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Leaders Who Love What They Do

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Ann Collins is a bilingual (French/English) international executive and leadership coach who helps successful senior leaders to rethink purpose in their career, move forward into their next role with clarity and to start living their legacy. She also works with organisations to help leaders to bring out the best in their teams, especially in times of rapid change or growth. She provides in-house coaching programmes: Leader As Coach, Team or Group Coaching, Leadership Development for New and Emerging Leaders. She has had over 25 years' international experience of leadership in education and she is renowned for providing a rare mix of compassion and challenge, support and deep reflection,with an ability to see potential in others that they never knew was there. Join her for conversations and thoughts that could change the way you think, the way you lead. For free resources, events to help you transform your leadership and to be part of a dynamic community, follow us on social media or visit our website. You can find details in the show notes or via the website: www.anncollinscoaching.com

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A personal glimpse into an international HR leadership role: hunger for adventure, empowering others and adapting to the challenges of 2023

January 18, 2023 18:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB

This episode is a rare and honest window into the world of international leadership. Eva Lundahl, an international HR leader specialising in talent acquisition, joins me for an initial conversation about her career journey, achievements, her motivation and the challenges along the way as well as her approach to managing team members and helping them to achieve their potential and their place in the team.    In the second half, she talks to the current challenges in 2022/3: recruitment and r...

Understanding neuroscience, understanding effectiveness: taking coaching to the next level

January 11, 2023 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

Coaching can feel like a black box!  Why does it work?  How can asking questions help someone change the way they think and behave?  Exploring the neuroscience behind transformation and effectiveness is important not only for coaches, but also for leaders who are embarking on coaching to make the most of a coaching programme and even take it further for themselves. My guest today is the leader of the Advanced Diploma that I'm studying right now: Ann Betz.   Ann explains why she was drawn to...

Putting wellbeing at the heart of the leadership agenda with courage, intention and daily action

June 30, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

Tom Hadcroft has a wealth of educational leadership experience in the UK and internationally and he is currently Head Teacher at Berkhamsted Boys' School in the UK.    In this episode he shares how he approaches facing "unknown unknowns" in relation to managing his own leadership transitions and how he uses that to empower and support others.  His down to earth style is refreshing and empowering. In this wide-ranging conversation, he shares some highlights and challenges.  He references a ...

Being a team player in sports and as a leader

June 02, 2022 22:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

In this episode I talk with Mike Thorne about leadership and his experience as a coach who works with CEO's. Mike is very passionate about sports which plays an important part of his approach in his coaching work and it is a really interesting conversation about how sports and leadership link together so well. About Mike: Mike's mission is to restore people’s sense of dignity to unleash their greatness. His vision is a world where people are celebrated for who they are and recognise th...

4 Beliefs About Time Management That Are Holding You Back: Part 2

May 27, 2022 08:00 - 12 minutes - 8.34 MB

This is  the second part of two episodes on time management, where I talk about a challenge that comes up very frequently for my clients:  getting to the bottom of issues around time management.    In part 1, I talked about the four beliefs around time that I frequently see holding leaders back.  We often dive into how to improve time management and we miss an important step: investigating what we believe about time.  In this episode, I look at how to change these beliefs.  I talk abou...

4 Beliefs About Time Management That Are Holding You Back: Part 1

May 20, 2022 11:00 - 12 minutes - 8.54 MB

If you've ever wondered why managing time is so difficult, you're not alone!  You are probably used to reflecting on how you use your time in the bid to be more efficient, but are you questioning your own beliefs about time?   Why is that important? Our beliefs around time impact our thoughts and in turn determine our actions!   But how do we identify our beliefs about time in the first place?   This takes a bit of digging, but in this podcast, I talk about the 4 beliefs that I see commo...

People and change in organisations: keeping it personal

May 12, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

In this episode I have an incredibly interesting conversation with Mick Williams who is passionate about helping people and organisations to manage change.   He brings a wealth of experience from a varied career including many years in the Royal Air Force and then in management consulting, but what really stood out for me are the personal qualities he brings to leadership, especially in his ability to seek out and understand the unique perspectives of people impacted by change within an orga...

