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Heads & DovetailsFrom Christmas past to Christmas present.It's Christmas this week Jamie and Gill decide to chat about their memories of Christmas past and how we've changed how we feel about it now. Gill can remember lots of her family traditions based around Christmas including the last one she had with her Dad before he died in the January. Jamie admits he struggles to remember anything of his childhood Christmases other than his Action man tank which he still has in the attic. He tells a funny story about how he somehow sat on and rode his new tank down the stairs. ...
2025-12-2435 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Crocodiles to palm oil in chocolateThis episode it's Jamie's turn to sound sexy as he's got a sore throat! Apart from his sore throat he's really happy as he's sold the crocodile that the made a couple of years ago for a panto. (Look at his video of it on his YouTube channel The Worcestershire Cabinet Maker). He could have sold it for a lot more, as one person told him, but he is happy with the price and explains that he found a balance with the purchaser based on his values of 'pay it forward' to another amateur dramatic society. Jamie i...
2025-12-1036 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom cancelling Spotify to car problems at garages!Gill and Jamie chat about why, after some research, they've decided to stop posting their podcast (and Gill her other podcast too) onto Spotify. Spotify are getting wealthier by the day and the average creator is struggling with musicians getting between £0.0024 and £0.004 per download. With the introduction of AI being able to use any content on the platform creators will end up becoming obsolete! The conversation turns to other big companies like Amazong which Jamie is not a big fan of! He explains how when looking to buy some tools it lead him to take a deep div...
2025-11-2634 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Tree Felling to Smart metersFollowing an observation from Gill's husband on last week's episode she apologises to Jamie for talking so much at the start of the last episode. In her defence she says she was praising Jamie about his skills. Talking of skills Jamie is a bit 'miffed' as he was asked to become involved with a tree removal at a local church. He was asked to use his skills to make some things, stool, benches etc. from the wood of the tree being felled to help parishioners accept it had to come down. He was also promised some of th...
2025-11-1230 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Mary Poppins Patio to charging for your expertise.Gill has lost her voice with the dreaded lurgi that everyone seems to be getting but Jamie thinks it makes her sound sexy! Gill starts this episode by giving a shout out to Jamie and his expertise as she wanted a particular sign for a present - Mary Poppins Patio, and knew just the man to make it for her! She explains the reason behind it in the podcast and how people don't see the expertise and time that goes into making something. Jamie says how busy he has been with an elephant currently on hi...
2025-10-2931 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom 'Pink-washing' to making a scorched owl.With it being cancer awareness month Gill questions are companies simply doing, what she's calling, 'pink-washing' similar to 'green-washing' the public? Jamie and Gill discuss the irony of companies going pink, printing pink ribbons on their packaging to promote cancer awareness month when those same companies use known carcinogenic chemicals in their products! How can that be right? They chat about how they would prefer companies not spend part of the their marketing budget on going pink for a month but to do something to remove toxic chemicals from their products. Jamie talks about candles and how...
2025-10-1534 min
Heads & DovetailsIs Authenticity making a comeback to terry nappies?!A cough from Gill at the start of the recording opens up a discussion about editing both this podcast and Jamie's videos. That discussion then leads into talking about being authentic and how people seem to be slowly returning to a need to see what is actually real rather than acted 'reels' on IG. Gill wants to talk about a particular topic to do with sustainability, which in part has come from the book she reading 'Less' by Patrick Grant, and the use of terry nappies! They chat about the pros and cons of terry nappies v...
2025-10-0133 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Agony Aunt to StarbarsIt seems Gill's turned into an Agony Aunt for Jamie in this episode! Jamie had several things, problems he wanted to ask Gill about to see if she could help him work out what was going on in his brain! They talk about the possible reasons for Jamie's washing up obsession and how he's been training not only his brain but his family! His family are now expecting him to do certain tasks - Dad's jobs - like the washing up, emptying the bins etc. Whilst he doesn't mind he wants to know ho wto s...
2025-09-1732 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Un-ironed pineapple shirts to plastic in compost!Jamie has been pondering on the chat he and Gill had in episode 69 about ironing and had an 'Aha' moment about why he doesn't iron his shirts. He realises it goes back to his days of working on boats and having to be in meetings with management one minute whilst also working on boats the next. An unironed shirt seemed to cover both situations well - smart enough for a meeting but not too smart to have the Mickey taken out of him when woking on the boats. Gill goes on to talk about compost and her r...
2025-09-0335 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Freud or Adler to 'updating' ourselves.Jamie had sent Gill a link about Freud versus Adler and had society been following the wrong theory? They chat about the differences in approach to helping people - Freud looking back to childhood traumas and Adler looking forward. After chatting about the various types of therapy they both decide they're more in the Adler camp but recognise that what works for one person may not work for another. Gill talks about how she suddenly realised that she had an updated, better solution to carrying the bird food into the garden than she had been...
