Brave New Girls - Well Beings, Well Planet

Send a text Want to live healthy & whole no matter where you are in your health & menopause journey? My guest this week is Dani Binnington founder of Healthy Whole Me and she shows you how. Her own journey to seek a holistic approach started after her breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 33 leading to a surgically onset menopause by the time she turned 40. She now provides support to peop...

Send a text How can we be better allies in creating a fully diverse, equitable and inclusive world, for the health of our society and our future? My guest this week is Dr. Robin DiAngelo, an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Washington, whose books, academic articles, and extensive work as a consultant and educator, addresses racial and social justice issues. She is the author of...

Send a text My Brave New Girls podcast guest this week is Patricia Newton, author of "Journey to Magnificence: An Alchemist's Guide to Transformation & Empowerment." A master healer & teacher blending medical expertise with complementary therapies & spiritual wisdom, Patricia's work helps unravel the trauma & darkness that hold us back, guiding us to live better...

Send a text My guest this week is Sue Reed author of The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn. Set in rural Northumberland between the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic and 1649 Newcastle Witch Trials, this is a story of a girl who is rewilded both in ditching her addiction to restriction & dieting, and in finding the agency to be true to herself & live a more sustainable life. Molly's story is not just a...

Send a text This week my Brave New Girls podcast interview is with Dr. Catherine Clinton ND, and she gives us an inspiring narrative of resilience and innovation in the realm of healthcare. Dr. Catherine Clinton, a licensed naturopathic physician, has harnessed her personal battle with autoimmune disease during her medical school years to fuel a profound passion for healing. Her focus isn’t confin...

Send a text My guest this week is Saasha Celestial-One is the co-founder of Olio the waste-sharing app, whose mission is to create a waste-free world. The problem is that our culture of overconsumption is hurting us, and the planet. 33% of food globally is wasted. 50% of the clothes in our wardrobes never worn & 65% of greenhouse gases are caused by household consumption. Olio's solution...

Send a text Dr Camilla Pang is an award-winning author & autism advocate . Blessed with the combination of ASD, ADHD & PhD she uses the powers of neurodiversity & science to navigate social norms & advocates for it being a hidden treasure for human evolution on a finite planet. Her first book Explaining Humans won the Royal Society Insight investment award 2020 making her the young...

Send a text My guest this week is Fleur Pierets. In 2017, Fleur & her fiancee Julian launched 22 The Project , in which the couple planned to get married in every country that legalised same-sex marriage. Following the untimely death of her wife in 2018, after only 4 marriages, Fleur turned to writing & wrote her debut memoir ‘Julian’ whilst advocating for human rights. The alchemy of tran...

Send a text My guest this week is Vicky Etherington. She runs an online marketing agency and uses her skills to help female entrepreneurs get their message and mission out into the world.  She also works with entrepreneurial women in rural areas of Africa to help communities break the cycle of poverty.  By introducing digital opportunities to the African start-up economy, female founders can boost...

Send a text My guest this week is Erica Gies , award-winning independent journalist who writes about water, climate change, plants and critters for Scientific American, The New York Times, Nature & more. Her book, Water Always Wins: Thriving in an age of drought & deluge, is about “Slow Water” innovations that are helping us adapt to the increasing floods & droughts brought by climate...

Send a text My guest this week is Sarah Wilson, journalist, TV host, and author of This ONE WILD & PRECIOUS LIFE. Her earlier multi-New York Times Bestselling books are First Make the Beast Beautiful & "I Quit Sugar", which advocates for a sugar-free lifestyle & sparked a global wellness movement. Now living mostly out of a backpack she focuses on sustainable living, mental h...

Send a text My guest this week is Bel Jacobs. Formerly Style Editor for Metro, today she is a writer, speaker and activist with a focus on animal rights, climate justice, alternative systems in fashion & the need to transform culture to answer the climate emergency. She is co-founder of Fashion Act Now , Islington Climate Centre , and founder of The Empathy Project , which aims to reframe huma...

Send a text Uju Asika is the author of Bringing up Race, and her latest book Raising Boys who do Better. She speaks on topics such as race, intersectionality and anti-racist parenting. Formerly a journalist Uju has featured across mainstream media, including Good House Keeping, Marie Claire, Good Morning Sunday and Woman’s Hour. Raising Boys Who do Better is a hopeful guide to raising a new genera...

