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Brave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetUse subconscious therapy & Internal Family Systems to heal, with Therapist Krishna AvalonSend us a textWhat is subconscious therapy and how is it different from traditional talk therapy?If you’re interested in moving away from limiting beliefs or self-sabotaging behaviours, or getting unstuck from stressful or traumatic events, listen to my guest this week Krishna Avalon, a licensed acupuncturist, subconscious therapist, PSYCH-K facilitator, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) practitioner who has helped over 32k patients and clients achieve their health and wellness goals over the last 24 years. She specializes in subconscious therapy, Internal Family Systems, and the nervous system. Her...
2025-11-2535 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow embodiment anchors us in this digital age, with Embody author & TEDx speaker Andrena WoodhamsSend us a textWe created this digital world, can’t stop it, but can’t seem to live with it without losing ourselves. So what can we do?If you’re interested in unlocking your full potential with your own body intelligence listen to my guest this week Andrena Woodham bestselling author of Embody- the power of presence in an age of distraction. She is an embodiment expert and pioneer empowering innovators, entrepreneurs and educators. Former BBC World presenter with 30+ years in somatic therapy, her transformational retreats blend neuroscience with embodiment practices to acce...
2025-11-1835 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow clean are the products you put on your skin with Birch Babe CEO Kelsey IrvineSend us a textWhy would we want to clean up our skincare and beauty products? If you’re interested in putting toxin-free, sustainable from on your body listen to my guest this week Kelsey Irvine CEO of Birch Babe, a female and family led company offering a collection of 60+ award-winning, certified all natural, vegan and cruelty-free skin, body, baby and clean beauty products.Their mission is to help people make easy lifestyle choices for the health of their bodies and the planet with products that are clean, approachable and effective. All...
2025-11-1141 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHealing power of textiles with Nicole Nehrig, psychologist & author of With Her Own handsSend us a textHow have women used textile work to create meaning and purpose in their lives throughout history?If you'd like to know how creative interests like knitting and sewing can help in psychological transformation, listen to my guest this week Nicole Nehrig, clinical and research psychologist, who has helped individuals and couples process trauma, PTSD & depression, strengthen relationships, find meaning and purpose in life, and live creatively and authentically. Her work and her own experience inspired her book, With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories which integrates psychological theory a...
2025-11-0437 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBe a Ninja for coffee justice with NGO Coffee Watch founder Etelle HigonnetSend us a textHow can we use our beautiful power collectively to stop deforestation, heal the planet, and support farmers, with every cup of coffee... Make the world better with every sip!If you’re interested in making more ecological coffee choices, listen to my guest this week Etelle Higonnet, attorney, environmental activist, and knighted as a Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite for her pioneering efforts to curb deforestation in high-risk commodities such as cocoa, rubber, palm oil, cattle, and soy industries. She is the founder of Coffee Watch, a no...
2025-10-2838 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetSupporting an alternative food system with Reaping What She Sows author Nancy MatsumotoSend us a textHow can we change our eating habits in ways that improve our health, the health of the planet, and promote equity in the food system?If you’re interested in supporting a healthier food system listen to my guest this week Nancy Matsumoto, an award-winning freelance writer and editor who specializes in the areas of regenerative agriculture, food, sake, arts and culture. Her latest book Reaping What She Sows offers a blueprint for what eating enjoyably, regeneratively, and ethically looks like today. Essential for those who are concerned about cli...
2025-10-2132 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHydration for super-health with Gina Bria, anthropologist & co-author of Quench.Send us a textBetter Hydration without All That Guzzling: Can You Can Solve Your Health and Our Planet’s Problems with Water Secrets?Gina Bria is an anthropologist and founder of the Hydration Foundation, recognized as a leading resource for hydration science and education. She’s the co-author with Dr. Dana Cohen, MD of QUENCH: Your five day plan to Optimal Hydration, recommended by the New York Times, Oprah’s O Magazine, and NPR Cool Science. The truth is, there's often one big, overlooked culprit for our common maladies: dehydration. Humans are 65% water. ...
2025-10-1439 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetSoothed by a Sound Bath with Crystal Bowl practitioner Jessica HolleySend us a textHow can we make Body Mind and Soul life choices to create happiness wellness and success ?If you’re interested in the power of sound healing, listen to my guest Jess Holley, a Quantum Alchemy Crystal Bowl Sound Practitioner, Crystal Healer Master, Dance Body Mind Coach / Choreographer and Ayurvedic Holistic Female Health Coach. Sound healing is the use of high vibrational sounds or frequencies to relax both the nervous system and brain waves to encourage the body to go into a self-healing mode. With its powerful relaxation and cellular rep...
2025-10-0726 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetCoping with Dementia with top neuroscientist & author of Still Me, Dr Sabina BrennanSend us a textHow can we prevent dementia and if we or someone we love does get it what can we do about it?If you want to know how to prevent dementia or what to do if you or a loved one does get it, listen to my guest this week Dr Sabina Brennan, top neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Me in which she combines her professional knowledge with her personal experience of caring for her mother with dementia. Dementia is devastating. Almost a million people are currently living with t...
2025-09-3040 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetAre we the stronger sex & why does it matter? With Author & Science Journalist Starre VartanSend us a textWhy do we define strength based on what only men's bodies do? Why aren't the strengths of the female body considered "strong"? If you’re interested in how to make the most from our bodies in relation to the world around us, listen to my guest Starre Vartan, science journalist, environmental writer, sustainable living expert, essayist and author of The Stronger Sex, a science-backed, myth-busting love letter to the female body- with its endurance, immunity, and the kind of strength that doesn’t flex, it lasts. Starre shares about her be...
2025-09-2340 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow our ultra-processed world is impacting women's health with author Milli HillSend us a textHow is our Ultra-processed world impacting women's health?If you’re interested in living life in a less ultra-processed way listen to this week’s guest Milli Hill, investigative journalist with a specialism in women’s health and an expert in contemporary attitudes to birth. She is the founder of the Positive Birth Movement (PBM)& author of The Positive Birth Book is one of the UK’s bestselling pregnancy guides, and has sold over 100k copies since publication in 2017. Her more recent books, Give Birth like a Feminist, and My Period (for pret...
2025-09-1630 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetKilling kegels with urologist & author of The Second Mouth Dr Nicole FleischmannSend us a textHow is your pelvic floor, the muscles that you sit on which control your bladder and bowels, an essential part of your overall health?If you’re interested in getting back control of your pelvic floor function, listen to my guest this week, Dr. Nicole Fleischmann, a pioneering urologist, pelvic floor surgeon, & innovator transforming women's healthcare through her groundbreaking "Second Mouth" concept. Dr. Fleischmann blends cutting-edge medical expertise with ancient wisdom to address the crisis of silence around intimate health issues. As the author of "The Second Mouth," she off...
