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Fearful To FearlessDarkness to Light - Finding Freedom in RecoveryIn this deeply moving episode, Helen Louise Colquhoun speaks with Dawn Gadsby, who courageously shares her journey from addiction to recovery. Dawn opens up about the trauma and pain that fuelled her dependency on alcohol, the breaking point that pushed her to seek help, and the profound transformation that followed.Through raw honesty and hope, Dawn highlights the power of self-acceptance, the importance of a personal approach to healing, and the joy that comes with rediscovering life in sobriety. Her story is a testament to resilience, renewal, and the human capacity to rise - no matter how...
2025-11-0736 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 19 - Healing Through LoveIn this heartfelt episode, Helen Louise Colquhoun sits down with Katy Salter, a love coach who opens up about her powerful journey of self-discovery, healing, and transformation after the end of a long-term relationship.Katy shares how acknowledging her emotions became the first step toward freedom, and how the experience of navigating toxic dynamics reshaped her understanding of love, communication, and self-worth. She also reflects on the challenges of parenting through change, the beauty of her spiritual awakening, and how music and sound healing became an anchor in her recovery.Now channelling her journey into...
2025-11-0239 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 18 - From Overwhelm to OwnershipIn this episode, Helen Louise Colquhoun gets real about navigating parenting, career pressure, and the slow creep of burnout and how a deliberate mindset shift helped her move from overwhelm to ownership. She unpacks the process of rediscovering her core self, why attention is your most powerful lever, and how engagement and motivation are designed (not demanded) at work. Helen pairs practical strategies, boundaries, micro-habits, environment design with inner work that sustains wellbeing. If you’re juggling “all the things,” this episode gives you a humane framework to grow without grinding yourself down.
2025-09-0526 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 17 - The Power of AwarenessIn this episode, Helen Louise Colquhoun sits down with Sara Mak from South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services (SLDAS) to explore the many layers of domestic abuse. Together, they shed light on the often-overlooked forms of abuse, particularly emotional abuse and coercive control, and the importance of recognising these signs early.They delve into the role of societal attitudes, the power of support services, and why creating safe spaces for survivors is essential. Sara also highlights the importance of self-care and community connection in the healing journey.The conversation touches on upcoming awareness events and fundraising...
2025-08-0829 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 16 - Choosing You - When Moving On Really Begins.In this episode, Helen Louise Colquhoun dives into the powerful theme of choosing yourself - a message especially resonant for women navigating different stages of life. She explores the importance of knowing when to let go of what no longer serves you, be it relationships, careers, or outdated expectations and how to make space for growth, alignment, and joy.Helen shares practical insights on setting healthy boundaries, prioritising self-care, and reconnecting with your passions. She also emphasises the role of mindset and visualisation in shaping a life that feels meaningful and fulfilling. With warmth and clarity, Helen...
2025-08-0125 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 15 - Hope After HurtIn this episode, Helen Louise Colquhoun sits down with Emma Haselton, a survivor of domestic abuse, who has turned her pain into purpose as the founder of Willows 301, a charity devoted to supporting those impacted by domestic abuse. Emma shares her powerful journey from living in fear and isolation to finding empowerment and healing. She sheds light on the crucial role of therapy, support networks, and education in recognising and breaking free from abuse. This heartfelt conversation explores the many forms domestic abuse can take, the vital connection between mental health and recovery, and the transformative power of community...
2025-07-2543 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 14 - Let Go & GrowIn this heartfelt episode, Helen Louise Colquhoun opens up about her six-year journey of walking away from a toxic marriage and the profound personal growth that followed. She candidly shares the moment she knew she had to leave, the challenges of staying away, and the deep grief that came with letting go of the future she once imagined. Helen highlights the power of self-love, trusted support, and listening to your gut instincts, inspiring others to remember their worth and choose a life that truly brings them joy.
