Learning to Fly

Karen is a coach and although she lives in England, she is a south african Mama at heart. Her children are now in the their 20's and in spite of challenges like coming to England unable to speak english and a traumatic accident that left her son Xander paralysed at the age of 19, they are flying! Our discussion centres around her stories and wisdom as a parent - there are so many gems in this one!

Caryl was born in 1937, just before the second world war. She is the founder of a very successful office space business which she built without any previous knowledge or experience, having left school with the minimum academic requirements. At the age of 60 she retired from the business and attended university for the first time, gaining a degree in Psychology. Now in her 80's Caryl is still flying. She is passionate about facilitating self esteem and the impact we can all have during the early years of childhood. In this podcast, she generously shares her stories on how she learnt to fly, it is full of wisdom, simplicity and fun!

Wieke trained and worked as a dancer and choreographer and she has been CEO and Artistic Director of Yorkshire Dance for the last 14 years. Born and raised in the Netherlands, she lives in North Leeds with her partner Sarah and their daughter.

In part 2, Marien & Gabriella share their thoughts and stories in response to the question; If we are born with everything we need to fly, how is it that sometimes we don't feel it? In particular they discuss the nature of thought and how it can stop us flying.

Marien & Gabriela coach leaders on the "human factor" which dictates success or failure, struggle or ease, creativity or limitation - in this podcast, they generously share how we might teach this to our children. In part 1, they propose that we are all born with everything we need to fly and they share spine tingling stories from when they were children.

Maisie is the founder of Grace & Poise Academy, the worlds first Muslim Ballet School. In this inspiring conversation, she shares her wisdom and stories on how we can help children fly as parents and teachers.

John Magee, the kindness coach, is author of the best selling book Kindness Matters. He has helped transform the lives of over 10,000 children and thousands of teachers who have taken part in his Kindness Matters 30 day challenge. In this episode, John shares personal stories and insights that have helped him learn to fly as well as tips on how we can help children learn.

Paul McGee is a well known author and famous international speaker. His latest book YESSS is aimed at teenagers and shares 6 principles that ultimately help us fly. In this episode, Paul generously shares his ideas and personal experiences that helped...

Colin is a double Commonwealth medal holder in Table Tennis, Owner of Business Athlete Ltd, Founder of a social enterprise - Corby Smash table tennis centre and a dad with two sons. He generously share his stories on learning to fly from learning to...

Drew Povey, Author, Coach, Leadership Speaker and previous Head Teacher shares his stories on Learning to fly!

Sophie is a mum and a coach, facilitator and teacher of the thinking environment. She shares her stories on how she learnt to feel grounded and fly as well as her insights on how we can help our children learn.

Nancy Kline, President of Time To Think, shares her inspiring stories of learning to fly.

Jeremy is head teacher of All Saints Primary School in Anfield, Liverpool. In this episode, he shares his stories on what helped and stopped him flying and some thoughts on how schools can help teachers, parents and children fly.

In this special episode, Sue Walker shares her personal stories and thinking on how parents and teachers can help children diagnosed with Aspergers learn to fly.

Following his career as a footballer and football manager, Stuart is currently assistant coach at West Ham United, football pundit and inspirational speaker on leadership. In this episode, Stuart shares his personal stories on how he learnt to fly and...

George is an author and teacher and he is known as the father of the Life Planning Movement having trained thousands of people in financial planning around the world. His latest book challenges us all to make changes now to enable a 'golden...

Bonus episode for teachers and particularly primary head teachers - Sue reviews the recent planning guidance and shares some thoughts on how schools could seize the opportunity to change how they operate in the long term.

John Dawson helps people overcome their fears and devleop confidence in public speaking and beyond. He has trained over 7000 people and shares his insights on how we can develop confidence and learn to fly.

Janette is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Yorkshire Talks. She also skippered a rowing boat across the North Sea & Atlantic Ocean along with 3 other mums!

Sue Walker shares her practical ideas on what it takes to learn to fly and help others fly based on her experiences as a parent, teacher, head teacher & sixth form tutor.

Kelda Wood is the founder of Climbing Out, a charity that builds confidence and self esteem in young people facing life changing injuries. She is also a former GB Paracanoe athlete and the first Para rower to solo row the Atlantic.

Brian is the Head Tennis Coach at Dorking Tennis Club & the founder of Love the Life Chats, a new venture that celebrates the power of talking about life.