Nurture Your Zest

🎙EPISODE 9🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Newcastle University student and equality, diversity and inclusion activist, Kemi Adediran. In this special episode for #BlackHistoryMonth we talk about some of the stereotypes people of colour face everyday, and the impacts these micro-aggressions can have. You’ll discover: 🌵 More about her time as the President of the Afro Caribbean Soc...

🎙EPISODE 8 🎙 In this special episode for #WomenEntrepreneurWeek join Ash as she discusses her reasons for starting the Nurture Your Zest podcast, why it came about as well as what she hopes to achieve with it. LISTEN to discover: 🌵 Why she became an entrepreneur (or has she always been one anyway?) 🌵 How she identified skills which made her ‘unique’ and was surprised that people would pay for he...

🎙EPISODE 7🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with the multi-talented Igor Tavares, dancer, stilt-walker and multi-media artist. You’ll discover: 🌵 How he adapted to living in the UK. 🌵 How he found his passion for art. 🌵 How he expresses himself through dance. 🌵 How he uses dances as a tool for growth and to combat anxiety. 🌵 How he nurtures his zest. 🌵 His tips on how to stay curio...

🎙EPISODE 6🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Stephanie Scullion, inspirational and creative multilingual girl-coder with a passion for fine art, languages and linguistics (also Ashleigh’s younger sister). You’ll discover: 🌵 How attending a Montessori school had a positive impact on her life. 🌵 How she taught herself to speak Elvish! 🌵 Her experiences as a woman in coding. 🌵 Her n...

🎙EPISODE 5🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Michael Owen, multi-talented creative, business owner of ANGELFYSH, Always Wear Red, and writer of the 50odd daily blog. You’ll discover: 🌵 How he finds the inspiration to blog every day 🌵 How he pushes past fear. 🌵 Nurturing creativity and the meaning of true creativity 🌵 Imposter syndrome and why you really ARE good enough 🌵 His sim...

🎙EPISODE 4 🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Maggie Elstob, in a special episode for International Day of the Girl, with a particular focus on girls and women in sport. Maggie is only 22 years old, yet has wisdom beyond her years. You’ll discover: 🌵 Why she loves sport 🌵 How she motivates herself to exercise when she feels tired. 🌵 How she overcame an injury which left her feelin...

🎙EPISODE 3🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Paul Lancaster, the man behind Plan Digital UK and Newcastle Start Up Week / Newcastle Scale Up Summit and Founders Friday. Paul is well known across the UK, and Europe as a thought leader in entrepreneurship having a longstanding career in helping businesses to start up and grow. Paul is well respected and connected, and is the go-to pers...

🎙EPISODE 2 🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Nikki Bell of Charity Nikki, one of the UK’s thought leaders in fundraising and the voluntary sector. Founder of Pizza for Losers, trustee and community builder, Nikki has over 10 years experience of the third sector. You’ll discover: 🌵 How she ‘fell’ into fundraising 🌵 The opportunity which led her to Jordan 🇯🇴 🌵 How she faced rejecti...

🎙 EPISODE 1 NOW LIVE 🎙 For our very first Nurture Your Zest episode, I am delighted to be joined by Herb Kim, one of the UK's leading entrepreneurs - Founder of The Thinking Digital Conference, TEDx Manchester, TEDxLiverpool and TEDx Newcastle. Herb is also the current David Goldman visiting professor of Enterprise and Innovation at Newcastle University Business School Listen as he provides intere...