If you feel lonely more often than you feel connected to people, this episode of Rest and Recreation is for you.

Surviving childhood abuse made Sharon Rolph crave invisibility. Later in life she realised that invisibility didn’t really suit her.

In retirement Sharon Rolph discovered passions that led to her becoming a coach helping retired people enjoy a useful, seen and relevant life.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Sharon describes to host Michael Millward the abuse she endured as a pre-school child, and how this gave her a lifelong desire to be invisible.

Being invisible is, Sharon realised a lonely experience. Retirement gave Sharon the opportunity and the desire to overcome the need to be invisible and to live her authentic life.

In a frank conversation Sharon describes her on-going journey.

You can find more information about both Sharon and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Being a Guest

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Understanding how to sleep in a healthily

Bart Henderson was set on a legal career, until he started looking at how he was contributing to society. The ensuing thought process resulted in him setting up the Agora Guild, a community for men that is built on kindness, strength and chivalry.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Bart and host Michael Millward discuss the role of sleep in a healthy lifestyle, and healthy sleep habits.

Their discussion covers

• The negative impact of negative people
• The role of sleep
• Features of a healthy sleep routine
• The impact of a healthy diet on healthy sleep

You can find more information about both Bart and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Books mentioned by Bart

Buy Relentless- by Tim Grover from Amazon or Bookshop.org

Why We Sleep - by Matthew Walker

Travel – Holidays can play an important part in preventing burn out. So take a break to anywhere in the world and pay trade prices on trains, flights, hotels, and holidays as members of The Ultimate Travel Club.

Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Bart mentioned that some men worry about their testosterone levels. York Test provide a straight forward testosterone test.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU.

If you have liked this episode of Rest and Recreation, please give it a like and download it. To make sure you do not miss future editions please subscribe.

Remember, the aim of all the podcasts produced by Abeceder is not to tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.

Matchmaker.fm introduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We recommend potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

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Sometime digital nomad Wendy Sellers reminisces about her travels in the USA and beyond. Find out how she did it.

Where Wendy Sellers grew up, people weren’t really expected to travel. You went to school, you got a job, had a family and then the next generation repeated.

All that changed when Wendy was working as an independent HR consultant and a friend invited her to go travelling.

Now Wendy is an avid traveller. She has visited all fifty US states and also travelled internationally as well.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Wendy explains to host Michael Millward

• Why she wanted to travel
• How she fits work into her passion for travel
• How travel has enriched her life
• How she travelled and how she prefers to travel now
• Where she would revisit.

This episode will inspire you to embark on your own travel adventure

You can find more information about both Wendy and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Wendy is the author of

• Suck It Up Buttercup
• The Asshole Whisperer

Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU.

If you have liked this episode of Rest and Recreation, please give it a like and download it. To make sure you do not miss future editions please subscribe.

Remember, the aim of all the podcasts produced by Abeceder is not to tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.

Matchmaker.fm introduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

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A woman reflects humorously and insightfully on the coping strategies that helped her deal with the challenges of working in a male-dominated environment.

Southern debutantes like Lauren Lusby Fernandez are not supposed to want a career in law enforcement, nevertheless she joined the US Secret Service.

In her book Talkback Barbie Lauren describes the lessons others can learn from her experience.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Lauren and host Michael Millward discuss

· The experiences that inspired the book

· The lessons others can learn from her experience

· How the desire to serve led Lauren to launch giving circle.

· The challenges of setting- up and running a not-for-profit

This episode of Rest and Recreation will inspire you to think about how you might contribute to your community.

You can find more information about both Lauren and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

Audience Offers – listings include links that may create a small commission for Rest and Recreation

Buy Talkback Barbie – the Secret Service edition on Amazon

Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

Travel – Holidays can play an important part in preventing burn out. So take a break at trade prices to anywhere in the world on trains, flights, hotels, and holidays as members of The Ultimate Travel Club.

Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU.

If you have liked this episode of Rest and Recreation, please give it a like and download it. To make sure you do not miss future editions please subscribe.

Remember, the aim of all the podcasts produced by Abeceder is not to tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.

Matchmaker.fm introduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

Thank you to you for listening.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

Dog owners need to learn how to speak dog if they want to live happily with their dog.

Drew Brashier is a professional dog trainer with Paw and Order in South Carolina USA.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Drew explains to host Michael Millward how any dog owner can have a successful relationship with their dog and live happily together.

Drew and Michael discuss the common challenges that dog owners face and some straight forward solutions.

