Conversations with Alice

Listen to Alice explain "happiness" - what it is, how best to pursue it, and what you can do to make sure you'll have a happy new year too.

Thomas asks Alice questions about her coaching and training in the past year and this leads to a discussion of how to enrich your life by focusing on five areas; changes in any of these will make a massive difference, so imagine you’d work all five of them!

Alice and Thomas reflect on their first 20 years of wedded bliss: how they set out 20 years ago, who they learnt from, challenges they had to overcome and why they keep being so excited about their life together.

Alice and Thomas discuss a recent ballroom dance competition they participated in: why it's important to seek out situations that stress and stretch us, how we all learn new skills in different ways and how we can overcome meltdowns and performance nerves.

Alice has a conversation with Clare Robinson, the founder of Clarety, who creates thriving cultures through leadership coaching and wellness programs. They discuss the differences between generations affected by burnout and exhaustion, the toll it takes of not being able to be yourself in the workplace, the importance of energy balance and how to obtain it and the necessity for leaders to take care of themselves so they can better serve others and can perform in a sustainable way.

For some people it's really easy to define outcomes and set goals while others feel uncomfortable and have a difficult time with it. Alice has a conversation with Thomas about his dislike for setting SMART goals and explains what the reason for that is, and how to turn it around.