Episodios

  • Finding Strength in Struggles – Nurture Your Zest with Robert Little
    May 7 2025

    🔞 Content trigger warning: Listener and viewer discretion is advised. Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Robert Little – coach, podcast host, former door-to-door salesman, and passionate advocate for community, connection, and living life with intention.Themes of this conversation:🌵 Embracing challenges – the importance of mental resilience for facing any challenge whether that be fasting during Ramadan to going alcohol-free for 661 days🌵Growing up with undiagnosed ADHD, the struggles he faced at school, and how through raw determination, he found success through unconventional learning methods 🌵 Building deep community roots – from growing up in local social clubs to being a door-to-door sales man – and how those experiences fuel Robert’s mission to “smash life” 🌵 The impact of losing friends too young, and how grief motivated him to launch the ‘Smash Life Challenge’ and help others thrive 🌵 Why real conversations about mental health, alcohol, and technology are more important than ever – especially for men and younger generations 🌵 The power of routine, gratitude, nature, and “winning the morning” to reclaim your time, energy, and joy in life 🌵 Behind the scenes of launching his own podcast, The Big Red Show – and why Robert believes in doing things his way, with honesty, passion, and heartConnect with Robert Little: 💻 Website: https://smashlifechallenge.co.uk/ 📲 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-little-73888b172/🎙️ Listen to ‘Big Red Show’: https://open.spotify.com/show/1siTKVdzw6DZdbkynjsID3If you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe! It really helps us to grow our channel, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing your more stories! 🎙️🫶This podcast was filmed at Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio. If you would like to record a podcast or have any questions about starting a podcast please write to: 💌 bookings@flamingoheights.co.uk www.flamingoheights.co.uk

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    40 m
  • Telling True Crime with Heart - Nurture Your Zest with Dawn Young
    Apr 30 2025

    Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Dawn Young – podcaster, founder of Cluarantonn Podcast Agency, and passionate advocate for ethical true crime storytelling.


    Themes of this conversation:


    🌵How a love for true crime and a gap in Scottish representation inspired Dawn to start Scottish Murders


    🌵The bold decision to transition from co-hosting with her sister to going solo – and how it helped her find her voice


    🌵Why ethical storytelling and respecting victims’ families is at the heart of Dawn’s work


    🌵The emotional toll of true crime and why setting boundaries and taking breaks is essential


    🌵Dawn’s creative process: from researching 18th century cases to building narratives that honour forgotten lives


    🌵Exploring Scotland’s beauty and culture through her second podcast Scottish Digest


    🌵Launching Cluarantonn Podcast Agency – and how Dawn is now helping others to start, grow and thrive as podcasters


    🌵The power of collaboration, building community, and giving back to others on the journey


    Connect with Dawn Young:

    💻 Website:

    https://scottishmurders.com/

    🎙️ Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/63qdcQbADDUbB7L9B0Nl4G

    https://open.spotify.com/show/2QiEjeKruNSDpAC6rdppIT

    Cluarantonn:

    https://www.cluarantonn.com/


    This podcast was filmed at Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio.Interested in starting your own podcast?

    Reach out to us at 💌 hello@flamingoheights.co.uk or visit www.flamingoheights.co.uk.

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    47 m
  • She Grew Up in the Wild, Now She’s Fighting to Protect It - Nurture Your Zest with Tamma Carel
    Apr 23 2025

    Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Tamma Carel – environmental consultant, founder of Imvelo, and passionate advocate for sustainable business.Themes of this conversation:🌵Growing up in South Africa and how her early connection to nature shaped her mission to protect it🌵Navigating the challenges and opportunities of immigration, and how adapting to a new country built resilience and courage🌵Building not one, but two businesses – including a SaaS platform that simplifies environmental legislation for organisations🌵Why diversity, ancient wisdom, and local voices are essential to shaping global sustainability policies🌵The entrepreneurial lessons she’s learned as a female founder in male-dominated industries🌵The power of reframing privilege, embracing simplicity, and questioning the abundance of choice in our daily lives🌵Why Tamma believes in “working hard and resting hard” – and how she finds joy in fostering hedgehogsConnect with Tamma Carel: 💻 Website:https://imveloltd.co.uk/📲 LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tamma-carel🎥 TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3howIXSTHEWatch the episode over on our YouTube channel, if you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe! It really helps us to grow our channel, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing your more stories! 🎙️🫶This podcast was filmed at Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio. If you would like to record a podcast or have any questions about starting a podcast please write to: 💌 bookings@flamingoheights.co.uk www.flamingoheights.co.uk

