The Encouragement Diaries
By Libby Hammond
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Are there times you could do with some encouragement? If so, The Encouragement Diaries is just for you. These short podcasts are filled with short, useful and good humoured wisdom, stories, quotes, insights from guests and spiritual blessing. Best of all, they will be really useful and practical for every day life. Hope and joy are far better for your health than anxiety and stress so dip into The Encouragement Diaries whenever you need some joy.
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The West Highland Way was one of mine - What's one of yours?
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May 14, 2024 |
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Need a little peace - here's 'a little time for you' sea soundscape 🤗
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May 03, 2024 |
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Hilarious but true tales of missed opportunities 🤣
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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A gentle introduction into connecting to others with one of the best connectors - Lucinda Sieger
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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There are no limits when love is our motivation 🥰
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Tony Currie, radio and TV broadcaster on how grief can be a catalyst for great change🙌
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Conscientiousness - the hallmark of journalist and songwriter David Sinclair’s life - just glorious🙌
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Best selling author and speaker, Robin Sieger, on his latest book Wisdom from My Self - glorious🙌💫
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Lost your mojo? Captain of the Lost Waves aka Shaun Hunter's story will really bless you🙌
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Thinking about what to wear today? What about putting on love as your base layer😎
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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How to survive a traffic jam with joy - Hilary and Chris show us how 💫
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Changing position from stinky stonky - the plant way🪴
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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You'll never guess how wonderful folk singing can be - Dan Forest reveals all🤗
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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A Shakespearean approach to improving relationships.
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Louise Samuel guests on the therapeutic and stressbusting power of baking🥳
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Seven camels got their humps up and guess who got the surprise 🤗
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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At 16 Tumushabe Stevens set his heart to bring kindness into communities in Uganda - wow🙌
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The rudy nudy and the interruptible rescuers🙌
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Embracing the 'interruptibles' - it beats the 'who, what, why and when?' dilemmas hands down🙌
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Neglecting your SQ? Why not make 2024 the year you become a CSO? Think you'll love this podcast🤗
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Rachel Inglis shares how to have a 3D Christmas the imaginative contemplation way🙌
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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What an Innkeeper Wallace Perling turned out to be in this nativity story💫
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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The Spruce tree and the Olive Tree - a riveting story for Xmas and beyond💫
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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How to be an angel - although the real ones do it better👼
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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A worker, a prophet or a master builder - which one/s do you think you are?
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Frazzled or fizzled - that's the question, but what's the answer?
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Travel light and travel ready - a glorious perspective on living life to the full🙌
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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77x7 = ??? What's your best guess to the answer to this wine label?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Yes, 3 million people can be wrong - and other erroneous facts about who you are🤗
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Yod, Daleth and Hei - what a trio💫
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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You may need to get your feet wet if you want to live free from the burdens of life😇
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Your prayers have been answered🙌
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Lily and Dong Yu - restoring people, and the world, in beautiful ways.
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Flights, bags, blessings and the joys of compensation🙌
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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How an onion made all the difference for talented filmmaker and storyteller Tom Harmer 🙌
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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What is normal for a shrimp may surprise you!
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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How the seemingly impossible actually becomes a reality - the sailing stones have cracked it🙌
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Nikki Tremble from rags to the best kind of riches
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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The exotic and endangered - and that's just your jeans!
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Living a 'weed' free life - sooooo healthy for mind, body and soul!
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Don't despise the day of small beginnings🙌
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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How to spare others from the Mandrill communication style
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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The Art of saying less
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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What do you fear? You need hope and joy🙌
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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You too can change the world - even by accident
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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The spider and the fly - where order and chaos collide
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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The power of someone coming alongside when failure seems inevitable💫
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Did you know rain is nature's way of trying to have a conversation with us?
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May 24, 2023 |
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How to spot a miracle💫
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May 16, 2023 |
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Wear your crown👑
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May 08, 2023 |
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How reading a tree can transform your life!
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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A little birdsong to start your day.
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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The practise of the presence of peace
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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The powerhouse that is Gratitude
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Skinny Genes, Lucky Lips and a Grundy Gallop - what's your best guess as to where these will lead?
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Positive News Day
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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I'm really not a robot - and I'm app'd out!
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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The right way, the wrong way, and...the gogglesway!
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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The Sieger Siblings - encouraging wisdom on how to be family.
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Wonderful international singer/songwriter Lara Eidi on the power of the voice to heal and bring joy.
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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On the edge or higher up - what's your comfortable place?
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Punctuation - the greatest of tools for a relaxed lifestyle.
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Backed into a corner? Your corner is your gate \o/
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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The battle between the advertiser and the goldfish - yes, it involves attention span!
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Sunshine Saturdays and a couple of ways to create little pots of joy🙌
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Unleashing your creative guru
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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The best ever Christmas card.
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Behold the blubber - a whale of a Xmas tradition!
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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The surprising gifts that come from the seemingly mundane things in life.
