Focus on WHY

What is the purpose of a podcast and what is the role of a podcaster in today's world? How do you create a podcast worth listening to? When is a podcast considered a success and what constitutes true podcast gold? As an early adopter of podcasting back in 2001, the passion for this medium still shines through for Neal Veglio. Enriched by knowledge and keen to show the vast potential of what podcas...

With a portfolio career in healthcare and a focus on digital transformation, Melanie Martin is directing her attention to the communities who are not being heard. Ensuring that the power is shifting in the decision making process around how care is accessed, Melanie is overseeing the move from a 'doctor knows best' to a 'patient knows best' approach. With better shared decisions based on equity an...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 191 A Bit of a Boost with George Anderson 192 Everything is Negotiable with Derek Arden 193 Strength in your Struggle with Caroline Strawson 194 Building Brand You with Kym Hamer 195 Bold Decisions with Andrew Pain   KEY TAKEAWAY "Time is passing, people! Wake up and realise that this is your life. This is the...

How do you know when to pull the plug or persevere, when to play it safe or do something audacious or when to batten down the hatches or make bold decisions? Having experienced long term abuse in a former marriage, father of five, Andrew Pain is now a campaigner, charity trustee and advocate for victims of domestic violence. Shaped by his experiences and through to the other side happily remarried...

With a clear purpose to live a vibrant, joyful and fulfilling life combined with the core values of joy, focus, decisiveness, growth and exploration, International Business Coach Kym Hamer helps you to unlock your greatest asset: you! A visionary who for years favoured the security and environment that her corporate job had provided until an opportunity to focus on a 'Kym-shaped box' enticed her a...

Personally experiencing trauma caused by narcissistic abuse, Caroline Strawson found herself self-harming and struggling with complex PTSD, depression and anxiety. After rebuilding her life from being £70k in debt and having her house repossessed, Caroline now helps people to understand that narcissistic trauma doesn't have to define you and to view narcissism through a trauma-informed lens. By ta...

Losing a deal and subsequently a large client account at work led to the pursuit of betterment, to become the best negotiator possible. As both a lifelong learner and a teacher at heart, Derek Arden started to study the art of negotiation. Understanding that everything is negotiable, Derek negotiated his way through his career into an early retirement and went on to be voted as the UK's number one...

With core values of freedom, ambition, harmony and making a difference, a 20 year career in the wellbeing industry combined with his experience and education in behavioural sciences such as positive psychology, mindfulness, NLP and neuroscience coaching, all uniquely position George Anderson to help individuals to make changes in their lives both practically and mentally. Curiosity fuels George's...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes:   185 Queen of Behaviours with Vicky O'Farrell 186 Conning the Con with Sarah Ferris 187 Business from the Heart with Catherine Watkin 188 Unblind the Mind with Darren Harris 189 Leaning In with Alisoun Mackenzie   KEY TAKEAWAY "Your body tends to know before you do! There are signs that are there to show you a...

Struggling with menopause-related fatigue and a health misdiagnosis, Alisoun Mackenzie took time out to reconnect, work out what was important to her and reverse the diagnosis through homeopathic medicine. Leaning in, with impact as her focus and trusting the journey, Alisoun has since stepped into being the initiator of change and now champions women over forty by making it easy for them to thriv...

Having personally tackled many of life's big challenges, now double Paralympian, Speaker and Founder of Unblind the Mind, Darren Harris works with individuals and organisations who want a mindset shift so they can tackle their biggest challenges. As the most capped England blind footballer, Darren brings a different perspective to those he works with, gained from his 23 years' experience on the fr...

After 10 years of searching for her own personal fulfilment, Catherine Watkin found the solution to help all the helpers, healers, servers and the difference makers in the world to reach more clients. When Catherine took a moment to listen to what her body was saying, she finally understood that her purpose had been with her in her heart all along. Trusting those feelings and moving forward, she u...

Despite the many red flag moments, no one could quite pinpoint what was really going on until the truth finally unravelled itself six months later. With trust broken, the seesaw of psychopathic drama shook the lives of two sisters living on opposite sides of the world. Whilst Sarah Ferris can't change the behaviour of the world's oversupply of con artists and fraudsters, she can shine a light on t...

