Excel against the Odds

By Sarah Berthon

Inspiration and advice about work and self-employment for people with chronic illnesses... more

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The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.

Excel against the Odds episodes:

November 01, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - an interview with Louisa van Vessem, a Business Strategist with Chronic Illnesses
In this episode I chat with Louise van Vessem about her experiences of running a business with a chronic illlness.
Louisa is a business strategist and mentor from the North West of England. Think of her as your trusty wingwoman and the second brain you never knew you needed. Why? Because she's passionate about untangling your mind, connecting the dots and guiding you from where you are right now to where you want to be.
Louisa is passionate about diversity and inclusion and this is demonstrated in the way she works. Whether it's one-to-one sessions or providing support through her community, InclUSion. She offers done-for-you services with her team, Affinity of Experts, and offers ADHD and autism-friendly digital products.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingeniouscornerco/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inclusioners
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ingenious.corner
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IngeniousCornerCo
Website: https://IngeniousCorner.com

For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
One to One Power Hour: ⁠https://start.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/strategypowerhour⁠
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds⁠⁠⁠⁠
Linked In: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds⁠⁠⁠⁠
Free Business Self Care Checklist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/eatoselfcare
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42min
October 01, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - an interview with Bee Higgins, a Copywriter with Crohns Disease
Bee Higgins is a creative copywriter, content writer and messaging mentor for heart-led small business owners ready to express their unique magic with words. From 1:1 mentoring sessions, done-for-you offerings and her group membership, Bloom With Bee, there are a myriad of ways to work with Bee to attract kindred clients and nip copy and content overwhelm in the bud.
When she's not at her desk, you'll find her reading secondhand books, padding the village fields with her dog, and seeking poetry in everyday moments.
In this fabulous discussion, we chatted about the importance of messaging in business and also in the way that people discuss disability and chronic illness. We talked about the imporance of boundaries and of adapting your way of working to fit around your health needs. Bee also recommended some great podcasts which I've been busy checking out.

Social media handles:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bee-higgins/
https://www.instagram.com/bloomwithbeecopy/
https://twitter.com/BloomWithBee

For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
One to One Power Hour: https://start.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/strategypowerhour
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: ⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds⁠⁠⁠
Linked In: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds⁠⁠⁠
Free Business Self Care Checklist: ⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/eatoselfcare
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42min
September 01, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - an interview with Jenn Barnett, a culture change and EDI specialist and psychologist at Grant Thornton
In this episode of the Excel against the Odds podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Jenn Barnett, a culture change and EDI specialist and psychologist and UK Lead for ESG and EDI for the fifth largest professional services firm; Grant Thornton UK LLP.

In this fascinating discussion, we discuss;
- How chronic illness can affect your confidence in the workplace and how mentoring can help
- Applying for promotion when your chronic illness is always front of mind
- Adjustments and accommodations that organisations can make
- How to encourage people to ask for the support that they need

Jenn is responsible for designing and leading the Grant Tornton's distinctive ESG strategy. Her team are focused on reducing the firm's environmental impact,
creating an inclusive culture that prioritises wellbeing and improves community impact. Jenn is addressing this through robust governance and measure, chairing diversity and sustainability boards, respectfully challenging board behaviour and business decisions, innovative policy change, and utilising technology to remove barriers in the operating model.

Prior to this role; Jenn was People Experience Director, where she shaped the employee value proposition and influenced senior leaders to change behaviour to improve the people experience. Jenn has expertise in psychological culture change, and is an executive coaching and leadership specialist. Prior to Grant
Thornton, she worked in senior roles with The Co-operative Group, BAE Systems and BAA at Heathrow, where she led the transformation of people behaviours to improve customer service in preparation for the Olympic Games in 2012.

