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Conversations with My Mind: The Learning Podcast
Conversations with My Mind is here to create a space for curious, inclusive and sometimes anxious minds where we can think critically, learn together and grow our empathy towards each other. Together with local and international guests the podcast host Ance Vanaga explores various topics linked to mental health, inclusion & diversity and personal growth.
Episodes
31 episodes
How Worried Should We Be about Our Safety Online? with Gareth Thomas | S2 Ep13
The more time we spend online, the more thoughtful I become about how we approach connecting to this wonderful, virtual world. In the next two episodes, with the help of my guests, I will be exploring what impact an unsafe use of the internet c...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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52:59
On a Mindful Ride Managing Living with Cancer with Steve Ryder | S2 Ep12
Just a week ago, on the 4th of February, we marked an International World Cancer Day, a global initiative created to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. NHS in the UK currently states - 1 in 2 pe...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:12:04
‘New Year, Same Me’ and Other Goals with Nick Elston | S2 Ep11
Nick Elston is one of the leading inspirational speakers on the lived experience of mental health. He is described as a big man with a big heart and a big story, who is incredibly honest. Nick strives to encourage individuals as well as busines...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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52:16
The Uncomfortable Truth About How We Waste Our Time with Paul Holbrook | S2 Ep10
Paul Holbrook left his corporate career to become a leadership coach and in the process realised that almost everyone he talks to struggles with time. He decided to tackle this challenge by creating a self-leadership programme Diary Detox focus...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:06:15
What Sports and Success can Teach us about Mental Health with Dean Allen | S2 Ep9
Dean Allen is the kind of lecturer you’d like to have in your university - friendly, down to earth, all for encouraging everyone to use their critical thinking and a genuinely good person. He’s been building his career between the UK and South ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:14:21
Am I a Boss Babe or a Cult Member? with Roberta Blevins | S2 Ep8
Brace yourself for laughter, disbelief, behind the scenes of making an Amazon Prime documentary and learning why someone most likely is a victim of cult tactics rather than a boss babe, if they have joined a multi-level marketing company.
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:41:30
The Voice that Influenced a Nation with Karlis Streips | S2 Ep7
A conversation with Karlis Streips has been on my mind since I decided to launch my own podcast. What held me back was finding the right moment and the right topic to speak about. Where does one start with such a living legend as Karlis? He is ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:14:16
Defending Democracy: Ukraine’s Fight of the Century with Maria Kuchapski | S2 Ep6
On the day this episode is released it has been 91 days since Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine. For three months Ukraine has been fighting with all it has to remain independent and democratic. The ongoing support it is receiving f...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:18:03
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Comically Serious Conversation About Suicide Prevention with Frank King | S2 Ep5
Mental health is no laughing matter. However, many of us who live with a mental illness, experience some mental health struggles or maybe have a neurodivergent brain will know that sometimes we just want to have a bit of a laugh about what our ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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56:39
How to Break the Cycle and Heal Our Mother Wound? with Michaila Tyson | S2 Ep4
We know that the way we have been raised will impact the way we are as adults. A less known fact is that, if a mother does not heal her own emotional wounds, there is a high likelihood that her trauma can then be transferred onto her children, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:00:00
Can Hypnotherapy and NLP Really Help? with Tony Leake | S2 Ep3
Hypnotherapy and NLP or Neuro Linguistic Programming, both have mixed reviews. Scientists say there is no scientific proof to back them up, however, practitioners focus on positive effects and bring forward a challenge that many aspects linked ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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59:14
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On Second Chances and Life After Joining ISIS with Tareena Shakil | S2 Ep2
If you live in the UK, you probably have come across Tareena Shakil on the news or maybe on her ITV documentary. She was amongst the women groomed by ISIS and she made a decision to take her one-year-old son and travel to Syria to join the Isla...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:16:15
The Dark Side of Multi Level Marketing Companies with Nicole Ziege | S2 Ep1
I am back with the Season 2 of Conversations with My Mind and starting it in a similar manner as I did the first time around - with a very personal topic. When I was a student, I spent two summers in the United States selling books door to door...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:23:13
Trailer - Season 2
Conversations with My Mind is returning with a new season from the 23rd of February! This podcast is here to create a space for curious, inclusive and sometimes anxious minds where we can think critically, learn together and grow our em...
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What We Should Know About Anxiety and Can We Fully Cure It? with Dr Jenn Anders | S1 Ep16
This is it - my final episode of Conversations with My Mind Season 1! I want to start by saying the biggest thank you to all of you for your listens, your support, your kind words, encouragement and lovely feedback you have shared with me. I ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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35:15
From One Small Act of Kindness to Starting a Charity with Leah Chikamba | S1 Ep15
My today's guest is Leah Chikamba, founder and CEO of the charity Angels of Hope for Women. Leah’s story is a wonderful example of how something that starts as one small act of kindness can grow into a community joining forces to make the world...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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41:57
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How to Love Money and Create Our Own Success with Jennifer Merritt | S1 Ep14
My today’s guest is Jennifer Merritt, a Life Coach and a Business Mentor with vast experience in the finance industry. Jennifer strongly believes that a healthy body and calm mind can always act and react better than an unrested one. As part of...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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57:58
Don’t Treat People Equally, Treat Them Fairly with Enoch Adeyemi and Joshua Adeyemi | S1 Ep13
In the spirit of Black History Month my guests for this episode are Enoch Adeyemi and Joshua Adeyemi, leaders of the organisation Black Professionals Scotland. Besides leading a fast growing non-profit, Enoch and Joshua have both built successf...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:11:03
Why Mindfulness is not Enough and What is Missing? with Joey Weber | S1 Ep12
Joey Weber is the perfect next guest to explore the topic of mindfulness and meditation with. This time we dig a bit deeper to understand what mindfulness is on its own and answer the question Joey asked in his research: “is mindfulness enough?...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:06:37
What Does It Mean to Stand by Someone with Mental Illness? with Chase Marks | S1 Ep11
My 11th episode is a heartfelt conversation with a fellow podcaster Chase Marks. He is the voice behind Bystanders Podcast, a mental health podcast telling stories from the perspective of partners, carers and professionals and also one of the v...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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59:45
Protecting Your Mental Health While Dating with Laura Smyth and Laura Burke | S1 Ep10
With episode 10 I am bringing not one, but two guests to talk about how to protect our mental health and have a healthy mindset while dating. I am welcoming a returning guest Laura Burke, my expert in therapeutic support and self care, to help ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:04:21
Different or Neurodivergent? Living with ADHD with Amanda Currie | S1 Ep9
My guest Amanda Currie is a very talented and creative person, a music teacher and a musician in the Tinderbox Orchestra project. I invited her to this conversation because I wanted to learn what it means and how it feels to be neurodivergent, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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55:48
Mindfulness, Meditation and Corporate World with Alex Reynolds | S1 Ep8
Alex Reynolds is a highly skilled IT engineer with a soul of an artist and over 20 years of experience in meditation and mindfulness. Around 5 years ago he decided to introduce mindfulness in his workplace to help colleagues cope with the press...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:10:30
From Weight Stigma to Fighting Cancer with Amanda Lee | S1 Ep7
Amanda Lee is an actress, singer and photographer known to TikTok and Instagram as @mandapaints. She is spreading body positivity and standing up for weight inclusive medical care as her own story is proof that weight stigma can kill. A doctor ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:22:47
On Career, Financial Independence and Defying the Odds with Varsha Nogaja | S1 Ep6
Managing my personal finances and thinking about a future-proof investment plan has become the cause of my anxiety several times in life. While I am working on improving my relationship with money, taking bigger steps, such as making any kind o...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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