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In this episode I chat to artist and community organiser Sapna Agarwal.
Sapna is one of my oldest friends, having met in Manchester twenty years ago when we were both running around the city pretending to be the stars of a Jean Luc Goddard film.
This was a soft, gentle talk, fitting for a rainy day across Yorkshire and Glasgow. 
Sapna tells me about dropping out of architecture school, how having children helped her understand her purpose and as she describes it 'the golden thread that runs through her creative practice', and the power of community.
With a light peppering of reminiscing about our youth.
Welcome to my conversation with the coolest girl I still know, Sapna Agarwal.

Sapna is far too cool to be on Instagram but if you're local to Glasgow do say hello and pop along to one of Sapna's events.
Thank you to Moon Water Treasures for sponsoring this episode. You can find them online moonwatertreasures.uk, on Etsy and on instagram @moonwatertreasures
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In this episode I chat to Poet, Writer, Performer and Educator Fionna Inward Allen.
I first met Fee around six years ago at a mutual friend’s picnic. As soon as she flashed her stellar smile, I knew I wanted to talk to her. And talk we did, all afternoon. We have since kept in touch via social media and on the 10th of September we finally met again when Fee performed a few of her beautiful poems at the podcast live event. Her words moved the audience between both tears and laughter.
In our chat for the podcast we covered Fee’s life growing up feeling torn between writing and performing, her vast inner world as a child, creativity as a means of escape, especially when you are bound to one physical place, her time working at the BBC and her self imposed fifteen year writing apprenticeship in the caravan she bought for this sole purpose, rebuilding herself after having her son and then subsequently becoming a single parent.
And of course, so much more.
Welcome to my chat with the delightfully gorgeous Fionna Inward Allen.
Warning, this episode contains swearing and mentions of eating disorders and child abuse.
You can find Fee online at fionnainwardallen.com and on instagram @fionna_inward_allen
Thank you to Right Hand House for sponsoring this episode. You can find Right And House online righthandhouse.co.uk and on instagram @right_hand_house
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In this episode I chat to Life Coach, Speaker, Writer Syreeta Challinger.
It’s an emotional one, Syreeta shares her unique story of love, creativity and transformation.
We discuss growing up with a high level of academic expectations, her experience studying a degree in textiles in Manchester, the impact she believes the contraceptive pill had on her decision making in her twenties, her time in Hong Kong where she refound herself and met her husband Rob. 
And then we talk about Rob’s brain anyeurism and how this shifted their life irrevocably and how she challenged her grief through her brand MOSS.


And we talk about love.
Welcome to my conversation with the fiercely honest, utterly gorgeous Syreeta Challinger.


You can find Syreeta online at thisisleaven.com and on instagram @thisisleaven and @momentsofsenseandstyle
And you can find Syreeta’s podcast Leaven, wherever you find your podcasts.
Thank you to Hazel copy for sponsoring this episode. You can find Haze Copy online here and on instagram @hazelcopy
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In this episode I chat to writer, artist and creator of the Moon Journal, Jo Cauldrick.
With her Moon Journal website, instagram, book and patreon, Jo has created a space full of resources and wisdom about working with the moon cycles and how these can help us find balance, rhythm and focus. Beautifully illustrated and full of inspiring writing, they are not only informative but also a delight to behold.
Jo and I chat about her years of travelling around, searching for their dream home and how this led them to moving in 2020 to live off grid in Portugal, on a piece of land they hadn’t even visited before.
We talked about the time she was living in a caravan with her young family and how her decision to learn to crochet and sell fruit hats on etsy grew her confidence and blossomed into Jo pursuing the creative path she is on now. 
And of course we talk about the moon and the transformative effect it has had on both of our lives. 
Welcome to my conversation with the beautifully warm and inspiring Jo Cauldrick, I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did talking to her.
You can find Jo online at themoonjournal.com, on instagram @themoon_journal and on patreon. Jo’s book ‘Muse with the Moon’ is available on Amazon.
Thank you to Jana Puisa for sponsoring this episode. You can find Jana online at janapuisa.com and @janapuisa
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In this episode I chat to creative coach Kathryn Ho, or as she describes herself on Instagram 'Psychological witch and self-doubt coach’.
This felt like a deeply thoughtful and delicate conversation. Kathryn’s meditative pace and considered answers to my questions led us to the big questions, the big feelings, the essence of it all, in many ways.
We talked about her awareness of the arbitrariness of life from a  very young age, her experience of art school, existential pain. Questioning the concept of ‘fulfilling your potential’, the idea of needing to assign yourself a label as a creative and her gentle approach to coaching.
Welcome to my conversation with Kathryn Ho, a creative coach for the mind and the soul.
You can find Kathryn online at kathrynho.com and on instagram @kathryn_ho_ and you can subscribe to Kathryn’s newsletters by heading to kathrynho.substack.com
Thank you to Heidi-Lee Gregory for sponsoring this episode. You can find Heidi online at heidileegregory.co.uk and on instagram @heidilee.gregory
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