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We created this digital world, can’t stop it, but can’t seem to live with it without losing ourselves. So what can we do?

If you’re interested in unlocking your full potential with your own body intelligence listen to my guest this week Andrena Woodham bestselling author of Embody- the power of presence in an age of distraction. 

She is an embodiment expert and pioneer empowering innovators, entrepreneurs and educators. Former BBC World presenter with 30+ years in somatic therapy, her transformational retreats blend neuroscience with embodiment practices to access authentic power. 

Andrena helps clients develop Body Intelligence, improving decision-making and navigating complexity with clarity—essential in today’s fast evolving digital landscape. 

She shares how we can reconnect with ourselves, empower our minds and bodies and start to unwind ourselves from the techno-stress we have come to live with in this techno-age.

 

You can find out more about Andrena’s work on https://andrenawoodhams.com/

And follow her on Linkedin @andrenawoodham

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Why would we want to clean up our skincare and beauty products? 

If you’re interested in putting toxin-free, sustainable from on your body listen to my guest this week Kelsey Irvine CEO of Birch Babe, a female and family led company offering a collection of 60+ award-winning, certified all natural, vegan and cruelty-free skin, body, baby and clean beauty products.

Their mission is to help people make easy lifestyle choices for the health of their bodies and the planet with products that are clean, approachable and effective. 

All Birch Babe products are formulated in their lab in Ontario with sustainably sourced, EcoCert and Fairtrade ingredients and packaged low waste and plastic-free wherever possible.

Kelsey shares how she's helped build Birch Babe and Birch Baby brand and how important it is to make healthy, effective skincare accessible to as many people as possible, for the entire household and every stage of life.

She shows us how to shift from toxic products on our body to chemical free, and the positive impact that is for ourselves and for the planet.

 You can find out more about Kelsey’s work on www.birchbabe.com

 And follow her on Linkedin @Kelsey Irvine

You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

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Brave New Girls podcast champions women rebel raisers moving mountains for people & the planet.

The podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and currently No 12 in the top "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

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• Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

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How have women used textile work to create meaning and purpose in their lives throughout history?

If you'd like to know how creative interests like knitting and sewing can help in psychological transformation, listen to my guest this week Nicole Nehrig, clinical and research psychologist, who has helped individuals and couples process trauma, PTSD & depression, strengthen relationships, find meaning and purpose in life, and live creatively and authentically. 

Her work and her own experience inspired her book, With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories which integrates psychological theory and practice with historical accounts and firsthand stories of the meaningful role that textile work has played in so many women’s lives. 

Nicole shares how textiles have been essential to survival, the development and expression of culture throughout much of human history and how women have been able to tell their stories, shape and express their identities, process difficult emotions, stand up for what they believe in, nurture relationships, and improve their quality of life. 

She shows us how vital creativity in all its forms is for enhancing the richness and quality of our lives.

You can find out more about Nicole’s work on https://nicolenehrig.com/

And follow her on Linkedin in @nicolenehrig

You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

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Brave New Girls podcast champions women rebel raisers moving mountains for people & the planet.

The podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and currently No 12 in the top "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

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• FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
• Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

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How can we use our beautiful power collectively to stop deforestation, heal the planet, and support farmers, with every cup of coffee... Make the world better with every sip!

If you’re interested in making more ecological coffee choices, listen to my guest this week Etelle Higonnet, attorney, environmental activist, and knighted as a Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite for her pioneering efforts to curb deforestation in high-risk commodities such as cocoa, rubber, palm oil, cattle, and soy industries. 

She is the founder of Coffee Watch, a nonprofit watchdog organization fighting to reform the global coffee industry and its dark secret of slavery, child labor, deforestation, and pesticide-soaked monoculture. Their unyielding resolve is to make the world a better place with each cup of coffee.

Etelle's powerful work is bringing change to the destructive impact of the coffee industry on the planet and to people’s lives. She shows that every one of us can vote with each cup of coffee that we choose to drink. Together we can bring the end to slavery, deforestation, child-labor and pesticide-soaked monoculture. 

She shares how we can all be guardians of our world and that by making good choices, we can have a huge positive impact for people and the planet. 

You can find out more about Etelle’s work on https://coffeewatch.org/ 

And follow her on Linkedin @EtelleHigonnet

You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

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For Lou's creative wellbeing and art practice go to ART HIVE or LOUHAMILTONART

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Brave New Girls podcast champions women rebel raisers moving mountains for people & the planet.

The podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and currently No 12 in the top "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

https://podcast.feedspot.com/uk_women_podcasts/

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• FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
• Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

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How can we change our eating habits in ways that improve our health, the health of the planet, and promote equity in the food system?

If you’re interested in supporting a healthier food system listen to my guest this week Nancy Matsumoto, an award-winning freelance writer and editor who specializes in the areas of regenerative agriculture, food, sake, arts and culture.

 Her latest book Reaping What She Sows offers a blueprint for what eating enjoyably, regeneratively, and ethically looks like today. Essential for those who are concerned about climate change, their own health, and the lack of choice and transparency in the global food supply chain. 

Nancy introduces readers to the women changemakers who are building local and regional supply chains, from the maverick farmers, millers, and bakers bringing back local grain economies; the brewers, distillers, and winemakers who are regenerating land and ecosystems; indigenous and diasporic seed savers, and many more changemakers.

Nancy shares about these incredible women who are rebuilding our broken food system, working tirelessly to bring us an alternative to Big Agriculture, for good wholesome, sustainably produced food that’s better for us and for the planet.

She shows us how what we choose to put on our plate impacts our bodies, the land and the world around us.

You can find out more about Nancy’s work on https://www.nancymatsumoto.com/

Buy her book at all good book sellers

And follow her on Linkedin  @NancyMatsumoto

You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

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Brave New Girls podcast champions women rebel raisers moving mountains for people & the planet.

The podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and currently No 12 in the top "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

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Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

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• Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

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Better Hydration without All That Guzzling: Can You Can Solve Your Health and Our Planet’s Problems with Water Secrets?

Gina Bria is an anthropologist and founder of the Hydration Foundation, recognized as a leading resource for hydration science and education. She’s the co-author with Dr. Dana Cohen, MD of QUENCH: Your five day plan to Optimal Hydration, recommended by the New York Times, Oprah’s O Magazine, and NPR Cool Science. 

The truth is, there's often one big, overlooked culprit for our common maladies: dehydration. Humans are 65% water. 

So when we're dehydrated, our body starts to slowly shut down, causing the headaches, fatigue, joint paint, weight gain.

Gina gives us a better understanding of water so that we can learn to hydrate in ways that give us optimum health and vitality.  

She shows us a new plan for hyper hydration because water is our ultimate wealth.

You can find out more about Gina’s work on https://hydrationfoundation.org/ , buy her book QUENCH at all good bookstores and

Follow her on Instagram @GinaBriaWater

 

You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

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Brave New Girls podcast champions women rebel raisers moving mountains for people & the planet.

The podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and currently No 12 in the top "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

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Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

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• Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

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How can we make Body Mind and Soul life choices to create happiness wellness and success ?

If you’re interested in the power of sound healing, listen to my guest Jess Holley, a Quantum Alchemy Crystal Bowl Sound Practitioner, Crystal Healer Master, Dance Body Mind Coach / Choreographer and Ayurvedic Holistic Female Health Coach. Sound healing is the use of high vibrational sounds or frequencies to relax both the nervous system and brain waves to encourage the body to go into a self-healing mode. 

With its powerful relaxation and cellular repair, sound healing reduces stress & anxiety, strengthens your immune system, improves sleep, to help you feel calmer and more at peace.

Jess shares how we can expose our minds, bodies and soul to holistic practices like sound healing, dance and crystal therapy in order to balance our energy and uplift our innate feminine power. 

She shows us that we have access to self-healing when we open up to improve our physical and mental health, our emotional wellbeing and our spiritual advancement

You can find out more about Jess’s work on https://www.shedlightlondon.co.uk/

And follow her on Instagram @jessie_i_c

You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

PS. Lou helps you transform your health & wellbeing: LOU'S LIFE LAB SERVICES HERE

For Lou's creative wellbeing and art practice go to ART HIVE or LOUHAMILTONART

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Brave New Girls podcast champions women rebel raisers moving mountains for people & the planet.

The podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and currently No 12 in the top "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

https://podcast.feedspot.com/uk_women_podcasts/

Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

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• Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

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How can we prevent dementia and if we or someone we love does get it what can we do about it?

