Join me, Penny Locaso, founder of Hacking Happy Co, on a quest to empower 1 million impact-driven women to change the world without self-doubt. Leveraging evidence-backed research, my journey and inspiring stories from impact makers, I'm here to help you sideline self-doubt, own your voice and electrify your impact so that you can leave meaningful legacy that makes the world a better place. Come journey with me.
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When conscious business becomes the norm with Jo Chun
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Jo Chun is a creative genius who uses her design skills in helping visionary product founders in the wellness, lifestyle, and food space get their offerings into the hearts and carts of their dream customers. She's also on a quest to make conscious business become the norm and embodies fully what that looks like in how she rolls. Join us for this r…
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Reflection and reciprocity with Larisha Jerome
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Larisha Jerome is the winner of the 2024 Women's Agenda - Agenda Setter of the Year Award! A proud Jarowair, Wakka Wakka, and Wulli Wulli woman. The Founder of Liberate with Larisha, a Board Director of the Jarowair Aboriginal Corporation, a powerful advocate for economic justice, a Harvard Graduate, and an accomplished speaker and self-concept & m…
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Holding space for a unicorn with Alicia Payne
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Women of impact are made not born and Alysa Payne is well on her way. She's a woman in tech on a mission to empower women in tech to find their voice so that they can realise their potential. She's also a past client who when we met had just quit her job off the back of burnout and was in search of a calm sparkle. What she found was a passion lead …
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Did you know…That the lack of visible diverse expert role models and opportunities for women to practice becoming an expert impacts women’s willingness and ability to confidently step up as an expert? This episode is the fifth in the Hidden Figures: Where are all the female experts? series and we’re going to unpack the fourth theme that presented i…
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Did you know…One of the greatest barriers to women owning their voice and power publicly for impact is the fear of criticism and being exposed as imposters. The cost of this fear is high as it diminishes women’s confidence and willingness to live their impact and become an expert. This episode is the fourth in the Hidden Figures: Where are all the …
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Did you know that women often feel that they have to tick all the boxes before they call themselves an expert? Yet my Hidden Figures research exposed that they lacked clarity on what boxes they needed to tick, which meant their skills were never enough. This week's episode is Part 3 in our Hidden Figures: Where are all the female expert series to c…
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Does the word expert make you feel “ick”?
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Did you know… That a women’s relationship with the word expert is “complex”, can feel “awkward”, infer “peacocking” and stimulate a visual of “a man’s face”. I call this “the ick of expert”. This week's episode is Part 2 in our Hidden Figures: Where are all the female expert series? celebrates the launch of my groundbreaking white paper of the same…
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Hidden Figures: Where are all the female experts?
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Did you know that women make up only 30% of experts on stages globally and less than 14% of media expert voices in Australia? I’m so damn excited to share with you in this podcast episode a taste of my groundbreaking research Hidden Figures which explores how a woman's relationship with the word "EXPERT" impacts her ability to become one and what y…
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Beyond the comfort zone with Mia Fileman
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In this week's episode, we dive deep into the insights of marketing maven Mia Fileman, who shares her unique perspective on what it truly means to be an expert. Mia opens up about her journey, discussing the figures she admires in the industry and the vital role recognition from others plays in establishing your expert status. We also explore the t…
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Impact starts with seeing yourself with Ashani Dante
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We met 8 years ago when she had just left her career as a speech pathologist and was trying to work out where to go next. Fast forward to the now and she has created, The Flourish Journey. The Flourishing Journey is a charity that has impacted the lives of over 22,000 young women for the better. She's an acclaimed keynote, voice for women of colour…
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One of the biggest barriers to purpose-driven women putting themselves into the world as impact experts is that they never feel “ready” which means they will always find a reason why they’re not ready yet!What is the cost of never being ready? What is the cost of never realising the life and impact you seek?If you want to make a meaningful differen…
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What kind of expert do you want to be?
