Paul Thornley is a British actor. He's a man of many talents and has had a fascinating career spanning performances on the West End and Broadway, TV, films, adverts and voice acting in video games.

Paul is known for playing Ron Weasley in the original London cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. In this episode, we discuss: the impact that sport played on his life, share thoughts on therapy and about how to improve well-being & talk about acting and the important life lessons that came from his career.

In this COVID-19 special, we sit down with personal trainer, nutritionist and health coach Max Bridger. We discuss daily routines, exercises for the whole family and limiting phone use. Max has also created a differentiated workout the whole family can do together. You can find it by clicking here (www.tomandjack.co.uk/homeschooling/max-bridger-whole-family-workout). Find Max’s Instagram by clicking here (www.instagram.com/mb_ldnm/).

We sit down with Mindset Mentor Angela Cox in this COVID-19 Special. We discuss dealing with anxiety, managing change and children’s mental health. Angela is a multi award-winning Behavioural Change Life Coach. Find Angela on Instagram by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/mindset_mentor_angela_cox/). Find Angela’s Website by clicking here (https://angela-cox.co.uk/).

It’s story time! In this COVID-19 Special, we’re reading some amazing stories that were submitted to our #CallWriteShare competition. Story 1) Granny's hairy scary story, Eloise, Aged 8. Story 2) A terrifying night, Sam, aged 11. Story 3) My Granny's Romanian incident, Tom, aged 9. Story 4) My Nan's story, Isabel, 10. We received a lot of heartwarming stories, including amazing coincidences, very close shaves and tales of the war. You can listen to the winning entries by clicking here (https://www.tomandjack.co.uk/teamtalkpodcast/special-callwriteshare-winner-announced)

This COVID-19 special sees us sit down and talk with freelance news reporter Nick Quraishi. We discuss his unique route into journalism, the impact of COVID-19 on news broadcasting and how the public consume news in these strange times. Follow Nick on LinkedIn here (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nick-quraishi-85ba5668). Follow Nick on Twitter here (https://twitter.com/nicktaq?lang=en).

In this special episode, we announce the winners of our Under 11 and 12-18 #CallWriteShare competition! After reading hundreds of amazing entries, in this podcast we announce the winners of both the Under 11 category and the 12 - 18 category! We are so grateful to have received so many entries; we could tell from reading each individual story that an amazing amount of effort and time has been put into them! Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter the competition and congratulations to the winners! Join our team here (https://www.tomandjack.co.uk/sign-up)

We talk about what's to come over the next few days and weeks in this COVID-19 Special. We discuss our current #CallWriteShare competition (https://www.tomandjack.co.uk/callwritesharecompetition) competition, some of the resources (https://www.tomandjack.co.uk/homeschooling) we have made to help with homeschooling and some of challenges we are designing ahead of the Easter break!

In this impromptu episode, alongside guest Charlotte, we discuss some of the current information we have about the Coronavirus in the UK, discuss some practical activities to do at home with children & share thoughts and resources relevant to the pandemic.

RESOURCES:

NHS (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/). World Health Organisation: General (https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses).

World Health Organisation: FAQ (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019).

Official Government guidelines (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-background-information).

PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES:

Box breathing and meditation (FREE APP) - (https://www.oakmeditation.com). Body Coach - (https://www.thebodycoach.com/). Yoga - (https://m.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene).

In our second episode of the Team Talk series, we discuss the impact that sport has had on Amanda Lamb’s life, share some thoughts and books that we use to improve our own well-being and talk about parenting struggles and gaining better perspective.

Amanda is a TV presenter and Mum. She has presented a variety of TV programmes such as A Place in the Sun, Selling houses with Amanda Lamb and Market Kitchen. In her early career she was also the face of 'Scottish Widows' and she competed in 'The Games', a TV show based on Olympic events.

See her Three Dart Challenge by clicking here 🎯 (https://youtu.be/lc3F9AZK0Po?t=3773).

FOLLOW AMANDA LAMB

Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/missamandalamb/). Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/missamandalamb/).

Episode references can be found under this episodes show notes here (tomandjack.co.uk/teamtalkpodcast/ep2amanda-lamb).

We are delighted to kick off our Team Talk series with an episode on well-being. We discuss our experiences of well-being as both children and adults, the well-being of the children we work with and the routines and habits we use to help improve our well-being. Episode references can be found here (tomandjack.co.uk/teamtalkpodcast/ep1well-being).