Work, Actually

Send us Fan Mail Fancy feeling inspired? Listen to today's episode with polar expedition leader Wendy Searle, a mother of four who decided to train and take on the feat of skiing solo from the coastline of Antarctica to the South Pole, unsupported. And she did it! Listen to her story and her journey in gaining physical and mental resillience and learn more about the trips she puts on for peop...

Send us Fan Mail Ever considered a career as a sound engineer or intrigued to know what it's like to work on the sound for TV and film? You've come to the right place - this week's episode is with Alistair Bolt a sound engineer for SNK Studios. Alistair details his job working across film and TV for all things sound, including voice-over work, sound effects, music and a process call...

Send us Fan Mail Work has undoubtedly changed for a lot of us - companies are facing challenges in navigating hybrid working, changing company cultures and expectations, the great resignation and finding good talent. Therefore, fostering the right environment and mindsets on both an individual basis and team one is more important than ever. This week I spoke to Jeremy Snape, a former England and c...

Send us Fan Mail Ever considered a career as a sleep expert or struggle to sleep each night? This week's episode is with Dr Nerina Ramlakhan a sleep expert with 25 years of experience helping people and organisations to thrive. She uses a unique blend of physiology, psychology, philosophy, professional and personal insights to create profound shifts in awareness and consciousness.  www.drneri...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered what it would be like to be a professional golfer? Today's episode is with Carly Booth - Carly became the youngest ladies’ club champion in Britain at the age of 11 at Dunblane New. At 12, she played with Sandy Lyle in the British Masters Pro-Am and at 14 she appeared in her first professional event, the Ladies Scottish Open, and finished 13th. She was rated the...

Send us Fan Mail Ever considered a career in songwriting? This week's episode is with the fantastic Clare Dove, a professional songwriter and now singer. She details the reality behind working in the music industry, the painful truths as well as the creativity and inspiration. Really honest chat and full of advice and learnings. You can learn more about Clare's songwriting work and works...

Send us Fan Mail Ever considered hypnotherapy or wondered what the treatment is like? This week's episode is with Kate Hoyle, a hypnotherapist who specialises in Rapid Transformational Therapy also known as RTT. Kate details how she retrained to become a hypnotherapist after being so impressed by the results - and why it's so effective at quickly treating conditions such as phobias, addi...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered what it would be like to be one of the Dreamboys? Or to understand what the job really entails? Look no further, this week's episode is with @Jordandarrell and @zacharysmithfitness two of the cast of @dreamboys one of the longest running and most successful male strip shows. We talk all about how they got into the cast, what the show stands for, the bond they ha...

Send us Fan Mail Ever thought about a career in radio? This week's episode is with Lucy Horobin, a British radio presenter well-known for presenting Heart Dance. Lucy details her own journey from student radio up to a big national station, the opportunities for people and what it takes to do the job. We also discuss the role of radio today and why it still has a place. You can find her on soc...

Send us Fan Mail Reverend Dr Jenny McKay combines a working life as both a veterinarian pathologist and a Church of England minister - she's what is referred to as a minister in secular employment. After a life-changing event changed her outlook, she decided to train as a priest alongside her professional career. In this episode we discuss her work as a pathologist, including how she got to t...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been asked to do a wedding speech? Maybe you are due to be a best man and are already terrified about the prospect of delivering something that meets the expectations of the couple, the guests, the families, etc. You are not alone and this pod is for you. Listen to how Adrian Simpson has carved a niche and is the UK's leading wedding speechwriter - there is huge...

Send us Fan Mail This week, I spoke to Dr Courtney Raspin, a Registered and Chartered Psychologist with a specialist in eating disorders. She has over 15 years experience helping clients develop better relationships with their bodies and overcome their difficulties with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. She worked for 10 years within the NHS,  an is now Clinical Director and founder of Altum He...

Send us Fan Mail Ever considered getting into the world of distilling? You've come to the right place - listen to this brilliant chat with Carmen O'Neal, MD of 58gin.com an award-winning distillery set in the heart of Haggerston, East London. Carmen details her whole gin-making journey up to where it is now - a fantastic distillery selling direct to consumer and the trade. But not just g...

