Your Best Future

It’s not easy to find clarity in a life full of the chaos of chronic stress, anxiety and overwhelm. Yet that’s exactly what happened to today’s special guest, Lisa Gumieniuk, Energy Healer, Coach, and Speaker.

Today’s conversation with Lisa teaches us that despite chronic illness there is always hope. Moreover, help and support are available for a multitude of conditions. Lisa is living proof of this and her life has dramatically changed and 

she now has training in a range of modalities from a Bachelor Business management to Holistic Nutritional therapies, Energetic Health, NLP, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), and a whole host of other therapeutic techniques that enable her to help people go from Chaos to Clarity, transforming stress, anxiety and overwhelm to Wellbeing, Calm, Clear minds and bodies. 

In this episode, you will hear…
 
✅   How Lisa’s chronic conditions affected her 

✅   How intuition manifests

✅   How Lisa developed emotional, mental, and spiritual health 

✅   About an ‘ah-ha’ moment in Lisa’s life

✅ About the differences between left brain and right brain
 
✅   How Lisa works with her clients to find clarity

✅   About how she works with neuroplasticity

✅   About how Lisa empowers others

And much, much more.
 
Take a listen to and understand how you can better obtain clarity in your life, develop your emotional, spiritual, and mental health, and live an optimal life!
 
Many thanks to Lisa Gumieniuk, Energy Healer, Coach, and Speaker

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Today’s guest has a career spanning 40 years most of which in a leadership role. He has the rare ability to see a clear vision of the changing business landscape, the passion to develop strategies, tactics, and metrics to drive desired results. Today’s special guest is, Rocky Romanella, Thought Leader, Author, and Keynote Speaker

Today’s insightful conversation with Rocky, who spent 36 years at UPS, will have you clambering for the corporate ladder. During this 36-year career at UPS, Rocky served as President and General Manager, of UPS Supply Chain Solutions. Here, his responsibilities included the integration of over 20 acquisitions that became UPS Supply Chain Solutions, a global entity. Rocky reveals that one of his best teachers was his wife, how his father gave him sound advice, and how his approach to life has a message for all of us, whether we’re in business or not!

In this episode, you will hear…
 
 ✅   Quotes such as: “Whatever they ask you to do, say yes and thank you, and then learn your job and learn some more. The day you think you know it all is the day you’re losing ground.”

✅   How Rocky advanced in UPS

✅   How Rocky took many non-traditional opportunities 

✅   How you have to believe in your people until they’re ready to believe in themselves

✅ About the debate between management and leadership
✅   How your desire to learn can inspire you 

✅   About how Rocky always spent time on the shop floor to understand more

✅   About Rocky’s book, Tighten up the Lug Nuts.

✅   That the leaders wish to make a difference; to leave a legacy

 And much, much more.
 
Take a listen to understand leadership a little more, prepare your path, adapt your mindset, and maybe provoke ambition in you!
 
 Many thanks to Rocky Romanella, Thought Leader, Author, and Keynote Speaker

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If you have a guest idea or want to connect with Paul, please visit his website www.coachpaul.expert  

or 

find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CoachPaulSS. 

 Paul is also available for coaching and speaking engagements.

It’s not every day that I get to interview someone who can read my face and that’s exactly what today’s special guest, Alan Stevens can do. He’s an International Profiling and Communications Specialist at The Science & Art of Reading People.

When you listen to today’s conversation with Alan, think “The Mentalist meets Dr Phil” and "The leading authority in reading faces, globally" by the UK Guardian. He is an authority in reading people; what they are not saying, what they are attempting to conceal, and how they are likely to behave in given situations.

In this episode, you will hear…
 
 ✅   Why people might be inclined to cover their face when they speak with Alan

✅   How Alan teaches others to read faces

✅   How your face is a roadmap to your personality 

✅   How reading faces and expression came to be for Alan 

✅ About levels of trust in remote working

✅   How people have realised the importance of social connection

✅   About ‘The Campfire Project’ 

✅   About the stage of manhood

✅   About being a part-time teacher and a full-time learner

And much, much more.
 
Take a listen to help you understand what your face might tell others about you, what social connection may mean to you, and it may also provoke some thoughts in you about lifelong learning!
 
Many thanks to Alan Stevens, International Profiling, and Communications Specialist.

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If you have a guest idea or want to connect with Paul, please visit his website www.coachpaul.expert 

or 

find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CoachPaulSS. 

Paul is also available for coaching, speaking engagements, podcast/radio interviews, and media soundbites.

