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Season 2 of this podcast has arrived. And this week’s episode is a sneak peek into what to expect in the coming months.
 
The themes of Season 1 continue in this new season:
✨ How to grow and nurture great cultures
✨ Building workplaces that are inclusive and fair
✨ Tools and tips for leaders to grow into their full leadership potential.

Listen into to hear why I’ll be talking about being fat, altered states, breathwork, and happiness. And some of the fabulous guests that will be popping up each week.
 
I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for being here with me on this journey. Your support and engagement mean everything to me.
 
For the behind the scenes wrap up of Season 1, check out Episode 37 for the Season Finale here.

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This episode is a re-release from earlier in the season whilst I take a break over summer.
 
ADHD is an invisible disorder that is often misdiagnosed, undiagnosed or sometimes masked from boss’s and peers. This episode is in the top 3 of most downloaded episodes which suggests the latent hunger for a better understanding about this condition.
 
Brooke Schnittman joins me on this episode to tell us about her journey to becoming an ADHD Coach. Brooke started out as a special education teacher working with students with ADHD disability and the whole time didn't know that she herself had ADHD. In an effort to make a bigger impact, she found ADHD coaching and now works with a team of coaches currently on a path to help 10 million individuals with ADHD over the next 5 years.
 
We cover:

• The negative messaging about ADHD from various sources
• How many women with ADHD go undiagnosed and why
• People with invisible conditions like ADHD face unique challenges at work
• And how boss’s can retain staff with ADHD

As Brooke says,  "People with an invisible disorder very often do that because they're afraid to show their true colours and be themselves."
 
Let’s continue to build workplaces where we all feel we can show up truly as ourselves.
 
Connect with Brooke on her website, instagram or youtube

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This episode is a re-release from earlier in the season whilst I take a break over summer.*
 
This has been the second downloaded episode of series 1. My guess is that there are a lot of people considering freelance as an option to have more freedom in their life, and to get away from problematic corporate cultures.
 
With my guest, Caley Dimmock, we explore:

✨ The upsides and downsides of being a freelancer
✨ How worst case scenario can be your best friend
✨ How freelancing will require and update with your relationship with failure

Caley Dimmock is a multi-six figure freelancer providing clients across the globe with market business coaching services. Knowing she wanted to be an entrepreneur from the age of 4, she got into the world of full-time self-employment in 2017 and hasn’t looked back. She now has a passion for helping others to also build a life and business that they truly love and don’t need an escape from.
 
And don’t forget to get Caley’s free guide “7 Steps to Start Freelancing”

You can find her on instagram. 

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This episode is a re-release from earlier in the season whilst I take a break over summer.
 
This has been the most downloaded episode of series 1 which is not surprising and at the same time heart warming. This episode is packed with insights and tips that are just as relevant today as they were when we first aired it. Whether you're hearing it for the first time or revisiting it, there's plenty to take away.
Let’s have the hard conversation about racism – again.
 
With my guest, Michelle Tackie Obende, we discuss:

• The importance of educating yourself about bias and racism without relying on marginalized communities to do all the work.
• Recognizing and challenging bias
• Her own experiences as a black woman, emphasizing how being alert to discrimination is an essential part of her everyday life.
• How her perfectionism is both a survival mechanism and a challenge
• How she now feels she can speak up, representing and advocating for those who may not feel as empowered in her own organisation.

This is an open and honest communication about experiences of discrimination and I’m grateful to Michelle for sharing her experience on this episode.
 
The episode aims to shine a light on the often-unspoken truth of racism in the workplace and to start important conversations around this topic.

You can connect with Michelle on LinkedIn,  check out the anti-racist reading lists here, and test your own  conscious and unconscious preferences by taking test here.

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This week, join me for a special behind-the-scenes look into the first season of this podcast.
 
We have a unique twist as my friend and colleague, Aly King-Smith, takes over the microphone and interviews me about my personal experience with podcasting and putting myself out there.
 
In this candid and no-holds-barred conversation, we delve into what inspired me to start this project and the journey of experimenting and taking risks. My hope is that by sharing both the successes and challenges, you will feel inspired to step forward and pursue that dream role or project you've been longing for.
 
During the episode, Aly and I cover a range of topics, including:

• Why I embarked on this podcasting venture
• How I go about finding guests for the show
• The significance of 'unsaid conversations' and what it means to me
• Reflecting on whether I would continue creating episodes even if no one listened

My guest-turned-host, Aly King-Smith is Managing Director of Clearworks Coaching for leaders in STEM. She's also a writer and podcaster who successfully launched "A Listening Life" in 2022, to support coaches who are running out of steam commercially. (@alisteninglife on Instagram).
 
