How can we change the world by changing our consciousness? In this episode entitled Oxygenating Beautiful States of Mind , Amisha meets author, investigative journalist and teacher of meditation Alan Clements. Together they explore the nature of meditation, consciousness, beauty and activism. Alan shares the story of his enquiry into the influence of consciousness on consciousness itself, including what inspired him to study “the elements of consciousness that enhance its frequency, luminosity, ...
Jun 20, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 53
After two very full series and 52 episodes, our host Amisha Ghadiali shares some musings with our community during our series break. In this episode entitled Presence, Sacred Activism and Resilience, she talks about her ideas to get the community together in more face to face interactions all over the world, and a possibility of a matchmaking service for those looking for love! She also shares about sacred activism, resilience, and presence. How to dance the twin trail, as we prepare for Series ...
Apr 21, 2019•23 min
How can embodiment practises unlock our potential? In this episode entitled Moving Into Our Future Potential , Amisha meets strategist, coach and facilitator Daniela Plattner. Daniela works with movement to unlock and unleash creative confidence. Since playing footsie with Gabrielle Roth - the founder of 5Rhythms - as a child in a New York restaurant, Daniela has been on a profound personal journey with movement: finding her purpose in the place where her greatest pain and her greatest joy meet....
Feb 14, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 52
How do the soundscapes of our lives influence us? In this episode entitled The Art, Craft and Science of Sonic Experience , Amisha meets visionary listener, musician, educator, and global citizen Aurelio. Now based in India, Aurelio grew up in Austria and has travelled the world studying the origins and functions of music. Aurelio rejected book-learning in favour of finding embodied experiences of music in daily life around the globe. He speaks of the primal pulses and frequencies that infuse ou...
Feb 07, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 51
How many slaves are making your clothes? In this episode entitled Slaves to Fashion: a Voice for the Voiceless , Amisha meets author, consultant and social entrepreneur Safia Minney, who founded ethical fashion brands People Tree and Po-Zu. Safia speaks to us about modern slavery: all the ways it is hidden in plain view and what she and others are doing to change the broken system that perpetuates it. Amisha and Safia discuss how the very fabric of our environments is part of a tangled web of hu...
Jan 31, 2019•51 min•Season 2Ep. 50
How can we access and maintain a perpetual flow state of ease, abundance and inspiration? In this episode entitled Finding Our Way to Flow Consciousness… and Staying There , Amisha shares a moment with consciousness researcher, serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder of the Flow Consciousness Institute Justin Faerman. How would it feel to have a continuous experience of being effortlessly supported by life, knowing that all the resources that you need to thrive and experience exponential growth and s...
Jan 23, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 49
How can rediscovering our creativity free us to thrive? In this episode entitled 64 Million Artists: Unlocking The Creative Potential of a Nation , Amisha meets creative consultant and entrepreneur Jo Hunter. Jo grew up very creative, but as the pressures of adult life kicked in, like so many of us she became focused on being fast and being perfect, rather than being creative. When the hectic pace of her ‘dream job’ began to take its toll, Jo took a month out to slow down and reconnect. She aske...
Jan 17, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 48
In this episode entitled Lost Connections: Finding Others Instead of Ourselves , Amisha meets author and journalist Johann Hari. Johann’s best-selling book ‘Chasing the Scream’ is focused on addiction and the war on drugs, while his most recent publication ‘Lost Connections’ dives into the deeper causes and unexpected solutions for the rising tide of depression and anxiety. Together Johann and Amisha discuss how our society and culture is failing to meet people’s needs in the most basic way. The...
Jan 10, 2019•2 hr 58 min•Season 2Ep. 47
How do we recognise the golden threads that weave together a full and inspired life? In this episode entitled Understanding the Beauty of Our Worlds , our show notes writer Lucy White sits down with founder and host of the podcast Amisha Ghadiali so that you can tune into where this project has come from. Amisha shares the story of the different threads running through her life that are lovingly woven together in The Future Is Beautiful book and podcast. What Amisha is offering with this podcast...
Jan 01, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 46
How can we adapt to the inevitability of climate-induced societal collapse? In this episode entitled Acceptance and Evolution in the Face of Global Meltdown , Amisha sits down with strategist and educator Jem Bendell. Jem published a paper in July 2018 introducing the concept of Deep Adaptation and stating his belief in the inevitability of climate-induced societal collapse within the next 10 years. Jem first became an environmentalist as a teenager in 1988 and went on to train as in climate sci...
