7 Skills For the Future

Using Social Media Mindfully

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:00:07 GMT

Today Emma Sue explores social media. What do you do first thing in the morning? Do you read, journal or perhaps like many others, scroll on social media. Emma Sue shares some helpful tips on putting boundaries in place with social media and how to use social media in a healthy way. Find out more about 7 Skills For the Future by following our social media @7skillsforthefuture on Facebook and Instagram

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How To Beat Procrastination

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 08:00:54 GMT

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Today Emma Sue explores what procrastination is, the false narratives we feed ourselves and actually how it's linked to Being Proactive.

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No News Is Good News

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:00:22 GMT

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Today Emma Sue questions the effect the news has on our lives. It's a constant source of negativity through social media, the papers and television. But do you actually need to consume it? Find out more about 7 Skills For the Future by following our social media @7skillsforthefuture on Facebook and Instagram

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How To Manage Your Energy

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 10:00:07 GMT

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Today Emma Sue explores energy - but not the kind you might expect! She gives 5 useful easy tips and a couple of tricker ideas to help you make big changes in your every day. Find out more about 7 Skills For the Future by following our social media @7skillsforthefuture on Facebook and Instagram

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How To Balance A Busy Workload

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:00:12 GMT

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Today Emma Sue shares her experience dealing with busy periods. She explores how to improve time management and productivity, juggling work/life balance and the importance of strong mental health. Find out more about 7 Skills For the Future by following our social media @7skillsforthefuture on Facebook and Instagram

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5 Ways To Boost Your Resilience

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:00:26 GMT

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Today Emma Sue explores the buzz word 'resilience' and offers helpful insight into how we can help ourselves every day through reframing emotions and battling our inner critic. Find out more about 7 Skills For the Future by following our social media @7skillsforthefuture on Facebook and Instagram

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Winter Energy Boost

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:00:59 GMT

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Today Emma Sue explores these winter months and offers useful tips and advice on how to improve your mood, wellbeing and energy.

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The Power of Silence and Reflection

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:00:25 GMT

In this episode, Emma Sue explores silence and reflection to kickstart your 2023. Join us for candlelit meditation, poetry and reflections on Friday 13th January 12:30-1:30GMT by signing up to our FREE Wellbeing Session here Discover our other free resources and events on our website

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Welcoming 2023

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 10:00:39 GMT

In this special episode of the podcast, Emma Sue explores resolutions and resetting in 2023. Join us for an hour of reflections and goal setting on Friday 6th January 12:30-1:30GMT by signing up to our FREE Wellbeing Session here

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Navigating Uncertainty, Being Proactive and Resilience

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:36:28 GMT

In this special episode, we've compiled some great advice from previous guests and Emma Sue.

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Featured Episodes:

Interview with Susan Saunders- Rising Up series

Resilience Under Adversity

Season 4 Episode 9 Virginia Isaac, entrepreneur and educationalist on the skills we need for a VUCA world - no that's not Star Trek!

Season 1 Episode 10 Being proactive - practise this in every part of your life, why we procrastinate and navigate life from a strong internal locus of control

Season 7 Episode 6: Interview with Chris Tate - trader, immunologist and resilience expert

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Where To Place Your Energy

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:00:42 GMT

This week, Emma Sue explores the power of energy - how to use it, how to protect it and most importantly how to boost it.

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The Gratitude Journal

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:00:02 GMT

This week, Emma Sue guides us on how to make the most of gratitude practice and journaling. Emma Sue shares her personal experience and offers tips on making the most of your journal. View the 7 Skills For the Future Journal here: https://7skillsforthefuture.com/product/7-skills-journal/

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Wellbeing Anchors

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:00:29 GMT

Today, Emma Sue shares exactly what well-being anchors are, how to make them a non-negotiable part of your week and just how much they will improve your well-being.

You can read more about Wellbeing Anchors in this blog: https://bit.ly/3htRISv

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Dealing with Procrastination

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 10:00:40 GMT

This week, Emma Sue is exploring procrastination - something we all do! In this episode Emma Sue shares the different types of procrastination, why we procrastinate and helpful tips to help you focus and stop procrastination.

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How to deal with change

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:00:32 GMT

For the past three years, weeks and even days we've dealt with so much uncertainty. When things feel out of control it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Emma Sue teaches you how to process these feelings and how to become more adaptable so you don't feel such a sense of unease.

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The Power of Gratitude

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:00:51 GMT

Today Emma Sue explores Gratitude. Perhaps a 'buzz word' of the moment, Emma Sue takes a deep dive to explain what gratitude is, it's history and how greatly it can change your life in 7 minutes.

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How To Build An Evening Routine

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:00:47 GMT

After last week's episode on the importance of creating a morning routine, Emma Sue highlights how creating an evening routine is the best way to start tomorrow. She shares her experience and top tips to help you create yours.

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Why You Need to Stretch Everyday

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:00:30 GMT

Think you know what stretching is? Think again! In this episode, Emma Sue explores the importance of your stretch zone.

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The Gamechanger Of A Morning Routine

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:00:37 GMT

For the start of our new series, 7 Minutes, Emma Sue shares the importance of a strong morning routine and top tips on how to create yours.

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In Conversation with Mindfulness Expert Nicola Waudby

Mon, 09 May 2022 07:05:39 GMT

In this special episode, Emma Sue speaks to mindfulness expert Nicola Waudby. This podcast was recorded during our free monthly members event on the 4th May 2022.

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Top Tips Series 10

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 06:00:39 GMT

For our final episode of Series 10 we have compiled the top tips from each guest in order.

Stay tuned for a bonus episode from a very special guest coming soon!

Episode 1 - Climate Change, Dry Cleaning and Critical Thinking with Ludovic Blanc

Episode 2 - Ambition, Disability and Adaptability with Rachael Mole

Episode 3 - Exploration, chocolate and Empathy with Brik

Episode 4 - Introverts, Friendship and Integrity with Hubert Trinkunas

Episode 5 - Brand Identity, Creativity and Being Proactive with Amelia Ayerst

Episode 6 - Reinvention, Wine and Resilience with Laylo

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Reinvention, Wine and Resilience

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 06:00:54 GMT

This week Emma Sue speaks to Laura Rosenberger and Laura Riches, co-founders of Laylo. Laylo was born out of lockdown to reinvent boxed wine from our memories of the 80's/90's to becoming a luxurious asset to dinner parties. Their wine stays fresh for 6 weeks and generates 90% less carbon than the same wines in glass bottles. Their business is going from strength to strength and they openly discuss their struggles and expansion - a key listen for any young brand.

INNOVATION: Boxed wines reimagined to become beautiful centrepieces, founded in lockdown

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Treat yourself to a beautiful box of wine here: https://drinklaylo.com and follow their journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drinklaylo/

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Brand Identity, Creativity and Being Proactive

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:33:59 GMT

This week Emma Sue speaks to Amelia Ayerst. Amelia founded the wonderful textile company Duo Hue during lockdown. After working on the Dyson Electric Car as a CMF designer and the project getting cancelled, she used her redundancy payment to purchase a digital embroidery machine. She shares her inspirational story and her passion for creativity is clear!

INNOVATION: Creating a unique digital embroidery business after losing a job in the pandemic.

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Keep up with Amelia’s journey and Duo Duo here: https://duohue.com or on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/duohue/

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Introverts, Friendship and Integrity

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:00:14 GMT

This week Emma Sue speaks to Hubert Trinkunas founder of Wishu. Wishu is the #1 community for creatives, artists and entrepreneurs, empowering them with the lastest news, trends, resources, and job opportunities from leading companies. Since 2019 it has grown to find over 1400+ jobs, has 15,000 active members and 350,000 yearly readers. The focus is to create a new way of working through hybrid working, passive income, helping people become more tech and commercially savvy.

INNOVATION: Founding a platform for creative entrepreneurs to find work and assist in the growth of their creative business.

Discover more about Wishu here: https://wishu.io

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Exploration, Chocolate and Empathy

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 07:00:32 GMT

This week Emma Sue speaks to Raffaella Baruzzo and Kia Utzon-Frank, founders of BRIK. BRIK is a chocolate company who are breaking the mould with their unique experimental designs and delicious flavours! In their London based company, they work within a small team to create the most sustainable product possible. The duo speak candidly about the struggles and tensions they face as a luxury chocolate brand and their passion for creating something special.

INNOVATION: UK Based luxury chocolate brand breaking down the boundaries between food, design, art and sustainability.

Their shop is now open! So you can shop online at: https://brik.site

Rafaella will also be speaking at our free small business panel event this Wednesday, 23rd March at 12:30 GMT!

We'd love for you to join us, sign up here: https://unimenta.com/product/small-business-panel-23rd-march/

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Ambition, Disability and Adaptability

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 07:00:11 GMT

This week Emma Sue speaks to Rachael Mole, founder of Sick in the City. Founded in January 2021, SIC (Sick in the City)is an e-training company to help close the disability employment gap through training for companies and support for disabled people to get into employment. Rachael speaks openly about her experiences and how her training will help to change the UK job market.

INNOVATION: UK based non profit, training company providing opportunities to disabled, chronically and mentally ill people and the companies who want to employ them.

To discover more, try the courses and to get in touch with Rachel, go to https://sicofficial.co.uk

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Climate Change, Dry Cleaning and Critical Thinking

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the new series of the 7 Skills for the Future Podcast. This series we're focused on Innovation, interviewing individuals who have created something completely new or shaken up their industry. Who better to start our series with than Ludovic Blanc!

Passionate about sustainability and improving our planet, Ludovic left his position as Vice President of JP Morgan to found Blanc in 2011. Blanc is the first dry cleaning company in the UK to not use toxic chemicals and smells to create a cyclical service. The first shop opened in Marylebone in 2013 then just 18 months later they opened a second shop in Notting Hill to deliver better quality dry cleaning - 'cleanser, softer and greener clothes' They clean over 1000 items a day with 50 colleagues for 20,000 customers and 100 fashion brands/online platforms. Hear Ludovic's fascinating story and become inspired by the power of passion.

