Best Simon Abbott Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 19: Oly Newton - ADHD & Inspiring Others 1:00:02

2h ago1:00:02

1:00:02

Our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross & Ellice, are joined by the brilliant Oly Newton, Founder of Lights on Wellbeing, Director of Run4YourMind and Motivational Speaker. Here is an introduction to our brilliant guest... Oly Newton is an international lived experience speaker, facilitator, and Mental Health First Aid England instructor. After suffering f…

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Episode 18: Aimee Young - Managing Mental Health 51:07

2M ago51:07

51:07

Our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross & Ellice, are joined by the fantastic Aimee Young, Award Winning Coach and Facilitator. Here is an introduction to our fantastic guest... With over a decade of expertise in L&D and HR, Aimee is dedicated to elevating performance, nurturing culture, and fostering exceptional leadership through personalised coaching an…

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Episode 17: Lisa Ventura MBE - Imposter Syndrome & Stressors 53:39

2M ago53:39

53:39

Our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross & Ellice, are joined by the amazing Lisa Ventura MBE, Founder of Cyber Security Unity. Here is an introduction to our amazing guest... Lisa Ventura MBE is an award-winning cyber security specialist, published writer/author, and keynote speaker. She is the Founder of Cyber Security Unity, a global community organisati…

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Episode 16: Simon Nichols - The Watercooler 50:06

3M ago50:06

50:06

This month we have a special extra episode in preparation for our Watercooler Expo attendance. In this episode our resident tamer Ross is joined by Simon Nichols, Founder of Thrive. Here is an introduction to our amazing guest... So after spending 26 years in corporate IT sales and marketing, Simon realized the time was right to pursue his passion …

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Episode 15: Ryan Hopkins - Workplace Wellbeing 51:53

3M ago51:53

51:53

Our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross & Ellice, are joined by the brilliant Ryan Hopkins, Chief Impact Officer at JAAQ, Best Selling Author and TEDx Speaker. Here is an introduction to our brilliant guest... Ryan Hopkins, the Author of '52 Weeks of Wellbeing: a no nonsense guide to a fulfilling work life' is on a mission to engage 1 billion people in the…

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Episode 14: Alicia Collinson - Impacts of the Workplace 47:48

5M ago47:48

47:48

Our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross & Ellice, are joined by the amazing Alicia Collinson, Senior Associate at Thrive Law. Here is an introduction to our amazing guest... Alicia is an employment law solicitor with more than five years of experience. A lot of her motivation is centred from her background and her experiences in grief; her Dad passed away …

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Episode 13: FinWELL (Ryan & Justine) - Financial Wellbeing 46:40

6M ago46:40

46:40

Our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross & Ellice, are joined by the amazing Ryan Briggs and Justine Piercy from FinWELL. Here is an introduction to our brilliant guests... Ryan founded FinWELL to help people understand, measure and improve their financial wellbeing, leading to healthier relationships with money and also better mental health. Previously enj…

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Episode 12: Steve Phillip - Using Lived Experience to Champion Suicide Prevention 44:38

7M ago44:38

44:38

Our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross & Ellice, are joined by the amazing Steve Phillip, Founder of The Jordan Legacy & Keynote Speaker. Here is an introduction to our brilliant guest... Steve Phillip was a successful leadership & sales coach and corporate speaker, heading towards semi-retirement, when, in December 2019, he received a call that would cha…

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Episode 11: Jack Green - Changing Mindset & Dealing With Multiple Tigers 42:15

8M ago42:15

42:15

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, are joined by the brilliant Jack Green, Double Olympian, Mental Health Ambassador & Keynote Speaker. Here is an introduction to our fantastic guest... Jack Green is a double Olympian, representing Great Britain at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He has worked with the Hou…

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Episode 10: Nick Wilson - Talking mental ill health & championing change 56:24

9M ago56:24

56:24

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, are joined by the amazing Nick Wilson, Speaker, Presenter and Content Creator (aka Disabled Adventurer), Championing Survivors of Suicide and Abilities over Disabilities. Here is an introduction to our amazing guest... He openly, and very frankly, shares his lived experiences with me…

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Episode 9: Chezzy Kennedy - Inclusion & Neurodiversity 36:14

10M ago36:14

36:14

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, are joined by the brilliant Chezzy Kennedy, Neurodiversity Consultant, Coach & Trainer, and TEDx Speaker. Here is an introduction to our brilliant guest... Chezzy Kennedy is a champion of neurodiversity and inclusion. A neurodiversity Trainer, TEDx speaker, and soon-to-be-published a…

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Episode 8: Alice Hendy - Taming multiple tigers & talking suicide prevention 47:38

11M ago47:38

47:38

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, are joined by the amazing Alice Hendy, Founder & CEO of R;pple. Here is an introduction to our brilliant guest... Alice lost her only sibling, her brother Josh, on 25th November 2020 to suicide at 21 years old. She speaks so eloquently and with such power on mental health, suicide, b…

