Guest
In this episode, we speak to Greg, Head of Fundraising at Team Domenica, about how inclusivity at work is world changing. Team Domenica is a social enterprise charity. Their vision is for people with learning disabilities to be valued in the workplace, to reach their full potential and feel included as members of society.

Overview
Hear Greg talk about how the mission he and his team are on to help people with learning disabilities discover their career potential, to create employment opportunities and to remove barriers to work in local communities.

Takeaway
We all have an opportunity, through our work, to make this world a place where everyone feels valued, no matter what we do.

Links

You can follow the incredible journey Team Domenica are on over on their website teamdomenica.com and across all social media platforms, too.

You can find more resources on finding what you love to do and creating health and happy work place culture over on favorutiepositions.com. You can also find us on Instagram@favouritepositionspodcast- feel free to connect with us there!

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Guest

In this episode, we chat to globally recognised tattoo artist, Lui Lopez. Lui specialises in the Japanese cartoon style, Manga and currently works out of Studio Hatch in Brighton, though regularly travels to cities around the world for guest spots.

Takeaway

Lui's experiences working in different places across the globe has given him invaluable insight into what makes an inclusive environment where people can thrive. He shared honestly in this episode the dangers of using profit as the main motivator and beautifully emphasised the simple but absolutely essential message that being kind to yourself and to others is more important than anything else.

Links

You can follow Lui's travels and see the world class art he creates over on his Instagram @luilopeztattoos and whilst you're there, check out our daily motivational posts @favouritepositionspodcast.

Thank you so much for listening, we hope you found this episode as enjoyable to listen to as we did to record. This episode is part of the culture + careers series, we'd love to hear what you think about it so feel free to leave us a review. Please do share the link to the series with anyone you think will benefit from knowing about it, we really appreciate your support.

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Guest

Fraser Davidson, Founder of Cub Studio, has over 15 years of experience in the animation industry and his work with comedians on various projects has gained acclaim as well as several million YouTube hits.

Overview

In this episode, we speak to Cub about how they've been able to nurture their team further and expand their capabilities in to new directions.

Takeaway

Fraser talks about the simplicity and importance of trust within a work space and the undeniable impact that has on the culture of the team. So often, job adverts and company websites list all the features they offer employees but perhaps taking a much more stripped back approach could be more effective - the bottom line is that we all want to feel like we're doing something meaningful with our time and if our work space can give us the confidence to do that then we're likely to find greater enjoyment in our day to day.

Links

Check out Cub Studio's engaging animations over on cubstudio.com and find plenty of resources on finding what you love to do over on favouritepositions.com. Favourite Positions is also on Instagram @favouritepositionspodcast so feel free to connect with us there. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this new series!

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Guest

Lizzie Boyd is the Founder of The Pod HR, a small squad of HR freelancers with a tonne of experience, including Lizzie, that exists to help businesses with their people stuff.

Overview

In this episode, we chat to Lizzie about the impact of putting people first, avoiding burn-out and why we avoid having difficult conversations.

Takeaway

There is a clear take away from this episode which is: take a moment to pause, check in with yourself and then check in with those around you. So many work place issues can be solved by communicating honestly, first with yourself then with your team.

Links

If you'd like to chat through an HR concern then you can get hold of the wonder woman that is Lizzie via her site: thepodhr.com or by emailing her at [email protected]. If you're interested in hearing more from us on finding what you love to do then check out favouritepositions.com. 

You can also find us on Instagram @favouritepositionspodcast - feel free to connect with us there. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this new series!

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Guest

Alex Young, Founder of Favourite Positions

Overview

Alex Young is the Founder of Favourite Positions, a platform dedicated to helping people find what they love to do. She has built a career around connecting people with one another and to initiatives that enable them to develop personally as well as professionally. 

Hear about where the concept of Favourite Positions came from and what she plans to do with it in the future, too.

Takeaway

Alex learnt at an early age that only we, ourselves, are responsible for our wellbeing and through experiencing pretty severe burn out, she had to rethink what a healthy lifestyle looked like. She talks about how to design a life that truly makes you happy and grounded through mindful routines.

