Show Me The Way

Welcome to this special edition of Show Me The Way podcast with me Naomi kerbel. It's special because we recorded it on LinkedIn Live Audio so you'll excuse some of the tapping and tinny sounsd as we get to grips with this new platform.  Today I'm talking to Kim Arnold, the founder of the world's No. 1 email writing training course, Email Engagement and Author of Email Attraction: Get what you wan...

"This isn't a story. This is my confession. I have killed my ex's new partner." Punchy opening to this feminist revenge thriller by debut novellist Scarlett Brade.  In it Charlotte is dating a famous boxer. All is champagne and roses, until it's not and social media has a huge part to play.  On Show Me The Way Scarlett explains how she came to write the book, how she got an agent, life imitating a...

What was the most painful breakup of your life? Was it a romantic relationship or was it a friendship? Certainly for me both rank pretty highly in terms of sucker punches in my history. On today's show, Claire Cohen, author of BFF? The Truth About Female Friendship suggests that from infancy we are fed a diet of 'Best Friends Forever' - the idea that you should have a female soulmate to whom you t...

Welcome to Show Me The Way - the podcast that speaks to women at the top of their game about what it takes to get there. Emma Moseley is a feminist campaigner and the voice behind the hugely popular instagram account @EmmaInProgressUK which dissects misogynistic behaviour on reality TV. And right now her life is deep in Love Island. By shining a light on these relationships playing out she creates...

Love it or loathe it. As soon as the first letter of the month turns to J, the reality show Love Island is EVERYWHERE from slogan tees to water bottles to wash bags.   Now in the past the show's been sponsored by fashion brands like BooHoo and the stars often go on to do collections for sites like Pretty Little Things but the programme makers have faced a backlash for promoting fast fashion – ther...

Lucy Johnson is the CEO and founder of Green Salon, a company that helps people stick to their good intentions for good. She combines psychology and sustainability to make our lives and the planet better. And the good news is that by doing it, we feel good about ourselves! New research from the household cleaning brand Ecover reveals that 66% of those surveyed find that taking measures to reduce t...

Content Warning: intrusive thoughts of harm  Being a new parent can be very, very tough. Amidst the delicious snuggles and downy smells can be upset, anxiety and sometimes even rage. This can be compounded by lack of sleep and it's quite common for women to experience intrusive thoughts of harming their baby. Often these thoughts are accompanied by intense emotions of shame, horror and fear. Clini...

Do people in your family say you look just like your great grandmother? Do you love to cook just like your great aunt? Do have a hot temper just like your father? In this episode of Show Me The Way we explore whether the past  could be more than just a story book, whether it could be a manual for how things might play out in the future. And whether by recognising it, and honouring those who went b...

As a child Caroline Hyde dreamed of being a diplomat but it was her Mum's obsession with the news and seeing strong female news anchors presenting it that inspired her to a take a different path - to becoming a TV presenter. "Joy of opportunity", as she says has taken her from London to Berlin to San Francisco to New York where she now lives with her  two children and her husband Ben who works in...

Spending time at home as part of a hybrid working week is now a norm, not an exception. Yet apart from some beautifully curated framed art on your walls (we all envy a good Zoom backdrop) how much thought have you given to the space you're now working in and how tweaking it could maximise your potential? That's where Zoë Vita James comes in. She's a classical feng shui practitioner who uses the ce...

Ebinehita Iyere left school and went into care at 15 by that time she had lost five of her friends to violence. She was put in an 18+ hostel and says she was forgotten about. Having been taken in by the system, she felt invisible to the system. She turned into a nurturer looking after older males and females who were in the care system. Ebinehita thinks she was forced to become an adult too early...

Julia Yule is the co-founder of Bloom and Blossom which provides natural skincare products for the whole family. She started the company 10 years ago with her sister-in-law Christina Moss. In that time alongside growing a business they have had 5 children between them. not to mention caring for a dog, cat and a tortoise. She left her job at Glamour Magazine to start the business and has grown it f...

Being a female bodyguard isn't one that was top of the list of potential jobs when I was speaking to my careers advisor at school but Kate Bright thinks it should be. She is one of only a handful of female bodyguards in the UK. In today's episode she explains how important safety is for the smooth-running of our lives and gives simple tips on how we can protect ourselves and our families.    

