The Good Enough Project with Will Taylor: Recent Episodes
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What if you could try that new activity? What if you could start that new business? What might it look like for you to be a good enough parent or partner. So often automatic negative thought patterns completely shape what we believe we are or are not capable of. I will be speaking with all sorts of people to look at how they have overcome fear, imposter syndrome, perfectionism and of course feeling good enough. When we overcome this we can go on to do amazing things. It’s rarely talent, gifts, ability or passion that stops us. Its the lies we tell ourselves. Freed from that I believe people can achieve more than they every thought possible. In my work these breakthroughs are what I live for. People going for jobs they never thought were in their reach. People starting business, going alone. Clients who never thought that they would, could or even deserve a new partner yet in each case when breaking down the beliefs they find the true self. Fully capable of achieveing great things. All they had to do was start with realising they were good enough.And thats what I want for you too. So I really hope you join me on this discovery as we look at what it means simply to be good enough.
Today we have Ian Dinwiddy.
Ian helps stressed dads balance work and fatherhood, building meaningful connections with their partners and children, and focusing their energy to create purpose, calmness and direction in their lives.
An experienced coach, Ian was a Management Consultant before his daughter was born in 2010. He then spent 7 years combining freelance work with being a primary carer to his two children including two stints as a full time stay at home Dad. Ian co-hosts the Lockdown Dads Podcast and is a regular commentator on how supporting working dads is a route to gender equality.
Lets get into his story and explore what it means to be a good enough Dad.
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Today we have an incredibly powerful conversation With Bill Anthes - Bill runs BTWN THE EARS and builds better humans through physical, mental, and emotional fitness.
Ex Special Forces Green Beret who cares as much about your emotional fitness, inner peace and your mental health as he does about your physical health. Bill has such knowledge and experience and brings it all to us today.
I am hit by the gentleness and empathy that Bill brings to this conversation . His connection of the emotional, mental and physical makes so much sense and is well worth a listen as you think about fitness and feeling good enough to start.
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I'm Will Taylor and Welcome to the Good Enough Project Podcast.
In these conversations I am helping share the stories of people to inspire you to overcome self-limiting beliefs and to go out into the world, to raise your voice and let your story transform the lives of those you encounter.
Today we meet Lucy Hodges, 6 times world champion sailor, 2 x British record swimmer and Commodore of Blind Sailing UK. Born with a visual impairment we discover the story of someone who simply does not let anything get in her way.
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I'm Will Taylor and Welcome to the Good Enough Project Podcast.
In these conversations I am helping share the stories of people to inspire you to overcome self-limiting beliefs and to go out into the world, to raise your voice and let your story transform the lives of those you encounter.
In todays show we have Paula Shepherd a Certified Business Coach & Consultant. We explore her story of breaking free of A corporate america that did not have A place for her.
Paula now shows female entrepreneurs how to show up courageously so they can finally start connecting with their people, making sales, and taking back control.
Paula is a woman of passion and purpose and I genuinly think she stands out in the way she serves her clients. She is someone who is there for you as a person and not simply taking you through a process. Change in you is more important than simply the money she and you can earn through the relationship.
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In these podcasts I am helping share the stories of others so that you are inspired to go out into the world, have the confidence to raise your voice and let your story transform the lives of those you encounter.
Today We have Photographer Michael Beecham. Michael is a the 'Director of Design' for a US startup company, as well as a photographer working principally in black and white during his free time.
Over the past year, particularly during the recent pandemic, he has become increasingly aware of the need to protect his mental health and some of the more negative aspects of Social media.
Mike brings so much insight into the value & confidence of our own voice. When the gaze of social media’s likes and shares drives so much of our intention and interaction he helps us come back to what is important.
This is an episode where we even though we talk about Mike’s photography, if you create or engage with anything in an online space, all of the conversation will be relevant in helping you free yourself from comparison, imposter and the algorithms that shape how you see yourself and your work.
So, Sit back, relax and enjoy this episode of the Good Enough Project Podcast
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Today we have Grace Claydon. Grace is the founder of a new charity Queer Street which aims to help young LGBTQIAP+ people find community, housing, advice and support. We dig into how even though the perception is that it is much easier to come out in 2021 than even 10 years ago, still young people wrestle with feeling like their sexual identity is not good enough.
Grace talks about how her charity supports these young people as they explore their sexual and gender identity as well as the act of setting up the structure of the charity itself and dealing with the inevitable imposter syndrome of being a young adult C EO of an organisation.
It always excites me to hear stories of people who are driven to action when they know there is a need to support others, especially when it involves young people.
