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  • 76. Susan Murphy: Communicating with your authentic voice
    Sue Stockdale talks to Susan Murphy, a broadcast voice coach who helps young broadcasters find and use authentic voice and pitch. Susan describes why audio and voice has become more important recently, how to access your best vocal pitch, and what causes some of her clients have tears in their eyes when they find their authentic voice.

    Susan spent 40 years on-air and in production, learning what makes an effective voice and it has propelled her career. Her voiceover work has appeared on television commercials and programs, websites, and even e-learning (she is known as Vanessa in some Artificial Intelligence environments). More recently she found her true passion in teaching others and now works with clients as a broadcast voice coach, polishing the on-air sound of anchors and reporters.

    Connect with Susan Murphy:

    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-murphy-a649406
    Website https://susanmurphyvosot.com

    Key Quotes:

    ‘Audio and voice has become more important, because context is now more important, because of disinformation and misinformation.’

    ‘An audio only podcast requires that you pay more attention and your brain to engage a little bit more in painting the picture.’

    ‘When we work on uncovering her authentic voice, tears come into her eyes. And she tells me it's healing.’

    ‘I am very conscious of modulating the speed and allowing pauses to work in conversation.’

    ‘You and I are having a conversation, but those who are listening to us, I'd like to think I'm in conversation with them as well.’

    ‘So many people are afraid of just not talking for a second.’

    ‘Voices are very individual.’

    ‘I help you access a voice that can be the basis of inspiration.’

    ‘I consider myself extraordinarily lucky to love what I do and have loved it since day one.’

    ‘Go with your gut. Listen with it, act with it. Trust it more often.’

    This series is kindly supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Find out more at https://squadcast.fm

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    Sound Editor: Matias de Ezcurra (he/him)
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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
    Producer: Sue Stockdale  
    Sound Editor: Matias De Ezcurra 
    29 min
  • 75. Adeyanju Olomola: Overcoming imposter syndrome
    Sue Stockdale talks to Adeyanju Olomola about her transition from a twenty-year career in a corporate organisation to running her own business as a Certified Professional Coach.

    Adeyanju reflects on:

    • What imposter syndrome is, and how to overcome it
    • The reality of how long it can take to get a paying client
    • What she learned about life from her twin children

    Adeyanju works with purpose-driven individuals and organisations to coach them discover what success means to them and identify pathways to growth. In addition to coaching, she supports learning and development programs within organizations through training and blended learning facilitation techniques. Prior to setting up her coaching practice, she worked in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry with 20 years of diversified experience.

    A member of the International Coaching Federation, Adeyanju holds the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential and is currently on the path to Professional Certified Coach credential. She is the immediate past Vice President of ICF Nigeria Chapter, a certified John Mattone Intelligent Leadership Executive Coach, an Extended DISC & FinxS Accredited Consultant, a Narrative Coach Enhanced Practitioner, and a Team Coaching Foundations Certified Coach from GTCI.

    Adeyanju operates a hybrid business model – as the Lead Coach and CEO of The Source Coaching Ltd and an Associate Senior Coach and Trainer with TNM Coaching, TBA Consults, CoachHub and BetterUp.

    Connect with Adeyanju Olomola on

    LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/adeyanju-olomola
    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/deyanjuo/

    Key Quotes:

    "You need to hear, and also speak your customers language."

    "I was literally terrified every single day."

    'Imposter Syndrome is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, their talents, and accomplishments, and they have a persistent, internalized fear of being exposed.'

    "You actually forget who you are."

    "I realised - what I don't know, I will learn."

    "The common thread is really about the narratives that have shaped us from an early age and into adulthood."

    "Overcoming it begins with self-awareness. To really be aware of who you are, and how you've come that far."

    This series is kindly supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Find out more at squadcast.fm

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    Sound Editor: Matias de Ezcurra (he/him)
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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
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    27 min
  • 74. Thomas Luther: Sisu - leading the Finnish way
    Sue Stockdale talks to Thomas Luther, CEO of Nevel, a green infrastructure company in Finland. He explains the concept of Sisu – the Finnish way of being and explains in the conversation how he embodies this approach in the way he leads the company.

    Thomas was born in Finland and is happy father of five children and married to a wellness and yoga entrepreneur. He believes in wellbeing, positive change, and having a purpose driven career. Graduating in economics and engineering Thomas has been in leadership roles for 25 years in service businesses, logistics and sales, of which seven years were abroad. He believes that deep subject knowledge is not a prerequisite to be a leader.

    Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas--luther/


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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
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    Sound Editor: Matias De Ezcurra 
    30 min
  • 73. Manuela Gil: Engaging others through purposeful leadership
    Sue Stockdale talks to Colombian entrepreneur Manuela Gil, majority owner of Vivaldi Ingenieria Hospitalaria, about how she transformed the family business by building a company driven by purpose. She talks openly about how she overcame her fear of losing control, why you need to listen to your heart, and how engaging clients and employees in conversations about purpose brings about unexpected outcomes.

