Nurture Your Zest

North East podcasting legend, Ian Farrar, host of the Industry Angel Business Podcast, chats to #NurtureYourZest podcast host Ashleigh King in a special podcast bringing two chatterboxes together. This is the first episode of season 2 of the Nurture Your Zest podcast series, and the first episode recorded in 'The Nest' of the new podcast studio in Newcastle upon Tyne, 'Flamingo Heights'. In this e...

🎙EPISODE 33🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Polly Brennan of Adventurous Coaching, our last #NurtureYourZest episode recorded before self-isolating! Glasgow girl Polly, went on an adventure to the North East of England and never looked back! Listen to discover how... “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” www.nurtureyourzest.com You’ll discover:...

🎙 EPISODE 32 🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Kay Greyson, award-winning spoken-word artist, rapper and performer from Newcastle upon Tyne. 🎧 Listen: nurtureyourzest.com You’ll discover: 🌵The musical influencers she looks up to and how imitating rhymes helped her to find her own unique voice. 🌵How her family unit has nurtured her musical ability since age 6 🌵Li...

🎙EPISODE 31🎙 Join your host Tim Lozinski as he chats with Karen Elliott of Newcastle University Business School and Grant Murray from XE.com . A HUGE thank you to Tim (who usually plays the role of Producer) for stepping in for Ashleigh due to self-isolating! Karen is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor specialising in Fintech, recently named in the Women in FinTech Powerlist. Grant has an e...

🎙EPISODE 30🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Paul and David King of Flow Software Solutions. These smart lads have had their software featured in lifehacker.com | PC Mag | BBC Webscape and Tech Crunch Europe amongst many other accolades. You’ll discover: 🌵 Running a business and tips to ‘pivot’ 🌵 Learning from fast failure 🌵 Learning to code at 13, and learning to code at 33! 🌵...

🎙 EPISODE 29 🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Muzoon Al-Melehan in a special episode for #InternationalWomensDay. 🎧 Listen: nurtureyourzest.com You’ll discover: 🌵 How her family made the hard decision to flee Syria 🌵 The one thing she took with her... you’ll be surprised! 🌵 Life in the refugee camps in Jordan and how she used her voice to campaign about educati...

🎙EPISODE 28🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with David Wilkinson, Performance Coach You’ll discover: 🌵How your work and professional life and intertwined and why improvements in one will help the other. 🌵How and why people get stuck 🌵Why the word 'improvement' can hold people back. 🌵Why you are enough already. 🌵How changing the people around you can help. 🌵The comparison game and...

🎙EPISODE 27🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Gabriele Liaugodaite, Biomedical Genetics student of Newcastle University Medical School and Vice-President of TEDxNewcastleUniversity. You’ll discover: 🌵How she lived and worked all over the world as a teenage model 🌍 🌵From the catwalk and photo shoots to a lab coat and test tubes 🧪🧬 🌵Why she LOVES travelling 🧳 🌵Why as a student...

🎙 EPISODE 26🎙 #NurtureYourZest Happy Valentines Day Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Michelle Jones of Michelle Jones Weddings on the traditional day of love. You’ll discover: 🌵 How she manages a stressful project management role which is highly charged with emotion. 🌵 The origins story of Michelle’s fascination with weddings 🌵 From radio to dress fittings! 🌵 The best and worst V...

🎙 EPISODE 25🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Karl Robson – a social entrepreneur, Politics Masters student at Newcastle University and former student politician at Northumbria University. At a very young age, he was the owner of his own community interest company, a record label! You’ll discover: 🌵 How he set up his own recording label as a young person with no ex...

🎙EPISODE 24🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Simon Raybould - Presentation Genius! You’ll discover: 🌵 How specialists who are good at what they do, and promoted for their technical ability can improve their ability to persuade others using presentation skills. 🌵 What it’s like to be a Professional Speaker and watch someone give a disaster presentation. 🌵 How you...

🎙 EPISODE 23🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Rob Baker, business leader of startup Tailored Thinking. You’ll discover: 🌵 What on earth a 'Positive Deviant' means and why Rob uses this on purpose to spark interesting conversations! 🌵 The difference between being an 'expert' and a 'specialist'. 🌵 The difference between 'Positive Psychology' and 'Positive Thinking'...

🎙 EPISODE 22🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with John Cornilious, recent graduate of Newcastle University and originally from Zimbabwe. You’ll discover: 🌵 Why he cooks so much! 🌵 What it feels like as a student who has recently graduated when you're not sure what to do! 🌵 How to keep positive when you're applying for jobs and not being shortlisted 🌵 His charity Pam...

