Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this uplifting episode, I talk to Mind-Body Transformation Specialist and Homeopath Sadhna Chaman. Sadhna talks about how she first discovered she had a gift for healing at a very early age and how it has now become her mission to help others on their own healing journeys. We debate the 'mind body connection' and the critical importance of mindset in changing our lives. Sadhna also busts a few...
May 15, 2024•51 min•Ep. 76
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode, I talk to Sustainable Stylist and Founder of the Ethical Brand Directory Roberta Lee. Roberta reveals how corporate burnout and a deep seated feeling of unhappiness, caused her to develop an addiction to buying clothes, which at it's height would see her spending up to £500 per month - and then the shocking pivotal event that changed her life and career path forever. Roberta reca...
May 08, 2024•59 min•Ep. 75
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode, I talk to portrait photographer and film maker Amit Lennon. It's a real pleasure to listen to Amit share the his journey from Astronomy & Physics graduate to award winning photographer, and hear his personal perspectives on what makes a good portrait. Amit talks about his love of film making, and his recent portrait project, a fascinating exploration into the world of AI, tha...
May 01, 2024•59 min•Ep. 74
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode, I talk to theatre director, puppet whisperer, author and Artistic Director of Theatre-Rites, Sue Buckmaster. Sue is often asked to speak about the high profile projects that she's working on but in this fascinating conversation we talk about all the things that have formed her, from her extraordinary family background, to her deep desire to better herself and the debilitating ill...
Apr 24, 2024•58 min•Ep. 73
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode, I talk once again to undercover artist Sharon Bennett about her upcoming art show 'Tribe'. Alongside fellow artist Jamie Ashman, Sharon promises an odyssey of fashion, music and dance culture. In this episode we look at how the emergence of fashion tribes have historically always been as a response to socioeconomic upheaval - heralding phases of youth rebellion. We discuss the re...
Apr 17, 2024•42 min•Ep. 72
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this week's episode, I'm joined again by award winning therapist and speaker Sally Baker as we talk about her brilliant new book 'The Getting of Resilience from the Inside Out'. Sally uses the story of her own childhood trauma as the foundation for the book, to help illustrate that you can emerge from years of self sabotaging behaviour to live a fulfilling and trauma free life. We discuss pare...
Apr 10, 2024•46 min•Ep. 71
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this week's episode, I talk to multidisciplinary artist, digital innovator and creator of pioneering 'Looty Art' the brilliant Chidi Nwaubani. In this illuminating and inspiring conversation, Chidi recounts the inception of Looty, and how he devised an extraordinary plan to successfully 'steal back' the Benin Bronzes from the British Museum in a daring heist. We look at the traumatic history h...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 70
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode, I talk to undercover artist and cancer survivor Sharon Bennett. Sharon shares unusual and enlightening revelations around the chemotherapy and cancer treatment she underwent, from a wild non-stop stream of ideas, a side effect of the steroids she was taking, to the unexpected employment discrimination she faced, and the effect of PTSD after her all-clear diagnosis. And Sharon als...
Mar 27, 2024•44 min•Ep. 69
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode, I talk to healer Amy O'Day about 'Compassionate Self Healing'. Having suffered from autoimmune illnesses for decades Amy explains the way she finally cured herself of these seemingly incurable conditions. We discuss the critical importance of being allowed to express anger and emotion, how trans-generational trauma can create illness and why when we're triggered our inner 3 year ...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 68
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode I get the opportunity to talk to the Exiled Medic himself Fabian Kowallik. Fabian is gaining a huge following on Instagram as a detox specialist in the field of holistic health. Having come from a family of doctors and training as a medic himself, he decided to try a different path when the conventional treatments for his chronic conditions failed him. During our conversation Fabi...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 67
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode, I talk to the author, podcast host, EFT Practitioner and Soma Breathwork coach Philly J Lay about her incredible journey of self-healing after a near death medical procedure left her with PTSD and an addiction to alcohol and opiates. Philly describes the years of disintegration of her physical and emotional health, and the fear that propelled her to take radical action when she f...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 66
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this episode, I’m joined by the incredible Catherine Keattch. Catherine is a creator of vibrational essences, an essence practitioner, energy healer, spiritual explorer and co-director at Crystal Herbs Ltd. After giving up a career as a professional musician and teacher she began her own spiritual journey of discovery and has been working with flower and gem essences for over 30 years. Catheri...
Feb 28, 2024•47 min•Ep. 65
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode, I talk with passionate outfluencer and queen of sustainability Anna Kilpatrick. Anna shares her views on how we have become drunk on convenience and consumerism and how society's orgy of consumption is not only polluting the planet but driving us to live increasingly out of sync with the natural rhythm of nature. We discuss how buying new things is entangled with the idea of h...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 64
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In this uplifting Valentine special senior therapist Sally Baker joins me once again to discuss the emotionally charged arena of online dating and how to succeed at it. She explains exactly how to gain clarity around who and what you want, and how to best avoid those tricky virtual red, amber and beige dating flags. Sally has also very generously given us free access to her online dating course -...
Feb 14, 2024•39 min•Ep. 63
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I'm joined by Ideation Coach and Founder of Think Different Nation Tye Glover. After being labelled as learning disabled and consigned to a future of manual work Tye describes how the spectre of imposer syndrome haunted him for years, until he finally found the belief to create his own business teaching people how to connect to their ideas and creativity. Tye also explains the theory behind...
