S1E11: High-Pressure Sales, Burnout, and the Case for Coaching, with Dave O'Mahony
Hannah Godfrey Hannah Godfrey

S1E11: High-Pressure Sales, Burnout, and the Case for Coaching, with Dave O'Mahony

In this conversation, Dave and Hannah trace his coaching journey — from an Australian MD who taught him the power of a good question, to the moment he chose vulnerability over a polished all-hands, to why psychological safety, not another target, is what actually moves a team. They also get into Ikigai, the cost of sacrifice, and what it looks like to watch someone move from stuck to thriving.

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S1E10: Tom Glason on Shedding Armour, Authentic Leadership, and Building ScaleWise
Hannah Godfrey Hannah Godfrey

S1E10: Tom Glason on Shedding Armour, Authentic Leadership, and Building ScaleWise

In this episode of I Am Pausing with Hannah Godfrey, Hannah sits down with Tom Glason — co-founder of ScaleWise, founder of the UK's Revenue Collective (now Pavilion), and one of the most authentic leaders she's encountered in over a decade in SaaS. Tom and Hannah have known each other for nearly ten years, sharing everything from boardrooms to breathwork circles.

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S1E9: Anthony Abbagnano on Breathwork, the Inner Child, and Becoming Your Own Authority
Hannah Godfrey Hannah Godfrey

S1E9: Anthony Abbagnano on Breathwork, the Inner Child, and Becoming Your Own Authority

What if the most radical act of leadership was simply learning how to breathe?

In this episode of I Am Pausing, Hannah sits down with Anthony Abbagnano — founder of Alchemy of Breath, co-founder of ASHA (the Alchemy School of Healing Arts) in Tuscany, and author of Outer Chaos, Inner Calm. Anthony has trained over 2,000 breathwork facilitators worldwide and is widely regarded as one of the global leaders in the field.

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S1E8: When Your Emotions Are Running the Show, You’re Not: Ros Barber on EFT and Taking Back Control
Hannah Godfrey Hannah Godfrey

S1E8: When Your Emotions Are Running the Show, You’re Not: Ros Barber on EFT and Taking Back Control

Five years of weekly talk therapy in Harley Street couldn’t reach what one hour of tapping did.

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Ros Barber — academic, award-winning writer, and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) practitioner — to talk about the modality Hannah credits with shifting things in her that years of conventional therapy couldn’t touch. This conversation is personal. Ros was Hannah’s practitioner before she was her podcast guest, and that history shapes one of the most open and useful episodes on healing work yet.


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S1E6: The Power of Breathwork and Embodiment with Steven Ebbers: Transforming Mental Health
Hannah Godfrey Hannah Godfrey

S1E6: The Power of Breathwork and Embodiment with Steven Ebbers: Transforming Mental Health

In this insightful conversation, Steven Ebbers shares his journey from clinical psychology to breathwork and embodied practices, emphasising the importance of awareness, understanding, and intervention in transforming mental and emotional health.

Hannah Godfrey explores how these tools can be integrated into daily life and organisational culture to foster genuine wellbeing.

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S1E4: Why AI Transformation Needs People Strategy First: Global Talent Leader Tejal Shah
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S1E4: Why AI Transformation Needs People Strategy First: Global Talent Leader Tejal Shah

In this episode of I Am Pausing with Hannah Godfrey, Hannah speaks with Tejal Shah, former Global Head of Talent at Kantar, about navigating workplace transformation while keeping people at the center. With over 15 years of experience in talent strategy across private equity, financial services, and data consulting, Tejal shares invaluable insights on AI implementation, remote work, preventing burnout, and building psychologically safe teams.

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