Confidence Conversations

Series 1 of my podcast, Confidence Conversations, came to an end recently and there were some great topics we discussed, from the comfort zone to comparison.  

 So with this in mind, I have recorded some bite size podcasts (about 5 - 8 mins each) which give some context around some of the topics that were talked about.

The first one is all about the Comparison Trap.

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My guest on Episode 12 of Confidence Conversation, the last in this series, is the inspiring Kate Harris who is the Founder and CEO of VotesForSchools.

 This is a great conversation about confidence as Kate is possibly the most resilient person I know which I think naturally gives you confidence when you feel like you have nothing left in your tank.  

 We chat about lots of confidence things including visiting the bank manager in flipflops,   and how the foundations of confidence can mean you either have a mansion on those foundations or you have a crumbling bungalow.

 Kate began her teaching career in 2000 and very quickly found a passion for Citizenship, PSHE, and student voice. 

 Kate left teaching in 2014 to follow her dream of finding a way to support schools in developing SMSC & British Values, making it engaging to children and young people, and getting students to discuss the biggest issues affecting them today.  Kate's Citizenship teaching days also developed her desire to see young people becoming more involved in democracy and voting. 

Kate co-founded VotesforSchools which enables any teacher regardless of subject or experience to feel confident to discuss tricky subjects and then vote, VotesforSchools takes this voting data and uses it to inform influential people and groups about what young people think and feel about a variety of political issues.

Find out more about the incredible work VotesForSchools does by following them on the channels below:

https://www.votesforschools.com/

https://twitter.com/votesforschools

https://www.instagram.com/votesforschools/

https://www.facebook.com/votesforschools

Connect with Kate:

[email protected] 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-harris-767989110/

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https://www.enrichmentcoaching.co.uk/

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My guest on Episode 11 of the Confidence Conversations Podcast is the awesome Debbie Ford.

Debbie was one of the very first business owners I met when I started my self-employed journey.  Amongst all the fabulous things Debbie does , she runs the Last Friday Club, a networking group based in Chichester and it was the first ever networking event I attended. 

It was great to have Debbie on as a guest to talk in more detail about confidence and despite admitting she was nervous beforehand, we chat networking, self-belief in the moment, how confidence is not a constant and that confidence is often being confident enough to not tell your clients everything.

Debbie is a social media coach and strategist with over 20yrs experience in marketing, communications and change management.  

She helps business owners feel confident about talking to their customers via social media. Her SuperHelpful™️ approach delivers exactly what you need in a way that ensures that your marketing efforts are fruitful, not fruitless.

Connect with Debbie across social media:

https://thechichestersocial.com/

https://www.facebook.com/thechichestersocial

https://www.instagram.com/thechichestersocial/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbielford/

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I met Rob back in 2017 in the corporate world.  I wanted him to join me on the podcast as he's someone I think of as naturally confident, so I knew it would be great to get his views on confidence and how he keeps his in check. 

Give this one a listen, we talk about all-sorts of things obviously confidence related.  It was so interesting for me to hear Rob talk about how his confidence is strongest when he's coming out of adversity and that what a rainy day meant 2 years ago now means something completely different.  Knowing that lots of Rob's clients a Yapster are in the retail & hospitality industry I knew his business would be rocked to the core by COVID.

Rob Liddiard is co-founder CEO of Yapster, a mobile communication platform used by frontline organisations such as Next plc, Vision Express, Caffe Nero, Krispy Kreme, Marston's plc and many more. 

A company lawyer (practising in London and Shanghai) previously, Rob co-founded Yapster in 2015 to provide organisations with largely 'offline' workforces a secure, inclusive and GDPR-compliant alternative to unofficial use of WhatsApp at work. 

Over the past 6 years, Rob has become a specialist in the emerging field of Social Leadership, working with industry leaders to align and inspire hard-to-reach colleagues.

Connect with Rob on social:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertliddiard/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapsterchat

Find out more about Yapster: https://www.yapster.info/

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In this episode I have a Confidence Conversation with Melanie Griffiths from Movement Junkie - Energy Healer, Clairvoyant Coach, Empress of Empowerment.

Melanie helps women become who they really are in their bodies, lives, relationships, jobs & selves through Movement - Dance, Fitness, Stretch + Strength Training and through Clairvoyant Coaching,  Healing, Energy Work & Meditation.  

She holds Classes, Workshops, 1-2-1 Sessions, Weekend Retreat and Movement Mindset Holidays - In Person & Online.

All the work, tools, exercises, techniques Melanie uses have been used by her to holistically heal stage 3 Cervical Cancer after being given 6 months to live by Medical Doctors 18 years ago!

We talk through all manner of confidence topics from comparisonitis, to social media being the show reel of life, to the picture of confidence that society imprints on us to understanding how confidence helped Melanie through her incredible, inspirational journey with cancer.

PS: Just to warn you there are some swear words in here - in case you are offended!

Social: 

http://www.facebook.com/movementjunkie

http://www.instagram.com/movementmelanie

http://www.linkedin.com/melaniegriffiths

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Dan Heelan heads up business accountancy firm Heelan Associates, who help small business owners all over the country start, survive and grow.

