The Good Intentions Podcast

Fiona Day is an incredible woman - she's an intuitive consultant and an energy healer - and she's also the only guest I've ever had on the show twice! The last time I spoke to her was January 2020 - just before the world got turned on it's head - back then we talked a lot about energy and how we can tune into our own intuition and feelings. This time we got together to talk abo...

Joanne Jewell is a therapist, educator and speaker. Born in the UK, she became an expat at just 12 years old when her family moved to South Africa for her father’s job.  She says she spent most of her adolescent years trying to fit in or to avoid fitting in – not appreciating then the theory behind the need to belong and feel securely attached.  Jo lived the life that was expected of her by her fa...

Meet Jessie Gubbins, a dynamic force in the realm of fitness and coaching. Her journey from a dedicated management consultant, traveling the world and working endless hours to her current role as a fitness advocate is nothing short of inspiring. Jess treats everyone she coaches as an athlete because she believes if you have a body, you are an athlete. She wants us all to feel great about our bodie...

Yasmine Hammad, the visionary behind the Blossoming Kindness Initiative and a Certified Children’s Life Coach, is dedicated to empowering young minds through play-based coaching. In a world inundated with toxic influences, social media pressures, and peer expectations, children often grapple with anxiety, stress, and a lack of motivation, leading to a decline in their overall well-being—physically...

Dean Henry became fascinated with health and fitness at an early age. He grew up in a household that was dominated by sports and was on the path to a promising athletic career before a knee injury quite literally got in his way.  It was this sudden change of trajectory in his life - alongside a peanut allergy diagnosis for his daughter - that prompted him to delve deeper into the world of health a...

Nasreen Abdulla has a very unusual job title - she’s the Happiness Editor at Khaleej Times.  I was fascinated to speak to someone whose whole job revolves around optimism - Nasreen is tasked with finding human interest stories that speak to our hearts, that uplift and inspire us. There’s a quiet revolution happening in news with a huge desire from readers to consume positive stories and it was so...

Here on the Good Intentions podcast I love to explore the subject of purpose  - it’s one of the main reason why I started recording three years ago. I’m constantly curious about how can we become more deeply connected to the world around us and how can we gain clarity on what our path should be in the world.  In my latest episode I re-visit conversations with many of my incredible guests to explor...

Caroline Leon is an Australian born health and fitness advocate, fitness professional, and the co-founder of A Life of Education. When Caroline broke her back four years ago, falling from an indoor climbing wall, she never thought she'd be able to walk again. Her life-threatening injuries included two shattered feet, a displaced and fragmented right pelvis that was disconnected from the left...

"What have I achieved?"  is a question we all ask ourselves as we progress through the valleys and hills of our lives.  Whereas this was once a cliched mid life crisis question - it now seems to be coming up earlier and earlier. We can compare ourselves so much more readily to one another on social media, and so this comparison steals our joy and makes us question our progression. Are we...

Kate King is a top Leadership and Team Coach who has coached thousands of the world’s top CEO’s through her own coaching practice and as an Executive Coach at London Business School. She creates meaningful and lasting change in her clients, their teams, and their businesses.  Formerly a Londoner, Kate now lives in the Middle East, where she has quickly become the go-to coach for change-making lead...

My guest this week is Denis Liam Murphy - author of the incredible new book: The Blame Game. I spent a weekend reading it and as I did, a thousand light bulbs went off in my head - it will honestly take everything you thought you knew and blow it to pieces. How would you react to someone if they said the reason you feel unhappy, anxious, or lost is because you blame too much? You might, as i did i...

Ann Hiatt is a bestselling author, executive consultant, speaker, and investor. She’s a Silicon Valley veteran who reported directly to CEOs including Jeff Bezos from Amazon, Eric Schmidt  from Google and Yahoo!’s Marissa Mayer. Ann consults with CEOs and their leadership teams across the globe on C-suite optimisation and has published articles in publications such as Harvard Business Review , Fas...

