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EP 39: Michael Crawford - Rewind - The highlights.
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This Xmas special episode is a rewind to a new edition of one of my favourite episodes with actor, comedian and singer Michael Crawford. It was an absolute privilege to talk to Michael and particularly poignant as Michael had helped me get through a chronic illness that he had suffered himself some years before. Michael has had an extraordinary car…
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EP 38: Not seen- A woman in the male dominated world of tech start-ups, with Lynsie Campbell
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"All I ever wanted was to be heard" Even now as we approach the end of 2021 only 2% of venture capital investment goes to female founders. My guest Lynsie Campbell, Pittsburgh tech czar, single mum, entrepreneur founder of 2 tech startups, and author of a new book, This Better Work - charts her journey through the hyper-masculine world of tech star…
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EP 37: Keep it Ginchy - My life with disability- Viola Dwyer
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Ginchy - meaning cool, groovy, happenin', awesome, kick-ass, rockin' . My guest Viola Dwyer's mission is to bring a greater humanity to the perception of disability. Viola was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a rare genetic condition that she shared with one of her sisters from birth. The condition has presented enormous challenges for Viola and …
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EP 36 "Just taking some time out the business - be back soon". My mental health story with Michelle Morgan
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The final episode in the three-part mini-series on mental health features my guest, agency leader, entrepreneur, and now mental health campaigner Michelle Morgan. "I just cried and thought - I can't go on, I cannot go on, I can't do one more thing." As a business leader, what do you do when struggling with your mental health? And how do you deal wi…
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EP 35: Learning to be kind to yourself, mood mapping and living with Bipolar - Dr Liz Miller
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Dr Liz Miller has been at the sharp end of the journey from mental health prejudice to enlightenment. A one-off, Liz Miller was the first woman in neurosurgery in the UK, a physician, campaigner, and writer noted for her outspoken mental health views and someone who has lived with bipolar disorder for much of her life. Liz was sectioned three times…
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EP34 : Depression, burnout, and self sabotage - my mental health battle with Adam Rubins.
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This is the first of a 3 part mini-series on mental health, with my guest Adam Rubins. At the age of 12yrs Adam Rubins was set upon and beaten up in his local synagogue. How is it that a chance event in someone's childhood can set up a chain reaction that ultimately leads to a lifetime of battling depression? Despite this childhood trauma, Adam Rub…
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EP 33: Who am I? The struggle of cultural identity with Ozlem Ozkan
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Ozlem Ozkan was born to Turkish parents but raised in the Netherlands. She also has lived in Istanbul, Turkey and Aarhus, Denmark; and travelled across continents. Ozlem's story is one of the struggles of identity torn between the traditional Turkish parenting approach and values and the more independent egalitarian culture of Dutch society. As a t…
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EP 32: Is this it? - Finding a better life with Alasdair Plambeck and Julie Roxane Krikorian part 2
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A successful manager of a start-up yet feeling like an outsider. That was the backdrop to Alasdair Plambeck's healing journey and life transformation with Julie Roxane Krikorian. In this second part episode, we explore how a diagnosis of a chronic illness, Hashimoto's disease and an Ayahuasca Meditation Retreat prompted questions for Alasdair about…
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EP 31: Finding a better life - with Alasdair Plambeck and Julie Roxane Krikorian - part 1
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My guests in this two-part episode are the' far out couple' Alasdair Plumbeck and Julie Roxane Krikorian. Two people who came together through a serendipitous rejection of the lives they had been living. Alasdair and Julie Rozane are podcasters, entrepreneurs, guides & coaches. In 2016 we both walked away from lives that had made them tired and sic…
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EP 30: Stories from a woman who walks, with Diane Wyzga
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My guest on episode 30 of Turning the tables storyteller extraordinaire Diane Wyzga. Diane has, as she says, bathed in the garbage of life's adversities, creating compost for the opportunity for a joy-filled, purposeful life. Having been a US Navy Nurse, Lawyer, Professor, Public Speaker, Litigating consultant, problem solver, wife, and daughter, s…
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EP 29: How burn out taught me to take control of my life with Imogen Roy
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A staggering 75% of people in a Gallup survey reported the symptoms of work-related stress. I would vouch that everyone who listens to this podcast can point to feeling burned out at some point in their working lives. For many that work-related stress is a rollercoaster that it is hard to get off. For my guest, Imogen Roy burnout was a dramatic wak…
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EP 28: The courage to fall - From terrorist attack to disability rights with Will Pike
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Will Pike knows what it takes to overcome adversity. Will was on holiday in Mumbai in November 2008 with his girlfriend, when Islamic Extremists attacked the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel he was staying in. News of the attack filled TV screens the world over. 116 innocent people lost their lives. Then a fit 28-year-old, Will was left paralysed when he fel…
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EP 27 : Making oddity your asset - Overcoming imposter syndrome with Esther Stanhope.
