Affirmation of the week: Empowering Question of the week!

This week's guest was an inspirational lady Portia Booker known as Portia The Producer has made it her mission to educate and encourage communities of color to change their views around mental health. Removing the stigma that oftentimes made it a taboo subject to address in marginalized communities. Driven to speak up after receiving a diagnosis of bipolar disorder in 2016, Portia found herself inside an internal battle to either make her mental health a priority or to keep her dream job.

Portia is the Executive Producer and Host of “Groove with Portia”, a weekly radio show centered around personal and professional development. The show has a reach of over 70,000 listeners on WOVU (95.9 FM) in Cleveland, Ohio, and airs every Wednesday. She is the co-founder of the mental health podcast “Not Alone In The Land” with NAMI Greater Cleveland. Portia has been featured on a billboard as part of an outreach campaign for mental health by NAMI Greater Cleveland. She was the guest speaker for NAMI Walk 2021 at Edgewater in Cleveland, Ohio with over 300 attendees. She has also been featured in Nami Greater Cleveland’s Summer & Fall 2021 edition of The Voice, a quarterly e-newsletter with a reach of over 10,000 recipients. She has been amplifying her message of hope by appearing as a guest on podcasts such as Chai Together Podcast with Pratibha Dey, Shut Up and Grind with Robert B. Foster, and Enduring The Course Podcast with Ebony Jae Hull, LISW.

A special short clip interview with Manager Andy Woodman f the Bromley Ravens Football Club. Zeenat asks how he manages his own mental wellbeing and those of his players. Look out for an exclusive interview in the near future.  Wishing the Raven all the best at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 22nd May 2022 as it's the second time in history that Bromley has made it there! 

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Zeenat shares her Affirmation of the week: Empowering Question! Last week's Empowering Question was

Of course, an emphasis was made on this week being Mental Health Awareness Week 9th-15th May with a focus on the theme 'Loneliness'

Guests this week were Matt Wright (vocalist & guitarist) & Jamie Reddington (producer)- Nomoon Project. They're based in London, Jamie, East in the Hackney area and Matt South East in Peckham. Born out of the space to reflect and express during the 2020 lockdown, they experienced a boom of creativity, birthing the Nomoon project.

We talk about the impact of mental health on musicians, whilst they also shared some great valuable insights and tips on how they manage their health through challenging times and when things get a little bit on top of them.

The alt-electronic, London-based duo originally came together via different musical genres, backgrounds, and lifestyles, finding common ground through emotional experience. The nomoon project is focused on the strong emotions that emanate from the simple city life, the things that threaten to destabilise us for better or worse and encourage us to grow.

“The music is what happens in the gaps, and aims at expressing the beauty and brokenness of what it is to be a human being.”

Matt started out in folk and indie bands, whilst Jamie grew up producing hip-hop and electronic music. Inspired by the likes of Maribou State, Bonobo & Four Tet, this results in beat-driven emotional soundscapes.

Both artists are inspired by novels and films that take focus on the complications, heartaches, traumas, and lessons that come with the want of living a ‘normal’ life, such as Normal People (Sally Rooney), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Life (Charlie Kaufman) and This is England (Shane Meadows). Within their creative community nomoon are trying to help normalise the conversation about the unique struggles of being a creative individual, primarily through the Anon series, which is currently a set of small soundbites, soundtracked by nomoon, from interviews had with people in their creative community. The music is a reflection of their own struggles to intertwine the demands of building a creative career and having a 'normal life'.

With nomoon, Jamie and Matt hope to create a soundtrack for other people’s lives and experiences. They are providing catharsis and context to experiences, significantly more challenging moments, through self-expression and openness.

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Zeenat shares her Affirmation of the week: Empowering Question of the week!

As always Zeenat also shares some great tips and tools and of course News, Highlights and tweets.

This week's guest was such an inspirational gentleman Mike McCarthy Journalist, Media consultant, and Campaigner for mental health awareness and change.  Trustee of men’s mental health charity Talk Club.

Mike has worked as a journalist in newspapers, radio and television for almost 40 years as a producer, reporter and presenter. His assignments have included the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, terrorist attacks on the Boston marathon, the Canadian parliament in Ottawa and the Manchester Arena in the UK. His range of stories stretches from politics in Washington DC to rioting in Athens, demonstrations in Gaza, floods in the UK and sporting triumphs across Europe. And so much more...