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Does the new dictionary word - permacrisis - describe your life just now?
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Anak Krakatoa - a lesson in the power of persisting in 'bubbling' 🙌
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Route mapping away from the Needless Road.
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Yeast - a wonderful power source and secret weapon against overwhelming odds 🙌
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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There's the Siegfried Line and the Maginot Line but now there's the Washing Line!
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Buck the trend and you'll save yourself alot of money - and grief - from possible BBL effects!
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Pop your head around the corner - you may be pleasantly surprised!
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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September 21, 2022
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Do you pay attention to your inner voice or are you persuaded by whoever shouts loudest?
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Smells evoke memories so why not recreate your favourite ones when you need encouragement?
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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The value of local news in building strong community is the passion of Editor Fiona Reid.
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Forget the Mondays blues and let Adam 'Bottleneck' Blake busker the blues away🙌
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Farther up and farther in - the Narnian self development method.
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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The musical adventure novel CV!
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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What makes for the truly greats in friendships - journalist Helene Almqvist and Lucinda Sieger🎉
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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What 5 minutes in the loo and a flower can do to massively boost wellbeing 🙌
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Conversation tip No 1: How to avoid digging a pit for yourself!
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Joan McAlpine brings Robert Burns amazing home at Ellisland Farm alive - amazing🙌
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Flourishing in the murky times - lessons from a bulrush!
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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The creation of Deacon Pink - Dot Getcliffe draws us into her intriguing story.
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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There are times it is good to turn a blind eye so that you can actually see the good 🙌
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Ruby and Adam Malik bring great joy on cholesterol, curries, cricket and healthy living - yum yum🙌
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Was 'Tee hee Brutus' the last thing Julius Caeser actually said?
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Kate Kelly, Alexander technique teacher, author and actor on the benefits of changing habits🙌
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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The perfect excuse to avoid backbreaking work - its all in the medieval story😇
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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The art of the apology - with the help of pumpernickel!
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Observation, circumstances and opportunities go hand in hand.
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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The skirl of the pipes - what could be more uplifting 🙌
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Harriet's diary of discovering how to grow despite containment. So good🙌
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May 30, 2022 |
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Life always find a way\o/
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May 17, 2022 |
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The water glass approach to dealing with anxieties - simple but wildly effective 🙌
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May 13, 2022 |
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Why honouring others and being honoured can be life-changing.
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May 11, 2022 |
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When laughter and joy have left the room Nick and Tracey Young-Thomson share how to introduce hope!
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May 05, 2022 |
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So how do you get to be the best that you can be - here's how from 11 year old Philile in Durban💝
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May 03, 2022 |
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Lessons from a beach cafe in Durban😎
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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How would you rate your travel efficiency? The glorious art of packing a case😇
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Nel Van Zanten on the what, why and wowee's of having a healthy gut 💖
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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To swamp or not to swamp? That is the question so what is the answer?
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Top tip for transformation - at all levels:-)
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Are you a swinger, bagger or plonker?
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Learning the benefits of difficult people - honestly it can change our whole perspective on life!
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Discover the best diet ever for an all-round healthy life.
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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When Christmas came early - the joys of family!
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Personality profiling - have you tried the jigsaw method?
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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From scarcity to abundance the desert mothers way!
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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What 'adults' can learn from young teenagers on destressing - welcome to guests Poppy and Jules,🤗
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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A breathe filling soundscape by the sea - perfect for escaping the office 🙌
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Growing resilience - star of stage and film, Elizabeth Counsel shares from her story 🙌
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Life lessons from a candle🙌
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Colin Mackenzie, Fleet Street journalist extraordinaire on making the most of your luck!
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Do you know your labour is not in vain?
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Do you know the language of music? Gifted musicians Hide Takemoto and Lucinda Sieger - thank you 🎶
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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What would you love to see come to pass in your life?
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Reflections from the forest🌲🌳
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Decision-making with a difference!
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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A chocolate Nativity Story to bring joy. Merry Christmas🎄
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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How wonderful to have people around us who ignite our hearts - such a one is guest Isaac Stott🙌
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Nuggets of gold on the journey to contentment with Loveson Mdluli.
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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The stormy people and the devastated tree people.
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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How to give your endorphins a run for their money🤗
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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A Scottish blessing as we approach Advent season
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Does Black Friday really create happiness?
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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A key lesson on ensuring you get your facts right!
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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What story has inspired or depressed you? O Henry's The Last Leaf falls into one of these categories
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Cate Mackenzie, therapist, artist and writer on the power of self love to overcome fear🙌
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Who's shoes fit you best?
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Are you a Lone Ranger or a Tonto? The Wild West way to collaboration🙌
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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What kind of pot cleaner do you use? The answer reveals a communication tool 🙌
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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The key benefits of actually listening to what is being said.
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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The gym, the wimp and the transformation - Jay Safari tells his delightful story.
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Can you name that tree?
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Caves or castles - where is your place of safety?
