Turning The Tables
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
EP 18: Imposter syndrome - how cancer saved me, with Sharon Lloyd Barnes
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Have you ever had periods in your life when you've felt that you are not the person you want to be? An imposter, held back by an internal dialogue that was sabotaging your life?
Often it takes a dramatic event -a relationship breakup, the loss of a loved one or a health issue to break the chain and for us to reassess our lives.
When that event is stage 3 cancer, it must shake you to the core. But that is what happened to my guest Sharon Lloyd Barnes.
On the outside, Sharon is one of the most capable, calm and collected, and together people you are ever likely to meet. It just didn't feel that way to her inside.
Brought up as a child in Edinburgh Scotland Sharon's mother left the family when Sharon was a young teenage an event which was to shape her outlook on life subconsciously.
A single mum of two boys, one of whom has autism and learning difficulties, Sharon had spent her life doing the right thing and putting on as she says 'a happy face'.
Yet it was her battle with cancer which, fortunately, she has won, that had a transforming effect on Sharon's life. She even goes to describes it as a gift.
In our conversation we talk about;
* The impact her mother leaving the family when Sharon was 12 yrs old had on her outlook?
* How self-doubt and anxiety drove her decision making
* The role that cancer played in breaking her destructive internal dialogue
* How the adversity of coming through her illness has opened a new and positive chapter in her life.
* Sharon's advice for anyone facing challenges in their life.
It is a tribute to Sharon's resilience and determination that she was able to come through her illness and define it as a positive part of her personal growth.
For anyone struggling with feelings of self-doubt, Sharon's story inspires and gives hope that it is possible to come through serious illness and to find ones' true self.
Listen and share your thoughts and observations about this episode and Sharon's story at the Turning the Tables Community on Facebook.
You can find Sharon on LinkedIn
Episode credits;
Editor and sound engineer: Tim White email: showupnow@gmail.com
Host: Simon Ratcliffe
Music:
Broken Elegance -Unconditionally
Scott Buckley - Life is & The closing of summer
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
EP 17 : Human stories and reflections on the Coronavirus pandemic - The people's voice
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
What stories will we tell our children and our grandchildren about the adversity of the coronavirus pandemic?
Episode 17 of Turning the Tables started with a simple question to a group of fellow podcasters and friends for different walks of life and geographies.
What have you learned through this Coronavirus pandemic lockdown?
What followed was a tapestry of human stories and observations about life, priorities, hopes, and fears.
The discovery of a simpler life
The importance of family and friends
The rebasing of priorities
The fragility of life
Collective willpower
Joy
Destruction
Nature
Nurture
Constraint
Connection
Kindness
Chaos
Calm
Little things and big things
The question is, as we move forward out of this coronavirus pandemic, what path will we choose?
What choices will we make, and what stories will we tell our children and our grandchildren about the adversity of the coronavirus pandemic. Will it be a story of how he fractured apart, or will it be about how we came together. Will we have learned or will we have forgotten, only time will tell, it's in our hands.
What is your story?
Listen and share your stories about what you have learned during this pandemic this episode at the Turning the Tables Community on Facebook.
The podcast hosts that have contributed to the episode and links to their podcasts;
1.49 Maria Xenidou - Impact Learning
5.09 Howard M - Seasons of Sobriety
6.06 Richard Brown - Closer to Brands
6.43 Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett - Playful Chinese
7.20 David Chapple
8.19 Mina Fung - 10x Vision
8.40 & 21.08 - Karena de Souza - Tilt the Future
9.45 Linda Chapple
11.10 Peter Algate - Peteralgate.com
13.18 Tania Marien - Talaterra
14.59 Catherine Lynch - Next Level Parenting
15.58 David Reynolds - Lead, Learn, Change
17.00 Cindy Safronoff - Dedication - A Centennial Story
18.50 Leekie Tang - The Mindful Founder
22.39 Diane Wyzga - Stories From Woman that Walk
Episode credits;
Editor and sound engineer: Tim White email: showupnow@gmail.com
Host: Simon Ratcliffe
Music:
Broken Elegance -Unconditionally
Scott Buckley - Snowfall
Audionautix -Secondnature