#138 Dr Rebecca Williams Dinsdale - Counting your blessings and being the blessing

Dr Rebecca talks to us about the importance of counting your blessings and being the blessing.

We talk about:

• Helping others to see their own goodness and capability.
• How to keep going and be courageous in the face of challenge.
• And what brings her the most joy in life.

And here’s a poem about her that her dad wrote!

There is a writer we know, whose books are perceptive,

Wisdom abounds, for those if receptive,

Dr Bec is her name, her mentoring renowned,

Coping and thriving, all problems she’ll confound.

So she’s your solution, whatever the task.

She’ll make your day brighter, as soon as you ask.

Dr Rebecca is a prize-winning triple graduate whose work is to encourage your Lifejoy through beautiful books, kindly coaching and tremendous talks.

Her unique combination of education, empathy and experience is used to help you to shine ever brighter.

She took her first school assembly at just seven years old and has been inspiring audiences ever since.

She has become an expert in adversity after severe chronic illness resulted in  12-40 weeks a year in bed or housebound for more than twenty years.

Her education was disrupted continually but she learned her Lifejoy strategies to build immense resilience.

The University asked her to give motivating talks to their new Post-Graduate students. When they responded so well, she knew this was her purpose.

As well as offering a range of inspiring talks, she worked as a Celebrant where she led  almost a thousand loving funeral services.

Dr Rebecca is now an author, coach and speaker with her latest book entitled: Your Lifejoy Year ~ An Enriching Thought for Every Day.

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

Rebecca’s Website -  www.drrebecca.org.uk 

Rebecca on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drrebeccad 

Rebecca’s Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/667353417187728 

Rebecca on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dr_rebecca_w_dinsdale/ 

Rebecca on Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rebecca-williams-dinsdale-b514824b/ 

#137 Dr Hannah Bryan - Unhook from trauma and get back to your life 

Hannah talks to us about the importance of unhooking from trauma and getting back to your life.

We talk about:

• Getting feedback from her daughter that led to leaving the NHS after almost 2 decades.
• The challenge of deciding which clients to work with after being institutionalised in her focus.
• And hear all about her non-cheesy tunes.

Dr Hannah Bryan is a passionate and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist and EMDR Consultant and Facilitator. After working in the mental health field for 24 years Hannah recognises that trauma is something that many people sadly experience throughout their life. She strongly believes that just because people have been through these tough times they can still live a fulfilling, rewarding life. 

Hannah supports clients that have experienced trauma by providing therapy. She also offers coaching helping her clients work through their performance blocks and struggles so they can realise their potential and be their best. 

Hannah supports clinicians who are passionate about working in the field of trauma by providing supervision, online webinars and facilitating on EMDR trainings (EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing).

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

Hannah’s Therapy/Coaching - https://drhannahbryan.com/ 

Hannah on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/trauma_psychologist/

Hannah’s Supervision and Training - https://theemdrsupervisor.com/

The EMDR Supervisor on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theemdrsupervisor/ 

#136 Becca Brighty - Everyone can be happy and brilliant at work

Becca talks to us about how everyone can be happy and brilliant at work.

We talk about:

• How doing a coaching qualification was transformational.
• How we all need to stop, reflect and take in what we’re doing in life.
• And studying psychology as her dad wouldn’t fund a photography degree.

Becca Brighty is a Business Psychologist and Coach. She helps driven professionals to understand their purpose, achieve their potential and live successful and balanced lives. She strongly believes that everyone can and should be happy and brilliant at work: It’s just a matter of them understanding and playing to their strengths and finding the right environment.

Becca has collected many qualifications over the years (a Degree in Psychology, Masters degree in Organisational Psychology, several psychometric testing qualifications, a post graduate certificate in business and personal coaching etc), but it is her personal experience of workplace misery, generalised anxiety disorder, imposter syndrome and difficulty identifying her purpose that helps her really connect with and empathise with her clients.

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

Brighty People Website - https://brightypeople.com

Coaching in the workplace - https://brightypeople.com/employee-coaching-in-the-workplace/

Becca on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccabrighty/

#135 Nicola Jayne Little - Building a MINT community

Nicola Jayne Little talks to us about building a MINT community.

We talk about:

• Taking 10 years to work out what she wanted to do.
• Her starting new things super power.
• And the importance of “merch”.

Working for yourself takes courage. The members of Nicola’s business club work for themselves. They are MINT and the Club was named after them.