    Manuela is married with two children and moved back to Colombia having worked and studied in Germany for several years. She balances her roles of mother, entrepreneur, and CFO of the business, with making time to invest in her own development. Manuela's driving force is “be a lighthouse of inspiration, hope and empowerment by walking and showing new and outstanding paths’.

    Website http://vivaldi.com.co/
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuela-gil-de-tober/
    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vivaldi_inghospitalaria/
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Vivaldi.ingenieria.hospitalaria

    Key Quotes:

    'I had a feeling I could give more and have a positive impact on society'.

    'I would never change going into a family business. If you find yourself there, I think it's a beautiful path'.

    'Colombia doesn't produce medical devices, so we import the devices, and distribute them. It’s more than just selling; we find the solutions that clients can use in order to care for life or save lives'.

    ‘I started to recognize that one of my biggest points of work in life is in trust’.

    ‘When I feel fear, I express this fear in wanting to control so wanting to put everything in place, to plan and secure everything.’

    'Starting to work on myself was giving me a better understanding of balancing life.'

    ‘We want to bring this harmony and this balance to our customers.’

    ‘I realised my driving force, or my purpose had not been connected with the purpose of the business’.

    ‘Our central point in our customer experience is inspired transformation’.

    This series is supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Find out more at https://squadcast.fm

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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
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    Sound Editor: Matias De Ezcurra 
    31 min
  • 72. Paul Zak: Immersion neuroscience – measuring what the brain loves
    Sue Stockdale talks to Dr Paul. J Zak about how neuroscience can help podcasters, entertainment companies and employers measure what the brain loves and why it matters.

    Dr. Paul J. Zak is a professor of economics, psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University and is ranked in the top 0.3% of most cited scientists with over 170 published papers and more than 18,000 citations. Paul’s two decades of research have taken him from the Pentagon to Fortune 50 boardrooms to the rainforest of Papua New Guinea.

    Along the way, he helped start several interdisciplinary fields such as neuroeconomics, neuromanagement, and neuromarketing. He is a regular TED speaker and is author of a number of books including forthcoming title Immersion: the science of the extraordinary and the source of happiness, due for release in summer 2022.

    A four-time tech entrepreneur, his most recent company Immersion Neuroscience is a software platform that allows anyone to measure what the brain loves in real-time to improve outcomes in entertainment, education and training, advertising and live events.

    Paul frequently appears in the media in such places as Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, Fox & Friends, ABC Evening News, and his work has been reported in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, The Economist, Scientific American, Fast Company, Forbes, and various podcasts.

    Key Quotes:

    ‘Your brain is a super lazy organ because it takes so much energy to run, it really just wants to idle most of the time.’

    ‘Immersion is this neurologic state in which people have extraordinary experiences.’

    ‘The brain is modulating energy flow all the time. And so, it's never just on 100%.’

    ‘People actually learn better in groups than they do singly, whether that's in-person one-to-one or in asynchronous remote settings.’

    ‘Psychological safety basically means ”Am I relaxed enough in this setting that I have enough space in my brain to be immersed. If I'm not, I'm not ready to learn."

    ‘I think of immersion as a kind of neural prosthetic. It gives me this sort of superpower where I can be more effective as a social creature.’

    ‘In the animal literature there was a very rich vein of growing neuroscience, identifying oxytocin as a signal that a member of your species is safe or familiar.’

    ‘Employees that work with stronger social connections are more productive. They enjoy their jobs more and we've shown, they shed the stress of work more rapidly when the workday's over.’

    ‘We've shown in experiments when leaders articulate the social purpose of work, people put in so much more discretionary effort, because we're helping the world. And that's what social creatures generally want to do.’

    “The arc of all my professional work has been creating knowledge and technologies to increase happiness in the world at the individual level, at the organizational level, the societal level.’

    To find out more about Paul Zak:
    Immersion Neuroscience website https://www.getimmersion.com
    Website https://pauljzak.com
    Twitter https://twitter.com/pauljzak
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-zak-91123510/

    This series is supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Find out more at squadcast.fm

    Read the transcription for this episode on www.accesstoinspiration.org and connect with us:
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    Sound Editor: Matias de Ezcurra (he/him)
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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
    Producer: Sue Stockdale  
    Sound Editor: Matias De Ezcurra 
    32 min
  • Preview of Series 10
    Sue Stockdale, podcast host and author of EXPLORE: A Life of Adventure, previews some of the upcoming guests in Series 10 and suggests three ways to listen to each episode.
    They include:

    -Susan Murphy, on using your authentic voice
    -Elena Rossini, film maker and activist
    -Thomas Luther, CEO
    -Adeyanju Olomola, on overcoming imposter syndrome
    -Manuela Gil, on taking over a family business

    She also previews next week’s guest Dr Paul J. Zak, TED speaker, and Professor of economics, psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University, California. Paul has started four technology companies including the first neuroscience as a service platform, called immersion neuroscience. He demonstrated the tech whilst recording the episode with Sue to track his own level of immersion!