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I firmly believe the tide is turning and self-proclaimed experts who lack substance are on the way out.Building trust and credibility over time trumps the empty promises that we often see on socials.I want to talk about what it means to you to become an impact-driven expert.When I look at the research on what it means to be an expert the definition…
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A new podcast name and direction and perhaps you’re wondering why and how.It’s taken me 9 years of working deeply with professional high-performing women and on myself to land here today.Today marks one of those moments where the culmination of passionate driven effort, skill, and insight connect, and pardon the pun for me the Penny has dropped.I f…
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Steps to freedom (Part 3) with Freedom Founder Lauren Adlam
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In this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast, we continue to explore the concept of freedom in how we work and live. I'm sharing the next two steps for you to take in order unlock and live freedom on your terms. I've also invited my beautiful friend and client Lauren Adlam along to share her freedom founder story with you. Lauren is a mum of four, …
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Steps to Freedom (Part 2) with Freedom Founder Dani Zetzer
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In this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast, we continue exploring freedom in how we work and live. I'm sharing the next three steps for you to take in order to unlock and live freedom on your terms. I've also invited my beautiful friend and client Dani Zetzer along to share her freedom founder story with you. Dani is the only divorce lawyer I've …
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Far too often, female founders are sold a linear path to freedom that does not exist. Instagram would have you believe that business growth is like a hockey stick rather than the reality that it’s more like a roller coaster. This leaves many purpose-led female founders wondering: What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I create the business and freedom I l…
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Ever wanted to become an expert? Ever considered the fact that every expert was once a beginner? I’m constantly asked how I became an expert in my field. What clients and prospective clients really want to know is what credentials they should pursue in order to progress the purpose led work they seek to do and the impact they seek to have. I decide…
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How to make more money. They call her the money rainmaker. She's the go-to guru for purpose-led small business women wanting to scale their impact and revenue. Meet Fi Johnston, the founder of Peach. In this week's episode, we explore women's money secrets and why not sharing, exploring, and challenging them is holding us back from realising our po…
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How motherhood enhances your brain with Dr Sarah Mckay
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The neuroscience of motherhood. Have you ever suffered from a baby's brain or questioned how your brain has changed since becoming a mother? If the answer is yes, it’s time to meet Dr Sarah McKay. Sarah is a globally acclaimed neuroscientist and the author of The Women's Brain Book—The Neuroscience of Health, Hormones and Happiness, and Baby Brain—…
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Lessons of a Lifestylepreneur - Part 2
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This month, I’m celebrating nine years in my own business. Nine years as a Lifestylepreneur, and I want to celebrate this moment with you because far too often, I see purpose-led women in business losing heart and motivation because they’re focusing on all the things that aren’t working rather than acknowledging the progress they’ve made. This week…
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Lessons of a Lifestylepreneur - Part 1
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This month, I’m celebrating nine years in my own business. 9 years as a Lifestylepreneur, and I want to celebrate this moment with you because far too often, I see purpose-led women in business losing heart and motivation because they’re focusing on all the things that aren’t working rather than acknowledging the progress they’ve made and what has …
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Have you ever considered how much real estate in your brain is consumed by the attachments you hold? Attachment is our way of trying to control uncertainty which let’s face it is impossible in a world where uncertainty is the only certainty. Attachment gives away our power, our energy and our precious present time to overthinking. That’s why in thi…
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In this episode, we explore the power of feeling to heal. I share the concept of compassionate inquiry and how this trauma therapy approach provides a means to start to reconnect with your ability to feel whole again. We expose how suppressing feelings can have long-term negative effects on our health and happiness, and I share a practical process …
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Have you ever felt like you're constantly battling against invisible forces in your life, your work or your business? Wrestling with emotions, you can't quite explain and behaviours that seem out of your control? If the answer is hell yes, this week's podcast on trauma was made for you. I'm going to share how... Trauma isn't just about what happens…
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The neuroscience of presence with Divya Darling
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Train your brain for calm. How would the decisions you make in the everyday shift if you didn't let your brain dominate and instead gave equal voice to your heart and gut? What if, the impact you seek, was not found in the speed at which you do things but in the intentionality of your actions? If you find yourself longing to inject more clarity, ca…
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Creating the space to breathe again with Jessica Connor
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A lived experience of burnout. Imagine working 80-hour weeks consistently for years because you love your corporate job. Imagine then waking up one day and your body literally shutting down to the point where you are incapable of speaking or functioning without full-time care. This was the reality for Jess Conner. In this week's podcast episode. Je…
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Downsize Your Mental Load with Mia Northrop
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Downsize your mental load. Mental Load: The level of thinking, planning and anticipating that you do to keep chaos at bay in your life...ouch! I know this is a conversation we needed to have.In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I've invited Mia Northrop, an expert in practical ways to downsize your mental load and co-founder of Life…
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Wonder Woman Vs The Present Woman. Which one will you choose?
