GillHB & Friends

As a means of paying his tuition fees for his horticulture course Andy started selling herbs at farmer's markets. Little did he know that it would lead to him not finishing the course but running his own company and writing a book as well as starting a new experiment of growing food in his front garden.

Andy's story shows how we never know where a decision will take us, how to overcome the ups and downs and for every negative comment there is a lot of encouraging ones. He also shares some exclusives with us on the podcast! IG: @andygrowsherbs @urbanherbsuk https://urban-herbs.co.uk/

Jenny is now an award-winning mentor, high impact coach and business owning CEO, She has regularly appeared on the BBC throughout the UK and speaks on the topic of professional visibility nationally and internationally.

Jenny chats to Gill about leaving corporate life to a start a new business and a family.

In the first half of the podcast she shares how her mindset helped her navigate her way through assisted conception and then the tragedy of loosing her twins at 18 weeks. She recognises how getting the right support at the right time was crucial and how that experience taught her resilience. She has evolved her business over the years into becoming knows as: 'The Queen of Being Seen' a visibility expert that helps others, as well as being the Creator of the Visibility Activator System™, Jenny's five key pillars show you ways to be visible, and how to raise your professional profile.

www.jennykovacs.com https://www.youtube.com/c/JennyKovacs

Following on from the previous podcast I chat to Alex Manos, also from Exhale coffee, to find out all about the 'science bit' behind coffee. I learn a lot about chlorogenic acid which is a polyphenol. I have no idea what are they and exactly what is so important about them as well as a lot of other things I've never heard of! Alex explains how they impact on our health and debunks several myths around coffee.

If you're a coffee lover then this episode is for you!

Having experienced his own health issues Alex, previously an accountant, had a passion for good coffee, had heard about the health benefits and wanted to find out more about what makes coffee healthy. Not only did he find out but then he and his wife started their own company, Exhale coffee just as lockdown began! Gill wants to know more about: when his passion for coffee started, what EXACTLY is meant by a healthy coffee, how he and his wife not only launched but have grown their company with the help of Instagram, their commitment to sustainability and what have the companies Patagonia and RedBull got to do with their vision for the future!

Alex's story is an inspiring one for anyone who is suffering with their health and struggling to find any answers for their symptoms or has a dream they'd long to follow.

Part 1 of 2 episodes - in part 2 Alex Manos talks in depth about the research and science behind 'healthy coffee'.

This is part 1 of 2 episodes. In the next episode I talk to Alex Manos all about the science of 'healthy' coffee.

Gill was assisting on a Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) course when she met Sarah who was an attendee and discovered they both lived in the same town. From leading a sales team Sarah has now become a self-employed consultant who works with leaders and teams in the luxury goods market. She and Gill discuss the reasons it's important to have a cohesive team and what it takes to be a good leader.

Continuing on the French theme Gill chats to former Yorkshire language teacher Kylee Milner who now designs and makes jewellery. As Kylee says, if someone had told her back in her teaching days that she would be living in France working with 'energy' to design and make jewellery she would have laughed! Kylee tells Gill her 'back story' as to how she and her husband came to change their whole lives.

Farming is hard enough when you speak the language let alone buying one in France! Gill finds out from Zoe the reason she and her husband decided to buy a farm in France when neither of them really spoke French. What have been the challenges and the rewards they have faced running the farm alongside raising a family? And how does Zoe find time to do so much more like be a celebrant and write!

Tony has had a varied career from training to be a stunt man to running several businesses and now a coach. He's been wealthy and in huge debt. He explains to Gill how he now has the life that really makes him happy and why the thinks 'having stuff' is the booby prize in life. They chat about: the impact that worrying about what people think has on your life, how you can change thoughts and beliefs and much more!

Gill explains how she is at fault for the current heat wave and lack of water due to her new water butts! This opens the discussion about how house builders could be made to do more to help climate change when building new homes. Jamie tells of the old oak chest he's had for years and why he turned a table into some sought after chopping boards. From 'wu wei' moments, to learning new skills, driving and glass blowing Gill and Jamie cover it all. 

Jamie talks about how he starts his day with a walk in the woods, and they chat about the benefits of being in nature, books they are reading and Gill becoming a trustee of Cultivating Change a new charity. Gill then finds out about Jamie's jeans, his '7 reasons' for wearing odd socks, Gill explains one is similar to a well known technique for reducing anxiety. Jamie finding an old Corona bottle leads onto them chatting about a simpler life and how some things from the past would be good for the planet now.