In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie Reading is joined by Lakhmi Bhambra- also known as The One Minute Healer- founder of the 111 Approach, a wellness practice built around a simple but powerful premise: one thing at a time, one minute to do it properly, one day at a time.

Lakhmi's path to wellness is anything but conventional. With a science degree and a background in the medical field, she spent years dismissing energy healing as woo, right up until a Reiki session with her aunt in New Zealand stopped her in her tracks. She describes the extraordinary moment grey smoke visibly left her chest, the lightness she felt afterwards, and how she returned to England determined to disprove it. She couldn't. What followed was a deep dive into intuitive energy healing, training in eight different modalities, and the creation of a practice that helps clients, from busy parents to multi-million pound business owners, get real results in around ten minutes.

This is a warm, thought-provoking, and genuinely unusual conversation about intuition, energy, the power of gratitude, and what it means to be weird in the best possible way.

Key Talking Points

•             Who Lakhmi serves: busy professionals and parents who know they need to invest in their wellbeing but feel they simply don't have the time.

•             The 111 Approach: one thing at a time, one minute to do it properly, one day at a time and why tackling wellness one step at a time prevents overwhelm.

•             Why most people fail at wellness goals and how trying to change everything at once is the real culprit.

•             Lakhmi's science background and years of deliberate scepticism; why she shut down her intuitive gifts as a child and what that led her towards.

•             The Reiki session in New Zealand that changed everything: a visible cloud of grey smoke, a lighter chest, and a breath she didn't know she'd been holding.

•             The science behind the woo- why energy healing is entirely compatible with a scientific understanding of the body.

•             Intuitive Reiki vs. traditional Reiki: how Lakhmi achieves similar results in around 10 minutes.

•             How energy healing works even for people who aren't naturally intuitive or emotionally connected.

•             The link between clearing energy blocks and unexpected business results and why some clients report major contracts arriving without doing anything differently.

•             What Lakhmi would tell her younger self: stay true to who you are; your weirdness is what draws people to you.

•             Advice for the next generation: "Be your weirdest self".

•             The biggest obstacle in Lakhmi's business: marketing something that has to be felt rather than described.

•             Why asking for testimonials matters and Lakhmi's word of 2026: determination.

•             Book recommendation: The Magic by Rhonda Byrne- a 28-day gratitude practice Lakhmi returns to every year.

•             The difference between saying you're grateful and truly feeling it and how that shift shows up in business and life.

•             New programmes coming: Warrior of Your World and Heal Your World.

About the Guest

Lakhmi Bhambra, also known as The One Minute Healer, is the founder of the 111 Approach- a wellness practice helping busy professionals and parents build sustainable wellbeing habits in minutes a day. With a science degree and a background in the medical field, Lakhmi spent years as a self-professed sceptic before training in Reiki and seven other modalities of energy healing. She is a Reiki teacher and practitioner who specialises in intuitive energy healing, achieving results in around 10 minutes that traditional sessions take an hour to reach. Her 111 Approach- one thing, one minute, one day at a time- has helped clients from all walks of life, including multi-million pound business owners, reconnect with their energy, clear limiting beliefs, and create lasting change without overhauling their lives.

Find Out More

To learn more about Lakhmi and the 111 Approach visit: https://www.the111approach.com/

To connect with Lakhmi visit: linkedin.com/in/the111approach

Follow Lakhmi on Instagram for daily free one-minute meditations: @111approach

Resources & Links Mentioned

•             The Magic by Rhonda Byrne- Lakhmi's annual gratitude practice and book recommendation

•             The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown- recommended by Charlie in conversation

•             The Story Playbook- Charlie's framework for building powerful client stories; mentioned as a resource for Lakhmi and available via The Trusted Team

•             Tony Robbins / Unleash the Power Within - referenced in the gratitude discussion

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In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie Reading is joined by Amanda Regan, founder of Ignite Your Career- a coaching practice helping high-performing mid-career professionals reposition their careers deliberately so they can step into the person they've already become.

Amanda's path to coaching is extraordinary. Streamed wrongly at secondary school, told she wasn't A-level material, and rejected by every advanced school she applied to, she went on to spend 20 years at the European Space Agency, including a pivotal moment standing in Kennedy Space Centre, where the Challenger disaster had first ignited her ambition as a 12-year-old. Her coaching framework, built on the principles of space mission design, is as original as her story.