2025-09-0942 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetReplacing plastics with compostable packaging with Shellworks Founder Insiya Jafferjee- Veuve Cliquot BOLD Woman Future Awards winner, Part 3Send us a textHow can we eliminate plastic pollution by developing sustainable packaging solutions that seamlessly integrate into the natural environment? If you’re interested in a world without plastic pollution, listen to my guest this week Insiya Jafferjee, winner of the Veuve Cliquot Bold Woman Awards 2025 Future Award and founder of Shellworks who create sustainable packaging solutions using their flagship material, Vivomer. Derived from microorganisms, Vivomer is designed to decompose in any natural setting without leaving harmful residues. This innovation directly addresses the pressing issue of plastic waste, offering a viable alte...
2025-07-2229 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetCommunity wealth building with Bloom Money App founder Nina Mohanty Veuve Cliquot BOLD Woman Awards Part 2Send us a textHow can we build communal wealth for our friends, family, colleagues & community in a way to help everyone thrive? If you're interested in learning about a community money club that is designed to help you pool money but doesn't end up costing you, listen to my guest this week Nina Mohanty, shortlisted for the Veuve Cliquot BOLD Woman Future Awards 2025 as founder of Bloom Money app, which helps you stay on-budget, while taking the hassle and expense out of managing a money club. It gives you the tools to bu...
2025-07-1535 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFinancial Empowerment with Propelle founder Ayesha Ofori- Veuve Cliquot BOLD Woman Awards part 1Send us a textWhat would the world look like if women had true financial independence? If you’d like to know more about how we can create a more equal and prosperous future for everyone, listen to my guest this week Ayesha Ofori, founder & CEO of Propelle UK’s first financial education and investment platform designed to empower women to take control of their finances, and make the world a better place by closing the gender wealth gap. Ayesha was shortlisted for the Bold Woman Awards by Veuve Cliquot, that celebr...
2025-07-0833 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBanging curries that are a force for good, with Dabba Drop co-founder Anshu AhujaSend us a textHow should we eat in these modern times so we can look after ourselves and our planet while still enjoying delicious food? If you’re interested in finding a balance between nourishing our bodies and being mindful of the environmental impact of our food choices, listen to my guest this week Anshu Ahuja, co-founder of DabbaDrop, delivering fresh, homestyle curries in reusable tins with a focus on sustainability. They create nutritious, wholesome meals that benefit both customers and the environment. Their reusable packaging significantly reduces waste, and helps minimise the...
2025-07-0129 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHeroes with Herpes, the good, the bad & the know-how, with Herpes Champion Alexandra HarbushkaSend us a textHow can you live an empowered life with an incurable but manageable sexually transmitted disease like Herpes?If you’re interested in how to live an empowered life even with conditions like the Herpes virus listen to my guest Alexandra Harbushka, the founder of Life With Herpes, a platform whose mission is to breaking the stigma & removing the shame. Alexandra provides a safe place where people can find accurate information, community and emotional support. According to World Health Organisation around 846 million people aged 15–49 are living with herpes infect...
2025-06-2432 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetRewiring your inner world with Holistic Health expert Mellissa LaycySend us a textHow can you change your internal narrative at a cellular level so that your entire world transforms, from the inside out?If you’re interested in fixing your health, listen to my guest Mellissa Laycy a leading voice in holistic health, who is revolutionizing the way individuals break free from physical and emotional limitations. With a unique approach rooted in gut health, cutting-edge biohacking, and subconscious reprogramming, Mellissa empowers clients to experience freedom, joy, and radiant well-being.Mellissa’s journey to wellness began with a deeply personal struggle. For two...
2025-06-1733 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetRegenerative farming for our nutritional & environmental benefit with author Jenny JefferiesSend us a textHow can we consumers support and celebrate our food producers, especially our farmers and fishermen in the UK and around the world? If you’re interested in supporting our food producers, learning about food provenance, our heritage, traditions and culture in our farming and fishing communities as well as giving a voice to women in both the agricultural and fishing industries, listen to my guest Jenny Jefferies, an award winning Author, Columnist and Radio Producer/Presenter. Jenny compiled the successful book series For The Love Of The Land, For The Love Of T...
2025-06-1031 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetSome good clean fun with alcohol-free platform founder Sarah Kate KiriliukSend us a textHow can we make a personal choice that goes against the very grain of our social fabric and relationships with others? If you’re interested in having a buzz without the booze, listen to my guest this week Sarah Kate Kiriliuk, a leading non-alcoholic drinks expert & founder of “Some Good Clean Fun” a lifestyle platform for women that talks about non-alcoholic drinks, features mocktail recipes and celebrates stories about health & wellness without alcohol. Her belief is that everyone, especially women as we age, can benefit from living a life wit...
2025-06-0338 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow to live according to our Human Design prototypes, with Lucia HargasovaSend us a textHow can knowing your Human Design foster authentic transformation in a world saturated with superficial spirituality? If you’d like to know how to design and live your life to your full potential based on how the stars and planets were aligned at the time of your birth, listen to my guest this week Lucia Hargasova, a Human Design coach, who inspires people to understand their unique energy blueprints, making daily aligned decisions and live authentically. This self-awareness is an ongoing journey but by staying true to who you are...
2025-05-2743 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetMaking pre-loved clothing the way forward with Project Rewear founder Kimberly Lau.Send us a textHow can families make small, practical changes in their shopping habits to reduce waste, save money, and help slow down the fast fashion crisis—without sacrificing quality & style?If you’d like to help the planet with care, action and love for future generations listen to my guest this week Kimberly Lau, founder of Project Rewear, which carefully curates preloved clothing. They’re redefining secondhand shopping, making it stylish, affordable, and rooted in the power of community and purpose.Kimberly shares how to give clothing a second life by empowe...
2025-05-2035 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetEnjoy the Kindest Garden with leading Landscape Architect & Author Marian BoswellSend us a textHow can being kind to ourselves help ourselves others and the planet, in very practical as well as energetic ways. If you’re interested in understanding how we can regenerate our landscape listen to my guest Marian Boswall, a Landscape architect, horticulturalist, agroecology coach, land energy healer and author of The Kindest Garden which is about creating beautiful places where whole ecosystems can thrive; it’s about moving beyond an extractive system by putting back, nurturing ourselves and regenerating our surroundings. A regenerative garden isn’t just a place...
2025-05-1335 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetDetoxify for health with Integrative Rheumatologist & Author Dr Aly CohenSend us a textHow to stay healthy and manage health conditions by reducing our tremendous environmental exposures to toxic chemicals!If you’d like to know more about how to reduce the harmful chemicals and toxins in our environment tune in to this week’s guest Dr Aly Cohen, integrative rheumatologist and author of the new approachable, revolutionary book and 21-day program DETOXIFY: The Everyday Toxins Harming Your Immune System and How to Defend Against Them. Dr. Cohen demonstrates the surprising ways in which environmental toxins impact our bodies, linking specific symptoms and i...
