In this Episode we spend time with Jillian Lavender and Michael Miller who run The London Meditation Centre and New York Meditation Center. As Jillian and Michael take us through their journey from their corporate lives and the changes that took place we are fortunate to also be able to hear more about the benefits that vedic meditation practise is bringing to the increasing number of people they are seeing who are in search of some way to cope with the world as it is at the moment. And as we recorded this on 11th February we knew so little of what was about to happen with the virus. So we expect much of this may well resonate with you a little more.

We hear how Meditation is so fundamental to who they are and what they do …and the enormous impact it has had on their own lives.

But they also tell us it wasn’t always like this and how when they set out it felt a little like stepping in to the unknown. And how having one another to go through the journey with has made things so much easier. Jillian tells us that she could never have imagined that one minute she would be running a corporate business and then training to be a teacher of meditation. Michael tells us about leaving his career in LA and moving to London and what happened next. And setting up the business when yoga was so new to the western world but it was so much easier having each other and understanding what one another were doing and providing the support to build the business together.

We talk about mental strength, personal fulfilment, sleep, complementary skillsets and much more.

We loved spending time with Jillian and Michael and we hope you love listening to them.

You can find more about Jillian, Michael and the business at https://www.londonmeditationcentre.com
On Instagram at londonmeditationcentre and newyorkmeditationcenter
And on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LondonMeditationCentre/
And on Twitter @LondonMedCentre

We recorded this Episode with Slisha Kankariya and Anubh Shah from With Clarity on a call to their New York offices at the end of January this year and as it goes out at today on 7th April 2020 it is incredible to see how much the world has changed within those few weeks. And whilst everything is different we hope you enjoy hearing their story of meeting, falling in love and that moment when Anubh talked to Slisha about going in to business together.

Slisha and Anubh met in 2013 and went on to create their company together where they’re disrupting the engagement ring business and it’s fascinating. But whilst they were building a future together and had the same goals they experienced so many challenges that they almost stopped before they really got started.

They share a big challenge with us around convincing investors that couples make good founders... and they tell us how they addressed this and what happened next. And as we all find ourselves working from home and integrating all facets of our lives there are definitely some learnings from this story to take away.

With Clarity were recently voted the 18th fastest growing company in the US by Inc Magazine and number 3 in New York City by Cain’s New york business Fast 50 list. Phenomenal growth in such a short period….

We hope you enjoy this Episode and the love, warmth, focus, drive and innovation that Slisha and Anubh show in all they do.

You can find them at https://www.withclarity.com
On Instagram they are at mywithclarity and
On Twitter you can find them here @MyWithClarity

In this Episode we meet Jan Deruyck and Morgane Leten who started out on their Couplepreneur journey just last year in 2019 and are building Guut - https://guut.co – their new and very exciting health coaching business where they help people live their best lives. Jan, Morgane and I recorded this session in January and little did we know that within 2 months the world would look so different and our lives so very different. But so much of what they cover I think will resonate as they share so much and this is so real, raw and full of such emotion. I think and hope it will touch many of us deeply. I laugh lots in this interview too as Jan and Morgane share more on how they met one night following which they didn't think it likely that would happen again.

The journey they went on to get to building a business together is in itself brave and courageous and already busts open so many of the myths around being a Couplepreneur. But also just managing life and adapting to so much - again what we are all experiencing in these days, weeks and months ahead. And as they tell us, even in the time since they've set up the business some things have changed and developed as they've listened to clients and their needs and have been able to adapt.

Whilst they had ideas on the side they never really thought about doing something together. But the day their son was born changed everything and their journey unfolds from here and leaving the 'golden cage' and its safety, selling up and embarking on an adventure of exploration that would take them and their 10 month old son across Mexico, Costa Rica and the US. And the discovery that resulted in the creation of their coaching business.

Jan and Morgane tell us how important structure and habits are, their sources of inspiration, what they are learning about one another in working together and how having a network of advisors early on has been key for them. They also share more on how you see a different side when working with one another that you haven't necessarily seen before and this has involved seeing some insecurities and some vulnerability that you aren't use to seeing.

They tell us how being direct is a blessing as is being able to take fast decisions but how adding in filters has been important for them too as their working relationship has developed.

Their sources of inspiration include hearing more about the impact Brene Brown has had on Morgane - https://brenebrown.com
Jan shares more on David Apstein and his book Range - https://davidepstein.com/the-range/ and we hear more about the impact that Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow had on him - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVQJdIrDJ0 together with other podcasts that provide inspiration and learnings. Lots to take out here.

As we live through unprecedented times so much of this I hope will resonate with you. And I hope you enjoy their honest, real, heartfelt and inspiring story.

You can find out more about the business at https://guut.co
You can follow Jan and Morgane and what they are doing on Instagram at guut_company
And you can sign up to their fabulous weekly newsletter here - guut.co/home-subscribe