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On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke talks about change, and knowing when to love it or leave it. As we approach Spring in the UK, the season of rebirth, renewal and rejuvenation Samantha talks about our attitude and our approach to change. Knowing what we want to continue doing, what we might want to stop doing, and what we might want to start doing as we approach this new season.   “So it’s really about creating that knowledge of knowing this is what I love and this is what I want to leave behind to really drive me to that next place.” - Samantha   1.27 - Knowing when to Love or Leave change 2.15 - Reflecting with the change in seasons 4.23 - Who are you? 6.40 - 3 ways to find information to help make decisions 
 Resources:   >>>Read Samantha Clarke’s book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080 >>>Listen to Samantha on Do You Live Life, or Does Life Live You‪? - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/love-it-or-leav

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews the popular UK broadcaster Fearne Cotton. Fearne is the founder of the wellbeing brand, The Happy Place. She's written a number of books, exploring the world of happiness, finding calm, and she hosts her own Podcast, interviewing a wealth of famous guests. Listen as Fearne talks about speaking your truth, asking, where do we get stuck allowing our voice to be heard? How do we make space to hear other people's truth? Also find out about the shifts in her career and how she found the confidence to do so.   “There are ways that we can make crossovers without totally jumping into the void. It's just about what feels right to you, but the one thing that is definite is there has to be change.” – Fearne   Timestamps:   6.01 - Three words that encompass how Fearne shows up in the world 9.13 - Fearne reveals feedback that has made her take new steps 11.27 - Discover what purpose means for Fearne 21.14 - Trusting the Universe for something new 28.12 - St

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke talks about strengths. How are you working with your strengths? Are you focusing more on what you do right, versus trying to fix what's wrong with you? In this episode you will start to think about strengths intelligently to give you the best for your life and in the work that you choose to deliver. 
 “There is nothing more powerful than knowing when you are in flow, when you are delivering at your best.” - Samantha   1.16 - How are you doing in terms of working with your strengths? 1.59 - Ways to decipher your strengths 4.24 - Understanding what your strengths are 7.28 - The golden mean of our strengths 9.11 - Where are you underplaying your strengths?   Resources:   >>>Read Samantha Clarke’s book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080 >>>Watch Samantha’s TEDx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om69kgftddM&list=PLsRNoUx8w3rPXANXHnySjsH0hE9nEFKkm&index=9&t=0s%22%2

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke is joined by Adrienne Herbert. Adrienne is a wellness professional, TEDx speaker, and a real force of inspiration, encouragement and motivation. She has been interviewing world class performers, athletes, doctors and coaches, on what they do in their mornings and how they make the most of what she calls the “Power Hour”. Listen as Adrienne reveals how to best make the use of the morning to fulfil your goals and your dreams. How to help you build a better business, better relationship with your body, and to really calm and centre your mindset so that you can achieve the things you want to.   “Something that I have learned throughout my life, that just trumps everything else. What we do sometimes really doesn't matter, what we do most of the time determines everything.” - Adrienne   Timestamps:   3.18 - How is Adrienne managing during lockdown? 5.38 - 3 words that describe how Adrienne shows up in the world 9.07 - Nature vs nurture, which breeds consistency

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke wants to help you to pause to really set your agenda for how you’re living and working. She discusses the 6 areas to help clear the fog, allowing you to do more by thinking about what flourishing means in a deeper, more holistic way.   “Really think about the path that you're following, if you are choosing to move in the direction of your values or run away from them.” - Samantha   2.08 - What does flourishing mean to you? 4.17 - What is my personal strategy for my growth, career and life? 6.25 - What are we lying to ourselves about our performance? 9.53 - How am I walking my walk? 13.25 - The 4 areas of happiness 17.29 - Do you do as you say?   Resources:    >>>Read Samantha Clarke’s book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Leave-How-Happy-Work/dp/1913068080 >>>Follow in Samantha’s footsteps to skyrocket happiness - https://loveitleaveit.co/pathways >>>Watch Samantha's TEDx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke is joined by Emma Gannon. Emma is a Sunday Times Bestselling author, speaker, novelist and host of the number one career podcast in the UK Ctrl Alt Delete. Listen as they peel back the layers of how the Emma creates the space and the magic to write five incredible books. She's the author of Multi Hyphen Method, which is a manifesto for multi hyphenate and all those who really want to create a portfolio career that craft the work on your own terms. She also delves into tips around silencing your inner critic, how we get out of our own way and really achieve the success that we want in our lives.   “When we peel away all of the advice and all of the things, you have got your own compass and follow yourself. Trust yourself a bit more.” - Emma   Timestamps:   3.23 - 3 words that describe Emma 5.39 - Can you be an ambitious introvert 10.45 - Emma reveals her journey to where she is today 15.14 - How to deal with your inner critic and self-sabotage 26.32 - The