This is a fascinating, inspiring, and deeply practical conversation about visibility, positioning, resilience, and what it really takes to design the career, and life, you want.

Key Talking Points

• Who Amanda serves: high-performing mid-career professionals, mainly women, who are successful on paper but quietly feeling stuck or flat
• Why competence can trap you and how growing beyond your role creates a dangerous mismatch
• The Challenger disaster at age 12: how a single moment put Amanda on a trajectory towards the European Space Agency
• How rejection and being streamed wrongly at school taught Amanda to present herself as the solution to a problem
• Why Amanda became known as the "CV whisperer" at university and how that skill never left her
• The moment at Kennedy Space Centre  in 2012: sending her mum a photo to say "people like us do get jobs like this"
• What Amanda would tell her younger self: focus on positioning and visibility, not just competence
• Why being indispensable in a role can be a career trap, not a career asset
• The advice Amanda would pass on: clarity doesn't start with knowing what you want — it starts with the courage to admit what you're no longer willing to tolerate
• Just because you can doesn't mean you should, and why delegation is liberation
• Amanda's biggest challenge: scaling her high-touch coaching sustainably and systematically
• The Ignite Your Career framework: six engines, all aligned, inspired by space mission design
• Why no mission reaches orbit by accident and what that means for your career
• Book recommendation: Space Mission Design- Amanda's unconventional but brilliant coaching bible

About the Guest Amanda Regan is the founder of Ignite Your Career, a coaching practice helping high-performing mid-career professionals deliberately reposition themselves for what's next. A rocket scientist by training, Amanda spent 20 years at the European Space Agency and the European Commission, leading a multi-million euro space programme before transitioning full-time into coaching. Her Ignite Your Career framework, built on the principles of space mission design, draws on two decades of navigating international, high-stakes environments to help professionals align their skills, visibility, and positioning for the career they're ready for.

Find Out More

To learn more about Amanda and Ignite Your Career visit: makethejobyours.com

To connect with Amanda visit: linkedin.com/in/amanda-regan-link

Resources & Links Mentioned

• Space Mission Design - Amanda's coaching framework bible
• Ignite Your Career framework: six aligned engines for career progression
• Charlie's Magnification Mastery session — one to many coaching: https://youtu.be/Orthj0JyKhQ 
• Quote: "If someone tells me no, it doesn't mean I can't do it. It simply means I can't do it with them."  Karen Quinodus Miller

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In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie Reading is joined by Charles Maloney, founder of ClearView — an autonomous sales and marketing intelligence platform designed to automate up to 85% of the manual execution behind SEO, paid ads, and analytics for small and medium-sized businesses.

Charles brings a fresh perspective to the podcast as a founder right at the start of his journey — building, raising capital, and refining a product he believes can transform the odds for the 82% of businesses that fail within three years. This is a candid, energising conversation about the messy middle of building something new, why failure is fuel rather than a stop sign, and why human connection will always be the one thing AI can't replace.

Key Talking Points

• Who Charles serves: SMEs and marketing agencies drowning in performance theatre — multiple platforms, fragmented data, and manual tasks
• What ClearView does: an autonomous platform that audits, implements, and optimises SEO and marketing — while you sleep
• Why 82% of businesses fail within three years — and how ClearView is built to change those odds
• The difference between AI prompt wrappers and a genuine execution engine
• How ClearView transforms SEO from a costly, slow, manual process into an automated, continuous system
• The lockdown moment that sparked the idea for ClearView — and the roundtable of agency owners that gave it its shape
• What Charles would tell his younger self: stop fearing the fall — failure is the requirement for success, not the opposite of it
• The advice Charles would pass on to the next generation: master the art of human connection, because you can automate a task but you can never automate a relationship
• Why the biggest threat isn't AI taking your job — it's someone else using AI better than you
• ClearView's current obstacle: capital and time to complete the final features and move from MVP to full scale
• The founding user model: 15 businesses helping shape and beta test the platform before full market launch
• The Hawksmoor Way and Will Beckett's influence: building a business without selling your soul
• ClearView's philosophy: clarity, simplicity, results

About the Guest Charles Maloney is the founder of ClearView, an autonomous sales and marketing intelligence platform helping SMEs and marketing agencies cut through the noise of digital marketing with data-driven clarity. With over a decade of experience working with founders, startups, and sales teams, Charles built ClearView from a deep frustration with the gap between what marketing agencies promise and what they deliver. Currently at MVP stage with 36 active users and an active investment raise underway, Charles is building a platform he believes will become the go-to marketing brain for businesses that are serious about growth.