A life-long advocate for women’s sport, Aly is in the process of launching her passion-project podcast "Older & Wilder" in Autumn 2023 to share stories of women in their 50s, 60s and above who are using the magic of sport and exercise to thrive. Her mission is to raise the profile of sporty, older women, to remind the world that they’re here, and that they’re wonderful. Aly's on instagram @olderwilder and will be crowdfunding the podcast in September by walking the 180 miles of Offa's Dyke Path from Chepstow to Prestatyn while getting noisy about older sporty women.

Connect with Aly on LinkedIn: Aly King-Smith
You can also check out Aly's podcast, "A Listening Life," at Listening Life Podcast.
 
Tune in to this insightful episode as I peel back the curtain on the podcast's first season, revealing the highs, lows, and valuable lessons learned along the way.

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This week’s episode is answering a listener’s dilemma – “How to influence a peer who thinks they know best?”

As this isn’t a coaching session, our approach is to ask a lot of questions as doorways into deeper understanding of what’s really going on. I know there will be nuggets in here for you like…
 
🔶  Checking in on how you feel before taking action 
🔶  Understanding that what we can’t be with is great insight to work on
🔶  The value of reflection before taking action. 
 
My guest is fellow coach, and friend Rona Steinberg. She believes everyone - whether they are noisy, quiet or something else ... has the capacity to be Out Loud. Her work is centred around helping her clients lead an Out Loud life by becoming more self-aware, more self-accepting and ultimately more self-expressed.

If you’d like your problem answered on a future episode, share with us anonymously and we will do our best to help.
 
Find Rona on Instagram and get her book, Live out loud – as masterclass in being yourself.

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Questions about your money mindset are a great way of getting clear about the rich life you want.

This week’s podcast is an interview with Ian Dempsey, IFA and funny Geordie. He has an unusual and refreshing approach to money which is apparent in his social content, and how he onboards his clients.

In this episode, we really dig into our behaviours around money and talk:
💰 Money mindset

💳 Easy access to credit and its impact on society

💪 Empowerment to change one's financial future

🔎 Examining the complex relationship between money, mindset, and systems

💼 His hope that the IFA industry won’t be necessary in the years to come

This is not an episode about financial advice. This is an episode to inspire you to review your money mindset, and be on a path to living your version of a rich life.

As Ian says, it's not just about numbers, but about understanding ourselves, our habits, and the systems we operate in.

Connect and follow Ian on LinkedIn for his funny and on point content about money.

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This episode is a candid exploration of how to make work enjoyable, the balance between certainty and uncertainty, and how corporate dynamics often shape individual work experiences. 

My guest is Matt Cheung, CEO of Clarasys, a consulting company that’s won so many awards for being a great place to work that we can’t list them all here. So he makes for the perfect guest to talk about creating meaningful, cool workplaces. He shares personal stories and insight into the question of what makes work "cool". 

And we cover:

• His journey to being an (accidental) CEO
• How purpose and meaning are key to a ‘cool’ workplace
• The social contract at work between employer and employee
• Why we both wanted to leave our previous jobs
• A different way to look at work-life balance

Check out Matt’s book, “Trust and patience” that takes you on the journey of how Clarasys was built around very human centered principles (leveraging Teal and Team of Teams).

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This week, I’m getting personal and sharing how I burnt down my life, not once but twice! The times when I stripped back my life to the bare bones -  got rid of relationships, people and jobs that weren’t working.

In both occasions, I didn’t realise what I was doing or the long term impact. My hope in sharing my story is that we can get to have open conversations about how we navigate change more consciously in our lives. To the benefit of ourselves and all the people in our lives.
 
CW: I cover some difficult topics in this episode, so please choose if this is the right time to listen.

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Ready to supercharge your decision-making skills?

This week’s guest is Matt Mower, a former developer and CTO, who works with business owners to grow and build their business. Matt has created a framework for decision making that he teaches to his clients and shares this with us on this episode.

We talk about: 

• The importance of knowing your destination and stripping away assumptions to reveal your true goals.
• The significance of strategy in decision-making, including sequencing challenges and prioritizing actions.
• A concept Matt’s borrowed from the military to help with decision making

Matt shares with us a concept he’s borrowed from the military to help frame decisions and  I found it super useful.

As Matt says, "Decisions shape our destiny – choose wisely."

Listen in to supercharge your decision making skills today.
You can find out more about Matt and his work at 

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