Megan is a strategic wellness adviser & consultant. She helps ambitious women, employees and leaders optimize their wellness through nutrition, mindfulness, mindset and movement so that they can feel magnetic energy, confident in their own skin and produce exceptional results. In this episode, we’re going to be discussing wellness, and morning routines in particular. Megan shares that the benefits she's seen and felt by creating space and time just for her before the rest of her world wakes up. She shares that it's perfectly natural for our morning routine to ebb and flow with your lifestyle. So, this episode isn’t going to be plea for everyone to wake up at 5am, but to craft a schedule that sets you up for your day. We cover:  the importance of a morning routine to set you up for your day, how being regimented about your routine can keep you stuck things to consider when building your morning routine Connect with Megan:  Website: ⁠https://www.meganswanwellness.com/⁠; LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-swan-wellness/; Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/meganswanwellness/ Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page ⁠HERE⁠. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show. If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one ⁠here⁠. Thanks so much! Follow ⁠@storiesthatconnectus_podcast⁠ for more info.

Maya Welford is a multi-award-winning professional, currently working as Behavioural Finance Specialist at Barclays. Maya completed her Psychology degree at King’s College London, and also holds a Masters degree in Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability. She’s an advocate for DEI both within the workplace and more broadly within society. Maya is also a Coach, podcast host and founder of ‘That’s My Name’. In this episode, we’re going to be discussing a hot topic - the multiracial experience in Britain through the lens of Maya’s journey. We cover:  language & terminology e.g. what is Britishness? The benefits and struggles of embracing all that is you  'White Passing' Multiracial  - far from homogenous Connect with Maya:  Website: https://mayawelford.com/; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-welford/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatsmyname_pod/ Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page HERE. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show. If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one here. Thanks so much! Follow @storiesthatconnectus_podcast for more info.

TW: If talk about alcohol dependency and recovery helps you, listen today. If it triggers, know that it’s okay to skip today but be sure to join us again for the next episode. Supporting info and resources added below. Anna Donaghey is an Alcohol Mindset Coach and Speaker on the lived experience of alcohol addiction. Anna's story is all about how she took control and turned her life around after being stuck in a cycle of alcohol addiction for a lot of her working life. In her coaching practice, ‘The Beliefs Coach’ she helps people take control, find freedom and make alcohol small and irrelevant . Her  work involves helping people dig into the emotions and beliefs around  WHY they drink, because these beliefs can be dismantled and reshaped to  create powerful mindset shifts and new, healthier behaviours. Supporting information and resources: To download: https://www.thebeliefscoach.com/stories-that-connect-us; To listen to: https://hubermanlab.com/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health/; Websites: https://thisnakedmind.com/; https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services Connect with Anna:  Website: thebeliefscoach.com; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annadonaghey/;  Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page HERE. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show. If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one here. Thanks so much! Follow @storiesthatconnectus_podcast for more info.

In this episode we'll be delving into the struggle, stress, shame, blame and heartache that many families go through to bring children into the world. A lot of these feelings, thoughts and experiences happen under the shadows, let’s bring it out into the light. Ella Razzell is an advocate for people considering, undertaking or post-fertility treatment, including IVF. She is a busy mum of two, both conceived via fertility treatment in the midst of her career. Ella went through the entire IVF journey without her employer knowing a thing. She wants to address and eradicate the taboo, stigma and embarrassment faced by many embarking on this journey. Connect with Ella:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellakilford/ Supporting information and resources: www.nhs.uk/conditions/ivf/; www.fertilitynetworkuk.org/; www.fertilityfriends.co.uk/ Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page HERE. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show. If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one here. Thanks so much! Follow @storiesthatconnectus_podcast for more info.

Want to pivot into a new career but think there's only one thing you can 'be' or 'do'? Are leaders born or is it possible to develop leadership skills?  Check out the next episode with Lorraine Connell, where we'll be discussing all of this and more. Lorraine is the Founder of Peers Not Fears, an organisation working to build leadership in our youth through peer mentoring.  Lorraine is a leadership Coach, DEI Awareness Builder and Former Chemistry Teacher Connect with Lorraine:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorraine-connell-4962ab1b8/; Website: https://www.peers-not-fears.com/ Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page HERE. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show. If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one here. Thanks so much! Follow @storiesthatconnectus_podcast for more info.

