This week we revisit our favourite past episodes as the finale of season 1 draws closer. I spoke to Donna Stead about her adorable cat Heidi, who has feline asthma and has soared to Instagram fame with more than 10k followers. Donna is also a brilliant cat foster mummy who works closely with 'Mog on the Tyne Cafe' based in Newcastle UK. The cafe provides rescue cats with shelter until they find permanent homes. All cat lovers are welcome to enjoy the sweet kitties along with a warming beverage. ...
Oct 20, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 65
This week Michelle speaks with Samantha Kidjo founder of ICI Care a personalised hair care products company and she is a passionate engineer. She has spent many years trying to figure out her own hair, between the greenwashing, the toxicity of some products, and self-acceptance. ICI Care is the result of that journey. She now wants to give as many people as possible the tools and knowledge to take care of themselves in a way that is safe for them and doesn't harm the environment. Samantha is a h...
Oct 13, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 64
This week Michelle speaks with Peter Celestus, who is a Belgium national who came to London in 1996. He worked for a British Company in Belgium and was offered a 2-year assignment to the London head office which ended up lasting 15 years. During this time Peter's career really took off as he climbed the ranks. In 2011, Peter decided he had seen enough of corporate life and wanted more freedom and to step off the ladder. He completely changed his lifestyle by downsizing significantly and build up...
Oct 06, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 63
This week Michelle speaks with Harriet Emily, she is a renowned sound healing practitioner, who specializes in the Gong and Crystal Singing Bowls. She has been involved in the healing community since childhood and has since traveled the world sharing her work across London, the UK, the USA, and Europe. She has worked with the likes of BareMinerals, Free People, Lululemon, Anthropologie, ITV Network, Soho House Group, Mandarin Oriental Hotels, The Mandrake Hotel, and Design Hotels. Harriet has al...
Sep 29, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 62
This week Michelle speaks with Carla Francis founder of a pet-friendly website and author of Travelling with Pets (5th edition) published by Woodslane Press. The second book is a newly released travel memoir titled The Cat with Three Passports. Carla has been extensively featured in the UK, across Australia, on SBS radio. Carla has made significant contributions to the Japan Times, as a staff writer for major pet food companies, and travel magazines. She is also the in-house pet travel expert fo...
Sep 22, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 61
This week Michelle speaks with Maris Passarelli, is the founder of Green Ramona an e-commerce business that stands up against greenwashing, while supporting other small businesses. Maris left her native country nearly 10 years ago; she quit the corporate world, sold everything that would not fit in a bag, and left to travel the world. Since then, she's not looked back (even when she had to clean toilets for a living). She's said goodbye to her previous concept of a 'fixed career', nurtured her i...
Sep 15, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 60
*Trigger warning this episode contains explicit content about animal cruelty. This week Michelle speaks with Britt Collins, she is an English journalist who writes for the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Independent, Harper's Bazaar, Conde Nast Traveller, and Billionaire.com. She has volunteered at animal sanctuaries around the world, from tending big cats and baboons in Namibia to wild horses in Nevada-a labor of love that has inspired features for the Guardian and the Sunday Times. While writi...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 59
This week Michelle speaks with Iona Allan, she is an Australian violinist and avid cat lover, who also happens to be one of our cat sitters at Chatty Cats Care. Iona moved to London 3 years ago to start a master's degree in music and has been performing and teaching violin. She grew up with a variety of animals in Australia including a bird, guinea pig, and finally, after many years of begging her mother, on her 14th birthday, she got her dream pet, a cat! Iona's beautiful cat Dusty was a rescue...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 58
This week Michelle speaks with Chris Roy, he is the father of several cats and dogs and the creator of Doobert.com, an online software platform for animal welfare volunteers and organizations. As a multi-engine pilot from Milwaukee, Chris has flown hundreds of animal rescue missions and has helped relocate animals from high-kill shelters to no-kill shelters, rescues, and sanctuaries. With his experience and expertise in IT, he continues to look for ways to make it easier for everyone to help ani...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 57
This week Michelle speaks with Anouska Taylor, she is an experienced voice teacher, Jungian coach, and professional singer. She has been training clients around the world for over a decade, to find the full potential of their unique voice. She offers transformational voice coaching for singers and speakers, using her unique approach combining 4 key areas- voice physiology, vocal technique, paralinguistics, and voice psychology (using Jungian psychology). Anouska is a member of the British Voice ...
