• How spending time in the garden is good for your mind, with Author of The Well Gardened Mind, Dr Sue Stuart Smith
    Feb 4 2025

    How can getting involved in gardening help the health & wellbeing of people and the planet?

    If you’re interested in how gardening can help your mental & physical health listen to my guest this week, DR Sue Stuart-Smith who is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of The Well Gardened Mind, a Sunday Times Bestseller & gardening book of the year by The Sunday Times.

    She investigates the magic that many gardeners have known for years – working with nature can radically transform our health, wellbeing & confidence whether we're struggling with stress, depression, trauma or addiction, & the book includes stories from asylum seekers to veterans, inner-city young people to the retired.

    Sue gives us such a deep insight into all the ways that gardening and growing vegetables helps people and their mental health, and how the more that we are in touch with the soil, the healthier the connection we have with ourselves and with our planet.

    She shows us us how much we gain from getting our hands dirty and feeling the joy of growing things out of the earth, both for our own health & for that of our planet.

    You can find our more about Sue’s work on https://www.suestuartsmith.com/

    And follow her on Instagram @suestuartsmith

    You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

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    Music licensed from Melody Loops.

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    Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

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    • Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless


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    33 mins
  • How Public Art enhances the world we live in, with FrancisKnight co-founder Louise Francis
    Jan 28 2025

    How does Public Art play a beneficial role for people and the environment we live in?

    If you’re interested in how art in our public spaces can improve our lives and our environment listen to my guest this week Louise Francis, co-founder with Laura Knight of FrancisKnight, an Award-winning independent public art consultancy, working with and supporting artists to create public realm art across the UK to add value and impact; celebrating a place, its people and history with a strong emphasis on community engagement.

    Louise shares how they give artists the opportunity to respond to, make work for and celebrate our public spaces- highlighting how public art helps connect the identity of a place with the community that uses it.

    She shows us the important role that artists play in weaving their work into the fabric of our public lives to improve our sense of place and our connection with it.

    You can find out more about Louise’s work on www.francisknight.co.uk

    And follow her on Instagram @artbirdsFK

    You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

    PS. Lou helps you transform your health & wellbeing: LOU'S LIFE LAB SERVICES HERE

    For Lou's creative transformation and art practice go to ART HIVE or LOUHAMILTONART

    Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you. HERE

    Music licensed from Melody Loops.

    Support the show

    Brave New Girls podcast is an Audio Archive Art Project with pioneering, creative & entrepreneurial women at the head of the curve, who are inspiring us on the airwaves, to work towards the health & wellbeing of ourselves and the planet. Brave New Girls podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and No 7 in the "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to, in 2024", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

    Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

    Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

    1. INSPIRATION from courageous, creative women on Brave New Girls podcast working for the benefit of people and the planet. ️
    2. SUPPORT with 1:1 creative transformation coaching and our holistic, healthy, creative wellbeing retreats www.bravenewgirlmedia.com/wellbeing-retreat
    3. GROWTH blogs to help you THRIVE.


    Sign up to our emails for inspiration, support & growth and LOU'S LIFE LAB free downloadable guide https://bravenewgirlmedia.com

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    Books:

    • Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting
    • FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
    • Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless


    Paintings & Public Art www.LouHamiltonArt.com
    Insta @LouHamiltonArt


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    32 mins
  • What's happening in our oceans- behind the scenes of Last of the Sea Women with filmmaker Sue Kim
    Jan 21 2025

    How do we honour and protect our ancestors and cultural traditions while embracing our post-modern world and lives?

    If you are interested in how we can protect people and the planet in these rapidly changing times, listen to my guest Sue Kim, Korean-American filmmaker & director of The Last of the Sea Women.

    The first feature from Malala Yousafzai’s new production company, Extracurricular Productions, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Prize for best film from the Asia-Pacific region.

    The documentary highlights the haenyeo—or female divers of South Korea’s Jeju Island who for centuries, have been diving to the ocean floor without oxygen to harvest seafood for their livelihood.

    Today, this ancient culture is disappearing with most divers now in their elderly years. With environmental threats looming, the haenyeo‘s way of life is in imminent danger.

    Sue makes films that celebrate people and ways of life that reflect the dynamic interplay of humanity and the world around us, and show us what we need to be aware of in these changing times so that we look after what is essential to our wellbeing and longevity on a healthy and sustainable planet.