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Greek TV and radio presenter Vasoula Christodoulou - Black belt, belly dancer and investigator!
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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What do deafness, radioactivity and geology all have in common?
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Spotify star Daisy Chute loves people and what an inspiration she is to others.
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Pyramids and personalities - the one gets buried while the other lives on.
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Following your instincts can be life-changing. Rachel Ball, graphic novelist is a wonderful guest 👏
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Luke Collins reveals how cats are the answer to the art of avoidance - brilliant!
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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The wonderful release from cathartic moments
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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David Bartholomew shares his discovery of untold riches.
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Neil and Carrie Bruce's hilarious take on men's sheds - the perfect solution🙌
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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The pitfalls and joys from going off the beaten path!
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Mermaids, seaweed and minerals - therapist Carina Coen explains the healing benefits of the sea.
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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Why lemon suckers and peas definately do not mix!
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Amazing American Folk musician and poet Eric Sommer talks about the power of breadcrumbs.
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Louis Armstrong got life and what it was about - let's take advantage of his pearls of wisdom.
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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At a crossroads moment? A couple of questions to ask yourself🤔
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Writer, journalist and broadcaster Robin Denselow inspires with The Electric Muse Revisited!
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Smoking the mango trees - the key to a healthier life.
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Emma Rowlands shares her story of practising rootedness🙌
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Ahetas Jimi, Greek artist and songwriter, joins in a conversation - with cicadas! - from Greece🇬🇷
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Odd and imperfect is always more interesting!.
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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The revelations of journaling.
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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From California to London canals, Ida Olsen paddleboards into joy 🙌
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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The resilience of clay pots - guest Ian Houston encourages us to 'thine own self be true' 🙌
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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Leaning back and leaning in - the joy of the whisper.
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Educationalist and author Jenny York on leaping into uncertainty - and her children's book series💖
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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The Lone Ranger and stagecoaches.
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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From fine arts to farming - creative solutions for everyday life from Jenny Dobson.
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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In pursuit of butterflies.
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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A marvellous story of certainty from guest Dick Hammond's diary.
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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The half-mast trouser approach!
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Entertaining angels unawares.
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Three world changers in the studio today!
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Where substance overtakes style - encouragement from a bike ride!
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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San Francisco Green Film Festival founder and director Rachel Caplan is on the podcast sofa today🎥
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May 27, 2021 |
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Putting your head above the parapet - the four Q's.
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May 25, 2021 |
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Entrepreneur extraordinaire and philosopher farmer guests today - welcome to Michael Dobson
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May 20, 2021 |
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Don't wait for a funeral!
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May 18, 2021 |
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From the womb to the tomb
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May 14, 2021 |
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Extravagant living.
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May 06, 2021 |
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Wild adventures and joy in the Arctic with Seth Gardner, filmmaker, author, storyteller
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May 03, 2021 |
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The joy of humour - a cautionary tale!
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Pioneers and poets - join guest academician Lady Joyce Caplan into the world of poetry.
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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It's Earth Day - time to be kind to yourself and the planet.
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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What do Cuba, Blue Badge, birds and entrepreneurship all have in common - Kath Bateman!
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Avoiding falling into the deceptive traps of the half truth communicators.
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Louise Simpkin shares the value of gathering around food. Yumee!
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Finding joy in embarrassing moments!
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Robert Burns, Stanley Baxter and the gift of friendship
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Lent - a season to stretch into and reap great rewards.
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Shackleton's angel - what a story!
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Singer songwriter Lucinda Sieger encourages our untapped creative imagination
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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How to stay sweet - advice from the 17th century!
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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From Cape Town, Robyn Curran's inspirational encouragement on being present - and exercise tips!
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Peter Hammond guests in a great conversation on mental wellbeing and practical tenderheartedness.
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Life lessons from a cloud
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Robin Sieger, best selling author and speaker shares on attitude, beliefs and extreme golf!
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Commit to adventure!
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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The significance of being unique - lessons from some seeds.
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Discovering diamonds - the power of knowing our core drivers.
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Where heavenly things can be of great earthly use!
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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The three W's - which one is the key to encouragement?
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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How appreciation of cowboys, and anemones, can lead to joy!
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Behold the hedge - the business and life benefits from the art of observation.
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Speaking blessings - a tool for resilience and survival!
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Choices - learning a new language.
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Contagious laughter - what an encouragement 😂🙌.
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Mosquitos, nudists and dominos!
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Excited anticipation - miracles can happen!
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Catching rabbits
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Discovering your significance Part 2 - the glorious truth🙌
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Discovering your significance Part 1 - Dealing with the lemon suckers.
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Wisdom, understanding and rare treasure!
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Cracked pots and water carriers
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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Ebb and flow - discovering treasure
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Tent pegs and stability!
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Monkeys and coconuts.
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Stay Curious - stagnation is not an option.
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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The Encouragement Diaries (Trailer)
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Dec 31, 2020 |