This month I’m joined by my amazing cousin Dr. Matilda Siebrecht.

Discover why archaeology is so important to our understanding of the present and our ability to build our futures. And throw your pop-culture prejudices out the window as we talk about general misunderstandings around archaeology, why these exist and what’s being done to make archaeology more accessible to those outside of this field of academia.

Find all of the links Matilda supplied via this link to her Directory page

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Want to discover more about Matilda’s work as an archaeologist? Follow her on Instagram and discover links to her work and research on her website:

https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com

https://www.instagram.com/the_archaeologists_teacup/

Recorded using Zoom.

This month I’m joined by Clare Green. Clare is a dyslexia assessor with a background in teaching and specialising in helping children with dyslexia.

Her business Bourne Dyslexia is working on empowering children in the education system and giving them and their guardians the support they need to thrive and play to their strengths.

We talk about neurodivergence, dyslexia (of course), the education system and how much children are affected by negative narratives about specific learning differences.

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Want to discover more about dyslexia, Clare’s work as an advocator and assessor? Use the links below and the SOL

Bourne Dyslexia Website

Bourne Dyslexia Instagram

Made By Dyslexia

Recorded using Zoom.

This month I’m joined by Paul Newman. Artist, arborealist, conservationist, curator and Creative Director of Dorset Visual Arts.

Whether you’re an artist, budding artist, aspiring artist or just interested in learning more about what it takes to make a creative career for yourself - this episode is going to be really interesting and informative for you. Paul’s also really generous with sharing his story and what worked for him on his journey.

So join us for a chat on the value of childhood interests, how to be successful as a natural introvert and HSP, the importance of balancing your creative practice with the demands of real life… and how to grow within your niche.

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Want to discover more about Paul’s work as Creative Director and an arborealist?

Paul’s website

The Arborealists

Dorset Visual Arts

Recorded using Zoom.

This month I’m joined by Katharina Geissler-Evans who is the tour de force behind the lifestyle brand Heiter. Heiter is an international intentional living lifestyle brand. Katharina has a background in high-end luxury fashion and her magazine deals with topics such as: intentional fashion, belonging, intentional living and wellbeing.

Come and join us for an authentic and candid discussion on mental health and burnout, motherhood, building a brand from scratch, the importance of intention and why it’s so necessary to search for the little sparkles in our every day lives.

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Heiter

Heiter Business Club

Heiter Membership

Recorded using Zoom.

This month I’m joined by Sarah Higgins of Chaos Create. Sarah is a printmaker who specialises in making gorgeous artworks using ferns foraged from the New Forest.

Join us for a lovely chat about the reality of seasonal business, candid small biz owner problems, the mental health benefits of going for walks WITHOUT your phone; and why a sustainable brand really is better and, well, more sustainable in every way.

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Chaos Create

Workshops

Recorded in The Old School House, Boscombe meeting room.

Tina Bar: e-commerce business coach, owner of Welljourn and Tina Bar Coaching joins me in the next episode of The SOLEMNIKO Podcast. I learn all about seasonal planning, we obsess over our mutual love of Pinterest, chat about working in corporate vs self-employed, discuss ethical product sourcing as well as discovering the door to Narnia. There’s loads to learn and connect with so cosy up and come join us.

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Tina Bar Coaching

Welljourn

Tina’s Pinterest tiny course for Product Sellers

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Becca Parker, fibre artist, designer and owner of To Be Adorned joins me in this first episode of The SOLEMNIKO Podcast. We talk about the mindful art of knitting, crocheting, dream jobs, obnoxious authenticity and also why - sometimes - the longer a project takes the more satisfying the result is.

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To Be Adorned

Stitch Night & other events hosted by Becca

Recorded in The Old School House meeting room (Bournemouth)

Welcome to The SOLEMNIKO Podcast.

This podcast is all about focusing on the simple things in the everyday with me, Alexandra Sebire. I will be diving into how to curate a high quality lifestyle without buying into the ‘bigger, better’ mentality popularised across the media.

I will be talking about simple, often overlooked practices which can be added into your life to enrich it in daily rituals.

Recorded, edited and produced for HSP’s; this is a podcast to inspire and calm. To show you that a quiet, creative life rooted in little rituals that bring you joy is (more often than not) a more beautiful, contented life to lead than one filled with the hustle and bustle the rest of the world is chasing.

So pour yourself a cup of something warm and sit down with me to find out why I’m creating a podcast centred around the art of simple decadence x

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