On this episode of Humanity is a Beautiful Thing I am joined by Hermione a serial entrepreneur and CEO. Her newest venture CEO YOURSELF is a podcast and platform for motivational and inspirational content to mentor women personally and professionally on their journeys. CEO YOURSELF is designed to help you become the CEO of your own life. Back in September 2021 Hermione shared Deepak Chopra’s 21 Day Abundance Meditation Challenge on her social media and I took part with thousands of other...

After an unforseen hiatus Humanity is a Beauitful Thing is back with more wonderful guests and conversations. Some of my greatest role models, teachers, mentors, and friends are my male nurse colleagues therefore it felt so important to take the time to talk about mens mental health so on todays episode I am thrilled to be joined by Pat Divilly, an author, speaker, transformative breathwork teacher and health and wellness coach who runs programs to support men’s mental health. I have been...

Welcome back to Humanity is a Beautiful Thing.  As you may or may not have picked up, I work full time and generally also pick up extra shifts and all of us know too well the pressures of winter, it has been busy and stressful, so we are back a couple of weeks later than what I had expected. Part of developing this podcast was to shed light on the true realities of being an ICU nurse so I try to practice what I preach about well-being and self-care and and I have needed my recent days off to...

Humanity is a Beautiful Thing is having a rest over Christmas and New Year, I will be back in 2024 with wonderful, inspiring, and thought-provoking conversations but this is a little message to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

Stephen, Shawn and their family consented to the recording and release of this episode.  On today’s episode of Humanity is a Beautiful Thing I am joined by Stephen. In 2018 Stephen’s son Shawn was working and living in Sydney, Australia. On the 29th of July he fell 12 meters off an overpass. He was a major trauma and sustained multiple life-threatening injuries including a traumatic brain injury, pelvic fractures, facial fractures, and skull fractures, amoung others. After spending four...

On today episode I am joined by my SoulCycle spin instructor, Liv. I used today’s episode to not merely have a discussion on what SoulCycle is and why I find Liv inspiring but to shed some light on the importance of community and where you find your community or communities, ways you can fill your cup and where you can find the things you need in places that you did not think you would find it.  Liv is a spin instructor at SoulCycle and Nike Well Collective Coach, her classes are spicy, fun,...

On the second episode of Humanity is a Beautiful Thing I am joined by Rory Warnock. Rory specialises in breathwork and nervous system regulation using evidence-based breathing tools and techniques to help improve mental and physical health and optimise wellbeing and performance. Rory is an industry-leading performance and wellness coach, ultra endurance and ultramarathon runner, ambassador, and keynote speaker.  I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation; Rory was so professional yet so easy to...

On the first episode of humanity is a beautiful thing I am joined by Dr. Tara Swart a medical doctor, former psychiatrist in the NHS, neuroscientist, senior lecturer at MIT and best-selling author of ‘The Source.’ Open your mind change your life.  In this episode Tara discusses how science and spirituality can co-exist, managing our emotions, neuroplasticity, the ability for the brain to change throughout life, manifestation and vision boards explained through cognitive science, boosting our...

This podcast is a safe space for nurses to be heard, to be seen, and to be understood. My name is Ali, and I have been an Intensive Care Nurse for seven years. I know the reality of what it is to be a nurse, the emotional toll, and the fast-paced, critical challenges that we are met with every day. But during this intensity, how do we protect our well-being? As ever purposeful and fulfilling our job is, it comes with many sacrifices and challenges. Not only can it affect our personal lives...