Seeking fulfilment and purpose in your life? The intention of this podcast is to encourage you to focus on your WHY which will enable and empower you to achieve your desires. Creating positive, global ripple effects, guests from all walks of life and at differing stages in their business, career and life speak with podcast host, Amy Rowlinson, sharing their unique perspectives on purpose in relatable, uplifting and inspiring conversations. Have a Purpose. Have a Plan. Focus on WHY.
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531 Intergenerational Harmony with Alastair Greener
Episode 531
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 • Duration 43:47
Curious about how generational differences shape the way we work, communicate and connect? Generational communication expert and PSA President Alastair Greener steps out from behind the mic to share his journey from hospitality, entertainment and television into generational thinking and workplace cohesion. Drawing on original research and UK-centric data, Alastair challenges generational stereotypes and explores how life stage, social evolution and generational framing influence engagement, communication and connection. Advocating curiosity, authentic listening and acceptance of difference, he shares insights into purpose, legacy and the importance of bridging generations at work and at home. Tune in to understand the value behind embracing his five steps towards greater understanding and Intergenerational Harmony.
KEY TAKEAWAY
"Engagement comes from a multitude of things but one of them is cohesion."
Alastair Greener is a Generational Communication expert helping organisations understand generational differences in the workplace. He shows businesses how to create a more cohesive and productive work environment while building stronger business relationships with effective generational communication. Alastair hosts the Alastair Greener Generationally Speaking Podcast and is the author of "Generationally Speaking - How to Bridge the Generation Gap and Communicate with Confidence" With a background in TV Presenting and performance, he's been in the communications business for over 30 years and is currently the president of the Professional Speaking Association.
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
*As an Amazon Associate, Amy earns from qualifying purchases.
530 Radical Self-Responsibility with Lara Waldman
Episode 530
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 • Duration 38:44
Are you ready to rethink wealth, purpose and the power within? Returning to the show, wealth manifestation mentor Lara Waldman speaks about her work with entrepreneurs and leaders to consciously create both financial and inner wealth. Lara shares how balancing feminine flow with masculine action can unlock an inner wealth system and create results that go beyond logic. With raw honesty, she reflects on the pain, responsibility and purpose behind her 30-year journey, the importance of self-responsibility and how aligned support can help us overcome inner blocks and step into our fullest potential. If you want to master the art of conscious wealth and human potential and uncover your unique wealth frequency, discover what it means to embrace Radical Self-Responsibility.
KEY TAKEAWAY
"We do a lot of meaning-making and storytelling about why things are happening in our life, and what I like to tell people to do is take radical self-responsibility for their results."
Lara Waldman, The Wealth Activator, is a manifestation expert, healer, podcast host, and author of Money Manifestation Mastery. She helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs and leaders release money blocks, own their value, and manifest true wealth in finances and life.
How much clutter is holding you back? Ingrid Pope takes decluttering far beyond the messy spare room—into our overloaded minds, tangled emotions and the choices that shape our lives. Reflecting on her journey from corporate life and approaching burnout to coaching and writing, Ingrid shares how questioning the 'ant hill' of busy work led her to create more space, intention and choice. Through personal stories and client experiences, she explores how awareness, emotional insight and deliberate decisions can transform how we think, work and live. Tune in to discover why creating space matters.
KEY TAKEAWAY
"Be choiceful. Whatever it is that you choose, choose it. Go through life with intention."
Ingrid Pope is the decluttering expert. In her 16-year corporate IT career, she experienced firsthand how too much clutter can affect focus, effectiveness and decision-making. Coupling this experience with a lifelong interest in organizing spaces, she now runs her own coaching practice, Creating Space, which focuses on decluttering all aspects of her clients' lives for effectiveness and agency.
Alongside coaching, she runs courses, talks and workshops on reducing the clutter, the busy-ness and the noise, bringing to her audiences fun and novel ways of regaining their attention and focus. She has also just published her first book Uncluttered: How to create space to think, work and live.
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528 Become Part of the Solution with Dunia Shafik
Episode 528
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 • Duration 38:25
What does it mean to be part of the solution when life turns upside down? Dunia Shafik shares the heart-wrenching story of her son's journey from victim to perpetrator of knife crime and the hidden sentence carried by families left behind. Reflecting on cultural grooming, systemic failures, belonging and rehabilitation, Dunia reveals the profound moral decision to turn her son in, choosing prison over the grave.
Transforming trauma into purpose, she now works with young men, prisoners and mothers to challenge narratives of punishment and blame, championing empathy, courage and love-based solutions. This episode demonstrates how love over fear breaks cycles of trauma to transform lives and by doing so you choose to become part of the solution.
