You Inside Out

Sonja Lewis chats with awarding winning coach and best-selling Amazon author Jenny Garrett about the importance of having a strong base of values to navigate the teenage years.

The episode looks at self management and how to take ownerships for a better life, which often means bucking unhealthy trends, and also offers tips on how to communicate effectively with adults and peers, and how to to use social media positively.

As mother of a teenage girl herself, Jenny offers her views on how parents can help as well with developing skills for life

New York Psychoanalyst Dr Jane Goldberg and her 23-year-old daughter, Molly, who is training in the field, talk to Sonja Lewis about why open and honest communications is key to managing anxiety and depression.

The pair point out that an emotional illness such as anxiety is not actually a feeling but a defence mechanism against facing feelings. Lots more tips for teenage girls on how to manage emotional upset right in the space that they are in and plenty of inside information for parents and guardians, too.

Though mother and daughter are working on an advice column together, Jane practices in New York and has authored eight books, the latest My Mother, My Daughter, My Self.

UIO: Your Mind Inside Out is a great tool for addressing stigmas associated with mental and emotional health.

Sonja Lewis chats with London hair stylist Joy Miller about hair--the long and the short of it. Co-owner of the iconic Junior Green Hair and Beauty Salon, Joy gives her take on what hair has to do with both physical and mental well-being. What does hair have to do with self-esteem, for example?

Also, Joy challenges the good hair, bad hair theory and gives tips on how to keep hair healthy while enjoying the latest trends and styles, regardless of race, nationality or even hair texture.

In this podcast, the stylist covers hair matters inside out

Personal trainer Laura Miles shares her story with Sonja Lewis: how she tackled obesity and learned to embrace her body. Having started her journey some thirteen years ago, Laura reminisces on the importance of recognising the signs of having a negative body image, which can be dangerous, and also offers honest, sustainable tips on how to overcome for a happier, healthier body, beginning with changing perceptions.

This episode, focusing on Body Image, covers a giant topic, not only for teenage girls everywhere, but for women, too.

Skin care goes far beneath the surface. Sonja Lewis and Jenny Hawkins, owner of The Skin Retreat in Fulham, London, talk about what lifestyle has to do with having healthier skin.

This episode talks about your body, specifically the importance of exercise and nutrition. Discover some remarkable facts about your growth and health as a teenage girl and how to make sense of it all with tips on the best foods to fuel your body. Also, find out how to keep your burgers and pizzas healthy. And have fun exercising, too.

Self-confidence and self-esteem are two of the most helpful and handy qualities that a teenage girl can have. And who better to talk about it than a confident successful business woman. Sonja Lewis chats with Cheryl Grace, one of Black Enterprise's 50 Most Powerful Business Women in 2017, on how to get self-confidence and how to use it to fuel self-esteem.