No time? A 3-step process to escaping the busyness trap

March 29, 2022 14:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

A short episode, but maybe one of the most important to date on the podcast!  I used to be someone who always replied, "Really busy!" when asked how I was.  When I started coaching, I realised I wasn't alone and that this stock response was quite damaging on a number of levels.  I also saw that working on it and replacing it with a more self-aware response was life changing for me and now, for my clients.  Tune in to discover my 3-step process to escaping the busyness trap for good.   Many...

5 Strategies for Leading in Times of Uncertainty

March 10, 2022 14:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

At the time of recording (March 2022), Russia is 15 days into an invasion of Ukraine.  The world is watching in horror and there is no way to know that evolution of this conflict and the impact it may have.  In this episode, I describe five practical strategies that I see leaders using successfully to navigate periods of stress, uncertainty and fear.   Embrace discomfort Zoom out to see the detail Focus on what you can control Build an even stronger team Connect and reach out  Leaders...

"Leading from the heart": leadership has changed

March 10, 2022 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

With great humility and insight, Sarah Haddon shares with me in this episode her views on the keys to successful leadership, learning and the future of leadership.  She brings a wealth of international experience in organisational development, an evident passion for making the workplace an inclusive place as well as her own experience as a leader. In this episode she reflects on what makes leaders successful and in particular what they need to be focussing on right now as the work place ch...

The New Weird: Back to the Office

February 17, 2022 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.76 MB

It's an interesting and pivotal time.  A lot of people are returning to the office (Feb 2022) after working at home for almost two years.  Opinions are mixed: some are looking forward to it, others are anxious, many expect to keep the level of flexibility they have grown to appreciate, whilst some are expecting to go back to "normal".    What are the challenges for employees?  What could organisations do to make this transition easier and make the workplace a better place in the process? I...

Reach for your star: with passion, no limits and creating a space for leaders to grow

February 08, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

It was a huge privilege to have Julien Tornare, the CEO of Zenith, join me for this episode.  We talked about how he has rejuvenated a global luxury brand by bringing an entrepreneurial spirit, empathy and a vision of having "no limits".  He is an inspiring leader who shows great humility, an expansive vision and infectious energy and has transformed the company in 5 years, culminating in the recent launch of their new watch: DEFY Skyline that is stunning and has attracted the attention of...

Creating change, creating habits: using the subconscious mind

January 31, 2022 13:00 - 10 minutes - 7.17 MB

A huge 95% of our behaviour is driven by our habits or our subconscious, leaving only 5% to our freewill.  Imagine if we could truly tap into this subconscious mind to help us change our behaviour!   Not only is the change more powerful, but it's also easier than relying on willpower alone! Tune in to find out the 4 steps to creating change at this level and get started today!  UPCOMING EVENT at Ann Collins Coaching: Join me as my guest for our one hour webinar on the 28th February: Beco...

The secret to enabling high performance and greater wellbeing in the workplace

January 20, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.22 MB

"High performance" and "wellbeing" can feel like opposing goals for leaders and organisations.  In this episode, we look at how to reframe these and instead see them as different sides of the same coin.  This allows us to move forward and take a different perspective: can we find a solution to both parts of the equation?  Tune in to find out why self-awareness is a vital part of the puzzle. To read and share this as a blog post: https://www.bluebottlecoaching.com/blog/the-secret-to-ena...

Reducing and preventing burnout in the workplace: equipping leaders to help others and themselves

January 14, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

Following on from a previous podcast with Anna Anderson, where we looked at wellbeing, I’m delighted that Anna Pinkerton accepted the invitation to join me for a conversation around burnout in the workplace and what organisations can do to address it.   We know that burnout was already a problem before the pandemic and studies have shown that it has substantially increased in the last 2 years, which is not a surprise. Now we’re seeing that increasing numbers of employees are considering lea...

