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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's mind blowing episode I have the absolute pleasure of talking to professional animal communicator Paloma Bärtschi. Paloma describes the electrifying moment she first heard the 'voice' of an animal trying to contact her, and how that first exchange has led to a 22-year career devoted to creating greater understanding between humans and animals. Paloma explains how animals act as a...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode, I talk to visual and performance artist Kamila Kessler about how she affected the monumental change that shifted her life from a career in hospitality consultancy to her true identity as an artist. Kamila talks openly and emotionally about how looking beyond her fears and committing to following the guiding voice of intuition has been key to her success, and we examine the...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode, I have the absolute pleasure of talking to the immensely talented dancer, circus artist, aerialist and teacher Natalie Nicole James, Natalie shares her remarkable journey: from how at an early age she used dance to help her process the trauma of losing her mother, to her escape from domestic violence, and her ensuing fight for justice and a better life. We also discuss...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode, I'm thrilled to be once again talking to award-winning therapist and trauma specialist Sally Baker. In light of the recent allegations against Russell Brand Sally and I discuss the power of the media in shaping our perceptions of survivor and perpetrator, and how women especially are judged in the public arena. We explore the elevated sense of self that can emerge with...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode, I have the absolute pleasure of talking to veteran still life photographer, director and more latterly documentary maker, author and essayist Robert Golden. Robert shares his unique process and discloses the precise moment as an 8-year-old when he knew that making art would become his life. We also unpick the difference between seeing and looking and how generalisation is...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. Today I revisit my conversation with artist and performer Chris Dobrowolski as we focus on the motivation for Chris' new show 'Toy Stories'. We look at the implicit challenges in creating and performing the same material night after night and discuss the notion of authenticity, a central motif of Chris' work. Chris shares his thoughts on the fluid boundaries between what is perceived as real...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In the second episode of my two-part special, coach and mentor Allan Kleynhans talks about the human revolution that occurred taking him from a life buried in drug addiction and destructive beliefs to knowing for the very first time in his life what he wanted to do with his life, and his journey to becoming a world-class coach helping others to dissolve the blocks that stop them from realising...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In the first of an incredible two-part episode, I talk to Master Coach, Speaker and Mentor Allan Kleynhans. Allan shares his extraordinary life story charting his childhood in the racist and segregated South Africa of the 1960s and 70s, through military service and the horrors of the Angolan Civil War to a life plagued with guilt and shame and inevitable alcohol and substance abuse. Please...