Live The Change Podcast

Lucy Hutchings Hunt speaks to Aarti Parmar, Founder of Boost your Brand online courses about Brand Mindfulness.

Aarti Parmar believes a brand must be clear on the inside to shine on the outside. I could not agree with her more. She started a creative agency when she was only 24, which led to a 15-year journey in branding and mindfulness. Her brand mindfulness concept evolved, and she’s using it to help small businesses build beautiful brands – inside and out.

Some questions we ask

• What is brand mindfulness?

• Why is it so hard to brand yourself?

• What is the Boost your Brand course and who’s it for?

• How do I create a brand that’s unique and authentic?

In this episode, you will learn

• If you’re creating a new brand, get help from the start. It will save you time, money and sanity.

• A brand must be authentic if you want people to connect with it.

• It’s easy to copy a brand, but it’s harder to copy its vibe and energy - it needs that uniqueness to survive.

• You don’t have to be rich. There is free help out there.

Aarti’s gems

• The worst anyone can ever say is no. Ask questions, be curious

• Everything happens for a reason

• There’s always a way to move forward

Nikki Turner is a holistic life and business coach and Founder of the It’s Our Time movement. She is passionate about empowering women to flourish in life and business. With her inspiring community, membership groups, coaching packages and newly launched magazine, Nikki is weaving holistic into the mainstream.

Some questions I ask:

What is the Holistic Business Circle and how does it support women in business?

Where can business be more empathetic and align with women’s various roles?

What can people do if they’re struggling with the almost fictional reality of our COVID world?

How can we bring therapists who were in-person, online so we can still access their wisdom?

In this episode, you will learn:

Social media is an amazing platform - if you use it in a way that sticks to your values.

It's not about being polished and perfect; it's about showing up and sharing your message.

You can take time out without pausing your business, by scheduling posts.

It can help women to plan work to the rhythm of their cycle. Hunker down when you’re low on energy, get networking when you feel like Superwoman.

Giovanna Rossi of the Well Woman Show

‘Activate your superpower’

Giovanna Rossi is my kinda woman. She’s a feminist, she’s advocated for women in policy, and she wants women to lead and succeed.

Her Well Woman radio show evolved into a podcast and support system that values a woman’s skills and supports her to sustain her family.

Some questions we ask

• What is Well Woman Life and who is it for?

• Does growing up in two nations help you see things differently?

• You’re a woman with a lucrative and lasting business. Why are there so few of you around?

• What is a superpower and do I have one?

In this episode, you will learn

• We live in a society with systems and structures that don’t support women

• Competition is unhelpful – it keeps women and other marginalised groups out

• Business based on collaboration and compassion works better for women

• If you are working with kids at home, you really have to plan it out

Taking bricks & mortar beauty online! I believe any business can be digitised, however bricks-and-mortar it may seem.

So, I’m fascinated how Jennie Lawson – who started her first business when she was 21 – has created an online version of her beauty salon. She took the spiritual nourishment that she offers one-to-one in the treatment room, and brought it to a wider audience with Mimosa Sanctuary.

She talks to me about the grief that spurred her on, dyslexia, and the tough reality of being a young, award-winning entrepreneur.

Some Questions I ask

Beauty salons are such a hands-on experience. How can you use digital techniques to bring that experience online?

What part did your huge grief play in the creation of your self-care platform?

How does someone with severe dyslexia write 6 eBooks?

In this episode, you will learn

How daily rituals can help when you’re struggling to get through your day

The power of mindfulness on grief and pain

Strategies for keeping happy when you run your own business

Also mentioned:

The Griefcast

Kajabi

Empress Mastermind

Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday

Connect with Jennie:

thelawsonelement on instagram

@mimosabeauty on twitter and facebook

Barbara Guilbride – Live the Change podcast 2019

“When men change, nations change”

Barbara Guilbride is a great inspiration to me. She’s spent her whole life showing others how to be catalysts for change. Applying her faith and a simple but effective approach based on four principles, she spent much of her life promoting global peace. She was a part of the influential Caux convention designed to create lasting peace after World War II, and helped smooth Zambia’s path to independence which to this day is in the top five most peaceful nations in Africa.

