New year check in

I joined Janis of 52 convos for a quick conversation on work, life and movement, an equivalent of an espresso shot. https://www.fiftytwoconvos.com

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts' as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. A short New Year catch up as we talk about some of what we have learnt about ourselves last year, and not have the pressure to create a "new year new me" goal.

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. Is awareness enough ? Of course it is! enough for what, to help  in whatever way it does that. Awareness is always here and  we drop in and out of it many times a day. Everything  is appropriate  or helpful  until it's not This question of awareness been enough came up when having a couple of conversations recently in terms of change and having an impact on self, others, communities  and the world.

Mari Curteanu is the founder of BodyMind&Soul Fitness. Her life is a result of a series of bold decisions she took from a very young age. She moved countries and married young, become a mother, all when she was 19. Became a professional financial advisor in her early 30’s, while she was a single mother working on a demanding business environment. Dropped the security of the corporate world and followed her calling to empower people in her very late 30’. She was recently faced with a life threatening diagnose and three brain surgeries in just one year. Her resilience to rise above these tremendous challenges exceeded every expectation and deeply moved everyone who followed her journey. Not only that she overcame this adversity, but she is now thriving and turned her life crisis into her mission. She empowers and guides people to achieve personal growth and transformation by overcoming life adversities. Mari does that by coaching them how to navigate challenging situations using modern applied coaching skills, as well as a series of on-line programs and workshops that she designed based on her extended knowledge and experience over the years and her immense passion on the subject of body mind connection.

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. In this episode  we speak with Rose - (Wildly off track ) were she shares some of her experiences on her journey  to healing. "I was following the script of what I thought I should be doing with my life until I was 19 and dad died. Since then I’ve been on a quest to heal from the consequences of that happening so suddenly and in a death phobic culture. I’ve moved through a series of jobs and courses trying to find my way and now at two years sober my emerging work is all about supporting people heal and unhook from systems of harm through collective care, ritual, and writing".

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings. In this episode we are in conversation with Steve Beckles  Ebusua on not believing everything you think, and the power of  questioning  what you really Believe. Steve is an international speaker, soft skills trainer, author, presenter, and Amazon Top 10 bestseller. He motivates and inspires people to exceed their expectations. He achieves this by delivering strategies and techniques for developing a growth mindset. Steve believes that when you challenge a belief pattern and replace it with an alternative belief pattern, everything will change. .

Our quest  Natalie Alleyne a Social Justice Mentor and Business Consultant  DEI Director, Camden and Islington United, Features Editor  and Ghost writer to prominent figures.  We spoke about privileges, touched on marginalisation,  oppressive  ideology  and having  industrial revolution money. ​​Natalie offers support to Donation run black community support for those in search of the words and tools to articulate themselves against microaggression and racist ideology. Integral to these sessions is an element of healing; many people of colour find that tradition therapy is non inclusive to intersections of identity and social context. These sessions act as a support. https://www.nataliealleyne.com 

In this  episode I speak with Angela  Wells who is an NLP Coach who also works in  asset management as well as being   The co founder The  NLP conference  India. We spoke about navigating  the stories we tell ourselves  and how curiosity  can reframe how we tell those stories. We started off with a little interference as Jason was away so we had to continue without him. Those that know, that I don’t edit the recordings therefore after a minute or so, we continued without Jason and without interference. Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) NLP combines cognitive behavioural and humanistic therapies with hypnotherapy. It works on the theory that life experiences, from birth onwards, programme the way you see the world. Practitioners help you to discover how you have learnt to think or feel so that you can take control of your actions. They will also look at your successes, so you can use these to develop further successful skills and behaviours.

In this episode Jason and I speak with Kate, an ex-police detective (10 years) turned personal trainer/yoga & mindfulness teacher turned sales & marketing director. She had suffered from anorexia/OCD and learnt to meditate whilst in hospital. Kate discussed , being stuck making change and being at home within. Her path out/through has been through Ashtanga practice meditation, psychotherapy and writing.

Join Owen and Jason, two mates, who describe themselves as 'non-experts', as they discuss the small and big questions that appear in life from their own personal experiences and learnings.