Welcome to the Power Hour. I'm Adrienne Herbert, wellness coach, international speaker and author.

Each week I speak to a variety of guests from business founders to Olympic athletes, leading coaches,

change makers and innovators to find out their daily habits, their rules to live by

and what motivates them to get up out of bed each day. Personally, I am on a mission to encourage,

motivate and inspire, so I hope that The Power Hour will help you to achieve your personal

and professional goals. Welcome back to the Power Hour podcast. Wow,

it is almost the end of another year. Now, I know that this time of year typically can be very

busy. We have social plans, work things to do, kids have a lot going on, and it can be pretty overwhelming,

can be stressful, it can feel like a lot of pressure. So, the first thing to say is that whatever

you are doing this week, whether it's Christmas parties, Christmas nativities, Christmas

shopping, whatever you're doing this week, try and take a little bit of time. If you can,

take an hour, take a power hour to do something for yourself, something that is nourishing,

something fun, something that is restful or re-energizing. Take that time before the end of the year.

I myself, you might be able to hear my voice. I'm just

recovering from a whole week of being ill. This is what happens when you live with three

small children in December. It is inevitable. But I'm hoping that by next week, I am going to be

back 100, fighting fit, and feeling great. So today's episode is the best of 2023, part one on the power hour.

And you're going to hear from Viv Groscop. I recorded with Viv earlier this year and I absolutely

loved this conversation. We talk about self-confidence. We talk about happy high status,

which is Viv's latest book. We talk about what it means to be

happy high status, to be more confident, to overcome imposter syndrome. It is an incredible, it was just

such a great conversation and I felt so empowered by the end of that one hour. I felt like I could

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