Our latest Island Influencer episode is a first for us—and a very special one. It's not often we get the chance to welcome a mother and daughter together, but we felt this was a truly lovely combination. Their intertwined stories deserve to be heard in tandem.

You'll meet Sarah Jarvis, who built a successful career in marketing before life threw her a devastating curveball—stage three ovarian cancer, forcing an unexpected and early retirement at age 58. Since then, Sarah has become a passionate advocate for raising awareness of ovarian cancer while navigating life with an incurable illness.

You'll also hear from Dr Rachel Jarvis Martin, Sarah's daughter, whose deep love of nature began in childhood on the Isle of Man. Rachel's career has taken her from studying chimpanzees and elephants at Chester Zoo, to working on conservation projects in South America, to completing a PhD researching heart disease in great apes. When her mum was diagnosed, Rachel paused her PhD to come home, ultimately rethinking her own future in light of what truly mattered.

Now an Education Officer at Manx Wildlife Trust, Rachel is on a mission to connect people of all ages with the natural world. Her return to the Isle of Man represents a growing (yet still rare) movement of young, educated professionals choosing a life and career rooted in community and purpose.

This is an open, deeply moving, and humorous conversation about resilience, career change, family, nature, and why it's never too early (or too late) to live with intention.

Here's episode 131 with Island Influencers Sarah and Rachel Jarvis, enjoy!

In this latest episode of Island Influencers, Wendy Ranft-Gerber shares her life story from growing up in South Africa to finding a new home - and a new calling - on the Isle of Man.

Wendy's story is one of adaptability, courage, and deep compassion, spanning military service, a career in financial services, and eventually following her passion into yoga teaching and cancer wellness coaching.

Along the way, she discusses pivotal life moments, including travelling the world, navigating career pivots after redundancy, and how yoga and health coaching became powerful tools not only for personal healing but for helping others, particularly those affected by cancer.

The conversation also explores the journey of building a values-driven business on the Isle of Man, the power of staying open to unexpected opportunities, and the deep importance of community, self-belief, and purpose.

So here is Wendy Ranft-Gerber in episode 130 of Island Influencers, enjoy.