Brave New Girls - Well Beings, Well Planet

Send a text This week’s guest is Naomi Fryers, author of A Very Long Way, a non-fiction narrative about her mental health journey in which she learns about ‘overcoming’ as a basis of proof that surviving can translate into future thriving for those committed to healing. During the Pandemic, some of the drivers of mental ill health have been social isolation, job & financial worries, housing in...

Send a text This week is a replay of the episode with Karen Arthur to honour International Menopause Day.  After three decades teaching in secondary education Karen was forced to leave her job after hitting a mid-life breakdown; or what she later described as a breakthrough. Discovering eventually that her plummeting mental health was due to stress and menopause, the crisis  left her wondering wha...

Send a text This week’s guest is Melony Maharaachchi, who co-founded Cambridge Global Ventures INC after a decade in the US Aerospace Industry; from Elon Musk’s Spacex programme to Boeing to Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Lab where she designed the wiring system for the spaceship Rover that landed on Mars in 2021  Growing up in Sri Lanka Melony had two brothers so her girl friends weren't allowed to c...

Send a text This week’s guest is Leanne Bonner-Cooke MBE whose passion for business transformation using innovative software inspired her to found the company E-bate. Scooping trophies for SME Growth, Business Innovation & International Business of the Year awards Leanne is also passionate about championing Women in Tech. If there has been a time for tech it has been during the Pandemic, when...

Send a text This week’s guest is Dominique Raccah, the entrepreneurial Publisher and CEO of Sourcebooks, which has won every award for innovation in the publishing industry, has created scores of New York Times bestsellers & hundreds of national bestsellers; and is the largest woman-owned book publisher in the United States of America.  Publishing a book has always relied heavily on author boo...

Send a text This week’s guest is Minreet Kaur, an award winning broadcast journalist who was behind the story of the Skipping Sikh MBE which won report of the year 2020. Shortlisted for media award 2021 by Asian Women of Achievement Awards, she tells stories of religion, feminism, culture, diversity from the unreported communities. The daughter of the famous Skipping Sikh, Minreet was the person w...

Send a text This week’s guest is Bushra Ali, the Founder of Bushra Ali Solicitors whose work includes immigration law. The youngest President of the Leicestershire Law Society, Bushra was only the eighth female to serve and the second female of colour. Bringing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to the table she works tirelessly to convey that law can be a vocation for all. Bushra talks about being...

Send a text This week’s guest is Dragon’s Den contestant, Carina Cunha, a behavioural economist & clean-air entrepreneur from Brazil, where she witnessed the devastating environmental effects of pollution. She founded Nosy using cutting edge science and state of the art technology to create a system that protects us from harmful exposure on our city streets. Carina talks about the debatable be...

Send a text This week’s guest is Leonie Dawson, an artist, best-selling author & award-winning entrepreneur, who has generated over $11 million in revenue while only working 10 hours a week. Her podcast Leonie Dawson will Not be Categorized flies in the face of her adulthood diagnosis of ADHD & autism, which in fact she believes gives her magic powers. Leonise talks about donating a chunk...

Send a text This week’s guest is Hannah Power, a Personal Branding Specialist focused on supporting purpose driven entrepreneurs and experts to become powerful online leaders. Hannah’s launched her business, Powerful Leaders in 2018 and later came the publication of her book The Power of You. From personal trauma, Hannah has risen to be a powerful leader herself. Lou and Hannah discuss how you can...

Send a text This week’s guest is Remeny Armitage co-founder of Brilliant and Human, focussing on bringing humanity back into business and helping turn clients into advocates. She is often called the marriage counsellor of business, building long-lasting relationships between businesses and their clients, that are based on a strong foundation of trust. Lou and Rememy discuss  - the turmoil business...

Send a text This week’s guest is Sarah Ferris, a creator, host & producer of #1 ranking podcast series Conning the con; born out of the embers of her sister Emma's horrific experience of being targeted in a romance scam. And so began the journey to create a podcast that aims to educate & prevent others from falling prey to con artists in their many shape-shifting guises. Sarah takes u...

