Start Somewhere

This week’s episode we are joined by my dear friend, Kate Silverton, one of the BBC’s main national news presenters, mental health activist and author of ‘There’s No Such Thing As Naughty’ which will be published this April.

For the past decade, Kate has worked closely with leading children’s mental health charities such as the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, The Maudsley Foundation Trust and Place2Be. She is currently training to become a children’s counsellor and, in due course, will go on to qualify as a full child and adult psychotherapist.

In this episode we discuss Kate’s mission to expose injustices around the world. Whether it’s reporting on the dire conditions in war-torn countries, wildlife trafficking, or or most recently, in the area of mental health. 

Ask: Have faith in yourself, do not let fear override what your heart is telling you, dream big and remember hard work works.

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This week’s episode we are joined by the stellar Caggie Dunlop, former Made in Chelsea star turned singer, writer, and host of her own astrological & wellbeing podcast, Saturn Returns, which aims to provide clarity and guidance to those navigating the seas of change.  

In this episode we discuss Caggie’s quest to find her authentic purpose that led her to cross continents, the astrological significance of turning 27, and how trusting your inner compass is key to finding your greater purpose. 

Ask: Everything is unpredictable and nothing is certain so welcome change and go through your own journey by taking off the backpack of other people's opinions. 

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This week’s episode I have the pleasure of speaking with one of my heroines, Maria Eitel. Maria is the  founding CEO and Chairman of the NIKE Foundation and the Girl Effect.

Maria is incredibly passionate about helping women and girls achieve their full potential. Her work with Girl Effect focuses on removing barriers and creating opportunities for adolescent girls, unleashing their potential and improving both their lives and that of their wider community. The work of Girl Effect has reached more than 23 million girls in poverty.

In this episode we learn how persistence has been the driving force throughout Maria’s career, from securing her first internship to her life mission of eradicating global poverty by empowering women and girls.

Ask: Commit, persist and take that first step. If you hit a wall, just keep going. In the face of failure, frustration and difficulty always be persistent. 

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This week’s episode we explore the world of holistic wellness with the hugely-inspiring LA-based TV host & empowerment influencer, Morgan Lynzi. Morgan has been interviewing, and forecasting the leaders of impactful shifts across music, culture, and lifestyle for nearly half a decade.

As a host, producer, and now BIPOC Female founder of Well Damn; a Next Gen platform and community advancing wellness and empowerment through media and culture, her mission is simple: Change what we see is possible in the content and narratives we create and consume, and we’ll change the world. 

In this episode we explore Morgan’s mission to democratize wellness and empower the next generation to embrace the interconnectedness of things and to create a healthy, sustainable future for humanity and all life on earth.

Ask: Consider what your individual mission is and build your life around it. 

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This week’s episode we speak to global citizen Majken Barbro Witt, CBO & Co-Founder of Impactr, a video-sharing platform built for young creators to make social and environmental action fun and super-easy.

In this episode, Majken talks about her 180 pivot from a career in the oil & gas industry to being a pioneer in impact-entrepreneurship at a tech start-up focused on speeding up adoption of global sustainability.

With the Impactr platform, Majken is making a tangible difference in the world by recruiting and creating a vocal and compelling global youth-led purpose-driven movement. 

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This week’s episode we are joined by the incredible activist Georgia Elliott-Smith, managing director of sustainability consultancy Element 4.

Georgia shares with us how after 20 years into her successful engineering career, she experienced a reawakening and reconnected with her purpose after attending an Extinction Rebellion protest with her son. Inspired by the global movement, she decided to legally challenge the UK government on incineration pollution, demanding that they uphold the Paris Agreement and tax waste incinerators for the pollution they create. 

In this episode, Georgia touches on how incinerators harm people and the environment, the ins and outs of campaigning and the hope she found in campaigning alongside her new tribe.

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This week’s podcast was recorded via Zoom with the extraordinary Dr Marty K Casey Founder and President of Show Me Arts Foundation and CEO of UnGUN Institute from her home in St Louis . 

Having received recognition from superstar Beyonce for her philanthropy efforts serving as a mentor for 20 aspiring teens in the music sector for a group called Spreading The Love Singers, Dr Marty K Casey is a proud recipient of a series of firsts - the first African American woman to receive a full scholarship in music, the first African American Woman Freshman Class President at Missouri Baptist University, the first female ambassador in the MidWest to receive highest honours from the United Nations as an Ambassador for Orphan Children to Shine Ministries in Uganda, 

Dr Marty K Casey founded and continues to manage Show Me Arts Foundation, a non-profit Multi-Cultural Artistic Development Foundation which has reached more than 3,000 under-served children and young people ages 5-18.

She is also CEO of UnGUN Institute which helps people to disarm their trauma by engaging with the arts to achieve positive outcomes in their own lives and to build healthy relationships and communities.

In this episode Dr. Marty K. Casey shares her extraordinary life journey and how she overcame her own personal trauma to be in service to others

 Ask: Do the I can challenge. Say “I can forgive, I can heal and I can live”. Those three statements will begin to put you on the right track of feeling better today. 

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In this episode, Esther shares with us how attending a One Young World conference in her early career opened her eyes to the power of owning your own story. Since then, Esther has set up sTandTall, an organisation that helps women and girls who have been abused and bullied get back up on their feet and achieve their full potential. 

We also hear about how she came to write Sophie Says, a book series that seeks to empower children to fulfil their dreams by featuring exciting and uplifting stories with diverse characters, combatting stereotypes and making life's most important lessons fun to learn. 

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This episode we delve deeper into the world of purpose-driven business with the incredible Michelle Feeney, Founder of Floral Street. Michelle is a visionary, business-savvy leader who has created a series of cult global beauty products and billion-dollar brands. 

In this episode Michelle talks about her career path from unpaid intern at a fashion PR agency to a purpose-meets-passion trailblazer in the beauty industry, having worked with brands like Estee Lauder, MAC and Clinique. She is now shaking up the beauty industry once again with her vegan and sustainable British fragrance brand, Floral Street.  

Michelle also shares her secrets to success with us – which all start with finding your self-esteem and believing in yourself.

Always ask yourself: What’s the worst that can happen? If you can live with that answer, go for it!

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One of the few episodes recorded in person this year, we are joined by the amazing Louise Mita, my healing teacher, President and CEO of The Art Of Energy, Inc. and founder of Integrative Quantum MedicineTM. Louise is a global healer dedicated to the exploration and integration of the universal energies to promote independence and self-empowerment. 

Earlier in her life, while she was practising martial arts, she always felt connected to an unseen energy that she was intrigued by and was keen to explore. In this episode, she takes us on a journey of how, with the help of a 35th generation Shaolin Martial Arts Grand Master, she found and began harnassing that energy, and how each of us has the power to heal any living thing. Louise also touches on the power of leaning into the positive, and that in the face of disaster comes great progression.

Ask: We don’t learn when everything is going smoothly, so when your world is in chaos, look up and look around you.  

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