Life. Purpose. Leadership

We spend a great deal of our lives doing. Doing the housework, doing the job. Building the career. Taking the kids to football. Doing the ironing. Having the meetings. Giving the presentation. Making dinner. So what I am, is it what I do? Am I the sum of all that I do? Or am I not just what I do? In this episode Sam Pearce of Swatt Books and I discuss what makes us who we are. 

Do you put the brakes on when doing something you love? We all seem to get stuck on "what I should be doing" or "who I should be." What if you stopped rescheduling your life...your joy. And lived now. In this episode Cheryl Laidlaw of Reyl Design Group and I explore how we can stop rescheduling our joy.

What is it that makes us want to be remembered? What if we lived life, and not sort to "portray life." What is success? What is achievement? Leaving a legacy, is this it? In this episode (Part 2 of 2) Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and I discuss what it means to be remembered. We explore Descartes' famous dualism philiosphy. And we try to unpick his..."I think therefore I am" ...hypothesis.

What is it that makes us want to be remembered? What if we lived life, and not sought to "portray life." What is success? What is achievement? Leaving a legacy; is this it? In this episode (Part 1 of 2) Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and I discuss what it means to be remembered. We explore Descartes' famous dualism philiosophy. And try to unpick his..."I think therefore I am"...hypothesis. ...

Striving to improve is a very everyday human thing. Driving forward and growing is how we are built? Self-improvement is the name of the game. Isn't it? What if being "normal" was the new extraordinary?  In this episode Kate Fletcher and I explore our motivations for self-improvement, and consider whether being "normal" is enough.

In this episode I talk about how our brain is telling us to do something about our anxiety immediately to keep us safe. I suggest the problem with doing something about the anxiety is that it creates more anxiety later. And I propose when we stop attending to our anxiety, we train our brain that the situation is not important.

Is it possible to let go of the boxes we think we must be in? Life seems to be filled with expectation, after expectation. But what do we really want? The career? The house. The annual holiday abroad? The money? Or something else entirely?  In this episode Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and I explore: how do we unsubscribe to the life we think we want? And sign-up for the life we know we wa...

Your perception may not be my reality. In this episode Annalea Doyle and I explore what it means to truly have what we want. We seek to explore our perception of the world around us, and how this perception may not necessaily be our reality.

We are all exhausted at times. Pulled from pillar to post. We place some much expectation on ourselves. How can we see our true capability? How do we realize our potential? In this episode Kirsty Duck of Face2Face HR and I explore how to use our natural born curiosity; to understand ourselves better. And better realize our potential.

Why are we fixated on the accumulation of stuff? What is it that drives us to measure success by what we have? The career. The house. Money. The 15 minutes of fame. There is so much more to life than the aquisition of things. We talk endlessly about valuing experience and life itself. Yet we are fixated on material possessions. In this episode Lianne Weaver and I ask: how can we let go of our fixa...

In this episode (Part 2) Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and I explore what is the gold within us? What is our true essence? Our bliss. Our real nature and potential. Our purpose. How do we merge the power of mind with the essence of our heart? Understanding the value of conciousness. This is part 2 of 2.

In this episode (Part 1) Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and I explore what is the gold within us? In practical terms we unpick our true essence. Our bliss. Our real nature and potential. Our purpose.  How do we merge the power of the mind with the essence of our heart?  This is Part 1 of 2. Download Part 2 where we take the discussion further into conciousness.  

We hear so much nowadays about: telling your story, using your truth to connect. And that stories say something about who you are...and so much more besides. Figuring out your stories and re-telling them in the present, helps you identify what is important to you. Stories are action for happiness. In this episode I explore the value of your stories, and how to use them presently to connect with yo...

Our intentions create our beliefs, our beliefs affect the way we think, our thoughts influence how we feel, how we feel (is an energy) drives our actions in an situation. Imagine being able to control your actions? Imagine being able to control your behaviours? We can, by setting intentions for how we want to show up. Use these 3-Steps to living more purposefully.  

"Our words and deeds are the very nets we throw around ourselves." So said Deepack Chopra. Our language shapes how we communicate. Our language influences our opinions of self and others. So then, what is real? What is the truth? In this episode Michelle Chynne (of Instinctive Living) and I explore the power of language. And if we could let go of our attachment to the meaning of words we may truly...

Our story now, shapes our identity. Who we are is determined by how we show-up in the world. Present, with presence.  In this episode Hannah Stainer and I explore what it means to see our true self. How do we create the person we want to be, now? Discover your WHY score and be part of a select group of happy individuals who live a meaningful life.

We know success requires self-belief and action.  Winston Churchill said, "success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." In this episode we explore what it means to have belief in ourselves. And what we need to do to make it work for us. Find your purpose and meaning in life, and build you self-belief.  

Life's rich tapestry is only available when we open our hearts to experience.  When we access every aspect of life - the fun and the sorrow - we can make friends with ourselves and connect more meaningfully with others. Business and life is just making friends. My Game: The Formula For Everyday Leadership

Sometimes we are our own worst critic. But our inner critic can be useful. How do we distinguish between the useful thoughts in our heads and the "not so helpful ones"? When we write we process our thought and emotions, giving ourselves the space to choose the right thought or emotion to act on. We are able to let it happen and live more purposefully.   My Game: The Formula for Everyday Leadership

We all want to live life to the full. We want adventure, love, success and everything else besides. But how? How do we maximise life?  In this episode I talk to Ben Holden of Compass Courses an online learning platform for the financial industry. We explore how best to live life to the max by playing life with intensity. My Game: The Formula for Everyday Leadership  

In this episode I suggest everyone has vulnerabilities, emotions and personality components for good or bad. By hiding those vulnerabilities, we are essentially denying a major part of our personalities.  My Game: The Formula for Everyday Leadership is available on Amazon

Why do we worry so much? What makes us anxious? How do we find peace and fulfillment? Is it about achievement and success? Or something else more simple and yet complicated to do?  In this episode I talk with Michelle Cheyne (of Instinctive Living ) about Eckharte Tolle's concept that time is an illision, and what happens when we live without presence. Time creates an illusion and leaves us anxiou...

We are all capable of the extraordinary. Caroline Sage of Kea Consultants and I discuss what makes some people remarkable. Is it filling up with some golden liquid? Fulfilment? Purpose? You can also connect with Caroline on LinkedIn

The ability to be curious, open and accepting drives useful concious choices. It drives open the heart into a freedom no prison can contain. And it starts with a simple "yes and..." attitude. My Game: The Formula for Everyday Leadership is available on amazon.

I felt isolated as a teenager and I was keen to go to a drama boarding school.  My father said I should be a teacher so I became the reluctant performer. My Game - the Formula for Everyday Leadership is available on Amazon