My guest for today’s episode is the brilliant Ros Poerwantoro - of Romud Ceramics.

Growing up in Australia, after leaving school, Ros trained as an Interior Architect and was immersed in the corporate for nearly 15 years. As part of a meditation course she attended, as homework, the class was challenged to try something they had always wanted to do but had never done. Ros chose pottery and went to her first class. From there, she was hooked. Ros left the corporate world back in 2021 – with the intention of taking a career break for a couple of months. During this time her hobby of pottery became a business - and now 12 months into running Romud Ceramics she is not only creating her own pieces to sell but also running workshops and training courses from her gorgeous artists studio in Brighton.

In this episode, Ros shares with us the decisions that led to leaving her corporate job to try something different. If you’re contemplating leaving the corporate world to get creative, then this episode is for you!

You can find Ros’s website romud.co.uk and on Instagram @ro_mud or on her website - https://www.romud.co.uk/ 

I hope you enjoy our conversation!

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Big Sky Adventures is a podcast that explores the intersection between adventure, wellbeing and mindset. Your host Sarah, a Performance Psychologist, Wim Hof Method Instructor and Mountain Leader will share her personal experiences and professional skills along with insightful guest interviews. The podcast is for ambitious individuals who love spending time in nature, going on adventures as well as taking care of both their mental and physical health. Tune in fortnightly a journey that blends personal growth, adventure, and positive mindset.

Find out more about my retreats, workshops and events - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.sarahhuntley.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sarah_huntley_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Get in touch with me at [email protected]

My guest for today’s episode is Andy Mackenzie. In his early 20’s, Andy joined the household cavalry, and with the guidance of his superiors, went on to become a professional athlete. In this episode, Andy openly shares his career journey as well as his experience of burnout and mental breakdown in his forties. After some time out to regain his health, he’s come back stronger than ever and became the Performance Director of Irish Modern Pentathlon – culminating in a successful Olympic Games in 2016. Andy is a Wim Hof Method Instructor – and will be running workshops in and around Bath later this year! Find him on Instagram @dare.2.become

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Big Sky Adventures is a podcast that explores the intersection between adventure, wellbeing and mindset. Your host Sarah, a Performance Psychologist, Wim Hof Method Instructor and Mountain Leader will share her personal experiences and professional skills along with insightful guest interviews. The podcast is for ambitious individuals who love spending time in nature, going on adventures as well as taking care of both their mental and physical health. Tune in fortnightly a journey that blends personal growth, adventure, and positive mindset.

Find out more about my retreats, workshops and events - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.sarahhuntley.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sarah_huntley_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Get in touch with me at [email protected]

My guest for today’s episode is Kate Toomer. Kate runs Dogs Club – a fun agility and dog training business in Brighton and the surrounding areas. Kate started out working in hospitality – and then successfully applying for a cabin crew role with BA – flying all over the world for over 8 years. She’s also set up, run a successful Brighton-based coffee shop before starting her dog training and agility business back in 2016.

In this episode Kate shares the highs and lows of entrepreneurship and how even though she never felt like someone who could run her own business, she’s done it anyway. Her passion for what she does comes across so clearly in this episode and it was a joy to record. If you’re in Brighton and own a dog, check out Kate’s website www.dogsclub.co.uk. I hope you enjoy this episode!

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Big Sky Adventures is a podcast that explores the intersection between adventure, wellbeing and mindset. Your host Sarah, a Performance Psychologist, Wim Hof Method Instructor and Mountain Leader will share her personal experiences and professional skills along with insightful guest interviews. The podcast is for ambitious individuals who love spending time in nature, going on adventures as well as taking care of both their mental and physical health. Tune in fortnightly a journey that blends personal growth, adventure, and positive mindset.

Find out more about my retreats, workshops and events - ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.sarahhuntley.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1⁠⁠⁠⁠

Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠@sarah_huntley_⁠⁠⁠⁠

Get in touch with me at [email protected]

My guest for today’s episode is Damien Pestell.

Damien is a Writer, Storyteller and Entrepreneur. Since 2015 Damien has founded two start-up businesses. The first - Community Oven was a social enterprise which brought people together through food and helped to form community. He then went on to set up and run ‘Street Food Trailers’ a business which manufactured custom food trucks and helped people change career into street food, creating new food brands.

Damien now helps business owners and companies to tell their story better and develop and implement a business strategy which is aligned with them.

You can find Damien on Instagram @beyourbusinessuk

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Big Sky Adventures is a podcast that explores the intersection between adventure, wellbeing and mindset. Your host Sarah, a Performance Psychologist, Wim Hof Method Instructor and Mountain Leader will share her personal experiences and professional skills along with insightful guest interviews. The podcast is for ambitious individuals who love spending time in nature, going on adventures as well as taking care of both their mental and physical health. Tune in fortnightly a journey that blends personal growth, adventure, and a positive mindset.

Find out more about my retreats, workshops and events - ⁠⁠⁠www.sarahhuntley.com⁠⁠⁠

Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1⁠⁠⁠

Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - ⁠⁠⁠@sarah_huntley_⁠⁠⁠

Get in touch with me at [email protected]

Welcome back to the Big Sky Adventures podcast 

Today, I’m going to update you on my career story. I take you back over the past 18 months of my life and share with you the pivotal moments, big decisions and challenges I've faced with my career 'pivot' - from performance psychologist to Wim Hof Method® Instructor.

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Big Sky Adventures is a podcast that explores the intersection between adventure, wellbeing and mindset. Your host Sarah, a Performance Psychologist, Wim Hof Method Instructor and Mountain Leader will share her personal experiences and professional skills along with insightful guest interviews. The podcast is for ambitious individuals who love spending time in nature, going on adventures as well as taking care of both their mental and physical health. Tune in fortnightly a journey that blends personal growth, adventure, and a positive mindset.

