I am delighted to share this imperfectly perfect/perfectly imperfect conversation with Professor Signe Kastberg.

Together we explore the importance of authenticiy, how the environment impacts our ability to connect to one another and so much more.

I am sure you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Today I am delighted to start sharing a new imperfectly perfect, perfectly imperfect conversation with Dr Shreya Jha and Dr Sarah White who are both co-founders of the Relational wellbeing Collaborative.

I came across Sarah and Shreya's relational approach to wellbeing through my PhD and whilst doing my literature review. I have thoroughly enjoyed connecting with them and found their work transformational.

In this conversation, we talk about the importance of relationships and how they power wellbeing and we explore in details their framework.

If you are interested in wellbeing, this conversation is definitely for you.

I am delighted to share this imperfectly perfect conversation with Dr Alison Raby who is Senior Lecturer in Business Communication/College Senior Tutor/Programme Leader at the University of Lincoln.

I reached out to Alison after reading her article about international students and how best to support them when they first arrive in the UK.

Why do we want international students to assimilate and to fit in?

How do we ensure international students thrive and flourish in our UK Universities?

We cover so much in this episode and if you are interested in the internationalisation of universities, I think this episode is for you.

Today I am delighted to share this imperfectly perfect conversation with Caroline Hudson, who is helping educators achieve a culture of talk – where learners use excellent oracy to embed understanding - through tailored CPD and self led courses.

She is the Founder of The Kitchen Table Teacher CIC and is

In this episode we talk about:

If you are interested in any of these topics, I am sure you will love to listen to Caroline.

In this imperfectly perfect conversation, I shine the light on Alex Fish who is Founder of 99p Films, Photographer & Documentary maker.

Alex shares his own journey unschooling and deschooling himself and becoming a life-long, life-wide and life-deep learner.

He also tells us more about 99p Films C.I.C., a revolutionary community interest cinema that goes beyond traditional film screenings. They create a transformative experience by incorporating mindful breathing, engaging discussions and communal feasts.

This is how we connect with others, create a space for community and belonging and address challenging topics together.

I invite you to listen to the whole episode, I am sure you will enjoy it as much as I did!

Today I am delighted to share this imperfectly perfect conversation with ⁠Jessica Riddell⁠ who is a Higher Education Leader, Author of ⁠Hope Circuits⁠, Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, Shakespearean,

It was such a delight to chat with Jessica as we truly speak the same language and she shared with me how

We started with exploring Jessica's own journey into Higher Education and how her work as a Shakespearean has influenced her work.

We also discussed the importance of Telos and and meaning and purpose in our lives.

And much more...

I invite you to listen. You won't be disappointed.

I am delighted to share this imperfectly perfect conversation with Je'anna Clements and Sifaan Zavahir.

I invited them both to come and talk about the Rights-Centric Education Network.

To find out more, listen to their open invitation to join here

In this episode, I share with them why I decided to join and to become a Founding Member.

Together we explore how we can come together as civil society activists and child rights' defenders from around the world, to create he Rights-Centric Education network to implement a so-far-not-implemented UN Proposal to establish a Rights Based Quality Assurance System for Schools (which we call the RCE Framework and we extend it to all educational contexts, not limited to schools) beginning with a Declaration calling for practices of education be overhauled to ensure Child Rights in Education are respected, protected, and fulfilled.

I invite you to listen to the whole conversation to find out more.

This week, I am so excited to be sharing this imperfectly perfect conversation with Ruth Ibegbuna who is the Founder of RECLAIM, The Roots Programme and the Rekindle School. She built on her successful teaching career to develop innovative strengths-based work which enables young people to achieve their potential.

In this episode we cover so much but the key focus has been to explore how can we actually put far more love and care into our education system and put young people and staff's well being at the center of what we're doing.

If you are even remotely interested in any of these broad topics, this conversation is definitely for you. It won't disappoint you, I promise!

Today I am delighted to share this imperfectly perfect conversation with Rebecca McCash who is the Founder and CEO of Future Tech, a social enterprise offering STEAM* (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) based social and learning programs for neurodivergent youth.

Rebecca and her team is passionately inspiring neurodivergent minds to build a better futures for everyone.

We cover so much in this episode:

- her own journey and diagnosis and her unique and beautiful story.

- how to support autistic neurodivergent youth who experience interoception difficulties to develop the skills they know are good for them.

If you are interested in helping neurodivergent minds re-develop a love of learning and be their best selves then I invite you to listen to this beautiful conversation.

Today I am delighted to share this imperfectly perfect conversation with Alan Rayner who is an Evolutionary Ecologist who came to talk to me on the Flourishing Education podcast about natural inclusion.

Alan and I had a wonderful hour together and he shared his education and his work and how he found it difficult because his understanding of the world is so different from our Cartesian, Newtonian, reductionist world.

Alan also shared why his views as an evolutionist are different from those of Darwin and why he believes we ARE NOT inherently selfish and that natural selection is not as Darwin described it the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life.

We also talked about language and how using certain expressions such as 'connection to nature' are problematic as it suggests that nature is an other that we are not included in when we are in fact a vibrant, living expression of the nature we inhabit.

We also discuss 'competitiveness', being 'busy' and needing to earn a living (amongst many other things).

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did!