Going Conscious

Drew is an author, transformation coach, and founder of Organifi. Drew has helped thousands of women and men revitalise their health, ignite their vision, and shift the course of their life forever. After reaching a dead end in his own health, Drew discovered the chasm of difference between going through the motions and living with radical intention. He now helps people tap into the "Big You" to create the change they never thought possible.

In this episode we talk about Drew's journey from the credit industry to making nutrition easily accessible with the goal to impact 1 billion lives. We talk about how Drew switched his diet and activated his body, how spiritual practice aligns your soul, the importance of resting in the now, affirmations and pattern interrupts, why energy is the secret, why business is spirituality, how to transform every day, how to remember your own brilliance, incredible mentors and Wayne Dyer, why the juice of life is how you are when you're by yourself, how the more you love yourself, the more the world shifts and why everyone should experience being rich so they can understand it's not the purpose of life.

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Connect with Drew:Instagram @drewcanolewww.organifi.com

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Monique is a mother, diplomat and philanthropist with a background in luxury branding and international affairs. After becoming a mother, she found herself suffering from a loss of identity and discovered the incredible power of belonging to a community and founded Mumble Forum to empower mothers, future generations and with a spotlight on philanthropy. Monique is an advocate for women's rights and mental health.

In this episode we talk about how Monique found her purpose through her experiences of motherhood and her desire to empower people who are going through the same thing. We talk about how motherhood changes identity, the link between motherhood and mental health, inspiring social change through future generations, awakening your legacy, new meaning of success, the power of philanthropy and community, breaking generational patterns and lessons we learn from our children.

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Connect with Monique:Instagram, Twitter & Facebook @mumbleforum www.mumbleforum.com

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Kim is a Strategic Human Resource Consultant and an Executive Coach with a focus on supporting SMEs. Her mission is to unlock human potential to deliver competitive advantage and she is passionate about diversity and inclusion. She does this by developing HR strategies to support business strategies and drive change, as well as by supporting CEOs with a values based approach. She has previously headed up HR at Harvey Nichols, Soho House Group and at Planet Organic where her HR strategy was key to its turnaround and exit.

We talk about how Kim shifted her career to align with her values, her passion for inclusion and diversity and how she brings HR strategy to drive business success. We talk about championing diversity and inclusion, how HR is undervalued, Kim's HR strategy which helped turn around Planet Organic, supporting female growth, the wheel of life, attitudes to money and wealth, dealing with grief and experiencing the loss of a parent, and Kim's mission to raise human potential for the good of people and business alike.

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Connect with Kim:www.human-advantage.com

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Richard is a breathworker who is about to embark on a PhD in East West psychology to help create the research needed to bring breathwork to the mainstream. In this episode we talk about Richard's amazing journey from chartered surveyor to men's health model to finding spirituality and purpose.

We talk about the placebo effect and healing yourself with your mind, how Richard just spent a month in Peru at the Ayahuasca Foundation, the breatholution: why breathwork has the potential to be bigger than meditation, achieving your goal and realising it doesn't make you happy, vulnerable struggles of an eating disorder and suicide attempt, how relationships change as you change, alcohol and society, why he stopped studying traditional psychotherapy and psychic communication.

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Connect with Richard:Instagram @thebreathgeekthebreakthgeek.com

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Abi is the CEO and driving force behind the Fertility Circle. Motivated by her own experience of trying for a baby she wondered why there was so little support. With a passion for entrepreneurship, as well as a background in private equity and healthcare management consulting, Abi is a big believer in the power of community and the marriage of clinical and holistic support in fertility.

In this episode we talk about Abi's amazing journey from law, private equity and healthcare in the corporate world, to finding her purpose founding the Fertility Clinic which brings community and expert support for people on their fertility journeys. We talk about how meditation can help you find your calling, how Abi realised what she was doing wasn't serving her and the drastic changes she made, the consequences of not listening to her gut and how to find the grounding feeling of listening, an Ayurvedic cleanse in India, how becoming a mother was the biggest transformation she has been through, how to redefine success internally and externally, looking for balance in life and the importance of surrendering to the universe.

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Connect with Abi:Instagram @fertilitycircleApp - The Fertility Circle

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In this special episode we bring you a guided meditation to help you to connect with your intuition and purpose, and make transformations. When aligned with your purpose, you will grow and create a life beyond your wildest imagination, in complete flow with the universe.

I invite you to listen to this meditation every morning and notice how your life starts to change.