A series of adversities beyond our guest’s control paved the way for him to start helping others. Today’s special guest is Lee Chambers, Environmental Psychologist, Wellbeing Consultant, and Coach.

Today’s uplifting conversation with Lee makes you realise that when the chips are down there’s always a silver lining. Lee lost his planned career, became so ill he was unable to walk. Now he’s an Environmental Psychologist, a Wellbeing Consultant, and Coach.

This is a story of grit, determination, drive, and love. In this candid interview, Lee reveals the highs and lows of his life to date and his work in helping others.

In this episode, you will hear…
 
✅   How he overcame the challenge of life

✅   How identity featured in his recovery

✅   How being proactive is key to success 

✅   How courage is required to break away from suffering

✅   How obstacles make us stronger

✅   How the environment affects employee productivity

✅   How wellbeing strategies combined with the environment support success 

✅   How conscious leadership can invest in stakeholders

 And much, much more. 
 
Take a listen to understand how resilience and gratitude can work hand in hand, how values in organisations can impact all, and how remote or hybrid working can be successful for employees and organisations.

Many thanks to Lee Chambers, Environmental Psychologist, Wellbeing Consultant, and Coach.

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If you have a guest idea or want to connect with Paul, please visit his website www.coachpaul.expert  

or 

find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CoachPaulSS. 

Paul is also available for coaching and speaking engagements.

Being asked to row the Atlantic Ocean is not something everyone will experience. Yet that’s exactly what happened to today’s special guest, Claire Allinson, Atlantic Rower, and World Record Holder.

 Today’s conversation with Claire will open your eyes to possibilities. Claire was member of these daring adventurers; ordinary women doing something extraordinary. It’s a story of guts, determination, drive, and heart-warming charity. In this full and frank interview Claire reveals the highs and lows of this epic challenge, billed as the world’s toughest ocean row.

In this episode, you will hear…
 
 ✅   How the challenge came about

✅   How Claire and her teammates prepared for their epic challenge

✅   How physical and mental preparation was key to success 

✅    About storms and Atlantic wildlife

✅ About re-aligning and prioritising your life
✅   How the pop band Coldplay became sponsors

✅   About the attitude required for such an epic adventure 

✅   About what goes through your mind in tough times

✅   What it’s like to be a world record holder

 And much, much more.
 
Take a listen to help you plan your best future, prepare your emotions, adapt your mindset, and maybe give you that little nudge that you need!
 
Many thanks to Claire Allinson, Atlantic Rower, and World Record Holder

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If you have a guest idea or want to connect with Paul, please visit his website www.coachpaul.expert  

or 

find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CoachPaulSS. 

Paul is also available for coaching and speaking engagements.

Todays’ conversation is intriguing, to say the least. It centres around one girl’s hopes for a better future into womanhood, a break away from a culture and a family, and the pursuit of big dreams which include international powerlifting. Today’s special guest is Emily Adams, Speaker, Writer, and Life Coach

In this episode, you will hear…
 
✅   Life in the Amish culture as a teenager

✅   How Emily’s choice to leave the Amish culture worked out

✅   How a teenage pregnancy and marriage forged thoughts of ‘there’s more to life than this’

✅   How Emily strived to educate herself and reap the rewards

✅   How physical and mental toughness was a key ingredient of her success

✅   How meditation changed Emily’s life

✅   How Emily became a speaker and writer

✅   Why Emily encourages others to think BIG 

✅   Why Emily is so passionate about powerlifting

✅ About what self-love means

And much, much more. 
 
Take a listen to understand how life choices can change your life, resilience can be built, and dreams can come true.

Many thanks to Emily Adams, Speaker, Writer, and Life Coach

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If you have a guest idea or want to connect with Paul, please visit his website www.coachpaul.expert  

or 

find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CoachPaulSS. 

Paul is also available for coaching and speaking engagements.

This is a conversation about living life before you receive a use-by date, way before that time. My guest has the enviable task of running around the world ticking off his bucket list while helping scores of people do the same. Today’s special guest is Travis Bell, The Bucket List Guy.

In this episode, you will hear…
 
 ✅   How breakdown came before a breakthrough moment

✅   How Travis helps people understand their tangible why

✅   How people are living by default rather than design

✅   That people are sleepwalking, it takes something to happen to us or a loved one before we react and realign our priorities

✅ About re-aligning and prioritising your life
✅   How Travis overcame the fear of public speaking

✅   A personal and emotional story told for the first time about a screensaver

✅   How ‘The Bucket List’ is a lesson in self-leadership

 And much, much more. 
 
