The Burnout Rebellion Podcast

In this conversation, Sara Chandran and I explore what it really means to belong, especially in the workplace. We talk about the masks we wear to fit in, the tension between passion and the pressure to “get a proper job,” and the path to living life on your own terms. Sara also shares why DEI work must be rooted in compassion — not shame — and how we create space for open, honest, human conversations.

This episode is about shaking off expectations, finding your voice, and realising that what you’re looking for might already be within you.

So if you’ve ever asked yourself, “What’s stopping me?” — this one’s for you.

Bio

Sara Chandran (She/They) founded Fresh and Fearless, a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultancy, in January 2020 to support businesses in diversifying the workplace and being an inclusive place for all employees. Since then, Sara has facilitated hundreds of workshops worldwide and consulted with over 40 global companies. In 2024, Sara launched Out of the Office, a one-of-a-kind inclusion podcast, by guiding discussions with HR, DEI and L&D experts to discuss the lessons we can learn from the hit TV show The Office. Additionally, Sara is a trustee at the environmental education charity Another Way. And last but not least, Sara is the proud parent of Casper, the most friendly, loveable Labrador who brings joy to all.

Links

https://freshandfearless.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/freshandfearless_uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-and-fearless-consultancy

https://freshandfearless.uk/podcast

Chloe Markham ’s Joy Unplugged. Joy Unplugged is an 8-week journey back to yourself — for world-bettering women who are done with burnout and ready for real joy, ease, and nervous system restoration. Use the discount code ANNAROSE for £100 off until the end of May.

The final episode

In two weeks’ time, I’ll be dropping a special bitesize episode to share what’s coming next, including tools, discount codes, and a few reflections and lessons from this first season before the podcast takes a short break for a month.

We have some super exciting guests lined up for season 2, including an Emmy award winner, and a systems change advocate with recognition from Forbes (30 Under 30), UNEP, UNESCO, and the Swiss government. Tune in next week to find out more!

Sponsor the podcast for an opportunity to share your business, book, writing or venture.

I am super excited to offer sponsorship opportunities for Season 2. This season has been running for almost 5 months and it’s just hit 20,000 downloads, with approximately 1400 downloads per episode. It has been such an amazing journey, and we are taking it to the next level. Season 2 will be starting in the Summer, and there has been such an extraordinary number and quality of submissions for guests. I am super excited about it. So I have a business opportunity for you.

Have you been looking for a way to advertise your business, your book, your venture or your Substack? The Burnout Rebellion podcast could be a fantastic opportunity to do so.

There are different tiers available for investment

* Be a sponsor - £150 donation - Headline sponsor read at the start of 3 podcast episodes, in the show notes AND your business shared on every Substack post I publish for the duration of the season. (5 spots available)

* Be a friend - £75 donation. Your bio, story and link to your business shared in the middle of 2 podcast episodes and show notes. (15 spots available)

* Support the work - £20 donation. Be on the list published in the gratitude notes each episode. (Unlimited spots available)

* A benefactor - Any amount. This is for you if you would like to give a gift to support the work without any recognition or advertising. (Unlimited spots available).

How will donations be spent;

* Podcast hosting

* Editing software subscription

* Visuals and editing time

* Pay it forward - if there’s more in the pot than I need I’ll use it to support a subscription to someone in The Burnout Rebellion community who is starting a new venture or offer them a free spot on a workshop or course.

Click here to register your interest.

I look forward to chatting more in the comments!

Much love,

Anna xx

The moon tells the sky

The sky tells the sea

The sea tells the tide

And the tide tells me.

~Lemn Sissay, Let the Light Pour in.

I have been listening to this podcast episode all week. Every time it brings something new. Sarah Robertson is one of the kindest souls, and through her work her soul sings. If this is your first time meeting Sarah, I am so excited for you, she is super inspiring. I first came across Sarah when she launched her Kickstarter programme, where she raised funds for a project she was working on; the brand seasons playdeck and it’s accompanying playgroup. I remember being on the edge of my seat watching to see if it made it over the line and she did it! It was community in action and a lesson in true courage. After this episode you will be jumping at the chance to work with her in the next playgroup.

We talked about everything from the relationships with our fathers, our younger selves, fertility, making brave choices and the ocean thread that holds it all together. Grab a cup of tea, and listen to this simply gorgeous episode with Sarah Robertson.

