Be Bold and break the mould: Recent Episodes
Ursula Williams, Barbara Spencer
Be bold and break the mould is a podcast that let's meet people that broke free from Societies' norms and limitations to live a free and inspired life. Meet Stylists of the Rich and Famous, Authors, Musicians, Designers, and everyday people. Listen to their challenges, success stories and their plans for the future.
Magic, illusion, and the love for wild animals filled the life of Siegfried and Roy. Their elaborate and often glitzy shows bewitched millions around the globe and helped Las Vegas become what it is today. So, it is only natural that their legend inspired many stories, some true and some pure fiction.
I love fiction, don’t get me wrong, after all, I am an author of fantasy and fiction novels. But when it comes to telling the life stories of real people and in this case, about the lives of two men that were larger than life I stick to the truth. Now that being said, I am very fortunate to know a person that shared many years with Siegfried and Roy and offered to share many great stories with us. This extraordinary person is no other than Dennie Pasion, their stylist and friend. If you are a regular listener of my podcast, you got to know Dennie from some of my previous interviews. This upcoming podcast is a tribute to Siegfried and Roy, their animals, and trainers.
Till then, take care and be bold keep breaking the mould.
Ursula Williams
I am delighted to bring you a reading from one of my favourite Author's and podcast guests, Barbara Spencer.
As a regular visitor to my blog and podcast, you would know all about Barbara. Her colourful life and her many adventures, but if you are a new guest or have missed my chats with Barbara, you can always catch up here on my blog and, of course, by listening to the previous episodes in which Barbara was my guest. Or visit one of her many social media pages.
https://www.amazon.co./Year-Swans-Came-Barbara-Spencer/dp/1789016118/ref https://www.barbaraspencer.co.uk/ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2526248.Barbara_Spencer?from_search=true&from_srp=true https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraSpencerO
Today I welcome four of my absolute favourite guest to a chat about their adventures and plans for the future. Barbara Spencer shares stories from her travel to Paris and Saudi Arabia, while Dennie Pasion tells us about a scary event in Dubai and her life in the witch doctors hut. Jane Risdon gave us a good laugh about her time in Germany, and Lesley made us giggle about her time in the police force. So if you need some cheering up, listen to us chat away for an hour.
In this episode of "Be bold and break the mould", I am chatting with the author Anne Fox from El Paso, Texas.
Anne’s passions are travelling, writing, reading, and spending time with her three cats. She is a firearms enthusiast, instructor, competitive marksman, and FAA-certified commercial pilot. Her books are so fascinating, spellbinding and authentic that they hold the reader’s attention completely.
Anne’s Series The Unit skilfully blend’s her passion for marksmanship, flying and her unique imagination and gives her books that exceptional edge. Camp Chaos, the first book of The Unit series, was published in February of 2019, with books continuing to be added to the series.
In this episode of Be Bold and break the Mould, I’ll introduce you to Ian Ivey, who has been a good friend of mine for many years.
Ian is a firework of creative ideas, a guru in marketing and business strategies, but most of all, he is a great lecturer. He rekindles the spark of innovation, boosts the self-esteem and enthusiasm in everyone he meets.
He loves and respects nature and works closely with the native tribes in his home country New Zealand. He told me that, in his opinion, one of the fascinating aspects of Maori culture and tradition is that their Whakapapa (ancestry). Whakapapa connects them with every living thing – plants, animals, humans, microbes, and everything else that is alive. To Ian, it is something most humans forgot as they became disconnected from their Whakapapa. And only view ancestry in terms of human relatives disconnected from everything else on the planet. “This leads to a place that is quite scary and could eventually lead to the extinction of the human race. We overpopulate the planet, use resources up at a rate much higher than they are replaced. As a result, polluting the land, sea, air, and water generates increasing amounts of toxic legacies nuclear waste, persistent chemical wastes like PFAs, heavy metals, 80,000 non-tested chemicals added to just about every product we use, plastic waste building up everywhere, including in our food chains. I am becoming more immersed in the indigenous culture here in N.Z. It teaches me so much about the fundamental basics of sustainability, i.e. we are connected to and interact with every other entity and the environment within which we live.”
To find out more about Ian Ivey or in terms of traditional Maori Rongoa (health and wellness), here are a few links:
www.facebook.com/rongoanapapatuanuku. (Ian’s admin was hacked, so he’s been shut out of the page, but the journey continues at this link Rongoa Na Papatuanuku 2015 | Facebook. And over 5 years of posts are still at the old URL).
