Chitra Nadarajah leads the climate emergency work at England's largest county council. In her native Malaysia she worked in environmental issues before moving to the UK, establishing her career & starting a family.

Betsy & Chitra discuss Chitra's experience as an Asian female leader in a largely white male environment and as a single mother to a mixed-race teenage daughter. They chat about the joy of personal style & creating work-life balance.

Find Chitra on IG @chitrasthings Betsy is @thebetsyreed

In this episode, Betsy shares the edges of her own comfort zone just now. She talks about quitting things and leaving space, the freedom of shaking off fear of disappointing others and how fear of 'being difficult' is a massive energy suck.

She also invites listeners to contribute to the planning of Season 3, launching in September and focused on the discomfort and inspiration of 'stepping into the new human experience.'

Get in touch if you like: [email protected] / IG @thebetsyreed

In the second 'Discomfort Running Buddies' episode, Betsy talks to one of her IRL friends about trauma.

Betsy talks to her friend Luis Amaro, an art director & professional wrestler from Venezuela who experienced significant violence due to the ongoing instability in his home country. Betsy talks about childhood trauma and abuse, & both discuss how trauma has shaped them, how they've healed & how it's accelerated personal growth.

Luis  is on IG @louchakao Betsy is on IG @thebetsyreed

Flaviano Bianchini is a scientist, the Founder of Source International & a Fellow of the Ashoka Foundation. ‍His work on the extractive industry's impact on local environments & communities has led to the modification of mining laws and practices in Latin America.

Betsy & Flaviano chat about what's in our smartphones, how the scientific approach can help us navigate fake news & what it's like to live with death threats because of his work.

More on IG @source_int Ashoka Foundation is on IG @ashokaglobal Betsy on IG @thebetsyreed 

María Scharrón-del Río, Ph.D. is Associate Dean of the School of Education & Professor of the School Counseling Graduate Program at Brooklyn College. They're a leader in GLARE (GLBTQ Advocacy in Research & Education), committed to the development of multicultural competencies in counselors, psychologists, & educators.  Betsy & Maria chat about the role of education in making space for all people to show up as themselves in all of their intersecting identities. Follow Betsy on IG @thebetsyreed

Jean Callanan's international corporate career spans well-known names like Unilever, Waterford Crystal & Guinness. She runs 'strategic thinking consultancy' Momenta Hub & is Chair of the Irish Hospice Foundation, which promotes discussion of death, dying & bereavement.

Betsy & Jean chat about burnout, leaving corporate life, hiking the Camino de Santiago alone & the need to have uncomfortable but necessary conversations about death & dying.

The Irish Hospice Foundation provides a 'Think Ahead' guide for planning & recording wishes for key details related to illness & death. 

Jean is on IG @jeancallananmomenta Betsy is @thebetsyreed

Hannah Vaughan Jones is an Emmy-nominated journalist & broadcaster for CNN International and Sky News. She & her husband, fellow newsreader Lewis Vaughn Jones, publicly documented their struggles with infertility in a widely-watched YouTube series 'Our IVF Diary.'

Betsy & Hannah talk about how experiencing failure has been freeing, how to support those going through IVF & what Han has learned through infertility.

Find Hannah on IG/Twitter @hvaughanjones Follow Betsy on IG/Twitter @thebetsyreed

Christina Bradley is a creative coach, author, former actress & founder of The Creativity Campus.

Betsy & Christina talk about how everyone is creative but often need to give ourselves permission to connect with & nurture it. Betsy shares how she reconnected with playing her cello after having had to leave her instrument behind when moving to another country. This is a juicy, joyful episode. Enjoy!

Find Christina on IG @the_creativity_campus_official Betsy is on IG/Twitter @thebetsyreed

Scott Robinson is a Senior Lecturer at The Academy of Applied Movement Neurology who brings his background in competitive sports to his work helping people to rewire their nervous systems to live the lives they truly want to live.

Betsy & Scott chat about how our nervous systems and subconscious programmes determine our wellbeing, and can hinder or help us to live our best lives.

Find Scott on IG @the.brain.guy Follow Betsy on IG/Twitter @thebetsyreed

After a tech shitshow of a week, Betsy gave up on salvaging the interview she had wanted to post and recorded a solo episode on how uncomfortable it is to fail. On some of the neuroscience of failing and discomfort. And on how important it is to ask for help, say no or let yourself rest if you are also a recovering control freak overachiever like she is. Enjoy. Relate. Get in touch.

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