Bio

Sarah is a brand designer, creative mentor and writer. She collaborates with clients to define their vision, craft beautiful visuals and discover their voice through her studio, These Are The Days. Originally from Edinburgh, Sarah now works from her studio nestled in the Scottish Borders and lives with her partner and two children. She writes about curiosity, creativity and connection for her Brand Seasons publication on Substack.

Links

Want to start your own podcast? This is the course with Claire Venus ✨ that got me up and running https://www.creativelyconscious.co.uk/videopodcastcourse/w7arv (affiliate link).

Sarah’s website https://thesearethedays.co/

You can purchase the playdeck and minizine here: https://thesearethedays.co/shop (where people can buy the card deck and mini zine)

Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesearethedays.co/

Sarah’s Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thesearethedaysco/

The waitlist for the new playgroup: https://thesearethedays.co/brand-seasons-waitlist

Salt on your tongue: Women and Sea by Charlotte Runcie : https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/salt-on-your-tongue-women-and-the-sea-charlotte-runcie/1510539?ean=9781786891211

Blue Mind: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13647/9780349139579

The Chronology of Water: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13647/9781786893307

The Outrun: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13647/9781805301127

Episode 15

Sara Chandran (She/They) founded Fresh and Fearless, a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultancy, in January 2020 to support businesses in diversifying the workplace and being an inclusive place for all employees. Since then, Sara has facilitated hundreds of workshops worldwide and consulted with over 40 global companies. In 2024, Sara launched Out of the Office, a one-of-a-kind inclusion podcast, by facilitating discussions with HR, DEI and L&D experts to discuss the lessons we can learn from the hit TV show The Office. Additionally, Sara is a trustee at the environmental education charity Another Way. And last but not least, Sara is the proud parent of Casper, the most friendly, loveable Labrador who brings joy to all.

Sponsor the podcast for an opportunity to share your business, book, writing or venture.

I am super excited to offer sponsorship opportunities for Season 2. This season has been running for almost 5 months and it’s just hit 20,000 downloads, with approximately 1400 downloads per episode. It has been such an amazing journey, and we are taking it to the next level. Season 2 will be starting in the Summer, and there has been such an extraordinary number and quality of submissions for guests. I am super excited about it. So I have a business opportunity for you.

Have you been looking for a way to advertise your business, your book, your venture or your Substack? The Burnout Rebellion podcast could be a fantastic opportunity to do so.

There are different tiers available for investment

* Be a sponsor - £150 donation - Headline sponsor read at the start of 3 podcast episodes, in the show notes AND your business shared on every Substack post I publish for the duration of the season. (5 spots available)

* Be a friend - £75 donation. Your bio, story and link to your business shared in the middle of 2 podcast episodes and show notes. (15 spots available)

* Support the work - £20 donation. Be on the list published in the gratitude notes each episode. (Unlimited spots available)

* A benefactor - Any amount. This is for you if you would like to give a gift to support the work without any recognition or advertising. (Unlimited spots available).

How will donations be spent;

* Podcast hosting

* Editing software subscription

* Visuals and editing time

* Pay it forward - if there’s more in the pot than I need I’ll use it to support a subscription to someone in The Burnout Rebellion community who is starting a new venture or offer them a free spot on a workshop or course.

Click here to register your interest. The deadline has been extended to the 30th April due to the amount of interest shown.

I look forward to chatting more in the comments!

Much love,

Anna xx

Have you ever noticed how ideas in Science keep changing? One minute we are told that blueberries are a superfood, and the next it’s something new? That if we exercise for 3 times a week it’s enough and then the next it’s 5? I can think of simply hundreds of examples of this, and I’m sure you can too. This is largely due to how we absorb scientific literature through popular media; newspapers, social media, television. One scientific paper is jumped on, and hailed as the answer, when in fact Science is a bit more complicated than that. Not every scientific paper is fact, it’s an experiment that gets us closer to fact. In the grey areas of human-nature interactions, the work is either not reported in the same way or the research is simply not there.

One of the key pillars for The Burnout Rebellion is reconnecting with our environment, with nature and the wider ecosystem so that we become the best versions of ourselves. There are hundreds of studies that show our intricate connection, yet not many seem to make it into popular media, or are over simplified in their representation. In this week’s bitesize episode, I delve into why understanding science and spirituality is key to our realignment journey. Providing the introduction to the upcoming live sessions (free for all, more information below) and my monthly tutorials (paid subscription), where I share with you the science behind the spirituality, and how to use it to realign yourself and your soul.