2025-08-2031 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom ironed bedding to an abundance of fruit.Jamie and Gill wanted to start the episode by giving a big shout out and dedicate this episode to Alex Holden https://www.holdenconcertinas.com/ for no other reason than they found out he has listened to every single one of their episodes! If you are a maker, listened to our podcast and would like a mention let us know. Gill had a couple of big questions for Jamie as part of her 'research': Did Jamie use a top sheet on their bed? Did they iron their sheets? Gill explains why she likes a top sheet and w...
2025-08-0631 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom obituaries and eulogies to change your life?This may sound like a dark episode but it really isn't, it's more about taking stock of your life and who you are. Gill and Jamie define the difference between an obituary (the written word usually in a newspaper announcing someones death with a bit about their life) and a eulogy (usually spoken at a funeral / memorial service about someone's life but can be written down). Jamie had read an article - link here: https://magazine.catapult.co/dont-write-alone/stories/meg-dalton-writing-your-own-obituary-can-teach-you-how-to-live which got him thinking about how he wanted to be remembered and writing his own obituary! A...
2025-07-2331 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Hot, hot, hot to micro weddings.Being British of course Jamie and Gill have to comment on the weather which has been hot in the south for quite a while. Luckily in the South West where Gill lives it's not been too bad whilst others, particulary in the South East have been melting! Jamie and Gill share various tips they learnt or heard of over the years to help keep cool from putting your feet in cold water to opening up your attic hatch at night. Jamie raises the topic of less is more and somehow this leads them to talking...
2025-07-0930 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom watering cans to 'bugbears!'Jamie has been suffering stomach type cramps and tells of his search online for a natural cure and how his family nag him to drink more water! Gill and Jamie chat about how various aches and pains can be as a result of something you've been doing or not doing (like drinking water when hot!) the previous day. Gill tells Jamie about the GillHB & Friends podcast she did a few years ago in her 'gardening mini series' with Rich Pennock from Haws Watering cans and a piece of good advice he gave her to help prevent back a...
2025-06-2532 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom weddings and ChapGPT to alcoholOne of Jamie's daughters recently got married in the Lake District and that involved Jamie hiring a car, which he was not impressed with and taking various grand-parents with them. It was the first of his daughter's weddings for him as father of the bride and was held in a hotel overlooking Lake Windermere. It was a small wedding, 20 people in total which these days is apparently known as a 'micro- wedding'. Jamie describes what a wonderful day it was and how his duaghter had removed a lot of pre-wedding stress with the arrangements. He w...
2025-06-1131 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Chelsea Flower Show to a view from the garden.Gill loves the Chelsea flower show and has been lucky enough to go a couple of years ago. However reading a post on Instagram made her consider things from a different point of view. Firstly she asks, how did she get to her get and not realise that the RHS was a charity?! Jamie and Gill chat about the positives, not so positives and maybe areas that could be improved around Chelsea. They both agree that a lot of work and effort goes into making Chelsea happen but to what extent are younger people from the local...
2025-05-2829 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom VE Day Celebrations to Just go with it!With the VE celebrations last weekend Jamie went to see his Mum who had her 6th birthday on VE Day and she shares what she remembers of the day. Gill went down to join in the village celebrations on the green with over 300 people, sandwiches, cake, scones and a cuppa. Clive was also playing with his village ukulele band and it was freezing! It was so cold the ukulele players could hardly feel their fingers and playing in big coats wasn't quite the plan! Jamie also went to 'Yoga in the Park' and describe what it was l...
2025-05-1429 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom nettles to the added benefit of gardening as exerciseGill starts off by apologising to listeners as they should have released an episode last week but with Easter, family commitments and time flying there simply wasn't a mutually convenient time. Jamie and Gill discuss the 'options' going forward do they do an episode once a month, stay as it is with every 3 weeks or go back to every 2 weeks? Jamie 'does a Gill' as he calls it and they decide to go back to releasing them fortnightly so that it is current but with a time limit of 30 minutes! Jamie will set a timer to make...
2025-04-3037 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom sorting out to getting creative.After a busy Mother's Day being around lots of mothers Jamie was enjoying the calm. As his computer is playing up he's decided it's time for a new computer which prompted Jamie to consolidate his 'bits of paper' that he works from so he can work smarter. Gill is also having a sort out at home and tells Jamie about why she and Clive (her husband) are slowly doing it now so that they can take their time selling / finding new homes for things they realistically don't want anymore or need to just get rid of - l...
2025-04-0248 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom the bumps and potholes of life to current strategiesRecently both Jamie and Gill have both had a few bumps and potholes to navigate in life. We they start by having a general and then more specfically about the increasing prices in all areas of life and more importantly how Jamie feels ands struggles with himself over increasing prices for his students. They explore Jamie's 'catch 22' that if he had a bigger workshop he'd save time so could take on bigger commissions as well as keeping his t4eacing going. The downside then of course is his rent and bills would increase along...
