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Jun 23
3 min

The 10 things we've learned on our one million steps journey (so far)

It is just over a week since we started the Inspiration North One Million Steps challenge. Our crew of merry walkers has clocked up 2,030...

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James Eves

May 13
3 min

The Crippling Fear of Criticism

If you have an active imagination like mine...it can be rather like a chimp’s tea party with them all enjoying espressos and cake before ...

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James Eves

May 4
2 min

Why You Don’t Have To Develop Personally In Lockdown

The beginning of lockdown felt almost like a New Year, New Me type of affair. There were loads of posts online about all the great intent...

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James Eves

Apr 29
2 min

Overcoming Perfectionism To Keep Things Moving

When Michelle and I record a podcast, we have always been perfectionists. We bought our own gear, top notch microphones, headphones and a...

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James Eves

Apr 17
2 min

Bonjour #FrenchFriday

This Friday is the launch of something new that, being very honest, is a stretch of my comfort zone. Good timing to link to Paul Lancaste...

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James Eves

Nov 24, 2019
2 min

Bringing STEM and Enterprise Skills to Primary Schools

In the small world that we live in, when we interviewed Chris Beevers for the Inspiration North Podcast, he talked of his work as Trustee...

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James Eves

Nov 19, 2019
1 min

An Evening with The England Rugby Coach - Eddie Jones

Hearing from the man behind England Rugby Team's rise to defeating the All Blacks in the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

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Michelle Minnikin

Jan 13, 2019
4 min

Michelle's Favourite Inspirational Books

I often joke that people do not get out of a conversation with me without a book recommendation or two. People ask me how I get through s...

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