Recognising, understanding and respecting our differences, that we each have a place in the world and value to bring, award-winning personality profiler Queen of Behaviours, Vicky O'Farrell, explains why you do what you do, say what you say and react in the way you react. When it comes to personalities, remember there's no right or wrong. With one lap of this thing called life, Vicky reminds you t...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 179 Justice for Children with Lisa Bedlow 180 Eliminating Stress with Ruth Fogg 181 Heart-Shaped Decisions with Graham Frost 182 Understand Your Truth with Gillie Barlow 183 Realising Potential with Alex Williams   KEY TAKEAWAY "How you speak, write, listen and read all have a huge impact on not only your daily...

What if we got there earlier? What if there was prevention over cure? These are the two questions that Alex Williams asks as he focuses on bulletproofing mental health for teenagers and young adults. For those who choose curiosity and seek purpose and meaning in life, Alex uses his 3Rs to realising potential to show them the steps to take to go on a journey of a thousand miles.  KEY TAKEAWAY "It's...

Aged just 21, travelling to the Kalahari desert 5000 miles away from anyone she knew, Gillie Barlow started her own journey of self-discovery. Seeing life from different perspectives, one day she had a dream of a mountain house and disabled people. Learning that first you have to understand your truth to find your success, through strength and resilience and a maxim of "I'm going to do it, the que...

Leaving home at 17 without a plan, feeling before thinking was the decision-making process that Graham Frost lived by. Cutting himself off completely from his strict church-focused family, Graham left the family home and didn't return for 27 years. He wanted to be challenged, to learn new things and to make his own choices in life. Following a series of heart-shaped decisions, he led himself down...

Knowing that she was different when she was young but not knowing why and only finally understanding the dramatic impact of fracturing both her ears in a car crash five years previous, Ruth Fogg had become profoundly deaf. Ruth shares how the seed was sown aged 11 that she was not only deaf but considered daft and how the world finally opened up to her as an adult with the encouraging words from a...

As an educator of thirty years, passionate about enabling and empowering children and young people to balance their emotions, feel success, self-love and happiness, Lisa Bedlow has always sought out justice for children. After leaving headship, heart-driven, Lisa is now making an impact from outside the education system. Lisa wants to give children more than an education. She wants to support them...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes:   173 Fire in the Belly with Mighty Pete Lonton 174 Spring into Leadership with Demetria Hill Sloan 175 In the Line of Duty with Peter Edge 176 Beat the Overwhelm with Danni Wade 177 Create an Impact with Victoria Winterford   KEY TAKEAWAY "There's no point burning the candle at both ends because all that will...

As an empath who wears her heart on her sleeve, finding herself surrounded by a lifestyle that was not real and losing her purpose, Victoria Winterford had to take a step back to reevaluate where she was in life, what she was doing and where she wanted to be. Realising that, as a role model, she wanted to help the younger generation understand how to work on their self-worth and self-value, Victor...

Finding herself in the midst of a fog having lost her mojo and unable to sleep, feeling like a zombie not being able to make any decisions and being in a state of complete overwhelm, Danni Wade finally admitted she was suffering from burnout. Usually seen as someone capable of being, doing and having it all, on closer inspection, Danni recognised that all the warning signs had actually been there....

175 In the Line of Duty with Peter Edge Knowing that vulnerable people need protecting and following his dream to serve in the police force, Peter Edge spent decades standing up for those who needed his protection. Working in uniform, vice, drugs and CID Peter quickly rose through the ranks, until his own 'Line of Duty' experience brought his stellar police career to an abrupt halt. Finding himsel...

174 Spring into Leadership with Demetria Hill Sloan       Are you ready to spring into leadership? Are you ready to embrace the struggle? Are you ready to master life? With the belief that as long as you have breath you can start anew, Demetria Hill Sloan is effecting change from so many different vantage points by taking the time to pause, breathe and reflect in her life and then taking necessary...