Tea Time with Ali Monjack

Do you have a positive mindset?! Well, my next guest Marcus Thomlinson started the process to give up his negative mindset at 30 and now his Mindset Revolution has helped people across the globe reset to positivity! We talk about mindsets and why we behave the way we do from fear to joy from doing something positive to being involved in gang crime! Marcus is also a speaker on mindset and before th...

Extreme sports and learning to endure is what put my next guest on the path of musical stardom. Sofia Evangelina is nearly 18 and has already competed in Canada’s extreme skiing team and is now pursuing a music career with an amazing R&B voice. She is not just a singer but also an inspirational songwriter who has already penned some great hits such as Endure. Let’s find out more...🤩#podcast #...

Try and turn a lemon into a melon is my next guest's motto. On the Tea Time sofa this week Annabel Simons founded an award winning lifestyle magazine for the over 50’s 11 years ago with her dear friend Grace. They recently changed the brand name to Annabel & Grace and have been running the online magazine to help older women to feel included, find their unique style and way forward as life cha...

Pink Pants are my next guest's favourite thing at the moment. Sarah Jordan is a Social Entrepreneur who started Y.O.U to make sustainable, vegan and organic underwear that now donates pants to women across Africa and the UK. She also supports Breast Cancer charity Future Dreams. Period poverty is still a big issue and that is what inspired Sarah to start Y.O.U and make a social impact with underwe...

Musicals are my next guest’s favourite thing and Charlie Kristensen has certainly been cheered up by West end stars after enduring 18 months of bullying. #CheerUpCharlie has completely grown in awareness over the last 2 years and now Charlie has received the highest accolade for a young person The Diana Award for his outstanding work as anti-bullying mentor and campaigner. He now has his own youtu...

My next guest certainly has the Xfactor, Danyl Johnson was in the semi-finals of series 6. Over the last few years, he has been helping support charities and is widely known as ambassador for the People’s Postcode Lottery. We chat about his latest podcasts, Best Thing, and the little help project. Danyl shares his enthusiasm about lifting people’s spirits and his candid view on life. Think the TV...

Opera Singers are the passion of my next guest Fiona Hamilton who co- founded the charity Opera Prelude over 10 years ago with opera singer Adriana Festeu. Since then the prelude story has grown considerably helping many exceptional opera singers. This Saturday after months without any performance they are holding a showcase concert for young artists at St Mary’s in Henley and have now opened an o...

Valuing celebrities. my next guest Jimmy Nash was inspired by an interview with Kanye West and has now created the Celebrity Stock Exchange. The whole idea behind it is to generate more income to be able to fund humanitarian projects such as Find Your Feet in Africa. The Celebrity Stock Exchange will launch this year and let's find out more about buying celebrity ...

The world of Musical theatre is where my next guest Jamie Read started out his career. But starting a family soon encouraged him to make the transition with his wife Helen to founding Read College, the creative arts school that now has an outreach programme across the UK.  Jamie also started a company called The Voice Teacher and last year became a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Let’s f...

Mind your Mind, is the name of my next guest's new book! Amanda Peet is the founder of Mind Your Mind Techniques and has been a holistic practitioner for many years but her first love is working with words. She practices EFT and founded the Emotional Dowsing Technique and was co-founder of  Hoarding Disorders UK. Through her own life experiences, Amanda has learned the techniques to declutter...

Hip Hop Saves Lives! My next on the tea time sofa Chad Harper is the founder of this organisation that has helped school children across the globe to come together and find common ground through the education of hip hop. His latest project is a documentary called 'I am a Black American' which uncovers African American history from the days of the slave trade. He is an incredibly talented artist in...

And all that Jazz!! My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is  Dollie Henry is a well-known Jazz artist, choreographer, and author. She co-founded the Bop Jazz Theatre Company in 1996 with her husband Paul Jenkins,  Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Music Produce and is an acclaimed educator on all things Jazz in the UK and internationally Together they wrote the Essential guide to Jazz. Dollie has...

