Focus on WHY Amy Rowlinson

After several guest interviews, Amy Rowlinson reflects on each of the individual episodes and focuses in on specific topics pulling on different threads and diving deeper to explore elements that piqued her interest. 
In this episode, exploring topics of self-worth, connection, humour, fulfilment, introspection, kindness and trust, Amy shares her Reflections with Actions from these four recent podcast episodes:
 
395 Build Better Relationships with Sarah Fox
396 Threads of Alignment with Lis Cashin
397 Craft Connections through Comedy with Beth Sherman
398 Running into Life with Marc Convey
 
KEY TAKEAWAY
‘This is not a dress rehearsal, this is your one and only life and this moment right now will never happen again. Where you apply your focus is what you choose to prioritise. Are you focused on the right things?’
 
BOOK RECOMMENDATION*
The Speed of Trust by Stephen R. Covey - https://amzn.eu/d/hW6oJi3
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman - https://amzn.eu/d/ikBH4zH
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey – https://amzn.eu/d/fGZvp7I
 
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker and Mastermind Host. Amy works with individuals to improve productivity, engagement and fulfilment, to banish overwhelm, underwhelm and frustration and to welcome clarity, achievement and purpose.
 
WORK WITH AMY
Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would to focus on your WHY and discuss purpose coaching or you want to launch a purposeful podcast, then please book a free 30 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall
 
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AMY
Sign up for the weekly Friday Focus - https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter
 
CONNECT WITH AMY
https://linktr.ee/AmyRowlinson
 
HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson
 
DISCLAIMER
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
 
*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

After a life-altering accident, burn survivor Marc Convey defied odds, choosing post-traumatic growth over limitation. Through resilience and healing, Marc discovered the pivotal role self-awareness plays in shaping destinations. Finding contentment and authenticity from his inner freedom, with positive momentum Marc is no longer running away from trauma instead he’s running into life.
 
KEY TAKEAWAY
‘It's about the way you run as well. Holding yourself in the right way, being very self-aware and keeping your head up for opportunities.’
 
BOOK RECOMMENDATION*
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl - https://amzn.eu/d/97TGPuS
 
ABOUT MARC
Now a speaker, writer, and advocate, Marc shares his transformative narrative, emphasising resilience, self-discovery, and the profound impact of travel. Beyond personal triumphs, his mission includes raising awareness about growth from trauma and inspiring others to create a life they love. Marc's story is a testament to the human spirit—strong, funny, warm, and truly inspirational.
 
CONNECT WITH MARC
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-convey/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_conv/
 
 
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker and Mastermind Host. Amy works with individuals to improve productivity, engagement and fulfilment, to banish overwhelm, underwhelm and frustration and to welcome clarity, achievement and purpose.
 
WORK WITH AMY
Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would to focus on your WHY and discuss purpose coaching or you want to launch a purposeful podcast, then please book a free 30 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall
 
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AMY
Sign up for the weekly Friday Focus - https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter
 
CONNECT WITH AMY
https://linktr.ee/AmyRowlinson
 
HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson
 
DISCLAIMER
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Is humour the universal love language of connection? With a flair for comedy, speaker, Emmy award-winning comedy writer, comedian and speechwriting consultant Beth Sherman believes it is. Having mastered the immense heart-warming power of humour to create and strengthen emotional connection, engagement and likeability, Beth bridges gaps with humour showing how it can be used to create healthy workplaces and profitable business relationships. Whether personally or professionally you want to break down barriers, build trust, lead with vulnerability and inclusivity to drive engagement, Beth advocates for tapping into your authentic self to craft connection through comedy.
 
KEY TAKEAWAY
‘Humour creates laughter. Laughter is emotion and emotion is what you need to build trust. You need trust if people are going to take action.’
 
ABOUT BETH
Beth Sherman is a speaker, comedian, and seven-time Emmy Award-winning Hollywood comedy writer who has written for the biggest shows in American television, including Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Ellen, and the Academy Awards. As a speaker, she helps companies achieve healthier workplaces and more profitable business relationships by showing employees how to harness the power of humour to create quick connection and genuine engagement with clients and colleagues.
 
CONNECT WITH BETH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCSoZy1GWKg
https://www.bethsherman.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-sherman/
Book A Punch-Up Session For Your Speech or Presentation
A live, 60 minute, fully collaborative, 1:1 session with an Emmy-winning comedy writer, filled with suggestions on how to make you and your presentation funnier and more engaging. 
https://www.bethsherman.com/one-to-one-services  
 
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker and Mastermind Host. Amy works with individuals to improve productivity, engagement and fulfilment, to banish overwhelm, underwhelm and frustration and to welcome clarity, achievement and purpose.
 
WORK WITH AMY
Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would to focus on your WHY and discuss purpose coaching or you want to launch a purposeful podcast, then please book a free 30 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall
 
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AMY
Sign up for the weekly Friday Focus - https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter
 
CONNECT WITH AMY
https://linktr.ee/AmyRowlinson
 
HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson
 
DISCLAIMER
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.

Are you in a prison of your own making? Are you caught in the pursuit of perfection? From battling undiagnosed PTSD to her transformative path through trauma and the awakening of leadership potential, Lis Cashin navigated life’s complexities with resilience and grace. Now embracing her role as a catalyst for women’s empowerment in leadership, Lis’s journey epitomises the quest for the deeper understanding of purpose. She embodies hope and resilience, proving that overcoming adversity can lead to profound self-discovery and the realisation of leadership potential. Using mindfulness to shift from a self-imposed prison to a nurturing state of expansion and exploration, Lis identified her purposeful threads of alignment.
 
