Love It or Leave It

Welcome to Love It or Leave It, in this episode I talk about how we can influence our own transitions. Perhaps you are at the point where you might be thinking, am I ready to leave where I currently work? What else am I looking for as we head into the last three months of the year? What do I want to achieve?

I am fascinated by what it takes to really help people move through transitions, and I'm driven to really help people make changes effectively, but also be the change for other people. This has inspired the new shop coming to Love It or Leave It starting from October 5th, where you will be able to find support through your transition, whatever form that may take.

"You have to set yourself up for consistent success." - Samantha

3.13 - The psychology behind getting stuck in our careers

4.17 - Where are you now and what are you looking for?

7.06 - How I want to support you beyond the book

11.02 - Giving yourself permission to make a switch

15.33 - Having more joy on the job

17.59 - Find out about the new Love It or Leave It shop

Resources:

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080
• >>> Check out the new Love It or Leave It shop available October 5th at - https://loveitleaveit.co/

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Claudia Mandelli, one of the amazing graduates from the Changemaker Certification. Claudia is a prime example of someone building a portfolio career through her work as a Brand Communications Strategist. She gives insights into why she signed up to the Changemaker Certification in the first place, and what it has meant to her in her approaches to work and facilitating change in others.

"I've been thinking about it for four years and so finally having the tools and the support system, like the scaffolding, and the accountability to start putting the bits and pieces together it feels so exciting." - Claudia

1.45 - What led Claudia to sign up to the Changemaker program?

8.47 - What came up for Claudia when thinking about being a facilitator for change for others?

13.44 - Phase 3; broadcasting and building the message

16.39 - Claudia on how she has managed to evolve her approach to work

21.09 – Claudia's top 3 takeaways from the program

Connect with Claudia Mandelli:

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiamandelli/?originalSubdomain=de
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/folly_clo/?hl=en

Resources:

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/

On this episode of Love It or Leave it I am joined by Tiwalola Ogunlesi. Tiwalola is the founder of Confident and Killing It, which is a purpose driven organisation that really wakes up women to their worth. She's on a mission to inspire them to be more confident or unstoppable, and brave enough to really go for the life they truly deserve. We had a fantastic conversation about her journey from employment into starting her own business. How she kept her mind focused, even during the pandemic when she had to pivot her business, and the core skills that she tries to impart in women to overcome fear and self-doubt to really take action.

"If you give up you 100% guarantee that your dreams are not going to happen" - Tiwalola

Timestamps:

5.07 - Find out how Tiwalola got to where she is today at Confident and Killing it

9.15 - What is Tiwalola's definition of confidence?

12.34 - Strategies to deal with your inner critic

18.29 - What were the steps Tiwalola took to decide to leave her job?

25.29 - Tiwalola's advice to others thinking of starting a career in confidence

31.33 - How does Tiwalola top up her happiness tank?

Connect with Tiwalola Ogunlesi

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/confidentandkillingit/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/tiwalowla
• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYvkZurVzFX25Ky5Tj0eLw  
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/confidentandkillingit/

Resources: 

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080
• >>>Listen to the Confident and Killing It Podcast - https://www.confidentandkillingit.com/podcast

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke explores one of the graduate journeys from our Changemaker certification. Susana Velasco immediately knew she wanted to come on board and take the Changemaker certification. She has a history working in customer success, in a really busy startup, as well as being a professionally trained singer. She wanted to look at how to work in a way that really fulfilled her potential and allowed her to use her skills in customer success, but also with the professional vocal training, to really help people find their voice in the workplace and in their lives as well to be happier. We explore her journey over the six months, what's changed for her in her life and the work that she wants to do now in the world. And I'm just so excited to share with you the behind the scenes of how the program works, what you'll be learning and how it is changing people's lives on a daily basis.

"It really converts you to become such a better person, to be able to deliver all those things to other people" - Susana

Timestamps:

2.43 - Find out what attracted Susanna to the Changemaker program

7.18 - Susanna reveals the tipping point that shaped who she has become

11.01 - How has the course got Susanna thinking about her portfolio career

16.55 - What were some of the unexpected benefits of the program?

