I want to break open the issues that people feel strongly about and bring them into open discussion regarding mental health and emotional wellbeing.
I want people to talk about the issues around children and teens and bring to the table their expertise and observations as to how we can really bring about change for them in the way we parent, care for, educate and support them.
I will also invite inspiring people with real stories of their own where life has taken them through horrendous times but they have shown it is possible to break through ones shit and really make change in one's life.
My interviewees will all be really inspirational people with a message who will be sharing the elephant in their room whether that is the reason for the work they do, what they have learned from their childhoods or personal experience and their own journeys.
S1 E5 Guinevere Ellis | Leading edge businesswoman
In this episode I am delighted to speak with Guinevere Ellis who is the Founder and CEO of Effortless Global, a platform that helps individuals create everything they want in life - their greatest ambitions, financial freedom, time freedom, and fulfilment - in business, career, and their personal life - in a more effortless way. Since a young age, Guinevere has led her life intuitively, understanding at a deep level how to achieve her goals without being aware of what she was doing. When she discovered that the majority of us are simply not aware of the way to create the lives we truly want, she made the decision to create a system that would enable ALL of us to achieve whatever we want in our lives.
Guinevere is such a dynamic leader and mentor, helping people to turn their lives around in very dramatic ways. But this conversation is not all about success; Guinevere shares too, incidents in her life that led to her developing core beliefs that have held her back in so many ways, just as our own core beliefs limit our success without us even realising it.
Key points of the episode:
Why she does the work that she does now.
How she came from accountancy to full on personal development!
How she had a "calm knowing" that she could do anything she put her mind to.
How she "informally" started mentoring people to fullfil there potential.
How she visualised and ""felt" success, and how it happened quickly too.
How thinking different thoughts will change feelings.
How that way other people see things may not necesserily be factual.
How to focus your thoughts on what is wanted.
How we all have a different lens on the world....
...and for that reason we take things personally
....and how that relates to past beliefs.
...and how to avoid it!
What do you REALLY want?
And why are you not living it - clear the negatives that come up as a result of that inquiry.
Reach out to Tana and learn more about her work on
www.clearminds.org (http://www.clearminds.org)
24 Apr 2024
S1 E4 Joan Lane | UK Filmmaker and Theatre Producer.
What an honour to spend time in conversation with Joan Lane, who is a British film and theatre producer, primarily known for having developed the Academy Award-winning THE KING’S SPEECH, directed by Tom Hooper, starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. Joan has never before agreed to a recorded interview, so it was a gem to have the chance to speak with her about her work and her passion for unearthing new potential in both film and television, but also in helping launch the careers of young people who catch her eye. Joan’s company, Wild Thyme Productions, has toured six innovative productions of Shakespeare’s plays in the UK and Germany and mounted world premiere showcases and readings of new plays and musicals in London. This is a wonderful opportunity to ‘meet’ a woman who is private, deeply humble and whose heart is committed to creating great works and supporting new ventures.
Key points from the episode.
How her family did not want her to be in the entertainment industry.
How she attempted to "sneakily" get in!
How she ended up producing concerts and operas.
How she draws people to her to communicate and connect.
Why she wanted to support children.
Her thoughts on what is lacking with parenting (given that she had a single parent family)
The difference between physical and mental skills.
How privacy is to be treasured and important.
Reach out to Tana and learn more about her work on
www.clearminds.org (http://www.clearminds.org)
24 Apr 2024
S1 E3 Deirdre McFarlane | Intensive Care Matron in Lockdown
In this episode I am in conversation with the deeply compassionate, driven Diedre McFarlane who is the Matron for Critical Care & the Critical Care Outreach Team at The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital which is part of one of the largest Trusts in the country, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT).
Deidre has worked in intensive care since 1988 and is passionate about delivering the highest standard of evidence based patient care whilst inspiring & developing staff for the future of not only Critical Care but the NHS. I have watched her commitment not only to her huge team of staff but to her family, and count myself immensely lucky that she is the mother of my equally wonderful daughter-in-law.
