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Bestselling Author Podcast

Bestselling Author Podcast

Written by: Pat Mesiti
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We interview the most successful, best-selling mindset, life coach, and business authors to get their best secrets about being healthy, wealthy, and wise. They are co-authors with Pat Mesiti and David Cavanagh.Mesiti Pty Ltd Christianity Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Ministry & Evangelism Self-Help Spirituality Success
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  • Money Mindset Shifts to Finally Get Out of Debt with Financial Educator Elizabeth Lampasona
    Sep 9 2026
    Finance expert Elizabeth Lampasona shares how a devastating series of events wiped out the property portfolio she and her husband had built as their retirement plan, and how she rebuilt both her finances and her identity from the ground up. Drawing on three decades in banking, lending, and finance broking, she explains why debt is not a moral failure, but often the result of life circumstances colliding with unseen risk. Elizabeth Lampasona breaks down the emotional realities of money: shame, guilt, and the crushing feeling of having “let the family down,” and shows why acknowledging you’re in trouble is the non‑negotiable first step to recovery. She walks through practical strategies for escaping the “debt spiral” using small, achievable wins, selling underperforming assets, restructuring loans, and separating long-term fixes from quick wins. Along the way, she reveals how she guided all three of her sons into owning their homes outright in their 30s, not through family wealth, but through disciplined saving, smart investing, and clear financial goals. In this conversation, Elizabeth Lampasona also explores the mindset side of money: how childhood beliefs and “we’ll never get ahead” stories quietly cap your financial potential. Mentored by Pat Mesiti, she learned to identify and replace limiting beliefs, surround herself with ambitious, growth‑minded people, and use setbacks as fuel for a stronger comeback. She outlines five big lessons from her journey: debt without shame, managing risk, evolving financial plans, building resilience in dark seasons, and understanding that your comeback can be greater than your setback. Elizabeth Lampasona also discusses returning to the finance industry in her 50s, adapting to massive shifts in legislation, compliance, and technology and why brokers who ignore AI and new tools will be left behind. For anyone feeling behind, trapped in debt, or defeated by past mistakes, her core message is clear: your starting point does not define your destination, financial freedom is built on decisions, discipline, and direction that anyone can learn. Elizabeth Lampasona is a finance broker and money mentor who specializes in helping people break free from the debt spiral and rebuild their financial lives with confidence. After losing the property portfolio that was meant to fund her retirement, Elizabeth Lampasona used her three decades in banking, lending, and broking to engineer her own comeback then turned that hard-won experience into a roadmap for others. She uniquely blends technical finance expertise with deep emotional insight into shame, guilt, and fear around money. Elizabeth Lampasona doesn’t just restructure loans; she rewires mindsets, proving that with the right strategy, discipline, and guidance, financial freedom is possible at any age. Resources: Visit Asona Finance and Schedule a Consultation with Elizabeth Lampasona Today The Freedom Blueprint on Amazon Talking Points: [0:00] Meet Finance Broker & Debt-Recovery Mentor Elizabeth Lampasona [0:02] What a Finance Broker Really Does (And Why Banks Don’t Tell You) [0:03] The Debt Spiral: How Small Missteps Turn Into Crushing Financial Pressure [0:04] “I Felt Like a Failure”: The Hidden Shame and Guilt Behind Money Problems [0:05] Step One Out of Debt: Admitting You’re in Trouble and Owning Your Choices [0:07] Why You Can’t Fix Your Whole Financial Mess at Once (And What to Do Instead) [0:08] When Investment Properties Crash: Negative Equity, Floods, and Forced Sales [0:11] Losing Your Retirement in Your 50s: Rebuilding When the Plan Implodes [0:13] How Elizabeth Helped Three Sons Become Mortgage-Free Homeowners in Their 30s [0:14] The Mindset Trap: “People Like Us Will Never Be Financially Free” [0:16] Mentored by Pat Mesiti: Breaking Limiting Beliefs About Wealth and Success [0:19] “No One Is Coming to Save You”: Why You Must Create Your Own Financial Breakthrough [0:20] Returning to Finance in Her 50s: New Laws, New Tech, and Refusing to Be Left Behind [0:21] Why Brokers MUST Embrace AI and New Tools to Survive [0:22] Five Big Lessons From Losing It All: Debt, Risk, Flexibility, Resilience, Comebacks [0:26] Your Past Doesn’t Disqualify You: Discipline, Drive, and Direction Toward Freedom Source
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  • Intuitive Training for Public Safety and First Responders with Public Safety Trainer Robert Hockings
    Sep 8 2026

    Veteran telecommunications and public safety specialist Robert Hockings reveals why so many “modern” training programs quietly sabotage performance, especially in high-stakes environments like law enforcement, firefighting, ambulance services, and rail operations. Drawing on 34 years of experience, he explains how poorly designed technology rollouts and one-size-fits-all training can turn highly capable professionals into confused, hesitant operators at the exact moment they need to act intuitively. Robert Hockings shares real-world stories, including a multi-million dollar radio upgrade for motorcycle police that unintentionally made communication slower and less safe by ignoring how officers actually worked. He argues that most organizations treat training as a cost instead of an investment, rushing people through “turn up and throw up” slide decks that look good on paper but fail in the field. His core message: if you don’t start with the user’s intuitive behavior, environment, and real-world pressures, you’re building failure into your change project from day one.

    In this conversation, Robert Hockings breaks down a practical, repeatable approach to change: promise, listen, deliver, grow. He shows how sitting beside operators on night shifts, watching their body movements, ergonomics, and communication patterns can literally be the difference between life and death in freight yards, ports, and emergency response. By tailoring training to people’s backgrounds whether farmers becoming volunteer firefighters or city professionals moving into rural brigades he’s dramatically improved skill retention and reduced churn. Robert Hockings emphasizes training to outcomes, not time: the goal isn’t to “finish the slides” but to ensure people can safely and confidently use new systems when real work starts. For leaders, managers, trainers, and technology suppliers, his approach offers a roadmap to cut rework, avoid resistance, and turn every implementation into a genuine capability upgrade instead of an expensive headache.

