LINKS to visit for this show:
- All about Glenys collings: www.glenyscollings.co.uk
- Cambridge Complementary Health Centre CCHC www.CCHC.co.uk (8 Rose Crescent, Cambridge city, tel: 01223 355344)
- Shazzie's company: www.detoxyourworld.com
- Shazzie's web site http://www.shazzie.com
- see Rainbow Network Cambridge Events Page for details of events mentioned at the end of this show.

We play the following music during this show:

1. Eric Idle (show title song): "Always look on the bright side of life", from the 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' soundtrack
2. Nina Simone: Ain't got No, I got life
3. Eva Cassidy: Fields of Gold
4. REM: All Night Swimming
5. Enya: Orinoco Flow

'Ralph's Positive Hour' (from Tue 4th March.'08) on www.209radio.co.uk: CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, CHANGE YOUR LIFE inspirational conversation with Mark Desvaux + Sat 22nd March 1p-2pm repeat FM broadcast on 105FM Did you know that on average we only live 4,000 Saturdays during our lifetime? Are you aware, that grateful people live 7 years longer on average? Do you know the carrot experiment, which proves the power of your thoughts? Hear what Mark says about road rage, how his band "Urban Myth Club" made it to the Glastonbury Festival, about the "law of attraction / the secret" and other inspiring tips for our lives... For more information, please visit Mark's web site http://4000saturdays.com As a four year old, Mark Desvaux used to ask his mother, "What is life all about? Why are we here?". He asked those questions a lot. Twenty years ago however, he got a glimpse into some possible answers when given a book by his father that set him off on a course of personal discovery. During that time, he has studied hundreds of remarkable people and inspirational, motivational books about life including subjects on personal growth, peak performance, abundance and gratitude. He best describes himself as a 'student of life': "We all have our own unique journey in life, with an accumulation of experiences and beliefs which define who we are at this very moment. As long as we keep exploring, we are living. Otherwise, we simply exist." Inspired by national success as an athlete in his teenage years, he had the privilege of being trained by an Olympic coach. In his early twenties, Mark began to experiment with what was possible in life. His personal journey so far includes turning down a PhD, setting up businesses in the music and property industries, being diagnosed at the age of twenty-five with an "incurable" disease which now no longer affects his life and most recently living out another of his crazy dreams - having a song chart in the Top 30 and performing at Glastonbury with his band. As a motivational speaker, Mark shares some of his discoveries in his forthcoming book, "Mind The Gap", which helps people to refocus on what is really important in their life. Mark has appeared on many television and radio shows (including Radio 5 Live, BBC1, BBC2, ITV [and now 209radio!]), national newspaper and magazine articles. He has worked with groups and individuals from diverse backgrounds including championship athletes, entrepreneurs, cancer patients, musicians, prison inmates, students and businessmen and women. In an increasingly fast-paced, fast-living world, Mark continues to explore ways to help people live their lives to the fullest, in a balanced, peaceful and meaningful way. Some more questions we are discussing: What is motivating you to go public? How come you are loosing your marbles every week? How many thoughts do we have a day? Can we control our thoughts? please tell us about "The law of attraction" "Fear and Gratitude cannot co-exist in the same moment" - could you say more about this? LINKS to visit for this show: - http://4000saturdays.com - www.trlmusic.com - www.urbanmythclub.com (for Mark's music) - see Rainbow Network Cambridge Events Page for details of events mentioned at the end of this show. We play the following music during this show: "Always look on the bright side of life" - Eric Idle, from the 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' soundtrack (show title song) I Feel It - by Urban Myth Club The Thaw - by Stillman So Beautiful - by Urban Myth Club Over the Bridge - by Chocolate Tannoy This show was available 24 / 7 on www.209radio.co.uk from Wednesday 5th March to Tuesday midnight 1st April '08

'Ralph's Positive Hour' (from Tue 5th Feb.'08) on www.209radio.co.uk:
"Positive Spin"- The Cambridge Cycling Campaign
with Simon Nuttall & Marie-Therese Kranz
+ Sat 23rd Feb. 1p-2pm repeat FM broadcast on 105FM

Do you know the Cambridge Cycling Campaign (www.camcycle.org.uk)? Find out who is involved, what they are doing and more.
If you have a question you like to have answered in this LIVE show, please mail Ralph before the show:

About Simon: I moved to Cambridge in 1991, and have lived here longer than anywhere else. Worked in Academia, Industry and Local Government in roughly equal measure. Now self employed working on a number of projects mostly related to promoted cycling. Apart from cycling and computers, I have in interest in environmental theatre, and am currently rehearsing The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare.
I've always cycled, throughout my life. As a child I much prefered to cycle to school. Later on in life I did have motor cars, and I am rather ashamed to say that at one point I was the registered owner of six vehicles. However they were all 'projects' rather than actual cars. The most fun I had was an open top car that I bought for 60. Well in fact it was 2 cars and I joined them together properly.
I remember once when I was driving in London in my open top car and wanted to turn left, instead of putting the indicator on I found myself sticking my hand out - just like you would do on a bike. So I think that really I'm a cyclist through and through.
I found that when I had both a car and a bike I used to waiver. Which one do I take to get to work? ... and used to find excuses / reasons to take the car!
Now I got rid of the car - its never an issue. Jump on the bike and crank across town in now time - much quicker, much easier and it does me a lot of good.