How to make effective goals that take you to the next level

January 07, 2022 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

Are  you someone who loves or hates setting personal goals at the beginning of the year? Before becoming a coach, I used to set pretty similar goals each year, with pretty similar results.  One year, I set a goal to get fit, joined an expensive gym and ran on the treadmill exactly four times....  But there are some keys to setting effective goals and most importantly to implementing and even exceeding them.  Tune in to get some practical and actionable tips and start your year with expan...

Building better workplaces where people are engaged and empowered

January 03, 2022 08:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

Hélène Bejjani is an expert in people development and has worked in international companies for many years, fully committed to her vision of creating a better workplace for all.  I was delighted to have her as a guest as she is truly walking the talk every day and she is incredibly generous with her advice - in this episode, she gives, gives and gives!  Have a piece of paper ready to take notes!  Hélène is on a mission: to improve the everyday experiences of our life at work and her approa...

Feeling festive at Ann Collins Coaching HQ

December 20, 2021 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

A very special episode for you to bring the year to a close!  I thought it would be fun to have a chat with my VA, Emma Higginson to reflect on the last year working together at Ann Collins Coaching and what is in store for us in 2022 and for you to get to know us a little bit more - the people behind the Leaders Who Love What They Do podcast.    Naturally we talk our favourite festive traditions, our shared love of food, the great outdoors and the power, as ever, of human connection! We...

Why values based leadership matters

December 02, 2021 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Values and leadership go hand in hand!  I had the pleasure of speaking with Steve Payne for this week's episode about his work as a coach helping organisations to harness the power of values.  Steve talks about how knowing and embedding values at an organisational level as well as a personal level has the potential to transform the workplace: how we function and the experience for every person in the organisation. Steve has co-authored a book on values and how we can use them to best effe...

How to be a leader when you don’t have the title: Career Development Series no. 4

November 25, 2021 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

Holding back from applying for a more senior leadership role or a first leadership role, is very common. There are often many factors involved, from feeling wary about managing a work/life balance to wondering if one is a good fit for the role.  In this episode, Ann focussed on one often highlighted issue: “I don’t have enough experience.”  How can we move forward from this and develop leadership qualities, skills and mindset if we don’t have the title on the door? Tune in to discover 4 ...

How to be a leader when you don’t have the title: Career Development Series no. 4

November 25, 2021 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

Holding back from applying for a more senior leadership role or a first leadership role, is very common. There are often many factors involved, from feeling wary about managing a work/life balance to wondering if one is a good fit for the role.  In this episode, Ann focussed on one often highlighted issue: “I don’t have enough experience.”  How can we move forward from this and develop leadership qualities, skills and mindset if we don’t have the title on the door? Tune in to discover 4 ...

Self-leadership: step up and become your own CEO: Career Development Series no. 3

November 18, 2021 18:00 - 13 minutes - 9.55 MB

Learning a lesson from the world of entrepreneurship,  Ann  talks about the benefits of positioning ourselves as the CEO of ourselves, our company of one in terms of thinking more strategically in terms of our career development.  As CEO of your own company of one, she explains why you should set up your own personal Board to help you in your career development. Tune in for an episode for career development tips that you can take and put into practice tomorrow! If you'd like to find out m...

Thriving from the inside with Anna Anderson

November 15, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB

I had a fascinating conversation with Anna Anderson where we dived deep into what it means to thrive in the modern workplace.  We also talked about finding balance by working on mindset and "building a deep relationship with ourselves."  Anna talks about the importance of bringing a sense of nurturing energy into business and our work lives.   For me, Anna's approach completes the circle of what it means to provide support for wellbeing inside organisations and an opportunity to explore wha...

Thriving from the inside with Anna Anderson

November 15, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB

I had a fascinating conversation with Anna Anderson where we dived deep into what it means to thrive in the modern workplace.  We also talked about finding balance by working on mindset and "building a deep relationship with ourselves."  Anna talks about the importance of bringing a sense of nurturing energy into business and our work lives.   For me, Anna's approach completes the circle of what it means to provide support for wellbeing inside organisations and an opportunity to explore wha...

