Speak With Simon

Diksha is Director of FiXme, based in the Thames Valley. For over 20 yrs, she has worked as a Chronic Pain and Stress Therapist, freeing people from being prisoners of pain; she has helped more than 800 clients in this time. 

She also delivers Stress Management Workshops where she uses her extensive clinical expertise, experience and knowledge to help people maintain their Wellbeing at work. 

Diksha’s family were victims of Uganda’s 1972 exodus, so she has first hand experience of the stresses of becoming a refugee and having to negotiate challenging cultural landscapes. She uses these stories to inform and empower others and to help build resilience. 

Diksha is an avid blogger, has published articles and is a regular guest on BBC Radio Berkshire. She lives with her 93 year old mother in Berkshire, UK, and has 2 wonderful daughters. 

Climbing mountains, playing tennis and drawing horses are her favourite pastimes. Diksha is also an author – she has contributed a chapter in a book entitled The New Woman – stories of the kintsugi experience. These stories are written by women who have withstood severe challenges and traumas in life to become strong and resilient. The New Woman is available on Amazon.

Social media links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dikshachakravarti/

https://www.facebook.com/diksha.chakravarti/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB3wDAFO4SlmtuTiyDyK

https://twitter.com/FixmeDiksha

www.fixme.org.uk

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Lara Lauder is a Presence, Impact & Image Consultant, ILM Level 5 Approved Aspire For Greatness Business Transformational Course Leader, Speaker and Co-Author of the International Bestselling book, The Law of Brand Attraction.

Lara works with business leaders and entrepreneurs to Unlock Their Hidden Confidence to ensure they have maximum Impact & Influence through a Powerful, Authentic Personal Brand, Business Skills and Knowledge.

Big Ian is a unique entertaining and dynamic keynote speaker with a diverse range of skills and experience. Imagine the energy of stand up comedy with a heartfelt message.

Winner of Care Trainer of the Year at The British Care Awards and accomplished presenter who is able to convey motivational, inspiring & emotive messages through his presentations & film making.

Author of A POCKETFUL OF KINDNESS, DEAR DEMENTIA & THE MISSING PEACE.

Passionate fundraiser leading a campaign for older people in York; founder of 'Xmas Presence', 'A Night to Remember' and 'All Together Now Festival’

www.bigian.co.uk

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Viv Parry is:

Engineering growth & positive change through finance and people-led strategy. 

A business leader on a mission to inspire and enable personal growth in others through coaching, mentoring and listening.

A Chartered Accountant committed to ensuring that business owners and trustees have access to data and reports enabling them to make informed decisions and to facilitate access to finance and funding.

A storyteller, challenging, questioning and recycling knowledge.

Kate Trafford is a Master Coach, Master Hypnotherapist and speaker on the subject of effortless success.  Drawing on her extensive background in business, NLP, Hypnosis and beyond, she helps busy professionals and their organisations align with a powerful vision for the future and make it a reality.  Kate has over 21 years’ experience helping business leaders and their teams set themselves up for effortless, authentic and deeply meaningful success.  She is currently writing her first book, “Cruise Control for Life: How to drive for your dreams and love the journey.”

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Here, I reflect on episodes 51-54 and explore England's recent loss to Italy in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley.

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

About Lee Jackson:

I help leaders, audiences and organisations to 'Get Good'...and I deliver my work both on-line and on-site.

I am a keynote motivational speaker who works in business and education to help people find the good stuff that helps them to be their best. People say (see below) that I am funny, engaging, insightful and a "breath of fresh air". I don't do boring and I'm allergic to bullet points.

I deliver great presentations with content that is fresh and new, all delivered in an approachable style that engages even the most reluctant audiences. No jargon, nothing over-complicated, just the good stuff and wisdom that changes people's lives and increases profit.

I deliver, in-person and online ...

Get Good At Work:
A.k.a. how to be resilient in challenging times. This is my keynote business presentation that helps you and your workplace understand real success and how you can achieve it.
It’s success 101 – nothing boring or complex, just real-life advice/research to help grow
resilience,
effectiveness and profits.

Get Good At Presenting:
Executive coaching and training on presentation skills for the real world. If you speak better you go further, earn more money for your business and build your confidence/brand. With good research, a book and hard-fought lessons learnt, I also wean people off death by PowerPoint by coaching good presentation and slide design for maximum impact.

