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'The Glass Half Full Community - GHFC'

44 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

An introduction to 'The Glass Half Full Community' by its Founder and Editor at Large, Charles Hill.

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The GHFC Podcast #34: ‘40 Years On...Stuart’s Story’‘

August 08, 2022 07:42 - 11 minutes - 8.57 MB

In this podcast I will be sharing with you the final story, being Stuart's Story, in our series of 10, each one having represented the career paths taken by my fellow students having completed their initial tertiary qualifications in Quarry Engineering…way back in the early 1980’s! It is important that I point out that these reflections simply serve as a point of reference for everyone, not just those in the Engineering sector, to fully appreciate that although you may embark on a set care...

The GHFC Podcast #33: ‘40 Years On...Rod’s Story’

August 05, 2022 03:53 - 10 minutes - 7.34 MB

In this GHFC podcast I will be sharing with you the 9th story in our series of 10, each one representing the career paths taken by my fellow students having completed their initial tertiary qualifications in Quarry Engineering…way back in the early 1980’s!  It is important that I point out that these reflections simply serve as a point of reference for everyone, not just those in the Engineering sector, to fully appreciate that although you may embark on a set career path in your late teen...

The GHFC Podcast #32: ‘40 Years On...Paul’s Story‘

July 27, 2022 08:14 - 9 minutes - 6.34 MB

In GHFC #32 I will be sharing with you the 8th story in our series of 10, each representing the career paths taken by my fellow students having completed their initial Tertiary Qualifications in Quarry Engineering…way back in the early 1980’s! It is important that I point out that these reflections simply serve as a point of reference for everyone, not just those in the Engineering sector, to fully appreciate that although you may embark on a set career path in your late teens or early twe...

The GHFC Podcast #31: ‘40 Years On...Malcolm’s Story‘

July 23, 2022 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.75 MB

In this Podcast I will be sharing with you Malcolm's Story, the 7th in our series of 10, recalling the career paths taken by my fellow students having completed their initial Tertiary Qualifications in Quarry Engineering…way back in the early 1980’s!  It is important that I point out that these reflections simply serve as a point of reference for everyone, not just those in the Engineering sector, to fully appreciate that although you may embark on a set career path in your late teens or e...

The GHFC Podcast #30: ‘40 Years On...Ian’s Story‘

July 14, 2022 02:35 - 9 minutes - 6.71 MB

In podcast #30 I will be sharing with you the 6th story in our series of 10, each one representing the career paths taken by fellow students having completed their initial Tertiary Qualifications in Quarry Engineering…way back in the early 1980’s!  It is important that I point out that these reflections simply serve as a point of reference for everyone, not just those in the Engineering sector, to fully appreciate that although you may embark on a set career path in your late teens or early ...

The GHFC Podcast #29: ‘40 Years On...Chris’s Story’

July 07, 2022 09:30 - 7 minutes - 5.94 MB

In GHFC Podcast #29 we hear the 5th story in our series of 10 stories, each one representing the career paths taken by fellow students having completed their initial Tertiary Qualifications in Quarry Engineering…way back in the early 1980’s! It is important that I point out that these reflections simply serve as a point of reference for everyone, not just those in the Engineering sector, to fully appreciate that although you may embark on a set career path in your late teens or early twent...

The GHFC Podcast #28: ‘40 Years On...Charlie’s Story...‘

July 04, 2022 04:32 - 10 minutes - 7.43 MB

  In this podcast I'll be sharing with you the 4th story in our series of 10, each one representing the career paths taken by fellow students having completed their initial Tertiary Qualifications in Quarry Engineering…way back in the early 1980’s! In our first story we heard from Andrew in Devon, then in our 2nd we heard from Andy in Northumberland. Our 3rd story was from Bernie in North Wales. Story No 4 is Charlie’s, or My story, the Boy from Berkshire Available as a GHFC Foundation e...

