Leaven

Lucy Lucraft is a journalist and podcast producer, supporting other women find their voice in the podcast world.  Having lost her father her twenties and her sister took her own life during lockdown, Lucy speaks honestly with an inner strength and resilience that powers her. Following her instincts, constantly evolving, stems from her personal experiences of loss, grief, mental health and motherhood. We discuss Lucy's path and our shared experiences of belonging in the world as deeply feeling human.

Grace is a Cinical Psychologist, seed merchant and author, who grows and collects seeds from her cottage garden in Somerset. A multitalented soul with solid values and passion for beauty, courage and growth, Grace seamlessly combines very different worlds with aplomb. Grace's spirit and approach to life is remarkable. This is a great conversation on growth through adversity, staying true and finding joy in all you do.

Sommer Pyne is a beautiful soul who has created a beautiful space to match, where her home is also her business. After a childhood of turbulence due to parental addiction, her drive and passion is fuelled by her desire to create a better world for herself and more importantly her daughters. Hear how Sommer has created her own sanctuary, as she shares her experiences of life, growing up with instability, then the traumatic premature arrival of her first daughter. All of which have incredibly not dimmed her incredible light. 

Trigger warning, chilldhood trauma due to addiction and traumatic labour and premature birth story, NICU experience. Some may find this episode challenging.

Mark Waters is a film director and cinematographer driven by his love for the natural world. Mark's work is breathtakingly beautiful, capturing the moments of beauty and stillness in nature but ultimately the beauty of being human. Hear how he found his way to creating such work by following his passion and curiosity from an early age. A wonderful and life affirming conversation on the beauty and essence of life.

The end of this first season of Leaven. Creator Syreeta shares her thoughts on talking. The simple power of talking. Sharing our stories is healing. And more important than ever when emotions are being felt deeply. Whether it's pure joy or pain, we connect as humans when sharing, it’s soothing, it’s cathartic. An insight to the reason's behind this podcast and what the thoughts are for the year ahead, with a bonus insight from Faye Isaac, as originally featured in episode 6.

Sara Tasker is an award wining multi talented creative behind the instagram account Me & Orla.  Sara’s work evolved from a photography project she started on Maternity leave and has flourished into a successful layered business encompassing writing, online courses and coaching that works around her health and families needs. Sara conveys her day to day, how a diagnosis late in life has shaped her world and how success in can look different to the patriarchal society's version we are surrounded by. 

Faye Isaac is a beautiful tender soul. The founder Annual Store, a kids design led online brand, Faye as a true open heart. Specialising in children’s books, toys and clothing, Faye’s work is rooted in creativity, design and community forging a path for her daughter, one that she never had. Faye shares her experiences of living with the death of her Mum as a baby and loss and grief have shaped her.

Annie Nicholson, The Fandangoe Kid is a print artist, who work is large scale and found in public spaces, for all to access. Annie's work challenges taboos around complex emotions and topics, such as death, mental health, trauma, grief, love and gender constructs. It stems from her own personal trauma in the loss of her entire family. The beauty and grace in which she navigates it all is astounding. This is an incredible conversation and testament to Annie’s beautiful spirit and humanity.

Lizzie Jordan is a powerhouse of love and honesty. She has taken her experiences, pain and struggle to turn them into strong force of good.  A decade on from a life changing diagnosis and events, Lizzie is championing confident conversations with children, no matter how difficult or sensitive the topic. Recognising the issues faced by young people, Lizzie set up a social enterprise to provide resources, space and support to enable confident communication regardless of the topic. Hear how she made it through the toughest of times to get to this point of positivity.

Laxmi Hussain is a London based artist, who embodies female empowerment and the notion that creativity heals; something we align with beautifully through our own story. This conversation is about Laxmi's process and evolution as an artist, motherhood, body normalisation, love, grief and hope all through the power of her pen. Join us as we chat about life, death and the tiny beautiful things.