Delia Burgess

Growing Up with Delia Burgess

Society EN ↓ 143 episodes

Prisoners, prime ministers, ex KGB spies and baristas. Unedited conversations with humans. Read the Growing Up newsletter at deliaburgess.blog

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Delia Burgess

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Society

Podcast website

deliaburgess.blog

Latest episode

Oct 10, 2025

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Episodes

Ep. 92 - Oliver Webb-Carter: leaving banking after 20 years to return to his first love (history) 22.02.2024

Oliver Webb-Carter, having studied history & archaeology, worked at JP Morgan for nearly two decades, before deciding to return to his first love, history. He is the editor and co-founder of Aspects of History, a magazine and podcast dedicated to history and historical fiction. aspectsofhistory.com

Ep. 91 - Joshua Boateng: professional boxing, Naples, Ghana 15.02.2024

Joshua "Blackstar" Boateng, professional boxer 3-0 (1KO)

Ep. 90 - Jimmy Urbanovich: how to argue, fatherhood & starting and leaving a church 08.02.2024

Jimmy teaches argumentation and critical thinking as an associate professor at Crafton Hills College, California. "To have four passionate, interesting, curious, intellectual, stimulating, motivated and driven adult children is by far my greatest pleasure and joy in life."

Ep. 89 - Jenny Haynes: eating disorder, theatre, lockdown destroying her business & finding her calling 01.02.2024

Jenny is a yoga teacher, breathwork, movement and meditation instructor based in London, UK.  ​Originally from the North East, her passion lies in connecting people to their bodies and their minds in an accessible, creative, and warm way.  Jenny initially trained in Theatre, having been one of 4 girls out of 2000+ applicants to be accepted into the world renowned Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Sh...

Ep. 88 - Mike Simon: South London, professional dance, family court battles & somatic coaching 25.01.2024

Mike Simon is a Somatic Coach, Movement Artist & Reiki Practitioner based in London. Twitter: @themikegsimon

Ep. 87 - Ben Freeth: suing Robert Mugabe, the Walled City, thugs and the Holy Spirit 18.01.2024

Ben Freeth, MBE is a British-born Zimbabwean farmer who successfully sued Mugabe in an international court in 2008. Since winning the lawsuit he has been harassed and his farm burnt to the ground. His family's story was told in a BAFTA nominated documentary, Mugabe and the White African (2009) and subsequently Ben's first book of the same title.

Ep. 86 - Shana Mdluli: South Africa, failure & making money online 11.01.2024

Shana is a psych student turned coach based in Pretoria. @thriveminds1

Ep. 85 - Jordan Urbs: Mexican tantra, Nepali hashish & being possessed by a demon 04.01.2024

Jordan lives in Hawaii with his wife and two children. ⁠jordanurbs.com⁠ "I used to say you could be "free" by ditching your 9-5 and surrendering to the life of a nomad. It really teaches you to get humble and trust in yourself. But then I had kids, and moved into an off-grid tiny house. Now I recognise that freedom exists only in the mind." Listen to part 1: Ep. 75 - Jordan Urb...

Ep. 84 - Caroline Silvestre: domestic abuse, IFS, alcohol, divorce, hypnosis, dating a married man... 28.12.2023

Caroline Silvestre BSc, MSc, GMBPsS is based in Mayfair and works with Parts therapy (IFS informed) and Eugene Gendlin's Focussing. She also provides evidence-based Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy. caroline.silvestre@pm.me ⁠mayfairhypnotherapy.co.uk Caroline explains more about IFS therapy in Ep. 66 - Caroline Silvestre: a conversation with my therapist

Ep. 83 - Tommy Christie: fatherlessness, felonies & finding his way 20.12.2023

Tommy lives in Denver, CO. @tommyswriting

Ep. 82 - Henry Okraglik: child of Auschwitz survivor & early internet startups 14.12.2023

Henry Okraglik is the Global Director of Digital at WSP

Ep. 81 - Ron Shell: CEO of the National Pickleball League 07.12.2023

Ron is back on the pod to talk about his new venture: bringing pickleball to Australia

Ep. 80 - Joachim Brackx: executing the 4 hour work week 30.11.2023

Joachim found success as a singer & composer in Belgium before turning to entrepreneurship for greater agency over his life and income. He co-founded a digital product business while living nomadically. He is currently based in Sofia, where he is pursuing a new chapter... Find out more at relatingtoself.com

Ep. 79 - Mark Burgess: privately-educated-heterosexual-white-male not sure who to apologise to first 23.11.2023

Mark Burgess is studying an MA of Political Economy at King's College London.