And today I love how Grace's passion has prompted action and that she hasnt waited until she feels like she knows everything. grace is willing to learn along the way. She will probably make mistakes and i love how she realises that this is part of the process to becoming a confident CEO
Of course the role isn’t about doing everything herself and the fact that she has good trustees and is willing to deligate shows that she is able to let go of some of the ideas that to be CEO you have to be the expert at everything.
Finally I love her message to queer young people that they are good enough as they are, and that their sexuality doesnt take away from that. The ongoing community grace is creating will become a safe haven for those seeking answers to questions and even allow them to work out what those questions are along the way. This permission and safe space is truly wonderful.
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In today’s episode we are chatting with Chris Fenning. At the end of 2020 Chris and I managed to get some time together before he left the UK. After his families plans to travel for a year were derailed at the start of 2020 Chris in now full steam ahead with starting his own business. He is on a mission to improve the communication between business and IT teams and talkes openly about challenging his own process of doing just that.
Chris Fenning is a husband, father, author, and communications instructor. He is on a mission to improve the communication between business and IT teams and has recently published a book called "The First Minute", which is a short book about how to get to the point. Chris has helped improve the communication skills of individuals and teams around the world in organizations from start-ups to Fortune 50 and FTSE 100 companies. And when he isn't working, you can find him walking in the countryside with his wife and daughter.
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Today we are speaking with Jenni Osborne.
I have the privliege of coaching Jenni as she has developed her professional mentoring service for youth workers. As a life long youth worker herself , as well as a young persons mental health advocate Jenni now mentors those who work with young people.
She helps develop their youth work practice, offers professional reflective skills and ensures they are equiped with the emotional resources and practical back up so that they have an impactful career in youth work.
Jenni has just release an important and timely book titled, “From isolation to community - youth work in the covid era and beyond. “
This celebrates the innovitve youth work that has been taking place while exploring the difficult querstion of where do we go from here?
Reflecting on the varied youth work projects around the UK, Jenni’s book is for anyone in youth work wanting to learn from covid experiences and who are trying to b figure out what we need to focus on as we go into an uncertain future.
I’d really encourage you to think about who needs to listen to this epidode and pass it on to them.
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Today I talk with Dan Reed. Dan Reed tells the story of developing his project “the career dad”. starting with simple conversations about being on a career path as well as being a fully present father to his 2 children, without letting go of his desire to be his very best at both.
When so much messaging can be found around dads having to let go of career in order to be more present with their family Dan has created a community to have open coversations around developing both these areas of Dads lives.
Through writing, speaking, podcasting and TikTok, Dan is daring to put career on a level footing with parenting and finding ways to bring passion and enable permission to both.
The Career Dad:www.careerdad.co.uk
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Today we welcome Dr Bex Lewis to our Good Enough Community.
Dr Bex Lewis is passionate about helping people engage with the digital world in a positive way, where she has more than 20 years’ experience. She is Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing at Manchester Metropolitan University, with a particular interest in digital culture and the digital environment, persuasion and attitudinal change, especially how this affects the third sector, including faith organisations, and, after her breast cancer diagnosis in 2017, includes social media and cancer.
Trained as a mass communications historian, she has written the original history of the poster Keep Calm and Carry On: The Truth Behind the Poster (Imperial War Museum, 2017), drawing upon her PhD research.
She is Director of social media consultancy Digital Fingerprint, and author of Raising Children in a Digital Age: Enjoying the Best, Avoiding the Worst (Lion Hudson, 2014), of which a second edition is in preparation for 2021. Alongside academic journal articles, she has authored a number of book chapters, and regularly judges digital awards. She has a strong media presence, with her expertise featured in a wide range of publications and programmes, including national, international and specialist TV, radio and press, and can be found all over social media, typically as @drbexl.
Right from the outset I want to provide you a context for this conversation.
The idea of Keep Calm and carry on has now taken on a different focus in Bex’s life as she is now living with Metastatic cancer which brings with it a reduced life expectancy.
In today’s conversation Bex generously discusses her experience with what it means to keep calm and cary on, her honestly around language used for people with cancer as well as end of life preparation.
Like many things in life, and cancer is no exception, we can safely say that when you have met one person with cancer, you have simply only ever met one person with cancer. Everyones experience and relationship to thier illness is uniquely their own.
This though is Bex’s wonderfully human, vulnerable and ultimately life affirming story and in it we discovered a conversation about being good enough to live.
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Today we welcome Duncan Paveling to The Good Enough Project and look at the creative process and what it's like to find your own way through an industry when no one sees a place in the distribution of your work.