2025-05-0640 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLoving the skin you're in, with Joyologist & Integrative Dermatologist Dr Meena JulapalliSend us a textWhat brings you joy and how does it shape the way we live, love and serve in the world?If you’re interested in learning to use joy to help shape the world for you and those around you listen to my guest Dr Meena Julapalli, a pediatric dermatologist, founder of Bluebird Dermatology & Chief Joyologist at The Joyful Path. She has a passion for providing comprehensive care that acknowledges and supports the physical aspects of her patients’ skin conditions, & the social and emotional needs of her patients as we...
2025-03-2541 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetExploring your own feminine arts with Liberation in Love founder Lara RayboneSend us a textHow can we live in deep, embodied presence with true sustainability for ourselves so that we heal & our world heals? If you’re interested in living life embodying the power of love listen to my guest this week Lara Raybone, a renowned leader in feminine wisdom, empowerment, and transformational healing. As the founder of Liberation in Love, Lara creates impactful experiences that guide women on profound journeys of self-discovery, inner union, and embodied love. Lara shares how she helps us become liberated in love for ourselves and the world arou...
2025-03-1843 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetDreaming big for ourselves, our communities & our planet with award-winning entrepreneur Leonie DawsonSend us a textHow can you release the big dreams inside of you- dreams of another life –that includes more freedom, more abundance, more wild creativity?If you’re interested in living your best life and business listen to my guest Leonie Dawson, an internationally bestselling author and artist, founder & CEO of the Brilliant Biz and Life Academy. A popular blogger since 2004, Leonie is a well-regarded life and online business mentor, and self-made millionaire. She has been recognized as an Australian Business Woman of the Year and Ausmumpreneur of the Year finalist. Le...
2025-03-1043 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetMoroccan ethical beauty care products for your skin, with Maison Zee founder Zahra LachgarSend us a textWhat does it truly take to turn a childhood love for beauty rituals into a purposeful brand that honours the planet and empowers people?If you’re interested in skincare that’s good for you listen to my guest this week Zahra Lachgar founder of Maison as she invites you to step into the world of luxury body care which pays homage to the classic beauty traditions cherished by Moroccan women. Passed down through generations, these timeless rituals celebrate the fearless Amazigh tribes, innovative Phoenicians, conquering Romans, and proud Arabs...
2025-03-0429 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhat Will your Legacy Be? With climate journalist and author Sangeeta WaldronSend us a text“We can all make a positive difference to help tackle the climate crisis. We can all be climate champions.”If you’re interested in in what is being done to help climate change, and you want to be more pro-actively pro planet and climate change aware, then listen to my guest this week Sangeeta Waldron founder of Serendipity PR and author of ‘What will Your Legacy Be’ in which she interviews 36 brilliant minds who generously share their knowledge and perspective from science to food, global politics, business, to the media, arts and music...
2025-02-2432 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetGood food produced well, with Wylde Market co-founder Ella CooperSend us a textHow can we support small scale, sustainable food producers so we can live healthily and make more conscious choices? If you’re interested in eating incredible food from small-scale, sustainable farmers, fishermen and bakers listen this week to my guest Ella Cooper, co-founder of Wylde Market, an online platform that supports producers to set their own prices, and gives people access to a healthier way of eating whilst supporting a better food system for all.Wylde Market is an online farmers market, connecting customers directly with small sca...
2025-02-1836 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetThe Fiber Effect with Purely Planted Founder Nichole Dandrea-RussertSend us a textHow can we foster mind-body health through plant-based eating, toxin-free living, and cultivating deeper connections to ourselves, others, and the planet? If you’re interested in embracing a plant-forward lifestyle that supports physical, mental, and environmental health, listen to my guest this week Nichole Dandrea-Russert founder of purely planted and author of The Fiber Effect and The Vegan Athlete's Nutrition Handbook. She’s a plant-based dietitian, yoga instructor, and passionate nature enthusiast dedicated to helping others achieve holistic well-being through conscious, sustainable living. With a Master’s degree in Nutritio...
2025-02-1138 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow spending time in the garden is good for your mind, with Author of The Well Gardened Mind, Dr Sue Stuart SmithSend us a textHow can getting involved in gardening help the health & wellbeing of people and the planet?If you’re interested in how gardening can help your mental & physical health listen to my guest this week, DR Sue Stuart-Smith who is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of The Well Gardened Mind, a Sunday Times Bestseller & gardening book of the year by The Sunday Times. She investigates the magic that many gardeners have known for years – working with nature can radically transform our health, wellbeing & confidence whether we're struggling with stress, depression, traum...
2025-02-0432 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow Public Art enhances the world we live in, with FrancisKnight co-founder Louise FrancisSend us a textHow does Public Art play a beneficial role for people and the environment we live in?If you’re interested in how art in our public spaces can improve our lives and our environment listen to my guest this week Louise Francis, co-founder with Laura Knight of FrancisKnight, an Award-winning independent public art consultancy, working with and supporting artists to create public realm art across the UK to add value and impact; celebrating a place, its people and history with a strong emphasis on community engagement. Louise shares how the...
2025-01-2832 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhat's happening in our oceans- behind the scenes of Last of the Sea Women with filmmaker Sue KimSend us a textHow do we honour and protect our ancestors and cultural traditions while embracing our post-modern world and lives? If you are interested in how we can protect people and the planet in these rapidly changing times, listen to my guest Sue Kim, Korean-American filmmaker & director of The Last of the Sea Women. The first feature from Malala Yousafzai’s new production company, Extracurricular Productions, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Prize for best film from the Asia-Pacific region. The docum...
2025-01-2142 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetTransform your life to leave the old traumas behind, with Riana MaliaSend us a textHow do we break free from old patterns and start creating the life we’ve always dreamed of?If you’re interested in overcoming past patterns to live your best life listen to guest this week Riana Malia an accomplished transformation coach trained in Evolved Neurolinguistic Programming (ENLP), Quantum Time Release (QTR), and Advanced Trauma-Aware Coaching who empowers ambitious women to live a confident and trauma-free life. She helps successful, ambitious women tap into their unconscious minds to uncover and heal the root causes of their psychological and emotional bloc...
2025-01-1443 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetUpcycling fashion designers show us the way ahead, with Alterist co-founder Hannah StandenSend us a textWhat can we do to reduce textile waste to tackle overproduction in the fashion industry? If you’re interested in sustainability in the fashion industry then listen to my guest this week Hannah Standen, co-founder of Alterist. Her mission is to reduce textile waste.Through design, creativity, and collaboration, she and her brand are altering the world’s perception of what is considered to be textile waste. Alterist is a brand new circular platform defining the future of fashion. It’s about challenging the social norms. It’s about be...
2025-01-0729 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetTransforming your health challenge into wellness with Integrative Nutritionist Liberty MillsSend us a textLast episode of Series 11!How can we get our reproductive organs super-fit as part of a whole life wellbeing approach?If you’re interested in the prevention of or reversal of chronic conditions or in the support of your reproductive health then listen to my guest this week Liberty Mills an Integrative Nutritionist & Health Coach who herself overcame the Lupus condition and went on to become a mum to her second daughter at the age of 45. Liberty shares with us how she overcame her chronic autoimmune disease and...
