In this powerful episode, Ben and Sara explore one of the most transformative themes in Rewrite Your Story by Jannette Dunlop, the courage to reinvent yourself at any age. Drawing on Chapter 12, they will unpack the myth of "too late," the emotional truths of reinvention and how Tuckman's Model becomes a personal roadmap for growth and identigy transformative.

Together they walk through the storming phase, the inner work of letting go, redefining success and stepping into the next level of your personal evolution.

If you have been feeling restless, stuck, or ready for change, this episode will guide you through reflection, reframing and rebuilding your new story with purpose and courage.

Topics covered:

• Why reinvention is possible at any age
• Tuckman's Model as a personal growth cycle
• Signs you are ready to begin again
• How to let go of old identieis
• The emotional truth behind courage
• Redefining success and failure
• Real life stories of powerful reinvetion

• (00:00:05) - The Courage to Reinvent Your Life
• (00:04:08) - The Societal Pressure Cooker
• (00:06:43) - What is the Real Blockage to Living Your Life?
• (00:09:12) - The 5-Step Growth Cycle
• (00:14:13) - Why Do People Get Stuck?
• (00:15:47) - Why Change Feels Like Betrayal
• (00:17:28) - 3 Emotional Truths About Changing Your Life
• (00:19:41) - You Are All You Are Ever Needed to Be
• (00:20:11) - How to Realize You're Ready to Grow
• (00:24:19) - 3 Critical Steps in Reclaiming Your Identity
• (00:26:24) - What Real Reinvention Is Really About
• (00:29:42) - The Right Time to Start Your Career
• (00:31:50) - How to Reinvent Yourself: The Lonely Process
• (00:34:55) - The One Voice That Will Challenge You
• (00:35:55) - The Other Your Podcast: Reinventing Your Story
• (00:39:07) - Becoming Jeanette Dunlop

Explore a deeply transformative exploration of lifelong growth, identity, and inner alignment.

Together with Ben and Sara, unpack Chapter 11 of Rewrite Your Story and join them as they dive into the awakening that begins, when you recognise your old narrative, the process of redefining who you are becoming, and the daily integration required to walk in your truth. They will explore triggers as signals, belief reinforcement, the importance of environment and Dr Wayne Dyer's teachings on excuses and personal responsibility.

This episode blends practical tools, emotional insight and grounding wisdom to help you stay aligned with the new version of yourself, day by day, moment by moment, choice by choice.

This episode is a roadmap for anyone ready to honour their truth, break old patterns and rise into their next chapter with purpose.

• (00:00:05) - Return to Rewrite You: Part 3
• (00:01:51) - Deep Dive: How to Stay True to Your New Self
• (00:03:45) - What is the JIRA Model?
• (00:04:30) - The Flip Side of Growth
• (00:06:23) - Why Ambition Kills Laziness and Wisdom Kills Anger
• (00:08:04) - 3 Ways to Overcome Fear
• (00:09:09) - 4 Rules for Growth That Kill Ego
• (00:10:03) - How to Win War on Jealousy
• (00:10:38) - The 3 Steps of Personal Growth
• (00:14:33) - What Does My Future Self Want From Me?
• (00:17:39) - Five Practices to Integrate Your Identity
• (00:21:39) - Exploring the Empowerment of Identity
• (00:25:44) - The Importance of the External Environment
• (00:30:08) - The Eisenhower Matrix: Prioritizing Your Time
• (00:33:51) - Six Steps to Confronting Procrastination
• (00:37:02) - The Glass of Water Story
• (00:38:53) - The Journey of Growth
• (00:40:19) - The New Identity: Personal Growth, Identity Alignment
• (00:43:06) - Write Your Story

This episode is a grounding, inspiring reminder that "The journey back to finding yourself is the most magical one".

In this powerful episode, Ben and Sara guide you through Part 3: The New Story, where you step beyond your past and begin intentionally writing the future version of yourself. Drawing from Jannette Dunlop's transformative chapter in Rewrite Your Story, this conversation explores the tools, models and reflective practices that help you design a life aligned with your highest identity.

