Lead With Love Front Cover

Adie McDermott

Lead With Love

A collaborative book.

Leading female entrepreneurs and thought leaders from around the world show how joy, freedom and success are born from the journey of accepting, loving and expressing yourself.

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Lead with love

About the Book

Unleash the Power of Being Authentically You.

The most beautiful, valuable, and impactful thing you can be is yourself – yet it’s one of the hardest things to achieve.

Join international bestselling author Adie McDermott and 16 thought leaders from around the world as they share their journeys from pain, fear and self-doubt to happiness, purpose, peace and success. Discover how, against all odds, each author learned to shine brightly, embrace their authenticity, and achieve success – by accepting, loving and expressing their true selves.

Packed with strategies, processes, and actionable steps, this book will help you master your inner critic, stop people-pleasing, rediscover your sparkle, and break free from the beliefs that hold you back. Lead With Love will guide you to build unshakable self-love, see the wonder within, and reclaim your truth. Because the truth is: you have always been beautiful, you have always been powerful, and you have always been pure love.

Lead With Love - Back Cover 3D
Samara Eastment

LEADING AUTHOR

Adie McDermott

A multi-disciplined creative and internationally recognised expert in self-expression and self-compassion, Adie McDermott creates collaborative programs and spaces where people can express themselves in a way that their true voices are seen and heard.

Using a unique combination of storytelling and writing, art making, community connection plus eastern and western healing modalities, her world-renowned programs, workshops and retreats include the Lead With Love visibility program, Authentic Presence, Whole and The Fine Art of Self-Compassion.

Contributing Authors

A UK literacy Champion, Alyce King shares her deep love of the written word through her writing, tutoring and book clubs where she teaches, inspires and supports others to feel self-confidence no matter their circumstances or ability.

Cecile Vence is a community leader, Victorian Multicultural Honour Roll inductee (2024) and highly experienced trainer who empowers migrants to develop their communication skills, so they have a voice and find their place in their new country and supports individuals to regain employment confidence.

Charlotte Fraser

Charlotte Fraser is a nationally recognised facilitator in sound, movement and stillness who uses a creative, sound-based and energy focussed approach, to provide opportunities for overwhelmed individuals to rediscover freedom through a deeper awareness of their body, inner resources and energy.

Imogen Ingram facilitates WomanSpeak™ workshops for Canberra organisations delivering services to women in recovery from addiction and family and domestic violence. She also runs circles for women in small business, middle management, and public facing roles.

Kia Miller is a renowned yoga teacher, spiritual guide, and founder of Radiant Body Yoga. With a background in both Hatha and Kundalini Yoga, Kia blends traditional and contemporary practices to support physical vitality, mental clarity, and spiritual growth.

An integrated wellness expert, biodynamic farmer and writer, passionate about the everyday beauty and interconnectedness of life, Kirsten Wojtowicz creates spaces where women have permission to rest, restore and find their true soul-essence.

Lida Johnson is a Nutritionist, Personal Trainer and Health Coach who helps individuals overcome health challenges, by transforming negative habits and uncertainty into empowered thoughts and actions, ultimately guiding them to achieve lasting, remarkable results in their wellness journey.

Lynn Hord is a messaging specialist, business coach and breast cancer survivor, who teaches coaches, consultants, creatives and transformation specialists that leading with authenticity, heart and integrity is the fastest path to being seen, sought-after and successful in your business and life.

For 64 years Mara Chambers held onto the belief that she could not draw. Exploring where this belief came from –was it actually fear? – Mara questioned how true the beliefs that were holding her back all these years were, which led to examining and challenging fear throughout her whole life.

Melinda Charlesworth is a Coach and Writer working from Central Victoria, Australia on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung. Melinda combines storytelling, the magic of mindful movement and evidence based coaching techniques with a wicked sense of humour to support women of all ages to navigate the path towards self-acceptance and authenticity.

Nicole Cullinan is an author, health practitioner and medicinal plant expert with an interest in foraging and a nature based lifestyle. She inspires and educates health seekers with chronic physical and mental health issues who are stuck or in transitions using a highly personalised approach with functional medicine, homeopathy and nature therapy to cultivate their resilience, reconnect with their inner magic and achieve holistic health transformations.

Internationally recognised author, soulful coach and founder of Elegant Rebel®, Peta-Ann Wood inspires and supports women to love their uniqueness and youness, by following their soul nudges instead of societal norms.

Rose Mascaro is a writer, editor and teacher who is passionate about teaching others how to connect with their most authentic, heart-led words. She’s the former editor of Teen Breathe magazine and holds a master’s degree in creative writing from UTS, Sydney.

Suzie Forbes is an internationally renowned paediatric occupational therapist, motherhood mentor, and founder of The Wonderful Society – empowering mamas to stand confidently in their strengths and values so they can embrace intentional, wholehearted living and raise happier, healthier, more helpful humans.

Tracey Summerfield-Owers is a passionate advocate for self-discovery and personal growth. Through navigating life’s challenges – such as early marriage, divorce, and unexpected caregiving – Tracey has learned the importance of reconnecting with one’s inner light.

Dr Vasambal Manikkam is a trauma informed nutrition and food science expert, and holistic women’s health coach who works with evidence-based healing modalities; offering women a unique, integrative and holistic approach to physical, emotional and mental health, and overall well-being.

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Most women are masters of disguise. We silence our needs and opinions and put on an outward appearance of happiness, control and perfection to please other people and to pretend we feel ok, but … the truth is we are constantly comparing ourselves to others, feel really unhappy when others do not react or act in a way we would like or expect them to, and feel empty, lost and honestly exhausted constantly trying to be someone else’s version of ourselves so we are loved.

– Lead with love

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Adie McDermott

Lead with love

Collaborative Book

Join Adie McDermott and fellow thought leaders as they lead you back to love.

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Adie McDermott
adie@adiemcdermott.com

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The Rural Publishing Company
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