INNOVATION: Being the first dry cleaning service in the UK to utilise non toxic chemicals

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Try Blanc's services and discover more here: https://blancliving.co

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Top Tips from Series 9

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:00:48 GMT

For our final episode of Series 9 we have compiled the top tips from each guest in order.

We already have some wonderful guests lined up for Series 10 which we are so excited to bring to you in the new year.

Episode 2 - Redundancy, Tik Tok and Resilience with Isobel Perl

Episode 3 - Bike Rides, Grief and Being Proactive with Liam Meyer

Episode 4 - Careers, Cancer and Critical Thinking with Laura Price

Episode 5 - Action, Hotels and Adaptability with Thomas Kochs

Episode 6 - Discovery, Empathy and Dementia with Penny Bell

Episode 7 - Opportunity, Basketball and Optimism with Tahir Hajat

Episode 8 - Innovation, Food and Integrity with Verity De Yong

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Innovation, Food and Integrity

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:01:02 GMT

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Verity De Yong. After spending more time cooking at home during lockdown, Verity noticed how much waste was being produced. Using her background in fine art, Verity began experimenting with the skins of fruits and vegetables to create natural dye. This has led to the creation of VED Cooks - a range of linen napkins, table cloths and placemats hand dyed by Verity in her kitchen. Verity tells her fascinating story and offers helpful advice to entrepreneurs at the start of their journey.

PIVOT: Whilst cooking more in lockdown Verity founded her new business.

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Take a look at Verity’s products - www.vedcooks.com or shop on glassette.com and follow her journey on Instagram: @vedcooks

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Opportunity, Basketball and Optimism

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:00:28 GMT

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Tahir Hajat. Tahir has had a wide, varied and fascinating career from working in factories and working with young offenders to hosting global sports events. Tahir shares his skills, community experiences and explains how that can lead to life changing opportunities. His passion for supporting young people outweighs everything else. Tahir is fundamentally a kind, giving, resilient individual who works incredibly hard on a daily basis to provide young people with a new start - all whilst juggling his incredible career and family life. To Tahir, everything is an opportunity to grow, learn and reflect. Tahir displays so many of the 7 Skills without realising but particularly his resilience and optimism stand out.

PIVOT: From not being the best student (his words!) to creating a multifaceted career and inspiring others.

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Keep up with Tahir Hajat's journey on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tahirhajat/, his website here: http://www.tahirhajat.com/ and take a look at the work The Mighty Creatives do: https://themightycreatives.com

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Discovery, Empathy and Dementia

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:00:59 GMT

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Penny Bell. An award-winning podcaster, Penny shares her story learning more about dementia, caring for loved ones, career changes, creating the Discovering Dementia and her experience as a nurse in the NHS. Penny’s mother was diagnosed with mixed dementia (Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia) and Penny wanted to share as much information about what she had learnt and her mothers quality of life. With her passion for media and podcasting she created her own - Discovering Dementia which recently won Best Wellbeing Podcast 2021. In her discussion with Emma Sue, Penny honestly shares her life changing career paths at a later stage and displays a number of the 7 Skills.

PIVOT: Changing career paths drastically from nurse to podcaster with great success.

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Keep up with Penny’s journey on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcastpenny/ and twitter: https://twitter.com/pennymbell?lang=en

Take a look at the Discovering Dementia podcast here: https://www.discoveringdementia.co.uk and on instagram @discoveringdementia and twitter @dementiapodcast

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Action, Hotels and Adaptability

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:00:35 GMT

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Thomas Kochs. Thomas Kochs is the managing director of The Corinthia Hotel in London. Thomas openly reveals the challenges, highs and lows of navigating the pandemic leading one of the top hotels in England. Thomas is truthful, kind and charming, his way with words is unique. He explores the changes in priorities, passion and his willingness to have open conversations . Emma Sue was fortunate enough to record this episode with Thomas in person, the most elegant guest we’ve had so far!

PIVOT: COVID-19 forced The Corinthia London to shut its doors, as Managing Director, Thomas Kochs is finding new ways to support the industry and his staff.

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Keep up with Thomas on instagram https://www.instagram.com/thomas.kochs/?hl=en

For information about The Corinthia London, view their website https://www.corinthia.com/london/ and for careers opportunities https://www.corinthia.com/careers/

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Careers, Cancer and Critical Thinking

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:00:19 GMT

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Laura Price. Laura spent years working as a financial writer until she was diagnosed with cancer. This made her reassess her happiness and she has changed industry and penned her own novel Single Bald Female. Laura is a delight to speak to - incredibly motivational, real and open. Laura and Emma Sue explore the challenges of navigating careers vs happiness and making changes at various stages of life.

PIVOT: Being diagnosed with cancer, quitting her job just before COVID, Laura is releasing a book based on her experiences.

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Keep up with Laura’s journey and work on twitter @laurapricewrite and instagram @laurapricewrites

Single Bald Female is set for release in April 2022

For breast cancer resources and tips on checking your boobs, take a look at CoppaFeel here: https://coppafeel.org/

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Bike Rides, Grief and Being Proactive

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:00:03 GMT

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Liam Meyer. His father, David, passed away due to COVID 19 at the start of the pandemic. Over the past 18 months, Liam has accomplished more than most have in a lifetime selflessly. Due to restrictions Liam noted how difficult the grieving process was for those without being able to go to their usual support system. He created the Alone Together Facebook Group as a support system for grieving individuals which grew rapidly and garnered a lot of press attention. From there he became involved with Gareth Malone's Choir, founded another campaign to support men's mental health all whilst working for the NHS. A truly inspirational individual, Liam Meyer displays a strength, resilience and optimism like no other.

PIVOT: Following the death of his father DAVID, Liam has created support networks across the UK.

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Follow Liam's Journey on twitter: https://twitter.com/liamjmeyer?lang=en, become involved with the Alone Together and find resources here: https://www.alonetogether.com

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Redundancy, Tik Tok and Resilience

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:00:48 GMT

This week, Emma Sue speaks to Isobel Perl. After losing her job during the pandemic, Isobel founded a skincare business Perl Cosmetics which is now set to make 6 figures this year. Displaying a number of the 7 Skills (most notably resilience) Isobel and Emma Sue explore the challenges of navigating careers and life during COVID as well as becoming a Tik Tok extraordinaire! Full of career, entrepreneurial and life tips, this is an episode you do not want to miss.

PIVOT: After losing her job during the pandemic, Isobel founded a 6 figure business.

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Purchase Perl Cosmetics products here: https://perlcosmetics.com Or follow Isobels journey on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/perlcosmetics/

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Introduction to Series 9: Pivot

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:00:12 GMT

7 Skills For The Future Podcast - SERIES 9. This series focuses on the theme PIVOT, Emma Sue has spoken to a number of inspiring individuals about the challenges they have faced in their lives, over the past 18 months and the skills they have developed as a result. They share their deeply personal stories, offer helpful tips and some funny anecdotes along the way! Be sure to rate, review and subscribe to hear more from the 7 Skills for the Future Podcast.

The 7 Skills For The Future Podcast is back! For our first episode of our new series, Emma Sue reveals the challenges and skills she developed over the past 18 months. She displays resilience, adaptability, optimism (essentially all of the 7 skills!) and teaches us how to use them in our day to day life.

PIVOT: Emma Sue’s business changed completely overnight yet she successfully launched online and is coming out of the pandemic stronger than ever!

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Take a look at Emma Sue’s work and develop your 7 Skills here: www.unimenta.com Keep up with Emma Sue’s journey on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/7skillsforthefuture/ and https://www.instagram.com/7skillsjournal/

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Pivot - Learn - Pray

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:51:28 GMT

Anu is an award-winning choir director, a singer-songwriter, worship leader, children’s advocate and public speaker. It was an immense privilege to talk to her about the complete turnaround and pivot she had to create at the start of the pandemic. Like many of us, Anu's work was adversely affected and changed overnight.

Listen to this inspiring interview of how Anu turned her work around and discovered new work that demanded total and complete authenticity, taking risks and trusting herself. Now she is busier than ever and is working on exciting new projects. And yet it is the simple things that support us most:

the importance of taking one day at a time and really living by this and setting achievable tasks for that day
building in happy experiences and joy by getting moving, getting outside and how about a little salsa - me time
keeping communication with people who support you especially if you are alone a lot - having that support network around you

For added inspiration and joy, listen to Anu's new single out now: Back to You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy6f34_-BZA

To find out more about Anu's work visit https://www.anuomideyi.com

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Versatility - acceptance - gratitude

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:20:49 GMT

You're a talented and competent actor enormously excited to be in a touring production of one of the longest running plays in London's history - The Mouse Trap. You're successful and your career is taking off. And then boom! It's all whipped away from under your feet. Few of us can truly imagine what that must feel like and how you have to draw on so many skills and emotions to rise up, come through it and find positivity. Some of us may well have experienced something similar and will identify strongly with Francesca too.

Listen to this warming and mesmerising interview with Francesca Peplow. She describes how she responded to overnight unexpected and unwelcome change and how she has truly pivoted in retraining and finding a new niche for herself that still embraces acting and means she will emerge into our changed reality with even more skills in demand.

We, all of us, have to find ways to emerge, thrive and flourish in whatever is coming next, the changes that are already here and the ones to come. To move forward with strength, courage and resilience.

#emerging #adaptability #actor #story #resilience #courage

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Emerging Bite-sized 3

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:24:59 GMT

Welcome to our Bite-sized episode from our Emerging series! This is a mini episode where I'll be talking about some of the skills and tips that have helped our interviewees from the creative and performing arts.

Last week I spoke to the lovely actor Emmy Happisburgh about how she has handled having so much taken away from her as a result of the pandemic - not just her work and life's passion but her health too as she struggles with long-COVID. From having a mental health toolkit to dancing and being grateful, Emmy has so much to teach us all about how to become more resilient and strong.

