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Never Too Late to Dream

Never Too Late to Dream

Written by: Caroline Buist
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Real, inspiring stories from late bloomers, who followed their dreams and found their version of success in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond, despite wobbles, challenges and setbacks.2026 Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Social Sciences
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  • E4: I'll Find a Way to Go On with Keith Blakemore-Noble

    E4: I'll Find a Way to Go On with Keith Blakemore-Noble
    Sep 24 2026
    About Keith Keith Blakemore-Noble is The Overachiever's Coach. For over sixteen years, he has worked with driven, capable individuals to identify and resolve the internal patterns that keep them stuck despite their success. A former Chartered IT Professional and Fellow of the British Computer Society, Keith brings a logical and methodical precision to mindset change. He is the founder of The Overachievers Club, host of The Overachievers Podcast, author of six published books (so far), an award winning international speaker, and trainer. He uses Mindset Mastery, his bespoke blend of hypnosis, NLP, and coaching, to help create rapid, deep and lasting change. Summary In episode four of Never Too Late to Dream, Caroline chats with Keith Blakemore-Noble, a coach and best-selling author. Keith shares his journey from a shy IT professional to a successful coach, overcoming social anxiety and personal development challenges. He emphasises the importance of tools like NLP and hypnosis in his transformation. Keith's theme song is The Show Must Go On by Queen, reflecting his resilience. He advises listeners to pursue their dreams, suggesting gradual steps and not delaying. Keith's future aspirations include a world cruise, resuming live training sessions and writing a fiction book. Highlights What do you do? (0:01:50) "I tend to work with overachievers...perfectionism, imposter syndrome, all of these sorts of things...I help them to get out of their head, and clear out all the stuff that's stopping them from being who they truly can be." Was coaching always your dream? (0:02:46) "When I was maybe early teens, apparently I became fascinated with hypnosis...I'm going to become a hypnotist. And then I completely forgot about all of that for many, many years. And now hypnosis is one of the tools which I use to help people make these changes." What stopped you from pursuing your dream? (0:09:39) "Lack of confidence, painfully shy, social anxiety, social phobia...one of the things I'd fancied being was a performer in some way, but with all of their fears — no way I could have gone on stage." What helped you get unstuck? (0:10:35) "It was the NLP tools...as you go through that, you learn the techniques, and you then practice the techniques on each other. So you're learning the stuff, but you're also effectively getting a whole load of therapy and coaching included in it." What advice would you give your younger self? (0:13:07) "Realise that the things that are holding you back, they're not permanent. They're not set in stone...you weren't born with them. They're ones that you learned along the way, which means you can, with the right guidance and input, you can change them." What does success mean to you? (0:15:19) "Success basically means achieving what you set out to achieve in a way that makes you happy...doing what you want to do in a way that makes you and those around you happy. Doesn't have to be a big, huge, grand thing." What would you say to someone who's put their dream on the back burner? (0:21:48) "Those five years are going to pass anyway. The worst thing you could do is in five years' time go, 'Oh, I wish I'd started five years ago.' The best time to plant a tree is 30 years ago. The second best time is now." Keith's Links Website: https://keithblakemorenoble.com/The Overachievers Club: https://keithblakemorenoble.com/work-with-me/the-overachievers-club/Overachievers Quiz: https://keithblakemorenoble.com/work-with-me/the-overachievers-club/what-kind-of-achiever-are-you/#quizThe Overachievers Podcast: https://keithblakemorenoble.com/series/the-overachievers-podcast/All socials: https://KeithBN.link/ Dream Theme Song The Show Must Go On - Queen Next Guest Paul Smith (Ep5): Paul Helps People
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    24 mins
  • E3: Free to Say Yes to Me & My Family with Maria Newman

