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Make Today Count

Conversations to inspire a fruitful life.


Each episode I chat with experts, thought leaders and change makers on topics to inform, educate and inspire your next move in life, business and everything in-between.


What could life look like tomorrow if you leant in to a new conversation today?


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Episodes

Episode 042 - Getting unstuck - Freedom through hypnosis | with Helen Wyer

Helen is a hypnotherapist specialising in helping people overcome anxiety, trauma, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and all manner of fears and phobias. She is based in Ipswich but also sees people from all over the UK and internationally via Zoom. These past two years has seen her working in Germany, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Canada, USA and Pakistan helping her clients find freedom when they have felt trapped by anxiety and fear. Helen used to be a teacher and uses all the skills she learnt from teach...

Apr 24, 20221 hr 9 min

Episode 041 - Rewrite your story - Connecting to your best you | with Laura Cruise

Laura Cruise helps women who are stuck, trapped and unfulfilled in corporate life to build the confidence and self-belief alongside a practical plan so that they can transition into their own freedom based business in order to experience freedom, flow, fulfilment and fun in every aspect of their life. Laura has been working for herself for two years, having left her corporate role just as the pandemic hit. She works mainly with women who dream of more but lack the clarity, confidence and the cle...

Apr 17, 202254 min

Episode 040 - Own your wardrobe - Dressing for success | with Pam Davis

Pam Davis, Managing Director of Fashion Candy Style launched in 2010. Fashion Candy Style is a unique contemporary brand of Fashion Fusion - “Empowering people through Style”. Based in Suffolk also covering Norfolk, Essex, and London Find out more at https://fashioncandy.style Discussed in this episode: - What exactly is the role of a personal stylist? - When do people usually come to a personal stylist for help? - How feeling more confident in our wardrobe can have a positive impact in business...

Apr 10, 202258 min

Episode 039 - Create the life you desire - Journaling & Manifestation | with Sally Oddy

Sally is the 'Strategy with Soul’ straight-talking results-driven breath of fresh air you and your business have been craving! She works with soulpreneurs and service-based business owners pouring over 20 years experience into their hearts, minds and businesses. Sally combines high-level commercial and strategic thinking with soul-level success mindset to help you grow a robust, sustainable and profitable business. Her philosophy is grounded in doing the most with the least, so expect to learn a...

Apr 03, 202254 min

Episode 038 - Putting yourself out there - Navigating Confidence | with Helen Walker

Helen Walker, self-confessed neuroscience geek, knows firsthand how building a business brings challenges, overwhelming stress, and impostor syndrome. Without the mental strength to manage her emotions, building her first business felt like an everyday uphill struggle. Now, Helen helps female entrepreneurs step off that emotional roller coaster and build rockstar confidence and unshakeable self-belief. Her transformational 6-month group coaching and accountability program, A Confident New You, g...

Mar 21, 202258 min

Episode 037 - The power of presence - Effective in-person networking | with Milo Dunne

Milo Dunne has been networking since starting his first business over 10 years ago. He has a unique approach to both traditional networking and social media networking. This made him huge returns on investment from his efforts so he started his own networking events over 3 years ago to bring like-minded individuals together. Discussed in this episode: - In respect of Covid-19, what the past couple of years has meant for networking. - When the need for exploring in-person networking usually prese...

Mar 07, 202251 min

Episode 036 - More impact, more freedom - Take your service business online | with Nicole Winer

Nicole Louise Winer is a Business Strategist, Mentor & Coach, and ex-Global Investment Banker who has worked with 100s of clients worldwide. She combines practical business skills with a BSc in Psychology and a no-BS approach to help her clients build profitable businesses they love. She is a well-respected coach, is an anti-bullying champion, and is passionate about bringing more kindness into business through building communities of support. Discussed in this episode: - What it means to 'T...