KEY TAKEAWAY
“I was in a prison of my own making for many years. I just held myself back in so many ways, but the liberation, giving myself permission, not needing external validation, that’s a huge shift that I would love for more women.”
 
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS*
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate - https://amzn.eu/d/3oDRGyP
Loving What Is by Byron Katie - https://amzn.eu/d/229IMXD
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown - https://amzn.eu/d/fHkmgrM
 
ABOUT LIS
Lis is a multi-award-winning keynote speaker, best-selling author, and personal transformation specialist on a mission to empower women to elevate their self-worth and unlock leadership potential. Inspiring audiences with her incredible personal story of overcoming trauma, as well as educating and empowering with her practical strategies for growth. The events in her past don’t define her, but instead have become the catalyst for her self-worth transformation, enabling her to become the successful woman she is today.


CONNECT WITH LIS
https://www.liscashin.com/
https://www.instagram.com/liscashin/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/selfworthforwomenleaders
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lis-cashin/
QUIZ - How strong is your self-worth as a woman leader?
https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/64b6294abf796d00144fd1eb
 
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker and Mastermind Host. Amy works with individuals to improve productivity, engagement and fulfilment, to banish overwhelm, underwhelm and frustration and to welcome clarity, achievement and purpose.
 
WORK WITH AMY
Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would to focus on your WHY and discuss purpose coaching or you want to launch a purposeful podcast, then please book a free 30 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall
 
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AMY
Sign up for the weekly Friday Focus - https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter
 
CONNECT WITH AMY
https://linktr.ee/AmyRowlinson
 
HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson
 
DISCLAIMER
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Are contracts your nemesis? Is legalese leaving you lost? With her holistic approach, recovering lawyer Sarah Fox is transforming the way people do business advocating for simplicity and transparency in business agreements. Weaving in learnings from tandem cycling across Europe, Sarah drives home the importance of understanding the small print, both in contracts and in life’s grand adventures. From deals to wheels, Sarah’s focus is on how to build better relationships.
 
KEY TAKEAWAY
“We don't know how it will change us. We only know that it will change us.”
 
BOOK RECOMMENDATION*
The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey - https://amzn.eu/d/hW6oJi3
The Blue Zones of Happiness by Dan Buettner - https://amzn.eu/d/9tJBGEm
 
ABOUT SARAH
After decades dealing with huge deals in the construction sector, Sarah realised that long, complex and bad contracts were costing time, money, deals and relationships. And after all that, they were usually just shoved in a drawer! There was a better way. Now Sarah advocates for short, simple contracts of less than 500 words. And delivers keynotes that inspire people across industry how to streamline deals and enhance customer relations with contracts that represent their values, embed trust, and keep everyone protected.


CONNECT WITH SARAH
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahjvfox/ 
https://www.facebook.com/500words
https://just500words.co.uk/
 
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker and Mastermind Host. Amy works with individuals to improve productivity, engagement and fulfilment, to banish overwhelm, underwhelm and frustration and to welcome clarity, achievement and purpose.
 
WORK WITH AMY
Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would to focus on your WHY and discuss purpose coaching or you want to launch a purposeful podcast, then please book a free 30 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall
 
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AMY
Sign up for the weekly Friday Focus - https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter
 
CONNECT WITH AMY
https://linktr.ee/AmyRowlinson
 
HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson
 
DISCLAIMER
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

After every five guest interviews, Amy Rowlinson reflects on each of the individual episodes and focuses in on specific topics pulling on different threads and diving deeper to explore elements that piqued her interest.
In this episode, exploring topics of life rules, mental health, voice dialogue, managing inner critic, serendipity, bravery resilience, determination, stress, purpose, fear, intuition, contribution and impostor syndrome, Amy shares her Reflections with Actions from these five recent podcast episodes:
 
389 Create Conditions for Growth with Adrian Brown
390 Serendipitous Moments and Brave Steps with Richard McCann
391 Rule of Thumb with Hilary Briggs
392 Healing Power of Nature with Isaac Kenyon
393 Becoming the Artist with Bernii Mac
 
KEY TAKEAWAY
“You have the freedom to choose your ‘why’. It is unique to you and dependent on your decisions, situations and responsibilities."
 
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS*
Embracing Our Selves by Hal Stone, Ph.D and Sidra L. Stone, Ph.D.- https://amzn.eu/d/j4cWHzr
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker - https://amzn.eu/d/fPZMWlS
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - https://amzn.eu/d/bu4pVoF
 
ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON
Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker and Mastermind Host. Amy works with individuals to improve productivity, engagement and fulfilment, to banish overwhelm, underwhelm and frustration and to welcome clarity, achievement and purpose.
 
WORK WITH AMY
Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would to focus on your WHY and discuss purpose coaching or you want to launch a purposeful podcast, then please book a free 30 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall
 
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AMY
Sign up for the weekly Friday Focus - https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter
 
CONNECT WITH AMY
https://linktr.ee/AmyRowlinson
 
HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson
 
DISCLAIMER
The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.
 
*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.