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Episode 7: Brian Wood MC - Building Resilience & Keep Attacking 54:16

12M ago54:16

54:16

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, are joined by the inspirational Brian Wood MC, Veteran, Owner of Keep Attacking & Sunday Times Best Selling Author. Here is an introduction to our brilliant guest... At the age of 23, Brian was thrust into the front line in Iraq, in the infamous Battle of Danny Boy. Ambushed, he led …

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Episode 6: Sharon MacArthur - Learn to be Your Best Self 41:42

1y ago41:42

41:42

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, are joined by Sharon MacArthur. Another absolute superstar, Sharon is the owner of MissMenopause. Here is a brief introduction to our brilliant guest... Sharon is the owner of Miss Menopause, which was formed nearly six years ago in response to the lack of information about menopause…

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Episode 5: Peter Kelly - The Importance of Mental Health Awareness & Support 46:56

1y ago46:56

46:56

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, are joined by Peter Kelly. Undeniably Wellbeing royalty, Peter is the Founder/Director of Being Real Workplace Mental Health Solutions. Here is a brief introduction to our fantastic guest... Peter is best known for his role with the UK HSE, where as senior psychologist for 24 years h…

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Episode 4: Helen Pettifer - Feeling Overwhelmed & Looking After Your Wellbeing 49:55

1y ago49:55

49:55

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, are joined by Helen Pettifer. An incredibly detailed podcast this month as Helen explores her tigers and highlights how she tames her tigers. Now, a brief introduction to our amazing guest... Helen Pettifer is a leading authority on vulnerable customer issues and training. Helen work…

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Episode 3: Paul McGregor - Dealing with personal tragedy and taming tigers 44:51

1+ y ago44:51

44:51

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, are joined by Paul McGregor, Founder of Everymind at Work. An unbelievable podcast episode follows as Paul opens up about dealing with tigers in both his personal and professional life. ** Content Warning: Some of the topics in this episode may be distressing, themes of suicide are d…

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Episode 2: Simon Blake OBE - How to look after your Wellbeing 46:38

1+ y ago46:38

46:38

This month our resident Tiger Tamers, Ross Abbott & Ellice Whyte, welcome our very first guest on to the podcast. Simon Blake OBE, joins us on Taming the Tiger (they do say go big or go home... and we definitely went big for the first ever guest). Now, an introduction is in order for our guest... Simon Blake OBE joined MHFA England as Chief Executi…

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Episode 1: Introducing The Tiger 39:01

1+ y ago39:01

39:01

Welcome to the very first episode of Taming the Tiger Podcast! 🐯 Recently we have witnessed a wellbeing climate change in the workplace, which has had a negative impact on mental health and wellbeing. With this new podcast series, we will be discussing how we tame the tiger. In this episode we introduce our illustrious hosts, Ross Abbott and Ellice…

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Reframing Christmas 44:59

1+ y ago44:59

44:59

Ross Abbott and Simon Nichols - 2 men,1.5 beards with 1 goal to raise mental health awareness with 0 stigma. In this episode, we are sitting down and talking about reframing Christmas Because we didn't have any guests this month, we asked our respective social media gurus to seek some key questions from our wonderful followers about our Thoughts an…

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Episode 025 — Lucerne 30:33

7y ago30:33

30:33

Of all the big beasts on the Savannah, there is none larger than the Subcontra C of the principal 32’ of the Hofkirche St. Leodegar Organ in Lucerne. Join intrepid explorers Leah and Simon, and their guide Wolfgang Sieber, as they track down the world's largest organ pipe — a pipe that could swallow you whole.…

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Episode 024 — The Cinema Organ 59:12

7y ago59:12

59:12

Perhaps we should have called the episode "The Theatre Organ", because the specimens we examine are all American. Pith helmets girded tight, safariers Leah and Simon venture into the wilds of California to study this little-understood animal.

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Episode 023 — Brother Georg's Organs 39:00

7y ago39:00

39:00

In our many years of safariing, this is the craziest piece of pipe organ DIY we have ever come across. Brother Jorge's Organ San Patricio contains parts of dozens of other instruments and has been a lifetime in the making.

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Episode 022 — Sion 46:39

7y ago46:39

46:39

His stupefying single-mindedness yet again on display, Simon brings us another contender for the world's oldest organ—this time from the wilds of a Swiss mountaintop. Oldest or not, the organ at the Valère Basilia in Sion, Switzerland is a singularly fascinating beast.