Feb 28, 20221 hr 10 min

Episode 035 - Shifting parental guilt - Get back to dreaming big on your terms | with Rachel Turner Wellness

At the age of 40, Rachel was frazzled! As a busy mum with a career in IT, she had been managing a Chronic Autoimmune Disease since her 20s and it was taking its toll on her physically and mentally. After quitting her 9-5, Rachel recovered her health through natural routes. Realising that so many others could do the same she studied Functional Medicine and Mind-Body techniques and has supported many people in recovering their health by addressing their lifestyle, emotions, and past trauma so they...

Oct 08, 202159 min

Episode 034 - Beat the burnout - Getting back to balance | with Bianca Topham

If you’re needing change in your life, feel like you can’t move forward, have burnt out or want to see improvement in your wellbeing, then coaching with Bianca Topham is for you. Working with your strengths, you'll partner with Bianca to have space to reflect and consider the 4 cornerstones in your life (physical, emotional, mental & spiritual) and create a powerful plan for the future. Within this transformational journey, you'll build healthier more sustainable habits within your life and ...

Jul 02, 202147 min

Episode 033 - Make it happen - Successful goal setting | with Caroline Gould

Caroline Gould is a straight-talking business coach helping mums in business to balance, not juggle and thrive, not struggle. Caroline launched her first business in 2009 whilst on maternity leave - looking back this timing was not great! But she did it. Since then she has launched and run 5 businesses (some successful and some not), so has a lot of experience to share. She's made mistakes along the way and is here to tell you all about them to make sure that you don’t. She will also tell you ab...

Feb 19, 20211 hr 9 min

Episode 032 - Make an impact - Optimising LinkedIn for business | with Claire Durrant

Claire Durrant is an experienced Social Media & Personal Branding Consultant helping businesses achieve growth with strategy led social media & no-nonsense expert support. Claire also helps individuals build memorable Personal brands that help them make an impact online. Discussed in this episode: What exactly is a social media strategist & Why/when do people usually come to Claire for help. What LinkedIn is and how it can be powerful to your business. Why LinkedIn isn’t always the f...

Feb 05, 20211 hr 4 min

Episode 031 - Better together - Do I need a business coach? | with Phil Budd

Based just outside Bury St Edmunds, Phil Budd, Business Coach , focuses on driving growth in businesses of all sectors and sizes. Having worked in sales and marketing for 16 years, Phil reached the position of Board Level before deciding to become a Business Coach. For the past three years, he has enjoyed working with business owners, leaders, and teams to help them take their businesses to the next level and achieve the results they want quicker. For many business owners that Phil meets, it can...

Jan 29, 20211 hr

Episode 030 - Rewiring the brain - Exploring hypnosis | with Doug Sands

Doug Sands is a consulting hypnotist who helps adventurous people all over the world overcome fear and anxiety. Doug is also the host of the Making Meaning podcast. This show interviews top adventurers to learn how they've built their ideal life and to inspire listeners to start building their own. Discussed in this episode: What hypnosis is and why it can be so helpful. The origins of hypnosis. Can anyone be hypnotized? The kinds of daily challenges hypnosis can help with. Anxiety - How hypnosi...

Jan 22, 202158 min

Episode 029 - Automate, streamline & network - Work smart & wow your clients | with Cory McKane

Cory McKane is the founder and CEO of the WeStrive personal training marketplace . He has dedicated the last several years of his life to building out this software and absolutely loves the tech/startup space. In addition to his company, Cory also created the tech networking group, Entrepreneurs of LA, and hosts a podcast all about Founders who have exited their companies called Building Fires . Discussed in this episode: What exactly is meant by 'automation' when it comes to running a business....

Jan 08, 202157 min

Episode 028 - Living in tune - Exploring the mind-body connection | with Cee McDermott

Cee is a mom to two little boys, a wife, a cog in the wheel in the tech world, a barre instructor, and the founder and principal trainer of Mindful You Fitness. Cee has worked in and out of the fitness industry for 19 years and after much soul-searching has created a program for people to find a more meaningful, lasting lifestyle change through using mindful meditation. A daily meditator for the past 12 years, Cee has found that mindful living and fitness have contributed not only to a more plea...

