People Soup

Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 5 Episode 6 of People Soup – it’s Ross McIntosh here.  This is the Second part of my chat with Mike Jones, he's the founder and chief at Better Happy - who enables organisations to develop healthy, motivated, high-performing managers, safe from burnout, In this episode Mike talks about the better happy approach - and we chat about topi...

Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 5 Episode 5 of People Soup – it’s Ross McIntosh here and I've got a little festive trailer for you all. Please be warned this does include some of my legendary vocals. P soupers - Happy Yuletide - and as we approach Christmas Time - Mistletoe and Wine - I want to say a huge THANK YOU to you for your support for the People Soup Podcast - whether you listen...

Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 5 Episode 4 of People Soup – it’s Ross McIntosh here.  This is the First part of my chat with Mike Jones, He's the founder of Better Happy and I always leave a conversation with Mike feeling inspired and invigorated. Better Happy enables organisations to develop healthy, motivated, high-performing managers, safe from burnout, as they s...

Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 5 Episode 3 of People Soup – it’s Ross McIntosh here.  This is the final part of my chat with Jutta, we could have gone on for days, but I'm sure she'll be back. Dr Jutta Tobias Mortlock, a social psychologist from City, University of London who is the co-director of the Centre for Excellence in Mindfulness Research. IN this episode - Jutta describes...

A very warm welcome to Season 5 Episode 2 of People Soup.  In this episode I continue my chat with Dr Jutta Tobias Mortlock , a social psychologist from City, University of London who is the co-director of the Centre for Excellence in Mindfulness Research. Together we explore the concept of collection or team mindfulness and Jutta shares how she has approached the development of the skill in...

A very warm welcome to Season 5 Episode 1 of People Soup.  Our first guest is Dr Jutta Tobias Mortlock , a social psychologist from City, University of London who is the co-director of the Centre for Excellence in Mindfulness Research. Jutta's research explores next generation mindfulness, which means using the science of mindfulness at a collaborative, team level. In this episode you'll hear...

Season 4 Episode 25 Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 4 Episode 25 of People Soup. This week - it’s a short cup a soup - called Interview Reflections & The Matrix. It’s a continuation of the previous episode - where I shared a particularly memorable and cringeworthy interview experience. In this episode - I’ll share some of the insights from our listeners, the P-Soupers, and their exp...

Season 4 Episode 24 Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 4 Episode 24 of People Soup. This week - it’s a short cup a soup and we’re going experimental. I was reflecting on the approach of Rich and Joe in last week's episode to self-esteem, and my mind went back to an interview I had whilst I was still in the Civil Service, over 10 years ago. It was for a senior role and it was, without a dou...

Season 4 Episode 23 I’m delighted to be back to share part two of my chat with Dr Richard Bennett and Dr Joe Oliver - both clinical psychologists - both legends in their field- they joined me on the show to talk about self-esteem at work. We began by unpacking the concept that’s so popular and Rich and Joe draw upon the evidence to illustrate how self esteem can be quite a narrow and restrictive c...

Season 4 Episode 22 Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 4 Episode 22 of People Soup. I’m delighted to share part one of my chat with Dr Richard Bennett and Dr Joe Oliver - both clinical psychologists - both legends in their field. They joined me on the show to talk about self- esteem at work - and I spent the first part of the conversation inviting them to share a bit more about themselves...

Season 4 Episode 21 I’m delighted to share part two of my chat with Dr Arianna Prudenzi - now I told you in part one that Arianna was a prolific researcher - and you’re about to find out why. I’m so excited to share this episode where Arianna describes four of her recent research publications. Shownotes at http://www.rossmcintosh.co.uk/2022/04/dr-arianna-prudenzi-part-2-researching.html Connect wi...

Season 4 Episode 20 I’m delighted to share part one of my chat with Dr Arianna Prudenzi. Arianna is a research fellow at the University of Birmingham and her research focusses on promoting mental health in the workplace. In this episode we’ll find out a bit more about her and what drives her to make such a valuable contribution through her work. You’ll also hear about Arianna’s ambitions and inter...

Season 4 Episode 19 Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 4 Episode 19 of People Soup. Yes I'm back - after an unexpected break due to catching Covid, which knocked me out for a few weeks. This episode a new type of episode - one aimed more at those who are workplace trainers or facilitators support adults in the development of new skills. It’s a short cup/a/soup called Helping. Equally, it c...

