S6: Taking care of your mental health, whilst running a business, with Owen O’Kane

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business, Personal Journals

5.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Owen O'Kane, author of Ten to Zen and a trained Psychologist, joins Holly at the Holly & Co HQ for this week's conversation. This episode centres around Owen's personal path to happiness, as well as how business owners need to put into place simple strategies to help with the stresses and inner critical voice that can hold you back.

Owen has been on an incredible journey through life and this episode is an emotional listen. You'll hear how Owen spent his childhood dodging the violence on the streets of 1970s Belfast, the pain of being bullied as well as Owen's struggle with his sexual identity. A magical and up and down journey from priest to author, Owen shares his words of advice on how as business owners we can put into practice some of his knowledge on protecting our own mental health.

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0:00.0	I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to my podcast Conversations of Inspiration
0:06.4	founder of Not on the High Street and Holly and Co. I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative
0:12.1	Small Businesses.
0:13.7	I believe that having a business doing what you love is the key to a happy, fulfilled life,
0:20.3	and my dream is to help everyone start theirs.
0:24.0	I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement.
0:29.0	And in my view, the greatest way to do this is by sharing stories.
0:33.6	So I've reached out to all my favorite small businesses,
0:37.0	acclaimed entrepreneurs, and those who just simply inspire me
0:41.8	and ask them to share theirs. With thanks to our sponsor Nat West
0:46.3	who have helped bring this free podcast to life. Here are my conversations of
0:51.6	inspiration.
0:53.0	Bough your head and let your islands close on down where we're going.
0:58.0	This week I met Owen O'Kane, the author of Ten to Zen and a train psychologist at our Holly and Co HQ.
1:06.0	A childhood spent dodging the violence on the streets of Belfast in the 1970s,
1:12.0	Owen's early life was marred by bullying and struggling with his own sexual identity.
1:17.8	There was nothing easy about this start in life, but I couldn't wait to hear not only the journey he took from priest to author, but also his
1:26.8	words of advice on how business owners can put into practice a few simple rules to protect our own mental health.
1:36.0	In this conversation we discuss Owen's path to happiness and final fulfillment,
1:41.8	the imposter syndrome and is it real to how there's an urgent need for us all to rewire our minds in so many areas that hold us back.
1:52.0	I do hope this conversation gives you as much
1:54.9	food for thought as it has for me. Hi Owen. You and I have met now and again because we have so many lovely friends in common and everyone was saying to me you have to
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