Jodie Cariss, the founder of Self Space, tells Jordan and Liz how she is showing up in the mental health space.

Having 18 years experience as a therapist, Jodie is forging a new frontier in counselling with her business. Self Space adopts a ‘drop in therapy’ model with in-person locations, across the UK, that you can show up to and meet with a professional, without an appointment.

Jodie also shares advice on how we can all better manage our well-being while being mindful that we are all inherently messy, as well as discussing the importance of detaching from a work identity and learning from your anxiety.

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Use the discount code SHOWINGUP10 when booking a session at Self Space. 

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Get Jodie’s book: How to Grow through what you go through

Caroline Rush, the Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council, tells Jordan and Liz how she is showing up in the fashion industry to create a diverse landscape with plenty of opportunities for up-and-coming designers. 

Caroline shares how she transitioned from PR Consultant to CEO, she reveals how Queen Elizabeth II ended up making a surprise appearance at London Fashion Week in 2018, and how the BFC supports new talent through their many initiatives. 

If you’re an aspiring designer, Caroline also offers her advice on how to get on the radar and shares the new critical jobs in fashion that didn’t previously exist. 

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Roxie Nafousi is a Sunday Times double best-selling author thanks to her acclaimed books on manifestation, as well as a renowned self-development coach and inspirational speaker – and after this episode, you’ll definitely understand why. 

Roxie speaks candidly to Liz and Jordan about growing up as an Iraqi Muslim in a predominantly white area, how experiencing racism during the Iraqi War as a young child led to self-loathing and rejection, as well as how she still battles that today.

Roxie also discusses being new to happiness, her thoughts on how to defend against toxic positivity and of course, an intro to manifesting and how vision boards actually work. 

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Serial entrepreneur Sharmadean Reid is developing the next generation of women in power, and in this episode, she shares with Liz and Jordan the story so far and how she plans to continue dominating the world. 

Sharmadean reflects on how her matriarchal family shaped her businesses, the common challenges of mentoring and where it fails, plus how she’s designing a global alumnus of power through The Stack World. 

She also explains why you shouldn’t turn your nose up at a younger mentor, the common difficulties that female founders are facing, and shares some spoilers for her highly anticipated book ‘New Methods for Women, A Manifesto’. 

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Nishma Robb is Google’s Senior Director of Brand & Reputation Marketing and the Vice President of WACL (Women in Advertising & Communications Leadership). Nishma is passionate about meaningful representation and wants to set the stage for future talent.

Liz and Jordan speak to Nishma about how her busy childhood shaped her work ethic and sense of identity, the early impacts of the lack of representation in media had on her, and how she is tackling tokenism and diversifying the spaces she’s in now. 

She also discusses where unconscious bias comes from, the need to futureproof our children and why empathy is one of the most important lessons to impart. 

If you’re wanting to make a difference in your work, Nishma offers tangible advice on how professionals can follow in her footsteps and show up for marginalized communities and future generations. 

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Host of the Blended podcast and TV personality, Kate Ferdinand, has become a leading voice for blended families after sharing her experience of becoming a stepmum, in her critically acclaimed BBC documentary ‘Rio and Kate: Becoming a Stepfamily’

Kate chats with hosts, Liz and Jordan, about when things got serious with her husband Rio Ferdinand and how she navigated the early days of being a stepmum to children who’d lost their mum.

She also discusses why, regardless of experiencing body dysmorphia, she shared her postpartum body online, how the Ferdinand household compromise, and how her new book ‘How To Build a Family’, offers advice through her own learned lessons. 

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Stacey Dooley first appeared on our screens as a teen on the BBC’s 2008 docu-series ‘Blood, Sweat and T-shirts’.

Since then, Stacey has gone on to become one of the UK’s most recognised and well respected factual documentary-makers - work so prolific that she was awarded an MBE for her services to broadcasting.

Over the last 14 years, she’s added many more strings to her bow including being a Sunday Times Bestselling Author, Podcaster, Clairol trend-setter and Strictly winner.

In this conversation, Stacey talks to Liz and Jordan about her humble beginnings, how she turned her curiosity of people and their stories into a successful broadcast career, the realities of producing documentaries from war-torn countries and her dream chat-show line up.

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Wadadli Kitchen

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Orla Guerin

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Katie Piper OBE is a best-selling international author, inspirational speaker, TV presenter and charity campaigner. 

Katie is also the host of award-winning podcast Extraordinary People, the founder of The Katie Piper Foundation, a BBC Radio 2 host and presenter on Songs of Praise.

In this episode, Katie opens up to Liz and Jordan about turning her experience into opportunities for others, how she unexpectedly found faith, why she is encouraging her kids to take up sport, and why she finds discomfort around some of the titles others bestow on her.

Keep up to date with Katie @katiepiper_ on Instagram and for Good Culture it’s @goodcultureinc

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The Katie Piper Foundation

Amanda de Cadenet started her broadcast career at just 15 years old, hosting one of the biggest live music shows in the UK. But rising to fame at a young age evoked a traumatic experience with the British press, instigating her move to the US at 19.

Amanda navigated being a young mother and overcoming addiction and is a luminous example of recovery.

Bored of always just being in front of the camera, Amanda found a love for photography and is now an accomplished photographer, the host of the incredibly popular interview series The Conversation and the founder of Girlgaze, a platform that connects a network of female-identifying and non-binary creatives with companies who want to hire a diverse workforce.

In this honest and raw episode, you’ll hear Liz and Jordan speak with Amanda about not only her career but her intimate view of why she moved to LA so suddenly, how she’s raising her children to understand and appreciate their privilege, and why she’s passionate about opening doors for other female-identifying and non-binary creatives.

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@girlgaze

Clara Amfo has become one of the UK's most recognisable names and voices.

Since becoming a Radio 1 DJ, Clara has gone on to become a well-respected broadcaster, shining bright in her daily radio show, TV presenting gigs, podcasting and online presence.

As well as sharing her favourite 90's inspired looks and humorous snippets of conversations with her mum (aka WhatsApp Mama) on Instagram, Clara has used her platform to speak about issues and causes close to her which most recently includes women's health, in particular Fibroid awareness.

Find Clara on Insta @claraamfo and for more Good Culture it’s @goodcultureinc

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The Drop on BBC Three

@fibroidfoundation

@wecanwearwhite

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