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This week’s guest is Minreet Kaur, an award winning broadcast journalist who was behind the story of the Skipping Sikh MBE which won report of the year 2020. Shortlisted for media award 2021 by Asian Women of Achievement Awards, she tells stories of religion, feminism, culture, diversity from the unreported communities.

• The daughter of the famous Skipping Sikh, Minreet was the person who inspired her dad to start skipping during the COVID-19 lockdown. They raised £15,000 for NHS charities.
•  Growing up in UK in a Sikh family, she talks about the values of Sikhism and how they played out in her family when she was growing up. 
• Divorce used to be a stigma and taboo in the Sikh community and she describes how she came through her own depression and divorce, and helped to change her community's attitude to it.
• She became a journalist and decided to focus on stories of religion, feminism, culture and diversity from the unreported communities.

Thanks Minreet for your work that expresses the Sikh values of living with honesty, compassion, generosity, humility, integrity, service, and spirituality on a daily basis and for showing us that by acting in service to others we can help to care for the welfare of humankind.

You can find out more about Minreet’s work on Linkedin @minreetkaur

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

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This week’s guest is Bushra Ali, the Founder of Bushra Ali Solicitors whose work includes immigration law. The youngest President of the Leicestershire Law Society, Bushra was only the eighth female to serve and the second female of colour. Bringing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to the table she works tirelessly to convey that law can be a vocation for all.

Bushra talks about being the only girl of colour in the Welsh village where she grew up, about discovering she was blind, and about her determination to become a lawyer against the tradition of her Muslim upbringing.

Nothing that has blocked her way has prevented her from doing what she wanted to do, and instead only served to add oxygen to her fire. Indeed as a result of knowing what it is like to overcome challenges she has consistently sought to help those in society who have also had doors banged in their face.

With the recent events in Afganistan and so many people coming from traumatic, war torn countries, risking their lives as they escape, only to face racism and bureaucratic stonewalling, Bushra talks about how she tries to do everything she can to get them through the system.

Thank you so much to Bushra for showing us that with a vision for our future we can strive to achieve our best lives and as we do, we can also help those who are coming up behind us.

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, and FEAR LESS 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

Music is licensed from Melody Loops 

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

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This week’s guest is Dragon’s Den contestant, Carina Cunha, a behavioural economist & clean-air entrepreneur from Brazil, where she witnessed the devastating environmental effects of pollution. She founded Nosy using cutting edge science and state of the art technology to create a system that protects us from harmful exposure on our city streets.

Carina talks about the debatable benefit of bringing out a specialist mask made to tackle the impact of air pollution, just prior to a global pandemic in which suddenly for the first time in the history of humankind, everyone donned a mask to protect themselves from a hidden virus. 

She also questions the accepted view of bringing a minimum viable product to market before it is really tried and tested for consumer appeal. It's been a steep learning curve on many fronts but she holds firm to her vision with courage and resilience.

Carina has dedicated her life and business to combating air pollution, firstly by giving us the protection, and then by creating systems that allow us to monitor our respiratory health so hopefully we can all work to clean up the air in our cities. 

Thanks for showing us that when we have a mission for positive change we can move mountains to make it happen.

You can find out more about Carina’s work on www.benosy.com and follow her on Linkedin at Carina Cunha and Instagram @iamcarinacunha

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

Music is licensed from Melody Loops 

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

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

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This week’s guest is Leonie Dawson, an artist, best-selling author & award-winning entrepreneur, who has generated over $11 million in revenue while only working 10 hours a week. Her podcast Leonie Dawson will Not be Categorized flies in the face of her adulthood diagnosis of ADHD & autism, which in fact she believes gives her magic powers.

Leonise talks about donating a chunk of her wealth to climate crisis charities, why she's glad she didn't get diagnosed until adulthood, how she's built a business on her terms, why being neuro-diverse is an absolute gift from the gods, and why she decided that 3 hours at 14  years of age was quite enough work to put into becoming a woman.

You can find out more about her work on www.leoniedawson.com - You won't find her on any social media but if you do fancy bringing joy into your business then here are my affiliate links to sign up to any of her awesome courses. (I'm working my way through them myself!)

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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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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
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This week’s guest is Hannah Power, a Personal Branding Specialist focused on supporting purpose driven entrepreneurs and experts to become powerful online leaders. Hannah’s launched her business, Powerful Leaders in 2018 and later came the publication of her book The Power of You. From personal trauma, Hannah has risen to be a powerful leader herself.

Lou and Hannah discuss how you can build a movement from your message, which is also the title of her podcast. Having grown up in an entrepreneurial family Hannah decided not to go down that route at first but after two personal traumas, she realised that she wanted to tread her own path, and help others to shine a light in the world through their own story, message and personal brand. 

Hannah shows us how to be powerful leaders, adapting, learning and levelling ourselves up so that we can contribute to a better, more positive world.

