In this episode, I speak with my oldest, and my OLDEST friend, Ralph. We discuss how we met; he admits that he thought that I wasn't quite right at the age of 19!  We also discuss our working definition of boring people and how a lot of people just aren't that interested in listening to each other.  Ralph also discusses the pain of losing two of his most precious loving relationships.  Ralph told me about three years ago that he was dying.  Well he was wrong.  He's still here and for that I am very grateful.

About Ralph:

Ralph grew up in Scotland in the 1940s.  He moved to New Zealand as a young man and became a teacher in his late teens.  Ralph has always been passionate about the creative arts, particularly in education. Ralph taught me how to teach and probably how to think for myself and to be all of myself no matter what.  He's an excellent teacher, director, reviewer of theatre and books.  Ralph reads about 150+ books a year and regularly reviews books on Radio New Zealand.  He was also the only person I felt safe enough to turn to when I came out.  Ralph lives in Paekakariki, a small beachside town north of Wellington, New Zealand.

Find and contact Ralph:

Try lurking in bookshops, you might just get lucky.

About Patrick:

Patrick is a qualified Business and Personal Coach (PG. Cert.).

His passion is your well-being and growth.  Patrick is an expert at building high-quality relationships based on mutual respect, equality and trust with a twist of humour for good measure.

He is passionate about his clients well-being and their professional and personal development. Patrick is highly skilled at coaching people in and through times of change, challenge or high stress.  For more information see the links below.

Find and contact Patrick:

https://www.thinkingbeyondnow.co.uk/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-hill-382802152/

https://www.instagram.com/patrickhillcoaching/?hl=en