Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast

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A UK based walking and talking business podcast! Sukany4-The Podcast is a recorded outdoors while walking through parks, streets, lakes and community spaces. Hosted by Sukanya, this podcast blends business conversations, community stories and wellbeing, all while moving side by side. Each episode features founders, leaders, creatives and community builders sharing real, candid conversations about business, work, purpose, growth and connection while walking in nature or local places that matter to them. If you enjoy podcasts to listen to while walking, Sukany4-The Podcast is designed for you. The walking format creates relaxed, grounded conversations you do not get in a studio. Think less performance, more presence. Less hustle chat, more real life business stories. You will hear: • Small business and entrepreneurial journeys • Leadership, values and decision making • Community building and social impact • Wellbeing, balance and life beyond work • The power of walking and talking for better conversations This is a business podcast you can walk to, whether you are walking the dog, heading out on your lunch break, hiking in the Lakes or just needing a change of pace from screen based content. Sukany4 The Podcast sits at the intersection of business, community and wellbeing, proving that some of the best conversations happen when we slow down, step outside and walk together. Find out more at www.sukany4.com Pop your shoes on. Let’s walk and talk.

  1. Oct 29 ·  Video

    Mina Bansaeid - Dalston - Identity and Belonging

    Send us Fan Mail   Season 4, Chapter 1:  Identity and Finding Your Voice  Episode 1: Mina Banisaeid - Identity and Belonging What happens when the world sees your label before it sees you?  For the first episode of Season 4, I take a walk with artist and community advocate Mina Banisaeid, whose story explores identity, freedom, migration and the complicated business of belonging.  Mina shares her experience of growing up in Iran, navigating expectations around women's independence and creating a new life in the UK.  We talk about learning to understand herself through ADHD, finding confidence, the importance of community and the women who have encouraged her along the way.  But there's a deeper question running through our conversation.  What happens when somebody's experiences become the only thing we recognise about them?  Mina challenges us to look beyond labels and recognise the creativity, ambitions and humanity of the person in front of us.  About the Walk  Our Season 4 opening walk takes us through Dalston, near Carlisle in Cumbria.  With trees, water and time to reflect, it's a lovely setting for a conversation about freedom, finding ourselves and the importance of being able to walk our own path.  About the Guest  Mina Banisaeid is an artist and community advocate whose experiences and creative work connect with themes of identity, belonging and inclusion.  She has been involved in community initiatives, volunteering and creative projects, particularly those supporting women and people with refugee experience.  Connect and Links  Mina's website and social media: To be confirmed.  Sukany4: The Podcast: www.sukany4.com  Watch Season 4 on YouTube and listen on your favourite podcast platform.  If this conversation resonates, please follow, rate, review and share the podcast.  Every share helps independent stories reach someone new.  Your story might be exactly what someone needs to hear today.   ---  Find us at www.sukany4.com, follow the podcast and share this episode with someone who might appreciate a little encouragement. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed their story, and to our independent music partner, Celestium, for providing the soundtrack to our walk.  Season 4 guest walks begin Thursday 29 October 2026, with Mina Binasaid. Your story might be exactly what someone needs to hear today. 💚 How to Support the Podcast: 💜 Subscribe so you never miss an episode  ⭐ Leave a review - it helps others find these conversations  📲 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it   🔔 Turn on notifications for new episode alerts  Support the show ...Keep moving with Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast!

  2. Oct 22 ·  Bonus Video

    S4 Opening Special Edition: The Paths We Take

    Send us Fan Mail About This Episode What was your first big leap? The one that scared you a little, changed your direction, or taught you something you never expected? To celebrate two years of Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast and welcome Season 4, we're doing something a little different! At our Season 3 launch celebration, I handed the microphone over to the people who'd come along and invited them to answer one of three simple prompts: My first big leap...The path I'm on now...One thing I've learnt from my journey...And then I left them to it! What came back was a wonderfully honest, funny and thoughtful collection of everyday stories. From starting a new venture at 62 to changing careers after 20 years, taking chances, finding purpose, challenging perfectionism and discovering the importance of community, these conversations remind us that life rarely follows a straight path. You'll hear from entrepreneurs, creatives, community advocates and some of the lovely people who've become part of the Sukany4 family. There are a few recording mishaps, plenty of laughter and some reflections that might just make you look at your own journey a little differently. About This Special Recorded at our Season 3 launch celebration at Rheged, Cumbria, (Oct 2025), this episode swaps our usual outdoor walk for a collective journey through the experiences of our guests, friends and supporters. It also sets the scene for Season 4, where 16 new guests and 16 walks take us through three chapters: Identity and Finding Your Voice Courage, Change and Growing into Ourselves Community and What Comes Next And for the first time, you'll be able to watch our walks as well as listen! Join the Conversation Now it's your turn. What was your first big leap? What path are you on now? And what's one thing your journey has taught you? I'd love to hear your answers. Find us at www.sukany4.com, follow the podcast and share this episode with someone who might appreciate a little encouragement. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed their story, and to our independent music partner, A Band Called Persimmon, for providing the soundtrack to our journey. Season 4 guest walks begin Thursday 29 October 2026, with Mina Binasaid. Your story might be exactly what someone needs to hear today. 💚 How to Support the Podcast: 💜 Subscribe so you never miss an episode  ⭐ Leave a review - it helps others find these conversations  📲 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it   🔔 Turn on notifications for new episode alerts  Support the show ...Keep moving with Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast!

  3. Season 3, Episode 19 Trailer

    The Trailer - Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast. This is a podcast about people, place and the stories we carry with us. Hosted by Sukanya, each episode takes you outdoors on a walk that means something to the guest. There is no studio, formal interview setup and no need to have all the answers. We enjoy fresh air, conversation that flows as we walk, the occasional weather moment and space to properly hear someone’s story. You’ll meet founders, creatives, community builders, leaders and everyday people doing meaningful things in their own corners of the world. Together, we talk about work, wellbeing, identity, belonging, courage, challenge and the things that shape us. Rooted in Cumbria, but made for anyone who loves honest conversation and a good walk, this podcast is a reminder that your story matters more than you might think. Pop your headphones in, come for a wander, and meet the people behind the stories. About the Music: Each season is supported by an independent artist, who shares their tunes, carefully selected to uphold the ethos of the pod, whilst sharing new sounds and supporting our community of creatives. Links: For more on this chat and to connect, visit: www.sukany4.com How to Support the Podcast: 💜 Subscribe so you never miss an episode  ⭐ Leave a review - it helps others find these conversations  📲 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it   🔔 Turn on notifications for new episode alerts  Support the show ...Keep moving with Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast!

    The Trailer - Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast

  4. Jun 4

    Penny Millar - River Brathay.- on career changes, finding Her Calling as a Virtual Assistant and Franchise Owner

    Send us Fan Mail  About This Episode  What happens when you spend years being the person everyone brings their problems to, and you finally decide to solve them for yourself? That's exactly the journey Penny Millar takes us on in this warm, and quietly inspiring episode of Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast.   Penny is the franchisee of Pink Spaghetti Kendal, a virtual assistant business supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Kendal and South Lakes. But her path to where she is now wound through North London, a Scottish university, the post office, a busy M6 service station, seven years behind the bar at Bootleggers in Kendal, and nearly a decade at Mardix, a Cumbrian manufacturer whose workforce grew from 119 to nearly 800 during her time there. She talks about missing her step-daughter's school Christmas play, and the quiet moment that changed everything. About the decision to take on a franchise rather than go it alone. About the joy she finds working with small business owners every day. And about why, when Pink Spaghetti encouraged her to put herself forward for an award, she paused to ask herself: do I actually need that? Or is the validation I need already there, in the clients who've stayed with her for six years? Warm, funny, and full of hard-won perspective, this episode is for anyone who has ever wondered whether the winding path might actually be the right one. In this episode: 🩷 Why Penny walked away from a fast-growing corporate career, and those moments with her step-daughter that made the decision for her  🩷 The truth about going it alone vs. joining a franchise, and why the right support network changes everything  🩷 What a virtual assistant actually does, and how to know if your business is ready to hand something over  🩷 Why client loyalty beats a trophy on the shelf, and what real validation looks like when you're building something you love About the Walk  We walked from Skelwith Bridge to Elterwater along the River Brathay in the Lake District, a flat, accessible, gorgeous riverside stroll that starts (and ends) near Chesters, beloved by walkers and pastry enthusiasts alike. With waterfalls, lake views, and autumn colour all around us, it was a gorgeous setting for a beautiful conversation. About the Guest  Penny Millar is the franchisee of Pink Spaghetti Kendal, offering virtual assistant and back-office business support services to businesses of all sizes across Kendal and the South Lake District. With a background spanning administration, project management, service management, and team leadership, Penny brings warmth, professionalism, and deep practical experience to everything she does. About the Music: S3 Music partner is A Band Called Persimmon: https://www.youtube.com/@bandcalledPersimmon Links: For more on this chat and to connect, visit: www.sukany4.com How to Support the Podcast: 💜 Subscribe so you never miss an episode  ⭐ Leave a review - it helps others find these conversations  📲 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it   🔔 Turn on notifications for new episode alerts  Support the show ...Keep moving with Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast! Support the show ...Keep moving with Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast!

    Penny Millar - River Brathay.- on career changes, finding Her Calling as a Virtual Assistant and Franchise Owner

  5. May 21

    Nadia Enver - Sizergh Castle - Financial Planning, hitting rock bottom to being multi award nominated, Career switching and importance of financial literacy

    Send us Fan Mail  About This Episode   What does rebuilding a life look like when you're doing it with two babies under one, no income, and a marriage that has ended? For Nadia Enver, it looked like getting off the floor, one choice at a time.  In this episode, Sukanya walks with Nadia around Sizergh Castle, in the cold of October rain that really pushed them to keep going. Nadia is a fully qualified Financial Planner at St. James's Place, a single mum to two boys, a finalist in two major awards, and someone who has been through enough to know that rock bottom has a floor, and that the floor is a beginning, not an end.  She talks openly about her divorce, her experience of depression, the diagnosis that reshaped how she talks about financial protection, and her mission to help women take control of their money and their futures. This episode covers financial planning in an accessible manner, emotional resilience, and a friendship between two women walking in the rain that feels completely real, because it is.    In this episode:   •      How Nadia rebuilt her life from the ground up, from cabin crew and beauty salon owner to single mum of two, and finally to award-nominated Financial Planner, and why she says 2021 was the year everything changed   •      Why women and money is not a niche conversation, it's an urgent one, and the one cultural shift Nadia believes would change everything for the next generation of women   •      The personal health diagnosis Nadia received that reframed how she talks about financial protection, and the message she wants every listener to hear before it's too late   •      Why financial planning starts long before the numbers, and the one question Nadia asks every client that has nothing to do with money at all  About the Walk   Sizergh Castle sits in the heart of the Cumbrian countryside, surrounded by sweeping grounds, ancient woodland. The walking routes around the estate offer a mix of open parkland and sheltered paths, beautiful in any season, and quietly breathtaking in autumn when the colours are doing their thing.  About the Guest   Nadia Enver is a Financial Planner based in Carlisle, working with individuals and families on protection, retirement planning, and investment. With a background that includes cabin crew, entrepreneurship, and single parenthood, she brings a uniquely human approach to financial advice, particularly for women. She was a finalist (2025) in the She Inspires Awards (Women in Networking, Events and Hospitality) and the Women in Financial Advice Awards (Rising Star and Financial Adviser of the Year, North West). She also delivers financial literacy sessions in primary schools and runs workshops focused on women and financial empowerment.   About the Music: S3 Music partner is A Band Called Persimmon: https://www.youtube.com/@bandcalledPersimmon Links: For more on this chat and to connect, visit: www.sukany4.com How to Support the Podcast: 💜 Subscribe so you never miss an episode  ⭐ Leave a review - it helps others find these conversations  📲 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it   🔔 Turn on notifications for new episode alerts  Support the show ...Keep moving with Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast!

    Nadia Enver - Sizergh Castle - Financial Planning, hitting rock bottom to being multi award nominated, Career switching and importance of financial literacy

  6. May 7

    Frankie McMillan - Wast water on being 10, an adventurer, climbing 1000+ peaks, fundraising for Cardiac Risk in the Young, Robotics Coding and his passion for mountaineering

    Send us Fan Mail About This Episode makes you happy? For 10-year-old Frankie Mac Miller from West Cumbria, it looks like climbing approximately 1,000 mountains before your tenth birthday, and then planning the rest of Europe. In this episode of Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast, Sukanya walks with Frankie at Wastwater in the West Lakes, voted Britain’s favourite view, in a conversation that is joyful, surprising, and wonderfully energising. They talk about robotics competitions, releasing baby turtles in Costa Rica, ice axe technique on snowy mountains, the logistics of climbing Cerro Chirripó when you’re ten and not that keen on melted cheese or beans, and the reason Frankie is fundraising for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young): his best friend Zander, who nearly died from an undetected heart condition. Frankie is funny, sharp, and warm. He gives excellent safety advice. He also climbs trees mid-episode, cos why not!  In this episode: •       From his first fell walk at three, and why the top still makes him feel astonished •       The best friend whose near-death experience inspired his European Peaks Challenge for CRY •       Baby turtles, a 3,800m peak, and very strong feelings about melted cheese •       Why his FIRST Lego League robotics team might be heading to (possibly) Hawaii •       The best advice you'll ever get about mountains, from a 10-year-old About the Walk Wastwater, West Lakes, Cumbria. England’s deepest lake, and the starting point for some of the most dramatic fell walking in the country, including routes up to Scafell Pike, England’s highest mountain, which Frankie first climbed at the age of four. The walk follows the lakeshore, with views across the still water toward the Wastwater Screes and the fells beyond. Accessible, beautiful, and, as Frankie rightly notes, different every season.   About the Guest Frankie McMillen is 10 years old and lives just 20 minutes from Scafell Pike. He has been climbing since the age of three, with his mum, Basia, who runs Hills and Skills, a guided walking company in the area. He has climbed Scafell Pike three times, reached Everest Base Camp, climbed Cerro Chirripó in Costa Rica, and is now working on the highest peak in every European country, including a trip to Finland’s Mount Halti. He is also a coder on his school’s FIRST Lego League robotics team, a goalkeeper-in-training, and a Manchester City supporter. He is raising money for CRY — Cardiac Risk in the Young, for his best friend Zander. About the Music: S3 Music partner is A Band Called Persimmon: https://www.youtube.com/@bandcalledPersimmon Links: For more on this chat and to connect, visit: www.sukany4.com How to Support the Podcast: 💜 Subscribe so you never miss an episode  ⭐ Leave a review - it helps others find these conversations  📲 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it   🔔 Turn on notifications for new episode alerts Support the show ...Keep moving with Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast!

    Frankie McMillan - Wast water on being 10, an adventurer, climbing 1000+ peaks, fundraising for Cardiac Risk in the Young, Robotics Coding and his passion for mountaineering

  7. Apr 23

    Renee McGregor - Scout Scar - When the Body Keeps the Score: Leading Dietician on athlete health on Walking, Healing, and Fuelling Life with Renee McGregor

    Send us Fan Mail About This Episode What does it really mean to fuel a human life, not just a training plan? In this episode, Sukanya walks Scout Scar above Kendal with Renee McGregor: sports dietitian, six-time author, and one of the UK's leading voices on athlete health, REDs, and the psychology of food. Over one of the most breathtaking viewpoints in the north of England, Renee shares her journey from a difficult childhood marked by racism, sexual abuse, and an eating disorder, to a 26-year career built on helping others find their way back to their bodies. Warm, honest, and full of practical insight, this is a walk and talk about belonging, healing, and what it actually takes to take care of yourself.  In this episode: •        What REDs (Relative Energy Deficiency Syndrome) is and why it can affect anyone who is active •        The psychology of food, and why you cannot separate mind from body when it comes to nutrition •        Renee's own experience of an eating disorder, and what it was really about •        Why therapy isn't about being fixed, it's about being understood •        Renee's latest book, Fuel for Thought, the book she always wanted to write •        The hill above Kendal that made her feel like she finally belonged About the Walk Scout Scar is a limestone escarpment above Kendal in Cumbria, offering a remarkable 360-degree panorama across the Lake District fells, Morecambe Bay, and the Yorkshire Dales. For Renee, it is her weekly sanctuary, the place she returns to after every London trip to reset, to breathe, and to find her feet again. It is also the walk that made her decide to move to Kendal. Gentle enough for a conversation, beautiful enough to take your breath away.  About the Guest Renee McGregor is a leading sports and clinical dietitian with over 25 years' experience working in performance and clinical nutrition. She is Nutrition Lead for the English and Scottish National Ballet, a member of the international task force for orthorexia, and one of the UK's most trusted voices on REDs, hormonal health, and the female athlete. She is the author of six books, including More Fuel You (2022) and Fuel for Thought (2024). She lives and runs in Kendal. About the Music: S3 Music partner is A Band Called Persimmon: https://www.youtube.com/@bandcalledPersimmon Links: For more on this chat and to connect, visit: www.sukany4.com How to Support the Podcast: 💜 Subscribe so you never miss an episode  ⭐ Leave a review - it helps others find these conversations  📲 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it   🔔 Turn on notifications for new episode alerts Support the show ...Keep moving with Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast!

    Renee McGregor - Scout Scar - When the Body Keeps the Score: Leading Dietician on athlete health on Walking, Healing, and Fuelling Life with Renee McGregor

  8. Apr 16

    IWD - The Panel - Give to Gain: Flipping the narrative to Gain Control for International Women’s day 2026

    Send us Fan Mail  About This Episode This International Women's Day, Sukanya gathered with 14 extraordinary women, non-binary and trans women from across Cumbria to explore what it really means to give, and what we truly gain when we do. In a conversation that was honest, courageous and at times emotive, the group explored three themes: giving voice to gain power, giving up silence to gain belonging, and giving support to gain community. From women who rebuilt their voices after arriving in a new country with nothing, to a trans woman facing the real possibility of leaving the UK for safety, this is a conversation for anyone who has ever been told to stay small. And refused. About the Event This episode was recorded at a special International Women's Day gathering hosted by Carlisle International Women's Group and Woman Up, in Carlisle, Cumbria. Flipping the narrative of the PR company’s IWD theme for 2026's of Give to Gain, the session challenged this through the lens of the UN theme Rights.Justice. Action. Giving with intent. We brought together women from a range of backgrounds to share their stories, their struggles, and their hard-won wisdom.  About the Panelists Mina, Originally from a country where women's voices were silenced by both law and society, Mina has rebuilt her sense of self and community since moving to Cumbria. She is a powerful advocate for women's voices and uses her own lived experience to support others navigating the same journey. Cynthia, Community connector, centre founder, and fierce advocate for belonging. Cynthia's story of building community in Carlisle from the ground up, and of reclaiming her own self-worth after hitting rock bottom, is one of the most compelling in this episode. Fatima, A mother of four with a lifelong dream of opening a charity school for women in her home country, Fatima speaks about giving voice, choosing silence, and what it means to finally arrive somewhere where she can say: I have my own voice. Emma, A trans woman and former ship's officer who transitioned 24 years ago. Emma's contribution to this episode is quiet, precise, and essential. She speaks about the impact of recent legal changes on her sense of safety in the UK, and what it has meant to find community through Woman Up. You will also hear from Sam - founder of Woman Up, Tina and Adrienne, the forces behind Carlisle International Women's Group and other audience members. About the Music: S3 Music partner is A Band Called Persimmon: https://www.youtube.com/@bandcalledPersimmon Links: For more on this chat and to connect, visit: www.sukany4.com How to Support the Podcast: 💜 Subscribe so you never miss an episode  ⭐ Leave a review - it helps others find these conversations  📲 Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it   🔔 Turn on notifications for new episode alerts Support the show ...Keep moving with Sukany4: The Walk and Talk Podcast!

    IWD - The Panel - Give to Gain: Flipping the narrative to Gain Control for International Women’s day 2026
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A UK based walking and talking business podcast! Sukany4-The Podcast is a recorded outdoors while walking through parks, streets, lakes and community spaces. Hosted by Sukanya, this podcast blends business conversations, community stories and wellbeing, all while moving side by side. Each episode features founders, leaders, creatives and community builders sharing real, candid conversations about business, work, purpose, growth and connection while walking in nature or local places that matter to them. If you enjoy podcasts to listen to while walking, Sukany4-The Podcast is designed for you. The walking format creates relaxed, grounded conversations you do not get in a studio. Think less performance, more presence. Less hustle chat, more real life business stories. You will hear: • Small business and entrepreneurial journeys • Leadership, values and decision making • Community building and social impact • Wellbeing, balance and life beyond work • The power of walking and talking for better conversations This is a business podcast you can walk to, whether you are walking the dog, heading out on your lunch break, hiking in the Lakes or just needing a change of pace from screen based content. Sukany4 The Podcast sits at the intersection of business, community and wellbeing, proving that some of the best conversations happen when we slow down, step outside and walk together. Find out more at www.sukany4.com Pop your shoes on. Let’s walk and talk.

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