The GHFC Podcast #27: ‘40 Years On...Bernie’s Story‘

June 29, 2022 06:37 - 12 minutes - 8.91 MB

During this podcast you will hear the 3rd story in our series of 10, each one representing the career paths taken by fellow students having completed their initial Tertiary Qualifications in Quarry Engineering…way back in the early 1980’s! In our first story we heard from Andrew in Devon, then in our 2nd we heard from Andy in Northumberland. Our 3rd story is from Bernie, originally from the Lake District of Cumbria, then based in London, nowadays living in North Wales. Available as a GHFC...

The GHFC Podcast #26: ‘40 Years On - Andy’s Story’

June 25, 2022 03:27 - 9 minutes - 6.64 MB

In Podcast #26 we hear our 2nd story in our series of 10, each one representing the career paths taken by 10 fellow students having completed their initial tertiary qualifications in Quarry Engineering, way back in the early 1980’s! In this episode we hear from Andy. These reflections simply serving as a point of reference for everyone, not just those in the Engineering sector, to fully appreciate that although you may embark on a set career path in your late teens or early twenties, it does...

The GHFC Podcast #25: ‘40 Years On - Nine Career stories...‘

June 22, 2022 07:26 - 10 minutes - 7.14 MB

This podcast is the first episode in a series of 9, each one representing the career paths taken by 9 fellow students having completed their initial Tertiary Qualifications in Quarry Engineering. The objective behind the sharing of these stories simply being to provide some perspective to all current students, in any field, that the career choices they make today do not need to be life defining! Let me introduce you to ‘40 years on – Nine Career Stories’ Available as a GHFC Foundation e-boo...

The GHFC Podcast #25: ‘40 Years On - Andrew’s Story‘

June 22, 2022 07:26 - 10 minutes - 7.14 MB

This podcast is the first episode in a series of 10, each one representing the career paths taken by 10 fellow students having completed their initial Tertiary Qualifications in Quarry Engineering. In episode one we hear from Andrew. The objective behind the sharing of these stories simply being to provide some perspective to all current students, in any field, that the career choices they make today do not need to be life defining! Let me introduce you to ‘40 years on – reflections on life ...

The GHFC Podcast #24 - Individual Fulfilment (Part 2)

June 16, 2022 04:05 - 9 minutes - 7.06 MB

In this podcast I will be sharing with you the second part of a compilation of recent GHFC Blogs in relation to Individual Fulfilment, taking a look at ‘Maintaining Fulfilment’ alongside ‘The GHFC Individual Fulfilment Profiler’. To download your individual on-line ‘Fulfilment Profiler Questionnaire’, at no cost as 100% sponsored by The GHFC, click on the following link. (Please note that The GHFC website and The GHFC Fulfilment Profiler Questionnaire meet all current data protection and enc...

The GHFC Podcast #23 - Individual Fulfilment

June 10, 2022 03:57 - 11 minutes - 8.8 MB

In this podcast I will be sharing with you the first part of a compilation of recent GHFC Blogs in relation to 'Individual Fulfilment'. Our journey will start with Abraham Maslow and finishes...well listen on to find out where! To Download your individual on-line ‘Fulfilment Profiler Questionnaire’, at no cost as 100% sponsored by The GHFC, click on the following link. (Please note that The GHFC website and The GHFC Fulfilment Profiler Questionnaire meet all current data protection and enc...

GHFC Podcast #22 - ‘Workplace Toxicity and Corporate Culture in 2022’

April 21, 2022 03:00 - 14 minutes - 11.3 MB

In this podcast I am going to provide an image, not exactly a pleasant image, by no means gory or sexually explicit as seems to be the genre of the day, however extremely unpleasant all the same. Then I will follow up with how Toxicity impacts on Corporate Culture in 2022. I can guarantee the subject matter will be controversial and to some extent polarising…but it is what it is. Decide for yourself!

The GHFC Podcast #21 - To Be or Not To Be Polarising?