Find out more about my workshops and events - ⁠⁠⁠www.sarahhuntley.com⁠⁠⁠

Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1⁠⁠⁠

Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - ⁠⁠⁠@sarah_huntley_⁠⁠⁠

Get in touch with me at [email protected]

When most people think of ‘digital nomad’ they think a laptop poolside or on the beach with a cocktail and 20 minutes of work a day. Probably followed up by a pool party in the sun and buckets of Moet! The reality is lots of work in very uncomfortable places. I have worked in nearly every different kind of place imaginable - coffee shops, hotels, restaurants, kerb sides, Air BnB's and on trains and planes! Sometimes you just have to suck it up and do it to get things done.

There are both pro's and con's to being a digital nomad - and I have been lucky enough to experience this lifestyle first hand when I travelled 5000 miles across Europe in 2020 and 2021 - working, living and travelling in a VW Crafter camper van. 

In this episode, I share with you my take on the pro's and con's to this lifestyle - and what you need to consider if you're thinking of heading off into the sunset with your laptop under your arm...

Pro #1 - Ultimate freedom and adventure

Pro #2 - Experience a new culture 

Pro #3 - Live in the moment

Con #1 - Lack of connection

Con #2 - Blurred lines between work and play

Con #3 - It can be more complicated and stressful

I hope you enjoy this episode! Get in touch with me at [email protected]

My guest for this episode is Tom Grainger – who in 2019 set up his company LiveSlow Campers – who designs and builds camper vans by hand in his North Yorkshire workshop.

Tom’s path to running his own business is a brilliant story – full of twists and turns and one in which I hope will inspire you to keep persevering when the going gets tough, something I know he’s had to do a lot to get to where he is today.

Tom is a true adventurer can when not in the workshop building camper vans, can be found surfing, skiing, hiking, playing football and cooking.

Find Tom here:

https://www.liveslowcampers.com / @liveslowcampers

I really hope you enjoy this episode.

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Big Sky Adventures is a podcast that explores the intersection between adventure, wellbeing and mindset. Your host Sarah, a Performance Psychologist, Wim Hof Method Instructor and Mountain Leader will share her personal experiences and professional skills along with insightful guest interviews. The podcast is for ambitious individuals who love spending time in nature, going on adventures as well as taking care of both their mental and physical health. Tune in fortnightly a journey that blends personal growth, adventure, and a positive mindset.

Find out more about my workshops and events - ⁠⁠⁠www.sarahhuntley.com⁠⁠⁠

Read my profile and book a workshop space on the Wim Hof Method® website - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/trainer/sarah-huntley-1⁠⁠⁠

Connect with me on social media (I'd love to hear what you thought of this episode!!) - ⁠⁠⁠@sarah_huntley_⁠⁠⁠

Get in touch with me at [email protected]

My guest for this episode is Sarah Higgins – who in 2020 set up her own business – 'Seaside Sauna Haus' a mobile, wood-fired sauna based on a beautiful beach in Dorset. She runs the sauna alongside a job as a social worker as well being a wife and mum of two boys.

In this episode, we dive into:

- How an off-hand suggestion from a friend over dinner was the prompt Sarah needed to set up her sauna business 

- How Sarah crowdfunded for her new sauna and raised £10,000 in four weeks

- How it’s possible to run a successful business even if you don’t feel like a you’re a natural business person

I really hope you love this episode! 

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Big Sky Adventures is a podcast that explores the intersection between adventure, wellbeing and mindset. Your host Sarah, a Performance Psychologist, Wim Hof Method Instructor and Mountain Leader will share her personal experiences and professional skills along with insightful guest interviews. The podcast is for ambitious individuals who love spending time in nature, going on adventures as well as taking care of both their mental and physical health. Tune in fortnightly a journey that blends personal growth, adventure, and a positive mindset.

I hope you enjoy our conversation! Get in touch with me at [email protected]

For this episode, I share with you my six top tips on how to set up a business. I’m now 10 years into my entrepreneurial journey, having set up and run four businesses from scratch.

More people than ever are wanting to set up their own business – with an estimated 3 million employees in the UK stating they want to set up a business in 2022. In 2021, over 700,000 businesses were started, and post-pandemic that figure is estimated to continue to rise as more people are wanting to take control of their time, energy and focus and chase their dreams running their own business and to work for themselves.

As idyllic as that sounds, a report by the Telegraph newspaper showed that over 20% of businesses fail within the first year, and even if your businesses survives the first 12 months, by year 5 around ½ of businesses have failed. However, it’s not all doom and gloom and my goal today is to share with you the things I wish I’d known when I got started to make your journey into entrepreneurship as smooth and enjoyable as possible!

Tip #1 - Find Your Passion

Tip #2 - Know Your Market

Tip #3 - Solve a Problem

Tip #4 - Start Lean

Tip #5 - Be A Planner

Tip #6 - Find a Mentor

I hope you enjoy our conversation! Get in touch with me at [email protected]

My guest for this episode of the podcast is the awesome Dee Harmer. Dee is a true water-woman – she’s an open-water swimming coach, surf lifesaving coach, scuba instructor and underwater photographer. Dee runs her coaching business Fish2Water from Eastbourne in East Sussex showing swimmers the delights of sea swimming all year round.

In this episode we dive into how Dee jumped straight out of her comfort zone when she won a scholarship to study and swim in the US, how she’s been able to work all over the world as a scuba instructor and underwater photographer and how the pandemic gave her the nudge to set up her own business. I hope you love this episode!

Find Dee here: www.f2w.co.uk @fish2wateruk

I hope you enjoy our conversation! Get in touch with me at [email protected]