2025-03-1241 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom building repairs to old versus new houses.Gill's excited to report that 3 years on from subsidence happening on their house the underpinning and repairs have started! Jamie tells the saga his Mum has been having with a builder and sub contractors and how he's had to put a stop to the work. Gill can't sing high enough praise of the team that did their refurbishment. We chat about the lack of due diligence people do these days (which a guest on Gill's last 'GillHB & Friends' podcast was talking about) and when would you take a personal referral or what can you do to check s...
2025-02-2040 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom supporting January to the great British bird watch.Having seen so many post on social media moaning about January Gill decides it's time to stick up for it! There are another 6 months with 31 days in them and you never hear anyone complaining about them. Gill makes the case that it's not January's fault that you overspent at the end of last year! This opens up the chat for Jamie and Gill to talk about money management, or lack of it these days and how many people are actually in a lot of debt. It is also not being taught in schools and peole jus need b...
2025-01-2939 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom up-cycling a workbench to buying a washing machine!As both Jamie and Gill are into up-cycling/recycling, Gill was very excited to learn more about Jamie's new project for 2025 having seen his post on IG and watched his video on YouTube (The Worcestershire Cabinet Maker) Jamie's taking an old, somewhat flimsy workbench and basically rebuilding it into a much sturdier one using a lot of bits that he has rescued and are in his workshop like old drawers and other bits of wood. He'll be filming every step so people can learn from what he is doing and see how to reuse other items they mi...
2025-01-0830 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom pain from a slipped disc to controlling your mindsetJamie slipped a disc since the last podcast whilst putting his socks on and was in agony. He went to the doctor who prescribed a combination of medications that he's never taken before. Jamie talks about how he thinks doing these podcasts and chatting to Gill has really helped him change his mindset and he can now control his thoughts in a more positive way. Gill double check is he sure it's not the medication and talks about how importnt reframing is and that eventually your change in mindest becomes teh automatic default response. Gill chats about...
2024-12-0440 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom coping with clients problems to when's enough stuff enough!Gill gets asked a lot, how do you manage not to take on clients problems / issues? She was pondering this question when out for one of her walks and realised that is actrually how she copes - by getting out in nature. By going for long walks it helps clear her head and gives her time to reflect. If not ime to do that it's important to create small 'gaps' between one thing and another. Jamie and Gill discuss how it's not just trained coaches / therapists that deal with people's problems but often hairdressers, PT's o...
2024-11-1347 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom repairing items to the state of sold properties.Jamie has completed a letter engraving project in a font the client wanted and explains why it could have been so much better but ultimately it was what the client wanted and they were happy with the result. Gill says it's the reason she asks the experts/trades who are doing something for her what they would suggest. She can then decide to take their advice or not but can at least make an infomred decision. Jamie has a pair of Bose hedphones he loves but the ear pads are worn out so he's decided to repair/r...
2024-10-2331 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom a quote by Sir Anthony Hopkin to perspectivesJamie had read this quote by Sir Anthony Hopkins: "My philosophy is: What people say about me is none of my business. I am who I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And that makes life easier. We live in a world where funerals are more important than the deceased, marriage is more important than love, looks are more important than the soul. We live in a packaging culture that despises content". that he wanted to discuss. Interestingly the part of the quote that had caught Gill's attention was di...
2024-10-0242 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom chairs to hitting that notification bell!Jamie was in 'grump' mode to start with on this episode but he and Gill got talking about the root cause of it which Gill pushes back on. She reminds him that he was in a bit of grump when the festival of glass was on but that after a chat with her on the phone they had found a solution and reframed how he was approaching the day. That lead onto them talking about the day and how some cultural information he had been given about the chairs, he mentioned in the last episode, had changed h...
2024-09-1138 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom to have or not have children to taking your time.Gill raises the topic of the pressure couples face over their decision to not have children having seen a post on IG where a young couple, in response to comments about the sound of tiny feet, told everyone that they didn't want children and asked people not to say they would change theri minds. Jamie and Gill talk about how something personal ends up involving more than just the couple making the decision including thier parents, family and friends. Gill tells Jamie how she's already getting the comments from friends who are now grand-parents about 'I bet yo...
2024-08-2146 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom failure to patienceGill has been busy learning how to weave a willow basket. She tells Jamie about how she made several mistakes and had things go wrong like weavers snapping at the wrong time etc. or the base not looking quite as it should be on the video. She explains to Jamie how it made her think that 'failures' are rarely mentioned these days as she was posting photos of her 'mishaps' on IG so people could see the reality and process of learning a new skill. Jamie and Gill chat about the need for everything to a...