KEY TAKEAWAY
"Love wins. So instead of being stuck in fear, let's choose to be in love."
ABOUT THE GUEST – DUNIA SHAFIK
Dunia Shafik is a community leader, coach and trainer specialising in supporting families impacted by the criminal justice system, with a focus on mothers and young men affected by youth violence and incarceration. She is the founder of Manhood from Within™, a Community Interest Company (CIC) delivering a CPD-accredited programme supporting young men and emerging men to develop mature masculinity, and A Life of Choices, a CIC empowering mothers of incarcerated children to reclaim their voices and strengthen their wellbeing.
Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience as a mother of a son serving a life sentence, Dunia brings a trauma-informed, compassionate approach to her work. She holds a master's degree in Youth and Community Work, is a qualified life coach and NLP Master Practitioner, and is committed to driving healing, rehabilitation, and social change.
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527 From Warships to Wellbeing with Chris Dodd
Episode 527
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 • Duration 38:56
What happens when the structure and identity you've known for nearly two decades suddenly disappears? After almost 19 years in the Royal Navy and a life-changing cancer diagnosis, Chris Dodd shares his honest journey through military transition, cancer recovery and rebuilding his identity beyond the uniform. Exploring leadership, resilience, mental health and purpose, Chris reflects on the challenges of uncertainty and the importance of authenticity, vulnerability and connection. Through his work as an author and leadership consultant, he now helps others navigate change and lead with confidence. Discover how adversity transformed his focus from warships to wellbeing.
KEY TAKEAWAY
"You can't steer a ship looking at the wakes. Keep looking forward to keep moving forward."
Chris Dodd is a former Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Marine Engineer with almost 20 years' leadership experience gained in demanding operational environments. After leaving the military, he founded R2AI, helping organisations prepare for leadership in an AI-driven world. Chris is the author of Navigating Leadership: Essential Lessons from Life at Sea, a practical guide for new and aspiring leaders based on real experiences rather than theory. Having faced cancer, mental health challenges, and the transition from military to civilian life, he is passionate about helping others build confidence, resilience, and the leadership skills needed to look after people while delivering results.
Ever felt stuck, craving more purpose in work and life? Amy Rowlinson dives deep into powerful transformations, sharing personal moments and lessons from five inspiring guests – from leaving unfulfilling careers, overcoming trauma, embracing new identities, to building businesses rooted in meaning. Discover the pivotal role that self-reflection and courageous action play in finding clarity, challenging old beliefs, and redefining success. If you're questioning your path or seeking practical steps to live with more intention, don't miss this energising solo episode.
Featured Episodes:
521 Midlife Awakening with Nathalie Cordell
522 Making Meaningful Connections with Eleanor Sands
523 Changing Lives from the Inside Out with Marc McNeice
524 Lifting for Life with Natalie Hurdley
525 Establish Better Boundaries with Larissa Astara Gray
KEY TAKEAWAY
"Reflection without action changes very little, but action without reflection often leads you in the wrong direction. It's when you intentionally combine the two that purpose becomes something you don't just understand; you live it."
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
525 Establish Better Boundaries with Larissa Astara Gray
Episode 525
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 • Duration 47:29
Episode Trigger Warning: Discussion of Rape
Have you ever questioned where your boundaries came from and how they shape the way you see yourself and your relationships? Survivor, sex education speaker and founder of Better Boundaries CIC, Larissa Astara Gray speaks about her journey from childhood trauma and teenage rape to reclaiming her voice and purpose. She shares why breaking the silence around sex, consent and healthy relationships is essential, how education can empower the next generation, and why safe connections begin with understanding our own boundaries. On a mission to change the narrative for young people, discover what it truly means to establish better boundaries.
KEY TAKEAWAY
"We've been fed this very, very toxic view of what sexuality is, which is objectification, control, dominance, performance. That's so far away from what true intimacy is, which is safety, care, consideration, respect, honesty, and actually what that does is it empowers and it expands both parties. The other stuff is limiting, it's constrictive, it's disempowering, it's everything we don't want it to be."
Larissa Astara Gray is an inspirational positive sex education speaker and founder of Better Boundaries CIC, a Community Interest Company dedicated to protecting and educating young people on the dangers of online toxic sexual content.
524 Lifting for Life with Natalie Hurdley
Episode 524
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 • Duration 40:36
Who are you when life changes the roles that once defined you? Team GB powerlifter, personal trainer and mum Natalie Hurdley shares how she has navigated life's many transitions while discovering strength that goes far beyond the barbell. She reflects on how motherhood, running a business and competing at the highest level have shaped her identity, and why empowering women to overcome their fear of the gym has become her mission. Discover why building muscle is vital for long-term health, confidence and independence and what it truly means to keep lifting for life.
