Return to You

In this episode, Sid discusses the pressures and challenges of navigating life in your thirties, particularly focusing on the feelings of burnout and societal expectations. She emphasises the importance of self-reflection, recognising the impact of social media on self-perception, and the journey of starting over. Sid encourages listeners to embrace their unique paths, find fulfillment beyond work...

In this conversation, Ted Lawlor shares how grief, trauma, and a difficult period in his life led him to explore nervous system regulation and body based healing. He and Sid discuss why mindset work alone may not feel like enough, and how breathwork, gentle movement, and meditation can offer practical ways to begin reconnecting with the body. They also talk about making healing more accessible for...

Burnout rarely arrives all at once. In this episode, I share my personal experience of reaching breaking point after years of pushing through, people-pleasing, and ignoring the quieter signs that my body needed rest. I talk about the symptoms that made me realise something had to change, why the usual 'wellness' routines can sometimes feel like more pressure, and the small, gentle change...

Content warning: this episode discusses death and sexual assault. Listener discretion advised. What if your hardest moments were actually the doorway to your gift? Aimee Green, recently featured  doing what she does best on The only way is Essex,  shares the raw, unfiltered story that took her from teenage doubt, bullying, trauma, and total self protection to a life built around spirit, intuition,...

This short solo episode is about the subconscious loops that shape how you show up as an adult, especially the fear of being judged, looking stupid, or starting before you feel ready. Sid explains how these patterns can begin in childhood, why toxic positivity does not help, and how tools like EFT tapping and affirmations can help rewire the response. The takeaway is simple: you do not have to kee...

Lisa Maynard Atem is a brand and marketing communications consultant and founder of Stylisa FoundHers. She spent seven years at Harrods, ultimately as Global Director of Social Media & PR, where she grew the retailer's social channels from roughly 30,000 combined followers to upwards of 3 million (Instagram alone reached 1.1 million under her leadership). Then years later, she then left h...

Episode Description: In this powerful solo episode, host Sid explores the inner critic the voice that bullies, shrinks, and convinces us we aren't enough. Drawing from 10 years of personal healing, Sid shares the pivotal "escalator story" that changed everything, introduces the concept of naming your inner chimp (inspired by The Chimp Paradox by Dr. Steven Peters), and closes with a...

Kensey on Building the Life You Actually Want. What happens when you build your career around the lifestyle you want, instead of the other way around? In this episode of Return to You I sit down with Kensey Monopoli, wellness entrepreneur, event curator, and founder of AERA, to talk about the 16 years she's spent as a travelling massage therapist, including a long stint on Sir Richard Branson...

Ep.1 | Healing Limiting Beliefs & Childhood Trauma: The Words That Haunted Me  The Words that haunted me, and the life I chose anyway. What happens when the words spoken over you as a child become the beliefs that run your adult life? In this first episode of Return to You, Sid opens up about leaving home at 16, and the moment a police officer told her she would never be, do, or have anything...

Some of us don't lose ourselves all at once. It happens slowly, until one day you look up and wonder where you went. Return to You is the podcast for anyone, with women and women of colour at its heart who are ready to find their way back. Each episode, host Sid sits down with remarkable people who have faced adversity, loss, and life's hardest chapters and built something extraordinary...