2024-11-2641 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBoosting your immunity to protect your body for the longterm with Dr Vidhi PandyaSend us a textHow does Naturopathy & Nutrition help strengthen our immune system?If you are interested in strengthening your immune system for optimal health listen to my guest this week Dr Vidhi Pandya a highly respected and experienced Celebrity Nutritionist, qualified Homeopathic Doctor from India, Detox consultant and a Specialist in private bespoke diet plans based on medical conditions. She focuses her practice on women’s health, family medicine, mental health and nutritional health assessment.Vidhi is known for her honest opinions about right kind of Supplements, Herbs, Ess...
2024-11-1937 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetSeeking Joy with Bingham Riverhouse & Bhuti Wellbeing founder Sama TrinderSend us a textHow do we overcome our daily stresses and learn to live with joy?If you’re interested in learning how to raise the joy levels in your life listen to this episode with Sama Trinder, founder of the B-corp certified Bingham Riverhouse, hotel, restaurant and members club, with Bhuti wellbeing at the heart of it all.From ‘hellraiser’ to ‘joy raiser’ Sama is a multi-disciplinary wellbeing practitioner, yoga meditation teacher and yoga therapist. Bridging the gap between business and healing she guides us on a journey from stress to...
2024-11-1238 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFrom Fear to Courage to Happiness with Brave New Girls podcast Host Lou HamiltonSend us a textIf we can’t achieve happiness by directly striving for it, how do we get there?If you’re interested in getting braver and happier listen to this solo episode in which I (Lou Hamilton, Host of Brave New girls podcast) am talking about courage, health and happiness and how acts of service are the secret sauce.This is the first time I’ve done a solo show, so I hope you find it helpful and if you have any questions do get in touch.Q: Who...
2024-11-0526 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhole Life Shift for Focus, Food & Fitness with Health Consultant Serena SabalaSend us a textHow to Rebalance Your Hormones and Life in a Fun, Simple and Sustainable Way.If you want to rebalance your hormones in order to live your best life, listen to my guest this week Serena Sabala, Certified Plant Based Nutrition Consultant, author of Make the Shift and co-founder of Whole Shift Wellness. She is passionate about bringing wellness to the workplace, since many people spend most of their waking hours at work and believes that companies who put the wellbeing of their employees at the forefront of w...
2024-10-2938 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetUn-Addiction with Author, Psychiatrist, Activist & Founder of Eleanor Health Dr Nzinga HarrisonSend us a textWhat is addiction and why do people have it? If you’re interested in knowing more about why addiction isn’t a conscious choice listen to my guest this week Dr Nzinga Harrison, a board-certified physician with specialties in psychiatry and addiction medicine. She is also the chief medical officer and cofounder of Eleanor Health, an innovative mental health and addiction treatment company. She holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the Morehouse School of Medicine and sits on the Practice Management and Regulatory Affairs Committee for the American Society of A...
2024-10-2246 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLifestyle medicine to reverse chronic disease with Dr Sundhya Raman co-founder of My Wellness DoctorSend us a textDo we know how to avoid developing chronic diseases like dementia, diabetes and even cancer, and if so, how do we do this?If you’re interested in not getting ill, or reversing a chronic condition, listen to my guest this week DR Sundhya Raman, an experienced GMC registered & licensed doctor, who became disenchanted with the limitations of conventional medicine to help chronic disease, trained in the science of health, happiness and longevity, and co-founded My Wellness Doctor. She specialises in the burgeoning field of lifestyle medicine: empowering people to...
2024-10-1545 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetThe wonderful world of your gut, with Jerms Founder Louise Macnab.Send us a textWhy should taking care of our gut bacteria be the starting point for maintaining optimal physical and mental health?If you’re interested in being physically & mentally well, listen to my guest this week Louise Macnab, founder of Jerms an advanced 4-in-1 powder delivering. Probiotics, Prebiotics, Digestive Enzymes and Organic Superfoods & Vitamins, targeted at the health of your gut. Her journey started from a lack of work/life balance as a corporate lawyer. She experienced burnout & chronic stress induced gut issues. Learning that gut bacteria has such a s...
2024-10-0834 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetConscious, culinary delights at the Bingham Riverhouse with Executive Chef Vanessa MarxSend us a textHow to take small, sustainable steps in hospitality, and life in general, for a bright and happy future for ourselves, and our planet.If you’re interested in nourishing food and looking after the planet, then tune in to my guest this week Vanessa Marx, a South African-born chef who’s taken over the kitchen at the B-corp certified Bingham Riverhouse Restaurant with rooms in Richmond as Executive Chef. Having spent most of her career in Cape Town & appearing on Celebrity MasterChef, she relocated to London & is dedic...
2024-10-0137 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetCulturally appropriate therapy, with Danielle Bridge CEO of Black Minds Matter UKSend us a textTherapy is therapy right? Is so, then why is there a the need for culturally appropriate therapy? If you’re interested in understanding why there is a need for culturally appropriate therapy listen to my guest Danielle Bridge, CEO of Black Minds Matter UK a registered charity connecting Black individuals & families with free 121 talking therapy delivered by qualified & accredited Black therapists who work tirelessly to break down stigma & redefine therapeutic experiences for Black individuals to readily access mental health support & recover fully from mental illness. Danielle shares the important work...
2024-09-2429 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHope after Childhood Trauma, with Sunday Times Bestselling author Hope DanielsSend us a textCan we prioritise the urgent need to teach young people, especially those from the care system, about consent. And that with the right support and guidance there is hope at the end of the tunnel.If you are interested in how we can heal even after a traumatic childhood, listen to my guest this week, Hope Daniels, Sunday Times bestselling author who describes in her latest book This isn’t Love, how she went from living with alcoholic parents to a chaotic childhood in care with sexual abuse from an...
2024-09-1735 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetTranquil places to heal your mind, with Greenhouse Therapy Rooms founder Patsy RichardsonSend us a textHow to find your purpose, even if, and especially when the road is long and winding? If you’re interested in how consciously designed therapeutic places can help your mental health, listen this week to my guest Patsy Richardson. Formerly a corporate Director of Marketing for Cadbury, she changed a winding career path after a kidney failure. She saw this life threatening disease and subsequent kidney transplant as a gift to change paths, and find her true purpose in life.She founded the Greenhouse Therapy Ro...
2024-09-1035 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetNutritional support for children with cancer, with Lou Long CEO & Founder of Dylan Strong FoundationSend us a textWhy should we be helping children with cancer and their families with nutritional support, and what impact does it have?If you are interested in helping ourselves and others with cancer, listen to this week’s guest is Louise Long CEO and founder of the Dylan Strong Foundation, set up after her young son Dylan died at the age of 7 of a brain tumour. During his illness she focused on giving him the best quality of life for the short time he had, and found that good nutrition helped keep up hi...
