Podcast: Series 5

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 working in large businesses, clawing her way up the career ladder Karen Espley had a demanding job with almost unbearable levels of stress. With the cushion…

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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 business structures.  She explains how sometimes you need to have a safety net ‘at least in your mind’ to give you the confidence to take that…

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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 pollution and climate change.  Mariah explains how she developed this particular area of interest, and how big brands such as Merrell and Subaru have collaborated with…

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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 order to lead yourself, you need to grant yourself power to take care of what truly matters to you. Having experienced several life-impacting events within a…

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36. Caitlin Crommett: A millennials’ approach to solving intergenerational differences

Sue Stockdale talks to Caitlin Crommett about the work she is doing to solve intergenerational differences, and in particular, her foundation DreamCatchers, which serves to fulfil the final dreams of hospice patients through chapters run by youth in high school or college. Caitlin Crommett describes herself as a Millennial. She is a 2015 graduate of the University…

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35. Chris Tolley: Finding inspiration as a composer

Sue Stockdale talks to Scottish television and film composer, Chris Tolley, about where he gets his inspiration from.  The interview includes a track from his latest album at the end of the podcast. Chris Tolley studied Ancient History at St Andrews, and had a couple of music scholarships along the way. He moved to London where he…

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34. Lory Mitchell Wingate: Written in the stars – a career in astronomy

Sue Stockdale talks to Lory Mitchell Wingate, Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer at University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) about her love of astronomy, and how she took a leap of faith by leaving a high level position to backpack across the USA in 2008, which ultimately shifted her career in a very visible way….

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33. Felipe Saldarriaga: Coping with unexpected challenges in life

Sue Stockdale talks to Felipe Saldarriaga, a stroke survivor and entrepreneur from Medellin, Colombia about how he coped when faced with this unexpected life changing situation. At age 11 he was left on a wheelchair with a full left side paralysis due to an unexplainable stroke. As a result of this he had to learn…

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32. Joni Deutsch: Why silence is just as important as sound

Sue Stockdale talks to Joni Deutsch, Podcast Manager for WFAE, Charlotte’s NPR station in North Carolina about the importance of making space for silence, and how she amplifies underrepresented voices through her work as a broadcaster and podcast host. Joni Deutsch is podcast manager for WFAE (Charlotte’s NPR station). In addition to leading the public…

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Review of the Year and Preview of Series Five

Sue Stockdale, host of Access to Inspiration podcast and her co-founder Clive Steeper talk to Fraser Allen, host of the Scottish Business Network podcast about why the Access to Inspiration podcast was started, and review what has been accomplished in 2020. We hear from three listeners from Germany, India and UK about what they have…

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