Unwind with Poppy Jamie

Seyi Akiwowo was elected as the youngest black female councillor in East London at the age of 23, and it was when she experienced online abuse herself while in this position that she decided to set up a charity to help support women and marginalised communities in an ever changing online world. Now, Seyi creates toolkits, guides and workshops to help prevent the spread of online abuse.On top of the many lives Seyi has changed around the world, she's also a TEDx speaker and very active on Twitter. It is such an honour to invite this incredible woman on the show today to talk about her brilliant new book, How to Stay Safe Online. It shares all the tools you need to look after your mental health in an unstable online world that we're all part of. It's full of stats, insights and thoughtful advice we can all use on a daily basis to live happier and healthier online lives.Find more information on Seyi:Website: https://www.seyiakiwowo.com/Instagram: @seyiakiwowoTwitter: @seyiakiwowoBook: https://www.seyiakiwowo.com/preorder---Hosted by Poppy JamieProduced by Georgie RutherfordEdited by George Drake Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's Pop of Wisdom episode, I have the very lovely Melissa Hemsley, a chef, food columnist, best selling author, real food activist and sustainability champion who is passionate about spreading the power of a feel good food.Melissa is on a mission to make food as joyful as possible. She advocates for food that is wholesome, has nourishing potential with nothing wasted. She's written five bestselling cookbooks, including Eat Green, Eat Happy, and her latest book, Feel Good With One. Quick and easy recipes to bring a bit of comfort and joy into your kitchens and beyond.Find more information on Melissa Hemsley: Website: https://www.melissahemsley.com/Instagram: @melissa.hemsleyBook: https://www.melissahemsley.com/books---Hosted by Poppy JamieProduced by Georgie RutherfordEdited by George DrakePlease feel free to drop us an email on contact@notperfectpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is Donna Lancaster, and she has been a pioneer in community healing for nearly 31 years. She is a facilitator, a coach and a therapist who is formerly the head of teaching at the Hoffman Institute UK and co-created the British Retreat, a six day transformational personal development experience.Donna's work has been featured in leading publications from The Telegraph, Psychology, The Evening Standard, Huffington Post and many, many others. Donna's groundbreaking work was featured in the Amazon Prime documentary called Loved, which followed 12 people during her life changing Bridge retreat as they take the leap to overcome grief and loss in their lives. Her new book, The Bridge: A Nine Step Crossing Into Authentic and Wholehearted Living, is such a gift to us all. Donna shares her 31 years of wisdom, and while you read it, you can feel that deep healing presence on every page. This episode is so heartwarming and I can't wait for you to hear it.Find more information on Donna:Website: https://deepeningintolife.com/about/Instagram: @donnalancsBook: https://deepeningintolife.com/the-bridge-book/---Hosted by Poppy JamieProduced by Georgie RutherfordEdited by George DrakePlease feel free to drop us an email on contact@notperfectpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's podcast, I am joined by the international best selling author and teacher, Mandy Morris. Her first book, Love "It's How I Manifest" was a global success. Since then she's been featured all around the world, teaching millions how to create the life they want and shift out of limiting patterns. Mandy's science and love based methods for creating instant and lasting change has been researched, studied and taught by therapists and coaches in the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, UK and the US. Mandy began her career counseling, studying psychology and also working in Norway, researching how psychosomatic health issues are created by thoughts, not environmental factors, and how individuals brain patterns can change through her communicative therapy methodology.She has just released her latest book, Eight Secrets to Powerful Manifesting: How to Create the Reality of Your Dreams which focuses on the tiny actions we can all do to help us co-create the lives that make us feel really excited. Manifesting has become a bit of a buzzword and I've definitely started to find the conversation around it a bit fluffy, sometimes disingenuous, and oftentimes quite self-indulgent but Mandy's approach I found different. I'm so looking forward to diving into Mandy secrets and finding out how to live the most joyful and authentic life.Find more information on Mandy Morris: Instagram: @manifestwithmandyWebsite: https://www.mandymorris.love/Book: https://www.the8secrets.com/---Hosted by Poppy JamieProduced by Georgie RutherfordEdited by George DrakePlease feel free to drop us an email on contact@notperfectpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's Pop of Wisdom episode, I am interviewing one of the best beauty inventors in the world and of our generation, Filip Sedic. Filip is a Bosnian born Swedish inventor with more than 200 patents assigned to his name. He is the founder and CEO of FOREO, the record breaking Swedish brand reinventing beauty and wellness for better. FOREO's beauty tech designs deliver professional level treatments at home to build self-confidence. Filip's designs at FOREO have won over 100 design and industry awards and he's broken records with a FOREO product being sold every 3 seconds in 2017.I am not surprised the quality FOREO upholds and everything they do is obvious. You may have heard about the Luna range of facial cleansing devices. The naturally clean 99.5% of impurities from the skin fully. As a serial entrepreneur, he started his career in the car technology industry and moved into the telecom world. Eight years later, he transitioned into the beauty world, setting up his first company, LELO, in Stockholm. Filip went on to develop his second company that focused on pharmaceutical grade feminine care products, and in 2013, he founded FOREO. Filip has changed the beauty world, democratized access to tools ten years ago, only the top beauty professionals could use. And as a consequence, I felt honoured to have him on the show today to admire his innovation and entrepreneurship. --Explore the FOREO range: https://www.currentbody.com/collections/not-perfectFind out more about the story of FOREO: https://www.foreo.com/the-story-of-foreoA huge thank you to our podcast sponsor FOREO who have partnered with Current Body, the beauty device experts, to offer Not Perfect listeners an exclusive 20% off all FOREO products for the month of July. To claim your discount, head to Currentbody.com/notperfect. Thanks again to FOREO! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, I am joined by a very special guest, someone who actually changed my life about 11 years ago. That is the spiritual teacher, Marcus Weston. He started his career in finance number crunching for Goldman Sachs until about 20 years ago when he realised his mission was to support pioneering leaders to be better and to create real change. This world desperately needs teachers like Marcus, and he has previously taught some of the most successful humans in the world, from business leaders to Heads of State to sports athletes. He draws from the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah to help expand consciousness, challenge thinking patterns and break open egos so that everyone can live the life they were meant to and deserve.Find more information on Marcus Weston:Website: https://www.kabbalah.com/en/people/marcus-weston/ Instagram: @iammarcusweston---Hosted by Poppy JamieProduced by Georgie RutherfordEdited by George DrakePlease feel free to drop us an email on contact@notperfectpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A huge thank you to our podcast sponsor FOREO who have partnered with Current Body, the beauty device experts, to offer Not Perfect listeners an exclusive 20% off all FOREO products for the month of July. To claim your discount, head to Currentbody.com/notperfect. Thanks again to FOREO!Today's interview is Caroline Williams, a best selling author, a science writer and writes for many leading publications globally, from the New Scientist to the BBC to The Times, Telegraph, Boston Globe and many more. Her first hit book, Override, looks at rewiring the brain, and her latest book, Move, delves into why we need to move our body to look after our brain. This book had me glued to it and it is genuinely a must read for every single person. I had no idea how much of a disastrous affect our sedentary lives are having on IQ, mental health and of course, physical health as we've become addicted to our screens. Research suggests our intelligence and creativity has taken a hit and our anxious thoughts have multiplied as a result. I can't wait for you all to hear this conversation with Caroline, who writes in such a witty, fascinating and heavily researched backed way about why we need to move our legs and perhaps dance more too. I think we can all get on board with that!Find more information on Caroline Williams: Website: https://www.carolinewilliams.net/Books: https://www.carolinewilliams.net/books Instagram: @carolinewilliams_scienceIf you want to join our Whatsapp group for the podcast and be a part of a feel good group, please click on this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CHRBxybXjB1D2dAg0isHwc---Hosted by Poppy JamieProduced by Georgie RutherfordEdited by George DrakePlease feel free to drop us an email on contact@notperfectpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I am thrilled to be joined by Alice Liveing for my first Pop of Wisdom episode. Alice is one of the biggest names in fitness in the UK and inspires millions daily with her content on social media, her Give Me Strength fitness app and through her three best selling books.Alice rose to popularity just over six years ago and has been very honest about her journey with fitness and health. Alice fills her content with honesty and authenticity as she tackles the truth around weight, working out and both mental and physical health. Alice has spoken openly about how so many of us try to shrink our bodies in the hope will fit in better, be more accepted and how destructive this can be for our sense of identity and most importantly, our health.Find Alice: Instagram: @aliceliveingGive Me Strength App: https://www.givemestrength.app/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A huge thank you to our podcast sponsor FOREO who have partnered with Current Body, the beauty device experts, to offer Not Perfect listeners an exclusive 20% off all FOREO products for the month of July. To claim your discount, head to Currentbody.com/notperfect. Thanks again to FOREO!On today's podcast, I am interviewing Dr. Ellen Vora, a holistic psychiatrist who is on a mission to break open old ways of treating mental health and instead offer an approach that considers the whole person and address the root cause. She spent nine years in medical school and then took it upon herself to research other methods of addressing mental health struggles that didn't seem to be getting fixed. Ellen learnt that there were more effective ways of thinking about the mind away from reflexively prescribing medication to suppress symptoms. She now takes a 360 approach when looking after patients, focusing on everything from physical health, sleep, nutrition, digestion, thought patterns, relationships and community to our connection with nature, creativity and purpose.Not only this, but Dr. Ellen is an acupuncturist, a yoga teacher, and received her B.A. from Yale University and her M.D. from Columbia University. And she is board certified in psychiatry and integrative holistic medicine. I feel deeply passionate about Ellen's work because I fully agree the mind cannot fix the mind often. We can't talk about mental health as this separate thing. Luckily, Dr. Vora's new book, The Anatomy of Anxiety, is bursting with research and roads for where to understand mental health and anxiety in a new way, a way that truly gets to the heart of the problem and has the power to make a real significant change.Find more information on Dr Ellen Vora: Website: https://ellenvora.com/Instagram: @ellenvoramdBook: https://ellenvora.com/book/If you want to join our Whatsapp group for the podcast and be a part of a feel good group, please click on this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CHRBxybXjB1D2dAg0isHwc---Hosted by Poppy JamieProduced by Georgie RutherfordEdited by George DrakePlease feel free to drop us an email on contact@notperfectpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's podcast, I am talking to Florence Williams, a journalist, bestselling author, global speaker and podcaster. Florence writes for The New York Times, National Geographic, The New York Review of Books and numerous other publications around the world. In this episode, we're going to be talking about her latest book, Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey. It's brilliant and despite the title, it is in fact heart warming.This book is a must read for anyone processing heartbreak. Florence helps us to understand the true effect that heartbreak has on us. This conversation answers all of your questions like: why do we feel it so intensely? How can we move through it? How does heartbreak affect our health? Florence's speaks with such delicacy whilst using cutting edge research into human biology.Find more information on Florence Williams:Website: http://www.florencewilliams.com/Instagram: @florence999Book: https://florence-williams.squarespace.com/new-pageA huge thank you to our podcast sponsor FOREO who have partnered with Current Body, the beauty device experts, to offer Not Perfect listeners an exclusive 20% off all FOREO products for the month of July. To claim your discount, head to Currentbody.com/notperfect. Thanks again to FOREO!---Hosted by Poppy JamieProduced by Georgie RutherfordEdited by George DrakePlease feel free to drop us an email on contact@notperfectpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.