Focus on WHY

Sixteen years after an IRA bomb killed her father in 1984, Jo Berry first met with the man responsible, Pat Magee. This initial three-hour meeting led to them speaking on over three hundred occasions on a shared platform worldwide. With a Focus on WHY, there is also a focus on hope, transformation, feeling, compassion, love, empathy, peace, communication, justice, dignity, respect, self-care, self...

Scouring the broadsheets looking for new work, a cryptic advert stood out from the others. It asked "Are you able to negotiate and communicate at senior level without being phased?" and caught the attention of Maria Franzoni. Responding to it took her on a very unexpected journey and catapulted her into the speaking business industry. Maria has since spent decades working amongst phenomenal storyt...

With a passion for revolutionising vision and purpose, the mission of Carey Conley and Laurel Wilson stems from their own adversity after losing two family members – Carey's husband (Laurel's father) and Carey's son (Laurel's brother) – to suicide just three years apart. With a clear Focus on WHY, Carey and Laurel keep looking up, know how to read the signs and how to follow the happier approach....

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections with actions from these recent podcast episodes:   215 Time for a Change with Shelley Bridgman 216 Circle of Influence with Gordon Glenister 217 Black Sheep Values with Brant Menswar 218 Community Values with Pip Thomas 219 You Get Out What You Put In with Ashley Leeds   KEY TAKEAWAY "Focus on WHY is a living library of pioneers of purpose. Each episode is uniq...

Time is an infinite commodity so why not cherish it and get the most out of every waking moment? Due to a non-compete restriction, Ashley Leeds had to look for a different option to keep him busy with his coaching work whilst still being able to serve. Starting out in a new space, after some reflection he took action and became known as the 15-minute guy on LinkedIn. A 15-minute LinkedIn daily hab...

WHY do I do WHAT I do? A question at the forefront of the minds of many people at various times in their lives. For Pip Thomas, champion of change and behavioural flexibility, this was not so much a soul-searching question but more of a self-observation. Knowing that values are core to us, Pip aligns them with her purpose, her WHY, to drive all that she chooses to do. Focused on performance develo...

What makes a Black Sheep stand out and so special? What is the difference between your values which are important and those which are simply non-negotiable? Best-selling author, performance coach, motivational speaker, podcast host and rockstar Brant Menswar shares the difference and shows you how to align your life to your values, to create your rules for life and how to appreciate that your WHY...

How as a thought leader can you become more influential and create a greater impact in your field? Specialist in membership and influencer marketing, published author, virtual keynote speaker and podcast host, Gordon Glenister helps people become go-to experts who choose to make a difference and effect positive change on a global scale. Gordon shows influencers how they can transform lives by crea...

Working with teenagers and young people who are self-harming, suicidal, struggling with their gender identity and finding that life has just got too difficult, Performance and Transformational Change Coach, Shelley Bridgman provides them with the tools of hope they need. Without the vocabulary to articulate what she was going through, Shelley knew from the age of five who she really was. Suppressi...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 209 Level Up with Victoria Eley 210 Spectator in Your Own Mind with Imogen Edwards-Jones 211 Stepping into Wealth with Catherine Morgan 212 Live from Your Heart with Diana Hartley 213 Innovation with Courage with Dr Lizzy Bernthal   KEY TAKEAWAY "Life is all about the people you meet and the things you create w...

After serving 25 years as a healthcare professional in the British Army (Lt Col) with a PhD in psychological wellbeing, Dr Lizzy Bernthal has a new mission in life; to eliminate toxic leadership from the workplace. Showing people how to overcome their inner war zone, Lizzy is empowering those who lack confidence or are too scared to speak up or show up. Creating ripples of positive change, believi...

Having spent most of her life holding her breath, it was knowing that she was finally able to truly express herself that Diana Hartley felt she had the freedom to breathe. As an empath and highly sensitive person struggling with her energy levels, Diana realised she would find a better path in the entrepreneurial world. Recognising her true gift and her true voice, Diana believes that to see love...