In this mini episode I touch on three strategies she has used which you can use too. If you're feeling a little demotivated, a little meh or just want some inspiration, have a listen. And if you missed last week's interview with Emmy catch up with it here too!

#resilience #mentalhealth #gratitude #actor #performingarts #theshowmustgoon

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Resilience, gratitude and a mental health toolkit

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:14:11 GMT

Don't miss this inspiring and uplifting interview with the delightful actor Emmy Happisburgh. Emmy talks about the reality of becoming ill with COVID herself, losing all of her work overnight and how she has coped - particularly the importance of having a strong mental health toolkit. I absolutely love this idea - that we create this for ourselves and actively have strategies that we use each and every day.

Hugely resilient, Emmy has continued working and creating and like many actors, has found this to be nurturing and crucial for moving forward positively. She talks of the roaring Twenties and how, as we start to emerge from this pandemic, there will be an outpouring of creative need - both in terms of audiences wanting to experience theatre again (or in my case desperate to!) and in actors and theatres wanting to perform and showcase new media and new pieces.

We can all learn so much from this interview. Homeschooling, for Emmy, second time around has been something she has fully embraced as in the first lockdown she was too ill. But also having to accept that "for this time I am mum and housewife and that's ok" - we find it so hard to accept our current reality but Emmy gives us great examples of how we CAN do that and probably must.

Listen now - or watch on Unimenta YouTube where there are additional fun clips of Emmy and her work.

Emmy Happisburgh trained at The Poor School (Acting), Guildford School of Acting (Musical Theatre) and with Complicite (Physical Theatre) and has been a professional theatre and screen actor for over twenty years.

Emmy has played leads and supporting roles in numerous theatre productions including the title role in “Harper Regan” last year at the Tabard Theatre in which her performance was “Mesmerising” (Spy in the stalls), “Excellent in this demanding role” (London Pub Theatres) and “A tour de force… leading with elegance and raw energy that scorches throughout” (The Play’s The Thing).

Predominantly a screen actor, Emmy’s roles include Judy in multi-award winning short “The River” and the part of Sylvia in short film "Leaves for the Moon" by Dhruv Bhatnagar for which she won the BEST ACTRESS AWARD at Westminster Film Festival 2019.

TV credits include featured roles in BBC 1 “Casualty”, Netflix “Murder Maps” and feature “Ghost” on Amazon.

Emmy also writes and produces and co-founded theatre company Contentment Productions in 2018.

#resilience #actor #crisis #mentalhealth #wellbeing #adaptability

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Improvising and finding fun

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:28:56 GMT

What do improvising and having fun have to do with getting through challenging times? A whole lot as it turns out. Listen to this week's interview with the talented Linus Karp as he tells his story of suddenly losing all income and all work overnight when the pandemic struck and having to leave the country!

He talks about long weeks and months with no work but he never stopped creating and never stopped looking for ways to have fun - these are key facets for improvisers - working with what is, continuing to boost a positive attitude and keeping going. Yet he also talks candidly about the days when getting up and just getting a meal on the table was the biggest achievement.

Join us for a little inspiration, a little improv and some great tips. If you watch the podcast on YouTube you'll also be treated to some of Linus's live performances! Watch on Unimenta.

#podcast #improv #thriving #emerging #creatives #pandemic

Linus Karp is a Swedish actor based in London. His most recent show "how to live a jelliclelife: life lessons from the 2019 hit movie musical 'cats'" had a five-star reviewed sold out run in October and was recently featured in the Guardian, and is due to come back once theatresreopen. Previously he's performed the solo show "Awkward Conversations With Animals I've F*cked" in London, on tour and at the Edinburgh Fringe. He also performs improvised comedy with Geraldyne Improv and loves walking in the woods.

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Emerging - Bite-sized 1

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:49:00 GMT

Welcome to our very first Bite-sized episode from our Emerging series! This is a mini episode where I'll be talking about some of the skills and tips that have helped our interviewees from the creative and performing arts.

Last week I spoke to the lovely art student and poet Elaoise Benson about how she has handled having so much taken away from her as a result of the pandemic. Elaoise speaks candidly of struggling with anxiety and the many hurdles she has successfully navigated to not only cope but really thrive.

#artstudent #pandemic #thriving #mentalhealth #wellbeing #bitesized #emerging

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What can a second year art student teach us about adaptability?

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:09:22 GMT

You're just going to LOVE this episode! I interview the beautiful and talented Ms Elaoise Benson, a second year art student at the prestigious St Martins Central School of Art in London. This interview kicks off the new Emerging series where I'm talking to artists, musicians, singers, actors and performers of all kinds to invite them to tell their stories and talk about the skills that have helped them and are helping them through numerous setbacks.

I think we all have something we can learn from the way others, and especially those in the performing arts and creative industries, have responded to adversity and more importantly, how they are adapting and thriving even after major change and heartache.

Listen to this and be inspired. It's a great way to start your day. Elaoise even read us one of her poems at the end and if you're watching the video of this episode on YouTube, you're in for a treat as the video features a little performance art too!

#performance #emerging #artists #poets #actors #musicians #resilience #adaptability #7skillsforthefuture

Find Elaoise on ebenson_art on Instagram

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Introduction to Series 8 EMERGING

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:01:06 GMT

Delighted to be introducing the brand new Series 8 today! I’m proud to be presenting this new season - EMERGING. We're also introducing brand new podcast original music and every episode will now also be available to WATCH on YouTube too.

With this I really wanted to focus on artists, performers, dancers, singers, musicians and song writers. These professions have been so badly hit by the pandemic that I just know that people within this industry really do have so much to teach us about how to thrive and adapt. I was interested in featuring their stories, of how they’ve adapted to the unfolding crisis and in particular, if and how their craft has changed in response to the pandemic- ie if they’ve ended up composing differently or creating different kinds of art or performance or music to express the situation. We know that it’s the artists, the musicians, the poets, the singers, the performers who have often been best at expressing the most turbulent moments in our history and I’m so excited, humbled and honoured to be able to introduce you to some absolutely amazing people.

In between these interviews I’ll be highlighting some of the main skills and qualities our wonderful interviewees have developed or strengthened during these times and how you can do the same in your own life, regardless of your background or what you do.

#artists #musicians #actors #performers #musicians #singers #theatre #pandemic #adaptability #resilience #7skillsforthefuture

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Interview with Chelsea Green - holistic hormone specialist

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 10:24:14 GMT

This week I'm delighted to be speaking with Chelsea Green on the podcast. Our topic? How do you BUILD resilience? What are easy ways to do this and believe me, building this skill is in your hands and can be done each and every day. Chelsea is an expert on nutrition, lifestyle, psychology and spirituality to help create hormonal balance which in turn supports our resilience skills.

This is also my very first filmed podcast - something new I hope to develop and do more of in 2021!

Chelsea is a registered homeopath, certified hormone specialist and women’s health coach. After studying homeopathy and running a general clinic for a number of years, Chelsea saw an increasing need to support women who were struggling with hormone imbalance. Off the back of this, Chelsea studied to become a hormone specialist through the Institute of Transformational Nutrition and deepened this knowledge by become a certified women’s health coach through the Integrative Women’s Health Institute. Through this study Chelsea has become an expert on nutrition, lifestyle, psychology and spirituality to help create hormonal balance. Chelsea now uses this learning alongside homeopathic remedies to help women bring balance and vitality back into their lives. Chelsea is also trained in Homeobotanicals and Australian Bush Flower Essences.

#resilience #nutrition #homeopathy #spirituality #strength #balance #chelseagreen #vitality

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Interview with Anne Golden - General Manager Pan Pacific London

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:35:08 GMT

On this week’s episode I’m talking with Anne Golden hospitality industry veteran and General Manager of Pan Pacific London, opening next year. Now we all know that the hospitality industry, in particular, has been so severely hit by the pandemic. Perhaps it sounds crazy that anyone is even thinking of launching a brand new hotel in central London in early 2021.

I speak with Anne about truly rising up and finding energy and hope in the middle o great uncertainty. Anne is inspirational and what she has to say is just as important for all other industries seeking to rise up and perhaps, in many ways, reinvent themselves. What are some of the lessons we are learning? How can we build resilience? And what does rising up really mean? It’s something we are all having to do as we get ready to face a new year that will be a mix of new hope, heartache and change as we transition to what I think WILL be a new and exciting era of opportunity if we can learn to see it that way!

Seasoned hotelier Anne Golden joins Pan Pacific London as General Manager, overseeing the first London opening for Pan Pacific Hotels Group.

With considerable London experience working with luxury brands such as Morgans Hotel Group – the original boutique lifestyle brand and hotel disruptor – and Mondrian, Anne has successfully managed new hotel openings and pioneered rebrandings. Through her painstaking attention to detail, vast experience and dedication, she has supported her teams to ensure the hotels were swiftly established as some of the best performing hotels in London.

#hotel #hospitality #luxury #panpacifichotel #annegolden #resilience #bouncing back

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Building resilience and strong mental health

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 17:28:42 GMT

I believe that so much of building strong mental health and resilience lies in our hands. For me it’s about self-awareness more than anything else. An ability to understand what triggers you, why you might feel overwhelmed sometimes but also being able to feel good about yourself and have good relationships with others. I think it’s something quite active rather than just the state of your mental health if that makes sense. So you have strategies in place - you practice self-care and acceptance and you have healthy ways of processing your emotions.

Resilience is your ability to manage stress and uncertainty well. To be able to bounce back but this doesn’t mean that you don’t experience frustration, upset and disappointment - you do but you don’t stay down for long. You know how to get back up fast. Resilient people never think of themselves as victims – they focus their time and energy on changing the things that they have control over.

Join me on this week's podcast episode for lots of tips and ideas for building resilience and mental health. We need to do this now more than ever as we start to move towards what is coming next as we start seeing an end to the pandemic.

“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you've lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that's good.”

