In this episode, join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Jeni Smith, founder of tech platform NetKno 🎙️ Episode Trigger Warnings: Miscarriage If the content of this this discussion disturbs you, please seek help, there are some resources below ⬇️ NHS website - https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/ Mental Health - MIND, https://www.mind.org.uk/ Suicide Prevention, Samaritans, https://www.samaritans.org Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar UK, https://www.bipolaruk.org/ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD...
Sep 26, 2022•39 min
A tongue in cheek plea to Huel to support indie podcasters 💌 We're working super hard on growing our YouTube channel, if you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe! It really helps us to grow, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing you more stories! 🎙️🫶 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqIcI8wjgmm2_PggWZP4_Q?sub_confirmation=1 Join your host Ashleigh King 🎙️🎧 (MBA) as she chats to Peter George Bell , host of the Purpose Made Podcast. 🎙️ Peter, like many...
Aug 28, 2022•48 min
🎙#NurtureYourZest Episode 8 of Season 2 🎙 In this episode, join guest host Paul King as he interviews Ashleigh King, the chattiest of them all. There’s even an awkward poem and song included! This episode has been recorded in the ‘Flamboyance’ set of Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio. Episode Trigger Warnings: Assault, Murder, Trauma, Depression, Neurodivergence, Suicide In this episode we discuss: 🌵Why storytelling is so important to Ashleigh, and how she has been doing this her whole life 🌵W...
Aug 18, 2022•44 min
🎙#NURTUREYOURZEST EPISODE 7 OF SEASON 2 🎙 In this episode, join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to John Taylor, army veteran. John is an army veteran, he’s travelled the world and this has helped him to be able to talk to anyone from all walks of life. He is now a podcaster, performance coach and a lover of golf and people. This episode has been recorded in our new hangout, Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL HEAR: 🌵About life growing up as a military kid living in se...
Aug 14, 2022•41 min
🎙#NURTUREYOURZEST EPISODE 6 OF SEASON 2 🎙 In this episode, join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Simon Bourne, Founder of the Hand Dyed Shoe Company: https://www.handdyedshoeco.com This episode has been recorded in the ‘Shrimp Bar’ aka our kitchen and green room of the Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio https://www.flamingoheights.co.uk Episode Trigger Warnings: Bankruptcy, Depression, Suicide IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL HEAR: 🌵 Men’s Mental Health, Men’s Fashion and re-designing yourself 🌵 B...
Aug 05, 2022•46 min
In this episode, join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Herb Kim, Founder of the Thinking Digital Conference, a highlight in the tech scene of the North of England, attracting visitors and speakers from all over the world. This episode has been recorded in our new studio, Flamingo Heights (So if you like video do check out on YouTube Channel to watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqIcI8wjgmm2_PggWZP4_Q) In this episode you'll hear: 🌵 Why Herb is a fan of saving for contingenc...
May 19, 2022•54 min
In this episode, join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Jodie Hill, Founder and Managing Partner of Thrive Law, a Leeds-based law firm that's shaking things up in employment, and equality, diversity, and inclusion law. This episode has been recorded in our new studio, Flamingo Heights (So if you like video do check out on YouTube Channel to watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqIcI8wjgmm2_PggWZP4_Q) In this episode you'll hear: 🌵 How Jodie felt like she didn't fit in a tradit...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr
In this episode, join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Douglas Dinwiddie, golf enthusiast, business leader and serial entrepreneur. This episode has been recorded in our new studio, Flamingo Heights (So if you like video do check out on YouTube Channel to watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqIcI8wjgmm2_PggWZP4_Q) In this episode you'll hear about: 🌵Growing up in Scotland, before relocating to the North of England 🌵Leading White Digital Web Agency based in Darlington, and g...
Mar 23, 2022•34 min
In this episode, join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to North East Entrepreneur of the Year, Sophie Milliken. This episode has been recorded in our new studio, Flamingo Heights and is our FIRST EVER video episode of the #NurtureYourZest Podcast 💕 (So if you like video do check out on YouTube Channel to watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqIcI8wjgmm2_PggWZP4_Q) If you've been following me for a while, then you'll know this is a BIG deal, as I've always been audio only (except...
Mar 13, 2022•28 min
North East podcasting legend, Ian Farrar, host of the Industry Angel Business Podcast, chats to #NurtureYourZest podcast host Ashleigh King in a special podcast bringing two chatterboxes together. This is the first episode of season 2 of the Nurture Your Zest podcast series, and the first episode recorded in 'The Nest' of the new podcast studio in Newcastle upon Tyne, 'Flamingo Heights'. In this episode, you'll hear: 🌵Why starting a podcast can help attract your dream clients and how this has w...
