In today’s episode of the Mastering Life Podcast, your host Paul Lowe interviews successful entrepreneur, business owner and public speaker, Louise Farr. Tune in today to hear Louise’s fascinating and emotional story, leaving us in no doubt about the power of pets and the unconditional love we can learn and begin to feature in our own lives.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Whilst in Azerbaijan during the European games, Lou heard of an opportunity to help out with dogs during the winter months and for the remaining 14 months, every Saturday and every Sunday she went to build these kennels and help out at the shelter. Louise believes dogs take you out of yourself and instead of worrying and internalising, you can focus externally and take your mind off of your struggles. They bring out that protective nature and nurturing that humans have inside.
Paul: Tell us about the young lady in your life?
Lou: The story is, when I came to live in Peterborough I wanted to continue the work I was doing helping dogs in Azerbaijan, and because I have a business and worked for myself, I had the time to do so. This is where I met Rada and she was so scared due to how she’d been treated and over-time - after about two to three weeks - she warmed to me. She changed the direction of my life and helped me to tackle the outside world; she taught me to do things together and with others in order to achieve.
Paul: With this new-found purpose, what are your hopes and dreams for the future?
Lou: I’m growing my own business and I’m hoping to help people who just need a helping hand. I want to share how the shelter helped me. My dream and my legacy is building towards finding my place, somewhere in the countryside where I can house dogs and provide unconditional love for others.
BEST MOMENTS
“You can sit next to a dog and say nothing but 100,000 words have been said”
“When I came back I knew I didn’t get a dog, but I needed to get involved, I knew this was part of my life's journey”
“She has been my constant companion and got me through some tough times in the last couple of years, she’s been there by my side throughout”
“I now have great empathy where I didn’t have before, she is the epitome of love, strength and kindness - all the powerful elements of human nature”
“As humans, we need to learn how to love unconditionally”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Paul's Mastering The Game of Life Book...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819
Paul's Emerging From The Forest Book...Emerging From The Forest
The Mastering Life Podcast...
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mastering-life/id1421271122?mt=2
ABOUT THE HOST
Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud. He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:
“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose.
Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.
We achieve this by:
Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.
Find Your Purpose – Make A Difference
Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:
‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.
He has a long and distinguished track record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life's experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.
“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Louise left home at 16 years of age to join the WRAF with the vision of becoming a traffic controller; however, she entered into the unknown world logistics and travelled around the world three or four times as part of her 13 years career in the WRAF. Due to her career, she never used to stay in the place too long, before leaving.
