Quiet Confidence With Dr Tess Crawley

PARENTS: Sick of entrepreneurs and motivational speakers telling your kids to ignore you? Then you’d better listen to this! My top 3 tips for parents of entrepreneurs: listen without judgement, be interested and curious, be supportive and encouraging. There’s no room for letting your fear prevent the adventures of your entrepreneurial offspring!

I had never heard of energy mastery before meeting Jeanine Hofs, an Energy Master from the Netherlands. Jeanine's work is based on the Chinese philosophies of energy in all things. She works with her clients to identify their dominant energy type and how best to maximise it to achieve a more balanced life. In our conversation we discover some common ground, and we also chat about MY dominant energy type as measured by Jeanine's energy test, which you can try for free here:  http://www.jeaninehofs.com/  I'm looking forward to chatting with Jeanine again one day soon!

I'm a psychologist and business owner with 20 years' experience, and I've seen my share of ups and downs of life as a business owner. I've seen most of what business ownership can throw at you, and I have a few secret weapons up my sleeve that I'm happy to share with you. Here are my top 3 tips!

My intensive 90 Day mentoring program will help you develop a Take No Prisoners approach to smashing your goals. This program is specifically for those in private practice in a mental health or allied health setting. Don't worry if you're in a different business setting ... Soon I'll something similar for all y'all!!

I've had a few conversations over the past week that have led me to wonder about bullying between professionals. I've also had the opportunity to compare how kids handle their peer relationships and what we can learn from them. Enjoy. 

In this conversation with Evan Carmichael, we talk about just why Evan felt "weird" as a kid and why he saw a child psychologist, his experience with anxiety as a child and how this influences how he handles tricky emotions now as an adult. This is a great discussion, and gets a bit heated in parts as I challenge Evan to stop "sanitising" interactions to avoid rich emotional interactions when there's a risk of tricky emotions being involved. The conversation even involves Evan's wife Nina when we talk about Evan's interactions with others. 

Why Am I A Business Mentor? ... The Number One Woman Who Has Inspired Me.  I've aspired to be a business owner since I was a little girl. Here's the story of why what I witnessed as a child inspires me to support business owners every day. 

In this week's live show I talk about some of the challenges in business ownership when it comes to sharing news and plans with your team. Whether you're a sole business operator, or the head of a large team, this is for you.  Even positive change can be stressful. Treading carefully, leaning in, and pacing yourself.  #FindingProof Live Show.

In this (my 5oth!!) episode of the Finding Proof podcast I meet with the fabulous Peace Mitchell, co-founder of AusMumpreneur and the Women's Business School. Peace and her sister Katy have done more for women in business than any other organisation I can think of, in particular mums in business. If you're a woman, if you're a mum, if you're in business, if you're an entrepreneur, if you're a lover of great stories ... this is a wonderful story and I can't wait to share it with you!

Thank you to the fabulous Robyn McKinnon for this heartfelt and very informative interview about perinatal loss, including her family's experience of losing her first son at 16 weeks gestation.  Robyn is a mental health social worker and hosts a Facebook group for mental health professionals working with perinatal loss. She is also coordinating a conference for later this year in Melbourne, with perinatal psychologist Bronwyn Leigh.  *** Trigger warning - this is sad in parts, and may cause some upset especially if you've experienced your own loss. x Robyn on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AusPerinatalLossProfessionalsNetwork/ https://www.facebook.com/rmcounselling/ Robyn on the web:  http://rmcounselling.com.au/

In this session with Evan, we explore how he felt weird as a kid and how this feeds into how he views the world today. We talked about empathy, and the shields he puts up to protect himself emotionally because he is so empathic. We also talked about his deep-seated fear of disappointing others. A great chat. Join us. 

I was invited recently to work alongside the wonderful Evan Carmichael as he embarks on his journey to build his YouTube audience from 1.7 million to 10 million subscribers.  What's my role?  I'll help Evan identify any potential psychological barriers that might  tempt him to "play it small" along the way.  #EvanCarmichael is a successful Canadian #entrepreneur and author. His book "Your One Word" is one I highly recommend. He has almost two million subscribers on YouTube, but still faces many of the same "what if" and "should" challenges we all battle. We had lots of fun exploring these topics, and I'll be speaking with him again each month. The videos of these sessions will be available on Evan's YouTube channel, and my #FindingProof FB page. In this first session, we talked about Evan's goal to solve one of the modern #business world's great problems - people not meeting their potential. Evan is a generous soul, driven to help entrepreneurs to achieve their goals and to believe in thei

By trying to be all things to all people, we water down the strength of our own niche. This in turn waters down our core message, which means our ideal audience won't find us.  This podcast episode, recorded in a noisy cafe, was inspired by a great piece of feedback and advice given to me by Evan Carmichael last week.  Apologies for the sound quality, but this is a message worth sharing. #ImperfectAction in action! 

Finding Proof Live Show Ep. 19 (10 Jan 2019)   Let me step you through the Top 3 things I said yes to in 2018 that were crazy on the surface.    Luckily I played scientist AND listened to my inner wise voice that was yelling at me to take these opportunities by the horns!    By saying yes to these opportunities, I claimed my seat on the express train for growth and new adventures.     You can easily overlook great opportunities. You can easily ignore your inner wisdom, or you gut feelings. But I encourage you to trust the instincts that have seen you right so far.  Consider the risks and the benefits, but sometimes you just need to say yes!

How can I advise you on the one hand to trust your instincts, while on the other hand tell you to be a scientist in your business? Easy. I incorporate both! How? By using a psychological strategy called "wise mind". It's easy, you can do it too.

Be a scientist in your business. Formulate a hypothesis, test it out, incorporate what you’ve learned. Repeat.  If you can't step back from the emotions sometimes and dispassionately assess what you've learned and how it will inform future directions, how will you grow?

2018 was an amazing year. In this episode I share some of the lessons I learned about standing in courage, maintaining consistency, and finding clarity. 

This week's episode is from the Finding Proof Live Show (on Facebook each Thursday) ...  I had some incredible characters in my youth who still inspire me today. Here's how my Year 7 teacher, Mr Craven, still walks alongside me every day. I'm often speaking with my mentoring clients about how finding a witness to past strengths can sometimes be the kind of proof needed to push through self-doubt. Give it a try. (Sorry Mr Craven, I still tend to laugh at the naughty boys though!) Wishing you the best for Christmas and 2019! Tess x

This week on my FINDING PROOF LIVE SHOW I spoke about some strategies that I use to prepare my business for the busy-ness and stress of Christmas. There are some mental traps that we all fall into at this time of year. I call them out and offer up some solutions for you.

This week's Finding Proof podcast saw me interviewing my wonderful friend, Dr Amy Talbot, who was last week announced as the inaugural Psychologist of the Year at the Allied Health Awards. Amy talks about her journey to becoming a psychologist, the isolation that can come with being a young leader and business owner, and how she hopes her award will shine a light on the treatment of eating disorders.