Dec 21, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 45
How can plant medicines help humanity to heal? In this episode entitled Healing Wisdom of The Americas , Amisha meets Canadian Ceremonial leader & Wisdom Keeper Erika Gagnon. Erika grew up in a typically North American cultural experience without any spiritual inclinations. She was raised in family of mixed heritage amid the separatist movement in Quebec. We hear the story of how - after reaching a crisis point in her early thirties which led to a series of transformational experiences - she con...
Dec 19, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 44
What will it take to bring world-changing technologies to the mainstream? "What is required is not more creation, but extremely precise clinical destruction. We need the old world to die and we need to kill it...We have had 50 years of hippy good vibe activism and it hasn't solved a single problem.” ~ Vinay Gupta In this episode entitled Raising the Floor of Humanity Through Cultural Activism and Hard Capitalism , Amisha sits down with technologist, policy analyst, futurist, and global resilienc...
Dec 12, 2018•2 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 43
How do we create a legal duty of care for the Earth? “For me it’s not about whether or not you are an environmentalist, it’s about whether or not you care. If you care you can move mountains. Any mother knows this.” ~ Polly Higgins In this episode entitled Eradicating Ecocide by an Earth Lawyer , Amisha meets with author, barrister and ecocide law expert Polly Higgins. Polly describes how she arrived to a critical choice point in her life where she came to the realisation that the Earth was in n...
Dec 04, 2018•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 42
What is the role for psychedelics in transforming our world for the better? In this episode entitled Reconnecting with Nature in these Urgent Times , Amisha sits down with Stephen Reid, founder of The Psychedelic Society. The society runs events and experiential retreats for a community of people interested in the psychedelic experience, as well as campaigning for the decriminalisation or declassification of certain substances to allow further research into their psychotherapeutic potential. Ste...
Nov 29, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 41
How can we create together a political system that supports human and planetary flourishing right in the face of our possible extinction? “We are living in an era in which people are finding their own autonomy and their own agency and they want to express that. We are not content anymore to hand all of that over to someone else.” Indra Adnan In this episode entitled Politics is Broken. It’s Time for the Alternative , Amisha Ghadiali meets psychotherapist and consultant Indra Adnan. Indra is co-i...
Nov 22, 2018•2 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 40
How can we revolutionise learning and education to serve humans and non-humans better? In this episode entitled Freedom From the Shackles of Education , Amisha sits down with Manish Jain - social entrepreneur, writer, thinker, and founder of the Unschooling movement in India. Manish has founded 25 alternative university campuses in India without any startup capital, created a network of 100 radical learning centres globally, and is now persuading thousands of organisations to hire people without...
Nov 15, 2018•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 39
How can we find freedom of expression in all our areas of our lives? In this episode entitled The Four Freedoms , Amisha meets writer, speaker, workshop leader, and passionately curious polymath Adah Paris. Adah has diverse and numerous interests - from tech futurism to reiki, millinery to life-coaching. Much of her work centres in some way around storytelling and inspiring humans to ask themselves the questions they have been avoiding. Adah is one of those rare souls who is content to be unapol...
Nov 08, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 38
How can we collectively act now to dramatically shift our course to a better planetary future? "We are in this process of disintegration - an accelerated meltdown of what were stable aspects of our planetary support system- expressing something within us that has to die, change and be reborn." ~ Daniel Pinchbeck In this episode entitled How Soon Is Now? A Call to Action , Amisha meets New York Times bestselling author and speaker Daniel Pinchbeck. His most recent book "How Soon is Now" looks at ...
Nov 01, 2018•59 min•Season 2Ep. 37
How do our stories shape us and how do we shape them? In this episode entitled The Stories We Tell in Order to Survive , Amisha meets author and journalist Tyler Wetherall. Together she and Amisha take a deep dive into our understanding of truth, lies, secrets, and stories. By the age of 9 Tyler had lived in 13 houses in 5 countries and she believed this to be normal. Soon after she was to receive a shock revelation that would shake the foundations of her life as she knew it and her sense of per...
Oct 25, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 36
What must we understand today to make good choices about the technologies of tomorrow? In this episode entitled Sustainable Superabundance or a New Dark Age for Humanity? , Amisha sits down with futurist, technologist and author David Wood. David was among the earliest pioneers of mobile phone software in the days before the dawning of the world wide web. He has worked in mobile and emerging technologies for 25 years, and now acts as an independent futurist, consultant, and writer. David tells w...
Oct 15, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 35
How can one person make a difference to overwhelming poverty and suffering? “ Life is better if you are honestly doing your best to make a difference for another being. If you know that in living your life - however you are - you are also making a significant difference for others who would otherwise have no chance… You live different, you feel different, you are different.”~ Prabhavati Dwabha In this episode entitled Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Ignorance, and Homelessness , Amisha sits down ...
Oct 09, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Where does true creative inspiration come from and how do we invite it in? “Think of [creativity] as a unicorn. People so want to make money out of their creativity. You end up saddling your unicorn like a donkey to carry your self esteem issues up a hill and it is not its job.” ~ Jamie Catto In this episode entitled One Giant Leap for Permission to Feel , Amisha sits down with creative catalyst, musician and mischief-maker Jamie Catto. Jamie seeks to serve as a ‘walking permission slip’ for peo...
Oct 04, 2018•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 33
What can wonder bring to our lives and how do we create it? In this episode entitled The Importance of Ritual and Creativity , Amisha meets Oxford-educated ritual designer and creative facilitator Tiu de Haan to dig into the world of wonder- what it is, where it comes from and how to make room for it in our lives. Together Tiu and Amisha discuss life, death and serendipity. Tiu tells stories of taking quantum physicists into the forest to play, going out on daily missions to find wonder and spre...
Sep 25, 2018•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 32
What is true human sovereignty and how can we reclaim it? "The true sovereign is the living man and the living woman of the living soil, we tend to forget that." ~ Sacha Stone In this episode entitled A New Earth Beyond Our Personal and Planetary Borders , Amisha shares a moment with former rock musician and founder of both The New Earth Project and Humanitad, Sacha Stone. We hear about his personal journey from early life as a war child, via a career in rock music and deep spiritual enquiry “in...
Sep 18, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 31
How can changing the way that we approach parenting create a brighter future for all of us? In this episode entitled Birthing & Raising a Better World , Amisha takes time to connect with birth worker and parenting consultant Roma Norriss. Roma believes that parenting is the most potent form of activism available to us, and that if just a single generation of children have their emotional needs met, we will see a very different world. She shares stories from her own journey as a parent and explai...
Sep 12, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 30
How can we identify and embody our greatest potential? In this episode entitled Living Your Best Life in Every Moment , Amisha sits down with Kriss Akabusi, who has been many things including a soldier, an Olympian and a TV personality. He is now working as a coach and training as an existential psychotherapist and counsellor. We take a deep dive into Kriss’s life story, uncovering the choices and twists of fate that shaped his remarkable life and career. He shares his journey from a children’s ...
Sep 06, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 29
What does it mean to find our true voice? In this episode entitled Singing the Ancient Codes of Mother Earth to Heal and Remember , Amisha meets Almunis Alejandra Ortiz, a musician and sound healer who helps people find their true voice by tapping into the whole body as an instrument and vehicle of vibrant energy. Almunis shares her understanding of blockages in the voice, how to open a channel for sacred song to come through us and, to repair the balance between feminine and masculine energies ...
Aug 30, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 28
How do we shift from our society from consumerism to citizenship? In this episode entitled Freeing the Citizen Within From The Shackles of Consumerism , Amisha sits down with Jon Alexander of the New Citizenship Project, a social innovation lab designed to promote the role of the citizen and encourage better participation in society. Jon speaks about the work underway to catalyse the shift from identifying as consumers to identifying as citizens. Together he and Amisha speak about how consumeris...
Aug 23, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 27
What does it really take to become a social entrepreneur? In this episode entitled Tending the Roots of Social Business , Amisha sits down with Servane Mouazan, who has spent over 17 years working with women in social enterprise as the founder and director of Ogunte. Servane shares stories from the 7000+ social businesses led by women who have been supported and mentored through the Ogunte network. The network includes a vast array of social businesses in areas from fintech to food security. She...
Aug 16, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 26
How can we change politics for the better to benefit our local communities? In this episode entitled Rewriting the Rules for Local Politics , Amisha meets independent local councillor Peter Macfadyen to learn how Frome (Somerset UK) is transforming from a forgotten market town into one of the most progressive communities in the country. Peter tells the story of how he became Mayor of Frome by accident and rewrote the rules to return a sense of ownership to the community, putting 40% of council t...
Aug 09, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 25