April 01, 2022 03:22 - 11 minutes - 9.02 MB

The GHFC Podcast #21 - In this podcast we will be investigating the human trait of ‘being Polarising’. Is it a negative or positive trait? We start with ‘Warnie’, segue to ‘Beefy’, benefit from the insightful David Westgate then conclude with Churchill! How…listen away…

The GHFC Podcast #20 - ‘Workplace Mental Health in the UK Construction Industry’

February 25, 2022 03:22 - 8 minutes - 6.69 MB

In Podcast #20 I share with you a recent article by The GHFC as published on Sourceable.net, titled: ‘Workplace Mental Health in the UK Construction Industry’ 'Those of us involved in supporting the mental health well-being of our community, are well aware that we are in the midst of a mental health pandemic, by no means exclusive of the covid pandemic.' 'However, we are also aware that the construction sector is heavily impacted by a diminished level of mental health well-being among its ...

The GHFC Podcast #19: ’2022 Corporate Culture Survey’

February 20, 2022 02:29 - 11 minutes - 8.75 MB

In GHFC Podcast #19 I will be sharing with you a recent article by The GHFC as published on Sourceable.net, titled: ‘Australia Must Improve Corporate Culture in Workplaces’ (Feb 2022) 'Corporate Culture - (the norms that define ‘why we exist,’ ‘what we believe in’ and ‘how we do things’) - dictates how employees treat each other and experience the workplace'. The survey is still open and will stay open until the responses dry up. Have your say at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V8FBL8Z

The GHFC Podcast #18 - Corporate Culture is broken when it comes to workplace mental health well being!

January 21, 2022 08:24 - 15 minutes - 11.5 MB

Hi everyone, Charles here from ‘The GHFC’, with Podcast #18 (January 2022) Today I will be sharing with you recent revelations as to how Corporate Culture in 2022 has a lot to answer for in relation to anti-social workplace issues such as Inequality, Discrimination, Bullying, Intimidation and Harassment being endemic in the workplace, resulting in an environment that is conducive to reduced mental health well-being.

The GHFC Podcast #17 - Presentation to Construction Engineering Under Graduates at UTS, Sydney

October 12, 2021 21:47 - 25 minutes - 21.7 MB

In Podcast #17 you will hear the presentation I had the privilege to present to over 100 final year undergraduate construction engineering students at UTS (University Technology Sydney), on the topic of ‘Workplace Mental Health Well Being’ and ‘Toxicity in the Workplace’,  facilitated by Professor Martin Loosemore. Martin is Professor of Construction Management at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, being a Visiting Professor at The University of Loughborough, UK and University ...

The GHFC Podcast #16: ‘One thing led to another...‘

September 17, 2021 03:51 - 9 minutes - 7.42 MB

In Podcast #16 we hear how a sequence of events over the last two years resulted in a veritable WIN-WIN situation in the progress of global workplace mental health well being...

The GHFC Podcast #15: Conversation with Gus Worland - Gotcha4Life

August 03, 2021 03:51 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

In this podcast I am delighted to introduce Gus Worland to share just a few of his many experiences and insightful messages alongside his team at Gotcha4Life. ‘Gotcha4Life is a not-for-profit foundation creating meaningful mateship and building mental fitness, emotional muscle and social connection in local communities to end suicide’. To Pledge your support to 'Mind Your Mate' simply click on the link below: https://www.gotcha4life.org/mindyourmate  

GHFC Podcast #14 - What is your ‘Individual Type’?

July 20, 2021 03:47 - 12 minutes - 10.6 MB

In this podcast I will be sharing with you a recent article by The GHFC as published on Sourceable.net, entitled: What is your ‘Individual Type’? The article seeks to explain the intricate, yet insightful processes involved in 'Individual Type Profiling' in the workplace. This is by no means a negative article, in fact it is extremely positive and optimistic...please listen away...

The GHFC Podcast #14 - What is your ‘Individual Type’?

