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The Best Guest is the podcast for the Victoria Bennion Podcast Booking Agency. Each week we share tips and strategies on how to utilise a podcast interview strategy. You also hear from our clients who share their varied wealth of expertise along with guest experts who talk about mindset, marketing and business to ensure you are set up for success.

  1. Living and Dying Awake with Julie Wright Halbert

    2D AGO

    Living and Dying Awake with Julie Wright Halbert

    Natalie Tealdi from The Best Podcast Guest team welcomes death doula, end-of-life educator, transformational soul coach, author and national advocate for grief literacy, Julie Wright Halbert to the podcast. They talk about: The role of a death doulaWhat it means to live and die awakeWhat grieving people truly need from others About Julie Wright HalbertJulie Wright Halbert, Esq. is a death doula, end-of-life educator, transformational soul coach, author and national advocate for grief literacy whose work bridges legal rigor, lived experience, and soul-centered presence. A former Legislative Counsel for the Council of the Great City Schools, Julie spent decades shaping education policy and advancing civil rights, earning multiple honors including the Education Law Association’s Best Brief Award for impactful work before the U.S. Supreme Court. Julie’s professional path pivoted following the sudden death of her husband, an experience that transformed her relationship to grief, identity, and meaning. What emerged was a calling to accompany individuals and families through the complex terrain of dying, death, and bereavement work that emphasizes presence over fixing, honesty over platitudes, and dignity at every stage of life. Today, Julie speaks and writes about death literacy, widowhood, emotional integration, and the cultural consequences of avoiding mortality. Her work invites individuals, professionals, and institutions to engage death not as a failure, but as a profound human threshold that shapes how we live, love, and lead. Julie is the founder of Rising Phoenix LIFE, where she integrates end-of-life education, grief support, and advocacy to support people navigating life’s most significant transitions. She is the author of the forthcoming book Divine Ashes Ascending, which explores grief, presence, and the possibility of meaning after profound loss. Julie’s work has been featured in: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, NPR, Education Week, and The 74. She lives a life grounded in nature and connection, finding restoration through water activities, hiking, snow skiing, and time with her two sons and life partner. Key TakeawaysLoss reshapes our identity and the way we move through the world. While grief never truly disappears, we can learn to carry it with meaning and compassion. Living 'awake' means being fully present in each moment, approaching life with intention, gratitude, and connection. Grieving can feel isolating, but healing often begins when we allow others to support us and accept help from our community. Many cultures avoid conversations about death, yet openness around the end of life can help reduce fear and create more meaningful experiences for individuals and families. Death doulas support people emotionally, spiritually, and practically at the end of life, helping individuals plan how they wish to experience their final stage of life. QuoteGrief doesn’t just end. It’s something that we carry and we learn to move into presence.Connect with Julie Wright HalbertWebsite: www.RisingPhoenix.life Instagram: instagram.com/transformational_soul_coaching LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julie-wright-halbert Julie's free gift to you is a meditation which is designed to support growth, clarity, and emotional alignment. It can be accessed here: https://risingphoenix.life/?scroll_to=meditations Connect with The Best Podcast Guest TeamLearn more about us: https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/ Download our Podcast Guest Starter Kit: The Podcast Guest Starter Kit gives you a proven plan to find the right shows, craft a winning pitch, and maximise every interview. https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/podcast-guest-starter-kit/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestpodcastguest Join the Best Podcast Guest Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebestpodcastguest Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@victoriabennion Connect with Founder, Victoria Bennion on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriabennion/