You can find out more about Hannah’s work on www.hannahpower.co.uk and engage with her on Linkedin @Hannahpower

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, and FEAR LESS 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

Music is licensed from Melody Loops 

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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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Books:

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

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This week’s guest is Remeny Armitage co-founder of Brilliant and Human, focussing on bringing humanity back into business and helping turn clients into advocates. She is often called the marriage counsellor of business, building long-lasting relationships between businesses and their clients, that are based on a strong foundation of trust.

Lou and Rememy discuss 

- the turmoil businesses have been thrown into in the last 18 months, with everyone working from home, how have business owners managed to hold all relationships to together.

- How agencies are a notorious hotbed of toxicity- what was her experience was and why she decided to leave that world leave that world.

 - How her business Brilliant and Human came about and what she does in her role as business ‘marriage counsellor’. 

- ‘People’ are often the hardest part of doing business- she offers some useful tools that businesses, big and small, can implement to help them create thriving relationships both between staff and with clients.

 - As we enter a more fluid age of work, she describes her vision for humanity in business?

- Remeny describes her definition of Courage.

Thanks Remeny for being an ambassador for humanity in business and for bridging the gap between the bottom line and the brilliance created from harmonious alliances and client advocacy.

 You can find out more about Remeny’s work on www.brilliantandhuman.com and follow her on Linkedin @Remeny Armitage Royle


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, and FEAR LESS 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

Music is licensed from Melody Loops 

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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

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This week’s guest is Sarah Ferris, a creator, host & producer of #1 ranking podcast series Conning the con; born out of the embers of her sister Emma's horrific experience of being targeted in a romance scam. And so began the journey to create a podcast that aims to educate & prevent others from falling prey to con artists in their many shape-shifting guises.

Sarah takes us on this journey of intrigue, betrayal, and learning to move on.  It seems that a con artist has all the gift of the gab, is a talented salesperson and  is not held back by ethical misgivings. Lou and Sarah discuss  what to look out for so that you are less likely to be conned in life and business.

In the light of her experiences, find out how Sarah defines courage.

You can listen to Conning the Con on your favourite podcast provider and follow Sarah on Instagram: @conningthecon


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, and FEAR LESS 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

Music is licensed from Melody Loops 

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

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This week’s guest is Dawn McGruer, best-selling author & Founder of Business Consort – a Digital & Social Media Academy inspiring entrepreneurs to rise to meet today’s challenges & be powerfully present to shine online. Host of ‘Dawn of a new era – The Chronicles of a Serial Entrepreneur’ Podcast, she is ranked in the top 5% of podcasts globally.

Lou and Dawn discuss how to use social and digital marketing as a tool for the betterment of ourselves and our businesses and Dawn's new (launching soon) Power Circle programme for helping you to create aspirational goals and bring them to life across all the areas of your life. She believes courage is the ability to have a big idea and then show up and take action.

You can find out more about Dawn’s work at https://dawnmcgruer.com/ and join the wait list for the programme  https://dawnmcgruer.com/work-with-dawn/

Listen to her podcast Dawn of a New Era on your favourite podcast provider

And follow her on Linkedin at Dawn Mcgruer

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, and FEAR LESS 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

Music is licensed from Melody Loops 

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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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Books:

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

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This week’s guest is Dr Catherine Kelly, an academic, a Brighton based wellbeing practitioner, member of the wild swimming group Salty Seabirds, and author of Blue Spaces: How and Why Water Can Makes you Feel Better; something she discovered when her mother died and she was drawn to the rural Irish coastline to heal.

Lou and Catherine discuss the trauma that brought her to the sea to heal, and later a terrifying near death experience of water, and finally back to to being at one with the sea as an everyday companion. Now as a well-being practitioner she is in the business of helping people find whatever it is that brings them calm, and often that is in or near water. 

Catherine says "If you want to  get beach body ready, bring your body to the beach."

She shows us that no matter our circumstances or environment, we can all seek out bluespaces to help soothe our minds, bodies and souls.

You can find out more about Catherine’s work on www.corejourneys.com/

Buy her book Blue Space at your favourite book store and follow her on Instagram @bluespaces_uk

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, and FEAR LESS 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

Music is licensed from Melody Loops 

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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

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This week’s guest is Jodi Cohen, the author of Essential oils to boost the brain & heal the body, award-winning journalist, functional practitioner & founder of Vibrant Blue Oils; combining her training in nutritional therapy & aromatherapy to help over 50,000 clients heal from brain related challenges, including anxiety, insomnia & autoimmunity.

Lou and Jodi discuss how through the challenging circumstances of her son's ADHD, her husband's bipolar disorder, and her subsequent nervous exhaustion, she discovered  the powerful properties of essential oils to create a healing effect on our brain and nervous system for optimal health.

Jodi believes that the resilience you build in life comes from your decision in each moment to choose courage and that is what helped get her through adversity and out the other side to create her flourishing essential oil business.    

You can find out more about Jodi’s work on https://vibrantblueoils.com/

And follow her on Linkedin @Jodi(Sternoff)Cohen 

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

Music is licensed from Melody Loops 

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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