Season 4 Episode 18 - reissued from the People Soup archives This episode is revisiting a favourite conversation from the archives - my chat with Louise Gardner, my ACT Auntie, your ACT Auntie, our inspiration. Over the last few days I’ve been feeling a bit adrift and overwhelmed - the enormity of business planning, the complexity of my residency application, improving my Spanish. And as an aside,...

Season 4 Episode 17 Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 4 Episode 17 of People Soup. In this episode it’s a welcome return for Big G - by popular request (Big G is my Dad, Gordon McIntosh). He reflects on his experience of the kindness of strangers and also his recent Chisi Award for Compassionate Inspiration. You may wonder how this relates to adults in the workplace, well I think Big G is...

Season 4 Episode 16 P-Soupers - It’s 2022 - how the heck did that happen! Happy New Year. In this episode I continue my chat with Dr Steve Jones, clinical psychologist, author, cartoonist and Yorkshireman and we focus in on his brilliant book - ACT Made Yorkshire. You’ll also hear about the conversation that sparked the creation of this book, how it developed from a worksheet to a full blown book...

Season 4 Episode 15 Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 4 Episode 15 of People Soup. P Soupers, we’re feeling festive and what a treat it was to chat with Dr Steve Jones, clinical psychologist, author, cartoonist and Yorkshireman. We cover so much more in the chat - you can hear about Steve’s identification with Hugh Laurie in House, what he discovered as he explored his career path, how he...

Season 4 Episode 14 P Soupers - This is the second part of my chat with Dr Duncan Gillard and Dr Nic Hooper - where they tell us more about Connect PSHE - a complete wellbeing curriculum for primary school children that’s been five years in the making. You can hear about the spark that started the journey, how Connect PSHE developed and evolved through collaboration and exploration over five years...

Season 4 Episode 13 Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 4 Episode 13. Our guest is Dr. Duncan Gillard, a registered senior educational psychologist and highly experienced ACT and DNA-v practitioner and trainer. He's the co-author of the popular self-help book, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy [ACT for dummies] and also the author of several peer reviewed articles on the subject of ACT and...

Season 4 Episode 12 Hi P-Soupers - we're back after our mid season break and we're seven weeks into our relocation to Malaga in Spain, a project we're calling El Camino. In this episode I reflect on the busyness of my anxious mind over the last few weeks and months and what I found useful to keep me moving forward on El Camino. There's also a little treat - an interlude featuring my pal, Annie Gas...

Season 4 Episode 11 - P-Soupers – thanks for tuning in –this week it’s a chat with Alexandra Lechner - where we talk about her ground breaking research on the challenges of building psychological safety in virtual teams. We cover the barriers and the enablers and it’s fascinating to hear Alexandra’s recommendations too. Alexandra was a student on the MSc in Organisational Psychology at City, Unive...

Season 4 Episode 10 Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 4 Episode 10 of People Soup. P-Soupers – thanks for tuning in –this week it’s what you’ve been waiting for - the second part of my chat with psychologist, author and academic - Dr Nic Hooper In Part 2 of our chat we delve into the process of writing a book, who knew that choosing the title and strapline was so important? Nic also chose...

Season 4 Episode 9 Welcome P-Soupers. This episode is a surprise interlude, it's a bit of slow radio with an important message about well-being too. Hear me chat with my Dad, Big G, on one of his daily walks, where he's recreating his previous walk along Hadrian's Wall, to raise money for Cancer Research UK. In the conversation, Dad also provides a live and brilliant example of the five ways to we...

Season 4 Episode 8 Welcome aboard P-Soupers! This week I chat to psychologist, author and lecturer, Dr Nic Hooper about his new book - The Unbreakable Student. The chat with Nic covers a whole host of topics from my review of his book, mental health in the workplace, how conversations about mental health have evolved, the process of writing a book, building a platform and Paris Hilton. Shownotes a...

Season 4 Episode 7 Hi P-Soupers, thanks for tuning in – this week it’s another cup-a-soup called Thanks for Asking. I want to build upon last week’s episode - GETTING CURIOUS - where I suggested one way we could ask colleagues about their experience of work - so in this episode - I’m going to answer that very same question based upon my personal experience. My suggested conversation openers were:...