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    42 m
  • I Lost Myself...Then I Turned the Music On - Nurture Your Zest with Jamie Pell
    Apr 16 2025
    Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Jamie Pell, occasional DJ, mental health advocate and business founder.🔞 Content trigger warning: Listener and viewer discretion is advised. Sensitive topics covered in this episode include:Suicidal ideation, isolation and loneliness, alcohol, burnout. If you find this topic upsetting and need any additional support, there are some useful contacts available at: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/postnatal-depression-and-perinatal-mental-health/useful-contacts/ Themes of this conversation: 🌵Jamie’s strong sense of loyalty and justice, and how it shapes his life. 🌵Living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and being diagnosed later in life 🌵Challenges in Education: Discussing how traditional education settings often fail ADHD children and the importance of adapting learning styles. 🌵Overwhelm, burnout, stress and the value of therapy in managing stress, burnout, and finding balance. 🌵 Parenting a child with ADHD: Jamie talks about raising a child with ADHD and the lessons he’s learned along the way. 🌵Stimulants and how they help the ADHD brain 🌵 Hyperactive Brain: Understanding what it’s like to live with a hyperactive mind and the challenges it brings. 🌵Dopamine Seeking: The dangers of constantly seeking dopamine and how it can lead to unhealthy coping mechanisms. 🌵Alcohol and the ADHD brain, and how this short term coping strategy can lead to burnout 🌵Experiencing time blindness - navigating the challenges of time perception and its impact on daily life.🌵THe ADHD Tax: How ADHD can cost people more each year, and what Monzo Bank are doing about it 🌵Jamie’s experience with impulsive spending and tips for managing finances with ADHD 🌵Life as a DJ: Jamie reflects on his time as a DJ and how music became his creative outlet.Shout outs to some cool people, organisations or concepts mentioned in this episode: Monzo - ‘ADHD Costs an Additional £1,600 per year’ - https://monzo.com/blog/the-extra-costs-of-living-with-adhdStarling Bank - https://app.starlingbank.comChloë Clover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-clover/ Wander Films - https://welovewander.com/ You can find Jamie online at:💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-pell-am-training-am-recruitment-76144283/💻 Website: https://amtrainingltd.com/course/mental-health/Watch the episode over on our YouTube channel, if you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe! It really helps us to grow our channel, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing your more stories! 🎙️🫶This podcast was filmed at Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio. If you would like to record a podcast or have any questions about starting a podcast please write to: 💌 hello@flamingoheights.co.uk www.flamingoheights.co.uk #NurtureYourZest #NurtureYourZestPodcast #ADHD #ADHDLateDiagnosis #Therapy #MensMentalHealth #Impulsivity #Dopamine #NLP #NeuroLinguisticProgramming #ShareYourStory #EmpowerThroughStorytelling #InspireChange #UpliftingVoices #Shame #MaleSuicide
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    50 m
  • How Tenacity Drives Community - Nurture Your Zest with Kathryn Wharton
    Apr 9 2025

    Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Kathryn Wharton, curator, community creator and storyteller


    Themes of this conversation:

    🌵Storytelling across different stakeholder groups


    🌵Curating history, and sharing stories, to amplifying stories through tech, and then marketing stories by sharing them


    🌵The value of reading and books.


    🌵Women in Tech and how it started.


    🌵Kathryn’s gift of building community and how this has been a theme throughout her career journey as she has programmed different types of events.


    🌵The lessons Kathryn would share with herself if she could go back to starting her business in 2023.


    🌵How tenacity has helped Kathryn thrive


    Shout outs to some cool people, organisations or concepts mentioned in this episode:


    • Dippy the Diplodocus: https://greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/dippy-on-tour

    • Great North Museum: https://greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/


    Book recommendations

    • Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success (Angela Duckworth) - https://amzn.to/43TJCIT

    • Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine (Entrepreneurship Simplified) - (Mike Michalowicz) - https://amzn.to/4l3bfp8

    You can find Kathryn Wharton online at:

    💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynwharton/

    💻 Website: https://www.klwmarketing.co.uk/

    📲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klw_marketing/


    Watch the episode over on our YouTube channel, if you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe!


    It really helps us to grow our channel, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing your more stories! 🎙️🫶This podcast was filmed at Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio. If you would like to record a podcast or have any questions about starting a podcast please write to: 💌 hello@flamingoheights.co.uk


    www.flamingoheights.co.uk


    #NurtureYourZest #NurtureYourZestPodcast #CreativeIndustry #CreativeSector #Marketing #TechSector #WomenInTechNorthEast #WomenInTech #Community #SmallBusiness #BusinessNewcastle #BusinessNewcastleuponTyne

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    34 m
  • The Magic of Hyperphantasia & Visual Thinking - Nurture Your Zest with Ann English
    Apr 2 2025

    Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Ann English, a creative visionary who has profoundly impacted Ashleigh with her unique vision mapping techniques. Ann discusses her journey of self-discovery and the power of hyperphantasia—thinking in vivid pictures and multisensory experiences. They explore the importance of visual thinking, embracing strengths and dreams, and how to transform ideas into reality.


    Themes of this conversation:


    🌵 The power of visual thinking and visual styling

    🌵 Discovering the gift of hyperphantasia

    🌵 Embracing your superpower

    🌵 The transformation of setting a “Word of the Year”

    🌵 The magic of creativity and personal journeys

    🌵 Why visual doodling matters

    🌵 The impact of language and speaking things into existence

    🌵 Navigating the challenges of a visual brain

    🌵 How to handle difficult days as a creative

    🌵 The lesson of the Chocolate Easter Egg

    🌵 The Storytelling Suitcase as a tool for growth


    Liked this episode?