July 20, 2021 03:47 - 12 minutes - 10.6 MB

In this podcast I will be sharing with you a recent article by The GHFC as published on Sourceable.net, entitled: What is your ‘Individual Type’? The article seeks to explain the intricate, yet insightful processes involved in 'Individual Type Profiling' in the workplace. This is by no means a negative article, in fact it is extremely positive and optimistic...please listen away...

The GHFC Podcast #13 - 'Mental Health well being is a legitimate reason to take a break.'

July 01, 2021 03:51 - 8 minutes - 7.08 MB

In this GHFC Blog, we visit the premise that ‘Mental health well-being is a legitimate reason to take a break - here’s how to make the most of one’, being based on an article in The Age by Nicola Heath, a freelance journalist specialising in business, the workplace and health.

The GHFC Podcast #12: Launching the NEWT ('Need to Eradicate Workplace Toxicity') Petition.

May 05, 2021 04:32 - 13 minutes - 13.8 MB

In this podcast I would like to share with you developments in the call from ‘The GHFC’ to eradicate toxicity from the workplace, including the raising of the ‘NEWT’ (The 'Need to Eradicate Workplace Toxicity') petition. 'The media is overflowing with revelations of workplace toxicity, be it bullying, intimidation, harassment or discrimination, with stories from the executive level to white collar, blue collar even on the shop floor, across all sectors!' 'Workplace bullies are people who b...

The GHFC Podcast #11 - ‘How supportive of Mental Health Well Being is your workplace?’

April 13, 2021 06:16 - 6 minutes - 7.76 MB

Hi everyone, Charles here from ‘The GHFC’, with Podcast #11.  I would like to share with you an upcoming feature scheduled to appear on Sourceable.net, a leading Construction Industry website, posing the question: ‘How supportive of Mental Health Well Being is your workplace?’

GHFC Podcast #11 - ‘How supportive of Mental Health Well Being is your workplace?’

April 13, 2021 06:16 - 6 minutes - 7.76 MB

Hi everyone, Charles here from ‘The GHFC’, with Podcast #11.  I would like to share with you an upcoming feature scheduled to appear on Sourceable.net, a leading Construction Industry website, posing the question: ‘How supportive of Mental Health Well Being is your workplace?’

The GHFC Podcast #10: Excerpts from GHFC 'Books of Blogs'

April 03, 2021 02:06 - 11 minutes - 12.9 MB

In this podcast I share excerpts from previously published ‘GHFC Books of Blogs’. July 2018:  'Don’t let your Inner Voice define you!' December 2018: 'A message from the Chair of RUOK?, Mike Connaghan' January 2019: ‘Do you ever have days when it feels ..not very Okay at all!’ by A.A Milne July 2019: Who are the 'Black Dog Institute?'

'The Priory' by A.D. Meagher - Podcast #2 - Chapter 1: 'Sweat'

March 17, 2021 03:21 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB

Chapter 1: Sweat – Priory of Alanor, Green Finger Point Hi, it’s Charles here, ready to share Chapter 1 of ‘The Priory’ by A.D. Meagher. In the 1st podcast you heard 3 threads that intertwine within the chapters that follow, eventually culminating in the crescendo that is The Priory. In podcast #2 you will not only meet the central character, an Aspirant by the name of Nolson and his good friend Josua, but also some of the occasional undesirable characters, as you get to better understand t...

Introducing 'The Priory' by A.D. Meagher

March 16, 2021 02:55 - 34 minutes - 37.1 MB

‘Welcome’ to your introduction to a medieval fantasy series created by A.D. Meagher. In essence an entrée into the macabre and mysterious goings-on in, among and below the Priory of Alanor. My name is Charles Hill, your podcast narrator, and along the way I will introduce you to a selection of colourful characters and even more colourful events. 'The Priory' is the first book in A.D. Meagher's 'The Skulls Saga'. To assist you in visualising the geography and the setting relating to 'The Prio...