    22 min
  2. How Intuition Actually Speaks to us with Kate Saint Clair

    FEB 13

    How Intuition Actually Speaks to us with Kate Saint Clair

    In this week's episode, hosted by our Digital Business Manager, Natalie Tealdi, we welcome intuitive teacher and author Kate Saint Clair, who shares her journey from dismissing her intuitive gifts as a child to building a career helping others understand and trust their own inner guidance - something that every entrepreneur, creative, and business owner relies on, whether they realize it or not. About Kate Saint ClairKate Saint Clair is a Human Intuition Expert, Psychic Medium, and Intuitive Advocate devoted to helping people remember and trust the wisdom already living within them. Born highly intuitive, Kate found strength through her challenging childhood with her connection to the spiritual world. Since 2007, she has been guiding individuals to reconnect with their natural intuitive abilities—not as something mystical or exclusive, but as a practical, embodied skill meant to support everyday life. Kate’s work centers on normalizing intuition and removing the fear, confusion, and self-doubt that often surround it. She teaches that every person is born with an accurate internal guidance system and that intuition becomes most powerful when it is understood, practiced, and trusted with clarity and discernment. Through her book Be Guided & Be Great, live programs, and ongoing communities like ‘The Clair Club’, Kate creates grounded, validating spaces where intuition can be explored safely and confidently. Her approach blends spiritual depth with real-world integration, helping people recognize how intuition shows up through the Clairs—clear knowing, feeling, seeing, hearing, and sensing. Known for her warm presence and direct insight, Kate empowers her clients to move from second-guessing themselves to living with greater confidence, alignment, and self-trust. Her work is an invitation to come home to yourself and live guided from the inside out. When she’s not working, Kate enjoys spending time with her family, listening to podcasts when she is out walking or going for a run and spending time in nature as much as she can. Key TakeawaysEveryone Is Intuitive — Most People Just Don’t Have the Language for ItUntrained Intuition Can Feel Like Anxiety or OverwhelmIntuition Comes Through the “Claires”Skepticism Isn’t the Opposite of IntuitionStrengthening Intuition Is a Skill, Not a Gift You Either Have or Don’t Quote“You’re already intuitive. It’s not something you have to become. It’s something you learn to understand.”Mentioned in This EpisodeFind out which Clair you use the most to access your personal Intuition’: https://www.katesaintclair.com/quiz Connect with Kate Saint ClairWebsite: www.katesaintclair.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katesaintclair/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katestclair Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100014002215835 Connect with Victoria BennionLearn more about us: https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/ Download our Podcast Guest Starter Kit: The Podcast Guest Starter Kit gives you a proven plan to find the right shows, craft a winning pitch, and maximise every interview. https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/podcast-guest-starter-kit/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thebestpodcastguest Join the Best Podcast Guest Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebestpodcastguest Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@victoriabennion Connect with Victoria on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriabennion/ TranscriptVictoria Bennion: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome. I'm your host, Victoria Bennion, and the founder of the best podcast guest booking agency. And you're listening to the best guest, the podcast for business owners, creatives, and entrepreneurs who want to harness the power of podcasts to grow their platforms and increase their visibility. We're here to support you on your journey, bringing you actionable tips with each episode. Now let's begin. Natalie Tealdi: Hello, I'm Natalie Tealdi, digital business manager here at the best podcast guest booking agency. Today I'm hosting this conversation with the wonderful Kate Sinclair. Kate is a human intuition expert, psychic, medium, and intuitive advocate who has been teaching intuition as a practical, embodied skill since 2007. Welcome to the podcast, Kate. It's great to have you with us today. Kate Saint Clair: Thank you. I'm excited to be here. Natalie Tealdi: Can you start by telling us how [00:01:00] you first realized you were intuitive, and what was the moment that made you stop dismissing it? Kate Saint Clair: Yeah, I mean when I was young there was not a word for it, so I didn't know what to call it. I just kind of call it this weird thing and I don't really have a memory of not, when I was a little kid that did, my grandfather had passed away, decades before I was born. And I remember being like four years old at the my grandma's breakfast table and they were talking about him and I was wondering why they weren't talking to him. 'Cause I could sense that he was sitting there with us and I just thought why are they ignoring him? So I remember putting those pieces together around four, and when I was a little girl, I'd see a little, I thought they were black cougars, but usually they were just kind of an animal spirit that would come out at night. And of course I just thought it was my imagination. But I mean, I would sprint to my mom and dad's room for fear and it would take me 30 years to realize that was a spirit animal and they would be around me at a certain time when my family was about to [00:02:00] break apart through a divorce. So they kind of appeared at the right time. But as a little kid, I was just absolutely terrified. And, I just kind of always knew stuff about people and I'd kind of say it out loud and then I'd get in trouble for telling secrets. But I, I was like, I didn't have a thought. It just kind of came outta my mouth. So lots of that, like kind of lots of getting or kind of having a bad feeling about somebody as a child. And then maybe lots of we don't wanna judge people or, you shouldn't say that. Or, so there was a lot of what I've just called. I just, that's weird. That's weird. That's weird. And kind of making the, those, putting those pieces together, like why are they ignoring the, my grandfather? Or why are they ignoring, this spirit or that spirit, which I didn't know there was a word for it back then. I just thought they were, Hey, that's a person and that's my grandfather. Natalie Tealdi: Yeah. Kate Saint Clair: It took, when did I realize it? I was much older and it was more of a thing I tried to not do. I tried to not say stuff. I tried to not see stuff, so it was, I was very much in my [00:03:00] twenties before I was like, okay, maybe I could actually get some help for this or see if other people feel this way. And that's when it was probably definitely in my twenties where I was like. This is maybe something I wanna figure out instead of just trying to run away from, or convince myself I'm not seeing or feeling what I am Natalie Tealdi: Yeah, I suppose it must be really in easy to kind of rationalize those things Kate Saint Clair: imaginary friend, you know, we have terms for this stuff, mother's intuition, get it. And like we have very sad terms. I consider them sad terms, but we're just trying to language. Something we kind of don't understand. And that's why I made it my life's mission to understand it and put proper language to it so we can all see it within us. 'cause I didn't feel special. I could see it in other people, it's just mine was kind of off the charts and I didn't know what to do with it other than convince myself I was imagining it and it wasn't happening. Natalie Tealdi: Yeah, I can imagine. It must feel a bit scary as well. Kate Saint Clair: It was scary. Yeah, definitely. Natalie Tealdi: Yeah. And many people say, [00:04:00] I'm not intuitive, but what do you believe is really happening when someone feels disconnected from their intuition? Kate Saint Clair: Oh yeah. I think there's several layers to this, but I think at a minimum, again, the common language, we, until you understand it, we think it's kind of a one-off thing. It's I had a gut feeling. And we don't say that every day, but really you do use your intuition every day. Let's just say if you're in your hometown and nothing changes, you don't really need to use...

    24 min
  3. Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy and Mental Health with Moira Newiss

    09/16/2025

    Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy and Mental Health with Moira Newiss

