Today's episode was recorded on Friday 27th November 2020. We are still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdown measures have relaxed in some areas. Today I talk about my preparation for my upcoming Hernia operation on Monday 7th December 2020. I also give an update on my project which includes this podcast. I share a conversation I had with a coaching buddy who has made the transition from working in the corporate world to being a self-employed coach.

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Today's episode was recorded on Wednesday 25th November 2020. Today I'm talking about feedback. We are giving and receiving feedback constantly. We are also responding to feedback constantly. However, I do not think this is always a conscious thing.

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Today's episode was recorded on Sunday 22nd November 2020 whilst on my morning walk.  The subject today is adaptability. The subject popped into my head whilst I was brushing my teeth this morning. I was reminded of how my chronic illness has forced me to adapt.

I'm still on my viral meningitis recovery journey and I don't think that is ever going to change. As time increases from my last flare-up life will become more "normal" for me. I know that I will always be susceptible to flare-ups and I can never take my situation for granted. 

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This episode was recorded on 19/11/20. I've learned something about myself over the last few weeks. I've had a lot of stress to deal with and I noticed how it has impacted on my energy levels and my eating habits.

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I don't know about you but I really hate waiting. Well, I used to really hate waiting. I must admit that these days I have changed my attitude to waiting. That's not to say that I struggle with waiting but it doesn't have the same affect on me as it used to. Today I explore waiting versus patience and you might be surprised by what I uncovered.

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This morning I read a report Over-Exposed and Under-Protected - the Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Great Britain. I was particularly interested in the part of the report was the statement that Black and Ethnic Minority people have less savings than their whit counterparts. It reported that for every £1 of white British wealth, Black caribbean households have around 20p this was halved for Black African and Bangladeshi households.

It got me thinking about how important it is to have an emergency fund for everyone but even more important for the Black and Ethnic Minority communities so they are financially resilient during unexpected times such as COVID-19.

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Whether you love social media or you hate social media it is here to stay. Like people there are good things about it and there are bad things about it and I would go as far as to say it can get really ugly at times. I didn’t rush to social media when it was first invented. But when I got involved I got heavily involved when I was learning online marketing tricks I mean strategies. When I moved away from the online marketing I started to pull away from social media and not long before lockdown was considering deleting my social media apps. I had taken a social media holiday and was considering whether or not I wanted to get back on.

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Today I talk about working from home. Due to the current pandemic a lot of people are experiencing this way of working for the first time. There are many that are really struggling and there are some of us that are literally feeling right at home. As I thought about this topic this morning what came to me was that working from home means relying on technology and changing the way we communicate.

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Today I talk about Money, Time and Energy. These are finite resources but how do we use them. Do you invest or waste them?

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