The Diverse Minds Podcast

Welcome to the 135th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month, the focus is recognition, and today, we are talking about the right to have a family and the different ways to do this with Jenny Saft, Founder of OVIAVO. About my guest Jenny Saft Jenny has a business background and completed her MBA at Hult International Business School in San Francisco. Attracted to the startup...

Welcome to the 134th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. Today, we are going to be talking about recognising the needs of carers, and as you know, this month's theme is all about recognition and recognising different groups To join me in talking about this is Anita Powell. About my guest Anita Powell Anita grew up in Bedford England. Currently, she is a Community Engagement Advocat...

Welcome to the 121st episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month, the podcast has focussed on access and accessibility. Thinking about how certain groups have access to certain careers and others don’t. In today's episode, I am so excited and delighted to be speaking to an award-winning burgeoning fashion designer Parastro Qalandri.  About my guest Susan Popola Susan has a first...

Welcome to the 131st episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month’s theme is all about recognition. In particular, recognising things we may take for granted and things outside our sphere of reference.  So, in today’s episode, I’m going to be talking about how true crime podcasts can help us to see bias. In today’s show Why I decided to connect bias and true crime podcasts. [01:1...

Welcome to the 130th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month’s focus is all about giving and sharing, and today we are going to be talking about trauma recovery through somatic movement for ourselves and others. And to join me to do this is the wonderful, Ava Riby-Williams. About my guest Ava Riby-Williams Ava is a queer artist, community facilitator, activist, yoga teacher...

Welcome to the 121st episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month’s focus is all about sharing your story, and to join me in talking about this and empowering beliefs is Shazney Spence. About my guest Shazney Spence Shazney Spence is a personal coach and the Managing Director of EQuanimity Lifestyle & Success Coaching Ltd, she is a Public speaker, Reiki Master and Soul Coach. She...

Welcome to the 128th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month’s theme is all about giving and sharing. So, in today’s episode, I’m going to be talking about reciprocity in mentoring relationships, particularly reciprocal mentoring relationships. In today’s show About mentoring and how it's gained popularity over the years. [00:47] The difference between mentoring, coaching an...

Welcome to the 127th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month’s focus is all about giving and sharing. Giving is one of the five ways to well-being developed by the New Economics Foundation in 2009. To join me in talking about this in more detail is Shari Foos. About my guest Shari Foos Shari is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who holds a Master of Arts in Clinical P...

Welcome to the 126th episode of the award-winning DM podcast.  This month’s theme is mind-body connection and how our physical health supports our mental health and how our mental health supports our physical health.  So, on today’s episode, I’m going to be talking about the book The Body Keeps The Score by Dr Bessel Van Der Kolk. 

Welcome to the 125th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month the focus is on the connection of physical and mental health. Today, we are talking about doing less and being more with Karen Liebenguth. Karen is someone I have referenced and talked about in previous episodes of the podcast on nature and mental health. So, I’m really pleased that she could join us today in perso...

Welcome to the 124th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month’s theme is mind-body connection, how our physical health supports our mental health and how our mental health supports our physical health.  So, in today’s episode, I talk about how to have wellbeing conversations where physical health may help to open up the conversations about mental health. In today’s show on Wh...

Welcome to the 123rd episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast and a very happy 2022 to you all. I hope you had a good break and feel ready for the year ahead. This month’s theme is mind-body connection and how our physical health supports our mental health, and how our mental health supports our physical health. So, in today’s episode, I’m going to be reviewing the book Wintering (The po...

On today’s episode, I’m going to be giving you a round-up for 2021 and the reflections from the year. In today’s show Why I'm not a fan of setting new years resolutions and what I prefer doing instead. [01:07] How 2020 was much harder for me than 2021. [01:42] Why I like to do a round-up at the end of the year. [03:38] What I've learned in the year 2021. [04:40] A tribute to Sandra Brown. [20:29]...

Welcome to the 121st episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month, the podcast has focussed on access and accessibility. Thinking about how certain groups have access to certain careers and others don’t. In today's episode, I am so excited and delighted to be speaking to an award-winning burgeoning fashion designer Parastro Qalandri.  About my guest Parastro Qalandri Shamsher is...

Welcome to the 120th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month is Disability History Month 2021 and in today's episode, I talk about how to support staff who may need reasonable or workplace adjustments to help them thrive at work. In today’s show Why I decided to make make an episode on this topic. [00:46] The definition of disability according to the Equality Act 2010. [02:2...

Welcome to the 119th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month is Disability History Month 2021! In today's episode, I am going to talk about universal design and why it’s so important.

Welcome to the 118th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month’s focus is on managing adversity, and grief is a huge part of it. With the CV-19 Pandemic, grief has been at the forefront perhaps more than in the last 70+ years. It is usually incredibly challenging to cope with the grief and the bereavement of a loved one, a friend or someone you knew. Suffering a loss during sh...

Welcome to the 117th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month’s theme is all about challenging adversity and adverse circumstances. Friday the 19th of November was International Men’s Day. It celebrates worldwide the positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities. So this month, we highlight positive role models and raise awareness of men’s well-being....

Welcome to the 116th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast, and this week is national anti-bullying week and this year's theme is one kind word. In today's episode, we talk about what we can do to tackle bystander apathy. To join me to talk about this is Shamsher Chohan.

Welcome to the 115th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. The focus this month is stress awareness and how stress can impact us in various ways. In today’s episode, we talk about managing adversity, especially if you are a parent. To join me in doing this is Christine Brown-Quinn, the founder and owner of The Female Capitalist®, an international career consultancy based in the UK de...

Welcome to the 113th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. In today’s episode, I talk about ensuring a Black History Month 365 approach, as we draw towards the end of Black History Month and towards the season of winter. In today’s show on What Black History Month 365 is all about. [00:54] Why you should care about Black History Month 365 approach. [01:17] Some ways I've seen some or...

About my guest Talia Loderick Talia Loderick is a Money Coach, based in Cardiff. She calls her money coaching practice TLC because when she realised the acronym for Tender Loving Care also stands for Talia Loderick Coaching she almost swooned with joy. Because who doesn’t need a dose of TLC from time to time? Rhetorical question – we all do.  Talia offers one-to-one coaching helping women understa...