Get Good At School:
My funny, effective and multi-media motivational talks for students and teachers.

Please see my website http://www.leejackson.org for more details, or contact my office now on 01132170081 / 07977039015 for more details of my talks, fees and the genuine added value I can bring to your event.

Specialities: Inspirational Speaker, Published Author, Presentation Coach, Business Speaker, Motivation Expert, Schools College Education Speaker, Peak Performance Researcher, Communication Consultant, Conference Speaker, Inspirational Speaker, Speaker Training, Motivational Speaker, Business / Leadership Coaching

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Madeleine Black has an unusual personal story which she uses to inspire and motivate others.  She chose to forgive the two men who gang raped her at thirteen years old and she shares her story for many reasons.

She wants to end the shame, stigma and silence surrounding sexual violence enabling others to find their voice, whatever their story is.  She wants people to know that it’s not what happens to us that is important but what we do with it.  She will show how changing her mindset tapped into her resilience and transformed her life, making people question their own thinking and encouraging them to see that there are always choices to make, and if we choose to, we can get past anything that happens to us in life both professionally and in our personal life.  She wants to encourage others to live their life courageously too; but ultimately she wants to inspire hope and show people that we are all so much stronger than we think we are.

The sharing of her story publicly on The Forgiveness Project’s website in September 2014, opened many doors for Madeleine in ways she never imagined, and the invitations started to pour in.  Many women and men got in contact and explained how reading her story gave them strength, hope, and a different perspective of what’s possible in their lives.  She has taken part in both TV and radio interviews and has been invited to share her story of being gang raped as a teenager at conferences, book events, schools etc.  She recognises that she was a victim of a crime that left her silent for many years but has now found her voice and intends to use it.  Not just for her, but for so many who can’t find theirs yet.

In March 2018 she won the Amazing Strength award at the No. 1 Magazine Amazing Women Awards and in October of the same year was asked to be the Patron for Say Women, a Scottish organisation which offers safe accommodation and support to young women who are survivors of sexual abuse/rape and who are homeless.  She is one of 50 Thrivers taking part in research by The Global Resilience Project to develop a resilience blueprint for others.  She is a TEDx speaker, a story teller for The Forgiveness Project and has recently become involved with their programme RESTORE, sharing her story in prisons.  In June 2020, she was asked to be Patron for Justice Is Now, an organistaion that campaigns to end the use of rape myths and victim blaming in the criminal justice system. In November 2020 she started her own podcast show called “Unbroken The Podcast with Madeleine Black”  And in December 2020 she was asked to be an Ambassor for Freedom From Abuse.

Her memoir, Unbroken, was published on April 4th 2017.

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Amy Rowlinson is a leader in purpose and fulfilment. With a fascination for understanding WHY people do what they do in life, Amy is on a mission to help entrepreneurs become values-based, purpose-driven and people-centred. On her second global podcast, Focus on WHY, Amy speaks with people from all walks of life providing uplifting and relatable conversations designed to inspire you to take action. At the heart of what Amy does is simple, as a Life Purpose Coach, she helps you to focus on your WHY with clarity, uniting your passion and purpose with a plan to create the life you truly desire.

Amy has been a residential landlord for 15 years, has an HMO property portfolio in the South of England and is a SSAS trustee. Amy’s first global podcast, The Property Vault Podcast, has 64 episodes available to download.

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In this episode, I reflect on the wonderful people who contributed to episodes 46-49 and re-visit a principle as old as time itself.

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Michelle is The People Reader - a human communication and behaviour expert. She helps organisation to unlock their people power and individuals to unleash their magnificence. She is a celebrated speaker, author, consultant, and creator of the People Reader suite of analysis tools.

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Hi, I'm Megan!

I am all of the following (in no particular order)…

👑 A Personal Branding Strategist.
🔵 A Scottish lass living the dream in Oz 🟡
🐶 A dog lover but somehow a slave to a cat 🐱
💡 Overly excitable and love coming up with new ideas‼
📖 Part of a book club, where we actually read the books (and drink wine) 🍷
🙋‍♀️ A tall girl in a short girls body
🍸 A gin snob
💦 I love to be by the water
📣 Will talk to a brick wall if I think it's listening….

And why does any of that matter? Simple - because whether I like it or not, they are all part of my personal brand and let you make a decision about me.