Dec 17, 202059 min

Episode 027 - Beyond Lucky - Banishing Imposter Syndrome | with Gemma Brown

Gemma Brown is a personal and business coach who helps individuals and organisations embrace their identities - uncovering their values, needs, and true purpose - enabling them to confidently move forward. Gemma works with clients (1-2-1, through workshops and group facilitation) to discover their strengths, build confidence, and support them in the process of achieving their career and personal goals. Gemma’s belief is that ‘We could all thrive if we had the confidence to be our true, authentic...

Nov 12, 20201 hr 23 min

Episode 026 - Get Found - Reach more clients with effective SEO | with Andrew Laws

Andrew Laws is a digital marketing and SEO consultant with over twenty years of experience. When he's not busy helping his clients make more money he spends his time falling off bikes, grazing his knees on skateboards, and making loud noises in an attempt to be musical. Discussed in this episode: - What exactly is SEO? - Is SEO just about websites and the words we use within it, or is there more to it? - Why businesses usually come to Andrew for help with their SEO? - Why we sometimes put off op...

Aug 07, 20201 hr 17 min

Episode 025 - Changing course - Discovering your life purpose | with Besweri Kamya

Life coach, author & motivational speaker, Besweri Kamya (Kam) is passionate about helping young adults 16+ find their life purpose so that they can go after their goals & dreams to live a fulfilling, happier, and meaningful life. Kam's drive to inspire others to discover their life purpose is based on personal experience after he struggled to discover what truly brought the best out of him. This inspired him to start his search for his life purpose which he was able to discover and now ...

Jul 31, 202058 min

Episode 024 - Yes you can - Navigating anxiety & getting back to business | with Aaron Clarke

Aaron Clarke is a working-class man from Colchester in Essex, Aaron is an entrepreneur who started his first business at the age of 21, 17 years on and he has since built 3 other companies and created a brand . When Aaron reached financial freedom he and his family took a year out in Spain where he wrote and published his first book ‘ Yes You Can’ A working-class man’s guide to turning your life around. Within this book and through Aarons social media platforms it is Aarons's passion to help as ...

Jul 10, 202054 min

Episode 023 - It's none of your business - What other people think of you & other stories | with Zoe Patterson

Zoe Patterson is a confidence and body image coach who supports introverted women to break free from who they think they should be, silence their inner mean girl, and connect to who they really are so they can start reclaiming their power and live the life they deserve. She runs The Hideout , where introverted women can come together and connect and is the founder of She Is Coaching. Discussed in this episode: - Why clients usually come to Zoe for coaching. - Why we can sometimes be so worried a...

Jun 19, 20201 hr 6 min

Episode 022 - Becoming Unshakeable - Believe in yourself & flourish in business | with Sophie French

Sophie French is a life coach, business mentor, and NLP Master Practitioner who supports creative business owners to back themselves instead of attacking themselves and to shift their self-doubt for unshakeable self-belief so they can create the kind of life and business they actually want. Sophie supports her clients through 1:1 coaching, workshops, online courses, and in-person retreats across the UK + Europe. Discussed in this episode: - Why business owners usually come to Sophie for coaching...

Jun 12, 202044 min

Episode 021 - Instagram for business - What, when & how to post for success | with Molly Wilson

Molly Wilson is the owner of MW Media , based in Suffolk, UK, who help luxury brands connect with their audience through social media. Formerly known as ‘Bee Social & Design’, Molly has just rebranded her company to keep up with her luxury target audience. Discussed in this episode: - Why businesses usually come to Molly for help with their social media. - Why businesses sometimes put off marketing their business on Instagram. - What ‘effective Instagram marketing’ means to Molly. - What mos...

Jun 04, 20201 hr 5 min

Episode 020 - Find your purpose - Becoming unstuck & living life on your terms | with Hannah Allsop

Hannah Allsop is a quarter-life coach helping women to get un-stuck from their quarter-life crisis, working with them to undo their conditioning, uncover their purpose, and discover themselves so they can start living life on their terms. Discussed in this episode: - What 'finding your purpose' actually means. - What we may be missing out on when we do not live with purpose. - Why evaluating where we are in our lives, every now and then can be helpful. - The telltale signs that we may be 'stuck'...

