Episode 6 : Amanda Feilding

Lola Lennox talks about her music and her new album and single ´Want More´. She talks to Susie Pearl about her process of songwriting and recording her musical influences.   Lola shares what it was like going on the road with her mum Annie Lennox when she was a young girl, watching her sing to massive audiences and the inspiration she felt to build her voice in her own way.  This episode explores Lola´s journey of becoming a singer including her time in London at music school and then moving to LA.  She talks about when she was asked to be a backing singer for her mum´s shows.  How she found her real sound while recording in LA.     Lola talks about her future and where she wants to head in her life as a woman and a musician.  The beauty, humility and strength of this artist emanates from this up-close and personal conversation between two friends. 

Susie Pearl talks to Amanda Feilding, a drug researcher and leader of scientific research in the area of psychedelic drugs.  Amanda is founder of the Beckley Foundation, a charity supporting research into the effects of psychoactive substances on the brain and cognition.

For this episode I speak to Gregg Braden , a New York times best selling author, researcher, educator, lecturer and internationally renowned speaker on consciousness. His work bridges the latest science, spirituality and human potential.  He talks about how human emotions affect DNA and the collective power of healing our body and the world around us and how we are going into a time with great potential for peace..

Susie Pearl and singer KT Tunstall catch up in London talking about life, music and living your dreams. KT talks about her daily habits,  journaling, how she writes songs, her most creative moments and how fame screwed her up in a good way.  She talks about how to catch an idea and how there was only ever a plan A - she never entertained a plan B. She talks about how she asked for an extraordinary life and got one.  Listen to these two friends chatting together about what fame is like and how her meltdown was the best thing that ever happened.

Listen in as Jasmine Hemsley and Susie Pearl catch-up on what’s happening in the world of Ayurveda, wellbeing, gut health, home food and sustainability. Friends for 10 years, these two started working together when Jasmine was making soup from her kitchen table for Gary Barlow when he was filming for X factor. Word quickly spread about how nourishing the food is and how well her approach to wellbeing works.  She set up Hemsley and Hemsley with sister Melissa and partner Nick. The H&H brand has grown to include two best-selling cookbooks, a cafe in London’s Selfridges and a TV series broadcast globally. Jasmine’s concept for wellbeing involves a 360 degree approach to health. In 2017, she released her award-winning book East by West, a cookbook based on the ancient philosophy of Ayurveda. Jasmine is an ambassador for sustainable fashion, nourishing food, natural beauty and holistic wellbeing. Susie and Jasmine catch up in London’s Soho to share ideas on all things wellbeing and what it means to live a conscious lifestyle.

Susie is in conversation with US TV presenter Ricki Lake while she has been over in London filming for Celeb X Factor. The conversation covers getting over loss and grief, the healing power of CBD oil, what Simon is really like and what she has been getting up to in London. Join them on this next episode of Conversations and listen to their no-holding back honest chat.

Susie is in conversation with David Lynch talking about the power of TM meditation, his daily routine, how he approaches ideas and creativity for his films and what living the Art Life means to him.  David talk about why coffee and cigarettes are important for him to get started,  how to catch your big ideas and how to know which ideas to act on.  He tells a personal story about John Lennon and Maharishi in India about keeping ideas.