Karen was in academia, about to start a Phd, but knew she wanted to be involved in gardening so despite people saying 'you're wasting your qualifications' and takigna paycut she followed her dream and became a gardener on a large estate suppori

Have you heard of wool pots? You will soon!

May 15th, 2024 51m 43s

When wandering around a garden centre have you ever thought about all those plastic pots we buy our plants in and what happens to them? What do you do with yours? Bin them? hide them in the shed never to use again? Give them to a friend who gro

Would you start a business as you approached your 60's?

Mar 20th, 2024 44m 52s

This quote came to mind as I was chatting to Mitty - “People who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt those who are doing it", George Bernard Shaw. My 'friend' on this podcast is defintiely the person doing it! Meet Mitty who, not only

Sarah Franken explains how accidentally walking into a panel talk resulted in the online magazine 'Lumera'.

Jan 24th, 2024 1h 1m

In this episode it's all about 'sustainable fashion' Gill chats to Sarah Franken a young entrepreneur about how she came to set up the online magazine 'Lumera'. The focus of the magazine is to highlight sustainable brands and Gill finds out wha

As an entrepreneur Holly Kelsey took a 'family dream' and turned it into a business.

Oct 4th, 2023 34m 50s

I don't know many entrepreneurs, let alone someone of Holly's age, who does literally everything in their new business - from building the website, to making the bespoke items to taking the photographs of her products. She explains how rêvedesa

Gill chats to Clare Freeman and Catherine Wrench about their planet friendly business.

Sep 27th, 2023 55m 46s

Clare and Catherine met at the school gates when their children were young and started running an after school club together for many years before deciding it was time to do something new. Gill finds out what made them decide to star a new env

From the weather and tomatoes to friendship groups

Sep 20th, 2023 42m 34s

Being typically British Jamie and Gill start by chatting about the weather and how it's creating challenges over the last couple of years for us growing veg! Jamie's tomatoes haven't been ripening and he's discovered that he shouldn't be wateri

Katrina Gelderbloem chats about family life with 3 children - Clayton has non verbal autism and sensory processing needs

Aug 9th, 2023 58m 41s

How would you cope for 13+ yrs on 4 hours sleep a night normally, let alone whilst raising a family of 3 children one of whom has non verbal autism plus additional sensory processing needs? Katrina shares her very practical approach to, what s

Raising awareness of breast implant illness. Serena Scroggins tell me her story.

Mar 8th, 2023 1h 11m

Have you heard of breast implant illness? Serena hadn't and put her symptoms of not feeling 'quite right' then 'very ill' down to the peri-menopause / menopause. She went for tests and was told all was well but she certainly didn't feel it was.

Andy Perry from Urban Herbs went from selling herbs to pay for his tuition fees to running a company.

Feb 22nd, 2023 47m 22s

As a means of paying his tuition fees for his horticulture course Andy started selling herbs at farmer's markets. Little did he know that it would lead to him not finishing the course but running his own company and writing a book as well as st

Jenny Kovacs, The 'Queen of Being Seen' explains how her mindset has been key to her success.

Jan 11th, 2023 56m 41s

Jenny is now an award-winning mentor, high impact coach and business owning CEO, She has regularly appeared on the BBC throughout the UK and speaks on the topic of professional visibility nationally and internationally. Jenny chats to Gill abou

Alex Manos talks about the research behind what actually makes coffee healthy. (Part 2 of 2 Podcasts)

Dec 14th, 2022 55m 58s

Following on from the previous podcast I chat to Alex Manos, also from Exhale coffee, to find out all about the 'science bit' behind coffee. I learn a lot about chlorogenic acid which is a polyphenol. I have no idea what are they and exactly wh

Alex Higham is the Founder of Exhale Coffee - 'ridiculously healthy coffee'.

Nov 30th, 2022 51m 24s

If you're a coffee lover then this episode is for you! Having experienced his own health issues Alex, previously an accountant, had a passion for good coffee, had heard about the health benefits and wanted to find out more about what makes cof

Sarah Degeorges shares her approach to working with teams and leaders in the luxury goods sector.

Nov 16th, 2022 51m 46s

Gill was assisting on a Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) course when she met Sarah who was an attendee and discovered they both lived in the same town. From leading a sales team Sarah has now become a self-employed consultant who works with l

Kylee Milner was a teacher in Yorkshire and now she is a jewellery designer / maker in France.

Nov 2nd, 2022 55m 19s

Continuing on the French theme Gill chats to former Yorkshire language teacher Kylee Milner who now designs and makes jewellery. As Kylee says, if someone had told her back in her teaching days that she would be living in France working with 'e

Zoe Davis and her family moved to France to become farmers.

Oct 5th, 2022 43m 20s

Farming is hard enough when you speak the language let alone buying one in France! Gill finds out from Zoe the reason she and her husband decided to buy a farm in France when neither of them really spoke French. What have been the challenges an

Gill chats to Tony Broadbent about how and why he became a coach.

Sep 23rd, 2022 49m 37s

Tony has had a varied career from training to be a stunt man to running several businesses and now a coach. He's been wealthy and in huge debt. He explains to Gill how he now has the life that really makes him happy and why the thinks 'having s

From saving water to repurposing furniture.

Jul 20th, 2022 42m 29s

Gill explains how she is at fault for the current heat wave and lack of water due to her new water butts! This opens the discussion about how house builders could be made to do more to help climate change when building new homes. Jamie tells of

From the benefits of being in nature to socks helping with anxiety!

Jul 6th, 2022 47m 32s

Jamie talks about how he starts his day with a walk in the woods, and they chat about the benefits of being in nature, books they are reading and Gill becoming a trustee of Cultivating Change a new charity. Gill then finds out about Jamie's jea

From solar panels to tea bags!

Jun 22nd, 2022 57m 51s

Gill starts by talking about her new solar panels and Jamie finishes the podcast talking about tea bags. Somewhere in between they chat about: electric cars, dealing with customers expectations and the knock on effect to other work, how to make

Jamie and Gill talk about technology.

Jun 8th, 2022 43m 54s

Jamie has been battling with technology this week, including being able to record this podcast and that's where this episode starts. Only Gill and Jamie could link the woes of technology: to The Hay Festival, weeding the garden as a form of med

Welcome to a new podcast!

May 25th, 2022 14m 54s

Gill and Jamie give a flavour of what their new podcast will be about. They talk about how the podcast came about and what you can expect in future episodes - from chatting about socks to what's going on in the world! Plus they will be invitin

Ele King is a sports massage therapist and explains the difference between the types of massage.

Apr 27th, 2022 35m 9s

Ele didn't set out to be a sports massage therapist when she left university. She explains how she came to be interested and train in massaging. She then went onto specialise in deep tissue and sport massage. Gill and Ele chat about what people

Gill chats to Rob Goldrup about being part of a team that works with a golfer on tour.

Apr 13th, 2022 45m 36s

A lot of work goes into being at the top of your sport with a team of people to support you. Rob is a physical performance coach who works with some of the top golfers. He shares what his role involves, how he supports a golfer on tour and the

Redundancy gave Martyn Spendlove the chance to start his own company.

Mar 30th, 2022 37m 27s

When Martyn was made redundant he didn't sit back and wait for the money to run out but took the opportunity to do what he wanted and start his own training and development company. Gill chats to Martyn about being a 'rebel' and what that looks