Does old age fill you with dread? What about dying - how do you feel about that?  Why do some of us live longer than others?  What does the latest science teach us that will help us not only live longer lives but also to live fitter, healthier, and happier lives even in our ‘twilight’ years? Well, this week my guest has all the answers where ageing is concerned - she’s Professor Rose Anne Kenny, w...

Lisa Ray is an internationally acclaimed performer, philanthropist, author and public speaker.  She’s also one of India’s most successful models and an award-winning actress who starred in Canada’s Oscar nominated film Water.  After Ray was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2009, her forthright, courageous and humorous approach to navigating her experiences with this incurable blood cancer, which...

James Lafferty is the CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding and has been described as one of the most unique and diversified CEO’s in the world today.  He’s not just a successful CEO, he’s also an Olympic coach. An award-winning journalist. A college professor. A competitive athlete.  A philanthropist, husband and father of 6.  James started his career with humble roots, as a youth track and field coach. ...

Cassie Mather-Reid is a holistic life coach who left her 18-year career in corporate IT behind to follow her calling.  One of her main areas of focus is blocked energy and how we store trauma and distress at a cellular level, leading to emotional and physical problems.  She works with clients on both their belief systems and energy systems to overcome limiting beliefs and release energy blocks - s...

I really do have an incredible conversation for you today.  David Goulding is a Sober and Recovery Coach who has been on a 15-year journey of addiction discovery, which saw several attempts to get clean and sober in addition to several rehab stints and attempts to take his own life. A recovered alcoholic and gambling addict, David finally surrendered and transformed his life. It’s now his main goa...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff you have? Do you have too many things at home that you don’t know what to do with? You are not alone: most of us have a bit of a hoarding streak and live with clutter in our lives. So my guest this episode is perfect for all of us.  Shelina Jokhiya discovered she had a natural gift for organising when she was a child, spending hours organis...

On this episode, I had a super conversation with Aliya Raja. Aliya is a personal and professional development coach, a corporate trainer, a podcast host an entrepreneur and founder of Coaching with Aliya. She helps people develop the range of skills they need to maximize their potential, which obviously I couldn't wait to hear more about. We talked about changing our lifestyle and our habits,...

My guest this episode is Sasha Bate s: psychotherapist, journalist and former BBC and Channel Four producer. Sasha’s husband, the actor and playwright Bill Cashmore, died unexpectedly at the age of 56.  When Bill died, Sasha turned to writing and the resulting book, called Languages of Loss , is a moving, powerful and informative narrative account of how grief works, how it feels and how it can be...

On this episode we speak about a topic very dear to my heart - the zero alcohol revolution. I stopped drinking alcohol in 2017, and it was a truly life changing and momentous decision. I’m always passionate to talk about how embracing a sober lifestyle can impact positively on your world, and the world around you. So you can imagine how excited I was to speak to Erika Doyle, zero alcohol champion...

Louise Nichol fell in love with Dubai when she moved here in 2005. Originally from the UK, you probably know her best as editor of fashion magazines Grazia Middle East and Harper’s Bazaar Arabia .  Most recently Louise has made a career switch to indoor cycling instructor and can be found leading legendary and much sought after classes at Crank.  Her impossibly glamorous life always fascinated me...

I just love it when my incredible guests recommend other incredible guests to be on the show, and that is exactly what happened with this episode.  Earlier this year I interviewed the wonderful Shereen Al Qutob - who is a corporate alchemist, no less.  She led me to Hiba Balfaqih who has an equally brilliant job title - she’s a Mind Hacker. As one of the world’s top mindset therapists, healers and...

Mimi Nicklin is the internationally bestselling author of Softening The Edge - an incredible book about how humanity’s oldest leadership trait - empathy - is changing our world.  The data shows that in emotionally intelligent organisations where empathy is high, we see performance, productivity, and creativity go up. Mimi believes that empathy – a scientifically validated skillset –has the power t...

Karen Osman is an award winning, best selling novelist based in Dubai. Since she won the Montegrappa Prize for Fiction at the Emirates Literature Festival back in 2016, her gripping psychological thrillers have flown off the shelves across the world. I’ve read them all and can tell you just how good they are. Her hugely popular online course Kick Start Your Book with Karen helps budding authors ac...