How can we heal the feminine in our world from the inside out? In this episode entitled Cleansing the Crucible of Creation , Amisha shares an intimate moment with multidisciplinary creative and social entrepreneur Mallence Bart-Williams. Working in partnership with the royal family of a tiny hidden kingdom in the Asian archipelago, Mallence is bringing to the world an ancient rejuvenation and holistic beauty tool, originally reserved only for Eastern royalty and their concubines. Now this produc...
Jul 31, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 24
What does it truly mean to serve and where do we start? In this episode entitled Serving with EmptyHands – Learning the Law of Love , Amisha meets musician and humanitarian Nimesh 'Nimo' Patel. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Nimo received an Ivy League education, found fame as a rap star, and enjoyed a successful stint working on Wall Street. After the horror of 9/11, Nimo realised that despite his material success, he felt unhappy and unfulfilled. An unexpected phone call from a friend planted...
Jul 25, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 23
How do we free ourselves from the controlling influence of multi-national corporations? In this episode entitled Escaping the Jaws of Hungry Giants , Amisha meets author, filmmaker, and big-picture activist Helena Norberg-Hodge. Together they discuss the influence of multinational corporations in all areas of our lives, and what we can do as individuals to create systemic change. Helena's big-picture activism reveals the interdependent systems of corporate control and urbanisation that are behin...
Jul 19, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Why and how do we create patterns of meaning out of the vast expanse of existence? In this conversation, Jeremy and Amisha explore the world history of our separation from nature, the human instinct to bring meaning and pattern into life, and how we work with the emotions that arise from this, so we can create a flourishing, beautiful sustainable future. "Optimism and pessimism are both cop outs, but hope is a state of mind that things can change. Whether we think they will or not there is that ...
Jul 09, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 21
What action can we take today to help save our oceans from plastic pollution? "If you can work with nature, we can flourish together." ~ Jo Royle In this episode entitled Remembering The Ocean – An Urgent Call to Reconnect and Save our Seas , Amisha meets up with skipper, activist, and ocean campaigner Jo Royle. Jo's work with Common Seas is focused on reducing the threat from plastic pollution, working with industry leaders to eradicate single-use plastics and address the cultural and economic ...
Jul 02, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 20
How to bring people together for experiences that change lives. In this episode entitled Fuelling Creative Fire to Inspire Culture Change , Amisha is in conversation with William Etundi, a curator and creator of "events that touch the world". From jubilant mass political protests to mind-expanding mansion parties, William's events blend social commentary, art and public spectacle. Together Amisha and William discuss their experiences of race, difference, place, belonging and embodying cultural b...
Jun 25, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Creating a high vibrational restaurant to lift spirits, heal bodies and open hearts and minds. In this episode entitled Raising Vibrations and Starting Conversations with Food , Amisha meets Lucile Yaney, a psychotherapist and visionary restaurateur. Lucille shares the story of how the Inn of the Seventh Ray was born of a mystical encounter with the "last eyesore in Topanga" and a year-long commitment to following her heart. Everything at the Inn, from the vibrant food to the meditation gardens,...
Jun 21, 2018•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 18
How to create an open sustainable living community, rooted in compassion and regeneration of the land. "To come to a place where people are willingly here to serve you, to give you a safe and transformative experience, that by itself is healing." ~ Aviram Rozin In this episode entitled Growing Forests and Community Off the Grid , Amisha sits down with Aviram Rozin, founder of Sadhana Forest - a reforestation project and sustainable living community, which was established in 2003 on 70 acres of d...
Jun 14, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 17
How can we better respond to the challenge of climate change by moving beyond denial towards graceful, united action? In this episode entitled Facing Climate Change with Grounded Optimism , Amisha is in conversation with environmental activist, writer, and photographer MARTI, who gave a keynote at the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009 and more recently has been working with indigenous groups across the planet at the front line of the climate crisis. MARTI and Amisha discuss how the proximity...
Jun 07, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 16
What are the real teachings of yoga beyond the physical poses and how can this lead us to a healthier future? In this episode entitled Why Yoga is Much More Than Moving Your Body , Amisha spends time with teacher, Vedic astrologer, and all round wise man Anand Semalty. They speak of the all-encompassing embrace of India, the deep essence there drawing seekers from across the globe, and why there are more saints than soldiers. We hear stories of his childhood growing up as a Brahmin and his choic...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 15
How women will shape a more beautiful future for the planet. In this episode entitled How Women will Shape a More Beautiful Future , Amisha sits down with wise woman, entrepreneur, and activist Lynne Franks - who launched London Fashion Week and the entire PR Industry at a time when female-led businesses were almost unheard of. Lynne believes our future lies with women and girls and it is they who must lead change from the grassroots. She is developing a well-being hub, an archetypal model for w...
May 24, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 14
"Dancing with my daughter and singing my son to sleep is just as cosmic as a star exploding and expiring in space." - Bayo Akomolafe In this week's episode These Times are Urgent, Let Us Slow Down, Amisha takes a deep dive with poet, philosopher, psychologist and professor Bayo Akomolafe into the nature of truth, reality and activism. Bayo offers observations on how our responses in these urgent times may well perpetuate the crisis we try to escape and what the alternatives might be. He expounds...