2024-04-1640 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBlazing a trail of creativity in business with Red Hot Strings founder & violinist Lisa RollinSend us a textThis week’s guest is electric violinist LISA ROLLIN, who has worked for over 20 years at the top of the UK music industry, and, as founder of the Red Hot Strings agency, plays and supplies musicians for TV shows, major events, also touring with the likes of Kanye West & Simply Red. She’s recently released her new album Sundowner Sessions – the Lockdown Diaries.Host Lou Hamilton and Lisa discuss how, as a Yorkshire girl, she is made of Sheffield steel, so when the punches in business came she got back off the fl...
2021-05-1147 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhen you decide to give life a clean sweep, with author Michele KirschSend us a textThis week's guest is Michele Kirsch, cook & author of Clean. 2020 winner of the Christopher Bland Prize, this darkly comic memoir is about how, after losing her father in a train crash when she was a young girl & given prescription drugs to numb the grief, her life became one of addiction, until she decided to start cleaning up; leading us on the scenic routed to rehab, redemption and reinvention.Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Michele discuss how on the road to healing you don't always get it right but with your mind...
2021-03-2448 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetEvery positive little bit you do changes the world for the better, with Parminder Vir OBESend us a textThis week's guest is Parminder Vir OBE, who has dedicated her career to positively impacting and transforming lives through her work in philanthropy, film & TV production, arts and culture, entrepreneurship and investment funding. She received her OBE from the Queen for her services to the Broadcasting & Film Industry.Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Parminder discuss how she came to UK as a child from the Punjab, and as an outsider, grew up to champion the causes of under-represented people across the arts, culture and entrepreneurship. A film producer for twenty years...
2021-03-1747 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhen your passion, determination and body collide, with ballerina Rie AoyagiSend us a textThis week's guest is Rie Aoyagi, a Japanese ballerina who worked for a ballet company in Romania, travelling and performing on many of the world's greatest stages. But ballet is tough on the body and last year she had to have surgery, returning to her homeland of Japan to heal.Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Rie discuss coming to the UK as a young child only to find that her body wasn't the right build for a typical ballerina. Nevertheless she persisted through rigorous training and repetitive injuries, until she eventually...
2021-03-1042 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFinding your financial G-spot when you're in a money muddle, with Vix MunroSend us a textThis week's guest is Vix Munro, an entrepreneur, money enthusiast & wealth coach. With a mission to support women step into their financial power and becomes money savvy in both life and in business she helps them fix their money mindset so they know exactly where to find their financial G-spot.Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Vix, discuss how events in childhood can set us up for a lifetime's unhealthy relationship with money, but how with the right support you can shift those money blocks and find a balance in both your...
2021-03-0347 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow to be a Boss at Ageing, with author Anniki SommervilleSend us a textThis week's guest is Anniki Sommerville, marketing research consultant and author of Motherwhelmed, More Orgasms Please, and most recently How to Be a Boss at Ageing, in which she gives real advice on how to navigate and embrace midlife, warts and all. It's time to rip up the rule book and reinvent what your 40's & 50's can really look and feel like.Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Anniki, discuss how she lost her father at the beginning of the pandemic to causes unrelated to covid, and so struggling with grief, old...
2021-02-2447 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetIs forgiveness possible after experiencing trauma? With author & speaker Madeleine BlackSend us a textThis week's guest is Madeleine Black. a TEDx speaker, storyteller for The Forgiveness project and author of her memoir Unbroken, in which she writes about being gang-raped at 13, and how over the years she managed to peel back the layers of trauma, to find ways to heal, thrive and eventually forgive.If you are affected by the details in this episode you can get help from www.bacp.co.uk or https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Madeleine, discuss how she had to go really deep t...
2021-02-1748 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetRewriting your story helps you to adapt to life events, with broadcaster Nicki BannermanSend us a textThis week's guest is Nicki Bannerman, who grew into her second career in radio broadcast journalism from the glitzy globe-trotting world of marketing & PR in music, film & TV. With a life long passion for radio, she rewrote the story of her life into one in which she gets to use the power of audio to create a platform for positively impacting the lives of others.Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Nicki discuss her passion for radio and podcasts and how her purpose has evolved to interviewing people whose stories help inspire...
2021-02-1043 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhatever your shape, size or identity, you deserve clothes that fit you, with designer Bok GoodallSend us a textThis week's guest is Bok Goodall, fashion illustrator, award-winning lingerie designer, brand builder, innovator, campaigner and named Intima Media Group's inaugural Artist of The Year in 2019. Both creative & business minded she co-founded the lingerie brand Ms A London, which is designed and developed for Transgender women, and is part her My Size campaign for visibility & inclusivity in fashion.Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Bok discuss the knock-backs she's faced in trying to get funding to create a fashion sizing system that allows for Transgender body shapes, but how, because she refuses...
2021-02-0340 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetSaying Yes to Yourself, when the World around you might be saying No, with Actress Crystal YuSend us a textThis week's guest is is Crystal Yu, an actor, filmmaker and educator, best known for her performance as Dr Lily Chao in the BAFTA award-winning medical drama Casualty. She has most recently been seen on AMC's Soulmates, HBO's Industry, and Netflix's A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby.Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Crystal as they discussed the trials of being a foreigner and an outsider while boarding at a dance school in the UK, then discovering her love of acting only to be faced with stereotypical parts for her as...
2021-01-2742 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLearning to live by what matters most to you, with author Dr Mandeep RaiSend us a textThis week's guest is broadcast journalist & author Dr Mandeep Rai who takes us on a journey to 101 countries around the world, highlighting a single unique value that has defines each nation's history, culture and global influence. In her new book The Values Compass she shows us how we can apply values to better our own lives and make decisions more effectively.Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Mandeep as they discuss how her family ran a corner shop in Gloucestershire on the edge of the most dangerous estate in Europe and how...
2021-01-2050 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFinding hope after mental illness, with Best-selling Author Amanda ProwseSend us a textThis week’s guest is Amanda Prowse, a bestselling novelist who knew how to resolve a fictional family crisis. But then her son Josh came to her with a real one. Her new book The Boy Between is the very real story of a mother and son whose lives were turned upside down by mental illness; a timely reminder in these turbulent times.Warning: this episode talks about depression & suicide ideation. If you have been affected by the subject matter discussed you can get help through https://www.samaritans.org/ or ht...
2021-01-1352 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetGetting your Health on for 2021 with Dr Vidhi PatelSend us a textThis week's guest is Dr Vidhi Pandya Patel. a qualified nutrionist and homeopathic medical doctor from India with a working knowledge of complementary medicine. She runs a Health & Nutrition Clinic along with clinical trials with Minerva Research Labs and also works as a Lifestyle Health Coach.Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Vidhi as they discussed how to build your immune system to protect yourself from ill-health, how to get your body MOT'd and the courage it takes to offer alternative solutions to complement conventional healthcare practice.In this...
2021-01-0652 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetCelebrating your Sensuality with Lingerie Designer Annabelle Mu'AzuSend us a textThis week's guest is Annabelle Mu'azu creative director and Founder of the brand Ihuoma; luxury lingerie and loungewear, created to celebrate the inherent beauty of black women. She also created the brand Beautifully Undressed, an emporium for lingerie lovers, reflecting the desires of real women.Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Annabelle as they discussed the challenges of launching a brand in the middle of a global pandemic, of the importance of honouring yourself by wearing things that make you feel good and that don't fall into the dubious ethics of...
