Exploring the creativity of the human spirit with just five simple questions. Those questions give us a window to explore the journey and life story of people that look like they have it sorted.
Episodes
Sunday May 10, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
My guest on the show began her career as a teacher, and while she left it behind long ago, she still retains that awareness into her business. Lisa Barry Mission led content, is all about getting business owners to align with their mission and values and bring it to the world through the marketing of their business.
One week ago today, Lisa was one of the speakers at our virtual event Living beyond the change. It exceeded my expectations on many levels. But the biggest win for me was the clarity I have discovered for this podcast.
All of the speakers at the event had been on a journey. They overcame an obstacle and out the other side, richer for the experience. We all have that capacity and need to move through the fear and seize the opportunities the universe provides
There will be more events, but in the meantime, it will be the role of Life Passion and Business to spread the stories of people as role models for what is possible.
Lisa Barry Mission Led Content
Lisa was never motivated by money and wanted a life that had value and a role where she helped people. She went to Uni and got a degree in teaching, she trained as a coach and found work supporting young people to raise their aspirations and find their soul purpose.
The work was good, but life itself was a struggle, especially with a mortgage and growing family.
It was a redundancy that pushed her to discover a talent for writing, that lead on to discoveries in marketing and business.
Like most stories, it is not a line straight to success. But successful, it was to the point where last year Lisa's husband left his job to work with her business. The plan for 2020 was the family to start a travel adventure throughout Europe.
We recorded this show in the middle of March before a little matter of a pandemic was changing the plans.
Because Lisa was one of our speakers, it seemed logical to get this show out because it coincides with a free challenge that may be of interest to you.
Lisa is running a free five-day challenge to help people produce social media content that is in line with mission and values. It is starting on Sunday, 10th May. It is open to all, and I know it will be worth your time.
Full details are at the end of the show.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Lisa Barry.
As mentioned there was a 5 day challenge that is about to start on Sunday the 10th
If you'd like to follow it up very simple go Lisa Barry Online to the Facebook page and there will be a button somewhere.
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
An episode taken from an interview with Suzy Beaumont on the Change Your World Facebook page.
It is the story behind the virtual event called living beyond the change you can find details on the on the podcast website lifepassionandbusiness.com.
It is a virtual summit that is free to attend over 24 speakers coming over 3 days starting on the 27th April 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
We are living in an unusual time. My mind has been thinking about what that means for us as we go forward. Over the last two years at Life Passion and Business I have been talking to some amazing people that have amazing lives, having come through all sorts of adversity and situations.
This has to be the first time in history outside of war that we are all having to deal with the same thing at the same time. When this is over we will have to go back and pick up the pieces of our lives. It has been in my mind for a while to do a virtual event and this situation has brought the timetable forward quickly.
I think we will need help and support to get us through the next few months, because the life that we're going to return to will be very different from the life we left behind.Living Beyond The Change is 3 days with some of the best speakers in the field of Money, Mindset, Heath and Business. These are people that will help your go forward and thrive in the new world that will appear post COVID19
I hope you will join us free
https://beyond-the-change.heysummit.com/
Paul Harvey
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
My guess on the show describes himself as an Author Healer and Potty mouth. Gareth Riddy is built like a bodybuilder. He has been a doorman, a mixed martial artist and still enjoys a bit of Brazilian jujitsu.
Gareth has broken the mould for me, as before I met him, my stereotypical vision of a male healer would have involved a beard and perhaps sandals.
I first became aware of Gareth a while back when he launched his book.
How to Undo the Shit the Modern World Does to Us
We connected through social media, how else! And finally, I heard his story when we were in a coaching group together. Gareth is a cancer survivor, and his journey to becoming healer started with himself. Now as said he is a self-confessed potty mouth. He does tend to use colourful language although he was quite well behaved on the podcast.
His speciality is getting people out of chronic pain, resolving the issues, and returning peoples cognitive functions.
"I do it all with love & rude words."
His patients call him a magician, as he does his magic, and they get to be people again. As you will hear on the show his goal in life is to give as many people as possible, the tools they need to thrive in the modern world, without being dragged down by the ever-increasing demands.