Perhaps you already know what your purpose is, or perhaps you are walking towards it for the first time. It doesn't matter. Everyone has a purpose greater than themselves. Yours will reveal itself to you at the perfect moment in your life, and will continue to surprise and evolve.

Remember, every day you have the choice to live from your guidance.

This meditation is set to music using Alpha waves to help you enter a deeper meditative state, bringing you calm, mind-body integration and learning.

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Gianmarco Marinello is the founder of Nai Nami, a social enterprise in Nairobi, Kenya, that builds on the street skills and life stories of former street children and youths from slums to give them a job, income and sustainable future in life. Today the profitable business is run independently by the youths and is the number one tour in Nairobi on TripAdvisor. Gianmarco now supports Nai Nami as an advisor and business developer, lectures at universities on social innovation, is a business developer of a tech-startup and works as an HR recruiter.

In this episode we talk about Gianmarco's wakeup call and transition from a string of positions that didn't have anything to do with his values, to becoming the mentor he had always wanted to have himself and radically changing lives. We talk about his incredible work helping people from slums to escape a life of crime and build their self esteem and power to give back to their communities, why success means living aligned with your true self, the incredible energy source you tap into when aligned with your passion and purpose, not having to question who you are or if you're doing the right thing anymore, the importance of being patient on your journey and believing in your inner voice.

Discover show notes, Gianmarco's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.

Connect with Gianmarco:www.gianmarco-marinello.com

www.nai-nami.com

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Monica is a Research Associate Professor in evolutionary ecology at Southern Cross University. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, demonstrating that plants emit their own 'voices' and detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. By re-kindling a sense of wonder for this beautiful place we call home, she is helping to inspire solutions to human relations with the world we co-inhabit. Her latest book is Thus Spoke the Plant.

In this episode we talk about how Monica discovered that there is no scientific question big enough to justify taking another's life, and the incredible moment of crisis which heralded big change and dismantled her idea of science, and how plants came to rescue the scientist within her. We talk about how to surrender to and embrace change, the lessons we can learn from plants, how to ask disruptive questions, the humbleness and awe of plant time, being comfortable with not knowing, bioacoustics and regeneration of the environment, the aliveness of all and giving up purpose to find purpose.

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Connect with Monica:www.monicagagliano.com

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Bandana Tewari is a lifestyle journalist and sustainability activist. She writes for The Business of Fashion extensively. She is a TEDx speaker and travels the world speaking about mindfulness in luxury with a special focus on Gandhi and fashion. Vogue India's Editor-at-Large for 13 years, Bandana is one of India's foremost authorities on fashion and lifestyle. Her pieces have also appeared in The New York Times, Vogue Arabia, Harper's Bazaar India, US Vogue, UK Vogue, Wallpaper* and Tank.

In this episode we talk about how Bandana's move to Bali was a catalyst for change, how she gave up the job no one gives up, and her journey from delightful excessiveness to activism and frugal minimalism. We talk about never underestimating what it means to work without expectations, how Gandhi's principles can highlight problems and solutions for mindful luxury, how today novelty is the opiate of the masses, how to take back our power and make change, our moral duty as activists not consumers, how sustainable acts are a spiritual practice and how to put the joy back into sustainability.

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Connect with Bandana:Instagram: @behavebandana

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Natascha is a Professor in Marketing and Sustainable Business at the British School of Fashion. She recently launched the innovative Sustainable Luxury MBA Module which develops students' sustainability literacies and expertise. Natascha is also a National Teaching Fellow, Vice Chair of The Costume Society and Editor-in-Chief for Bloomsbury Fashion Business Case Studies. She has extensive experience teaching in Europe, Asia and North America and her cross-disciplinary research spans creative industries practice; sustainable fashion; social enterprise and responsible business; cultural heritage, consumer behaviour and international fashion marketing.

We met through our work online and I was honoured to be invited to speak to Natascha's sustainable luxury MBA students.

In this episode we talk about the future of responsible fashion, the importance of coming to work as yourself and leaving our legacy through meaningful work. We discuss simplifying complex topics and opening the gates as an educator, the disconnect between sustainable fashion interests and fast fashion habits, how rewarding work is aligned with your values, the journey of lifelong learning, the new meaning of success, how to put what you want out there so it comes back to you, the importance of listening to your body and finding balance, and how to nurture your positivity.

Discover show notes, Natascha's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.

Connect with Natascha:LinkedIn: Professor Natascha Radclyffe-ThomasInstagram: @fashionnataschaTwitter: @fashionnatascha

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