Enjoy this episode!

Loving the podcast? Fancy buying me a coffee to keep me going in the planning/interviews and edits? Click here and donate http://buymeacoffee.com/AnnaRoseB

Links

My Substack: https://theburnoutrebellion.substack.com

The article on the Moon-Body Connection on my Substack.

Research papers on the moon-body connection;

* Benedict, C., Franklin, K. A., Bukhari, S., Ljunggren, M., & Lindberg, E. (2022). Sex-specific association of the lunar cycle with sleep. Science of the Total Environment, 804, 150222.

Helfrich-Förster, C., Monecke, S., Spiousas, I., Hovestadt, T., Mitesser, O., & Wehr, T. A. (2021). Women temporarily synchronize their menstrual cycles with the luminance and gravimetric cycles of the Moon. Science Advances, 7(5), eabe1358.

Ecochard, R., Stanford, J. B., Fehring, R. J., Schneider, M., Najmabadi, S., & Gronfier, C. (2024). Evidence that the woman’s ovarian cycle is driven by an internal circamonthly timing system. Science Advances, 10(15), eadg9646.

Dergaa, I., Romdhani, M., Fessi, M. S., Ben Saad, H., Varma, A., Ben Salem, A., ... & Hammouda, O. (2021). Does lunar cycle affect biological parameters in young healthy men?. Chronobiology international, 38(6), 933-940.

Hartstein, L. E., Wright Jr, K. P., Akacem, L. D., Diniz Behn, C., & LeBourgeois, M. K. (2023). Evidence of circalunar rhythmicity in young children's evening melatonin levels. Journal of sleep research, 32(2), e13635.

Casiraghi, L., Spiousas, I., Dunster, G. P., McGlothlen, K., Fernández-Duque, E., Valeggia, C., & de la Iglesia, H. O. (2021). Moonstruck sleep: Synchronization of human sleep with the moon cycle under field conditions. Science Advances, 7(5), eabe0465.

Kirsty Gallagher’s Lunar Living Membership is a way to begin working with the changes in the moon cycle. Rooted in astrology, and an understanding of the moons position in relation to other planets. It is a great reflection tool and I can offer you a discount. The coupon below will give you 11% off a 3, 6 or 12 month membership. Just type in ANNABING at checkout and the discount will be applied (affiliate link).

Episode 13

I am super excited to have Sarah Robertson on next weeks podcast episode. I have been working with Sarah for the last few months on my own branding in her Playgroup, with a bunch of incredible individuals. Sarah is a brand designer, creative mentor and writer. She collaborates with clients to define their vision, craft beautiful visuals and discover their voice through her studio, These Are The Days. Originally from Edinburgh, Sarah now works from her studio nestled in the Scottish Borders and lives with her partner and two children. She writes about curiosity, creativity and connection for her Brand Seasons publication on Substack.

We talk about a wide range of topics, and return to our love of the ocean, our relationships with our fathers and what it means to exist in the presence of grief. I cannot wait for you to listen to it.

Interested in sponsoring The Burnout Rebellion? The deadline is soon!

This season has been running for just over 4 months and its set to hit 20,000 downloads before the end of it’s 5th month, with approximately 1400 downloads per episode. It has been such an amazing journey, and we are taking it to the next level. Season 2 will be starting in the Summer, and there has been such an extraordinary number and quality of submissions for guests. I am super excited about it and just know you will love it.

Have you been looking for a way to advertise your business, your book, or your Substack? The Burnout Rebellion podcast could be a fantastic opportunity to do so.

There are different tiers available for investment

* Be a sponsor - £150 donation - Headline sponsor read at the start of 3 podcast episodes, in the show notes AND your business shared on every Substack post I publish for the duration of the season. (5 spots available)

* Be a friend - £75 donation. Your bio, story and link to your business shared in the middle of 2 podcast episodes and show notes. (15 spots available)

* Support the work - £20 donation. Be on the list published in the gratitude notes each episode. (Unlimited spots available)

* A benefactor - Any amount. This is for you if you would like to give a gift to support the work without any recognition or advertising. (Unlimited spots available).

