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    Do good and Do Well

    I'm Sarah Fox and this is Do Good and Do Well, a podcast exploring how we can make a positive contribution without burning out. Whether you describe yourself as a leader, entrepreneur, freelancer, small business owner or anything in between, join me as I talk to people in business, education and the creative industries about how we can lean into our pro-social values and take care of ourselves in the process. I also share my own observations and experiences as a coach and mentor for changemakers, and there are plenty of tools and tips to help you do good and do well.
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    061 Learning about ourselves, with Gemma Woffinden

    061 Learning about ourselves, with Gemma Woffinden

    This week's Do Good & Do Well guest is the fantastic Gemma Woffinden.

     

    Gemma is a passionate theatre maker, producer and facilitator with over 20 years of experience in working with children and young people in a variety of contexts. Gemma is also currently the Speak Up producer at Theatre Royal Wakefield leading work with the National Theatre and the Drama Coach at Opera North.

     

    Her mission is to support young people, early career artists and facilitators by signposting them to range of creative pathways to help demystify the theatre industry and open it up to underrepresented future artists.

     

    Such a pleasure to talk to Gemma. We had a really open and honest conversation that I think will resonate with many of you. We talked about:

     

    • Why Gemma loves drama, theatre and working with young people

    • The power of having a teacher who sees you

    • Asking for help and not having all the answers

    • Remembering the joy in our work

    • Looking for approval

    • Celebrating the good stuff

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

    Testament - https://www.testamenthomecut.com/about-1

    Kirstie Taylor - https://instagram.com/kirstybratfud

    Speak UP - https://www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk/take-part/schools-and-colleges/speak-up

     

     

    Contact Gemma:

    https://twitter.com/gemmawoffinden

    https://www.instagram.com/gemmawoffinden

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemma-woffinden-a091b7206/

     

    Contact me:

    Reach out to me on my Linked In page: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfoxcoach/

    Sign up to my newsletter: https://sarah-fox-coaching.mykajabi.com/newsletter

    Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahFoxCoach

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    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

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    060 Co-leadership with Dr Claire Antrobus and Sandeep Mahal

    060 Co-leadership with Dr Claire Antrobus and Sandeep Mahal

    On this week's episode of Do Good & Do Well, I've got not one, but two guests: Dr Claire Antrobus and Sandeep Mahal!

     

    It was an absolute delight to welcome Claire and Sandeep onto the podcast to talk all about co-leadership. And we covered a lot in our chat! We talked about:

    • what is co-leadership and why is it important?

    • how co-leadership can respond to systemic inequalities in the arts and cultural sector

    • what it's like to be part of a co-leadership model

    • the benefits of co-leadership including wellbeing, equity and inclusion

    • why equity is at the heart of what we do thing

    • how co-leadership can improve profit, resilience and stability

    • what co-leadership has to do with freelancing

    • what are the risks and how to overcome them

    • what to include if you're suggesting shared leadership with the board or in an interview process

    • next steps

     

    CLAIRE & SANDEEP'S LINKS:

    The co-leadership library https://coleadership.info

    Millimetres 2 Mountains https://www.millimetres2mountains.org

    RSC https://www.rsc.org.uk

    Rising Arts, Bristol https://rising.org.uk

    Keri Jarvis https://kerijarvis.com

    Western Jerwood creative bursary https://jerwoodarts.org/programme/weston-jerwood-creative-bursaries-2020-22/

    Birmingham Museum Trust https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk

    Hear Matt Peacock talk about Arts and Homelessness International - podcast episode https://pod.fo/e/ac65c

    Creative Black Countries

     

    Contact Sandeep on Twitter https://twitter.com/readwithsandy or email mailto:sandykmahal@gmail.com

     

    Contact Claire on Twitter https://twitter.com/claireant or www.claireantrobus.com

     

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    059 Generosity, art and finding commonality, with Victoria Powell

    059 Generosity, art and finding commonality, with Victoria Powell

    My guest on the podcast this week is the wonderful Dr Victoria Powell. Victoria is a writer and lecturer in modern and contemporary art. In 2021 she set up The Gallery Companion, a Substack publication which explores the ideas about life, culture, history and politics that you find in art. She aims to break down the perception that contemporary art is hard to understand by avoiding confusing art speak and talking about it in language that makes sense.

     

    In today's episode:

    • Why Victoria's teaching, writing and podcast matters in engaging discussion and debate in a respectful way

    • Finding the things we have in common to bring people together and increase understanding

    • Personal experiences of rejection and how that impacts the work

    • What you can get from art if you allow yourself to be unsure

    • How the Gallery Companion got started

    • Building your voice from starting small and imagining you're writing or speaking to one person

    • Not chasing the money and finding the value in other ways

    • Joys and opportunities of podcasting

    • Investment in each other and generosity of spirit.

