AudaciousNess – Details, episodes & analysis

In the final episode of the AudaciousNess podcast, Helen and Maribel talk about the conception and growth of the podcast and its transformation into the book. Following two years of interviewing 40 amazingly audacious guests, we’ve managed to collate the experiences and wisdom they shared with us into ten common threads that audacious people live by. These threads became the titles of the book chapters:

1. Triggers | 2. Following our Calling | 3. Mindset | 4. The Inner Critic | 5. Outer Critics | 6. Challenges | 7. Role Models | 8. Values | 9. Advice | 10. Solid Grounding

Using these chapter headings as prompts, we discuss our two-year AudaciousNess journey from the podcast to the book and reveal what’s next in the AudaciousNess story.

Keep up-to-date with the latest AudaciousNess developments by signing up to our mailing list on our website at audaciousness.club

Thank you for following us on the AudaciousNess journey for the past two years. We look forward to continuing walking this path with you in 2023!

In our penultimate episode of the AudaciousNess podcast, Maribel interviews Helen about the audacious things she’s done in her life so far. Helen talks about:

• growing up in the north of England, living in Germany for 20 years, and returning to the UK to finally settle on a remote island in northwest Scotland
• the extreme highs and lows she used to experience and how she’s now managed to stabilise them in a life of ‘semi-high’ contentment
• her encounter with God after being a non-believer for most of her life, and how that has helped her reach a place of calmness and serenity
• how letting yourself be directed from a higher place means your goals will be much more audacious than what the ego could ever come up with
• how the mind and the ego are useful tools for getting stuff done and achieving our goals, but that they should be the servant, not the master

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In 2017, while working for an international company in the north of England, Tish Joyce took the bold decision to attend a meeting in Germany by flying to Amsterdam and travelling the rest of the way on foot. Thus began Tish’s marathon trip across northern Europe with just a backpack, a tent and a pair of running shoes. In this somewhat jaw-dropping interview, Tish explains: 

• what motivated her to run an average of a marathon a day across northern Europe 
• how she overcame adversity through positive thinking and being gentle on herself
• what she learned during hundreds of meditative hours spent running alone 
• how she learned to slow down, live in the moment and be her own authentic self
• how she has achieved life balance and a solid grounding through self-love

Tish is now based in the Scottish Highlands, where she runs an Ayurveda practice. She can be contacted at www.highlandayurveda.com 

The desert marathon Tish mentioned in this interview is the Marathon des Sables, also known as ‘The Toughest Footrace on Earth’. 

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Timmy Douglas is a podcaster, coach and entrepreneur from Austin, Texas. Still only in his early twenties, Timmy has set himself the audacious goals of firstly, securing financial freedom for himself and his family, and secondly, alleviating world poverty. In this interview, Timmy talks about: 

• what financial freedom is and how it can be achieved 
• how he plans to set up a system to alleviate world poverty
• his passion and drive for helping people achieve their dreams and goals
• why it’s important to lead an authentic life and take care of yourself
• having a moral obligation to achieve our wishes

Timmy can be contacted via his website: workwithtimmydouglas.com

The books mentioned in this episode are The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy and Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy

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Primary school teacher Nik Pandya started his teaching career in an inner city school in London before relocating to Barcelona. After becoming frustrated with the current state of the education system, Nik is now developing projects to transform primary school education, in order to equip children with more relevant life skills for our modern times. In this interview, Nik shares with us: 

• what 21st century skills are and why developing them from a young age is so critical 
• what the role of education should be and how the current model is failing our children
• why it’s more difficult to teach 21st century skills than to teach for exams and grades
• how he deals with both the inner and outer critics when embarking on such a major project
• why he surrounds himself with supportive people who will critically question his choices 

For more information about Nik’s projects, see www.21skillshub.com

If you enjoyed this episode you may be interested in: Episode 30: The Accidental Emigrant with Philip Keay and Episode 27: Question Everything with Mike Patterson

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Susanne Hillmer grew up in Germany and since 2014 has been living a nomadic lifestyle, having travelled and worked in Australia, Europe and India. She started by offering her services as a professional house- and pet-sitter and now combines housesitting with living out of a campervan, financing her lifestyle with online training. In this interview, Susanne shares with us: 

• what professional housesitting is and what type of person it’s suited to 
• how she pivoted her career to enable her to work from any location
• why she chooses a life which constantly pushes her out of her comfort zone
• how she explains her lifestyle to people who question her choices 
• how she never feels loneliness despite being alone

Susanne’s website is www.50 plus-travel-live.com, where you can find out more about what she does and even contact her if you feel inspired to join Susanne on her travels! 

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In 1991, Philip Keay accidentally emigrated to Thailand, where he accidentally became a teacher. He now devotes his life to exploring the inner and outer worlds and to inspiring others to empower themselves. His book Menu for a Spiritual Revolution, which brings together what Philip has learned over decades of life experience, was published in 2021. In this interview, Philip talks about: 

• what brought him to Thailand and what made him stay 
• how to embrace life’s ‘accidents’ and live in the moment 
• the differences between teaching and learning; leadership and control
• how nurturing self-control advances freedom, reinforces values and reduces fear
• the problems with our current broken schooling model and how we can fix it

For more information about Philip’s book and his online course for home educators, go to https://linktr.ee/philipkeay or follow Philip on his Facebook page or YouTube Channel. 

The TED Talk mentioned in this episode is Sir Ken Robinson’s Do schools kill creativity?

If you enjoyed this episode you may be interested in Episode 27: Question Everything with Mike Patterson and Episode 32: 21st Century Skills with Nik Pandya

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Julie Trager is a writer, a channel and a spiritual mentor based in California. After 15 years working in hospice and palliative care which eventually led to burnout, Julie surrendered herself to God. She learned to stop trying to fit into societal norms and pressures, and now lives a magical and fierce life she finds 'incredibly joyful and peaceful and interesting and fun.' In this interview, Julie talks about: 

• what it means to surrender to a higher power: to stop doing and start being 
• how everyday distractions hinder us from discovering who we really are
• trusting our intuition and understanding fully our connection with nature
• how society causes us to tamp down our potential in order to 'fit in'
• the failings of modern medicine and the benefits of holistic healthcare
• what channelling is (and that any one of us can do it!)

Julie can be contacted at fiercelifewarrior@icloud.com 

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Alistair Maigurira and Peter Guess run a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Consultancy in South Africa called SALTAR (South Africa Let’s Talk About Race). Their vision is to create connection between people and ultimately a more inclusive world. In this interview, Alistair and Peter share their thoughts with us on: 

• what exactly ‘race’ is and how we can best talk about it 
• viewing race from a trauma-based perspective in order to find solutions
• the challenges around inclusion in the South African context
• how storytelling and coaching can help connect and de-traumatise people
• why their ultimate aim is that their services will no longer be required

The TED Talk that Alistair mentioned in this episode is Fadzi Whande: How Diversity Heaven can be Inclusion Hell. 

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Mike Patterson is a business consultant based in the United Arab Emirates who has so far helped over 50,000 people achieve their dreams. A keen researcher who has never believed in conforming, Mike has spent the last 20 years studying facts and figures in search of the truth. In this highly informative interview, Mike talks about: 

• the difference between laws and rules 
• why it’s important to set goals and to plan for the future
• how the system has been designed to dumb people down
• why we need to question everything and do our own research
• the impact of our diet on the positivity of our thoughts
• reframing ‘failure’ as feedback and ‘problems’ as challenges 
• the difference between activities and results 

If you enjoyed this episode you may be interested in Episode 30: The Accidental Emigrant with Philip Keay and Episode 32: 21st Century Skills with Nik Pandya

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