20.01 -  Susanna's words to others considering happiness consultancy

Connect with Susana Velasco

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/susana-velasco-58b32488/
• The Dots - https://the-dots.com/users/susana-velasco-399046
• Instagram - https://instagram.com/thevoiceboutique

Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/

On this episode of Love It or Leave it I had a juicy conversation with Natalie Lue who is an author podcaster and speaker, and artist at Baggage Reclaim. She is all about helping people pleasers, perfectionist and over thinkers to really declutter their emotional baggage. We talked about life, or what she calls Professor life, and how we can navigate some of the different experiences and lessons and challenges that we have. She shared so many insights around work; what happens when we find ourselves in unfulfilling work scenarios or working relationships? And if you are a manager or leader, what you can do to really start to take some time to learn your team and to learn them as individuals so that you can support them better? Check out our conversation, take some notes and start implementing to create some changes in your life today.

"The very things we are trying to avoid are the very things that contain our healing" - Natalie

Timestamps:

7.01 - How do we find the humour in the darkness?

15.23 - How to get to that space of surrender

20.31 - Sitting with the storm

29.08 - Resetting the equilibrium between who you are now and what you want moving forwards

35.58 - Our inner critic is not neutral

42.54 - Navigating proving and delivery as a manager

Connect with Natalie Lue

• Website link - https://www.baggagereclaim.co.uk/
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/natlue/

Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080
• >>>Listen to Natalie's Podcast - https://www.baggagereclaim.co.uk/the-baggage-reclaim-sessions-podcast/

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Holly Tucker MBE, founder of notonthehighstreet and Holly & Co. Holly is the UK Ambassador to Creative Small Businesses. She is a complete badass and hurricane who is forging ahead, empowering small business owners to get out there share their craft, their message and their purpose with the world. We talk about how to build those entrepreneurial muscles and how to navigate the key fundamentals of business building. We also delve into what it means to down tools as a founder, can you actually rest and top up your happiness tank so that you can continue to serve others and add value into the world? She also shares her journey through building a business alongside motherhood and the guilt that surrounds that.

"The path to happiness, the greatest richness we can have in our lives, is to start a business because you are a master of your own destiny" - Holly

Timestamps:

3.28 - The 3 words that describe Holly

8.15 - Do we know how much we will sacrifice when we start working for ourselves?

12.23 - How to speak to those eyeing up entrepreneurship

16.38 - Holly's advice on standing firm with your numbers

24.26 - Find out what Holly did to navigate imposter syndrome

33.40 - Can you ever be off when you run your own business?

Connect with Holly Tucker

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hollytuckerandco/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/HollyLTucker
• Website link - https://holly.co/
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-tucker-mbe-6b17573/
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/hollytucker/?hl=en

Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080
• >>>Visit Not on The High Street - https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/
• >>>Read Holly's book - Do What You Love, Love What You Do: The Empowering Secrets to Turn Your Passion into Profit - https://tinyurl.com/xre3u96a
• >>>Listen to Holly's Podcast - https://holly.co/podcast/
• >>> Check out Holly's business Pharmacy - https://holly.co/get-involved/business-pharmacy/

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Frankie Cotton. She's an entrepreneur and CEO of the growth innovation agency Let's Be Frank. She's also the host of a podcast called Raise the Bar. And it's a beautiful selection of conversations with entrepreneurs who are creating incredible innovations in the Fem-Tech space. They are pushing the boundaries around money and careers and business. In this conversation Frankie discusses disrupting change across the startup industry. Social media and its role in entrepreneurship online, and how she maintained balance over the course of the past 18 months whilst living through very disruptive times.

"it's about making peace with what is possible and taking small steps." - Frankie

Timestamps:

5.53 - What does challenging the norms look like day to day?

