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I’m incredibly lucky. I get to spend my days with the Big Leap Tribe, who are a pretty funny, interesting and inspirational crowd.

I’d like to share this interview with the wonderful Helenmary Stark, Big Leaper extraordinaire, who literally stared death in the face but instead of crumpling into a heap weeping, she started her own business! (like you do!)

If you wish to be inspired, do listen!

www.bigleaplife.com/audios/recoveryandbeyond.mp3

For more details on Helen’s business:
http://www.recoveryandbeyond.org.uk/Helenmary/Welcome.html

Suzy x
P.S If you wish to join the Big Leap tribe, we start the Big Leap Challenge on Friday 1st July. Learn how to be brave, take big leaps and laugh a lot along the way.
http://www.bigleapchallenge.com/suzy/hug.html

Carol Jerram, a big leaper extraordinaire is a coach in training and needs guinea pigs. She is running a a 4 week course in BUILDING SELF CONFIDENCE.

Sessions will be available on Wednesdays and Mondays starting at 7.30 till 9.30pm GMT

Spaces are limited.

To book your FREE sessions contact CAROLE on:cjerram25@hotmail.com

I worked with Charlie Haynes over three years ago and I’m delighted today to share an interview with how she started and had built her fantastic business Urban Writing Retreats.

Charlie was a frustrated writer living in New York, came back to the Uk to find that there was no kind of support for struggling or procrastinating writers – in the city. So prompty set up her own monthly one day urban writing retreats.

Again, here’s the inspirational story of how and why she started her own business on a shoestring – with top tips on how you can too.

HERE’S THE INTERVIEW:
www.bigleaplife.com/audios/charliehaynes.mp3

Suzy x

P.S Got a business idea, want to make the leap and give it a whirl? Join us on the Big Leap Challenge on 1st July and hit the ground running with a 21 day intensive coaching programme.
P.P.S If you want to join Charlie’s writing bootcamp, sign up for her 4 week course.

Last week, I got to interview to the lovely Jorgen Sundberg, social media genius and founder of Link Humans. (I was kindly introduced to Jorgen via Marianne Cantwell of Free Range Humans Fame and John Williams, author of bestselling Screw Work, Let’s Play. )

Many of my Big Leaping clients are starting their own businesses and portfolio careers. With my journalistic career, I’ve been able to mentor and help people to get into the tradional press but I’m very much a beginner with ‘social media’.

(Althought I’ve been working with the lovely Antonia Chitty over the past few months. Please note she has just launched a scholarship programme which is a fantastic opportunity for those without a lot of cash and need support)

However, I’m always keen to know more so that’s why I was delighted to talk to Jorgen who has recently been hanging out with my hero Leo Babauta of Zenhabits.net and is working with Tony Blair’s personal branding consultant Malcolm Levene.

In this interview Jorgen talks me through the basics of social media but also talks about why it’s so important to be a creator versus consumer in the social media world plus why creating a unique, and sometimes controversial ‘voice’ can get you lots of attention in a virtual world.

I hope you enjoy the interview.

www.bigleaplife.com/audios/jurgen.mp3

Suzy x

P.S Don’t forget The Big Leap Challenge starts on July 1st. If you want to create big changes at a sprint pace, do join us.

I wrote an article in the Daily Mail yesterday about how contemplating my own demise has made me live a better life.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1392125/Would-test-know-youll-die.html

The article was inspired by my lovely Big Leapers Polly Noble, Pam Evans and
Nicholas Hull-Malham – who have all written a book The Cancer Journey together.

Their book is out soon, forward written by opera singer Kathryn Jenkins. Will keep you posted.

Suzy x

Just to let you know that I’ve invited to take part in a ‘Freedom for Life’ online summit with Sandy Newbigging.

He asked me and a wonderful gaggle (is that the right word?) of experts – fabulous John Parkin of F*K it! fame, my favourite scientist Dr David Hamilton author of one of my favourite books Why Kindness is Good For You; one of my former coaches and mentors Nick Williams, author of The Work You Were Born to Do; Dr Mark Atkinson, medical doctor and internationally-renowned expert in well-being; Timothy Freke, spirituality expert and author of over 30 books; the lovely Marie-Claire Carlyle, author of Money Magnet!

Listen to the interviews with Sandy as he quizzes us on HOW IS LIVING FREE FROM PROBLEMS POSSIBLE IN TODAY’S WORLD?

In this fr*ee series of interviews you will learn how to be free of:
• Relationship conflicts
• Unhappiness
• Low confidence
• The rat race
• Stress and seriousness!
• Playing small
• Money worries.
Virtual doors open on the 7th June but register now for more information on how to access the fr*ee Mp3 recordings of all the interviews – ‘practical solutions for overcoming everyday problems.’

I hope you enjoy this summit.
Register here: http://www.sandynewbigging.com/freedom/
Suzy x
P.S However, if you want to get away versus have a virtual experience, just a quick reminder that lovely Big Leapers, Belinda Clarke with her husband Toby, are running a retreat in Ibiza, helping you to transform your dreams into reality. Belinda and Toby made their big leap by ditching their day jobs and moving to sunny island of Ibiza
They are running a Manifest Your Dreams 4 night residential course on Ibiza where you will gain the tools to enable you to manifest the life you want to live, not the life you think you should live.

For more information,click here:
http://www.ibizareiki.com/manifest-your-dreams.php

I was kindly introduced to the lovely John Purkiss last week by Marianne Cantwell of Free Range Humans fame and John Williams, author of Screw Work, Let’s play.

John Purkiss is a head hunter, speaker and co-author of Brand You: Turn Your Unique Talents into a Winning Formula.

I interviewed him earlier this week on how to build your own personal brand (‘what people say about you when you are not in the room’) and why it’s important – whether you’re starting your own business or wanting to succeed in corporate life.

Here’s the interview:
www.bigleaplife.com/audios/johnpurkiss.mp3

Big Leaping Rachel Evans is organising a CHARITY SCREENING OF SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE: LEXI CINEMA 22 MAY 2011 AT 11AM

The MS Foundation, has teamed up with The Lexi Cinema to provide a private screening of “Slumdog Millionaire”. The MS Foundation provides financial support for the education of over 180 children in the slums of Kukatpally near Hyderabad, India

An apt film for the cause. The Lexi Cinema donates 100% of its profits to the Sustainability Institute in South Africa. All ticket sales are proceeds are being split between the charities.

For more information go to: http://msfoundationschool.org/lexiflyer.pdf

Tickets also available on the door.

I was interviewed for a series on Radio 4 which was aired on Sunday. The series is entitled Wonderful Ways to Beat the Recession.

American writer and satirist Joe Queenan is ready to leap – he wants to become a falconer and worked with me live on air to help with this radical change of career.
Here’s the interview

Have a lovely Bank Holiday Monday.

Suzy x

P.S The Big Leap Challenge starts on 3rd May