What is the key to success, to life? So many answers to this question. Or simply, a learning disposition. In this episode, my guest Julian Ranger and I explore the key personal attributes to making a success of whatever it is you do. We discuss the value of swimming with whales. How to develop a learning mindset? What optimism looks like and how it draws in accomplishment. We unpick the power of our dreams, and how to harness them for overcoming life's obstacles....
Jan 24, 2023•31 min•Ep. 98
Our intuition grounds us. Our second-guessing (thoughts and ruminations) creates a perception of reality, not the actual experience. In this episode, my guest Jannine Barron , and I discuss "how we truly know." We explore what it means to tap into your intuition; by simply reading the evidence (your data) arising before a decision or choice.
Nov 14, 2022•31 min•Ep. 97
Finding clarity gives you buoyancy. Energy to move through the overwhelm. But how? In this episode, Kate Fletcher and I explore how we fire up our purpose; our vision for ourselves, our business, and life. We consider the value of a coach/mentor for supporting us in finding clarity and reconnecting with our vision. Finally, we discuss the 3 three drivers of success and consider, how they can hold us back from where we want to be....
Nov 06, 2022•26 min•Ep. 96
Creating the me I want to be. In this episode, Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and Content College and I explore how we disentangle ourselves. This is episode 1 of a series, where we discuss what it means to live as the real me; letting go of those thoughts, values, and beliefs that do not serve. And creating the me I want to be....
Oct 28, 2022•32 min•Ep. 95
The simple truth we already know but don't see, is we habitually overlay our direct experience of reality with thoughts, beliefs, values, and opinions. There are two types of knowledge. Intellectual conceptual understanding and direct experience. We use our thoughts, beliefs, values, and opinions to create a conceptual reality rather than the truth of the moment; direct experience. We pile our thoughts, beliefs, values and opinions into our conceptual frame, not recognising the consequences of w...
Oct 14, 2022•13 min•Ep. 94
In this episode my guest Ian Sherwin and I discuss what makes a relationship? I have known Ian for near on 35 years. Ian and I have been friends since we were 14. On the show today we explore what makes a healthy relationship? What's involved? I'd say we look beyond the obvious like honesty, trust, respect and open communication. We certainly suggest relationships take effort and compromise from both people, but in what form? We look at the balance of power. And consider, respect, each other's i...
May 28, 2022•18 min•Ep. 93
In this episode Marina Pearson and I talk about how to slow down. We explore how to design the life you want now, whilst still living.
May 23, 2022•24 min•Ep. 92
Mandela said he learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. In this episode Caroline Flannigan and I discuss how we practically overcome with courage and compassion.
May 09, 2022•25 min•Ep. 91
In this episode Michelle and I discuss acceptance. We all know we have to accept the moment, life...as is...it is what it is. But we judge, compare. Push away from emotions. We want to control things. And all the rest of the unhelpful thoughts and doings we do. We just don't want to accept things as they are. Ekhart Tolle suggest when we notice we are not present, then we have presence. Then we really ARE present. So how? Well listen further and maybe we can help you with your feelings of helple...
Apr 29, 2022•30 min•Ep. 90
In this episode Martin, Heidi and I explore the fluidness of who are. We discuss the statement I am not what I think, I am not what I do, I am not what I feel. And seek to clarify our transient nature.
Apr 12, 2022•25 min•Ep. 89
There’s no doubt about it, uncertainty can be uncomfortable. We humans are wired to want to control our environment. We like to feel that we are masters of our own ship, in control of our fate. In this episode Vandy Massey and I explore how we might dance with the unknown in art and in life, and embrace the only certainity...uncertainty. Perhaps reaping the greatest rewards.
Mar 30, 2022•31 min
In this episode Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and Content College and I discuss what it takes to break the patterns in our lives? We create our own story. And our story is our interpretation of past and present events and experiences. We can tell ourselves all the negative things, and believe it. So what is stopping us doing the opposite. What makes us break the patterns?...
Jan 18, 2022•24 min•Ep. 87
Our resources are limited, so we have to use them wisely. Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement focused on answering one question: How can we best help others? In this Part 1 of 2 episodes Sandy Forbes Taylor and I explore what effective altruism is. And consider two principles of altruism: Using evidence and reason to find the most promising causes to work on. Taking action, by using our time and money to do the most good we can....
Jan 12, 2022•23 min•Ep. 86
A state of flow is technically defined as an “optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best." The term flow state takes its name from the sensation it confers. In flow, every action, every decision, arises seamlessly from the last. In this state, we are so focused on the task at hand that all else falls away. Action and awareness merge. Our sense of self vanishes. Our sense of time distorts. And performance goes through the roof. But how do we get into a state of flo...
Dec 15, 2021•23 min•Ep. 85
Things are not always black and white, or just so...or even yen and yang. Sometimes life isn't what it seems. There is power in embracing the whole of you, by listening to our own solutions. In this episode Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and I discuss the good bits and the bad of life. The ups and the downs. And suggest letting go of "the bits of life" and "seeing the bigger picture" brings peace and fulfilment....
Dec 07, 2021•26 min•Ep. 84
Effective leaders need their team’s trust. But how do you get that trust? How do you get it back if you’ve lost it? In this episode Kate Fletcher and I explore these very questions. And expand on three behaviours which are suggested as essential. Namely, positive relationships, expertise and judgement and finally consistency. We argue you don’t need to be perfect at the behaviours to be a trusted leader. But you do need to be good at them....