How will donations be spent;

* Podcast hosting

* Editing software subscription

* Visuals and editing time

* Pay it forward - if there’s more in the pot than I need I’ll use it to support a subscription to someone in The Burnout Rebellion community who is starting a new venture or offer them a free spot on a workshop or course.

Click here to register your interest. The deadline has been extended to the 30th April due to the amount of interest shown.

Science and Spirituality Lives

The first 2 dates are scheduled! We’ll be talking about the two most asked for topics; the moon and why evolutionary psychology matters.

Monday 21st April, 4pm BST/11am EST; The Ancestral Mind in a Modern World; Understanding the importance of evolutionary psychology.

Monday 28th April, 4pm BST/11am EST; Lunar Tides: The Moon’s Hidden Influence on Body, Mind & Spirit.

See you all soon!

Much love,

Anna xx

I would like to liveLike a river flows.Carried by the surpriseOf its own unfolding.

― John O'Donohue, Fluent

When you were at school were you ever told that the subject you wanted to choose to study wouldn’t lead to a job? Did you ever hear the phrase “what are you going to do with that”? Or maybe when you’ve been in the workplace you have shared with others how overwhelmed and exhausted you feel with the current workload, and they have agreed with a shrug of the shoulders and a version of “well that’s the way it is”, an acceptance, that we should feel permanently exhausted. Both of these happened to Caroline Harris , my guest today on the podcast. Before her burnout, and her pivot point she defined herself as a high achiever, a perfectionist and living what we have all been sold as the corporate dream, but soon her relationships became a barometer for what was really going on in her life. Spending less and less time with those she loved and in the activities that she enjoyed.

Our conversation discusses the importance of boundaries, and their transformational ability. Instead of seeing them just as a ‘no’, they are also a ‘yes’ to the places we are meant to go. Many of you already know that I work a lot with astrology, but Caroline took this to new depths by discussing the Human Design method. We also delve into the art of surrender, a key component of listening to intuition and trusting the path that unfolds before you. Enjoy this episode.

Bio

Caroline Harris is a former banking professional turned sustainability advocate and founder of Direction Aligned. Her mission is to guide individuals at pivotal points in their career or business, helping them reconnect to their true selves, before navigating their next chapter with confidence and clarity. She uses a blend of Human Design, creativity, and actionable steps in her 1:1 mentoring and career shift programs, empowering people to slow down, and align their direction with their unique essence. Caroline believes that by embracing our uniqueness, we contribute to a more balanced, healthier planet.

Links

LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-harris-7a791117/

Human Design readings, mentoring and program details on Stan Store; https://stan.store/carolineharris

Website; https://www.directionaligned.com/

Upcoming events including the half day nature retreat; https://www.directionaligned.com/events

Substack; https://carolineharris.substack.com

Kirsty Gallagher’s Lunar Living Membership. The coupon below will give you 11% off a 3, 6 or 12 month membership. Just type in ANNABING at checkout and the discount will be applied (affiliate link).

The Surrender Experiment by Michael A Singer

How we spend our time by Sahil Bloom

Episode 12

In the coming weeks I’ll be sharing with you some more bitesize episodes as Season 1 slows down and we wait for season 2 to arrive in the Summer.

Next week I will share with you a super short episode talking more about science and spirituality and the intersection between the two. How our connection to Earth is so much deeper than we realise, and Science is starting to catch up.

Interested in being a guest or sponsoring The Burnout Rebellion? The deadline is soon!

If you have been listening to this podcast for a little while and you’ve been thinking that you too have a Burnout Rebellion story to share or some advice that would help others navigate a pivot moment in their lives, submissions for The Burnout Rebellion Season 2 are now open. This season has been running for just over 4 months and we have already had over 17,500 downloads and approximately 1400 downloads per episode.

Do you want to be a guest on the next season of The Burnout Rebellion? Register your interest here. Deadline is the 1st of April.

I’ll also be looking for sponsorship for Season 2. There are different tiers available so do take a look at the link below.

Would you like to be a sponsor or invest in the podcast? Click here to register your interest. Deadline is the 15th of April.

I look forward to chatting more in the comments!

Much love,

Anna xx

And when great souls die, after a period, peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be better. For they existed.