― Elizabeth Edwards

#resilience #mentalhealth #awareness #7skillsforthefuture #wellbeing

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Interview with Chris Tate - trader, immunologist and resilience expert

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 13:28:19 GMT

What do trading and immunology have in common with building resilience and adaptability? A lot, it turns out. Chris joins us on this episode from Melbourne, Australia for a fascinating look at being far more comfortable with being wrong and not knowing all the answers. We also talk about the importance of sitting and pausing with anxiety and difficult thoughts rather than always rushing towards distraction. It's so important to create space to reflect and to process change and to really know that everything, even this crazy pandemic, is temporary.

When we are faced with uncertainty and stress, what we find hardest is a sense of loss of power. Chris says that as long as we are above ground and breathing we always have choices and decisions that we can make. Focusing on what you can control is so key.

What determines your resilience is what narrative you construct with the future that is now unfolding. Tomorrow is always opaque and we can never know what it brings. Listen now for some great tips and ideas to help you process all this uncertainty and start looking towards tomorrow with hope and strength.

#resilience #mentalhealth #stressaware #podcast #7skillsforthefuture

Chris Tate (www.tradinggame.com.au) is a full-time private trader and author of The Art of Trading and The Art of Options Trading. Download his free trading plan template from his website now and you’ll get a bonus 5-part audio course called ‘Trading Made Simple’.

Chris Tate can be found at:

Web: https://www.tradinggame.com.au/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TradingGame/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/game_trading/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christatetrader/

Email: chris@tradinggame.com.au

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How to supercharge working from home

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:10:30 GMT

It's one thing to seek balance and work from home one or two days a week - it's completely different when it's now your default method of working. And there is no end in sight... Back in March we were catapulted into it. Now it's a slow-burn suffocating slog. For people who were used to being in an actual office and interacting with colleagues, WFH felt euphoric at first and now - anything but. SO - this episode is all about how to deal with a situation where working from homes goes and on and on and get to a place where we are productive and engaged. First, we need to acknowledge what we are experiencing emotionally and practically.

I talk about really tangible and practical ways you can supercharge your working from home experience, be productive find renewed balance and energy.

#WFH #balance #workingfromhome #pandemic #office #workplace

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Interview with Susan Saunders- Rising Up series

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:06:06 GMT

I’ve been talking about embracing uncertainty and change, finding ways to THRIVE within it and on this episode I’m speaking with Susan Saunders about her book the Age-Well project Easy Ways to a Longer, Healthier and Happier Life and specifically great tips and actions for building resilience and strength.

Susan Saunders is co-author with Annabel Streets and together they are on a mission to encourage us all to plan ahead to be really healthy as we get older. I’ve just had a birthday so this is also on my mind but I also KNOW that how we look after ourselves, our bodies, our minds has a huge impact on our ability to be resilient, confident and strong.

These are all super important and how we experience getting older and nurturing health and happiness are OUR choice - WE are responsible for our future health and our health - mentally and physically right now. Susan and I discuss what rising up means to her, and lots of practical ideas and tips for building and nurturing resilience. Never have we needed this more!

#agewell #resilience #risingup #susansaunders #agewellproject

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Embracing change and uncertainty

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:39:20 GMT

how to cope and thrive

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Rising Up Season 7 Introduction

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:41:38 GMT

LAUNCHING SERIES 7! Don’t know about you but I’m need of a big boost of energy. Welcome to Rising Up! This brand new series is all about moving forward with positivity and energy as we learn to live with constant change and uncertainty. Starting 21st September packed full with interviews and my advice on embracing change, working from home (harder when it’s more or less permanent), building resilience and mental health, boosting your immunity, how improv prepares you for life’s curveballs (pandemic, anyone?) and lots more. Can’t wait! 😀🎧

Listen to the intro RIGHT NOW!

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Resilience under adversity

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:10:52 GMT

Welcome to our final episode in this special series - 7 skills for times of uncertainty. This week - RESILIENCE. We may like to think of resilient people being super strong and robust – to some extent - yes they are - but they also have a lot of strategies built into their lives – strategies that anyone can build.

I think the main trouble is, is that long before this pandemic, we were really not strengthening this skill. Self-care and wellbeing are total buzz words at the moment, as is, very unfortunately anxiety. In recent years there’s been a huge trend towards self-care and wellbeing and the importance of nurturing these but I feel almost in the wrong way. Personally, I think we may have slightly overdone it on the “self-care” front – research shows that we need to have a little dis-comfort in our lives to be healthy and happy. But by avoiding even this, we have nurtured instead incompetence and an inability to be strong and resilient. And now we have really big discomfort!

And we need to build it now - we are in a phase of this crisis where resilience has never been more needed.

#resilience #7skills #strength #covidskills

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Sustaining optimism in the midst of adversity

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 08:02:16 GMT

When everything around you is uncertain, when you feel anxious and confused, when you are buffeted and swayed by media, news and not sure what to believe.... can you really then still feel optimistic and hopeful? I say yes you can! You see, optimism definitely isn’t about positive thinking and putting a shiny gloss on everything and being happy all the time no matter what.

Optimism is much more about being able to realistically assess and reframe challenging situations and setbacks, build optimism skills through being proactive and focusing on our internal locus of control. Where you choose to place your energy is critical to your overall wellbeing. Even in the midst of change and high uncertainty it is still possible to feel happy, productive and fulfilled.

In the last few months, since the coronavirus exploded into all our lives, it’s like we are all living in the worst kind of bad movie, one that’s on continual rerun. There will be times when it can feel very challenging to be optimistic when everything around you is highly uncertain and when you yourself might be going through real hardship emotionally, mentally, financially. And yet, it is also crucial that we can tap into optimism and nurture it even so.

Staying positive is actually a core ingredient in the recipe of successful coping in a crisis. In this episode I explain how we can do that. Listen now!

#optimism #adversity #resilience #uncertainty

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The huge importance of being proactive

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 16:26:03 GMT

For me being proactive is all about showing up in your own life. There are really 2 aspects to being proactive – in the short-term, focusing on what you can control – also finding the space between stimulus and response - stimulus being anything from the news to what someone says to a disappointment or setback or something unexpected. The other side to being proactive is longer-term and being really clear about your goals, where you want to go and to working towards them in the present. This is then about taking initiative to move towards these goals – and not waiting for opportunities to come – proactively look for them and find them. It’s constant movement and also constant acceptance of whatever your current reality is. And I suspect right now that can be extremely challenging.

Join me for this episode on how to get back in the driving seat of your life, no matter how much uncertainty there is right now.

#beingproactive #locusofcontrol #podcast #7skillsforthefuture

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Integrity in a time of crisis

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:32:09 GMT

What role does integrity play in a time of crisis? On first glance it may not seem like it has a big role to play but I really think it does - especially for organisations and governments and any leaders really but also for individuals. Some might argue that now is the time for less specific attention to integrity, as business/individual survival and economic recovery mean that we are very very focused on ourselves right now. But in fact, the stresses of the crisis, and what may be an uneven, jagged recovery, will underline the importance of integrity I think in terms of trust, relationships and managing risks. In today's podcast I talk about why we need to dig deep to use our integrity and to be accountable and why, particularly, NOW we must do this.

#integrity #recovery #survival #crisis #calm #trust #accountable

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Interview with Jason Rosoff

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:18:55 GMT

This week I'm talking to Jason Rosoff, CEO of Radical Candor in Palo Alto, California. Jason believes teaching people to be better leaders is at the core of building anything great. As co-founder and CEO of Radical Candor, LLC, Jason helps teams at companies large and small build the best relationships of their careers and achieve amazing results through simple, clear, kind and candid conversations.

When we had our interview the pandemic had wiped out ALL of their business and they were at almost a standstill. But stand still they did not and started figuring out what they could to actively to support their clients, listen and be there for them. They've now turned what they do into online offers and have turned their business model around. Inspiring and insightful, you won't want to miss this great interview on how to handle crisis well, knowing how to tap into empathy and adapt.

#adaptability #businesssturnaround #empathy

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Supercharge your Empathy

Mon, 18 May 2020 15:52:59 GMT

🎧🎧🎈New episode out NOW! SUPERCHARGE EMPATHY Empathy is an important skill to nurture and develop right now both in terms for ourselves and for others. I think we have a great opportunity at the moment to be much more empathetic than we might normally be because we are all living through a shared experience. True - the details of that experience will vary and certainly for some of us there might be immense tragedy and pain - but we are all still going through then same situation together. That is really unusual. Normally we go around very immersed in our own little bubbles and perspectives. The pandemic has led to sweeping changes and disruptions in nearly every aspect of our daily lives so it’s also easy to feel overwhelmed by our own anxieties.

Empathising with others helps you feel less lonely and more connected - the one thing human beings truly truly crave. And we can’t connect face-to-face any more so empathy helps boost our social connectedness and also helps us to regulate our emotions in times of stress.

Listen to this podcast to learn how to tap into this vital skill

#empathy #selfcare #connection #support #human #compassion

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Books to supercharge the 7 Skills

Tue, 12 May 2020 09:28:55 GMT

Producing a list of books that link to the 7 skills was all James' idea actually! But I LOVED the idea of linking the skills with books that may not necessarily be ones I reference in the book.

I feel there are constant reminders of the 7 skills around us all the time. I also think that maybe during this time people ARE reading more and that it’s a good time to delve into some great books. So get ready for a fab reading list - a few surprises on there but all books that, for me, really give great inspiration for nurturing the 7 skills of adaptability, critical thinking, empathy, integrity, being proactive, optimism and resilience. From Aristotle to American Dirt and from Zero degrees of Empathy to a classic story that illustrates adaptability, it's all there. I even read you the story - so get cozy and get listening!

#reading #7skillsforourtimes #lockdownreading #adaptability #criticalthinking #empathy #integrity #beingproactive #optimism #resilience

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Interview with Barb Garrison

Mon, 04 May 2020 12:14:57 GMT

Delighted to be interviewing fantastic careers coach Barb Garrison all the way from Boulder, Colorado. We talk about 3 key skills that we feel are absolutely crucial right now: empathy, adaptability and integrity. We first decided to do this episode before the COVID-19 crisis hit and originally we were going to focus on the importance of all 7 skills and how they show up in careers and with the people she coaches. But we decided it made far more sense to connect with the process of what we are all experiencing right now and to zero in on these three skills.

