On this week's show I interview Pushpa Alexander from Headz Up Business. Pushpa is an experienced event organisor with over 20 years within the Exhibition Industry, of which 5 yrs were at the NEC working on some of the largest UK Consumer & Trade Shows. Pushpa began her career in exhibitions with working closely on overseas shows mainly in the U.S. promoting overseas trade to British Manufacturers, which gave her first invaluable insight and provided future exciting opportunities into the Exhibition world.

After having worked at some of the biggest UK Venues, and on many UK corporate companies marketing campaigns, Pushpa Alexander decided it was about time she set up her own company which she aptly named: Headz Up Business. Pushpa Alexander has been actively promoting women in business for a number of years. In 2009 working for www.yses.co.uk, serviced offices she was fortunate to host the Swedish delegation via Go-Woman Magazine and was delighted to be involved with the visit of 19 Swedish female entrepreneurs to the women's networking event she regularly organised for West Midlands House. In March 2010 as part of the WIN Project (Women In Networking) headed by its UK representative West Midlands Tomorrow, Headz Up 4 Women Networking was delighted to be identified as an ideal networking environment to host the Italian & Latvian delegation and was delighted to meet the Mayor of Marche region.

Lora Leedham is an award winning designer from the Midlands, based in Birmingham's historic jewellery quarter. She creates ethical, contemporary jewellery, all handcrafted and finished, making each piece unique and subtly different to the next. She uses high end materials such as sterling silver, gold, platinum, conflict-free gemstones, Kimberley diamonds and handmade Venetian glass.

Even from a young age, Lora's passion for design meant that she was designing shoes! She studied design and hoped to become an interior designer. However, after finding her love for jewellery design, she pursued her career within the field. Lora approached the Prince's Trust and with their help, the award winning Jewellery by Lora Leedham was set up on the 1st February 2006.

Since then, Lora has taken part in a series of events and the jewellery has featured in UK and international magazines, such as Grazia, as well as making TV appearances - one of which was worn by Camilla Parker Bowles, on live television; Lora has also created a piece for The Prince of Wales and she has worked with fashion designers, created jewellery for charity events, exhibited at London Fashion Week, created jewellery for catwalks and has created jewellery for a number of celebrities.

Lora is also a Young Ambassador for the Prince's Trust and delivers speeches around the country at some of the most respected venues and has had audiences including Carol Thatcher, Esther Ramsin and Sir Ben Kingsley.

On this week's show I talk with Helen Kenworthy from The Really Youthful Theatre Company (RYTC) which helps young people discover their creative potential.

The RYTC has gained a national reputation for its' winning formula, helping young people to develop through the performing arts. On a creative adventure, participants develop in all areas of theatre; acting, script writing, improvisation, production, voice, stage management, stage design, lighting and sound, combat, directing and costume.

RYTC young people gain in confidence, skills and talent, many pursue careers in the theatre, TV and film.... all emerge as imaginative and resourceful individuals. Groups are led by their creative staff with guest directors and experts from all disciplines and backgrounds.

In this week's episode I speak with Blair Singer. Blair is the Co-Founder and CEO of SalesPartners Worldwide, a global franchise network of professional mentors and business builders. He's the founder of Little Voice Mastery Institute, the virtual learning center that helps people move beyond their "Little Voice" to become the bigger, more powerful people they were meant to be.

In 1982, after a painful divorce and financial hardships, Blair realized the money he made and lost, and the relationships that worked and the ones that didn't, all had one thing in common: Blair! Although obvious in hindsight, at the time it was a rude awakening. He set out on a quest to learn, to grow, to develop and ultimately as he puts it, "Win the battle in my own head," to master his "Little Voice" that was undermining his happiness and success. So began his 25-year journey working with the most powerful mentors, coaches and personal development gurus in the world. With each technique and insight that he learned from them, he made more money, built better businesses, eventually even found the love of his life, and built an incredible family. He began living the life of his dreams.

In this week's episode I interview Marsha Wright. Marsha is a successful business owner and serial entrepreneur with interests in publishing, media, software, business services, consultancy, training and mentoring. She's known as a speaker, business guru, mentor, presenter of business and property programmes and an author.

A good proportion of Marsha's business provides business mentoring and consultancy to existing business owners and people who want to build their own business.

"My hook is great... I turn normal people into well-known experts. I teach them how to manufacture buzz, and then create a business around that niche and then create a £250,000 a year income, if people work my system, then it works!"

In this week's show I interview Stuart Kettell who creates a wacky charity fund raising event for Macmillan Cancer Support each year. For several years Stuart has devised a 'Mad Fool' task that he does to raise money for Macmillan. His past challenges have included cycling on a replica Penny Farthing from Lands End to John O'Groats and kayaking across the channel from France to Coventry.

