Join leadership communication strategist Mel Kettle as she explores how you can become more successful in business and in life by becoming more connectable.

Mel has almost 30 years of experience working with leaders and teams that want to build connected and trusted organisations.

When we connect first with ourselves, we are better equipped to communicate and connect with others, leading to stronger and healthier relationships.

Episode highlights

In this episode of This Connected Life, I dive deep into the world of functional medicine and body burnout with Filipa Bellette. Filly shares her incredible journey from personal health crises to co-founding a multi-award-winning health practice, Chris & Filly Functional Medicine. Together with her husband Chris, Filly has helped over 2,500 clients overcome burnout and regain their health through a root cause approach.

We talked about:

  • Balancing life and work and working with your spouse

  • the importance of deep trust and connection with oneself as the foundation for all other connections in life

  • Healing body burnout and the four-step process Filly uses in her practice to help clients recover from burnout,

  • The impact of unconscious beliefs

  • Practical and actionable advice on improving sleep, diet, and movement to support overall well-being and prevent burnout.

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About Filipa Bellette

Filipa Bellette  is Co-Founder of multi award-winning health practice Chris & Filly Functional Medicine - and author of Ending Body Burnout. She is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Coach & Trauma Therapist. She is also a PhD Scholar & regularly featured in the media, such as nine.com.au, Forbes and Body+Soul.

Together with her husband Chris Bellette, Filipa has worked with over 2,500+ burned-out clients in the past combined 25+ years. Their practice is best known for ending body burnout (for good!) in “busy” people with energy, mood & gut issues, with their ROOT-root-cause approach. They were awarded as the Tasmanian State Winner & National Finalist for the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2022, as well as Winner for the Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards 2022.

Filipa’s own passion for helping “busy” people have more energy, productivity and connection, came from her own personal experience of body burnout, after juggling the demands of business, family, and her failing health.er commitment to fostering a world where women feel empowered, confident, and aligned with their true selves.

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About your host: Mel Kettle

Mel Kettle is a leadership communication strategist, speaker, author, and facilitator. She works with leaders and teams to help them communicate so they create real connection and sustained engagement.

Mel’s work positively impacts people personally and professionally, whether she is facilitating a communication strategy workshop, running a training program on how to talk about menopause at work, or speaking about self-leadership at a conference.

In 2022 and 2023 Mel was one of only seven Australians recognised by leadersHum as one of the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership.

She is the author of two books, the best-selling Fully Connected and The Social Association.

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