81. Fully Connected & Finding Energy & Joy with Mel Kettle
Chris & Filly are joined with Mel Kettle, a trusted mentor in the leadership space. I’ve been reading Mel’s book Fully Connected: How Great Leaders Prioritise Themselves, Reclaim Their Energy & Find Joy recently, and asked Mel onto the show as I love her approach to putting the self first, in order to change the way that leaders lead and company cultures “do work”. This will be a great listen if you’re a leader or employee stuck in toxic busy-ness, and yearning for a new way of being.
About Mel Kettle
Mel Kettle is a food loving, book reading, beach goer who lives on the Sunshine Coast, in Queensland Australia. She is a trusted mentor to executives and leaders and a highly sought-after speaker and trainer on leadership communication and menopause at work. After surviving the debilitating effects of work-related loneliness, stress and burnout in her late 20s, Mel believes self-leadership is essential for creating real connection and sustained engagement. This belief forms the foundation of her two main programs Connected Leaders and Thriving Leaders.
Mel has twice (2022 and 2023) been recognised by leadersHum as one of the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership, one of only seven Australians on the list. She is the author of two books, the best-selling Fully Connected and The Social Association, and host of the podcast This Connected Life.
In today’s episode, Mel talks to Chris & Filly about:
- Burning out in her late 20’s as a people pleaser in a toxic “go hard, or go home” corporate environment, and the big life changes she made to heal from body burnout
- How did this experience shaped the way Mel now work with leaders, emphasising self-awareness & self-care as the main priority & to prevent body burnout
- Why putting yourself first is so hard
- How to start connecting with yourself and discovering what lights you up
- Creating better boundaries
- Perimenopause in the workplace
Show Note Links:
Check out Mel’s “Signs You Need Better Boundaries Checklist”
Learn more about Mel & her work here
Take Chris & Filly’s Ending Body Burnout Assessment here
Check out how you can work with Chris & Filly Functional Medicine here
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