Last year he suspended himself, David Blaine style, inside a perspex box suspended above Broadgate in Coventry city centre for a week and this year the idea was for Stuart to run a marathon every day for a week inside a giant hamster wheel. If that wasn't enough to spark some interest the hamster wheel was to be balanced on one end of a giant see-saw. On the other end there would be a donation pot for the people of Coventry to make donations towards Macmillan. As the donations increased the see-saw would start to tip and on day 7 with around £7000 in the pot the wheel would be lifted up.

In this week’s show I interview Joseph McClendon III. Following a successful career with CBS records, Joseph McClendon III founded the Succelleration Research Group a leading consulting company that conducts Peak Performance coaching, workshops and seminars for business professionals around the world.

Joseph McClendon has also been serving as an instructor at UCLA for past seven semesters. He teaches Human Re-engineering, Leadership, Advanced communication and Human influence courses for the Engineering and Management extension program of the university.

In 1986, Joseph met and teamed up with best-selling author and speaker Anthony Robbins. After mastering the technology, he became extremely proficient in assisting people in overcoming the fears, phobias and emotional challenges that hindered their lives. After working as a trainer and then master trainer, Joseph now serves as Head trainer and instructor at Robbins acclaimed “Mastery University”, attended by business entrepreneurs, CEO‟s and people seeking a greater quality of life from 46 different nations.

In this week’s show I interview Joseph McClendon III. Following a successful career with CBS records, Joseph McClendon III founded the Succelleration Research Group a leading consulting company that conducts Peak Performance coaching, workshops and seminars for business professionals around the world.

Joseph McClendon has also been serving as an instructor at UCLA for past seven semesters. He teaches Human Re-engineering, Leadership, Advanced communication and Human influence courses for the Engineering and Management extension program of the university.

In 1986, Joseph met and teamed up with best-selling author and speaker Anthony Robbins. After mastering the technology, he became extremely proficient in assisting people in overcoming the fears, phobias and emotional challenges that hindered their lives. After working as a trainer and then master trainer, Joseph now serves as Head trainer and instructor at Robbins acclaimed “Mastery University”, attended by business entrepreneurs, CEO‟s and people seeking a greater quality of life from 46 different nations.

In this week's episode I interview Sharon Stedman, a lady who has been tirelessly fundraising for the Coventry and Warwickshire Breast Cancer Screen Unit by holding an annual fashion show.

Coventry women will be among the first in the UK to benefit from new state of the art digital breast screening technology which enables more women to be screened, gives instant images and uses less radiation than traditional screening methods.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is regarded as a national leader in the field of breast care and as such has been chosen on behalf of the NHS Breast Screening Programme to test and evaluate new digital mammography equipment which can be used on mobile screening units.

In this week's show I interview Kevin Green who is a self-made multi-millionaire and social entrepreneur. He is one of the UK's largest residential property landlords and a multi-business owner.

The 47-year-old dyslexic, who featured on Channel 4's Secret Millionaire, was homeless in 1988, today his property portfolio runs into the hundreds.

He has a wealth of experience in the property investment world and heads a number of successful companies and other non property related businesses.

He is also involved in coaching under his own brand of Kevin Green Wealth (KGW).

Before making his fortune in business he was a successful dairy farmer. In 1999 he won a Nuffield Scholarship in agriculture and studied the attitudes and personalities of high achievers. He also interviewed the likes of Bill Gates and Sir Richard Branson. During the study he learned the simple principles for success and determined the common elements that attributed towards that success. He bought his first property soon after, using credit cards to bridge finance the deposit of a buy-to-let mortgage. After quickly renovating it and selling it at a profit, he bought a second. The rest is history.

In this week's episode I meet a lady called Lisa Donnelly. When Lisa was young she suffered multiple burns on the upper part of her body when boiling water fell on her. In today's episode I discover how this has affected her life and her views on the perception of beauty.

In this week's episode I interview a lady called Lynsey Le Keux. Lynsey is the organiser of vintage events ranging from hen parties, weddings, burlesque courses plus more. Her retro-style events are proving a huge hit and offer something just a little different to the norm.

Vintage style weddings, and events, are fast growing in popularity and my foremost theory is that this is because 'vintage styling' offers a timeless look for the Bride and Groom, which will still look amazing in photographs for years and years to come. 

Compare, for instance, the fashions and style of the 1920's, '30s, 40's, 50's and 60's and they offer something elegant, demure and far more enduring than fashions of later decades.  Many Brides-to-be of today are turning to bridal wear designers whose collections have been inspired by eras of the past ~ and once they get the 'vintage' bug, they start imagining how they can style their whole wedding day with beautiful details that pay homage to their favourite pastime era.  And there's where Lynsey Le Keux enters stage as your vintage and retro event planning fairy god mother!

In this weeks episode I interview a young man called James Golding who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 28. James' story is so inspirational and interesting and he went on to cycle 3,500 miles from LA to Miami to raise money for charity.

James Golding, “Britain’s answer to Lance Armstrong” is a man with more lives than a cat. He’s survived cancer, taught himself to walk again, then cycle again and then survived being flattened by a truck during his first attempt to cycle across America in 2010.

