Meet the dynamic Laura and Barry Ash- a husband and wife team who are former Police and Prison Officers. Rock Solid () was born out of a crisis after Laura was medically retired from the Police force.

Listen to hear their story and what they do in supporting people with Fitness and overall Mental and Emotional Wellbeing:

Laura- served 10 years as a Police Officer and Counter-Terrorism Intel Officer before becoming medically RETIRED in 2013 due to her diagnosis of Bi-Polar and OCD.

It was then that Laura and Baz started Rock Solid in 2013 because they knew the devastation that not looking after your health and wellbeing had caused for her, and they wanted to be able to help others not to fall into the same trap.

Barry- As far back as he could can remember he has had a passion for being healthy, it started with the body but now it’s about the mind as well as the body, as he believes it's hard to have one without the other. Barry started working life as a Fitness Instructor sum 25 plus years ago, then in 2004, he joined HM Prison Service as a Prison Officer with the intention of becoming a PTI (Physical training Instructor). Barry spent the next 10 years teaching Prisoners to become qualified Fitness Instructors, Personal Trainers, and Sports Therapists.

To find out more:

Allison Reeves-slaughter- Fit and Fabulous, has a passion for fitness that started when she was 13. She was a  competitive swimmer & started to help the young children after her lessons. When she achieved a better standard of swimming she found out about the magic of land training, the massive benefits she could gain by using weights and undertaking cardiovascular & flexibility training. Alison found that her swimming was much improved, but more that she absolutely loved the land training. Without knowing it this is when Fit and Fabulous was born.  

It is her pleasure to help everyone achieve their best health, fitness & well-being through Pilates. On this show, Alison shares the great benefits of taking up pilates regardless of an injury or not.

To find out more visit:

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Clare Ford joins me once again to co-host the Mindset Matters radio show on a follow-up theme to support parents and carers, looking after their children and themselves this Summer and beyond...

Clare is an education expert with over 15 years’ teaching experience,  runner up of the 2019 MPower Legacy Award, international best-selling author and Founder of SwitchedON!, a cutting-edge global education platform offering inspirational education and parenting solutions.

To find out more about Clare: Website https://www.switchedonglobal.com

Clare and spoke about Your Summer Survival Suitcase. covering themes such as management Time Managemnt, Special Time for me, significant other and children, Being intentional, The Same of doing Nothing-Making Nothing Something! Planning for Nothing, Delegating and scheduling the negotiables and non-negotiables...

Special guest, Nicky Barclay, events organiser with 15 years of experience. His background is in music in songwriting and performing who fell into live events and began creating themed community projects that grew into sizable events. 

On this show Nicky talks about a much-needed event, to uplift the spirits of Artists since the COVID Pandemic began, but also of the community... The Priory Live is a festival that celebrates original music and creativity and provides a platform for artists to develop by offering them a new audience that is prepared to listen and show their support. There are many facets to the festival and on the 7th August 2021, for example, you will see the launch of a dedicated Lung Cancer support group Everybreath. The festival will give a platform to reach anybody who has been touched by disease.

 It's not so much about me but more about what this festival can achieve how it can help artists to develop to  build confidence and to put them at the heart of positive energy for things that are good and that really matter. 

As well as the main band Toploader there will be 10 hours of great music, drama workshops for kids, poetry and spoken word, and more music from Kent artists on the BBC upload stage as well as a creative makers zone and plenty of food and drink to keep us happy...the pandemic has had such a negative effect on arts and culture which we have all been starved of music needs human interaction, music is a personal journey and at priory Live we really do believe that music can save us!

I, myself am super excited to be an integral part of this festival where I shall be interviewing some of these amazing artists to share their experiences of how they have been affected by the Pandemic and how mental wellbeing is absolutely fundamental to their success... 

To find out more, to buy tickets, visit and follow: 

Tickets available from https://www.priorylive.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/priorylivefestival

https://www.instagram.com/priorylivemusicfestival/

https://twitter.com/thepriorylive

What a great show, having Clare Ford as my co-host. We talked about Future Proofing Your Family and how the importance of Mental Health and Wellbeing is the core principal to children's growth.  We both have worked within the educatinal sector, encountered burnout from the job, having a lot in common. We wanted to bring both our expertise together to help suppport you with brining out the magic of your children's creativity. More imortantly, keeping thier mental wellbeing at the top of the iceberg!

