Musical Memoirs Podcast

In episode 5 I talk to the very interesting Dr Tamara Russell.   With two PhDs and a blackbelt in Shaolin Kung Fu she is a neuroscientist, author, clinical psychologist, martial arts & mindfulness teacher and leading innovator in the well-being space.Tamara talks about the challenges of training at Wu Dang mountain in China, the joys of practice in Barbados, mindfulness teaching in Brazil and using Nimcha swords in Morocco. She tells me how she uses techniques she's learned through her years of neuroscience research, psychology, martial arts and her own creative practices to help people at her Dragon Academy and how her different approaches including Mindfulness through movement can be especially helpful to people with ADHD.  As with all my guests she picks 5 tracks and tells me why they mean something to her.For more info see:https://thedragonacademy.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/drtamararussell/https://drtamararussell.comCheck out more info and other ways to listen to this podcast series: https://linktr.ee/MusicalMemoirsPodcast

In Episode 4, I talk to my amazingly talented & super creative friend Laura Mears-Reynolds; Podcaster, Activist, Designer, Label Owner & all round wonderful person. She is the co-creator of the ADHD As Females Podcast.This episode is out in October which is ADHD Awareness month.We talk about how the ADHDAF podcast started and about it's metioric rise in popularity with nearly a million listens in 191 countries around the world!!She tells me about the struggles her & others have from a having a late or in a lot of cases no diagnosis and how they're trying to affect change in both the diagnosis process & the way the media talk about ADHD. We also talk about living & working in Ibiza, Thailand and Australia, all accompanied by 5 of Laura's favourite tracks in her Adventures in Rave soundtrack.For more info go to:ADHD AF: https://adhdasfemales.comMore ADHD things: https://linktr.ee/adhdasfemalesFestival Safe Space, Fun & Stalls: https://theemporiumof.comLaura's Label for Festival Hats & Accessories: https://www.instagram.com/hathor.hedonismLaura's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraisadhdafDirty Laundry Book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/458725/dirty-laundry-by-emery-richard-pink-and-roxanne/9781529915402Check out more info and other ways to listen to this podcast series: https://linktr.ee/MusicalMemoirsPodcast

Here in episode 3 I talk with Quintin Clover who runs Kanallan, an organisation that facilitate humantitarian projects in developing countries around the world.  He tells me how the organisation has helped over 100,000 people in the past 9 years, including building schools and safe houses, their girls empowerment programme in Nepal and various education projects in Asia & Africa.  We also play 5 tracks that Quintin has picked and he tells me why each one means something to him.* For more info or to donate towards their work visit: www.kanallan.com or www.indigochildrensfund.com.* Also available to listen/download/subscribe via: https://linktr.ee/MusicalMemoirsPodcast

Carrying on in this series where I'm talking to people who I find interesting and inspiring, episode 2 is an interview with my good friend Lorna Cole.  She tells me about her journey from being a radio presenter in Ibiza to becoming a psychotherapist with her own practice in London.  We play 5 tracks that mean something to her and she tells me about who inspires her too.To find out more information about Lorna and her practice go to: https://www.goodsoultherapy.co.uk* Also available to listen/download/subscribe via all podcast platforms, links at: https://linktr.ee/MusicalMemoirsPodcast

Episode 1 is an interview with Sean Hughes (former resident DJ for Cream Ibiza) where he tells stories of cycling from England to Ibiza with very little preparation, completing one of the hardest Iron Man challenges & running the London marathon without actually registering.  He also takes us through 5 tracks that mean something to him; one that gives him goosebumps, a classic he couldn't live without, a new one he can't stop listening to, one that stopped him in his tracks and a guilty pleasure.* Also available to listen/download/subscribe via all podcast platforms, links at: https://linktr.ee/MusicalMemoirsPodcast