What an inspiring company! This podcast really shows what it's like to work for a wonderful company that truly cares.  Jackie is the HR Director at BP Collins Solictors - she has been with the company for some 20 years and in that time has seen many changes. What shines through from this conversation is the companies continued desire to evolve, involve it's staff, support it's staff and be involved in the wider community with CSR activites.

Barney Whiter, aka The Escape Artist.  His Blog is read by 1000s of people each week and has been featured in The Telegraph and various articles in magazines such as Men's Health and Good Housekeeping.  Barney is a great advocate for being financially independent and living a balanced and healthy lifestyle.  He'll be kindly sharing with us his insightful knowledge of securing early financial independence, that work life balance and i'll be asking: 'is it ever too late for change?'

Take the time to listen to these two guys - they are just so inspiring.  Whether you are an employee or employer, Corporate Social Responsibility is a must in todays society.  CSR benefits us all and is a key marker of credibility to an organisations commitment to wellbeing, community, environment and philanthropic initiatives.

My guest Shula Tajima is an incredible lady who is Director of Counselling Services, at Number22 a charity based in Maidenhead, Berkshire in England. She shares some of their latest news and giving insight into the life changing services that they provide within their community. Also discussing her amazing personal journey of being diagnosed with Breast Cancer in late 2018, managing her treatment and the personal importance of continuing to work whilst dealing with the disease.