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Mastering Midlife Podcast

My friend, Helen Appleby and I recorded a series of conversations for LinkedIn last year discussing the challenges our clients face in their Senior Leadership positions. We received so much great feedback that I decided to release them as podcast episodes for you to experience.

Today’s show explores how we take everything, especially work, too seriously. And how the heaviness of our day-to-day costs us productivity, creativity and enjoyment.

"It’s ok to play hard when you are on the field. The trick is to let it go when you walk off the field.” – Mark J. Silverman

“It’s not who I am, it’s what I do” – Helen Appleby

• Everything is life and death, even when it isn’t.
• The challenge when the seriousness bleeds into the rest of your life.
• The pitfall of getting our worth from our achievement
• What do you do with the fear of failure?

Helen Appleby is a British, New York based Executive Coach, Author, Speaker and Leadership Trainer who has a strong track record of leadership and commercial success. Prior to becoming a full-time coach, she was a Global Business Leader for GlaxoSmithKline where she led the $1bn Respiratory Health business in Consumer Healthcare.

Her career at GSK and Unilever spanned 6 countries and she has lived and worked in Canada, the UK, Cyprus, Dubai, Malaysia and the USA.

She is the author of “The Unwritten Rules of Women’s Leadership” book, course and podcast.

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Mastering Midlife...Together!

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