The Curiosity Club Podcast

By Catri Barrett

The podcast re-schooling you in the things that matter.

Certified Life Coach and founder of The Curiosity Club, Catri Barrett, is joined by special guests to have the conversations needed to remove ... more

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June 19, 2021The 5 steps to really understanding yourself
For the season 3 finale, The Curiosity Club founder and Certified Life Coach Catri Barrett, reflects on why it is important to understand yourself and the negative impacts of when you lack self-awareness. Catri guides you through the 5 steps to unshakeable self-understanding that she uses with her life coaching clients.
Ever felt like you don't really know what you want, how you feel or why you do things? Complete our ‘Who am I: A guide to understanding yourself' here and download your Personal Debrief for FREE - we've created this guide to help you get curious about you and for us (The Curiosity Club) to get to know our audience better so that we can create content that best serves you. All answers are entirely anonymous.
As a thank for getting #Curious with us, you'll have the opportunity to download your FREE Personal Debrief guide at the end.

In this episode, Catri talks about:
The importance of knowing yourself and how to get started: how you feel, what you believe, your strengths, your weaknesses
What to do when you feel dissatisfied, frustrated or unfulfilled in your work, relationships or other areas of your life
How a lack of self-awareness can keep you stuck and lead to self-sabotage and how you can recognise this within yourself
The practical 5 steps that you can move through to get to know yourself
How to self-coach yourself out of unhelpful patterns of thinking, habits, or feelings
Knowing and harnessing your strengths whilst accepting and letting go of your limitations and flaws
5 ways to get to know who you really are, what you want, feel, think and believe.
Using self-understanding to improve your relationships
How to get to know the different versions of yourself at different stages of your life to help you navigate change
Powerful questions you can ask yourself to discover the beliefs you hold.

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29min
June 09, 2021Navigating Change and Emotional Intelligence with Catri Barrett and Beth Ashley
In episode 7 of season 3, journalist and editor, Beth Ashley, is turning the mic on podcast host, founder of The Curiosity Club and Certified Life Coach, Catri Barrett for the first time to ask her what she wishes she'd learnt in school.
In this episode, Catri and Beth talk about:

• The curriculum of life lessons that Catri believes would make the world a better place if we had only been taught it in school and how this prompted her to start The Curiosity Club
Navigating grief loss and change, and how anxiety caused Catri to have intrusive thoughts about losing the people she loved
The fear surrounding death in British and Western culture and why it would help us all to change our view on it
The link between your thoughts and emotions and how to take them less personally
The negative impacts of shame, how it manifests in people and how Brene Brown’s Ted Talk can help you let go of it
The impact of childhood trauma on us as adults and the importance of resolving it
How Catri had an identity crisis as a teenager that triggered a mental health crisis and caused her to self-medicate with drugs and alcohol
The importance of prevention and not waiting until things are broken to fix them
Unpacking why emotional intelligence is as import as Mental Intelligence and IQ
How to stop fixating on things that have happened in the past and let go of anger and resentment
Learning to better show up for yourself and how that can have a positive impact on the world

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57min
June 02, 2021Poetry, Payday Loans and Self-discovery with Charlotte Moore
In S3E6, certified Life Coach and founder of The Curiosity Club, Catri Barrett, sits down with Charlotte Moore, a Manchester-based journalist and poet, usually found writing about mental health, sex and LGBTQ+ issues.

In this episode, Catri and Charlotte speak about:
Using writing as a form of self-discovery and how it all started for her writing fan fiction
The downfalls of how we’re taught poetry and literature at school and what a more empowering curriculum might look like
Charlotte shares her tips for aspiring writers and journalists
The failings of sex education, especially for the LGBTQ community
Personal finance: what would’ve been useful for us to be taught in school, and Charlotte shares her experience of getting into debt with payday loans and the impact this had on her

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1h 4min
May 26, 2021Routes To Success And Breaking Down Barriers With Ben Pechey
In S3E5, Catri Barrett speaks to writer, speaker, content creator, LGBTQIA advocate, and soon to be author, Ben Pechey about their experience of navigating school in the 00’s and carving out their own route to success; going from an E in english to becoming a (soon-to-be) published author.
In this episode, Catri and Ben talk about:
What it meant to go to school in the 90’s and 00’s and the lessons they both learnt (some the hard way from bully’s and the ‘frigid test’)
Ben’s experience and challenges with feeling forced to fit into the stereotypical boxes of gender and feeling like a failure when they felt like they didn’t fit anywhere.
Ben’s struggle with dyslexia and their journey from getting an E in english to getting an A and becoming a writer with a book deal
How you can find freedom from the pressure of ‘shoulds’ put on you by society
How to carve your unique route to success
The importance of lifelong learning and self-discovery

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40min
May 19, 2021Skincare, Fillers and Self-esteem with Dr Anjali Mahto
In S3E4, Catri Barrett speaks with one of the UK’s leading Consultant Dermatologists and author of the bestselling book, The Skincare Bible, Dr Anjali Mahto, about all things skincare, beauty and self-esteem.

In this episode, Catri and Anjali explore:
The link between skin, mental wellbeing, and confidence, and how we form a sense of identity through our skin
Anjali shares her experience with acne and scarring in the past, the effect it had on her mental health, and what she learnt from going to therapy
Aesthetics and injectables like fillers and botox - the pros and the cons, when they’re appropriate and not, how to find the best person for the procedure
The problematic use of Instagram filters
How a dermatologist can help you and ways to support yourself or a loved one who is struggling with a skin condition like acne, eczema or rosacea
What you can do to start disentangling your self-esteem from aesthetics and your skin
Anjali debunks some of the biggest skincare myths when it comes - discover what products are worth the money and the 3 necessities that you must have in your skincare routine
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48min
May 12, 2021 Your Cycle, Hormones & Contraception Shaming with Le'Nise Brothers
In S3E3, Catri Barrett is in conversation with registered nutritionist, Le’Nise Brothers. Le’Nise specialises in womens health, hormones and the menstrual cycle, she’s also a yoga teacher and hosts the Period Story podcast.

