Flock & Hive

We talk to leading menopause nutriotionist and expert Emma Bardwell about navigating the years pre and post menopause - and it's not always what you think!

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Parenting is not instinctive. There, we've said it. Do your kids still have meltdowns? Is your family often trapped in a spiral of shouty discipline and negativity? Parenting coach, speaker and autho…

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the misunderstood spirit of Absinthe. Allison Crawbuck from Devil's Botany, London's first dedicated Absinthe Distillery, gives us its chequered history, tel…

In this first podcast of series 3 (yippee!), we talk to Mercedes Cusik, an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) trauma therapist to tell us all about what this type of therapy looks l…

On the back of our popular episode about your real life ghost stories, Helena talks to best selling author Santa Montefiore about a lifetime of paranormal experiences and how they are, finally, being…

In this episode we have a bit of fun and tell YOUR real life ghost stories, share some of our own with you and ask some big spiritual questions. Along the way, we learn about Rudolf Steiner’s ‘Anthro…

This week, we talk ginger switchels and apple cider vinegar-based alcohol alternatives with Bethan Higson, founder of Mother Root London. Along the way we touch on the hierarchy of vinegar, the incre…

This episode, we are joined by trained herbalist and wild food expert Alice Betony, who has been teaching foraging to adults and families for eight years. We discuss the best practice for foraging, w…

This week, we’ll talk to Karen Haller about colour psychology. She is a global authority in behavioural design, applied colour and design psychology. She is also author of the bestselling book, ‘The …

James Wheeldon from Beekeeping 4 Hope joins us to talk about all things bees! We cover stuff we’ve always wanted to know, like where do queen bees come from? The hierarchy of a hive, bee sting therap…

We speak to perfumer, author and podcaster Karen Gilbert about where to start when you want to get into perfumery. Along the way, we bust some myths about who can be a perfumer these days, discuss th…

This week, we talk to Kinesiologist Amanda Brooks about healing the body and finding balance by working through energy rather than touching or talking.

Our word of the week is Alexithymia, which is …

In Episode 13, we talk to Louise Henning, an HSP Guru and coach about the importance of recognising Highly Sensitive People in the workplace. 

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We talk to Jessica Roux about the Victorian language of flowers, modern interpretations that would be useful on the tube and the playground language (that we can still speak): Uvaguv.

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This week, we're joined by Brenda Marx: Lab director at Qure in South Africa, where the team tests cannabis. We discuss misconceptions around Cannabis as a drug and the good it could do in medicine i…

This episode will make you fall in love with your nose! We speak to anosmic Duncan Boak from Fifth Sense charity about why we need to raise awareness of the importance of our sense of smell. Along th…

In this episode, we talk to interior stylist and colour expert Emily Deary about how knowing a bit about our birth chart can really help us understand ourselves and each other. We discuss sun signs (…

This week, we meet Alex Kent from Isle of Wight Mushrooms to discuss mushrooms as medicine (not the magic kind – that will be a later conversation!) We touch on how astounding the mycelium network is…