Dream Chasers

In this episode:What an awesome guest I have for you in this episode. He is truly the go-to person on the subject of happiness at work. Come and listen as I talk to Matt Phelan, Co-founder and Co-CEO at ‘The Happiness Index’.A few years ago, Matt gave a TEDx talk where he presented 12 million data points in happiness, from 1 million people in over 100 countries. Safe to say - what this man doesn’t know about happiness, particularly in a work context, is probably not worth knowing!In our conversation we dig into what The Happiness Index is all about, and we talk through what the latest learnings are around happiness and engagement and what really drives us in these areas.We also get into something called The Super Happiness Suit, and talk about whether happiness at work is different from happiness in our personal lives. Do we have separate drivers for those areas of our lives, or are there strong commonalities?Come join us!- - -𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Matt is the founder of The Happiness and Humans Community, host of The Happiness and Humans Podcast and author of ‘Freedom To Be Happy: The Business Case for Happiness’ and ‘The Happiness Index: Why Today's Employee Emotions Equal Tomorrow's Business Success’. Matt has delivered a TEDx talk where he drew on a world of 12 million data points, and tells the story of our happiness in the workplace from 1 million human beings in 100+ countries in less than 15 minutes.Matt Phelan is also a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the Happiness Index, a business that helps organisations to thrive by understanding how their people think and feel, then use these insights to create a culture of high performance. In his day-to-day role, he's responsible for the strategic direction of the business. 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate. She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change. When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.==================All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

In this episode:I delve into the subject of REST. It’s a really interesting topic to talk about because I’m not just talking about sleep here. Oh no!In fact, there are seven different types of rest that we all need to feel fully alive and completely ourselves. I want to get into this subject because so many people I work with, and know personally, are struggling with fatigue. Whether it’s a general malaise, a persistent level of tiredness that just won’t leave, or full-on burnout, it can make it really hard to figure out what happiness looks like, and what you want from a work and lifestyle point of view, if you’re just feeling exhausted.So, in this episode, I’m going to get into the ins and outs of rest, covering the seven different types first introduced by Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith. I’m hoping this will help you to think about what you might potentially need more of, and the kind of actions you can take to top it up. Because then, once you are fully tapped into all the different types of rest, you’ll be in the very best position to identify what makes you happy, so that you can go after it. You ready? Great, come and join me! - - -𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate. She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change. When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.==================All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

In this episode:I want to share a provocative philosophy with you. I’ve been really inspired by a book I listened to called ‘Die with Zero’, by Bill Perkins. On the surface, it’s all about aiming to die with zero pounds (or dollars) in the bank. Now I appreciate this sounds quite drastic, and possibly a bit mad, but the deep premise behind Perkins’ philosophy is about aiming to consciously get the utmost out of the life that we have.He challenges us to really think about our death – something most of us do a great job of avoiding - and work backwards, considering how to get the most out of our money and our life, rather than putting things off for some far-flung time in the future, or our retirement.  It blends eye-opening insights about time, money, and happiness from a psychological science and behavioural finance perspective, and it makes a timely, convincing, and contrarian case for living large.Intrigued? Honestly, this stuff is fascinating. Join me in this episode as I get into it with you!- - -𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate. She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change. When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.==================All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

In this episode:I introduce you to a brilliant friend and client, Cara Leach, who has bucked the trend and chosen to semi-retire early at 49. Cara has always been a career woman, setting an example to her two daughters who she raised for many years as a single mum. She’s a sales and marketing whiz, and has worked in sectors as varied as tech, pharmaceuticals and sport. She was most recently brand ambassador and commercial manager for Marine Football Club.However, the reason we are talking in this episode is because she’s just embarked on a massive, and pretty brave change.At just 49 years old, Cara has made the decision to semi-retire. She and her partner Phil are renting out their house in Merseyside for 12 months, and embarking on a huge travel adventure, which they are going to document, warts and all.In this episode you’ll hear how us talk about Cara’s bold decision to semi-retire; what the triggers were for that decision; the travel plans that she and Phil have and what she wants to get out of it; and how she wants to inspire people with her honest and humorous account of their experience. - - -𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Cara Leach is a recent empty nester, mum of two university students, and partner to Phil (who's loving retirement!)After 27 years in Sales & Marketing across sports, software and pharma, she has semi-retired, but still brings 110% energy to life. She’s lived in France, Germany and the Netherlands, and is always hunting for new adventures and people to meet.Ridiculously driven, results-oriented and fun-loving, Cara is all about making a difference while finding personal growth and fulfilment along the way!𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate. She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change. When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.==================All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

