Knowing You is a space for honest, uplifting conversations about the people and moments that shape who we are. Knowing You continues the journey that began with The Big Balance Theory. Over years of conversations, one theme kept emerging - the power of connection. Sarah Cripps invites you to listen, reflect and reconnect with those who are in your life for a reason, season or life; to learn what shapes them and us and the lessons they leave behind. So, if you love real stories, gentle insights, and a reminder that we're all still learning, you're in the right place.
Conversation 25: Kate Harcourt - If You Don't Grow it you have to Mine it
Kate Harcourt - One of the top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining nominees, farmer at heart, wife, mum - and as good an egg as her best chickens can give.
This conversation flowed as smoothly as the apples Kate presses. I don't believe I've ever met such a person who packs so much into her life and still has time for others, her community, friends and family and utterly humble with it too. I left with some hand-grown flowers having eaten home-made cheese straws and chocolate and courgette cake.
We cover so many topics from her important environmental work in the African and European mining industries to a desire to dance more in (sustainable) sequins, and how she fits in time for her creative hobbies past, present and future.
Our conversations covered the covid era innovations and how AI and technology are a concern (in part) using an analogy of how she and her children would make up stories based on their natural environment when they were toddlers out on walks - making them curious, creative and imaginative - will AI and technology wipe these skills away for future generations?
She shares her thoughts on what a life lived brilliantly means to her and what would be included in her next chapter of life. And a very moving family possession, something she would never give away, is a remarkable historical and personal find
Everyone has a story worth knowing. I'm proud to record and share these with you
Your host:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcripps/
https://www.instagram.com/knowingyouwithsarah/
https://www.instagram.com/bigbalancetheory/
27 Aug 2026
Knowing You – Conversation 24: Painting a Life of Difference with Aisling Edwards
At 26, Aisling Edwards appears to be living life brilliantly - following her dreams, one happy or planned accident at a time.
She works 30 hours a week in a gym while building her career as a sculptor and painter, creating work that captures aspects of the unknown and undiscovered and brings them into view.
Aisling has always been someone who says yes to opportunities and, when the opportunity doesn't exist, she's quite happy to create one herself through a conversation.
There's been no grand roadmap or five-year plan. Instead, she's followed her curiosity, had conversations, taken opportunities and trusted that something would come from them. And it seems to be paying off.
She talks about growing up in a family that encouraged her to chase her dreams, be herself and do what she loves, without the pressure to leave home to make that happen.
From a young age, Aisling's ambition was to "chase a volcano" something she's yet to achieve, but which says rather a lot about the innate explorer within her.
We talk about her increasingly busy life, learning when to say no and recognising that even someone who loves being busy needs to build in some downtime. Particularly when her dad thought ahead enough to buy her website domain when she was just two years old!
And then there's the pair of silver rings her brother bought her when she was 11 - a possession she would never lend.
A conversation about creativity, curiosity, family, opportunity and having the courage to follow your own path even when you haven't quite worked out where it leads.
Find Aisling:
AislingEdwards.com
instagram: @Aisling.edwards
LinkedIn: Aisling Edwards
Your host:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcripps/
https://www.instagram.com/knowingyouwithsarah/
https://www.instagram.com/bigbalancetheory/
Knowing You — because every person has a story worth knowing.
30 Jul 2026
Conversation 23 | The Gift of Grief with Em Melrose
Knowing You… because every person has a story worth knowing.
What happens when life changes beyond anything you could ever have imagined?
In this deeply moving episode, I sit down with Em Melrose, whose life was turned upside down during 2019 and 2020 when she experienced three significant losses, including the death of her husband and business partner.
Many people would understand if grief became the defining chapter of their lives.
Not Em.
Five years on, she describes that heartbreaking period as "the gift of grief"—not because she would ever choose it, but because of what it taught her about love, purpose, resilience and truly living.
Today, Em helps individuals and organisations understand grief, support others through loss and create healthier conversations around one of life's most universal experiences.
Our conversation explores:
Living through unimaginable loss.
Why grief isn't something to "get over".
The lessons that transformed pain into purpose.
Supporting people and workplaces to manage grief with compassion.
Why Em genuinely considers her life to be blessed.
As always on Knowing You, we finish with four questions that reveal even more about the person behind the story.
Em shares:
What a life lived well looks like: being kind, living with no regrets, looking after your body and finding ways to truly experience life.
What she'd write for the next chapter of her life script.
Who she'd choose to play her in a film.
The one book she would never, ever lend out.
This is a conversation about loss, hope, courage and perspective.
Whether you've experienced grief yourself or want to better understand someone who has, Em's story is one that will stay with you long after the episode ends.
Because every person has a story worth knowing...
...and this one may just change how you think about living.
Your host Sarah Crippps
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcripps/
https://www.instagram.com/knowingyouwithsarah/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-melrose/
Our guest
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-melrose/
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