    With 34 years in telecommunications and over three decades supporting public safety, Robert Hockings specializes in fixing what most organizations get wrong: training. From law enforcement and ambulance services to firefighting and rail freight, Robert Hockings has seen how poorly designed technology and “tick-the-box” training can turn capable people into frustrated, unsafe, and ineffective operators. He helps leaders, trainers, and change managers transform training from a rushed cost center into a strategic investment by starting with intuitive behavior, real-world context, and outcome-based design. When lives, reputations, and productivity are on the line, Robert Hockings shows you how to get change right the first time.

    Resources:

    Turn Potential Into Results: Explore Hawkeye Coaching

    Get your Copy of Secret to Success

    Talking Points:

    [0:00] Meet Public Safety Training Expert Robert Hawking
    [1:03] When “Magic” New Technology Backfires in the Real World
    [3:20] What Public Safety Really Means: Law, Fire, Ambulance, Disasters
    [3:47] Intuitive Skills: From Stick Shift Driving to Police Drills
    [5:35] The Costly Radio Upgrade That Made Motorcycle Policing Harder
    [8:05] Why Tech Fails: Forcing People to Fit Systems Instead of the Reverse
    [8:52] Tailoring Firefighter Training to Background, Region, and Reality
    [11:22] Making Change Exciting: Delivering Features Users Actually Wanted
    [14:08] Promise, Listen, Deliver, Grow: Robert’s Change Framework
    [15:17] “Turn Up and Throw Up” Training vs. Training for Outcomes
    [18:57] Whole-of-Life Costs: Buying Equipment vs. Funding Capability
    [21:03] How Robert Helps Managers, Implementers, and Tech Suppliers
    [23:52] It’s Not Just Public Safety: Life-and-Death Stakes in Business Too
    [26:31] The Best Way to Stop a Headache: Change How You’re Implementing

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  • Tiny Health Habits: How 10 Minutes Can Change Your Life with Wellness Coach Caroline Triebold
    Sep 7 2026

    Australian chiropractor and Secrets to Success co-author Caroline Triebold shares how tiny, consistent lifestyle tweaks can radically change your long-term health without overwhelming routines or fad diets. Drawing on 38 years in chiropractic practice, she explains why proper hydration sipping water throughout the day, aiming for roughly 30 ml per kilogram of bodyweight, and adding minerals like Celtic sea salt is one of the simplest yet most powerful first steps. Caroline Triebold shows how stacking movement into everyday moments, like toe raises while washing your hands or glute squeezes at traffic lights, helps you get fitter without “finding extra time.” She encourages playful, childlike movement walking backwards, skipping, or tiptoeing to stimulate the nervous system and reawaken muscles adults often ignore. Throughout, she emphasizes replacing habits rather than just removing them, and letting each small win build belief, confidence, and self-respect.

    Caroline Triebold also reframes “health is wealth” beyond money to include time, energy, mood, and the quality of your closest relationships. She shares stories of patients whose migraines, chronic pain, and low energy didn’t just drain their finances but made them snappier with their children, distant from partners, and less present in daily life. By adjusting the spine and improving nervous system function, she’s seen people regain not only physical comfort but emotional resilience and a more positive outlook. She explains how consistent small choices, better hydration, less snacking, moving more, giving up coffee when you decide to rewire the brain for success and make bigger goals like 5K charity walks suddenly feel achievable. Her core message is hopeful and practical: you can’t hire anyone to do your push-ups, but if you commit to 10 minutes and one better choice at a time, your body, relationships, and future self will thank you.

    For nearly 40 years, Australian chiropractor Caroline Triebold has been quietly transforming lives by focusing on the tiny daily choices that make or break your health. Instead of overwhelming overhauls or fads, Caroline Triebold shows you how 10 minutes and one better choice at a time like smarter hydration, playful movement, and habit-stacking can reset your nervous system, rebuild your energy, and even repair strained family dynamics. She believes health is your real wealth: it buys you time, presence, and better relationships. As a co-author of Secrets to Success, Caroline Triebold is the guide for people ready to reclaim their health, gently but powerfully.

    Resources:

    Caroline Triebold’s Official Website

    Get your Copy of Secret to Success

    Caroline Triebold Email Address

    Talking Points:

    [0:00] Meet Chiropractor and Health Advocate Caroline Triebold
    [0:30] The First Tiny Habit: Drink Water the Right Way
    [1:30] How Much Water Do You Really Need Daily?
    [3:10] Make Water Fun: Simple Hydration Upgrades
    [4:39] The Worst Time to Drink Water with Meals
    [6:06] After Hydration, What’s the Next Health Step?
    [7:30] Sneaking Exercise into Your Day Without Extra Time
    [9:25] Childlike Movement: Why Your Nervous System Needs Play
    [11:21] Small Wins, Bigger Goals: Building Health Momentum
    [13:16] Attitude, Self-Respect, and Sticking to New Habits
    [16:29] How Health Creates Wealth in Time, Money, and Joy
    [18:15] Migraines, Pain, and the Hidden Cost to Family Life
    [21:33] Beyond Back Pain: How Chiropractic Impacts Your Whole Body
    [23:09] Snappy with Your Kids? The Pain–Temper Connection
    [24:59] How to Work with Caroline and Where to Find Her
    [26:21] “You Can’t Hire Anyone to Do Your Push-Ups” Final Lessons

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