HeyJaredWhat It Means To Be Human
Be the top of your game w/out losing yourself in the process. Exploring ambition, ADHD, identity, parenthood, creativity and high performance. Navigate life's curveballs with confidence, optimise energy, presence & success that feels as good as it looks
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Ep 80: I Choose Myself: Carving New Paths In Entertainment and Life with Abbie Hills (opens the original)
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This week I talk with talent agent, all round creative and founder Abbie Hills about building a career in entertainment, living with cerebral palsy, and what happens when achievement no longer feels like enough. We also dig into burnout, the pressure to keep performing, and the surprising clarity that can come from slowing down.This conversation is honest, practical, and very human, especially for anyone balancing ambition with exhaustion, identity, and change.
I work with a lot of actors, they all want the same thing (opens the original)
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Ep 79: ADHD, Motherhood, and the Cost of Hiding Who You Are (opens the original)
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I’m talking more openly about ADHD, creativity, and self-expression! In this episode I unpack the hidden patterns that have shaped my work, motherhood, and identity, and why I am finally speaking more openly about ADHD.I connect ADHD, masking, grief, creativity, and ambition, showing how self-protection can quietly limit fulfilment, visibility, and business growth. This episode will resonate if you are a parent, self-employed, late-diagnosed with ADHD, or trying to balance multiple identities wi
Ep 78: The Year That Changed Our Lives Forever: Cancer, Parental Loss and The Unexpected Gifts We Gained As A Family With Special Guest, Warren Taylor (opens the original)
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This week I am so delighted to welcome my partner, Actor Warren Taylor to the podcast. As a heads up this is a very honest conversation containing details about cancer, the treatment that followed alongside my dad's declining ill health with dementia and his passing away at the same time at starting chemotherapy. There is real light and shade, both bittersweet and funny alongside brutal honesty about what it is like experiencing a cancer diagnosis as a family.We explore the cancer diagnosis, tre
My daughter started school today and I feel so sad and so proud and so exhausted and so worried and so free and so excited and so so so...relieved (opens the original)
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