2024-07-3144 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom shopping lists to thorns on lemon trees.Jamie shares with Gill that he was feeling down last week and this was compounded by struggling with some tech issues. They discuss the challenges that men, particularly younger men, face nowadays finding where they fit in the world. Which leads Gill to tell Jamie how she'd love to offer sharing her garden and gardening with someone who's struggling with their mental health or has S.E.N.D. but has no garden. They chat about the potential issues that brings as Gill's aware that if she simply posts on social media she'll probably get some negative...
2024-07-1053 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom making hazel hurdles to identifying bird song.It's all about being outside on this week's episode. Jamie's been on an adventure - to collect some fence panels he bid on some 60 miles away for his garden. He's decided it's time to clear the end of his garden including keeping some dreaded bamboo under control. He's also removing his tree house he built for George Clarke's Amazing Spaces a fwe years ago Meanwhile Gill has been on the hunt for wood to attempt to make a natural hurdle - hazle and willow being the main ones. She hates to admit that...
2024-06-1946 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom an election free zone to basket weaving.Gill and Jamie start by saying how they've already had enough of the General Election so the only time they are mentioning it is now to say they vow not to talk about it in the coming weeks! They cover a real range of topics in this episode but typical of Gill and Jamie they are somehow all linked. Although Gill apologises, as she seems to be doing most of the talking in this episode about her passions! Gill explains her experience and reality of selling the furniture she up cycles and when you see peo...
2024-05-2942 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom selling books to buying chisels - it's all about reducing waste.Jamie and Gill are both passionate about reducing waste and sustainability. In this episode they cover a range of topics from Japanese blacksmiths to how they do what they can to reuse things but are always looking to do and learn more. Jamie starts by telling Gill he has bought some very good chisels made by Japanese blacksmith Masters and how they recycle old iron from discarded bridge frameworks. Gill is wanting to purchase some chisels and had immediately gone to Amazon to look for some. She's learning from Jamie about how to find used i...
2024-05-0839 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom raised beds to Japanese artistsBeing British Jamie and Gill just had to chat about the weather but it had allowed Gill to get out in the garden over the weekend and Jamie into his shed for a short while. Jamie tells Gill he really likes her new raised beds, having seen lots of photos on socila media of her making them. He says they remind him of previous times. Gill explains the reason for posting so many photos on Instagram of each stage is that so many peole have asked her in the past how she does them and to explain w...
2024-04-1746 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom overnight accommodation issues to PatreonGill and her husband Clive like to support small independent businesses when they can. Recently they spent a couple of night's away in 2 different pub type accommodation. The second one was holding a private 30th birthday event and their room right above it overlooking the glass dome in the ceiling. Consequently they got to 'enjoy' the disco lights and loud music! Gill and Jamie discuss the dilemma of a small business and the pros and cons of should they pre-warn guests when they book or what could be done to mitigate the situation. Gill goes on to t...
2024-03-2744 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom moments in time to vices (of the woodworking kind!)As Gill's son was born on this day she can recall every detail about day, even the weather. Jamie and Gill chat about 'time lining' and how we use specific incidences, like covid, to help us pin point when things happened and we cross reference that with other people's time lines. Jamie uses an example of how we might use things only specific to us so you might say 'no it had to be before then because I remember I was in my old car'. Jamie gives an update on his next briquette experiment and Gill is ha...
2024-03-0645 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom sleep and books to resin and socks!Jamie overslept so was a bit late for recording this week's episode. Hence Gill and Jamie chat about how important sleep is to our minds and bodies. A lack of sleep can lead to other conditions being misdiagnosed which are actually symptoms of being sleep deprived. Gill tells Jamie about the book she was given for her birthday, 'Teaching the World to Sleep' by David Lee, following the webinar she had booked onto last year. Jamie asks about the type of books Gill likes to read which is quite a range from: fiction and non fiction, particularly biographies to...
2024-02-1443 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom car parts to car insurance.Having had an 'advisory' for new brake pads on its service Gill booked their car in to get them replaced only to discover it needed a new caliper as well as the old one fell apart! The price of parts has rocketed and Jamie and Gill discuss the 'pros and cons' of new cars, buying them on finance and how buyers can be left horrified at costs to replace basic parts like tyres! We discuss the knock on impact of these rising costs as to why everyone's car insurance has increased so much. They discuss s...
2024-01-2445 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Happy New Year to drying logs for a project.Gill explains why she doesn't do new year's resolutions but takes time to reflect on the year gone and focus on what she did achieve rather than what she didn't. Too many people end the year thinking about those things they didn't achieve! Jamie agrees and says it's better to simply let them go and look focus forward. Jamie asks Gill about how she finds people respond to her when she goes for her walks without a dog. She explains how it still means that she gets to chat to people for that very reason as they a...