For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
Corporate Services: www.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/employers
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: ⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds⁠⁠⁠
Linked In: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds⁠⁠⁠
Free Business Self Care Checklist: ⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/eatoselfcare⁠

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August 01, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - an interview with Amy Walters, a Brand Designer with Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, PoTS and Fibromyalgia
In this episode of the Excel against the Odds podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Amy Walters. Amy is the multi-award-winning Founder and Lead Designer of Bloom Creative, a design business based in Kent who support business owners with a range of services that enhance their brand, including bespoke branding & brand refreshes, eye-catching print design, and quality digital content. When she’s not working with clients helping them to level-up their business look, she enjoys travelling and eating good food!
After a long diagnosis journey, she was diagnosed with 3 co-existing chronic conditions: Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder aka HSD (which affects her joints), Fibromyalgia (which causes pain and fatigue), and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome aka POTs (which affects her heart rate and can cause nausea). Amy has found a way to manage her health and her business together, which she talks about in this episode.
https://bloom-creative.co.uk
[email protected]
https://linkedin.com/in/amybwalters
https://instagram.com/bloom.creative.uk
mailing list: https://bloom-creative.co.uk/sign-me-up

For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
Mentoring: ⁠⁠www.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/working-with-me⁠⁠
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: ⁠⁠www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds⁠⁠
Linked In: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds⁠⁠
Free Business Self Care Checklist: ⁠⁠bit.ly/eatoselfcare

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37min
July 01, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - Choosing the Right Business Strategy
In this episode of the Excel against the Odds podcast, I'm looking at the importance of choosing the right strategy for your business.

Chronic illness can mean that we have limited energy to run our business and so we need to ensure that our business strategy give us a good return on our energy investment.

In this episode, I look at why we need to find the right strategy, the different strategies to consider and when it is good to assess your business strategy.

If you want help with your strategy, I'm currently offering business strategy power hours, please send me a message for more details.

For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
Mentoring: ⁠⁠www.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/working-with-me⁠⁠
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: ⁠⁠www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds⁠⁠
Linked In: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds⁠⁠
Free Business Self Care Checklist: ⁠⁠bit.ly/eatoselfcare
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11min
June 01, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - the importance of listening to your body
In this episode of the Excel against the Odds podcast, I examine how listening to your body and responding to its needs can be beneficial for your health and your work. Our bodies are great at letting us know when something isn't quite right, whether it's pain, stress or tiredness we're feeling, it is communicating its needs. Learning how to listen and how to respond can really help us.
In this episode we look at why it's important to listen to your body, how doing this can positively impact your work and how to get into the habit of listening to your body.
To find out more information about my Managing your energy levels when running a business workshop plus Energy Tracker and Symptom Tracker click here:
https://www.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/product/workshop-managin…nning-a-business/

For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
Mentoring: ⁠www.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/working-with-me⁠
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: ⁠www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds⁠
Linked In: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds⁠
Free Business Self Care Checklist: ⁠bit.ly/eatoselfcare

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13min
April 03, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - an interview with Jessica Lorimer a B2B Sales Expert living with ME / CFS
In this episode of the Excel against the Odds podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Jessica Lorimer a B2B Sales Expert who has ME/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I loved chatting to Jess and we covered some fascinating topics including what Corporate Organisations can do to better support employees with chronic illnesses along with some great tips on running a business with a chronic illness.

Jess Lorimer is the UK's leading B2B Sales Expert for small business owners. Having been featured in Forbes, CityAM and Good Morning Britain, Jess is widely recognised within her industry and has supported thousands of entrepreneurs to create simple sales processes that successfully sell within the corporate landscape.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesslorimer/
Podcast: Selling to Corporates

For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
Mentoring: ⁠www.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/working-with-me⁠
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: ⁠www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds⁠
Linked In: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds⁠
Free Business Self Care Checklist: ⁠bit.ly/eatoselfcare