These include

• Breed selection
• Establishing the right rules for a relationship with your dog
• Communicating with your dog
• Understanding what your dog is telling you
• The right sort of attention
• Learning how to be a good dog owner

You can find more information about both Drew and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

Audience Offers

Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

Travel – Holidays can play an important part in preventing burn out. So take a break at trade prices to anywhere in the world on trains, flights, hotels, and holidays as members of The Ultimate Travel Club.

Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU.

If you have liked this episode of Rest and Recreation, please give it a like and download it. To make sure you do not miss future editions please subscribe.

Remember, the aim of all the podcasts produced by Abeceder is not to tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.

Matchmaker.fm introduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

Thank you to you for listening.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

Living the American dream led to burn out for Serban Mare, who then learnt how to recover from burn out.

Serban Mare believes that achieving high performance at work should not result in someone losing their health or sacrificing their happiness.

Serban was born in Romania and emigrated to the USA when he was 23 years old. Over the following ten years he lived the American dream until he stopped living that dream and realised, he had reached the point of burn out.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Serban explains to host Michael Millward what burn out looks and feels like for the person who is living through it.

Michael and Serban discuss the lead-up to the point at which Serban realised he had reached burn out and the warning signs as he approached that point that he did no know about.

They explore all the things that ambitious people can do to prevent themselves reaching burn out, and how Serban brought himself back from burn out to now running a successful business helping organisations to support their employees to be successful with risking burnout.

At some point in this episode, you will undoubtedly feel that you have heard Serban and Michael talking about you.

Listen now and learn how to protect yourself from burn out.

You can find more information about both Serban and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

Audience Offers

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Travel – Holidays can play an important part in preventing burn out. So take a break at trade prices to anywhere in the world on trains, flights, hotels, and holidays as members of The Ultimate Travel Club.

Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU.

If you have liked this episode of Rest and Recreation, please give it a like and download it. To make sure you do not miss future editions please subscribe.

Remember, the aim of all the podcasts produced by Abeceder is not to tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.

Matchmaker.fm introduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

Thank you to you for listening.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

Sharon Critchlow sold her share in the business she had helped to build. She could afford to stop working. This is what Sharon does now.

Sharon Critchlow is an entrepreneur who sold her share of the business she had helped to grow.

That sale meant that Sharon could have enjoyed a comfortable life, but sitting back is not Sharon’s style.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Sharon explains to host Michael Millward how she reinvented her life so that she could spend most of her time doing the things she loves.

Sharon left school with serious problems with reading and writing, so she was not expected to have a career as an accountant or to be a partner in a successful accountancy firm.

When she was asked to write a chapter in a book, she discovered a passion and decided to change how she lived.

In this engaging episode Sharon explains how she created a new lifestyle.

You can find more information about both Sharon and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

Audience Offers

Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

Travel – at trade prices to anywhere in the world at trade prices on trains, flights, hotels, and holidays as members of The Ultimate Travel Club.

Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU.

If you have liked this episode of Rest and Recreation, please give it a like and download it. To make sure you do not miss future editions please subscribe.

Remember, the aim of all the podcasts produced by Abeceder is not to tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.

Matchmaker.fm introduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

Thank you to you for listening.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

Focus on understanding and achieving the end goal

Stephen Shortt is a career talent strategist who has developed the Happy Work Life Map.

Stephen is on a mission to make the world a better place, with happy people in fulfilling, rewarding careers! An important part of having a happy career is being happy across every aspect of life.

Stephen explains why he defines happiness in life as being making progress towards purpose – whatever your purpose is for you…

Michael and Stephen explore how happiness is not a single destination or thing – it is a journey that unfolds through key areas in our lives: celebrating achievements, embracing gratitude, building skills and habits, nurturing meaningful connections, and contributing to the world around us.

Stephen explains how he uses the Happy Work Life Map to help people to explore these elements for themselves and what resonates with them.

How we define happiness is as unique as we are. Stephen provides insights into how we can all define what makes us happy.

You will leave this episode feeling empowered to cultivate joy, purpose, and a life that feels both balanced as well as deeply fulfilling and rewarding.

Audience Offers

Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

Travel – at trade prices to Pakistan or anywhere in the world at trade prices on trains, flights, hotels, and holidays as members of The Ultimate Travel Club.

Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU.

If you have liked this episode of Rest and Recreation, please give it a like and download it. To make sure you do not miss future editions please subscribe.

Remember, the aim of all the podcasts produced by Abeceder is not to tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.

Matchmaker.fm introduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

Thank you to you for listening.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.