His work often starts when a client says. "The Doctors say there is nothing they can do."
Gareth is a big softy and one of the all-round good guys. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
This recording was made in December 2019 so my cough was seasonal and we had no idea of what was to come.
What would it be like growing up if you did see the bogeyman in the closet, or hands reaching out from under the bed? On today's show is Jennifer main and she has been empathic from a very early age, what does that mean?
The Gift With a Price
It means she was super sensitive to the world around her; she could see and feel and hear stuff that others could not. That might sound like a fantastic superpower. But like all gifts, it came with a price, as a child getting love and emotional support was hard. Hugging people was painful, she could feel their pain and emotional baggage. Adults carry so many emotions; it is very confusing to a young child.
Jeniffer was born in North Carolina; her family have strong Christian beliefs. It is the Bible belt; there was no place or space to talk about things that might be considered ungodly.
She learned to rationalise these images and thoughts as part of an overactive and creative imagination. That started her journey to understand these images, feelings and experiences. She says her whole life has been a study of humanity beginning with herself.
The Empathic Initiator
Jennifer went on to study phycology, she worked in addiction and with special needs. Presently she is the Empathic Initiator a transformational guide and speaker.
She is a catalyst for change, her mission is to inspire individuals to recognise unique potential and calling, to embrace purpose, and to live an aligned and authentic existence.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Jeniffer Main
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
This podcast is called grititude because it's about being thankful for the bits in life that don't go so well. Why would you want to be thankful for the tough bits? Well, a lot of that is about growth because unless we experience a challenge or resistance there is no reason or opportunity to grow and change.
So check out the podcast it's just 5 Minutes of your Life.
In this programme I mention
Simon Tyler https://www.simontyler.com/simple-notes/note165/grititude
Check out Turbo Coaching https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/turbo-coaching/
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Yvette Owo Business Fun and Fulfilment
What was life like for you growing up?
In conversation with my guest this week, I reminded of my teenage years.
My parents came from simple beginnings. My mother was from the East End of London. For my American friends that would have been a very impoverished area during the war, it was heavily bombed.
My grandfather was a piano tuner but did many things, not all of them legal.
My father was born in Leeds in the midlands of the UK, and his father was a Barber. Both of my parents did not understand the commercial world. Dad did a technical job for local government and Mum did a range of jobs around childcare. Commercialism was neither something important or relevant.
I can remember buying a bicycle from one of mothers friends. It was not right a lousy choice, far too big. So I looked to sell it just weeks after I had bought it. But I wasn't allowed to sell it for any more than I had paid for it.
At the time, I was pissed about it, but they were adamant that it was not fair on the family from whom I had bought it. It's funny how these memories get triggered. I forgot about that story, and it must have been more than 40 years ago.
Yvette Owo is my guest on today's programme had no such resistance to commercialism in her family. When she was ten years old during her summer break, she started five businesses. She was creating ideas and things that she could sell. Yes, she did have a lemonade stand, but she found the return investment wasn't good enough.
What is fascinating about Yvette Owo is that she is goal-oriented, setting goals works for her. She is diligent in her process and creating clear plans to achieves them.
Business for her is a pleasure, so while working fulltime, she built a brand around personal finance and was looking to go full time when disaster struck. She was hit by a car and life changed.
After getting hit by a car, she developed a debilitating disease; she learned the hard way the value of financial & time freedom.
This is her story
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Life is always about stories; that is a foundation of this podcast; it was my desire to discover more about other peoples lives that lead me here.
Stories are the core of everything when you consider how much of your life is set around a narrative. Think of the news that is all about people or events in the world. When we catch up with friends, it is all about what is going in their life.
Look at politics that is people looking to lead through the narrative of a positive shared vision.
So why are stories so important to us?
In the blockbuster movies, it is the character progression that keeps it interesting. There is the mission or quest with the potential for success and the failure ever-present.
Now that is a subject for a podcast short because we are all on the mission. Onwards to my guest.
Dominica Roszko
My guest on today's programme was born in Poland and the seeds to her journey were planted when she was very young. Her grandma was a natural herbalist she had a big store cupboard full of things that would help or sooth pain or illness. The story is interesting as you will see how it travels in a circle as Dominica return to her routes.