    In this week's episode of The Best Guest podcast we welcome The Brain Energy Reboot Expert, Moira Newiss. We talk about: Ketogenic & Metabolic Mental HealthMitochondria, Brain Energy & FatigueAutoimmune Conditions & the Carnivore Diet About Moira NewissMoira Newiss is a BANT registered nutritional therapist, health coach and accredited ketogenic metabolic therapy expert who specialises in brain energy, one of the recently discovered root causes of many mental health problems. Moira’s passion for metabolic mental health was sparked after a 20-year career as a senior NHS manager, managing hundreds of staff and multi-million-pound budgets. Following burnout, chronic fatigue and mental illness, she retrained at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition and became fascinated by the link between energy, mood, mental health and metabolic health.  Moira works with individuals who have conditions including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, who have often not found a resolution with medication or psychological support alone. Her personalised approach has helped hundreds to improve their symptoms, with some achieving full remission, that means reversal, of their condition. A regular conference speaker, Moira co-authored the first mental health guidelines for nutritional therapists and published the case report ‘Remission of Schizophrenia Using a Carnivore Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy with Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Support’. Moira is lucky to live on the beautiful west coast of Scotland where she has a large garden, grows her own fruit and vegetables and has a lovely flock of hens. She also loves adventure, regularly climbing mountains, bike packing and hiking in remote spots on short expeditions. Key TakeawaysFor some people, shifting from glucose to ketone fuel can rapidly improve brain fog, mood, and energy. Common keto pitfalls include undereating fat and overeating protein Sleep, morning light, reduced evening blue light, and gentle movement support brain energy and mood. Short-term carnivore diet can be a powerful elimination protocol to calm inflammation, heal the gut and identify food triggers. Dairy-free keto is doable - use coconut fats, olive oil, tallow/lard, fatty fish; check labels on “milks” for hidden carbs. QuoteI had planned to do a hundred kilometre bike ride, and I remember crossing the finishing line thinking—and I was crying ’cause it was just an emotional thing—I just knew I cracked it. I just knew the energy was there. I’d cycled a hundred kilometres with no carbohydrates.Connect with Moira NewissWebsite: https://www.moiranewiss.co.uk/  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/moiranewiss  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moira-newiss/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moiranewiss Connect with Victoria BennionLearn more about us: https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/ Download our Podcast Guest Starter Kit: The Podcast Guest Starter Kit gives you a proven plan to find the right shows, craft a winning pitch, and maximise every interview. https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/podcast-guest-starter-kit/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestpodcastguest Join the Best Podcast Guest Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebestpodcastguest Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@victoriabennion Connect with Victoria on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriabennion/ TranscriptVictoria Bennion: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome. I'm your host, Victoria Bennion, and the founder of the best podcast guest booking agency. And you're listening to the best guest, the podcast for business owners, creatives, and entrepreneurs who want to harness the power of podcasts to grow their platforms and increase their visibility. We're here to support you on your journey, bringing you actionable tips with each episode. Now let's begin. Today I am joined by Moira Newiss, who is a BANT registered nutritional therapist, health coach, and accredited ketogenic metabolic therapy expert who specializes in brain energy, one of the recently discovered root causes of many mental health problems. Good morning Moira. Welcome to the show. Moira Newiss: Morning, Victoria. Thank you for having me. Victoria Bennion: How are you today? Moira Newiss: I'm good. The sun's shining here, so Yeah, I'm happy and well Victoria Bennion: you're very lucky. We have solid rain. Moira Newiss: I'm quite lucky it's not always like this on the west coast of Scotland, but [00:01:00] it's lovely today. Victoria Bennion: Oh, that's very nice. What a lovely part the world to live in as well. Moira Newiss: Yeah, absolutely. Victoria Bennion: When did your passion for metabolic mental health begin? Moira Newiss: It's been a bit of a journey for me. So this was partly going back through my own personal health journey when I struggled with mental health and chronic fatigue. Having been through a period of burnout when I was an NHS senior manager. And then along the way, I kind of, I didn't know anything about metabolic mental health to begin with, but I had to find my own way to wellness again. I tried various things to start with including things like deep breathing eating better, spending time in nature, lots of different things. And I did get a bit better, but it wasn't really until I trialed a ketogenic diet, when I was actually starting to retrain in nutritional therapy. That it was just like a light bulb moment. Something just seemed to work much better. My brain fog cleared and my brain fog had been really severe. So, you know, and I was really [00:02:00] struggling with my, mental health. You know, I thought my family would be better off without me. It was quite a dark place at times. And when I tried a ketogenic diet, I discovered the power of ketones, really, which is what happens when you begin to eat a very high fat, low carbohydrate diet? Your body makes ketone bodies as a fuel and they can fuel your brain just as effectively as your body. That was really when I first discovered what I would call metabolic medicine for mental health, and then I've gone on to specialize, and train more and learn more about it. I became fascinated really about, about metabolic health. Victoria Bennion: Wow, was it hard to switch over to a ketogenic diet? Moira Newiss: It was a little bit of a challenge to start with. You've got to to start with, I wasn't testing my blood, so I was doing it just by calculating what I was eating, like looking at the macro content of the diet. So how much carbohydrates, how much fat I was eating. Originally it was a little bit of a challenge, finding my way through that on my own. And then afterwards I discovered that, you could do other things. You could, [00:03:00] you had to take more account of protein, which I hadn't really understood to begin with. So really a ketogenic diet is the ratio of fat to carbohydrates and protein combined. And there are different levels of ketogenic diet, so different ratios. So you could be looking. A one-to-one ratio, which would be one gram of fat for every combined one gram of fat and protein. Or you could be looking at higher ratio, like a two to one, which is often what we're using in metabolic mental health. And you can test your blood ketones to get an idea of where you are actually sitting, which is something I now regularly do with all my clients. So I've learned as I went, what would work, what wouldn't work? And often one of the mistakes people do make is that either they're just not eating enough fat, because a lot of us are brought up thinking fat's bad for you. You are worried about things like, is it gonna cause cardiovascular disease? So that's a concern. So people often unre the fat when they drop the carbs, and you don't really have enough energy if you do that because carbs don't factor your fuels. But also sometimes people overeat protein and that actually can [00:04:00] end up just breaking down into glucose. So you're not really using fat as a fuel again. So there's a few things that I've learned along the way as part of that process. Victoria...