Links

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Guest

Liz Gingell, Co-Owner of The Faerie Shop

Overview

Liz is the Co-Owner of The Faerie Shop, a physical shop and online space promoting wellbeing and inspiring people to realise and live as their authentic selves.

Hear her talk about the importance of listening to what it is that you don’t like doing when thinking about the kind of life you really want to have. Liz has learnt and continues to learn what she needs to about running her own business as she goes and doesn’t let the sheer amount of things she’ll need to get to grips with in order to make it a success put her off doing it in the first place because nothing matters more to her than freedom in her every day.

Takeaway

Taking stock of what we have that benefits us and eliminating shit from our lives that doesn’t make us feel good is really the key to doing more of what we love.

Links

Find out more about the shop by searching for 'The Faerie Shop' on Facebook and definitely pay it a visit if you're able to.

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Guest

Caleb Yule, Founder of Stories of Note

Overview

Caleb Yule is the founder of Stories of Note, a film company dedicated to recording and amplifying important stories that are seldom heard. 

Caleb works with non-profits and their funders, taking a strengths-based approach to storytelling, portraying all subjects in their best light.

Takeaway

Caleb is a master of timing and in this episode, he talks about how he has managed to work a 4-day week doing what he loves. 

For anyone who wants to work as little as possible and spend the time they are working doing what they feel most passionately about, this one is for you.

Links

Check out Caleb's incredible films by searching for Stories of Note on Vimeo and learn more about his services over on storiesofnote.com.

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Guest

Rebekah Few, freelance mental health + wellbeing consultant

Overview

Rebekah is an experienced freelance mental health and wellbeing consultant, facilitator and writer. 

She runs her own business (Not Lost, but Free) providing consultancy and training around popular psychological concepts and mental health to businesses. Her clients include Sony Music, Harrods, LinkedIn, Royal Mail and the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine.

When she moved cities from Birmingham to Brighton and left her full time position a few years ago, she pushed herself to reimagine her whole life. Her approach to life is as her business’s name suggests: free. 

If you’ve ever found yourself asking the question what is the purpose of my life then this episode will definitely be an interesting listen for you.

Takeaway

All we have to do to experience the very best things that life can offer us is free up our time.

Links

Check out Rebekah's website notlostbutfree.com for information about her services and also a whole host of blogs on topics from playing as adults to manifestation.

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Guest

Louie Syred, Co-Founder of Peak Moods

Overview

In this episode, we speak to Louie, Co-Founder of Peak, a mood enhancing drinks brand disrupting the beverage industry.

49% of Gen-Z suffer from poor mental health every day. As a neuro-divergent person, Louie has struggled with self-medicating his ADHD, and his co-founder, Ben, was no stranger to the social pressure surrounding drinking. So after an eclectic mix of combined career experiences, the two former school friends found themselves asking the question: why do we seek to dull our minds every day with coffee and alcohol, instead of uplifting our minds to unlock our best potential?

Hear from Louie about how Peak are going to take over the planet with their ground-breaking creative ideology but also take the opportunity to hear a story we’re not often told about the amount of effort we should be putting in to what we love.

Takeaway

This is a story about realising giving 100% of yourself to anything all the time isn’t going to get you where you want to go. 

Stay up to date with Louie over on Peak’s instagram @peakmoods and if you haven’t tried his drinks yourself then what are you waiting for! Your mood will thank you for it.

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Guest

Emmanuel Oyemade, Founder of Modomise and winner of this year's Young Start-up Award

Overview

Hear entrepreneur Eman talk about how he launched a business whilst completing his degree through marrying his ambition with his talent.

Eman submitted his final pieces of university work the day before recording this episode. Whilst studying Product Design, he founded a company, Modomise, and is in the process of bringing his first product, Tower, to market. 

Tower is a modular desk tidy which can be personalised based on whatever it is you have on your desk. You can probably tell from this alone that Eman is somebody who not only loves to be organised but also wants to make the world around us an easier place for people to thrive in. 

Takeaway

This episode highlights the power of asking people if they can give you what it is that you want even if they haven’t advertised it as available. 

Find out how Eman has learnt to organise his time each day to be as productive and efficient as possible, scheduling time for work and play to ensure he's reaching his goals and having fun in the process.

Links

Follow Modomise on Insta: @modomise_ + stay tuned for updates on the release of Tower

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