Ibiza - The Reset Rebel

Today I invited Gini, a reflexology and facial massage specialist to my house to talk about her other passion.  Fertility. Gini loves to share her knowledge with women looking to get pregnant as much as those wishing to avoid it, especially in light of recent circumstances stateside.  A focussed conversation on natural ways to avoid pregnancy and charting our cycles as well as our hormones, felt i...

¨For a Life Reset, I walk the Dog,¨  says the Dundee hairdresser Jef Mercury who has lived in ibiza for just over 5 years.  He did a lot of walking in lockdown, mostly around the circumference of his own home, as the rules did not allow for much further exploration.  However, it did give him the much needed Reset he needed after he started to go stir crazy after the first few months and says he us...

This week, we received a visit from ex-island resident, Peyton.  The US house singer and legendary vocalist got stuck here during lockdown at his home in Sa Caleta and told me how it was for him - a period of falling in love with the nature of Ibiza in a way he never had  the time to do before, or the mental space to create such a connection to.   He has now moved to Germany to be with his husband...

Is this extreme heat the last week sapping your energy? Need more vitality, strength and ability to focus?    You are not alone!  In fact, I have been hitting the coffee big time  - even more than usual!! - but there are so many other ways to Reset and get back on the right path. Here with some stern talk on what is needed is Siebe Hannosset who guides people on their path to better health and a m...

Between Ibiza and Formentera lies the worlds oldest and largest living organism. At over 100,000 years old, it stretches for more then 8km and provides shelter for species to hide and stay protected, it also purifies the waters of the Balearic Sea and that of the Meditteranean and acts as a huge Carbon sink, offsetting the extreme influx of tourists in Summertime. It is of course the Posidonia. On...

This week Gay Pride is back on Ibiza after being moved last year due to ¨the circumstances¨. Ibiza Town is streaming with rainbow flags and the streets are full of celebrations of the annual event, which was hugely missed in 2021.  It runs all week this week until the 18th June, more info here https://www.ibizagaypride.eu/ To celebrate, we chatted to Iris Van Der Graaf, a guest we met recently at...

Ever popped out for some potted plants and ended up in a rave ? Neither have we until a month ago, when we fell in love with Singer songwriter Rebeka Brown, a Spanish born writer, musician, Ex DJ, actress and curator and creator of a brand new event on the island. As we zipped into EVISSA garden centre she was centre stage singing, Miracle right when we needed it most. So to hear she is putting on...

Lately a lot of doubt has been cast over whether Formentera´s Beach shacks will re-open.   For some that is not a big deal, but for those that grew up with Kiosko 62, Lucky Bar and so many other relaxed, feet in the sand establishments as part of their heritage, that is quite sad.    A few weeks back I went myself to Playa Mijorn and saw for myself the half built shacks and at Lucky, there was not...

Cosmic pineapple returned to Pikes this week for its 7th edition of the series.  Join me this week as I caught up with worlds smallest drag artist from Germany, BayBJane on the pink terrace out back by the kitchens about how a disability and spending much of his time in bed as a child promoted him to find the part of Him that loves to dress up, okay and dance and create art through his work in clu...

Ever Lost days of your life laying in bed with period pain? Ever been unable to go to work or go out on the date you had planned? Most women suffer from dysmenorrhoea. Many cant work or do their daily duties, so to see Spain introducing a three days per month ¨menstrual leave¨ for women to take time off, during their time of the month? Feels like HUGE progress. Today we speak with founder of the M...

Does anyone listen to politicians anymore? If not, who do we sit up and take notice of? Can music make change? Is it part of artists and musicians Re-sponsibility to make change?  How much of a difference can they really make ? We are back this week with another RESET REBEL V EARTH PERCENT edition, chatting to the CEO of the AFEN Sylvie Montello Creator & founder of Oceanic Global & Storyt...

After two years away from being the official start to summer,  the IMS is back this week with climate change at the top of its agenda. In todays episode we meet the founders of the event, Ben Turner, Pete Tong MBE & Danny Whittle to find out what they learned in the break and how they see the island changing this summer as a result. We team up with Earth Percent's Sophie Schnapp to see if the...

In 2010 a fire swept through Benirras, forcing more than 1500 people to be rescued by land and sea from the beach on a hot August Sunday when the drumming was underway. Cars blew up, scorching flames could be seen 30 feet in the air and people fled in terror, some losing everything they posessed in the blaze. Yoga Teacher Anna McColl was one of those people and tells us her story in todays episode...