Ditch the "to do" list and start your "to be" list: Career Development Series no. 2

November 12, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Are you caught up in thinking about what you need "to do" in order to move forward in your senior leadership career?  Join me in this episode to find out why this might be actually holding you back and how an alternative approach is both better for your career and your wellbeing.  Furthermore, shifting the culture of organisations from the "to do" list to the "to be" list is a powerful way to rethink how we can help everyone thrive in the workplace - and achieve better results.    Tune ...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 5: Accelerate Your Impact

October 29, 2021 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Welcome to the final day of our 5 Day Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins. In this final session, we're looking beyond the implementation and to how you can really accelerate your impact.  What's the secret to creating a transformation of how we think, what we believe and therefore achieve the impact we want in our chosen field?   If these sessions have resonated with you and you'd like to know more about working with me, do book a complimentary 30 minute Midlife C...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 4: How to start living your legacy right now

October 28, 2021 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

Welcome to Day 4 of the 5 Day Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins. In this jam-packed episode we look at how to open your mind to new possibilities (that felt "impossible) and find out if you are ready to make the transformation that you want and what you need to do right now if you are going to start living your legacy right now.  If this resonates with you and you would like to work with Ann, do book a call to get clarity on your next steps and if coaching migh...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 3: The 3 keys to designing your future full of purpose

October 27, 2021 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Welcome to Day 3 of our 5 Day Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins. Probably my favourite session of the whole week: in this session you will learn the 3 key elements required to be able to design your future full of purpose.  In addition, you will finish the session with something to take away with you and accompany you on your journey towards living a life full of purpose.   Starting tomorrow.    Grab a pen and paper, find somewhere comfortable to sit, write an...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 2: How to put yourself (finally) at the top of your to-do list

October 26, 2021 20:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Welcome to Day 2 of the Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins.  You're too busy to think about purpose?  Do you feel like you don't have enough time to make the changes you want to make?   This session is definitely for you!   Tune in to find out a way to rethink time and how we can manage it and a surprise near the end to start or end your day feeling calm, empowered and positive! About the Challenge: This is for successful senior leaders who know they can do mo...

6 Steps to Accelerate your Career Development: Career Development Series No. 1

October 22, 2021 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

The key to planning your career development is to not see it as a series of events or promotions, but as a continuous evolution.   Many leaders focus on preparing their CVs, fine tuning their interview techniques and finding the right job, but the work needs to start much earlier.    Tune in to discover six practical strategies to develop your career so that you are ready to step into senior leadership roles at c-suite or board level.    Any questions, please contact us: bluebottlecoaching...

6 Steps to Accelerate your Career Development

October 22, 2021 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

The key to planning your career development is to not see it as a series of events or promotions, but as a continuous evolution.   Many leaders focus on preparing their CVs, fine tuning their interview techniques and finding the right job, but the work needs to start much earlier.    Tune in to discover six practical strategies to develop your career so that you are ready to step into senior leadership roles at c-suite or board level.    Starting on Monday 25th October 2021 is our last eve...

Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge: is this for you?

October 14, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes - 9.65 MB

If you're thinking about joining our Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge, then tune in to this episode where Ann gives a quick overview of the programme! This has been described as "life changing" by previous participants!  If you are a successful senior leader and you are at a crossroads in your career journey,  you want to invest in your personal development and start living your legacy, this is a little taster of what coaching can do!  Join us for an amazing few days that will open y...

Elevate Your Energy No. 4: Tapping into creative energy and learning

October 07, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

Our final episode in this mini-series is all about how we can create energy by tapping into creative activities, which is one of the strategies suggested by Emilyand Amelia Nagosky, in their work referenced in the previous episodes.  Combining her experience in education and coaching, Ann suggests that in the field of coaching and personal development, we can learn a lot in this area from analysing what teachers do everyday: help children to operate in a zone of high energy and creativity....