Catri and Le'Nise spoke about:
• What we should’ve learned in school about our cycle, hormones and period
• How hormones affect your creativity, energy levels and personality
• Why your cycle shouldn’t be centred around your period
• Understanding the different phases of the menstrual cycle as seasons, what this means and how to harness the positive effects
• Releasing period shame for future generations
• How Le'Nise helps women with hormonal issues ranging from PMS, PCOS, endometriosis, period issues, perimenopause and more.

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50min
May 04, 2021 Going Beyond Your Looks With Becky Young
In S3 Ep 2, Catri Barrett speaks to Becky Young, founder and director of the Anti Diet Riot Club; a rebel community fighting body shame, fat phobia and diet culture.

Catri and Becky explore:
• Becky’s journey with body image struggles that led her to create the Anti Diet Riot Club
• The problem with finding a sense of identify with the way that you look that is so rewarded in our society
• Diet culture: the historical origins and how it has evolved from the heroine chic to the trends of today
• The problematic purification of food and labelling what you eat as ‘good and bad’
• Changing your mindset: How to separate your sense of self-worth and happiness from your appearance
• The life lessons Becky wishes she'd learnt at school: how to fail, accept mistakes and to challenge the media you consume

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50min
April 28, 2021Exploring The Fluidity Of Personhood with Tide Adesanya
Founder of The Curiosity Club, Catri Barrett, is kicking off season 3 by speaking to multidisciplinary creative, founder of activist platform @_reeducate, and lead creative at The Restless Network, Tide Adesanya.
Episode talking points:
How Tide never felt like she belonged growing up, the impact this had on her confidence and mental wellbeing
Tide’s journey of self-discovery through fashion, experimentation, and her creative processes
Tide shares insights she’s learnt about herself that have helped navigate anxiety and mental health challenges, along with the processes that have helped develop her confidence and resilience
The pinnacle moments that helped Tide become the successful creative she is today
The importance of joy and how to bring it into your everyday life
The confidence that can be gained from stepping out of your comfort zone and how to do it more often
The lessons Tide wishes she had been taught in school:
- The practicalities of being a freelancer; how to network and manage your accounts and finances
- The diverse range of possibilities within the creative industry and how to access them

Follow Tide here and check out Teaday blogs here.
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48min
September 16, 2020 Mental Self-Care with Catri Barrett
In the season 2 finale, Curiosity Club founder, Life Coach and Mindset Expert Catri Barrett explores mental self-care: All the ways you can support your mental wellbeing and prevent mental health problems from getting worse or, in some cases, even occurring in the first place.
**WE'VE BEEN SHORTLISTED IN THE BEST PODCAST CATEGORY OF THE CREATIVE IMPACT AWARDS 2020 - YOU CAN VOTE FOR US HERE**

Catri Explores:

• The different types of self-care: Social, physical, mental, emotional, and financial etc.
• Potential barriers of engaging with practices that can protect and enhance your wellbeing
• What is mental self-care?
• Understanding your unique mental health
• How to work on your mental hygiene and habits using:

- Thoughtwork: What thoughts nurture your wellbeing and which don’t? Believe them less. Know that just because you think something doesn’t make it true.
- Becoming more future focused instead of stuck ruminating in the past
- Quitting comparison
- Practicing gratitude
- Practice mental flexibility with problem solving and shifting perspectives

• How self-care can improve your self-esteem and confidence by affirming your self-worth
• The importance of focusing on your strengths and practicing self-compassion
• How to use journalling to support your mental wellbeing
• Nurturing your community to strengthen your connections by finding people who make you feel most comfortable, most valued, and help you see different perspectives.
• Emotional self-care: Acknowledge uncomfortable emotions and allow yourself to to express your feelings on a regular basis to develop resilience and coping skills.
• Taking care of your physical healh: Sleep, Regular exercise, Nourishing meals, Gut health etc.

**WE'VE BEEN SHORTLISTED IN THE BEST PODCAST CATEGORY OF THE CREATIVE IMPACT AWARDS 2020 - YOU CAN VOTE FOR US HERE**
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36min
September 09, 2020Courage, Vulnerability & Stepping Into Anti-Racism with Allysa Rochelle
In S2E9, Catri Barrett speaks to host of the Vulnerable podcast, Allysa Rochelle. She is also the founder of TING, a consultancy that works to create safe spaces for marginalised people within the workplace and offers personal and professional development programmes to young Black future leaders.

**WE'VE BEEN SHORTLISTED IN THE BEST PODCAST CATEGORY OF THE CREATIVE IMPACT AWARDS 2020 - YOU CAN VOTE FOR US HERE**

Talking points in this episode:
How courage, vulnerability and anti-racism work intersect and influence one another
What it means to be courageous and how taking personal responsibility for your life can enable you to heal from anything you’ve experienced
Way’s you might be spiritually bypassing yourself and how to stop
The importance of white people releasing shame before stepping into anti-racism work so that you don’t get stuck in guilt
The problem with refusing to acknowledge race or refer to your own, or others, skin colour and why it’s important to understand and use terminology like white supremacy, privilege and intersectionality
Releasing shame and mobilising yourself: How to step into anti-racism work and create a better future for your ancestors

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1h 8min

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How many episodes does The Curiosity Club Podcast have?

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