    Our podcast series is supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Find out more at squadcast.fm

    Read the transcription for each episode on www.accesstoinspiration.org and connect with us:
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    Sound Editor: Matias de Ezcurra (he/him)
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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
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    7 min
  • 71. Sue Stockdale: Exploring Potential
    Eveline Van Den Heuvel takes over the host’s role to interview Sue Stockdale. She discovers how Sue inspires people to step into the unknown and explore more of their own potential. Sue, who usually hosts this podcast series is a motivational speaker and executive coach, working with leaders in some of the world’s top companies.

    Sue Stockdale is the first UK woman to ski to the magnetic North Pole, and author of EXPLORE: A Life of Adventure which describes how from challenging beginnings, she embarked on a lifetime of adventure, exploring some of the world’s most extreme environments including the North Pole, Antarctica, and Greenland.

    Today’s podcast host is Eveline Van Den Heuvel, an innovative concept developer taking seemingly disparate ideas and pieces of information and weaving them together in a unique, often highly transformative way for her clients. She is co-founder of Inward Creations, an agency that creates innovative concepts in the space of wellbeing, as well as being a facilitator and writer. Find out more about Eveline at www.inwardcreations.com

    Find out more about Sue Stockdale:

    Website: https://suestockdale.com
    Book: https://suestockdale.com/explore/
    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suestockdale/
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/suestockdale

    This series is kindly supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Find out more at squadcast.fm

    Also thanks to Maureen Gibbins for her support of this Access to Inspiration podcast episode.

    Key Quotes:

    “I see life as an experiment.”

    “If we approach the unknown with curiosity, rather than judgment, that can bring a new sense of perspective.”

    “If I can show up and be a beacon and an inspiration to those that I'm engaging with on a daily basis in a very small way, that's just like a ripple effect.”

    “The skill of noticing and the skill of adapting are two things that enable any of us to survive.”

    “What's the opposite of conscious leadership - unconscious leadership.”

    “The value of coaching is it gives a chance for the individual that's being coached to take time out to observe themselves.”

    “Until we're comfortable enough to be an outsider, to be the lone voice, to be the one who's the disruptor or the challenger, we will stay with something that isn't serving us.”

    “By looking at another person's experience to draw insight - that brings a new observation to you.”

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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
    Producer: Sue Stockdale  
    Sound Editor: Matias De Ezcurra 
    34 min
  • 70. Sophie Dow: No mind should be left behind
    Sue Stockdale talks to Sophie Dow, a former freelance correspondent, writer, and founder of the Salvesen Mindroom Centre about what happened when she went on a search to discover a diagnosis for her daughter Annie, who had learning difficulties, and how it led to her to starting up a charity.

    Salvesen Mindroom Centre is a leading Scottish charity helping and supporting children and young people and their families who are neuro divergent, previously referred to as having learning difficulties. The charity has 22 employees and have helped thousands of children and families since its’ inception.

    Sophie’s book 'When life doesn’t follow the script', about life with her daughter Annie, the setting up of Salveson Mindroom centre and neurodiversity was published in her native Sweden in 2018 and has received five-star reviews.

    Find out more about Salveson Mindroom at https://www.mindroom.org
    It Takes All Kinds of Minds 2023 conference information https://itakom.org
    Sophie Dow website https://www.sophie-dow.com

    This series is kindly supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Find out more at squadcast.fm

    Key Quotes

    ‘We didn't have any guidance or directions or anything. So thanks to being a journalist, I just set about doing research.’

    ‘There were 2,700 delegates, professors and teachers and head teachers and speech therapists at the conference. Anyone needed to support and help a child that's struggling.’

    ‘I realised this is a public health issue that hasn't been addressed. It's still a public health issue today in 2022.’

    ‘Every single person that's born has the right to a dignified life.’

    ‘ I don't have some £70,000, but I have a vision.’

    ‘We are all only human beings.’

    ’25 genes out of the 22,000 or so that we all need in order to have a good chance at life were missing. And those 25 genes are the cause of Annie's mental handicap.’

    ‘The big challenge of the 21st century is to try and understand more about how the brain and the mind works.’

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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
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    34 min
  • 69. Sanzar Kakar: Trading is key to the Afghan spirit
    Sue Stockdale talks to Sanzar Kakar about his life as an entrepreneur in Afghanistan, how he measures success, and how the company pivoted to support the recent humanitarian crisis in the country.