May 07, 202055 min

Episode 019 - Stay home, stay well - The importance of food, fitness & community | with Loai Omar

Loai Omar is a body transformation coach, nutritionist, and founder of ‘ Beatbox45 ’, the only boutique fitness studio in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK. Known for his results-driven programs and founding the brands ‘Re-Shape’, ‘Beatbox45’, ‘Hybrid’, ‘Team Predators 1:1 training’, and his new online training website ‘ Coach Loai ’ which includes ‘Coach In The Kitchen’, Loai’s new cooking masterclass. Loai is known for improving and even saving people’s lives through their health, fitness, and mental wellb...

Apr 30, 20201 hr 23 min

Episode 018 - Be Boutique - Wow your clients through exceptional experiences | with Michelle O'Neill

Michelle O’Neill has been in the beauty industry for almost two decades. After travelling the world whilst working in first class as an in-flight Beauty Therapist for Virgin Atlantic , Michelle decided to open her own beauty salon in her home town of Ipswich. Purity was born in 2011 and has since led the way in professionalism and high standards of beauty treatments within Suffolk, UK. Discussed in this episode: - What is meant by a 'boutique experience'. - Why going above and beyond for our cli...

Apr 17, 202053 min

Episode 017 - Get the dream job - Strategies for success | with Gerard Francis

Gerard Francis is the Owner and Managing Director of the Colchester based recruitment company Lighthouse Personnel Ltd . Leaving college at the age of 18 without any sense of career direction; Gerard began a career in sales, (spending 3 years in insurance, 5 years in apprenticeships and training, and 2 years in healthcare staffing). Combining his experiences of training and helping others, Gerard launched Lighthouse Personnel to provide worthwhile, transparent support to those looking for a new ...

Apr 10, 20201 hr 7 min

Episode 016 - Living with intention - Breaking free from autopilot with yoga & mindfulness | with Sarah Gartshore

Sarah Gartshore is a yoga teacher based in Suffolk, UK, passionate about empowering people to create more physical and mental balance in their lives through yoga, breath, mindfulness and meditation. Through her company ‘Bright & Well Yoga’ , Sarah teaches yoga for all, pregnancy yoga, postnatal yoga, as well as classes for kids An enthusiastic advocate of self-care, prioritising wellbeing and living with intention, Sarah believes yoga is the perfect tool to bring these practices into people'...

Apr 03, 202047 min

Episode 015 - Moving the heart to guide the mind - Compelling storytelling for your business | with Alex Cameron

Alex Cameron is a video production and marketing expert with over a decade of storytelling experience. In 2016, he founded Depiqd to help passionate yet overloaded business owners find new customers using high-quality video production for social media and beyond. This year, Alex aims to help more and more companies use YouTube successfully to grow their email lists and drive traffic to their websites. In addition to all this, Alex also has a love and speciality in producing online courses for sa...

Mar 27, 20201 hr 4 min

Episode 014 - The Art of Slow Living - Exploring Life Beyond the Hustle | with Verity Gaida

Verity Gaida is a life coach and writer who inspires & supports others to embrace a slower life from the inside, out. Her website inspireandenjoy.com and Instagram ( @veritygaida ) share her journey living a slow, soulful life in a countryside cabin with her young family. She loves working with curious, creative business owners to help them overcome the belief that busy = success. Discussed in this episode: - What exactly is meant by the term 'slow living'? - When and why people usually find...

Feb 26, 20201 hr

Episode 013 - The Power of Video - Standing out to propel your business | with The Media Bros.

The Media Bros, Jack & Jake, specialise in social media marketing and content creation . Working with companies such as Boots, Talk Sport along with a majority of fitness influencers. Discussed in this episode: - Why the use of video so important for businesses these days. - Why businesses are sometimes reluctant to use video to market their business. - What businesses are missing out on, when not using video in their business. - The common mistakes when it comes to creating engaging video c...

Feb 05, 20201 hr 10 min
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