The Mind Takeaway Podcast

In this episode, we spoke to Terri Broughton consultant, trainer, coach and painter who describes herself as a lifelong learner. In this conversation, we spoke about how we become the people we never thought we were. Terri, for example, grew up believing that she is not a painter just to become one a lot later on in her life. We explore creativity, our identity expressed through art and much more. Terri is a great storyteller and this is one of our favourite conversations so far.

You can connect and find out more about Terri’s work here:

Art:http://Www.terribroughtonart.co.uk

Consultancy, Coaching and Training: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terri-broughton-11a525118/

In this episode, our guest is Valerio Velardo, Co-Founder and CEO of Melodrive, a company providing AI and machine learning consultancy for audio-centric and music tech startups. Valerio has a PhD in AI Music and is a classically-trained musician. He has deep experience running R&D in AI music for both academia and the industry.

Valerio is very passionate about his work, as he continues to explore what we can do with AI and machine learning in the future, however, he is also very clear about the challenges we face with data and human biases. He can see a way forward, where we work in collaboration with these technologies, which opens up new and exciting ways of making music by pushing the boundaries of human potential and creativity.

We covered quite a lot of ground and topics in this one, so we hope you will find it both interesting and insightful.

You can connect and find out more about Valerio’s work here:

In this episode, our guest is Stephanie Barnes, Painter and Business Consultant, who has an MBA in information technology, and a BBA in accounting, as well being a successful artist. Stephanie is also known as a Chief Chaos Organiser, due to successfully executing big, unwieldy projects and programs. Large, cross-functional, cross-organisational initiatives, that don’t neatly fit into a box. They have lots of stakeholders, and loads of moving parts and many of conflicting objectives. They also have the technology, they have processes and people.

Stephanie finds it hard to call anything a failure and sees the learning in everything that she and her clients do. Her workshops help people embrace their creative side, gets them used to experimenting and opens up the pathway to innovation and tangible and sustainable results.

You can find out more about Stephanie's work here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieabarnes/

YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCQHNT4UDtM4o-Dcqd9cLGw

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPuzzlePiece

Facebook (consulting page): https://www.facebook.com/realisationofpotential/

Facebook (art page): https://www.facebook.com/StephanieBarnesArt/

Consulting Webpage:  https://www.realisation-of-potential.com/

Art Webpage: https://www.stephaniebarnesart.com/

Instagram (art only): https://www.instagram.com/mppc1967/

In this episode, our guest is Sheena Bratt, Singer-Songwriter, Environmental Activist and one-quarter of Venus Rising. Sheena loves to perform and music is her life. Not one for sticking to any particular style or genre of music, she finds it more challenging and interesting to venture into multiple genres. If not touring with her Folk-Rock band Venus Rising, you can catch her doing solo acoustic gigs. She also collaborates with music producers, whether it’s songwriting duties or applying her signature vocals on some of the latest Electronic Music tracks coming out of the UK and Europe.

When not making music or playing guitar in her band, you can find her taking action to protect the environment, another of one of her passions. Sheena was instrumental (no pun intended) in the campaign against fracking in her local community of Stoke-on-Trent a few years back. This was well before the temporary total ban which, you might have heard about recently in the UK. Sheena is also passionate about the use of clean renewable energy vs the current carbon-based options, and she continues to spread environmental awareness within her community.

You can connect with Sheena and listen to her music here:

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheena.bratt/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SheenaVocals

Listen to her latest release: https://open.spotify.com/album/5h0SkxuWJK5GHfo0I3EwGz

Her band Venus Rising: https://www.venusrising.uk

In this episode, our guest is Paul Rosenberg, a Leadership Coach, and Consultant for over 30 years and his focus has always been on the human side of things. His view is that no matter what technology is being used, or if you are a start-up, a small organization or a Forbes 500 firm, that work has to be executed by a human being and that is where he focuses his attention. In the past, he led the first Joint venture on marketing and training in the Ex-Soviet Union under Perestroika and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Creativity also played a major role in Paul’s life and his background as a former standup comedian and improv actor certainly came in useful to be aligned, have the ability to see where people in their development as a leader and navigate uncertainty, which is commonplace in the world of business. Fast-forward to now and Paul is also the author of a wonderful and vital book called "Rogue Leadership" that we believe all current or aspiring Leaders should add to their reading list.