What would it take to break free from living with generational trauma, a low sense of self-worth and a feeling of being trapped in a constant debt and shame cycle? By removing all the guilt and shame and learning to form a better relationship with money, Catherine Morgan has taken herself on a transformational journey from being £30000 in debt to creating a multi six-figure business. Now helping o...

Cataloguing the fall of an empire prompted an instant love affair with Russia. Moving on to explore various Babylonian worlds, the lure of black magic transported her back into the heart of St Petersburg. Whether she is ghostwriting or writing about witches, her books speak volumes. Honing her state of flow to channel her writing with a clear Focus on WHY, award-winning journalist, broadcaster, no...

Believing that you become who you surround yourself with, Victoria Eley surrounded herself with goal-orientated, high level entrepreneurs. She shifted her mindset and removed hidden blocks to give herself a sense of purpose to create a sustainable and ethical supported living property business. To improve your life and the lives of those you love, Victoria says it is all about who you have in your...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes:   203 Talk More, Type Less with Will Kintish 204 Money Mastery with Lesley Thomas 205 Freedom of Time and Health with Sonya Morton-Firth 206 Be in Charge of Your Own Destiny with Nick Bush 207 How to Be Unboring with Jackie Barrie KEY TAKEAWAY "Remember we each get a chance to shine in life and you get to choos...

A strong believer of focusing on delivering answers to her audience's problems, Jackie Barrie understands what it takes to get the audience involved, what keeps their attention and how to communicate more effectively. A keen wordsmith from an early age, Jackie first carved a career in copywriting and subsequently has spent the last two decades leveraging the power of the written and spoken word ru...

Wrestling with the idea of purpose, it was by bringing two worlds together to create synergy between his passion and his profession that Nick Bush realised that he was already living and working with purpose. In his role as management consultant, Nick changes the narrow perspective of what people may believe is possible in the business world and gently opens people up to how they might change the...

At 40, tired of the corporate lifestyle, moving from briefcase to bikini to prove that it's never too late to change the way you look and feel and by focusing on healthy nutrition and disciplined training, Sonya Morton-Firth focused on her WHY. Now aged 50, Sonya has done more in the last ten years than the previous 20 and with a focus on the most precious commodity in life, time, Sonya is choosin...

Strip away your ego to help the purpose to surface to achieve what you really want. Get out of your own way, ignore the negative inner voice and work on your money mindset. Money Mastery Business Coach, Lesley Thomas advocates this approach in her work with service-based female entrepreneurs to help them overcome limiting beliefs around money. Supporting her clients to develop a healthy, wealthy,...

With two of the biggest decisions in his life made for him, nothing else in his life has been left to chance. Will Kintish left an established career in accountancy to pursue his love of networking and training. Working the room or zoom, Will now shows people how to network, build relationships and communicate effectively. After 57 years in business, Will's mantra is simple – talk more, type less....

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 197 What Really Matters with Melanie Martin 198 Podcasting with Purpose with Neal Veglio 199 Hard Hat Developers with Priya Kripalani and Jasmine Dosanjh 200 Understand Your Purpose with Amy Rowlinson 201 Independent Thinking with Farrah Hussain   KEY TAKEAWAY "The benefits of working on a growth mindset and be...

Living firmly in her comfort zone with the autopilot switched on, it was the pandemic that finally woke Farah Hussain up from sleepwalking through life. As a natural storyteller, having built up her confidence and self-belief and following a dream she'd had for a while, Farah is on a mission to help and support as many people as she can to focus on human-centred networking, soul conversations and...

To celebrate the bicentennial landmark of reaching 200 episodes of Focus on WHY, Amy Rowlinson asked 'Fire in the Belly' podcast host Mighty Pete Lonton to switch roles and host this special episode. Reflecting on the last 200 episodes, Mighty Pete asks Amy all about her purpose, her WHY and her superpowers! Over the last 200 episodes, guests have openly shared WHY they do what they do. Each perso...

Introduced by a mutual friend to connect via a WhatsApp group, two complete strangers went on to become best friends. Having both built property portfolios independently, Priya Kripalani and Jasmine Dosanjh subsequently joined forces to progress in the property industry together. Family-driven with a focus on shared goals, aligned ambitions, matching morals, self-belief, trust and confidence, Priy...