Learning to Fly: Recent Episodes
Rachel Day
In our quest to learn more about how to fly ourselves and how to help our children learn to fly, Rachel Day from Flying School interviews different people to discover how they learnt to fly and how they help others learn. These podcasts are aimed at parents, teachers and anyone looking for ideas on how to develop inner confidence.
The jingle for this podcast has been recorded & produced by Adam (aged 11).
Sue is a six form teacher, published author, editor, examiner and mum to Alex & Dom who both play Rugby League professionally. In this conversation, Sue shares her ideas on what has helped her children become grounded and successfully navigate the world of professional sport.
Up to the age of 60, Susie lived a life of negative thinking, shrinking into the background and making damaging choices as a result. When she was 60 she had a light bulb moment that changed her whole perspective of who she was. This is her story.
Annabelle is 74 living in Somerset, she recently noticed that her life had become very narrow and in her words 'boring' - she decided to change that by embarking on an impossible project of creating a 6ft Totem Pole and she learnt to fly along the way. In this inspiring conversation, she shares her stories of adventure and her wisdom on how we can all learn to fly at any age!
Her Totem Pole is currently raising money for both Comic Relief and a local community initiative, if you would like to donate and be in the raffle to win it, you can do so here.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rednoseday23-annabelle-b
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Kerri is originally from New York City and currently calls Asheville, NC home, where she lives with her husband and teenage daughter. She is a homeschool mom, Reiki Master Teacher, Intuitive and Qigong teacher-in-training. She has been performing since the age of 3 but about 16 years ago she left it all behind due to burnout, This year she is embarking on a Creating The Impossible Project of being cast in a broadway musical in the next 90 days and she is really learning what it takes to fly!
Here are the links to connect with Kerri referred to in the episode
www.kerriaab.com https://threesmallsmiles.substack.com/
A little introduction sharing what we mean by flying and our new stone stack approach to finding balance in order to fly.
Karen is a coach and although she lives in England, she is a south african Mama at heart. Her children are now in the their 20's and in spite of challenges like coming to England unable to speak english and a traumatic accident that left her son Xander paralysed at the age of 19, they are flying! Our discussion centres around her stories and wisdom as a parent - there are so many gems in this one!
Caryl was born in 1937, just before the second world war. She is the founder of a very successful office space business which she built without any previous knowledge or experience, having left school with the minimum academic requirements. At the age of 60 she retired from the business and attended university for the first time, gaining a degree in Psychology. Now in her 80's Caryl is still flying. She is passionate about facilitating self esteem and the impact we can all have during the early years of childhood. In this podcast, she generously shares her stories on how she learnt to fly, it is full of wisdom, simplicity and fun!
Wieke trained and worked as a dancer and choreographer and she has been CEO and Artistic Director of Yorkshire Dance for the last 14 years. Born and raised in the Netherlands, she lives in North Leeds with her partner Sarah and their daughter.
In part 2, Marien & Gabriella share their thoughts and stories in response to the question; If we are born with everything we need to fly, how is it that sometimes we don't feel it? In particular they discuss the nature of thought and how it can stop us flying.
Marien & Gabriela coach leaders on the "human factor" which dictates success or failure, struggle or ease, creativity or limitation - in this podcast, they generously share how we might teach this to our children. In part 1, they propose that we are all born with everything we need to fly and they share spine tingling stories from when they were children.
Maisie is the founder of Grace & Poise Academy, the worlds first Muslim Ballet School. In this inspiring conversation, she shares her wisdom and stories on how we can help children fly as parents and teachers.
John Magee, the kindness coach, is author of the best selling book Kindness Matters. He has helped transform the lives of over 10,000 children and thousands of teachers who have taken part in his Kindness Matters 30 day challenge. In this episode, John shares personal stories and insights that have helped him learn to fly as well as tips on how we can help children learn.
Paul McGee is a well known author and famous international speaker. His latest book YESSS is aimed at teenagers and shares 6 principles that ultimately help us fly. In this episode, Paul generously shares his ideas and personal experiences that helped...
Colin is a double Commonwealth medal holder in Table Tennis, Owner of Business Athlete Ltd, Founder of a social enterprise - Corby Smash table tennis centre and a dad with two sons. He generously share his stories on learning to fly from learning to...
Drew Povey, Author, Coach, Leadership Speaker and previous Head Teacher shares his stories on Learning to fly!
Sophie is a mum and a coach, facilitator and teacher of the thinking environment. She shares her stories on how she learnt to feel grounded and fly as well as her insights on how we can help our children learn.
Nancy Kline, President of Time To Think, shares her inspiring stories of learning to fly.
Jeremy is head teacher of All Saints Primary School in Anfield, Liverpool. In this episode, he shares his stories on what helped and stopped him flying and some thoughts on how schools can help teachers, parents and children fly.
In this special episode, Sue Walker shares her personal stories and thinking on how parents and teachers can help children diagnosed with Aspergers learn to fly.
Following his career as a footballer and football manager, Stuart is currently assistant coach at West Ham United, football pundit and inspirational speaker on leadership. In this episode, Stuart shares his personal stories on how he learnt to fly and...
George is an author and teacher and he is known as the father of the Life Planning Movement having trained thousands of people in financial planning around the world. His latest book challenges us all to make changes now to enable a 'golden...
Bonus episode for teachers and particularly primary head teachers - Sue reviews the recent planning guidance and shares some thoughts on how schools could seize the opportunity to change how they operate in the long term.
John Dawson helps people overcome their fears and devleop confidence in public speaking and beyond. He has trained over 7000 people and shares his insights on how we can develop confidence and learn to fly.
Janette is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Yorkshire Talks. She also skippered a rowing boat across the North Sea & Atlantic Ocean along with 3 other mums!
Sue Walker shares her practical ideas on what it takes to learn to fly and help others fly based on her experiences as a parent, teacher, head teacher & sixth form tutor.
Kelda Wood is the founder of Climbing Out, a charity that builds confidence and self esteem in young people facing life changing injuries. She is also a former GB Paracanoe athlete and the first Para rower to solo row the Atlantic.
Brian is the Head Tennis Coach at Dorking Tennis Club & the founder of Love the Life Chats, a new venture that celebrates the power of talking about life.