Anti Hustle Hustle Club

#31 Slow Down and Pay Attention with Own Trail Co-Founder, KT McBratney

Today’s guest is KT McBratney, strategist, artist, and Co-Founder of Own Trail, a platform for women to bookmark meaningful milestones as they navigate their way through life. KT brings nearly 20 years of marketing experience to the table – always challenging conventional career paths. She’s worked at a zoo, agency-side, brand-side, and back again. In 2020 she co-founded Own Trail, a space where personal and professional lives can co-exist. The platform is built upon values that reflect her own – Authenticity, Inclusion, Safety, Curiosity, and Trust. Help beacons give users a chance to connect and support other women. In her ‘Own Trail’, KT celebrates promotions and personal accomplishments, she shares her struggles with mental wellbeing and burnout, and details notes to self to satisfy her cravings for creativity with writing and art. KT strikes us as someone who is refreshingly real, non-judgemental and a joy to be around. She has built a reputation for making everyone’s day better, we can’t wait to find out why. Enjoy! You can connect with KT on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/k_to_the_t?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor You can find out more about Own Trail here: https://owntrail.com/ Shop our new MERCH here: https://antihustlehustleclub.com Subscribe to the podcast to enjoy our incredible lineup of interviews about hustle culture, work, success and happiness. Say hi to us at instagram.com/antihustle.hustleclub Intro music by Ant Henderson soundcloud.com/antphenderson

#29 Protect Your Energy with Proto Founder, Rachel Mercer

Today’s guest is Rachel Mercer, founder and Chief Experience Officer at Proto, a new innovation consultancy that helps companies in the face of disruption. Proto exists to help leading businesses and startups understand what makes them meaningful and create new relevance in rapidly changing environments. Rachel says she has done her best work with ambitious organisations like Adidas, Google, Facebook, and Cola-Cola. As brands are increasingly defined by their best, worst and last experiences, she puts emphasis on defining rituals and creating memorable moments. Rachel believes revolutionary work comes from combining diverse perspectives and is committed to raising the profile of fellow women and minorities in the industry, where she nurtures a space for mutual learning and positive change. She also appreciates the value of downtime. “Even the best need rest,” she says. Enjoy! You can connect with Rachel here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelmercer/ Find out more about Proto here: https://www.wearepro.to/ Shop our new MERCH here: https://antihustlehustleclub.com Subscribe to the podcast to enjoy our incredible lineup of interviews about hustle culture, work, success and happiness. Say hi to us at instagram.com/antihustle.hustleclub Intro music by Ant Henderson soundcloud.com/antphenderson

#28 Take 2 days off with Lifestyle Photographer Lydia Collins

Today’s guest is International Fashion and Lifestyle Photographer, Lydia Collins. Over the past five years, Lydia has built up a portfolio of respected clients – from jewellery brands and celebrities to start-up candle companies – who all turn to her to bring their vision to life, creating stunning imagery in warm honey tones against the most beautiful backdrops in the world. She also pays her experience forward, offering tips and tricks to help other people get the perfect shot. Lydia has been a solopreneur for the duration of her career. With this, comes a great responsibility to not only deliver for her clients but also to look after her mental and physical wellbeing. She punctuates her work with time outdoors, travelling to the coast in her campervan, Bettie, and taking almost weekly breaks from social media. It’s during this time that she is able to play, experiment and re-energise herself – finding inspiration in hidden city street corners, dancing shadows in long grass, and crashing waves on the shore. Enjoy! You can follow Lydia here: https://www.instagram.com/lydiaxcollins/ Shop our new MERCH here: https://antihustlehustleclub.com Subscribe to the podcast to enjoy our incredible lineup of interviews about hustle culture, work, success and happiness. Say hi to us at instagram.com/antihustle.hustleclub Intro music by Ant Henderson soundcloud.com/antphenderson

#27 Pay It Forward with Bow & Arrow Co-Founder, Natasha Chetiyawardana

Today’s guest is Natasha Chetiyawardana, co-founder and creative partner of Bow & Arrow, a growth consultancy firm acquired by Accenture in November 2019. Natasha describes herself as a catalyst for making ideas happen. She is a C-suite challenger, a diversity advocate and a champion of creativity. People who’ve worked with her will tell you Natasha will flip everything you think you know upside down, and ask questions you’ve never even fathomed before. What does this mean in practice? It means companies like Google come to Natasha with questions like: where will we find our next billion users? If you’re not impressed yet, Natasha is also Chair of the Drum Design Awards. She’s been a university speaker and developed a syllabus for innovation and brand creation at the Pratt Institute. But most of all, Natasha is a force for positive change. She knows how to drive things forward, and you’re about to find out why. Enjoy! You can follow Natasha here: https://www.instagram.com/natashacheti/?hl=en Shop our new MERCH here: https://antihustlehustleclub.com Subscribe to the podcast to enjoy our incredible lineup of interviews about hustle culture, work, success and happiness. Say hi to us at instagram.com/antihustle.hustleclub Intro music by Ant Henderson soundcloud.com/antphenderson

#30 Be Safe, Be Happy with Fitness Studio founder Euan Plater

Today’s guest is Euan Plater, a Personal Trainer, marketing consultant and founder of Glasgow-based boutique Fitness Studio, One Three Six. Euan’s studio offers a unique and intriguing group class experience with a combination of Boxing, HIIT & Yoga. That might sound like a surprising mix, but we get the sense this is a window into Euan’s approach to health and fitness: a carefully balanced flow of hard hitting, muscle forming workouts with deeply restorative and mentally charging yoga. See, Euan is also the host of the XY podcast, a show about mental health in men, interviewing a series of chart topping musicians, actors, models, directors and influencers, in which Euan gets to the root of why men have such a hard time discussing their mental health. What’s Euan’s goal in all this? To get his clients looking good, and smiling more. We’re here for that. Enjoy! Shop our new MERCH here: https://antihustlehustleclub.com Subscribe to the podcast to enjoy our incredible lineup of interviews about hustle culture, work, success and happiness. Say hi to us at instagram.com/antihustle.hustleclub Intro music by Ant Henderson soundcloud.com/antphenderson