A Cup of Tea with Mary B

Join me for a conversation with Singapore Kiss92FM DJ and Music Director, Shan Wee, where we talk about his upbringing in Northern Ireland, his career path into radio and how writing became part of his boy’s bedtime routine!  Shan is the author of two books, one non-fiction ( 99 Rules for New Dads ) and one fiction (The Short Life of Raven Munro).  I loved how Shan wanted to write to leave a legac...

Listen to my conversation with Federico Folcia, a serial entrepreneur and currently the CEO and Founder of Crane and MD of Powerhouse.  We chat about why he left the Corporate world, the ups and downs of his first business, his philosophy about life and his vision and mission for Crane. I love Federico’s playful approach to life and his deep desire to get people together to learn and share experie...

Join me for a conversation with Visha Nelson, Award Winning Founder of The Cinnamon Room where we talk about how she followed her instinct and left the corporate world where she was an unhappy, successful lawyer to finding her freedom and joy in life by becoming a happy and successful entrepreneur. We discuss the negative impact of doing a job just "because you can" to having the courage...

Listen to my conversation with Sam McGrath where we discuss changing his identity from soldier to banker. Now working as a MD for a bank in Singapore, Sam was once the youngest soldier in the Parachute Regiment to achieve the rank of Major since World War 2! We discuss male anxiety and the model Sam uses to help alleviate worry in his life, along with the positive impacts of fitness on mental heal...

Listen to my conversation with wonderful authentic Beverly Yeoh who is the Co-Founder of Bitters and Love , Free the Robot in Singapore and Run Rabbit Run in the Philippines. Beverly started her entrepreneurial journey at just 26 years old and has since built three very successful and award-winning businesses. Listen to her story as she shares how clarity of her vision, her courage to take risks,...

It's quite unusual from someone to go from self employed into working in the Corporate world, it's usually the other way around.  But my first guest of series 2, Soo Kui Jien, has done just that and very successfully too! I had the pleasure of meeting Jien 3 years ago and I immediately connected with his innate positivity, enthusiastic energy and ability to make everyone feel at ease. Li...

In this episode, the finale of Series 1, I revisit all of my conversations with ordinary people achieving extraordinary things. Listen to snippets from each guest and my reflections on each episode - including what I took away from each chat over a cup of tea. I'm sure that if you haven't listened to all episodes you may find yourself wanting to hear more from some of my guests. Whatever...

Join me for a conversation with best-selling Author, Coach, Keynote Speaker and Thought Leader, Margie Warrell as she shares her life journey and how she lives her life with purpose and courage. From humble beginnings to being a keynote speaker on Courageous Leadership to global audiences, Margie’s life has been and continues to be inspiring.   Listen to her story as she shares how she recently em...

Listen to my conversation with David Kelly, Executive Director of The British Chamber of Commerce , Singapore who I met in 2018 and hear how he has developed and utilises his amazing high EQ skills to build trust, passion and purpose within his team and the Chamber. Hear how he proactively strengthens and maintains relationships by always approaching this with a positive intention to give and help...

Join me and Sulochana Uthirapathi the Managing Director of Transform Borders for a cup of tea. Hear how Sulo was feeling stuck, defeated and was living a career which lacked purpose. She took courage to leave, listening to her intuition that there must be more out there for her. And there was! With a change in mindset and clarity on where she wanted to go Sulo became a business owner, finding comp...

In this episode I chat to Chris Milliken, CEO and Co-Founder of PengWine , Chef, Sommelier, Author of the book, 'White or Red, It's All In Your Head'. Chris discovered his love of cooking at 6 years old making breakfast for his parents and by observing his grandfather giving to the community. His generosity continues into his career. Hear how his he is navigating his business throug...

A Cup of Tea with the hilarious Jon Cancio, actor, teacher, director, and photographer. He was my teacher on my first ever foray into the world of improvised drama in 2018 with the The Improv Company . Find out how watching TV in his early years influenced his job choices, specifically the TV show ER and Greys Anatomy which prompted him to start a career in medicine. And his life changing epiphany...

Elise Mawson, the founder of Taxi Baby, joins me for a cup of tea and to talk about how 5.5 years ago as brand new mum she had a massive meltdown which led to a business idea which turned into a side hustle whilst still working as an Engineer in the Corporate world. Her company, Taxi Baby are now the resident car seats experts in Singapore. Since Covid 19 she has started another business PramFox,...

Corrine, the founder of 'Discover Your Voice', a coaching and team building company joins me for a cup of tea and we chat about the magic of music and singing. Corrine's passion is helping people of all ages find their voice and for teams to come together in 'harmony'. Corrine's advice is to sing, no matter what you've been told about your voice. Singing is your...

Hear from Tom, the Co-Founder of Seven Clean Seas, on his fascinating career journey from Sales to Financial Advisor to an ‘accidental environmentalist’ to an extremely inspiring and world-changing entrepreneur. Tom was like a trapped bird whilst working for the corporate world, he knew it wasn’t the environment where he would thrive. Little did he know that his hobby of beach clean ups in Singapo...

Hear our conversation on the importance of well being in the education system as Nicole Glisson and I meet for a cup of tea. We all know that if our teachers are happy and healthy, then our children will be happier and accomplish more. But how can this be achieved and what can teachers do to avoid burnout? Nicole is passionate, authentic and practical about encouraging other teachers, students and...

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me’ Are you allowing your past to dictate your future? Is it time to clear out your 'wardrobe' of sabotaging labels?  This English nursery rhyme is used as a defence against name-calling and verbal bullying. However, in reality, name calling and verbal bullying is sometimes even more damaging than physical abuse. They cause...

Hear all about Dr Tim's life/career history where he has demonstrated it's never too late to change your vision in life as we sit down to have a cup of tea. Dr Tim has had such an interesting life so far; he has worked in a department store, as a Firefighter, an Engineer which involved building chimneys in Africa, setting up his own building business and educating himself as a Chiropract...

"The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past" - Marie Kondo.  Have you been decluttering at home during lockdown? We can all see the benefit of clearing your home environment to feel lighter, and to create feelings of more space so why not consider doing the same with your mind? In this podcast I discuss the importance o...

My first interview is here! I am delighted to have had the opportunity to interview Helen McGuire, founder and CEO of Hopscotch Work, an award-winning online recruitment platform specifically for women. A true MasterMum of 3 children under 5, Helen's authenticity and her journey will inspire you. She built her business on a frustration and a gap in the market and now supports many women to ga...

"Every time you make a choice, you change the direction of your life" Mary Barrett brings decades of experience as a coach and ten years as a 'MasterMum' to bring you her very first podcast series, 'A Cup of Tea with Mary B' . In this first episode Mary introduces the podcast and how she will be your Coaching buddy in this wonderful journey of life. Give yourself perm...