Dominica came from an entrepreneurial family. it was natural for her to follow that career path.
It was a business journey that ended with a successful marketing business, but it nearly killed her — suffering from burnout and severe adrenal fatigue. She overcame this chronic illness with a vegan diet.
Today fully recovered and joins me on the programme as a qualified nutritionist, herbalist and vegan chef.
She's been running a plant-based nutrition practice for 5 years, where she works mainly with people interested in reducing their meat and dairy consumption.
Dominica is sharing her experience through regular workshops, courses and talks in the UK and Europe, where she teaches nutrition, herbal medicine and plant-based cooking and food preparation to the general public, chefs, restaurant managers and other companies.
All of that energy and passion that when into marketing other peoples projects, is now focused on her business and her passion.
She is an author and regular contributor to newspapers, magazines, online publications.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Dominica Roszko
Saturday Sep 07, 2019
Saturday Sep 07, 2019
On the show today is Ebonie Allard, it was lively because Ebonie is a misfit and a Maven with an amazing life story. Before she was 7 she has lived is a house truck on a commune, she went to a Steiner school. She is a podcast host, artists and a business coach.
her big mission is to help 100,000 Misfits know that they belong, live fully rounded, three-dimensional lives that are successful, FUN and self-governed.
This brings me nicely to that topic of self-development. The one clear message that comes through all of my guests is the drive for progression. This can come from two directions for some it will be the maintenance of what is, getting comfortable and starting to settle. This was me..
The other side is the madness of overwhelm, where a monster is created and the head can take no more. This was Ebonie
Both directions lead to dissatisfaction with life and a loss of purpose. It is my belief that we end up in these places because we are not taught how to avoid them.
Earlier this year I started with a project called Change Your World Every Day. The main feature of the project is daily coaching delivered at 7 am every weekday morning. Staring the day with positive input is a powerful anchor, the group is encouraged to contribute, give feedback and hold each other accountable.
It has been amazing to watch the participants grow and support others in their growth. If you are looking for something to support your journey I urge you to find something with daily support it makes such a difference.
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As you may have guessed from my description of Ebonie is a woman who has always moved fast and taken risks. She has lived in France, New Zealand Ireland and in various location in the UK, thought out all of these she has never had a proper job.
From selling homemade cards when she was 14, working in the film industry, starting one of the first virtual assistant companies to her current work as a coach, author and artist - she’s experienced huge successes, massive failures & everything in between. She's been self-employed, a freelancer, a business owner and an entrepreneur & shares that growth isn't linear.
For Ebonie, it is all about shifting consciousness so that we wake up and see life as it is. I hope you enjoy the conversation with Ebonie Allard.
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Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
My guest on the programme today is Jennifer Herndon, who went from a death-row attorney to Entrepreneur. Her career started straight from law school, as a criminal defence lawyer. She had a successful career for over 25 years, a significant part of that was defending people on death row.
Jennifer has always been passionate about helping people. In the legal world that was people who are termed indigent. A simple word that seems so lovely and yet it covers its true meaning. Which is people who are poor, destitute, penniless, or impoverished, the legal profession likes to sanitise words and the people in society that might be called less desirable.
These people cannot help themselves, and Jenniffer was there to support them, particularly those facing the ultimate penalty. She passionately believes the death penalty is morally wrong, and she fought for her clients for many years.
Her highest satisfaction, from her time as a defence lawyer, was being instrumental in a change of US law, how does it get better than that?
The legal career was about changing life and death decisions, and sadly, for many of her clients, those cards were not in their favour. Jennifer, she did not win those arguments; you will hear some of that story.
It is the kind of work that takes its toll, and while Jennifer never lost the passion for representing people. She began to feel part of the system, part of the process of execution. She was getting burnt out and looking to change. It came in that she as fired.
She moved out of the law into online marketing. Like all of us, she fell into all of the traps before she found her way.
We discuss the easy button as if it exists?