― Maya Angelou, When Great Trees Fall

This episode is a true celebration of an author who shares so beautifully the stories that women hold. It’s not very often you get to interview someone you deeply admire. Emma Simpson is an award-winning debut author, wild swimmer and tea sommelier. Her first book, Breaking Waves, is out on the 27th of March and explores the wonderful and unique relationship of women with water, demonstrating the primal powers of humanity and connection in an increasingly complex world.

Emma is such a life force. I have had the joy of watching her book unfold. I am so excited to read it. I was even more excited to interview her. Emma shows that dreams are possible. I love her story, her determination, her wisdom and this is a conversation that so many of us can learn from. I wanted to soak up absolutely everything I could from our conversation. In this episode, we talk a lot about grief. Grief was the catalyst for Emma’s story of burnout. It becomes increasingly clear to me that we do not talk about death enough, and the radical implications it has for our lives. Emma is a champion of raw authenticity, sharing life without glossing over the parts that seem unpalatable. To listen to Emma’s words of wisdom is incredibly soothing.

Just by Emma living her life as she has done has inspired me, and no doubt countless others. However this episode sits with you, allow it to catalyse your own rebellion. This beautiful conversation will take you to a deep place of healing. We talk about everything from chronic illness, to fear, to natures ability to heal. The stories we hold, shape the lives we live and sometimes in life we have no choice but to swim. Enjoy this episode with Emma, it was such a wonderful chat.

Bio

Emma Simpson is an award-winning debut author, wild swimmer and tea sommelier. Emma is continually inspired by the endurance and optimism of the human spirit, Emma lives in the South of England with her fire-fighter husband, teenage daughters and a sixty-year-old tortoise. She is currently writing her second book on tea: the history of tea and how we translate our own heritage, rituals and cultures in ways other than words.

Links

Pre-order BREAKING WAVES on Amazon

Pre-order BREAKING WAVES at Waterstones

Emma’s Substack

Emma’s Instagram

Emma’s Website

Would you like to be a sponsor or invest in the podcast? Click here to register your interest.

Kirsty Gallagher’s Lunar Living Membership. The coupon below will give you 11% off a 3, 6 or 12 month membership. Just type in ANNABING at checkout and the discount will be applied (affiliate link).

Episode 11

Next week, I am joined by Caroline Harris. Caroline is a former banking professional turned sustainability advocate and founder of Direction Aligned. Her mission is to guide individuals at pivotal points in their career or business, helping them reconnect to their true selves, before navigating their next chapter with confidence and clarity. She uses a blend of Human Design, creativity, and actionable steps in her 1:1 mentoring and career shift programs and is just such a fascinating individual to talk to. See you then!

Interested in being a guest or sponsoring The Burnout Rebellion?

If you have been listening to this podcast for a little while and you’ve been thinking that you too have a Burnout Rebellion story to share or some advice that would help others navigate a pivot moment in their lives, submissions for The Burnout Rebellion Season 2 are now open. This season has been running for just over 2 months and we have already had over 16,000 downloads and approximately 1400 downloads per episode.

Do you want to be a guest on the next season of The Burnout Rebellion? Register your interest here.

I’ll also be looking for sponsorship for Season 2. There are different tiers available so do take a look at the link below.

Would you like to be a sponsor or invest in the podcast? Click here to register your interest.

I look forward to chatting more in the comments!

Much love,

Anna xx

How many of us have had the dream to pack up our lives and to move to a remote island in Scotland….or anywhere. The opportunity arose for Phoebe Brookes, she was living what we have been sold as the idea of success. A good job in London, a flat and as she says “a life surrounded by things”. However shortly after she had bought her first home in London, she was suddenly faced with a leaking roof followed by an unexpected redundancy. What do you do when the life you thought you wanted begins to crumble? Many of us have faced that moment, and it is so often a choice. We can stick with the status quo, find another job and carry on, or take the opportunity to chase that whisper that we have always ignored.

In this episode, we talk about what it’s really like to move from the city to an island, the practicalities we all need to know and the unexpected yet beautiful benefits. This conversation was an inspiring one, and I almost packed my bags and moved to Arran, after this episode maybe you will too.

Bio

Phoebe Brookes is a freelance writer and content strategist who, for over a decade, has been working with brands to create content that connects and make their words count. Phoebe enjoys bringing clarity to complex subjects, and this passion has led her to diverse industries — from single malt whisky to data storage. Alongside her freelance work, Phoebe writes Island Tales, a newsletter that celebrates her move from London to the Isle of Arran in Scotland. In Island Tales, Phoebe chronicles her new life on Arran, exploring her connection with the island’s landscape, wildlife, and the people who call it home.