Dec 18, 2021•40 min
🎙EPISODE 33🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Polly Brennan of Adventurous Coaching, our last #NurtureYourZest episode recorded before self-isolating! Glasgow girl Polly, went on an adventure to the North East of England and never looked back! Listen to discover how... “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” www.nurtureyourzest.com You’ll discover: 🌵 Adventure coaching and her mental health kitbag - you'll learn about all the important tools in...
Apr 02, 2020•44 min
🎙 EPISODE 32 🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Kay Greyson, award-winning spoken-word artist, rapper and performer from Newcastle upon Tyne. 🎧 Listen: nurtureyourzest.com You’ll discover: 🌵The musical influencers she looks up to and how imitating rhymes helped her to find her own unique voice. 🌵How her family unit has nurtured her musical ability since age 6 🌵Life at school and bullying for a rapper where pipe dreams aren’t on the curriculum and why Kay now ...
Mar 24, 2020•35 min
🎙EPISODE 31🎙 Join your host Tim Lozinski as he chats with Karen Elliott of Newcastle University Business School and Grant Murray from XE.com . A HUGE thank you to Tim (who usually plays the role of Producer) for stepping in for Ashleigh due to self-isolating! Karen is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor specialising in Fintech, recently named in the Women in FinTech Powerlist. Grant has an established 25 year career in the financial markets, specialising in economics and strategy for Cur...
Mar 18, 2020•39 min
🎙EPISODE 30🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Paul and David King of Flow Software Solutions. These smart lads have had their software featured in lifehacker.com | PC Mag | BBC Webscape and Tech Crunch Europe amongst many other accolades. You’ll discover: 🌵 Running a business and tips to ‘pivot’ 🌵 Learning from fast failure 🌵 Learning to code at 13, and learning to code at 33! 🌵 What it’s like to work in the entrepreneurial hub of Hoults Yard created by serial entrepreneur an...
Mar 10, 2020•41 min
🎙 EPISODE 29 🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Muzoon Al-Melehan in a special episode for #InternationalWomensDay. 🎧 Listen: nurtureyourzest.com You’ll discover: 🌵 How her family made the hard decision to flee Syria 🌵 The one thing she took with her... you’ll be surprised! 🌵 Life in the refugee camps in Jordan and how she used her voice to campaign about education. The unique challenges she faced and the tremendous courage it took to speak up. 🌵 How to stan...
Mar 07, 2020•43 min
🎙EPISODE 28🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with David Wilkinson, Performance Coach You’ll discover: 🌵How your work and professional life and intertwined and why improvements in one will help the other. 🌵How and why people get stuck 🌵Why the word 'improvement' can hold people back. 🌵Why you are enough already. 🌵How changing the people around you can help. 🌵The comparison game and respecting other peoples journeys. 🌵The importance of role models and being our own role models. ...
Feb 26, 2020•46 min
🎙EPISODE 27🎙 Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Gabriele Liaugodaite, Biomedical Genetics student of Newcastle University Medical School and Vice-President of TEDxNewcastleUniversity. You’ll discover: 🌵How she lived and worked all over the world as a teenage model 🌍 🌵From the catwalk and photo shoots to a lab coat and test tubes 🧪🧬 🌵Why she LOVES travelling 🧳 🌵Why as a student you should join a student society and work on your leadership skills! 🌵How baking keeps her sane!...
Feb 18, 2020•40 min
🎙 EPISODE 26🎙 #NurtureYourZest Happy Valentines Day Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Michelle Jones of Michelle Jones Weddings on the traditional day of love. You’ll discover: 🌵 How she manages a stressful project management role which is highly charged with emotion. 🌵 The origins story of Michelle’s fascination with weddings 🌵 From radio to dress fittings! 🌵 The best and worst Valentines Day ever and the dessert she can STILL taste! 🌵 Why people get engaged on this special ...
Feb 14, 2020•46 min
🎙 EPISODE 25🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Karl Robson – a social entrepreneur, Politics Masters student at Newcastle University and former student politician at Northumbria University. At a very young age, he was the owner of his own community interest company, a record label! You’ll discover: 🌵 How he set up his own recording label as a young person with no experience or resources, only a dream! 🌵 The challenges of setting up a CIC 🌵 What happens when yo...
Feb 11, 2020•44 min
🎙EPISODE 24🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Simon Raybould - Presentation Genius! You’ll discover: 🌵 How specialists who are good at what they do, and promoted for their technical ability can improve their ability to persuade others using presentation skills. 🌵 What it’s like to be a Professional Speaker and watch someone give a disaster presentation. 🌵 How you can fix things while presenting if you’re struggling. 🌵 Why rehearsals are essential, no matter h...