We have no control over what feelings our personal brand has on individuals personally but we do have control over what information we put out and how we distribute it. So perhaps next time, I'll leave out the gin-loving part.

You are not generic, so why should your online presence be?

I work with you to realise the power of your very own personal brand and support you to build and maintain it to reach your goals and aspirations.

I also do LinkedIn training with executives and their teams as well as 1-1. Linkedin is the perfect place to position yourself as an expert in your industry, sector, niche (whatever you are chasing).

We live in a world where information is at our finger tips 24/7. We don't trust what we can't see and what isn't authentic (sorry, overused but so very relevant). I work to make sure my clients tick all the boxes to win more clients of their own.

https://relevantbusiness.com.au/

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Lis helps to unlock potential and transform mental wellbeing through speaking, consultancy, training programmes and through her self-help memoir THIS IS ME. She works with individuals, organisations and schools/youth organisations.

Following experiencing major trauma as a teenager and having no help to process what had happened, for many years life was a struggle. Lis dreaded going to work, relationships were a challenge and she often felt she had no control over what was happening. She felt that she should be happier, more successful and should be able to just get on with things. But she wasn’t and she couldn’t. 

Then on a sales training course (of all places!) Lis had a wake-up breakthrough moment that was the start of a complete turnaround. It led her on a quest over the past 30 years to discover more about who she was, the impact of trauma, how to develop positive mental wellbeing and create a life and business which she loves.

Now she is passionate about sharing all she has learned so that others can do this too.

https://www.liscashin.com/

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Susan Heaton Wright created the Superstar Communicator ™ philosophy in 2015. By identifying the 5 key areas professionals need to make an impact in business, she’s inspired thousands to present the best version of themselves in the workplace.

Do you want to make a positive impact when you speak; contribute to meetings; deliver presentations; public speaking; pitching or being a panellist?

Do you want to be noticed; listened to and not ignored when you speak and contribute in meetings?

Do you want to be more visible; have more presence and credibility when you speak and contribute in business conversations?

Do you want to be able to manage your nerves and fear when you speak, so you can show the best version of yourself in business conversations?

The Superstar Communicator™ methodology will support you to achieve these.

https://superstarcommunicator.com/

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

In this episode, I reflect on the wonderful people who feature in episodes 41-44 and explain the importance of coaching.

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Building Bridges for Peace was founded in 2009 by Jo Berry to promote peace and conflict transformation around the world. Jo now works around the world, recently in India and South Korea plus important work in schools around the UK. She is passionate about young people, empowering them to be positive change makers and develop resilience and emotional intelligence. She believes everyone deserves a voice and creates safe places for people to open up and be heard.

Jo founded the charity after losing her father Sir Anthony in the Brighton bomb in 1984 and since 2000 she has been working with the ex IRA combatant Patrick Magee who planted the bomb. In the last 20 years they have spoken together over 300 times and Jo draws on this experience in all the work she does. She speaks with Patrick a few times a year and there are several events coming up  to mark the 20th anniversary of their first meeting. .

The lessons she has been learning are now part of her work in demonstrating the power of empathy, how we can not choose revenge and blame. Above all she is working for a world where no one is demonised, where everyone has their truth and we find ways to resolve conflict so all win.

About Gary Hosey:

Gary has a personal passion for serving people on their journey to enhance self-awareness and in developing behaviour both professionally and personally. Working with leaders, managers and people across all levels within organisations, he's delivered 1:1 coaching, workshops and development events to more than 9000 people over 25 years.

Key areas of focus can be around The EQi 2.0 realms; although not limited to them:

Self-Perception:
Self Regard, Self Actualisation, Emotional Self-Awareness
Self Expression:
Emotional Expression, Assertiveness, Independence
Interpersonal:
Interpersonal Relationships, Empathy, and Social Responsibility
Decision-Making:
Problem Solving, Reality Testing, and Impulse Control
Stress Management:
Flexibility, Stress Tolerance, and Optimism

Having over 25 years experience in training and management development, and for 15 years specialising in 1:1 coaching and emotional intelligence; he has wide experience of delivering high-quality programmes to over 25% of the Times top 200 organisations, both nationally and internationally. Gary has worked with clients who range from public sector organisations through ambitious start-ups to global FTSE 100 organisations.

