Growing Big People with PS.

A behind the scenes look into working on a major tv show @NBCThisIsUs, the nuances of creativity, and not falling to the pressures of your society. Ken Olin is a Writer, Executive Producer, Director and actor who has directed many episodes of television for shows including the blockbuster TV show THIS IS US, as well as Brothers and Sisters, The West Wing, Alias and many more. In this conversation although this was our first time speaking together Ken and I had such a great flow, he is a great guy and you are going to love this chat it was as if I was catching up with a long time friend. Ken shares a lot about the nuances of his creative process and working as a major player in the show THIS IS US, which is one of my favourite shows so it was such a honour to speak with him about this. He shares about how he started out, and the differences between acting and directing, working with creative people and creating a healthy work culture. This conversation is for any who love creativity, has an interest in film and television, and great advice for working in your element and not falling to the pressures that your culture may expect from you. Ken also is vulnerable about raising his kids as well as managing his ambitions. And some great conversation about the hidden gifts of the pandemic. Questions I ask Ken… 4.32 - Where did the idea of the show THIS IS US come from? 6.20 - How do you think the views perceive the show? 9.30 - Where does the sense of connectivity come from with the show? It feels like a therapy session. 13.30 - Milos character and the nuances. 15.34 - Do actors decide certain parts of a role or is that scripted? 17.58 - How did you find such an amazing cast? 20.15 - Do you think being an actor makes you a better director, if so why? 23.54 - Do you miss acting? 26.36 - A common thread in your life that you can track, that took you into this world? 31.19 - The emerging generations observations of wanting to work in their calling, what’s your thoughts on this? 37.08 - This is us is speaking to human needs - loneliness, depression, racism… 38.33 - How do you switch off, hobbies, interests? 42.44 - Do you enjoy being a Dad? 46.30 - Quick fire questions… Something people often get wrong about you? Last tv show you binged watched? Favourite movie? Concert or show you’ll never forget? Favourite meal? What books are you reading? What would you like on your grave stone? An ordinary moment that lights you up? Last time you wrote a hand written note or letter? What are you most grateful for this past year? ---- Let me know when you are listening/watching this conversation tag me in it @PaulScanlonUK and be sure to watch This Is Us as well as connect with Ken on twitter/instagram @KenOlin1.

Dr. Nicole LePera was trained in clinical psychology at Cornell University and the New School for Social Research. She also studied at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis. She is the creator of the #SelfHealers movement where people from around the world are joining together in community to take healing into their own hands. Her first book, How to Do the Work, is currently available and became a New York Times Best Seller. You can find her on instagram at @the.holistic.psychologist In my conversation with the lovely Dr Nicole we spoke about the new age of Awakening. Dealing with trauma, breaking patterns of familiarity and how to create healthy boundaries, what it means to create a life of holistic living. As well as her thoughts on the education system, and how to do the work to be your authentic self, dealing with your emotions, and how to regulate yourself. If you like me have ever gone through any form of trauma or grief you’re going to love this interview. As well as how to break the mould of the familiar to create a life of transformation. Don’t forget to share with me when you’re watching or listening to this interview I love to hear from you. Share with me on social media @PaulScanlonUK and tag in Dr Nicole - @the.holistic.psychologist Don't forget to subscribe for more podcasts coming soon and please do leave a review and share with a friend! Connect - pa@paulscanlon.com

Here are 5 Dream Killers that I’ve found to be the most common in our lives. We have a huge capacity to sabotage our own dreams and yet be oblivious to it, so here’s 5 killers to look out for. 1: Sharing it with the wrong people too soon 2: Mistaking the dream for a plan 3: Unmanaged expectations 4: Not becoming who your dream needs you to be 5: Not building strategic alliances Check out my new brand new ebook only available until April 6th called 100 SECRETS OF MY PROGRESS. Wisdom For Your Life, Leadership and Relationships.  Visit - paulscanlon.com/100secrets  Don't forget to tag me @PaulScanlonUK when you're listening. 

