Growth Pod - Cast

In this episode I get curious about the question, what do you want? 

I explore the complexity of the answer and share how my reaction ties back to some flippant comments from when I was a child. 

As an exercise, I ask you to take some time exploring your own answers with my workbook which you can get in my online learning portal (you can access it by clicking on the link below).

In this episode, I get curious with ultra-runner, Kirk Hardwick.

Kirk believes that we are all born to run, and argues, you don’t have to be superhuman to be able to run 100 plus miles over 24 hours. All it takes is commitment, determination and drive. He says the word impossible is overused and is done so in a way that limits our capacity to be our best.

Kirk says the allure of running is the ability to find ourselves and to re-discover what we are meant to do. He describes how running many miles can be tough, but it’s in those tough moments that bring us the greatest joy and helps us build resilience we all need.

Kirk is passionate about health and well-being; he believes that well-being is not one dimensional and that we should all build holistic component parts into our lives.

Delayed gratification, seeing his family smile with pride and inspiring others are his greatest motivators.

Kirk shares the following two incredible quotes:

“We don’t stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing”. George Bernard Shaw

We aren’t good at what we do occasionally, were good at what we do consistently (Author unknown)

You can find out more about Kirk here:

Instagram @kirk_hardwick

In this episode, I get curious with the Managing Director of Brother, Phil Jones MBE, whose personal purpose is to inspire the potential of millions of others.

We get curious about how powerful leaders are ones who bring emotional intelligence and compassion to an organisation.

We explore;

• The power of creating meaningful cultures where small things make the biggest difference. 
• How to use diverse information to create feedback loops to communicate the right content at the correct frequency and in the appropriate tone.
• Why leaders need to develop situational self-awareness so they can serve their people and develop and embed meaningful wellbeing cultures.
• The power of understanding your purpose.
• Why it's important to not just care for those you lead but also their families.
• Why covid 19 has given us the opportunity to reflect and grow our communication, relationships and organisations.

Phil shares the following quote:

“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny." 

Mahatma Gandhi

You can connect with Phil

Today I get curious with double Olympic gold medal winner, Danielle Brown MBE.

Together we get curious about the power that comes with knowing yourself because as Danielle states, your relationship with yourself is the longest.  We discuss the power of positivity and mindset, why saying yes brings amazing opportunities, how kindness overflows into your whole life and why you should never give up, but instead get up!

Danielle shares the following quote with us:

"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel".  Maya Angelou

You can find Danielle at: 

In this episode, we get curious with Ali Mortimer.   Ali talks us through her very personal journey that led her to uncover the 7 pillars of her heal yourself happy methodology.   

Ali shares the 7 pillars, starting with the power and effect of food, the importance of finding physical activities that bring you joy, ensuring we gain enough quality sleep, why we need to go to the mental health gym regularly, finding your authentic self through the happy soul pillar, the importance of creating positive happy connections before bringing it all together to create your own unique health prescription that you can embed in your life to heal yourself happy.

Ali also shares a bonus tip of bookending!

You can find Ali here:

Pete talks us through some ideas for enhancing and maintaining our wellbeing whilst working at home. 

We discuss how to build healthy routines, faking our commute to work, starting and finishing our day well, the importance of connections, how we can use this time to learn from our family members and what resilience really means. 

Today I get curious about wellbeing with Gina Battye;

Gina is a world-renowned LGBT+ & Authenticity Advisor, trainer, speaker, author and coach.  She advises for TV, Film, Radio, Theatre, Global Press, multinational companies, Fortune 500s and Leading Global Organisations.

She has experienced a unique but sadly all too familiar journey, surviving workplace bullying which impacted her health and triggered her having to hide her authentic self.

This, however, led Gina to creating the authentic self process, which helps people release the past to enable full growth and development.

Gina's work has been featured widely in the media, including Sky News, BBC, Forbes, The Telegraph, BBC Three, The Times, Metro, The Sun, Psychologies, Cosmopolitan, Pink News, Vice, Gay Star News, Diva and Curve.

Connect with Gina