The Bibliotherapists

Today’s guest is Dr Pippa Grange one of the world’s most sought-after psychologists who has spent over two decades working across elite sport and business and describes her job today as a ‘culture coach' helping people and teams find better ways to work and play.

Pippa was born and raised on a council estate in Yorkshire by her mum, moving to Australia aged 25, where she lived for 20 years.

Back in the UK as Head of People + Team Development at the FA she helped transform the England football team, taking them all the way to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018 when she was called “the woman behind that penalty shootout miracle.”

She has won accolades from some of the world’s best sports players and Prince William, as well as some heroes of self-help and personal development including Gabor Mate, Dr Chatterjee and Legacy author James Kerr.

In her latest book, Fear Less: How to Win at Life without Losing Yourself, Pippa shows us how we can replace stress with courage and succeed in finding our real passions while connecting with the people around us on a deeper level.

This type of success, she says, isn’t about trophies or beating others, it’s about winning at the very deepest level: winning from within

In this episode:

*The difference between ‘in-the-moment’ fear and ’not good enough' fear

*Jacinda Arden as an example of bold and fearless leadership

*Connection as the antidote to fear and the the power of the NFL 'Triple H’ exercise where teams share a Hero, a Hardship and a Highlight from their lives

*How success is something felt as well as achieved

*Why we should be reflecting on what the pandemic is bringing to the surface for us - and what that can teach us about how we define success

*Why we have a tendency to over-adapt to difficult situations by doing more more more - and why this isn’t the only (or best!) option right now

*Why getting back to ’normal’ isn’t a valuable or realistic objective, instead we should ask ourselves: which parts of yesterday do I want to keep and bring with me and how can I participate in what I want tomorrow to be

*The benefits of a power nap

*Pippa’s work with the Right To Dream academy (link in Show Notes)

*The meaning of purpose as the willingness to contribute to the world outside our own window

*How her feelings of deep love and connection for humanity help her stay positive about the future

*That we need to remember our brain is plastic and we can reshape it

*A reminder that the pen is in our hand and that we have the power to create our day and our future, and to spend our energy on what might go right rather than what could go wrong

Through both HEAL the documentary and HEAL the book, Kelly takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions have a huge impact on our health and ability to heal.

Mo Gawdat is ex-chief business officer of Google [X], a serial entrepreneur and the best-selling author of Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy (2017).

Through 12 years of research on the topic of happiness, Mo created an algorithm and a repeatable well-engineered model to reach a state of uninterrupted happiness regardless of what’s going on in our lives.  

This happiness model proved highly effective and, in 2014, was put to the ultimate test when he lost his son Ali to preventable medical error during a simple surgical procedure.

Solve For Happy is the pillar for a mission Mo has committed to as his personal moonshot, a mission to deliver his happiness message to one billion people around the world, and the book has been a brilliant resource and comfort to us and to so many of our members over the past few months as global events continue to rock our worlds…

Ruby Warrington is a New York-based British journalist and the author of several books including Material Girl, Mystical World and Sober Curious. She’s the founder of esoteric platform (and now publishing house ) The Numinous and the Sober Curious movement as well as host of the Sober Curious podcast.

And as someone who has made several pretty seismic shifts in her own life, and through her books and platform has shared many aspects of her personal and spiritual development we knew Ruby would be able to offer us some cosmic and candid advice on where we go from here….

Advertising exec-turned-author Sophie Williams was quietly preparing to promote her first book, Millenial Black, a manifesto for black women in business, when she unexpectedly became the voice of black allyship in the UK after one of her anti-racist Instagram posts went viral in June.

Beth Kempton is an award-winning entrepreneur and bestselling self-help author whose books, including Freedom Seeker, Wabi Sabi and her new title, We Are In This Together, have been translated into 24 languages and recommended by the likes of Time Magazine, Psychologies and British Vogue.

She’s a Reiki Master and life coach, has a Masters degree in Japanese, and teaches about writing and living well.

Beth is also someone who has consciously and thoughtfully designed a slow life for her and her family on the Devon coast, and through her coaching company, Do What You Love, has helped tens of thousands of people to navigate change and reconfigure their lives to be happier.

We love David because he is super intelligent, but also super passionate about breaking down complicated science into easy to understand ‘stuff’ (his word!) that anyone can use to feel better in the every day.

He’s also somebody who has worked hard to overcome his own difficulties with self-love and self-esteem, and so when he tells us that being kind can give our life more meaning AND scientifically improve our wellbeing, we listen.

Jessica’s own story from a working class teenage mum to PR business founder to coach, motivational speaker and mentor was the inspiration for her book, Purpose: Find Your Truth and Embrace Your Calling, and our original plan was for her to create some self-development exercises for the Shelf Help community around the idea of purpose in a pandemic.

But suddenly there was a more pressing global story, as the death of black man George Floyd on 25th May in the USA kickstarted an uprising of the Black Lives Matter movement that is being felt around the globe.

As a woman of mixed heritage Jessica was - and of course still is - deeply affected by the situation and so we decided instead to have a conversation about the state of the world right now, and how we can - and must - find purpose and light in the darkest of times...

Ella is, of course, the founder of Deliciously Ella, the plant-based personal blog that has evolved into a global platform and business on a mission to help us eat and live better and make vegetables cool.

Today Ella is sharing her strategies for good mental health as well as her thoughts on kindness and how its the small things that make a big difference right now…

Today’s guest is Jasmine Hemsley, a three-time best-selling author, the Founder of Hemsley + Hemsley and East by West,  a TV presenter, chef, food and health writer, restaurateur and nutrition & wellness expert.

With a passion for eating well to feel happier, healthier and more energised, Jasmine uses her platform to promote a 360-degree approach to health and during the Corona virus has been sharing incredible content on all aspects of wellbeing via her Instagram account, including lunchtime sound baths, wellness workshops and day retreats. (@jasminehemsley)