The GHFC Podcast #9: Part 3 of ‘Ten Years On - a memoir of workplace toxicity/

March 11, 2021 02:56 - 17 minutes - 18.6 MB

In Part 3, you will hear how events accelerated from May 2011 to July 2011, spiralling out of control, as did my mental health well-being, to the point of having a Breakdown, at which point I was driven to take actions that would rid the business of this dreadful period of workplace toxicity.

GHFC Podcast #9: Part 3 of 'Ten Years On - a memoir of workplace toxicity/

March 11, 2021 02:56 - 17 minutes - 18.6 MB

In Part 3, you will hear how events accelerated from May 2011 to July 2011, spiralling out of control, as did my mental health well-being, to the point of having a Breakdown, at which point I was driven to take actions that would rid the business of this dreadful period of workplace toxicity.

GHFC Podcast #8 - Part 2 of 'Ten Years On'

March 07, 2021 23:20 - 12 minutes - 14.4 MB

This is the 2nd part of a 3-part series of events which relate to incidents of toxicity that occurred at my workplace during 2010 and 2011.

The GHFC Podcast #8 - Part 2 of ‘Ten Years On‘

March 07, 2021 23:20 - 12 minutes - 14.4 MB

This is the 2nd part of a 3-part series of events which relate to incidents of toxicity that occurred at my workplace during 2010 and 2011.

GHFC Podcast #7 - Part 1 of 'Ten Years On'

March 04, 2021 00:42 - 13 minutes - 15.1 MB

'Ten Years On - a memoir of workplace toxicity' is my own story based on events that occurred at my then place of work over 2010 and 2011.

The GHFC Podcast #7 - Part 1 of ‘Ten Years On‘

March 04, 2021 00:42 - 13 minutes - 15.1 MB

'Ten Years On - a memoir of workplace toxicity' is my own story based on events that occurred at my then place of work over 2010 and 2011.

The GHFC Podcast #6 - The Carers Story

February 19, 2021 00:33 - 9 minutes - 10.9 MB

Heartfelt experiences from the ‘Carer’ of a partner struggling with the complex challenges associated a mental health illness. It is a true story, yet to be resolved, far from it.

GHFC Podcast #6 - The Carers Story

February 19, 2021 00:33 - 9 minutes - 10.9 MB

Heartfelt experiences from the ‘Carer’ of a partner struggling with the complex challenges associated a mental health illness. It is a true story, yet to be resolved, far from it.

The GHFC Podcast #5: ‘My Story of Living with Depression‘

February 10, 2021 03:36 - 12 minutes - 13.1 MB

Charles, founder of The GHFC, shares his story with anxiety and depression, eventually leading to him setting up The GHFC.

GHFC Podcast #5: 'My Story of Living with Depression'

February 10, 2021 03:36 - 12 minutes - 13.1 MB

Charles, founder of The GHFC, shares his story with anxiety and depression, eventually leading to him setting up The GHFC.

The GHFC Podcast #4: 'Can I Borrow Your Mind'

February 03, 2021 07:18 - 6 minutes - 7.61 MB

Chris French shares his experience overcoming serious head trauma, in turn reinventing himself.

The GHFC Podcast #3: Being aware and without stigma. Reflections by Ant.

January 30, 2021 03:11 - 6 minutes - 7.45 MB

In this episode GHFC Ambassador, Ant, reflects on his experiences of increased awareness and reduced stigma when coping with his own mental health well being.

The Glass Half Full Community: Podcast #2: Adrian's covid story.

January 25, 2021 02:38 - 10 minutes - 11.4 MB

GHFC UK Ambassador, Adrian, a member of the NHS team, reflects on the year just passed, along with his own covid vaccination experience.

Introducing 'The Glass Half Full Community'

January 22, 2021 02:30 - 2 minutes - 2.79 MB

An introduction to 'The Glass Half Full Community' by its Founder and Editor at Large, Charles Hill.