Aug 11, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 56
This week Michelle speaks with Carla Coulson she is a photographer and life coach and helps women say Yes to themselves by reconnecting to their creativity, joy, and passion. Her mission is to lead women out of chaos, confusion or feeling stuck so they can access deeper creativity, love, health, success, confidence, and fun. Carla has authored 3 photography books Including Italian Joy, her story of leaving Sydney to find the right life for her as a photographer in Italy. She has collaborated on ...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 55
This week Michelle speaks with Marian Lee, a 24-year-old woman from Beijing. She grew up in China and came to the UK when she was just 17 years old to pursue her interest in acting. She did a BSc in Psychology at UCL before she came to The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama to do BA Acting CDT. From a teenager to a young adult, she has always had an interest in acting, and her experience at Central has really broadened this interest, so now she is also looking into directing, writing, and ...
Jul 21, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 54
This week Michelle speaks with Cheryl Muir, she is a Relationship Expert who specialises in helping high-achieving men and women overcome dating drama and build healthy relationships. Cheryl is the creator of The Dating Drama Empowerment Method and uses this method, combined with no-nonsense transformational coaching, to free her clients from a lifetime of painful patterns in love and relationships. Cheryl is based in the Lake District and is a regular in UK media, having been featured in Metro,...
Jul 14, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 53
This week Michelle speaks with special guest Samantha Renke, born in Germany and raised in Lancashire, She is an actress, presenter, disability activist, inclusion and equality consultant, and keynote speaker. Prior to moving to London, she was a modern languages teacher. She is a columnist for the Metro and has written a multitude of articles on what it is like to be disabled in a disabling world, as well as several socio-cultural criticisms on patronising attitudes, body image, bullying, LGBTQ...
Jul 07, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 52
This week Michelle speaks with Kelly McCallum, she is an artist who uses a multitude of techniques. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2001. One year later, she added a Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts, graduating Cum Laude in Animal Science/Pre Veterinarian studies. In 2003, she returned to RISD to focus on metalsmithing for a year. A move to London in 2004 saw her begin a Master of Arts at the Royal College of Art, which sh...
Jul 01, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 51
This week Michelle speaks with Lucy Jeffrey, the founder of Bare Kind. She sells bamboo socks where 10% of the profits are donated to help save the animal on the sock. She partners with animal conservation charities to donate these funds and recently has launched her first-ever 'rescue' sock. The design is dedicated to her own bunny rabbits, and 10% of the profits are donated to One Bunny at a Time, a brilliant charity that helps rescue bunny rabbits and finds them homes. Find out more from Bare...
Jun 23, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 50
This week Michelle speaks with Semra Havsever, she is an eclectic psycho-spiritual witch, author, and creator of Mama Moon Candles. Her mission is to create tools to make magical manifesting tools that are accessible to everyone. Semra is also a proud cat mum of two British Blue Cats. Get 10% off with the code magiccats10 visit www.mamamooncandles.com or Instagram @Mama Moon Candles Join Michelle for weekly episodes as she invites guest speakers from coaches, personal trainers, yogis, business o...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 29
This week Michelle speaks with James Morgan-Jones, a published Author of The Glasswater Quintet, a series of psychological thrillers, with a supernatural touch. James Morgan-Jones was born and brought up on the Essex/London borders. His mother was Welsh and his father from the East End. He trained as a professional actor at the Guildhall school of music and drama in London and worked for several years in the theatre. After a serious accident, he re-trained as a Feline Behaviourist and now lives ...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 28
This week Michelle speaks with Katie Commodore, she is an amazing professional artist with an intriguing story to share. Katie attended the Maryland Insitute College of Art, in Baltimore graduating with a BFA in illustration. Katie's professional career includes working as a studio manager and Artist/Personal Assistant for Maya Lin, the designer of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC. She worked at several museums and is currently the Administrative Director of Crux; LCA, a cooperative of Bla...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 47
This week Michelle speaks with Wendie Patrick I.C.M.G., C.C.M.S, the owner of Dogs Pride, suppliers, educators, and distributors of safe practice and pet grooming. Wendie is a full-time animal lover with a passion to inform the world on how to treat your pet as you would yourself. She touches base on a wide range of wellness care for your pet such as the right type of diet your animal needs, exercise routines, how to properly use the right kind of CBD for you and your pet, supplement source, saf...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 46
This week Michelle speaks with Anita Kelsey, who holds a first-class honors degree in Feline Behaviour and Psychology. Anita also writes for Your Cat magazine and is on their expert panel answering reader questions about cat grooming CFBA (Canine and Feline Behaviour) magazine as well as being a full member. Her first book 'Claws, Confessions Of A Professional Cat Groomer' was published by John Blake in 2017 with her second book 'Let's Talk About Cats' just released on Amazon US and UK. Anita is...
May 19, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 45
This week Michelle speaks with Geri Butner, she is a former startup and corporate leader who spent a decade specialising in making ideas come to life. After realizing her passion for kickstarting change and making an impact, she became a Life and Business Coach to help dreamers turn their vision into their reality. Geri works with her clients to help them awaken their potential, master their minds and develop the strategy and commitment needed to achieve their wildest goals. Geri is also a wonde...
May 12, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 44
This week Michelle speaks with Chris Hudson and Shelly Hail the Artists and Founders of Crazy Cat Lady Ceramics, which started in 2013 with the mission to help people celebrate the joy animals bring into their lives. They are our family members, companions, and often best friends. Every product is hand-made and, an original work of art. They make things the old-fashioned way, with a modern touch. Chris has been an active member of the ceramic world for over 20 years. Shelly started her ceramics ...
May 05, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 43
This week Michelle speaks with Melanie Torres, she is a wellness influencer, yoga instructor, and founder of the healthy lifestyle blog Headstands and Heels. By sharing a positive approach to wellness, she hopes to encourage women to priortise their well-being through simple healthy habits, mindfulness, and self-care. Melanie is a pup mum to two gorgeous rescue pups called Nina and Chip, who feature in Mel's posts and videos on a regular basis. They were born to be stars. Melanie shares a heartw...
Apr 28, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 42
This week Michelle speaks with Thomas Gudgeon, he has a background in working as an events account manager for a luxury boutique hotel. However, since the onset pandemic, Tom was furloughed and later made redundant like so many thousands of people right now. But during the lockdown, Tom made a spontaneous yet, amazing purchase of an adorable kitten called Nigel. Since Tom has created a fan-based Instagram page for his adorable little kitty Nigel, who has been compared to celebrities like Johnny ...
Apr 21, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 41
*Content warnings: This episode contains a mention of domestic violence* This week Michelle speaks with Nova Barton founder of Nova Coaching, she is originally from West London, but now resides in a small mining village in the Rhondda Valleys and this has been her home with her son for the past 4 years. Nova has worked for over twenty years in the substance misuse and criminal justice fields. It was whilst working in a community recovery service in Berkshire that she discovered Laughter Yoga, an...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 40
*Content Warnings: This episode contains a mention of Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Suicide* This week Michelle speaks with Vanessa Wallace. She is an emotional well-being coach and psychotherapist. Having come into recovery herself in 2001 from some serious mental health issues and addiction, she has made it her mission to help others recover from emotional difficulties and live the life they dream of. Vanessa's REBEL method is her template for her recovery journey that she takes her clie...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 39
This week Michelle speaks with Solomon Smith the founder of Brixton Soup Kitchen, a community space for homeless people and people in desperate need. The Soup Kitchen provides people with food, drinks, companionship, advice, and much more on a weekly basis. Solomon started feeding the homeless at the tender age of 7 years old, which is when he recognised that there was a disparity in our society. Since then he has fed and helped thousands of people and provided assistance to vulnerable people wh...
Mar 31, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 38
This week Michelle has an unforgettable conversation with Wilfred Emmanuel Jones OBE, also known as The Black Farmer. In this episode, Wilfred takes us on his life journey of success. He arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation to live in Birmingham in a poverty-stricken environment. But Wilfred had one dream and this was that he would one day own a farm and his father's allotment had a huge influence on this decision. So everything that he did up until now has been a detrimental par...
Mar 24, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 37
This week Michelle speaks with Elayne Peddy, she is a plus-size woman on a mission to give a voice and make noise about the plus-size community in the UK. Over the years of self-discovery and self-acceptance, she has grown to become a woman that uplifts and embraces others, for who they are and not what society states they should be. She is a PLUS SIZE woman that knows in the world of social media, face tune and filters her body is deemed as unhealthy and undesirable, but she's here to change th...
Mar 17, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 36
