Has something been a negative influence in your life for too long?

Has there been something you wanted to give up, but never set your mind to it?

Are you interested to see how you can live without something?

Then why don't you try giving that thing up for Lent, the Christian tradition of sacrificing something for forty days and forty nights?

I have created an annual tradition of giving up something for Lent, even though I'm not a Christian, and this has resulted in some large positive changes in my lifestyle.

In this episode, I explain why this is more than a religious ritual, but actually an effective tactic to create new habits and lifestyle changes for yourself.

Mel is a lawyer turned success coach, NLP practitioner and wellbeing trainer. With a focus on career, confidence and relationship coaching, she combines corporate, coaching and counselling expertise to help purpose-driven individuals move from where they are now to where they want to be.

With a background in the high pressure corporate world, she has a particular interest in the high-stress culture of our increasingly ‘always on’ lives and the growing need for successful wellbeing strategies. Having worked in a variety of cultures and organisations from law firms to universities, charities and prisons, she’s skilled at stepping into different people’s maps of the world, helping to uncover what makes you tick and how to activate lasting change.

Whether through one to one coaching, her articles or her Toolkit for Happiness Podcast Series, she’s passionate about helping people learn the tools to live their happiest lives.

On top of her coaching, she also does corporate workshops like mindfulness and resilience masterclasses and mental health first aid, breaking the stigma around mental ill health and educating the people about how positive management of wellbeing can reduce the risk of mental ill health occurring.

She also appears regularly in publications like the Huffington Post and Elephant Journal, with her recent article on the 3 types of love and why the second is the most important hitting the latter’s front page with over 7k views. Give it a read if you’re feeling perplexed by love and what it’s all about!

In this Interview you will learn:

- How to achieve the elusive "Work/Life Balance"

- Identifying how you want to feel in relationships, rather than what you want in your partner

- How to create a framework for what you want in relationships

- Using gratitude to overcome difficult times

Website: www.melanie-pritchard.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelaniePritchardSuccessCoach/

Instagram: @melaniepritchardcoaching

Fundraising: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/melanies-giving-page-24

We are already 90 days into 2018.

In corporate speak, this is known as "Quarter 2" or "Q2".

It seems like only yesterday we were talking about resolutions and goals for 2018.

Now that we're a quarter of the way through 2018, how do you feel you are progressing?

Are things ticking along nicely? Or do you feel you've come a bit unstuck?

Never fear if the year hasn't quite worked out as planned so far.

We always have the opportunity to start again, and this is a great time of year to do so.

Spring is in the air. The world is waking up after winter. There is more light and warmth in our environment (at least in the Northern Hemisphere. Sorry to listeners below the equator)

I've recorded this short episode to help you kickstart your motivation again, to remind you of your capacity to create change in your life.

Stuart Doughty is a Personal Development Coach and Business Consultant, teaching people how to use the power of the mind to improve their results and transform their lives.

He is trained and mentored by Bob Proctor, (one of the world's leading personal development teachers) and has been one of his associate consultants for over 5 years. He has been a student of personal development for over 30 years.

Stuart helps people uncover their purpose and design their lives, and achieve goals beyond what they believe is possible.

A former international journalist, he returned to the UK in 2015 after 20 years abroad and now lives in Bristol.

In this interview, you will learn:

- You never stop doubting, so you have to keep choosing to believe

- There is no truth but the truth you make for yourself

- How to create new mental paradigms

- Stuart's secret to happiness

- The importance of making decisions

Website: stuartdoughty.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/StuartDoughtyCoach/

One of the pieces of advice you hear often is "Follow Your Passion".

If you are at a crossroads in your life, you might be wondering how this motto can help you.

It's well-meaning advice, but it lacks nuance and guidance on how exactly you go about this.

In this episode you will learn about different levels of passion, and how to identify which passion to follow so that you can feel purpose and engagement in your life.

In this episode, I share with you my entry for the Toastmaster's international speech contest. Toastmasters is an organisation that helps people learn communication and leadership skills through public speaking.

My entry is entitled "You are the Author of Your Life", and highlights three key areas to develop if you want to create your own story: the hero, the quest, and the supporting cast.

This speech contains my freshest insights and reflections on Author Your Life, that you haven't yet heard on the podcast, I hope you enjoy.

Viktor is an Intuitive Coach. He helps those who want to create something new in their life and business.

He believes that we are all innately whole and that a high performing, good life comes from being fulfilled.

While he was an Art Director and a fitness model, the achievement he is most grateful for is the relationships he built with his wife and the impact created with his clients.

In this interview we discuss:

- Why you need to get things in the right order for happiness

- Using pain as a motivator

- How to see thoughts as just thoughts

- Understanding what it means to be "Innately Whole"

- What an "elevator guy" can teach you about Fulfilment.

Viktor also links to a number of teachers in this discussion:

Rupert Spira - https://www.youtube.com/user/rupertspira

Mooji - https://www.youtube.com/user/Moojiji

Papaji - https://www.youtube.com/user/HarilalP...

Michael Neill - https://www.youtube.com/user/geniusca...

If you enjoy this interview, be sure to give Viktor a shoutout on Social Media. You can find him through the following links:

Website: www.viktorsaghy.com

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/innat...

Instagram: @innately_whole

Youtube: Viktor Sághy

In the month of February, there was a daily episode released on the podcast to celebrate the launch. In this episode, I review the launch period, and thank you for your engagement: nearly 250 downloads in over 10 countries.

I also share with you the future directions and content of the podcast. Stay tuned, we're just getting started!

Kayode Damali is one of the top 10 Most Powerful Young Entrepreneurs in the world (yes that is a an official award!). He is a multi-passionate entrepreneur who runs an events business, makes multiple media appearances, and delivers keynotes and spoken word.

In this interview we dived deep into expression and passion. In this interview you will learn:

- Why judgements are so damaging

- To stop caring what people think of you

- How to dig for the treasure within

- Kayode's time management strategies: T30R and TOD

- Kayode's tips to be a better communicator on stage and online

Be sure to follow Kayode @KayodeKoD on all Social Media.

We all have times where we feel a little disconnected from the people around us. We can be surrounded by company, but feel a lack of connection.

Learning how to deal with such scenarios is key, because long-term loneliness is one of the biggest health risk factors there are.

Loneliness is linked with a variety of physical and mental illnesses, and has been found to have a greater influence on life expectancy than smoking!

In this episode you will learn about how to protect yourself from loneliness, and ensure that you maintain strong social ties and connection in your life.