In this latest conversation I am speaking with the lovely @_SarahWilson_.   Share with me when you are listening and tag me on social media - @PaulScanlonUK Sarah is a former journalist (cosmopolitan magazine) and TV presenter (Master Chef AU), author and activist. She wrote the New York Times bestsellers I Quit Sugar and First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, and has a new book out called - This One Wild and Precious Life.    If you have or know of anyone who has ever experienced any form of anxiety, depression or loneliness can I encourage you to grab your notebook and dive into this conversation as Sarah is vulnerable and real with her answers that I think will really help us all to have a better language for these things we all go through.   I loved her openness with me also about her experience with suicide which we all know has been on the rise for many years and we need to become more aware of it and speak more openly about peoples experiences with this and mental health. We also speak about her creative process as best selling author, her thoughts on ageing, climate change and her personal experience with the global pandemic.    Here are some of the questions I asked Sarah -    1.05 - How have you found Covid?   4.07 - What was it about your anxiety that during the lockdown gave you hidden serendipity gifts?    12.35 - What do you want think will come out of this pandemic with regards to loneliness?  What is it that we are lonely for?   21.40 - How did you get into writing and your creative process?    23.24 - What did you mean by you weren’t ready and how did your know when you’re were ready?   27.11 - What is your creative process?    31.50 - What is your motivation for writing is it for you or the people?   36.13 -Do you get lonely, what is your philosophy about relationships?   39.58 - Do you believe in God and what does that mean to you?   42.06 - Are you afraid of dying?   43.11 - Do you worry about ageing?   Ending with some quick fire questions... ----  Don't forget to subscribe for more podcasts coming soon and please do leave a review and share with a friend! Connect - pa@paulscanlon.com

I had a conversation with @LaurenTickner who is one of Forbes top ten entrepreneurs. We spoke about her drive for doing what she does and the passions she has for the future. Her journey of losing weight in an unhealthy way and reframing how she saw her fitness journey, as well as managing panic attacks at a young age and other game changing nudges that have got her to where she is now. Lauren shares her three motivations behind her success and motivation. We discussed about her upbringing and having a brother with a disability and how that has helped shaped the woman she is today and the drive she has to help him and others in similar situations. We speak about shifting mindsets, establishing new healthy habits for longevity, working on creating a life of freedom and much more. You’re going to get a lot out of this interview from someone who is so driven and enthusiastic. We also share our personal observations of the mindset differences between the USA and the UK as both are coming from parts of the UK that have limiting belief systems. How she went from working at one of the top management investment firms in London to being a Forbes top entrepreneur. This interview is for any who are in business, entrepreneurship, start up companies or those who want to create new healthy habits, shift mindsets and turn their passions into a profit. Question time stamps - 1.12 - what were the game changers that nudged you towards what you are doing now in the sweet spot you have got to? 3.30 - at what point did you realise that you hated your job and wanted to get out of it, and how long after did you stay? 6.37 - what do you think it was at 18 that gave you the awareness to get unstuck? 9.35 - where does your driven-ness come from? 13.35 - What’s the difference to you between working in a business and on a business? 18.45 - Your time in the states, why would you want to spend more time there? 21.51 - What are the mistakes start up companies and entrepreneurs make? 24.25 - What is something people don’t know about you which is probably your superpower ? 30.09 - In what ways are you weird? 31.25 - What is a new belief / habits that’s improved your world in the last few years? 35.00 - Who would you be mentored by and why? 38.00 - What do you want to be doing in the next 5 years? Let me know what you thought of this conversation, share with me on social media @PaulScanlonUK and tag in @LaurenTickner and don’t forget to subscribe and please leave a review. Visit paulscanlon.com for more information on seminars, resources and to keep up to date with Paul Scanlon.

I had a dream that God was fast asleep. And because we couldn’t wake him to tell us what his next move was, we started our own.   ---- I hope this encourages you today, share with someone in your world and post a comment below or send me a DM!  Let me know what you think by taking a screenshot when you listen and tagging me on social media @PaulScanlonUK  Don't forget to subscribe, share and leave a review! 

In this podcast episode I am in conversation with editor in chief of the magazine ENTREPRENEUR.  Throughout this interview I ask Jason questions about his creative process, hidden gifts of the pandemic, interviewing with The Rock (Dwayne Johnson).  Some of his personal development challenges, how to keep growing yourself and your business through hard times.  We spoke about working with teams and high business people who are difficult to work with and navigating relationships.  This is a great conversation to listen to if you are in any form of entrepreneurship, leadership or personal development.  You can check out more about Jason @HeyFeifer as well as @Entrepreneur magazine.  
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There’s no such thing as ‘the’ move of God. God is doing millions of things simultaneously most of which you’ll never hear about. Don't forget to subscribe, share and please write a review.  Connect on social media - @PaulScanlonUK or email pa@paulscanlon.com

