Real Talk with Nave: Recent Episodes
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Whenever I have conversations with Gail, I feel like it hits straight in my heart. Last week I spoke with old friend Reverand Gail Love-Schock. Gail is an interfaith minister, amongst many other magical things.
We spoke about how and why Gail has found herself on this path, the work she does and her faith, theory and life experience. We touch on maidens, queens, crones, life, death, birth and even football! Not an episode to be missed.
LINKS
- Gail Love-Schock
- Stephen Cope, The Great Work of Your Life
- Stephen Levine, A Year To Live
- Ana Forest, Fierce Medicine
- Maureen Murdock, The Heroines Journey
- Joseph Campbell, The Heros Journey
- Bell Hooks, All above Love
I caught up with Lynn Enright, author of Vagina: A Re-education.
We discussed how repeal the 8th, combined with movements such as metoo and timesup, became a catalyst for sparking conversations that have long been overdue surrounding women's sexuality, womens' health and even the language used to describe out own bodies. Lynn's book, Vagina a Re-education highlights many of these topics , we talk about her why, how and what inspired her to write the book which now adorns many bookshelves worldwide!
At the time of recording Lynn was the Acting Digital Director at Grazia magazine. She is also a journalist that has written for publications such as Vogue, Stylist, The Independant, The Financial Times & The Irish Times.
In January I flew to Amsterdam to meet with Photographer Sophie Ebrard. After phone calls and emails back and forth in the latter half of 2019, I knew Sophie's voice was an important one to be heard.
Sophie's discomfort with the motherhood transition is common, but more commonly left unheard. The resistance to becoming a mum stayed with Sophie for years following her pregnancy and the birth of her son Jules. It's this experience that inspired Sophie's body of work, 'I didn't want to be a mum' which exhibited in Amsterdam in 2019.
https://www.sophieebrard.com/
Clio Wood is founder of & Breathe Wellbeing, writer and speaker on postnatal sex & intimacy.
Clio & I first met through a mutual friend who said we needed to have a coffee, the conversation went from a polite hello to the depths of intimate relations and all that's in between almost immediately. Clio is opening up conversations around postnatal wellbeing from a physical, emotional and sexual standpoint. Encouraging connection and vulnerability while providing people with the space to explore that. Clio is founder of and Breathe Wellbeing, a retreat company that mirrors her personal values and provides that physical space for new families. And Breathe now offers retreats for different stages of a woman's life from pregnancy, postpartum and menopause.
Speaking from a personal point of view, Clio gives an honest and raw glimpse into the postnatal period and how this can affect everything from self worth to sex, but Clio is not only bringing attention to this, she's offering support and encouragement to move through it.
LINKS * And Breathe Wellbeing
The Self Space offers good conversation with qualified people for everyday mental maintenance.
I met with founder, Jodie Cariss to talk about why she founded The Self Space, how therapy and mental wellbeing should be a part of our ongoing self-care and how the culture around seeking therapy is changing.
Workplaces, fast paced industries and even social media platforms have been starting to destigmatise seeking support and many companies offer resilience trainings in order to support their staff from a mental and emotional standpoint. We talk about this and how vulnerability needs to sit hand in hand with resilience. How social media can be detrimental to our mental health but also how learning to implement our own boundaries are crucial, to take responsibility for our own mental wellbeing in the same way we do our physical.
Nave spoke with Amy, founder of Temple of the Feminine.
Recorded in spring 2020, we speak about polarity, the feminine and masculine, sexuality, gender and how everything is interconnected.
Links * Temple of the Feminine
Clare set up an instagram account in 2019 as a way of holding herself accountable to the debt she had accrued. What was originally an anonymous account, Clare revealed herself in February this year when preparing for her book, 'Real Life Money' to be published.
We spoke about all things money, shame and emotional spending. About buy-now-pay-later companies being held accountable, how to speak to kids about money and enquired into economic fall out from the current pandemic.
For the last episode of season one, Nave spoke with Pandora Paloma of Rooted Living. Rooted Living is by nature, all about intuitive living. Pandora helps her clients access this intuition by rewriting and exposing negative belief patterns, old narratives and unhelpful mindset blocks. From money matters to body talk and all things in between.
