Good Influence

Welcome back to Good Influence!

This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. 

This week, we're talking about self belief; being put in boxes we didn't ask for, self-help books and how we access them in different ways, and how #BeKind also needs to apply to yourself.

Laura Whitmore is a TV and radio presenter, actress and writer, and you'll find her currently on our TVs presenting Love Island! Laura's debut book titled 'No One Can Change Your Life Except For You', became a Sunday Times bestseller and is out now.

This episode was recorded in lockdown back at the beginning of 2021.

If you want to learn more, here's where to find Laura and her recommendations: 

Instagram: @thewhitmore

Twitter: @thewhitmore

Something to read: No One Can Change Your Life Except For You - Laura Whitmore

Something to watch: TED Talk - Brené Brown - The Power of Vulnerability / Cobra Kai on Netflix

Something to listen to: Wilson Phillips' album 'Wilson Phillips'

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Welcome back to Good Influence!

This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. 

This week, we're talking about homelessness, tackling stigma to help get people into jobs, the disproportionate effect of the pandemic on those experiencing homelessness and how we can individually help to support people. 

Alex Stephany is the founder of Beam, a social enterprise which runs the first crowdfunding platform to help unharnessed people access training, stable employment and homes.

If you want to learn more, here's where to find Alex and his recommendations: 

Instagram: @wearebeam

Twitter: @AlexStephany / @wearebeam

Website: beam.org

Something to read: The Little Book of Bob - James Bowen

Something to watch: Netflix's Sherpa

Something to listen to: The Blindboy Podcast

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Welcome back to Good Influence!

This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. 

This week, we're talking about climate justice: the role of social media in connecting and communicating our causes and why it's important to look beyond our individual actions on the various roles that we can all play in activist communities.

Mikaela Loach is a climate justice activist, a medical student and podcaster. She is currently part of a litigation campaign called Paid to Pollute, which is taking the UK government to court over the tax breaks given to big polluting oil and gas companies in the North Sea.

If you want to learn more, here's where to find Mikaela and her recommendations: 

Instagram: @mikaelaloach

Twitter: @mikaelaloach

Paid to Pollute website

Something to read: What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition - Emma Dabiri

Something to watch: Shado Mag Panel - What is Environmental Racism

Something to listen to: Drilled Podcast / The Yikes Podcast

Also mentioned:

@thenapministry

@climateincolour

The Pandemic is a Portal - Arundhati Roy

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Welcome back to Good Influence!

This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. 

This week, we're talking about mental health; exploring mental health issues through writing characters, the differences between fact and fiction, and how social media misses out on the middle parts of our lives.

Matt Haig is the author of 21 books, including 'The Midnight Library', which is enjoying a long run on bestseller lists around the world. Matt also shares a lot of poignant musings on mental health on his social media channels and his very open with his own experiences of depression, anxiety and panic disorders. His new book, titled 'The Comfort Book', comes out in July.

If you want to learn more, here's where to find Matt and his recommendations: 

Instagram: @mattzhaig

Twitter: @matthaig1

Website: matthaig.com

Something to read: Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder & Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark - Julia Baird

Something to watch: Old musicals - Singin' in the Rain, Meet Me in St Louis, An American in Paris

Something to listen to: Dear Theodosia - Hamilton Soundtrack / Carpenters

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Welcome back to Good Influence!

This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. 

This week, we're talking about Disability, advocacy and body image: how social media can be valuable in representation, examples of overlooked accessibility needs, and how we can combine self-love and neutrality in building our confidence.

Sophie Butler uses her online platform to advocate for accessibility and empowerment for the Disabled community and for women in general. She was Cosmopolitan's Influencer of the Year in 2019 and was the first wheelchair user to be signed as a Gymshark athlete, now representing Disabled athletes on a huge, global scale.

If you want to learn more, here's where to find Sophie and her recommendations: 

Instagram: @sophjbutler

Something to read: Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body - Rebekah Taussig

Something to listen to: Lizzo's album - Cuz I Love You

Something to watch: BBC's 'Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain'

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Welcome back to Good Influence!

CW: This episode features discussion around food, weight stigma in medicine, dieting, mention of calories, disordered eating and other related topics. If you need support please click here for support resources from Beat.

This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. 

This week, we're talking about nutrition and stigma: how weight stigma affects society and medicine, the origins and problems with using BMI to determine health, and what doctors might sometimes be missing about our relationships with food.

Dr Joshua Wolrich is an NHS doctor and the author of best selling book 'Food Isn't Medicine'. He dedicates a lot of his time online to debunking bogus claims about nutrition, or as he calls them nutri-bollocks, and helping people sort of fact from fiction when it comes to diet claims.

If you want to learn more, here's where to find Josh and his recommendations: 

Instagram: @drjoshuawolrich

Twitter: @drjoshuawolrich

Something to read: Dr Joshua Wolrich - Food Isn't Medicine

Something to listen to: Willing to Be Wrong Podcast

Something to watch: Less

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Welcome back to Season 2 of Good Influence!

This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. 

This week, we're talking about emotions, how we can learn to manage our feelings by identifying them, why we've evolved to react in certain ways and how we can apply that knowledge.

Dr Sophie Mort, known as Dr Soph, is a clinical psychologist who offers 1-1 coaching as well as easily accessible and relatable mental health content online. Her new book 'A Manual for Being Human' is released this July and aims to help us understand how we think, who we are and how to live a happier life.

If you want to learn more, here's where to find Soph and her recommendations: 

Instagram: @_drsoph

Website: drsoph.com

Something to read: Dr Sophie Mort - A Manual for Being Human

Something to listen to: Matt Haig - The Midnight Library (Audiobook)

Something to watch: Paddington 2

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