    23 min
  4. Tapping Into Gratitude with Carol Look

    08/05/2025

    Tapping Into Gratitude with Carol Look

    In this week’s episode of The Best Guest podcast, we welcome Carol Look, psychotherapist, Founding EFT Master, and author of Yes, Thank You - Tapping Into the Superpower of Gratitude. Carol explains how consistent gratitude practices can transform your brain chemistry, reduce stress, and improve sleep and emotional wellbeing. She dives into the science-backed benefits of gratitude, why we subconsciously avoid happiness, and how EFT tapping can remove deep-rooted emotional blocks that hold us back. About Carol LookCarol Look is a psychotherapist, Founding EFT Master, best-selling author, international speaker, and creator of The Yes Code, her signature coaching method. She combines her traditional training as a psychotherapist with clinical hypnosis and advanced applications of EFT for unprecedented results with her clients. Known for her laser-like focus and state-of-the-art approach, Carol has used EFT Tapping for over 25 years to help clients release their limiting beliefs and emotional conflicts so they can enjoy lives of exceptional success and fulfillment. Carol is a world-renowned EFT workshop presenter who has taught at The Omega Institute, Kripalu, The Eden Energy Fest, and the energy field’s primary teaching conference, ACEP. Carol has taught workshops in England, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and all over the United States. She is a regularly featured energy medicine expert on leading global telesummits and in the field’s leading documentaries. Carol authored the energy field’s original book on abundance, Attracting Abundance with EFT. Her book, The Yes Code, became a #1 Amazon bestseller in several categories, solidifying her reputation as a leading voice in personal transformation. She has just released her newest book, Yes Thank You: Tapping Into the Superpower of Gratitude. When she’s not working, Carol enjoys spending time with her family, listening to music, and walking in nature. Key TakeawaysPracticing gratitude consistently can lower stress levels by 28%, improve sleep, and reduce blood pressure.Gratitude rewires the brain by reducing cortisol and calming the fight-or-flight response.We self-sabotage because it feels safer to stay small. Tapping reveals and clears these subconscious blocks.EFT tapping is an evidence-based technique that calms the amygdala and reduces emotional reactivity.Consistency and specificity are key to making both gratitude and tapping effective. Quote“The question is never, is it good for you or not? That’s not the question. The question is, how much joy and happiness can you handle?” Carol LookMentioned in This EpisodeUnlock the Yes, Thank You book portal filled with free resources to support your journey. Inside, you’ll find, nine instructional videos showing you exactly how to do tapping along with a detailed PDF guide of all the tapping points and a 30-day gratitude challenge. www.theyescode.com/thankyou Connect with Carol LookWebsite: www.carollook.com Connect with Victoria BennionLearn more about us: https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/ Download our Podcast Guest Starter Kit: The Podcast Guest Starter Kit gives you a proven plan to find the right shows, craft a winning pitch, and maximise every interview. https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/podcast-guest-starter-kit/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestpodcastguest Join the Best Podcast Guest Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebestpodcastguest Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@victoriabennion Connect with Victoria on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriabennion/ TranscriptVictoria Bennion: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome. I'm your host, Victoria Bennion, and the founder of the best podcast guest booking agency. And you're listening to the best guest, the podcast for business owners, creatives, and entrepreneurs who want to harness the power of podcasts to grow their platforms and increase their visibility. Victoria Bennion: We're here to support you on your journey, bringing you actionable tips with each episode. Now let's begin. Victoria Bennion: Today we're diving into a truly transformative conversation with our client psychotherapist and world renowned EFT Master Carol. Look, I feel incredibly lucky to have someone with Carol's level of expertise joining us today, not only to explain the why behind our emotional blocks, but also to walk us through how we can move past them. Victoria Bennion: Carol shares the science backed benefits of gratitude and why its so many of us unconsciously resist happiness even when we know what's good for [00:01:00] us. But what makes this episode especially powerful is that Carol doesn't just talk about the healing potential of EFT tapping. Victoria Bennion: She gives a live demonstration with me right here on the show. And honestly, I can say I felt a real shift. So whether you've struggled with self-sabotage, stress, or just want to feel more grounded and joyful, this episode is one you'll want to bookmark and revisit. Victoria Bennion: Hello and welcome to the podcast, Carol. Carol Look: Thank you, Victoria. It's great to be with you and see you this way. Victoria Bennion: It's really great to have you on the show, and I'm really looking forward to talking to you about your new book. Carol Look: Thank you. I'm excited about it. Thank you for getting me on so many podcasts already. Victoria Bennion: Oh, you are welcome. Could you begin by talking to us a little bit about the science behind Gratitude? Carol Look: It's funny, so I wrote this book about gratitude. So Yes, Thank You. Tapping into the Superpower of Gratitude, and I knew gratitude was amazing and fun, and people feel good, but I didn't have all the [00:02:00] statistics, so I did research. About the statistics physically and mentally and emotionally. What it does for you when you keep a consistent gratitude practice. Carol Look: And it was amazing. It was incredible. So I knew I was gonna write this book, but to back it up with the science was really fun. For instance, it lowers your stress levels by 28%. It lowers your risk of. Serious diseases. It lowers your hypertension, it improves your ability to sleep, both the duration and the depth of your sleep. I, all these things that we, I think we take for granted and people, I think, take a gratitude list for granted, and that's part of why I was writing the book, because people aren't consistent with it. So the science just kept, tumbling and tumbling and showing incredible results. Carol Look: From people sticking to a consistent gratitude practice in blood pressure, in sleep, in cortisol levels, it is just really quite [00:03:00] amazing and quite exciting, Victoria Bennion: I never would've guessed that. Can you talk a little bit about how gratitude rewires our brains? Carol Look: It rewires it in the chemicals. So the statistics are showing that what happens is it calms down your fight or flight response and calms down your cortisol. So cortisol is the big bad, the big bad hormone that gets triggered under stress and duress. And when you practice a gratitude list or a gratitude practice consistently, it starts to rewire your brain because you're sending different chemicals. Carol Look: So instead of being hyper alert and instead of having your sympathetic nervous system on all the time. We're tapping into other chemicals, other emotional states, calming ourselves down, which of course improves sleep, lowers the stress level, calms down the blood pressure issues and the, the hypertension [00:04:00] issues. Carol Look: So it rewires by literally changing the pharmacy. Changing the pharmacy in our brain. Victoria Bennion: So with all those benefits, why do you think it is that so many of us avoid a gratitude practice? Carol Look: It's so interesting. That was part of the premise for the book is that even though I know I didn't know the statistics, but I certainly know what's good for you. I dabble I was doing it sometimes, not all the time, and I go through my history personally, and then I go through as a psychotherapist for decades what I have found that keeps people from being consistent and in my life it was. Carol...

