The Becoming Heroes Podcast

In Episode 2 of Well-Being Wednesday, Sandi Marshall has a rant about unfair insurance practices that penalise being honest with medical professionals. Image from Matthew Henry on Unsplash. Thanks, Matthew.

This is a shortened version without the overtly Christian content in the full episode.

I have a Podcast Channel dedicated to my spiritual messages. This one I'd like to share on my Soundcloud channel too as it is suitable for those who may not yet share my encouraging faith! The dedicated Podcast Channel is called: "Renew The Mind; Transform Your Life." You can find it on all the major platforms, including Amazon Podcasts as of yesterday! I'd like to share this episode with you as o...

Psychology Today published this very helpful article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychiatry-the-people/202007/10-key-areas-not-miss-when-dealing-depression This is the audio stream from our video session walking through certain aspects from this diagram: https://cdn.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/styles/image-article_inline_full_caption/public/field_blog_entry_images/2020-07/...

You have an astonishing, awe-inspiring, compelling story to share... ...IF you know how to structure your story. Donald Miller published a genre-defining work in his book, "Building a Storybrand..." His structure works. A Hero-in-the-making (that's YOU!) Has a problem (internal, external, philosophical, villain) Meets a Guide (the wise person) Who has a plan - a map - a key - a resource - a strate...

With Your Permission Yesterday, would have been my 38th wedding anniversary. The day passed without drama… or regret. We were married for 11 years, with many happy moments. Nevertheless, I could never escape from a creeping sense of disapproval. I was never quite good enough. Whilst my former spouse rarely made this explicit, her father showed no such self-control! Between them, they made me feel...

The English School System, in which I grew up, did at least pay 'lip service' to the Christian roots of our Civilised Society. An essential part of our daily routine was School Assembly, where we learned many magnificent hymns (although I suspect Iearned this one later in the Pentecostal Churches.) On waking this morning, this tune was on my heart, and its refrain, "It Is Well, It Is Well, With My...

The Secret to Happiness is Putting People First A young shop-assistant at Dixons in Uxbridge had no idea how much the course of his life would be changed by a company training programme… Yes, it was me. Dixons sent me off on a two-day programme where I had my first encounter with Corporate Training… and probably my best encounter too. Two charismatic entertrainers, from Time Manager International,...

Discovery Day 8 (the final day in our 8 Day Series to help you discover which of these 8 Team Types is most like you.) The goal is to help you know yourself and pursue a career that will keep you in flow 80% of the time. This means maximum contribution and maximum return on investment. The Calibrator is about "Fine-tuning the Instruments." You improve systems, processes, and even your partner (if...

Discovery Day 7 (in an 8 Day Series to help you discover which of these 8 Team Types is most like you.) The goal is to help you know yourself and pursue a career that will keep you in flow 80% of the time. This means maximum contribution and maximum return on investment. The Conductor is about "Optimising the Performance". If this type fits you, you are the factual, logical, process-driven person...

Discovery Day 6 (in an 8 Day Series to help you discover which of these 8 Team Types is most like you.) The goal is to help you know yourself and pursue a career that will keep you in flow 80% of the time. The Cultivator is about "Nurturing Growth". If this type fits you, you are grounded in empirical reality, calm, realistic, data-driven and darn efficient! You're able to think long-term and plan...

Discovery Day 5 (in an 8 Day Series to help you discover which of these 8 Team Types is most like you.) The goal is to help you know yourself and pursue a career that will keep you in flow 80% of the time. I long for a Custodian in my life! What my clients need most is someone in my team who is 'The Promise Keeper' - as in helping me to keep my promises!!! My intentions are good but as a Champion,...

Are you comparing your 'mess' with someone else's 'masterpiece'? If you look at most people's lives through the lens of Instagram, or Facebook, Twitter, or even LinkedIn, you would be forgiven they've got everything 'together' and their lives are amazing. The truth is we don't see the messy process it takes to make good, finished art. We are ALL in a mess. If we judge our progress by other people'...

