Rising From The Rubble

Ever felt like you were smashing it at work while slowly crumbling on the inside? In this episode, I chat with the brilliant Mike Leaman, who knows that feeling all too well. Mike had a thriving teaching career. Externally he was winning. Behind the scenes? Burnout was creeping in with a vengeance. He shares what it took to walk away from a job he loved and to eventually start helping other teache...

Stress isn’t the problem. That might seem the wrong thing to say and yet hear me out. Life gets loud, messy and unpredictable. That’s just how it rolls. The real issue is what we do when the pressure cranks up and everything feels like it’s coming at us from all angles. In this episode, I’m sharing a time when work had me completely overwhelmed. I’m talking tight chest, feeling overwhelmed and hav...

Ever looked in the mirror and wondered where you went?  You’re still there, probably under a pile of laundry, school forms and half-eaten biscuits.  In this episode, I chat with Nette Hargreaves, who knows exactly what it’s like to lose yourself in the whirlwind of motherhood. Nette opens up about how she went from being her own person to feeling like she existed purely to keep her small human ali...

Ever feel like life’s got it in for you? Like every time you get comfy, something yanks the rug out from under your feet? Annoying, isn’t it? In this episode, I'm tackling that head-on. Because here’s the thing, life will throw curveballs, yet you don’t have to end up flat on your face every time. It all comes down to mindset. And no, I’m not about to tell you to “just think positive.” That’s not...

Ever felt like life is just one massive plot twist after another?  Well, Wafaa Powell knows all about that. In this episode, she takes us on a rollercoaster journey from surviving war in Lebanon to caring for her elderly father, moving to South Africa where she met her husband and then navigating the ups and downs of settling in the UK and raising a family. Wafaa’s approach?  Feel first, think lat...

How many times have you been knocked down, dusted yourself off, only to be flattened again? It’s exhausting. No wonder staying down feels like the safer option. Except you’re not here to stay down, are you? You’re here because you’re fed up with setbacks running the show. You want to handle them differently. In this episode, I’m sharing five strategies to help you build real resilience—the kind th...

Imagine living almost 50 years feeling like you weren’t really living . That was Kay’s reality. Depression took over, shaping every decision, every relationship and leading to two divorces and a version of herself that even she didn’t recognise. In this episode, Kay gets real about what it’s like to lose yourself for decades, only to finally reclaim your life when you least expect it. She shares h...

Rising from the Rubble isn’t about disasters. It’s about real people, just like you, who refused to accept what life threw at them. People who made a choice to rebuild, to rewrite their story, to take back control. In this first episode, I’m sharing mine. The setbacks, the doubts, the moments I questioned whether I was on the right path. Because I know what it feels like when life pulls the rug fr...