The Rebuilders

What does parenting a child with autism teach you? What presumptions and expectations about parenting do you unlearn? And how can this help to challenge your assumptions in other areas of life?

How do you make a change in your life that you have given up believing was possible? What do you gain when you give up alcohol and lose 7 stone? And how does this lead to successfully taking the MET Police to court? Activist, writer and TED Speaker Jamie Klingler shares her remarkable rebuild in an episode that will leave you feeling like you can take on the world.

Is it possible to reinvent yourself in midlife? Is menopause the end or a beginning? What can women do to stop feeling invisible once they hit middle age?

How to you survive when your workplace is in crisis? How do you know when a work environment no longer serves you and it's time to leave? How can you hold on to what you believe is important when everything around you is in flux. Abigail Comber took over as Chief Marketing Officer six weeks before the pandemic began and the high street closed. Her decades of experience helped her navigate a time so unprecedented that the media wore out the word unprecedented. Listen in to hear how she stayed afloat and what she has learned about sticking to her values throughout her career.

Why is failure so important for innovation? How does creativity help us live with the changing world around us? Why is the current education system broken? If you want to take a peek inside how the best and brightest minds at Google deliver new ideas, then this is the episode for you. Google, TED talker and author Craig Fenton is convinced that getting things wrong is an important step towards success in life and business. Plus he has some great tips for how all of us can get more comfortable with experimentation and failure.

How can we support children to overcomes life's knock backs? Is lots of praise from parents good or bad? If a child is struggling should we step back or lean in? Dr Maryhan is an experienced psychologist and parenting expert, as well as a mother of two. Sara and her discuss how our ability to deal with set-backs can be actively developed at a young age. She also shares insights into how confidence and resilience begin to develop in all of us, and some practical tips that we can all make use of. Even as adults.

What happens when work culture goes bad? Why does conflict occur and what can we do about it? What happens when we try to suppress issues rather than confront them? Dr John Curran is an expert in organisational culture and one of the pioneers of business anthropology - studying human behaviour in the workplace. Sara and John talk about why organisational conflict is unavoidable, why we ignore it at our peril and why we should view it as a form of communication.

How do you glitter a turd? How do you replan your future when you don't know what lays ahead? How do you go on to achieve things beyond your wildest dream, against a backdrop of incurable cancer?

Prepare to be amazed and inspired as we talk to Kris Hallenga, cancer survivor, best-selling author and founder of CoppaFeel! for episode 1 of our brand new series.

Did you get yourself a lockdown puppy? Or recently adopt an older dog? Maybe you’ve had your companion for some time and just haven’t been able to instil good manners? Well, humans aren’t the only ones who need to rebuild; dogs do too. And in this week’s season finale, Nigel Reed, one of the UK’s top dog behaviourists, shows us how. He shares his wisdom on how rebuilding a dog’s confidence in themselves, their environment and their leaders can transform a strained and stressful relationship into a relaxed and rewarding one. Whether you have a dog or not, this episode teaches us what we can learn from our relationship with dogs and how they are a reflection of our leadership skills.

Why are we so bad at knowing what jobs will suit us? How can you move on from being made redundant? What are limiting beliefs and how can we shift them? Tiffany Philippou, co-host of award winning careers podcast 'Is this Working?', discusses all of this and more with Sara Tate.