2024-01-0345 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Scams to flame throwing on furniture! Gill starts off the episode relating the story of hwo she very nearly falling for a scam whilst advertising her refurbished furniture on FB Marketplace. As a result of multiple attempts at the same scam she's deleted the adverts and going to research another avenue to sell them that feels much better to her. Flea amrkets and independent stores are on her research list - they take her furniture as stock, display and sell it and get a commission. Jame has possbily had a little too much fun taking a flame thrower to his furniture turning the wo...
2023-12-1342 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom technology and AI to Conkers laundry liquid!Jamie has discovered that one of his videos on YouTube has suddenly get a lot of views and he has no idea why. He mentions how a chat with someone made him realise he was earning the equivalent of a mini pension from his channel. We discuss how fast things can change and what we think may earn us money in our old age with social media may well not even exist with the way technology marches on with things like AI taking over a lot of roles. With all the electric we now need...
2023-11-2231 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Sleep to Washing Machines!Jamie and Gill both listened to Diary of a CEO's podcast with Tim Spector on ultra processed foods and how this impacts on our lives these days. They chat about how clever marketing from big corporates can havre us fooled into believing things are healthy when they're not. As they discuss modern life Gill talks about a webinar she attended all about sleep - it was entitled "Sleep in people living with the symptoms of menopause'. However it went into depth about sleep and how we need to get the 'scaffolding' around sleep correct to aid women s...
2023-11-0135 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Click Bait to BalanceJamie jokes about the number of listeners they have and decide they aren't using the right title to create click bait to increase numbers! He explains why click bait is so important and how he has fallen prey to it on YouTube many times only to find the video is terrible - so it does work! Many of the videos are created with great technical knowledge and Gill and Jamie discuss how long it would take them to achieve similar! Gill starts a discussion about how angry and anxious people seem to be all over the world...
2023-10-1140 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom the weather and tomatoes to friendship groupsBeing typically British Jamie and Gill start by chatting about the weather and how it's creating challenges over the last couple of years for us growing veg! Jamie's tomatoes haven't been ripening and he's discovered that he shouldn't be watering them as much so Gill gives him some extra tips to speed up the process. They finally get round to chatting about friends and friendship groups and how they can change and the stresses that they can create. Jamie says he doesn't really have many friends as he has big family whereas Gill chats about how she...
2023-09-2042 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom inspirational (or maybe not) to comparisonsGill's been thinking about what does inspirational mean for her and maybe others. She chats with Jamie about how people can see things very differently: one person posts about how they've coped in a 'trying time' in the belief it will 'inspire' others but it can actually make some people feel worse about themselves. How this can then lead us to compare ourselves with others without really knowing the other person's full story. Jamie went away to Bath for the weekend and bought himself a 'pre-loved' jacket. He loves it and says how he's been comparing it...
2023-08-3037 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom de-cluttering to different points of viewJamie has been busy sorting out, organising and de-cluttering which has left him with a dilemma about what to do with the items. He has a complete set of classic novels but as a set not worth very much, however, after some research, selling them individually they are worth more. Or does he offer them to his daughters? We chat about the problem of sorting things out when someone has died and doing it now with our own 'stuff'. Also can you pass things on that you might not need instead of throwing them out? Jamie is using some...
2023-08-1643 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Women only retreats to men only spacesContinuing on from our 'men only' discussion in episode 31 we are joined by Honor Davis-Marks who runs a women only online membership club and retreats at her gites in the South of France. She shares what she thinks for women and why. How her retreats are as much a holiday as a safe place to share stories and feelings - interesting observation is that it is enough often around the table at meal-times that women open up. She's had men commenting how they would love to have a similar experience - but is this the answer or...
2023-08-021h 10
Heads & DovetailsFrom boxes to 'men only' retreats.Jamie and Gill talk all things boxes. From Jamie talking about old cardboard boxes to making a memory box / frames for two of his Dad's pipes his cousin has just found. Talking boxes reminds Gill of when she worked as a sales administrator in a cardboard box factory and the trauma of the Tiny Tears boxes! 18mins 50 secs - Jamie remembering his Dad and the emotions that brings leads them into chatting about what prevents men from opening up and talking about their concerns and feelings in the way women do? Gill mentions her friend Honor (@honestlywithhonor on...
2023-07-1942 minHeads & DovetailsFrom patios to litter!Both Jamie and Gill have got jobs to do which involves mixing cement! Gill had an 'Aha' moment when weeding between the large number of flagstones she has that instead of weeding she could just re-do the mortar between the flagstones! Whilst Jamie is busy sorting out his patio to aovid flooding. It's also Gill's turn to have a real rant about litter! She explains that she walks up her lane each day and is forever collecting litter that people just throw out their car windows - with Budweiser and McDonald currently at the top of the l...
