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Stark Reflections on Writing and PublishingUnconditional Boundaries with Andy LidstoneMark interviews Andy Lidstone about the unconditional boundaries he talks about in his life coaching as the Uncondictional Coach. This episode is sponsored by the patrons who support this podcast at https://patreon.com/starkreflections and https://buymeacoffee.com/markleslie. Links of Interest: Andy Lidstone's Unconditional Coach EP 387- Rambling Reflections From The Disappointing Aftermath One Hand Screaming: 20 Haunting Years Books2Read Link Shop Local (Canadian Indie Bookstore Lookup) Mark's Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup) Buy Mark a Coffee Patreon for Stark Reflections How to Access Patreon RSS Fe...2024-11-141h 08
Cosmic Bos Podcast ft. David Battenberg CakeMMC 2.5 - Funk Drunk LoveSo, this episode was meant to be out back on the 1st of June, but Nick and Andy from Cosmic Bos went AWOL so it was left up to me, Big Mic! to pull it all together so that you wonderful listeners and musician subs could hear it. Oh, it's Big Mic by the way, I've had to step in and start running the MMC Challenger, I have enlisted David Battenberg Cake and the Sexy German to go and press the buttons (not RUB the buttons as SG seems prone to doing) so that this episode made...2024-06-222h 19
Security Thought Leadership: in conversation with Martin GillProtecting the national infrastructure: are we sure we have not been distracted?Clearly the protection of the national infrastructure, in its various forms, is a key requirement of any country. Yet over the last year we have heard relatively little about threats and responses, so what has been happening? How, if at all, have threats changed during the Pandemic and what about the response? In what ways do cultural differences between countries play a role in how responses are played out? What are likely to be the main threats to the national infrastructure going forward? How do they differ from the past and between different threats, and what are the implications...2024-05-1246 min
Cosmic Bos Podcast ft. David Battenberg CakeMMC 2.3 - Intergalactic EXTRA Welcome to the Extra part of the Monthly Music Challenge 2.3 Intergalactic episode. Join Andy and Nick (Cosmic Bos) as they make ammends for a rather massive faux par on their part, missing off a song from the list. So firstly, a huge Sorry to Taylor Lidstone, Peoples Choice Award Winning artist and utter legend, Taylor, your Intergalactic song is amazeballs! We didn't miss it off of the list because it didn't fit the theme, we missed it off because Big Mic has been moving all the emails about from 6 years in the future...2024-04-1343 min
Unveiling the Beast68 Build Lasting Relationships with Unconditional BoundariesWhat up, Beasts? Welcome back to the show. Today I am hanging out with Andy Lidstone. Andy is a life coach who helps people get more of what they want from their lives. He's also an author and speaker who talks about using boundaries in a way that builds and strengthens our various kinds of relationships. His book, Unconditional Boundaries, introduces a system for using boundaries for these purposes. He loves meeting new people, hanging out with his friends, and sharing his life with others. His main goal in his life is to help people have stronger, safer, more...2024-03-2850 min
Cosmic Bos Podcast ft. David Battenberg CakeMMC 2.2 - Happiness Hello there! How are you? Welcome to the Monthly Music Challenge podcast with your hosts, Cosmic Bos. Here, I, David Battenberg cake, would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to this extra special episode of the Monthly Music Challenge podcast, all about me, David Battenberg cake, or, more specifically, Happiness, which I, David Battenberg cake, embody. For the second theme of the second year of the MMC, Cosmic Bos chose Happiness, and what a majestic choice that was, it has led to 29 of the finest songs, musical vegan nuggets...2024-03-024h 50
Cosmic Bos Podcast ft. David Battenberg CakeMMC 2.1 - First Impressions Welcome friends and lovers to the Monthly Music Challenge podcast with your hosts, Cosmic Bos. This is the first proper episode of the second season of the Monthly Music Challenge, and it has grown somewhat since last year. 30 songs for you! that's right, 30 songs made around the theme of 'First Impressions', and SPOILER ALERT! They are crispy amazeballs, absolutely all of them. Andy and Nick, Jackson, the brothers Cosmic, Bos, one S, are here to guide you through the delightful frist impressions from the most exciting up and coming musicians and artists that...2024-02-044h 26
Ipsos UK PodcastIpsos UK Podcast: Survey methods with the ONS: How can we improve accessibility in research? (3/3)
Ipsos Survey Research Methods Centre Podcast, with the Office for National Statistics: How can we improve Accessibility in research? (3/3)
Accessibility in research is definitely improving – but how can we make our research as accessible as possible to as wide an audience as possible? On what impact does that have on our findings, and the way we do research?