About Marie-Therese: "I was brought up in the French Alps, in a little village and moved over to Manchester in 1993 to study for a year and get an Electronic Engineering BSc. Then back to France for 3 years, I finished my studies and I took the decision to accept a job in Cambridge as a sales engineer. I came over by car, the day after I finished my studies and I didn’t know much about Cambridge... When I arrived in the city, it was a very warm summer evening 1997 and to my big surprise, I could see cyclists everywhere around me and bikes parked by the dozen around all the corners! Such a pity I hadn’t taken by mountain bike along in my small Peugeot 205 which wouldn’t be of much use for my first working year in this city full of surprise! A few days later, I discovered the small shop "CAM Cycle" off Mill road, walking around and I immediately fell for an old black Dutch bike I happily used for the next 18 months, before it got stolen. It truly broke my heart. In the meantime, I met my future husband, my fencing coach. I got pregnant with our first child not long after... A little girl was born and something like 5 days after her birth, she was already travelling on our bikes (in a sling!) and started to cycle around Cambridge on her own much before her 3rd birthday! And since in the meantime we all welcomed her twin brothers, we were lucky to invest in a bicycle trailer, a rather new means of transport in Cambridge then, when they were 4 months old. Now our family has been extended to 6 people, with another sweet little girl, who’s already travelling on a German wooden running bike when she’s not in her front Hamax seat on in the trailer."

Actually: the presentor Ralph is also member of the Cambridge Cycling campaign....

Questions we discuss:

• Simon, what is Environmental Theatre?
• What is your position in the Cambridge Cycling Campaign?
• what is driving or motivating you to be active in the CCC?
• What does the Cambridge Cycling Campaign do?
• How many people use the bike in Cambridge?
• how many members have you got?
• What's Positive about cycling?
• Marie-Therese: What would you say to mothers who say they need a car for their child?
• What are your experiences with cycling with up to 4 children?
• The challenge of cycling past car queues, eg: Mill Road 5pm....
• Did you know you can put 20p per Mile on your bike use for work on your tax return?
• Coming in Cambridge: Cycle Hiway to St Ives & the new Riverside bridge
• Your vision for the future?

Interesting LINKS to visit while listening to this show:

We play the following music during this show:

1. "Always look on the bright side of life" - Eric Idle, from the 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' soundtrack (show title song)
2. Don't Tell Me How I Feel - Hanne Boel
3. "A Bicyclette" - sung by Yves Montand (1969)
4. "Jane" - the BareNakedLadies
5. "Fietsen" - The Amazing Stroopwafels

This show was available 24 / 7 on www.209radio.co.uk from Wednesday 6th Feb.to Tuesday midnight 4th March '08

Current 'Ralph's Positive Hour' (from Tue 8th Jan.'08): "Declutter your home & life" - with Lulu Agate NEW: Sat 26th Jan. 1p-2pm repeat FM broadcast on 105FM! The New Year has just started - a good time for resolutions like decluttering your home! Lulu has moved 19 times in the last 15 years. She writes about herself: Example of a badly cluttered sitting room with an unusable piano I am a passionate environmentalist - indeed I came to Cambridge in 1995 to work for national Friends of the Earth as their East Anglian region Local Groups Development Officer. I am became the Co-ordinator of Cambridge Friends of the Earth in March this year. I have been dancing 5 Rhythms for over 15 years now. I read a lot of crime-fiction and I enjoy films a great deal, as well as playing board games, pub quizzes and listening to music which is the thing I do most when I am not working. I recently started trying to do some sculpting and am currently making a large dragon for a friend' garden, I'm very fond of guinea pigs and rabbits although I currently have neither. My favourite way to relax is to sleep! The best thing about my work is helping my clients to get un-stuck. The best bit of feedback I've ever had from a client was when he told me 'you are like an amiable Gauleiter!' He had told me that I would have to be ruthless with him and I was. He appreciated it and also didn't like it - in about equal measure I would say! See Lulu's web site for more info: http://www.luluagate.com Questions we are discussing: You worked as a music teacher & as the person who dressed up as The Easter Bunny, A Clown and Wonderwoman for a marketing firm - how was that for you? How do you declutter someone's house? How are outer clutter and inner state of mind connected? What's the Power of Saying 'Yes' and 'No'? Isn't clutter like weed - it keeps coming back? How do you declutter someone's mind? What are the key points of Time Management? Have you been to a hoarder's home - and can you help them? Isn't £30 per hour (e.g. for someone on job search) a rather expensive rate? What is your recommendation to our listeners? Interesting & useful LINKS to visit while listening to this show: find a professional de-clutterer in your area: www.apdo-uk.co.uk Cambridge Local Exchange & Trade System: www.camlets.org www.groups.yahoo.com/group/cambridgefreecycle Cambridge Friends of the Earth: www.foe.co.uk/app/localgroups?action=display&groupid=11341 On the Rainbow Network Cambridge Events Page you find details about the events mentioned at the end of this show. Places to visit in Cambridge: Dont't dump it - donate it! Places to bring your used bulky things: - CAMBRIDGE S.O.F.A., Unit H, The Paddocks, 347 Cherry Hinton Road, CB1 8DH, t: 01223 576535 www.cambridgesofa.org.uk - EMMAUS CAMBRIDGE LTD, Green End, Land Beach, Cambridgeshire, CB4 8ED t: 01223 863657 www.emmauscambridge.org - Various charity shops along Mill Road and Burleigh Street, Cambridge We play the following music during this show: "Always look on the bright side of life" by Eric Idle, from the 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' soundtrack (show title song) Paul Weller - Wild Wood Sade - Right By Your Side Carole King - Beautiful Nitin Sawhney - Sunset This show was available 24 / 7 on www.209radio.co.uk from Wednesday 9th Jan. to Tuesday midnight 5th February '08.

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