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Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaPick Your Own - with Emma of Semper Hepkins Creative WorkshopsWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Re-use, recycle, re-purpose.... and create something you will use and be super proud of for years to come.One of the outcomes of a workshop led by my guest Emma Semper Hopkins. We love Emma for her intelligent, down-to-earth, no messing Yorkshire lass approach.And from visiting her premises we felt these vibes there too.Hence our invitation to Emma to be included in our bespoke Pick Your Own collection.Whilst hundreds of companies have brought their t...2025-07-3019 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaPick Your Own - with Leila of Bake2ExploreWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Welcome back to SheepDip, the podcast from Raising the Baa.Today our guest is Leila Moeeni who has a truly fascinating back story from immigrant to human rights lawyer to baker. We learn about her country of origin, the challenges she has faced (and continues to do so) and why she is so passionate about breaking bread with people.Whilst hundreds of companies have brought their teams to a farm to herd sheep, we know that the exercises are n...2025-07-2322 min
PA CHALK UPCAROLINE PALMER | PRIVATE S&C COACH #61Caroline Palmer is a dedicated Strength and Conditioning Coach at a private facility in Ohio, known for her athlete-centric approach to training. With a focus on individualised development, Caroline tailors her coaching to meet the unique needs of each athlete, helping them unlock their full potential both on and off the field.
Caroline Socials:
Instagram - @c_aroline_p
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Enquiries:
mannysilveira@primitiveathletix.com
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primitiveathletix.com2024-10-231h 23
Board Women24. Ambassador for change - Gemma Palmer-DightonSUP racer extraordinaire Gemma Palmer-Dighton @getgemma is a #Shepaddles ambassador. Her mission is to demonstrate to others that the sport is open to all, and to improve its accessibility. When Gemma began to get in to paddling she struggled to find representation of black paddlers, and she’s determined to change that. Gemma has done some incredibly hardcore paddle races including the Great Glen (92km), and has set up an entire SUP community #SUPHuntingdon to bring people together around the sport.Episode highlightsThe beauty of bein...2024-10-2335 min
Kidlit Love: Conversations with Picture Book, Middle Grade and YA AuthorsE37: Believing in Yourself: Camp Prodigy with Caroline PalmerIn this bonus summer episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Caroline Palmer.
Caroline is the author of Camp Prodigy, a middle grade graphic novel that follows two non-binary kids who navigate anxiety and identity while having fun and forming friendships at their summer orchestra camp.
Come listen as we talk about Caroline's journey to writing, their comic book career, and what they hope readers will take away from Camp Prodigy…just in time to kick off the summer reading season.
You’ll find the show notes for the episode with li...2024-06-2432 min
The Comics That We LoveEp.123: Camp Prodigy w/Caroline Palmer (Atheneum Books)This week Zach is joined by Caroline Palmer, author of the middle grade graphic novel, Camp Prodigy to take about their brand new graphic novel, their process, and the things that inspired them to become a creator!Camp Prodigy: After attending an incredible concert, Tate Seong is inspired to become a professional violist. There’s just one problem: they’re the worst musician at their school.Tate doesn’t even have enough confidence to assert themself with their friends or come out as nonbinary to their family, let alone attempt a solo anytime soon. T...2024-05-2249 min
SuperLit PodcastEP 129; Camp Prodigy with Caroline PalmerHi Friends! This week we are joined by Caroline Palmer! With Caroline we talk about their new graphic novel, Camp Prodigy! We're talking about the pressures of being an artist, Caroline's process with drawing their comic and much more!
Theme song by Man With Roses
After attending an incredible concert, Tate Seong is inspired to become a professional violist. There’s just one problem: they’re the worst musician at their school.
