Becoming Unapologetically Me with Helen Norbury

In this episode, Helen Norbury returns with the Becoming Unapologetically Me podcast after a transformative hiatus. She shares insights on the importance of being genuinely yourself, even under pressure.Delving into her journey towards authenticity, Helen talks about her experience with a form of functional fitness race called Hyrox & how it helped shape her identity. She explores the concept of self-leadership, focusing on self-awareness, self-motivation, goal-setting, positive self-talk & intrinsic motivation.Helen emphasizes living in alignment with one’s values & warns against the pitfalls of hustling culture. She discusses the importance of understanding your own code & staying true to yourself for achieving both personal & professional success.Episode Highlights:• Understanding Unapologetic Authenticity• The Journey to Self-Discovery & Embracing Your Superhero Identity• Transformational Fitness Journey & Balancing Success & Health• The Importance of Self-Leadership & Building a Resilient Identity• Key Aspects of Self Leadership & The Power of Self Motivation• Self Regulation & Goal Setting• Positive Self Talk & Growth Mindset• Intrinsic Motivation & Personal Mission• Continuous Self Improvement• Embracing Change & Personal TransformationVisit Helen’s links for more information: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook

Welcome back to Becoming Unapologetically Me with Helen Norbury!In this trailer episode, Helen opens up about her transformational hiatus from the show and what she plans to do now that she's back in full force! Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so you never miss an episode as we explore the marvellous journey of becoming our true and unlimited selves.Visit Helen’s links for more information: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook

In this final episode of this season, host Helen Norbury talks to Nzinga Orgill,  a Race and Culture Expert (RaCE) who is passionate about people and successful in delivering transformational change to benefit individuals and organisations. Nzinga is a thought leader with over 16 years experience in the Transport industry in various roles within Strategy, Governance, People Change, Data and Analytics , Project Management, Innovation and Automation and Creative Problem Solving.Nzinga is experienced in leading a company-wide Diversity and Inclusion network that focuses on Culture and Ethnicity engaging with all levels of the organization from C-suite to front line colleagues creating strategies and plans to deliver and meet targets.By influencing Senior leaders, Nzinga has successfully driven positive change, moving the dial for Black Asian Minority Ethnic colleagues in areas such as representation and progression. As a disruptor and by challenging the status quo, her recommendations and initiatives have resulted in increased organisational efficiency and embedded sustainable change.In this conversation, Nzinga shares the importance of positive role models. Nzinga grew up in a world that didn’t show her people who looked like her in aspirational career positions. Were it not for a mother who instilled a value of you can be anything you set your heart on, Nzinga’s future may have taken a very different direction.This is SUCH an important conversation. Helen and Nzinga also discuss the cumulative effect of many daily micro-aggressions and the result of these on the mental health of people in ethnic groups and how each person can support themselves whilst the ocean liner of organisational and institutional culture change is turned.Key TakeawaysAre you jumping on band wagons, such as unconscious bias training, or have you deeply understood the needs and inequities that currently exist in your sphere of influenceWe can’t necessarily change society on our own, but we can change an organisation’s culture in respect of racial inclusion so everyone can thriveFind the courage to do the right thing, even if you don’t feel the courage now or fear what others will think, say or do. Your courage is infectious.It is crucial to develop a mindfulness practice to deal with the physical and mental exhaustion resulting from daily, regular chippings at your resilienceDon’t forget to subscribe and rate us so we can grow and help more people.Visit www.helenannenorbury.co.uk for more information.Episode SponsorsPaul Culshaw offers group and private one-on-one coaching, enabling you to go from stressful confusion to empowering clarity with a step-by-step organic marketing strategy and plan.Gain the support you need to set up your business online, and start to optimise it to attract leads and sales. Or, take your business further with Nurtured Growth, Paul’s one-on-one online marketing program for advanced coaches, therapists and consultants.Paul has over 20 years experience in the digital marketing world, helping small businesses to large corporations, such as Simply Be and JD Williams. Book a free discovery call with Paul today at paulculshaw.comLinkswww.instagram.com/helenannenorburyhttps://www.facebook.com/helen.mackellar.7https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-norbury/www.helenannenorbury.co.uk

Becoming Unapologetically Me is the podcast for people who know there is more stuck inside them and they want to find a way to release it.In this episode, host Helen Norbury speaks to the amazing Dion Johnson. She shares how she is a woman in a man’s world; a black woman in a white man’s world; a Christian in a secular world. And facially different in a beauty conscious world.Dion was born with a pronounced facial disfigurement and spent a lot of time in hospital having corrective surgery. At the age of four she was gifted an artificial eye and dark glasses. Not to help her see - she is blind in her left eye - but to help her blend in, to look more "normal". To be apologetic for who she is. At the age of 4 Dion learnt a powerful lesson; that if something is wrong with you, or broken, or different or flawed, you hide it, put it away, keep it out of sight.That lesson followed her throughout her life until her forties when, through a random set of events, she found herself at rock bottom, with her hands in the air, crying out to God to tell her what the heck was going on.Over the years Dion has come to see how masking and hiding those parts, as so many of us do in order to fit in and be acceptable in senior leadership, is not just energetically expensive and draining personally, it saps our power to lead and influence. In this powerful episode, Helen and Dion discuss the importance of women rising above the challenges of senior leadership, to quit hiding and backing away from the work that we are being called to take on, and to truly show up as the initiators, innovators and influencers of the kind of change that really matters in our ailing world.Key TakeawaysThe vulnerability and power of women in the delivery room parallels leadership and the board room. Authenticity carries great responsibility.There is no greater gift than to know yourself and to be yourself; and no greater joy than to stand in this truth.When we can recover from centuries of abuse, silencing, scrutiny and being treated as second-rate citizens, then women can rise up and connect to creating a change for the greater good.We need to work to address the misunderstanding of womanity - the elegance, potency, love and need for women to continue standing for the greater good.  Let’s rewrite what a strong executive is to bring in womanity.We are the stewards of the feminine - that’s our superpower.Don’t forget to subscribe and rate us so we can grow and help more people.Visit www.helenannenorbury.co.uk for more information.Episode SponsorsPaul Culshaw offers group and private one-on-one coaching, enabling you to go from stressful confusion to empowering clarity with a step-by-step organic marketing strategy and plan.Gain the support you need to set up your business online, and start to optimise it to attract leads and sales. Or, take your business further with Nurtured Growth, Paul’s one-on-one online marketing program for advanced coaches, therapists and consultants.Paul has over 20 years experience in the digital marketing world, helping small businesses to large corporations, such as Simply Be and JD Williams. Book a free discovery call with Paul today at paulculshaw.comLinksWebsite: https://www.paulculshaw.com?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=mid-roll-ad&utm_campaign=being-unapologetically-youwww.instagram.com/helenannenorburyhttps://www.facebook.com/helen.mackellar.7