Deidre shares with me the inside details of what it has been like running a stressful, high-energy department throughout the pandemic, in a department that has increased tenfold in bed numbers since the arrival of Covid. What has it really been like for her and her team on the frontline of Covid? Join me to hear her fascinating, frank story.
Key points of the episode
How as the lockdown progressed, things started to amp up to say the least....
....from A and E to intensive care (with only 9 beds)
The incredible reshuffling with limited resources.
How surreal it looked like a sci-fi movie!
Staff losses through Covid.
And staff that survived and are back at work with long Covid.
The emotional impact on the families around them.
How she feels about it all.
Her thoughts on the needs for a thriving NHS,
Reach out to Tana and learn more about her work on
www.clearminds.org (http://www.clearminds.org)
24 Apr 2024
S1 E2 - Anna Anderson | Leading Edge Life Coach
Anna Anderson is filled with love, not just for her family and the hundreds of women she mentors, but for herself. But it has not always been so – and this is where her story is so inspiring. In our conversation Anna shared how she went from being stuck in self-hatred, constantly struggling with her weight, and loathing her body, to finding peace and acceptance while breaking free from the perpetual cycle of eating, guilt and shame. She is now dedicated to guiding other women through the same empowering transformation, teaching an alternative to dieting that includes self-acceptance and love while nurturing the body, mind and soul. Anna is deeply passionate about helping women unlock limiting belief systems to create freedom, joy and abundance. She is the creator of The Nurture and Nourish System™️, through which she has guided thousands of women on a global basis. If you want to know more of her transformational journey, do join us, and indeed read her wonderful, nurturing book, From The Inside Out.
Key points of the episode:
How her growth journey began at rock bottom
How alcohol was a problem at one point.
How the traditional markers of success did not fully satisfy.
Her wake up moment that something needed to change.
How she had no sense of SELF worth, how it was all embedded in "other worth"- or the opinions of other people.
How she took a giant leap with one random google search!
How money in and of itself will not make us happy.
How love is what makes us truly happy, and how society does not help us.
Anna's thoughts on social media.
How the early years are so truly formative in our later self image.
The difference between awareness and blame.
How to nourish ourselves on every level and reclaim who we truly are.
How we hold the key to free ourselves.
Reach out to Tana and learn more about her work on
www.clearminds.org (http://www.clearminds.org)
23 Apr 2024
S1 E1 Kate Blewitt | Award Winning Filmmaker
I am honoured to have had the opportunity to spend time with Kate Blewett in the room, who is a multi award-winning documentary producer and director. Kate makes global films focusing on social issues of exploitation, abuse and neglect of men, women and children. Through her heartfelt and powerful films she challenges governments, corporates, organisations and ‘abusers’ across the globe. I have known Kate for many years and am in awe of this woman who is making such change across the globe.
Kate’s films include The Dying Rooms, China’s Stolen Children and Bulgaria’s Forgotten Children. She has filmed in over seventy countries and won 125 awards including 5 Emmy’s and a BAFTA Award and 3 BAFTA nominations in the United Kingdom. She is best kmown for her documentaries on human rights abuses, such as The Dying Rooms, China’s Stolen Children, Bulgaria’s Abandoned Children and Ukraine’s Forgotten Children.
Kate’s work has far-reaching impact. She has enormous heart and a determination to shed light on human exploitation in such a way that she really does change lives. Sharing space with her and discussing her life and work was such an extraordinary opportunity for me, to understand what drives her to put her life and safety on the line, to bring to the world’s attention, some of the very worst atrocities.
Key Points of the Episode:
How technology was somewhat limited in the early days!
Her early influences and how she was peripatetic.
How she learned about the world at a very young age.
One moment in her childhood that opened her eyes.
How she loves to give people without a voice a much needed platform.
(By working a lot undercover!)
How she passionately believes in reversing injustice be it trafficking, sexual abuse or other terrible crimes.
How the government of most countries do not want them there ( dirty washing in public)
How fulfilling our full potential is so important.
For more on Kate Blewett, please visit her website : https://kateblewett.com (https://kateblewett.com/)
Reach out to Tana and learn more about her work on
www.clearminds.org (http://www.clearminds.org)
12 Apr 2024
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