2025-07-1835 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 13 - The Truth About Narcissistic AbuseIn this powerful episode, Helen Louise Colquhoun is joined by Katie Mc, an expert in narcissistic and domestic abuse, to shed light on the hidden complexities of narcissistic relationships. Together, they explore how emotional manipulation, control, and trauma impact victims not only during the relationship but long after it ends.Katie shares her insights into the psychological patterns of narcissistic abuse, the importance of recognising red flags, and the emotional toll it takes on survivors. She also highlights the critical role of support systems, education, and community in the healing process.This conversation is a...
2025-07-1149 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 12 - From Survivor to SuccessIn this powerful episode, Diane Thomas shares her courageous journey from surviving domestic abuse to building a life defined by strength, resilience, and success. As a young mother trapped in a cycle of violence, Diane faced some of the darkest moments of her life but through determination and self-discovery, she found the courage to break free.Diane speaks candidly about the emotional and mental challenges of escaping abuse, the importance of recognising toxic patterns, and how personal growth and self-sufficiency became her path to healing. She also reflects on her journey as a single mother and how...
2025-07-0441 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 11 - Rebuilding with ResilienceIn this episode of the Fearful to Fearless podcast, host Helen Louise Colquhoun sits down with Jacqueline Berwitz to explore her inspiring journey of transformation. Jacqueline opens up about relocating from London to Liverpool during the pandemic, walking away from toxic relationships, and rebuilding her life and career from the ground up.She shares how journaling became a powerful tool in her healing process, how spiritual growth guided her forward, and why mental resilience was key to navigating such profound change. The conversation dives deep into the power of gratitude, the importance of self-reflection, and the courage...
2025-06-2738 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 10 - From Trauma To Triumph -In this episode, Michelle Ramejkis opens up about her powerful journey, from experiencing trauma at 19 to building a thriving career in real estate and entrepreneurship. Her story is one of resilience, independence, and transformation. Michelle candidly discusses the impact of cutting ties with toxic relationships, the unwavering support of her family, and the defining moments that led her to start her own business.Throughout the conversation, Michelle highlights the importance of self-reliance, bouncing back from setbacks like redundancy, and finding empowerment through adversity. She also reflects on the value of women uplifting one another and the critical...
2025-06-2352 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 9 - From Corporate to CourageousIn this episode, Helen Louise Colquhoun sits down with Michelle Buchan to explore her remarkable journey, from her working-class roots in Glasgow to a thriving corporate career, and ultimately, a bold leap into entrepreneurship with Tropic Skincare.Michelle opens up about the values instilled by her mother, her drive for independence, and the real-life challenges women face when juggling ambition, family, and identity. Together, Helen and Michelle dive deep into the power of mindset, self-leadership, and personal responsibility as the keys to meaningful change.This honest and empowering conversation sheds light on the courage it...
2025-06-1337 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 8 - From Employee To EntrepreneurIn this episode of Fearful to Fearless, host Helen Louise Colquhoun sits down with Emma Donnelly, who shares her inspiring journey of transformation, from working in a call centre to building a thriving career as a social media manager.Emma opens up about the challenges and rewards of stepping into entrepreneurship, revealing the hard-earned lessons she’s learned along the way. She and Helen explore the pivotal role of social media marketing in business success and dive into Emma’s recent passion project: guiding others through a YouTube challenge designed to spark action and growth.Thro...
2025-06-0737 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 7 - From Setbacks To Strength - Lessons In ResilienceIn this episode of Fearful to Fearless, host Helen Louise Colquhoun sits down with Paula Chamberlain, a resilient and inspiring entrepreneur whose story is a true testament to perseverance, purpose, and transformation.Paula takes listeners on a journey through her career — from the early days of launching a care business to the powerful work she is doing now. She opens up about the real challenges she’s faced along the way, including personal health scares that forced her to rethink her approach to work and life. Through vulnerability and wisdom, Paula shares how these experiences taught her the...
2025-05-3131 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 6 - The Journey Back To YouIn this courageous and thought-provoking episode, Helen sits down with Sophie Luminara, who opens up about her journey from a seemingly idyllic marriage to the stark reality of emotional abuse and narcissism. Sophie bravely shares the inner conflict of loving someone who ultimately diminished her sense of self, and the difficult process of reclaiming her power.Her story takes us from the surface of a picture-perfect life to the emotional depth of self-realisation, all set against the backdrop of a life-changing move to Mauritius. Sophie reflects on the struggles of leaving a toxic relationship, the challenges of...