    32 min
  5. SEO And What Really Matters in 2025 with Silvia Del Corso

    07/22/2025

    SEO And What Really Matters in 2025 with Silvia Del Corso

    In this week's episode of The Best Guest podcast we welcome SEO expert Silvia Del Corso for a deep dive into the evolving landscape of search engine optimisation. Silvia breaks down how SEO has transformed what business owners need to focus on today and why data-driven decision-making is essential. From domain authority to the rise of AI in search, Silvia offers invaluable insights into how to stay competitive online in 2025. About Silvia Del CorsoSilvia Del Corso is the Founder and Director of PinkSEO Ltd, an award-winning SEO agency based in West London, recognised as Creative Media Business of the Year. With over 13 years of experience in search engine optimisation, she specialises in helping business owners—especially in the medical sector—enhance their online visibility and turn website visitors into patients. Passionate about making SEO accessible, Silvia frequently speaks at industry events, sharing practical, actionable strategies that drive real results. Key TakeawaysConducting an SEO audit can uncover hidden issues, like having six homepages, without the site owner knowing.Google trusts websites that have been around longer and have earned reputable backlinks.Outdated or irrelevant content can hurt your site - auditing and updating is more powerful than constant publishing.Learn how the rise of AI and tools like ChatGPT are reshaping how websites are ranked and how users search.Google's latest updates prioritize useful, current, and relevant content, especially in fields like health, finance, and law. Quote"SEO, everything you do and you choose and you want to prove needs to be backed by a number... So from the search terms, the keywords that you choose to actually proving the results everything needs to be measurable." Silvia Del CorsoMentioned in This EpisodeGoogle Analytics Connect with Silvia Del CorsoFree SEO Website Audit Complimentary audit of your site, expert SEO review and a 1-hour consultation https://pinkseo.marketing/free-seo-website-audit/ Free Webinars Silvia runs regular free webinars to help you with your SEO. Learn more at http://pinkseo.marketing/next-webinar Website: www.pinkseo.marketing LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviadelcorso/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pinkseo.marketing/ Connect with Victoria BennionLearn more about us: https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/ Download our Podcast Guest Starter Kit: The Podcast Guest Starter Kit gives you a proven plan to find the right shows, craft a winning pitch, and maximise every interview. https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/podcast-guest-starter-kit/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestpodcastguest Join the Best Podcast Guest Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebestpodcastguest Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@victoriabennion Connect with Victoria on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriabennion/ TranscriptSEO And What Really Matters in 2025 with Silvia Del Corso Victoria Bennion: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome. I'm your host, Victoria Bennion, and the founder of the best podcast guest booking agency. And you're listening to the best guest, the podcast for business owners, creatives, and entrepreneurs who want to harness the power of podcasts to grow their platforms and increase their visibility. Victoria Bennion: We're here to support you on your journey, bringing you actionable tips with each episode. Now let's begin. Victoria Bennion: Today I'm joined by Silvia Del Corso, a seasoned. SEO expert, with over 15 years of experience helping businesses decode the mysteries of Google, and stay ahead in the ever changing world of search. In this episode, Silvia breaks down what SEO really is, why your website might not be ranking Victoria Bennion: and how tools like Chat, GPT, and AI are reshaping the future of search. Whether you are brand new to SEO or you've been working on your site for years, this conversation is packed with practical [00:01:00] insights from the power of domain authority. To the importance of data audits and high quality content, get ready to rethink your digital strategy because what worked last year won't cut it today. Victoria Bennion: Hello and welcome to the podcast, Silvia. Silvia Del Corso: Hi. Thank you so much for having me here, Victoria. Victoria Bennion: Oh, it's lovely to have you here today. Victoria Bennion: Could we begin by talking about your journey? How did you find yourself working in SEO Silvia Del Corso: it's been a long journey 'cause I've been doing this job for now more than 15 years and I was initially doing it in Italy where I'm from. As you can clearly tell from the accent, I apologize. Victoria Bennion: It's a great accent. Don't apologize. Silvia Del Corso: , I started back in Tuscany when we used to have the marketing agency and it was different back then, but out of all the possible marketing. Sciences. That was the one that I liked the most because it's numbers two and I can understand the word [00:02:00] better if I see it in numbers. If you tell me something is good, I need to understand if it's good seven or 79, if I see the number. Silvia Del Corso: I understand. SEO, everything you do and you choose and you want to prove needs. To be backed by a number. So from the search terms, the keywords that you choose to actually proving the results everything needs to be measurable. And that's why actually it gives me confidence. 'Cause it's no opinions it's actually data. Silvia Del Corso: So that's how I chose it. And it was the most complicated one at the time. So it was more of a challenge that I'm driven by challenges. So it wasn't the time, the one that wasn't. So easy to grasp. And it was something that wasn't usually made by women. Because I, when I was going to the conference back then in particular, it was a whole room all full of men. Silvia Del Corso: And you could [00:03:00] have to come to your women attendees and in one hand. So it was quite exciting and new stimulating. And it has remained. It's it still changes. It changes every day. Been more stable for a while and now it's changing again crazily. But yeah, it's it's fun. It's fascinating. Victoria Bennion: Excellent. So for anyone listening who's not quite sure what the term SEO means, would you be able to just talk about that and why it's important? Silvia Del Corso: Yeah, it stands for search engine optimization, and it's the type of activities that you do when you are working on a website to make it more easily readable and understandable from Google and the value search engines including. AI in search, so there are lots of. Practical activities that comprehend different sorts of skills [00:04:00] from coding technical content strategy and so on. Silvia Del Corso: Different things that you do so that your site can rank and when somebody's searching for something if they find you instead of somebody else. It's definitely an economic advantage so it can become more business, more clients, more inquiries. And the nice thing for me was that it was a transferable science. Silvia Del Corso: So the knowledge that I was using in Italy when I moved here to London in 2016, it's the same 'cause Google doesn't change the way it operates in really different country databases. Yeah. Victoria Bennion: That's really interesting. Okay, so if a business owner is thinking, I think I need to do something about my SEO, I need to get my website ranking, what are the top things that they should be looking at? Silvia Del Corso: First of all, you need to understand what is the current situation and what are your goals. So there are tools to analyze a website and. We run it [00:05:00] every day regularly for respecting new clients or people that we have a conversation with to actually the website or scan it. It's quite enlightening sometimes 'cause we find things that the web, the website owners would've never...

