The Mind Takeaway Podcast

In this episode, our guest is Sheena Bratt, Singer-Songwriter, Environmental Activist and one-quarter of Venus Rising. Sheena loves to perform and music is her life. Not one for sticking to any particular style or genre of music, she finds it more challenging and interesting to venture into multiple genres. If not touring with her Folk-Rock band Venus Rising, you can catch her doing solo acoustic...

In this episode, our guest is Paul Rosenberg, a Leadership Coach, and Consultant for over 30 years and his focus has always been on the human side of things. His view is that no matter what technology is being used, or if you are a start-up, a small organization or a Forbes 500 firm, that work has to be executed by a human being and that is where he focuses his attention. In the past, he led the f...

In this episode, our guest is Sergei Merjeevski, Artist, Sculptor and Activist. We spoke about his work creating giant metal creatures, his love of the natural world and the conservation work he does. Sergei gives us his take on what is creativity, we touch on the subject of connection and the therapeutic benefits of art. What you will notice from our conversation with Sergei is his passion and ho...

If you like dynamic conversations that easily flow from one subject to another then this episode is for you. We spoke to Kerstin Reif, Insight Facilitator and Business Coach, about her journey and what she learned about herself and others by following her desire to explore the human mind. In this episode, we talk about insights, fear, judgment, being yourself, relationships, curiosity, creativity,...

This time we did something different, Jamie Smart hosted our 10th episode of the Mind Takeaway Podcast and asked us some interesting questions. Jamie is a Sunday Times Best Selling Author and speaker as well as being one of our mentors. In this episode, we spoke about our journey, what got us interested in coaching,  mentoring and the Principles Behind Clarity. We share our biggest insights a...

In this episode, Peter spoke to Hollis P Monroe music producer, DJ and a YouTube blogger originally from Philadelphia and now living in Berlin. They spoke about the importance of being yourself as an artist, writer's block, comparing yourself to others, performance anxiety and making music for people to enjoy, be affected by it and hopefully invoke feelings,  instead of trying to make critics...

In this episode, we speak to David Chislett, Creativity Trainer, Writer and Speaker based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. David shines a light on creative skills, through his engaging public speaking, personal, innovative training and his interactive workshops. He helps people improve their problem-solving skills and discover new ways of adding value in their businesses and everything they do. In t...

In this episode we speak to Anke Herrmann a Passion Business Coach who sees creativity as being essential to building a business and dealing with any obstacles in life. We hear Anke’s inspiring story of following her passion and having the curiosity to live an extraordinary life. Anke has lived in Germany, Australia, the United Kingdom and now in Spain. She went from an IT role in London to making...

We spoke to Jan Griffiths, President and Founder of Gravitas Detroit and a compassionate leader with more than 30 years of experience. Jan is on a mission to change the old model of leadership and show people what it takes to lead successful teams. Her journey from a little girl who grew up on a farm in Wales to a position of Chief Procurement Officer for a  $3B global automotive parts suppli...

In this episode, Peter spoke to Robin Lockhart a commonwealth Youth worker of the year and CEO of Thought Unity. He describes his work as having meaningful conversations with young people and their families about difficult challenges they can often face within their communities.  Robin recently finished filming in his local borough of Waltham Forest in London for a youth arts project called E...

We spoke to Kate E Stokes about a journey that starts from nothing, not even an idea, to create a series of successful short movies in VR 180 format called WonderlandX.  Kate took upon this journey with the intention to show people how they create their experience from moment to moment through a captivating story of Alice in Wonderland. She talks about her learning about herself and her...

In this episode, Peter speaks to Janine Murmann, a London based artist with a creativity and lifestyle blog called Colouresko, where she is on a journey to inspire people to explore their creativity.    They talk about creativity being part of our human existence and the ways we can enhance it and what we can do to remove distractions.  Janine says immersing herself into a creative...

In this first episode we talk about what to expect in the future. We explain a bit about us, why we do what we do, how The Mind Takeaway came into form and we celebrate what it is to be human in a hyperconnected digital world. We speak about our innate capacity to self-correct ourselves from a psychological perspective and draw upon our own resilience, creativity, love and intuition. In each episo...