The Colour me Kate Podcast

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My Top Three Colour Analysis Myths

2024-07-2512:04

In this short episode, I share with you my top three favourite colour analysis myths. Colour Analysis has recently been 'rediscovered' by some of the social media platforms that are followed by the younger generations (I'm Gen X). You may have seen reels of people telling you how you can 'self diagnose' your colours to figure out whether you have a warm or cool undertone to your skin (and therefore whether you'll look better wearing warmer or cooler colours). It turns out, self diagnosis m...

Maya Polanski (41) was given a shock breast cancer diagnosis last year but coped by self-distraction, taking control and always having fun with her personal style.

2024-05-1446:40

Straight after recording this episode, I picked up the phone and booked myself a mammogram. When was the last time you had yours? Imagine yourself as a fit and healthy young woman in your prime - in fact you've just celebrated your fortieth birthday. You're a successful engineer, working on a mine site in a remote part of Western Australia for much for the year. And then you feel a lump. This is what happened just last year to my colour client, Maya Polanski. At the age of just for...

Donna Boylen, 49, was at work when she received an unexpected call from her husband telling her he had Stage Four Cancer.

2024-05-0350:42

Once we hit mid-life we're, sadly, more likely to know someone (or at least know of someone) who has received the shocking news of a life-threatening illness. When Donna Boylen hit forty, she found that the orderly and stable life she'd built for herself and her family was unexpectedly turned upside down as she was forced to relinquish the control on her life that she'd previously taken for granted. One very ordinary day, Donna's beloved husband phoned her at work to say he'd just be...

Therapist, Kim Holland, 57, jokes that self-aware menopausal women can be a bit like vintage cars: well made; experienced; resilient, tough and very, very beautiful.

2024-04-0948:37

Like me, Kim Holland strongly believes that society needs to start looking at women in menopause-and-midlife, differently. As a Counsellor, Somatic Therapist and Creative Arts Therapist, Kim looks upon menopause as being much more than just a list of negative, physical symptoms. She sees it as being an exciting transitional time of our lives that can give us opportunity to become strong, empowered and liberated women. It’s a time when we can give ourselves permission ...

Kat Ferguson has gone from 'the naughty kid' at school, to being the co-creator of some of the most recognisable works of public art in Western Australia. This is Kat's Story.

2024-04-0257:49

Kat Ferguson (48) is a talented abstract artist who co-creates some of the most recognisable works of public art in Western Australia. It's quite possible that, if you live in WA, you'll be familiar with Kat without evening knowing who she is! Once known as 'the naughty kid' in her native South East London, Kat now lives with her family in WA where she's had opportunities available to her that have far exceeded even her own creative dreams. Kat manages her menopausal, suspected-ADHD, highl...

Karen Beale has gone from penniless single mother to our next Labor candidate in the 2025 State Elections. This is her story.

2024-03-2550:26

Karen Beale (52) has just been nominated as the Labor Candidate to represent Kalamunda and surrounding Perth Hills areas in the 2025 State Elections. A fourth generation Perth Hills girl, Karen grew up clearly understanding that expectations of her were to get married, have children and look after her family. So that's how Karen's life began: she married at 20, then again and 25 and again at 44 - all whilst raising three children. Karen found herself a single mother with a toddler and six ...

Peta Fissioli (51) tells how she has more respect for her body now because she's fallen in love with clothes again. This is Peta's story.

2024-03-2555:16

My very first guest on this podcast is Peta Fissioli. I met Peta a couple of times last year when she joined one of my Discover your Colours workshops, and then shortly afterwards, The Body Shape Rules workshop. Peta (51) grew up in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia and lived a happy, country life with her parents and older sister. Although never a slave to fashion, and despite (or maybe because of) being dressed in her sister's hand-me-downs, as a teenager Peta took her fashion influence...

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