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Episode 42

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3rd Apr 2025

Work Makes Things Different

Melissa Canavan recorded on 19/11/2024

In this episode, Melissa Canavan reflects on her unique and varied journey from having childhood dreams of working in roles as diverse as a Royal Dishwasher to eventually finding her calling in nursing and coaching.

Melissa shares insights into the challenges faced during her education and early career, the important personal decisions that led her to write a book and offer coaching, and the transformative life experiences that have guided her professional and personal growth.

As always, we discuss the impact of societal issues like COVID-19 and climate change on Melissa’s work, and how she navigates the complexities of balancing work, personal growth, and social media presence.

You can find Melissa Canavan at: https://www.authormelissacanavan.com

Or buy the book at: https://www.authormelissacanavan.com/buy-the-book/

Also check out https://www.shinecollective.co.uk/shecanshine

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Working Hours
The Story of Work in Leeds in the 2020s
What do you do?
Western Studios, Leeds presents Working Hours: a podcast series surveying the people of Leeds on their thoughts and feelings on the topic of work. I want to talk to my city about work. Why do we do it? Do we like it? What could we do differently? What will we? How does work change and how does it change us?
Leeds, the largest city in the largest county on the UK mainland, is a former imperial textile centre and is now a major UK financial centre. This series will document the city’s experiences through Lockdown, Brexit, creeping technological unemployment, new and continuing resource wars, the ongoing dismantling of the welfare state and our accelerating ecological emergency.
If you are in Leeds or from Leeds then help me to reach my target of interviewing 1000 Loiners over the 2020s. Let me ask you, what do you do?
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