Here’s my invitation to you - to pause, reflect and get intentional about who you are becoming in 2026 – not through goals, resolutions or “self-improvement pressure”, but through identity.

So many of us carry labels we never consciously chose. They’re handed to us by family, work, culture and circumstance, and over time they quietly become part of who we think we are. The problem? Once a label becomes part of your identity, you often start living in ways that protect it – even when it no longer feels good or true.

In this solo episode, I explore how to recognise the labels you’re carrying, how to decide which ones you’re ready to release, and how to consciously choose the identity markers that genuinely feel like you. From there, we move into defining your “era” for 2026 (or your current new year, depending on when you are listening) – a declaration of how you want to feel, live and show up, on your own terms.

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𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate.

She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.

Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.

Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change.

When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.

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All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

Have you ever reached that point where your career looks brilliant on the outside, but feels like an emotional flatline on the inside? My guest, the vibrant and soulful Jo Chidwick, knows that feeling only too well.

After 30 years in the corporate world - leading global marketing for major IT brands - Jo found herself exhausted, disconnected from joy, and realising she’d drifted miles away from the parts of her work that once lit her up.

And like so many of us, her wake-up call came from a quiet but persistent voice inside whispering, “Is this really it?”

In this uplifting episode, Jo shares how she moved from autopilot to alignment; from relentless meetings to running meaningful retreats; and how a single stay in France planted the first seeds of a brand-new life. Today she splits her time between the UK and France, running soulful, holistic retreats that help people rest, reconnect, and rediscover who they are.

This conversation is warm, hopeful, full of giggles, and beautifully honest and it might just spark something inside you too. Come join us.

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𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Jo Chidwick is the founder of Largus Retreats, a soulful retreat experience for people who want to step out of the noise and reconnect with themselves. Based between France and the UK, her retreats blend nourishing food, restorative practices, creativity, nature, and a warm, welcoming community feel.

After three decades working in London’s corporate world as a Global Marketing Director in the IT industry, Jo completely redesigned her life. Today she offers small, intimate retreat experiences in Somerset and the Dordogne, with themes ranging from wild swimming to floating sound baths to seasonal reset weekends.

Her work is grounded in joy, intuition, freedom and connection — and her retreats often gather people from across life stages, encouraging them to rest, explore, and rediscover what matters.

𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate.

She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.

Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.

Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change.

When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.

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All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

Have you ever stopped to think how much difference a tiny act of kindness can make - not just to someone else, but to you?

In this episode, I dive into one of my favourite happiness hacks of all time - micro-kindness. Not the grand, cinematic gestures that get social media applause, but the everyday moments that no one sees. The ones that keep our collective humanity ticking along.

You’ll hear a story that I absolutely adore - about sticky notes, strangers, and something called The Society of Mundane Distinctions. It’s a reminder that we all have the power to create invisible ripples of happiness just by noticing and acknowledging what others quietly do right.

And yes, there’s even science behind it. You’ll learn how kindness boosts your own wellbeing, strengthens your relationships, and sparks a contagious effect that spreads far beyond what you can see. Plus, I share my 30-Day Kindness Challenge - a simple, practical way to weave micro-kindness into your daily life.

Come join me in this one. It might just be what you need.

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𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate.

She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.

Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.

Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change.

When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.

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All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.