James was diagnosed with a rare tumour, the size of a large grapefruit (11.5CM) in November 2008. Following countless operation, a coma, septicaemia, peritonitis and plummeting to just over 6 stone in weight (91 pounds), James fought back from the disease, taught himself to walk again and was finally given the all clear the 23rd July 2009.

In the second of two episodes I talk to T Harv Eker. Using the principles he teaches, T. Harv Eker went from zero to millionaire in only 2 1/2 years! He combines a unique brand of 'street-smarts with heart'.

T. Harv Eker is the founder of Peak Potentials Training, the fastest growing personal development company in North America.

Eker’s high-energy, ‘cut-to-the-chase’ style keeps his audience spellbound. T. Harv Eker’s motto is “talk is cheap” and his unique ability is getting people to take “action” in the real world to produce real success.

Eker is the author of the best-selling books, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind and SpeedWealth.  He has also developed several highly-acclaimed courses such as The Millionaire Mind Intensive, Life Directions, Wizard Training and Train the Trainer. He is also the producer and trainer of the world-famous Enlightened Warrior Training.

In the first of two episodes I talk to T Harv Eker. Using the principles he teaches, T. Harv Eker went from zero to millionaire in only 2 1/2 years! He combines a unique brand of 'street-smarts with heart'.

T. Harv Eker is the founder of Peak Potentials Training, the fastest growing personal development company in North America.

Eker’s high-energy, ‘cut-to-the-chase’ style keeps his audience spellbound. T. Harv Eker’s motto is “talk is cheap” and his unique ability is getting people to take “action” in the real world to produce real success.

Eker is the author of the best-selling books, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind and SpeedWealth.  He has also developed several highly-acclaimed courses such as The Millionaire Mind Intensive, Life Directions, Wizard Training and Train the Trainer. He is also the producer and trainer of the world-famous Enlightened Warrior Training.

T. Harv Eker is the son of European immigrants who came to North America with only thirty dollars to their name. He grew up in Toronto, but spent most of his adult years in the United States.

Money was scarce throughout his childhood, so at thirteen, Eker began his work career. As a teen he delivered newspapers, scooped ice cream, sold novelties at fairs, and suntan lotions at the beach. After a year at York University, he decided to take time off to pursue his dream of becoming a millionaire.

In this episode I talk to a woman who went from homeless at 17 to becoming a millionaire at 23, Dani Johnson. Dani has recently appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Secret Millionaire. Also featured in the show is music by Ekklesia.

Dani Johnson has instructed hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world on how to make millions of dollars. The mountain of continuous testimonies from clients that pour in on her website, Facebook page, and through the mail, speak for themselves: her simple and practical methods work.

Dani travels around the world every month to deliver her "First Steps To Success" and "Creating A Dynasty" seminars to thousands of people, all wanting to learn how Dani Johnson went from being homeless to having millions of dollars. Typical tours include multiple 10-day tours in London for audiences of more than 10,000, and journeys Australia, Belize and India speaking to more than 30,000 people. Dani’s seminars are always completely sold out! Most compelling is how this happens; it is all due to word of mouth. Dani’s loyal clients blog about their extraordinary results from her seminars, reach out in social media daily, and talk and share in public forums so extensively that a standing-room-only crowd is the standard.

In this episode I take a look at the amazing work being done by Caudwell Children. Also featured in the show are interviews with Beverley Knight, Holly Valance and Liz McClarnon and music by Quench.

The Caudwell Group of Companies was committed to raising vitally needed funds for children in desperate need from the mid 1990s. However, with a desire to make a difference to children's lives through direct donations, and frustrated at the amount of hard raised funds that are often spent in administration and management, John Caudwell, conceived the idea of The Caudwell Charity, now Caudwell Children.

Caudwell Children was registered in March 2000 to make direct donations to sick and disabled children, originally in the Staffordshire area.

In 2004 the Charity went nationwide, resulting in a dramatic increase in the number of applications, which now arrive from all parts of the country from as far afield as Aberdeen, Belfast and Southampton, allowing us to help more and more disabled children.

In this episode I talk with one of the UK's top cosmetic surgeons, Dr Michael Payne. Also featured in the show is music by Philippa Hanna.

Mr Payne specialised in cosmetic and aesthetic surgery in 2003 in Munich, Germany. He carries out a range of cosmetic surgery procedures in the UK for The Hospital Group, as well as operating in Europe, and has performed thousands of procedures to date. 

Cosmetic surgery trends are increasingly sliding towards a natural look, one surgeon has claimed. 

Michael Payne, a cosmetic surgeon at The Hospital Group, said: "We are getting increasingly asked for a more natural look and this is very much linked with a modern day celebrity culture."

He added that patients were mentioning names such as Kelly Brook, Jennifer Aniston and Cheryl Cole when describing their preferred body types.