    Sanzar Kakar is the Chairman of Afghanistan Holding Group, a 13-year-old private firm with 350 Afghan team members that has served over 700 international organizations. Ventures include Moore Afghanistan (accounting and consulting), Afghanet (internet service), Mezan (school), F45 Training (fitness), BusinessDNA (media), Hesab (payments), and BBR (transport).

    Mr. Kakar graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Engineering and from Warwick Business School with a Master’s in Business Administration. At the University of Pennsylvania, Sanzar served as the Manager of the Wharton Graduate Association. Following his undergraduate degree, he worked for Merrill Lynch as a Technology Analyst on a trading desk for bonds and equities, creating a link for automatic reporting to the New York Stock Exchange.

    Mr. Kakar started in Afghanistan as an Investment Associate for Acap Partners, setting up a $20 million venture capital facility and sourcing over 300 new deals for consideration. He joined as an Executive Advisor to the Attorney General's Office of Afghanistan on a U.S. Department of State program to reorganize the institution and set up a national paper and computer criminal case management system spanning seven-justice institutions. Later, Sanzar served as the Economic Advisor for the Afghanistan Investment Climate Facility, setting up operational and fiduciary requirements for the seven-year £30 million grant facility in Kabul, followed by a promotion to Deputy Interim Team Leader. Mr. Kakar speaks English, Pashtu, and Dari.

    Find out more about Afghanistan Holding Group at the website. https://ahg.com.af

    This series is kindly supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Find out more at squadcast.fm

    Key Quotes:

    ‘I like to start new ventures and new opportunities.’

    ‘I think Afghans in general have an incredible entrepreneurial spirit.'

    ‘It is the greatest humanitarian crisis probably of our lives and anything we can do to try to address it and help people in their time of greatest need, it's an obligation upon us.’

    ‘I’m very much from the technology background, and technology is a lot about scale. You can accomplish a lot of things through technology by making a bigger difference and bigger impact.'

    ‘I’ll be able to look back and say, I tried my best and I was able to help the most number of people. And that would be a great measure of success for us.’

    ‘What I learned more and more about myself is that the value of helping others.’

    ‘I’m a very visual person often making charts and diagrams and try to imagine things differently, imagine things, better’.

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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
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    27 min
  • 68. Caitríona Jennings: The Mindset of the Long Distance Runner
    Sue Stockdale talks to Caitríona Jennings, an Olympic athlete and current Irish 50km and 100km record holder, about the preparation, training and mindset required to perform at the highest level of athletics. Caitríona has been able to balance her professional life and sports career simultaneously and describes how she is able to do so.

    Having studied Law and Accounting in University, Caitríona joined the international accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2001 and was promoted to the position of Tax Director before joining Goshawk Aviation as Head of Tax in 2016. Currently living in Hong Kong, Caitríona took on a new role as VP Risk in CDB Aviation in 2019 when she relocated here with her husband. Caitríona is a member of the board of directors of the Irish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and leads the Aviation working group. Caitríona is also a founding member of Propel, an industry networking group for aircraft leasing professionals based in Hong Kong.

    Caitríona’s achievements in her professional career were recognised in 2016 when she was selected as a finalist for the Consulting and Advisory Professional of the Year Award, in the Irish Early Career Awards Ceremony.

    This series is kindly supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Find out more at squadcast.fm

    Find out more about Caitriona Jennings:

    Website https://www.caitrionajennings.com
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/caitriona.jennings
    Twitter https://twitter.com/cjennings1x
    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jenningscaitriona/
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitriona-jennings-56385352/

    Key Quotes:

    “Typically I do try to run early in the morning if I can because I find that once I have my exercise done, I'm more relaxed for the day.”

    “I’m humbled to think that I currently hold the Irish record in both 50K and 100K distances.”

    “Running. It's a very easy sport to do.”

    “I think running has instilled a really strong sense of discipline into me, my timekeeping and how I structure my day.”

    “The most important learning that I got from running was how to be resilient.”

    “There's always a positive to everything and I try to just constantly focus on that positive.”

    “I’m going to be running for as long as I spend a day in work in the office.”

    “I have those moments of doubt all the time, the little voice in my head, but I just constantly try and reinforce positivity.”

    “What I've learned in the past, If you try and burn someone off too fast, you're actually only destroying your own race.”

    “The amount of research that's been done and evidence is overwhelming to show the connection between gut health and mental health.”

    “I am motivated to reduce the records for both the 50 K and the 100 K.”

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    Host: Sue Stockdale 
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    26 min

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Access to Inspiration is an award-winning podcast ranked among the top 10% of podcasts globally, featuring conversations with explorers, entrepreneurs, business leaders and changemakers from…