Find Out More

• Website: https://www.clearviewltd.io
• Email: [email protected]
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charles-maloney-430358157

Resources & Links Mentioned

• The Hawksmoor Way — Will Beckett talk on building a values-led business
• Intellimation.ai — ACI framework [referenced in wider series]
• ClearView founding user programme — 15 founding users sought across agencies and SMEs: https://www.clearviewltd.io

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In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie Reading is joined by Annie Allison, founder of Allison & Co — a luxury interior design studio working on high-end residential projects across the UK and Europe.

Annie's path into interior design wasn't traditional — it grew organically from creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to follow what she loved. In this warm and honest conversation, she shares the story behind a landmark project in the south of France, the importance of not being afraid to fail, and why planning has become the unexpected cornerstone of her growing business.

This is a conversation for any creative founder who's built something beautiful from an unconventional starting point — and is now figuring out how to grow it with the right people and structures around them.

Key Talking Points

• Who Annie serves: clients seeking luxury, highly personal interior design for residential projects in the UK and Europe
• How Allison & Co delivered a seven-bedroom property in the south of France in under a year — saving the client over a million euros in the process
• Why Annie and her husband became the "guardians of the project" — bridging clients, builders, and contractors across borders
• The creative journey that led Annie to interior design: drawing with her daughter, designing wallpapers and fabrics, and growing from small projects upward
• What Annie would tell her younger self: don't be afraid of failure, and always trust your gut
• Why the unconventional route into a career is often a strength, not a weakness
• The advice Annie would pass on to her daughters: don't feel you have to follow a well-travelled path to success
• Annie's biggest obstacle: time and people — and the challenge of focusing on what truly counts
• How taking the leap to employ Freya was terrifying — and one of the best decisions she ever made
• Why planning has been a game-changer for a self-described creative who previously kept everything in her head
• How The Trusted Team's leadership and delegation frameworks have helped Annie build structure into her business
• Why people buy from people — and why a phone call still beats a website or Instagram

About the Guest Annie Allison is the founder of Allison & Co, a UK-based luxury interior design studio working on high-end residential projects in the UK and abroad, with an increasing focus on the south of France. Known for a deeply personal, collaborative approach, Annie and her team work closely with clients to create beautiful spaces that reflect individual style, function, and architecture. With a background that spans creative design, project management, and property development, Annie brings a uniquely holistic perspective to every project she takes on.

Find Out More

• Website: https://www.allisonandco.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/annie-allison-2719173b

Resources & Links Mentioned

• The Trusted Team membership and community: https://thetrusted.team
• The Time Poor Entrepreneur event — The Trusted Team: https://thetrusted.team/upcoming-workshops/ 

About the Podcast Progress in Practice is brought to you by The Trusted Team — helping professional service business owners build scalable, saleable businesses while working less and enjoying more. Find out more: https://thetrusted.team

In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie Reading is joined by Paul Spires, founder of Sound Financial Planning — a firm he built from the ground up in 1998 with a clear mission: to give clients proper, fee-based financial planning at a time when the rest of the industry was still focused on flogging products.

Paul brings 36 years of experience to a conversation that is warm, wise, and packed with practical insight. He talks about the courage it takes to charge what you're worth, the transformative power of lifetime cash flow forecasting for business owners, and why doing the work you love — and delegating everything else — is the foundation of both a great business and a great life.

This is a conversation for anyone who wants to build a business that genuinely serves their clients, their team, and themselves.

Key Talking Points

• Who Paul serves: business owners who want fee-based financial planning built around their life, not around products
• Why Paul and his business partner set up Sound Financial Planning in 1998 — and why fee-based advice was radical at the time
• The doctor analogy: why commission-based advice was fundamentally misaligned with clients' interests
• The influence of Paul Etheridge and Prestwood on the fee-based financial planning movement
• What Paul would tell his younger self: be more courageous about your value and what you charge
• How confidence grows through doing things that take you outside your comfort zone, consistently
• The wisdom Paul would pass on to the next generation: do what you love, do what you're good at, and let go of the rest
• Why lifetime cash flow forecasting is one of the most powerful tools a business owner can use
• How Sound Financial Planning helps business owner clients understand what their business needs to be worth — and plan accordingly
• The biggest challenge Paul faces: attracting more of the right clients
• How The Trusted Team's Automated Marketing Machine is helping Sound Financial Planning grow smarter
• Why reading is essential — but implementation is everything
• Personal development inspiration: Jim Rohn and his timeless wisdom on growth

