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Simple Reflections Podcast

The Simple Reflections Podcast is a collection of gentle conversations with people from all walks of life, looking at small, seemingly insignificant ideas that have gone on to have profound impacts on their lives. Join Transformational Coach, Dave Hill and his guests for a cup of tea and a biscuit and reflect on where the conversation goes.

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Getting curious with Shazia Govindji

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Shazia Govindji is a Three Principles based, Professional Wellbeing and Leadership Coach from London. Shazia and I met through being members of the One Thought Alumni and over the last few years have had some really fun and insightful conversations and I wanted to share one of them with you. In this conversation Shazia and I discuss the power of getting curious and showing up for our clients with a quiet mind, no judgement and no expectations for where t...

May 19, 202438 minEp. 32

Service through communities with Marina Galan

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Marina Galan is a Three Principles, coach, mentor and trainer from Querétaro in Mexico. Marina is also on the Board of the Three Principles Global Community (3PGC). In this conversation we discuss a wide range of topics: from creating content and language for the Three Principles for use in the Spanish speaking world; to working in different communities; to supporting Ukrainians and Russians caught up in the current conflict; to the powerful and RE-assur...

May 05, 202443 minEp. 31

There is a lesson in every moment with Jamie Smart

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Jamie Smart is a Sundy Times bestselling author, transformational coach and mentor. His company Clarity delivers training and support to other Three Principles based coaches. Jamie is force of nature who is driven by a desire to help people understand where their experience comes from and to discover who they really are. In this conversation we discuss the journey that I’ve embarked on with Jamie’s Clarity Certification Training since September 2023. You...

Apr 12, 202440 minEp. 30

Holding things lightly with Silvie

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Neil “Silvie” Silvester was a Lance Corporal of mine in The First Battalion the Royal Green Jackets in 2001 and we have been friends ever since. Silvie’s been a Policeman and worked in a variety of places from pubs to factories and from a shooting school to warehouses. After an accident at work he even took himself back to college to study art. In this conversation we discuss the journey he’s had with his mental health: from believing there was something...

Apr 07, 202439 minEp. 29

Creating with a win win mindset with James Layfield

I'd love your feedback, send me a message James Layfield is a serial entrepreneur. He is the founder of two very distinct organisations at the moment but those organisations are linked by a common purpose; helping orphans. Clearfind is an AI tool that scans companies software and finds cost savings: the client retains 70% of the savings, Clearfind takes 15% for it’s fee and the remaining 15% goes to James’ other venture, The Awesomage. This is where the orphans come in… This conversation looks a...

Mar 24, 202427 minEp. 28

We're all winging it and that's fine with Nici Butchart

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Nici Butchart is good friend and the Managing Director of Innate Health Research, a non-profit consulting group dedicated to changing the way people think about mental health. They drive collaborative projects that investigate the power of simple, creative mental health solutions. This conversation points to the fact that, despite our plans, we are actually all winging it in the moment. Those plans have helped get us to the moment of execution, but from ...

Mar 10, 202449 minEp. 27

The power of community with Anna Debenham

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Anna Debenham is the founder of The Insight Alliance in Portland, Oregon. The Insight Alliance is an amazing organisation that works to support people in the criminal justice system in the US through their very successful program, Insight to Wellbeing. They've established a real community for those they’ve worked with to help with their transition back into civil society. This conversation points to the fact that we all have innate wellbeing at our core....

Feb 25, 202434 minEp. 26

Freeing me up to see more with Stuart Adams

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Stuart Adams is an investor, director, non-executive director and mentor for companies in a wide variety of sectors. A few years ago Stuart heard something at a talk in Edinburgh about the missing piece of the equation in our day to day human interactions. That sparked Stuart’s curiosity to learn more. This conversation covers how creating the conditions for everyone to bring their value to the table can really turn up the dial for companies and their re...

Feb 11, 202437 minEp. 25

Transcending addiction with openness and curiosity with Barbara Smith

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Barbara Smith has been Mental Health Practitioner for over 45 years. She has always been interested in the intersection between spirituality and the physical and emotional aspects of traditional psychotherapy. In 2013 an introduction to the Inside Out nature of the Three Principles helped articulate why she had always been drawn in that direction. In this episode Barbara and I discuss why she was drawn to co-author a book focused on Addiction with Christ...

Jan 28, 202438 minEp. 24

It's never what we say, it's what you see with Judy Sedgeman

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Judy Sedgeman is a Three Principles Educator and Mentor and has been working in this field for over 35 years and currently lives in Pittsburgh. During that time Judy has worked with a wide range of people: from business leaders; to veterans; to women trafficked in to the sex industry. I’ve loved having the opportunity to work with Judy and a few others on “The Missing Link for Veterans” project a few years ago and I’ve always enjoyed our conversations. I...

