Our Vision

Our vision is to build a global, well-established, autonomous platform which expresses the heart, ethics and theory of TA, recognised within and outside the TA community as a credible source of knowledge, insight and learning.

Our Mission

Create and curate a diverse auditory library of accessible learning resources for the TA community and beyond. Deliver content in an engaging way, where listeners feel inspired and connected to the global TA community.

Our Values

Learning

Making learning accessible, stimulating and enlivening.

Inclusivity

Recognising everyone and the unique contributions they make.

Diversity

Covering a wide and diverse range of topics and experiences by inviting guests from across the world.

Connectivity

Sharing insights, forging relationships, stimulating collaboration and delivering useful content.

Independence

Producing and publishing free, independent content.

Our Structure

Transactional Analysis Podcast (TAP) is a CIC (Community Interest Company). A CIC is a special type of limited company which exists to benefit the community rather than private shareholders. To set up a CIC you need: a ‘community interest statement’, explaining what your business plans to do. Our Community interest statement is aligned to our purpose which is:

“Our purpose is to express creativity, bring people together free of political agendas and hold a line of neutrality and empowerment of ourselves and the TA community.

We are driven to promote inclusiveness, diversity and tapping the unseen potential of TA. TAP is a platform to enhance the learning and enthusiasm of TA trainees, TA lovers and also recognition of the shared wisdom and potency of our guests.

The TA podcast is a strong collaborative force, playing to our strengths, while also constantly exploring and re-imagining our own evolution as an organisation. TAP facilitates connection, an opportunity to grow a network and strengthen a sense of belonging within the TA community.”

Our Host Team

Cambridge, UK

Matt Taylor

Founding Host

Of the many roles I have, being a TA psychotherapy student is one of the most inspiring and stimulating. I am primarily a family man, based in Cambridge with my wife and two adult children. Cambridge is a very intellectual and inspirational environment, and where we have the most wonderful community of friends. Other roles include mindfulness coach, hypnotherapist, and owner/manager, with my wife, of a wellbeing clinic. My passion is facilitating personal growth through understanding the flexibility of the mind-body system and utilising the remarkable resources humans possess.

www.matttcoaching.com

Cork, Ireland

John Fleming

Founding Host

I live by the sea in the wonderful West Cork, on the South West coast of Ireland. It’s a rural community that offers an eclectic mix of people, all of which have and continue, to shape my core values and work. I am a Transactional Analysis Trainee, training in the psychotherapy, education and organisational fields. Yes, I LOVE TA!! My background is in management consultancy and specifically in learning and development and organisational improvement. I am very passionate about creating safe spaces where people feel like they belong and can engage in personal & professional development.

www.johnfleming.ie

UK

Sarah Lowes

Associate Host – Educational TA Series

I live in Wiltshire in the south of the United Kingdom. I have a lifelong fascination with people, which I first indulged by playing different characters as a would-be actress. In recent years, I’ve indulged it by supporting real people through a career in learning & development. My mission is authenticity: helping people to be true to themselves at work, to experience more satisfaction and have a better impact on the world around them. I love TA because it provides a wealth of tools to do just that, and enables me to be my most authentic self in my work. I am a TA trainee, with a diploma in Organisational TA and working towards a CTA in Educational TA.

India

Parul Aurora

Associate Host – TA Counseling Series

I am a student of life and for life, happiest when I am learning something new. My latest passion is pottery, an act of mindfulness and meditation for me. Pottery, like life, is about consistency over force. Supporting a piece of clay consistently helps shape it while too much force breaks it. That’s why I love TA – especially the belief that people are OK and have the power to change. I am a student of TA Counseling, based in India. I have also trained in Person Centric (Rogerian) Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Reiki and Pranic Healing. My dream was to become a doctor so I resonate with healing fields. Along with being a mental health counselor, I work as a Creative Director in Advertising. I love stories, people and helping people be the best versions of themselves.

UK

James Longwell

Associate Host

I was first introduced to Transactional Analysis (TA) through the idea of Ego States on a workplace communications course in the late 90s. That stayed with me unconsciously until I formally started learning and developing in TA in 2013. Fast forward to now, and I gained my CTA – Certified Transactional Analyst in the Organisational field in 2019. Now I am a PTSTA (Provisional Teaching & Supervising Transactional Analyst), teaching and supervising others on their own TA journeys. I was delighted when John and Matt approached me to be the Chairperson of the TA podcast. As a voracious consumer of podcasts, the chance to be on the other side of the mic was very appealing. When I’m not working with TA as a coach, consultant, teacher or supervisor, you’ll find me walking the dog with my wife or accompanying my increasingly grown-up children on a horse in the beautiful Buckinghamshire countryside.

Singapore

Jr-Earn Lam

Associate Host – Educational TA Series

I am a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst in the education field, born, bred and based in the mostly sunny island of Singapore. I love that TA offers us a language to understand ourselves and grow into better versions of ourselves! I use TA in my work to help educators teach better, to design better curriculum and learning programmes, and to help leaders lead better in their organisations. In addition, I love all kinds of stories, especially the stories that individuals tell about themselves and how they learn.

London, UK

Joshua Okunlola

Associate Host – Organisational TA Series

I live in Croydon, South London with my wife and five children. I’m a trainee in the Organisational field of Transactional Analysis, with earlier training in the Educational field. My background is rooted in alternative provision schools, and I now work as a coach, facilitator and consultant bringing TA into a variety of organisational settings. What excites me most is nudging people’s frame of reference; how they see themselves, others, and the world, in order to invite more potency and possibility.

Podcast Management

Podcast Manager

Katie Harris

The Mic Method

Our Leadership

The Board of the CIC

Chairperson

 James Longwell

Secretary

VACANT

Treasurer

VACANT

Founder, Joint MD & Operations Director

John Fleming

Founder, Joint MD & Production Director

Matt Taylor

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