Breaking through the glass ceiling in Silicon Valley: the power of mentoring and coaching

October 01, 2021 18:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Geri Weinfeld joins me on the Leaders Who Love What They Do podcast to talk about her highly successful career in the male dominated worlds of finance and tech.   Geri talks openly about the highs and the lows and in particular her strategies she has found helpful to progress and bring others, especially other women, with her.   She is also committed to leveraging the power of large corporations to address broader environmental and social issues and is leading strategy development in this ar...

Elevate Your Energy No. 3: Wellness is found in the flow

September 30, 2021 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

The third episode in this special series on energy is looking at the prevention of emotional exhaustion through understanding better how the body reacts to stress and how we need to complete "the stress cycle" in order to avoid being stuck in the emotion of being stressed.  Tune in to find out the 7 strategies suggested by Emily and Amelia Nagosky that can work in modern society to give us a route out of stress.  Ann also talks about the implications of this in the workplace and for leader...

Elevate Your Energy No. 2: Thriving Not Surviving

September 23, 2021 08:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

Maya Angelou provides a great recipe to thriving and not surviving: "My mission in life is not merely to survive but thrive; and to do so with some passion, some humour and some style." This second episode of the special series called Elevate Your Energy draws on Angelou's insight (although there's no style advice!).  Following on from the previous episode in the series, Ann delves further into why "me time" rarely helps in the long term and why focusing on time management requires a differ...

Elevate Your Energy No. 1: Why Pushing Yourself Doesn't Work

September 16, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

Welcome to our special series on energy!  Feeling exhausted, emotionally drained and not being able to shift that feeling,  is something that a number of people have spoken to me about recently.  Of course, we could attribute a lot of it to living through a pandemic, but many would agree that it was present before COVID hit.  In this first episode, I'm exploring the solutions that many of us suggest to ourselves, notably around time management: the need for "me-time".  Interestingly, it'...

Elevate Your Energy No. 1 - Why Pushing Yourself Doesn't Work

September 16, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

Welcome to our special series on energy!  Feeling exhausted, emotionally drained and not being able to shift that feeling,  is something that a number of people have spoken to me about recently.  Of course, we could attribute a lot of it to living through a pandemic, but many would agree that it was present before COVID hit.  In this first episode, I'm exploring the solutions that many of us suggest to ourselves, notably around time management: the need for "me-time".  Interestingly, it'...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 5: Accelerate your impact

September 03, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB

Welcome to the final day of our 5 Day Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins. In this final session, we're looking beyond the implementation and to how you can really accelerate your impact.  What's the secret to creating a transformation of how we think, what we believe and therefore achieve the impact we want in our chosen field?  Tune in to find out more and hear about what happens in a coaching session with our special guest, Rebecca Le Brocq.  If these sessio...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 5: Accelerate your path to reclaim your career

September 03, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB

Welcome to the final day of our 5 Day Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins. In this final session, we're looking beyond the implementation and to how you can really accelerate your impact.  What's the secret to creating a transformation of how we think, what we believe and therefore achieve the impact we want in our chosen field?  Tune in to find out more and hear about what happens in a coaching session with our special guest, Rebecca Le Brocq.  If these sessio...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 4 - How to live out your purpose and legacy right now

September 02, 2021 21:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB

Welcome to Day 4 of the 5 Day Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins.  In this jam-packed episode we look at how to open your mind to new possibilities (that felt "impossible) and find out if you are ready to make the transformation that you want and what you need to do right now if you are going to start living your legacy right now.   We also have a special guest with us, Geri Weinfeld, a current coaching client who speaks openly about her experience of coaching at ...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 3 - The 3 keys to designing your future full of purpose

September 01, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MB

Welcome to Day 3 of our 5 Day Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins.  Probably my favourite session of the whole week: in this session you will learn the 3 key elements required to be able to design your future full of purpose.   In addition, you will finish the session with something to take away with you and accompany you on your journey towards living a life full of purpose.   Starting tomorrow.    Grab a pen and paper, find somewhere comfortable to sit, write an...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 2 - How to put yourself (finally) at the top of your to-do list

August 31, 2021 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MB

Welcome to Day 2 of the Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins.  You're too busy to think about purpose?  Do you feel like you don't have enough time to make the changes you want to make?   This session is definitely for you!   Tune in to find out a way to rethink time and how we can manage it and a surprise near the end to start or end your day feeling calm, empowered and positive!  This Challenge is for successful senior leaders who know they can do more, they wan...