He Kohikohinga – A Maori Health Knowledge Base https://www.moh.govt.nz/notebook/nbbooks.nsf/0/2D14F7AF20E63F554C2565D7000DE051/$file/84925M.pdf
‘Maori Healing and Herbal. New Zealand Ethnobotanical Sourcebook.’ Murdoch Riley. https://vikingsevenseas.co.nz/products/maori-healing-and-herbal
A simple holistic overview of Maori health and wellness - https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/pages/maori_health_model_tewhare.pdf
And last but not least, Ian’s Contact Details:
Tel: +64 21 754 704
Email: ian.ivey@pobox.com
Physical: P.O. Box 359, Mangonui 0442, Northland, New Zealand
Skype: ianivey
Dennie was born in England and has since become a highly regarded expert in the beauty, fashion, and advertising industry worldwide.
Dennie is an incredibly passionate and creative person. And loves to collaborate with international artists from diverse disciplines, enabling her to forecast London and Los Angeles trends. Over the years, Dennie shared her experience and creativity with clients such as Coty, Quiksilver, Roxy and Rimmel.
She is a designer of clothing, home accessories and more under her own label and even lends her voice to Animations, Audiobooks, Business, Documentaries, Educational, Internet Video, Movie Trailers, Radio, Television and Video games
https://www.voices.com/profile/passionsound/#skill=voice-over.
But there is more. Dennie built a retreat on a remote beach in Tanzania and offered busy managers and business people a tech detox and withdrawal from wi-fi and even electricity to reduce stress and reawaken authentic creative thinking.
Dennie has been a guest speaker for TEDx Dubai, https://youtu.be/vUnOuFNT_Lk
Dennie is also an independent author and has published two books, Making Faces & Notes from a hairdressers journal.
https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Hairdressers-Journal-Dennie-Pasion-ebook/dp/B00J9P7DDO
https://www.amazon.com/Making-Faces-Dennie-Pasion-1999-05-04/dp/B01FEPWH8S/ref
Dennie‘s Blog: https://denniepasion.wordpress.com/
Dennie’s workshops: http://hairandmakeupworkshops.net/
https://www.beautynailhairsalons.com/ZA/Cape-Town/112438072193947/Dennie-Pasion-Professional
https://twitter.com/denniepasion
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Kim Knight was born in 1983 and lives in London with her beautiful little son. She has always been an avid reader and already decided in her early school days to become a writer.
Since then, she has created stories across many different genres, but her favorites are romance, romantic suspense, general, and crime thriller with a diverse and multi-cultural lineup. She had started her career as a traditionally published author but later decided to become an independent author.
Her novella “A Stranger in France” has won the award for the Best Romance of the year 2017. Yet Kim but did not rest on her Laurels but created a series of modern, steamy romance novellas under the Title “In Paradise”.
The first two books of this series were “ Havana Heat” and“Lover's Retreat”
Kim just released her latest book, in which she writes about her life, the loss of her mother, and her views and beliefs of life after death.
My Mum and Me: A Memoir: Messages From Beyond The Grave.
But there is much more to this young writer and I am happy that she was agreed to be a guest at my podcast and give usan inside into her life and her plans for the future.
www.kimknightauthor.com - Kim's author site@kimknightauthor - Twitter@kimknightauthoruk- Facebookhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Kim-Knight/e/B01LY7KAJP?ref
The British writer Barbara Spencer was born in Bowdon, in Cheshire, grew up in Birmingham and could have lived an everyday and quiet life, but that was not for her.
Since her earliest youth Barbara was an avid cricket fan would not miss a match. She followed her favourite team throughout Europe and later the Caribbean. She fell in love with the laid-back lifestyle and beauty of the islands and accepted a job offer as a teacher in a secretarial college in Barbados and Grenada. But soon, her teaching career took her on to New York, Greece, France, and the Middle East.
Barbara remembers these years as a fascinating time of her life. She was present at the Black Power Riots in the West Indies, witnessed the overthrow by the military junta in Greece and the war in Lebanon. Found herself in the middle of a battle and fled Beirut, sitting on the floor of a taxicab.
After these wild years, Barbara returned to Great Britton, became a qualified swimming teacher and judge. She taught children to swim, lend her expertise to the Street & district Swimming Club, and watched her daughter train or compete for the rest of the week. While sitting at the edge of the pool watching her daughter swim, Barbara began to write and has not stopped ever since. She writes the most fascinating stories in many different genres, is an avid blogger and travels throughout the UK for book signing events.