Having carried out over 7000 1:1 sessions with feedback, Gary is considered a leader in the field of Emotional Intelligence and EQ Influence® combined with behavioural coaching.

https://www.eicompany.co

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Richard Parsons is a professional full-time Magician based in Gloucestershire UK - specialising in closeup magic he performs at weddings, private parties, corporate events & trade shows around the U.K. and abroad including Spain & Italy. He has also performed on stage at the Everyman theatre in Cheltenham for their sell out shows ‘An Evening of Deception’.

A member of the prestigious Magic Circle since 2012 having successfully passed the audition on the first attempt, Richard has performed magic at thousands of events over 10+ years with his charming style, wit and humour. There are only 1500 members of The Magic Circle in the entire world.

As a wedding magician he has won numerous awards including South West Wedding Entertainer of the year several times and the SoGlos Wedding Supplier of the year 2020.

He also uses his performing & speaking skills to help others overcome their fear of public speaking and performance anxiety by regularly hosting rooms on Clubhouse and appearing on podcasts and radio.

Alex Owen-Hill helps business owners and tech professionals to develop a confident, engaging, and unique voice for their business, without losing their authenticity.

He grew up as the only introverted engineer in a family of actors and acting teachers. This gave him the rare traits of being a shy, awkward tech-geek with a deep knowledge of the skills needed to flourish into a spectacular communicator. He now helps businesses to uncover a unique voice that truly represents their personality as a company and attracts the people they want to work with. He harnesses a variety of disciplines to empower his clients to find a style that is authentic to them, including voice teaching, content marketing, clowning, persuasion, comedy, and traditional storytelling.

In Episode 40, I express gratitude to Dr. Matt Pritchard, QJ, Mel Sherwood and Pam Burrows before explaining the one lesson they have reaffirmed to me: be yourself.

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

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If you need a boost, you need Pam Burrows. After all - she is The People Booster.

Pam is a highly-experience professional speaker, motivational trainer and a Fellow of the Professional Speaking Association. She is also a Master Practitioner in Neurolinguistic Programming.

About your guest:

Mel Sherwood is a Pitch and Presentation Specialist and Founder of The RED Effect. 

She works with entrepreneurs and business professionals who want to express themselves with confidence, credibility and charisma. 

Mel’s first book ‘The Authority Guide to Pitching Your Business’ was nominated for a Business Book of the Year Award, and she is currently working on her second book to be published in 2021. 

An Australian now based in Scotland, Mel is an award-winning speaker, trainer and coach and combines over 25 years’ experience in business with a background as an actor, presenter and singer.

About your guest: QJ has done just about everything there is to do - and had a great time doing it. From musician, sound engineer and record producer to professional speaker manager, coach and mentor, QJ has no shortage of stories to tell.

http://globalspeakermanagement.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/theoneqj/

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

About your guest:

For the last decade, Matt has worked with over 100 schools and universities a year, presenting his unique science magic (when it’s not a global pandemic year). 

He previously conducted atomic physics research at Durham University before working within the Education department at Thinktank Science Museum, Birmingham. Alongside this, he has spent the last 20 years working as a magician and is an Associate of the Inner Magic Circle - one of only 300 people in the world to hold this distinction. 

In this episode, I pause to reflect with gratitude on the previous 4 episodes and share how three principles from my learning to play the piano can transform the way we live.

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

About your guest: 

James helps busy directors improve communication, employee engagement and customer experience across their business by showing their staff how to adapt what they say, where and to whom. 

His long-held dream of setting up his own business, Momentus, was realised in 2016. James’ vision was to work with individuals and organisations to help them understand themselves better and in doing so, deliver stronger performance individually and collectively. 

Momentus is founded on the belief that taking conscious time to work on ourselves – what drives us, motivates us, the environment in which we thrive, how we work with others and what might derail us – results in significantly better outcomes for individuals, teams and long term growth for business. 

Links – Website = https://www.momentus.uk.com/ 

Free resources = https://momentus.uk.com/free-resources/ 

LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesperryman1/ 

Twitter = https://twitter.com/MomentusLimited 

Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/momentus_biz_support/ 

YouTube = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvHlQ6KJxeqGaIk3NNclow 

Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/MomentusPersonalDevelopment 

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

About your guest:

Ruth from Stressworx offers positive solutions for peace of mind. She is a therapist, a speaker, trainer and author.