Life, Leadership and Purpose DAY 1: Unlock Your Potential

August 30, 2021 20:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MB

Welcome to the 5 Day Life, Leadership and Purpose Challenge with me,  Ann Collins and the first of five sessions where we're taking a close look at purpose.   We're going to be talking about the importance of purpose and how to reconnect with yours.   Take a concrete step towards discovering your purpose, rewire the way you think and start to live your legacy right now using my 3 step approach!   This is for successful senior leaders who know they can do more, they want to do more, but the...

Inner Voice Special Series no. 6: leverage your purpose to become the best version of yourself

August 24, 2021 16:00 - 10 minutes - 7.3 MB

This is our final episode of our very special Inner Voice series and we're looking at how to leverage our purpose to calm the chatter!  This has not only implications for our wellbeing but also for our ability to implement our goals and formulate a vision of our future that is expansive and allows us to be the best version of ourselves.   Watch out for the next Blue Bottle Coaching event: Registration is now open for the next Life, Leadership and Purpose 5 day free workshop at the end of A...

Inner Voice Special Series no. 5: why taking action isn't enough

August 17, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes - 9.06 MB

The triad of feelings, thoughts and action and their interaction is a key part of coaching and in this episode, I look at why focussing on the thoughts, by harnessing the inner voice, is such an important part of the "growth" process that will ultimately allow us to transform. This type of transformation enables us to change fundamentally how we show up on a daily basis and of course the impact of this is potentially lifechanging, especially for leaders who are stepping into very senior ro...

Inner Voice Special Series no. 4: Channel the Chatter Part 2

August 10, 2021 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.43 MB

This episode follows on very closely from the previous and is part 2 to Channel the Chatter: how to change the record!  If you haven't listened to the previous episodes, I recommend you listen to those before this as they follow on from each other. We explore how to actually change the message we are hearing, how to retrain our inner voice in order to ensure that it is truly serving us.  How?  By using our inner voice! Based on the fantastic work by Ethan Kross, in his book entitled Chatt...

Inner Voice Special Series no. 3: Channel the Chatter Part 1

August 03, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

In this our 3rd episode in our special series on the Inner Voice, we dive into looking at a strategy that has been shown to help us to calm the chatter that can derail us. We know the harmful effects on our mind, body and relationships of chronic stress and whilst a noisy negative inner voice isn't the cause, it's often present.  If we can learn to turn it down and therefore reduce it's power, it can help in our management of our moods and stress.  In this episode I talk about one strateg...

Inner Voice Special Series no. 2: How to listen and train your inner voice

July 27, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

"What participants were thinking about turned out to be a better predictor of happiness that what they were actually doing." Ethan Kross The case for caring about how we use, listen to and train our inner voice is clear!  It is fundamental to the way we experience our lives on a personal and professional level.    Tune in to today's episode to discover more about what the inner voice is and how it develops and find out about some very exciting findings of recent research!  To find out m...

Inner Voice Special Series no. 1: How to Harness the Gift of your Inner Voice

July 20, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

Tune in for this first episode of a special series of 5 episodes all about the little voice in our heads that is with us 24/7!  That little voice that can encourage, berate, debate, criticise or say nothing at all...  But what a potential gift it is!  But for many, it's a critical voice that is noisy and unhelpful.  Join me for this series of episodes during the summer where I will be exploring in more detail what the research into the inner voice could mean for us in our personal and ...

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