I love Barb's take on integrity and how we relate to that skill for ourselves, the world crying out for empathy right now and the huge, colossal necessity and task of being and learning how to be adaptable.

I hope to meet Barb in person one day. She hails from Colorado where I used to live many moons ago - a place that is very close to my heart.

More about Barb:

A woman who has experienced successes in every type of career model from starting two of her own businesses, climbing the ladder at a worldwide corporation, managing a team at a national public company to consulting with fast-growing start-ups and family-owned businesses. She is an excellent planner, brainstorming partner and creative problem-solver with two decades of experience as a corporate manager, mentor, business owner and marketer.

Visit https://internalgroove.com

#crisis #coaching #careers #empathy #adaptability #integrity #7skillsforourtimes

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Why your critical thinking skills will save you

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:27:42 GMT

They’re important right now more than ever because the situation we are in is SO unpredictable and is constantly changing. There is high high uncertainty and when you have that it is easy for the brain to play tricks on you - allowing you to jump to sudden conclusions, make and act on assumptions or hearsay or just worry and be anxious about the future.

Critical thinking SAVES you because we all have this skill and we can use it to help support our wellbeing, our decision-making and our understanding of complex situations.

It saves you because once you know how powerful imagery is to the brain and the constant absorption and consumption of image, video, news you will take steps to minimise that consumption and be more mindful of your sources of information.

It saves you because thinking critically and fluidly is all about collaboration and working with others and not necessarily discounting any ideas or opinions yet at the same time not overreacting to them either.

In this podcast I talk about how to tap into your critical thinking skills and really use them MORE every single day - much more than you're currently doing. One key thing is to understand that the more and more anxiety and overwhelm we might be experiencing the more that leads to decision fatigue and almost a paralysis and inability to do anything. So anything we can do to minimise overwhelm will help us think more clearly and critically. That means paying a lot more attention to anxiety because regardless of whether you are naturally anxious or not EVERYONE will be experiencing moments of anxiety now.

Listen for some great tips and ideas and also how critical thinking and tapping into your natural creativity and resourcefulness, ultimately, will pave the way for the new - new opportunities, new ways of living, new ways of thinking. Come with me!

#criticalthinking #7skills #wellbeing #happiness #collaboration #resourcefulness #creativity

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Adaptability in the midst of crisis

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:59:46 GMT

Welcome to our new series of 7 Skills for our Times. Each week I'll be delving deep into one of the 7 to help you learn how to tap into it right now and thrive. This week - ADAPTABILITY. We are hard-wired to be adaptable - yet adapting in times of crisis and uncertainty is much much harder to do and is a much longer-term process. In this podcast I talk about the stages we go through, and veer in and out of, in the journey to acceptance which is where all our power lies. I also show you how to focus your energies and efforts into the parts of your life and situation that you can control. This will allow you to adapt more easily but also ensures your wellbeing and alleviates anxiety.

I invite you to learn how to adapt and to come with me to a place where you feel so much better and can identify opportunities for yourself even in the midst of huge change.

#change #adaptability #7skills #power #locusofcontrol #wellbeing

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Series 6 Introduction 7 Skills for our times

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:17:34 GMT

Welcome to a very special series focused on building 7 skills for our times. These are the skills that are going to help us all navigate through the COVID-19 crisis and not only survive this period but truly thrive. I wanted to record this special series to really go into detail on each of the skills and talk about their huge importance right now and specifically HOW we tap into them and nurture and develop them during the very time we are experiencing crisis.

James and I introduce the series in this short episode and then each week I'll be looking at each skill week by week. I'll be unpicking exactly how to be adaptable through this, how to ensure we continue to think critically, get to grips with empathy, retain integrity, be proactive now and in terms of our futures, embrace optimism and become truly resilient. Subscribe now to not miss a single episode!

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7 skills in times of uncertainty

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:19:08 GMT

We are all going through fast, rapid change and high uncertainty. Some of the challenges we face are the biggest we will ever face in our life times. I myself have felt on the edge of so many things falling apart - yet I know with 100% certainty - and yes I mean 100% that when EVERYTHING around you feels crazy the only place you can go to find strength and a way to navigate through is by using adaptability, critical thinking, empathy, integrity, optimism, proactivity and resilience. This week each and every one of those skills has come into play.

In this special bonus episode, James and I talk about the situation we all find ourselves in right now and how each of these skills can help us. We also talk about why we feel the way we do and lots of tips and ideas for applying these skills and experiencing an immediate positive impact.

#adaptability #empathy #criticalthinking #integrity #beingproactive #optimism #resilience #7skills #uncertainty #wellbeing

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Season 5 Roundup

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:57:59 GMT

James and I talk about some of the highlights of Season 5 - some absolutely fabulous interviews with amazing people like Dr Max McKeown, Dr Jack Lewis and Alex Soojung-Kim Pang teaching us all about how to maximise our amazing brains, how to be truly adaptable and ways in which many individuals and companies are working less and as a result are so much happier! We also brought back our short episodes where James and I talk about topics connected with the 7 skills - and some of my favourite are the conversations we had about the important of joy, spending time alone and how to boost vitality and balance. Catch up NOW!

#joy #season5 #podcast #7skillsforthefuture #adaptability #criticalthinking #empathy #integrity #beingproactive #optimism #resilience

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Interview with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang - part 2

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 08:30:48 GMT

Well, we had so much to talk about this interview is in 2 parts! In this second part we talk about how to work less hours as an individual - so how can we get ourselves down to 4 - 5 hour working days (and still get more done), how to reclaim our evenings and weekends and the best things we can do to alleviate stress, overwhelm and overload. So so much of this is in our hands.

I love the way Alex talks about this - he has so much proof that this works - not just for individuals but also for organisations. He gives so many examples of organisations that have radically altered how they work by slimming down to 4-day weeks. They still pay employees exactly the same and the effect is the opposite of what you might think: increased productivity, increased mental health and wellbeing, better ideas, better work-life balance and performance.

If you missed part 1 catch up on your podcast player.

Alex was in London to promote his new book and it was an honour to interview him - and fab to be in Penguin Book’s dedicated podcast studio!. He is one of the recommended resources and references in several chapters in the book, especially critical thinking and empathy. He works with an amazing array of companies from Shakespeare’s globe to Googleplex, as well as governments and Fortune 500 companies.

Alex's book Shorter is out NOW and in all major bookstores.

#rest #shorter #alexpang #happiness #productivity #performance #shorter #silicon valley #futurist #workingless

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Interview with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang - part 1

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:30:45 GMT

Alex is THE expert on changing how we work - ie working LESS but still achieving so much MORE! I know our listeners will just love this interview - so much food for thought and proof that working less hours and manipulating our working week and day to shorter more productive and focused work we find more balance, better health, great ideas and ultimately, happiness.

Alex is is a Silicon Valley futurist and consultant and author of Rest: Why you get more done when you work less and his latest book Shorter: how working less will revolutionise the way your company gets things done.

Alex's book Shorter is out NOW and in all major bookstores.

#rest #shorter #alexpang #happiness #productivity #performance #shorter #silicon valley #futurist #workingless

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How and when to quit

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:37:22 GMT

Why talk about quitting?

I think this is an interesting topic because often this word is associated with something negative - a bit like losing or giving up. And I think there can be very good reason to quit something as well as good reasons to keep going. For me quitting is a bit like letting go or making a conscious choice to let go. At the same time quitting is often something that is done impulsively and on the spot or in the heat of the moment. In this episode James and I discuss why we view quitting as something negative and where this belief comes from and how we can reframe this in a more positive way. We also share our favourite quitting stories! And how quitting is linked to resilience

#quitting #podcast #lettinggo #narrative #failure #reframing #7skillsforthefuture #resilience

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Finding vitality and balance

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:30:02 GMT

What do you do when your "get-up-and-go" has got up and gone? For some of us seizing the day and feeling full of energy can be a real challenge. This is where the power of nurturing your vitality and finding balance comes in. On this episode James and I talk about why lack of motivation and feeling constantly stressed has become normalised and why it's crucial to take our own mental health and wellbeing into our hands by boosting vitality and creating balance in our lives.

We need to do this in all spheres of our lives and this podcast shows you some easy hints and tips to get this right. A short inspirational burst you won't want to miss!

#vitality #balance #7skillsforthefuture #mentalhealth #wellbeing #stress

Want more? Read 7 Skills for the Future, out now in all major bookstores and online

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Interview with Warren Berger - the art of the beautiful question

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 08:30:09 GMT

Such a joy to interview Warren, all the way from New York with us today! Warren is another one of those amazing people who is in demand everywhere and who has focused his work on one thing only - the power of questioning! I reference Warren in the chapter on Critical Thinking and in this podcast he explains why questions are so much more important than answers. We talk about how questions can transform the world, shape innovation and creativity and create so much more stronger relationships and connections.

We also discuss what makes a beautiful question and his latest mission is to transform classrooms Into Cultures of Curiosity and Inquiry. I think Warren is a great example of someone who is completely focused on the art of asking questions - such a simple thing yet so so powerful and that is what we talk about so I think the interview will give listeners lots of food for thought and practical tips and ideas to try out too.

Visit warrenberger.com

Beautiful Questions in the Classroom: Transforming Classrooms Into Cultures of Curiosity and Inquiry

COMING April 2020; paperback

#warrenberger #beautifulquestion #criticalthinking #7skillsforthefuture #curiosity #innovation #creativity

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Spending time alone

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:07:08 GMT

James and I discuss why spending time alone is really good for you! As an introvert, spending time alone is an absolute necessity for me but this isn't so for everyone. We keep reading about people suffering from loneliness and linking this with mental health issues. Feelings of loneliness are personal, so everyone’s experience of loneliness will be different.

Actually having time alone is really healthy and actually builds mental strength. Studies show the ability to tolerate alone time has been linked to increased happiness, better life satisfaction, and improved stress management. People who enjoy alone time actually experience less depression.