This week on Love It or Leave It Samantha asks you, is it really that blue? In the UK, we're in yet another lockdown and you're probably battling home-schooling working from home, feeling solitary. Today, Samantha gets us to really think about our negative thoughts and how we can reframe our thinking. Listen as she gets you to think about the cognitive distortions that come up in your mindset when you're feeling out of sorts, whether it's to do with your work, or your home life, or in yourself.   “When we take a moment to pause and reflect and examine, we can start to separate the niggling gremlins vs the actual facts” - Samantha   Timestamps   1.16 - Is it really that blue? 3.26 - Realign with your centre of control 7.29 - What double standards are you setting for yourself? 10.27 - Samantha reveals 4 ways to overcome cognitive distortions 15.39 - Create compassion in your life   Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)   >>>Read Samantha Clarke’s book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Natalie Campbell. She is the CEO of Belu Water. She has an MBA, which is testament to the incredible work that she's been doing in the world as an award-winning social entrepreneur. She's a HarperCollins author, she sits on various boards. And she has also been one of the trio on badass women's hour. Listen as we explore what it looks like to lead with intention and build a purposeful company in the midst of a pandemic, when you perhaps haven't met all of your team.   “When you're not someone's daughter, when you're not someone's sister, when you're not someone's aunt, when you're not someone's girlfriend when, you're not someone's wife, who are you ? When all of that is taken away. Who are you? And it's the same, I think for anyone when the titles go, who are you and how are you happy with how you show up?” - Natalie   Timestamps:   3.27 - Natalie sums her career up in a Newspaper headline 6.50 - Natalie discusses her approach of people over p

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke asks some important questions as we move into a new year. Do you live life or does life live you? What is going to be your drive this year and how will you lead your life? She discusses how you can ground yourself, your thoughts and your identity together with the idea that purpose is fluid and that you can shape it.   “I want you to realise that you are in control of your ambitions, your drive, your purpose, your momentum and the tone that you want to set for your life and your work.” - Samantha     Timestamps:   1.46 - 5 stages that you go through to create work that fills you with contentment 3.12 - We have a right to find purpose 4.32 - What is going to be your drive this year and how will you lead your life? 6.26 - The myth that purpose is sustained every single day 10.31 - The importance of continuous reflection 12.30 - The concept of job crafting   Connect with Samantha Clarke:   >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram >>>Connect with Samanth

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Emma Sexton from Make Your Words Work. Listen as we discuss all the magical things around how to build a business with empathy, what a disruptive agency model is. And all the issues that come up when you're trying to build a business in one way when everyone's going in a completely different direction.   “I don’t think anybody should put up with a bad work life, work should be somewhere that you thrive.” - Emma   Timestamps:   4.02 - Find out how Emma set up her agency 7.59 - How does one start to instil trust? 12.21 - Every moment of unhappiness is a new business venture waiting to be born  18.35 - Emma reveals what she thinks the future of work will be 26.40 - Do women find it harder to have the confidence to trust your gut? 33.28 - Discover what is the best piece of advice Emma has received? 36.48 - What would Emma love or leave behind?     Connect with Emma Sexton   >>>Follow Emma on Twitter >>>Check out Emma’s website >>>Connect with Emma