    E3: Free to Say Yes to Me & My Family with Maria Newman
    Aug 27 2026
    About Maria Maria Newman is a coach who helps high-achieving professionals and business owners overcome the challenges in their lives so they move from feeling overwhelmed and overlooked to confident, fulfilled, and thriving. Some of her clients come with specific challenges — like a loss of confidence, tricky dynamics at work or home, or recovery after a major life shift. Others can't name it yet — they just know something doesn't feel right anymore. She designed her signature Shift Sessions as three focused conversations to get to the heart of what's really going on, to slow things down, name what's underneath, and create space to move forward with clarity and intention. As well as coaching, Maria is a published author, podcast host of 'Rising From the Rubble', and host of online networking group YaaMas. Summary In episode three of Never Too Late to Dream, Caroline interviews Maria Newman, a coach who helps women overcome challenges. Maria shares her journey from a corporate career at Rolls Royce to starting her own business. Inspired by her life coach, Anna Duckworth, she transitioned from promoting local artists to coaching professionals and business owners. She emphasises the importance of setting boundaries, as her experience with her parents' business influenced her desire for a better work-life balance. Maria's advice includes embracing mindset shifts and making the most of your existing skills. She defines success as the freedom to choose her own path and dreams of a future in the countryside with her family and a beautiful kitchen. Her theme song is Freedom! '90 by George Michael. Highlights What do you do? (0:01:44) "I got to where I am today, which is helping professionals and business owners to become unstuck, and their unstuckness is usually tied up in their mindset because the one thing that will always stand in our way is ourselves." What is your dream? (0:03:54) "My dream, having gone through corporate, was to start my own business." What stopped you from going for your dream? (0:13:21) "It was the experience of living my parents' dream... the biggest hurdle for me actually coming around to starting my own business was based on the experience I'd already had, which is having to give up stuff, and I wasn't willing to give up anything." How did you get unstuck? (0:15:18) "It's all about boundaries, deciding how you want to live your life, and sticking very much to those boundaries." What advice would you give your younger self? (0:19:12) "Just keep doing what feels right, and it'll all turn out well." Is there anything you'd do differently? (0:20:33) "I wasn't starting from zero. I may have been walking into being a business owner for the first time. However, I was bringing a wealth of knowledge and skills with me." What does success mean to you? (0:23:38) "Every morning when I get up, my day is shaped by the choices that I make, and I am free to make those choices." Where do you see yourself in the future? (0:26:22) "We want to buy a beautiful house in the countryside... a home, a beautiful kitchen... a kitchen that feeds people with love." What would you say to someone who's put their dream on the back burner? (0:28:06) "What are you waiting for?... If it's on the back burner, is it really a dream? Do you really want it? Why wait?" Maria's Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-newman/Ways to work with Maria: learn moreBook a FREE Ignite Your Life Coaching Call: BookGet the Book 'Your New Chapter': BuyComplete your life assessment: DownloadBook onto a YaaMas online networking meeting : learn more Dream Theme Song Freedom! '90 - George Michael Next Guest Keith Blakemore-Noble (Ep4): https://keithblakemorenoble.com
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    33 mins
  • E2: Coming Alive: From Powerless to Purposeful with Robyn Harris

    E2: Coming Alive: From Powerless to Purposeful with Robyn Harris
    Jul 30 2026
    About Robyn

    Robyn Harris is the founder of W·I·L·D® Wellbeing, author of Take a Walk on the W·I·L·D® Side, speaker, and complementary wellbeing practitioner. Through her unique W·I·L·D® approach - embracing the Wonder-full Intuitive Loving Dance of Life - Robyn supports people in understanding the deeper messages behind symptoms, stress, trauma, grief, and emotional overwhelm.

    Combining lived experience, intuitive insight, nervous system awareness, and a holistic understanding of wellbeing, she helps people move from fear and self-judgement towards self-trust, compassion, healing, and joy. Her work encourages a gentler, more connected relationship with ourselves, our bodies, and life itself.

    Summary

    In episode two of Never Too Late to Dream, host Caroline interviews Robyn Harris from W·I·L·D® Wellbeing. Robyn shares her journey from feeling powerless and miserable to realising the transformative power of changing one's perspective. She emphasises the importance of self-regulation and supporting others to do the same. Robyn's dream theme song is Come Alive from The Greatest Showman, reflecting her personal transformation. She advises listeners to focus on their heart's desires, embrace growth, and not take life too seriously. Robyn also discusses her future plans, including collaborations in community wellbeing and the deaf community.

    Highlights

    What do you do?

    (0:01:36) "I realised I can't change any of those things, they're not under my control, but what is, is me, my thought processes, my perspectives, how I see myself, see the world, and engage with the world."

    What stopped you from pursuing your dream at the beginning?

    (0:06:51) "I felt I had so many limiting beliefs going on, and I just felt powerless to affect any change, and that sense of, well, it's never going to get any better."

    How did you get unstuck?

    (0:07:40) "I went to books and it was reading quotes like the Wayne Dyer one — "when we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change."

    What advice would you give your younger self?

    (0:14:46) "Don't take it all so seriously...don't worry so much about what other people are saying and doing and thinking and how they're behaving, because that's none of your business."

    What does success mean for you?

    (0:18:05) "Success for me is that I live by the lessons I've learned...to be who I was born to be, to step into that more and more and more."

    What would you say to somebody who's put their dream on the back burner?

    (0:22:29) "Focus on what your heart is calling you to, and do those little steps, and it will grow even without you realising it."

    Robyn's Links
    • Website: https://w-i-l-d.uk
    • Email: robyn@w-i-l-d.uk
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynharris-wildwellbeing/
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robyn.harris.wild.wellbeing
    • Wild Whispers on Substack: https://wildrobyn.substack.com/
    • The VIG Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@VIG-Podcast
    • YouTube (Wild TV): https://www.youtube.com/@W-I-L-D-TV
    • Take a Walk on the Wild Side Book: https://w-i-l-d.uk/Amazon
    Dream Theme Song

    Come Alive - The Greatest Showman Cast
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    27 mins
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