Anti Hustle Hustle Club

Today’s guest is KT McBratney, strategist, artist, and Co-Founder of Own Trail, a platform for women to bookmark meaningful milestones as they navigate their way through life. 

KT brings nearly 20 years of marketing experience to the table – always challenging conventional career paths. She’s worked at a zoo, agency-side, brand-side, and back again. 

In 2020 she co-founded Own Trail, a space where personal and professional lives can co-exist. The platform is built upon values that reflect her own – Authenticity, Inclusion, Safety, Curiosity, and Trust. Help beacons give users a chance to connect and support other women. 

In her ‘Own Trail’, KT celebrates promotions and personal accomplishments, she shares her struggles with mental wellbeing and burnout, and details notes to self to satisfy her cravings for creativity with writing and art.

KT strikes us as someone who is refreshingly real, non-judgemental and a joy to be around. She has built a reputation for making everyone’s day better, we can’t wait to find out why.

Enjoy!

You can connect with KT on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/k_to_the_t?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

You can find out more about Own Trail here: https://owntrail.com/

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Today’s guest is Rachel Mercer, founder and Chief Experience Officer at Proto, a new innovation consultancy that helps companies in the face of disruption. 

Proto exists to help leading businesses and startups understand what makes them meaningful and create new relevance in rapidly changing environments. 

Rachel says she has done her best work with ambitious organisations like Adidas, Google, Facebook, and Cola-Cola. 

As brands are increasingly defined by their best, worst and last experiences, she puts emphasis on defining rituals and creating memorable moments.

Rachel believes revolutionary work comes from combining diverse perspectives and is committed to raising the profile of fellow women and minorities in the industry, where she nurtures a space for mutual learning and positive change. 

She also appreciates the value of downtime. “Even the best need rest,” she says.

Enjoy!

You can connect with Rachel here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelmercer/

Find out more about Proto here: https://www.wearepro.to/

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Today’s guest is International Fashion and Lifestyle Photographer, Lydia Collins.

Over the past five years, Lydia has built up a portfolio of respected clients – from jewellery brands and celebrities to start-up candle companies – who all turn to her to bring their vision to life, creating stunning imagery in warm honey tones against the most beautiful backdrops in the world. She also pays her experience forward, offering tips and tricks to help other people get the perfect shot.

Lydia has been a solopreneur for the duration of her career. With this, comes a great responsibility to not only deliver for her clients but also to look after her mental and physical wellbeing. She punctuates her work with time outdoors, travelling to the coast in her campervan, Bettie, and taking almost weekly breaks from social media. 

It’s during this time that she is able to play, experiment and re-energise herself – finding inspiration in hidden city street corners, dancing shadows in long grass, and crashing waves on the shore. 

Enjoy!

You can follow Lydia here: https://www.instagram.com/lydiaxcollins/

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Today’s guest is Natasha Chetiyawardana, co-founder and creative partner of Bow & Arrow, a growth consultancy firm acquired by Accenture in November 2019.

Natasha describes herself as a catalyst for making ideas happen. She is a C-suite challenger, a diversity advocate and a champion of creativity. People who’ve worked with her will tell you Natasha will flip everything you think you know upside down, and ask questions you’ve never even fathomed before.

What does this mean in practice? It means companies like Google come to Natasha with questions like: where will we find our next billion users?

If you’re not impressed yet, Natasha is also Chair of the Drum Design Awards. She’s been a university speaker and developed a syllabus for innovation and brand creation at the Pratt Institute.

But most of all, Natasha is a force for positive change. She knows how to drive things forward, and you’re about to find out why.

Enjoy!

You can follow Natasha here: https://www.instagram.com/natashacheti/?hl=en

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Today’s guest is Euan Plater, a Personal Trainer, marketing consultant and founder of Glasgow-based boutique Fitness Studio, One Three Six.

Euan’s studio offers a unique and intriguing group class experience with a combination of Boxing, HIIT & Yoga. That might sound like a surprising mix, but we get the sense this is a window into Euan’s approach to health and fitness: a carefully balanced flow of hard hitting, muscle forming workouts with deeply restorative and mentally charging yoga.