On the show we discussed:

Priority vs Academia Wealth

Rewarding the Right Thing

Strengthening Mindset

Failure vs Failing 7 the importance of implementing & Action Taking!

Listen into show 28 where Clare and I will be speaking about Summer Survival Kits for Parents and Carers

To find out more about me and my services: https://www.zeenatnoorani.com

Clare is an education expert with over 15 years’ teaching experience, runner up of the 2019 MPower Legacy Award, international best-selling author and Founder of SwitchedON!, a cutting-edge global education platform offering inspirational education and parenting solutions.

To find out more about Clare:

Website

Meet Kerry Madgwick, Clinical Nutritionist, Hypnotherapist, Trauma Release Specialist, Mindset Coach, Speaker and Author of "If you Believe you Can Heal Yourself You Can"

Here, Kerry and I talked a lot about Gut Health and Hormones! Such an important topic amonsgt many women. 

Kerry has been passionate about all things health related for over 25 years and she helps her clients embrace the core principles of living a healthy lifestyle without fads or gimmicks, building successful habits in simple and easy steps. Kerry's talks are based on her own experience of being extremely ill, stressed, depressed and overwhelmed to who she is today. She really does "walk her talk" and shares her story to inspire and motivate others to take control of their health and wellbeing and is so passionate about this topic she wrote the book "If you believe you can Heal Yourself you Can" available on Amazon.

Kerry guides her clients to release past stress, trauma and limiting beliefs that are holding them back by helping them taking control of their Health, Happiness, and learn to Manage their Mind to change how the past plays out in the future, so they can move into thriving, embracing the core principles of living a healthy and happy lifestyle with simple and easy techniques that work.

To find out more visit:

LinkedIn

Twitter : @kerrym212

Website

Pinterest 

Meet Glynnis Wisbey, She share an insight into her story but importantly, her energy and resilience in overcoming challenges. With that, learning to know that it is important to ask for Help!

Wife to matt ... hardworking mechanical engineer, car and motorbike enthusiast, the best dad and the calm to my storm!

Mum to Galahad and elke

Galahad has a fine art degree and is coloublind and enjoys windsurfing and placed 3rd Youth in the Raceboard world championships a couple of years ago

Elke and I had an accident when she was in labour that starved her of oxygen and left her fighting for her life.  She wasn’t supposed to survive long enough to meet me but has been keeping me on my toes for 18 years, 9 months and 1 day ....... every day matters when you don’t know how many you have !

For the past 18 years I’ve been elke’s advocate, physiotherapist, nurse, taxi driver, administrator and entertainer.

Being a carer for a profoundly disabled and extremely medically vulnerable child is relentless .... you can’t do it and keep your sanity unless you choose to find the positive in even the bleakest days.  Hence why I’m often referred to as annoyingly positive and positively annoying !!

You also can’t cope with this sort of life, particularly for so long without help ... so I’ve had to LEARN to ask for it ... a lot

One of the books I am writing is about being a family supported by our local children's hospice (Demelza House  )

The other book is about Elke and the changes she has made to my life, and the impact she has had on others.

AS well as being Elke’s advocate I am a business owner, a charity trustee, an ambassador for Demelza’s Children's hospice

And setting up a website to help other families in crisis using my knowledge and contacts gleaned from the first 18 years as Elke’s mum.

My blog can be found at https://glynniscwisbey.wordpress.com/2021/02/22/-is-mrs-bizzy-wizzy/

Or I am can be found on linked in taking a look at my linked in

https://www.linkedin.com/in/glynnis-wisbey-44225537

or my gopaperless card

https://gopaperless.eu/glynnis-wisbey

Find out more about all we do at www.demelza.org.uk

Sign up for shorts for short lives at https://www.demelza.org.uk/support-us/shorts-4-short-lives

Sponsor me for my Grate Descent www.justgiving.com/fundraising/glynnis-wisbey6

Or call me on 07986 252558

Liz Calder, founder & owner of Biddis Lifestyle Design, a Commercial Interior Designer has a huge passion for creating a workplace environment that welcomes and addresses the mental well-being of all.  She ensures that she helps her client achieve a desirable workplace by designing interiors that best represent their brand's core value. 