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Have you ever felt like an imposter? Do you sometimes doubt your skills, fearing that, one day, you will be exposed as a "fraud" despite the evidence that you are a talented individual that has achieved a great deal?. Quote " I know what it is like to feel 2 inches tall and a bit like a failure." Research suggests that somewhat ironically 1 in 3 hi…
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EP 26 : What does it take to overcome adversity? - Unravelling Chronic Fatigue with Dan Neuffer
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Chronic illness affects 1 in 3 people around the world. It is a the hidden plague of modern life. My guest on episode 26 of Turning the Tables, Dan Neuffer has known what it is like to be consumed by the pain and struggle with Chronic illness, to give up hope. But then ultimately to find recovery and new purpose helping others. One of those others …
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EP 25: "Our world was smashed to smithereens" - The heart wrenching reality of losing a child with Dr Lucy Hone
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"That is what happens when you lose somebody really significant, it smashes your world apart" Dr Lucy Hone is a co-director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience, a published academic researcher and best selling author. Her Ted Talk on 'The three secrets of resilient people' has been watched by nearly 3 million people, Lucy has e…
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EP24: How a N.D.E (near death experience) has changed the way I look at life with Renu Arora.
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In this episode, we hear actor, singing coach and theatrical director Renu Arora's story of a near-death experience and how it changed her life. The novelist Ernest Hemingway is a famous example of someone who recounted a story of a near-death experience. During World War I, Hemingway was wounded by shrapnel while fighting in Italy on a fateful nig…
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EP23: "We can find it in ourselves" - A remarkable story of resilience, determination and the power of positive thinking with Henry Fraser
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Henry Fraser's story is truly one of turning around adversity, of humbling grit, determination and wisdom in the face of quite frankly monumental challenges. Henry was an energetic, gifted sport-loving teenager with his life ahead of him when a life-changing accident crushed his spinal cord, leaving Henry paralysed and needing to use a wheelchair f…
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EP22: 'Plugging away at it' - How a failed Christmas tree venture paved the way to building a success business over the long haul, with Nick Wheeler
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Welcome to episode 22 of Turning the Tables and a different kind of story. A story about business and in today's terms, the rather an unfashionable story, of building a wholly-owned, global shirt business over the long haul of over 30 years. A story about learning from your failures, a story about belief, focus, determination and commitment. In an …
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EP 21: How an unshakeable, calm resilience and a groundbreaking therapy practice was born through childhood adversity with Dr Amy Novotny
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This is the story of how my guest Dr Amy Novotny came through a strict and often repressive upbringing by a controlling single mother later diagnosed with Bipolar to become an innovative, groundbreaking and renowned physical therapist. How, despite having to tutor her own mother for up to 6 hours a day, Amy still managed to attain a high level of a…
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EP20: Kindness - Can it make the world a better place? with Amy Giddon and Jane Murray
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You would think that 'Kindness' was a fundamental part of human connection that is indelibly written into the way we live our lives. However, it seems that only in times of crisis like the current Coronavirus pandemic do we see kindness come to the fore. Why is this? My guests on this episode of Turning the Tables are fellow kindness evangelists Am…
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EP 19 : Managing adversity and change with Julia Samuel MBE
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Julia Samuel MBE is one of Britains most celebrated psychotherapists. Founder patron of Child Bereavement UK, Julia has spent a career working in the NHS and then her private practice helping people to overcome life trauma's and challenges. She has specialised in grief counselling for parents who have lost a child, one of life's most traumatic adve…
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EP 18: Imposter syndrome - how cancer saved me, with Sharon Lloyd Barnes
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Have you ever had periods in your life when you've felt that you are not the person you want to be? An imposter, held back by an internal dialogue that was sabotaging your life? Often it takes a dramatic event -a relationship breakup, the loss of a loved one or a health issue to break the chain and for us to reassess our lives. When that event is s…
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EP 17 : Human stories and reflections on the Coronavirus pandemic - The people's voice
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What stories will we tell our children and our grandchildren about the adversity of the coronavirus pandemic? Episode 17 of Turning the Tables started with a simple question to a group of fellow podcasters and friends for different walks of life and geographies. What have you learned through this Coronavirus pandemic lockdown? What followed was a t…
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EP :16 My journey to find healing, love and freedom, with lawyer turned Mountain Nomad - Marinel de Jesus
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Marinel de Jesus's story is a journey of discovery. A human struggle to find herself, freedom, and true happiness. Arriving in Seattle at the age of 13 yrs as part of an immigrant family from the Philippines, in the early years, of Marinel's life was about survival. Pushed on by the expectations of her family and particularly her mother, she strugg…
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EP 15: How a medical nightmare propelled a business dream with Amy Woods
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Amy Woods can safely be described as an achiever. A 13-year career spent working in the high-intensity, high stakes world of management consultancy gave Amy exposure to some of the world's most successful businesses. But two events were to shape Amy's world; starting a family and the terrifying experience of being told she had a life expectancy of …
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EP 14: Rebel with a cause - 'Teenology',parenting and following your own path with Sarah Newton
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Sarah Newton in her own words is something of a maverick. A flamboyant and rebellious character, Sarah has spent a career championing the cause of young people and following her own path from working at Disney World in Florida to being a police officer to working with parents and young people to now flying the flag for creativity and self-expressio…
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EP13 : Overcoming adversity - Coronavirus special - 5 strategies with Simon Ratcliffe