How to ride the storm
The show is her journey out of the laws and into a new life. Jennifer is a single mother of one and five adopted children some with unique needs, and she has created a life that works for and her family
Jennifer's gift is helping people the challenge was making it pay, and this is her story.
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
I was very excited this week to have on the show Arthie Moore. She is a facilitator and leadership coach. But as with all of my guests she is so much more. I met Artie when she was the lead coach in a daily coaching group. ( change your World every day) She was delivering 30minute slots daily for 2 weeks.
She covered her take on life and communication techniques. It was clear to me in these daily live broadcasts that she has a passion and commitment to leadership skills and the empowerment of all.
I should say Arthie lives in South Africa and of Indian descent and while she has always faced issues of race, she has never let it fazes her. She can walk into any situation and expect the best and manage the room and achieve it. You cannot help but like her.
What was fascinating about this conversation is we explored how she grew up in a tight race-driven society. You did not cross the boundary of colour. This was in South Africa in the apartheid years.
The change happened when Nelson Mandella was elected president and Arthie turned 18. She was one of the first of a generation that went to a mixed-race University.
This podcast is not about race and diversity. It is about those experiences, the crucible that turned Arthie into the powerhouse that she is.
As the director of 2 international companies, she keynotes on communication and Motivational Speaker. She is an International Facilitator of the Celebrating Humanity Programmes, on Transformational Teambuilding, Diversity Training, Leadership Training and Team Conflict Resolution Strategies.
She has delivered these programmes across Africa, South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, the wider worlds USA, London and Hong Kong.
As you will hear on the show, she has a clarity of purpose, that is about inspiration and empowerment. It is about positively impacting the World, using the African principles of Leadership.
The most amazing part for me is that she started her journey at just 19 years old.
I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did
Saturday Jul 13, 2019
Saturday Jul 13, 2019
Welcome To Life Passion and Business. In our last programme with Zoe Cohen, we got to the unusual position where I recognise this show was going to run well beyond its regular length. I decided to split the program into two because the conversation is Zoe was rolling so well I did not want to break it. We spoke for one and a half hours, and this is part 2
To recap on part 1, I stopped at the point where Zoe had been arrested.
Zoe started her career Oxford University where she went to study life sciences; she went to work in the Health Service where she became the youngest executive director of a health trust in the NHS, at the age of 27.
She went on to serve in various companies at board level for over 9 years when she started a coaching practice which running for over ten years. It was the publication of the IPCC report that caused a shift in mindset.
It led to her involvement with Extinction rebellion, and she was arrested while demonstrating early this year, and she's currently awaiting the outcome of that process.
We have the career journey we are now looking at her success model.
I think Zoe is an example of how we are going to have to shift mindset in how we live on this planet. I appreciate that many be uncomfortable for some people. But the weather is changing; however, you look at it.
Zoe and people like her say we need to look at this and do something about it if we can.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Zoe Cohen.
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Monday Jul 08, 2019
So welcome to the programme. My interview today is with Zoe Cohen; she is a management consultant and executive coach.
Zoe had the traditional success model education and career, was accepted into an Oxford University to study human sciences, and that lead her into the health profession.
Her career started in the health service in the UK and became the youngest board member of a health trust, going on to serve at board level in various companies for over nine years.
She started a management and coaching consultancy in 2009 and has been in that industry for over 10 years.
I invited her on to the show because she has had a significant change of mindset and shifted her focus; Zoe is now an active member of the Extinction Rebellion.
While it was a shift of thinking it was more of a return to her roots. As you will hear on the interview her the choice of university degree and the study of human sciences was one of those pivotal points. She could have been just as happy studying ecology and may have followed that career path.
The big shift for Zoe was the IPCC report last November and the growing realisation in what we are doing to the planet is unsustainable. And not enough was happening fast enough.
I wanted to explore Zoe's transition. Professional people like Zoe are changing their views on activism; they are standing up for what they see as wrong and demanding action, even if that means coming into conflict with the state.
Zoe was a management consultant and coach; now she is actively involved with Extinction rebellion; in fact, she was arrested in London during the last protests.
