Burn From Within
Burn From Within
Matt Garrow-Fisher
I'm Matt Garrow-Fisher. And this is the Burn From Within Show. Each week, I interview inspiring people who have changed their career or life to light up inside. So if you want to get excited about your Mondays, work on meaningful projects, and have more time for the passions and people that matter to you, stay tuned.
How NLP and design thinking can really help in your career or life change - Global NLP Conference interview
In this episode, I was interviewed by the Global NLP Conference about how to make big life decisions you won’t regret. Angela Wells, co-founder of the conference, asks some great questions which allows me to share: What key tools I personally use to make decisions to live a life true to myself and actually do it not just think itHow you can shift from analysis paralysis and being stuck in lifeOne killer NLP strategy to transform your motivation to take action How to take back control whe...
Nov 5, 2021
44 min
A career pivoting journey: transitioning from retail buyer to content writer - Valerie Mekki
On this week’s episode, we have Valerie Mekki who used to be a retail buyer and product developer for major fashion brands for over 18 years and now she is a content writer and loves it! In this interview, Valerie fascinatingly shares her career pivots including becoming an entrepreneur, returning to a 9-5 and a lot more! We discuss: The false security of job securityHow accreditations and side projects can really help in your career transitionsThe mindset to handle your ego being crus...
Oct 29, 2021
42 min
How To Quit Finance and Investment Banking Careers - Claudio Antonini
On this week’s episode, we have Claudio Antonini who is a career change coach for finance and investment banking professionals. We cover a lot in this interview, from: What prompts finance and investment banking professionals to want to leave their career and what are the challenges in transitioning out of it?Typical routes out and common transferable skills they can useHow to prevent your next career being a bad decisionFinding more suitable roles within your existing bankHow to recogn...
Oct 22, 2021
51 min
Structure your thinking for the unexpected to live a life you love - Nishith Shah
On this week’s episode, I have Nishith Shah, founder of Thought Labs, co-founder of the Global NLP Conference India and someone I’ve worked with in training people how to become aware of their own mind’s source code and the structure of our human experience, taking people beyond their comfort zones at retreats in the Swiss Alps and the Indian Himalayas. This conversation is all about dealing with unexpected events in life, like the very present latest Covid strain in June 2021 and lockdowns i...
Jun 11, 2021
39 min
Make choices from a place without ego to completely reinvent yourself - Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
In this episode I speak with Camilla Sacre-Dallerup, a former Strictly Come Dancing champion who completed reinvented herself to a new career and lifestyle, moving from the UK to LA with her husband Kevin in the process to completely reinvent themselves. This is a fascinating conversation about recognising your ego in your career and life and having the discipline to keep it in check to really be who you truly are, not what is expected of you. We talk about the sacrifices needed during her ca...
Apr 30, 2021
45 min
Transition to an entrepreneur and growing a 7-figure business - James Saward-Anderson
This episode is about becoming an entrepreneur and actually the process and life in entrepreneurship. I speak with James Saward-Anderson, a co-founder of Social Tree Global with his business partner, Max Hannah. They started their business as a project in a bedroom back in 2016. And it's now grown to become one of the largest dedicated business-to-business, social media agencies, working with leading brands like UBS, IBM and Meltwater. James and Max have also helped educate...
Apr 15, 2021
44 min
The science to find your flow in your work day - Sarah Gregg
On episode 37 of the show, I have Sarah Gregg, a psychologist, coach and author of two highly-practical books - Find Your Flow and her upcoming book Choose Happy which is being released next month. We talk about the science behind gratitude, what rules and routines can create flow in your work day and how you can actually make decisions to be happier. Resources: Connect directly with Sarah Gregg on Instagram and follow her useful daily tips here @thepowertoreinventSarah's website detailing a...
Apr 3, 2021
49 min
From NHS Psychology to Travel Blogger And Hypnotherapist - Alice Nettleingham
On this week’s episode, I have Alice Nettleingham, who has gone through a number of career changes and each time has really enjoyed every career she has been in. Like me, she loves variety and adventure and we met each other in Bansko, Bulgaria. After graduating in psychology, Alice worked as a psychological well-being practitioner for the NHS. Fast forward a few years and she had spent 5 years as an English teacher in Asia and forward some more and Alice is running a hugely pop...
Mar 18, 2021
47 min
Managing Careers At Facebook and Starting A Business During A Pandemic - AJ Mizes
On this week’s episode, I have AJ Mizes, who left his job at Facebook in San Francisco as a Global People & HR Leader to start his company The Human Reach in the middle of the pandemic (talk about taking risks). AJ is a Career & Leadership Coach & HR Consultant and reached out to me as he loved some of the episodes on the Burn From Within show and he shared so many practical tips from real experience in his own career (the good stuff he gives to his own clients), I had to s...
Mar 6, 2021
49 min
Prototyping Your Next Career and Designing Your Life with Design Thinking - Fiona Reith
On this episode, I interview Fiona Reith, the UK's first Designing Your Life certified coach and a phenomenal career change coach I know from training together. After noticing how practical her approach was to life and coaching her career change clients, I asked what her secret was and what Designing Your Life meant. She recommended I read a book for career and life change called Designing Your Life by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett who are both professors at Stanford University that teach Desi...
Feb 19, 2021
53 min
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