Reading Her Diary

In this episode I have a beautiful chat with my good friend Lily Bunce Redding. Lily is a yoga teacher and about about to start a Masters degree in Nutrition. She is very raw & honest in sharing how she developed an eating disorder after being bullied as a teenager and how it's affected her physically and emotionally. She shares her experience of recovery and how she's now incredibly proud to say that she loves herself, especially as she struggled with self acceptance in the past.&nb...

This week's guest is Maddie Ross, Founder and Director of Girl Code Theatre - an award winning, Brighton based theatre company that aims to ask difficult questions through verbatim storytelling. The company's latest documentary 'Still Not Getting It' shares the stories of people who were sexually harassed in the Brighton area during lockdown. Maddie shares insights on what sexual harassment really means and why any type of harassment should never be tolerated or normalised. We also ...

My beautiful friend Richa Ekka shares her story of growing up in India and fearing sex, to now living in Australia and supporting people in their healing around trauma and sexual shame. She has recently moved to Port Macquarie and works as a breathwork facilitator and sex, love and relationship coach. She is raw and honest in sharing the challenges she's faced, in particular around the shame she felt from contracting herpes in her early twenties.Richa has an incredible energy and she's a...

In this episode I have an open and honest conversation with Lu Madden, a successful social media & brand strategist based in Austin, Texas.Lu shares powerful insights into what it means to have a healthy relationship with social media and why authenticity is key if you really want to engage with people online.She shares her personal experience of becoming more comfortable with self expression on social media. Her journey has included sharing dance videos, inspiring others by talking about...

In this week’s episode I speak with Amy Louise Cash, a transformational coach who specialises in relationships. In this conversation she shares so much wisdom about self love, vulnerability, soul contracts and trusting your instincts. Amy openly shares how being raped when she was 16 was the catalyst for her journey of self love & choosing a career as a coach. Even though trauma is awful and messy, Amy believes it can be a huge gift for us to learn and grow as humans. As always,...

In this week's episode I speak with Meg Allin, who openly shares their journey of coming out as Non-binary. We discuss navigating pronouns, labels and the difference between gender and sexuality. Earlier this year Meg decided to quit University and is now involved in activism as a Greenpeace speaker on the radio and they're also training to become a facilitator in Relationships & sex education (RSE).As always listen to the end of the podcast where I share some journal prompts for yo...

In this week’s episode I speak with Exotic Empowerment Coach Kylie Bee. Kylie shares her story of becoming a stripper to now coaching others in the adult entertainment industry. Kylie really does bare all on this episode, sharing the challenges she’s faced in being a stripper and how it’s played a role in her personal development & relationships. Instagram links: @_kylie_bee @readingherdiary @becomingmorejess

The topic of Relationships & sex education (RSE) is really close to my heart. My guest Shannon Reddin is an RSE Facilitator and she’s the founder of Enrich RSE. She’s been teaching young people about relationships & sexual health for 13 years and she has so much to share on this topic that is just not spoken about enough. We talk about communicating boundaries, enthusiastic consent, understanding contraception options, sexual libido, how dating has been affected in 2020... we cover a ...

In this week's episode I speak with Transformational Life & Leadership Coach Natasha K. Richardson.Natasha shares her story of learning to listen to her heart & intuition from a young age and how it's lead her on a journey to seek joy in the most humble of experiences. She offers us guidance on how to build a deeper connection with our hearts, encouraging us to ask our heart what it thinks and feels. We discuss the importance of vulnerability, how intimacy comes in many forms and...

In this episode I chat with my friend Hettie Allen, co-host of podcast The Thing About That. Here she shares her story of proposing to her boyfriend, popping the question after 10 years of saying she never wanted to get married.We discuss the pressures that women face around ‘tying the knot’. From the expectation to get married by a certain age, to the stress of looking ‘picture perfect’ on your wedding day, it’s no wonder that weddings can be a huge strain on mental health. This, alongside t...