Take a listen to help you plan your bucket list, start your self-leadership, design your life, and give you a reason to start sooner rather than later!

Many thanks to Travis Bell, The Bucket List Guy

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If you have a guest idea or want to connect with Paul, please visit his website www.coachpaul.expert  

or 

find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CoachPaulSS. 

Paul is also available for coaching and speaking engagements.

When your life changes, you have to read the signals and if you’re unfulfilled or facing adversity you owe it to yourself to sit up and listen. This is exactly what today’s special guest did, he’s Dai Manuel, Lifestyle Mentor, Executive Performance Coach, Speaker, and Author.

Today’s conversation will make you sit up and listen and hopefully reflect upon your current lifestyle. It’s an honest account of life after letting go and how ownership is not everything in life.

In this episode, you will hear…
 
 ✅   How Dai had some teenage issues

✅   How appraising your life is a rich experience

✅   How Dai and his wife are collectors of experiences

✅   About the 100-year life

✅ How a health scare can shift our perspective
✅   About identifying and planning for a shift 

✅   About travelling with a family without a plan

✅   How liberating leaving work and living your purpose can be 

✅   How Toastmasters is the place to go to help you develop public speaking 

 And much, much more. 
 
Take a listen to help realise that you can live your dreams, you can shift perspective, you can feel liberated, and you can develop an unshakable mindset for your future.

Many thanks to Dai Manuel, Lifestyle Mentor, Executive Performance Coach, Speaker, and Author.

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If you have a guest idea or want to connect with Paul, please visit his website www.coachpaul.expert 

or 

find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CoachPaulSS. 

Paul is also available for coaching, speaking engagements, podcast/radio interviews, and media soundbites.

Midlife, arguably the most important second phase of life 𝘄ith special guest, Laura Rubin, The Midlife Navigator

Today’s conversation with Laura Rubin will resonate with those nearing midlife or in midlife and beyond. It’s down to brass tacks honest and meaningful in so many ways. It will hopefully pique your interest and provoke some thought and meaning for you.

In this episode, you will hear…
 
 ✅ How Laura found her purpose and you can too! 

✅ Super quotes from Laura such as:

“I wanted to find something that really lit me up.”

“The extra years are in the middle.”

“Our hindsight teaches us so that we can have foresight.”
 ✅   Finding your why!
 ✅   What ‘being stuck’ means?

✅   The real benefit of stepping out of your comfort zone

✅   Why re-engagement, rekindling, and enjoying life matters

✅   About the magic word, ‘no’ and the BIG PICTURE.

✅   Of Laura’s passion for serving

 And much, much more.
 
 Take a listen to help you steer your path, your emotions, your mindset, and maybe a little curiosity!
 
 Link below.
 
 Many thanks to Laura Rubin, The Midlife Navigator !

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If you have a guest idea or want to connect with Paul, please visit his website www.coachpaul.expert  

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Paul is also available for coaching and speaking engagements.

Paul believes that everyone deserves their best future and this podcast is a tool kit to help in that pursuit. In this first episode, we hear from Paul Stretton-Stephens, your Host, Future Mindset Coach, Author, and Speaker. 

In today’s episode, Paul explains how he interviews experts and notable outstanding individuals from around the world to share their stories, expertise, skills, and knowledge, and all with the intention of helping you to create Your Best Future. He invites a number of experts to the podcast to explain what they do, how they do it, and the benefits of their expertise. He also asks all guests to give us their thoughts on how YOU can craft Your Best Future. Additionally, Paul talks about his background, his own expertise, and his current work.

In this episode, you will hear…
 
✅   How the Your Best Future Podcast came about

✅   About the expert's subject areas 

✅   How the show takes two formats 

✅ How Paul has served others all his life

✅   How Paul became an expert by experience of Adversity into Action.

✅   About adaptation in life

✅   About the Your Best Future Facebook Community

✅   About the Association for Coaching

 And much, much more.
 
Take a listen to Your Best Future to help you plan for your life’s possibilities, prepare emotionally, understand the importance of mindset, and hopefully, it will provide you with the hope and motivation to move forward with purpose in your life!

 Your Best Future exists to help you!

If you have a guest idea or want to connect with Paul, please visit his website www.coachpaul.expert  

or 

find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CoachPaulSS. 

Paul is also available for coaching, speaking engagements, podcast/radio interviews, and media soundbites.