
In conversation with Dr Lizzy Bernthal, Former Lt.Col in the Army and now award-winning confidence and leadership coach, keynote speaker and author
05/06/24 • 34 min
In this episode, No. 28, my conversation is with Dr Lizzy Bernthal. Having served 25 years as a healthcare specialist in the Army, rising through the ranks to Lt Col and completing an MEd and PHD in resilience, Lizzy’s own business mission is to help others by removing toxicity in the workplace through resilient leadership.
Her many insights include:
What is resilience in the boardroom?
Why we should bounce forward not back
How confidence, trust and resilience are interlinked
The importance of #practisingwhatyoupreach
How a toxic environment can lead to a lack of self worth if not dealt with
The importance of failing to our development and growth
Lizzy gives us her 3 words for happiness, success and balance:
GARDENING
SPACE
SPARKLE
Lizzy wraps up with what we should do more and less of to get a happier, balanced life
Instagram: cripps.sarah and bigbalancetheory
Twitter: @sarahcripps7 and @theory_balance
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcrippsand https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-balance-theory/
Linktr.ee/bigbalancetheory
(4) Dr Lizzy Bernthal | LinkedIn
www.rypotential.co.uk
Producer, Karen Pirie
Twitter: @karenepirie
In this episode, No. 28, my conversation is with Dr Lizzy Bernthal. Having served 25 years as a healthcare specialist in the Army, rising through the ranks to Lt Col and completing an MEd and PHD in resilience, Lizzy’s own business mission is to help others by removing toxicity in the workplace through resilient leadership.
Her many insights include:
What is resilience in the boardroom?
Why we should bounce forward not back
How confidence, trust and resilience are interlinked
The importance of #practisingwhatyoupreach
How a toxic environment can lead to a lack of self worth if not dealt with
The importance of failing to our development and growth
Lizzy gives us her 3 words for happiness, success and balance:
GARDENING
SPACE
SPARKLE
Lizzy wraps up with what we should do more and less of to get a happier, balanced life
Instagram: cripps.sarah and bigbalancetheory
Twitter: @sarahcripps7 and @theory_balance
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcrippsand https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-balance-theory/
Linktr.ee/bigbalancetheory
(4) Dr Lizzy Bernthal | LinkedIn
www.rypotential.co.uk
Producer, Karen Pirie
Twitter: @karenepirie
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Dick Johns, award-winning writer, actor and corporate leadership management facilitator for some of the world’s leading brands on helping people to have better conversations
As an actor, Dick Bradnum worked for 30 years across TV, film and radio, appearing in The Office, High Hopes and My Hero. Under his own name Dick Johns, he has written and performed three successful solo shows at Chapter, Cardiff: Dick Johns - What Midlife Crisis? (2016), Let’s Talk About Death, Baby (2018) and in 2022 a documentary record of The Great Pandemic Sofa Show. Alongside this Dick works in the corporate sector having written, designed and facilitated leadership programmes for clients including Network Rail, Sony Games, Astra Zeneca, the NHS, LinkedIn, Marks and Spencer and hundreds more.
His work contributions have led to many awards being won for his diverse clients and his focus is helping people to have better conversations. He talks optimistically about the next generation and how engaged they are in being inclusive in their conversations, especially around neuro-divergency, and how much more empathy they have.
Dick is definitely more aware of the world around him since the pandemic era and wishes we all had more time for play in the workplace.
He selects his 3 words for a balanced life and explains why he choose them – Sunshine, Poetry and Glamour - and he reveals how a gold tie is sometimes his secret weapon!
Sarah:
Instagram: cripps.sarah and bigbalancetheory
Twitter: @sarahcripps7 and @theory_balance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcrippsand https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-balance-theory/
Linktr.ee/bigbalancetheory [email protected]
Guest: Dick Johns (2) dick johns | LinkedIn
website Dickjohns.co.uk
Producer, Karen Pirie
Twitter: @karenepirie
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How lockdown taught entrepreneur and coach Maddy Shine that a seven-figure salary is no trade-off for a quality life
In this episode my conversation is with Maddy Shine. Maddy is a website wonder coder, an SEO supremo and runs three businesses. Her purpose is to shine bright and help other women entrepreneurs do just that. Our conversation leads to changes in buyer behaviour since lockdown and her tips on how to grow your business, why giving, especially to your own community, is important and how to make your brand stand out. We hear about the importance in wellbeing of our Third Space and so much more.
Maddy gives us her three words for happiness, success and balance:
Community
Connection
Conversation
Maddy wraps up with what we should do more of and less of to get a happier, balanced life.
Instagram: cripps.sarah and bigbalancetheory
Twitter: @sarahcripps7 and @theory_balance
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcrippsand https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-balance-theory/
Linktr.ee/bigbalancetheory
Producer, Karen Pirie
Twitter: @karenepirie
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