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  6. It's Deeper Than That with Suzanne Roberts

    07/15/2025

    It's Deeper Than That with Suzanne Roberts

    In this week's episode we welcome transformational speaker, facilitator and author, Suzanne Roberts, to the podcast: We talk about: Polarity System Design and the Essence of EnergyHealing from Trauma through Inner ConnectionCultivating a Neutral Mind and Accessing Self-Renewing Energy About Suzanne RobertsSuzanne Roberts is the Founder of UnifyingSolutions and a transformational speaker, facilitator and author with over four decades of experience guiding leaders and organizations toward sustainable, systemic change. She is the creator of Polarity System Design™- a methodology that empowers individuals and teams to reclaim their inner capacity, lead with clarity, and design cultures rooted in purpose, equity, and lasting impact. Suzanne creates spaces where people can thrive and contribute with clarity and purpose. Her book and documentary, It’s Deeper Than That: Pathway to a Vibrant, Purposeful, Life, will premiere October, 2025. Key TakeawaysYour soul is the source of your life force and energy; learning to connect with it can transform how you feel and act in the world.We often seek outside ourselves to fix feelings of emptiness, but true fulfillment is found within.Trauma can be healed when we learn to hold it from a place of wholeness rather than identify with it.The mind is meant to be a neutral observer - developing curiosity and awareness can help it become your best friend.Leading from your soul can create a more humane, equitable world. Quote“We are already whole and we're already holy, so we don't have to design it. It's already in us. We just get to return to it.” Suzanne RobertsConnect with Suzanne RobertsLearn More About Suzanne’s Book: It’s Deeper Than That Book a complimentary coaching call with Suzanne here Website: unifyingsolutions.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuzanneRobertsPolarity  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzanneroberts3550 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-roberts-24273b3/ Purpose for Life Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-for-life/id1817484248 Connect with Victoria BennionLearn more about us: https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/ Download our Podcast Guest Starter Kit: The Podcast Guest Starter Kit gives you a proven plan to find the right shows, craft a winning pitch, and maximise every interview. https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/podcast-guest-starter-kit/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestpodcastguest Join the Best Podcast Guest Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebestpodcastguest Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@victoriabennion Connect with Victoria on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriabennion/

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  7. Unshakeable Confidence with Andrea Isaacs