In this show, he talks openly about the loss of his son Ross and what he is doing to bring about awareness and change. In February 2021 his son, Ross took his life aged just 31. In his farewell letter, he asked his family to campaign for better mental health services and Mike is trying to honor Ross’s request.

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Zeenat shares her Affirmation of the week: Who or What defines the contents of your life?💖 💫Take a moment to Stop & Truly #Reflect Please share your thoughts in the comments.

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This week's guest was Danny Mills was former professional footballer currently playing in the National League South for Dulwich Hamlet F.C, where he is also the club's first Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer. Danny has had a very successful career within the non-league game and has managed to play over 500 games scoring over 170 goals to date.

Off the football pitch, Danny has been taking more of a humanitarian focus. Over the last year, he has co-hosted a podcast series that explored various players’ experiences with racism, he has gone on to sit on a discussion panel for “show racism the red card” and in February 2022 led the “Shout Out For Mental Health” campaign which partnered with The Mind charity which raised over £3000. 

Danny previously worked for Show Racism the Red Card as an educator delivering anti-racism workshops to adults and young people in schools across the south of England. In the summer of 2021, he was appointed to Kick It Out’s newly formed Player Advisory Board where he will be tackling all forms of discrimination within the game.

Danny's passion for tackling discrimination in football and society has led to his involvement in this space and has recently gained a qualification in corporate governance through the Professional Footballers Association. This programme is designed to equip those who want to contribute to the leadership of an organisation by becoming a board members.

In January 2022 Danny was appointed as a director of The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy a school he attended between 2002-2007.

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Zeenat shares her Affirmation of the week: 💖'' Are you focusing on what your life looks like rather than on what it feels like?💖 💫Take a moment to Stop & Truly #Reflect Please share your thoughts in the comments

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Guest Olivier Sanchez ND NTDip rCHNC MGNC MNNA MGNI is a registered Naturopath and Nutritional Therapist. Olivier specialises in stress, sleep disorders and other associated conditions, including multi-factorial, gut-related inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

Chronic stress has been identified as a key driver of many health conditions including anxiety and depression, poor cognition, and long-term neurodegeneration. To help support his clients, Olivier has recently graduated in stress and mental health problems awareness, including further specialisation in eating disorders.

He has also undergone intense training in Naturopathic Medicine (includes learning about traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), in-depth nutrition, detoxification, homeopathy, the basics of herbal medicine, and more). His timely discovery of Naturopathic Nutrition has finally provided the tools he needed to pursue his calling: helping people.

Through constant research and studying, Olivier has amassed a complete set of ‘tools’ with up-to-date evidence to help his clients reach better health. He is also a registered Iridologist and he is certified in sport & nutrition and in cleanses, detox, and weight management. Ongoing training includes NLP and personal performance coaching, exceptional techniques, he believes, are essential for identifying blockages and barriers that prevent a multitude of people from moving forwards and becoming the person they only dream of.

Additionally, Olivier is a Michelin-trained holistic chef with 30 years of experience in restaurants and in private employment for the rich and famous around the world. He also helped to launch the UK’s first Natural Chef and Vegan Natural Chef courses, and was the leading lecturer and practical teacher for students learning the basics of cooking and nutrition.

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This week, Zeenat's Affirmation of the week was: 💖'' What gives you the greatest satisfaction and joy in life?💖 💫Take a moment to Stop & Truly #Reflect Please share your thoughts in the comments below...

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Guest this week was Karen Lienbenguth Leebungood- an accredited master coach, accredited mindfulness teacher, supervisor, mentor, and facilitator, who set up GreenPace Coaching in 2008. Karen offers tailored mindfulness and coaching programmes for the workplace to foster personal and professional development as well as healthy hearts and minds.

Karen has trained with the Eco-Leadership Institute and has a special interest in helping leaders and their organisations to develop an eco-leadership practice to co-create a ‘good society.

She is a member of the Eco-Leadership Institute, the International Authority for Professional Coaching & Mentoring, and the British Association for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA).

