Storytelling Podcast
Debbie Williams Podcast Series
Jennifer Fraser is an author of five books, award-winning educator, and international presenter on the neuroscience of abuse cultures and how we can transform them. She writes a series for Psychology Today called "The Bullied Brain" and works with organizations to create brain-healthy, happy, high-performing cultures.
Links:
https://www.amazon.com/Gaslit-Brain-Gaslighting-Institutional-Complicity/dp/1493090925
Patrick Oluyide is someone who believes sustainable growth isn’t built on ambition alone, it’s built through the leadership, systems, and habits that help people and organisations scale.
He helps organisations and individuals strengthen leadership capability, build better habits, and create the systems needed to turn growth into consistent delivery.
His belief is that growth is not a personality trait, it’s a set of practices: clear priorities, repeatable routines, honest feedback loops, and a culture that turns learning into action.
He works in the space where strategy often breaks down helping people and organisations translate intention into execution through stronger leadership, better decisions, and effective operating habits.
Because when those foundations are in place, people don’t just perform, they compound.
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Sophie Preston Hall is a remarkable entrepreneur who built a successful hospitality recruitment business from the ground up with just £300, no business experience, and a determination to succeed.
Leaving school at 16 with no GCSEs and severe dyslexia, she worked her way up through hospitality before taking the leap to start her own business as a single mum. Twenty-five years later, that business has become a respected agency built on relationships, hard work, and a genuine commitment to helping people.
Today, she's also serving her community as an Essex County Councillor for Rochford North, championing local businesses and working people.
On the podcast, she shares her journey of overcoming adversity, raising a family, building a business, and proving that where you start in life doesn't determine where you can end up.
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Peter J. Novak is a world-class communications expert working at the intersection of leadership, clarity, and storytelling. As the founder of The Strictly Speaking Group, he has coached thousands of professionals, from emerging leaders to Fortune 50 executives, to communicate confidently in high-stakes situations. A top-rated LinkedIn Learning instructor, his course on clear speech for global professionals has reached more than 250,000 learners and has been translated into six languages. Known for his work with multilingual leaders, he blends linguistics, cultural intelligence, and inclusive communication to ensure every voice is heard. With a doctorate in Dramaturgy from Yale and a career rooted in both academia and performance, he brings a unique combination of rigour and creativity to the world of business communication. In this episode, he shares what it truly means to communicate with clarity, authenticity, and impact.
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Mimi Bland is a world-class thought leader helping high achievers unlock their greatest potential from the inside out. She works privately with founders, visionaries, and leaders who are seeking a deeper sense of alignment, fulfilment, authenticity, and inner peace as they create lives of genuine meaning and impact.
Her work bridges emotional intelligence, energetic recalibration, and neuroscience-backed transformation, guiding her clients to master the art of fulfilment from within. Through her signature process, The Authentic Self Mastery Method, she helps individuals dissolve patterns of survival, return to inner clarity, and create lives led by truth rather than conditioning.
In this episode, she shares what it truly means to live in alignment with who we are, and how to create from a place of inner truth rather than external expectation.
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Eleanora Heart is a Certified Emotional Mastery Specialist, Sophrologist, Human Rights Consultant, and international speaker. In this episode, she joins us to discuss her powerful book, The Code of I AM, a guide to awakening your Voice of Truth and mastering your emotions in life, love, and business. Eleanora shares practical and spiritual insights on self-leadership, authenticity, and the deep connection between emotional mastery and personal freedom. Listen to a heartfelt conversation that will inspire you to remember who you truly are.
Links:
https://www.eleanoraheart.com
https://www.instagram.com/gracethroughjourney?igsh=dG0zd3Q2MGFzeXFj
https://www.facebook.com/share/16JBYhXSzo/
Dr Gowri Subramanian, MD, CPH, is a medical doctor in integrative (functional) medicine focused on obesity, medical aesthetics, menopause and fertility. Previously the Medical, Compliance and Regulatory Director at Besins Healthcare, she has been a Principal Investigator in more than 20 clinical trials. Dr Subramanian has authored various publications and posters and presented at medical conferences and health technology assessments. In the pharmaceutical industry, she has helped lobby topics at Parliament and contributed to National Guidelines. She delivers medical training, mentors doctors and Pranic Healers and she is passionate about integrating spirituality in school and family life. Dr Gowri is the Director of the British Pranic Healing Council and is a Basic Pranic Healing Instructor in the UK.
Links:
https://www.britishpranichealingcouncil.org.uk/
(Use code DW10 for 10% discount for the course in the UK)
www.linkedin.com/in/british-pranic-healing-council-80123729b
Hilary Momberger Powers began her career in front of the camera at just five years old, landing her very first audition as the voice of Sally Brown in the beloved Peanuts cartoons. From early success to personal struggles with addiction, she’s lived a life that’s spanned Hollywood, healing, and hard-won transformation. After years in nursing and recovery work, she discovered the power of inner child healing and turned her own pain into purpose, becoming a powerful voice for women overcoming trauma and reclaiming their lives. Now a motivational speaker, actress, author and artist, she inspires audiences to find freedom, resilience, and renewal.
Links:
http://bookhilarypowers.live
www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-momberger-powers-078a604
www.hilarypowers.com
https://www.instagram.com/hilarymombergerpowers/
www.peanutstopercocet.com
Jannette Anderson, like many of the people she works with, is #NotDoneByALongShot!
She is a business development expert with over 40 years of strategic planning, sales and marketing experience, and she is still stupidly in love with what she does!
Jannette is committed to shattering age stereotypes and revolutionizing the face of entrepreneurship!That’s why she is so passionate about working with maturepreneurs to identify, claim and position their value so they can make a meaningful difference and a magnificent living!
Her other major passion (besides Scrabble and traveling to 42 countries and counting) is facilitating personal transformation. Jannette is dedicated to helping experts and entrepreneurs master the inner and outer game of business.
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Robin Walker is an author, educator, and trainer who has spent more than 30 years teaching and lecturing on Black History, African World Studies, and Entrepreneurship. His expertise has reached schools, universities, community spaces, and global corporations — including Jaguar Land Rover, Shelter, and the Phoenix Group, as well as the African Union in Addis Ababa.
He was named one of Britain’s 100 most influential Black people, and continues to inspire thousands through his groundbreaking courses and educational ventures.
Widely recognised as The Black History Man, here he takes us on an essential journey through Ancient Africa.
Links:
https://www.theblacksecret.co.uk/
