Episodes

  • Jay Blades

    Jay Blades
    Dec 6 2023

    My guest in this episode is Jay Blades MBE. Jay is a furniture restorer and TV presenter best known for hosting The Repair Shop on BBC 1. Jay spent many years doing youth and community work. He founded two charities, Street Dreams and Out of The Dark which focused on mentoring disadvantaged youth and helping them forge a future. He also worked with the homeless at a shelter in Oxford and with Thames Valley Police to help facilitate better policing of ethnic minorities.


    We discuss the importance of community, the power of acceptance and believing that every situation you encounter is happening for good reason, and how sometimes one’s lowest moments can lead to rebirth.

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    57 mins
  • Adam Cumberland

    Adam Cumberland
    Nov 29 2023
    My guest in this episode is hypnotherapist Adam Cumberland. We discuss the ability of hypnotherapy to give people the freedom to reach their potential, the joy of overcoming obstacles and the power of owning our mistakes.

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    49 mins
  • Souraya Karami Gyves

    Souraya Karami Gyves
    Nov 22 2023
    My guest in this episode is Souraya Karami Gyves, founder and chief designer of Esska Shoes. We discuss the 'why?' of starting a business, how it's important to fail fast - if failure is on the horizon - and how scaling back and reconnecting with the joy of what we do can show us the path back to success.

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    49 mins
  • Jade Johnson

    Jade Johnson
    Nov 15 2023
    My guest this week is former Olympic long jump athlete Jade Johnson. We discuss shaking off societal expectations of femininity, embracing our unique strength and authenticity, and how there's no such thing as failure if you can take the lesson

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    57 mins
  • Lucy Porter

    Lucy Porter
    Nov 8 2023
    My guest this week is writer, astrologer and tarot reader, Lucy Porter. We talk about how Jupiter came to be known as the 'lucky' planet, the journey to self-acceptance and love and how sometimes you have to get a bit lost to find yourself.

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    50 mins
  • Nabil Elouahabi

    Nabil Elouahabi
    Nov 1 2023
    My guest this week is Nabil Elouahabi. Nabil is an actor who has appeared in Eastenders, Blue Lights and Top Boy, among many other films and TV shows. We discuss the exploration of human behaviour through acting, the mindset in which nerves can be transformed into exhilaration and how being kind to others is actually a gift to ourselves.

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    56 mins
  • Geo Jordan

    Geo Jordan
    Oct 25 2023
    This week my guest is multi-instrumentalist, writer and producer Geo Jordan. We discuss his experience as a trans man of colour, the journey to finding a place of harmony between one's internal and external identity and how compassion is often the way to finding peace.

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    48 mins
  • Dave Okumu

    Dave Okumu
    Oct 18 2023
    This week, my guest is Dave Okumu. Dave is a Mercury Music Prize nominated singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist. We talked about the path to finding our way back to a naturally occurring state of connection, presence and flow and how we so often find our own truths in the stories of others.

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    52 mins