Nov 30, 2021•23 min•Ep. 83
We offer (or don't) an explanation of our choices for a variety of reasons. We can be motivated by fear, guilt or self-doubt. Or we can also be honouring ourselves and others. I've realised I put a lot of energy into explaining my decisions. Why I've made the choice I have. Or bigger still; justify why we are here at all. What about not justifying yourself. In this episode June Whiteman and I ask why do we need to know why? Can things, can we, not just be so....
Nov 02, 2021•28 min•Ep. 82
We attend more meetings, send more emails and work significantly longer days than pre-pandemic. Constant expectation, with no time to think. Many of us are surrounded by our partners, family members, children and other housemates 24/7. A quiet commute, solitary lunchtime break, or end-of-day silent office seem a thing of the past. For many of us, time alone in stillness to think is more important yet more difficult to find than ever. In this episode Kate Fletcher and I consider how we can, even ...
Oct 28, 2021•30 min•Ep. 81
Intent is the heart of living a life of purpose, of meaning. We seem to spend our lives doing and having. Driven by lists to achieve, in order to feel like a success. It's the life of accumulation, of stuff. What if there was a different starting point? What if there is an alternative way "to have it all? In this episode Michelle Chynne of Instinctive Living and I discuss "the alternative starting point." And consider the merts of improv'ing our lives....
Oct 20, 2021•30 min•Ep. 80
Let's be honest: things are changing rapdily. The world is chaotic right now, and struggling entrepreneurs (and the rest of us) are scrabling to maintain any sense of control during these tough times. But perhaps that's the thing; we need to let go of our need for control. Perhaps we ought not to power through. But then what? In this episode Nicole Bremner of East Eight and I talk at length about our personal struggles with mental health challenges. Losing money and position. And consider our ne...
Oct 12, 2021•35 min•Ep. 79
We spend a great deal of our lives doing. Doing the housework, doing the job. Building the career. Taking the kids to football. Doing the ironing. Having the meetings. Giving the presentation. Making dinner. So what I am, is it what I do? Am I the sum of all that I do? Or am I not just what I do? In this episode Sam Pearce of Swatt Books and I discuss what makes us who we are....
Oct 01, 2021•27 min•Ep. 78
Do you put the brakes on when doing something you love? We all seem to get stuck on "what I should be doing" or "who I should be." What if you stopped rescheduling your life...your joy. And lived now. In this episode Cheryl Laidlaw of Reyl Design Group and I explore how we can stop rescheduling our joy.
Sep 25, 2021•28 min•Ep. 77
What is it that makes us want to be remembered? What if we lived life, and not sort to "portray life." What is success? What is achievement? Leaving a legacy, is this it? In this episode (Part 2 of 2) Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and I discuss what it means to be remembered. We explore Descartes' famous dualism philiosphy. And we try to unpick his..."I think therefore I am" ...hypothesis....
Sep 14, 2021•30 min•Ep. 76
What is it that makes us want to be remembered? What if we lived life, and not sought to "portray life." What is success? What is achievement? Leaving a legacy; is this it? In this episode (Part 1 of 2) Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and I discuss what it means to be remembered. We explore Descartes' famous dualism philiosophy. And try to unpick his..."I think therefore I am"...hypothesis....
Sep 08, 2021•29 min•Ep. 75
Striving to improve is a very everyday human thing. Driving forward and growing is how we are built? Self-improvement is the name of the game. Isn't it? What if being "normal" was the new extraordinary? In this episode Kate Fletcher and I explore our motivations for self-improvement, and consider whether being "normal" is enough.
Aug 31, 2021•22 min•Ep. 74
In this episode I talk about how our brain is telling us to do something about our anxiety immediately to keep us safe. I suggest the problem with doing something about the anxiety is that it creates more anxiety later. And I propose when we stop attending to our anxiety, we train our brain that the situation is not important.
Aug 25, 2021•7 min•Ep. 73
Is it possible to let go of the boxes we think we must be in? Life seems to be filled with expectation, after expectation. But what do we really want? The career? The house. The annual holiday abroad? The money? Or something else entirely? In this episode Michelle Cheyne of Instinctive Living and I explore: how do we unsubscribe to the life we think we want? And sign-up for the life we know we want....
Aug 17, 2021•25 min•Ep. 72
Your perception may not be my reality. In this episode Annalea Doyle and I explore what it means to truly have what we want. We seek to explore our perception of the world around us, and how this perception may not necessaily be our reality.
Aug 10, 2021•21 min•Ep. 71
We are all exhausted at times. Pulled from pillar to post. We place some much expectation on ourselves. How can we see our true capability? How do we realize our potential? In this episode Kirsty Duck of Face2Face HR and I explore how to use our natural born curiosity; to understand ourselves better. And better realize our potential.
Aug 06, 2021•29 min•Ep. 70
Why are we fixated on the accumulation of stuff? What is it that drives us to measure success by what we have? The career. The house. Money. The 15 minutes of fame. There is so much more to life than the aquisition of things. We talk endlessly about valuing experience and life itself. Yet we are fixated on material possessions. In this episode Lianne Weaver and I ask: how can we let go of our fixation, and value the journey within?...
Jul 27, 2021•26 min•Ep. 69