I wanted to share Barbara’s story, which just shows how a successful and rich career doesn’t have to be a transactional one. She may be 98, but her wisdom is timeless.

In this podcast you will learn:

• How personal change can be a catalyst for change society, countries and continents.

• If you want anybody to change, the place to start with is yourself, not the other person.

• How one Zambian boy who stole from a supermarket changed his ways and became a Zambian MP.

• The four principles that guide Barbara’s life: Absolute Honesty, Purity, Unselfishness and Love, and the amazing impact of abiding by them.

• How Barbara’s life was guided by faith in God, but for the non-believing, the four principles would guide anyone of any faith, or no faith at all.

Questions I ask:

• What happened in Caux, Switzerland that helped establish lasting peace after World War II?

• What is the impact of digital communication on community, and for international diplomacy?

• Do you think Britain breaking away from Europe is a good thing?

• How was Alcoholics Anonymous inspired by Frank Buchman, the founder of The Oxford Group, and later Moral Re-Armament?

Also mentioned

Barbara’s whole story in a booklet, free to download http://www.changemakersgallery.com/wonderfully-led/

Initiatives of Change is the new name for Moral Re-Armament and its website tells the story of Caux, the 1957 Freedom film and explains the link with Alcoholics Anonymous.

www.iofc.org

Ex-TV actress Audrie Woodhouse is passionate and positive. She applies techniques learned in acting to help people relax and present with confidence and authenticity at work.

Audrie’s story is a great example of how when we serve, the impact can be immense - one happy client led to her setting up a course delivered across the NHS.

In this podcast, Audrie shares her wisdom on performing with confidence, and how she set up her business Honestly Speaking. Honestly, you’ll love it.

Some Questions I ask

• How did you go from appearing on soaps like Emmerdale to coaching in big businesses like the NHS?

• It’s easy to get into a spiral of negative self-talk. How do you get out of that, without having to rely on other people to buoy you up?

• How can I write a really great self-affirmation?

• How is yoga good for performance?

• How did you come up with your name and brand?

• You used to be really shy, didn’t you? How did you overcome that shyness?

In this episode, you will learn

• That breathing is underrated. It keeps your body fresh and gives your mind time to make decisions.

• What is NLP, and how it can help presentation skills.

• It’s very British to be self-deprecating, but your mind hears your negativity, and your body follows. If you want to exude confidence and positivity, you need to use great language.

• That it really is possible to ditch the city and live and work where you want to.

“Trust your inner wisdom – it’s real and you can believe it!” Life coach Liz Gilmour is buzzing about Feminine Power. Once we see we’re ruled by false beliefs and a checklist for happiness we didn’t write, we can work out what we really want, and how to get it.

Some Questions I ask:

What did you do before you became a coach?

You ticked all the boxes – law career, husband, kids – why did you still feel a failure?

What is life coaching?

Why wouldn’t my boss let me step up from my PA role?

How do I manifest positive change in the universe?

Tell us about Feminine Power!

In this episode, you will learn:

What are false beliefs, and how can we break through them?

It’s ok to trust your inner wisdom – it’s real, you can believe it!

The key to growth is to reach out for support, and support others

Jealousy can be a good thing, if you use it as a clue to what you really want.

If we see greatness in others, we should name it. If we all did it, how powerful would that be?

The digital world offers women a new context to unlock potential, on their terms and timeframes.

Also mentioned:

Claire Zammit’s Feminine Power evolvingwisdom.com

Marianne Williamson Marianne.com

Lucy is delighted to share this Live The Change podcast interview with Keri Murphy; an incredible, heart-led, female business leader who has had a profound, first-hand effect on Lucy's own career and success to date and to whom Lucy will always be deeply grateful.

Keri Murphy is the CEO and founder of Inspired Living which offers on-camera video training, full production days, business strategy, media and marketing planning through 1:1 coaching, live events and online programs. Keri's genius is in guiding talented entrepreneurs to use video in their businesses in order to rise above the crowd and become the go-to experts everyone wants to work with.