2023-07-0544 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom nettle tea to red cloverJamie attempts to persuade Gill about the benefits of nettles from nettle tea to nettles on her pasta! They chat about the benefits of foraging for your food or simply picking it from the garden straight to the pot, not only are there benefits in doing so to our mental health but also to our physical health. And being British they can't avoid talking about the effect the weather and climate change have when you're growing your own food. Jamie and Gill both agree that nature holds a lot of answers and remedies fo...
2023-06-2144 minHeads & DovetailsFrom RHS Chelsea to Air Layering BonsaiIt's all about shows and festivals in this week's episode! Gill was lucky enough to be given tickets to go to the Chelsea Flower Show with her husband Clive for the first time this year. Jamie, having seen it on TV, wanted to know what it was like for real. Gill and Jamie talk about the various show gardens and how the gardens have changed over the years to reflect helping nature and how people are changing their perceptions around how gardens should look. Jamie describes what he's been doing differently with his garden and h...
2023-06-0739 minHeads & DovetailsFrom time rushing by to pausing in natureJamie and Gill chat about their different perceptions of time particularly over the last 2 weeks, they've rushed by for Gill but seem to have gone more slowly for Jamie. They wondered why there is a difference in perception, both of them have been busy but what had happened to each of them in those two weeks changed the speed at which they perceived it had passed. Gill talks about a friend and her new partner and how different generations can have a view about time on the same subject - their elderly parents thinking they should hurry up to...
2023-05-2437 minHeads & DovetailsFrom the Coronation to Sashiko stitchingAfter the weekend celebrations Jamie and Gill have a quick chat about the coronation before Jamie shares his good news! Having been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis some years ago Jamie is now symptom free but as he says he is still work in progress. He describes what he did and how looking back he can understand what the triggers were and how important it is not to ignore them. Jamie and Gill chat about what they do now to keep their stress levels low including gardening, being in nature and for Jamie learning the art of sashiko...
2023-05-1038 minHeads & DovetailsFrom restoring tools to asking the customer.Jamie has been busy restoring a plane that was originally made in Germany and they chat about the importance of doing some research around the items you buy. He is also thinking of doing some carving on it and making it bespoke. This reminds Gill of a 'team building' day she went on many years ago and the lesson she has always remembered about how important it is to ask your potential customers what they want and like. Too often companies do what they think will work with their customers.
2023-04-2634 minHeads & DovetailsFrom compost briquettes to poo bags!From accidentally making compost out of his wood shavings last year Jamie has been on a mission to improve his briquettes and has been testing out various 'mixes' to see which burns the longest and gives out most heat. They chat about their experiences of making compost and what Gill does to make her compost that she uses in the garden. Gill has a rant about the number of discarded dog poo bags she's been seeing on her walks and the thing owners do that really annoys her most! Jamie, having a dog, puts the o...
2023-04-1241 minHeads & DovetailsFrom Barriers to buying presents!Jamie wants to talk about barriers both mental and physical ones that prevents people from doing things they want to do. He describes his barriers and together Gill and Jamie work out what he actually does that allows him to remove any barriers and how that can be duplicated to removing other barriers. As is usual with Gill and Jamie they then somehow end up talking about buying friends presents and Gill shares what she did a few years ago to overcome that barrier and the impact it had on others.
2023-03-2943 minHeads & DovetailsFrom When do you have enough? to books.Gill has had a few clients recently who are working out when is enough actually enough and what does having enough really mean? Jamie and Gill chat about their different perspectives on having enough and the choices they made to enjoy life now and stop chasing 'enough'. They also talk about what they are both reading at the moment and how they both prefer 'real' books to using a device. Jamie explains why he won't be watching the film 'A Man Called Otto' having just finished reading the book it's based on 'A Man Called Ove' by F...
2023-03-1538 minHeads & DovetailsFrom having cancer to slowing down.At the start of the podcast Jamie is busy applying E45 to his head and Gill tells him that she found out she was allergic to it whilst going through her cancer treatment. This lead to them chatting about having cancer as Jamie's wife has also been through it. Jamie tells what it was like for him supporting his wife and Gill explains the very different approach she took and how that lead to her writing her book 'Beliefs Bing and Me. The Active Role I took to tackle Cancer'. They chat about how important they think taking a s...
2023-03-0152 minHeads & DovetailsFrom positivity to power tools.Jamie and Gill decide that a good dose of positivity is needed as it's so easy to get caught up in all the negativity in the world at the moment. Jamie is pleased with his auction piece win and explains why it is important in this case to make comparisons. Gill was reminded at the weekend of how good it feels when you 'save up' for something and how much more it then means to you when you buy it. She's been saving up for some power tools which she went and bought. She tells J...
2023-02-1536 minHeads & DovetailsFrom changes to comparing like for like.Jamie announces he's making big changes to get better results from his YouTube channel. He's been doing some research by listening to Steven Bartlett's podcast 'Diary of a CEO'. Learning from those that have already done it is always a good place to start! Gill and Jamie chat about the importance of being clear on the reasons you are doing something so you avoid any potential stress. It leads into a discussion on comparison and people comparing themselves to others. Gill explains when she thinks it can be a helpful.
