Notes on Vulnerability
Stories of resilience, courage and being human. When we lean into the discomfort of vulnerability that's when we find out who we really are and how incredible life can really be.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
S2 Ep 8 Tools for Resilience: Rethinking The Menopause
Did you know some women find menopause the most liberating time of life? Or that the peri-menopause can last for 10 years? The menopause and the peri-menopause still remain a mystery for many of us -…
S2 Ep7 - Tools for Resilience: Highly Sensitive People
"You're so sensitive.." As many as 1/3 of us are Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), meaning that we feel things more intensely, have a more in-tune nervous system and can feel easily overstimulated. 50%…
S2 Ep6 - Tools for Resilience: Overcoming the Inner Cynic
Cynicism keeps us stuck and stops us from showing up in the world as who we really are in case that’s too much for people. Your Inner Cynic is an internalised control system that someone else has us…
S2 Ep 5 - Tools for Resilience: Why We Should Play More
Play keeps your brain young, makes you more confident, productive and better at dealing with uncertainty. So why don't we do more of it? It feels incredibly vulnerable to reveal your playful side - a…
S2 Ep4 - Tools for Resilience: The Power of Trust
Trust is an intense and powerful human motivator. And it can also be something that feels vulnerable, especially if you have experience of trust being broken. But being resilient requires a leap of …
S2 Ep 3 Tools for Resilience: How to Get Out of Survival Mode
Negativity. People pleasing. Self-sabotage. Over-thinking. Fear of Failure. These are all signs of being in Survival Mode, which is the topic of this episode of Notes on Vulnerability.
Survival Mode …
S2 Ep 2 - Tools for Resilience: Functional Medicine and Gut Health
Want to know more about the gut-brain connection and the solutions it offers for anxiety? How to deal with digestive health issues? Where to start with a diagnosis like Ulcerative Colitis or Crohns?…
S2 Ep1 Tools for Resilience: Emotional Regulation
Do you ever feel at the mercy of your emotions? This episode is about how the way we handle our emotions has an impact on how we experience life - and how emotional regulation can help. Emotions can …
#14 Jamie Clements - Man Down
It takes a lot of courage to identify and challenge a dominant narrative. And a lot of vulnerability too. “Man Up” is one of those phrases we all got used to using without really thinking about it - …
#13 Mike Guest Dawn Days, The Gift of Dyslexia and... Periods.
An imperfect and vulnerable discussion around mental health, the healing power of the sea and men and menstruation.
Mike Guest is a master of film and photography an adventurer, dyslexic, a life long …
#12 Yewande Adesida - Diversity in Cycling, Emotional Resilience in Sport and 'Sporty' vs 'Creative'
Yewande Adeside is a former competitive rower now a rowing coach, national-level track racer and SRAM ambassador. She has been a vocal advocate on diversity in cycling and spoken frequently about how…
#11 Kirsty Gallagher - Lunar Living, soul, trust, magic and a more cyclical approach to life
Did you know that some of your favourite wine might only taste so good because it’s been harvested with the lunar cycles? I thought that might get your attention (it's also true). In this episode of …
#10 Hannah Mindful Money - Money Stories, Financial Alignment and Finding Financial Freedom
Money and finances can bring all sorts of challenging feelings to the table. Whether you always feel like you’re struggling to get by or you feel guilty because you have more than others it’s never a…
#9 Dr Anna Hushlak (Ferly) - Mindful Sex & Pleasure
Mindful sex - how do we have more of it?
Dr Anna Hushlak is a sex scientist and pleasure advocate, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at #FemTech company Ferly (@weareferly), an app empowering 50…
#8 Nick Hounsfield (The Wave) - Blue Health & Exploring a Vulnerability Business Model
Nick Hounsfield (@wavemakernick) is the founder of The Wave (@thewave), Chairman of Surfing England, a stroke survivor at 45 and one of the UK’s most disruptive entrepreneurs - among many other thing…
#7 Jacko Human Flag (Oxygen Advantage) - Redefining Impossible After A Brain Injury
David 'Jacko' Jackson (@jackohumanflag Insta) is the guest on this episode. A former rugby professional - captain and all time top scorer at Nottingham RFC - he suffered a head injury in 2013 that wa…
#6 Anna Blackwell (Adventurer) - Adventure Is a Mindset
Anna Blackwell is an adventurer, photographer and writer with a soft spot for the Arctic. Currently based in Cornwall she has embarked on solo expeditions in some pretty inhospitable environments wit…
#5 Sallee Poinsette-Nash (Brandable & Co) Being Human in Business
When did we decide that being professional means not being yourself?
In this episode I'm talking to Sallee Poinsette-Nash (@salleespeaks Instagram), human brand builder, official Tall Person, dog fan…
#4 Ian Finch (Walk Wild) - Risking Exposure, Embracing The Wild
Ian Finch (Insta: @ianefinch @walkwilduk) is a photographer, expedition guide and poetry-writing former Marine Commando. After a life changing sickness at high altitude he was forced to explore new p…
#3 Wild Swim Girls - Why We Swim Wild
Wim Hof, woolly hats, free the nipple and numb extremities... wild swimming and cold water swimming make up one huge trend right now. But what is it really like to get up at 6am and plunge yourself i…