Jan 14, 202439 minEp. 23

Our innate capacity to change with Julia Rebholz

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Julia Rebholz is a consultant and part of the Insight Principles Team, as well as the host of the Generative Leaders Podcast. In this episode Julia and I discuss how we have an innate capacity for change as human beings and the hope that has to offer an increasingly divided world. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliarebholz/ Website: https://insightprinciples.com/ Podcast: https://generativeleaders.co/ Support the show The Simple Reflections Podca...

Dec 31, 202335 minEp. 22

There's another way to listen with Lila Turner

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Lila Turner is a Director of One Thought, the CEO of Relationship Ready and the host of the Becoming Relationship Ready Podcast. I’ve been lucky to have known Lila for about 7 years now, as she was part of the faculty that taught me on the One Thought Foundations Programme. In this episode Lila and I discuss how there are many different ways to listen, some of which serve us and the people around us at a much deeper level, and how being aware of that is ...

Dec 17, 202334 minEp. 21

There is another way with Esmond Baring

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Esmond Baring is a Transformational Coach based in Bali. Esmond has had a very interesting, successful and turbulent life that has taken him in a number of directions. More recently it introduced him to the teachings of Sidney Banks; the Three Principles. I have had the pleasure of only a couple of conversations with Esmond but on each of those occasions we’ve both felt a deep connection and a feeling that we’ve known each other forever. In this episode ...

Dec 03, 202343 minEp. 20

To have everything you need with Phil Hathaway

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Phil Hathaway is a London based Life Coach and a great friend of almost a decade. I owe him a great deal as he is the person that first mentioned the Three Principles to me. One of the things I love most about Phil’s view of the world and this understanding is the awe and wonder he sees in it from moment to moment. In this episode we discuss the magical way we experience life as human beings and of some of the fun ways we have to share experience along t...

Nov 19, 202338 minEp. 19

It's never too late with Cathy Casey

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Cathy Casey is a Psychologist and Three Principles Practitioner based in Santa Clara County California, but from after this conversation she will always be Grandma Cathy! I love the energy and spark that Cathy brings to conversations, her unrelenting desire to find out where the people she is speaking to are coming from and the absolute joy she takes in helping them transform their lives. She has worked in within the prison system, both with inmates and ...

Nov 05, 202331 minEp. 18

Paying it forward with Ant Power

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Ant Power is a great friend and a man I have known for 23 years. Ant and I first met as young me serving in The First Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets where I was his Platoon Commander. Ant has had real battles with some of his military experiences over the years that have resulted in periods of hospitalisation, episodes of dissociation and suicide attempts. However, running through all of that has been his desire to thrive and be the best he can be fo...

Oct 22, 202343 minEp. 17

Falling in love with the moment with Rick Ruppenthal

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Rick Ruppenthal is a coach and podcaster from British Columbia. However, Rick’s formative years were spent serving his community in the Ambulance Service, from Paramedic to Superintendent in various training and strategic planning roles. After 30 years of service, Rick wanted to continue to support his former colleagues and established the Unbroken Heroes Project. In this episode, we talk about the idea of falling in love with the moment. Something that ...

Oct 08, 202341 minEp. 16

Service through curiosity, creativity and fun with Darragh Power

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Darragh Power is a busy guy who appears to be completely driven by pursuing anything that fills him with joy and creativity. He earns a living as a Senior Director for SAP and as a part time lecturer at Dublin University, but I would say he’s driven by curiosity and a desire to serve others with joy and a strong dose of humour. In this episode we play with the idea of service in a light hearted and playful way. I’ve only met Darragh on line twice but I f...

Sep 24, 202349 minEp. 15

It's that simple with Mavis Karn

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Mavis Karn is 83 years young and still working to share a lesson she discovered 45 years ago. Mavis is a counsellor, educator and consultant from St Paul Minnesota. She has worked with a wide variety of groups and individuals and has a wonderful way of sharing how she sees us all… perfectly built human beings. In this episode we discuss that understanding, explore the background to her book, It’s that Simple; a Users’ Guild for Human Beings. Email: conne...

Sep 10, 202336 minEp. 14

The power of human spirit with Dr Giles P Croft

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Dr Giles P Croft is a Transformational Coach based in Abergavenny, South Wales. However, Giles’ career has taken many twists and turns; from the medical world, as an orthopaedic surgeon, with time as columnist for a cycling magazine, on route to his coaching business today. In this episode we explore the power of the human spirit: how each of us is designed the thrive and that – despite how it feels from time to time – we can trust that human spirit to g...