2025-05-2345 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 5 - From Uncertainty To EntrepreneurshipIn this episode, Helen welcomes Julia Hartley, a woman whose journey is a shining example of perseverance, passion, and personal growth. From leaving school without qualifications to founding a business rooted in adventure and empowerment, Julia’s story proves that the path to success isn’t always linear — but it’s always worth taking.Julia shares the pivotal moments in her life: navigating a variety of jobs, raising children, returning to education, and earning a degree in sports therapy. Her love of the outdoors became not just a personal escape but the foundation for her business, Guided Outdoor...
2025-05-1634 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 4 - Create Your Next ChapterIn this deeply inspiring episode, Helen speaks with Cheryl Sharp, a domestic abuse survivor turned successful entrepreneur, about her powerful transformation and the mission that now fuels her work.Cheryl shares her courageous journey of leaving an abusive marriage and rebuilding her life from the ground up. With grit and grace, she went on to found Pink Pig Financials, a thriving accounting business dedicated to supporting women on their path to financial independence.More than just a business owner, Cheryl is a mentor, a changemaker, and a beacon of hope for others. She opens up...
2025-05-0932 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 3 - The Power Of PassionIn this empowering episode, Helen sits down with Summer Sevi, a remarkable woman whose journey from housewife to thriving entrepreneur will leave you inspired. Once dependent and facing the emotional aftermath of a tough divorce and the profound loss of her mother, Summer chose not to be defined by her circumstances. Instead, she channelled her pain into passion — and built a successful coffee roasting business and cafe from the ground up.Summer shares how she overcame fear and self-doubt, leaned into her creative spirit, and turned a simple love for coffee into a flourishing business. Her story is...
2025-05-0232 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 2 - The Journey Of Strength, Resilience & HopeIn this deeply moving episode, Melanie O'Neill opens up about her courageous battle with inflammatory breast cancer and how her journey transformed her from fearful to fearless. Through honest reflection and raw vulnerability, Melanie shares the emotional highs and lows of her diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing fight, offering a powerful testimony of resilience, self-belief, and the impact of community support.From the moment she said “yes” to facing her reality head-on, Melanie began a journey of personal growth that would not only reshape her own life, but also inspire countless others. She speaks candidly about finding strength in a...
2025-05-0137 min
Fearful To FearlessEpisode 1 - The Back StoryIn the very first episode of the Fearful to Fearless podcast, Helen shares her personal journey of overcoming fear and embracing strength.Helen reflects on her upbringing, the impact of heartbreak on her beliefs about love, and her journey back to self-discovery after leaving a toxic and unhealthy marriage.Helen discusses the importance of mindset and the work she has done to empower herself and other women, culminating in the creation of her recruitment business and the Ignite and Nurture initiative aimed at helping women regain their confidence and pursue their passions.This...
2025-04-3026 min
This Kaleidoscope Career PodcastInterview with Helen Jonsen, illuminating her career.Helen’s kaleidoscope career offers decades of experience from newsrooms to corporate boardrooms, from startups to established publishers, and from nonprofits to government agencies.She has been an entrepreneur and executive at the confluence of digital media and business disruption. As a multi-platform journalist, media coach, and media relations pro, writer, and trainer, Helen has been a strategic business and editorial advisor to executives and entrepreneurs, media networks, nonprofits, government agencies, and corporations.Storytelling is in Helen’s DNA and at the heart of everything she creates. She built a ca...
2024-10-2335 min
FranceFineArt🔊“Surréalisme” au Centre Pompidou, Paris du 4 septembre 2024 au 13 janvier 2025“Surréalisme”au Centre Pompidou, Parisdu 4 septembre 2024 au 13 janvier 2025Entretien avec Marie Sarré, attachée de conservation au service des collections modernes – Centre Pompidou, et co-commissaire de l’exposition,par Anne-Frédérique Fer, à Paris, le 2 septembre 2024, durée 14’44,© FranceFineArt.https://francefineart.com/2024/09/06/3553_surrealisme_centre-pompidou/Communiqué de presseCommissariat :Didier Ottinger, directeur adjoint du Musée national d’art moderne, Centre PompidouMarie Sarré, attachée de conservation au service des collections modernes, Centre Pompidou...
