Access to Inspiration podcast
You won’t find celebrities in this podcast – but you will find amazing people, including adventurers, aspiring leaders and an astronaut.
Whilst they may be from different countries, cultures, or backgrounds to you -they share many things in common with all of us.
Their amazing stories have the power to strengthen, shape, and challenge our views of the world enabling you to
transcend day to day challenges, ignite new possibilities, and take action to explore your potential.
Latest Episodes
Bonus episode from Coaching Perspectives podcast
In this bonus series on Leadership and Learning we share episodes from other podcast series we recommend. They feature inspirational people that our host, Sue Stockdale has interviewed. This...
Bonus episode from the Conscious Leader podcast
In this bonus series on Leadership and Learning we share episodes from other podcast series we recommend featuring inspirational people that our host, Sue Stockdale has interviewed. This guest...
Bonus episode from the Association for Coaching podcast channel
In this bonus series on Leadership and Learning we highlight other podcasts that feature inspiring guests. This week’s episode is from the Coaching in the Workplace series which is...
Bonus episode from the Clusters podcast
In this short series on Leadership and Learning to highlight other podcasts that feature inspiring guests, our guest episode this week is from the Clusters podcast. The worldXchange foundation...
Bonus episode from the Sports 2000 podcast
In this short series on Leadership and Learning we feature a guest episode from The Sports 2000 podcast, to highlight other podcasts that feature inspiring guests. Sue Stockdale talks to...
56. Mick Dawson: Rowing across the Pacific Ocean
Sue Stockdale talks to Mick Dawson about his epic adventure to row across the Pacific Ocean, and how he overcame numerous challenges. These include a failed attempt when a...
55. Chaewon Yoo: Cycling along the Silk Road
Sue Stockdale talks to Chaewon Yoo from Korea, about her adventure to cycle along the ancient network of trading routes known as the Silk Road, and what she learned...
54. Christian de la Huerta: Curiosity – the key to personal growth
Sue Stockdale talks to Christian De La Huerta, about how curiosity plays an important role in personal growth, enabling us to become aware of sub-conscious patterns of behaviour that...
53. Ronald Paredes: Rediscovering creativity
Sue Stockdale talks to Ronald Paredes a Latin-American artist, graphic designer, and podcaster from Caracas, Venezuela about how we can rediscover creativity within us. Born and raised in a...
52. Jenna Howieson: From LGBT learner to educator
Sue Stockdale talks to Jenna Howieson who works as a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion professional in Scotland. She loves travelling, having visited close to 30 countries to date, and...
51. Thomas Andrén: Discovering your dream job using questions
Sue Stockdale talks to Thomas Andrén, about the process he used to identify his dream job by asking himself over 900 questions to discover the answer. This process took...
50. Sue Stockdale: Insights from fifty episodes of inspiration
In this special 50th episode of the podcast, co-founder Clive Steeper interviews the host, Sue Stockdale to discover the key insights she has gained from the experience of producing...
49. Nashater Deu Solheim: Relationships are at the heart of leadership
Sue Stockdale talks to Dr Nashater Deu Solheim about how to take care of the relationships that are important to you– be it as a leader, in social circles...
Preview of Series Seven on theme of curiosity
Host Sue Stockdale previews Series 7 which is on the theme of “Curiosity” and she highlights a few of the guests that will be coming up in the series....
48. Palwasha Siddiqi: A refugee’s road to success and beyond
Sue Stockdale talks to Palwasha Siddiqi, whose early childhood experiences have shaped her interest in coaching and helping others to maximise their potential. Palwasha was born and raised between...
47. Tanmay Vora: Inspiration through illustration
Sue Stockdale talks to Tanmay Vora, Founder at QAspire Consulting about how he developed his skill in creating visual notes, through his curiosity and interest in learning. He illustrates...
46: Nic Marks: Measuring happiness
Sue Stockdale talks to Nic Marks, statistician and Founder & CEO, Friday Pulse about the work he has done on measuring happiness and why it’s important to businesses, governments...
45. Hong Hoang: The Vietnamese changemaker
Sue Stockdale talks to Hong Hoang, Founder and Executive Director of CHANGE, a dynamic Vietnamese NGO with the mission to address the country’s most critical environmental issues. She explains...
44. Josh Wasserman: The role of observation in design
Sue Stockdale talks to Josh Wasserman a design thinker and insights expert, about the role that observation plays in the design process, how design can more inclusive and what...
43. Dr Leanne Armitage: Increasing diversity in the medical profession
Sue Stockdale talks to Dr. Leanne Armitage about how a childhood experience, where she witnessed street violence, inspired her to become a doctor. With no medics in her family...
42. Rob Lawrence: Connecting sound, language and emotion to create change
Sue Stockdale talks to Rob Lawrence, a podcast producer, coach and mentor, about how the combination of sound and language can influence our emotions and can be a catalyst...
41. Amy Henderson: Building a better future for working parents
Sue Stockdale talks to Amy Henderson, one of the USA’s leading voices on the critical role of parenting and caregiving has in developing the future of work. Amy talks about...
Preview of Series Six on theme of 21st century changemakers
Sue Stockdale previews Series Six, where the theme is 21st Century Changemakers. Sue introduces some of the guests that she will be speaking to in the upcoming series including:...
40. Karen Espley: The Accidental Adventurer
Sue Stockdale talks to Karen Espley, who could be described as ‘the accidental adventurer’ about what encouraged her to travel to Antarctica, New Zealand and West Africa. After 15 years...
39. Denise Nurse: Creating the career and life you want
Sue Stockdale talks to Denise Nurse, an award-winning entrepreneur, solicitor, coach, and broadcaster about creating the career and life you want by being flexible and not limited by traditional...
38. Mariah Reading: Sustainability through eco-art
Sue Stockdale talks to Mariah Reading, an eco-artist who creates impressionist paintings from recycled items she picks up in the natural environment, in order to highlight the harm of...
37. Sameer Dua: Mastering self-leadership through critical conversations
Sue Stockdale talks to Sameer Dua, a best-selling author and Founder/Director of the Institute for Generative Leadership, Asia and UK, about the importance of self-leadership. Dua explains that in...
Featured Guests
Leaders who don’t know their team members beyond the tasks, don’t really know their team at all.
Designing this concept really allowed us to challenge an industry and at the same time, inspire a lot of people.
I encourage people to think without constraints, so to consider things that they might not have considered before.
Racheal Kigame
Growing up in poverty, I only had one dream. I wanted to get a good education.
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57. Results from our impact survey
When we started this podcast series, we wanted to make a difference. So during 2021 we conducted an impact survey to evaluate our results. This episode provides the findings...