2020-12-2351 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFrom Lad's Mags to Championing Women with Journalist & Standard Issue co-host Mickey NoonanSend us a textThis week's guest is Mickey Noonan, who once notoriously shoved an apple pip up her nose to see what happened. Older, wiser, but sadly without a nose-tree, she remains curious about the world, which is why she became a journalist and is now in the hosting trio of the hugely successful Standard Issue podcast.Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Mickey as they discussed her years in the world of lads' mags, being a sexpert, becoming a feminist, starting a magazine, and morphing that magazine into a podcast in order to...
2020-12-1650 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetOpening our Eyes with President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Clare Burnett.Send us a textThis week's guest is Clare Burnett, President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and a practising artist. Scavenging from her surroundings she elevates the status of simple everyday objects to make pared-down, abstract sculptures placed in spaces so that we see the world around us with open eyes & a different perspective.Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Clare as she discussed turning her back on Architecture and Law to working with a whole array of materials including household objects to create sculptures and installations. Most recently she was commissioned to...
2020-12-0950 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetAsking for a Friend- a Novel Way of Dating with Writer, Actor & Stand-Up Comic Andi OshoSend us a textThis week's guest is an accomplished actor, stand up comedian and filmmaker appearing in a host of US and UK TV shows. Her award-winning stand up comedy has seen her tour three sell-out shows & her debut novel Asking for a Friend, is published by Harper Collins in February 2021.Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Andi as she discussed her star turns on the frontline as a stand up comedian, losing her words on Mock the Week, working with Michaela Cohen in I May Destroy You, learning to write a novel with...
2020-12-0250 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFrom Fashion PR to helping save Elephants in Kenya with Wildlife Photographer Jane WynyardSend us a textThis week's guest is Jane Wynyard, wildlife photographer, conservation activist and consultant for Save the Elephant and the Elephant Crisis Fund in Kenya, left the star-spangled world of fashion PR in the heart of London, to live out of a suitcase in the African Bush.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Jane as they discussed Jane's outdoorsy childhood, a glamorous life as a journalist working for the BBC, then eventually becoming Head of PR for Hearst Magazines before being taken on by Net a Porter. After...
2020-11-2545 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFrom an Abusive Marriage, Poverty & Chronic Pain to Financial Freedom with Vicki WuscheSend us a textThis week's guest is Vicki Wusche who went from living on benefits with her two children to becoming listed as one of The Telegraph's most Influential People in property. She's written five books and helps others secure their financial futures.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chatted with Vicki as they discussed how she escaped an abusive marriage, with her two young children, learned to budget on benefits, got herself to University, became a business lecturer and then got into property. Living in chronic pain she built a...
2020-11-1847 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetReturning to Zambia to Build a Dream Life in the African Bush with Pam MillingtonSend us a textThis week's guest is Pam Millington, originally from Zambia, Pam married a Brit and raised two children in a rural village in Wiltshire. When the boys flew the nest, Pam and Richard decided to fly off too and moved back to Zambia to a build a house in the virgin bush.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chatted with Pam as they discussed growing up as the only black girl in her primary school in Zambia, boarding at the same secondary school that Nelson Mandela sent his...
2020-11-1145 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBoobs, F***ups & Sustainable Scrap Silver with Jewellery Designer Claire SmithSend us a textThis week's guest is Claire Smith, designer & founder of Cloudy Lemonade Jewellery. She doesn't do diamonds, but she does do boobs and other pieces to make you smile; handcrafted from scrap silver, packaged sustainably, £1 from each piece is donated to MQ Mental Health Charity .Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chatted with Claire as they discussed boobs, f*** ups and other meaningful pieces. Moving to Scotland when she was about to give birth, learning to be a silversmith and simultaneously building her business as sustainably as possible h...
2020-11-0444 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetCrockery, Creatures, Creativity & Conservation with Ceramicist Hannah TurnerSend us a textThis week's guest is Hannah Turner, a ceramicist with a brand that has built over thirty years, weathering two recessions and a global pandemic. With an ever expanding family of humorous sculptural & crockery creatures, her work is widely collected & stocked in some of our most illustrious stores & galleries.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chatted with Hannah as they discussed going from a small crafting business to scaling up to working with a Sri Lankan manufacturer, juggling kids & work, carving out creative play time, surge exhaustion, conservation...
2020-10-2854 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetNo Filters, no Frills, and often, no Frigging clue; Motherhood Laid Bare with author Rebecca OxtobySend us a textThis week's guest is Rebecca Oxtoby, author of the humorous yet brutally honest book for first time mothers: "Mum's the Word- the sh*t nobody tells you about parenthood until it's too late" Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chatted with Rebecca, as they discussed how after fertility treatment, and being truly grateful for having a baby, the reality of going from high achiever to being in the simultaneously underwhelming and overwhelming world of new motherhood hits like a bolt from the blue. Rebecca had post-natal depression a...
2020-10-2142 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFrom True Romance to Traumatic Injury - How to Survive as a Carer with Blogger Tamsyn WoodSend us a textThis week's guest is Tamsyn Wood, a plant-based lifestyle blogger whose purpose is to support other carers like herself. From living the dream, with her true love, 4 kids & chickens in the South of France, her life was turned upside-down when her husband suffered a brain injury and was left blind, wheel-chair bound and needing 24/7 care. Tamsyn talks about how she survives a life she hadn't planned.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chatted with Tamsyn, as they discussed the healing power of the sea, and of allowing...
2020-10-1452 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHelping People 'Live Better With' Chronic Conditions, with Founder & CEO Tamara Rajah MBESend us a textThis week's guest is Tamara Rajah MBE, Founder and CEO of Live Better With, a healthcare platform that helps make day-to-day life a little bit better for patients with long-term conditions. Prior to Live Better With, Tamara was the youngest Partner at McKinsey & Company at the time, where she spent a decade in the healthcare practice, and led McKinsey’s knowledge and client work on entrepreneurship and technology clusters in life sciences, digital and technology. She has been listed in the Sunday Times/Management Today's 35 under 35, The Wharton School's 40 under 40, ComputerWeekly’s Top...
2020-10-0754 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFight, Flight or Freeze; Carrying On in a Covid Climate with Michelle Ovens CBESend us a textThis week our guest is Michelle Ovens CBE, Founder of Small Business Britain and its campaigns - f:Entrepreneur, I:Entrepeneur & The Small Awards. She is the Director of Small Business Saturday, a grassroots not-for-profit campaign set up to support, inspire and promote the UK's 5.8 million small businesses.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chatted with Michelle in the summer, when they discussed navigating entrepreneurs through the pandemic crisis, and the impetus to stay optimistic and hopeful in order to find solutions, survival and even growth. Pioneering...