    • Being okay with uncertainty

     

     

    Mentioned in the episode: The Witch Trials of JK Rowling, Megan Phelps Roper https://www.thefp.com/witchtrials

    Substack - https://substack.com

    William Kentridge https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/william-kentridge

     

    Victoria's links:

    https://www.thegallerycompanion.com

    https://www.twitter.com/thegallerycomp

    https://www.instagram.com/thegallerycompanion

    https://www.facebook.com/thegallerycompanion

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-victoria-powell/

     

    Sarah's links:

    Reach out to me on my Linked In page: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfoxcoach/

    Sign up to my newsletter: https://sarah-fox-coaching.mykajabi.com/newsletter

    Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahFoxCoach

    Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CksnPQ2IMr1/

    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

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    058 Purpose, the how and starting with self, with Tom Andrews

    058 Purpose, the how and starting with self, with Tom Andrews

    This week, on Do Good & Do Well, I'm chatting with Tom Andrews.

    Tom is Head of Member Support at ACEVO supporting Chief Executives of charities and social enterprises. He is the founder and ex-CEO of two pioneering charities: Music for Change and People United. Tom is a qualified coach and counsellor and enjoys inventing games, ambient music, silent retreats and football.

     

    Things we talk about:

    • The thread through Tom's working life that hasn't been planned but that come from purpose

    • How do you go from idea to action and keep going in the early days of setting up

    • What lessons Tom learned from setting up an organisation that he wants to remember

    • How to 'stay in your own lane' when you have loads of ideas

    • Why the question 'how' is so important when the drive is for outputs, outcomes, targets etc.

    • What the challenges are for charity leaders right now?

    • Remembering the joy and what is going well is important

    • Starting with self first to enable things to really happen

    • Is it possible to put yourself first when you're tackling social justice?

    • The ASP theory - created during the recording!

    • Remembering the light with the dark

    • What's the biggest gift we might give ourselves

     

     

    Links mentioned in the episode

    Marketing without the ick workshop https://misty-thunder-738.myflodesk.com/

    How To Stop Brooding DGDW episode https://pod.fo/e/152a4f

    To Be List DGDW episode https://pod.fo/e/d4a1e

     

    Acevo - www.acevo.org.uk

    Tom website -www.tomandrews.org.uk - go to contact form to get in touch

    Music for Change https://www.musicforchange.org

    People United https://peopleunited.org.uk

     

    Sarah links - Reach out to me on my Linked In page: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfoxcoach/

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    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

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    057 Curiosity, conversation and having someone on your side with Fleur Emery

    057 Curiosity, conversation and having someone on your side with Fleur Emery

    This week's episode of Do Good and Do Well is a chat with the wonderful Fleur Emery!

     

    Fleur Emery is a fearless and informed start-up expert and the founder of REALWORK, the inclusive online membership, created to inspire and equip women to work, earn and live on their own terms.

     

    Fleur founded REALWORK in June 2020 to deliver her own brand of practical, no-nonsense advice to other female founders and freelancers. So far the project has supported over 500 REALWORKers to make positive change in their businesses.

     

    Some of the things we talk about:

    • What Fleur would like you to know to help you

    • The importance of curiosity, conversation and having someone on your side

    • Why Fleur thinks the podcast should be called something else

    • How following your curiosity and what you find easy might be the key

    • Setting examples in our homes to not pass on helplessness and be known

    • Can we stop abandoning ourselves?

    • What kind of fearless is that fearless?

    • What would happen if all women felt no shame or judgement?

     

    Christina Clarke from Workculturati https://www.workculturati.com/

    You Make It: You Change It 👉 anti-racism allyship programme https://you-make-it.org/you-change-it

    June Jordon - Many Rivers to Cross https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jun/20/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries

    The To-Be List and Nice Vs Kind https://pod.fo/e/fe3ff

     

    Get in touch with Fleur: REALWORK currently has space for new members, and you can join here: www.doreal.work

    www.instagram.com/fleuremery

     

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    056 Can I Pick Your Brains?

    056 Can I Pick Your Brains?

    What do you do when people contact you to 'just pick your brains'? Do you say yes, do you say no? 

    We often give so much away and this can make you feel resentful, not least because it often doesn't feel like a fair exchange. It feels tricky when bigger organisations ask and when it's a friend, it's hard to say no.