REBOUND is the theme of todays episode, as we catch up with Ex-pro Belgian Basketball player Pieter Loridon. The Antwerp star, who now lives some of the year in Ibiza,  has not been written about favourably in the press of late after infecting himself with Covid deliberately to get a recovery certificate to travel in January. But as he talks about the incident for the first time on the Reset Rebel...

In today's show we meet athlete Lisa Shaw, a woman who used to live in ibiza. She grew up here and says the island saved her life. In fact, swimming in the Balearic Sea is what really saved her and as her anxiety grew,  she began to swim long distances.  Being in the sea, away from land just with the rhythm of her breath as  meditation, she began to find her way back and is now planning to swim ar...

You may have have seen the posters replacing the face of F*** Me I'm Famous star, David Guetta in Ibiza lately.....mingling amongst the 2022 club promo on the walls around town. Fermented duo Bex and her husband Jacob have papered his face all over the island, with their F*** Me I'm fermented campaign, in a tongue in cheek poke of fun at the return of the super clubs this summer. Bex is not a club...

In this weeks episode, Jo braves the rain and wind to meet Island resident photographer,  Gypsy Westwood in San Carlos,  to chat about her childhood growing up on ibiza and how she carved out a name for herself as one of the well known and much loved names on the scene of Ibiza's weddings and events. Gypsy left the island at 12 to study in London, but returned to bring up her son and to work in th...

As the co -creator of Pepita, a brand new restaurant in Santa Eulalia, Dave Bone is the man who heads up the creative culinary process in the kitchens.  Dave invited Jo into the space this week to tell his story of cooking for over 20 years as a professional chef in London’s restaurant scene and stories of working alongside key industry’s leaders such as Tom Aikens, Mark Hix, Tim Hughes, Chris Cor...

In February we embarked on a journey into Lab 101 - the brain child of Ali Gray and Ben Dunwell. The duo, created a space for a group of 12 Ibiza residents to explore their worst nightmares and biggest fears through Improvised theatre and acting. For some this set the stage, for their wildest dreams to unfold, for others, things didn't turn out as expected. Join us on todays episode, as Jo dives d...

For the past 2 years, there has been one event missing from the Ibiza calendar. The International Music summit was out of action since 2019 but will be making a return this spring a month earlier than usual. Many are taking this as a sign the season will be longer and more busy then ever before.  To mark the occasion in todays episode, we go back in time to 2014, when I attended the legends awards...

Ibiza is not famous for its wine.  But it does have quite a few creators, including Blacknose in  the hills of San Juan. Peter Lehner and his brother Tino started to make wine when they got the land right after the 2011 fire locally that became a catalyst to start their very own vinyard. Since 2021 the pair have focussed on biodynamic  practices, making their signature red, the Blacknose Vino de l...

This week we meet mindset coach Elizabeth Walker on the sands of Santa Eulalia to talk about how she left her life,  living in Cyprus with her two children and took a leap into the unknown to move to ibiza. Elizabeth began life on the island as a body worker and massage therapist, but as she learned more about peoples physical pain, fascial connections and blockages through her hands, her curiosit...

This week we meet a lady from the town the British sitcom,  Last of the Sumer Wine was created in, Holmfirth. Helen Dickenson, is an anxiety Coach and also works with Hypnosis to treat patients against their fears. This weekend she has a workshop, called Tread on The Dread, which attracted me to have a chat to her, ahead of an acting workshop I had signed up to to create next week's podcast on Lab...

With news dropping last week of the clubs of Ibiza Re-opening, we caught up with Scott Gray AKA Chapter, an Artist and DJ from London to hear how he is feeling about the Re-Birth of the island this spring. Scott is one of the founding members of Melon Bomb, a feel good party that is soon to be back in action.  Alongside Paul Reynolds,  the pair play with Juan Corbi and Ben Santiago everywhere from...

Ibiza's very first book of historical fiction has landed. A book rammed with adventures of the first settlers that came to ibiza before the Greeks and the Romans in 650 BC. It's a period when the Western Mediterrenean was quite unexplored and there were suspicions, Ibiza might have had a sad, depleted tribe on it, left over from the Bronze Ages and the story centres around a girl, who may have rem...