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:

http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites:

www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

@trialtitudeperformance

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160 {Jules Brooke} Hurdles in a woman's entrepreneur career

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Jules Brooke has lived a life full of twists, turns and more experiences from childhood than many of us might have in our entire lives.

But it’s her business journey and her choice to go into solo entrepreneurship that shows how resilient and durable she is in the face of adversity.

Jules is the founder of Handle Your Own PR, She’s The Boss and Australian Women Speakers.

In She’s The Boss, Jules runs online and offline events nationally, a podcast, a YouTube channel, and a digital magazine. She started a Livestream video show in early 2024.Jules also mentors business women.

Jules also teaches how to raise your profile and influence using LinkedIn, podcasting, speaking, awards, networking and online courses, and how they work together.

In this episode she shares:

Her childhood, including her experiences moving frequently due to her father’s job in the British Army.
She recounts her time at boarding school and moving to Australia at age 11.
Jules talks about her education at RMIT, studying media studies and psychology.
She shares her career journey through various roles in marketing, sales, and eventually starting her own business.
Her father’s illness and passing.
Starting and running a PR business with no experience in PR
The financial difficulties she experienced
Going through a divorce and raising three children.
The importance of resilience and independence.
She talks about making conscious decisions to stay optimistic and positive.
Her steps to becoming a woman of influence:
The importance of asking for help and accepting support.

Key Quotes

“That was probably 15 years of my life where I have pushed and pushed to get this business off the ground and it never really took off.”

“I met a lovely guy who said he would help me and did help me—until we got halfway through and we ran out of money, like he waited until I had probably $50 in the bank before he said, ‘No, I don’t want to do it anymore."

More about Jules

Follow her on her website and LinkedIn

You can get involved with the podcast online

On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus

Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus

If you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected]

Or check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com

If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

Interested in DISC personality profiling or a Burnout workshop for your team, get in touch with Ali today.

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