Brave New Girls - Well Beings, Well Planet

Send a text This week’s guest is electric violinist LISA ROLLIN, who has worked for over 20 years at the top of the UK music industry, and, as founder of the Red Hot Strings agency, plays and supplies musicians for TV shows, major events, also touring with the likes of Kanye West & Simply Red. She’s recently released her new album Sundowner Sessions – the Lockdown Diaries. Host Lou Hamilton an...

Send a text  This week’s guest is Dr Sabina Brennan, a neuroscientist, psychologist and author of Beating Brain Fog which guides us through the science of how our brains work, why we might experience confusion & anxiety, and what we can do to look after our brain health as much as we look after our dental health, because to work & live well we need our brains to be functioning well. Lou an...

Send a text This week's guest is Penny Power OBE  a pioneer in the world of online business networking with Ecademy which lost its foothold when Linkedin came along. With her business, home & mental health  swept from under her, she rose again to build a whole new way of being a leader in life and business, and her book and philosophy Business is Personal were born. Lou and Penny discuss...

Send a text This week's guest is Lisa Harris,  Founder of Amulette, an award-winning British jewellery brand with a range created from precious metals set with unique, handpicked gemstones and diamonds. With a tough upbringing and life challenges along the way, Lisa chose the symbol of the bear to be the mascot for her brand, representing strength, courage and support in times of difficulty....

Send a text This week's guest is Tava O'Halloran, author of Queen of Clubs, a white-knuckled memoir of a girl versus the Universe. Revealing heady secrets of her self-made mini empire of extraordinary nightclubs, and her fight through a kaleidoscope of drug addiction and business betrayals, Tava eventually gets on board with the Universe to save herself and the two great loves of her lif...

Send a text This week's guest is Dr Tabatha Barber, author of "White Trash to White Coat" which takes us on her journey from wild child to teenage pregnancy to deciding to become a doctor. But her own ill-health forced her to look outside conventional medicine and , on discovering the power of optimal wellness, she became a Functional Gynaecologist, helping women reclaim their healt...

Send a text This week's guest is Lizzie Edwards, a personal stylist, author of "Look Like The Leader You Are" and supporter of Smart Works, a UK wide charity that enables women on low incomes get a job and become financially independent. Lizzie's goal is to empower women to feel more confident and happy by creating a positively impactful personal style. Lou and Lizzie discuss l...

Send a text This week's guest is Michele Kirsch, cook & author of Clean. 2020 winner of the Christopher Bland Prize, this darkly comic memoir is about how, after losing her father in a train crash when she was a young girl & given prescription drugs to numb the grief, her life became one of addiction, until she decided to start cleaning up; leading us on the scenic routed to rehab, re...

Send a text This week's guest is Parminder Vir OBE, who has dedicated her career to positively impacting and transforming lives through her work in philanthropy, film & TV production, arts and culture, entrepreneurship and investment funding. She received her OBE from the Queen for her services to the Broadcasting & Film Industry. Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Parminder discuss h...

Send a text This week's guest is Rie Aoyagi, a Japanese ballerina who worked for a ballet company in Romania, travelling and performing on many of the world's greatest stages. But ballet is tough on the body and last year she had to have surgery, returning to her homeland of Japan to heal. Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Rie discuss coming to the UK as a young child only to find that...

Send a text This week's guest is Vix Munro, an entrepreneur, money enthusiast & wealth coach. With a mission to support women step into their financial power and becomes money savvy in both life and in business she helps them fix their money mindset so they know exactly where to find their financial G-spot. Host & artist Lou Hamilton and Vix, discuss how events in childhood can set us...

Send a text This week's guest is Anniki Sommerville, marketing research consultant and author of Motherwhelmed, More Orgasms Please, and most recently How to Be a Boss at Ageing, in which she gives real advice on how to navigate and embrace midlife, warts and all. It's time to rip up the rule book and reinvent what your 40's & 50's can really look and feel like. Host &...