LINKS
- Pandora Paloma
- Rooted Living
- Intuitive Living Book
Trigger Warning
Before the new year I spent the day with Sophie Burch, aka The Mamma Coach. We initially met last winter at the Make Birth Better Conference and had stayed in touch. Sophie's work primarily focuses on preparing parents for the mental shift that occurs during what I refer to as the parenthood transition. Within our conversation there is mention of difficult birth & trauma, so please listen with care.
LINKS * The Mamma Coach * Burch Therapy * Beyond Birth * Pandas Foundation
For the tenth episode of Real Talk, Nave spoke with Kole. Friend, writer, thinker & coach. In this episode we speak about gender & identification. Kole highlights the nuance of language, the intention behind words and how history has erased the third gender. The hope for this episode is to educate & get rid of 'otherness'.
LINKS
Queer Intentions
Trans like me
The Argonauts
ICA Trans Inclusion
Nave caught up with Dr Rebecca Moore, Perinatal Psychiatrist & co-founder of Make Birth Better.
I first came across Rebecca in 2018 at the annual Make Birth Better conference. In this episode we talk about trauma within the NHS & what is happening to change a culture that isn't serving patients or staff. How social media can play a positive role in our society, recognising new parents' emotional and mental states and how we can be of support and how Make Birth Better is creating awareness & driving change.
LINKS
- Make Birth Better
- Dr Rebecca Moore
Nave caught up with Jenny Scott, founder of Mothers Meetings, to talk about all things motherhood, business and social media. The highs & lows of each and why Mothers Meetings came about.
LINKS:
- MOTHERS MEETINGS
Nave caught up with Jessica Duffin of This EndoLife. Jessica was diagnosed with Endometriosis and is now supporting other people with the same diagnosis.
Endometriosis affects one in ten women and there are likely many many more people who suffer without a formal diagnosis, it can take on average 7 years to have a recognised diagnosis from health care professionals and at the point of release, surgery is the most common offering. Although surgery on its own doesn't offer a cure and can in some cases create more issues.
Jessica has turned to nutrition after noticing the effect it had on her condition. She has trained as a women's health coach specialising in endometriosis and offers support to women 121 and via her blog and podcast. Her book "This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast" was published in 2018.
Links * thisendolife * endometriosis-uk * vitalhealth.com * endometriosis.org
Nave spoke with Lina Chan, CEO and founder of Adia Health about fertility and how Adia is empowering people to understand their reproductive, nutritional and emotional health.
Adia is a culmination of Lina's own fertility journey. It boasts some of the leading experts in the field and delivers a holistic and scientifically rigorous approach.
Please be aware that still birth and miscarriage are spoken about in this episode.
Accurate nutrition advice during Pregnancy & postpartum can be hard to find and confusing when you do, there's also a lot of external influences telling women what they should and should not look and feel like. We spoke to nutritional therapist, Jodie Abrahams about how you can use nutrition to support yourself through this time and why crash diets and 'snapping back' aren't the way to go.
https://www.jodieabrahams.com/
Kate Woods is founder of Doulas without Borders, a voluntary organisation offering support and care to women experiencing hardship, mental illness or trauma. This comes at a time when maternal mental health and maternal death rates are being put into the spotlight.
Nave spoke with Kate about how and why DWB came about.
https://www.doulaswithoutborders.com/
Death is a taboo subject and can be met with a huge amount of resistance and sometimes fear, yet around the world the attitude to death changes from sadness to celebration
Nave met with Tree, a death doula, to talk about how she came to this work, her experiences and thoughts around life after we pass, the subliminal realm and the idea of a multiverse.
Death Doula Tree
With one in eight men in the UK saying they’ve experienced issues with their mental health, and most of those not visiting their GP for fear of ‘wasting their time’, this is an issue that urgently needs attention.
Nave spoke to Deano Jo and Bob Jones of Love Brother, a platform whose mission it is to change the narrative around mental health. They aim to build a positive community that breaks away from dated stigmas and negative stereotypes. We spoke about depression and anxiety; the pressures of living in a fast-paced city like London; and the pressures of being a new father.
www.love-brother.com
https://www.instagram.com/lovebrother_online/
You can't walk the walk if you don't talk the talk, so it feels only right that for the first epispode I spoke with my husband about the nitty gritty of life as husband and wife, co-workers and parents.