Feb 04, 2020•44 min
🎙 EPISODE 23🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Rob Baker, business leader of startup Tailored Thinking. You’ll discover: 🌵 What on earth a 'Positive Deviant' means and why Rob uses this on purpose to spark interesting conversations! 🌵 The difference between being an 'expert' and a 'specialist'. 🌵 The difference between 'Positive Psychology' and 'Positive Thinking', and how they differ. 🌵 Change management, and how people respond to change in different ways. �...
Jan 29, 2020•38 min
🎙 EPISODE 22🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with John Cornilious, recent graduate of Newcastle University and originally from Zimbabwe. You’ll discover: 🌵 Why he cooks so much! 🌵 What it feels like as a student who has recently graduated when you're not sure what to do! 🌵 How to keep positive when you're applying for jobs and not being shortlisted 🌵 His charity Pamba Pedu 'Our Home' in Shona and how he hopes to help families going through domestic violence find...
Jan 21, 2020•41 min
🎙 EPISODE 21🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Darren Tate, running a start-up for social good, Suitability. You’ll discover: 🌵 How Suitability started, and the type of support it offers disadvantaged men trying to get back into work. 🌵 What it’s like storing over 200 suits and related items in your parent's garage! 🌵 Why he gives all his spare time to everyone else (when he’s not running Suitability he works for a charity, and uses running for social good, th...
Jan 14, 2020•36 min
🎙 EPISODE 20 🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Ann English, multi-talented creative and business owner of Create Intrigue. In a special 20th episode of #NurtureYourZest to welcome a NEW year 2020 and NEW decade, the twenties! You’ll discover: 🌵 What it means to be a Visual Communicator 🌵 The importance of imagination 🌵 Why you should surround yourself with people who think differently to you! 🌵 What life is like for a visual creative who thinks in mind maps ...
Jan 07, 2020•49 min
🎙 EPISODE 19 🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Laura Perry, serial Christmas Enthusiast, entrepreneur and business owner of Team Festive. You’ll discover: 🌵 How to get into the professional Christmas decorating business 🌵 What it feels like working on Christmas all year round 🌵 Keeping the cash flowing when you work on a seasonal project 💰 🌵The mentors which have helped her to find her way 🌵 How to #NurtureYourZest when you’re working round the clock, and ...
Dec 25, 2019•38 min
🎙EPISODE 18🎙#NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Duncan Yellowlees business owner of Duncan Yellowlees Training. You’ll discover: 🌵 The unusual things he makes in his spare time 🌵 How an Engineer who loves Science fell in love with theatre and the art of telling stories 🌵 The entrepreneurial rollercoaster, waiting to be paid, and strategies for resilience when it gets tough 🌵 His 2 min tip jar, and THAT TEDx talk! 🌵 How PEACE can help to #NurtureYourZest If you ...
Dec 10, 2019•42 min
🎙EPISODE 17🎙#NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Tim Lozinski, business owner of TL Multimedia Limited. You’ll discover: 🌵 A journey from camera shops to teaching to entrepreneurship 🌵 Lessons from redundancy to creating your own career path 🌵 The importance of learning 🌵 How to be creative and manage creativity as a business owner 🌵 Writing the book ‘The Orange Boss’ 🌵 How perceptions can hold us back 🌵 The importance of structure and work-life balance and ho...
Dec 03, 2019•31 min
🎙EPISODE 16🎙#NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Gareth Longstaff, Academic, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Champion, and Chair of the Rainbow Network at Newcastle University. In a special episode for #WorldAidsDay you'll discover: 🌵 What #WorldAidsDay means to Gareth 🌵 The stigma and shame associated with HIV / Aids 🌵 Thoughts around LGBT+, labels and Pride 🌵 The reclamation of 'Queer' If you would like to record a podcast or have any questions about starti...
Dec 01, 2019•53 min
🎙EPISODE 15🎙 #NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Lucy Kendall, Chief Executive Officer of international children’s charity COCO, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. You’ll discover: 🌵 Why serendipity matters! 🌵 The AMAZING opportunity which led her to study in South Africa 🌵 What it's like to feel bullied as a child 🌵 Her experience as a 14-year-old girl attending a UK boarding school and the importance of friendship 🌵 Her thoughts on the pressures young girls face i...
Nov 26, 2019•49 min
🎙EPISODE 14🎙#NurtureYourZest Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Occupational Psychologist and Director of People Science, Ryan Tahmassebi You’ll discover: 🌵 How People Science helps organisations get to the heart of their day to day business and culture to understand how employees feel. 🌵 How taking a more holistic approach and focusing on strengths, health, wellbeing, diversity helps drive employee engagement naturally. 🌵 His thoughts on what it means to be an authentic leader....
Nov 19, 2019•40 min