    So, what can you do about it and how can you do it in a way that feels aligned to your values? Let's chat about it.

     

    Read the blog post: https://sarahfox.co.uk/blog-1/can-i-pick-your-brains

     

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    055 Marketing Without the Ick

    055 Marketing Without the Ick

    It's a new season of the podcast! And for today's solo episode, I'm talking about how we can begin to market ourselves without the ick.

     

    MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST:

     

     

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    054 Marketing without social media with Viv Guy

    054 Marketing without social media with Viv Guy

    In this episode, I talk to marketing mentor Viv Guy about running a business without using social media. In this conversation:

     

    • Viv shares her story of running businesses and how she came off social media

    • We also talk ways to connect and grow your community off of social media particularly through collaboration

    • The challenges of social media and it's impact on small businesses

    • Using social media intentionally

    • Marketing Archetypes

    • Slowing down and connecting with people

    • Viv shares some tips if you're thinking about saying goodbye to social media

     

    Links and things we mention:

     

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    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

     

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    053 Positive Emotions

    053 Positive Emotions

    In this solo episode I share a way of encouraging and increase happiness and ability to flourish. I learnt this from the work of positive psychologists such as Barbara Frederickson. The 5 key emotions are:

     

    1. Feeling Hopeful

    2. Feeling Joy

    3. Feeling Peaceful

    4. Feeling Thankful

    5. Feeling Playful

     

    Let me know what you do to increase these emotions by emailing andsarah@sarahfox.co.uk or pop on Twitter/Instagram.

     

    Links and things:

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    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

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    Edited by Eve Horne https://www.instagram.com/eve_horne/

    052 Self-Efficacy

    052 Self-Efficacy

    In today's solo episode, I share my thoughts on confidence and how thinking about self-efficacy can be more useful when working towards goals.

     

    Links and things:

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    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

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    051 Move the Needle

    051 Move the Needle

    In this solo episode, I share my love of Gray's Anatomy and how a moment in the show really resonated and help me to reframe what we mean by impact.

     

    Edit - I say 'brink of life' when I meant 'brink of death' - see it doesn't matter if we get things a bit wrong!

     

    Links and Things:

    I couldn't find the film I mention but you can see the film Sarah Punshon talks about here: https://peopleunited.org.uk/our-projects/wonderstruck/

     

    I can help you clarify how to move the needle (and what needle you're moving) - book a call here: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

    Resources:

    Reach out to me on my Linked In page: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfoxcoach/

     

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    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

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    050 Resilience, Relationships and Reinvention with Rosie Wilby

    050 Resilience, Relationships and Reinvention with Rosie Wilby

    In this episode, I welcome back comedian, author and podcaster Rosie Wilby. We cover topics such as:

     

    • Rosie's challenges around promoting her book The Breakup Monologues during the pandemic.
    • Exclusion in the publishing industry and how to support authors from marginalised communities to promote their work.
    • Being resilient, agile and valuing our work when others might not.
    • Wellbeing and boundaries
    • The failure and success narrative that keeps us stuck
    • Rosie's toxic relationship with Edinburgh Festival and why she stuck to her guns about talking about it in her book.
    • Adapting and transitioning in our careers

     

    Links and things:

    Our previous episode: https://pod.fo/e/c7d30

    Episode with Beth Cox https://pod.fo/e/f1d63

     

    Rosie's links:

    Website - https://www.rosiewilby.com/

    Twitter - https://twitter.com/rosiewilby

    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/

    Blog - https://breakupmonologues.wordpress.com/

    Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breakup-Monologues-Unexpected-Joy-Heartbreak/dp/1472982282/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

    https://londonspeakerbureau.com/speaker-profile/rosie-wilby/

     

    My links: 

    Reach out to me on my Linked In page: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfoxcoach/

    Sign up to my newsletter: https://sarah-fox-coaching.mykajabi.com/newsletter

    Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahFoxCoach

    Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CksnPQ2IMr1/

    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

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    049 Finance and Freelancing with Ruth Singer

    049 Finance and Freelancing with Ruth Singer

    In this episode I'm talking to Ruth Singer,an artist, writer and supporter of artists.

     

    We talk about earning money as a freelancer, including:

    • how to share generously and still have a financially sustainable business

    • 'selling' our services and work

    • being asked to work for free and what helps to get a handle on our finances

    • speaking up in the industry about pay and money

    • different business models and strategy

     

    Ruth talks about what do good and do well means to her, especially with health challenges. We talk about the competitiveness within arts and culture system and working more collectively and collaboratively.