    🌵Listen to Ann English’s first Nurture Your Zest episode: https://youtu.be/f_G55CmTOtg?si=XPBS4HWF3-z3lil8


    ❌Watch Ann’s TEDx talk:

    https://youtu.be/sbRdfeUWI30?si=zqB4qYtQ7SrUGAa4


    🌵Buy Ann’s Clarity Quest:

    https://amzn.to/4iZQQ2v


    Shout outs to some cool people, organisations or concepts mentioned in this episode:


    Jakub Stadnik, fine artist


    https://www.saatchiart.com/bfreak?srsltid=AfmBOoqHCjvkKQJdnKgQCwOLtWKhugXXA3M3WKP3QF9DdLoiygcoxpM_


    You can find Ann English online at:


    💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annenglishcreateintrigue/

    💻 Website: https://annenglish.co.uk/

    📲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/createintrigue/

    📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/createintrigue/


    If you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe!


    It really helps us to grow our channel, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing your more stories! 🎙️🫶


    This podcast was filmed at Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio.


    If you would like to record a podcast or have any questions about starting a podcast please write to: 💌

    hello@flamingoheights.co.uk

    www.flamingoheights.co.uk

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    53 m
  • Building a Business Empire from an Old Pottery - Nurture Your Zest with Charlie Hoult
    Mar 26 2025

    Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Charlie Hoult, serial entrepreneur, family man and lover of poetry and yoga! Charlie Hoult is an award-winning business leader, angel investor, and entrepreneur. In this conversation, we explore his multifaceted career and personal journey

    Themes of this conversation:

    🌵Charlie reflects on his experience competing in the local Mayoral Campaign, the challenges of being in the public eye, and what it means to lead in a transparent, public-facing role.

    🌵Charlie talks about taking over a fourth-generation family property business, navigating the ups and downs, and the complexities of managing legacy decisions.

    🌵The responsibilities that come with inheriting a business and being under the spotlight, and how to manage the expectations tied to legacy.

    🌵How Charlie views the trade-offs of using privilege to give back to the community and serve the public.

    🌵Why we should follow the Singaporean model of politics and pay politicians on results 🌵 Going to boarding school at age 13 and the power of networking

    🌵An inside look into Charlie’s journey with Opencast, and the lessons learned along the way.

    🌵Charlie’s favourite writers and why he loves podcasts

    Shout outs to some cool people, organisations or concepts mentioned in this episode: Peter Thiel - Zero to One - https://amzn.to/3RnQI0J

    Louie MacNiece - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/louis-macneice

    You can find Charlie Hoult online at:

    💻 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliehoult/

    💻 Website: https://opencastsoftware.com/team-members/charlie-hoult/

    📲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/houltcharlie/

    If you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe! It really helps us to grow our channel, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing your more stories! 🎙️🫶

    This podcast was filmed at Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio. If you would like to record a podcast or have any questions about starting a podcast please write to: 💌 hello@flamingoheights.co.uk

    www.flamingoheights.co.uk

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    37 m
  • The Science and Soul of Your Voice - Nurture Your Zest with Nic Redman
    Mar 19 2025

    Join your host Ashleigh King as she chats to Nic Redman, voice coach, author of On the Mic, and host of 'The Voice Coach Podcast'. 🎙️

    Nic is a multi-talented accent chameleon who loves to help her clients find and celebrate their unique vocal

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    Themes of this conversation:

    🌵Nic’s favourite party trick accents as a child

    🌵The wonky path which brought Nic to what she’s doing now today

    🌵Facing rejection on the West End

    🌵Dabbling in standup and voiceover work

    🌵Dyspraxia and the impact it can have on academia or ordinary life

    🌵How pregnancy and motherhood can affect the voice

    🌵How your childhood can shape your voice

    🌵Growing up in Ireland during the conflict

    🌵How to tackle childcare with two self-employed folks gigging the house

    🌵The ‘invisible women’- women 40-60 stuck caring for elderly parents or children and how to gain confidence, and feel empowered to use your voice

    🌵The difference between vocal coaching and speaker coaching

    🌵The importance of listening

    🌵If in doubt, breathe out


    Shout outs to some cool people mentioned in this episode:

    Simon Raybould, Presentation Genius:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-raybould-presentations/

    You can find Nic online at:

    💻 LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nic-redman-voice-podcast-recording-coach

    💻 Website: https://nicolaredman.com/

    💻 Apple Podcasts:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-voice-coach-podcast/id1551530536

    If you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe! It really helps us to grow our channel, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing your more stories! 🎙️🫶


    This podcast was filmed at Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio. If you would like to record a podcast or have any questions about starting a podcast please write to: 💌


    hello@flamingoheights.co.uk


    www.flamingoheights.co.uk

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    46 m
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