In this episode:I invite a former client and friend to come and share her career transition story with you. Amy and I first met in our old lives, when she was one of my PR clients. Years later, she became one of my coaching clients, when she was seeking a career change that would make her truly happy. Today, after 18 years as a communications and public relations professional in IT, Amy is a registered physiotherapist. As you can imagine – that is quite a big change!In this conversation we talk about what she was originally doing, and why she felt stuck, and she shares the three big life events that personally led to her review her career path and seek out a change.You’ll also hear how she made the decision to become a physiotherapist and the training that it entailed, and we get into how she feels now that she’s actually in her new career!Come join us.- - -𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Amy McLean is a community physiotherapist, with a particular focus on care of the elderly for a London Borough NHS Trust. After nearly 18 years working in corporate communications for the tech industry, Amy chose to pursue a vocation in healthcare, returning to university and graduating with a first-class honours in BSc Physiotherapy from St Mary's University Twickenham in 2023.Amy is particularly passionate about care in the community helping people to live and age well.  An advocate for population health and health equality, Amy has guest lectured at London universities and at The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy student conference with the hope of inspiring the next generation of physiotherapists.Amy's choice of healthcare vocation stems from a lifelong interest in exercise physiology, a deep personal drive to help and care for others, and a desire to apply transferable skills accrued throughout her career in problem solving, relationship building, and communication.Amy is a keen runner having completed two London Marathons, and is currently training for The Jurassic Coast Ultra Marathon next year. She lives in South West London with her husband and fur baby (miniature schnauzer) Betsy.𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate. She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change. When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.==================All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

In this episode:I’ve asked one of my favourite people, my awesome friend, Paul Spiers, to share his entrepreneurial journey with us.Paul and I met about 10 years ago, when we worked together in our old lives, and I’ve always been massively inspired by his creativity, his thoughtful perspectives, and his tenacity.Paul is a serial entrepreneur. He’s founded and experimented with different businesses over the years, including a marketing communications agency and a surf clothing brand. Today, he’s a passionate advocate of principled leadership and powerful purpose, working as a global keynote speaker, a conference and panel moderator, and he’s the founder and host of The New P&L® podcast, which is an internationally respected, top 5% business podcast series that covers the intersection of leadership, culture, people and purpose. Come join us as Paul shares the reality behind his entrepreneurial journey, how he ignites his creativity to come up with ideas and pivot when necessary, and why it’s never too late to act on an idea that you’ve had for years. I’d love to know what you think after you’ve listened to this one.- - -𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢: A serial entrepreneur, Paul Spiers is the founder of The New P&L® Institute and host of the internationally respected top 5% podcast series, The New P&L® – Principles & Leadership in Business. He is a speaker, trainer and consultant, and works at the intersection of leadership, culture, people and purpose. A naturally creative storyteller, he’s a highly engaging and inspiring speaker, panel moderator and roundtable facilitator. Paul delivers keynotes and workshops filled with insightful and thought-provoking observations and offers practical examples of how to apply the true power of purpose, creativity, principles and leadership in business. He helps senior leaders, employees and companies better prepare for the more complex Future of Work by advising on how they can transform and align their leadership, vision, strategy and culture to elevate business performance. 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate. She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change. When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.==================All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

In this episode:I tackle something that a lot of people really struggle with and that’s IMPOSTER SYNDROME. If you suffer from: …persistent self-doubt and second-guessing yourself…feeling like a fraud (and afraid you’ll be found out soon)…regularly questioning your intelligence or abilities…a perpetual fear that you aren’t good enough…or your daily lived experience involving relentless worry, anxiety and overthinkingThen this episode is for you.Imposter Syndrome does nothing except get in the way of you fulfilling your true potential. It stops you going after your personal and professional dreams (and it feels bloody awful to boot!)Join me in this solo episode where I delve into: what imposter syndrome looks like (so you can judge if it’s something you personally struggle with); why it isn’t something that you were born with and therefore stuck with; where imposter syndrome actually comes from (with some brain science to explain it), and really importantly, why it is totally possible to remove it once and for all. Sound good? Excellent. Click and listen in now.- - -𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate. She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change. When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.==================All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

In this episode:Have you ever experienced burnout?How did it look and feel like for you? Did you know that it can be experienced differently – person to person?I have invited my old work colleague and friend, Sarah Allison, to come and share her burnout and recovery story, which saw her redefine what her life and work looked like in major ways.Sarah has had a rich and varied career, working for global companies to charities and start-ups, mostly in the technology and environmental sectors. But, after experiencing serious health burn out, she has customised the way she lives and works, and has forged her own incredible path – one that sees her living half the year in the UK, and the other half in India, and mixing corporate consultancy work with holistic healing work through shiatsu and qigong.In this episode you will hear Sarah talk about what the burnout catalyst was for her, and what it taught her about what she needed and wanted. We chat about her portfolio career and how she manages it, and how she found the courage to follow her own path, despite the negative societal connotation that she’s living like a “hippy”. Come join us. Sarah’s story is fascinating.- - -𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Sarah Allison is part corporate geek, part holistic health worker who has taken seemingly radical steps to find balance in her life - steps that she believes anyone can take. She now lives between a sleepy village in southern England and the jungles of tropical Goa. In 2019, she left a 15-year corporate PR career working with some of the world's largest technology companies, to pursue a new chapter that saw her recover from burnout, find her own rhythm and live through the global pause for 2.5 years in India. During this time, her holistic Practitioner work flourished and she re-defined the ingredients for health and happiness, on her terms. She finds peace and fulfilment in nature, and now pursues work that nourishes her mind, energy and soul.&nbsp;If you would like to know more about Sarah or would like to connect with her, please do go to her website at&nbsp;energymoves.one, find her on&nbsp;Facebook, or join her on&nbsp;Instagram.𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate. She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change. When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.==================All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL62wZRHEZSmR-VATLcwnGbBQpZYNx0mXt" rel="noopener noreferrer"...