https://www.barbaraspencer.co.uk
https://www.facbook.com/BarbaraSpencerO
https://twitter.com/BarbaraSpencerO
http://BarbaraSpencerAuthor.blogspot.co.uk/
http://barbaraspencerblog.wordpress.com/
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Interview with the children's author Lesley Cordell
April 30, 2021
Ursula Williams with Lesley Cordell
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In this episode, you will meet Lesley Cordell, who more than once broke the mould. She was one of the first female recruits to train alongside male officers and even stood her ground when things got tuff. Her courageous handling of protesters at the Suffolk Riots gained her the recognition of Scotland Yard and landed her in a training video. After thirty years of service, she returned home to Letchworth to care for her father, who had dementia and Parkinson's disease. After settling back into her former home, she searched for her childhood friends and found her first love, whom she married two years later. Lesley enjoys her life as a retiree and spends her free time gardening, travelling, and writing.
https://twitter.com/cordelllesley/status/1362757494808993795spending
https://www.facebook.com/lesley.cordell.733
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1913306143?pf_rd_r
Tags: Children's author
I invite you to listen to my latest episode of BE BOLD AND BREAK THE MOULD, with Neil Numb.
Neil did not only break free from a successful business but also his Hometown Edinburgh and now lives and works in the German Capital, Berlin and has no intention to leave.
But don't take my word for it and listen to our chat or take a look at one of his performances at the Comedy Club Berlin. https://youtu.be/ELr7KYZSiyg
Visit his social media connections, meet him at the next Chilli Festival or his Club in Berlin.
https://cosmiccomedy.club/
www.chilipunk.com
https://www.facebook.com/berlinsuperhot/
https://www.facebook.com/neilnumbcomedy
This episode is to answer requests many of you made concerning my life in the Caribbean.
On September 7. 2004, Hurricane Ivan, a category 4 storm, wreaked havoc for more than six hours on the Island of Grenada. It damaged or destroyed 90 per cent of houses, leaving more than 50% of the one hundred thousand islanders homeless and claimed 39 lives. The island’s agricultural sector was almost 80% destroyed. The islands hotels and yacht harbours and its infrastructure lay in ruins.
Ivan was the second of the two hurricanes to spawn more than 100 tornadoes in the 2004 hurricane season. The 120 tornadoes produced by Ivan are the most of any hurricane or tropical storm on record and left $1 billion in damages in its path, most of it on Grenada's island. (2004 USD)
During this episode, I will share a bit of my life with you, the ups and downs and even some hilarious moments. But enough said listen in to this episode and subscribe to my podcast so you will never miss my guests' stories about how they broke the mould and created a free and inspiring life for themself.
Patty Fletcher broke the mould life throw at her numerous times and made it her goal to share her struggles and successes with the world. She is the author of three books and the creator/owner of Tell-It-To-The-World Marketing, The Writer's Grapevine Online Magazine, and the creator/host of the Talk to Tell-It-To-The-World Marketing Podcast.
In other words, Patty is an extremely ambitious go-getter, and I am happy to have the opportunity to chat with her in this podcast.
Hello, and welcome to the first episode of my podcast " Be bold and break the mould."
This bi-monthly show will introduce you to people that broke away from societies norms and limitations to live a free and inspired life.
I am your host Ursula Williams, and today I am happy to introduce you to three members of the five-member strong group "Beats & Shelley".
I promised to bring you a reading from well-known Dutch Author and screenwriter Koos Verkaik, and here it is. Kos is reading chapter one from his latest Novel Nicolaes Nymbus
Today I am going to talk to a woman that left her secure job with the British Government to start a career in the International Music Industry.
For decades she and her husband represented performing artist across all genres from Rock, Thrash Metal, R&B, Pop to Chinese Opera and travelled all over the world.
But that was not enough she wanted more and began a new life as an Author writing she now writes Novels, Short Stories and Flash Fiction as well as articles for Print and online Magazines such as Writing Magazine and Writers' Magazine.
Her name is Jane Risdon, and I am happy to have her here today.
Hello, and welcome to the first episode of my podcast " Be bold and break the mould."
This bi-monthly show will introduce you to people that broke away from societies norms and limitations to live a free and inspired life.
I am your host Ursula Williams, and today I am happy to introduce you to three members of the five-member strong group "Beats & Shelley".
I hope you will enjoy our chat and visit the social media pages of the group and its members for more information and clips of their performances. But now without further a due, let's dive right into our conversation.
https://youtu.be/Tp0eWThzw9ILinks to the social media pages of my guests:
https://youtu.be/Ck9blDL4uTA
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Rt7KFYWCMjBFRUWaluFFn?si=-gkp6JZOQUKznXwewx6Lrg https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/ray-cordell/1056106561
https://www.facebook.com/beatsandshelley
https://www.raycordell.com/ Twitter @raycordell
https://www.facebook.com/alan.howard.16752
https://www.facebook.com/amanda.ward.969952https://authorursulawilliams.blogspot.com/2020/11/welcome-to-first-episode-of-be-bold-and.html