In the third and final part of our three-part podcast series in collaboration with the Office for National Statistics, Eileen Irvin, from Ipsos UK’s Survey Research Methods Centre, is joined by Andy McKeown and Tanya Lidstone from Ipsos to talk abou...2023-12-1520 min
Cosmic Bos Podcast ft. David Battenberg CakeMonthly Music Challenge 2023 Awards - Rest of MMC1 2023 SILVER AWARDS So peeps, Cosmic Bos (your hosts of the MMC) presented the Gold Awards for the awesome music sent in the the Monthly Music Challenge in 2023. That was the Best of 2023, 11 Gold Award winning artists of the indie music scene, taking on challenges with a time limit and making the crispiest Golden music known to earballs in the solar rotational calander year known as 2023. There were of course, a great many Monthly Music Challenge submissions from which the gold award winners were plucked, and to honour the truly exceptional work of the awesome artists of the...2023-12-101h 45
Cosmic Bos Podcast ft. David Battenberg CakeMonthly Music Challenge 2023 Awards - Best of MMC1 2023 GOLD AWARDSHere it is peeps, the Monthly Music Challenge 2023 Awards - GOLD EDITION with your hosts Cosmic Bos 2023 has been one helluva ride for the Monthly Music Challenge podcast, when we started this back in Jan 2023 (ahh memories) with the help of Music Weeklies and the support of our awesome partners in musical business (Andrew Hartshorn & Al Warren), we had no idea how it would go, but here we are at the tail end of 23 and we are doing an Awards show, 2 of them no less (SPOILER ALERT! there will be a Silver Awards show too).2023-12-012h 24
Cosmic Bos Podcast ft. David Battenberg CakeMMC 1.10 Finale (Monthly Music Challenge year 1 conclusion 2023) Welcome to the Monthly Music Challenge with Cosmic Bos podcast Monthly Music Challenge MMC 1.10 - Finale We have reached the final theme of the Monthly Music Challenge's first year of existing, there will be no more monthly musical shenanigans until 2024, well, apart from the MMC Awards, and a few albums being available to buy on CD (SPOILER ALERT!) Cosmic Bos and Andrew Hartshorn both having CD's out under Monochrome Motif Records in December on bandcamp Alas, we get ahead of ourselves, for right now, Nick and Andy Jackson and Jackson (Cosmic...2023-11-053h 40
Cosmic Bos Podcast ft. David Battenberg CakeMMC 1.9 SuperspectacularWelcome to the Monthly Music Challenge with Cosmic Bos Podcast Monthly Music Challenge MMC 1.9 - Superspectacular Join Nick and Andy (Cosmic Bos) as we explore the spectacular, super spectacular in factular, freshist, most organic, juiciest indie music being made today, with all the songs having been made in September of 2023 around the theme of Superspectacular, and we must say it is something rather special indeed. You are in for a treat here, the music served up this month is all of the highest degree, truly awesome sauce on the hotdog of...2023-10-083h 30
Cosmic Bos Podcast ft. David Battenberg CakeMMC 1.7 - Mother EarthWelcome to the Monthly Music Challenge with Cosmic Bos podcast (the MMC) Episode 1.7 - Mother Earth Join Nick and Andy (Cosmic Bos) as we explore the musical interpretations created for our wonderful Mother Earth by some of the most talented musicians in the whole world. What did we all choose to say about Gaia, the great ball on which we all reside ? Well you are in for a treat friends, as all this music has been environmentally sourced, has an extremely low carbon footprint and has travelled from around our great planet without...2023-08-063h 19
Parenting on the Spectrum#50 - Put Up Some Unconditional Boundaries People! Andy Lidstone Tells You How.Life Coach Andy Lidstone talks about what the lack of boundaries is costing us.