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What a fabulous show with guest Cheryl Huggins - Profesional Makeup Artist & Beautician. Cheryl, specialises in natural glamorous makeup application that brings out your best beautiful look in a confident and professional manner. During her career, she has worked with some of the most talented makeup artists, and trained by some of the most prestigious and innovative Cosmetic brands. This experience gave her the confidence to use her knowledge and skill to deliver the best beauty to everyone, regardless of age, gender or skin tone.

With over 30 years of experience in the Cosmetic and Beauty Industry, Cheryl simply loves making everyone who arrives for a makeover, or holistic treatment look and feel beautiful, relaxed and energized.

On the show, we spoke about the impact of makeup and beauty on people's mental health and well-being, by discussing both pros and cons and how to find a true balance. Also, Cheryl spoke about how things are slowly beginning to shift for the better. 

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Zeenat shares her weekly Affirmation: 💖'' What is life, like when it is balanced?''💖 ''And how do you maintain it?''💖 💫Take a moment to Stop & Truly #Reflect

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Affirmation of the week: What kind of things are important to you, to put into ACTION? How do you do this?''💖 💫Take a moment to Stop & Truly #Reflect

April news, highlights and awareness days are shared. Zeenat shares tips and insights on What can be done for Stress Awareness Month specifically focused on the times 'communication'. to see a series of related videos visit Zeenat's Youtube Channel

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Meet guest Lillian Lartey- Wellness Coach & Consultant. Lillian specialises in stress, burnout, well-being and work-life balance. She helps exhausted, overworked and overwhelmed professionals and businesswomen reduce stress, and anxiety, and prevent burnout, using her ‘Pause & Breathe’ Method, so that they feel calm and balanced in life, and work.

On the show, Lillian shares her personal story when she was chronically stressed and eventually burnt out. That led some years later to a stress-related health crisis that admitted her to hospital. Thankfully, she recovered from these events and now she’s committed to helping women avoid going down this same path.

To find out more about Lillian and her work go to the link here 

What a fantastic show this week with Nicky De Lobel - Lung Cancer Specialist nurse at the PRUH for over 16 years. Nicky has seen huge advances in the treatment for lung cancer and there are now many people living well with advanced disease. What hasn’t changed is the perception of Lung cancer and its association with smoking and people are made to feel as if they are responsible or deserving of the disease. Nicky is passionate about challenging this perception and raising the profile of lung cancer.

Guest Emma Barclay, a long-term lung cancer survivor, shares her incredible story and the mindset and resilience that she had in order to not let the Cancer beat her.  What an inspirational lady with such fire and determination! 

Together, Nicky and Emma formed Everybreath a lung cancer support group for anyone affected by this disease. The group has gone from strength to strength over a very small period of time and taking into account the pandemic what we have achieved together is incredible. They are the only support group in London and the South East and we want to expand so that all patients with Lung Cancer can benefit from peer support. The great news is that they are not far from becoming a Registered Charity and will soon be spreading the support groups across the UK. Whatch this space!

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Together, let's support and break down the negative stigmas around lung cancer... Know that you do not have to go through this alone, where it is you going through this awful disease or if you have a loved one going through this or has passed sadly. There are support groups like Everybreath here to hear your voice and listen. 

Zeenat Noorani, shares her weekly Affirmation  💖''Is there something in your life that makes you forget time, whilst doing it? What is it and why?''💖 

💫Take a moment to Stop & Truly #Reflect

As always, the latest updates of news and highlights are shared along with shoutouts from listeners. 

The guest for this show, Ryan Nurse, shares his incredible personal story of a traumatic brain injury survivor and to being a thriver who has also suffered from and overcome depression.

Ryan'ss greatest accomplishment was bouncing back from zero brain activity after doctors planned to switch his life support machine off. Whilst in a coma he wasn’t conscious to decide whether to switch his life support machine off or not, and it was totally in someone else’s control. He has noticed that many people who are alive and well have already unconsciously pulled the plug on their own.

Because of this, he has recently quit his one and the only unfulfilled day job of over 13 years to follow his purpose, mission, and vision. His duty is to use the knowledge he has gained from facing and overcoming the adversities in his life to inspire others to become the very best versions of themselves.

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