Episode 38: Waking People Up with Gavin Scott

In the final episode of the AudaciousNess podcast, Helen and Maribel talk about the conception and growth of the podcast and its transformation into the book. Following two years of interviewing 40 amazingly audacious guests, we’ve managed to collate the experiences and wisdom they shared with us into ten common threads that audacious people live by. These threads became the titles of the book chapters: 1. Triggers | 2. Following our Calling | 3. Mindset | 4. The Inner Critic | 5. Outer Critics | 6. Challenges | 7. Role Models | 8. Values | 9. Advice | 10. Solid Grounding Using these chapter headings as prompts, we discuss our two-year AudaciousNess journey from the podcast to the book and reveal what’s next in the AudaciousNess story. Keep up-to-date with the latest AudaciousNess developments by signing up to our mailing list on our website at audaciousness.club Thank you for following us on the AudaciousNess journey for the past two years. We look forward to continuing walking this path with you in 2023!

In our penultimate episode of the AudaciousNess podcast, Maribel interviews Helen about the audacious things she’s done in her life so far. Helen talks about: growing up in the north of England, living in Germany for 20 years, and returning to the UK to finally settle on a remote island in northwest Scotland the extreme highs and lows she used to experience and how she’s now managed to stabilise them in a life of ‘semi-high’ contentment her encounter with God after being a non-believer for most of her life, and how that has helped her reach a place of calmness and serenity how letting yourself be directed from a higher place means your goals will be much more audacious than what the ego could ever come up with how the mind and the ego are useful tools for getting stuff done and achieving our goals, but that they should be the servant, not the master -- Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

As we near the end of the second and final season of the AudaciousNess podcast, we take the opportunity to interview each other about our own audacious goals, and the bold and daring choices we’ve made in our own lives. In this episode, Helen interviews Maribel, who talks about: the first 23 years of her life in the Dominican Republic and her moves to Chile, Switzerland and finally Germany her search for adventure and how she feels now that she’s living a passionate and exciting life how she deals with the highs and lows and how she comforts her inner critic during the low points the strategies she has developed for dealing with people who criticise her choices asking yourself: if you don’t already lead an audacious life, what is it that’s keeping you from doing that? -- Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

Kenneth Mackay campaigned tirelessly throughout the 1970s and 1980s to have a paved road built to his remote village of Rhenigidale on the island of Harris off the northwest coast of Scotland. After a long and arduous struggle involving many conflicting voices, the road was finally opened in 1990 and the future of Kenneth’s village was secured. In this interview with our oldest ever guest on the podcast, 87-year-old Kenneth talks about:  what drove him to fight so hard for so long for the road into his remote village  how instrumental the village women were in encouraging Kenneth never to give up  the resistance he faced in his quest to keep his village connected to the outside world  why it’s important to halt the abandonment of remote places and secure their future  the importance of getting help and support when undertaking such audacious work  Kenneth documented his struggle to get the road built in a book, published in 2016, Rhenigidale: A Community’s Fight for Survival  NOTE: As a background to this episode, we’d recommend taking a quick look at this short blog post that Helen wrote earlier this year, as it contains photos and maps that show the location of Rhenigidale and what the area looks like.  And this is the blog post mentioned in this episode about the island of St Kilda that was evacuated in 1930.  --  Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

Dalia Feldheim has spent a large part of her career marketing feminine hygiene products for companies such as Procter and Gamble, and has achieved international recognition for her bold advertising campaigns. Having worked all over the world, Dalia is now based in Israel, where she runs her own consultancy, Uppiness, which helps people identify their purpose in life and how to achieve it. In this interview, Dalia talks about:  the connection between femcare products and women’s empowerment her 5Ps of happiness: Purpose, Perspective, Power Up, People, Positivity  how recognising our pains can lead us to uncovering our passions how ‘failing’ leads to the development of resilience and a growth mindset how focusing on our strengths helps to deal with ‘impostor syndrome’  how to recognise and overcome our fears and limiting beliefs Dalia’s book, Dare to Lead Like a Girl, was published in 2022.  This is the link to Dalia’s TED Talk that she mentioned in this episode.  --- Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