Keri is committed to empowering people all over the world to “Dream it. Live it. BE it!” An international speaker, media expert and business mentor, she honed her expertise in the entrepreneurial field for over 20 years, helping others to create—and succeed at—a business they love. Murphy is a television veteran with appearances on MTV, E!, FOX and NBC just to name a few. Her Inspired Living TV web series helps people bridge the gap between having a dream and making it their reality.

Some Questions I Ask:

Tell me how you navigated the pain of losing your previous business - one that had been your pride and joy for many years?

How did 'failing' in that business set you up for exponential success with Inspired Living?

How does niching down in your industry help to set your business apart from the competition?

How does video support a business owner's ability to convey his or her brand message effectively?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

How Keri went from being at a business rock bottom to being a celebrated female business leader who works with clients all over the world showing them how to build their own successful seven and eight figure businesses.

How Keri navigated being a single mother whilst doubling her revenue year on year.

The 'secret ingredient' for success which she would now never be without!

How important using video correctly in business is and how to get started right now!

We’re preparing our kids for jobs that won’t exist. Education needs to up its game. Doug Lapsley calls our children ‘the lost generation’ because AI is completely changing the world as we know it, but our education system “is like a juggernaut, heading in the wrong direction”. He deeply believes we all have a moral responsibility to get ready and shape our digital future. Cue Oodlü.

A social enterprise, Oodlü offers tools to support teachers and educators to gamify what they’re teaching and make it more exciting. It’s accessible to anyone, in any language, on any budget.

But Doug’s not just a techy entrepreneur, he’s an artist and a dad too. He teaches his kids coding and how to use time online productively. He places great value on creativity and paints mind-blowing watercolours that, as he puts it, he can’t get his algorithms to do.

In this episode you will learn:

The changing job future of our kids in the wake of AI (27:36)

The ‘uncertain reward’ theory and other tools of persuasion (18:15)

The potential of AI to make our life better – and to really mess it up (37:29)

This generation’s responsibility to shape what digital looks like (48:24)

The science and drivers of Oodlü’s teacher tools (10:25)

Doug’s 3 things we need to do to prepare for a digital future (50:58)

1. Ensure that we shape the digital future… and take responsibility for that.

2. Do our best to encourage digital literacy for our children.

3. Be aware of the fact that the job market is going to change so radically and fast over the next 10 years, and the education system is not preparing our children for such change at this point in time.

Lisa's decades of experience as both a Los Angeles Deputy District Prosecutor AND Criminal Defence Attorney are the driving force behind her 'Sext-Education™: Before You Push Send' movement

Some Questions I Ask:

As Deputy District Attorney “Prosecutor” in Los Angeles County most of your time in the DA’s office was spent prosecuting sex crimes, domestic violence, domestic homicides, and stalking. How have you balanced work, mental health and family life in such a challenging industry? How do you deal with the daily emotional challenges of working in your sector of the law?

What has motivated you to set up the 'Sext-Education™: Before You Push Send*' campaign?

*Sext-Education™: Before You Push Send is a program to educate and bring awareness to children, teens, and parents about the dangers of sexting.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

How Lisa's work as a Los Angeles State Prosecutor and how her current role as Defence Attorney has positioned her as an expert in navigating the current epidemic of 'Sexting'.

How young people are inadvertently destroying their lives and those of others because of their ignorance of the law and the potential repercussions of their sexting.

How the phenomenon of sexting does not discriminate; sexting is happening everywhere, regardless of age, race, socioeconomic background, etc. Kids as young as junior high are sexting with kids their age and older.

Why 'Sext-Education' should be high on every parent and school's agenda.

Connect with Lisa Houlé:

www.lisahoule.com

www.houle-law.com

Also Mentioned on This Show...

Los Angeles District Attorney's Office

English Common Law Versus Roman (Napoleonic) Civil Law

Keri Murhpy's Brilliant Event

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