Ruth specialises in providing practical skills and solutions to understand and manage stress in both personal and professional situations. She has been in business since 2002 and her qualifications include a Diploma and MSc in Counselling Psychology, Teaching, Hypnosis, Emotional Freedom Technique and Stress Management. She wears hearing aids in both ears but is an excellent lipreader! She is an Honorary Fellow of Brunel University and a Fellow of the International Stress Management Association.

About your guest:

Graham is a devoted husband to wife Nikki and father of 6 children and currently lives in Bournemouth on the South coast of England.

Currently involved in co-writing a compilation book He is a chronic illness survivor, positive mindset speaker and trainer.

Graham has struggled with neurological illness for close to 3 decades and has spent the last 20+ years living with chronic pain, chronic fatigue and a partial, functional, paralysis down the left side of his body. That was until he discovered a ground breaking ‘wearable neurotech’ which has changed the lives of him and his family forever.

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Business networking forms the basis of the new business strategy for over 50 million SME businesses worldwide and generated over $14bn of business globally in 2019.

Simon Glenn and Chris Rabbitt, creators of Meeow, have identified how traditional business networking has fallen behind in this new world of technology and the even newer world of the new normal.

Meeow is a direct response to the COVID-19 crisis but this solution only serves to bring the business networking out of the dark ages and into the modern world.

In this episode, I pause to reflect with gratitude on the journey of the Simon Speaks Podcast since its birth in October 2019, as well as the wonderful individuals that have contributed to it.

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

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https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/rhetorical-leadership-david-erland-isaksen-ROoY0SlbjAc/ 

A doctor of rhetoric and composition and professor of business communication at the University of South-East Norway, David Isaksen knows a thing or two about rhetoric. 

Join us as we explore how logos, ethos and pathos are just as relevant today as at the time of their inception. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-erland-isaksen-a7922833/ http://front.player.fm/series/2820769 

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

About your guest:

Steve is the founder of The Secret Salesforce Programme and equips businesses to develop a Secret Salesforce of Brand Ambassadors in order to drive engagement, reduce churn and win more business.

He has been at the front line of customer service for over 25 years, mostly with technology companies. His award- winning customer service programme at IBM, contributed to a substantial increase in sales, customer satisfaction scores and a record high employee morale.

Member of the Professional Speaking Association, Steve shows managers and leaders how to convert and sustain their teams as Brand Ambassadors, whether that service is delivered to customers virtually or face to face.

Steve is a military veteran, having served 11 years in HM Forces. Fun, friendly and engaging, when he’s not working, he can be found listening or dancing to Rock’n’Roll and Swing bands.

About your guest:

Mark Wingfield is the founder of MAX Training & Development and since 2006 has blended his skills, experience and expertise in communications, leadership coaching, self protection and therapy to MPower ™ individuals to face and manage their fears and anxieties effectively.  He works in many challenging environments and always strives to provide something Practical Realistic and Relevant. 
As a speaker he challenged himself to up his game by joining the PSA and challenge for the prize of Speaker Factor Winner in 2014.  He scratched around for a story to form the basis of his talk – and it helped him find his purpose.

http://www.maxconflictmanagement.com/

https://twitter.com/TheMADMAXMAN

https://www.facebook.com/mark.wingfield.9/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wingfieldmark/

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

About your guest:

At a time when uncertainty is everywhere, when mental health is at the forefront of everyone’s mind and the future unknown, we need to develop the mindset, beliefs and behaviours that will not only help us through this uncertain time but set us up for success in the future.

This is something Susan Armstrong is a leading authority in. She doesn’t just talk about this – she lives it. Every day. Because she has to. 20 years of living on the streets, homeless, addicted, and abused at the hands of a notorious motorcycle gang are the circumstances that gave rise to Susan’s life-long study in human behaviour and how our own mind-set, beliefs and behaviour can sabotage success on a personal and a professional level.

It is these experiences that have made her a preferred speaker and workshop leader with some of the world’s biggest companies including Johnson & Johnson, Philips, Walmart, AB InBev, Islamic Development Bank and many more. She is the author of 2 books: An Invisible Prison, and Confidence for Life as well as being an award-winning Talent Development Expert.