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Choose presence in 2024 Are you suffering from Wonder Woman syndrome you feel like you’re never present in life because you’re so busy constantly making to-do lists in your head around all the things you "should" be doing that you’re not doing in the moment you're in. Do you long to be a more Present Woman but don’t know where to start and you've s…
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A new year can often feel like a beautiful blank canvas of possibility for you to paint upon. A canvas where vision, intention and action collide, sparking a meaningful shift toward that which ignites a fire in your soul. As I write these words, I feel goosebumps at the infinite possibilities and the learning that I know will come with trying, even…
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Create the space to recharge.This podcast is a sign.A sign to not keep filling an already full day.A sign to not spend the festive season doing even more self-development and planning for all your success in 2024.In this moment right here right now I want to instead invite you to give yourself permission to rest and reflect.Give yourself space. Men…
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Meet Amanda and Kylie inspiring alumni from my Balance Collective group coaching program. In this conversation we reunite after 6 months to explore the how our relationship with work life balance has changed over the years, how our coming of age has created a drive to consider the legacy we want to leave and the concept of ebb, flow and flood as an…
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If you could write a letter to balance what would you say with Shanelle Franklin and Tamara Linke
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What if writing a Letter To Balance could change your life and the way you define work-life balance? What if it gave you permission to gift yourself greater self-compassion and in the process unlocked more presence, connection and harmony in each day? In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I'm joined by comedy duo Shanelle Franklin an…
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Permission to return to balance with Francie La Flow
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If someone handed you a permission slip today to create the space for the work life balance you seek what would you do? What if your striving to be “better”, a better woman, a better leader, a better mum, a better friend, was moving you further away from being you? What if joy, meaningful connection and presence was not the reward for effort but th…
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Have you met Balance yet? Ok, so when I say that I’m guessing I sound a little crazy but I’m not. You see I spent many years of my life chasing work-life balance rather than listening to what my body and my mind were trying to tell me and in my corporate career it left me burnt out. It felt like the harder I chased balance, the more elusive she bec…
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Vulnerability allows us to breathe again. It creates the space to release, to put ourselves out there as who we really are, to try something new, and to take ownership of our growth. Yet, it feels so damn uncomfortable, which is why we avoid it. However, the avoidance of vulnerability often takes us further away from who we are.It's for all of thes…
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Learning to trust your intuition. If you're body is whispering to you, can you hear it?The busy pace of life has left many of us so in our heads checking off a never-ending to-do list that when our body calls to us for help we can't hear it. Perhaps this is why so many women from 40+ feel like they're going crazy before uncovering that they are, in…
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High-Functioning Burnt-Out Woman Syndrome
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The myth of normal is that we assume the conditions of society are healthy simply because we are used to them. - Dr Gabor MateThis is a quote that opens a can of worms when we dig deeper into what is going on with successful professional women at the moment, particularly the ones who are mothers.In this week's podcast, I want to explore the pervasi…
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Surrender - The unspoken secret to unlocking balance.
