I'm Fine! - The Truth Behind the Smile

What if the experiences that shaped your deepest struggles could also become your greatest source of strength? In this powerful conversation, Jayne is joined by Resilience Expert Alfred Ricci to explore how childhood trauma, adversity and high-pressure careers can become catalysts for growth, purpose and service. Alfred shares his remarkable journey from an unstable childhood spent in shelters, gr...

After arriving in the UK as a young student in 1975, Parvez Hemnani set out with a simple ambition: build a better life for himself and his family. What followed was a successful career spanning decades in sales and marketing, negotiating million-pound deals, leading teams and working under the relentless pressure of targets, forecasts and performance expectations. In this episode, Parvez joins Ja...

In this insightful episode of The Truth Behind the Smile , Jayne Ellis sits down with A&E Matron Lucy Tebbit to explore the realities of a life spent caring for others. With more than three decades on the NHS frontline, Lucy shares the lessons she’s learned about trusting your instincts, finding the courage to speak up and navigating the emotional impact of witnessing trauma, grief and loss fr...

Jayne Ellis on I’m Fine – The Truth Behind the Smile welcomes physiotherapist and researcher Libby Jarman for a powerful and honest conversation about career change, compassion, burnout, and the realities of caring for others. Libby shares her fascinating journey from a successful career in music publishing to becoming a physiotherapist, driven by a desire to do work that felt meaningful and made...

In this powerful and deeply honest episode of I’m Fine: The Truth Behind the Smile with Jayne Ellis , Jayne sits down with serving police officer Leon Astley , whose 23-year career has taken him from the Royal Air Force to frontline policing, public order operations, mounted units and riot policing in London. Leon opens up about the emotional realities behind the uniform - the trauma officers sile...

In this episode of I’m Fine: The Truth Behind the Smile , Jayne Ellis is joined by mental health professional and licensed counsellor Dr Teyhou Smyth for a powerful conversation about burnout, emotional exhaustion, boundaries and the pressure so many people feel to keep saying “I’m fine” when they’re anything but. Dr Smyth opens up about her journey into mental health, explaining how she realised...

In this powerful episode of I’m Fine – The Truth Behind the Smile , Jayne sits down with Vicky Osbourn, who spent years navigating high-pressure corporate environments while regularly carrying the emotional and physical weight of stress.  From adapting to demanding personalities and workplace expectations to the pressure of constantly appearing “fine,” this conversation explores the hidden emotion...

Jayne invites Sara Lister, an Oncology Psychotherapist within the NHS, to share her remarkable journey from oncology nursing into psychotherapy, and to explore the emotional realities of working in cancer care. Drawing on decades of experience supporting both patients and healthcare professionals across many different organisations, Sarah offers powerful insight into what it means to care for othe...

This week on the I’m Fine podcast, Jayne welcomes a very special guest and a valued member from within her own team - Kate Flint, Training Manager of the EF Training whose life before this role was spent serving as a police officer with Thames Valley Police. Kate opens up about her journey into policing, from studying sports science and forensic interests to finding her true calling supporting vic...

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Sally shares the heartbreaking yet inspiring story of her daughter Abby — a vibrant, joyful child whose battle with cancer led to the creation of Abby’s Heroes, a charity now transforming the lives of families facing childhood cancer. From losing Abby in 2016 to building a vital support network embedded within University Hospital Southampton, Sally ref...

After 33 years in law enforcement, Charlotte Fielder MBE followed a burning desire to open the final chapter of her career in service of something deeper. In this episode, Charlotte joins Jayne to trace her remarkable journey - from Lead on Volunteering at a Thames Hospice, to 8 years Head of the Volunteer and Fostering team at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home - and what she discovered about human nat...

From insisting her mum sew her a nurse's uniform at age seven, to leading an entire cancer nursing team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Ellie Robinson has spent her whole life in devoted service to others. In this Episode, Ellie joins Jayne for an honest and deeply moving conversation about what happens when the people who care for everyone else, stop caring for themselves. Elli...

What happens when the people who dedicate their lives caring for others forget to care for themselves? In this introductory episode, our Host Jayne Ellis opens up about her own journey through compassion fatigue, a difficult exit from a career in Healthcare that she loved and the moment she realised that emotional health and safety in the workplace wasn't just overlooked - it was barely there...