#027

In this episode, I'm talking with Nichole Harrop. Nicole is a wife and mom of two daughters. She's a family focused individual and loves to spend time with her family and friends playing board games, or card games or taking road trips. She says she gets her best ideas when she's on the mountain snowboarding and that inspires her with new content.

Nichole is a Women’s Leadership + Career Coach, helping women get promoted at work. She has led teams in the corporate world for over 10 years. The world needs more female leaders, and she is here to create them. Nichole helps women to create a foundation of leadership in the workplace using her 5 core areas of coaching including confidence, self-awareness, communication, growth mindset, and networking to help them on their way to getting promoted. Tune into her podcast, Next Level Leaders.

We discuss:

• ·         Introducing Nichole
• ·         Transferable skills from our customer experience days
• ·         Why its so important to have female leadership in the world?
• ·         Risk adversity and the role of the male ally and company culture 
• ·         Self-Promotion and vocalising our wins
• ·         More John’s and Steve’s than women leaders
• ·         Creating Female Leaders
• ·         How to excel at the level you are at
• ·         Don’t tell yourself NO!!
• ·         The importance of soft skills 
• ·         Don’t stagnate…while others are doing the work. 
• ·         The little everyday consistency matters
• ·         Applying for positions – language matters
• ·         Using Self-promotion and Networking to define your position as a leader…and not in the way you may think!
• ·         Nichole’s Podcast – Next Level Leaders
•            3 Top Tips

 Contact Nichole:

Website: Career Development | Nichole Harrop, Next Level Leaders Podcast Host

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#026

TW: Mentions Addiction, 9/11, Military, Injury and Medical discharge, Suicide, Depression, Covid, Pandemic

In this episode, I'm talking with Richard Kaufman. He's a life coach, podcast host, producer and author based in North Arlington. He's a United States Army veteran with an incredible story of resilience and overcoming adversity. And he truly lives up to his name, the comeback coach.

·         Introducing Richard

·         Building Resilience 

·         Social Connections and Network

·         Military Life – Round 1 

·         A chance from a stranger

·         Military Life – Round 2 

·         Deciding to change

·         Vocabulary Matters

·         Everyday Habits

·         The ability to comeback

·         Consistency over Intensity

·         Richards Book – A Hero’s Journey

·         Vertical Momentum Podcast

Book: A Hero's Journey.. From Darkness to light eBook : Kaufman, Richard: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Podcast: Vertical Momentum – Your Resiliency Based Podcast (verticalmomentumpodcast.com)

Coaching: The Comeback Coach - Life Coach in North Arlington (richardkaufman.net)

LinkedIn: (1) "richard kaufman" | Search | LinkedIn

EVERYDAY DETERMINATOR PODCAST

Website: Podcast – Construction Cheer Leader (anneokafor.co.uk)

Blog: Anne Okafor – Medium

Linkedin: The Everyday Determinator Podcast: Company Page Admin | LinkedIn

Instagram: Everyday Determinator Podcast (@everyday_determinator) • Instagram photos and videos

Twitter: @DeterminatorPod

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#025 

(TW: Postnatal Depression is discussed within this episode)

Our guest today is Abigail Yardimci, an author, blogger artist and creative mindfulness coach based in Devon in the UK. She is a northern lass, originally from County Durham and also a mum of two boys. Her books the 'Life is yours' trilogy follows the adventures of her character Jess, who goes from heartbreak to heart awake. I've known Abi for maybe about 12 years, since working with her husband many years ago.

We discussed:

• Becoming a parent 
• Multicultural partnership
• Postnatal depression
• Writing the 'Life is Yours' trilogy
• Blogging as an expression of life
• Abi's Blog 'Mum in the Moment'
• Mindfulness for the Everyday
• Self publishing
• Appreciating everyday happiness 
• Going on a Bear Hunt
• Creativity as a means of expression
• Perinatal mental health and wellbeing (Bluebell Care and Hearts and Minds Partnership)
• Abi's upcoming book 'My Little Ramadan'
• The importance of Values

Connect with Abi:

Website: Author | Abigail Yardimci | Devon

Bluebell Care: Bluebell: Supporting parents’ mental health and wellbeing (bluebellcare.org)

Hearts and Minds Partnership: Hearts and Minds (heartsandmindspartnership.org)

EVERYDAY DETERMINATOR PODCAST

Website: Podcast – Construction Cheer Leader (anneokafor.co.uk)

Blog: Anne Okafor – Medium

Linkedin: The Everyday Determinator Podcast: Company Page Admin | LinkedIn

Instagram: Everyday Determinator Podcast (@everyday_determinator) • Instagram photos and videos

Twitter: @DeterminatorPod

EVERYDAY DETERMINATOR PODCAST

Website: Podcast – Construction Cheer Leader (anneokafor.co.uk)

Blog: Anne Okafor – Medium

Linkedin: The Everyday Determinator Podcast: Company Page Admin | LinkedIn

Instagram: Everyday Determinator Podcast (@everyday_determinator) • Instagram photos and videos

Twitter: @DeterminatorPod

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