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Mums in business Are you a mum starting her own business or are you already running your own show? Did you start your business because you wanted to create more time freedom, more balance in your life, and space to be more present with the ones you love? But have you found yourself working harder than ever and losing sight of why you started this j…
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Dispelling the myths of balance - Part 2
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In this podcast, we pick up where we left off in Podcast #103 and go deeper into dispelling the myths of balance. I'll share with you the next 5 myths of balance as an invitation to reconsider your relationship with balance and how it impacts how you show up in life. Enjoy! Links & Resources Register for the Balance Challenge here Holding Space for…
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Finding Balance as a mum with young kids with Alicia Payne & Rose Inglis
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The stage of life you're in impacts how you define and inject balance into your world. In this podcast episode, I invite two working mums with young children to explore their journey into finding the elusive balance and how they've made peace with where they're at. We talk about defining balance on your terms, the role of micro-moments in finding c…
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Dispelling the myths of balance - Part 1
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I spent many years of my life (up until I became an entrepreneur) chasing balance and a few years back discovered, that the harder I chased balance the more elusive it became. This process has been further validated by the over 150 exhausted professional women I have interviewed (for my research) who have shared that flourishing in life for them is…
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The secrets of a Mumpreneur with Carrie Kwan
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Do you have Mumbition? What is it you ask? It's the intersection of wanting to be the mum you long to be whilst realising the dreams that you have in order to be the role model you want to be for your kids. For many mums, Mumbition manifests in starting their own purpose-led business and inviting in the flexibility and the freedom that it allows to…
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The secret is self awareness and showing up with Craig Harper
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How many times have you set ambitious goals for change, only to find yourself slipping back into old habits the very next day? Don't worry; you're not alone! It's why I invited Sports Scientist, and human behaviour expert Craig Harper onto the Hacking Happy podcast this week. Together we delve deep into the heart of transformation and unravel the s…
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What I've learnt from 100 episodes of the Hacking Happy Podcast
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Welcome to 100 episodes of the Hacking Happy Podcast. I'm so excited to celebrate with you and share what I've learnt from this experience. In this week's episode, we explore the gift of podcasting, my favourite episodes, how this journey has inspired others to create their podcasts and a little gift for those of you wanting to start your own podca…
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Six figures in school hours with Kate Toon
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Mums in business. Have you ever felt like a misfit and wondered why it is that you feel you don't quite belong? What if owning your inner misfit in how you approach business and life was the secret ingredient to creating success on your terms? In this week's podcast breath of fresh air Kate Toon steps behind the mic to share her unconventional jour…
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Stepping into who you are with Leah Selfe
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What would happen if you started noticing and listening to the signals life sent you? How might you change your life to create more freedom, harmony and space to be the role model you long to be for your kids? After two redundancies in a year, Leah Selfe decided to stop letting her career be dictated by someone else and stepped into who she wanted …
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The practice of presence with Tali Brash
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Do you find yourself longing to be more present in the moments that matter? Have you ever considered that perhaps the voices in your head hold the secret to freeing yourself from the noise and finding more freedom in life. Join The Voices of Method Founder Tali Brash and me as we go deep into how connecting with the voices within can empower you to…
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The Angry Woman (A taboo topic) - Part Three
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Welcome to part three of the taboo topic of "The Angry Woman." In this episode, I bring in 2 angry mums and friends Carly Smith & Nikki May to share their perspectives on their anger. We talk about how it shows up in the every day, why we don't talk about it enough, how it presents physically in our bodies and how we process our anger from a place …
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The Angry Woman (A taboo topic) - Part Two
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Understanding your anger Welcome to part two of the taboo topic of "The Angry Woman." In this episode, we'll delve into what the science has to say about angry women. Where does anger show up for most of us, what drives it and what are some helpful ways to process it. Join me on a journey of self-discovery when it comes to my own anger. My intentio…
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The Angry Woman (A taboo topic) - Part One
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Understanding your anger - Welcome to the taboo topic of "The Angry Woman." Not really what you're expecting from a happiness hacker right? Well it's with good reason that I open the door to this important conversation. In this podcast series, we'll explore how anger shows up in the every day and why you're not the only angry woman in the world. To…
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