Mim's Moments

February is the month of love and I thought I'd share my love for small businesses in today's podcast I'm giving a shout to just a few of those I've bought from or used their services. The lovely Nicky from Our Village Green will help you be good to the environment and save money in the long run, with some wonderful products. Here is the website and you can follow her on Instagram too. She has als...

I'm starting the year off in style, with Jo Gaffney who gives you the confidence to love the skin you're in right now. I've been a fan of Jo through her Instagram, she always has fun and interesting content, not to mention her clothes and style always look fab. I've dropped a couple of links to Jo's website and Instagram account. Here's a little a bit about Styling LifeOT: Styling life will enable...

It's gone all Christmasy in Mim's Moments, as I pop along to Milton Hall Baptist Church, on Lorne Street in Kidderminster. To talk to Graham Knight whose idea it was and look at the trees. A lot of different local groups have put their trees into the festival, including the girls and boys brigade, St Barnabas School, St Ambrose's Catholic Primary School, The ladies of the UCM (Union of Catholic Mo...

In this episode recorded on Remembrance Sunday I talk to Mike Salter a veteran and member of the military vehicle trust. As well as Heidi from The Royal British legion, who has played the bugle last post for many years at the service.

Here some tips for getting into the local media. If you want to share your story on a future podcast, here are my details: www.miriamcunliffephotography.co.uk miriamc108@gmail.com Also here are the details for Natalie a fabulous copywriter. https://www.prioritycopy.co.uk/ @prioritycopy

Petra Bland is a personal trainer based in Hartlebury. She helps people overcome their barriers to help them achieve sustainable weight loss and fitness results. Whether it is fat loss, getting stronger, building muscle, improving your health, changing your lifestyle Petra has created a system that will help you achieve that. Her coaching methods will help you reach your health and fitness goals....

Growing friendships through growing produce is the tagline of Wolverley Allotment Society. I spoke to their chairperson Jenny Bull about what it took from her initial idea about an allotment to the reality of the wonderful plot of land they now have. It's a story of community, of everyone helping each other and of companies getting involved to help and fundraising. I've often wondered about allotm...

Amy Woodcock is the face behind Naturally Grown Health. It's a small business with a big passion for helping you to look and feel good naturally. By using a combination of nutrition, health coaching and handcrafted herbal skincare (made from ingredients grown in her own garden), helping women to transform their skin and get their confidence back. I really enjoyed learning more about natures herbs...

Today's podcast was an impromptu one, as I was in Kidderminster library, one of my favourite places to visit and I saw the poster for the summer reading challenge, which brought back happy memories of when my daughter used to do it. Each year they have a theme and this year it's sport. I grabbed an unsuspecting summer reading challenge volunteer called Tazmin, who is studying to become a primary s...

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a storyteller through my pictures and audio. Which I have been lucky enough to do. Today is national writing day and today I'm talking to Viv Walker a talented author who lives locally in Worcestershire. She is constantly inspired by her environment. She writes both for adults and children, although as she says adult books make it seem as if we're ta...

https://www.lonelinessawarenessweek.org/ This week marks the Marmalade Trusts nationwide campaign to raise awareness of loneliness. The theme this year is connection. So in today's episode I'm talking to Donna Robinson who connects with people online with her Facebook group, Making Health easy with Donna. https://www.facebook.com/groups/makinghealtheasywithdonna/?ref=share I'm also talking to Chri...

https://our-village-green.sumupstore.com/ With World Environmental Day 🌎 coming up, I caught up with Nicky Chapel of Our Village Green 💚 Our Village Green’s mission is to enable local homes and businesses to reduce their single-use plastic consumption and chemical pollution. We provide a convenient and free doorstep delivery service collecting your empty household bottles/containers, refilling t...

Death is a subject, I myself struggle to talk about, I'm not alone in that I think. So today as part of Dying Matters Week, I'm talking to Louise Holyoake, a counsellor specialising in grief, bereavement and loss. She trained with Cruse in Sandwell and after qualifying stayed with them for 3 years. She also did some voluntary bereavement work with Kemp Hospice in Kidderminster. Now working in priv...

In today's Mim's Moments I'm talking to Kelly Hurst a Home Start Wyre Forest co-ordinator. Home-Start is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. We are there for parents when they need us the most because childhood can’t wait. Home-Start works with families in communities right across the UK. Starting...

Today's episode is coming from Cosy Coffee, one of my favourite places to grab a cuppa and treat in Kidderminster. I've been speaking to Manager Kyle Williams, whilst enjoying a cuppa of course. I love the retro interior and relaxed atmosphere. So if you're in Kidderminster and fancy getting a drink and something to eat, whilst people watching out of the big window in the downstairs seating area....

On today's Mim's Moments, I'm speaking to Margaret Ozgur creator and founder of Cubby's Salve. www.cubbyssalve.co.uk I've used Cubby's Salve products, especially the Mist your face range, it really perks me up and gives me time to de-stress. Here's a little bit of background about Margaret. Handmade with love in Cubby’s Kitchen by me, Margaret (Mimi to my Cubbies). Creator and Founder of Cubby’s S...

On today's Mim's Moments I'm joined by Julie Duriez, a wellbeing coach based at Clinic 66 in Bewdley. April marks Stress Awareness month and I find natural therapies help me in dealing with my own stress levels. I was lucky enough to have an aroma touch session with Julie before recording this podcast. I have to say it left me feeling totally de-stressed, I felt like my body was a computer screen...

On today's Mim's Moments I'm talking to Melissa Burgess an aromatherapist and reflexologist. This week has been Complimentary Therapy Week, so I thought she would be great to talk especially as she is launching her own business called Heel to Heal, based at first in Clinic 66 , Bewdley. You can contact her through her email melissa@heel2healworcs.uk

In today's podcast, I'm talking about myself, to give you an idea of what I'm about and my background.  In the hopes of enticing you onto my podcast to chat about your story, how you created your business, charity or endeavour that you think people might want to hear about.  Please excuse the mistakes and pauses as I'm used to someone else filling in the gaps! If you wan't to be on my po...

This episode is all about being kind to others, especially when they're not expecting it. Whilst walking into town one day, my friend and I were approached by a small group of smiling children from Little Trinity Nursery with their helpers including Nursery Manager Gaynor Carter. We were given a lovely drawing and bunch of daffodils. A beautiful unexpected gesture which made our day. So I decided...

Today I'm talking to Adrienne Potter, a combined solution hypnotherapist, who specialises in wellness and lifestyle. You can find out more about Adrienne and how she could help you, by looking her up on instagram and facebook under the  name of adriennephypnocoach She also has the positivepickle account. Her website details are as follows: https://linktr.ee/adriennephypnocoach

In my first episode of Mims Moments, I am speaking to Kidderminster's Mayor Cllr Sarah Rook. About life as a female councillor and being Mayor during a pandemic. I had to record this outside in Springfield Park, due to the current restrictions. So there is background noise of nature and children playing.  (This was recorded when Cllr Sarah Rook was still in Mayor), recently another female Cll...