The chance of you being born is 1 in 400 trillion and so I believe that everyone is on this planet for a reason and everyone has something remarkable about themselves Holly Tucker MBE, Founder of Holly & Co Holly Tucker is a woman on a mission to change business forever. The co-founder of Not On The High Street and creator of Holly & Co did an Instagram live every day during the first lockdown to...

Gillie Barlow had anything but a conventional start to life. She went from working in a fish farm to buying her first property in a French ski resort with no money at the age of 21. She then built a property portfolio and is now a successful mentor and coach teaching the property strategies she has learnt through her career.   In the latest episode of Show Me The Way she explains her assertion tha...

When you're rushing through the mayhem of life it is sometimes hard to stop and consider what someone would actually want as a gift. New mum. Flowers. Tick. Mother-in-law Birthday. Flowers. Tick. Best friend's heart break. Flowers. Tick. But Steph Douglas, the founder of the alternative gift company Don't Buy Her Flowers  has another idea – gifts that require no effort but that produce a little po...

Kim Palmer was in the middle of a major presentation for her company when she had a panic attack. That led her confidence to spiral downwards...out of control until eventually she couldn't speak at meetings and would delegate juniors to do it in her place. She went on long journey of therapy to find the thing that worked for her. On this episode Kim explains how hypnotherapy worked for her and how...

2020 may have been a washout but that doesn't mean 2021 has to be the same. The guest in this episode has used property to propel herself into a different life. Ayesha Ofori started life as a banker. She advised very rich people about how to get richer effectively! Whilst doing that she was building a property portfolio on the side. When she started making more money from property than from bankin...

Imposter syndrome can cause a constant fear of being found out   - you feel like a fraud and are paralysed by the idea you're not good enough and you're going to be humiliated. Saatchi and Saatchi's former Vice Chair, Rita Clifton CBE  has the answer. In this episode of Show Me The Way she debunks the "fake it 'til you make it" myth and advises us to be properly prepared with personal branding, fi...

It's safe to say that watching people be intimate on screen can either be electrifying or extremely cringe-making and if we feel that as the audience, imagine how it feels as an actor.  That's where the intimacy co-ordinator comes in. This relatively new role in film, TV and theatre facilitates conversations first between the actors about what they're comfortable with doing and then acts as liaiso...

Anna Downes is the author of this Summer's most addictive crime thriller The Safe Place. It's her debut novel and in this episode she reveals her journey from actress to mother to author and how the writing process helped ease anxiety that she was suffering. Anna grew up in Sheffield and started life as an actress having trained at RADA. She went on  to do roles in EastEnders ,  Casualty ,  Holby...

Katherine Moore is Head Coach at Track Record . She spent 10 years in sport working with multiple Olympic champions — she was Head of Sports Science and Medicine for British Canoeing and Lead Physiotherapist for The English Institute of Sport. In those roles she used biometric measures to help improve performance and she now applies those methods in the business world helping FTSE 100 bosses and o...

"I walk into diamond bourses around the world. I'm the only black person. I'm the only black woman. People expect me to fail. Yes I'm a small fish in this big pond full of sharks but I don't care. Things have to change. We will try to fix it because it's our own people." Vania Leles, founder VANLELES DIAMONDS Vania Leles is the first African woman to own a fine jewellery store on London's Bond Str...

Every couple wants a happy relationship and a meaningful career but how do we balance both especially when we're both at home, sharing office space and childcare? That's the question for this week's guest Professor Jennifer Petriglieri. Professor Jennifer Petriglieri, author of Couples That Work CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SHOW ME THE WAY WITH PROF PETRIGLIERI She is a Professor of Organizational Beha...

"There were so many moments especially in that first six months after I left [Tom Ford] where I thought: "What have I done? I've thrown away my career." Whitney Bromberg Hawkings is the founder of FlowerBX - the go-to florist for the fashion set. Its clients include Louis Vuitton, Dior and Jimmy Choo. But her ambition for the business has always been to democratise flowers, bringing that little bi...