See, Euan is also the host of the XY podcast, a show about mental health in men, interviewing a series of chart topping musicians, actors, models, directors and influencers, in which Euan gets to the root of why men have such a hard time discussing their mental health.

What’s Euan’s goal in all this? To get his clients looking good, and smiling more. We’re here for that.

Enjoy!

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Today’s guest is Pelumi Nubi, a London-based travel blogger and co-founder of Black Explorer Magazine, a print publication on a mission to amplify the black narrative in travel. 

Pelumi moved to the UK from Nigeria when she was just 10 years old. Since then, she has made it her mission to visit every country in the world (she’s visited 61 so far), balancing her travels with studying for a PhD in Cancer Research.

In August 2021 Pelumi hit a crossroads in her life when she realised the course she had spent four years studying wasn’t bringing her joy anymore. So she booked a stay at Unplugged, a digital detox designed to get busy people off their phones and into nature. 

Pelumi used the three days to strategise her mind and she left with a game plan, discovering that happiness can be found in taking risks and seeking out the undiscovered.

Enjoy!

You can follow Pelumi here: https://www.instagram.com/black.kintsugi/?hl=en

Read Black Explorer magazine here: https://www.theblackexplorer.com/

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Today’s guest is ex professional rugby player turned mind and movement mentor, Richie Norton.

It was an injury that brought a sudden end to Richie’s professional rugby career, which led him to discover the joy of breathwork, yoga and nutrition. He built ​The Strength Temple, an environment that not only motivates, but empowers individuals to challenge themselves in a fun and rewarding way. ‘Your life does not get better by chance,’ he says. ‘It gets better by change.’

Richie is also the author of Lift Your /vibe, a best-selling book about simple to follow daily rituals designed to lower stress levels, clear headspace, increase energy and improve sleep. Richie believes that no matter how busy you are, you can – and should – always take care of your body and mind.

Enjoy!

Follow Richie on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/richienorton_/

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Today’s guest is $1billion CEO turned Speaker and Adventure Coach, Jay Worthy. 

Two years ago, you might have thought that Jay had it all. But after climbing to the top of the career ladder, he realised his job wasn’t making him happy, and that you shouldn’t wait your whole life to learn how to live. 

So, equipped with lessons learned from expeditions in the mountains, jungles, and deserts, Jay started coaching executives and leaders, helping them to build adventure into their busy lifestyles. 

Then in 2020, Jay launched 28 Summers, a podcast and a personal commitment to living in the moment. In conversation with special guests, Jay helps listeners to rediscover the childlike feelings of living life to the full, and answering the question, “How will you spend your remaining summers?”

Follow Jay on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/1dayadventurer/

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Today’s guest is personal trainer, master instructor and trainee psychotherapist, Ban Hass.

A freelance personal trainer of 7 years, and a master trainer at London’s renowned Digme gyms, Ban is an advocate for health at every size. She wants you to feel good, to be happy in your own skin - and we get the feeling she wants this more than she wants you to lose a kilo or two.

Ban tackles big issues like weight stigma and body dysmorphia. Her social media accounts attract tens of thousands of followers for showing the truth behind sometimes disingenuous Fitness Inspiration - Fitspo for short - which Ban says is often a poor attempt at hiding things like disordered eating.

Adulthood, she says, is realising that every single person needs to be in therapy. 

You can find Ban on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/banhass/?hl=en

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Today’s guest is business owner, entrepreneur, and designer, James Ewin.

James is the Managing Creative Director at Orca, a purpose-driven agency that delivers everything from branding and design to strategy and animation to bold brands who want to start a movement and make a positive impact on the world.

This year, Orca launched ‘In Moderation,’ a three-part passion project designed to expose the everyday habits we use and abuse to get us through the working week. The aim is to challenge perceptions, address wider issues around hustle culture, mental wellbeing, and the importance of living a balanced lifestyle.⁠

James believes the first step in making a difference is acknowledging that excess is just that – a bit too much.  And that life is better lived in moderation. 

Could he be a better guest for the show?

You can follow James on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/james__ewin

Find out more about his agency, Orca, here: www.onlyorca.com

Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Off-Practical-Building-Finding/dp/1734794402

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