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Episode 021 — Fratelli Ruffatti 52:23

7+ y ago52:23

52:23

Simon rolls a natural twenty on his charisma check to explain to Leah his visit to the wondrous workshop of the Fratelli Ruffatti, prominent international organ builders. In addition to the D&Desque forges and foundries, we learned about the Ruffatti-Canada connection and some inside stories from the Crystal Cathedral.…

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Episode 020 — The Spreckels Organ 53:47

7+ y ago53:47

53:47

We examine a New World species, whose natural habitat is not a cathedral or a hockey arena, but rather it makes its home in the out of doors. The Spreckels Organ in San Diego is the world's largest outdoor organ, and playing and maintaining it can be quite tricky. Come and visit this American landmark with us.…

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Episode 019 — The Organ Café 25:43

7+ y ago25:43

25:43

Our safari takes us to a church that is keeping the organ popular, and an organ that epitomizes the Reform Movement.

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Episode 018—Orgelbaumuseum 30:42

8y ago30:42

30:42

The Norrlanda organ, currently in a museum in Stockholm, is reckoned to be the oldest surviving organ fragments in the world. There is a working replica at the Orgelbaumuseum in Ostheim, Germany—a paradisiacal museum dedicated to the building of organs.

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Episode 017—Schmalkalden 24:57

8y ago24:57

24:57

We investigate the beautiful Renaissance Klangfarbe of a historic instrument in the Wilhelmsburg Castle at Schmaaaaalkalden.

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Episode 016 — The Europaorgel 26:04

8y ago26:04

26:04

Of all the weird species spotted on this safari, there is none stranger than the Europaorgel—a crazy chimera of sounds from all the countries of Europe. Plus some outlandish mutations.

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Episode 015 — Haarlem 26:21

8y ago26:21

26:21

All the beasts of the veldt, or so it seems, have gathered at the Sint Bavo waterhole in Haarlem for the International Organ Festival.

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Episode 014 — St. Andreas 24:18

8y ago24:18

24:18

In an attempt satisfy his Captain-Ahab-esque obsession with finding the oldest organ in the world, Simon journeys to the St Andreas church in Ostönnen.

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Episode 013 — Jacobikirche 17:51

9+ y ago17:51

17:51

In the last episode involving our experienced wilderness tracker Ed, we visit the Schnitger organ in Hamburg's Jacobikirche. In the words of Albert Schweitzer: "This organ will become the pilgrimage destination of all organists of the old and the new world." Well, it has for at least one lucky Canadian.…

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Episode 012 - The Famous Mr. Walcker 22:02

9+ y ago22:02

22:02

Simon spends a day in the bush with the reknowned Walcker tribe, and learns much from their oral history.

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Episode 011 - Lubeck.mp3 16:54

9+ y ago16:54

16:54

Buxtehude and Bach, bombs and beautiful organs, and a blend of blood-curdling artwork—just in time for Halloween. Join safarist Simon and our guest, the mad trapper Edward Ocampo-Gooding as they visit the churches and organs of Lubeck, Germany.

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Episode 010 - Nieuwe Kerk 30:31

9+ y ago30:31

30:31

After having disappeared for a month, Simon wanders out of the jungle with exciting tales of savage Dutch organs. Featuring the lovely Bernard Winsemius.

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Episode 009 - ASLSP 36:09

10y ago36:09

36:09

Simon's friend Edward has flown in to the veld to be our guide for the very wild ASLSP project in Halberstadt.

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Episode 008 - Saint-Denis 17:42

10y ago17:42

17:42

The 800-pound gorilla of the organ-building world, Cavaillé-Coll, built his first organ in Saint-Denis in 1841. To see it in the wild, Simon and Leah have to brave the harshest region yet on the safari: downtown Paris.

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Episode 007 - Poitiers 22:49

10y ago22:49

22:49

We have spoored a magnificent specimen of an endangered species, the French classical organ, in the cathedral of Poitiers.

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Episode 006 - Organ Music in Iberia 23:47

10y ago23:47

23:47

Two weary travelers look back on a month in the Iberian Peninsula: its deserts, its organs and its misadventures.

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Episode 005 - El Escorial 14:15

10y ago14:15

14:15

Simon finds an obstinacy of organs at the San Lorenzo Basilica of El Escorial. Featuring mad Dutchmen, Spanish gold, and potential for fire—in short, something for everyone.

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Episode 004 — Toledo 14:51

10y ago14:51

14:51

Leah and Simon cross vast wildernesses to track down the Emperor's organ in Toledo, but have trouble picking it out from the ten pipe organs in the cathedral.

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Episode 003 - Evora Cathedral 12:24

10y ago12:24

12:24

Simon and Leah get within a football field of the oldest working pipe organ in Portugal, at the Evora Cathedral.

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Episode 002 — Sao Vicente de Fora 10:08

10y ago10:08

10:08

Simon and Leah feel bad about the long wait for the Evora Cathedral episode, and so publish a mini-episode for appeasement purposes. The organ at the church of São Vicente de Fora is a big instrument with a personality to match.