🎙 EPISODE 21🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Darren Tate, running a start-up for social good, Suitability. You’ll discover: 🌵 How Suitability started, and the type of support it offers disadvantaged men trying to get back into work. 🌵 What it’s like storing over 200 suits and related items in your parent's garage! 🌵 Why he gives all his spare time to everyone el...

🎙 EPISODE 20 🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Ann English, multi-talented creative and business owner of Create Intrigue. In a special 20th episode of #NurtureYourZest to welcome a NEW year 2020 and NEW decade, the twenties! You’ll discover: 🌵 What it means to be a Visual Communicator 🌵 The importance of imagination 🌵 Why you should surround yourself with people...

🎙 EPISODE 19 🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Laura Perry, serial Christmas Enthusiast, entrepreneur and business owner of Team Festive. You’ll discover: 🌵 How to get into the professional Christmas decorating business 🌵 What it feels like working on Christmas all year round 🌵 Keeping the cash flowing when you work on a seasonal project 💰 🌵The mentors which ha...

🎙EPISODE 18🎙#NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Duncan Yellowlees business owner of Duncan Yellowlees Training. You’ll discover: 🌵 The unusual things he makes in his spare time 🌵 How an Engineer who loves Science fell in love with theatre and the art of telling stories 🌵 The entrepreneurial rollercoaster, waiting to be paid, and strategies for resilience when it gets...

🎙EPISODE 17🎙#NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Tim Lozinski, business owner of TL Multimedia Limited. You’ll discover: 🌵 A journey from camera shops to teaching to entrepreneurship 🌵 Lessons from redundancy to creating your own career path 🌵 The importance of learning 🌵 How to be creative and manage creativity as a business owner 🌵 Writing the book ‘The Orange Bos...

🎙EPISODE 16🎙#NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Gareth Longstaff, Academic, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Champion, and Chair of the Rainbow Network at Newcastle University. In a special episode for #WorldAidsDay you'll discover: 🌵 What #WorldAidsDay means to Gareth 🌵 The stigma and shame associated with HIV / Aids 🌵 Thoughts around LGBT+, labels and Pride 🌵 The r...

🎙EPISODE 15🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Lucy Kendall, Chief Executive Officer of international children’s charity COCO, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. You’ll discover: 🌵 Why serendipity matters! 🌵 The AMAZING opportunity which led her to study in South Africa 🌵 What it's like to feel bullied as a child 🌵 Her experience as a 14-year-old girl attending a UK bo...

🎙EPISODE 14🎙#NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Occupational Psychologist and Director of People Science, Ryan Tahmassebi You’ll discover: 🌵 How People Science helps organisations get to the heart of their day to day business and culture to understand how employees feel. 🌵 How taking a more holistic approach and focusing on strengths, health, wellbeing, diversity help...

🎙 EPISODE 13🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Theatre Practitioner, Rosa Stourac McCreery & Veteran, Donna Murray in a special episode for Armistice Day / Remembrance Day. This episode is dedicated to all female soldiers and veterans (of all conflicts) who are often seen as an invisible community and voiceless in a male-dominated environment. 🎧 Listen: www.nurtureyourzest.com You’l...

🎙 EPISODE 12🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Lysa Morrison Director of Transformation, Global Speaker and TEDx enthusiast. Listen: www.nurtureyourzest.com You’ll discover: 🌵 How she bounced back from a tricky situation 🌵 A tool which changed her life 🌵 Why she loves her job! 🌵 The challenges she faced as a young female leader 🌵 Why giving back matters 🌵 Why she's proud of her...

🎙EPISODE 11🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with entrepreneur, Community Creator and Curator, Sarah Crimmens! In the most vulnerable #NurtureYourZest conversation yet, and a special episode for #Halloween we talk about the power of feminine energy, standing up for yourself and boundaries after traumatic events. You'll discover: 🌵 How Sarah became an entrepreneur 🌵 Why self-care is so...

🎙 EPISODE 10 🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with James Rutherford, Chief Technical Officer for hire, long time entrepreneur and creator of Kick Cards. Listen: http://bit.ly/NYZ-james You’ll discover: 🌵 How you need to be fearless when launching a new business 🌵 Why business failures aren’t always your fault. 🌵 His tips on tackling cash flow challenges 🌵 The value of play and tryin...