Ep. 78 - Ian Taylor: using your voice assertively 15.11.2023

Ian Taylor is a voice teacher based in London.

Ep. 77 - Delia & Neil: construction, life purpose, breakups & depression 08.11.2023

Recorded in August 2022

Ep. 76 - John Acosta: Venezuela, US military and unresolved trauma 01.11.2023

John believes unresolved trauma is our greatest liability. His mission is to create awareness and understanding around the effects of unresolved trauma on our lives and in our society. He provides insight, tools, and guided meditations around connecting with our family systems and healing our internal dynamics. zuluone.org

Ep. 75 - Jordan Urbs: jesus, sex, hitchhiking & psychedelics 24.10.2023

Jordan lives in Hawaii with his wife and two children. jordanurbs.com "I used to say you could be "free" by ditching your 9-5 and surrendering to the life of a nomad. It really teaches you to get humble and trust in yourself. But then I had kids, and moved into an off-grid tiny house. Now I recognise that freedom exists only in the mind."

Ep. 74 - Ben Yeoh: visiting a remote tribe, death, art & investing 17.10.2023

Benjamin Yeoh is a senior portfolio manager of global equities, he is also an award-winning playwright. Ben shares ideas on sustainability, investing, autism, arts, theatre and how to live a better life at: www.thendobetter.com / Ben Yeoh Chats podcast

Ep. 73 - Jimmy Hutton: boarding school, drugs, hypnosis & not good enough 10.10.2023

Jimmy Hutton is a cognitive hypnotherapist helping clients live happier, freer, more connected lives free from the limiting beliefs holding them back. www.jimmyhuttontherapy.co.uk

Ep. 72 - James Kite: curiosity as a compass & the metacrisis 03.10.2023

James is interested in the wellbeing of individuals, organisations & communities. Through his London-based Find Enlight project he explores the art of community building, from personal to community cohesion & cultural innovation. find-enlight.com / contact James at ⁠find.enlight@gmail.com⁠ Meta Crisis links: ⁠⁠Intro⁠⁠  |  ⁠⁠Origins & Third Attractor out of the Meta Crisis ⁠⁠  |  ⁠⁠Reso...

Ep. 71 - Julia Scott: manifest the life you want by understanding your 'parts' 26.09.2023

Julia Scott is an IFS therapy practitioner. Her mission is to help individuals live beyond their current narrative and embrace a fully expressed story aligned with their authentic purpose and potential. Julia has facilitated hundreds of individuals, couples and groups through her transformative work⁠; guiding them inward to witness, release and transform their limiting beliefs, sabotaging patterns...

Ep. 70 - Neil & Delia: laws of power and winning influence 19.09.2023

Neil Ganju is back. Books mentioned: The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene You Are the Message: Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are - Roger Ailes How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

Ep. 69 - Lord Bird: founder of the Big Issue 12.09.2023

John Anthony Bird, Baron Bird, MBE is a British social entrepreneur and life peer in the House of Lords. He is best known as the co-founder of The Big Issue, a magazine sold by street vendors who are homeless or vulnerably-housed. Bird was born in 1946 in a Notting Hill slum to a poor London Irish family. He became homeless at age of five, spent time in an orphanage, in young offenders institution...

Ep. 68 - John Collins: lab diamond creator #2 on meeting Oppenheimer & doing business in China, Russia 05.09.2023

John Collins has a PhD in nuclear physics. At 28 he was employed by De Beers to develop the world's first lab grown diamond. He is currently a non-faculty associate of the Cambridge Judge Business School and an Ethics & Responsible Innovation Advisor. His purpose is to help others achieve their purpose. Listen to John's Growing Up episode at: Ep. 17 - Dr John Collins, PhD: inventing th...

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