Tate doesn’t even have enough confidence to assert themself with their friends or come out as nonbinary to their family, let alone attempt a solo anytime soon. Things...2024-05-1551 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaWorkplace Wellness - Emma Hossack, Glow at WorkWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?In her own words Emma Hossack is "a recovering perfectionist" having burnt out not once but twice, after each of her children were born whilst juggling a high octane pharmaceutical sales career.Today she and her partners at GLOW and WeTalkWellbeing help organisations and most importantly their people to be their most authentic, happy and resilient selves.Not in a fluffy way however. As their website proclaims: "We take the stuffiness and usual jargon out of training - and instead offer a...2023-07-1932 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaWorkplace Wellness - Lizzie Benton, Liberty Mind UKWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Lizzie Benton describes herself as a 'progressive culture coach'. Her business Liberty Mind helps its clients to adopt an alternative way of working that unleashes people to create their best work.In this episode Lizzie shares her thoughts on the world of wellbeing in the workplace - or not 'wellbeing' perhaps.For example:- it's NOT a separate entity, a label which can come across as patronising or condescending- it's NOT always something for which the HR department s...2023-07-0534 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaWorkplace Wellness - with Sally Tanski & Shahani Jayesinghe of TalogyWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why? In this first episode of our new season we're delighted to welcome not one but two guests. Both are consultants at Talogy, which combines psychology and technology to help organisations such as M&S and BBC to develop their talent.Business psychologists Sally Tanski and Shahani Jayesinghe have extensive experience of guiding companies and coaching their people for optimum performance and well-being.We discuss:* How in...2023-06-2831 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaWorkplace Wellness - with Ngozi Weller, Aurora Wellness GroupWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Good Mental Health is Good Business.So says the brochure of Aurora Wellness Group, co-founded by culture change strategist Ngozi Weller with psychologist and behavioural change specialist Obehi Alofoje.Ngozi had a truly compelling reason for launching Aurora and she opens up this episode by telling us her impactful and at times heart-wrenching story. We go on to discuss:- why looking after people is a win-win for ALL companies and how it impacts the bottom line...2023-03-1531 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaWorkplace Wellness - with Michelle Reid, Director of Performance Culture and Delivery, IOMWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Two big themes come through loud and clear to us in our interview with this week's guest:PURPOSE and ASKING Michelle Reid is Director of Performance Culture and Delivery at the Edinburgh-based Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM). Having progressed within her 7 years at IOM from HR Manager to a seat on the Board, Michelle is clearly an utterly authentic 'people person'. We loved the way she doesn't just talk theory. Practically all her points are illustrated, sensitively, by real-life stor...2023-03-0834 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaWorkplace Wellness - with Carolyn HobdeyWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Having left her corporate HRD career in 2020, Carolyn Hobdey is passionate about improving workplace culture - or community as she prefers to call it - through human-centred leadership.Carolyn is achieving this through her Midlife Mistress platform, making your (mid)life matter and more recently as co-founder of BEing HUMAN at the Farm Club, a rural leadership wellbeing space.In our conversation with Carolyn, learn about:- our personal micro-climate- how to save time and money by asking your team...2023-03-0132 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaWorkplace Wellness - with Flick Wileman, ReckittWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Welcome back to this season of SheepDip - themed Workplace Wellness.With a different expert on each show, you will be inspired by their insights and walk away with practical advice on how to create a healthy, sustainable culture for teams to thrive.Our second guest is Flick Wileman, Global Wellbeing & Engagement Lead at Reckitt, which pursues a cleaner, healthier world through brands such as as Dettol, Vanish and Nurofen.Hear Flick's incredible journey from a fascinating, and different, childhood, through...2023-02-2239 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaWorkplace Wellness - with Anastasia Vinnikova, City Mental Health AllianceWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Welcome to the 7th season of SheepDip - themed Workplace Wellness.With a different expert on each show, you will be inspired by their insights and walk away with practical advice on how to create a healthy, sustainable culture for teams to thrive.Our first guest is Anastasia Vinnikova, Head of Workplace Wellbeing at MindForward Alliance UK about which you will learn in the show. With personal experience, as she openly shares, of mental health issues, Anastasia also volunteers much of her precious s...2023-02-1536 minSheep Dip with Raising the BaaBONUS EPISODE - 7 Teamwork Lessons From Our Alpine Fundraising ChallengeWhat struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Recently (October 2022) the co-founders of Raising the Baa, Chris and Caroline, were in the French Alps.They were two of a team of 7 randomly mixed people all with one purpose: 'helping young people climb past anxiety' in a fund-raising challenge.Four teams each raising money for their chosen charity, the challenge was to go higher and further (and wetter it transpired!) than others within a specified time period to gain much coveted points. Reflecting on their experience Chris and Caroline learnt...2022-11-2121 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaIn team building, M is for....?What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Mountains? Er, not specifically. Though they are the reason we took a week's break half-way through this A-Z series of Team Building. Raising the Baa co-founders Chris Farnsworth and Caroline Palmer, alongside a team of 5 entrepreneurial folk, clambered a marathon up and down mountains in the French Alps. Why? To raise much needed funds for Inner Flame, a charity close to our heart as you will be aware if you know the story behind Raising the Baa (our first episode of Sheep Dip).And m...2022-10-1211 min