Biography
Andy became a Life Coach after having a few negative experiences with other life coaches and deciding I wanted to help the people they refused to help.
I'm committed to helping people who've slipped through the cracks of the systems designed to help them.
I'm a certified Neurotransforamtional Results Coach using a combination of experiential coaching and targeted listening to offer clients a different way to understand and achieve what they really want from their lives.
2022-12-1527 min
The Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 21: An interview with Lee HopkinsYou'll be hard pressed to find a more relatable person than Lee Hopkins, my guest this week. His story is so similar on so many levels to my own and yet very different in a few key ways. I loved talking with him and getting his perspective on boundaries. I hope you love our conversation as much as I did.
You can find his website at Patterns of possibility and on all social media platforms @patternsofpossibility2022-06-2728 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 20: An interview with David EdwardsDavid worked in health care for most of 35 years helping mostly low income people. In 2018, while working with a team of various medical professionals, a light bulb went off for him that he felt was the key to why so many people struggle to get ahead in life.
David's book "New You, Who Knew!" offers some foundational principles that will help regular people get more of what they want out of life.
We talked about some of those principles in this interview, which I'm sure you'll find as delightful as I did.
You c...2022-06-2036 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 19: An interview with Nancy PicardNancy and I are both coaches. This conversation gives the different perspectives of boundaries from two different coaches. We also talk about coaching men vs women and the ways we're different as well as the ways we're the same. It's a wonderful conversation I'm sure you'll enjoy.
You can find her on her website at Bigger Better Braver - Nancy Pickard Can Help You Step Into the Biggest Version of Yourself (nancypickardlifecoach.com)2022-05-0236 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 18: An interview with Susan BrattonThis is an amazing interview turned support call. Although we had arranged to have an interview, when we got on the call, Susan instead asked for support with her own marriage. So welcome to a real life example of my coaching.
Susan is an amazing, open, compassionate, and successful woman whose been married for 30 years and in business with her husband for 15 of those. She's been called "The Intimacy Expert to Millions," and has been on a variety of TV and radio shows as well as numerous podcasts. I was extremely delighted to have her on my...2022-04-0456 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 17: An interview with Isabel LeongIsabel's experience of boundaries is closer to what I would have described as expectations. She talks about breaking free of the boundaries of her old life and building a life she wants to live - as a travel blogger. It's great to see the freedom she created by following her dreams.
Full-time travel blogger and SEO coach roaming the world at a whim, I draw energy from being outdoors. An explorer at heart, the world is my playground. I help aspiring bloggers and brands get the most out of their online presence and financial freedom by ranking...2022-01-3113 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 16: An interview with Kim KimballKim is a life coach who helps ambitious women thrive in their relationships. Her story is a powerful one and her perspective on boundaries will have you asking yourself what's hold you back from thriving in your own relationships. We obviously discuss boundaries while we also delve into the typical differences in how men and women experience anger. I'm sure you'll love our conversation.
You can find Kim @ Kim Kimball Coaching, on Instagram @ Relationship Coach (@kimkimballcoaching), and Facebook @ Kim Kimball Coaching2021-12-2731 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 15: An Interview with Karin FreelandKarin is a recovered workaholic, life coach, and author. Tune in to hear her perspective on the corporate rat race, work-life balance, and of course, boundaries.
You can find her at karinfreeland.com or join her Facebook group Successful Working Women Rocking Reinvention.2021-12-2023 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 14: An Interview with Leslie DavisFrom the moment I first met Leslie, I was amazed by her self awareness. She has a lot of wisdom and a huge caring heart. I hope you love listening to this conversation as much as we did having it.
You can find her at: https://youcanteatlove.com/2021-12-1339 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 13: An interview with Leslie GaudetLeslie and I have been having conversations around coaching and personal development for almost a year and a half now so naturally I thought of her first when it came time to do the interviews for my podcast.
I've been experiencing a bit of life this fall and haven't released an episode for 2 months now. I am, however, trying to get back in the habit of creating content and connecting with people again. I hope to have a few more interview episodes recorded shortly. I intend to get back into releasing episodes weekly as soon as I h...2021-11-0825 min
The Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 12: Boundaries and Self CareSelf care is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood aspects of a healthy lifestyle. And it's the opposite of selfish!2021-08-1618 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 11: When to Communicate Your BoundariesBoundaries should always be communicated. Barriers, on the other hand, don't have to be communicated, especially if it might be harmful to do so.2021-08-0916 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 10: Boundaries for GuysGuys tend to both extremes of stubborn and carefree - their priorities are usually quite strict, and they just don't seem to can about anything that isn't a priority.
I discuss in this episode how boundaries can help them with these things.
As a bonus, I also offer a way for guys to learn more about their emotions.2021-07-2825 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 9: Controllers and People PleasersWhy do controlling people typically end up dating people pleasers and visa versa?
And when they do, Why do we tell them they have to break up in order to fix their behavior?
In this episode I'll talk about how boundaries can help repair both the behavior of each person in the relationship and the relationship itself.2021-07-1919 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 8: How (and when) to evolve your BoundariesYou've set up some boundaries and they're working - mostly. You aren't entirely happy with the results. Or maybe you used to be happy with the results and either you've changed and want different results, or you're no longer getting the results you want.
It's time to evolve your boundaries. Evolving our boundaries saves us from scrapping them and creating all new ones. And it also helps other people to see us as more consistent as we grow instead of seeing us as difficult to predict or 'flaky'.2021-07-0517 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 7: Boundaries vs Barriers 2When do you Boundaries and When are Barriers more appropriate? In this episode I explore some of the reasons you might choose either one.2021-06-2816 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 6: How to set up Unconditional BoundariesSo how exactly does one set up unconditional boundaries? In this episode I lay out the steps I use both personally and with my clients to help them set up boundaries that allow everyone involved to have options. This is how unconditional boundaries help us connect to others while giving us a framework to get our needs met.2021-06-2118 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 5: Relationship BoundariesIn this episode I talk about what Unconditional Boundaries are in relationships and why we want them.2021-06-1416 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 4 Personal BoundariesIn this episode I discuss the most important boundaries you will ever need - your own.2021-06-1411 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 3: Boundaries vs BarriersIn this episode I talk about the differences between boundaries and barriers.
Boundaries create the space for connection, but also allow us to get hurt.
Barriers protect us from hurt, but also prevent connection and love.2021-06-1414 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 2: What are Unconditional Boundaries?In this episode I answer the question "What are unconditional boundaries?"
They are boundaries that give everyone involved choice.2021-06-1412 minThe Unconditional Boundaries PodcastUnconditional Boundaries Episode 1: Who is this podcast for?In this introductory episode, I discuss the four main types of people who would find this podcast helpful: someone who needs boundaries, someone who wants boundaries, someone who needs love, and someone who's searching for love. 2021-06-1411 min
Intellectual Radio TalkEmpowering Moments with Coach TEmpowering Moments with Coach T – The Relationship W/Parents Vs. W/Others Featuring Guest Speaker: Andy Lidstone, The Midnight CoachConnect with Coach TFB/IG: IAMTHECOACHTEmail: iamthecoacht@gmail.comConnect with AndyFB: themidnightcoachEmail: worzhak@hotmail.com2021-01-1752 min
A History of England2. The Wives of Henry VIIIWe got to know Henry VIII a bit in chapter 1. We also talked a little about his wives, and it seems only right that we think about them a bit more now, especially since having a lot of wives is what Henry's best known for. So chapter 2 takes a look at their stories, at why Henry married them (well, the other reasons, apart from his attraction to young women), and to what extent he hit his objective.
And, to surprise and amuse us all, we end with an unusual example of foresight and enlightened thinking from a mo...2020-11-2413 min