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In this final episode for series 1, I am joined by Chris Mayo who has his own podcast and is a legal recruiter. Like all good stories, this was a random encounter and we decided to do a joint collaboration and podcast. This final podcast summarises some of learnings and realisations I’ve had whilst podcasting, how this passion of podcasting even came about and the same for Chris. It’s a mix of interviewing and being an interviewee so I hope you’ll enjoy hearing me ‘partially’ in the hot seat. Wishing you a safe and happy 2021 and I’ll be there with new, inspiring and uplifting content. Lots of love and light. ❤️🙏

In this episode I’m joined by Priya of BAME property.

Priya is an Urbanist, exploring the built environment from political, social and diversity perspectives, through her roles as a communications consultant, and founder of BAME in Property, an organisation that seeks to increase ethnic diversity in the built environment sector.

Since launching in December 2017, BAME in Property has grown to become one of the leading ethnic diversity networks in the built environment sector. Using her communication skills, Priya has grown the organisation's social media presence significantly, and during the first 100 days of the COVID-19 lockdown, she reached 370,000+ people on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

Over the last few months, Priya has started providing more strategic advice to companies on ethnic diversity and BAME inequalities in housing. She sits on several advisory boards including the Estates Gazette Content Advisory Board and was recently appointed to a Research Advisory Group on Race Equality with the Oak Foundation, a homelessness charity and Heriot Watt University. She is a trusted voice in the property industry, changing the narrative about ethnic diversity.

Priya is particularly interested in the built environment in developing countries and brings experiences from her travels to the professional environment. She believes diversity in thought comes from the best working practices around the world. In late 2018, Priya undertook research in South Africa, where she explored the housing struggles faced by the Indian population in Kwa-Zulu Natal and how the role of religion and culture has helped them overcome these. She published her research paper for the property industry in February 2019 and shared her findings during a live EG audience interview in May 2019.

Priya has received the following accolades for her work:

- RTPI Planner Magazine's Women of Influence (2018, 2019 and 2020)

- September 2018, finalist for Estate Gazette's Rising Star Award

- September 2019, listed as one of Property Week's RESI Trailblazers for shaking up the UK residential sector with BAME in Property

- October 2020, finalist for the Women of Future Award, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Construction category

- October 2020, listed as one of TechRound's to

In this episode I’m thrilled to be joined by my friend Gopal. We discuss his fascinating background and role at the UN, why does the UN exist, what work is he doing within climate change, working with the UN on food, and the importance of vegetarianism as well as what matters to Hindus as well as other areas of improvement. We also discuss what lessons come from Covid, and if 2020 has given us all the clear focus we all so desperately needed to wake up from this illusion. Now, how can we come back better to shape society in a more green, sustainable and positive way so we can do away with malnourishment or famine and heal Mother Earth from carbon emissions and restore the rich biodiversity necessary for the chain of survival, the coral reef, oceans and do away with plastics. I have enormous respect for Gopal D. Patel who is the Co-Founder and Director of Bhumi Global, a non-profit organization that works to educate and mobilize Hindu communities globally for environmental action. He has been an environmental activist, campaigner and consultant for over 10 years, working in India, East Africa, Europe and North America. A global leader in the religious environmental movement, he has been honored for his work by Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace, spoken at the White House, and currently serves as an Advisor on Religion and Sustainable Development to the United Nations. Born and raised in the England, he currently lives with his wife in New York City. Sending you all love and light. 🙏❤️

In this podcast episode I’m joined by Deepa whose a trained yoga teacher and healthy foodie. She shares why plant based diets are key for health and vitality and what exercises she does as part of her routine. She also shared how she makes healthy and nutrient rich meals and doesn’t ever calorie count (which is the best way to be). Sending you all love and light, Roshni 🙏❤️

In this episode I’m delighted to be joined by Nicky Turvey where we discuss how our landscape is so pivotal in our lives and the meaning it can have on our lives. We also explore climate change and capitalism and how these concepts are at odds with each other. Within this episode we also explore Buddhism and what it means to live a truly rich and enriched life. By way of introduction to Nicky, she was born in a small village in Bedfordshire where all her immediate family relatives lived within 1 mile of each other, but left at 7 to relocate to west Devon due to her fathers work commitments.

She continued to live in west Devon and Cornwall, always only 5 miles or less from the coastline for the next 21 years of life, until she had to move away due to economic opportunity only being available back in the South East.

Nicky lived in Hertfordshire for 5 years and held a success career position in local government, but felt an incessant pull for the sea, and relocated to Southampton to work as the sustainability manager at the University of Southampton.

Being nearer the coast she learnt to sail but the magnetic pull kept drawing her back to West Devon. She then decided to leave the hamster wheel and connect with nature and her roots.

She left a prestigious career in order to relocate ‘home’ at 34 having been away for 6.5 years. She now works at an Arts University as the Sustainability Officer and has more time connecting with what she loves spending time in nature, going on long hiking trips and practicing Buddhism.

In this episode we explore what is lifestyle medicine which encompasses a truly holistic process of health looking beyond the prescription of medication.