7.23 - Tempering our desires for our business with the fast pace of social media

11.59 - The version of entrepreneurship we see through social media

19.57 - Creating a team vs being solo

26.05 - Where to spend your energy for the longer-term vision

31.00 - What feminism means to Frankie

Connect with Frankie Cotton

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/frankiecotton_
• Website link - https://www.frankiecotton.com/
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankiecotton/
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/

Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080
• >>>Listen to Frankie's podcast Raise The Bar - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/raise-the-bar/id1473936283

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/

Elizabeth Uviebinené is a multi-award winning author, speaker and columnist at The Financial Times. Her new book, The Reset explores the changing ways we're working and living. She is the co-author of Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible, the critically acclaimed bestseller. She is also a brand strategist working on campaigns for businesses such as Nike and Bumble. In this episode she discusses where societal and cultural shifts should start and how we should advocate for ourselves to create change in the workplace.

"We have to be as courageous as possible in asking for what we want." - Elizabeth

Timestamps:

6.49 - Discover Elizabeth's movement from Slay in Your Lane to The Reset

11.24 - Should work cultural and societal shifts start with the individual or the company?

17.13 - How does empowering employees work in more rigid industries?

30.39 - Advocating for ourselves and others

34.20 - Elizabeth's experiences of London as a young Black woman in the past year

44.32 - What do we need to Love or Leave behind as a society to reset?

Connect with Elizabeth Uviebinené

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-uviebinene/?originalSubdomain=uk
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/elizabethuviebinene/?hl=en

Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080
• >>>Read The Reset by Elizabeth Uviebinené - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reset-Ideas-Change-Work-Live-ebook/dp/B08HWFY6ML
• >>>Read Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible by Elizabeth Uviebinené - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Slay-Your-Lane-Black-Bible/dp/0008235627

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Mica Vaipan an incredible woman who is on a mission to help high powered entrepreneurs and professional start-up founders to create a new baseline. This is what she believes is a new way of resetting our operating system to nurture our cognitive, emotional and physical well-being. She has suffered debilitating burnouts herself, with experience moving from finance to very high-pressured roles in start-up companies. Listen as she explores what it takes for us to navigate stress. How do we know when we are reaching a burnout and what can we do to create a new baseline for the way that we are living, operating and working?

"Change is very related to the concept of accepting, accepting that something has happened." - Mica

Timestamps:

3.00 - 3 ways Mica shows up with intention

7.03 - How does Mica think about change?

17.43 - Mica's erosion of being

29.16 - The quest for perfection leading to resilience or burnout

38.46 - The evolution of identity and our purpose

Connect with Mica Vaipan

• Website link - https://www.newbaseline.co/
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mica-vaipan-05299825/
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/newbaseline/

Resources:

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/

" - Mica

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews the popular UK broadcaster Fearne Cotton. Fearne is the founder of the wellbeing brand, The Happy Place. She's written a number of books, exploring the world of happiness, finding calm, and she hosts her own Podcast, interviewing a wealth of famous guests. Listen as Fearne talks about speaking your truth, asking, where do we get stuck allowing our voice to be heard? How do we make space to hear other people's truth? Also find out about the shifts in her career and how she found the confidence to do so.

"There are ways that we can make crossovers without totally jumping into the void. It's just about what feels right to you, but the one thing that is definite is there has to be change." – Fearne

Timestamps:

6.01 - Three words that encompass how Fearne shows up in the world

9.13 - Fearne reveals feedback that has made her take new steps

11.27 - Discover what purpose means for Fearne

21.14 - Trusting the Universe for something new

28.12 - Stepping into and owning your voice

39.15 - Truths that Fearne is no longer aligned to

46.03 - What is inside Fearne that longs to be expressed?

Connect with Fearne Cotton

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fearnecotton/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/FearneCotton
• Website link - https://www.officialfearnecotton.com/
• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialFearneCotton
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/fearnecotton/

Resources:

• >>>Read Samantha Clarke's book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080
• >>>Listen to Emma's Podcast Ctrl Alt Delete - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ctrl-alt-delete/id1096622066
• >>>Listen to Fearne's Happy Place Podcast - https://www.officialfearnecotton.com/news/2018/2/26/happy-place-podcast
• >>>Discover Fearne's Books - https://www.officialfearnecotton.com/shop/books

Connect with Samantha Clarke:

• >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_loveitleaveit_/?hl=en
• >>>Connect with Samantha on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand_/?hl=en
• >>>Find out all about Love It or Leave It - http://www.loveitleaveit.co/
• >>>Follow Samantha on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkesl/