Brave New Girls - Well Beings, Well Planet

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  • Best Worst Year: coming out of your box with Strabe singer songwriter Angelica Black

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    This week’s guest is Angelica Black, singer-songwriter & co-founder of the band STRABE who signed with the record label PIAS in 2021. They had moved to London in Lockdown 2020 & unable to start gigging, Angelica took an inward journey to explore their sexuality & gender, knowing they were gay but also then understanding that they identified as non-binary.

    In 2017 Angie's dad passed away, and they starting writing songs to process their grief. They moved to Dublin, formed their band Strabe and their song Acid Love was born; later releasing the prophetic Best Worst Year

    Musicians and performers really struggled during the pandemic, & Angie came to London in lockdown. There were no gigs but as it turned out from what could have been seen as the worst few years, came some of the best things.

    Angie took the time to dig deep into their grief and a life long anxiety, and in doing so came to find their true self; which wasn't the box society had prescribed them.

    In 2020 they came out as gay, and then started to explore gender, eventually coming to the realisation that they identified as non-binary.

    In sharing their story they hope to positively impact others who are going through their own explorations.

    Thank you so much Angie for talking so openly about your journey of self-discovery, so others may not feel so lonely and confused when they find they don’t fit into the tight bands of binary sexuality and gender.  Also for showing us that we don’t need to be confined to straight and narrow boxes, and that when we connect deeply with ourselves we discover we are far greater than any definition would constrain us to.

    You can follow Angie on Instagram @strabemusic




    Join Lou on Linkedin, or sign up to her mailing list for her newsletter and a free podcast guesting guide. Follow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestselling book DARE TO SHARE on Amazon or Waterstones or Barnes & Noble. UK & US versions available.

    Lou is the founder of Silk Studios - the Podcast Guest Agency a podcast guest booking service https://silk-studios.co.uk

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    42 min
  • Your stress, sleep, & hormones may be benefited by this herbal remedy, with Rachel Mason

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    This week’s guest is Rachel Mason, founder of Our Remedy- an award-winning CBD oil brand with a focus on sustainability and natural self-care, established after finding out she’d never conceive naturally due to cancer cells on her ovaries. Struggling to find a CBD oil targeted specifically at female health issues she decided to create one herself. 

    Having gone from a Vaping brand with 30 shops to starting a new brand with CBD, and ready to open a shop, the pandemic struck and Rachel had to adapt and learn about digital marketing and online sales overnight.

    CBD had come into her life, after having IVF and getting pregnant with her son and later wanting to conceive again only to find she had a tumour on her ovaries which turned out to be Stage 3 cancer. She would have to have a hysterectomy and the intervention would induce menopause. And she was only 30 at the time.

    Having to deal with so much in such a short space of time, at such a young age, it was no wonder she was stressed, anxious and finding it hard to sleep. When she turned to CBD it was the answer to her prayers and she eventually got through her health crisis.

     But her experience made her want to help other women with their female health issues, and her environmentally responsible and sustainable company Our Remedy was born.

    Thanks so much Rachel for bringing your focus to a wellness product for women that addresses our health issues in an eco-friendly and natural way. And thanks for showing us that where there is a will there is a way, and that when we are confronted by health issues often we can help ourselves, and others in the process.

    You can find out more about Rachel’s work on www.ourremedy.co.uk and follow Rachel on Instagram on @itsourremedy 


    Join Lou on Linkedin, or sign up to her mailing list for her newsletter and a free podcast guesting guide. Follow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestselling book DARE TO SHARE on Amazon or Waterstones or Barnes & Noble. UK & US versions available.

    Lou is the founder of Silk Studios - the Podcast Guest Agency a podcast guest booking service

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    34 min
  • PART TWO: A brain tumour took her little boy, but Louise Long shows us how to rise strong

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    This week’s guest is Louise Long a qualified as a Personal Trainer, who had a difficult relationship with food, until she had her 3 children, shifted her perspective, & began a more health-full approach to life; helping others to do so too. Last year she was blind-sided when her young son Dylan died & now she’s raising awareness for brain tumour research

    This interview was so powerful we decided to air it in two parts. This is PART TWO.

     The last two years have been tough for people – but the enforced lockdowns helped people find nature and walking- and in her business Lou Long has helped more people find health & fitness.

    Now training in functional nutrition, Lou talked about being unhappy as a child and “eating her emotions” and her early relationship with food, which followed her through into adulthood.

    It was only when  she had children that she decided she didn’t want them to suffer in the way she had, so she started learning about whole food, fitness and founded her business. She realised that it was changing her mindset and mental health that helped change her relationship with food and fitness, and so that's what she starts with, with her clients.

    Out of the blue her then 6 year old son Dylan started to be poorly at the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020. It was a long journey to eventually getting a diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Lou talks openly and vulnerably about what that was like for her, Dylan and the family.

    Lou used all her knowledge to help Dylan live as healthfully and happily as was possible, right up to the end.  It was ultimately her determination to honour and celebrate Dylan’s life that took her down the path of raising funds for brain cancer research and awareness. 

    Thank you so much Louise for having the courage to talk with me so that you can bring awareness for the much needed research around brain cancer, as well as helping people in their own lives to live in a fit and health-full way so that they can BE THEIR BEST. Thanks also for showing us that even in the worst of times we can find a way to bring purpose to our lives so that we can shine a light for our way ahead.

    You can find out more about Louise’s work on https://www.louise-long.com/ and follow her on Instagram @_louiselong_

    https://www.braintumourr

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    28 min
  • PART ONE: A brain tumour took her little boy, but Louise Long shows us how to rise strong

    Send a text

    This week’s guest is Louise Long a qualified as a Personal Trainer, who had a difficult relationship with food, until she had her 3 children, shifted her perspective, & began a more health-full approach to life; helping others to do so too. Last year she was blind-sided when her young son Dylan died & now she’s raising awareness for brain tumour research

    This interview was so powerful we decided to air it in two parts. This is PART ONE.

     The last two years have been tough for people – but the enforced lockdowns helped people find nature and walking- and in her business Lou Long has helped more people find health & fitness.

    Now training in functional nutrition, Lou talked about being unhappy as a child and “eating her emotions” and her early relationship with food, which followed her through into adulthood.

    It was only when  she had children that she decided she didn’t want them to suffer in the way she had, so she started learning about whole food, fitness and founded her business. She realised that it was changing her mindset and mental health that helped change her relationship with food and fitness, and so that's what she starts with, with her clients.

    Out of the blue her then 6 year old son Dylan started to be poorly at the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020. It was a long journey to eventually getting a diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Lou talks openly and vulnerably about what that was like for her, Dylan and the family.

    Lou used all her knowledge to help Dylan live as healthfully and happily as was possible, right up to the end.  It was ultimately her determination to honour and celebrate Dylan’s life that took her down the path of raising funds for brain cancer research and awareness. 

    Thank you so much Louise for having the courage to talk with me so that you can bring awareness for the much needed research around brain cancer, as well as helping people in their own lives to live in a fit and health-full way so that they can BE THEIR BEST. Thanks also for showing us that even in the worst of times we can find a way to bring purpose to our lives so that we can shine a light for our way ahead.

    You can find out more about Louise’s work on https://www.louise-long.com/ and follow her on Instagram @_louiselong_

    https://www.braintumo

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    32 min
  • Celebrating our 100th episode with TV journalist & mental health advocate Babita Sharma

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    This week is our 100th episode and to celebrate, my guest is Babita Sharma.

    Babita is a Broadcaster, Journalist & author of the award-winning book The Corner Shop - a Radio Four Book of the Week. She has spent 10 years presenting across BBC News & making documentaries including the landmark BBC Two series Dangerous Borders: The Story of India & Pakistan. She was awarded the Asian Achievement Award for contributions in Media, Arts and Culture.

    In her brilliant book The Corner Shop, Babita describes growing up as the daughter of shop owners. As a window on the world it certainly honed her observational skills and gave scope for her imagination run riot. So when  she and her sisters left home and went into a variety of professions- she chose journalism, a not dissimilar opportunity for observation and storytelling.
     
    Being up front and personal with a steady flow of news, she learned to protect herself from the worst of it, so that she could continue to do her job, and whilst she loved the infectious nature of the news room, she did experience some mental health issues along the way.

    This brought her to working with MIND for a while and then  recently she joined the board of directors at United for Global Mental Health. She believes in the importance of opening up the subject of mental health so that people know how to step forward and ask for help, and also, so that as a society we make it acceptable and normal to seek support.

    Now as a freelancer she continues to make powerful documentaries, is starting her own podcast and mentors journalists, in a bid to help create a landscape in the media that is more reflective of our culture in terms of  diversity, inclusion & equality.

     And she is also writing a new children’s book series: The Adventures of Priya Mistry , out in 2023, which explores the adventures of a young Indian girl growing up in a corner shop.

    Thank you so much Babita for being the eyes on the world for us and for opening our minds and hearts to a way of seeing that brings us more understanding, more compassion and more hope. And thanks for showing us that when we act on our curiosity and compassion we have the opportunity to create a pathway for building a better world.

    You can find out more about Babita on

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    37 min
  • Saving the Planet, in whichever ways we can, with Anna Murphy

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    This week's guest is Anna Murphy, a sustainability consultant specialising in the Future-Fit Business Benchmark. This is a framework that guides the pursuit of a truly sustainable society. She is currently studying an MPA in Public Policy, Public Value and Innovation at UCL.

    Always passionate about righting the wrongs of the world she travelled to areas where she could help. But realising that there were inherent problems in the aid industry she decided to find out how she could do her bit in her own country.

    Anna decided to focus her efforts on the climate crisis; educated herself, and got involved in Extinction Rebellion. The backlash was so intense and brutal that she found herself burnt out and questioning how far she needed to go and how much was enough in order to balance social compassion and self-care.

    After working as a business sustainability consultant and making her own personal changes for the planet she realised that the bigger picture meant policy change, so she started her MA in Public Policy.

    Anna is adamant that the future looks hopeful if we each take responsibility in our own way, but being an activist  is the most effective charge for change.

    Thank you so much Anna for being a passionate driving force at the forefront of sustainability in business and policy, and for the personal impact you are making for the good of our planet. Thanks also for showing us that we can each make a positive impact towards sustainability by taking small steps and doing what we can, where we can.

    You can find out more about her work on her blog www.annamurph3.medium.com and follow her on Linkedin @annamurphy



    Join Lou on Linkedin, or sign up to her mailing list for her newsletter and a free bite-size short course on how to be a podcast guest. Follow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestselling book DARE TO SHARE on Amazon or Waterstones or Barnes & Noble. UK & US versions available.

    Lou is the founder of Silk Studios - the Podcast Guest Agency a podcast guest booking service https://silk-studios.co.uk

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    27 min
  • Made for more- doing what it takes to live on purpose, with author Vivien Morgan

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    My guest this week is Vivien Morgan whose documentary work for Channel 4 included Dispatches & award-winning films for ITV. A TV Video-journalist pioneer, she went undercover, reporting on human rights abuse and the regimes of the closed Communist countries. She is the author of Cross-dressed to Kill about women who went to war disguised as men.

    Vivien's book is about fearless women who disguised themselves as men so that they could go to war and do their bit. They were early feminists in an era when women were told their place was in the home. They wanted the same opportunities as men so they dressed as men, even when that meant going to war under the threat of being killed or having to kill.

    In the years that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was in power, very often in order to enter the corporate world, women dressed in sharp suits and felt like they had to ‘act’ as men. During the Pandemic, ‘Zoom’ was the disguise for business women who ended with the Lion’s share of the domestic & childcare duties, but had to carry on as if it was business as usual in front of the computer screen.

    Vivien herself had to take on different guises when she went into the closed communist countries in order to bring back stories of humanitarian atrocities. In the mainly male dominated world of TV and video-journalism, she had to find her own ways to stand her ground, build her confidence and expand her abilities to make the kind of work that spoke for itself.

    Thanks Vivien for celebrating women in history who didn’t have the same advantages as us, but who knew they were made for more, and so did whatever they had to do, to live a fearless life of adventure and purpose. Thank you also for showing us that our resourcefulness as women, means we have the opportunity to create the lives we want for ourselves.

    You can find out more about Vivien on http://www.vivienmorgan.com/ and follow her on Linkedin @vivienmorgan


    Join Lou on Linkedin, or sign up to her mailing list for her newsletter and a free bite-size short course on how to be a podcast guest. Follow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestsel

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    29 min
  • Kickstarting a mindful return to work with Lori Mihalich-Levin

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    The first in our International Women's Impact Project series- exploring how women are positively impacting the world and the courage it takes to do so. Be inspired to appreciate the impact you are making in your own way.

    This week’s guest is Lori Mihalich-Levin, healthcare lawyer & CEO of Mindful Return, which focuses on transition back to work after parental leave, work-life integration & mindfulness for busy professionals. She’s the author of Back to Work After Baby & host of Parents at Work podcast. 

    Growing up in a family where domestic violence, alcohol & depression were the norm Lori found survival methods that took her well into a career as a healthcare lawyer. But on facing the truth about being raised around domestic violence, her focus shifted, as she began to think about starting a family of her own.

     She became interested supporting women going back to work after having babies, and started looking at what helps people create an enriching work/life integration; developing tools to help them bring down their anxiety levels.

    When she rolled out her business and support programme Mindful Return, she gave people something tangible to hold onto so that it would be possible to intentionally craft a calm home, even in the crazy swirls of life.

     Her approach with the four life anchors of mindfulness, logistics, leadership and community is relevant to all of us, not just working parents.

    Thank you so much Lori for successfully helping more than a thousand working parents navigate the back-to-work transition from parental leave so that especially working mums can advance their leadership role while raising a child. Thanks also for showing us that it is possible to be a mum and become a power leader in the workplace, whilst maintaining a mindful approach to work/life integration

     

    You can find out more about Lori’s work at www.mindfulreturn.com

     

    And follow her on Linkedin @LoriMihalichLevin



    Join Lou on Linkedin, or sign up to her mailing list for her newsletter and a free bite-size short course on how to be a podcast guest. Follow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LE

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    33 min
  • Step into your story and make 'Work' work for you, with Jenny Ward

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    This week’s guest is Jenny Ward, a Career & Transition Coach, specializing in professional storytelling, career planning, and network building for women who are ready to finally live a life by design instead of default.

    Having experienced home-working, people's ideas have changed around careers, working for others, or even leaving corporate to start their own businesses.  This kind of flexibility wasn't always the case. You left school, got a job and worked the machine until retirement, or left to have kids.

    Jenny started out in the same way, always wanting to please and be the good girl. And that faired her well, until it didn't. 

    From an established and well paid career in recruitment she jumped shipped, trained as a coach and headed back to Canada to raise her little girl in the land where she grew up. 

     Now she helps women get focused on clarifying skills, identifying any limiting beliefs, crafting their narrative, and getting clear on what sets them apart. 

    Thanks Jenny for helping us navigate the challenges of work and careers so that we get to make choices that are in our best interests and so that we live through design and not by default. Thanks for showing us how to be less reactive in our work lives, and instead write our professional story in a way that serves us to live our best lives.

    Her clients live are all over the US and Canada as well as Panama, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Vienna, London, Jamaica, Singapore, Hawaii, Mexico, Kenya, and Italy.  Her clients' work includes Google, Verizon, LinkedIn, Diageo, Marriott, Mastercard, Activision, Netflix, Calvin Klein, and Tommy Hilfiger. 

    You can find out more about Jenny’s work on www.jennywardcoaching.com

    And follow her on Linkedin at Jenny Ward



    Join Lou on Linkedin, or sign up to her mailing list for her newsletter and a free bite-size short course on how to be a podcast guest. Follow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestselling book DARE TO SHARE on Amazon or Waterstones or Barnes & Noble. UK & US versions available.

    Lou is the founder of Silk Studios - the Podcast Guest Agency a podcast guest booking service

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    33 min
  • Stylish, soft, sustainable clothing for your new normal, with Cucumber co-founder Nancy Zeffman

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    This week’s guest is Nancy Zeffman, co-founder of Cucumber Clothing, a 100% British made luxury clothing brand for women; using a revolutionary intelligent fabric that’s cooling, anti-crush, & long-lasting, to create soft, stylish, sustainable sleepwear and loungewear.

    With the first lockdown, being featured on Dragon's Den and everyone taking to their screens for business, Cucumber Clothing shot to popularity. It was the perfect attire for the new home/work integration, and now in the age of the new normal, people realise that they like to feel cool and comfy, and so this sustainable brand's rise to success  has continued unabated.

    From PR to the advertising world including Saatchi & Saatchi, having children and then deciding to start her own business, Nancy has always worked on the basis of taking the opportunities as they came along. 

    However right from the get-go of Cucumber Clothing Nancy and her business partner knew that they wanted to make it a sustainable brand. As she says, they didn't get everything right from the start, but if they had waited to get all their ducks in a row they might never have got going. Instead they made improvements as they went along.

    Nancy believes that there are only so many ideas in the world so if you have a good one, have the courage to  grab it and run with it. 

    Thanks Nancy for stepping up to the sustainability challenge and having the courage to hold strong to your values and vision and for showing us that we can buy, borrow and wear soft and sustainable clothing as part of our individual choices in the challenge to reverse the climate crisis.

    You can find out more about Nancy’s work on https://www.cucumberclothing.com/ and follow her on Linkedin @nancyzeffman


    Join Lou on Linkedin, or sign up to her mailing list for her newsletter and a free bite-size short course on how to be a podcast guest. Follow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestselling book DARE TO SHARE on Amazon or Waterstones or Barnes & Noble. UK & US versions available.

    Lou is the founder of Silk Studios - the Podcast Guest Agency a podcast gues

    Support the show

    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

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    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


    31 min

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