2020-09-3048 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBringing up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World with author Uju AsikaSend us a textThis week's guest is Uju Asika, a multiple award-nominated blogger, screenwriter and author of her new book, Bringing up Race; How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World, in which she asks what race means for all parents and posing the question about how we talk to children about racism. Questions for all of us.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chats with Uju as they discuss kindness, consciousness, seeing colour, positive discrimination, and creating a better world. Uju was fearful of raising her head...
2020-09-2352 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetConnecting People through Cake, with vegan baker & founder of Cake or Death Katie CrossSend us a textThis week's guest is Katie Cross, Founder of Cake or Death London. After a near miss at the Great British Bake-Off, Katie decided to start a vegan bakery that quickly began to supply cake & cookies wholesale to cafes, art venues and businesses across London. When Covid hit, the business took a nosedive, but a little side hustle took centre-stage. Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chats with Katie as they discuss how, dressed in pink leopard boxes Katie's tray bake brownies began to snowball. Everyone wanted to...
2020-09-1655 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLoving Lebanon; its cuisine & culture rising through heartbreak, with food entrepreneur Mona UsherSend us a textThis week's guest is Mona Usher, founder of Samara Cuisine; a Lebanese wedding catering business. She brings the cooking and culture from her homeland, where she grew up in war-torn Beirut. Mona shares her love for Lebanon which has been so battered over the years; not least most recently with the devastating impact of the harbour explosion.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chats with Mona, as they discuss the 15 years of war that Mona grew up in, often trapped in her flat for fear of bombardment...
2020-09-0943 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetCapturing the Artistic & the Humanitarian across many lands with Photographer Sarah HicksonSend us a textThis week's guest is arts and social documentary photographer Sarah Hickson. In collaboration with other arts practitioners, humanitarian organisations or as a solitary creative nomad, she captures the human spirit where it shows itself at the frayed edges; revealing fragility & vulnerability, but also resilience and hope.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chats with Sarah as she talks about how she photographs the lonely images of lockdown, the vibrant visual rhythms of the arts, creative process and diverse cultures, as well as the humbling landscapes of...
2020-09-0251 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetSurviving Sepsis; understanding courage after crisis with Broadcaster & Egyptologist Dr Elizabeth FroodSend us a textThis week's guest is Dr Elizabeth Frood, broadcaster, Egyptologist & associate professor at Oxford University, specialising in the Ancient World's graffiti, sacred places and social structures. In 2015 her world was rocked when she contracted Sepsis, nearly died and lost her legs, much of the use of her hands and the hearing in her right ear; but that didn't stop her continuing the work she loves.Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chats with Liz as they discuss ancient graffiti, making a documentary about the Tutankhamun exhibition at the...
2020-08-2656 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBreaking through depression & menopause to Wearing Your Happy with Fashion Designer Karen ArthurSend us a textThis week's real life Brave New Girl guest is Karen Arthur. After three decades teaching in secondary education she was forced to leave her job after hitting a mid-life breakdown; or what she later described as a breakthrough. Discovering eventually that her plummeting mental health was due to stress and menopause, the crisis left her wondering what she was meant to be doing with her life. After much body, mind and soul rebuilding she started to plough her energies into becoming a designer of bespoke, flamboyant fashion inspired by her Barbadian mother and a...
2020-08-1947 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetDisrupting the Champagne industry; Skinny & Noughty AF Sparkles with Amanda ThomsonSend us a textThis week's real life Brave New Girl is Amanda Scott, Founder and CEO of B-Corp certified Thomson and Scott creators of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic champagnes and sparkling wines. A true innovator and disrupter of the global wine industry, Amanda trained at Le Cordon Bleu School in Paris, before developing her own portfolio and brand. Always with the party and taste in mind, she wanted to create wines that were vegan, organic and with the least added sugar as possible. She was taking the road less travelled and she faced many challenges and...
2020-08-1253 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetThe Owl & the Pussy Cat, Sri Lanka & building Creative Dreams brick by brick with Reita GadkariSend us a textThis week's guest is Reita Gadkari, a property developer and philanthropist who has supported literacy & numeracy in India, the resurgence of Indian Classical Music, as well as being a champion & backer of International Arts, Music, Theatre, Poetry & Cinema. In recent years she has created the Owl & the Pussy Cat Hotel on a coastal corner of Sri Lanka, bringing poetry, the arts and architecture under one roof. But it's not been plain sailing; being a woman in the construction industry, and a new hotelier when the tourist industry took a hit after a devastating...
2020-08-0544 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetTackling discrimination with award-winning science journalist, author & broadcaster Angela SainiSend us a textThis week's guest is award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster Angela Saini. She has the knack of getting to the nub of how science impacts us all whether it's How Science Got Women Wrong in her book Inferior, or in her latest book Superior which explores the murky history of race science.Host, artist & illustrator Lou Hamilton talks with Angela as they discuss how 'race' as a social construct reaches its tentacles far and wide; not least in how racism impacts health as we've seen in the spiked numbers of ethnic minorities...
2020-07-2946 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetMummy was a Secret Drinker, Sober Diaries & The Authenticity Project with Clare PooleySend us a textThis week's guest on Brave New You TRIBE podcast is Clare Pooley, writer of the blog Mummy was a Secret Drinker, the memoir Sober Diaries- the unexpected joy of being sober, and most recently author of the 'feel-good novel of 2020' The Authenticity Project (recently #19 on the Amazon charts). As she emerged as Sober Mummy, Clare attracted 3 million followers to her blog. There was a gap in the market; most of the books on giving up booze were about the drinking days, not about giving up, how to do it and what to...
2020-07-2243 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetStreet Vet, the Homeless & their Pets, with charity founder Jade StattSend us a textThis week's guest on Brave New You TRIBE is Jade Statt, founder of the charity Street Vet UK. When she recognised that there was a problem for the homeless being able to get medical help for their pets, she set out to find a solution. Teaming up with another vet who had a similar mission, they strapped on backpacks and joined forces with other homeless providers to supply care to the owners' dogs. And so Street Vet UK was born and since then it has spread across the country with many vets and...
2020-07-1548 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBlack Beauty, Bio-Chemistry & Pole Dancing with Abby ForbesSend us a textThis week's guest is Abby Forbes who, while studying bio-chemistry at University discovered the art of pole dancing and aerial fitness, before landing working in the beauty industry. As a young black woman, Abby is an advocate for cosmetics and skincare becoming fully diverse and reflective of the skin you're in. Brave New You TRIBE podcast host Lou Hamilton talks to Abby about Black Lives Matter, beauty, strength and bodies, both inside and out.Follow Abby on instagram @abbylizxJoin our tribe on instagram @bravenewyoutribe or www...
2020-07-0851 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHonest Mum's creative rise after birth trauma to become best-selling Mum Boss Vicki BroadbentSend us a textThis week's guest is Vicki Broadbent, filmmaker, broadcaster, writer and author of the best-selling working mum's bible MUM BOSS. After a traumatic first birth, post-natal PTSD and struggling to juggle motherhood and filmmaking, Vicki began writing her now multi award-winning blog Honest Mum. With a reach across her blog and social media of 2 million hits a month she uses her voice and platform for positive change.Host of Brave New You TRIBE podcast Lou Hamilton interviews Vicki as they discuss women in film, creativity, building a brand, surviving trolls and choosing...