About the Guest Paul Spires is the founder of Sound Financial Planning, a fee-based financial planning firm he established in 1998. With over 36 years in financial services, Paul has built a business around deep, meaningful conversations with clients about money and what it means in their lives — using lifetime cash flow modelling to help business owners and individuals plan with clarity and confidence. Sound Financial Planning now serves a close-knit client base of predominantly business owners, with a team of ten, built on referrals, relationships, and a reputation for doing things properly.

Find Out More

• Website: https://www.soundfp.co.uk
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/soundfpgpaulspires

Resources & Links Mentioned

• Jim Rohn — personal development talks and books
• Paul Etheridge and Prestwood cash flow modelling software
• Charlie's Automated Marketing Machine workshop: https://youtu.be/k7aeKszYvbY 

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In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie sits down with Chetan Joshi, founder of coglateral.ai, a specialist firm helping business owners, entrepreneurs and financial services firms move from AI experimentation to real-world execution.

Chetan unpacks the difference between generative AI and vertical AI, explains why most organisations are paralysed by choice rather than by a lack of technology, and shares the seven-step vertical AI A.U.T.O.B.O.T. framework he built to help businesses go from zero to hero on their AI journey. He talks candidly about spending years as a "human robot" in banking, why the smartest thing you can do is build systems that make you redundant, and why the next generation needs to build skills that compound rather than just chase status and money.

Key Talking Points

• Who Chetan serves: financial services firms and entrepreneurs moving from AI experimentation to execution
• The difference between generative AI (horizontal) and vertical AI (narrow) — explained simply
• Why vertical AI gives businesses far greater accuracy, control, and data security than general AI tools
• How Chetan spent his early career as a "human robot" in banking — and why that drove his mission
• The power of building systems that work without you: making yourself redundant as a route to a scaleable business
• A real-world example: how an AI agent reduced a team's inbox from 200 daily emails to zero in 15 minutes
• Why the biggest obstacle to AI adoption isn't the technology — it's organisational hesitation and paralysis by choice
• The build vs buy vs partner debate: why partnering is often the smartest move
• Chetan's autobot framework: seven steps from identifying automation opportunities to operating AI agents at scale
• Practical advice for one-person businesses and small firms on where to start with AI
• Why the next generation must build skills that compound, not just chase money or status
• The ACI framework: Automation, Control, and Intelligence
• Book recommendation: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• The Intellimation.ai framework and how it shaped Chetan's thinking

About the Guest

Chetan Joshi is the founder of Coglateral AI, working with financial services organisations and entrepreneurs to solve complex business problems using vertical AI. With a career spanning banking operations, technology, and trading, Chetan brings deep practical experience to AI implementation, helping businesses move beyond experimentation to build AI agents that are trained on their own data, integrated into their workflows, and delivering real results. He is also the creator of the Autobot framework, a seven-step methodology for building vertical AI solutions from scratch.

To learn more about Chetan and coglateral.ai, visit: www.coglateral.ai

To connect with Chetan visit: www.linkedin.com/in/chetannjoshi/

Cogateral AI: www.coglateral.ai

Intellimation.ai — ACI framework

Rich Dad Poor Dad — Robert Kiyosaki

Charlie's AI Masterclass: https://thetrusted.team/the-ai-advance-masterclass/ 

Ningi CRM — AI-powered financial services CRM: https://ningi.co.uk/ 

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In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie Reading is joined by Michelle Hoskin, founder of Standards International and the Business and Operations Management Network, known as BOMS

Michelle shares how nearly three decades of working with business owners led her to a bold pivot: walking away from coaching business owners to champion the operations managers, practice managers, and business managers who are the unsung backbone of professional service firms.

This is an energetic, honest, and often hilarious conversation about following your gut, finding your people, building a community from scratch, and why the ops manager is simultaneously the most valuable and most neglected person in most businesses.

If you run a business with a team, or you are the person holding that business together from behind the scenes, this episode will resonate deeply.

