Meet Suzanne:
As a little girl Suzanne had a dream to become a ballet dancer, when she was young she put on dancing shows for her local community. Everyone knew she wanted to be a ballerina.
One day a neighbour, put a letter in her letterbox announcing AUDITIONS in Lon- don for young dancers wanted.
Suzanne was excited, but her parents were against her dancing and told her. " Lets take her to London, to show her that she is NO GOOD.
Suzanne was 9 at the time.
She went to the auditions, and won a scholarship with the world famous Ballet Rambert.
Suzanne left home at 10 years of age.
At the age of 15 she was hand picked by the famous contemporary dancer to join her company in London. After her career ended she hung up her ballet shoes and became a Master Pilates practitioner and Nautilus trainer.
She opened a health studio in the Kings Rd with James Hunt the Formula 1 racing driver and whilst there taught many famous athletes, celebrities and aristocrats. Including the late Princess Diana.
She then set up her own studios in London, Italy, South Africa and Australia.
She also set up the first BENETTON store in London and had her own range of active wear.
Suzanne has lived and worked in 18 countries. She has had a life of Huge Highs and equally huge Lows. She has lost everything 3 times.
She is a great believer in and the power of Goal setting and taking MASSIVE ACTION. Every day she practices gratitude and non judgement and at least 3 anonymous acts of kindness every week.
Everything she does now is to help and mentor other women, to achieve their dreams in HEALTH and WEALTH.
Now mentors women all around Australia to become entrepreneurs.
She is passionate about her children, and her new grand-daughter Savannah. She is a gypsy at heart. Loves travel, languages and learning about other cultures.
She has always believed in living a life of contribution and is an Ambassador for MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION, on the board of the GOLDEN OCTUPUS FOUNDATION and a Supporter of Jodie OSHEA orphanage in Bali. For the last 15 years she has supported a young Tibetan girl that she connected with whilst volunteering in Dharmasala. She has helped her through her schooling and then her studies at medical college.
Suzanne calls this stage of her life her"3rd act" and that everything she has ever done has led her to this time when she can teach,
The Podcast's 7th Season
Welcome to In the Game, a podcast where we aim to touch, move and inspire you to what's possible in life. My name is Sarah Maxwell and I am a self-proclaimed relationship engineer. Ever since I was a little girl, I was curious about how people work and how they interact with one another. With a degree in biopsychology representing my country of Canada in beach volleyball. With a degree in biopsychology representing my country of Canada in beach volleyball, retiring from sport into mindset and purpose coaching, I now spend my days running Chatta-box Media, where we aim to story-tell for brands through the medium of podcasting, all while raising an eight-year-old daughter with my partner of 24 years. We are now in season seven of this podcast, featuring a special series on women called who Knew that Was Work aimed at young women who want to broaden their horizon when it comes to career choosing.
Go deeper into the pod and discover incredible stories of changemakers who manifest their dream lives. Gain tangible tools to apply to your own life by scrolling back to that initial season where we were more workbook focused. Have a laugh when we initially were coined the Nat and Sarah show, when my five-time Olympian partner, natalie Cook, and I bantered and had loads of fun interviewing and discovering our common passion individuals who rise to the occasion in life. Okay, now it's time to dive on in to this episode.
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