May 17, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Mapping the experience of cyclical being through archetypes, stories, and song "The more I am in my power the more everything can be empowered - it's not a personal thing - you can't be powerful on your own, its part of a bigger thing." - Boe Huntress In this episode entitled Unveiling a Female Power , Amisha meets singer, songwriter, and creative Boe Huntress. Informed by a long line of songwriters from Bob Dylan, to Kate Bush, to Joni Mitchell, Boe's mytho-poetic songwriting is archetypal and ...
Feb 08, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Bringing ancestral benefits into the modern world by re-connecting to ancient human ways. In this episode entitled Ancestral Health is Modern Wealth , Amisha sits down with Natural Life-stylist Tony Riddle. Tony tells of his quest to live a biologically normal life without raising social eyebrows, the island where his dream became possible, and how he is helping stressed out urbanites reconnect with the ancestral wisdom of the hunter gatherer within. We hear why night shift workers have higher t...
Feb 01, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Exploring the role of performance to promote healing and raise awareness. "We have to get really clear about the fact that any sex without full consent is rape. I think it is very difficult for people to hear that." - Imogen Butler-Cole In this episode entitled The Power of Theatre to Change Perspectives , Amisha meets actress and writer Imogen Butler-Cole, creator of acclaimed theatre show "Foreign Body" exploring the subject of sexual assault. Imogen speaks about creating theatre that is both ...
Jan 25, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 10
An exploration of how technology and human consciousness can come together as a force for good to support the evolution of humanity. "The questions about reality are going to be come deeper and deeper as these technologies are adopted more and our ability to create new realities for ourselves and our communities is not science fiction anymore." - James Hanusa In this episode entitled Creating New Worlds at the Frontiers of Technology and Human Potential , Amisha enters the colliding worlds of ne...
Jan 18, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Cultivating inner power and understanding the tantric perspective of the divine feminine. In this episode entitled Awakening the True Blueprint Within , Amisha sits in reflection with writer, teacher and former swami Sally Kempton. Sally grew up in a secular, socialist environment as the daughter of a well-known liberal journalist in New York, until what she calls a "download of love" during her first psychedelic experience led her to study non-dual yogic philosophy and to meet and follow her gu...
Jan 11, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 8
How to live as a pilgrim, embracing elegant simplicity to find fellowship with all life. In this episode entitled Soil, Soul and Society: A new Trinity for our Time , Amisha sits down with Satish Kumar - co-founder of Schumacher College, editor of Resurgence magazine, and a global activist. They discuss his childhood as a Jain monk, the encounter with death which began his spiritual education, and why he walked out of monastic life - walking 8000 miles from the birthplace of Ghandi to four nucle...
Dec 21, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 7
How to engage moral courage to carry torches of justice, beauty and possibility where shadows loom. In this episode entitled Riding Chariots into Battle and Building Paradise Gardens , Amisha is in conversation with author and humanitarian Zerbanoo Gifford - founder of the Asha centre for young people in the Forest of Dean, former politician, award-winning activist for social justice, cosmic networker, and total badass force for change. Zerbanoo shares some of the most shocking and inspiring mom...
Dec 14, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 6
A journey through loss, discovery, and cultivation of our connection to something bigger. In this episode entitled Finding Our Way Home to the Collective , Amisha meets explorer, documentary filmmaker, and author Bruce Parry. Bruce shares with Amisha some deeply personal stories about finding the place where neuroscience meets indigenous ritual medicines, the chance encounters that changed his life - including with the Kogi, whose intercontinental "interventions" turned him celibate, his theory ...
Dec 07, 2017•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Facing the fundamental teachings of our deepest drivers and greatest taboos and the social dynamics they engender. In this episode entitled Life as a Disobedient Woman , Amisha sits down with activist, artist, provocateur, and entrepreneur Sam Roddick, founder of lingerie brand and sex shop Coco De Mer, and daughter of Body Shop founder Anita Roddick. Sam shares her experience of the formative family dynamics that cultivate activism and their shared passion for delivering education through entre...
Nov 29, 2017•2 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 4
We explore the ancient stories, modern manifestations, and internal expanses of tantra and yogic practice. In this episode entitled Entering the Subtle Depths of Tantrik Yoga , Amisha gets together with Christopher Hareesh Wallis, a scholar and practitioner of the yoga tradition and author of two books on the classical Tantra tradition. Hareesh - whose name meaning "remover of sorrows" was given to him as an "invitation to grow into" by the guru of his mother when he was just 9 years old - joins...
Nov 21, 2017•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This week's episode etitled Forging New Forms in the Heart of Luxury , Amisha meets Cultural Futurist & Creative Director Annegret Affolderbach. As well as being a major contributor to The Future is Beautiful book which inspired this podcast, Annegret is an award-winning, disruptive innovator and social entrepreneur in the world of fashion. Her Choolips fashion brand was produced by a Ghanaian women's co-op, trained by Annegret herself to create exceptional designs using revamped forms of tradit...
Nov 21, 2017•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 2
How can individual experiences of empathy and community with the human and non-human world around us create radical shifts in our planetary ecology? In this first episode of The Future is Beautiful Podcast entitled Love as an Ecological Act , Amisha Ghadiali meets author and speaker Charles Eisenstein. Here the old stories, the current stories, and the new stories of humanity encounter one another and offer their gifts, challenges, and questions. Links from this episode and more at https://allth...
Nov 21, 2017•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 1