Welcome to Season 2. Today we sit down with Ana Goehner. Ana is a bilingual career strategist, a career butterfly. She helps achievers go from overwhelmed to empowered, so they can build confidence, set  boundaries, manage self-care, and thrive in a healthy work environment.  She offers career and job search coaching for achievers. Her work has been seen on LinkedIn News, Time Magazine, HuffPost, and more. Do you say YES so much that your desk is piled with the consequences of not saying NO? Do you ignore your body when it speaks? If yes, tune in to this episode. Men lie and women lie, but our body tells the truth. Ana’s story reminds us just how important it is for us to speak up and advocate for ourselves. Self-advocacy saved Ana's life. Connect with Ana:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anagoehner/; Website: https://www.anagoehner.com  Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page HERE. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show.  If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one here. Thanks so much!  Follow @storiesthatconnectus_podcast for more info.

Jo isn’t your typical lawyer. She helps creative legal professionals ditch the mask and step into their personal power. She is a certified high-performance coach, Powerlifter, and a Proud Creative. Jo shares her journey to become a hot-shot lawyer and reveals just how damaging it can be to our soul if we can’t be who we really 9, 10 hours a day. Through personal experience she's been able to figure out what she thinks is wrong with the legal profession, and the help lawyers actually need. Connect with Jo:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thrivewithcoachjo/; Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/align_with_jo/ Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page HERE. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show. If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one here Thanks so much! Follow @storiesthatconnectus_podcast for more info.

Do you look for joy in things, people, and places? If so, this episode is for you as Brooke Olivia explains that Joy is an inside job. Brook is a Joy & confidence coach and the founder of Live Fit with B. Her main goal is to help overwhelmed professionals seeking change. She empowers them to rediscover their joy and build their confidence so that they can start creating the lives they deserve. Brooke is on a mission to transform over 10,000 professionals and give them the hope that it IS possible to find joy even in the midst of their toughest times. This passion stems from Brooke’s own professional journey. The struggle of being an exhausted professional led to a burning desire for change and the realization of a deep need to improve her self-love and confidence. Teaching, pole fitness, and mindset work guided Brooke’s destined path and creation of My Season of Success, a signature 3-phase coaching program designed for overwhelmed professionals. You can get more resources from Brooke here. Topics covered: What is joy and how it differs to happiness The joy and freedom that tends to come naturally in childhood that is often lost as we age How Brooke initally found joy as a teacher of 1st graders in the USA The impact of teaching to the test on teachers and students Searching for joy in people, places and things Joy as an inside job and the value of a gratitude practice Connect with Brooke: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livefitwithb/ ; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livefitwithb Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page HERE. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show. If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one here Thanks so much! Follow @storiesthatconnectus_podcast for more info.

Katie Williams is in the hot seat. Katie is a Holistic  Psychotherapist and Coach who helps successful humans kick self-doubt  and boost their confidence and motivation so they can live a happier and  more joyful life. She has moved cities, changed careers and discovered a lot about people in the last  seven years. She's committed to helping successful humans swap self-criticism and perfectionism for self-compassion and consistent  action. By combining her skills as a psychotherapist, coach and yoga  teacher, she helps her clients feel more grateful, mindful and balanced,  so that they can achieve what they REALLY want.  Connect with Katie: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiewilliamscoaching/ ;  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-williams-psychotherapyandcoaching/ Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page HERE. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show. If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one here Thanks so much! Follow @storiesthatconnectus_podcast for more info.

Everyone has a light, a spark that makes them unique. Sadly not everyone's light is allowed to shine brightly.  Hannah Litt sits down to share her story of life with several hidden diseases. Hannah is a South Asian, Muslim Woman with ADHD, Fibromyalgia, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and PCOS. She currently works at Mindweaver as Head of EDIA and Resourcing where she focuses on Mindweaver’s anti-racism strategy. Hannah believes everyone is different and our difference is what makes us amazing and that should be celebrated every day, but we should also be  supported, so she focuses on making sure people, systems, and processes  are broken and redesigned in equitable ways.  In this episode we discuss:  The traits, signs & symptoms of ADHD that were present in early children but were sadly missed and not supported The negative impact of masking and dispelling myths Intersectionality and how this can influence living with invisible conditions  The role of educators and employers in recognising, accepting and celebrating difference to enable people with neurodiversities to be their authentic self without apology The benefits of self-disclosure in the workplace to ensure that people get the support they need Psychological safety as one of the missing ingredients  Connect with Hannah: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahlitt/ Want to support the podcast? This show is a passion project that is 100% self-funded. Great news  you  can ‘buy me a coffee’ by visiting this page HERE. Thanks in advance  for  any support you’re able to provide to the show. If you enjoyed the episode, please do leave me a review. You can leave one here Thanks so much!  Follow @storiesthatconnectus_podcast for more info.