The Colour me Kate Podcast

My Top Three Colour Analysis Myths

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0800

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 may not be as straight forward as we're led to believe!

For more information on my Colour Analysis Workshops coming up in August and September, just click on the links below:

Saturday 17th August - https://events.humanitix.com/colouraug24

Saturday 28th September - https://events.humanitix.com/coloursep24

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Thank you, and with best wishes xx

Kate Bird
Personal Colour & Stylist
Colour me Kate
Darlington, Western Australia.

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.

Wed, 15 May 2024 06:00:00 +0800

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 forty, Maya discovered that she had breast cancer and her life went from the controlled environment of a mine site laboratory, to putting her body and future in the hands of surgeons and oncologists.

During the scary following months of treatment, Maya found ways to distract her mind and regain some control on her life.

Throughout it all though, Maya found that distracting herself and taking control of her spiraling life was never at the expense of her creativity and her unusual sense of personal style.

This is Maya's story.

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To have a routine breast check, contact your local GP or mammogram clinic.

To find out how you can dress in colours that make you look younger and healthier,, head to: https://www.colourmekate.com.au/onlinecolouranalysis

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

Fri, 03 May 2024 10:00:00 +0800

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 been diagnosed with Stage Four Cancer.

From that point on, Donna's orderly life crumbled before her eyes as everything suddenly became unpredictable and very frightening.

From breaking the news to her children, to living with the uncertainty of not knowing her husband's life expectancy...

... this is Donna's story.

If you'd like to know more about Donna and her money coaching business for women, you can find her here: https://www.donnaboylen.com/

And if you'd like to know how you could wear colours that will help you to look more youthful, healthier and feel more confident, click on the following link to having an online colour analysis with me: https://www.colourmekate.com.au/onlinecolouranalysis

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.

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0800

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 to be released from all the limitations and conditioning we’ve experienced during the first half of our lives.

In her Somatic Therapy work, Kim believes that the traumas of our life-experiences can hold themselves in our body and that, with some work, we can often heal ourselves by letting go of these experiences and playfully embrace the second half of our lives.

This is Kim’s story.

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If you'd like to contact Kim, head to her website here: https://trulybe.au/

To get in touch with me, head to: https://www.colourmekate.com.au/getintouch

To find out more about having your Colour Analysis done online, click here: https://www.colourmekate.com.au/onlinecolouranalysis

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.

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0800

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, highly creative brain whilst strategically running her successful artistry business.

This is Kat's story.

To view Kat's work, or to get in touch with her, she's on social media as @kat.ferguson.art or visit her website: www.katferguson.com

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

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:00:00 +0800

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 month old, with not even enough money to buy nappies. She's helped her parents through the devastation of losing everything to bushfire - but through all this she appears only to have grown stronger.

I can confidently say that Karen's drive for social justice has seen her taking on roles in the community that have well exceeded those early expectations of her.

This is Karen's story.

If you'd like to get in touch with Karen, you can email her at: karen.beale@bigpond.com

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.

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0800

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 influences from Vogue magazine - when she wasn't wearing WHAM! t-shirts!

Sill living in WA's Wheatbelt and now 51, Peta has been married twice, divorced twice, has two grown children, and two jobs which, you'd be forgiven for thinking, surprisingly seem to contradict each other.

Peta chats about her life so far, and how entering into menopause and middle age threw a spanner into her wardrobe.

If you'd like to get in touch with Peta, you can find her on Instagram here: Cornerstone Health Wellness.

And if you'd like to know more about me or how I could help you with your midlife identity, head to my website here: www.colourmekate.com.au