Links

Island Tales on Substack

Article: How much does it cost to swap city life for a remote Scottish island? https://www.starlingbank.com/blog/cost-of-trading-city-life-and-moving-to-a-remote-island/

Hermit by Jade Angeles Fitton

Consolations of the Forest by Sylvain Tesson

Brian Cox video “What more do you want?”

Do you want to be a guest on the next season of The Burnout Rebellion? Register your interest here.

Would you like to be a sponsor or invest in the podcast? Click here to register your interest.

Episode 10

Next week we will be joined by Emma Simpson . Emma is an award-winning debut author, wild swimmer and tea sommelier. Her first book, Breaking Waves, is being published in March this year and explores the beautiful and unique relationship of women with water around the world, demonstrating the primal powers of humanity and connection in an increasingly complex world. Emma is just such a wonderful soul, and I blame her completely for the unwavering belief that I can write a book. There are 101 reasons to listen to this episode, but if you are a wannabe author I really recommend it. I cannot wait for you to listen.

Interested in being a guest or sponsoring The Burnout Rebellion?

If you have been listening to this podcast for a little while and you’ve been thinking that you too have a Burnout Rebellion story to share or some advice that would help others navigate a pivot moment in their lives, submissions for The Burnout Rebellion Season 2 are now open. This season has been running for just over 2 months and we have already had over 15,000 downloads and approximately 1400 downloads per episode. I’ll also be looking for sponsorship for Season 2. There are different tiers available so do take a look at the link below.

Do you want to be a guest on the next season of The Burnout Rebellion? Register your interest here.

Would you like to be a sponsor or invest in the podcast? Click here to register your interest.

I look forward to chatting more in the comments!

Much love,

Anna xx

Are you agonising over a decision you need to make? Perhaps you are thinking about quitting your job, going all in on your business? Maybe it is leaving a relationship, or making a decision to move to a new location. How long have you spent going back and forth and inevitably not deciding anything? Sometimes we wonder whether we are worthy of the changes we wish to make, whether anything really is possible. Our inner critic can pipe up and convince us that we are not capable, we are the imposter in the room. Jane Galloway is someone who truly believes that anything is possible. She is the founder of Quiet the Hive, helping women to identify a life they love and arm them with the toolkit and confidence to go get it.

Jane is inspirational. She teaches me daily what it means to be courageous and she is one of life’s true cheerleaders. With Jane in your corner you feel as if you can do anything.

What makes Jane even more amazing is that what underpins this success is her own story of burnout. Before creating her business, she worked for the NHS for 24 years. In the space of just a few years she experienced bullying at work, her mum was diagnosed with terminal secondary breast cancer and her marriage came to an end with the pandemic following on it’s heels soon after. This is a real phoenix rising from the flames story and we talk about the importance of sisterhood, the life-affirming nature of grief and living a life on our own terms. This conversation will help you to make that decision you have been agonizing over much quicker. You’ll end up asking yourself, what will matter on my deathbed? Connect with this one deeply and let the courage flow as you listen to the endless wisdom of Jane Galloway.

Bio

Jane is founder of Quiet the Hive, helping women to identify a life they love and arm them with the toolkit and confidence to go get it.

Through her work as a coach, global keynote speaker and facilitator, she helps women to play bigger, make brave choices and step into their potential so that they live a life they love with a sense of purpose and fulfilment. Her impact is seen through her demonstrable positive results for clients in their confidence, courageousness, resilience and clarity.

Jane has been a qualified coach since 2015, and has two degrees in psychology (BSc (Hons) Psychology and MSc Health Psychology). She was named as the Women’s Mindset Coach of the Year 2023 (UK), won a silver award for Coach of the Year in the Best Business Women awards in 2024 and 2023 and was a finalist in the Small Awards (2023). She was also a finalist in the National Facilitator awards (2023) for ‘Transforming Lives’ and has been celebrated as one of 100 inspirational women in business through f:Entrepreneur. Quiet the Hive has been the focus of the Small Biz 100, recognising 100 top small businesses in the UK.

As one half of Your Life Less Ordinary, Jane runs weekenders that encourage women to move out of their comfort zone and welcome a little adventure into their lives, whatever that looks like for them.

