Rivers to Resilience

Join Martina In this solo episode as she discusses the importance of grit and resilience. Martina shares her personal journey, highlighting her background as a black British female from a single-parent household and the adversities she faced, including racism. Witter emphasizes the need for leaders to understand their team's personal lives to foster psychological safety and resilience. Martina out...

  Breaking Silence, Build Connections, Embrace Conversations on Time to TalkDay  Join Martina on a solo episode on Time to Talk Day as she  encourages open discussions to break the silence and build connections. Martina stresses that mental health issues affect one in four adults, and creating a psychologically safe environment in workplaces can reduce stress and improve productivity. Providing sp...

Strong Goals, Strong Mind: Building Resilience for Success I Martina Witter Join Martina Witter as she  discusses goal setting for success, emphasizing the importance of both setting and executing goals. She shares a proven framework that includes setting realistic, deadline-driven goals, writing them down, and ensuring they are actionable.   Martina highlights the significance of clarity, challen...

Renew, Reflect, Rise: Embracing Resilience & Reflection for a Transformative New Year Join me, Martina Witter, as we explore the transformative power of reflection in bolstering emotional resilience. This solo journey into self-awareness isn't just about looking back—it's a strategy to propel us forward. I share insights on how reflecting on both the challenges and victories of the past year c...

Building Resilience in the Modern Workplace: A Conversation with Dr. Lee William In today's evolving and demanding work environment, finding the right balance and resilience is paramount for optimal performance. The modern workplace often presents challenges that require us as individuals, teams, and organizations to adapt and thrive in the face of constant pressure, change, and uncertainty.   Res...

Everything is fixable :Resilient Leadership: A Blueprint for Personal and Professional Growth :Carolyn Preston Resilience is an essential skill that everyone needs to succeed. It’s the art of effectively confronting and triumphing over challenges while safeguarding one's well-being. Rooted in guidance, inner strength, and self-awareness, resilience isn't always innate but often requires the hard-e...

From Pain to Purpose I Charmaine Connors   Resilience is not just a catchy phrase but a crucial skill that requires nurturing and self-awareness. To build resilience, we must adopt a mindset that aligns with our true selves, purpose, and values. This involves facing challenges with positivity, committing to personal growth, and safeguarding our mental well-being. By taking these actions, we constr...

From Suicidality to Spirituality and Success   In this episode of Rivers to Resilience, host Martina Witter interviews Manoj Sangany, a founding member of Mindfulness Men's Club, the founder of Spiritual Business Mastery, and the head of customer success at Inceptio. They delve into the transformative power of spirituality and daily practices in building emotional resilience. Manoj shares his pers...

Money, Mindset & Mental toughness The cost of living crisis in the UK is a real problem. The economy has struggled to recover from the recession, and families feel the squeeze. People are feeling the pressure on their wallets, and they're starting to ask questions about how to make ends meet. There are a lot of factors that contribute to this crisis. One factor is inflation, the rising price of go...

Owning Your Space: Rising From Reservation To Resilience Owning your space means embracing your unique qualities and strengths, and rising above the limitations and doubts that may hold you back. By taking control of your personal and professional life, you can transform from a state of reservation and insecurity to one of resilience and confidence. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Agi Kerami...

Curbing 'Quiet Quitting ' and building a Resilient Workforce   Martina (podcast host) explores the Tik Tok craze - quiet quitting on which many organisations are facing as employees experience burnout and do the bare minimum in work due to feeling isolated and disengaged.   Quiet quitting is a problem that affects every workplace. It is when an employee decides to leave your company but doesn't te...

Leveraging 'Shuteye' for Resilience- Dr. Jill McGarry Sometimes sleep isn't prioritized as you may experience FOMO or underestimate the importance of this. However,  going without sleep for a little while is okay but constantly doing it becomes problematic. In today’s episode, our podcast host, Martina Witter, is joined by Dr. Jill McGarry (Clinical Psychologist & Sleep Expert) as they discuss  sl...

Building Resilience In a Remote World This is a remote world, and that's a good thing. It gives us the freedom to pursue our passions and live our dreams, but it also presents challenges. One of them is building resilience. In this episode, Martina Witter, podcast host, shares some tips on how you can build resilience in this remote world. She talks about maintaining valued relationships, taking r...

  Locate yourself & rise! Journaling for success, self awareness & stress relief. In this episode, Martina Witter talks with Sarah Rees, a BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and creator of The CBT Journal. She spent  15 years working for the NHS in almost every area of mental health care before taking a huge career turn after realising that she wanted to help people in a more impactf...

Spirituality ,Resilience and Holistic Wellbeing   In this episode, Martina Witter, the podcast host, is joined by Dr  Jimenez, a Licensed clinical psychologist, Coach , Activist and Healer.   Dr Jimenez sheds some light on systemic oppression, spiritual  resilience and holistic approaches to resilience and wellbeing. She also shares some insights on the connection between spirituality , resilience...

The Trilogy :Resilience, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace In this episode, Martina Witter, the podcast host, is joined by Samantha Lubanzu, a profound and energetic career and business development coach, Human Resource Professional , Mentor and motivational speaker specialising in diversity and inclusion. Samantha sheds some light on how to be resilient in your life, the roles of diversity...

In this episode, Martina Witter, podcast host, shares some insights on building mindful leadership to increase your organisation's performance, productivity and Resilience. She talks about building mindfulness and performance, stress management, investing in employees' well-being and mental health, and the challenges of leading teams remotely. Martina also sheds some light on the different ways to...

In this episode of Rivers to Resilience podcast, Martina Witter (podcast host ) talks with Dr Pelumi Akintade, a Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician and Health Coach. They discuss the strategies that help navigate life challenges, factors that can facilitate resilience including  building emotional awareness and the importance of gratitude.   Tune in to listen to Dr Pelumi Akintade sharing insi...

In this episode of Rivers to Resilience podcast, Martina Witter, podcast host, talks with Simon Haigh, CEO of GCM Consulting Limited and Simonhaigh.com. They discuss the four elements of growth, coping with life, the essence of hope in our darkest moments, and the importance of resilience, gratitude, self-awareness, and motivation in business leadership development.   Tune in to listen to Simon Ha...

On this episode of Rivers to Resilience, Martina discusses Resilient Leadership in times of Uncertainty (COVID). Martina outlines the key characteristics of  a Resilient Leader and why its critical to lead with resilience to position your organization for recovery and to reimagine the future post covid. REACT ✅ RESPOND ✅ REIMAGINE ✅ RECOVERY ✅ We explore the journey of your Resilient Leadershi...

On this episode of Rivers to Resilience, Martina chats with Dr. Catherine Muyeba. Martina and Catherine discuss what roles resilience plays in different aspects of life such as professional life and addiction, as well talking about Catherine’s own journey with resilience including moving to the UK from Zambia.   0:00 – Intro 2:44 – Catherine explains what resilience is in her own words 4:45 – Mart...