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What if leadership was less about having the answers and more about showing up with curiosity, love and a willingness to learn alongside the people you serve?

In this episode of the Simple Reflections Podcast, Melissa Ford and I explore how leadership is the engine behind service, and why dropping the need to be the expert can open the door to deeper impact, softer armour and more honest, human conversations. [with a not so gentle nod to the Sandhurst motto…]

We talk about becoming more coachable, leading without needing to control outcomes, and the freedom that comes from trusting others – whether that’s clients, teams or grown-up children moving to the other side of the world.

I’d love to know: where in your own life are you being invited to trade worry for wonder, and what might become possible if you did?

Website: https://melissafordcoaching.com/

The Service and Leadership Game: https://community.serviceandcreativity.com/slg

This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Zj7xSDTyOsg

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The Simple Reflections Podcast is a collection of gentle conversations with people from all walks of life, looking at small, seemingly insignificant ideas that have gone on to have profound impacts on the lives of the guests. The podcast is hosted by Dave Hill, the founder of Simplicity in Mind, a leadership and wellbeing coaching practice based in Scotland.

I co-host Bite-sized Breather, a free weekly call with my friend and colleague, Lynne Brannigan. If you’re interested in joining, follow this link: https://simplicity-in-mind.kit.com/bitesizedbreather

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What if the bravest thing you did this year was to take one tiny step into the unknown and trust that you’re more capable than you think?

In the latest episode of the Simple Reflections Podcast with my guest, Rebecca Bonnington, we explored human potential, the magic of small steps, and what it really means to be “held” by life even when you feel like you’re stepping into the void.

Rebecca is a business coach, CEO and founder of Tricres, and host of the Crap to Kick-Ass Coaches podcast, with a passion for culture-first businesses, consciousness, and reconnecting people with the natural world as a catalyst for growth and wellbeing.

I’d love to know: where in your life are you standing on the edge of the platform, and what might become possible if you took that next, very small step?

Website: https://tricres.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccabonnington/

This Episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxLko82niac

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The Simple Reflections Podcast is a collection of gentle conversations with people from all walks of life, looking at small, seemingly insignificant ideas that have gone on to have profound impacts on the lives of the guests. The podcast is hosted by Dave Hill, the founder of Simplicity in Mind, a leadership and wellbeing coaching practice based in Scotland.

I co-host Bite-sized Breather, a free weekly call with my friend and colleague, Lynne Brannigan. If you’re interested in joining, follow this link: https://simplicity-in-mind.kit.com/bitesizedbreather

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What if loneliness was not a personal failing, but a quiet invitation to reconnect with your own wisdom and with others?

In this episode of the Simple Reflections Podcast, my conversation with Dave Nichols and Nate More from Feel the Vibe explores how simple human connection can ease suffering without adding more labels, language, or “fixing” to the mix. Feel the Vibe is less an organisation and more an invitation: an open space for people to feel their own aliveness, value, and possibility through relationship, whether one-to-one, in small groups, or across whole communities.​

Dave and Nate share how their work in Charlotte, North Carolina, focuses on younger adults experiencing chronic loneliness, anxiety, and disconnection, not by talking “mental health” or Three Principles jargon, but by meeting people where they are and listening deeply. Through intimate weekly connection circles, collaborations with local organisations, and emerging intergenerational projects that pair young adults with elders, they create safe, informal spaces where people surprise themselves with what they share and discover within.​

Dave describes their non-profit structure as “enabling, not solidifying” — the real method is curiosity, deep listening, and allowing new forms of connection (from discussion groups to movement and dance) to emerge from the people themselves.​

When have you felt most “seen” by someone’s simple, curious presence, and what did that allow you to realise about yourself?

Website: https://www.feelthevibe.net/

This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/btImAOccay0

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The Simple Reflections Podcast is a collection of gentle conversations with people from all walks of life, looking at small, seemingly insignificant ideas that have gone on to have profound impacts on the lives of the guests. The podcast is hosted by Dave Hill, the founder of Simplicity in Mind, a leadership and wellbeing coaching practice based in Scotland.

I co-host Bite-sized Breather, a free weekly call with my friend and colleague, Lynne Brannigan. If you’re interested in joining, follow this link: https://simplicity-in-mind.kit.com/bitesizedbreather

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