Focus On What Matters

What role does horticulture play in our wellbeing?  Guy Barter Chief Horticulturalist at RHS Wisley, joins us with top tips on Focussing on what Matters to him:  Horticulture & Wellbeing.

 

After an early career as microbiologist he studied Horticulture at Bath University. After working in the horticultural industry Guy ran the plant trials at the Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at Wisley.   There followed three years as a journalist for Gardening Which?, before returning to the Royal Horticultural Society to run the members’ gardening advice service for 18 years, which answers about 90,000 gardening questions per year.

 

This is the final episode of series 1 of Focus On What Matters. Join us in 2022 for another series of podcasts with Deborah and Fabrizio.

 

Guy can be contacted via the RHS Wisley website or on facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/rhshome

 

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Our 2nd part of our podcast with Masterchef  Gary MacLean talking about the role of creativity in learning .  Gary shares where he gets inspiration for his famous Haggis burgers and how working for free at an early age helped him get inspiration from unexpected places.    “There are no bad mistakes!”….. he’s a chef and educator who wants us to focus on what matters to him… learning and creativity.

 

Gary has spent a lot of time working in the media being a regular on TV, radio and printed press and has also published his first book ‘Kitchen Essentials: The Joy of Home Cooking’.  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Essentials-Joy-Home-Cooking/dp/1785301802

 

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What has enabled one of the UK’s top chef and food educators to continuously stay at the top of his game?  Masterchef Gary MacLean wants us to Focus on What Matters to him:  Being a Lifelong Learner.Gary was born in Glasgow and spent his early career working in hotels and then became Head Chef of a small fine dining restaurant.  In a notoriously hardworking and competitive profession he has taken creativity to another level winning 2016 BBC MasterChef: The Professionals Champion, after taking on 47 other professional chefs in the pursuit of gastronomic glory.   Since winning Gary has had appearances all over the UK to opening pop up restaurants and events all over the world from New York to Singapore, from Hollywood to India and from Colombia to Cuba.  Gary has also spent a lot of time working in the media being a regular on TV, radio and printed press and has also published his first book ‘Kitchen Essentials: The Joy of Home Cooking’.  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Essentials-Joy-Home-Cooking/dp/1785301802

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How do we really focus?  The importance of connecting with nature and people is what matters most to Charlie Brown. She has been a professional photographer since 2005. Her photography has graced many a wall. 

 

Whether it is capturing a moment, a smile, a surprise, or looking deep into a landscape for an interesting detail, enhancing the light, or exaggerating dark…..Charlie has made a successful living from avidly watching people. 

 

During lockdown one she captured the silences of her local forest to combine photography with wellbeing.  She will be telling us how these two worlds combine and sharing her top tips for “connecting with people and nature” through the eyes of a professional photographer.

 

Twitter: @charliebrownpics

 

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How do we take something we believe in and make it happen?  What helps us take the risks to make a difference in what we do?  Jem is a true pioneer!  A top female wine maker in Tuscany, breaking new ground in her profession whilst overcoming huge hurdles like climate change and Covid 19.  She grew up in a small apple farming region in Boston, then founded her own boutique, organic winery Catello Poggiarello in Tuscany.  She an ex-wine importer and wine consultant advising on branding and strategy in the industry.  “Don’t do different for difference sake”.  This is a story of how to stay determined whilst being OK with being “an outsider”.  She shares her top tips for believing in yourself, your idea and being different!

 

https://www.jemmacyconsulting.com

 

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Matt Wiltshire has worked in the tech sector for 30 years; co-founded Source Consulting, In 2015 Matt was diagnosed with bowel cancer which is now advanced and incurable. Having struggled to find anyone in a similar position he blogged BowelBloke.com as a way to raise awareness of the disease, and to raise funds for charity. Building on this desire to help men improve their well-being, and utilising the entrepreneurial skills and business acumen acquired over his career, he created The Cancer Club.  His story is compelling with lessons for all of us to Live in the Present and Focus on what Matters.

 

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How good at listening are we?  How can listening to music can help our mood? What has listening to music got to do our ability to listen to people?  Music changes lives! Claire Kitay started her career as an organist, becoming one of the youngest cathederal organists in the UK, and a qualified Music Therapist.  She uses music, in many creative ways, as nourishment for people who need to reset or change their lives.   She will talk about her experience working with challenging behaviour and bring her top tips for becoming an expert listener and using music differently to help your mood. 

 

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

 

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Why is team spirit good for us?  How do we get it?  Where do we find it?

Luke knows a lot about team spirit!  He is Director of Fundraising for Bowel Cancer UK and has worked for the British Red Cross, Shelter and Great Ormond Street.  His organisation is founded and grounded in Team Spirit.  He knows a thing or three about how to create team spirit and why, now, we need it more than ever.  We are supporting the charity with our podcast series and Luke with share his tips for how to feel the benefits of team spirit, it’s role in our wellbeing and tips for creating team spirit wherever you are!

 

Bowel Cancer UK - https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk

 

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Perseverance & Collaboration

 

How can we maximise team performance by improving the diversity? How do we make our way in Science and Engineering?  When we get stuck, how do we find our way out? Kirsty Clode is Chair of WiME (Women in Science and Engineering), has a PhD and BSc in Chemistry and an advocate for developing people. The Manufacturing and Engineering sectors have a skills shortage and a lack of diversity - there is a real war for talent and she has used her own experience to help companies to attract more diverse candidates to their organisations.  She will talk about collaboration, perseverance and using your networks to overcome blockers to success and her top tips for being confident in your capability.  She also shares how chemistry’s best asset is to train you in how to think and why she is bringing change to the recruitment of women!

 

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

 

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