    06/24/2025

    Unshakeable Confidence with Andrea Isaacs

    In this week's episode of The Best Guest Victoria Bennion chats with Andrea Isaacs, founder of the Isaacs Method of Emotional and Life Mastery. They explore ways to embody confidence, master emotions, and live purposefully. About Andrea IsaacsAndrea Isaacs is called a Master of Change and a Spiritual Teacher Extraordinaire. She has a passion to bring more joy to motivated, conscious, hard-working leaders who are changing the world. She is an international speaker, empowering facilitator and transformational coach. After transforming her own painful shyness into confidence, she recognized that change CAN be easy. From shy and speechless, she became the host of her own radio show, and is now a magnetic, engaging and inspiring speaker, on stages in front of hundreds of people. Her own personal transformation taught her that she can guide others through their transformations. She has uncanny insight into what will aid each unique shift with the greatest ease for the greatest outcome. She has now changed the lives of thousands of people in over 25 countries. Key TakeawaysDiscover the Enneagram in Action – Learn how this ancient personality system can help you identify emotional patterns and unlock new strengths. Master Your Mindset – Understand how your emotions shape your mindset—and how shifting both can improve relationships, business success, and overall life satisfaction. Uncover Your Emotional Blueprint – Find out how Andrea’s EQ quiz reveals your personal gifts and challenges—and why knowing these can change how you show up every day. Build Unshakeable Confidence – Learn why confidence isn’t about trying harder, but about healing old messages and rewiring your emotional responses. The First Domino Effect – Discover how changing one key emotional habit can create a ripple effect that transforms everything from decision-making to productivity. Embodiment Tools You Can Use – Hear how Andrea combines movement, language, and neuroscience to help clients embody their goals and purpose. Quote"Confidence is essential in our lives. No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you're a human being on planet Earth. If you don't believe in yourself, if you don't have the confidence to speak up for yourself, you won't have the relationships, the business, the life that you want."- Andrea IsaacsMentioned in This EpisodeEmotional Mastery Toolkit & EQ Quiz https://andrea-isaacs.com/eqtoolkit/ Masterclass: 3 Keys to Unshakeable Confidence: Stop Shrinking and Start Shining – Saturday, June 28th - https://go.andrea-isaacs.com/event-optin-unshakeable Connect with Andrea Isaacshttps://andrea-isaacs.com/ Connect with Victoria BennionLearn more about us: https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/ Download our Podcast Guest Starter Kit: The Podcast Guest Starter Kit gives you a proven plan to find the right shows, craft a winning pitch, and maximise every interview. https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/podcast-guest-starter-kit/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thebestpodcastguest Join the Best Podcast Guest Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebestpodcastguest Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@victoriabennion Connect with Victoria on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriabennion/ TranscriptVictoria Bennion: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome. I'm your host, Victoria Bennion, and the founder of the best podcast guest booking agency. And you're listening to the best guest, the podcast for business owners, creatives, and entrepreneurs who want to harness the power of podcasts to grow their platforms and increase their visibility. Victoria Bennion: Hello and welcome to the podcast. Andrea, how are you today? Andrea Isaacs: Hi, Victoria. I'm great, thanks. How are you? Victoria Bennion: I'm well, thank you. It's lovely to have the chance to chat with you again. You are the founder of the Isaacs Method of Emotional and Life Mastery. I wondered if you could talk a little bit about your method to begin with. Andrea Isaacs: Yeah. Well, thank you. So I. Was a professional dancer for 25 years, and one of the things I loved to do was to choreograph dances about people and their emotions. And I, um, I wanted my dancers to be authentic and powerful on stage, and when they could embody these range of [00:01:00] emotions they were, and fast forward many years, I came across a personality system called the Enneagram, and I wanted to learn it experientially because I am an experiential learner. Andrea Isaacs: And I learned I'm not the only one. And so I used my background of embodying emotion in order to learn the system. But what happened next really surprised me because I had been painfully shy for my whole life, and suddenly confidence became a part of me. And confidence is essential in our lives. No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you're a human being. Andrea Isaacs: I'm planet Earth. If you don't believe in yourself, if you don't have the confidence to speak up for yourself, you won't have the relationships, the business, the life that you want. And my journey, the, the journey I offer people when they wanna work with me is we'd start with emotional mastery and then relational mastery, and then life mastery. Andrea Isaacs: But I realized, you know what it is about emotions. Yes. But our emotions determine our mindset. And our mindset determines everything from the mood we're in when we wake up in the morning. The decisions we [00:02:00] make throughout the day and the ones we don't make, the actions we take. And the ones we don't take the quality of everything and the mood we're in when we put our head down at the pillow on our pillow at the end of the day. Andrea Isaacs: And so the work really is about having the life that you want and that is life mastery. Victoria Bennion: I love that. Terms of your journey, so you were a dancer, did you become injured? Did I read? Andrea Isaacs: Yes. I had a career ending injury. I fell really hard. I was, I had, I was up in the air and I landed really hard on my tailbone and I could hardly walk for three months and that was pretty much the end of my career. I hung in there, uh, teaching. I couldn't perform anymore, and I realized I've gotta do something different. Andrea Isaacs: And, you know, I know what it's like. Not to have a life purpose, because what had been my purpose was taken away. It was gone. The friends I had were all in that world. My world was all designed around the fact that I was a professional dancer and went to every dance concert and I've traveled to see dance concerts. Andrea Isaacs: My [00:03:00] friends were in that world. I mean, it was my world and. It. There's just, it's not, I mean, it is hard to describe, but anyone who's gone through it knows it's not just depressing. It's like, well, what am I here for? What's the meaning of life? And I know what that's like. So when I came across the Enneagram and this change happened for me, I realized, oh. Andrea Isaacs: It, it didn't dawn on me. It took a while for me to realize that this is my new purpose. It's like I want people to have, uh, to speak up for themselves, to take a stand for who they are. To know that what you want, what you need matters. Your gifts matter, and I believe everyone. Has a purpose no matter what you do, who you are, what stage of life you're in. Andrea Isaacs: Even people who are retired, I believe they have a purpose, whether it's to be with their grandchildren, to speak up for who they are and what they want to have that kind of confidence. We talked about a moment ago, the way, who do you wanna be in your day? What's your intention for how you wanna be throughout your day? Andrea Isaacs: That is a good purpose. That's sufficient. So I like to say there's no judgment. About how big or small your [00:04:00] purpose is. Sometimes someone who has a big dream, this was told to me, oh, that's too much. You can't do that. Who do you think you are? Boy, that deflated me. Or there's no judgment about how small your dream is. Andrea Isaacs: It's like, if that's...

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  8. How to Build and Exit a Profitable Business with Ciara Stockeland