Discovery Day 4 (halfway in an 8 Day Series to help you discover which of these 8 Team Types is most like you.) The goal is to help you know yourself and pursue a career that will keep you in flow 80% of the time. You're going to love the Connector whose mission is all about "Building Bridges" You are grounded in 'reality' AND understand the strength of relationships. You've also got a keen sense...

Discovery Day 3 (in an 8 Day Series to help you discover which of these 8 Team Types is most like you.) The goal is to help you know yourself and find work that will keep you in flow 80% of the time. You're going to love the Coach whose mission it to "Ignite Greatness". Enthusiastic and Ebullient! People Matter Most! [So look out systems and numbers!] The Contribution Compass is a profiling tool t...

Discovery Day 2 (in an 8 Day Series to help you discover which of these 8 Team Types is most like you.) The goal is to help you know yourself and find work that will keep you in flow 80% of the time. You're going to love the trailblazing Champion! Energy, spark, charisma! The Contribution Compass is a profiling tool that helps build high performing teams. When you are in flow, you'll feel you are...

Discovery Day 1 (in an 8 Day Series to help you discover which of these 8 Team Types is most like you.) The goal is to help you know yourself and find work that will keep you in flow 80% of the time. The Contribution Compass is a profiling tool that helps build high performing teams. When you are in flow, you'll feel you are in the right place, doing the right things, for the right purpose.

Music and the Magic Beans - a Monday Moodscope Blog to lift our spirits as we enter into a new week. How tall could you grow? How high could you go? I was sitting in the garden, in the glorious sunshine, drinking particularly fine coffee, and admiring the exponential growth of our beans. The beans, like magic, have grown to the top of the bamboo canes provided for structure… and well beyond. Now,...

Lizzy Amos has been kind enough to encourage me on numerous occasions so I have recorded this reading of Spike Milligan's, "Silly Old Baboon," to bring a smile to her weekend. Whilst the poem is called, "Silly Old Baboon," the baboon is far from silly. He has a rare talent for running. He is trying to get to the Moon using the wrong strategy but we can nevertheless applause him for what he is good...

Who Am I? (A Poem) Who am I when I am Powerless? Penniless? Pointless? Who am I, Sir? I am ME, that is who I am! I am a Writer. The same Writer who wrote When times were fair That same Writer that was there Is within me now - (Though full of care.) I write, therefore I am; I write because I (still) can. Who am I when I am Powerless? Penniless? Pointless? Who am I, Ma’am? I am ME, that is who I am!...

[Extract...] 7 Ways to Create Customer Delight Positive Energy - what we’d often call ‘enthusiasm’. But it’s more than enthusiasm. My village shop is filled with team members who smile naturally, readily, and authentically. They often laugh, sending out a clear message that even if the work is boring, the team is fun to work with, and they are pleased to see the right kind of customer. I’ve never...

Were touch is removed as a medium for a positive customer experience, we must rely on other messages to help make each customer have a positive Affective Customer Experience (A.C.E.). In the second in a series of Podcasts on creating an amazing impact in the time of "Covid the Barbarian" - Lex McKee shares insights on how we can act upon the fact that the 'love' customers feel is every bit as impo...

This podcast explores our default position of acting from our essential nature - the leopard cannot change its spots. But there are two ways to escape from the default: we can change (which is quite unlikely), and we can make choices. Here is a message about both, and how the future holds hope for those bold enough to reinvent themselves like Milton H Erickson - a pioneer in therapeutic hypnosis.

"On A Free Day, You Can See Forever." A play on the title of the song, "On A Clear Day," this is my Monday Moodscope podcast from the blog of the same name. I'd lost sight of the future with all the noise of this current crisis and the internal chatter of a worried mind. So, I took a "Free Day." I bunked off in the middle of the week and went West to Lyme Regis and then Colmer's Hill near Bridport...

The World has changed, and what a wonderful opportunity we have to change with it. We can have change thrust upon us, causing us to react, or we can experience change and choose to respond in ways that suit us. I believe it's the ideal time to reflect on whether our current location and vocation suit us. When we change our environment, we transform our mental state, and thus our experience of life...