You can find out more about Paul’s book and his work here:

https://rosenbergpaul.com/rogue-leadership-harnessing-headwinds-to-drive-performance/

In this episode, our guest is Sergei Merjeevski, Artist, Sculptor and Activist. We spoke about his work creating giant metal creatures, his love of the natural world and the conservation work he does. Sergei gives us his take on what is creativity, we touch on the subject of connection and the therapeutic benefits of art.

What you will notice from our conversation with Sergei is his passion and how he lights up when we talk to him. We could have spoken for hours, as he invited us into his world and gave an insight into what it’s like to be an apex predator and the connection we have with the natural world. He also explains why it is so important to get curious about our surrounds, which leads us to take better care of the planet’s resources because we are also a vital part of that whole fragile ecosystem that mother earth provides for us.

You can connect with Sergei and find out more about his creations here:

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

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/smerjeevski

If you like dynamic conversations that easily flow from one subject to another then this episode is for you. We spoke to Kerstin Reif, Insight Facilitator and Business Coach, about her journey and what she learned about herself and others by following her desire to explore the human mind.

In this episode, we talk about insights, fear, judgment, being yourself, relationships, curiosity, creativity, failing, communication, understanding, goals, growth, stress and wellness.

Being human can sometimes feel overwhelming, all that stuff we need to do, achieve or overcome in order to finally be what we “should” be. This conversation was heart-warming and reminded us about the joy of being human by pointing us back to who we really are before all the stories we tell ourselves, beliefs and ideas we create about how life works.

Enjoy Listening!

If you would like to connect with Kerstin choose one of the options below:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KerstinReif2

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerstinreifcoaching/?hl=de

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerstin-reif-3a7bb161/

Website: www.kerstinreif.com

This time we did something different, Jamie Smart hosted our 10th episode of the Mind Takeaway Podcast and asked us some interesting questions.

Jamie is a Sunday Times Best Selling Author and speaker as well as being one of our mentors. In this episode, we spoke about our journey, what got us interested in coaching,  mentoring and the Principles Behind Clarity. We share our biggest insights and realisations plus how they have changed our lives and the way we work.

You will hear us talk about purpose and how it looks in real life when you follow your ideas and insights. We talk about how our relationship went from controlling and being based around fear to dynamic and easy just buy understanding of who we are and how we create our experience of life.

Throughout our conversation, we speak about connection and relationships, listen carefully as Jamie says “We are these amazing, evolving, intelligent human beings and when we are in touch with who we are and where our experience is coming from, love and connection is the most natural thing in the world.”

We also touch on what it means when we say you will be OK regardless of what happens in the future; it’s not about always doing the “right” thing and never making mistakes, it’s knowing that you can deal with everything that life throws at you, we are these resilient and creative beings who can deal with problems and seatbacks.

On October 10th we will be doing a workshop in Berlin, you will hear Peter mentioning it, and its purpose is to help people see beyond fear of the future and finding a way to thrive in times of uncertainty. If you want to join us, please visit our website for more information  https://www.themindtakeaway.com/workshops-berlin

Enjoy listening.

In this episode, our guest is Leah Hornibrrok, A/Director, Community Capability and Volunteerism for Queensland Fire and Emergency Services - QFES. With more than 20 years’ experience, Leah is an innovator and initiator of change in the areas of sponsorship, public relations, event and project management, audience development and development of stakeholder and partnership opportunities.

Leah is passionate and driven to create and effect real change and look for opportunities to use her cumulative skills from the community, arts, not-for-profit, private and public sectors to help resolve social impact challenges.

We talk to Leah about the importance of real human connection when it comes to saving lives, she shares her story of bouncing back from challenges and how being authentic is the only way to build trust with people.

You can connect with Leah via Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-hornibrook-44798b83/

In this episode, Peter spoke to Hollis P Monroe music producer, DJ and a YouTube blogger originally from Philadelphia and now living in Berlin. They spoke about the importance of being yourself as an artist, writer's block, comparing yourself to others, performance anxiety and making music for people to enjoy, be affected by it and hopefully invoke feelings,  instead of trying to make critics happy.

Here with Peter, he is sharing his honest account of how it is to be a DJ/Producer and he talks about his experiences in the hope that younger musicians will be inspired.

You can find out more about Hollis here:

http://pmonroe.com