2023-02-0142 minHeads & DovetailsFrom Smiles to Tiles!Gill has a bit of a rant to Jamie about the tactics some dentists use in an attempt to persuade you that your smile needs fixing in some way and you need to invest in having the 'perfect smile'! They both agree dentists have improved since they went as children. Talking about memories Gill explains why she'll never have the currently trendy, small white tiles in their house because of their link in her mind to old smelly, public loos! They chat about a TV show on the way to have a long life, which they both agree with...
2023-01-1844 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom Christmas to finding balance.Jamie and Gill welcome in 2023 and chat about crocodiles on Christmas Day and people working through the festive season. Jamie mentions more mature people being recruited as cabin crew and Gill explains how they were the first airline to lift the age at which you could apply and the benefits that brought. They also chat about trials of being a creative following an email Gill received and she shares the reason she loves the 'bit' between Christmas and New Year.
2023-01-0431 minHeads & DovetailsFrom the dangers of 'open' heaters to making Christmas cards into labels.Gill warns of the dangers of younger generations not being used to different forms of heating after a friend had a close shave with teenagers and a halogen heater! Jamie and Gill talk about the stress buying Christmas presents can create and how they've both scaled back on who they buy for and how they still recycle cards into labels. Jamie shares how doing these podcasts has helped him and Gill shares her visualisation technique she uses when working with clients.
2022-12-2151 minHeads & DovetailsFrom self care to smart meters.With it getting colder Jamie chats about the impact on his arthritis and taking control of looking after yourself. In today's world self care is so important and being able to recognise the signs early enough to stop burn out from happening. As energy prices soar Gill has dug out the Smart meter display they were given a few years ago and finally plugged it in out of interest to watch the usage. It's made her realise how much energy we do waste simply by leaving things, like 4 way plugs, switched on at the wall!
2022-12-0750 min
Heads & DovetailsFrom beetroot curry to woodworking planes.Jamie is back in the kitchen cooking again, or should that be experimenting, with some free veg from an allotment. Gill chats about a post she has seen from a farmer concerning the eggs supermarkets reject. Being an 'ideas' person who hates waste, she shares her vision for helping farmers and preventing waste and Jamie makes added suggestions. As is normal for Gill and Jamie, somehow their chat leads to various things including thought programming followed by how you can make one good thing out of two broken ones, in this instant a woodworking plane.
2022-11-2355 minHeads & DovetailsFrom mental health to being open to others.Jamie talks very honestly about his struggles with mental health and how the dark times he has experienced in the past have actually shaped how he works today. He and Gill discuss how he has created a space within his classes and workshop that is as much about people being comfortable to share their feelings as it is about learning woodworking. They chat about how important it is these days to be able to 'open up' about what you're dealing with in a non therapeutic type environment.
2022-11-0954 minHeads & DovetailsFrom realising dreams to not taking a cruise!Both Jamie and Gill share how proud they are with what their children have achieved as adults and the battles they faced on the way to get their dream jobs. They discuss the steps you need to take to turn a dream into reality and there are many ways to achieve a goal. Gill and Jamie talk about their frustration at people knowing about climate change but actually not really do anything if it affects them personally, from the beauty and fast fashion industry through to the dreaded cruise ships.
2022-10-2650 minHeads & DovetailsFrom up-cycling furniture to being confident.Jamie wants to know more about Gill's up-cycling projects and how she achieves the finish, particularly her 'car-ffee' table range that she has started to make in collaboration with her son. They discuss their various views on up cycling and why saving things from landfill is so important to them. Jamie shares his story about how he sought help when he was at a really low point in his life and why giving people the space and confidence to talk is crucial these days.
2022-10-1249 minHeads & DovetailsFrom living history to updating phones!Gill and Jamie chat about what living through a piece of history means to them and the changes they'll have to get used to! Gill tells how the felling of their field maple tree lead to an encounter with a snake and this leads into a talking about bug hotels and reusing the wood. Jamie tells of the race between his tomato and sunflower plants and the mistake he made when cooking his tomato chutney and what damson gin has to do with it! Technology crops up again with Gill finally being forced to update her and her husband's 6...
2022-09-2855 minHeads & DovetailsFrom the festival of glass to cooking outdoors.Jamie describes the Festival of Glass and how well it went with lots of people coming into his workshop but how quiet the centre then felt on the Monday. This leads Gill and Jamie to discuss the underlying stress that people now live with. Having watched his wife chatting with her friends Jamie believes women have got it right and wishes men could open up more without their egos getting in the way! Chat about the energy crisis brings up memories of wearing vests, extra jumpers and cooking things on the fire!