Send us Fan Mail Have a business idea you want to get off the ground? Listen to this great chat with Rachel Wilson, founder of Our Remedy, as successful women-focused business selling organic CBD oil that can help with anxiety, stress, period pain and PMS. Rachel offers so many learnings - this is her third successful business venture - as well as detailing the importance of having platforms where...

Send us Fan Mail This week i had an amazing chat with author and life/ work transformational change coach Carolyn Hobdey. We touch upon lots of different topics including the changing workspace, expectations we place on ourselves in life and work, managing difficult situations, negative beliefs, low self-worth, esteem and shame. And all the twats we meet along the way… as detailed in her book of t...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Mari Thomas, founder of sports bra and lifestyle brand www.maaree.com - Mari is fantastic - she is a rising star in women’s sports performance apparel and her company Maaree is a game-changing brand in sports bras. As a sports bra tester, she spotted a gap in the market and made it her mission to empower, champion and support women in achieving their full potential in sport w...

Send us Fan Mail Fancy learning about the career of an animator? Virpi Kettu is a film director and animator working extensively in the EU and Canada. In 2002 Virpi was hired by Aardman Animations and she worked as an animator on the Wallace and Gromit Oscar winning feature film ‘Curse of the Were-Rabbit’, 'Shaun the Sheep' and  ‘Creature Comforts’.  Since Aardman she has worked with The...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered what it would be like to be a celebrity photographer? Look no further than this fabulous chat with the incredible Andy Gotts MBE. Andy has taken more photographs of A-list celebrities than Annie Leibovitz, David Bailey and Lord Snowdon combined! His work can be seen in the biggest newspapers and magazines as well as the National Portrait Gallery which holds a selecti...

Send us Fan Mail PART 1: I speak to Carlton King, a former black secret intelligence, national security & governmental close protection officer. Carlton autobiography ‘Black Ops - The incredible true story of a British secret agent’ (BO) provides a truly unique glimpse into the creation of modern multi-racial Britain and the corresponding changing world; through the unique perspective of Carlt...

Send us Fan Mail PART 2:I speak to Carlton King, a former black secret intelligence, national security & governmental close protection officer. Carlton autobiography ‘Black Ops - The incredible true story of a British secret agent’ (BO) provides a truly unique glimpse into the creation of modern multi-racial Britain and the corresponding changing world; through the unique perspective of Carlto...

Send us Fan Mail This week's chat is with a really impressive woman called Jillian Kowalchuk who launched an app back in 2018 called Safe & the City - it’s now an award-winning app designed using real-time data to help people plan safe routes when walking around a city. Just over a month ago we had the very sad news story about Sarah Everard who disappeared in south London and her remains...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered what the life of a baker is like? Listen to my chat with Paul Baker, a third generation baker (hence the name) and founder of St Pierre Groupe, a branded bakery business which includes St Pierre, Baker Street and Paul Hollywood bakery brands in its portfolio. The company now has America's number one brioche brand and is worth over $100m.  Paul was raised in a ba...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered what it's like to be a London barber? Mark Maciver, aka SliderCuts, has been cutting hair professionally since 2003. During that time, he has nurtured an impressive client list, which includes basketball player Lebron James, world heavyweight champion boxer Anthony Joshua, TV personality Reggie Yates and high-hitting UK rappers Stormzy and Tinie Tempah, amongst...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered what it would be like to work with endangered species? Listen to this chat with Bridget Johnson, a research and conservation manager at Knowsley Safari in Merseyside all about her role and what it's like to work with all kinds of different animals. We talk a lot about the work Knowsley does with the Bactrian camel and how they offer lots of learnings to teams ou...

Send us Fan Mail This week I spoke to a really lovely and inspiring woman called Laura Brown who runs a company called Intuitive Alchemy - Laura calls herself an intuitive lifestylist which essentially means she’s helping people with different healing practices including tarot reading. Tarot is a large part of what she does so we focus a lot on that in the chat but essentially it’s all rooted in h...