     

    Ruth also shares her experience as a participant of my coaching and mentoring programme, Lasting Impact.

     

    Ruth's blog about working for free: https://ruthsinger.com/2022/10/11/working-for-free/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-singer-artist/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthsingertextiles/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthsinger

    Find out more about Ruth's programme - Find Your Focus: https://ruthsinger.podia.com/5f23bd3c-c5b4-46be-9881-079b3d6a113f

     

    Interested in knowing more about my coaching and mentoring programme Lasting Impact? Email me: andsarah@sarahfox.co.uk

    Resources:

    Sign up to my newsletter: https://sarah-fox-coaching.mykajabi.com/newsletter

    Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahFoxCoach

    Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CksnPQ2IMr1/

    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

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    048 A 12 minute podcast about finding your voice when you feel stuck

    048 A 12 minute podcast about finding your voice when you feel stuck

    I felt really stuck with recording this episode, I was completely procrastinating on recording it. Fear was stopping me. The words weren't coming out. So I took inspiration from Robbie Swale's 12 minute method and just took action and pressed record...

    The episode with Robbie Swale: https://pod.fo/e/156586

    Book in a call...https://hello.dubsado.com:443/public/appointment-scheduler/621f7eb9ae02241636bff7cd/schedule

    Reach out to me on my Linked In page: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfoxcoach/

    Resources:

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    047 Taking action and the 12 minute method, with Robbie Swale

    047 Taking action and the 12 minute method, with Robbie Swale

    In this episode I'm talking to Robbie Swale, a leadership coach, author and podcaster. 

    We talk about coaching and how both of us came to be coaches, and how we describe ourselves depending on the situation. We discuss why it's important as a freelancer to 'do' self-development work to feel centred and grounded, especially when we really care. Robbie shares his 12 minute method, how it came about and how it can help you get unstuck. We also talk about what to invest in when growing your business and why courage is important. 

    Robbie Swale is a leadership coach, author and podcaster whose work focuses on creativity, leading with honour and the craft of coaching. He is the host of The Coach’s Journey Podcast and The 12-Minute Method Podcast, and the author of The 12-Minute Method series of books.

    In this episode we mention: 

    To find out more about Robbie and the 12 minute method:

    Contact me:

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    Edited by Eve Horne https://www.instagram.com/eve_horne/

     

    046 Boundaries in life and work, with psychotherapist Lizandra Leigertwood

    046 Boundaries in life and work, with psychotherapist Lizandra Leigertwood

    In this episode Lizandra and I explore boundaries and what that means for us at work and in life. We talk about types of boundaries, the myths that stop us all from setting healthy boundaries, how to set boundaries and a whole load of other stuff. we're wired for connection and safety

    Lizandra is a psychotherapist for individuals and couples focusing on childhood trauma, anxiety and relationships. Contact Lizandra:

     

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    045 How to Stop Brooding

    045 How to Stop Brooding

    In this episode I share what you can do if you're brooding over some feedback that didn't feel good.

    Resources:

     

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    044 Practical Philosophy and slowing down, with Ayisha De Lanerolle

    044 Practical Philosophy and slowing down, with Ayisha De Lanerolle

    I've been wanting to chat to Ayisha on the podcast for ages because I love her work around practical philosophy.

    Ayisha founded The Conversation Agency to empower people of all ages through creative, dynamic and collaborative conversation. She designs and facilitates conversations that slow us down to allow room for curiosity about different & diverse perspectives, and is interested in the potential of philosophical conversation to transform our relationships to ideas and toward each other, especially in moments of uncertainty, confusion and even conflict.

    We talk about practical philosophy, not fitting in, what's possible, what's not, certainty, what can we do for the future and the people there. We discuss how we need to really listen to young people and we both notice that we need to share more of what gives us inspiration, hope and energy to bring about what we want for the world.

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    043 Do Good and Do Well is back!

    043 Do Good and Do Well is back!
    I am so excited to be releasing season 4 of Do Good and Do Well. It's been a while and I have missed doing this! So here we are, and in this episode I let you know what to expect, a bit about some of the brilliant guests coming up and I tell you about a very practical tool that will be helpful, especially if you're a freelancer. 

    Sign up for the free e-course to stop undercharging as a freelancer here https://sarah-fox-coaching.mykajabi.com/undercharging-email-course-sign-up

    If you're interested in working with me send me an email andsarah@sarahfox.co.uk or reach out to me on my Linked In page: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfoxcoach/

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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahFoxCoach

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    My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

     

    This episode was edited by Eve Horne https://www.instagram.com/eve_horne/