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49min
March 01, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - an interview with Georgina Merckel a business service provider living with Generalised Anxiety Disorder
In this episode of the Excel against the Odds Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Georgina Merckel.
Georgina is the owner of TOPA, a Business Consultancy and Services Provider. She supports businesses by running, streamlining or assisting with their operations, HR, events functions and working on digital products to increase their income. She provides coaching and training on running a business and talks about her experience of generalised anxiety disorder. In this episode, Georgina talks about how her Generalised Anxiety Disorder manifests in physical symptoms and how she manages working while living with her conditions.
You can find Georgina here:
Instagram: @workwithgeorgina @workwithtopa
Website: www.workwithtopa.com
For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
Mentoring: www.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/working-with-me
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds
Free Business Self Care Checklist: bit.ly/eatoselfcare
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43min
February 01, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - an interview with Audrey Zannese, a sophrologist living with MS
In this episode of the Excel against the Odds podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Audrey Zannese.
Audrey Zannese is the founder of Step Into Sophrology. Sophrology was recommended to her by a French neurologist when she started the treatment for MS. It had such a positive impact on her life that she trained as a sophrologist and now helps women living with a chronic illness, pain and fatigue to take back control of their body and health so that they can live their lives the way they want.
Audrey is also Director of Education at the Sophrology Academy where she teaches and trains people who either want to become sophrologists or use sophrology as a complement to their existing profession.
Sophrology is a uniquely structured mind-body practice used for personal development, enhancing performance and overall health and well-being. Combining Western relaxation with Eastern meditative techniques, it consists of gentle body movements, breathing exercises and positive visualisations. Exercises are simple and accessible as well as easy to incorporate in busy lives.
The best is to practice - Try her free short and simple practices for everyday life.
You can find Audrey here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StepIntoSophrology/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stepintosophrology/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/audreyzannese/
Email: [email protected]

For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
Mentoring: www.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/working-with-me
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds
Free Business Self Care Checklist: bit.ly/eatoselfcare
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January 01, 2023 Working with a Chronic Illness - an interview with Andrea Hanson, a motivational speaker and author living with MS
In this episode of the Excel against the Odds podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrea Hanson.
Andrea W. Hanson is a motivational speaker and the author of two books about having a positive mindset while living with a diagnosis; "Live Your Life, Not Your Diagnosis" and "Stop Carrying The Weight of Your MS''. She's also a master certified life & mindset coach who's lived with multiple sclerosis for over two decades. Her podcast, "Live Your Life, Not Your Diagnosis" features conversations with people who are creating extraordinary lives while living with chronic illness.
Andrea teaches people how to tune out the noise of their inner critic and listen to their authentic voice so they can feel confident in their ability to make changes and create the life they want. Her upcoming online course uses the Live Your Life, Not Your Diagnosis method to help high achievers living with a chronic illness to create self-care, deeper confidence, and helps them get back to feeling like themselves again. Get more information and join the waitlist at AndreaHansonCoaching.com/waitlist.
Andrea loves to hike in the mountains with her Blue Heeler — and sometimes other humans, too. She's happiest when traveling with her husband and exploring new things — or simply sitting poolside with a good book.
To find out more about Andrea:
Insta - https://www.instagram.com/andreawhanson/
FB Page - https://www.facebook.com/AndreaHansonCoaching/
Podcast - https://andreahansoncoaching.com/podcast/
Books - https://andreahansoncoaching.com/getthebook/
Book titles - "Live Your Life, Not Your Diagnosis" and "Stop Carrying the Weight Of Your MS"
Available wherever books are sold
Course waitlist - https://andreahansoncoaching.com/courses/
Website - https://andreahansoncoaching.com/
For more information about Excel against the Odds and the work that I do:
Mentoring: www.excelagainsttheodds.co.uk/working-with-me
To join the Entrepreneurs against the Odds Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursagainsttheodds
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/excel-against-the-odds
Free Business Self Care Checklist: bit.ly/eatoselfcare

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50min

FAQs about Excel against the Odds:

How many episodes does Excel against the Odds have?

The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.