Your greatest gift to others is to be the healthiest version of you that you can be.I used to spend too much time working on others for me rather than working on me for them. Your personal health and well-being is the greatest gift you can give to the world. Personal development is the hardest work you will ever do, and often the least appreciated by those close to you. Make self improvement firstly for your own benefit then whether others notice or benefit from it at least you always will. You can’t give away what you don’t have. You can’t sustain withdrawals others make from your life without sufficient deposits that leave you with surplus. It doesn’t work with money or love or energy or life. You can’t love your neighbour with a love you have never given to yourself. --- Let me know when you're watching screenshot the episode and tag me in it @PaulScanlonUK and share with me your thoughts or a favourite quote.  Please leave a review of this podcast channel and I'd love for you to subscribe. If you need to get in touch please email pa@paulscanlon.com

In this episode I give you a preview into my Communication Masterclass online course and this is from the introduction section of the 7 hour course for all who are in any form of communication. Your frustrations can be seen as fuel to keep lifting your game as a communicator. Don’t chase a calling just pay attention to what problems consistently get your attention and how that makes you feel. Your calling is in that neighbourhood. Stay close to the reason that set you on the path you’re on. You never travel away from your reasons you only travel deeper into them. Don’t forget to check out the special 40% offer from my Communication Masterclass course by visiting paulscanlon.com/podcastoffer which is only available until January 1st 2021. And share with me a message on social media when you are listening to it @PaulScanlonUK

In this podcast episode I am giving you a glimpse into what one of my mentorship group sessions look like and the topic we discussed in this episode is about GHOSTING and the pandemic that it has become.  Ghosting is deliberate emotional cruelty. Those who ghost you leave you to come up with a reason why they cut you off and they don’t care if it’s true or not. They sacrifice your emotions for their control. Listen or watch this podcast episode about ghosting at paulscanlon.com/podcast-channel I'd love for you to let me know how you enjoy this episode by sharing @PaulScanlonUK.  If you’re interested in finding out more about my Mentorship Group and how you can join this community visit thementorshipgroup.com we’d love to welcome you or email pa@paulscanlon.com for more information.

In this podcast episode I am giving you a glimpse into what one of my mentorship group sessions look like and I have chosen together some of the great questions that were asked from this session that might be of help to you. We did a discussion around the book I read recently called ATTACHED by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller. Here are some of the questions I discuss with some of the amazing tribe that are in my Mentorship Group from around the world! Q: How do you make an assessment between if you are secure in a relationship or if you are developing apathy to protect yourself? Q: How can we avoid becoming controlling when it comes to relationship styles? Q: What are some non-negotiable tips and boundaries that you’ve put in place when you have been growing your relationship styles as you keep reinventing yourself? Q: How do I move past anxiety and go deeper into your relationships? I hope you enjoy this episode and make sure you share with me your thoughts by tagging me in a post or sending me a DM @PaulScanlonUK If you’re interested in finding out more about my Mentorship Group and how you can join this community visit thementorshipgroup.com we’d love to welcome you or email pa@paulscanlon.com for more information.

Most of us want to live epic lives and be the hero of our own stories, but what if I told you that it’s far greater to fill a supporting role in an epic story than an epic role in a supporting story? We all want to be top ranked leaders, but it’s better to be a great sergeant than a bad general.  In this podcast episode, I want to discuss how our impact in the world can be far greater in roles that may not look as epic as we initially envision for ourselves.  *Enjoying what you’re hearing? I’d love for you to leave my podcast a review! --- Want to get in touch visit paulscanlon.com or email pa@paulscanlon.com 

You are not your labels! We are obsessed with labelling of both ourselves and others, so from birth we begin a life tethered to a false narrative based on those labels.  That limited level of consciousness can only be broken by self awareness. --- Find out more about my new online course only available until Friday October 30th! visit - paulscanlon.com/selfawareness or email pa@paulscanlon.com

Where you get excited about the process?  Not just the outcome - the study, investigation, conversation, research - all the things that are involved in how to get a good outcome - than that is an indication of what your passions and strengths are. If you’re struggling to figure out where you’re heading in life or what your passions and strengths are the pay attention to where you love process. We are so driven by validation through results that we assume successful outcomes is where we should look.  The secret and it is a secret because so few know it, is to look where you love the process not the results. Look at the creativity, study, planning, risk, uncertainty, struggle and effort that you love and there you will find yourself.  Look for something where you love the process and the rest will follow. Don't forget to subscribe, comment and share this podcast.   -- Find out more about Paul's free course at paulscanlon.com/freecourse Or get in touch and email pa@paulscanlon.com