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke discusses what is next for her and how this is just the start for Love It or Leave It. She also invites you to think about your answer to the questions that can help you discover what you want to Love or Leave behind as we move into the new year.   “With so much happening in the economy and lots of external things we can't really control. The only thing you can control is how you work, how you show up, and how you bring money into your lives that you can live in.” - Samantha   3.13 - Sitting with this year, and what you want the new year to look like 6.47 - Creating a map of your achievements this year 11.47 - We all have a responsibility 16.21 - How could you show up in your relationships 25.12 - Leaning into Love It or Leave to create a different vision of what work could be for us 30.25 - What would it look like for me to let go of the weight of expectation?   Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)   >>>Read Samantha Clarke’s book - Lo

In this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha interviews Irene Moore, who is a business strategist with a difference. She has had incredible experiences, working with Bobby Brown and Dior. Listen as she talks about her journey, the impact that she really desired to make in the world, how she moved from handing in her notice to creating six figures in her business immediately. Also discover what you can do to put yourself in the right place if you were thinking about starting a business.   “I think it is so important to try and get outside and remind yourself that there is a world bigger than you and what’s going on.” - Irene   Timestamps:   4.12 - Having the power to respond from the perspective of peace 6.37 - Your values being your compass 8.35 - How seeking possibility and hope encourages entrepreneurship 12.50 - Plucking up the courage to tell your manager enough is enough 16.43 - What corporate skills has Irene developed that have helped her entrepreneurial career? 22.07 - How does Irene stay joyful? 3

In this episode Samantha discusses happiness and the toxic levels of it that we may have been forced to engage in or that are expected of us during dark times. Also opening up an invitation to for us to be more vulnerable and open about what is working and what isn’t working for us. Listen as Samantha picks apart common phrases we use to try and change our mindset.   
”We have to really move into our body and think about ways to navigate feelings and emotions” - Samantha   Timestamps   1.25 - As a happiness consultant is Samantha always happy? 2.31 - We have to move into our body to navigate feelings and emotions 5.31 - The importance of being realistic with the challenges that we face 8.11 - The freeness of saying things are difficult right now 12.23 - What conversations do the people around you really need? 16.22 - What does success look like for you?   Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)   >>>Read Samantha Clarke’s book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work   Connect with Sama

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Vanessa Belleau, who is a business strategist, inclusion and belonging consultant, executive coach, and just a magical human. Listen as they talk about navigating that transition from leaving a job and moving into being a freelancer and knowing how to command your rates, questioning how you want to work to really levelling up and building your own consultancy.   “Connecting with yourself and how to show up authentically. That I think is very, very important.” - Vanessa   Timestamps:   2.38 - Vanessa introduces herself in 3 words 5.01 - Discover Vanessa’s journey to becoming a storyteller of social truths 9.58 - Managing the crave for deeper exploration alongside growing expertise within a company 13.39 - Is it our responsibility to show up 100% ourselves at work whether or not it is liked? 19.53 - Does the type of industry change how these practices are viewed? 21.40 - Vanessa reveals what she does to look after her mental health everyday   Con

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke discusses the concept of recovery. Are you recovering enough? This is a topic that is important for everyone from friends, colleagues, to corporate clients. Listen as Samantha suggests micro, mid and macro ways to create rest without it feeling like a burden.    “How can I connect an idealistic view of what I want vs the reality of what I am doing?” - Samantha   Timestamps   1.33 - What is burnout and how does it show up for you? 3.40 - Samantha talks about her experiences with shielding 5.42 - Discover ways to think about your recovery 11.55 - Are you creating good sleep habits? 15.01 - What does it take to create a great day or working week? 18.00 - Am I living every day with a game mentality or shame mentality   Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)   >>>Read Samantha Clarke’s book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work   Connect with Samantha Clarke:   >>>Discover Love It or Leave It on Instagram >>>Connect with Samantha on