If you want to know how to prevent dementia or what to do if you or a loved one does get it, listen to my guest this week Dr Sabina Brennan, top neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Me in which she combines her professional knowledge with her personal experience of caring for her mother with dementia. 

Dementia is devastating. Almost a million people are currently living with the disease in the UK alone and this is set to triple by 2050. With family members often providing care, navigating treatment can be overwhelming. 

But there is life after diagnosis. With a human-rights approach that validates everyone's experience and dignity, she reframes the job of caring for someone with dementia as a partnership. Both you and your loved one deserve respect, support and the latest research to help you on your journey.

Sabina shares how to encourage a brain healthy lifestyle, what we can do to cope and optimise the caregiving experience, and how we can improve quality of life for ourselves and our loved ones suffering with dementia.

Her book Still Me reminds us to shift the focus from the disease to the person, and that our relative, despite the disease, is still there, and that we, as a care partner, are just as important.

Sabina shows us that while Dementia can steal many things, it doesn't have to take away the simple pleasures of life.

You can find out more about Sabina at https://sabinabrennan.ie/ , listen to her podcast Superbrain, buy her book Still Me at all good book stores.

And you can follow her on Instagram @sabinabrennan

You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

PS. Lou helps you transform your health & wellbeing: LOU'S LIFE LAB SERVICES HERE

For Lou's creative wellbeing and art practice go to ART HIVE or LOUHAMILTONART

Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you.

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Brave New Girls podcast champions women rebel raisers moving mountains for people & the planet.

The podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and currently No 12 in the top "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

https://podcast.feedspot.com/uk_women_podcasts/

Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

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• Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

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Why do we define strength based on what only men's bodies do? Why aren't the strengths of the female body considered "strong"?  

If you’re interested in how to make the most from our bodies in relation to the world around us, listen to my guest Starre Vartan, science journalist, environmental writer, sustainable living expert, essayist and author of The Stronger Sex, a science-backed, myth-busting love letter to the female body- with its endurance, immunity, and the kind of strength that doesn’t flex, it lasts. 

Starre shares about her beautiful book and it’s a myth-busting, science-rooted celebration of the female body and its endurance, longevity, adaptability, and immune brilliance. 

She shows us that as women we’re not  “too sensitive,” “too complicated,” or “the weaker sex” But in fact we have the power, strength & resilience to hold, move through, and transform the world around us.

 

You can find out more about Starre’s work on https://starrevartan.com/

And follow her on Linkedin @Starre Vartan

You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

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Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you.

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Brave New Girls podcast champions women rebel raisers moving mountains for people & the planet.

The podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and currently No 12 in the top "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

https://podcast.feedspot.com/uk_women_podcasts/

Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

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• Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

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How is our Ultra-processed world impacting women's health?

If you’re interested in living life in a less ultra-processed way listen to this week’s guest Milli Hill, investigative journalist with a specialism in women’s health and an expert in contemporary attitudes to birth. She is the founder of the Positive Birth Movement (PBM)& author of The Positive Birth Book is one of the UK’s bestselling pregnancy guides, and has sold over 100k copies since publication in 2017. Her more recent books, Give Birth like a Feminist, and My Period (for preteens), have also topped the Amazon charts- and now her latest book is the timely: Ultra Processed Women.

 Milli shares about how we are being hoodwinked about  what we buy, and how we can break free, so that we can live healthier lives on a healthier planet.

She shows us how, for too long, the devastating impact of ultra-processed food on women’s health has been ignored and what we can do to take back control of our bodies, our choices and our future.

You can buy Milli’s book Ultra-processed Women in all good bookstores, find out more about her work on www.millihill.co.uk

Follow her on Linkedin @millihill and on her substack https://unprocess.substack.com/

 

You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

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For Lou's creative wellbeing and art practice go to ART HIVE or LOUHAMILTONART

Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you.

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Brave New Girls podcast champions women rebel raisers moving mountains for people & the planet.

The podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and currently No 12 in the top "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

https://podcast.feedspot.com/uk_women_podcasts/

Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

Sign up to our emails for inspiration, support & growth and LOU'S LIFE LAB free downloadable guide https://bravenewgirlmedia.com

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Books:

• Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting
• FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
• Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

Paintings & Public Art www.LouHamiltonArt.com
Insta @LouHamiltonArt