2022-09-1445 minHeads & DovetailsFrom subsidence to tidying your workshop.Having literally just finished refurbishing their new home Gill and her husband started noticing doors not closing and large cracks appearing in walls! They have discovered, that due to the extremely hot summer and large oak tree in a neighbour's garden, they now have subsidence! She tells Jamie the saga of what has happened so far and why it will take until Oct 2024 to sort out!!! Jamie explains why tidying his workshop to create the environment he really wants to work in and for his students to enjoy has been so important and helped motivate him.
2022-08-3147 minHeads & DovetailsFrom YouTube to Anger Management.Jamie has a rant to Gill about: social media, men, corporates and not being able to get in the shower! Gill talks about a couple of books she's read over the years: 'The Purple Cow' by Seth Godin on how to be different and standing out from the crowd and one that looks at anger from a very different perspective, 'Anger Management. Understanding. Healing. Freedom' by John Crawford - not that she thinks Jamie might find it useful after his week! :-)
2022-08-1753 minHeads & DovetailsFrom self employment to mini sheds.Jamie and Gill chat about the trials and tribulations about being self employed. When you work on your own you have no other departments like: sales, IT, design, PR or customer service to support you - you are all those things! They discuss the benefits of starting your new business alongside your current role. This leads on to Gill telling Jamie that when she saw a photo of his new recycled 'mini' shed she thought it was going to be a compost toilet! Other topics include: country smells, growing veg and help with tomato plants.
2022-08-0350 minHeads & DovetailsFrom saving water to repurposing furnitureGill explains how she is at fault for the current heat wave and lack of water due to her new water butts! This opens the discussion about how house builders could be made to do more to help climate change when building new homes. Jamie tells of the old oak chest he's had for years and why he turned a table into some sought after chopping boards. From 'wu wei' moments, to learning new skills, driving and glass blowing Gill and Jamie cover it all.
2022-07-2142 minHeads & DovetailsFrom the benefits of being in nature to socks helping with anxiety!Jamie talks about how he starts his day with a walk in the woods, and they chat about the benefits of being in nature, books they are reading and Gill becoming a trustee of Cultivating Change a new charity. Gill then finds out about Jamie's jeans, his 7 reasons for wearing odd socks, Gill explains one is similar to a well known technique for reducing anxiety. Jamie finding an old Corona bottle leads onto them chatting about a simpler life and how some things from the past would be good for the planet now.
2022-07-2147 minHeads & DovetailsFrom solar panels to tea bags!Gill starts by talking about her new solar panels and Jamie finishes the podcast talking about tea bags. Somewhere in between they chat about: electric cars, dealing with customers expectations and the knock on effect to other work, how to make those calls you don't want to make, the difference between training and coaching, beetles, tomatoes, horse manure and finally tea bags!
2022-07-2157 minHeads & DovetailsJamie and Gill talk about technology!Jamie has been battling with technology this week, including being able to record this podcast and that's where this episode starts. Only Gill and Jamie could link the woes of technology: to The Hay Festival, weeding the garden as a form of meditation, the impact of social media giants, Jamie's experiences with YouTube, talking about extremes of wealth, caring for the planet, collecting items and...link it all back to technology!
2022-07-2143 minHeads & DovetailsWelcome to a New Podcast!Gill and Jamie give a flavour of what their new podcast will be about. They talk about how the podcast came about and what you can expect in future episodes - from chatting about socks to what's going on in the world! Plus they will be inviting guests to join them. You never know what you're going to learn!
2022-07-2114 min
Heads & DovetailsJaney describes how she is finding things two months on from the start of The Escape RouteIt's been two months since Janey decided to dramatically reduce her usage of social media for her business. She explains the different emotions she's experienced, how it has impacted her life both professionally and personally plus what she is doing differently now to promote her business. Gill shares her feelings on getting a post card and her hate of the 'watches' people now wear!
2021-09-1035 min
Heads & DovetailsGill and Janey share their concerns and reasons for starting The Escape Route.Gill and Janey chat about their concerns over the addictive nature of social media and the 'unconscious' impact it is having on people in lots of areas of their lives. They talk about their reasons for starting the Escape Route and why they want to take back control and do things very differently both personally and in business.
2021-08-2721 min
Heads & DovetailsThe Escape Route - IntroductionGill and Janey give a short introduction as to how 'The Escape Route' idea came about. They talk about the reasons they think it's time for a big change in how we use social media and technology.
2021-07-1402 min
Fit with Frank Podcast#012 - Emotional EatingAre you using food as a "reward" after doing something great? Do you eat to "comfort" yourself after stressful experiences? This is known as "Emotional Eating" and todays guest Gill Harvey-Bush the challenges this brings for those who struggle with their diet. Fascinating interview that includes details of how these behaviours are learnt from our childhood and Gill’s tips for helping ourselves and our children to overcome the issue. Hope it helps. **Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW to help us spread the message to more ha...
2019-03-0521 min