Dan had an odd journey into accounting, having been a business owner first, before retraining later in life to be an accountant.

Fast forward 15 years later and Heelan Associates growing team of 27 are on a mission to set the standard for what small business accounting should look like, by combining traditional values with modern thinking.

I loved this episode because we talked about so many areas from confidence being an outwardly thing and how we view or perceive people to be confident when often they aren't. 

We discuss the environments we find ourselves in and how this can impact confidence both negative and positively. 

Dan also asked me a great question about what I saw as the impact of gender on confidence.  

Have a listen - I'd love to know what you think.

Check out Heelan Associates' YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/heelanassociates

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Elaine is a Sales Coach & Accountability Partner to coaches & serviced based business working together to turn their passion for helping others into sales.

I’ve yet to hear anyone complaining about getting too much help but no one likes to be sold at, talked at or not listened to.

 There are many great things about running our own business but being accountable to ourselves isn’t one of them.

 Sometimes we need someone to help us find the answers, other times we need someone to just give us some answers and when that is supported by actions & accountability it really makes it all happen.’

 Connect / Follow Elaine on social media - links below:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaineatherton/

 www.2summitup.com

 https://www.instagram.com/elaine.2summitup/

 https://www.facebook.com/2summitup

 Contact info

 [email protected]

07871115259

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As the first male voice on the podcast, it is really interesting to hear Julian's perspective on confidence.  

I really love his thoughts around confidence not being a passive past-time and you have to work at it.  He then went on to say about how confidence to him is about being positive and having an underpinning theme of wanting to feel & do good. 

We go on to talk about confidence running through everything from taking breaks, stress, and managing meetings and networking. 

Julian has spent 25 years in Corporate IT sales working with Global 500 organisations such as Lloyds Bank, JP Morgan, Tesco Stores, Thames Water, Honda of Swindon, Microsoft Corp, IBM, CapitalOne, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Schroders AM, Novartis, Pfizer, GSK, to name a few! 

He lives in Chichester and is married with two grown up daughters.  He loves  golf, skiing and classic cars.

He lists his key skills as: problem solver and business networker and offers business/sales development for all organisations looking for accelerated growth.

Get in touch with Julian: 

[email protected]

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This Episode is with Elaine Hart Chief Banana Officer from Power Fitness Events. 

Elaine's business took off at the height of the first COVID-19 lockdown when she created connection and a high energy space.  Since then she's created such a family of people who are connected through movement it's truly inspiring. 

 Every "rider" has a name and we talk about why and how I got the name GayleFORCE which on every ride I almost step into this zone and this gives me a boost of confidence in my running.  

In this confidence conversation we explore so much!  Creating connection is a big part of confidence for Elaine and she firmly believes that confidence can feel or seem unreachable because of the attached stigma, that said she also believes that confidence is a practice and like everything else we would practice we have to practice confidence. 

Elaine shares some things that have helped her with confidence over time from Banana's words that every "rider" brings to their ride and how these words spark conversation that drives and creates the infamous #bikechat.

We couldn't help but notice the abundance of C's that we discussed from confidence to curiosity to compassion, to courage, to connected, to clear to COVID! 

This confidence conversation is open, honest and unashamedly Elaine - I LOVED IT! 

We came back together in October 21 for Elaine to reflect on the impact of losing her Dad on her confidence - we'd realised we'd talked about what influences confidence - the bike - but less about who influences it.

Find and connect with Elaine across social: 

https://www.powerfitnessevents.com/

https://www.instagram.com/powerfitnessevents/

https://www.facebook.com/powerfitnessevents

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainehart-power/

Want to know more about me & Enrichment Coaching then follow the link below to my website.

https://www.enrichmentcoaching.co.uk/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayletong/

https://www.instagram.com/enrichment_coaching/

Episode 4 of Confidence Conversations with Lori Weber from the Mindful Eating Clinic.

Through The Mindful Eating Clinic, Lori helps others find a happy life with food.  Having treated her own chronic disordered eating, she retrained and now coaches eating behaviour psychology, mindful eating, behaviour change and nutritional health.  Many of her clients have a history of yo-yo dieting, bingeing or emotional eating.  For some weight loss is also a goal and Lori approaches this with a non-diet, intuitive approach. 

In this confidence conversation we talk about how Lori's confidence is tangible for her, she can feel it in her stomach and this springboards her into action.  Lori tells us how her experience of acting and drama helps to support her confidence and how this links with acting as if you are confident. 

Lori shares a great example of how visualisation turned into action around healthy eating can build confidence in changing the behaviours.  How her brain is a menu where she can pull her own resources to build resilience.

I asked Lori to explain a bit more about why she sometimes describes herself as a confidence player and how this looks and feels for her.  Take a listen to find out more. 

 Below are Lori's Social Media link links:

Healthy weight management | The Mindful Eating Clinic

Lori - eating therapist (@the_mindful_eating_clinic) • Instagram photos and videos

The Mindful Eating Clinic (buzzsprout.com)

(1) The Mindful Eating Clinic | Facebook

Lori Weber - The Mindful Eating Clinic - YouTube

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