She is also a trustee for the charity Bra Off Defib On, Educating men and women on the importance of using a defibrillator safely and to encourage them to remove the bra in an emergency to increase the chances of survival.

Jane is a lover of costume jewellery, a recovering runner, a stationery addict, thinks that chocolate and peanut butter absolutely go together, and would always rather be by the sea (preferably bobbing). She is a Mum to two hilarious boys and lives near a wood in Surrey, England.

Links to connect with Jane

Website: https://www.quietthehive.com

Email: [email protected]

Socials:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quiet_the_hive (@quiet_the_hive)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quietthehive

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janegalloway

Substack: https://quietthehive.substack.com

Key products/services:

Work with Quiet the Hive - www.quietthehive.com/courses

Access Free Resources - www.quietthehive.com/freebies

Join a Your Life Less Ordinary Weekender - www.yourlifelessordinary.co.uk

Listen to the Podcast on Spotify or Apple

Links from the show

Dr Rahul Jandial, Neurosurgeon and scientist, author of “This is why you dream”, explain what happens in the brain when we die https://youtube.com/shorts/-RLWtoUmvRo?feature=shareddr

This Is Why You Dream: What your sleeping brain reveals about your waking life a book by Rahul Jandial.

Why Thinking About Death Helps You Live a Better Life | Alua Arthur | TED

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End a book by Alua Arthur.

A Heart That Works: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER as heard on R4's Desert Island Discs a book by Rob Delaney.

Chloe Hope, Death Doula: Death & Birds | Chloe Hope | Substack

Hagitude by Sharon Blackie | Waterstones

The Podcast 28ish Days later; BBC Sounds - 28ish Days Later - Available Episodes

The Goddess Path: 13 Steps to Becoming Your Most Intuitive, Authentic and Powerful Self a book by Kirsty Gallagher.

The part 2 of our conversation over on Jane’s Podcast From Inside The Hive on Apple and Spotify.

Don’t forget what Jane said. Despite how successful her business has become, she still remains terrified every day. Her salary is less, and she works hard. But she is fulfilled, she is aligned with her purpose. She loves what she does. We can all aspire to be this.

Next week I am joined by Phoebe Brookes. Phoebe’s life sounds like the courageous dream many of us have. Phoebe packed up her life in London and moved to a remote island in Scotland with no real plan of what she wanted to do. Phoebe writes Island Tales, a newsletter that celebrates her move from London to the Isle of Arran in Scotland. In Island Tales, Phoebe chronicles her new life, exploring her connection with the island’s landscape, wildlife, and the people who call it home. Join me next week for this utterly wonderful conversation.

Much love,

Anna xx

This interview was one of the first interviews I did for the podcast and it made me realise the depth that these conversations were going to go to, and how incredible they would be. I feel very lucky to talk to so many people that are just….wise. It gives me faith in humanity, particularly when times in our lives or collectively can feel dark. Elizabeth Austin is incredibly wise. She has been through something many of us cannot imagine. Her daughter Carolyn was diagnosed with childhood leukaemia and as the events unfolded Elizabeth shares with us what it means to burn out as a parent, while caring for someone and the huge additional pressures the systems we live in put onto us at this time. I learn so much more about the American healthcare system than I ever knew. In her writing Elizabeth talks about the concept of being a bad cancer mum, how do we hold onto ourselves when our bedrock is being shaken and how can we do so with grace?

Bio

Elizabeth's writing has appeared in HuffPost, Today.com, The Sun, Thrillist, Reactor Mag, Write or Die, and others. She is currently querying her memoir about being a bad cancer mom. She holds an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her two children and their many pets.

Links

Website: writingelizabeth.com

Instagram: writingelizabeth

Substack: writingelizabeth.substack.com

I feel so privileged to have been able to listen to this conversation several times. Each time, I have taken away something new. I felt such a deep connection with Elizabeth, perhaps because we are both moving into the unknown and we have those torches in front of that we know will guide us, even if we are not sure how they will. How many of us are making or talking about making big changes and are met with naysayers, disbelievers and those who perhaps do not see that work can be joyful and full of purpose.

It reminds me of a fabulous quote that I heard Brene Brown share. It is from Theodore Roosevelt. He said:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.”

Let us all dare greatly.