Feb 08, 2024•51 min•Ep. 62
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode, I talk to the ISS or International Service Systems, Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Kat Parsons about what diversity and inclusion really looks like in the world of work in the 21st Century. Kat talks openly and vulnerably about how her personal life and past employment experiences were a direct and significant influence on her groundbreaking policies for the workfo...
Jan 31, 2024•45 min•Ep. 61
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's eye-opening episode, I talk to Ryan Douglas founder and podcast host of 'Health Wealth'. Ryan reveals to us what health wealth really means and how simple shifts in our diet and lifestyle can have dramatic effects on our wellbeing, often reversing conditions previously believed irreversible. We look at ingrained beliefs about western medicine versus herbal and holistic cures, and exami...
Jan 24, 2024•53 min•Ep. 60
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode I talk to the extraordinary author, storyteller, playwright, hopepunk and happiness activist Bernadette Russell. In this beautiful and thoughtful conversation we discuss Bernadette's 366 day kindness journey, which was ignited by the London riots of 2011. Bernadette talks about how she charted her journey, noting acts of kindness given, received and observed and how this daily ...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 59
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode I once again have the pleasure of welcoming back expert mediator Jane Gunn, to discuss her new book, 'The Mole and the Mountain'. In this book Jane provides a map to understanding the conflict journeys that can arise anywhere and at any time in our lives. Jane also talks about what prompted her to write this book and why more than ever we need to understand how to navigate conf...
Jan 10, 2024•39 min•Ep. 58
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I have the immense pleasure of talking to the Chief Executive of the Night Time Industries Association, Michael Kill not only about his passion for the night-time economy and culture, but also about the worrying rise of conscious bystander behaviour. We examine how the long and gradual disintegration of community may be one of the reasons for the growing reluctance to become involved in try...
Jan 03, 2024•47 min•Ep. 57
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Once again I have the utmost pleasure of talking to award-winning therapist Sally Baker. Today we tackle the subject of our behaviours around alcohol. We examine what makes us drink to excess, how we normalise abnormal and unsafe behaviours around drinking, and the staggering psychological and physiological changes that begin to occur when we abstain from alcohol for an extended period, Sally als...
Dec 27, 2023•36 min•Ep. 56
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. The Podcast has hit its first birthday, and, in this episode, I talk about the past year, how I have been evolving and learning as well as the difficulties I have faced. I talk about the affirmations, mantras and lessons I have had to remind myself of including the importance of silencing that inner voice of self-doubt and criticism. In 2024 I will continue to use my voice and the voices of other...
Dec 20, 2023•8 min•Ep. 55
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I talk to Divine Potential coach and hypnotherapist the wonderful Anastasia Gerali. We look at how to reframe negative experiences as Anastasia shares her own emotional journey through bankruptcy, homelessness and abandonment, and what it was that brought her back from the brink of despair. Anastasia also shares her beliefs about manifestation, wealth consciousness, and what real abundance ...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 54
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I talk to former therapist, intuitive coach and mentor Amanda Hart about the publication of her long anticipated book 'Sue Me', a memoir of her experiences of domestic abuse and coercive control. She reveals the surprising backlash the book received and how it stalled at initial publication in 2015. Amanda also shares how she survived a childhood of graphic physical, emotional and mental ab...
Dec 06, 2023•47 min•Ep. 53
In this episode, Caroline revisits some past episodes including conversations with workplace lawyer Hayley Johnson, communication coach Christine Mullaney and theatre director Paul Bourne. These conversations look at their personal perceptions of finding, having and using your voice in the workplace and the world. They explore what this can mean if you are someone who doesn’t fit in and the many biases surrounding accent as well as how to feel empowered as individuals. KEY TAKEAWAYS People look ...
Nov 29, 2023•21 min•Ep. 52
Hello everyone and welcome to the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. As many of you know last week marked the 50th episode of the series and gave me a moment to reflect on my journey so far and what I intended to do. I feel incredibly proud to have been able to bring a vision to fruition, to use my voice, and provide a platform for investigation and discussion. I would especially like to thank you the Perception Podcast listeners, thank you for listening, for following and ...
Nov 22, 2023•4 min•Ep. 51
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I'm marking this the 50th episode of the series by inviting back my very first guest Professor of Experimental Psychology Daniel C. Richardson to deep dive into the fitting topic of memory. Once again I'm astounded by the insights shared by Dan as we learn that despite having an immense capacity for recognition, memory is not an objective instrument of recall, but essentially serves as a to...
Nov 15, 2023•46 min•Ep. 50
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I talk to healing arts practitioner, hypnotherapist and superconsciousness guide Magdalena Baciu. We discuss choosing to trust the power of the body's intelligence against relentless and unhealthy workplace practices that create a culture where we continue to feel we have no choice but to put ourselves last. Magdalena shares her own story of overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and a se...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 49
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I talk to holistic healer, health coach, hypnotist and author Simone Gisondi. In this truly eye-opening episode, Simone opens up about how a near-death experience completely changed her life and way of looking at health, healing and nutrition. We look at how the food industry perpetuates false information regarding food and nutrition, and we address the underlying psychological, emotional, ...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 48
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I'm joined by acclaimed actor, musician and activist Tam Dean Burn. Once dubbed 'The scariest actor in Scotland', Tam talks about how he saw acting as an escape route to possibility and how that vision evolved into a prolific career spanning nearly 50 years. From working with the likes of Steven Berkoff and Irving Welsh to his more recent work raising climate awareness with children Tam has...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 47
