Showing Up Good Culture

Jodie Cariss, the founder of Self Space, tells Jordan and Liz how she is showing up in the mental health space.

Having 18 years experience as a therapist, Jodie is forging a new frontier in counselling with her business. Self Space adopts a ‘drop in therapy’ model with in-person locations, across the UK, that you can show up to and meet with a professional, without an appointment.

Jodie also shares advice on how we can all better manage our well-being while being mindful that we are all inherently messy, as well as discussing the importance of detaching from a work identity and learning from your anxiety.

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Use the discount code SHOWINGUP10 when booking a session at Self Space. 

LINKS:

theselfspace.com
Get Jodie’s book: How to Grow through what you go through

Caroline Rush, the Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council, tells Jordan and Liz how she is showing up in the fashion industry to create a diverse landscape with plenty of opportunities for up-and-coming designers. 


Caroline shares how she transitioned from PR Consultant to CEO, she reveals how Queen Elizabeth II ended up making a surprise appearance at London Fashion Week in 2018, and how the BFC supports new talent through their many initiatives. 


If you’re an aspiring designer, Caroline also offers her advice on how to get on the radar and shares the new critical jobs in fashion that didn’t previously exist. 


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LINKS:


British Fashion Council
NEWGEN
NEW WAVE: Creatives

Roxie Nafousi is a Sunday Times double best-selling author thanks to her acclaimed books on manifestation, as well as a renowned self-development coach and inspirational speaker – and after this episode, you’ll definitely understand why. 


Roxie speaks candidly to Liz and Jordan about growing up as an Iraqi Muslim in a predominantly white area, how experiencing racism during the Iraqi War as a young child led to self-loathing and rejection, as well as how she still battles that today.


Roxie also discusses being new to happiness, her thoughts on how to defend against toxic positivity and of course, an intro to manifesting and how vision boards actually work. 

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LINKS:


Get Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life by Roxie Nafousi
Get Manifest: Dive Deeper
Pre-order Roxie’s book on manifestation for kids

Serial entrepreneur Sharmadean Reid is developing the next generation of women in power, and in this episode, she shares with Liz and Jordan the story so far and how she plans to continue dominating the world. 


Sharmadean reflects on how her matriarchal family shaped her businesses, the common challenges of mentoring and where it fails, plus how she’s designing a global alumnus of power through The Stack World. 


She also explains why you shouldn’t turn your nose up at a younger mentor, the common difficulties that female founders are facing, and shares some spoilers for her highly anticipated book ‘New Methods for Women, A Manifesto’. 


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Nishma Robb is Google’s Senior Director of Brand & Reputation Marketing and the Vice President of WACL (Women in Advertising & Communications Leadership). Nishma is passionate about meaningful representation and wants to set the stage for future talent.

Liz and Jordan speak to Nishma about how her busy childhood shaped her work ethic and sense of identity, the early impacts of the lack of representation in media had on her, and how she is tackling tokenism and diversifying the spaces she’s in now. 

She also discusses where unconscious bias comes from, the need to futureproof our children and why empathy is one of the most important lessons to impart. 

If you’re wanting to make a difference in your work, Nishma offers tangible advice on how professionals can follow in her footsteps and show up for marginalized communities and future generations. 

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Host of the Blended podcast and TV personality, Kate Ferdinand, has become a leading voice for blended families after sharing her experience of becoming a stepmum, in her critically acclaimed BBC documentary ‘Rio and Kate: Becoming a Stepfamily’

Kate chats with hosts, Liz and Jordan, about when things got serious with her husband Rio Ferdinand and how she navigated the early days of being a stepmum to children who’d lost their mum.

She also discusses why, regardless of experiencing body dysmorphia, she shared her postpartum body online, how the Ferdinand household compromise, and how her new book ‘How To Build a Family’, offers advice through her own learned lessons. 

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LINKS:


Buy Kate’s new book ‘How To Build a Family’
Listen to Kate’s podcast ‘Blended’