Things I Wish I Had Known

Kim Palmer is the Founder and CEO of a women's wellness community. Kim developed a hypnotherapy app for women who may be struggling with anxiety, sleep and body confidence.Kim built her community off the back of her own personal experience with anxiety and working in the corporate world. She shares very honestly with us how her own struggles have shaped what she now provides for other women through her app, all whilst working a full time job and being a Mum to two young children. Download Clementine here, and give Kim a follow on Instagram here.

Professor Adam Ockleford is the Director of Applied Music Research Centre and a Professor or Music at the University of Roehampton. Adam has authored over 20 books on the subject of music, learning, memory and creativity; the cognition of musical structure and the construction of musical meaning. In this episode of Things I Wish I Had Known, Adam explains how music is our first language and can be a vehicle for the creation of relationships and communication when individuals may lack the verbal ability to express themselves. This podcast also features a very special guest! Romy is one of Adam's students, she joins us towards the end of the podcast for her music lesson and we get to listen in on some of the amazing music that they create together and the interplay of music as communication between them.

Shamash Alidina is a leading mindfulness expert, co-founder of the Museum of Happiness and author of 5 books on mindfulness including 'Mindfulness for Dummies'.Shamash shares his insights on how mindfulness is beneficial to us all to help us lead a happy and fulfilled life. We talk about all things kindness, happiness, compassion and being present.We have a special bonus meditation for those working with children and families in our Supporting Children Through Play Facebook group. Click here to join! https://www.facebook.com/groups/supportingchildrenthroughplay/Give Shamash a follow on Twitter @ShamashAlidina and check out the Museum of Happiness here https://www.museumofhappiness.org

Natasha Devon, MBE, is a writer, podcast host, presenter, campaigner and activist talking about all things mental health, gender, body image and social equality. She does a lot of work with teenagers in schools getting to understand from their perspective exactly what it is that THEY feel that they need surrounding these important issues. In this podcast we talk about supporting young peoples mental health in schools and how young people are impacted by changes to the landscape of mental health and education. Visit Natasha's website for educational resources and safe signposting for young people who are experiencing mental health challenges www.natashadevon.com

Stephen Robertson has been the CEO of the Big Issue Foundation for the last 11 years. In this episode he shares things he wishes he'd known earlier about homelessness, helping others and coming up with creative solutions to social problems.See how you can get involved with the work of the Big Issue here www.bigissue.org.uk and make sure to check out their Worlds Biggest Sleepout at the Kia Oval cricket ground on 7th December to raise funds for Big Issue vendors.Also, side note, BUY THE BIG ISSUE! It really makes a difference to people living in homelessness or poverty.

Giles Paley-Phillips, award winning & bestselling author of a number of children's books speaks with Sophia about his journey to becoming a writer. He shares things he wishes he’d known after the death of his Mum as a 6 year old.This episode covers talk about death with young children about death, what tools are available to support children through bereavement and the advice Giles would have for a teenage version of himself which he writes about in his book '152 Days'.