    06/10/2025

    How to Build and Exit a Profitable Business with Ciara Stockeland

    In this episode, Victoria Bennion welcomes Ciara Stockeland, speaker, author, Ironman athlete, and fractional CFO for inventory-based businesses. Ciara shares the story of how she launched her first business at 13, built and sold a subscription box company in under two years, and now empowers entrepreneurs to make sense of their numbers and reclaim financial freedom. She breaks down the most common mistakes inventory-based business owners make, how to prepare your business for exit, and why understanding your finances is the real path to freedom. About CiaraCiara Stockeland, is a speaker, author, 4x Ironman and Fractional CFO for inventory based businesses. Ciara has owned and operated a business since her early teens. As a serial entrepreneur, her business mindset and tenacity led her to opening her first store in 2006 which she then franchised. Her vast experience in both retail and wholesale industries led her to launch the first to market wholesale subscription box for boutique retailers, which she built and sold within 18 months. Most recently Ciara has launched the Inventory Genius, a consulting program for inventory-based business owners. She has twice had the opportunity to testify before two U.S. Senate Committees regarding the “joint employer” standard for businesses and its effect on small businesses and franchises. Additionally, in 2015 she represented small businesses at a White House Summit on Worker Voice and again in 2018 for a Summit on Economics. Ciara has been recognized as a Small Business Champion through SCORE, has held a seat on the United States Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council and is a Profit First Certified Coach. Through her consulting program, Ciara gives business owners the confidence and tools to build profitability and peace of mind in their inventory-based businesses. In her free time Ciara enjoys training for endurance races and most recently completed her fourth Ironman at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, 2023. She currently resides in Tennessee with her husband Jim and her Great Pyrenees Bentley. Key TakeawaysProfit is the Priority Building a big business doesn’t mean you’re building a profitable one. Entrepreneurs should focus on margins and cash flow not just top-line sales. Know Your Five Numbers Success hinges on understanding five core areas: sales, cost of goods sold, gross margin, expenses, and net profit. Mastering these leads to control and confidence. Adaptability is Strength Listening to your customers and pivoting from your original business idea can open unexpected doors to scalable success. Plan to Exit Before You Want Out The time to prepare your business for sale is not when you're ready to leave but well before, while you still have the clarity and control to make it valuable to someone else. Tell Your Story Loudly Whether testifying before Congress or launching a business, Ciara emphasizes the power of sharing your personal experience to drive change and connect with others. Quote“It's not super attractive to fill out your spreadsheet and to look at your financials. It's very attractive when you have financial freedom, you write yourself a paycheck… That is what we can all get up in the morning for.” — Ciara StockelandMentioned in This EpisodeInventory Genius Book Ciara Stockeland's Inventory Genius Method has helped hundreds of inventory based business owners create more profit and keep more cash. Get your free copy here Connect with CiaraWebsite LinkedIn Instagram Facebook YouTube Podcast Connect with Victoria BennionLearn more about us: https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/ Download our Podcast Guest Starter Kit: The Podcast Guest Starter Kit gives you a proven plan to find the right shows, craft a winning pitch, and maximise every interview. https://thebestpodcastguest.co.uk/podcast-guest-starter-kit/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestpodcastguest Join the Best Podcast Guest Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebestpodcastguest Subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@victoriabennion Connect with Victoria on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriabennion/ TranscriptVictoria Bennion: Hello and welcome. I'm your host, Victoria Bennion, and the founder of the best podcast guest booking agency. And you're listening to the best guest, the podcast for business owners, creatives, and entrepreneurs who want to harness the power of podcasts to grow their platforms and increase their visibility. Today, we welcome to the podcast Ciara Stockeland who is a speaker, author, full-time Iron Man and fractional CFO for inventory based businesses. Sierra has owned and operated a business since her early teens as a serial entrepreneur. Her business mindset and tenacity led her to opening her first store in 2006, which she then franchised. Her vast experience in both retail and wholesale industries led her to launch the first to market wholesale subscription box for boutique retailers, which he built and [00:01:00] sold within 18 months. Most recently, Ciara's launched the Inventory Genius, a consulting program for inventory based business owners. Welcome to the podcast, Ciara. It's really great to have the chance to chat with you today. You started your first business as a teenager? I believe. I. And you opened your first store in 2006, which you then franchised. Could you talk about what attracted you to working in this space and, the lessons you learned, Ciara Stockeland: Yeah, so I started my first. Formal business, if you will, when I was 13, I hadn't set out to start a business with it, but I was from a small business family, so it was very common in our family to find value in things or solve problems create solutions through business. And so I. Built a theater company for homeschool students. I was homeschooled at the time just for fun at first, but then started having other people come and ask if their children could be involved. And so I built that and grew it into a formal theater [00:02:00] acting company. We put on full length productions all through my time of. Elementary, junior high school, college, and even into being married. So I did that for over a decade. It was great. Learning experience, how to balance a checkbook and how to market things and how to provide a service. And then after I decided I was done with that business I got married, had a couple kids, and was ready to move on. I decided that I would like to start a retail store, so I had never worked any retail in my life but I thought it would be a great idea to open a store, and I wanted to build a brand. I knew from the beginning that my idea was not to build myself a hobby or to create a job for myself, but I really wanted to build a brand. And so my first concept was a high-end maternity baby boutique. It was when it was getting very popular to dress really cute when you're pregnant. The celebrities were all buying beautiful things and so we had nothing available in North Dakota, which is where I was from for that. And so I opened this boutique and then, as typically happens to small [00:03:00] business and entrepreneurs, you start one way, but then you find your journey really weaving and winding. And that's what happened with me as well. I opened that store six months later, had the opportunity to open a second concept to help someone that I knew sell a bunch of off, overpriced and off price product. And that concept took off. Everybody loved getting a deal, and it appealed to the masses where I was finding my maternity store, something I hadn't thought of. That customer was a very short term customer. Because once they had their baby, they were gone. They move on. And so I decided to merge the two ideas and bring the outlet store into a boutique environment. And then that's the concept that I franchised. The first lesson I always love to share with entrepreneurs is to really listen to your customers and don't get so set on. What you dreamed this concept or this business would look like. 'cause often what we think is going to work is not what resonates with the customer. And if we stay very stubborn in like wanting it to be exactly how we had planned, we can miss out on a lot of opportunity. [00:04:00] I. Victoria Bennion: That's good...

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The Best Guest is the podcast for the Victoria Bennion Podcast Booking Agency. Each week we share tips and strategies on how to utilise a podcast interview strategy. You also hear from our clients who share their varied wealth of expertise along with guest experts who talk about mindset, marketing and business to ensure you are set up for success.

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