Do Good Podcast

In this episode, I sat down with Chor Amor founder, Paul Williams, who is a small but mighty producer of flavoured single-origin chocolate.

After being made redundant from his finance job in 2010 and having no luck finding a new role after sending out over a thousand CVs, he decided that he had to create his own job. Then during one sleepless night, he stumbled across an article about selling chocolate and this is where his idea was born.

The company has thrived since starting out in Paul’s kitchen and is now a multi award winning manufacturer of “fiendishly good chocolate” which is ethically sourced.

It’s a fascinating story and one that could be just the ticket to give you the extra motivation to get started on that new idea.

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Choc Amor: https://www.chocamor.co.uk/

In this episode, I had a great conversation with Bruce Davis, who is the founder and managing director of Abundance Investment, which has been at the forefront of financial innovation since 2012, creating ways for everyone to invest in green and social infrastructure.

Bruce was instrumental in the development of peer to peer finance, using that knowledge along with his fellow co-founders to create Abundance. It’s impressive how well this company is run, not only for its green credentials but the level of trust and transparency you get with where you invest your money. For as little as £5 you can start an account and start making good money by investing in a better world.

We also discuss the financial impact of the current pandemic, educating the youth on money as well as dispelling some of the myths around being an entrepreneur.

Even if investments are not your thing, you’ll learn more on the inner workings of money in this episode than you would have during your entire time at school.

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Abundance Investment: https://www.abundanceinvestment.com/

In this episode, I had a fascinating conversation with Rich Zimmerman, the Executive Director of Orangutan Outreach, whose mission is to save critically endangered orangutans and protect their rainforest home.

Rich's unconditional love for orangutans stretches back to his childhood growing up in southern California, and after a trip to Indonesia in 2006 he felt deep in his heart that he had to do something to protect these animals. Especially after hearing that six football-sized fields of rainforest a minute were being destroyed just for oil palm consumption.

Using his experience from working at UNICEF in NYC and several orangutan conservation organisations, he has helped save the lives of thousands of orangutans through is many outreach programs across Indonesia.

This is one inspiring heartfelt story, you’ll either want to adopt one of their orangutans or go do your own bit of good in the animal world.

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Orangutan Outreach: https://redapes.org/

In this episode, I share my thoughts on the current coronavirus pandemic and how within every crisis there is an opportunity for positive change.

Now I’m not getting away from that fact this is a very challenging time for the planet as we navigate the effects it’s having on our daily lives (especially in the short term at least). Yet can we use this time of slowing down to reflect more deeply on how we are living our lives, individually and collectively, to make more conscious choices in times to come?

And we can begin to ask some bigger questions too, like do the political and financial systems that are in place serve the best interest of the people and the planet of a whole? I discuss all of this as well as how I expect more people to go inward during the time and develop their own mindfulness practises to support their own mental health and wellbeing.

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In this episode I had the pleasure of chatting with energy intuitive and transformational guide, Lee Harris to hear how he’s impacting hundreds of thousands of people’s lives through his teachings.

Lee offers grounded, practical teachings focused on helping conscious, intuitive, and sensitive people heal, thrive and live a better life!

He also mentors creatives, healers and entrepreneurs on how to bring their gifts and talents into the world via his IMPACT THE WORLD program. And Lee runs retreats all over the globe, sharing his messages and empowering thousands of people along the way. Lee deeply believes in the power of our creativity for healing and incorporates sound-healing and creativity into many of his works.

This episode is just the antidote for those looking to get clear on their own ideas and how they wish to navigate the all-important next steps in their life.

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Lee Harris: https://www.leeharrisenergy.com/

This weeks episode is with the finanseer, Mira Megs Lathrop, as we take a deep dive into our relationship with money and how we can transform our beliefs around it to live an abundant life.

Mira has a wealth of experience and wisdom when it comes to money. From spending 10 years at Morgan Stanley, to becoming a Certified Money Coach to creating Capital One Cafe’s Money Coaching Program she has invested her life in helping people manage their capital.

Our conversation goes way beyond personal finances as Mira shares how we can align ourselves with our highest good and begin tapping into the powerful regenerative emerging ideas that are appearing all over the globe.

I for one was thrilled to have this conversation and I’m delighted to share this with you as money plays such a crucial role in our lives, so the more knowledge we can absorb from people like Mira the better the chance we have of creating a more fulfilling and rich life for ourselves.

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Mira Megs Lathrop: https://www.finanseer.com/

In this episode I was joined by musician and sound therapy practitioner, Alex Macarte, to hear all about his career and how its evolved over recent times.

Alex has been in the music industry since he was a teenager and has toured all over the world with his band Gnod, who are a British rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester.

Then a few years back he started to understand the deeper healing qualities of sound and this began his journey towards becoming a sound therapy practitioner, which uses vibrations (vocal or instrumental-like gongs, Tibetan singing bowls and tuning forks) in order to relax your mind and body. He works one-to-one with clients as well as running events.

There is so much wisdom shared in this episode which stretches far beyond the realm of music, and if you listen carefully you’ll hear the sound of our garden birds joining in with the conversation.

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In this episode, I talk about one of the things I’m most passionate about, optimising my health and wellbeing.

I delve deep into my own healing journey, something I’ve not talked about much, and how I’ve overcome numerous chronic health conditions which I had since I was a teenager.

Even though it’s been tough going at times, I see it as a blessing as I’ve been able to empower myself and uncover many insightful things as I got to the root cause of my own symptoms to bring my body back into a state of balance so I can feel like I’m thriving, rather than just surviving.

Sadly too many people are feeling in a state of dis-ease these days. I believe good health is available to everyone so I hope by sharing my own experience and what’s helped me on my own path others will see there’s a route for them to regain their own health and live well for years to come.

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In this episode, I visited leading functional medicine practitioner, Dr Sarah Davies to hear about the amazing results she’s having with complex health conditions that her patients have been suffering with.

As a trained GP working within the NHS, she became frustrated with the prescribed approach to healthcare so decided to train in Functional Medicine to help get to the root cause of many of her patients' symptoms.

Dr Sarah is passionate about the importance of nutrition and lifestyle in shaping and optimising health - preferring this approach over medications to mask symptoms wherever possible. She has many successes treating patients with autoimmunity, thyroid problems, chronic fatigue and many other issues using these techniques.

This podcast is perfect for anyone who’s looking to delve deeper into their own health and wellbeing to empower themselves and those around them to live a healthier life.

In this episode, I share my thoughts on gift-giving during this time of the year and how the best things in life really aren’t things.

At Christmas, we each spend almost £1000 each on presents, decorations, food, drink and going out. Most people don’t account for this extra spend and end up getting in debt just to get by, loading themselves with extra pressure and stress when this time of year is supposed to be about slowing down.

This excess is clouding the true spirit of Christmas, so in this podcast, I delve deeper into how we can face this festive period from a greater sense of balance and peace and how we can better share our time and money.

From more thoughtful gift-giving ideas to making charitable donations as well as volunteering our time, this episode is full of ideas on how we can get back to what this time of year really means. We’ll feel better for it (and so will our bank balances).

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