KEY TAKEAWAY
"When you get a barbell in your hands and you learn how to move it safely and load that weight up, that extra level of confidence is like nothing else. It's incredible, because you realise what your body is actually capable of."
ABOUT THE GUEST – NATALIE HURDLEY
Natalie Hurdley is a strength coach, personal trainer, and competitive powerlifter with over 18 years of experience helping women build confidence through strength training. As the founder of NH Personal Training, she specialises in supporting overwhelmed, high-achieving women who feel stuck, inconsistent, or unsure where to start with fitness. Natalie is passionate about simplifying exercise and helping women create sustainable routines that fit around real life, careers, and family commitments. A mum, content creator, and Team GB powerlifter, she believes that strength is about more than physical performance; it's about building confidence, resilience, and trust in yourself both inside and outside the gym.
523 Changing Lives from the Inside Out with Mark McNeice
Episode 523
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 • Duration 45:08
Did you know that brain injuries are often undiagnosed in high-risk populations? Marc McNeice is on a mission to change that. Sharing his expertise as both a brain injury specialist and survivor, Marc offers a ground-breaking perspective on how hidden brain injuries impact addiction, mental health and recovery. Discover eye-opening statistics, the importance of proper screening and why awareness alone isn't enough—action matters too. Bringing empathy and education to the forefront, Marc shares stories of survival, advocacy and hope revealing how he's changing lives through brain injury awareness.
KEY TAKEAWAY
"I find that the more we understand our brains and the more we understand each other, the more empathy we have from one another. There's always something going on in someone's life, so be kind."
ABOUT THE GUEST – MARK MCNEICE
Marc McNeice is a Brain Injury Specialist, neuroeducator and public speaker focused on the intersection of brain injury, addiction, trauma, and high-risk populations. Drawing from both professional expertise and lived experience as a survivor of multiple traumatic brain injuries, Marc works within substance use treatment systems implementing brain injury screening, psychoeducation, and neurologically informed recovery strategies. He has screened over 350 individuals using the NASHIA OBISSS brain injury screening tool and has contributed to training and awareness efforts within substance use, criminal justice, and law enforcement settings. Through speaking, education, and advocacy, Marc is helping advance awareness of the hidden neurological factors underlying addiction, behavioural struggles, homelessness, and justice involvement.
522 Making Meaningful Connections with Eleanor Sands
Episode 522
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 • Duration 38:28
At 30, Eleanor Sands walked away from an unfulfilling corporate career and chose to break the cycle of unhappiness to build a life aligned with her values. She shares her belief that our past does not define our future, and that anything becomes possible when we learn to draw on our inner strength.
In this conversation, Eleanor reflects on the emotional tipping point that led to her resignation, the creation and rapid growth of Wigmore Wednesdays, and how courage and community helped her navigate uncertainty. This episode is a powerful reminder that you can rewrite your story at any age by breaking the cycle, overcoming adversity and making meaningful connections
KEY TAKEAWAY
"I have always wanted to change my story. I've never wanted that to be where it ended."
ABOUT THE GUEST – ELEANOR SANDS
Eleanor Sands is the founder and CEO of Wigmore Wednesdays. While her life and success may appear effortless from the outside, behind them lies a story of extraordinary pain and resilience. Having survived years of childhood abuse that later led to the conviction of her abuser, Eleanor refused to let her experiences define who she would become. Instead, she discovered an inner strength that fuelled her ambition and shaped her outlook on life.
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
*As an Amazon Associate, Amy earns from qualifying purchases.
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
As an Amazon Associate, Amy earns from qualifying purchases.
She delivers empowering, shame-free talks on consent, boundaries, pornography awareness, trauma prevention, and healthy sexuality. Drawing from her personal journey overcoming rape, sexual shame, and addiction, Larissa equips young people, educators, and parents with the knowledge and tools for informed choices, safer relationships, and confident sexual communication. She also offers practical resources and workshops to foster respect and long-term positive change.
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
*As an Amazon Associate, Amy earns from qualifying purchases.
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
*As an Amazon Associate, Amy earns from qualifying purchases.
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a purpose and fulfilment coach, author, podcast strategist and mastermind host who empowers purpose-driven leaders to boost productivity, engagement and meaning in life and work. Through transformational conversations, Amy helps individuals overcome overwhelm and live with clarity, building living legacies along the way.
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
*As an Amazon Associate, Amy earns from qualifying purchases.
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