    She shows us a world that is held in a delicate balance- where our decisions matter, in order for us to create a future that supports all people and the planet.

    You can watch Sue’s film The Last of the Sea Women on Apple TV+

    And follow her on Instagram on @suebacca



    Follow Host Lou Hamilton: Instagram @brave_newgirl & Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

    Lou helps you transform your health & wellbeing: LOU'S LIFE LAB SERVICES HERE

    For Lou's creative transformation and art practice go to ART HIVE or LOUHAMILTONART

    Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you. HERE

    Music licensed from Melody Loops.


    Support the show

    Brave New Girls podcast is an Audio Archive Art Project with pioneering, creative & entrepreneurial women at the head of the curve, who are inspiring us on the airwaves, to work towards the health & wellbeing of ourselves and the planet. Brave New Girls podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and No 7 in the "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to, in 2024", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

    Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

    Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

    1. INSPIRATION from courageous, creative women on Brave New Girls podcast working for the benefit of people and the planet. ️
    2. SUPPORT with 1:1 creative transformation coaching and our holistic, healthy, creative wellbeing retreats www.bravenewgirlmedia.com/wellbeing-retreat
    3. GROWTH blogs to help you THRIVE.


    Sign up to our emails for inspiration, support & growth and LOU'S LIFE LAB free downloadable guide https://bravenewgirlmedia.com

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    Books:

    • Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting
    • FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
    • Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless


    Paintings & Public Art www.LouHamiltonArt.com
    Insta @LouHamiltonArt


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    42 mins
  • Transform your life to leave the old traumas behind, with Riana Malia
    Jan 14 2025

    How do we break free from old patterns and start creating the life we’ve always dreamed of?

    If you’re interested in overcoming past patterns to live your best life listen to guest this week Riana Malia an accomplished transformation coach trained in Evolved Neurolinguistic Programming (ENLP), Quantum Time Release (QTR), and Advanced Trauma-Aware Coaching who empowers ambitious women to live a confident and trauma-free life.

    She helps successful, ambitious women tap into their unconscious minds to uncover and heal the root causes of their psychological and emotional blocks.

    Through her Quantum Pattern Protocol, Riana offers a balanced and effective path to healing and growth, and she helps women achieve their goals one step at a time.

    Riana shares with us how we can best take charge of our own lives, breaking free from the past and working to build the life we want to live, even with all the inevitable challenges that come along the way.

    She shows us that our life is in our hands and that the stronger our foundations the more resilient we are at handling the obstacles in our path.

    You can find out more about Riana’s work on: https://www.rianamalia.com/

    And follow her on Linkedin @RianaMalia


    Follow Host Lou Hamilton: Instagram @brave_newgirl & Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

    Lou helps you transform your health & wellbeing: LOU'S LIFE LAB SERVICES HERE

    For Lou's creative transformation and art practice go to ART HIVE or LOUHAMILTONART

    Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you. HERE

    Music licensed from Melody Loops.

    Support the show

    Brave New Girls podcast is an Audio Archive Art Project with pioneering, creative & entrepreneurial women at the head of the curve, who are inspiring us on the airwaves, to work towards the health & wellbeing of ourselves and the planet. Brave New Girls podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and No 7 in the "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to, in 2024", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

    Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

    Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

    1. INSPIRATION from courageous, creative women on Brave New Girls podcast working for the benefit of people and the planet. ️
    2. SUPPORT with 1:1 creative transformation coaching and our holistic, healthy, creative wellbeing retreats www.bravenewgirlmedia.com/wellbeing-retreat
    3. GROWTH blogs to help you THRIVE.


    Sign up to our emails for inspiration, support & growth and LOU'S LIFE LAB free downloadable guide https://bravenewgirlmedia.com

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    Books:

    • Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting
    • FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
    • Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless


    Paintings & Public Art www.LouHamiltonArt.com
    Insta @LouHamiltonArt


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    44 mins
  • Upcycling fashion designers show us the way ahead, with Alterist co-founder Hannah Standen
    Jan 7 2025

    What can we do to reduce textile waste to tackle overproduction in the fashion industry?

    If you’re interested in sustainability in the fashion industry then listen to my guest this week Hannah Standen, co-founder of Alterist. Her mission is to reduce textile waste.

    Through design, creativity, and collaboration, she and her brand are altering the world’s perception of what is considered to be textile waste.

    Alterist is a brand new circular platform defining the future of fashion. It’s about challenging the social norms. It’s about being experimental with style. It's about altered vision.

    Alterist has the courage to challenge the status quo in the fashion industry and offer us an alternative with circular fashion and a way to reduce and reuse our textile waste.

    Hannah shows us that every small action helps and when we intentionally reduce our textile waste by buying into the circular economy we are helping to make a big difference for the health of the planet.

    You can find out more about Hannah’s work on https://alterist.com/

    And follow her on Linkedin @HannahStanden


    Follow Host Lou Hamilton: Instagram @brave_newgirl & Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

    Lou helps you transform your health & wellbeing: LOU'S LIFE LAB SERVICES HERE

    For Lou's creative transformation and art practice go to ART HIVE or LOUHAMILTONART

    Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you. HERE

    Music licensed from Melody Loops.

    Support the show

    Brave New Girls podcast is an Audio Archive Art Project with pioneering, creative & entrepreneurial women at the head of the curve, who are inspiring us on the airwaves, to work towards the health & wellbeing of ourselves and the planet. Brave New Girls podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and No 7 in the "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to, in 2024", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

    Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

    Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

    1. INSPIRATION from courageous, creative women on Brave New Girls podcast working for the benefit of people and the planet. ️
    2. SUPPORT with 1:1 creative transformation coaching and our holistic, healthy, creative wellbeing retreats www.bravenewgirlmedia.com/wellbeing-retreat
    3. GROWTH blogs to help you THRIVE.


    Sign up to our emails for inspiration, support & growth and LOU'S LIFE LAB free downloadable guide https://bravenewgirlmedia.com

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    Books:

    • Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting
    • FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
    • Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless


    Paintings & Public Art www.LouHamiltonArt.com
    Insta @LouHamiltonArt


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    30 mins
  • Transforming your health challenge into wellness with Integrative Nutritionist Liberty Mills
    Nov 26 2024

    Last episode of Series 11!

    How can we get our reproductive organs super-fit as part of a whole life wellbeing approach?

    If you’re interested in the prevention of or reversal of chronic conditions or in the support of your reproductive health then listen to my guest this week Liberty Mills an Integrative Nutritionist & Health Coach who herself overcame the Lupus condition and went on to become a mum to her second daughter at the age of 45.

    Liberty shares with us how she overcame her chronic autoimmune disease and became a later mum both by using the power of integrative nutrition & wellbeing practices.

    She shows us that so much of our health lies in our own hands, especially when we have the support and guidance of integrative health professionals.

    You can find out more about Liberty’s work on https://www.integrativeliberty.co.uk/

    And follow her on Instagram @mills.liberty

    You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

    PS. Lou helps you transform your wellbeing, whether you struggle with your health, time, work/life integration or resilience to face your challenges. LOU'S LIFE LAB SERVICES HERE

    Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you. HERE

    Music licensed from Melody Loops.




    Support the show

    Brave New Girls podcast is an Audio Archive Art Project with pioneering, creative & entrepreneurial women at the head of the curve, who are inspiring us on the airwaves, to work towards the health & wellbeing of ourselves and the planet. Brave New Girls podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and No 7 in the "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to, in 2024", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

    Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

    Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

    1. INSPIRATION from courageous, creative women on Brave New Girls podcast working for the benefit of people and the planet. ️
    2. SUPPORT with 1:1 creative transformation coaching and our holistic, healthy, creative wellbeing retreats www.bravenewgirlmedia.com/wellbeing-retreat
    3. GROWTH blogs to help you THRIVE.


    Sign up to our emails for inspiration, support & growth and LOU'S LIFE LAB free downloadable guide https://bravenewgirlmedia.com

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    Books:

    • Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting
    • FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
    • Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless


    Paintings & Public Art www.LouHamiltonArt.com
    Insta @LouHamiltonArt


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    41 mins
  • Boosting your immunity to protect your body for the longterm with Dr Vidhi Pandya
    Nov 19 2024

    How does Naturopathy & Nutrition help strengthen our immune system?

    If you are interested in strengthening your immune system for optimal health listen to my guest this week Dr Vidhi Pandya a highly respected and experienced Celebrity Nutritionist, qualified Homeopathic Doctor from India, Detox consultant and a Specialist in private bespoke diet plans based on medical conditions.

    She focuses her practice on women’s health, family medicine, mental health and nutritional health assessment.

    Vidhi is known for her honest opinions about right kind of Supplements, Herbs, Essential oils, Homeopathy, Ayurveda with evidence-based approach to all.

    She gives giving us the foundations for creating a immune and a healthy life so that we feel stronger in our bodies no matter what challenges comes our way.

    Dr Vidhi shows us how to look after ourselves and how to get outside support when we need to.

    You can find out more about Vidhi’s work on https://thankyoulife.co.uk/

    And follow her on Instagram @smilingvidhi

    If you'd like to get a discount code for the Young Living Essential oils that Vidhi mentioned, please email me: Lou@silk-studios.co.uk

    You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

    PS. Lou helps you transform your wellbeing, whether you struggle with your health, time, work/life integration or resilience to face your challenges. LOU'S LIFE LAB SERVICES HERE

    Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you. HERE

    Music licensed from Melody Loops.

    Support the show

    Brave New Girls podcast is an Audio Archive Art Project with pioneering, creative & entrepreneurial women at the head of the curve, who are inspiring us on the airwaves, to work towards the health & wellbeing of ourselves and the planet. Brave New Girls podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and No 7 in the "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to, in 2024", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

    Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

    Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

    1. INSPIRATION from courageous, creative women on Brave New Girls podcast working for the benefit of people and the planet. ️
    2. SUPPORT with 1:1 creative transformation coaching and our holistic, healthy, creative wellbeing retreats www.bravenewgirlmedia.com/wellbeing-retreat
    3. GROWTH blogs to help you THRIVE.


    Sign up to our emails for inspiration, support & growth and LOU'S LIFE LAB free downloadable guide https://bravenewgirlmedia.com

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    Books:

    • Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting
    • FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
    • Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless


    Paintings & Public Art www.LouHamiltonArt.com
    Insta @LouHamiltonArt


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    38 mins
  • Seeking Joy with Bingham Riverhouse & Bhuti Wellbeing founder Sama Trinder
    Nov 12 2024

    How do we overcome our daily stresses and learn to live with joy?

    If you’re interested in learning how to raise the joy levels in your life listen to this episode with Sama Trinder, founder of the B-corp certified Bingham Riverhouse, hotel, restaurant and members club, with Bhuti wellbeing at the heart of it all.

    From ‘hellraiser’ to ‘joy raiser’ Sama is a multi-disciplinary wellbeing practitioner, yoga meditation teacher and yoga therapist. Bridging the gap between business and healing she guides us on a journey from stress to joy.

    Sama shows us that by opening up to the possibilities of life through spiritual, wellbeing & therapeutic practices, we can raise our levels of inner peace and joy, and cause a wider ripple effect in the world.

    She shares her inner work to inspire us to open up, to explore our own.

    You can find out more about Sama’s work on https://www.samatrinder.com/

    And follow her on Instagram @samatrinder

    You can follow Host Lou Hamilton on Instagram @brave_newgirl and on Linkedin @LouHamiltoncreatelab

    PS. Lou helps you transform your wellbeing, whether you struggle with your health, time, work/life integration or resilience to face your challenges. LOU'S LIFE LAB SERVICES HERE

    Join our Brave New Girls retreats to reset and reconnect with what really matters to you. HERE

    Music licensed from Melody Loops.

    Support the show

    Brave New Girls podcast is an Audio Archive Art Project with pioneering, creative & entrepreneurial women at the head of the curve, who are inspiring us on the airwaves, to work towards the health & wellbeing of ourselves and the planet. Brave New Girls podcast ranks in top 2.5% globally, and No 7 in the "45 Best UK Women's Podcasts to Listen to, in 2024", with Host Lou Hamilton, artist, author & wellbeing coach.

    Thank you for listening and please subscribe to keep up to date on new episodes as they're released.

    Lou is the founder of Brave New Girl Media- bringing you inspiration, support and growth.

    1. INSPIRATION from courageous, creative women on Brave New Girls podcast working for the benefit of people and the planet. ️
    2. SUPPORT with 1:1 creative transformation coaching and our holistic, healthy, creative wellbeing retreats www.bravenewgirlmedia.com/wellbeing-retreat
    3. GROWTH blogs to help you THRIVE.


    Sign up to our emails for inspiration, support & growth and LOU'S LIFE LAB free downloadable guide https://bravenewgirlmedia.com

    Insta @brave_newgirl

    Books:

    • Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting
    • FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
    • Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless


    Paintings & Public Art www.LouHamiltonArt.com
    Insta @LouHamiltonArt


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    38 mins