Show Notes
In this episode of Becoming Bold, Izzy is joined by Lexi Lobb, who started out as one of her clients and has since become one of her best friends. Lexi is a full-time, Melbourne-based content creator, and her bold opinion is simple: you will always be ahead when you're focusing on yourself.
Lexi opens up about how she moved from comparing herself to others online to staying in her own lane. She talks about why she doesn't believe friends who skip your posts aren't real friends, why she posts and then gets off her phone, why she mutes rather than unfollows, and how the people you surround yourself with shape how easily you can celebrate others. From there, the two get into what to do when it feels like everyone around you is ahead.
Then they run through the core four (health, wealth, clarity and relationships) and what Lexi is working on in each right now:
Health: consistency over perfection, throwing out the scales, going from skipping breakfast and snacking all day to three solid meals, training for a 10km run, and why one big night out doesn't undo your whole week
Wealth: thinking bigger picture with her husband Rory, from their next investment property to a future family home, the scary decision to leave her corporate job for full-time content creation, and her long-term goal of investing in brands, not just working with them
Clarity: the one she's working on most, which is using her voice. That includes where her people pleasing comes from, why saying yes when you mean no turns into resentment, the wrong coffee order she drank anyway, and how to set boundaries while still being kind
Relationships: switching off when your work lives on your phone, dog walks without devices, how Rory gently calls her out, date nights cooking at home, and why marriage has made them feel like even more of a team
It's an honest conversation about comparison, confidence and backing yourself. Lexi finishes with one piece of advice for anyone who feels behind: put down the phone, pick up a pen and write out what you're actually chasing.
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