Spoken-word, Poetry, and rap are an art form And My next guest Simon Mole has been learning his craft for many years and is now a children’s educator. He is a National Poetry Day Ambassador, and an acclaimed children's poet! He has performed on the same stage as  John Cooper-Clarke, Kae Tempest and Simon Armitage. And his next gig is a poetry picnic at Alexandra Palace so lets find out more #...

Looking after children's mental health through music and dance & making a difference in the dance world to promote diversity and Inclusion is what my next guest is all about . Stacey Green co-founded the Freedom Factory in 2017, and this year through lockdown started the Tired Movement to bring about change in the world of dance. Let’s find out more  

I do' are the words my next guest hears every time she officiates at a wedding ceremony in Vegas! Joelle Righetti-Jenson has an entertainment career spanning over four decades and has played a huge part in the world-renowned Las Vegas shows from the Rat Pack to top magician shows with Siegfried and Roy as well-known act Lance Burton. She has been a Gypsy Mobile Minister and has lots of love storie...

Celebrate Life and Talk about Death! For my next guest, Sybil Ah-mane Co-founder of Flexible Films chatting about life and exploring the highs and lows is about making films to have a positive impact. Sybil has worked with the NHS, Mind, local authorities, and organizations such as the death cafe. We chat about death, mental health, and the value of conversations that Sybil brings to life in her f...

Overloaded!  How many of us are feeling that during this pandemic? My next guest Ginny Smith science writer and presenter explains what is going on in our brains with some useful tips in her latest book!  Ginny whose passions are neuroscience and psychology loves to tell stories. She blogs and presents podcasts with well-known scientists to explain science her latest is Braintastic for k...

My next guest is not afraid to bring up any subject as long as it involves people! Lis is a great facilitator of conversations getting to the heart of the matter and not holding back on language! She is well known for the Vagina Dialogues and Talking Bollocks. This week she is holding an event the Pregnant Pause to open a discussion about how women can walk alone without fear and reclaim the stree...

Starting the day with a cuppa is certainly my next guest Karina Rickard's idea of magic! She is an amazing mum of 5 who salvaged a national heritage brand Cornishware . Karina shares her passion for getting people chatting in the pottery as well as her support for mental health charity Cornwall Mind. Karina is her unique brand with a joy for life and a style that is homegrown from her own traditio...

Holding Raw Talks is certainly what my next guest Tamsin Napier Munn is all about. Tamsin who has a background in championing women through the business awards for The Business Magazine has founded her new academy during the lockdown and her complete drive is to inspire women to show up as their real authentic selves however hard that may be. In this podcast, we chat over tea and in true Tamsin st...

My next guest on the Tea Time Sofa is Neville Wray founder of The South East Martial Arts Club. He is a World champion Kickboxer and coach to Team GB and during this lockdown, he held the first Virtual CIMAC Kickboxing championships and the first virtual kickboxing competition in the UK which supported the Young Minds charity to help young people struggling during this pandemic.  He shares hi...

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Nyasha Gwatidzo, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Banya Fostering Services, and global philanthropist. She shares her latest passion to help Women Entrepreneurs with the World Impact Fund she created as well as Celebrating International Women's Day! Nyasha who is from Zimbabwe has helped thousands of children and is committed to helping children and women grow....

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Dwight Steven-Boniecki Award-winning author of Live TV from the Moon, Live TV from Orbit, and editor of Skylab 1 & 2. Yes incase you hadn’t guessed it he has been absolutely fascinated by space travel to the moon and investigating our universe for a long time! and with a career based in TV production Dwight who's from New South Wales, Australia shares the...

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Su Bhuhi MBE, Founder of Aanchal Women's Aid. Su shares how she works with women to empower them after suffering domestic abuse! Aanchal Women’s aid was founded by Su in 1984  after her own abusive situation and after a woman needed support to stop her children from being taken to South Asia against her will. Since then the organization has worked with th...

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Georgi Mottram a professional Opera Singer, West End performer, and founder member of Ida Girls. Georgi shares how she became a Breathwork practitioner helping others in the industry to combat their anxiety and stage fright!