Use your time wisely and creatively. The streets are deserted. The world has hit pause. Not only the tourists have stopped coming but the locals are invisible, restaurants are shut and only the local…
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A once upon a time trip to the Caribbean sowed the seed for more to come. It was there Nicola came across wonderful chocolate which she knew she would somehow do something with one…
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Amanda Brown knew conventional success but then also realised that it wasn’t going to be her future. Imposter syndrome prompted her to look deeper into what she was really meant to do. She started…
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In a world of quarantine you have got to adapt Since this morning Spain is in lock down. We knew that this was going to be strict and pretty severe, but on the other…
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Stefan has always followed his itch to learn and develop through the work he does. He’s was more afraid of staying too long in one place than he was to take on a new…
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It might be hard to imagine to live a minimalistic lifestyle when you have five children. This certainly didn’t happen overnight but Gera was so inspired by her child’s school project about the carbon…
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Kim Adele wanted to be a hairdresser. In fact she tells anyone with pride that this is the only NVQ she has. But life took many turns and she now runs a business as…
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As a Track&Field athlete, Dr Karen Freeberg started out throwing things for a living. As an early adopter (she got a domain name for her 13th b’day), Karen had a love for PR, communication…
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Another amazing 6 interviews, this time with Samatha Kelly, Paul Ince, Jon Ferrara, Esther Jacobs, Joseph McQuire and the Pepperhustle girls Lynn & Martina, with an overarching theme of “don’t be limited by…
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Esther felt it came down to a choice between Time and Money. She chose Time. Whilst most peple carried on studying and rolled into junior and then senior positions, Esther grabbed entrepreneurial opportunities…
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Paul had a safe job in the corporate world and didn’t plan to start a business. But he grew increasingly unhappy working and earning money for other people and just coming away with…
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He had more or less grown up in the building industry, starting at the bottom of the ladder. His beloved grandparents, who were his carers, needed the money, so painting and decorating seemed a…
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When you travel a lot, or live in different countries, you have no choice at times but to rely on new people. I remember travelling in New York when someone kindly pointed out to…
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Let’s face it, life is tough. It’s hard, full of surprises and often not what you expect. It’s a tough teacher notwithstanding all the requirements you have got to abide by and all the…
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Life wasn’t perfect for Jon Ferrara but navigating across certain roadblocks in his life made him stronger. From early on he decided to walk the path of truth and knowledge. Jon achieved great entrepreneurial…
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As a small child Joseph was acutely aware of the adults around him. Through receiving some complimentary therapy Joseph had a lightbulb moment which spurred him onto learning about complimentary therapy and face reading.…
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Becoming a mother cannot be underestimated. You’re told you will cope but nothing truly prepares you for that adventure. You’re supposed to be in that perfect earth-mother bubble of bliss. Many mothers -Martina and…
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Samantha Kelly didn’t really know where she fitted in. Her kind Dad inspired her to do something meaningful, but it wasn’t immediately obvious what that was. Sam soon found her entrepreneurial flair, but was…
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Listen to the takeaways of the interviews with Danni Tabor, Sharyn Kearns, Dan Furlong, Aoifa O’Brien, Bill Liao and Matt B Davis. Every one of these stories are about being adaptable and having the…
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(from inspirational people with incredible stories) It all started out as a way of doing research and investigation for the writing of my book, “The every-year itch”. Finding and interviewing people with unconventional lives…