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

About your guest:

Martin Booth is the owner of LeBoo Media, a copywriting and communications consultancy based in south-west London. He set up the business in 2014 and relaunched as a copywriter in 2017, drawing on his years of experience on the sports desks of national newspapers. He now works for a huge variety of clients including brands, agencies, large organisations and sports governing bodies.

@MartinBooth_

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One of Rachel Maunder’s first observations about successful speakers was they all seemed to have a powerful story to share.

Held back by a belief that she didn’t have a story to share, Rachel set out to find a way to bring everyday stories to her speaking and now helps others to do the same.

With a passion for inspiring people to speak up and to share their stories, however big or small, and a knack for spotting the sweet spots in those stories, Rachel works with emerging speakers on finding and crafting their stories for maximum impact and greater success.

Her own speaking career began in court room, presenting cases on behalf of the Local Authority, later moving on to creating and delivering her own training on aspects of personal development, including workshops and individual coaching in presentation skills and other aspects of communication.

She is an active member of the London branch of the PSA (Professional Speaking Association) and continually works to develop her own skills both as a speaker and a coach.

https://rachelmaunder.com/

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Ryan Mitchell-Smith is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Wakefield. He writes a variety of catchy songs that range from jazzy and bluesy to pop and electronic, but all of them tend to make great earworms. He expresses himself by playing all the parts, recording and writing his original songs, specifically using music as a therapy to cope with the health issues that have affected him over recent years.

Due to this, Ryan does not gig as often as he used to, but he gigs where and when he can when he is well enough. Ryan is possibly most well-known for his Blues Harmonica playing, having regularly gigged around the Wakefield music scene for many years, featuring with local musicians and has even gigged with Nizlopi (The JCB Song) and supported people like Slade, Darius and Sam Lee.

His funk band “Shrood” have recently re-formed, where Ryan is the lead songwriter and frontman; he can also be seen featuring his harmonica and guitar with the extremely talented Ruby Macintosh.

Links:

Web: www.ryanmitchell-smith.com

Twitter: @rmitchellsmith

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

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RyanMitchellSmith

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After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

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Phil Storey is the Founder of WordPress website maintenance app Glow. Launched shortly after the outbreak of Covid-19 in May 2020, Glow has quickly grown its subscriber base of SMEs, marketing agencies and web development agencies, all of whom can benefit from using the app. It's a big year ahead for Phil and Glow, as they look to raise their first round of investment to help them grow and expand internationally.

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Dr Ali J. Wright is a creative upholsterer from west Wales and business owner of Needle Rock, accredited by the Association of Master Upholsterers. Professional upholstery and restoration for antique and modern furniture. At Needle Rock, we create wonderful statement pieces for any room. Mixing old with new, using excellent furniture that salutes bygone times; reinventing it with cutting-edge trends and fashions.

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Hayley T Wheeler helps children, adults and families, to understand how emotions impact their mental health in order for them to gain back control and happiness.

Specialising in self-development, Hayley helps break the barriers and challenges caused by anxiety, stress and depression. She works with a diverse client base of business leaders, managers and professionals as well as children, parents and victims of domestic abuse. Her work helps to improve quality of life through increased emotional awareness and personal growth.

Hayley is a mum of four children aged 19, 16, 14 and 11 and has worked with children and families for over twenty-eight years.  She is passionate about emotional empowerment; her motto is "Self-knowledge is a superpower."  She created EmotionMind Dynamic after her successful battle with depression and supporting her son to conquer his anxiety.

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Ryan Mulhern, video production and marketing expert, is today's guest speaking with Simon on the Simon Speaks Podcast.

Ryan is a wizard when it comes to video, and he practices what he preaches by delivering heaps of value and personality in this snappy, lively interview.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanamulhern/

https://twitter.com/FirstFrameProd

https://www.instagram.com/firstframeprod/

https://www.facebook.com/FirstFrameProductions/

https://firstframeproductions.com/

https://vimeo.com/firstframeproductions

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

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Michael Edwards, Director of the Northern Affinity, is today's guest speaking with Simon Day on the Simon Speaks Podcast.