2024-09-0414 min
One For The RoadHeather ColquhounThanks for joining me for this week's episode of One For The Road. This week I am joined by Heather Colquhoun. Heather made the decision to go sober over 12 months ago and created an Instagram account to offer support to others in their journey. Her decision came from a mixture of health problems and the death of her best friend Nikki. As such she set up her page to commemorate her friend, called dear_niknak, and discuss the effect of alcohol on those struggling with addiction and the families desperate to help. If you want to...
2023-10-0453 min
foHRsightSquiggly Careers with Heather ColquhounWelcome to foHRsight – a podcast about making work better brought to you by future foHRward.In this week’s episode of foHRsight, Mark connected with Heather Colquhoun to talk about her career in HR.Having spent time working in consulting and within organizations across a range of the talent management disciplines in addition to working on boards and inspired by the best-selling book by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, Mark refers to Heather’s career as a squiggly one!We talk about her inspirations, her ch...
2023-06-1537 min
Catholic PulseHelen BorderHelen’s Bio Helen Border is a mother of three grown up daughters and grand-mother to five grandchildren. She has worked full time for the past 29 years at the University of Glasgow in different administrative posts and now as a General Teaching Assistants Administrator. She has been an active member of her parish since she was a young girl. Today she is a reader, Extra Ordinary Minister and a member of the Parish Pastoral Council. She started the Friends of Divine Mercy Scotland with Fr John Keenan who was the Catholic chaplain (now Bishop John Keenan of the Diocese of...
2021-07-1344 min
Talking Essential TremorTalking About a New Investigational Drug for ETSage 324 is an oral investigational drug which is thought to enhance the activity of GABA receptors in the brain tremor, having the potential to modulate electrical fluctuations and reduce the abnormal movements in essential tremor. Listen to this podcast with Helen Colquhoun , VP of Development with Sage Therapeutics.
2021-02-0810 min
Doctor Who: Time TalesDoctor Who: 03.07 The Dreamers, Part 3<em>The Doctor has finally had it with the Taibhsi and their dream realm. Listen to the exciting ending of Dreamers!</em><br /><br /><h3><a name="0307" href="http://www.darkerprojects.com/audio/doctorwho/0307_Doctor-Who_The-Dreamers_3.mp3">Doctor Who: 03.07 The Dreamers, Part 3</a></h3><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.darkerprojects.com/player/mp3player.swf" height="19" width="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.darkerprojects.com/player/mp3player.swf"><param name="...
2009-12-3150 minDoctor Who: Time TalesDoctor Who: 03.06 The Dreamers, Part 2<em>The Doctor doesn't want to be here. Emma doesn't want to be here. They don't want to be with each other. But where is everyone else, who's after them and why?</em><br /><br /><h3><a name="0306" href="http://www.darkerprojects.com/audio/doctorwho/0306_Doctor-Who_The-Dreamers_2.mp3">Doctor Who: 03.06 The Dreamers, Part 2</a></h3><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.darkerprojects.com/player/mp3player.swf" height="19" width="240"><param name="movie" value="http...
2009-11-3050 minDoctor Who: Time TalesDoctor Who: 03.05 The Dreamers, Part 1<em>The Doctor doesn't want to be here. Emma doesn't want to be here. They don't want to be with each other. But where is everyone else?</em><br /><br /><h3><a name="0305" href="http://www.darkerprojects.com/audio/doctorwho/0305_Doctor-Who_The-Dreamers_1.mp3">Doctor Who: 03.05 The Dreamers, Part 1</a></h3><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.darkerprojects.com/player/mp3player.swf" height="19" width="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.darkerprojects.com/player/mp3...
2009-11-3050 min