In the eighth podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to Leticia Fonseca.

Leticia is a personal finance mentor and she helps people, particularly women, to have a healthier relationship with money. She is the founder of Master Your Finances and a self-proclaimed ‘infectiously positive powerhouse’. Leticia talks about the close relationship between money and how we treat ourselves, after personally discovering the positive financial impact of getting to know and love herself more.

They discuss the resilience Leticia’s built up over the years since experiencing depression when she was younger, and going through a divorce. She shares about the challenges she faced around that time and how she's now found the right practices to build up her self-esteem; and to have a whole new appreciation for life.

They also chat about how Leticia came over from Brazil to London to change her life, ended up working in the city and built a career she loved; and how grateful she is to her younger self for doing that.

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In the seventh podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to trans speaker and activist, George Evans.

George became an in-demand speaker after his Pride Month 2022 LinkedIn post, proudly declaring his trans identity, got millions of views. He’s since become a celebrated public speaker, LinkedIn Top Voice and regularly travels around to share his story with different businesses and audiences, educating them on diversity and inclusion for the transgender community.

In George’s own words: “I’m now using my voice to educate the world on what it truly means to be transgender, sharing the stories of my transition and mental health.”

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In the sixth podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to producer for the creative and tech industries, Emma Jackson. 

You may have seen Emma landing a plane with Kevin Bacon in an EE ad. As she likes to put it, she only gets out of bed for world firsts. She racked up millions of views for content produced for Cut Youtube channel, and using entertainment to show diverse role models is a particular joy of hers. She’s proudly and loudly neurodivergent, and they talk about their shared experiences with late diagnosed ADHD.

Emma  inspired Rebecca to talk about her ADHD publicly for the first time in a real-life space, during the Q+A of a panel talk she appeared in. As well as comparing notes on ADHD, they talk about female empowerment and how women can get better at recognising our own achievements, while businesses also need to have fairer systems for advancing people.

Also, how to approach allyship and why we have to put the work in to speak up for people without speaking *over* them; positive psychology and the science of happiness; trauma around ADHD why meditation and somatic processing are so important with neurodivergence; and what it was like to land that plane with Kevin Bacon.

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The 5Gs - https://the5gs.co.uk

Landing a plane with Kevin Bacon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XMsISVWz-w

My First Same Sex Girlfriend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYgIKWrlffw

Here are the allyship resources mentioned in the episode:

Do the Work course - https://rachelcargle.com/

Better Allies course - https://betterallies.com/

In the fifth episode of series 3, Rebecca talks to the brilliant Pete Barnes, founder of the Northern Pride Sports Collective, the Manchester-based LGBTQ+ badminton team Northern Cocks, and a board games community too. I met Pete when he appeared on the panel of SSDB’s first live event last year, which was all about How to Make Friends and Find Communities as an Adult.

We talked about social anxiety, the power of communities, reinventing yourself through university and travelling the world, and why a lonely childhood can lead to a deepened determination to hone your skills at making friends in adulthood.

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In the fourth podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to Kashi Chellen, community and events executive at The Happiness Index. The Happiness Index is an employee engagement & happiness platform, helping organisations measure the key employee engagement AND happiness drivers to power their people strategy. 🧠👥

They discuss destigmatising therapy, the importance of mindfulness, accessibility and inequality in digital wellness, how crucial it is to learn emotional self-regulation and why we’re not taught it in school.

Plus, getting an ADHD diagnosis in adulthood, finally gaining a better understanding of your own brain, managing co-occurring anxiety and working through the trauma that comes with spending your whole life feeling different, without knowing why. 

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This time, Rebecca speaks to Ellie Austin-Williams, founder of This Girl Talks Money.

In her own words, Ellie is ‘Breaking the money taboo & putting financial wellbeing on the agenda’. She started TGTM because she was ‘bored of the same old financial tips written by middle aged white men in suits’, and wanted to ‘open the conversation up around earning, spending, saving and managing money.’

Alongside building a community of 30,000 financially empowered women, Ellie has worked with brands from Glamour to American Express, as well as providing financial expertise for Refinery29, Stylist, BBC News & more. She was recently invited to 10 Downing Street to talk with the prime minister about the new strategy for tackling fraud AND she’s just announced the release of her first book, Money Talks: A Lifestyle Guide for Financial Wellbeing.