Send a text This week’s guest is Dawn McGruer, best-selling author & Founder of Business Consort – a Digital & Social Media Academy inspiring entrepreneurs to rise to meet today’s challenges & be powerfully present to shine online. Host of ‘Dawn of a new era – The Chronicles of a Serial Entrepreneur’ Podcast, she is ranked in the top 5% of podcasts globally. Lou and Dawn discuss how to...

Send a text This week’s guest is Dr Catherine Kelly, an academic, a Brighton based wellbeing practitioner, member of the wild swimming group Salty Seabirds, and author of Blue Spaces: How and Why Water Can Makes you Feel Better; something she discovered when her mother died and she was drawn to the rural Irish coastline to heal. Lou and Catherine discuss the trauma that brought her to the sea to h...

Send a text This week’s guest is Jodi Cohen, the author of Essential oils to boost the brain & heal the body, award-winning journalist, functional practitioner & founder of Vibrant Blue Oils; combining her training in nutritional therapy & aromatherapy to help over 50,000 clients heal from brain related challenges, including anxiety, insomnia & autoimmunity. Lou and Jodi discuss ho...

Send a text This week’s guest is Sally Douglas co-host of Good Mourning podcast which is on a mission to normalise talking about grief, through wholehearted conversations with honesty and a sprinkle of humour. We all experience death at some point, so why is it still a taboo topic? Sally talks about her own experience of grief and how it has shaped her life. Lou and Sally discuss bringing the tabo...

Send a text This week’s guest is Deepali Nangia, winner of the 2021 UK BAA Angel Investor award. She is the co-founder of Alma Angels, a venture partner in Speedinvest, a venture capital fund; and an angel investor in Atomico Angel. With just 1% of venture funding going to businesses founded by female teams Deepali reveals why she invests in female-led businesses.   Lou and Deepali discussed how s...

Send a text This week’s guest is Perryn RYAN, a Brooklyn based artist, who after more than 15 years of working in the tech and fashion industries, decided to return to her true passion, art, which is inspired by her life as a wellness advocate, a woman & her connection to the natural and spiritual world. Lou and Perryn discuss how we can return to our true calling and make a life for ourselves...

Send a text This week’s guest is Maryon Stewart, author of Manage Your Menopause Naturally and 27 other books. A world-renowned healthcare expert, she has helped tens of thousands of women around the world overcome PMS and menopause symptoms without using drugs or hormones and in 2018 she was awarded the British Empire Medal. Lou and Maryon talk about the process of reclaiming your life when you&a...

Send a text  This week’s guest is Christine Mackay, founder of Salamandra, an award-winning animation company working to B2B, building on ever evolving technologies from stop frame to virtual reality, but with brand story and visual problem-solving always centre stage. A forerunner for women in the field she is changing the landscape in a historically male-dominated world. Lou and Christine discus...

Send a text This week’s guest is Hala Taha, host of the top-rated education podcast Young & Profiting. She went from working in a radio station, to growing the entertainment and music blog site Sorority Hip Hop to becoming founder & CEO of the podcast marketing agency YAP media. Losing her father last year to Covid, forced her to focus on the important things in life. Lou & Hala discus...

Send a text  This week’s guest is Alexandra Black, co-founder of Big Sky Campers, based in Edinburgh, and offering people freedom on the open road, adventuring through the stunningly beautiful Scottish landscape. But the inner journey for Ali has not been easy, becoming a widow with three children on the verge of adulthood and finding a way to become still for them, in the storms of grief. Lou and...

Send a text This week’s guest is Noemie Walker, an Holistic Health Practitioner and Master Herbalist specialising in sleep and stress management. Born and raised in Provence, France, Noemie spent most of her childhood outdoors surrounded by medical herbs with which she developed a special love and understanding of the natural world. Lou and Noemie discuss building a strong immune system, food as m...

Send a text This week’s guest is a chartered Psychologist and practitioner Dr Martha Deiros Collado who specialises in working with families to overcome difficulties and reach their preferred futures. Her specialist expertise is in working in paediatrics with children living with physical health conditions that are life limiting and life shortening, but the lessons we learn from her are relevant f...

Send a text This week’s guest is Suzanne Lee, Artistic Director of All Change Arts, which for over 30 years has been bringing artists and communities together, producing arts projects, creating opportunities for people to articulate their ideas and try new things in an environment that celebrates creative thinking, shared learning and artistic expression. The work of All Change has transformed liv...