Terry Tucker is a motivational speaker based in Denver, Colorado. His life and career path has taken him from playing basketball to working in the corporate world to being a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator. For the past 10 years, Terry has been battling a rare form of cancer which led to his leg being amputated. In this interview, Terry shares with us:  how we are all born uncommon and extraordinary, with unique gifts and talents  why we need to take personal responsibility for our lives and stop blaming others how to learn from our failures and to achieve success by not giving up how to deal with the bad days and use them to strengthen our resilience how death is nothing to fear as long as we are living our purpose  how his faith, his family and his friends are the cornerstone of his life  Terry’s book, Sustainable Excellence: Ten Principles To Leading Your Uncommon And Extraordinary Life, was published in 2020.  Terry can be contacted via his website at www.motivationalcheck.com --- Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

Gavin Scott is a Life Coach based in Malaga, Spain, whose mission is to wake people up to enable them to make their life decisions from an increased level of consciousness. Gavin hosts a podcast called Stay Outstanding, in which he aims to inspire people to create space in their lives for betterment. In this interview, Gavin talks about:  why living a conscious life is so much more rewarding than living unconsciously  how we have been programmed to have the beliefs, behaviours and habits we do why it’s important to change ourselves first to be an inspiration to others his challenge to swim the English Channel to raise awareness of plastic pollution our superhuman abilities to achieve anything in life we put our minds to Gavin can be contacted via his website https://stayoutstanding.com/  --- Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

Jen Armstrong is a professional singer and songwriter from England. After years co-writing ‘meaningless pop songs’, Jen decided to use her musical talents to stand up for what she truly believes in. Jen now writes songs which give a voice to those who are silenced and oppressed, whether human or animal, and released her debut album, Freedom Warrior, in the summer of 2022. In this interview, Jen talks about:  what drew her to the field of human and animal rights and fighting for the oppressed  the therapeutic value of being a voice for the voiceless in a cruel and oppressive world why it’s important that people know the truth about modern captivity and oppression how we have been conditioned and brainwashed into believing how the world should be how we all have the power to change ourselves and improve the situation for everyone Jen goes by the artist name of Vegan Queen V and her website is veganqueenv.com.  --- Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan and The Power by Vegan Queen V

Charlene Camilleri Duca runs her own clinical psychology and gestalt therapy practice in Malta. In November 2021 she started a 9-month tour of Europe with her husband and 2-year-old son, living in rented accommodation for a week at a time and shifting her work online. As she nears the end of her trip, Charlene reports on her experience and shares with us:  why she wanted to take time out of her busy work schedule to tour Europe  how she adapted her dream of travelling to her current life situation how we tend to stand in the way of our own goals and how to deal with that  why being comfortable is not a good place to be and how to let go of comforts the techniques she employs to deal with life’s stresses and challenges  The book mentioned in this episode is The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter.  --- Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan

At the tender age of 18, Katie Taylor has already set herself the audacious goal of becoming an expert in Natural Horsemanship. Having spent much of her youth in a homeschooling environment, Katie has developed the skills, confidence and resourcefulness to be able to achieve her goals. In this interview with our youngest ever podcast guest, Katie explains:  what natural horsemanship is and how it differs from conventional horsemanship  how learning horsemanship skills can develop leadership and communication skills how being homeschooled gave her the confidence and desire to educate herself how years of dedication and hard work have led Katie to be considered an expert how to literally be outstanding in your field This is the Parelli Natural Horsemanship Program that Katie mentioned.  Note: we first ‘met’ Katie when we interviewed her Mum, Jen, whose audacious goal was to travel Europe in a campervan with her family of five for one school year. Katie was 9 years old at the time. If you wish to learn more about Katie’s educational background, the interview with her Mum is Episode 2: Homeschooling in a Campervan with Jen Taylor --- Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan