Love, Pleasure and Joy with Cate Mackenzie Cate Mackenzie

In this episode Cate Mackenzie chats with Karis McLaughlin about the ins and outs of dating.

Cate is a love coach who supports individuals to build their confidence in dating so that it becomes easy, relaxed and fun!

She recommends focusing on yourself and your own sensuality and fun, which lifts you up and makes you more magnetic to other people.

The conversation also covers what groups and activities ideal for meeting new people, a warning about emitting just ‘friend’ signals, and a protocol for first dates.

The key is to keep dating light and playful.

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Esther Freud is the author of nine novels, including Hideous Kinky, her semi-autobiographical debut, which tells of her unconventional childhood in Morocco. In this podcast episode, she speaks about I Couldn’t Love You More, the story of three generations of Irish women and their intertwining lives. The book speaks to relationship, love and expectation, as well as managing desperation, fear and hopelessness.

Esther is a wonderfully in-depth person to listen to and speak to. Enjoy!

Get the book I Couldn’t Love You More on Amazon.

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In this podcast episode, we hear all about the life and career of Cleo Sylvestre, the incredible pioneering black actor who broke down the doors of racism in theatre, film and television in the UK.

Cleo was the first black actor in a major role at The National Theatre, the first main black character in Crossroads, broke ground in Ken Loache’s Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home, played amazing parts alongside Anthony Sher, and sang To Know Him Is to Love Him with the Rolling Stones.

There was a significant moment in history when Cleo was cast as Noelle Gordon’s adopted daughter Melanie in Crossroads after Enoch Powell’s 'rivers of blood speech' that ignited swathes of racism in the UK. She speaks of a time that was extremely tough as a black woman and yet her incredible passion was her constant guide to keep going.

Cate would love to see Cleo be given a part in Bridgerton and a lifetime award from BAFTA. If anyone has any links, please do put her forward as she really is the best.

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Cece Sykes is a psychotherapist with over thirty years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples and families, specialising in work with the effects of trauma and addiction. She is a Senior Trainer for the Internal Family Systems Institute and her chapter on compassionate approaches to addictive process appears in the book IFS: Innovations and Elaborations, 2016, Routledge. Cece also has special interests in spiritual practices intersecting with therapy and in the impact of psychotherapy upon the life of the therapist.

In this powerful and compassionate interview, Cece speaks about her way of working therapeutically with addictive processes. She also shares her ways of supporting therapists to tell their stories in a safe container.

www.cecesykeslcsw.com

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Michelle de Swarte is a stand up comic, actor and ex catwalk model. She is the best friend in the Netflix comedy The Duchess and stars in the HBO series The Baby. 

In this podcast episode, Michelle speaks about what it’s like to ride the wave of life when a lot is happening that you may have always wished for and how she is learning to manage it. She shares from her heart about all kinds of issues, from how to stand up for yourself as a woman, how racial and gender diversity is addressed in TV casting, to how to handle success when you are really busy.

This was a beautiful and enlightening interview. Enjoy!

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Laura Vowels is an Emotionally Focussed Sex and Relationship therapist who specialises in desire discrepancy. She shares about what to do when it seems like you do not match sexually with your partner and how to integrate fantasy and different desires in a stage-by-stage plan. She also works as a researcher for an app to help couples navigate issues around sexual desire discrepancy — www.blueheart.io.

www.lauravowels.com

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