In this solo episode Samantha talks about leadership awareness and what it takes to be a great, effective and authentic leader. This episode asks you to question your definition of leadership and what leadership means in these changing times.   
“How do I want people to believe in me and how do I want to be seen as a manager in the future?” - Samantha    Timestamps   3.01 - The differences between leadership during Pre-Covid and Covid times 4.58 - What kind of leaders are you drawn to and why? 9.36 - What is your approach to language? 11.48 - How the Johari Window can help us learn about ourselves and how others perceive us 16.42 - Questioning how we listen as leaders 19.23 - How do we bring everything together and lead? 23.30 - Making creativity an everyday thing   Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts)   >>>Read Samantha Clarke’s book - Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work   Connect with Samantha Clarke:   >>>Connect with Samantha Clarke on Instagram >>>Follow Samantha Clarke on T

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Nina Elegba. Nina is the founder of Recess Living. She's also building out an incredible portfolio career between TV production and creating a safe space for you to think about how to play be energised and nourish yourself during stressful and busy times. Listen as they talk about how she leapt into action building her portfolio career after reading, Love It or Leave It: How To Be Happy at Work and what you can do to navigate your self-critic to create that space to reinvigorate your day and how you view your downtime.   “Life is way too short, if there’s anything that we're going to come out of this period realising is that you’ve just got to go for the things you want.” - Nina   Timestamps:   2.26 - Find out all about what Nina does 6.40 - Discover how Nina created a different way of working and living because of lockdown 9.03 - Nina’s experiences since starting the Love It or Leave It philosophy 14.58 - What’s the fear that comes up when you

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Petra Velzeboer. Petra is a mental health consultant, working with businesses in a learning and development capacity. Supporting them to think about mental health, emotional health and the wellbeing of their people.   “When you practice bravery on a daily basis, or yearly basis. Courage, whatever that looks like, it’s a muscle that can be developed over time. I truly believe that.” Petra   Timestamps:   3.47 - Discover what excites Petra about mental health 5.52 - Petra discusses the barriers she finds when talking about mental health in companies 8.20 - How do companies start to work with a mental health expert like Petra? 11.43 - Find out what Petra has learnt that she is using within her own team culture 14.06 - Hear Petra’s advice for checking in on people’s mental health in this time of remote working 16.57 - Petra reveals the journey from working with clients to corporates 25.36 - How does somebody find that motivation to be brave? 30.23

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Flynn Coleman. Flynn is an author, an international human rights attorney, a social justice advocate, a Harvard fellow, a professor, a public speaker, a former competitive athlete, an ethical fashion designer, and a founder and CEO. Listen as they discuss how we can overcome tech biases across race, gender and age. Also how we can galvanize our voices in the workplace.   Timestamps:   2.31 - 5 words describing Flynn’s work 6.31 - Flynn reveals what she enjoys the most about her portfolio career 10.56 - Discover Flynn’s reason for writing her book 14.18 - What can the average person do to overcome tech biases? 18.28 - How does someone who is trying to find their voice galvanize others at work? 23.04 - Flynn discusses the parental influence on how we view our careers 26.46 - Flynn’s version of self-care and wellbeing 29.35 - Hear Flynn’s advice on we should Love or Leave behind   Resources: (books, products, websites, other podcasts) >>>Read Sam

On this episode of Love It or Leave it hear the first in a series of Samantha Clarke interviewing a reader of her book Love It or Leave It. Rebecca started out in her career as a Dentist and in this episode you will discover how Samantha’s book has helped her to forge a new portfolio career as well as a new way of looking at her working week.   Quote:   I have a very firm belief of tailoring treatment plans, so I thought, well why am I not tailoring my career to me? - Rebecca   Timestamps:   2.18 - Discover why Rebecca decided to invest in Love It or Leave It 4.36 - Rebecca discusses loyalty in the workplace 8.51 - How do you get to the point of needing a mix of different professional practices? 16.22 - Rebecca maps out her week with 3 strands to her portfolio career 19.02 - Find out what Rebecca’s purpose umbrella is 21.28 - How to get through the moments of feeling stuck 24.58 - Rebecca tells us her favourite exercises from the book 28.34 - Rebecca’s advice to you if you are thinking about getting the book