The Encouragement Diaries

From fine arts to farming - creative solutions for everyday life from Jenny Dobson. 24.06.2021 9:25 ↓

Jenny Dobson shares about being a farmers wife and the joys of creativity and cake yumee😍

In pursuit of butterflies. 18.06.2021 5:25 ↓

Diarist Matthew Oates followed butterflies for over fifty years - a short, yet cautionary extract for lepidopterists!

A marvellous story of certainty from guest Dick Hammond's diary. 15.06.2021 6:44 ↓

What do strangers, Berlin and old ladies have to do with certainty - Dick Hammond shares a most encouraging story in today's podcast.

The half-mast trouser approach! 10.06.2021 4:23 ↓

There are so many emotions released when we look back at old photographs - and laughter is certainly one of them!

Entertaining angels unawares. 08.06.2021 5:54 ↓

We never know what might come out of a chance conversation. Here are a couple of great stories to encourage you to step out.

Three world changers in the studio today! 03.06.2021 7:09 ↓

Poppy, Jules and Holly Harmer blow us away with their insights into life - wow 🙌

Where substance overtakes style - encouragement from a bike ride! 01.06.2021 4:44 ↓

It takes time to learn to do something well - and along the way real substance overtakes 'faking it' style.

San Francisco Green Film Festival founder and director Rachel Caplan is on the podcast sofa today🎥 27.05.2021 10:15 ↓

Rachel, recently returned to Scottish with a wealth of global 'green: experienceis so encouraging about, global conversations, and the impact of film on enabling us to take steps to change the world 🌍🙌

Putting your head above the parapet - the four Q's. 25.05.2021 4:24 ↓

We all know about IQ, EQ and a good deal about PQ, but what about SQ? It helps when putting one's head above the parapet🤗

Entrepreneur extraordinaire and philosopher farmer guests today - welcome to Michael Dobson 20.05.2021 8:09 ↓

His farming roots go back to Roman times, he speaks ancient Celtic, viking and saxon - and his heart is bound with the land. Soooooo encouraging:-)

Don't wait for a funeral! 18.05.2021 5:44 ↓

Sending or speaking encouraging words about people shouldn't just happen at a funeral. Kurt Vonnegut has some great advice about that - and so do I 🙌

From the womb to the tomb 14.05.2021 6:34 ↓

The joys of a new life! Living a memorable, if not unscathed, life, and good words from Mother Theresa.

Extravagant living. 06.05.2021 6:43 ↓

How extravagant living can bless your life!

Wild adventures and joy in the Arctic with Seth Gardner, filmmaker, author, storyteller 03.05.2021 14:02 ↓

What's the wildest experience you have had? Seth Gardner talks about learning from the Inuit elders, and all at - 58oC😁

The joy of humour - a cautionary tale! 29.04.2021 4:06 ↓

Following on from the conversation with Joyce, some personal limericks and a cautionary tale to cheer us into the weekend 🤗

Pioneers and poets - join guest academician Lady Joyce Caplan into the world of poetry. 27.04.2021 11:28 ↓

More and more people are discovering the powerful impact of poetry in these days. Passionate poetry academician, Lady Joyce Caplan, shares why poetry should never be undervalued, and how it can lead us into greater depths in our being.

It's Earth Day - time to be kind to yourself and the planet. 22.04.2021 5:06 ↓

The positives that result in our being kind to the earth.

What do Cuba, Blue Badge, birds and entrepreneurship all have in common - Kath Bateman! 19.04.2021 8:02 ↓

The delightful, adventurous and entrepreneurial travel expert Kath Bateman shares great thoughts in today's diary.

Avoiding falling into the deceptive traps of the half truth communicators. 15.04.2021 6:14 ↓

What good insights into being wise and avoiding deceptions, from M Scott Peck's 'People of the Lie'.

Louise Simpkin shares the value of gathering around food. Yumee! 12.04.2021 9:45 ↓

Gathering round a table of food is a key to good wellbeing and taste bud joys. Tales from a global traveller.

Finding joy in embarrassing moments! 07.04.2021 8:21 ↓

Embarrassing moments happen to us all, and we can either laugh or cringe. Laughing is definately the best response.

Robert Burns, Stanley Baxter and the gift of friendship 02.04.2021 7:33 ↓

The power of words, the gift of friendship and the significance in the smallest of things given with love.

Lent - a season to stretch into and reap great rewards. 29.03.2021 4:37 ↓

A joyful approach to thinking about life - and the secret of how to stash chocolate😇

Shackleton's angel - what a story! 25.03.2021 7:01 ↓

Did you know about Shackleton's 'fourth' person? So encouraging to hear this diary extract resourcing in troubling times🙌

Singer songwriter Lucinda Sieger encourages our untapped creative imagination 22.03.2021 10:13 ↓

Lucinda Sieger was on the first live Top of the Pops and gone on to a successful career in the arts. A great conversation about creative imagination and learning to have a playful approach to life.