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How to overcome adversity in times of crisis? 'If it's humanly possible, you can do it' – Marcus Aurelius. In times of human crisis, how do we cope? How do we manage the physical and emotional challenges that present themselves? And perhaps most crucially how do we come out the other side better human beings? A strange reality has descended on us. …
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EP12 : Inside mental health with Dr Niall Campbell
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Mental Health is, without a doubt, one of the most significant adversities we have in our society today. Whether you suffer from, live with, or know someone with a mental health condition, it can have a profound effect on your life. At a time when we are under increased physical and emotional stress from the outbreak of Covid-19, mental health is e…
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EP 11: 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger' with Felix Riley
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My guest Felix Riley could be described as something of an enigma. A comedy writer, novelist, and entrepreneur, Felix, by his admission, was "angry from a young age with the injustices in the world". Perhaps influenced by his modest working-class upbringing and an alcoholic, abusive mother who was "booted out" the family home when Felix was aged se…
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EP 10: Overcoming adversity, recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - my story with Simon Ratcliffe
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What do you do when you get to the bottom and can no longer see a way out? This is my first on mic episode where I talk about how I came to create this podcast and my story about how recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome impacted my life. It is often true to say that adversity can be the catalyst for a new beginning and a renewed purpose, and I tr…
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EP8: Michael Crawford part 2 - Inexplicable
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Welcome to part 2 of my interview with actor, singer and comedian Michael Crawford. In part 1 we talked about Michael’s career, his rise to fame through television in the hit series Some mothers to his award winning performance in The Phantom of the opera on Broadway. In this second episode our conversation moves on to how Michael at the height of …
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EP7: Michael Crawford ; Dedicated, disciplined, dynamic- From "Ooh Betty" to Broadway brilliance (Part 1)
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It is not often you get the opportunity to interview someone who has been described as ‘one of the greatest performers Britain has produced’ ! So as you might imagine I am incredibly excited to be talking to actor, singer and comedian Michael Crawford for this special 2 part Xmas episode of Turning the Table Michaels career spans over 50 years acro…
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EP6 : From Chaos to Calm with Jane Murray
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"It was that sense of loss like an oak tree had just, gone!" What happens when you grow up and work in the shadow of a hugely successful, driven ,figurehead father? And what happens when that person you loved is gone? How does this shape you as a person? And how do you adapt and change your life? In this weeks Episode we delve into the high octane,…
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EP5 : The great escape - gone fishing with John Bailey
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Have you ever wished you had been able to make a career out of your passion? My guest John Bailey is a writer, broadcaster and conservationist who's life and career has been built around his two passions fishing and teaching. Our conversation spans adventures in Mongolia and Greenland, drunken pilots and plane crashes, his love of nature and the co…
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EP 4 :Nothing in life is forever with Francine Lawrence
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Have you ever been in a situation where you felt that the job you were doing was compromising your values as a person? How did you deal with that? Have you ever felt you were being judged or your ideas rejected, because of peoples perceptions of your age? Was that because you were considered too young or inexperienced for your views to be important…
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EP3: The journey to becoming a born again truth teller with Kate Rizzi
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“It goes all the way back to my childhood and being really embarrassed and ashamed of my circumstances” In Episode 3 of Turning the Tables I interview Kate Rizzi an educator living in Maryland USA. Having a father who was gay and growing up as a Catholic in the 1960’s was a challenge to say the least for Kate. The realisation of this was only revea…
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EP 2:The Re-inventor - How adversity shaped a life and career with Derek Woodgate
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"One day we got a train and she left me, and that was it, I never saw her again". By the age of 3 years Derek's father had died and his mother had abandoned him and left him to live with his uncle and aunt. The trauma of those events did not become apparent to him until 40 years later, when it became clear that the scars they left had shaped his li…
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EP 1:Overcoming gender prejudice and upbringing with Linda Hodgson
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"So I grew up with a lot of stress, anxiety and anger around me" This first episode of Turning the tables features Linda Hodgson who has had a successful career in advertising and laterly as a strategic planner. But her journey has been far from easy, as she had to battle against the difficulties of a poverty strickened childhood and her mothers de…
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Turning the Tables is a podcast about overcoming adversity. The real life reality is that all of us face adversity at different points in our lives. Sometimes it’s adversity that challenges us to our core , other times it might just blow us off course. Turning the Tables is dedicated to helping people to see through to the other side of adversity. …
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The Dark Side of Social Media || Turning Tables ep.3
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This episode we discuss the dark and depressing side of social media that most people are afraid to talk about. We're a casual podcast that lends helpful advice, refreshing perspectives on things, and funny commentary to go along with it.Kirjoittanut Turning Tables Podcast
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Political Correctness || Turning Tables ep.2
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This episode we talk about some of the issues we face with censorship and offending people.We're a casual podcast that lends helpful advice, refreshing perspectives on things, and funny commentary to go along with it.Kirjoittanut Turning Tables Podcast
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"She Sister Flew" || Turning Tables ep.1
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We're a casual podcast that lends helpful advice, refreshing perspectives on things, and funny commentary to go along with it.Kirjoittanut Turning Tables Podcast
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