2020-07-0153 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetGreen up your Gaff to lift your spirits with Grace and Thorn's founder Nik SouthernSend us a textThis week's guest is Nik Southern, Founder of Grace and Thorn flowers and widely adored as the rock 'n' roll Queen of Floristry. After quitting IT recruitment which she hated, she enrolled on a floristry course whose teacher was not enamoured by the way she did things. But she'd got the bug and after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing she made the leap; right out to the furthest edge of what you could do with a bunch of flowers. No belly domes for her, she was all out with a kaleidoscope of...
2020-06-2443 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetComplainer to Campaigner; cerebral palsy, passion & tenacity with Emma LivingstoneSend us a textEmma Livingstone is one of around 130,000 adults living with Cerebral Palsy in this country, making it one of the largest disability groups in the UK. A trained Speech Therapist and married with three children, Emma realised through her own experience that those suffering with CP are abandoned by the authorities once they turn 18. Frustrated for herself and for the others in her community she decided to go from 'complainer to campaigner' and founded the charity Adult CP Hub, to lobby for those much needed services to be provided as lifelong integrated care for...
2020-06-1749 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetStanding Up to Fear & becoming Limitless after Cancer with Emma CampbellSend us a textThis week our guest is Emma Campbell, author of "All That Followed- a story of Cancer, Kids and the Fear of Leaving Too Soon"; a memoir that takes us on the rollercoaster years of the birth of her son followed by IVF followed by Triplets. As the relationship with the father of her children began to crumble, and the prospect of single motherhood, Emma received the diagnosis of breast cancer. There was no choice but to keep going, accepting the kindness and support of friends and family. She met the man who was...
2020-06-1048 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHope from the Frontline by Sunday Times Senior Foreign Correspondent Christina Lamb OBESend us a textSenior Foreign Correspondent for the Sunday Times, Christina Lamb OBE is a best-selling author and has reported from the world's hotspots, starting with Afghanistan at the age of 22 and winning Young Journalist of the Year not long after. She has gone to win 15 major awards including Foreign Correspondent of the Year five times, and Europe's Top War Reporting prize Prix Bayeux. She received her OBE from Her Majesty the Queen in 2013 and is an Honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford. Her writing often highlights how war affects women and her latest book Our...
2020-06-0337 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well Planet'Seeing ourselves' Black Identity with London Artist Sharon WaltersSend us a textSharon Walters is a black London-based artist, museum educator and mother. She has been working on her 'See Ourselves' collage series of daily created hand-assembled photographic portraits that explore black identity, beauty standards, representation and afro hair. Sober for over a year she speaks openly to our host Lou Hamilton, about art, sobriety, creativity, mental health and the importance of learning to take up space in the world. She brings us her Story from the Edge.Please go to www.londonartist1.com to find out more about Sharon's work. She is...
2020-05-2740 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetOrdinary People doing Extraordinary things with Emmy award-winning director Sarah MoshmanSend us a textSarah Moshman is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, TV Producer and TEDx speaker whose work has been featured on Upworthy, Marie Claire, Forbes, CNN and Good Morning America. She wants to tell stories that inform, uplift an inspire, believing that cinema can be a platform for conversation that creates change. We hear about her films: The Empowerment Project ( about ordinary women doing extraordinary things), and Losing Sight of Shore (in which a completely unsupported cox-less crew of four women row across the Pacific from the US to Australia). Her most recent film takes...
2020-05-2050 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetThis Mama Does: motherhood, mental health & body positivity with Christina PickworthSend us a textThis week our host Lou Hamilton interviews Christina Pickworth who founded the agency Imagine Talent for writers and directors, with a focus on emerging female voices. Then when she discovered the sometimes crazy world of motherhood she created The Mama Does sending out an SOS to mothers everywhere in solidarity of sleepless nights, dark days and advocacy for body positivity. It is from a place of honesty and courage that she shares her story from the edge.Find out more about Christina's work www.thismamadoes.co.uk and www.imaginetalent.co...
2020-05-1343 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBusiness, babies, balance (& Metallica) with Karen CampbellSend us a textThe juggle is real balancing business, babies and noisy builders, but Karen Campbell keeps all the balls in the air whilst helping women business owners to build their brands and charities to support their clients. She has fire in her belly when it comes to making sure women can have their own businesses and babies and not go bonkers in the process. Working with Michelle Ovens MBE they have built up Small Business Britain, the f:entrepreneur "I ALSO" campaign to champion women entrepreneurs, and Karen is also on the board of BelEve, a...
2020-05-0747 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetNursing on the frontline with Alison Criado-PerezSend us a textHost Lou Hamilton interviews Alison Criado-Perez, a registered nurse who later in life packed her bags and headed to the frontline to help with humanitarian aid for Medecins Sans Frontieres. She was scared, but did it anyway. She went out on one mission, and then another and then another. The Imposter Syndrome tried to make her change her mind every time. Nevertheless when she decided each one was the last, she would find a reason to go off again. Helping people, despite the danger to herself, is what makes her courageous. Seeing the...
2020-04-3036 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLet's Talk About Being Sober & Social with Emily SyphasSend us a textBefore an audience at Radio Rooftop Cafe, London, Lou Hamilton interviews Podstar Emily Syphas for this month's Brave New You tribe Podcast. Emily is the founder of Sober & Social, a community she formed in her early days of sobriety when she realised that just because she had given up drinking alcohol that didn't mean she had to give up going out and having fun. Creating Sober & Social gave her accountability but it also gave her purpose; she loved partying and she wanted to give others who were going sober a reason to keep...
2020-02-1237 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLet's Talk About Saving the Planet with David Evans MBESend us a textThis month in the Radio Rooftop cafe at ME Hotel London, Lou Hamilton interviews David Evans MBE for the live filmed Brave New You Tribe Podcast. David received his award from the Queen for services to grass roots enterprise and social responsibility. An entrepreneur from a young age it was always ideas that fired him up, and by creating financial freedom for himself, he was able to turn his mathematical brain and social conscience to tackling environmental problems in people's homes. With his ingenious solutions he also has an educational programme of simple...
2020-01-2332 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLet's Talk about How to Fix your Sh*t with Shaa Wasmund MBESend us a textThis month Lou Hamilton interviews Shaa Wasmund MBE live at Radio Rooftop Cafe. In a heartfelt and inspiring conversation, Shaa reveals the journey from poverty and childhood violence to working with Chris Eubank & becoming the first licensed woman boxing promoter, to working with Sir James Dyson, and beyond that to building a multi-million pound business. But it was only when she was brought to her knees through a terrible tragedy that she discovered her true mission. She overturned her belief that she couldn't be creative and a successful entrepreneur, wrote three best-selling books...
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