Listen to Liz's passion and insights on how to create just that with the importance of having a productive and effective working environment! Liz is not just about the colour of the curtain, pillows and wallpaper... there is so much more to interior design!

07884095779| [email protected]| www.biddislifestyle.com| 6 The Bridge | 61 Albemarle Road | Beckenham | BR3 5HW

My amazing guest this week was CAROLE PYKE THE PERSONAL BRAND STORYTELLERINTERNATIONAL SPEAKER|VIRTUAL SPEAKER| COACH|MENTOR| PERSONAL BRAND STRATEGIST|2X STROKE SURVIVOR As seen and heard on Sky News and BBC RAdio London.

Carole is a two-time stroke survivor. Her second stroke left her with no major memories pre-February 2019. She has used this to her advantage and as a result, brings a fresh approach to life and business. She lives at the intersection of hugs (hug is an acronym for hearing, understanding, giving back value), words, and storytelling.

Otherwise known as The Personal Brand Storyteller and Queen of Sparkle, Carole is an idea catalyst and marketing strategist. Specialising in personal branding, she brings 30+ years in marketing and event management to the table.

Her mission is to make the world a brighter place by helping ambitious executives and entrepreneurs build purpose-driven brands that stand out and Sparkle for greater impact and influence.

This is a show to be listened to!

To find out more, visit:

Email

[email protected]

Website

www.wordsthatdeliver.com

Facebook

www.facebook.com/thebrandstoryteller

Instagram 

www.instagram.com/carolepyke

Linkedin

www.linkedin.com/in/carolepyke

YouTube

www.bit.ly/3dgeyW1

John Nicholson, overcame an attempted suicide to SAVE the lives of people in  POVERTY, VICTIMS of ABUSE, ex-offenders, ex-addicts, and other marginalised groups through learning to drive. 

John is the owner of Community Driving School CIC, who does amazing work.  Community Driving School is a MULTI-AWARD WINNING Community Interest  Company (CIC) for people who cannot afford driving lessons.  In return for community based work experience monitored by our partners at Kent  Enterprise Trust, CXK,community-based and BeChange, we offer unemployed people of all ages the chance to obtain a full UK driving license while improving employment prospects and enhancing their CV.

He shares an incredible insight into his story which has now led him to do what he does now!

For more information visit:

https://www.thecds.org.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-nicholson-05399581/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChFSj1_H7bb9rb6bcaoYAaA

https://www.facebook.com/theCommunityDrivingSchool/

https://twitter.com/CommunityDriSch

Meet Chandra Sharma- Small Business Owner of Tangent Office Resources. He is also the lead volunteer for the FSB (Federation of Small Business) Bromley/ Orpington- working with local Businesses and the Local Council to raise the profile of small businesses; Small Business Champion for all the amazing work that he does within his community, in helping the growth of small businesses. 

He also organises and runs various networking events bringing local businesses together to help them build meaningful connections and ongoing collaboration. 

He imparts his experiences and expertise in working with a range of people at all levels including local Councillors, Politicians, Suppliers and Clients.

Chandra has also been awarded:

FSB Volunteer Award for organising and executing the skills 30:30, in a partnership with Lord Harris of Peckham 2019

FSB Greater London Family Business of the Year 2017

Integra Business Solution Dealer Group of the Year 2017

BOSS Federation – Stationery Dealer of the Year 2017

Bromley Safer Neighbourhood Partnership Award for work in the local community Year 2000

Chandra is also the Co-founder of The People Skills Course with myself, Zeenat Noorani, with a view to helping businesses manage people more effectively.

On this show Chandra shares his own experiences, challenges and the importance of Resilience to help overcome obstacles and how he continues to move forward and grow.

To find out more visit:

https://linktr.ee/cmsharma