Together, they unpack the purpose of Vision Boards and how they activate the Reticular Activating System (RAS), explore The Tree Strategy for personal clarity and walk through the Conscious Competence Model as a practical roadmap for unlearning old patterns and embodying new ones. You will also gain insight into finding mentors, embracing your learning style through the VARK Model and recognising toxic behaviours that silently erode your confidence and focus.

Perfect for anyone seeking clarity, direction or the courage to reinvent themselves at any age.

• (00:00:05) - Rewrite Your Story: Part 3
• (00:02:50) - Deep Dive: The New Story of Yourself
• (00:03:57) - Exploring the Process of Growth
• (00:05:19) - What is the Vision Board?
• (00:06:38) - Why My Vision Board Helped Me Transform My Life
• (00:09:46) - How to Write a New Life Planner
• (00:11:46) - A Tree Strategy: The Structure of Growth
• (00:14:36) - Mentoring: Rewriting Your Story
• (00:18:43) - Meeting the 4 Types of Learning
• (00:22:08) - The Above the Line Approach to Feedback
• (00:26:22) - The Story of Your Life
• (00:27:17) - How to Give and Receive Feedback
• (00:27:55) - The Story of Rewriting Your Own
• (00:28:37) - Rewriting Your Story: Episode 10

Reinventing Your Story: NLP, Healthy Habits & The Next Door

In this transformative episode of "The Other You" Sara Michaels and Ben Jenkins unpack one of the most powerful chapters yet from Rewrite Your Story by Jannette Dunlop - Reinventing your Career & Cultivathing Healthy Habits. Together, they explore how Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Stephen Covey's Seven Habits, the Wim Hof meditation method and the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs can reshape the way you think, feel and show up in your life.

Through personal stories, practical strategies and psychological tools, the hosts guide you to shift limiting beliefs, build identy aligned habits, break through your glass ceiling and step into the next level of your potential.

If you are ready to rewrite your internal scipt and move towards a more empoowered, intentional and confident verysion of yourself; this episode is your roadmap.

• (00:00:08) - The Transformation: Rewrite Your Story
• (00:03:52) - What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)?
• (00:06:18) - The 6 Traits of NLP
• (00:09:54) - Number 4: Facial Mirroring
• (00:10:58) - 7 Step NLP Habit Building
• (00:14:37) - The Paranormal of Natural Language Processing
• (00:19:12) - Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• (00:22:58) - The Needs of the Pyramid
• (00:24:27) - Maslow's Theory of Human Development (2008)
• (00:29:46) - 7 Habits for Continuous Renewal
• (00:34:09) - Self-Care, Habit 7
• (00:38:30) - 7 Habits for Transformation This Week
• (00:40:14) - Rewrite Your Life: Part 2

Struggling to say what you mean, or to feel truly heard?

In this practical episode, Sara and Ben walk you through five high impact skills; active listening that builds trust, the DOPE bird lens method for reading your audience, assertiveness that is kind and clear, the USA method for resolving conflict and the unspoken cues that quietly shape every interaction.

Expect mini exercises, a quick role play and language you can borrow right now.

You will learn: Full attention listening, reflective paraphrasing, open-ended questions, how to adapt to Personality styles, 'I' statements and one breath boundaries, the USA framework and how to spot/reset hidden cues.

• (00:00:08) - The Transformation of Your Personal Story
• (00:05:43) - Three Rules for Talking to Yourself
• (00:06:12) - Listen Differently: The Active Listening Style
• (00:09:12) - What's the Third Style?
• (00:10:14) - The Time Oriented Listener
• (00:11:46) - The Birds of Wisdom
• (00:13:48) - The 3 Step Communication Strategy for High-Pressure Moments
• (00:17:15) - When You Can't Apologize for a Problem
• (00:17:33) - The Unspoken Message
• (00:18:57) - Communication Skills: Four Different Styles
• (00:21:21) - Reject Your Story

In this empowering episode of The Other You, hosts Ben Jenkins and Sara Michaels dive into emotional freedom, self growth and personal transformation. Discover how to recognise toxic relationships, set healthy boundaries and protect your energy and self-worth.