Next week

I hope you loved this episode as much as I did. Next week for Valentines Day it’ll be my turn to put Jane Galloway in the hot seat. Jane is an award-winning coach and Founder of Quiet the Hive, helping you identify a life you love, and arming you with the toolkit and confidence to go get it. She is such a fabulous human and I know it’s one you will enjoy for sure.

Much love,

Anna xx

We cannot get away from the fact that if we have ideas that we want to share with the world, social media forms a huge part of us building a community by showing who we are and what it is we have to share. But can we make social media work for us? Can we make it soulful? Can it be values and community driven? Nicola Washington believes this is possible.

Nicola uses a great phrase in our chat today where she says we often feel as if we are chained to the social media ecosystem. As if social media runs us and not the other way round. Social media can be overwhelming on any day of the week, but particularly when you feel as if your business or book relies on it. We can get burn out chasing the algorithm. But what if we can be aligned and not algorithmic? Nicola is here to show us how it’s done. We discuss the myths around social media, engagement, boundaries, and what it means to deeply connect in a world that values disconnection. Having revisited this conversation as my own work shifts and changes, it’s made me realise that these wise words are ones you will keep coming back to over and over again. Enjoy this fabulous conversation with Nicola. You’ll be reimagining your social media usage within minutes.

Bio

Nicola lives in South London with her husband, two children, and a socially-awkward whippet, and works as an Instagram Strategist and Educator for writers and authors.

She became a Social Media Manager in 2017 after a twelve-year-long career as a secondary-school English teacher. After retraining she worked freelance with a range of small business clients, helping them get noticed online, until the start of 2023 when she started working with writers and authors, teaching them how to use Instagram to find more readers.

Nicola chose to make this pivot because she wanted to bring her work closer to her interests as she's always been an avid reader, and for the last few years has been developing her own writing practice, including working on her own fiction project that she is almost ready to query with agents.

Nicola's approach to Instagram has always been community-first and she will die on the hill that writers should not be trying to make sales on Instagram; your job is to make connections.

Links

Substack

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toomuch_social/

Details about the membership: https://www.toomuchsocial.com/membership

Website: https://www.toomuchsocial.com/

Examples of authors instagram’s to check out; Katherine May, Clover Stroud, Susan Cahill and Dr Emma Svanberg

Free Masterclass: Write your own Instagram Manifesto

The book Nicola mentions: The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World

I am so looking forward to seeing how this changes your relationship with social media. This felt like a much needed conversation .

Next week we are joined by Elizabeth Austin, a writer who has written prolifically across many outlets, and is currently querying publishers with her memoir on being a bad cancer mum. Her daughter Carolyn was diagnosed with leukaemia at 8 years old. We talk about burn out in the context of life shattering and life-threatening diagnoses and dig deep into the depths of how life changes us. Elizabeth is such a wonderful human being; I’m really looking forward to you listening to our conversation.

Much love,

Anna xx

The messaging around our relationship with nature is becoming more consistent. Connection to nature brings health benefits to us and the rest of the ecosystem. It can be the first place we turn to when we are facing a crisis point in our lives, when we begin to burnout. In this conversation, we discuss our increasing separation from nature, and our slow return to it. What if we know longer know how to connect in the way we need to, and in the way that should be instinctual? Is our connection with nature the forgotten bond? Tom and I talk through everyday urban nature, the ecology of our systems and travel all the way to the andromeda galaxy.

Bio

Thomas Winward is a writer and award-winning filmmaker based in London. He has produced documentaries and commercials for major brands including National Geographic, CNBC and American Express. He has co-written two feature films released on Prime Video and in cinemas. He now communicates environmental issues through his own films and his regular newsletter, Urban Nature Diary.

Link

Website: https://thomaswinward.com/

Substack: Urban Nature Diary

Living, being; A short film incorporating the snails in the hedge is on Substack and also here on vimeo.

The award winning documentary ‘The Birdwatchers’ documentary can be found on Substack or on Tom’s website.

Article ‘Are we alone in the universe?’

Article on Kittiwakes ‘Fish, films and wind farms’

Article ‘The fox in the car park’

Next week I’ll be joined by Nicola Washington where we will talk about all things social media, and how we can make social media work for us without burning out. Nicola single-handedly changed the way I now work with social media. I wrote pages in this interview and I know you will too!

Much love,

Anna xx