People are Nicola’s joy, and every day she gets to do what she loves most; support the small business community to help their businesses thrive.

She has worked with 1000s of business people from the North East and Yorkshire and they continually inspire her.

MINT is the membership club for solo and micro business owners who want to keep learning, keep growing and be part of a community of people who just ‘get it’.

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

MINT Website - www.mintbusinessclub.co.uk

MINT on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MINTBizClub

MINT on Instagram - www.instagram.com/mintbizclub

MINT on I LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolajaynelittle/

MINT on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mintbizclub  

#134 Melissa Armstrong and Marie Ranson - The importance of well-being

Melissa and Marie talk to us about the importance of well-being.

We talk about:

• Starting their working relationship as coach and client.
• Figuring out how to help as many people as possible.
• And how mental health is as important as physical health.

Melissa and Marie are the Co-founders of Key Wellbeing, a Workforce Wellbeing Company.

They are passionate about helping employees to be healthier, happier and more productive at work.

They achieve this by delivering bespoke wellbeing programmes and initiatives, enabling employers to support their staff. 

Their flagship service  'The Key Wellbeing Hub' is an on-demand platform offering a wide range of video e-learning, audio guides and downloadable resources to support employees with their mental and physical wellbeing.

With their diverse backgrounds, ranging from training to therapy, to providing change management support, guidance and solutions to organisations, they have the tools required to assist with this ever-growing problem of ‘workplace burnout’.

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

Key Wellbeing Website - https://www.keywellbeing.co.uk/

Key Wellbeing on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/key-wellbeing/ 

Key Wellbeing on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/keywellbeing/ 

#133 Jez Kay  - Flying the flag for effective communication

Jez talks to us about flying the flag for effective communication.

We talk about:

• How his first job could have been the inspiration for the tv series The Office.
• His first Pirate stance in wearing ‘weird’ suits to the City.
• And going viral on TikTok.

Where is Jez at? 

During the day he’s a communication coach and helps business leaders to put their message across.

He’s the Founder of My True Talent, a portal for talented working individuals who want to improve their communication skills.

Jez wrote Peter True, The Early Years, the story of what happens to a young boy who's sent to a girls' school.

He has a modest fanbase on TikTok, where his daughter Theo teaches him to dance. But he’s a Dad so he can't dance.

Jez has also produced a local TV show The Chair - interviews with inspiring people.

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

Peter True Website - http:/thisispetertrue.com 

My True Talent Website - http://mytruetalent.co.uk

Jez on TikTok - http://tiktok.com/@jezandtheo

Jez on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jezkay/ 

Jez on Twitter - https://twitter.com/

#132 Emma Baylin - Creating a business around your passions 

Emma talks to us about creating a business around her passions! 

We talk about:

• The importance of investing in staff happiness and wellbeing.
• The physiological response we have when we sing. 
• And how things feel easy when you’re on the right track.

Emma’s passions include the power of human connection, improving health & wellbeing and singing.

She is a highly recognised trainer and facilitator with 30 years’ experience delivering on a range of organisational development topics. She has developed national programmes for clients including NHS England / Improvement.

Emma specialises in helping organisations address complex challenges and implement solutions by guiding participants through an experiential journey, applying learning to their own practice and developing clear actions.

With Shared Harmonies CIC, she has worked with some of the UK’s leading companies including Nissan, Hermes, Royal Canin, Pinsent Masons and PwC.

Shared Harmonies reinvests profits into community programmes for participants affected by health & wellbeing conditions. 

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

Shared Harmonies Website - https://www.sharedharmonies.co.uk/

Shared Harmonies on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SharedHarmonies

Shared Harmonies on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SharedHarmonies/

Shared Harmonies on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sharedharmonies/

#131 Sonya Morton-Firth - Finding fulfilment

Sonya talks to us about the importance of finding fulfilment

We talk about:

• Being told she’ll never amount to anything and doing everything to prove them wrong.
• How the best way to get good at something is to give it a try.
• And the importance of exploring your gifts and who you really are.

Sonya grew up in a single parent family, in Newcastle in the seventies where divorce and children of mixed race were not the norm. After many fights in the playground with school bullies she was told that she would never amount to anything and would be lucky to even make it to higher education.

Sonya worked as a high-flying sales executive in the City for many years, travelling between London, New York, and Miami, and enjoying the challenge of the fast-paced, high-pressured lifestyle; A woman in a man’s world, Sonya’s passion and enthusiasm always drove her to be the best, she was successful but felt unfulfilled, the ultimate failure. 

