In this episode I’ll share the reasons why it’s important to nurture self care as a writer and a creative. I talk about some of the ways I have learned to not let my creative energy be sapped by the need for productivity as a writer.

In this episode I speak to Glasgow based author Sarah Smith and chat about her top 5 reasons to return to university at 50. An inspiring talk that resonates with me as I am back to university this September, at 50!

In this episode I talk to the author, gardener and food writer Mark Diacono, (founder of Otter Farm in Devon) about the magic of creating flavour and finding inspiration for recipes and writing through growing herbs at home.

In this episode I talk to nature writer, author and mentor Kathryn Aalto about how nature can help the writer to see the world in a different light and draw inspiration from it in their writing.

In this episode I talk about how the art of slow writing helps you through the barriers of mindset and practicalities of a writing practice and makes you lookbehind the reasons for writing and what truly fuels your craft - helping you slow down, give it all meaning and perspective.

This is the first of 4 episodes that tackle the roadblocks we as writers and creatives face - blocks created by self-sabotage that stop us from fulfilling our dreams. In this episode I share my thoughts on procrastination.

This is the first of 4 episodes that tackle the roadblocks we as writers and creatives face - blocks created by self-sabotage that stop us from fulfilling our dreams. In this episode I share my thoughts on procrastination.

In this episode I chat to award-winning food writer and author Eleanor Ford about the way one can chronicle stories of food and culinary culture of faraway lands while respecting the culture we seek to write about and the processes of writing a food and travel cookbook.

I talk to award-winning food writer and Guardian columnist, Felicity Cloake about the soulful art of writing about food and how to forge a career as a food writer.

In this episode I talk about the way food and memories are intertwined and how they can shape us and make us a who we are.

This month’s guest is Jess Collins, soulful marketing coach and manifestress who talks about the magic of manifestation.

This month’s theme is ‘making magic’ in our creative lives. I’m joined by guest Gaelle Jolly who is a calligrapher and bookbinder. We chat about the meditative magic of calligraphy and how it healed her life after bereavement and learn about her positive mindset around her craft.

This month’s theme is ‘making magic’ in our creative lives. I’m joined by guest Gaelle Jolly who is a calligrapher and bookbinder. We chat about the meditative magic of calligraphy and how it healed her life after bereavement and learn about her positive mindset around her craft.

This month’s theme is ‘making magic’ in our creative lives. I’m joined by guest Gaelle Jolly who is a calligrapher and bookbinder. We chat about the meditative magic of calligraphy and how it healed her life after bereavement and learn about her positive mindset around her craft.

Continuing this month’s theme An Aspiring Author, I speak to London-based literary agent Emily Sweet who shares inspiration, insight and information to help you think about how you increase your chances of finding the right representation for your dream career as a published author.

This month’s theme is An Aspiring Author – in this episode I’ll share my top tips to helping you realise your book publication dreams. I’ll share with you my own experiences and how mindset really has a lot to do with it – plus 3 practical tips to help you get closer to your dreams.

We are all guilty of comparison – in this episode I talk about the key ways this negative mindset can affect our creativity and how best to stop it from doing so – allowing us creatives to cut through the noise around us and focus on our own growth.

In this episode I share ways in which you can harness the magic of spices to create a sanctuary of connection and calm in your life. I’ll also share my top 5 magical spices to help you create your spice sanctuary box.

Finding the connection to ourselves through the power of memoir-writing / life-writing is powerful. Tapping into our memories, our lived experiences and penning them down can bring not only a beautiful story to life, but also help us tap into our own ways of processing our experiences. In this inspiring episode, I chat to memoirist, lecturer and editor, Jonathan Taylor about memoir writing and its benefits, and how to begin writing it.

We’ve stopped listening to our own gut feelings, that little voice inside our heads that always paves the perfect path for us.

We are blessed with this powerful, potent magic within us and if we begin to tap into it again, reconnect with our instincts, trust it – we can find peace in the uncertain and most importantly uncover creative potential and confidence.