Writer/founder of Dull Boy Pictures a Film Production Company, credits include the critically acclaimed (BIFA Nominated) and multi award winning My Feral Heart and The Other Side, a Scottish set drama, due to shoot spring 2021 - with various other projects in development.
Writer of the regular Movie Clinic column in the Film Stories Magazine, a correspondent led piece about the therapeutic nature of film.
Also a Counsellor and supervisor running a private practise in the South East of England.
Regardless of what you are putting out into the world, Duncan's story of perseverance and trust in the story he wanted to tell drove him to create his own path.
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My Feral Heart
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Speaking today with Andy Campbell Andy who has many years experience in the Youth, Charity, Education and Voluntary Sectors.
At Qawah Coaching, Andy places a premium on making sure his clients sees things clearly, through removing any obstacles, to confidently make the next step forward.
TAnd Honestly, this weeks episode couldn't be more timely. We are now At the beginning of January 2021 and the UK has entered a new lockdown.
With the likelyhood of more restrictions on the way so many people are wondering “what next”.
There are so many people for whom job security is an issue and are starting to wonder if they can do anything with their passion projects or taking the leap for the first time into a business they have wanted to start. I am work with clients all the time asking themselves this and I love supporting and challenging them through this journey.
Andy and I discuss what it’s been like for him to start as a coach in the middle of the pandemic. The permission, gentleness and hope that we offer our clients but also the need to show it to ourselves too.
Andy is really open about his own mental health struggles and encourages us to find balance and I’m looking at what our experiences can be brought to the service of others.
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Revd Dr Sally Nash is a newbie freelance researcher, educator, mentor and writer based in Birmingham UK. Her current specialisms are shame, reflective and spiritual practices, paediatric spiritual care and she is passionate about helping people fulfil their potential and become the best version of themselves they can.
Today Sally opens up about struggling with new years resolutions and how, now that she has become freelance, she is approaching this year differently.
Shifting her focus towards forming habits to ground her in an identity that frees her up to be more her true self.
She loves coffee, cake, dark chocolate, walking by the sea and Spurs (but we wont let that stop us from having a good conversation).
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In today's episode we dig into good enough wellbeing with Sonia Mainstone-Cotton a nurture consultant and explore what it might look like for anyone who wants to give this part of their life some attention right now.
Sonia works with young children who have social, emotional and mental health needs. She works to improve the children’s wellbeing and supports the adults who work with the them. by helping them to think about their own wellbeing.
Sonia has written 8 books, mainly on the subject of supporting children’s wellbeing, helping children manage change and promoting wellbeing in staff.
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In this Episode Jane Jennison is helping us to unpack the idea of a good enough christmas whilst still in the middle of the pandemic.
Coming to the heart of what christmas is for you is the key for Jane and in this episode we explore how we can do that and what that looks like for Jane herself. There may or may not be yorkshire puddings involved!
Jane is a Positive Psychology Coach and Trainer providing 1-2-1 coaching and also delivering bespoke training and workshops to help teams identify their strengths and work happier.
\She has a heart for the adopted family, and work with parents of adopted children to support them and to help them therapeutically reparent their children.
Jane has an MSC in Applied Positive Psychology, and is a Fellow of the Positive Psychology Guild.
She is also a trustee for Home for Good, Suffolk, a charity supporting families touched by adoption and Fostering and co-founder and organiser of the Positive Psychology Summit:UK.
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Libby is a painter and have been working professionally since 2012, full time since 2016. Her constant subject has been trees, though the motivation for painting them has evolved over the years.
It took an entire year of practice and pep talks with friends before she could pluck up the courage to call herself an artist and when I did it felt like diving from a great height not knowing if anyone had remembered to fill up the pool!
Being Good Enough is something that she find hard to admit to, because she always want to improve, yet at one point Libby was able to persuade herself that she was at least Good Enough to try, and that is how she still feels with each new canvas.
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In starting this podcast I thought it would be great to investigate our relationship with fear and what we can do to overcome it.
Hilary Gallo is an ex lawyer and corporate negotiator who now coaches entrepreneurs and creative leaders. He’s the author of “The Power of Soft” and “Fear Hack” and has just started a new project called “3D Conversations”.
From looking at our relationship with fear, how to overcome it and its impact on wider society Hilary explores his own journey and what we can do to change our relationship with our own fear.
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A simple Introduction to The Good Enough Project Podcast.
this is episode 0.5, a simple introduction to the conversations to come i’m looking to explore and breakdown what stops us from believing that we are good enough.
This feeling hits so hard with so many people that I am interested in exploring what if anything can be done about it.So I really hope you join me on this discovery as we look at what it means simply to be good enough.