We chat about how to create pockets of alone time, how to boost your energy and happiness levels and how investing in time alone boosts empathy, critical thinking and resilience.

#alone #empathy #loneliness #mentalhealth ´#wellbeing #energy #happiness

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More Dr Jack!

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:00:18 GMT

Don't miss the second half of this great interview with neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis - he talks about how meditation changed his life and he was very sceptical about it plus virtual reality and more!

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Dr Jack Lewis

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:58:08 GMT

Today I’m talking to the rather gorgeous Dr Jack Lewis, neuroscientist and brain expert. Awesomely smart. Biggest takeaways? If you want your brain to function well, be creative and collaborative and if you want to regulate your emotions and respond well to others there are 2 things to do which will radically contribute: (1) meditate for 10-15 minutes every single day and (2) manage your smartphone use. He should know - he’s a scientist! There was so much to talk about that we have part 1 today and part 2 in a few days' time! Great guy and another person in great demand by organisations, TV companies and radio shows yet he graciously gave his time for this interview. He told me others had done the same for him in the past... #criticalthinking #neuroscience #jacklewis #meditation #7skillsforthefuture #podcast

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The importance of JOY

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:11:40 GMT

We all need more joy in our lives! In this episode James and I dive deep into JOY. It’s something deep inside us and something I feel we have lost sight of. Joy isn’t tied to external circumstances so if you nurture it more it can lead to really lasting contentment no matter what is going on around us. And I feel we need that more these days because it’s easy to get swayed by what’s on the news, by situations, negativity, fear and joy transcends all of this. If it’s something you can tap into when you want to and create for yourself this gives you such control and when we have a sense of control we feel better, we are more proactive in our lives and it can support us on many different levels.

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Dr Max McKeown

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:23:08 GMT

Dr Max Mckeown is a renowned strategist, innovator and authority on being adaptable. His work was a source of reference to me in writing my book and Max features in Season 5 where I get to interview fabulous people who have been an inspiration or whose work I reference in 7 Skills for the Future. Max is one of those amazing people who is generous, generous, generous with his time, energy and wisdom. He could so easily have said “no” to this interview request. He leads a busy packed life, is in great demand by the most leading organisations and it would have been easy to turn me down. But he didn’t! He made the time and he was gracious, kind and just wonderful. You’ll have to wait until January to listen to our interview but what struck out for me the most is that to be adaptable and live happy lives we need to anticipate the crap and know how to roll, bounce and get up fast. And it’s infinitely doable and learnable! @maxmckeown #adaptability #generosity #wisdom #inspiration #podcast #7skillsforthefuture #happiness

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Season 5 Episode 1 James and I chat about Season 5 where I interview top authors and leaders referenced in the 7 Skills for the Future book

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:25:22 GMT

It's great to be back with a whole new Season of exciting topics and interviews linking with the 7 skills. In this episode James and I talk about what's in store - among other things I am interviewing some fabulous people that I reference at the end of each chapter in the book. These are people who have made it their mission in life to be specialists on being adaptable or being a great critical thinker. From neuroscientists to top authors and thought leaders in their fields these interviews are like attending a mini lecture giving you a huge boost of food for thought! Our other topics are all about hugely relevant areas that help us to develop the 7 skills - always remember, small tweaks = big changes!

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Season 4 Episode 11 Round Up - James and I reflect on this season't great interview and snippets of Season 5

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:24:17 GMT

James and I are back! Catching up on this season's fabulous interviews - what we've learned and loved and a sneaky snippet preview of what's coming up in Season 5! Listen now. Thank you to all the wonderful people who allowed me to interview them for this Series - you've been amazing, awe-inspiring, gracious and generous.

#podcast #7skillsforthefuture #karengibson #briarharvey #oscartrimboli #patromboletti #virginiaisaac #catherinelejtenyi #martinbromiley #gloriaabramoff #vikaspandy

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Season 4 Episode 10 Catherine Lejtenyi on culture, international communication and truly deeply connecting with others

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:00:29 GMT

I loved talking with Catherine! The daughter of a Hungarian refugee who participated in the 1956 revolution, Catherine was always inspired by her father’s transformation into a successful businessman able to build a career for himself in a new country and language. She is an accomplished communications coach based in Berlin. In this podcast we discuss what makes great communicators across cultures and in an international space and how to truly connect with others.

#internationalidentity #interculturalcommunication #authenticity #expat #communicationcoach #businessenglish

https://wordpress.com/view/bespokeninternational.wordpress.com

https://www.facebook.com/international.identity/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYenvfxr__0

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-lejtenyi-76051b63/

https://www.instagram.com/bespoken_cat/

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Season 4 Episode 9 Virginia Isaac, entrepreneur and educationalist on the skills we need for a VUCA world - no that's not Star Trek!

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:15:48 GMT

I interview Virginia Isaac, a successful entrepreneur and educationalist who has worked in the field of career pathways for many years. I admire Virginia greatly for her wisdom, interesting life and fabulous insights.Virginia is president of the Career Development Institute and former Chief Executive of Inspiring Futures. Virginia talks about how careers work is no longer about job matching but about developing the skills and attributes needed for a VUCA world – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous. Virginia also discusses how the 7 skills for the Future connect with equipping young people for the world of work.

#VUCA #careers #education #skills #cdi #worldofwork #employability

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Season 4 Episode 8 Gloria Abramoff on managing people and yourself and in a long and glitzy media career - she was slightly scary!

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:41:37 GMT

I'm delighted to be welcoming the wonderful Gloria Abramoff to the podcast today - an inspirational, powerhouse of a woman who has so much wisdom to share.

Gloria is Managing Director of Tonic Productions and is a highly accomplished media and broadcast executive, with over 20 years senior experience as a senior BBC editor engaging audiences both in the UK and internationally. She is also the Executive Editor for Kidspiration TV – a unique independent TV channel created for and powered by kids. In this podcast we talk about her latest project with primary schools and teacher resources to build dynamic and accessible soft skills and employability content starting with young learners.

http://www.tonicproductions.co.uk

#inspiration #mediacareer #managingpeople

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Season 4 Episode 7 Pat Romboletti, careers expert from Atlanta, Georgia on bulletproofing your career and life

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 08:00:09 GMT

I’m delighted to be welcoming Pat Romboletti from Atlanta, Georgia to the podcast today!

Pat Romboletti is the founder of the Bulletproof Your Career Methodology, a4-phase coaching system for senior executive leaders, and the author ofBulletproof Your Career: Secure Your Financial Future and do Fulfilling Work on Your Own Terms...for LIFE”

After 18-years’ experience as a retained executive recruiter, Pat switched sides, and exposes the secrets behind the hiring curtain. Patricia’s TEDx talk was a wake-up call for corporate executives, urging them to stop living in complacency and denial and to disrupt themselves before they are

disrupted. Her advice — “think and act like a gigger.”

Watch her TED talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y180PWHdYLA

Get her book here: https://www.bulletproofyourcareer.com

@patromboletti - Twitter

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Season 4 Episode 6 Oscar Trimboli on deep listening, why we need to drink loads of water to be good listeners and many other tips

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:13:58 GMT

I’m delighted to be welcoming Deep Listening expert and former marketing director at Microsoft Oscar Trimboli to the show today all the way from Australia. Oscar has a wealth of experience behind what makes for great listening skills and it’s one of the skills most likely to build your empathy. We talk about some easy tips to supercharge your listening skills.

Oscar decided to dedicate himself to understanding the science and art of listening to create positive impacts both in workplaces and the world. While working at Microsoft, he rebuilt the graduate leadership program, which was then implemented in 26 countries. Oscar is passionate about creating effective communication and fostering leadership for the next generation, hoping to build a tribe of deep listeners.

Find out more at oscartrimboli.com He's also on Twitter

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” — Winston Churchill

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Season 4 Episode 5 Briar Harvey on coming to terms with extreme trauma and practising forgiveness every day

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:49:31 GMT

I'm delighted to welcome Briar Harvey to the podcast today all the way from Omaha, Nebraska. Briar is an extraordinary woman with an extraordinary story - I did not know her story before interviewing her and I'll let her tell it. A lot of this is how do we practise forgiveness every day - Briar has to do this for herself each and every day because of what happened and how she blamed herself for it.

Briar is a US podcaster and her show is called Latchkey Movies – all about taking a critical look at the movies your kids are watching without your supervision. Briar is also a systems expert, homeschooling mum of three and a trauma and loss survivor. In this podcast we explore the importance of forgiveness, how to make this a daily practice in our lives and the benefits this brings us.

#forgiveness #empathy

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Season 4 Episode 4 Dr Vikas Pandey on practising mediation and mindfulness and how just 5 minutes a day has an immediate impact

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:30:53 GMT

Vikas is an emergency healthcare surgeon working in the NHS and in private healthcare. He is a surgeon with a difference because he practises mindfulness and meditation each and every day and trains other healthcare professionals to use mindfulness to help combat stress, burnout and fatigue. In this podcast we talk about the numerous benefits of practising mindfulness and why our inability to tame our minds isn’t down to our use of Smart phones at all but a basic human condition – our minds wander and we are constantly distractable. We also discuss how just 5 minutes a day can have an immediate impact and how living mindfully helps us to have far better responses to whatever is happening around us.

Find out more about Vikas here: https://www.pandey.healthcare/vikas

Download his free guided meditations here: https://insighttimer.comthe Nr 1 free app for meditation and sleep

Find him too on Facebook

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Season 4 Episode 3 Karen Gibson, Director of The Kingdom Choir on how to keep strong, resilient and in touch with your values amidst overnight fame

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:30:30 GMT

Karen is the inspirational gospel choir director of Kingdom Choir who shot to fame as a result of their rendition of ‘Stand by Me’ at the Royal Wedding in May 2018. Karen is also a dear friend of mine whom I’ve known for many years and who has encouraged so many people to find their voices and express themselves through singing in a choir. In this podcast we talk about some of the challenges and changes she has experienced since the Royal Wedding, what it is like to become a celebrity overnight and what that means in terms of being resilient and keeping in touch with your values and your integrity.

