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Brave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetReplacing plastics with compostable packaging with Shellworks Founder Insiya Jafferjee- Veuve Cliquot BOLD Woman Future Awards winner, Part 3How 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 Jaferjee, 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 alternative that benefits both people and the...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 2How 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 build financial resilience with your community in...2025-07-1535 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFinancial Empowerment with Propelle founder Ayesha Ofori- Veuve Cliquot BOLD Woman Awards part 1What 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 celebrate women who are innovative, leading, and ch...2025-07-0833 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBanging curries that are a force for good, with Dabba Drop co-founder Anshu AhujaHow 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 need for single-use plastics, supporting a mo...2025-07-0129 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHeroes with Herpes, the good, the bad & the know-how, with Herpes Champion Alexandra HarbushkaHow 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 infections, accounting for more than 1 in 5 indivi...2025-06-2432 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetRewiring your inner world with Holistic Health expert Mellissa LaycyHow 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 decades, she battled suicidal depression, eati...2025-06-1733 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetRegenerative farming for our nutritional & environmental benefit with author Jenny JefferiesHow 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 The Sea, their sequels, and most...2025-06-1031 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetSome good clean fun with alcohol-free platform founder Sarah Kate KiriliukHow 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 with less alcohol for preventati...2025-06-0338 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow to live according to our Human Design prototypes, with Lucia HargasovaHow 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 and what you are here for...2025-05-2743 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetMaking pre-loved clothing the way forward with Project Rewear founder Kimberly Lau.How 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 empowering families to shop responsibly and af...2025-05-2035 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetEnjoy the Kindest Garden with leading Landscape Architect & Author Marian BoswellHow 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, or a method, to grow pla...2025-05-1335 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetDetoxify for health with Integrative Rheumatologist & Author Dr Aly CohenHow 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 illnesses to everyday exposures. You’...2025-05-0640 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLoving the skin you're in, with Joyologist & Integrative Dermatologist Dr Meena JulapalliWhat 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 well. She believes that w...2025-03-2541 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetExploring your own feminine arts with Liberation in Love founder Lara RayboneHow 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 around us. She shows us th...2025-03-1843 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetDreaming big for ourselves, our communities & our planet with award-winning entrepreneur Leonie DawsonHow 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. Leonie shares how she came to...2025-03-1043 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetMoroccan ethical beauty care products for your skin, with Maison Zee founder Zahra LachgarWhat 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.Zahra shares how she f...2025-03-0429 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhat Will your Legacy Be? With climate journalist and author Sangeeta Waldron“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, communities about the climate crisis and...2025-02-2432 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetGood food produced well, with Wylde Market co-founder Ella CooperHow 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 scale, sustainable producers. We’re passionate about...2025-02-1836 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetThe Fiber Effect with Purely Planted Founder Nichole Dandrea-RussertHow 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 Nutrition and Dietetics, Nichole has spent her care...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 SmithHow 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, trauma or addiction, & the book includes stori...2025-02-0432 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow Public Art enhances the world we live in, with FrancisKnight co-founder Louise FrancisHow 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 they give artists the opportunity to res...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 KimHow 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 documentary highlights the haenyeo—or female divers...2025-01-2142 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetTransform your life to leave the old traumas behind, with Riana MaliaHow 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 blocks. Through her Quantum Patt...2025-01-1443 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetUpcycling fashion designers show us the way ahead, with Alterist co-founder Hannah StandenWhat 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 being experimental with style. It's about...2025-01-0729 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetTransforming your health challenge into wellness with Integrative Nutritionist Liberty MillsLast 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 became a later mum both by...2024-11-2641 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBoosting your immunity to protect your body for the longterm with Dr Vidhi PandyaHow 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, Essential oils, Homeopathy, Ayurveda with evidence-based app...2024-11-1937 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetSeeking Joy with Bingham Riverhouse & Bhuti Wellbeing founder Sama TrinderHow 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 joy.Sama shows us t...2024-11-1238 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFrom Fear to Courage to Happiness with Brave New Girls podcast Host Lou HamiltonIf 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 here wants to feel happier...2024-11-0526 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhole Life Shift for Focus, Food & Fitness with Health Consultant Serena SabalaHow 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 what they do, are more successful.2024-10-2938 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetUn-Addiction with Author, Psychiatrist, Activist & Founder of Eleanor Health Dr Nzinga HarrisonWhat 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 Addiction Medicine. In her...2024-10-2246 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLifestyle medicine to reverse chronic disease with Dr Sundhya Raman co-founder of My Wellness DoctorDo 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 optimise their health with the pow...2024-10-1545 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetThe wonderful world of your gut, with Jerms Founder Louise Macnab.Why 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 significant impact on our bodies & dai...2024-10-0834 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetConscious, culinary delights at the Bingham Riverhouse with Executive Chef Vanessa MarxHow 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 dedicated to sustainable practices and slow foods...2024-10-0137 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetCulturally appropriate therapy, with Danielle Bridge CEO of Black Minds Matter UKTherapy 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 of Black Minds Matter so that...2024-09-2429 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHope after Childhood Trauma, with Sunday Times Bestselling author Hope DanielsCan 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 older man, to addiction in ad...2024-09-1735 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetTranquil places to heal your mind, with Greenhouse Therapy Rooms founder Patsy RichardsonHow 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 Rooms, a woodland themed, dedicated calm sp...2024-09-1035 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetNutritional support for children with cancer, with Lou Long CEO & Founder of Dylan Strong FoundationWhy 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 his vitality and spirits right up un...2024-04-1640 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetPART TWO: A brain tumour took her little boy, but Louise Long shows us how to rise strongThis week’s guest is Louise Long a qualified as a Personal Trainer, who had a difficult relationship with food, until she had her 3 children, shifted her perspective, & began a more health-full approach to life; helping others to do so too. Last year she was blind-sided when her young son Dylan died & now she’s raising awareness for brain tumour researchThis interview was so powerful we decided to air it in two parts. This is PART TWO. The last two years have been tough for people – but the enforced lockdowns helped people find nature and wal...2022-02-0827 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetPART ONE: A brain tumour took her little boy, but Louise Long shows us how to rise strongThis week’s guest is Louise Long a qualified as a Personal Trainer, who had a difficult relationship with food, until she had her 3 children, shifted her perspective, & began a more health-full approach to life; helping others to do so too. Last year she was blind-sided when her young son Dylan died & now she’s raising awareness for brain tumour researchThis interview was so powerful we decided to air it in two parts. This is PART ONE. The last two years have been tough for people – but the enforced lockdowns helped people find nature and wal...2022-02-0131 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetIs this the dawn of a new era for you, with author & digital entrepreneur Dawn McGruerThis week’s guest is Dawn McGruer, best-selling author & Founder of Business Consort – a Digital & Social Media Academy inspiring entrepreneurs to rise to meet today’s challenges & be powerfully present to shine online. Host of ‘Dawn of a new era – The Chronicles of a Serial Entrepreneur’ Podcast, she is ranked in the top 5% of podcasts globally.Lou and Dawn discuss how to use social and digital marketing as a tool for the betterment of ourselves and our businesses and Dawn's new (launching soon) Power Circle programme for helping you to create aspirational goals and bring them to life across...2021-08-1042 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetLet's go to the beach, with author & well-being practitioner Dr Catherine KellyThis week’s guest is Dr Catherine Kelly, an academic, a Brighton based wellbeing practitioner, member of the wild swimming group Salty Seabirds, and author of Blue Spaces: How and Why Water Can Makes you Feel Better; something she discovered when her mother died and she was drawn to the rural Irish coastline to heal.Lou and Catherine discuss the trauma that brought her to the sea to heal, and later a terrifying near death experience of water, and finally back to to being at one with the sea as an everyday companion. Now as a well-being pr...2021-08-0345 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetUse the essences of nature to alleviate the fallout of stress, with Vibrant Blue Oils founder Jodi CohenThis week’s guest is Jodi Cohen, the author of Essential oils to boost the brain & heal the body, award-winning journalist, functional practitioner & founder of Vibrant Blue Oils; combining her training in nutritional therapy & aromatherapy to help over 50,000 clients heal from brain related challenges, including anxiety, insomnia & autoimmunity.Lou and Jodi discuss how through the challenging circumstances of her son's ADHD, her husband's bipolar disorder, and her subsequent nervous exhaustion, she discovered the powerful properties of essential oils to create a healing effect on our brain and nervous system for optimal health.Jodi believes that the...2021-07-2745 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetOpening up the conversation on grief, with Good Mourning podcast host Sally DouglasThis week’s guest is Sally Douglas co-host of Good Mourning podcast which is on a mission to normalise talking about grief, through wholehearted conversations with honesty and a sprinkle of humour. We all experience death at some point, so why is it still a taboo topic? Sally talks about her own experience of grief and how it has shaped her life.Lou and Sally discuss bringing the taboo of death and grief to the surface so that we may all feel able to cope better when our time comes to experience the loss of loved ones, or...2021-07-2043 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetStrapping on your angel wings to support other women, with investor Deepali NangiaThis week’s guest is Deepali Nangia, winner of the 2021 UK BAA Angel Investor award. She is the co-founder of Alma Angels, a venture partner in Speedinvest, a venture capital fund; and an angel investor in Atomico Angel. With just 1% of venture funding going to businesses founded by female teams Deepali reveals why she invests in female-led businesses. Lou and Deepali discussed how she was working in the city, reaching senior level for 12 years, and what that environment like for her as an asian woman and often ‘the only woman in the room’ We talked about how she was...2021-07-1340 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhen you can no longer resist the pull of your passion, with Brooklyn artist Perryn RyanThis week’s guest is Perryn RYAN, a Brooklyn based artist, who after more than 15 years of working in the tech and fashion industries, decided to return to her true passion, art, which is inspired by her life as a wellness advocate, a woman & her connection to the natural and spiritual world.Lou and Perryn discuss how we can return to our true calling and make a life for ourselves that reflects what is deeply meaningful for us. You can find out more about Perryn on www.perrynryan.com/ and follow her on Instagram on @per...2021-07-0641 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetAre you ready for a mid-life refuelling to sort your menopause naturally, with author Maryon Stewart BEMThis week’s guest is Maryon Stewart, author of Manage Your Menopause Naturally and 27 other books. A world-renowned healthcare expert, she has helped tens of thousands of women around the world overcome PMS and menopause symptoms without using drugs or hormones and in 2018 she was awarded the British Empire Medal.Lou and Maryon talk about the process of reclaiming your life when you're brought to your knees through PMS, peri-menopause, menopause and post-menopause. Maryon describes courage as having hope, and hope comes when you are given the tools to make things better.You ca...2021-06-2941 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetImagine extraordinary visions into existence, with animation company founder Christine Mackay This week’s guest is Christine Mackay, founder of Salamandra, an award-winning animation company working to B2B, building on ever evolving technologies from stop frame to virtual reality, but with brand story and visual problem-solving always centre stage. A forerunner for women in the field she is changing the landscape in a historically male-dominated world.Lou and Christine discuss how it takes gumption and backbone to be a leader at the top, to keep pioneering and keep at the edge of the curve, even when the going gets tough. You can find out more abou...2021-06-2241 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetYou're not starting again from zero, you're starting from experience, with podcast princess Hala TahaThis week’s guest is Hala Taha, host of the top-rated education podcast Young & Profiting. She went from working in a radio station, to growing the entertainment and music blog site Sorority Hip Hop to becoming founder & CEO of the podcast marketing agency YAP media. Losing her father last year to Covid, forced her to focus on the important things in life.Lou & Hala discuss being knocked back time and again only to build bigger and better things each time she picked herself up and started over.Hala is one of the biggest influencers on...2021-06-1544 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetBlazing a trail of creativity in business with Red Hot Strings founder & violinist Lisa RollinThis 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 floor and started over. She proudl...2021-05-1147 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhen you decide to give life a clean sweep, with author Michele KirschThis 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 on progress not perfection, and a...2021-03-2448 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetEvery positive little bit you do changes the world for the better, with Parminder Vir OBEThis 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 making films for social change, she...2021-03-1747 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetWhen your passion, determination and body collide, with ballerina Rie AoyagiThis 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 won a place in the Romanian...2021-03-1042 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetFinding your financial G-spot when you're in a money muddle, with Vix MunroThis 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 mindset & your financial strategies for living...2021-03-0347 minBrave New Girls - Well Beings, Well PlanetHow to be a Boss at Ageing, with author Anniki SommervilleThis 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 traumas, working from home, & young kids...2021-02-2447 min