STUDIO STORIES: REMINISCING ON TWIN CITIES DANCE HISTORYStudio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Caroline Palmer - Season 8, Episode 100Caroline Palmer has been writing about dance for over 30 years for publications including Paper Magazine, City Pages, Star Tribune, and her own blog "Big Dance Town." She is currently writing a book about the history of Twin Cities dance called "Making A Scene." Caroline is also a lawyer and works at the Minnesota Department of Health where she focuses on the prevention of human trafficking. 2022-09-1543 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaIn team building, G is for....?What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Good or Great?Our aim is always to help teams go from good to great. Teams discover for themselves just how great they can be once they've faced the challenge of herding a pesky flock of sheep.Many lessons are revealed and this podcast series picks up on all the themes that have been fed back to us by our clients in their reviewing sessions.Each episode of our A-Z series of team building lasts no more than 10 minutes...2022-08-1708 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaIn team building, F is for....?What struck ewe most from this episode - and why? ... Flock (as we call our team)? Yes, but no in this instance.From all the f.... [oops nearly gave one of them away!] learnings our clients have told us about, we've taken just 4 of the F-words (steady...)The first is an unavoidable benefit of the exercise our clients undertakeAnother has been called 'the breakfast of champions'The third is a long-established car modelAnd the final one can sometimes be seen as its polar opposite You could g...2022-08-1007 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaIn team building, E is for ...?What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Expectations? What would you expect E to stand in association with team building?Tune in to this 5th episode of our A-Z series and find out.Each episode is just 10 minutes or so long, perfect to listen to whilst walking the dog or waiting for a train.Expect plenty of lively sheep/shepherd/dog references from Head Shepherd and Founder of Raising the Baa, Chris Farnsworth, in these short and lively conversations with Paul Warriner, our Lead Facilitator.2022-08-0310 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaIn team building, D is for....?What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?D is for Dog - well in the shepherding world the dog is an essential part of the team.What else would it be for though, in the wider, more corporate sense of team building?Tune in to the 4th episode of our A-Z series and find out.Each episode is just 10 minutes or so long, perfect to listen to during that coffee break or waiting for the bus!Expect plenty of lively sheep/shepherd/dog references from Head...2022-07-2709 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaIn team building, C is for ...?What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?A spot of team building trivia to kick off - when curating the content for this series of our podcast, C provided the highest number of words. This episode should therefore be the longest in the series. We were given strict instructions by the director (Top Dog Caroline) though and we're sticking with our approx 10 minute duration.How many C's associated with teams can you come up with? Go!Or save yourself the effort and hear what Chris (Head Shepherd) and Pau...2022-07-2010 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaIn team building, B is for....?What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?B is for Baa - obviously!What else would it be for though, in the world of team building?Tune in to the second episode of our A-Z series and find out.Each episode is just 10 minutes or so long, perfect to listen to during that coffee break or waiting for the bus!Expect plenty of lively sheep/shepherd/dog references from Head Shepherd and Founder of Raising the Baa, Chris Farnsworth, in these short and lively conversations with...2022-07-1310 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaIn team building, A is for... ?What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Baa-aaa! (that’s Hoorah in ovine language) - SheepDip is back!This 6th series is quite simply entitled the A-Z of team building.After running our very first team building programme over 10 years ago we were excited and delighted to hear how much our clients had learnt from their experience of herding sheep.Ever since, as soon as they come off the field everyone is offered a lovely piece of cake (they’ve jolly well earned it!), a brew and a Refl...2022-07-0610 minSheep Dip with Raising the BaaCompassionate Leadership with Manley Hopkinson - Episode 5What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?In the 5th and final part of our series on Compassionate Leadership, our expert guest Manley Hopkinson talks about Balance.Manley believes that to be a Compassionate Leader "you must balance the needs between achieving the task, building the team and developing the individual".His philosophy is based on the British academic and leadership theorist John Adair's model of 'Action Centred Leadership', often referred to as the Three Circles Model.In listening to this episode you will gain an understanding of...2022-04-0630 minSheep Dip with Raising the BaaCompassionate Leadership with Manley Hopkinson - Episode 4What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?Continuing our series on Compassionate Leadership, our expert guest Manley Hopkinson explores power and, or perhaps versus, influence.It follows perfectly on from the last episode in which we discussed the difference and the merits of committed as opposed to compliant teams. Firstly Manley reviews our answers to the 3 questions he set as our home-play at the end of the last episode. He interprets our responses to demonstrate how they reveal our individual needs. These findings would give any lead...2022-03-3032 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaCompassionate Leadership with Manley Hopkinson - Episode 3What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?How did you get on with the exercise our series guest Manley Hopkinson set for us at the end of the last episode?We found it fascinating as you will find out when Manley gets us to share our efforts at the beginning of this week's show.And if you're curious to know why he set us the exercise, and how it can help you to become a Compassionate Leader, hit the back button and listen to Episode 2 (and 1 as well ideally) first.2022-03-2336 min
Sheep Dip with Raising the BaaCompassionate Leadership with Manley Hopkinson - Episode 2What struck ewe most from this episode - and why?How are you feeling after following the top tip at the end of last week's show? It has certainly affected us in a most positive way. If you haven't done it or you don't know what we're referring to, check out the first of this new season of SheepDip podcasts. The series is all about Compassionate Leadership. And we are being guided through the concept by THE expert, adventurer, author and thoroughly engaging speaker Manley Hopkinson.Episode 2 might remind you of an...2022-03-1624 min