Key Talking Points

• Who Michelle serves: operations managers, practice managers, and business managers in professional service firms
• Why she pivoted away from coaching business owners and why it took her 20 years longer than it should have
• How the Business and Operations Management Network (BOMS) went from idea to 700 members in under a year
• Why ops managers are the biggest flight risk in most businesses and what owners can do about it
• The personal advice Michelle would give her younger self: find a partner who has your back, and stop dimming your light
• Why confidence and refusing to settle are the two greatest gifts she'd pass on to her daughter
• The biggest obstacle facing Michelle right now: getting business owners to invest in their ops people
• Why writing a 20-page business case for a £175 conference ticket is the reality for many ops managers
• How Charlie's Learning Library concept connects to Michelle's community model
• The power of growing together: why BOMS is built on shared learning, not exclusivity
• Book recommendations: Necessary Endings, Essentialism, and Passion to Profit by Andy Harrington
• Why it's easier to find 100 ideas that make 1% difference than one idea that makes 100% difference

About the Guest Michelle Hoskin is the founder of Standards International and creator of the Business and Operations Management Network (BOMS)- a fast-growing community dedicated to the people who run professional service businesses from the inside. With nearly 30 years of experience working with business owners, Michelle made a bold pivot to champion operations managers, practice managers, and general managers who are too often overlooked, undervalued, and unsupported. Her community has grown to over 700 members and runs events, retreats, a membership platform, and an annual conference.

Find Out More

• Website: https://leadersinbusinessoperations.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/standardsexpert

Resources & Links Mentioned

• Necessary Endings — Henry Cloud
• Essentialism — Greg McKeown
• Passion to Profit — Andy Harrington
• The Business and Operations Management Network on LinkedIn: Business and Operations Management Network
• Charlie's Learning Library concept: https://thetrusted.team/learning-library/ 

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In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie Reading is joined by Ross Jones, founder of Home Financial and Evolve Commercial Finance.

Ross shares how his business was born out of adversity, why he is passionate about helping clients whose income does not fit the standard box, and how specialising in more complex mortgage scenarios has allowed his firm to create real value.

This is a candid conversation about entrepreneurship, mistakes, patience, bravery, and the reality that in most businesses, the biggest bottleneck is often the founder themselves.

If you are building a business, navigating growth, or trying to create more freedom on your own terms, this episode is packed with practical lessons and honest reflections.

Key Talking Points

• Who Ross helps: clients with non-standard or non-permanent income 
• Supporting limited company directors, contractors, sports professionals, and others with more complex borrowing needs 
• Why Ross focuses on turning difficult cases into yeses 
• How niche expertise can create strong referral momentum and organic growth 
• The adversity that led Ross to start his own business 
• Moving from the military into mortgage advice and then into entrepreneurship 
• How a family health crisis reshaped Ross’s priorities and desire for autonomy 
• The reality that starting a business does not instantly create freedom: first you have to build it 
• The advice Ross would give his younger self: be patient, be brave, and make mistakes faster 
• Why failure is not the opposite of success, but part of the path to it 
• The legacy lesson Ross would pass on: don’t leave crumbs 
• Why integrity matters when making difficult decisions 
• Ross’s biggest business obstacle: recognising that he is the bottleneck 
• The importance of empowering others, delegating better, and getting out of your own way 
• Two standout book recommendations: Legacy and 24 Assets 
• Why values and assets, not just leads, should shape the way you build a business 

About the Guest

Ross Jones is the founder of Home Financial and Evolve Commercial Finance, helping clients secure lending where income or circumstances do not fit standard mortgage criteria.

Ross specialises in supporting people with more complex income structures, including limited company directors, contractors, and sports professionals. His businesses are built around creating solutions where others may struggle, helping clients navigate specialist lending with greater confidence and clarity.

Find Out More

• Website: http://www.homefinancialnw.co.uk 
• Linked In: linkedin.com/in/ross-jones-3688584b 

🚀 Resources & Links Mentioned

• Legacy by James Kerr 
• 24 Assets by Daniel Priestley 
• Charlie Reading’s workshop on building a saleable and scalable business:  https://youtu.be/pFigtSmHqTY 

About the Podcast

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In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie Reading is joined by Steve Price from Inspire, an accountancy firm with a very different approach.

Rather than simply helping business owners stay compliant, Steve and his team focus on helping owner-managed businesses understand, use, and improve their numbers so they can build a business that serves their life, instead of becoming a slave to it.