Send a text This week's guest is Madeleine Black. a TEDx speaker, storyteller for The Forgiveness project and author of her memoir Unbroken, in which she writes about being gang-raped at 13, and how over the years she managed to peel back the layers of trauma, to find ways to heal, thrive and eventually forgive. If you are affected by the details in this episode you can get help from www.bacp...

Send a text This week's guest is Nicki Bannerman, who grew into her second career in radio broadcast journalism from the glitzy globe-trotting world of marketing & PR in music, film & TV. With a life long passion for radio, she rewrote the story of her life into one in which she gets to use the power of audio to create a platform for positively impacting the lives of others. Host &amp...

Send a text This week's guest is Bok Goodall, fashion illustrator, award-winning lingerie designer, brand builder, innovator, campaigner and named Intima Media Group's inaugural Artist of The Year in 2019. Both creative & business minded she co-founded the lingerie brand Ms A London, which is designed and developed for Transgender women, and is part her My Size campaign for visibilit...

Send a text This week's guest is is Crystal Yu, an actor, filmmaker and educator, best known for her performance as Dr Lily Chao in the BAFTA award-winning medical drama Casualty. She has most recently been seen on AMC's Soulmates, HBO's Industry, and Netflix's A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby. Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Crystal as they discussed the trials...

Send a text This week's guest is broadcast journalist & author Dr Mandeep Rai who takes us on a journey to 101 countries around the world, highlighting a single unique value that has defines each nation's history, culture and global influence. In her new book The Values Compass she shows us how we can apply values to better our own lives and make decisions more effectively. Host &amp...

Send a text This week’s guest is Amanda Prowse, a bestselling novelist who knew how to resolve a fictional family crisis. But then her son Josh came to her with a real one. Her new book The Boy Between is the very real story of a mother and son whose lives were turned upside down by mental illness; a timely reminder in these turbulent times. Warning: this episode talks about depression & suici...

Send a text This week's guest is Dr Vidhi Pandya Patel. a qualified nutrionist and homeopathic medical doctor from India with a working knowledge of complementary medicine. She runs a Health & Nutrition Clinic along with clinical trials with Minerva Research Labs and also works as a Lifestyle Health Coach. Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Vidhi as they discussed how to build y...

Send a text This week's guest is Annabelle Mu'azu creative director and Founder of the brand Ihuoma; luxury lingerie and loungewear, created to celebrate the inherent beauty of black women. She also created the brand Beautifully Undressed, an emporium for lingerie lovers, reflecting the desires of real women. Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Annabelle as they discussed the ch...

Send a text This week's guest is Mickey Noonan, who once notoriously shoved an apple pip up her nose to see what happened. Older, wiser, but sadly without a nose-tree, she remains curious about the world, which is why she became a journalist and is now in the hosting trio of the hugely successful Standard Issue podcast. Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Mickey as they discussed her...

Send a text This week's guest is Clare Burnett, President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and a practising artist. Scavenging from her surroundings she elevates the status of simple everyday objects to make pared-down, abstract sculptures placed in spaces so that we see the world around us with open eyes & a different perspective. Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Cla...

Send a text This week's guest is an accomplished actor, stand up comedian and filmmaker appearing in a host of US and UK TV shows. Her award-winning stand up comedy has seen her tour three sell-out shows & her debut novel Asking for a Friend, is published by Harper Collins in February 2021. Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Andi as she discussed her star turns on the frontline...

Send a text This week's guest is Jane Wynyard, wildlife photographer, conservation activist and consultant for Save the Elephant and the Elephant Crisis Fund in Kenya, left the star-spangled world of fashion PR in the heart of London, to live out of a suitcase in the African Bush. Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host & artist, Lou Hamilton chatted with Jane as they discussed Jane's outdo...

Send a text This week's guest is Vicki Wusche who went from living on benefits with her two children to becoming listed as one of  The Telegraph's most Influential People in property. She's written five books and helps others secure their financial futures. Brave New You TRIBE podcast Host, artist & illustrator, Lou Hamilton chatted with Vicki as they discussed how she escaped a...