Resilience Unravelled

In this episode, Dr. Russell Thackeray talks to Nancy J. McKay who is based in Colorado. Nancy is the Founder of Amazing Outlook Coaching and believes that you can't be courageous without first being vulnerable.

Nancy has been through some challenging and life changing events and became acutely aware that life is short, and there was no time to lose to follow her dreams. She completely changed course at the age of 60 and became a Certified Mind-Body-Eating Coach in 2018, a Certified Wayfinder Life Coach in 2019 and a Certified Equus Coach in 2020. She now uses her experience, training, and passion to help women explore and eliminate what is holding them back, challenge old beliefs and patterns and replace them with tools and strategies that empower them change their lives.

Daniel Jenkins qualified as a solicitor in October 2015, first working for a high street firm in South Wales before moving to London to set up a business as a consultant solicitor where he now specialises in civil and construction litigation. Additionally, he has set up and runs The Freelance Entrepreneur, a podcast designed to help entrepreneurs with starting up, running and growing a business.

Daniel set up his podcast to specifically help younger people with the practical and mental health elements found in starting up a business. He feels many can suffer from stress and anxiety when they set up their businesses and his podcast aims to provide them with tools he would have found useful. Daniel feels every generation faces its own set of challenges but at the moment a major issue is the advancement of technology and the pressures that come with it and this is one of the topics covered in this podcast.

In this episode, Dr. Russell Thackeray talks to Dr Sara Geber, a nationally recognised authority and expert in the area of life planning and retirement transition. Around ten years ago, Sara realised a lot of her executive coaching clients were starting to think about their retirement plans rather than their strategic plans!

Over the last few years the idea of retirement has changed. Baby Boomers want to do things their way by staying active and productive. There is a different trajectory of ageing now with the percentage of people staying healthy into their 70s and 80s growing every year and exercise and is important to this, both physical and mental! In this podcast:

• Sara talks about the way the Baby Boomer generation look at retirement
• The things we should all be thinking about when planning for retirement
• The additional things solo agers should be considering.

John Marx is the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Survival Institute and author of the book, Armor Your Self™: How to Survive a Career in Law Enforcement. He is also editor of the law enforcement wellness website www.CopsAlive.com and sits on the board of a number of national organisations that support first responders and their families.

John served for twenty-three years in both a municipal police department and a county sheriff’s office working patrol, investigations and community service. He also served as a hostage negotiator for 19 years. He now provides training in the leadership development programs of several Fortune 100 corporations. In this episode:

• John talks about the stress emergency service personnel feel
• Why resilience is important to first responders
• The importance of intentionality

During Bob Krulish’s tenure at a major insurance he saw a doctor for stress related symptoms and was incorrectly diagnosed with depression. He was placed on a medication that would ultimately cause him to ruin his own life.

Once Bob received the proper diagnosis of Bipolar 1 Disorder, he was able to slowly put his life back together and soon found the strength to share his struggles with others.

Hear his story and understand how Bi-Polar manifests and its impact on lives. Bob’s book unpacks how to live and cope with Bi-polar and how to spot the signs and symptoms.

Nate Regier, Ph.D., is the CEO and founding owner of Next Element Consulting, a global leadership firm dedicated to bringing compassion into the workplace. Nate is a former practicing psychologist and expert in social-emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, and leadership.

Nate views leadership as the practice of managing diversity towards shared goals. Two of the most essential competences to achieve this are communication and conflict management skills. Not everyone can clearly see a path so leaders need to translate the plan so everyone can understand – leaders need to have vision and strategy butalso need the human capital to go forwards.

Dr Jonathan Westover describes himself as a scholar/practitioner. He has been an Associate Professor at Utah Valley University for 11 years and leads the Organisational Leadership Department which focuses on organisational development and change, human resource management, organisational behaviour and leadership. He also undertakes research on global comparisons in worker engagement and satisfaction, and the drivers of worker motivation across the world.

Through his consultancy, Human Capital Innovations, Dr Westover helps organisational leaders better manage their people, improve leadership their skills and ultimately have high functioning organisations and teams that maximise the potential of their people.

Kimberly Spencer is an award-winning high performance coach and trainer, who is currently based on the Gold Coast of Australia. Originally from Los Angeles, Kimberly is also and Amazon best-selling co-author, international motivational speaker, and founder of CrownYourself.com where she helps visionary leaders build their empire and stand out in their full potential in their bodies, businesses, and relationships.

Kimberly’s uses her personal experience to inspire, motivate, and coach her clients using what she has learned from her personal development to help others to find their truth.

Steve Prentice is a published author, keynote speaker, university lecturer, and full-time consultant to Fortune 500 companies. His specialty is explaining the practical and emotional impacts and benefits of technological change in regard to productivity, collaboration and life balance, and in providing practical steps to make these changes work.

In this podcast:

• Steve talks about the work scenario over the next five to ten years.
• Digital literacy
• The importance of ‘time on’ and ‘time off’