Through the TONN of Problems method (Trauma, Obligation, Nuisance and Noise) you will learn to identify what is draining your power and how to release it with foregiveness, clarity and strength.

Join us for practical tools, deep reflection and real world insight that will inspire your next mindset reset. It is time to reclaim your peace, rebuild your confidence and rewrite your story.

• (00:00:08) - Set the Author Free: The Transformation Podcast
• (00:02:11) - Building Resilience in Your Relationships
• (00:03:08) - Cognitive Distortion in Relationships
• (00:06:11) - Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Relationships (4 Pillars)
• (00:10:19) - What Kind of Boundaries Should You Set?
• (00:11:43) - How to Develop a Boundary
• (00:13:40) - Six Types of Conflict With Others
• (00:16:50) - Boundary Setting: The Art of Healing Yourself
• (00:18:13) - The 3 N's of Boundaries
• (00:20:19) - Let It Go!
• (00:21:28) - Reveal Your Story: Set the Author Free

When life unravels, how do you rise again?

In this deeply personal and transformative episode, author and mentor Jannette Dunlop along side her hosts Ben Jenkins and Sara Michaels, shares how life's hardest moments can become the foundation for strength, clarity and growth.

Jannette introduces The Resilience Formula, a powerful framework built to help you rise from setbacks and rewrite your next chapter.

Through heartfelt storytelling and practical guidance, this episode explores:

• Recognising emotional impact and letting yourself feel
• Turning lessons into wisdom
• Reframing your story from "Why me?" to "What now?"
• Taking small steps towards healing and action
• The courage to lean on others and find meaning in contribution

Whether you're recovering from a setback or guiding someone through theirs, The Resilience Formula will remind you, that every fall is an opportunity to rise higher, with intention, grace and gratitutde.

Listen now to rediscover your strength and begin your own bounce-back journey.

• (00:00:09) - Set the Author Free: The Other Podcast
• (00:02:14) - The Need for Resilience
• (00:02:47) - What Does Resilience Mean?
• (00:05:53) - Building resilience in our mental health
• (00:07:33) - The 6 Step Process of Resilience
• (00:10:14) - Developing Resilience: The 6 Steps
• (00:13:59) - What else? Adopting a growth mindset
• (00:14:49) - Build Resilience by Choosing Your Focus
• (00:17:47) - The Power of Resilience
• (00:18:26) - In the Elevator With Rich People
• (00:19:23) - Reveal Your Story: Set the Author Free

In this powerful episode of The Other You, hosts Ben Jenkins and Sara Michaels join author Jannette Dunlop to explore Chapter 5 - Releasing Self-Doubt, Fear and Imposter Syndrome from Part 2 of Rewrite Your Story: The Transformation.

Together they unpack the five greatest fears that hold us back. From fear of judgement to the imposter within, and guide listeners through the Release Framework, a practical roadmap to rebuild self-trust and confidence.

You will also learn how to identify and heal from gaslighting, reclaim your voice and take back the pen to your own story. Through real talk, reflection and relatable wisdom, this episode empowers you to 'CALL IT' before it consumes you, turning awareness into action and fear into freedom.

If you have ever doubted your worth, this conversation is your reminder: You were born enough - worthiness is not earned, it is remembered.

• (00:00:08) - Set the Author Free: The Other Podcast
• (00:01:56) - The Process to Reset Your Identity
• (00:04:05) - The Journey of Re-Establishment
• (00:06:26) - Decoding the Deepest Fear
• (00:07:08) - 5 Core FOMO's That Block Transformation
• (00:08:20) - Social Fear #4
• (00:10:02) - How to Reclaim Your Story From Gaslighting
• (00:13:25) - The 6 Step Process for Building Self Trust
• (00:16:25) - The Power of Simply Calling Out Traits
• (00:17:11) - The Search for Your Identity
• (00:18:23) - Rewriting Your Story: Set the Author Free