Aug 27, 202332 minEp. 13

The power of understanding with Nathaniel Dunn

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Nathaniel is a coach and changemaker focused on helping people and organisations to become positive influences in the world. His journey is fascinating and we touch on some of it during this episode. The theme that developed was how the power of understanding life at a deeper level can change the way we view all manner of things, be that in our work or personal lives. Website: https://www.nathanieldunn.com.au/ Email: nathaniel@nathanieldunn.co.uk Additio...

Aug 13, 202344 minEp. 12

The only thing we have is NOW with Rachel Furman

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Rachel Furman is a retired pharmacist living in Studio City, LA, but she’s originally from Israel and served in the Israeli Defence Force in the 1970s. However, this conversation doesn’t touch on either elements of Rachel’s past, it focuses on her journey to living every single moment of her life, right NOW. I knew I had to speak to Rachel after seeing the transformation in her view of life. Last year I heard her ask a very pained and difficult question ...

Jul 30, 202340 minEp. 11

Listening for simple logic with Barb Patterson

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Barb has lived and worked in Europe and the US and has over 30 years’ experience coaching and working globally as an internal executive and outside consultant. She works mainly in the business world with leaders, teams and entrepreneurs, as well as working to develop other coaches and consultants. In this conversation we have fun exploring the idea of listening to simple logic and how following what feels right can help us navigate life; be that in the b...

Jul 16, 202339 minEp. 10

I hadn’t seen it like that… with Ged Roberts

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Ged Robert is a singer/song writer based in Tenerife… but that’s not all. Ged is a former school teacher with a real curiosity for how people tick, for telling stories and for helping others. That curiosity lead him to write a book… or three… and to a chance meeting at the 3PUK conference in London in 2022. Since our meeting in London last summer we have continued our conversation… some of which is in this episode. Website: https://ged-roberts.com Email:...

Jul 02, 20231 hr 5 minEp. 9

Taking inspired action with Jacqueline Hollows

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Jacqueline (JB) Hollows is an author, a social entrepreneur and a mental health mentor. Her tagline ‘Doing Life Perfectly Imperfect’ sums up her attitude of embracing the messiness of life’s journey and her ability to see the perfection in everyone she works with. From a career in IT, to pioneering wellbeing programs in prisons, to co-authoring research papers to publishing books, to pivoting as a digital creative, Jacqueline embraces change and brings o...

Jun 18, 202341 minEp. 8

Effortless navigation with Dr Bill Pettit

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Dr Bill Pettit is a board certified Psychiatrist and an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, At Creighton University School of Medicine. But those are the professional labels attached to one of the warmest, loving people I have ever met. Bill has 54 years of medical expertise, 40 of which have been accompanied with an understanding of the Three Principles. Bill’s full bio can be found here . Website: https://drbillpettit.com/ Email...

Jun 04, 202352 minEp. 7

Infinite potential with Derrick Mason

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Derrick Mason is a director of Beyond Recovery, a board member of the Three Principles Global Community (3PGC), a mentor for A Slice of Happiness and has recently established his own business, The Mindflow Academy. Impressive stuff! What’s most impressive is how he achieved this given where the starting blocks were… Website: details to follow when the website is online Email: derrick@mind-flow.uk Additional links : https://beyond-recovery.co.uk/ Three Pr...

May 21, 202341 minEp. 6

Creative resilience with Colette Grant

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Colette’s background is first and foremost in business. She didn’t set out to be a Mentor and Leadership Coach, but as she built her leading property investment business over 25 years she discovered a passion for people and an interest in their state of mind. She began mentoring employees to improve their sales performance, resilience and wellbeing at work to help them perform at their very best. This role naturally resonated with her and she was inspire...

May 07, 202338 minEp. 5

Self loathing to self love with The Big Simple

I'd love your feedback, send me a message The Big Simple is a social enterprise putting care-leavers and young adults-at-risk in touch with their ability to thrive and lead fulfilling lives. In this episode Dave is joined by Liliana Bellini and Susan Marmot as they talk about a subject close to their hearts and something they help their clients understand through the programmes they deliver. Website: https://thebigsimple.org/ Email: info@thebigsimple.org Monthly meet up info: Start the week in a...

Apr 23, 202341 minEp. 4

We’re all designed to thrive with Rob Cook

I'd love your feedback, send me a message Rob Cook is a great friend and storyteller. He is a US Air Force Veteran, a coach, speaker and podcaster in his own right, hosting the 3 Principles Global Community’s Podcast “ We’re Listening ”. Rob brings an energy and passion to everything he does and in this episode we cover a wide variety of themes, all centred on our innate ability to thrive in any moment. Rob also mentions a programme he has recently introduced called Life After Trauma Advocate Pr...

Apr 09, 202341 minEp. 3
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