Learning and Development professional, Claire France talks from the heart about her mental health struggles following a family member being diagnosed with a terminal diagnosis. This news was the trigger that helped her recognise how she was really feeling about own life and relationships, including the realisation that she wanted change in her relationships and how much she desired to start a family.

In her leadership role at Millikens, Claire leads the mental health provision to help end the stigma associated with mental illness and encourages others in the workplace to talk openly about their how they’re feeling. Her remarkable self-discovery journey has led her to start training to be a counsellor to guide others through their self-discovery path.

As the Red Hot Chilli Peppers wrote, “This life is more than just a read through” and Claire’s extraordinary journey is certainly a testament to recognising her own feelings to help her live the life she’s always wanted.

There’s so much more to Mike Madden’s job than teaching others to lift barbells and hit the right squat position. As a gym owner and coach, Mike has learnt the real heavy lifting of running a successful fitness business.

Being a visionary, a creative and a deep thinker, Madders – as he’s more commonly known – admits that the key to success has been accepting that he can’t do it all, and to get the right help. In this podcast, he shares his secret weapon to setting up and running his own 8,500 sq. ft. CrossFit training facility in Trafford Park.

Putting the right systems and processes in place, and having a strategic coach to support him, Mike has not only become better at knowing his numbers, but he’s also built a community of people who enjoy their best hours of their day training with Mike and socialising with like-minded people.

CEO and Storytelling expert, Mike Ganino, talks to Joanne Grobbelaar about his intentional and life-changing ‘PAUSE’ moment that brought him to being the Storytelling expert and public speaking coach that he is today. Rewriting the narrative of his upbringing, and his unique experience as a CEO of a fast-growing business, his ‘PAUSE’ moment led Ganino to creating a business that he really loves.

Mike discusses his new program for leaders that allows them to grow their brand through their unique story and share it in a way that brings transformational results.