Our conversation flows and is funny sad dark and hopeful. Now I recognise that this podcast may be awkward for some people to hear. So I apologise in advance, Zoe Cohen passionately believes that humanity is on a trajectory towards extinction unless we do something. That something must be big and must be quick, time is running out.
There is more to this conversation that climate change
If you followed this podcast for any length of time, you would know my story, and how have struggled over the years in my relationship with consumption based businesses and the world of marketing. I stepped back from mainstream marketing 15 years ago, and I now choose to work with companies or people that are making a difference in the world.
Our current level of consumption is pushing this planet to the edge, and what's becoming increasingly clear, is we have to start making positive changes in lifestyle there is just not enough stuff to keep this up and we are sinking in stuff we are making.
As an example, there is a large manufacturing plant called Grangemouth in Scotland owned by INEOS they produce polyethylene, which is the primary material for plastic bags.
This one plant produce 1000KG every minute, that is over 1440 tonnes of plastic for bags every day. They are planning to put another plant next to it, which would do the same.
When you think of plastic bags, how many of them get recycled, how many of them end up buried in the ground. how many of them end up in the sea, killing fish and getting into the food chain.
That is just one material, one item. How many plastic things are there around you now, this moment. Where will they go when you have finished with them? Toothbrushes, pens, mobile phone cases, bags, suitcases presentation cases, the list goes on.
Where does it all go? That is the question that I have been asking for quite a while. There are options, it is possible to change it is called the circular economy, but it won't happen unless we are determined to make it happen.
Zoe Cohen is one of many people leading the change and demanding that our politicians start to face these difficult issues because of business, as usual, is not going to cut it any more.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Zoe Cohen
This podcast is long because as we got into a big conversation, so it has been split, this is part 1 and part 2 will be out in a few days.
Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
On today's show, I have Sashka Hanna-Rappl, and she is a leading international Brand and business strategist for creative visionaries. She creates brands for some of the people with big imaginations.
But first, as always, this is my opportunity to do a little segway and go on a journey of my own.
So as you might know, I am part of the team for the Change Your World Everyday Coaching Project. This week we have been looking at happiness. It is quite amazing how few people in the world can say they are truly happy.
The fact remains at this time in the world; fewer people are dying through conflict violence than any other time. The majority of humanity is wealthier than it has been at any other time. Yet, happiness seems to be in short supply.
We are more connected through social media than at any other time, and that is just adding to the problem.
Part of the problem it seems as we've forgotten how to be happy, and much of that seems to caused by people looking outside of themselves for solutions to that problem.
Now, as a marketing guy, I am well aware. Because that is what we do, we find problems we find people's insecurities and weaknesses we play upon them.
Then, we get them to buy things based on those problems to make them feel better. That is the dark side of my profession.
That's what's fascinating for me about life passion and business and change your world, and a myriad or other change organisations.
Because when we get people into a place of being ok with themselves, they no longer look outside for happiness, they look within.
It is at that point that needs and desires and wants fall away.
What is your view experience of happiness?
How happy are? When where you truly happy?
If you have any views on happiness reach out and lets chat/
One more point before we get back to the show, the founder of change your world Suzy Beaumont. Had a birthday this week and as a birthday gift to her audience, she's given seven days free access to the Changer world every day project.
She has permitted me to share that access with you guys. So if you would like to try a daily coaching practice for seven days. Check out this podcast at the website life passion and business.com for the link. Or drop me a message and I will fix you up. This offer will expire on the 31st May so do be quick.
Back to the programme and Sashka Hanna-Rappl As I said to you she's a leading brand strategist. Did I mention is a speaker and entertainer with a singing dancing and acting career.
I suspect she uses all of those things in her approach to branding. She calls here process, using the soul to brand your business. Her methods are creative, wise, humorous and imaginative. She helps lifestyle entrepreneurs create and market their unforgettable brand. A brand that is tailored to the entrepreneur, rather than the profession. And to be understood in a crowded market.
This lady is a powerhouse, and you will hear it on the programme there is no holding her back, and it is no surprise that she's been featured in Forbes BuzzFeed and numerous online publications.
She was born and raised in South Africa resided in London for a while and currently lives in the Tyrolean Alps with her three children.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Sashka Hanna-Rappl.