What happens when your microphone fails and the episode you thought you recorded doesn’t exist? Well, you ambush a beloved business buddy with an invitation to record an episode together and hope she says yes!

Happy Winter Solstice wonderful unconventional listeners! In this episode I’m joined by the thoroughly effervescent fellow creative, ADHDer and ginger, Jude Schweppe. We take a beat to reflect on 2022 and all its messy, mucky, crazy wonderful glory. We discuss what we’ve learned from the highs, the lows, and everything else in between. Be warned: there are many, MANY, swears. Blame the Irish in us!!

We talk about our expectations coming into 2022, how things have panned out quite differently (!) and what we learned in the process (often the hard way!). As Jude quite rightly says, "if you want to make God laugh, tell her your plans!!” We reflect on our parallel journeys this year - discovering we have ADHD brains - and how that manifests for us in terms of opportunities and challenges. We also discuss the curse and blessing of being a ‘many-thinged’ person, and how embracing this about ourselves has been a liberating experience of self-acceptance.

We speak about the importance of people and community for perspective, connection and creativity, and as a regular grounding force. Because when those ideas come, they are a visceral experience and it’s easy for us to get lost inside the big picture and lose focus on what is needed in the moment - like heating the beans and putting them on the toast for your kids! We also talk about taking alternative approaches to networking and discovering the joys of LinkedIn, which is where we happened to meet! We finish up setting out our intentions for 2022 and share some insightful nuggets for you to ponder on as you set yours.

Connect with Jude on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jude-schweppe-775a9811/

The Unconventional Business Podcast will be taking a break now until late January 2023. Thank you so much for listening this year and for all your reviews and feedback - you make this podcast what it is, so don’t go changing. See you on the other side and enjoy your festive break!!