Karen and the Kingdom Choir are currently on the Stand By Me tour in the USA

Find out more about Karen here: https://kingdomchoir.com/about-the-kingdom-choir/

Find them too on Instagram and Facebook

#kingdomchoir #karengibson #gospelchoir #resilience #values #integrity #celebrity #7skillsforthefuture

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Season 4 Episode 2 Martin Bromiley on creating something amazing from immense personal tragedy and loss

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:30:45 GMT

Martin is a pilot captain for one of the UK’s major airlines. In 2007 he tragically lost his wife Elaine during a routine medical operation. This terrible event led to him founding the Clinical Human Factors Group to engage with the healthcare system and campaign for change within the NHS. His wife died as a result of a lack of “human factors” – it was all down to communication issues, leadership, teamwork ineffectiveness rather than medical incompetence.

Martin founded the Charity in 2007 with academics, clinicians, leaders and policy makers. He combines his work with the charity while working as an Airline Captain. Martin occasionally speaks at key events and is invited to input to policy development. His work is widely recognised and his many awards include the Royal College of Anaesthetists Medal and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. In this podcast we talk about learning from human failure, adaptability and resilience and a need for real systems change with healthcare to address human factor behaviours.

Find out more about Martin here: https://chfg.org

#resilience #healthcare #humanfactors #nhs #7skillsforthefuture #adaptability

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Season 4 Episode 1 James and I chat about all the interviews lined up with amazing humans who put all 7 skills into action every day

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:14:12 GMT

We've got a fantastic series lined up for you this Autumn and Winter! This time I've focused on interviews with incredible and inspiring people who, for me, really embody these 7 skills. I talk to a senior airline captain who has turned tragic loss into action and inspirational work, a superstar gospel choir director turned celebrity overnight, an emergency healthcare surgeon who uses mindfulness before stressful operations and loads more.

Listen to James and I introduce this Series with a very special offer this week only!

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Season 3 Episode 10 Rachel Paling on being a pioneer, dealing with criticism and bringing empathy into EVERYTHING

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 07:00:46 GMT

Welcome to the last in Series 3 but by no means the least! It is an absolute joy to welcome the delightful Rachel Paling to the show today. Rachel Paling is a pioneering language coach. She works with corporates worldwide to enhance communication and cross-cultural performance within International Teams. I think what I love about Rachel is her tenacity and her willingness to go to any country on the planet to train, educate and encourage people to tap into a completely different part of their brain to embrace language learning in a different way. She is the leading light on this and works with teachers everywhere to support them. When she is not disrupting the language training industry (or perhaps at the same time!) Rachel is the warmest and most vibrant person. Rachel and I discuss exactly what makes up great communication skills and how to bring empathy into every single encounter.

Find out more about Rachel's work here: https://www.efficientlanguagecoaching.com/rachel-paling/

We'll be taking a short break in August. Watch out for Season 4 with some fab interviews including a former Britain's Got Talent star, a gospel choir director who found fame overnight, a maverick revolutionary resilience pastor (yes I know!) and the fabulous author of Hustle and Float - Rahaf Harfoush.

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Season 3 Episode 9 How to deal with procrastination or how to get everything done and still feel calm and happy

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 07:00:16 GMT

98% of us are prone to procrastination and the way we live and work now has only made our tendency to procrastinate stronger and easier. In this podcast James and I talk about why we procrastinate so much and how it is possible to set up easy triggers for ourselves to avoid this and create healthy boundaries. Result: achieving far more than you ever thought possible! So listen this week and be amazed by just how much you will get done!

For more tips on being proactive visit our PROACTIVE skills page for free downloads and resources - https://unimenta.com/being-proactive/

“One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when we’re idling in front of our computer screens“. – Joshua Foer

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Season 3 Episode 8 Alison Rood on how to get digital project managers to lean in, manage stress levels and work well under pressure

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:00:45 GMT

This week I'm delighted to welcome the lovely Alison Rood to the podcast. With over 15 years experience of working in digital project management Alison knows only too well some of the issues DPMs struggle with – the ability to be present, work under pressure and managing stress levels to name just a few! I chat to Alison about her experiences in this regard and some tips for applying all 7 skills to help anyone work effectively and productively.

Alison's also our Lead Licensed Trainer and delivers powerful workshops to digital project managers to raise awareness of adaptability, empathy, critical thinking, integrity, being optimistic and proactive, resilience - find out more about her work here: https://unimenta.com/team/alison-rood/

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Season 3 Episode 7 How you can make meetings magnificent rather than utterly boring and a complete waste of time

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 07:49:53 GMT

Come on - let's face it - most meetings are a complete waste of time, utterly boring and not really effective. Those are just the face-to-face ones! Video conferences are worse with lots of tuning out, 'multi-tasking' and lack of presence. Yet it doesn't have to be this way. We can make meetings powerful platforms of interaction by tapping into all 7 skills and taking ownership - whether we're running the meeting or have been asked to attend it. Meetings are changing too - herald the arrival of walking meetings, snapshot meetings and the best kind - spontaneous meetings! Listen in - 20 minutes of a power punch of a podcast to supercharge every meeting you go to this week or perhaps ever!

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Season 3 Episode 6 Louise Chester, CEO of Mindfulness at Work - how the practice of mindfulness makes you resilient, joyful and present

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:04:16 GMT

I'm thrilled to be welcoming Louise to this podcast. We discuss how mindfulness is the one practice that can make the most powerful impact to your wellbeing, your productivity, your resilience and your sanity.

Louise first started practising mindfulness in 1994 when she was a Director at UBS Ltd. She found it helped her have balance in her life, while sustaining a pressured career in investment analysis and fund management, ultimately as Head of Research and then Global Head of Telecoms and Media for Dresdner RCM. Louise left the City in 2001 to establish a consultancy practice offering financial and strategic advice to business leaders both in the workplace and at Witherdens Hall, her award-winning, holistic Retreat in Kent. In 2010, she founded Mindfulness at Work Ltd. with the express intention of enabling people to easily access highly-effective mindfulness training, to enable them to create value and thrive not just in the workplace, but in all areas of their life.

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Season 3 Episode 5 How fluid is your thinking? We need to get curiouser and curiouser to get a whole lot smarter

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:29:10 GMT

Fluid thinking is THE skill we need to start cultivating NOW. Tapping into great ideas is a key future skill and Pearson 2030 research shows that it is the quantity of ideas we need to generate rather than the quality. Yet we also need critical thinking skills to become more fluid in our thinking and work more smartly and creatively. In this podcast I discuss the need for these skills and how you can quickly become much more creative and smarter at work. This is also all about having a "beginner"s mind. The ability to think about something - anything - without automatically prejudging it or using our past experience to make decisions or to influence our ideas. Harder as we get older but not impossible if we just tap into being more CURIOUS!

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Season 3 Episode 4 Julia Hobsbawm, entrepreneur and author on social health in the age of overload and how to overcome digital distraction

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:03:32 GMT

It is such a pleasure to welcome Julia Hobsbawm to the show today and I feel exceptionally lucky to be able to have this opportunity as Julia really is in demand all over the world. She is an entrepreneur, author and has defined Social Health as the antidote to the Age of Overload for businesses, government and individuals. Her ideas are being featured by, amongst others, the World Economic Forum, and The OECD.

I talk to Julia about how to overcome digital distraction and what it means to be fully connected.

I first met Julia through her incredible networking club eiIntelligence and being an introvert I'm not fond of networking but this is truly networking of a whole different kind. Julia hosts, among other numerous events, breakfast club with wonderful and amazing people giving short little insights into their work and their world. We then have ideas and connections that spark off great conversations. Highly recommended if you are in the London area... Find out more about these and all about Julia here - http://www.juliahobsbawm.com

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Season 3 Episode 3 Fail every day and then get back up and do it again. Why we need to cultivate failure more

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:08:34 GMT

We really do all need to fail each and every day to be at our best. Why? Because this is how we grow and learn in the fastest way. But also because by making sure we fail every day we will start to take more risks and realise that “it’s ok”. The most successful people in life have failed the most times. If you try to go through life without failing at anything, then you’re not really living a life at all. Taking risks and falling down flat on our faces is part of life; it makes us into who we are. It also builds up our resilience skills and our ability to truly handle whatever life may throw at us AND embrace great opportunities along the way that we otherwise would miss out on.

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Season 3 Episode 2 Ezri Carlebach on policy, crafting your communication skills and the future of everything

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:57:38 GMT

Ezri Carlebach is a communication consultant and writer working with public sector and FTSE organisations and specializing in organizational story-telling and design thinking. He is also an accomplished double bass player and just a delightful person all round. I chat to Ezri about his work in helping organisations hone their communication skills and about what the future holds in terms of the skills we all need to develop now.

Find out more about Ezri's work here:

http://www.commsleaders.co.uk/the-future-of-being-human/

https://www.designthinkersacademy.co.uk/fear-of-failure-inhibits-innovation/

https://wonkhe.com/blogs/what-are-words-worth/

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Season 3 Episode 1 on working Smarter, how to manage shorter attention spans and get a whole lot more done

Mon, 27 May 2019 07:30:00 GMT

Welcome to Series 3! Episode 1 is all about becoming more productive and really putting all 7 skills into action. We seem to be becoming less productive with shorter attention spans and an overload of work and information coming at us along with multiple distractions. By taking time each day to focus on one of the 7 skills we can go a long way to supercharging productivity and leading much happier lives.

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Season 2 Episode 9 top UK life coach Chris Dudley talks about how to live your best life ever using the 7 skills

Mon, 20 May 2019 07:00:11 GMT

Welcome to the final episode in this Series: Chris Dudley is one of the UK’s top life coaches. In this interview I talk to Chris about which of the 7 skills are the most challenging to develop and why and some easy ways to self-coach and make sure you are living your best life ever.

