Going Conscious

In this special episode we bring you a short channelled singing meditation to help you reconnect with yourself and your channel of consciousness, and to help you release what may be blocking you.

Here, Nikki goes out of her comfort zone and shares her first singing meditation with you. Since she was in the process of childbirth, she has been singing channelled songs, and sometimes feels called to share them with others, which have been having intriguing impacts. She wanted to bring this to the community here on Going Conscious for this year's meditation episode.

We invite you to give yourself these short minutes to ground and align yourself whenever you feel called to. Do whatever feels good to you as you listen - lie down and close your eyes, sit still, dance, sing, or scream. Whatever feels right, go for it wholeheartedly! Just as Nikki has done here to create this improvisation for you.

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Please come back and listen again and again.

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Welcome to this special episode to talk about the unexpected, the growth, and the inspiring moments of 2022! I also share my end of year personal review structure with you for you to use.

This year we surpassed 100 episodes, discovered we are rated in the top 2.5% of all podcast shows globally, as measured by listen notes. We are in the top 15% most shared business shows in 2022 on Spotify, and this year was number 15 in the goodpods entrepreneurship podcast top 100. We were shortlisted for an international women's podcast award. And most importantly, we received feedback that we are helping to transform lives and businesses around the world with the stories we share here every week.

Thank you for being part of our community! It's so special to have you with us.

The nature of the conversations we have on Going Conscious means that they are never out of date and the episodes keep on giving - we love seeing that many of you listeners go back and discover episodes from the past again and again.

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In this episode I invite my sister Emma, who has her PhD in contemporary eco-poetry and is a published academic teaching English Literature at Leeds University, to read the opening of The Overstory by Richard Powers. It's one of our favourite novels and has an incredibly powerful start.

In his twelfth novel, National Book Award winner Richard Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of―and paean to―the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond, exploring the essential conflict on this planet: the one taking place between humans and nonhumans. There is a world alongside ours―vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.

The Overstory is a book for all readers who despair of humanity's self-imposed separation from the rest of creation and who hope for the transformative, regenerating possibility of a homecoming. If the trees of this earth could speak, what would they tell us? "Listen. There's something you need to hear."

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Jayn is the CEO of Weleda UK and the Chairperson of the Sustainable Beauty Coalition. She received No.1 in 2022's 'Who's Who of Natural Beauty', the tenth year that Jayn appeared in the top 25, and her sixth time at No.1, and the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Natural and Organic Products Europe (NOPEX) 2022 Beauty Awards. Jayn has made it her mission to clean up the beauty industry, eliminate greenwashing and to encourage more social responsibility for what goes on the shelf.

In this episode we talk about living and creating business in harmony with nature, why sustainability is still paternalistic, how to reframe partnerships, how to build a deep listening culture in business, the return to the peer to peer selling model, and the interconnection of wellbeing.

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Caireen is the business partner of Mary Portas and the CEO of their business consultancy & creative agency, Portas, which specialises in luxury, fashion, design & placemaking. Together they have advised the government, created Mary's No 1 rated business podcast, published five books, and set up twenty-six Mary's Living & Giving charity shops.

In this episode we talk about how to free up your mentality around being a mother and a CEO, how to work like a woman, how to find your people, beyond the alpha codes and why more businesses are awakening. And, we reflect on the end of the year.

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In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes with brilliant, world-changing authors. Each has their own topic to inspire us with.

You will hear from Jon Alexander, the entrepreneur and acclaimed author who is currently on a global tour discussing the ideas of his book CITIZENS, where he tells us about the collapse of the Consumer Story and the rise of the Citizen Story - the deepest truth of humanity. You will hear from a podcast star, writer and Jungian analyst Lisa Marchiano and we talk about the places parenthood can take you that you wouldn't otherwise have gone to. From Pavita Singh who is Executive Director of Girls Health Ed and an award-winning international bestselling author on a new perspective on negative emotions and the powerful role that they, along with positive emotions, play in our lives. And from Lyn Yap, who shares stories of leaders who have used business as a force for good and her experience of doing meaningful work with global brands.

Check the episode description for the numbers of each episode so you can find them easily to continue listening to the full episodes that catch your attention today.

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#107 From advertising to advocacy: The rise of the Citizen Story with Jon Alexander

#102 From motherhood to finding yourself: Connecting with your instincts with Lisa Marchiano

#110 From avoiding to integrating emotions: Letters to the many shades of magic in you with Pavita Singh

#116 From investment banking to altruistic capitalism: Leaving a legacy with Lynn Yap

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In this episode I read from the classic Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. She tells us about the 'wild woman', the wise and ageless presence in the female psyche that gives women their creativity, energy and power. For centuries, the 'wild woman' has been repressed by a male-orientated value system which trivialises women's emotions. Using a combination of time-honoured stories and contemporary casework, Estes reveals that the 'wild woman' in us is innately healthy, passionate and wise.

I first discovered this book a couple of years ago when Bandana Tewari recommended it on the show. Recently I came back to it, and I want to share the afterword with you in this episode, where we explore the concept - story is medicine.

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Lynn Yap is the author of The Altruistic Capitalist: How to Lead for Purpose and Profit. She shares stories of leaders who have used business as a force for good and her experience of doing meaningful work with global brands, including adidas and Estee Lauder.

In this episode we talk about how death can spark consciousness, why the flow of money into sustainable companies has more than doubled in the last few years, and how to leave an impactful legacy behind.

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Lauren is the CEO/Co-Founder of By Sarah London, the natural B corp skincare brand with an inspiring story.

In this episode we talk about how Lauren's journey through leukaemia, led to her sister Sarah saving her life and then her skin. Together they create By Sarah London. We talk about how health is not a fix, this exciting time in beauty for awareness, the power of approachable Founder faces for a brand, and how to live as if everything is rigged in your favour.

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Catherine is a serial entrepreneur, business leader and bestselling business author. She focuses on awakening the fire within as Founder of The Awakened Company. Catherine founded BluEra, a Profit 500 executive search firm, top 200 growing company in Canada and best workplace which was then successfully sold. She now helps organisations develop culture strategies.

In this episode we talk about how to create your container for saying yes and no, body energy, partnerships with other leaders, finding your centering practice and integrating meaning into work so that work can be love made visible. Plus Catherine shares one of her beautiful poems.

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