Mama Joy

Feeling good isn't just for fun. It has many physical, mental and emotional benefits. Yet we keep prioritising the things that make us busy and stressed. What could happen if you refocused your attention to what brings you joy? This week I'm hosting a free 5 Day Feel Good Challenge. Each day you'll receive a daily joy experiment to workout your "joy muscle" and create more mental clarity and energ...

I first met Emmeline Boyce at my favourite little haven in London, Remind meditation studio, where she’s now the Head of Operations. I was immediately drawn to her gentleness and calmness. As we’ve gotten to know each other I’ve realised even more so how much of her gentle, kind nature is imbued in all she does. We got talking about her passion for creating a sense of community, how she’s adapted...

What if the only reason you don’t have what you want right now, or don’t feel the way you want to feel, is because you haven’t asked yourself just ONE simple question? Often when you’re not moving forward it’s because you’re too focused on what you don’t want in life. We can rattle off how we don’t want to feel, but what about how you do want to feel? To experience more joy in your life you have t...

Nancy describes herself as a wife, daughter, sister, friend and “mom” to three furry creatures – saying she loves her job and can’t believe she gets to make a living from helping people live more calm, present lives. She spent lots of her life wondering if she really fit in because she was always doing things “differently” and never gave herself much of a break for doing so. After her Dad passed a...

Ever had those days (or months!) where you’re feeling completely out of control? Your to-do list is never-ending, you’re feeling pulled in multiple directions and that one thing you thought would solve everything just hasn’t happened. In moments of complete stress and overwhelm we start reaching for the best “fix it” tool to get us out of there. The only problem is we tend to reach for the wrong t...

Ten years ago Patricia Panasri travelled to Thailand for the first time, ended up meeting her husband, having two kids, training as a yoga teacher, astrologer, and starting a business and living there for seven years. She says despite being a very rational and analytical person she makes mostly gut-based decisions in her life. Now back in home country (Holland) she guides mom entrepreneurs to crea...

Welcome to Season 2 listeners! If you're new around here or if you simply want to know what's coming up tune into this intro episode. I'm sharing more about what to expect in Season 2 and the themes we'll be moving through. To be sure to know about all new episodes and updates sign up to my weekly newsletter over at www.thedaisypatch.co.uk/weekly . More podcast shownotes can be found at www.thedai...

This time of year can feel like the pace is quickening all around us, when all we really feel like doing is finally switching off for the year-end. It can often mean we race to the “finish line” and before we know it the new year is upon us and we haven’t had that chance to fully take everything in. This episode is all about what you can do to refocus your attention to a place of actually finishin...

You could say Aletheia Hunn left a corporate career for a month in India to learn yoga and never looked back. But that would be leaving out all the juicy details – including the often overlooked tough (but necessary) bits along the way to figuring out what lights us up. She spent a decade working for big health charities until following her urge to create something on her own that could incorporat...

Have you ever felt like things are going so well for you and then suddenly out of nowhere you get tripped up? Or you finally have that feeling of flow and your schedule is going great, you’ve made it to yoga, then you get back from holidays and everything just falls apart? We can get into the trap of beating ourselves up so easily when things don’t go as we planned, or when we’re not doing “all th...

Having spent 20 years in marketing and corporate worlds, Carmen Rendell followed a tug of curiosity and dissatisfaction that led her to a place where she now gets to integrate her love of adventure, travel, nature and understanding the bigger questions in life. She’s a trained Business and Personal Integrative Therapist and Founder of Soulhub, a hub of content, support and stories. We covered lots...

It’s all very well to say just “do what lights you up” but what if you have no idea what that is? What if the thing that’s keeping you so stuck is you feel like nothing is really lighting you up right now in your life? I’m sharing a few tools you can use to uncover the stuff that feels great to you, to bring back your clarity so you can start living your life with more ease, fun and still get all...