Find out more about Chris, lots of FREE resources and book your FREE discovery session today - you won't regret it!

https://www.thecoachcollective.co.uk

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Season 2 Episode 8 Stuart Goldsmith stand-up comedian and brilliant podcaster on rejection, setbacks and bouncing back fast

Mon, 13 May 2019 07:00:22 GMT

Stuart is a stand-up comedian and brilliant podcaster in his own right interviewing some of the funniest people ever. I talk to Stuart about his career, some of the rejections and setbacks he has had to deal with and what’s helped him bounce back. Yup, this episode is all about resilience and how we can all boost this skill.

Find out more about Stuart's own podcast with 10 million listeners here, his upcoming 2019 tour and find him on YouTube!

Watch my FREE comedy special on YouTube

www.comedianscomedian.com

Tickets for my stand-up tour 2019

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Season 2 Episode 7 Life doesn't begin at the end of your Comfort Zone after all - it's about being in stretch

Mon, 06 May 2019 08:46:09 GMT

In this podcast I return to Adaptability and why the fastest way we can build our ability to be adaptable is to stretch our comfort zones. Why do we resist change so much? How can we help ourselves to be more open to change and embrace uncertainty so that we can see these as opportunities for growth, learning and happiness?

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Season 2 Episode 6 Could you tell the Truth for a day? Why we lie each and every day but still have integrity

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:30:53 GMT

Could you tell the truth for a whole day? Why should you? Why would you? Is integrity about being honest and truthful? In this podcast I’ll be exploring why we lie each and every day and why that doesn’t necessarily mean that we don’t live with integrity.

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Season 2 Episode 5 - what can dogs teach us about empathy. Just about everything, it seems..

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 07:30:50 GMT

I used to have a deep fear of dogs. I avoided them all my life because as a child I was bitten by one. 3 years ago we acquired a Golden Retriever puppy named Oscar and I became a dog owner. Oscar has taught me so much about empathy. In this podcast I’ll be talking about how we can learn empathy skills in most life situations, why we absolutely must do this and how using empathy can transform our personal and professional relationships.

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Season 2 Episode 4 How my Morning Routine saved my life, made me saner, happier and full of energy

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:42:41 GMT

What’s your typical morning routine like? How you start your day impacts every single part of your day. Once I realized that and changed how I began the day the effect was transformational. I’ll be talking about that and about some great morning routines you can easily adapt that will have immediate impact putting you in the best possible shape for practising the 7 skills in your everyday.

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Season 2 Episode 3 - I talk toThomas Kochs, Managing Director of London's Corinthia hotel on cakes, excellence and work ethic

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 07:30:24 GMT

London’s Corinthia 5-star hotel is home to one of the very best afternoon teas the capital has to offer. Thomas Kochs is the charismatic MD of the hotel. I talk to Thomas about optimism and his aspirations for excellence at the Corinthia and how aspiring to excellence generally links with the 7 skills for the future. We also discuss education and apprenticeships and the importance of a strong work ethic.

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Season 2 Episode 2 The Improvised Life - one where you are spontaneous, grab opportunities and always know exactly what to say

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:30:04 GMT

When we think of improv we think of jazz or comedy. In comedy improv the actors must work together to create a compelling story and plot without a script. Ingenious? Maybe – but these actors are highly trained and use techniques and principles that enable them to do this. In this podcast I’ll be exploring how you can take these sorts of principles and apply them to your own life. This will help you apply all 7 skills.

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Season 2 Episode 1 Social Media - a critical rethink of how we use it and why we need to manage all our information consumption with care

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:30:28 GMT

Social media – we are all on it every day for better or for worse. How we use social media has a huge impact on our happiness and wellbeing levels. In this episode I explore some of the latest research with you and show you some creative and different approaches to help you manage social media in positive ways to make it work for you. Doing so will really sharpen your natural critical thinking skills – something we all need to do both now and in the future!

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Season 1 Episode 11 Resilience - the art of bouncing back from setbacks and rejection, why you need a support network and why we need to fail every day

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:00:24 GMT

Do you rise or do you fall in the face of adversity? Resilience is a HUGE topic right now – really high on government and education agendas. It’s an interesting skill – linked strongly with optimism and being proactive. Resilience is the ability to respond well to pressure, deal with set-backs effectively, respond well to change and challenges and, basically, bounce back. In this podcast I’ll be talking about why resilience isn’t a

fixed character trait but an ability and a capacity, which means it can be developed. Research suggests that people who are more psychologically resilient have higher levels of emotional stability, gratitude, purpose in life and altruism. Resilience and happiness definitely seem connected.

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Season 1 Episode 10 Being proactive - practise this in every part of your life, why we procrastinate and navigate life from a strong internal locus of control

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:00:20 GMT

When we face uncertainty, so much uncertainty around us and circumstances that are definitely outside our control we can feel less in control over our lives. As a result many people struggle with anxiety, lack of sleep, worry and even depression connected with the circumstances they face, such as job loss or insecurity, financial problems, fear of the future and other stresses including the famous FOMO – fear of missing out activated through our social media use. Being proactive is a way of feeling more in control of our lives and of our futures. In this episode I’ll discuss how taking action has a transformative effect, why we are all procrastinators and the link between being proactive and optimism and resilience.

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Season 1 Episode 9 Dr Sarah Mercer on wellbeing, self-awareness, leveraging our strengths and the crucial role of mindfulness

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:00:21 GMT

I’m delighted to welcome Sarah Mercer to our podcast today. I first met Sarah at a conference for Business English teaching last November in Malta. And I really connected with her talk about socio-emotional competences as 21st century life skills and the key role that emotional intelligence plays. Naturally for me there was a strong link with some – possibly all – of the seven skills but I am particularly interested in Sarah’s views on self-awareness, the role of mindfulness, empathy and understanding about our strengths.

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Season 1 Episode 8 Optimism - a skill you can learn. Get happy fast and move through life with lightness and joy

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:00:22 GMT

People with optimistic explanations of life generally feel happier and more energised to cope with obstacles, seeing them as challenges rather than failure experiences. Although of course how you feel matters, most people will respond to the world BASED on how they are feeling. However you are feeling, real optimism is about awareness and about functioning well even when you might feel sad. Instead it’s about building in positive behaviours that enable you to build and nurture your ability and your skill to be optimistic. In this podcast I’ll be exploring how you can easily build optimism into your life and be far happier as a result.

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Season 1 Episode 7 Integrity - this is your number one skill for generating trust and always having direction for your life

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:00:04 GMT

We live in a world of fake news, in a world where we can reinvent ourselves online and fabricate our lives however we want to. If you are authentic in your actions and words, keep your commitments, take responsibility for your choices and are sincere this makes you stand out and it builds TRUST. Today I’ll be unpicking what integrity is, what it isn’t and how understanding what your values are and how to manage your time help to build it.

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Season 1 Episode 6 I interview Nathan Martin, Director of Global Thought Leadership Pearson on the skills we need for 2030 and beyond

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:00:20 GMT

Nathan Martin is Director of Global Thought Leadership for Pearson. He’s one of the key influencers and voices behind Pearson’s 2030 research into the skills we need for the future. Today I’ll be talking to him about how those skills relate to the 7 I write about in my book. Well be discussing the crucial role of resilience, how education is rising up to meet these needs and why the future really is soft.

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Season 1 Episode 5 Empathy - your super power and the skill that can transform EVERYTHING!

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:00:15 GMT

Developing skills that are uniquely “human” such as active listening, caring and nurturing are key for the world of the future. These things can’t be outsourced or automated and are still going to be important for whatever job you have. Empathy is has been proven to be essential for enhancing our interpersonal relationships, overall life satisfaction and improving our ability to respond well to challenges. In this podcast I’ll be talking about how nurturing your empathy skills will supercharge all your relationships and some easy ways to get it into your day-to-day.

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Season 1 Episode 4 Critical Thinking - why we need to make space to think, get more creative and become solution-seekers!

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:00:46 GMT

As a future skill critical thinking is about complex problem-solving, originality, fluency of your ideas and active learning. It’s also about leveragingy our brain’s capacity to be creative, have ideas and truly flourish. Recent research and insights by neuroscientists are discovering that our brains can be rewired and trained each and every day and indeed throughout our lives.

In this podcast I’ll be talking about how to bring critical thinking into our everyday skills so that we become much better at it and enhance everything we do as a result.

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Season 1 Episode 3 Viv Groskop - what a joy to interview this talented comedian, journalist and author of the most fabulous book “How to Own the Room”.

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:00:43 GMT

Viv Groskop is a talented comedian, journalist and author of the most fabulous book “How to Own the Room”. This book has completed transformed the way I look at presenting and speaking publicly. Viv encourages women everywhere to own their space and have their voices heard. Viv also has her very own successful podcast I urge you to follow! I am delighted to be interviewing her in this podcast – we’ll be talking about resilience and adaptability and yes, how to own that room!

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Season 1 Episode 2 Adaptability - find out how to nurture this skill so you can handle any change with ease and grace

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:00:24 GMT

Adaptability is an attractive quality. We all like to think of ourselves as being flexible and adaptable, a team player, “going with the flow”. It means that we are not rigid or stuck and that are open to change and challenges. I think if you were to ask most people if they consider themselves to be open and adaptable, they would tell you ‘yes’.

If you truly are adaptable then you are more likely to handle change with grace and ease, not be thrown by the unexpected and be a lot happier. Yet most of us are actually a lot more resistant to change than we might perceive ourselves to be. In this podcast I’ll explore why we are hard-wired to be adaptable but also why we are so resistant to change and some ways to build our adaptability skills.

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Season 1 Episode 1 The World We are Living In - why 7 skills really are all you need to get by

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:00:27 GMT

We are not well equipped to navigate our way through life given the unprecedented pace of change, complexity, technology shifts. We are overloaded with information, we pay attention far less and are massively distracted for most of the time. Although we have all the information and knowledge we could possibly need at our fingertips when it comes to living our lives with purpose, passion and happiness we are not effective. In this podcast I explore just why the 7 soft skills are the only ones we need to be successful and happy.

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