Send a text Empowering Personal & Planetary Well-Being with Ruth Kudzi and Navigating Life in the Climate Era. My guest this week is Ruth Kudzi, author of How to Feel Better, one of less than 100 UK’s Master Certified Coaches, founder of Optimus Coach Academy and who mission is to support people to perform more effectively in a way that enhances their wellbeing. At a time when anxiety for the...

Send a text Natalie Fée is an award-winning environmentalist, author of 'How to Save the World for Free' and 'Do Good, Get Paid', speaker and founder of City to Sea, a UK-based organisation running high-impact campaigns to stop plastic pollution at source for which she won the Sunday Times Volvo Visionaries Award, and the Sheila McKechnie Award for Environmental Justice. With C...

Send a text My guest this week is Anna Anderson Founder of Kindred, a co-working space in West London that is passionate about building community with real life human connection, and is inspired by the openness, warmth, and connectivity that is created by gathering around a campfire, in a way that respects and celebrates people and the planet. Anna opened Kindred in December 2018, motivated by a l...

Send a text My guest this week is Antoinette Fionda, founder of Beira, a Scottish sustainable, honest, ethical, slow fashion brand that saves fabric waste from the luxury fashion industry & ethically crafts limited edition womenswear that will last a lifetime.  Their circle starts where others end, with the end of roll fabric which they save from being discarded, breathing new life into fabric...

Send a text My guest this week is Dr. Melissa Mondala, a holistic plant-based physician, nutritional & wellness expert, health coach, mental health advocate, and recipe inventor! She has been featured in popular media, such as Forbes magazine, and helps clients improve their lifestyle to optimize their health, achieve their goals and develop sustainable habits to live a healthy and balanced li...

Send a text My guest this week is Pippa Chapman, a gardener, designer, forest gardener, horticultural consultant, permaculturalist and author of ‘A plant lovers backyard forest garden’. Trained with the Royal horticultural Society & time as Head gardener of a large private estate she now works organically & regeneratively to enable wildlife to thrive alongside people.  Pippa is also a Perm...

Send a text My guest this week is Laura Harnett, founder of the B corp certified business The Seep Company who are replacing plastic household essentials like sponges & cloths to make them well-branded, effective, compostable & genuinely sustainable. Circularity is at the heart of Seep where they design everything with the end-of-life of the product in mind & they're on a mission...

Send a text This week’s guest is Anna Brightman, a Forbes 30 under 30 in 2021 & co-founder of Upcircle Beauty transforming leftover natural ingredients into quality skincare products.  They are certified B-Corp, certified organic, certified vegan, certified cruelty-free, certified plastic negative, palm oil-free, sustainable, handmade in the UK and housed in 100% recyclable packaging. Everythi...

Send a text My guest this week is Paloma Garcia, founder of PALOMA a hair salon that is invested in the future & deeply committed to the sustainability movement.  They are 98% recyclable & a proud member of Sustainable Salons Australia who together have diverted 1.7million+ from landfill.  She linked up with a climate scientist & social scientist in A Brush with Climate to educate hair...

Send a text My guest this week is Dr Easkey Britton, author of ‘Saltwater in the Blood’ & ‘Ebb and Flow’, Five times Irish National Surfing Champion & 2006 British pro-tour champion & a fully qualified marine social scientist and research consultant, with Ph. D in Environment and Society, contributing her expertise in ocean health & social wellbeing to research projects including t...

Send a text My guest this week is Samantha Lourie, a free-spirit poet, artist and author of The Power of Mess, a guide to finding joy and resilience when life feels chaotic.  She believes that when we are more at peace within, we become more aware of ourselves and our connection to our immediate environment and to the planet as a whole.    The power of mess is like a homecoming. A homecoming back...

Send a text This week’s guest is Carol Sanford, a consistently recognized disruptor & positive contrarian working with Fortune 500 & new economy executives in designing & leading systemic business change & design.  She’s worked with great leaders of businesses such as Google, DuPont, Intel, P&G & Seventh Generation & her award-winning books are required reading at leadi...