Incorporating Lifestyle Medicine changes into your daily life can often help avoid unnecessary medications and surgery and limiting the use of these to only when really needed. The key ways to improve your physical health are by eating nutritious foods, sleeping well, exercising regularly, avoiding intoxicants and most importantly looking after your own mental health to reduce stress and maintain healthy relationships (with yourself and with others around you).

Dr Bruce Lipton has been saying for years that our epigenetics means that “DNA is not our Destiny.” What this means practically is that by changing our mental and physical environment for healthier alternatives; we can change our genetic makeup and alter our future body health. We can prevent illnesses and even reverse long term mental and physical health conditions. So how can we keep our mind’s healthy? By changing behaviour patterns and shifting our mindset we really can achieve tremendous success in our lives and not be limited by ill health. By reflecting and understanding ourselves we can express our own true authenticity and true nature which will give us purpose and inner contentment. This removes stress and promotes resilience. We can use our conscious community, spiritual teachings, and scientific research to implement these changes in ourselves and reach our fullest potential.

If you’ve enjoyed learning and hearing this podcast and you’d like to learn more about Saloni’s practice, please feel free to check out Dr Sal’s social media pages www.trustdoctorsal.com or @trustdoctorsal on Instagram and Twitter and @trustdocsal on Facebook for more information.

Resources quoted in the podcast include:

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee:

“The Stress Solution” https://drchatterjee.com/the-stress-solution &

“Feel Better in Five” https://drchatterjee.com/feel-better-in-5

Swami Swaroopanada from the Chinmaya Mission [Instagram & Facebook @SwamiSwaroopananda]. Sending you all love and light. 🙏❤️

In this episode Jay and I discuss the UK educational system, what is working well and what’s not working so well. The differences between public, grammar and state schools and the unfair advantages that follow and how we can to make it better and level the playing field. We also explore how we fare internationally compared to our international counterparts and which countries are excelling on this front with a very robust and comprehensive educational system but perhaps lacking on the real life skills we all need in adult life. All of these facets will impact the jobs that we will be able to do in the years to come as we work in a much more borderless way, which has been expedited by Covid 19. This podcast is important to me personally and its crucial that all children are given an opportunity to develop, pursuing their interests and have a strong foundation so that they can thrive in whatever they choose to do. I therefore was delighted to have my friend, Jay whose an ex-banker turned entrepreneur whose been working in the educational sector for 10 years and has a wealth of knowledge through his business know-how including with the UK governments steering committee on how to navigate this vital sector. Jay recommends reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell which isn’t focused on the educational sector but a great read for developing personally and professionally. Sending you all love and light. 🙏

Here I was joined by a good friend Tejas who talks about his career in journalism, the important role the media has and the changing landscape of social media with reference to the Netflix documentary, the social dilemma. The podcast also explores some ideas we can all try to cultivate to using social media more as a tool. This was a powerful video clip that he refers to in the podcast - https://youtu.be/S2Yd5Qyodp4

In this episode I speak with Tejvi on mental health and why therapy can be so beneficial but also how to self heal. We explore topics around using language powerfully and impact fully and how we harbour emotions right from our early childhood days and into our adult lives. Therefore, we also explore how to raise emotionally resilient children who can hopefully avoid some of the pitfalls we’ve encountered. This was a really interesting podcast and I hope you’ll find this beneficial whether you’re working with children, are a teacher or are working on yourself. The message is to listen to you, be kind to yourself, it’s all about that self care! Further resources are:

Books:

Home coming: reclaiming your inner child - John Bradshaw

Healing the shame that binds you- John Bradshaw

Daring greatly- Brene brown

The gifts of imperfection- brene brown

Instagram accounts:

theholisticpsychologist

Nedratawwab

In this episode Rajiv and I discuss what is this ancient tradition that stems from the vedas. It’s a science that is thousands of years old and we delve into the basics of these traditions to help us discover who we truly are, our essence and praktruti, what is sleep and why is it so important as well as tips for those pregnant. A must listen for those who want to learn about their health! Hi all,

Please see the latest podcast from prim rose light where Roshni interviews Rajiv on the beautiful and ancient science of Ayurveda.

In this podcast we delve deeper into who we are, eating for your prakrutri, what it means to have good health, sleep and what is disease. There are also tips for those pregnant too!

For those of you who’d like to know more, Rajiv is an Ayuvedic practitioner based in London and offers on a chargeable basis one-to-one Ayurvedic consultations. These sessions are designed to go through your health concerns and come up with a protocol to balance you and improve your physical, mental and emotional health holistically.

If you are interested in knowing your dosha and prakruti and this podcast conversation has sparked your curiosity, please feel free to reach out to him directly on [email protected] and he will send you a copy of it and go through it with you so you can understand yourself more. 

Finally if you have questions on any matters which were discussed on the podcast or have any questions on Ayurveda, please feel free to reach out. By way of recommendation, a great book and source of knowledge is the science of self healing by Dr Vasant Lad which is referred to in the podcast.

Please feel free to follow Rajiv on:

Instagram: @swasthaveda

Twitter: @swasthaveda

Facebook: www.facebook.com/swasthaveda

And if you’re not already following prim rose light, you can follow on Spotify which has lots of different topics right from climate change to conditioning to relationships. You can also follow her on instagram @roshnithakrar

Sending you all lots of love and light. Roshni and Rajiv 🙏