Most of us don’t talk about debt, we live in FOFO – Fear of Finding Out; something Clare Seal did until, £27k in debt, she turned financial rock bottom into rocket fuel for change, not just for herself but tens of thousands of others. In this episode, Clare opens up to Melanie about how her desire to fit in led to mounting debt and how reflecting on the impact of ADHD helped her redefine her relationship with money. She shares the practical steps and mindset shifts that helped her climb out...

First, pinch me time — because we’ve got the REAL-LIFE LEGEND that is Yotam Ottolenghi on the show! If anyone has ever wondered what the celebrated chef, writer, restaurateur, and veggie rehabilitator Yotam Ottolenghi is truly like, this episode is the perfect introduction. You’ll meet a clever, driven, and utterly charming person whose life mission is to make people happy through food. We dive into a career that began with unexpected fame and evolved into him becoming one of the world’s most...

This episode is a masterclass on how to rebuild when a dream career ends, and how to start again and do it better. Henry Holland is a fashion designer turned ceramicist renowned for his quintessentially British style, but beneath his playful image lies a belief system and mindset that’s taken him from a chip shop in Ramsbottom to the catwalks of London, and beyond.   In this episode Melanie and Henry explore his two ‘instant success’ stories, how a mental health crisis at university set him...

How does feeling not good enough as a kid impact us when we’re older? What can we do to wise up to a culture that sells us crappy stuff to make us feel better? Does finding the sweet spot of enoughness help? Enter Aja Barber, a writer with 237,000 Instagram followers, a critically acclaimed book, Consumed, and a fearless attitude when it comes to telling the unvarnished truth about how fast fashion really works.  Aja Barber doesn’t sugar coat it. In this conversation Melanie and Aja talk...

Are we doing enough to change the way we shop for clothes? Is the sustainable fashion movement making any progress? Find out the reality in this episode of The Enoughness.  Melanie talks to Rachel Arthur, one of the most influential women in fashion you may never have heard of. Why? Rachel created the United Nations Sustainable Fashion Playbook, a guide for influencers and fashion communicators to inspire us all to buy less crap, and love and appreciate clothes more. In this episode we trash...

Giselle La Pompe-Moore is an inspirational author who writes about how to live a successful, hustle-free life, often with a side order of brilliantly blunt social media commentary. For this conversation Gigi tells Melanie how she achieved her dream career only to find it wasn’t what she wanted. Then shares how that realisation informed her excellent book, Take It In, a handbook for finding everyday happiness and living your best life. Gigi shares her experience as a woman of colour in her...

How did Savile Row entrepreneur Patrick Grant become Britain’s best-known advocate against crappy plastic clothes and the owner of an affordable clothing factory in Blackburn? And why did an exploding oven tray and dodgy plug socket result in Less, his 2024 bestselling book about how we can all live happier lives with less but better stuff?  In this conversation, Melanie and Patrick leap from the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius to £1 lunches, why he properly loves a factory, and how making...

Getting to the essence of what we need to thrive in life is trial and error for some, and an uphill struggle for others. Something successful author and beauty editor Sali Hughes knows only too well because she’s lived on both sides of the poverty divide.  In this conversation Melanie and Sali talk about the craziness of skincare misinformation - salmon sperm, anyone? - the joy of Chanel, why hyaluronic acid is not what you think it is, and the spark that ignited her hygiene poverty charity...

After achieving his PHD in Public Health Dr Brett Staniland did something crazy, he shifted his career to fashion, bringing his academic love of a fancy fact with him. Today, the 30-year-old model, activist and identical twin is on a mission to inspire the Love Island generation to make positive change - and, so far, he’s nailing it.  Thanks to Brett’s subtle activism while appearing on the show, Love Island dropped their fast fashion sponsors for eBay, sparking a culture shift towards...

How do we find our good enough? Psychotherapist Jodie Cariss is co-founder of  the world’s first on-demand mental health service, The Self Space, and understands this subject so well she has the tattoo to prove it.   In this conversation Melanie and Jodie discuss where feelings of not good enough come from – hello core beliefs! - and go there with their own too.  They also talk about the importance of creating a space between wanting and having, and why little everyday actions help us find,...

The Enoughness with Melanie Rickey is a brand new podcast about finding our just right in life. Inspired by the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, in each episode our inspiring guests from the world’s of style, wellbeing, entrepreneurship and many more reveal how they navigate their too much and not enough to land in their just right. Our first full episode is up on Monday 17th June 2024.  Here’s a little taste of what’s to come. If you want to hear more, hit that subscribe or follow...