The Second Half

Jane welcomes Mia Everitt to this episode to get a better understanding of how the 20 year old mind works in 2025. Mia tells us about her university experiences, how she is learning about herself, acknowledging her weaknesses, but why showing up and learning about yourself is where the growth happens. Hear how Mia gets herself into the mindset of being open to the process to create an exciting fut...

I am delighted to welcome Nick De Luca to this episode to discuss lots of things. I met Nick a few years ago and we have enjoyed bouncing ideas of one another many a time. Actually its usually when I am having a mini crisis moment Nick zooms in with some words of wisdom to get me back on track. Nick is a Scottish former professional rugby player (union) having represented his country at all ages a...

Your host Jane is super excited to welcome her friend Lucy on to this episode. If you are a regular listener you will have heard about Lucy in an early episode. Depending on the narrative Lucy has either cost Jane a fortune or changed her life for the better. Which will it be? Your host introduces Lucy and they reminisce about how they first met back in their cricket days and how Lucy quickly caug...

In the first episode of 2025 Jane your host invites her friend and triathlon coach Sam Proctor on to the show to talk about her goals for the year. Sam himself is an absolute Triathlon legend and shares some of his top tips on keeping energised and focussed along with his coaching philosophies. By the end of this episode Jane is geared up, excited and ready for the challenge of 2025. Have a listen...

Welcome to the Xmas episode with your host Jane Hannah and her guest Dr Myles Duffield. Hear from Myles about his journey in 2024 following a diagnosis of testicular cancer, how he kept positive and his top tips to keep energised. WARNING - talk of testicles is included!

Have you ever felt that you are just going round and round in circles? Karl Williams joins your host in this episode to talk about a recent challenge where he literally spent 12+ hours doing just this to raise awareness and money for Movember. So many circles in fact he covered 60km. Karl talks openly in this episode about his journey with depression and how his learnings about himself supported h...

With Hazel off doing her own thing now its down to Jane to keep you entertained. If she can upload this podcast its a miracle! Your host gives a quick update on this episode as to what she has been up to in order to restore some energy. Including an overview of her adventures in Spain which included living like a Nun, being snipered (not actually a word ha) on her bike and the jelly fish sting of...

Jane and her bestie have another chat whilst Hazel is busy doing the final edits on her book (watch this space).During the last episode Kirsty dropped Jane in it exposing her not so healthy habits in years gone by, worth a listen for a giggle if you haven’t heard it.   If you are a regular listener you will know how good Jane is at talking about being self compassionate and having a holistic appro...

In this episode Hazel wasn’t able to join so Jane hosted and invited her best friend Kirsty on to join her.  Having been friends for 35+ years there is no one better to divulge Jane’s not so healthy habits over the years. Kirsty it turns out has a memory much better than Jane’s!   McDonalds in bed, vodka and orange juice for breakfast and rolling in the mud to get out of PE are just a few of the t...

Anyone feel like they want to just hang out, have some space, get off the treadmill and talk to likeminded people? Having received some fabulous feedback from their listeners Jane and Hazel announce their intentions to get everyone together later in the year.   Listen on to make sure you can be part of this. As usual lots of topics covered in this episode but the topic that keeps coming up is how...

Life can be challenging enough then your hosts throw in this thing called Perimenopause!! This episode is for everyone because we all have females in our life and the more, we can normalise talking about female health the better for us all! Hazel and Jane in this weeks episode delve into the topic of peri menopause, what you might be feeling, what they are experiencing and what you can do to help...

On this weeks episode Jane and Hazel have a good catch up about what they have been up to over the last few weeks. Including marathons, book writing, trips to Cornwall and Mallorca and a listener request to give some top tips on how to recover from a major operation. Once they remembered the phrase of fail to prepare - prepare to fail your hosts got stuck into how they prepare or not for things.  ...

This weeks episode covers loads of topics including spontaneous calling, writing a book, running a marathon, being weird, lucky number 18, saying no and tapping into other peoples minds?   And all under 40 mins!  Both Jane and Hazel have big goals on the horizon which they chat about and explain what keeps them on track towards these and what disrupts them.   With a focus on the importance of choo...

How many times have you said to yourself that you want to do this or you want to do that?  But in reality do nothing?  This is something we all do, sometimes because we make our goals unrealistic or the effort to make the change is too much.  Perhaps we don’t have the right support around us or we simply don’t know where to start? But if we really do want to change then we must implement some chan...

This weeks episode gives a recap of Hazels four season half marathon and Jane’s drunken marathon before the two share stories of their best work failures. Of course Jane struggles with the word failure and tries to put the positive slant on it claiming never to have failed anything except a minibus driving test at University...  The chat goes on to Hazel opening up and talking about how a work fai...

Moving your body in fun ways is one of the key contributors to helping you find more Energy.  Which sounds a bit bonkers as often when we feel exhausted the mere thought of doing anything extra adds to the exhaustion.   But believe it or not the more you do move the more energised you will feel.  In this episode Hazel and Jane talk about what they enjoy doing and why they do it.  Call it movement,...

Following on from Jane having a great day earlier in the year, this episode hears Hazel and Jane debating positivity and when it can go toxic!   Following a year of being buddies Hazel and Jane talk about what annoys them about one another (well Hazel tells Jane) and turns into a really open and honest chat about what we need from our friends at different times and what we don't. Being comfort...

Welcome to the first episode of 2024 in which Hazel and Jane review their festive frolics and chat about their 2024 me. For many of us January kicks off with the introduction of big lofty goals which lets face it if we can keep them up past the middle of January its an absolute miracle.   Food, weight loss and exercising usually appear near the top of many New Years resolution lists.  With this us...

In this episode Hazel and Jane discuss what they’re looking forward to about Christmas, but what might stand in their way in the run-up to the big day. They also share some interesting insight around how putting so much expectation on one day can be unhelpful if left unchecked. If you are feeling under pressure and work is stressful at this time of year due to things like year-end, this episode is...

How comfortable are you with discomfort? In this episode Hazel and Jane tackle the topic of discomfort - particularly arising from the tension between rigidity and flexibility. Hazel kicks off with an update on her recent holiday - and transition back to reality - including a chance meeting on her flight with one of Jane’s friends! This prompts Jane to share some of her personal journey, reflectin...

Burnout happens really slowly, and then really quickly, following a long period of chronic stress. But is it possible to prevent it? How can we watch out for the warning signs and take action to take care of ourselves? In this episode, Hazel and Jane update us on their co-delivery of a fun and interesting away day for a group of NHS health professionals about burnout prevention, inspiring a fascin...

In this episode, Hazel and Jane update us on what they have been up to, including a phenomenal ‘be more buffalo’ running achievement for Jane and the impact of a recent coaching constellations course for Hazel and her work as a coach. This leads to a fascinating discussion around what it is to ‘belong’.  Hazel shares some incredible insight into the psychology of belonging, for example why humans...

What does it mean to be more buffalo? In this episode Hazel and Jane offer a different perspective on the approach you can take when times are hard. They discuss how the buffalo approaches the challenge of a storm - and what we can learn from them when we face our own challenges. Our hosts recap on their summer activities and how they are feeling about settling back into their routines and accept...

Welcome to the ME time podcast! What can you expect from us now and in the future? In this episode we kick off with an introduction to us and our 'why's' for what we do, along with an insight into our summers so far and the different reasons we were both feeling a little low on energy, but more importantly what we are doing to refill our energy cups.  Hazel displays some of her coachin...