If you’ve ever got yourself caught up in a spiral of indecision and not known how to move forward with something in your life this episode is for you. We’re joined by Natalie Eve Roper, Ayurvedic therapist, new mum and lover of nature. She shares how her philosophy of always following your dreams and finding ways to create time “without pressure” in our lives can give us the clarity we need to ful...

If you find yourself getting completely stuck in your thoughts, over analysing things and generally not being able to make quick decisions – this episode is for you. And, it’s also for you if you’re, well, human. Because we all do it. We all let our minds take hold and take centre stage for too long. I’m sharing what getting “into your heart” really means and why it’s so important to practice maki...

In this episode we’re joined by Dima Mekdad, a Syrian Londoner who used to be a pharmacist, is currently finishing her PhD, and also co-founded a not-for-profit over five years ago, whose mission is to tell and share stories that showcase the cultural heritage and human identity of Syrians. Having experienced a complete burn out after a major crisis in her life, she’s been on her own personal grow...

It’s always about this time of year that the “year-end pull” starts to take hold. That feeling of running out of time and the diary commitments start to pile up. How can we approach this time with less stress and more joy? In this week’s episode I share three insights that have worked really well for me in my own life to ensure that I don’t let “busy” take hold and to really enjoy and make the mos...

Having created her business when she couldn’t get a job 11 years ago, Ruth Poundwhite now finds her joy from simply being herself. While she refers to herself as an “massive introvert” it’s her calm confidence that drew me to invite her onto the show. On today’s episode she shares how the philosophy of “doing things differently” has supported her to keep creating her own path and why presence is t...

There’s one practice I’ve had in my life for decades and it was a *must* during the most stressful times of my life – from high pressured uni exams through to burnout and figuring out “what to do with my life” this tool has always brought me back to feeling more joyful, and given me the support I’ve needed. And, it’s not just because of the feel-goods you get from the “nice messages” the practice...

Our guest today, Anoushka Florence, has a fun story involving how literally walking to the top of a mountain gave her the realisation of what she needed to do next and launched her into self-discovery and reconnecting with her heart. Before that mountain she was caught in putting others first and not listening to herself enough. She now leads women through sacred feminine experiences through her W...

Ever wondered why you can’t get past a certain point of “success” or “results” in your life? And it feels like you just keep getting stuck? What if the biggest mistake you’re making is that you’re making things too hard? In this episode I share the science behind why making things easy actually leads you to greater success. And, how you can apply this to creating simple new habits in your life tha...

After a physical burnout in her medical career, Willemijn had to learn how to surrender to deep rest and let go of constantly trying to “do”. As a nature geek, star gazer, mother and moon lover, WIllemijn has been learning how to integrate all these parts of her into her lifestyle to light her up. She’s journeyed from a high pressure medical environment to embracing her wisdom of the body’s energy...

In this week’s “Shine Share” I talk about why learning to love those nervous anxious feelings that show up around trying something new matter so much + how to use them to propel you forward in your life. Thursday episodes are shorter solo sessions, where I’ll share a simple tool, tip or insight from my own journey to discovering more joy in my life and in the work I do with my clients. Get full sh...

If you’ve ever wondered what “self-love” is really all about, this is the episode for you. Today we’re joined by Aisha Carrington, a spiritual “G” – guide, goddess, gangster, and goalseeker. Her biggest transition when she started using her own name, owning who she is and developing her self-love muscle. We break down what self-love is really all about, how having mentors and guides can support yo...

Thursday episodes are shorter solo sessions, where I’ll share a simple tool, tip or insight from my own journey to discovering more joy in my life and in the work I do with my clients. These episodes are called “Shine Shares” and you can expect to walk away with a practical step to getting unstuck and moving forward, or with a new perspective on something that keeps showing up in your life. In thi...

In today’s episode, Rachael Morley shares her journey from private equity offices to managing to a meditation studio—and how she’s finding a way to integrate all the things that light her up, from her role at Re:Mind studio, through to creating conscious jewellery and teaching people about the power of plants through her herbalism platform. We talked about: •How Rachael moved from working in priva...