Sonya left the rat race, the corporate lifestyle, to become an Entrepreneur and pursue her passion of health, wellbeing, and personal fulfilment. She qualified in fitness and nutrition, launched a brand of glamourous fitness wear for women; and competed on stage in Physique competitions. By bringing her focus to healthy nutrition and disciplined training, Sonya went from Briefcase to Bikini, proving that it’s never too late to change the way you look and feel. She is dedicated to body building and the benefits that weight training brings for women in confidence in mind and body.

As well as being an Entrepreneur, Sonya is a property investor and has built a multi-million-pound property portfolio that gives her the financial freedom most people dream of. 

They say you must reach a break down before you make a breakthrough and Sonya reached this point after a relationship breakdown, finding herself jobless and homeless all within the same week. 

What followed was a true transformation and Sonya reinvented herself again. She qualified as an Executive coach and became leader of the largest personal growth community in the UK where she organised large events and was MC on stage with some world class Speakers. 

Now Host of her YouTube channel and Podcast ‘The Sonya Morton Firth Show’, she has interviewed over 100 inspiring guests from Amir Khan to Dr John Demartini. 

Entrepreneur, speaker, coach, and Bikini Athlete, Sonya Morton-Firth is the Queen of transformation!

“When you learn to understand your mind, you will realise that happiness is a choice. That you do not have to depend on the external world to experience happiness and inner peace, but you can cultivate it from within. When you master that skill, you will start to enjoy everything that life presents to you. Life is amazing when you learn to see its beauty.” – Sonya Morton-Firth

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

Sonya’s Website - https://www.sonyamortonfirth.com 

Sonya on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thesonyamortonfirthshow

Sonya on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesonyamortonfirthshow 

Sonya on LinkedIn - https://www.instagram.com/thesonyamortonfirthshow 

Sonya on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSonyaMortonFirthShow   

#130 Jacqui Marson - Know who you are and speak your truth!

Jacqui talks to us about the importance of knowing who you are and speaking your truth.

We talk about:

• Being very good at persuading people to do things.
• How being a martyr doesn’t serve anyone.
• And how Newcastle is the best city in the world.

Jacqui Marson was one of the first female independent war reporters in the UK. She set up Wildcat Films in the North East with cameraman David Baillie when she was 26, and they went on to win numerous awards for exclusive reports from remote and hostile locations.

She covered previously unreported wars in Pakistan’s Siachen Glacier, in South Sudan with the rebel army and Nicaragua with the Sandinistas. After becoming a mother she sold the company and retrained as a Chartered Psychologist, working with women in Holloway prison and then in private practice. Jacqui wrote the worldwide bestseller The Curse of Lovely: How to break free from the demands of others and learn to say No, and appears regularly on TV and radio.

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

Jacqui on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxt2Eugj9bKMppNbA8V_55g 

Jacqui on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/marsonjacqui/ 

#129 Bethany Wright - Don’t shy away from who you are and what you want

Bethany talks to us about not shying away from who you are and what you want!

We talk about:

• Being authentic without the fear of what others think.
• Being willing to explore and experiment.
• Deciding she didn’t want to be a fashion designer after cutting up her Nana’s clothes!

Bethany Wright is a Next Step Career Coach at her female-oriented coaching and e-commerce brand Her Empowerment Room, which she launched last year during the pandemic alongside her high level marketing job. 

Drawing on her own savviness and experiences, she is on a mission to help ambitious women at a crossroads in their career to navigate their next step with clarity, courage, confidence and ease. Gone are the days of waking up to your alarm to seize yet another lifeless cup of corporate ambition to simply pay the bills. 

Bethany empowers women to redefine their path to success, whether that be a career shift or entrepreneurship, through the use of her signature FIRE Process. 

Family girl first, Bethany channels the mantra “woman first, work second” each and every day – a musing inspired by the words of one of her biggest inspirations in the industry, Cara Alwill. 

Key Resources:

Inspiration North Website - www.inspirationnorth.com

Inspiration North Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/inspirationnorth 

Inspiration North Twitter - https://twitter.com/Inspirationorth 

Inspiration North Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspiration_north/ 

Inspiration North LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiration-north

Bethany on Instagram - www.instagram.com/herempowermentroom  

Bethany on Facebook - www.facebook.com/herempowermentroom 

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