This conversation explores the deeper role accountants can play, the power of mentoring and accountability, and why self-belief, structure, and lifelong learning are such vital ingredients in building a better business.

If you want your business to give you more freedom, more clarity, and more control, this episode is full of practical wisdom.

 Key Talking Points

·        Why Inspire is focused on a mindset of business owner, not a specific sector

·        The difference between compliance-led accounting and using numbers to improve a business

·        Why Steve believes accountants should help improve lives, not just fill in forms

·        The meaning behind Inspire’s mission: crunching numbers, inspiring business, improving lives

·        How Steve discovered that business numbers are really about a person’s life, family, and freedom

·        Building a business to create more flexibility and control

·        The advice Steve would give his younger self: think who not how

·        Why mentors, coaches, and outside perspectives can dramatically accelerate progress

·        The one piece of wisdom Steve would pass on to the next generation: self-belief

·        Why Steve believes most obstacles come down to time, money, or the stories we tell ourselves

·        The challenge of maintaining focus and staying accountable to meaningful goals

·        How accountability is embedded inside Inspire’s culture

·        Why Steve uses the EOS / Traction system to create structure and momentum

·        The importance of lifelong learning — not just solving immediate problems, but learning for learning’s sake

About the Guest

Steve Price is part of Inspire, an accountancy business that helps owner-managed businesses use their numbers to make better decisions, create more freedom, and build businesses that truly serve their owners.

Inspire combines strong financial expertise with a coaching-led mindset, helping clients move beyond compliance and into more intentional, strategic business growth. Through its courses and services, Inspire supports business owners who want more clarity, more control, and more from their business.

Find Out More

Website: https://www.bwp-inspire.co.uk/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepricemanchester

Resources & Links Mentioned

Traction by Gino Wickman which includes The EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) framework

Inspire’s Money Freedom Course- visit https://www.bwp-inspire.co.uk

Inspire’s Exit Planning Course visit https://www.bwp-inspire.co.uk

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In this episode of Progress in Practice, Charlie Reading is joined by Claire Fudge, founder of Fourth Discipline, clinical dietitian, performance nutritionist, and elite athlete.

Claire shares how she helps business professionals, founders, and executives who are also athletes optimise their health, nutrition, and performance - not just to feel better, but to compete and thrive for decades to come.

This is a conversation about far more than food. Claire opens up about growing up in a family bakery, the work ethic that shaped her, the life-changing accident that forced her to rethink her direction, and how that ultimately led her to build a business helping high performers accelerate both health and results.

It is a powerful episode on resilience, asking for help, building a fulfilling life, and staying deeply human in an AI-driven world.

 Key Talking Points

·        Who Claire helps: business owners, executives, and professionals who are also serious athletes

·        Why Claire’s blend of clinical dietetics and sports performance nutrition makes her approach different

·        The role of food-first nutrition, with supplements used strategically rather than blindly

·        Growing up in a three-generation family bakery and how that shaped Claire’s work ethic and love of quality food

·        The moment a serious accident became the catalyst for a new direction

·        How nutrition became central to Claire’s own recovery and triathlon journey

·        Combining clinical and sports nutrition to help people unlock performance in both life and sport

·        Claire’s journey to racing 20 Ironman events and qualifying for the Ironman World Championships in Kona

·        The advice she would give her younger self: ask for help more often

·        Her legacy lesson: seek adventure, fun, and the right people

·        The challenge of demonstrating value in an AI-powered world

·        Why the answer is not to resist AI, but to use it well while staying deeply human

·        The power of frameworks in building a clearer, stronger business

·        Why “Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?” remains such a useful lens for decision-making

 About the Guest

Claire Fudge is the founder of Fourth Discipline, where she helps ambitious professionals and athletes optimise their health, nutrition, and performance.

With a unique background as both a clinical dietitian and high-performance sports nutritionist, Claire combines medical expertise with elite-level performance insight. She has worked with Olympic and elite athletes, as well as high-performing business professionals competing in disciplines such as Ironman and ultra-running.

Claire’s work is focused on helping people perform at their best now while building the health and capability to keep doing what they love for decades.

 Find Out More

Website: https://www.4thdiscipline.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-fudge-dietitian

Resources & Links Mentioned

Claire’s free presentation, available via her website and LinkedIn

Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?

The Trusted Team’s AI Advance course: https://trusted-team.mykajabi.com/offers/FTCFcWzK