Ellie gives invaluable insights around cultivating a healthy mindset around money, why so many of us end up in debt without knowing what we’re signing up for, and the way the system in the UK needs to be improved in order to support women, to close the gap when it comes to financial stability. Plus,  managing the pressure of running your own business, the fear of failure and the pressure to choose a career we’re going to enjoy.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786787997?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_WSC7PNA31Q0HFGCRAGYS_1

The second podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to Amy Proudfoot, founder and director of Sober Social.

Sober Social’s mission is to revolutionise socialising within communities and make socialising inclusive to everyone. This is an open and honest chat between two sober girls about navigating life without alcohol, whether you’re going sober, doing Dry January or are just curious about the benefits of a rest from drinking.

Amy spoke about her own journey to changing her relationship with alcohol, via stints living in Australia, Italy and Bali. During this time travelling the world, experiencing other cultures and changing her career, she experienced some unexpected, unforgettable twists and turns that would change the course of her life forever. Amy shares about the mental health experiences that led her to overhaul her life, from panic attacks to agoraphobia and body image.

Amy is now a holistic personal trainer and human potential coach, bringing her passion for positive change and creating authentic relationships to her business. She is driving Sober Social to build happier, healthier groups of people through community-led wellness experiences, which are changing the way we feel and connect without the need for alcohol. 

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 Rebecca speaks to Stef Sword-Williams, founder and author of F*ck Being Humble, the incredible platform and career bible helping people be unapologetically proud of their achievements and overcome the fear of self-promotion. In Stef’s own words, “‘F*ck Being Humble’ is a mindset to adopt to make sure you never miss out on an opportunity because you were too modest”. 

Stef saw a lack of representation in the creative industries during her advertising career and decided she didn’t want to sell people things they don’t need anymore, so she made it her mission to celebrate amazing talent. Her motivational talks and workshops help individuals to know their worth and feel empowered in their professional development. 

Since starting F*ck Being Humble in 2018, becoming a worldwide public speaker and hosting radio shows, podcasts and endless events, Stef has been named one of Forbes’ 30 under 30, delivered a TEDx Talk and partnered with global brands from Google to Warner Music, Kerastase to NatWest and Estee Lauder. 

Stef has also founded the community platform This Might Help, providing peer-to-peer support for everyday carers, who are helping people in their lives experiencing mental health challenges, trauma and sexual assault. 👥 

With more people like Stef leading the way, we could have a chance of changing this notion that we should be embarrassed to shout about the awesome things we achieve. 

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This week, Rebecca speaks to Phil Cookson, director of Creative Resource and Founder of the School of Thought.

Phil spoke about the passing of his wife in 2019, before then losing his mum a few months later. He talked about how he found the process of grief, including navigating loneliness in lockdown, managing anniversaries, honing in on his own coping methods and helping his dad to come to terms with loss too.

Phil made a children’s book about his wife to gift to his young niece, who was born just after she died. He wanted her to get to know the person her auntie was and the process of creating provided an invaluable positive focus point. Another cathartic experience was five days walking the length of Hadrian’s Wall in winter with his dog Oscar, raising £5,000 for a local cancer charity. He also spoke about starting the School of Thought to empower others in their career development and confidence.

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Visit the event page for Same Shit Different Brain's first ever live panel talk on 11th August, How to Make Friends and Find Communities: 

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This week, Rebecca speaks to Chloe Higgins, an author and writing coach. She runs her online business Write with Chloe from Thailand, where she recently moved to from her home of Australia. A big reason for this was her love of Muay Tai, with this form of exercise serving as an important coping tool for her mental health. 

Chloe spoke about losing two sisters in a car accident when she was 17, which led to a two-month stay in a psychiatric ward, undergoing treatment for trauma. There, she discovered her passion for writing after discovering The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, which helps with artistic creative recovery. Almost immediately, Chloe decided she wanted to be an author and in 2020, her debut The Girls won the People’s Choice Award at the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. 

Chloe now coaches others with their writing and reaching the point of publication, with a strong focus on mindset and self-work. She believes that writing and mental health are the same thing, that vulnerability is everything in literature, and that it is a political act to normalise honest, personal conversations.  
Rebecca and Chloe also discuss: 

• Her love of travel throughout adulthood 
• Radical responsibility, victimhood and identifying collapsed boundaries 
• Using journalling for both inner work and heightened emotional intelligence, better communication skills and also, for writers, develop fully rounded characters 
• Being available to feel *all* her feelings, especially those she was previously scared of 

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