The Northern Affinity is a partnership of SMEs and businesses in the North of England who collaborate with shared values and beliefs. The world is your oyster. Everyone in The Northern Affinity dreams big and achieves bigger. We know that variety is the spice of life and we want to encourage that variety; not everyone is the same and we don't expect their aspirations to be, either. When you’re part of The Northern Affinity, you’re part of our community. You’re in the squad, you’ve found your tribe; you’re cheering each other on, lifting each other up and driving each other forward. You’ll feel the support from others and you’ll be there to give support, too; because, hey, we’re all part of this for the same reason – to be better. To find new ways of working, to come up with amazing ideas, to have a safe space to ask for opinions from people we trust and to create business and life we want. We believe that networking can produce fantastic results. However, we believe that meetings and events should be an added bonus, not a necessity. Using social media and other tools, we facilitate ongoing and organic collaboration and don’t force this through rigid meetings or structure.

https://thenorthernaffinity.co.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/thenorthernaffinity/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-edwards-thena/

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Sobiya Jawaid is today's guest on Speak with Simon. The CEO of Empower and Excel Coaching, she works with professionals to overcome their self-limiting beliefs and mindsets.  

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In this powerful interview, multi award-winning international speaker and resilience expert Roger Cheetham shares with us his tips, techniques and strategies to become more resilient in lockdown and in life.  

Roger has shared his own, deeply moving story of transformational resilience from classrooms to boardrooms and at events across the world.

EMAIL roger@rogercheetham.com  

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After growing a business worth £42million and watching it collapse, Azher Rubbani could be forgiven for giving up. Yet, he is on an inspiring journey of recreation and selflessly shares empowering lessons from his experiences.  

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WATCH TOM'S TEDX TALK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jqAVwM1WI4

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In this vibrant, lively interview, Jacqui Harper MBE shares incisive tips from a career spanning television, community mentoring projects, authoring books, executive coaching and more!  

BUY JACQUI'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Executive-Presentations-Develop-presence-confidence/dp/1788600169/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=executive+presentations&qid=1592049295&sr=8-1 

http://execpresentations.com/ 

http://crystalbusinesscoaching.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquiharper/ 

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

Watch the video version of this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgFELIwbpq0&t=66s

Listen to Simon's interview with Melissa on the Hot Wagon Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6J5jX83I2G7S9EcolyV7od

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The Modern Mind Group is driven by emotion to empower others, with a mission of  emotioneering to change the hearts and minds of at least one million people for the better.   

Founded by Melissa Curran, the Modern Mind Group is a CPD accredited training provider specialising in workplace mental health and creating functional blueprints that can create happier healthier team cultures. Providing managers and leaders with essential skills for successful people management through 8 key principles centered around ‘The Canary Concept’.  

Melissa Curran has worked as a trusted, global, business management consultant, working with high profile organisations, for over 6 years, within general management, financial growth, operational excellence and culture transformation. Having battled with anxiety, depression, burnout and grief herself, Melissa now uses this valuable insight through life experience to motivate and inspire change for the better, also being a fully qualified counsellor for the mental health sector.  

Website: http://www.modernmindgroup.co.uk 

Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-curran-accph-98578787 

About your host:

After years of suffering with crippling communication anxiety, Simon Day was left with two choices: spend his whole life hiding in the shadows and risk losing everything, or find his voice. Through a painful yet empowering journey of discovery, Simon has transformed from terrified teenager to UK award-winning speaker and communications coach. He now employs his communication skills as a leader in education and works under his self-built brand, Speak With Simon, to coach others seeking to lose their fear, find their voice and speak with greater power.

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In today's dynamic and vibrant interview, Case Lane shares top tips on how to become entrepreneur-ready, develop your communication skills and tap into the rapidly growing sector that is podcasting - including how to create a podcast, be a guest and capitalise on networking opportunities.

Case Lane is a global writer, podcaster, entrepreneur, traveler, and the founder of Ready Entrepreneur. Her business prepares aspiring entrepreneurs to understand how to take advantage of technology and global resources, to achieve lifestyle freedom by starting their own online business.  

A former diplomat, consultant and corporate executive, Case has been educated in communications, political science, business, law and economics, and has lived, studied or worked in eleven different countries, and has visited over 100 others.   

The Ready Entrepreneur approach to lifestyle freedom is based on her education, experience, observations and interactions with entrepreneurs all over the world.  Case's book Recast: The Aspiring Entrepreneur's Practical Guide to Getting Started with an Online Business focuses on ten key actions future business owners can do today to move forward with their success vision. She is now also the author of Podcast Discoveries.