The SATORI Podcast

Ben writes and speaks about Stoic philosophy, comfort zones, mental health and adventure. He is the author of How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable, How to Control the Uncontrollable, Seriously Happy and the Get Out of Your Comfort Zone Cards. Ben has spoken to audiences around the world, appeared on TV & radio and been interviewed on high-profile podcasts. His books have been transla...

Sonya had a successful career in advertising until a breakdown and stint in rehab introduced her to mindfulness and wellbeing practices.  Inspired by these she started her own company, Waves Mindfulness, and from there began a new conversation with the Universe.  Sonya’s podcast recommendations: This American Life Radiolab   You can find the Satori Podcast here on Instagram: @find_satori

Attend Anil's upcoming lecture on 26/03/24 here Follow Satori on Instagram @find_satori Anil's book recommendation: Piranesi - Susanna Clarke With more than two decades of research and outreach experience, Anil’s mission is to advance the science of consciousness and to use its insights for the benefit of society, technology and medicine. An internationally leading researcher, Anil is also a renow...

Driven by pioneering spirit, Anouk Jans is a Creative Director who creates brand identities, creative concepts, campaigns, social media strategies and digital content to help define, establish and build international love brands that shape culture. Anouk was the main focus of the documentary, ‘ Kill Your Darlings: Presented By Togetherr ’ based on the advertising and creative industry, and is curr...

Gin Rimmington Jones is a lens-based photographic artist exploring ideas of time, space and coexistence in the nested relationship between humans and the natural world. Fascinated by the point at which the two worlds collide, her work interrogates the connections between landscape, representation and the image to question cultural assumptions around agency and the natural world. Gin's forthcoming...

Phil Hewitt is a Suffolk born photographer; now residing in North London. At heart, a man of the countryside. Phil grew up in rural Suffolk and spent most of his childhood building dens, picking up woodlice and catching tadpoles. As he moved through his teens, the birth of the internet ignited his enthusiasm of what the world had to offer. An enormous playground of chance and possibility.  He tend...

Emma Slade (Ani Pema Deki), Buddhist Nun, inspirational speaker, transformational coach & charity founder. A deep-seated desire to enquire into the deeper aspects of humanity arose following a life-changing trip to Jakarta, where she was held hostage at gunpoint. She resigned from her financial career and explored yoga and meditation and methods of wellbeing with the ultimate aim of turning a...

Laura El-Tantawy is an award winning British/Egyptian documentary photographer, book maker & educator. Born in Ronskwood in Worcestershire, UK, Laura studied in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the US & UK. Living between East and West for much of her life inspires her work. Her projects investigate notions of home and belonging, routinely approaching her work from a social and environmental perspecti...

For this episode I sat down with Satori co-founder, Duncan Woods, and we asked each other questions.  Duncan had suggested this idea to me as a way of exploring my involvement with Satori, and it also became a great way to discover more about his inspiration for the original magazine project and beyond.   Duncan Woods is a creative director from London UK, with 18 years experience working across a...

Today's main contributor, Dr. LLyn De Danaan, emerita, The Evergreen State College, is an author and cultural anthropologist. She was a speaker for Humanities Washington for four years and a faculty with Western Washington University’s Academy for Lifelong Learning. Her 2013 book, Katie Gale: A Coast Salish Woman’s Life on Oyster Bay, is called, “a masterpiece of creative interpretation…" She appe...

Today's main contributor is Parneet Pal. An educator, science communicator and wellbeing expert working at the intersection of business, lifestyle medicine (including nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management, mental and emotional health) and behaviour change. A Harvard and Columbia trained physician, Parneet looks for the connections and interdependence within human and planetary systems that...

Today's main contributor is BJ Miller. Co-founder of Mettle Health , and also well known for his time at Zen Hospice Project, BJ Miller, is an author, speaker, and a practicing hospice and palliative medicine physician.  Author of the book A Beginner’s Guide to the End, (Co-written with Shoshana Berger), BJ has featured on Oprah Winfrey’s Soul Sunday, as well as giving his own very well received T...

Today's main contributor, Elisha Goldstein, Ph. D. A psychologist, author and speaker, Elisha has published extensively, and is the author of numerous articles, chapters, and blogs, including the bestselling books Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-compassion, and The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life, he has been featured in Time, The...

Today's main contributor, Lawrence Torcello, holds the position of Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology where he specialises in social political philosophy and moral theory. Described on Twitter as a moral and political philosopher, his current research interests focus on democratic theory, liberalism, and issues of climate justice. Recent work explores the moral...

Today's main contributor is Pico Iyer, travel journalist and author. Pico is a regular contributor to Granta, The Financial Times,  and the New York Times amongst others, and has written many books on travel and the human soul, Video night In Kathmandu, The Art of Stillness, The Man Within My Head, and his biography of the Dalai Lama, The Open Road, to name but a few. His new book, The Half Known...