All That We Are

How women will shape a more beautiful future for the planet.In this episode entitled How Women will Shape a More Beautiful Future, Amisha sits down with wise woman, entrepreneur, and activist Lynne Franks - who launched London Fashion Week and the entire PR Industry at a time when female-led businesses were almost unheard of.Lynne believes our future lies with women and girls and it is they who must lead change from the grassroots. She is developing a well-being hub, an archetypal model for women's collaboration, and an intergenerational women's mentoring programme. As an elder, she embraces a role in service of the younger generations, speaking about how to tackle depression among young people, the crucial role of 11 year old girls for our planet's future, and how we can equip them to fulfill it."I meet so many women who want to change the world on their own. They will burn out. Can we do it together - collectively, generously, compassionately, nurturingly? Yes we can." - Lynne Franks Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/05/24/e14-lynne-franks-on-collaboration-creativity-and-community/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

"Dancing with my daughter and singing my son to sleep is just as cosmic as a star exploding and expiring in space." - Bayo AkomolafeIn this week's episode These Times are Urgent, Let Us Slow Down, Amisha takes a deep dive with poet, philosopher, psychologist and professor Bayo Akomolafe into the nature of truth, reality and activism. Bayo offers observations on how our responses in these urgent times may well perpetuate the crisis we try to escape and what the alternatives might be. He expounds the opportunity that lies in the depths of confusion, the indigenous wisdom found at the heart of quantum physics and how caring for our children is as cosmic as an exploding star.At the heart of his invitation lies a simple but radical shift of perspective and a new question to walk with, that might lead us to new forms of activism and new ways to serve the times we are living in."If you find yourself right all the time, then look around you you are probably alone. To be flawed, wrong, wounded, is to recognise that we are in a world of other beings. We live and thrive and emerge in the orbit of other beings, and that is beautiful and tragic all at once." - Bayo Akomolafe Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/05/17/e13-bayo-akomolafe-an-aesthetic-of-entanglement-and-the-sacred-gift-of-stopping/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

Mapping the experience of cyclical being through archetypes, stories, and song "The more I am in my power the more everything can be empowered - it's not a personal thing - you can't be powerful on your own, its part of a bigger thing." - Boe Huntress In this episode entitled Unveiling a Female Power, Amisha meets singer, songwriter, and creative Boe Huntress. Informed by a long line of songwriters from Bob Dylan, to Kate Bush, to Joni Mitchell, Boe's mytho-poetic songwriting is archetypal and inspired particularly by the feminine experience. Boe works with women's groups, looking at the cycles of the moon, menstruation and the creative process. Together they weave a collective picture of cyclical and intuitive ways of being, exploring the value and gift of changeability in a world where consistency is king. We hear about the collective dreams of bleeding women that could feed tribes and what the modern equivalent might be if we can only remember how to want it. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/02/08/e12-boe-huntress-songs-spiral-path/ Learn more about Union Chapel - https://unionchapel.org.uk/ For Amisha's new book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

Bringing ancestral benefits into the modern world by re-connecting to ancient human ways. In this episode entitled Ancestral Health is Modern Wealth, Amisha sits down with Natural Life-stylist Tony Riddle. Tony tells of his quest to live a biologically normal life without raising social eyebrows, the island where his dream became possible, and how he is helping stressed out urbanites reconnect with the ancestral wisdom of the hunter gatherer within.We hear why night shift workers have higher than average rates of cancer, why he has sawed up his sofa, why you shouldn't be walking if you cannot squat, and how the hard ground teaches us to be soft.Amisha and Tony share visions for a biologically normal lifestyle that starts with taking our shoes off, taking diet tips from our Bonobo cousins, reclaiming human play from the education system and recovering our innate ability to self-medicate. "People know more about their cell phone than they do about their own cells." - Tony Riddle Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/02/01/e11-tony-riddle-ancestral-health-is-modern-wealth/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

Exploring the role of performance to promote healing and raise awareness. "We have to get really clear about the fact that any sex without full consent is rape. I think it is very difficult for people to hear that." - Imogen Butler-Cole In this episode entitled The Power of Theatre to Change Perspectives, Amisha meets actress and writer Imogen Butler-Cole, creator of acclaimed theatre show "Foreign Body" exploring the subject of sexual assault. Imogen speaks about creating theatre that is both deeply personal and highly political, how "Foreign Body" is helping other survivors to process their own experiences, and why she invited the perpetrator of her own assault to be part of it. In the wake of the #metoo and #timesup campaigns, she explores why it is so difficult to accept that people we know and trust are capable of sexual violence, and how doing so might bring constructive responses such as workplace guidelines around sexual violence and healing interventions for people who are at risk of perpetrating. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/01/25/e10-imogen-butler-cole-art-activism-arena-sexual-violence/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ If you have been triggered by this conversation and need to talk to somebody, please call: 24-hour National Domestic Violence Helpline on 0808 2000 247 The Rape Crisis National freephone helpline on 0808 802 9999 (12-2.30pm and 7-9.30pm every day of the year)

An exploration of how technology and human consciousness can come together as a force for good to support the evolution of humanity. "The questions about reality are going to be come deeper and deeper as these technologies are adopted more and our ability to create new realities for ourselves and our communities is not science fiction anymore." - James Hanusa In this episode entitled Creating New Worlds at the Frontiers of Technology and Human Potential, Amisha enters the colliding worlds of new technology and consciousness with venture catalyst, cultural strategist and co-founder of Digital Raign James Hanusa. James is exploring the frontiers of emerging technology and the intersections with social justice, sustainability and conscious evolution. James invites us on a whirlwind tour of future technology - explaining how the "empathy machine" of virtual reality is employed by non-profits, meditators and the medical world, the applications of augmented reality from epic street art to jet engine mechanics, how the blockchain revolution might signal an end to banking and even governments, why refugees ask for WIFI first and starting a new country based on advanced technology. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2018/01/18/e9-james-hanusa-creating-new-worlds-frontiers-technology-human-potential/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

Cultivating inner power and understanding the tantric perspective of the divine feminine. In this episode entitled Awakening the True Blueprint Within, Amisha sits in reflection with writer, teacher and former swami Sally Kempton. Sally grew up in a secular, socialist environment as the daughter of a well-known liberal journalist in New York, until what she calls a "download of love" during her first psychedelic experience led her to study non-dual yogic philosophy and to meet and follow her guru, Swami Muktananda. Sally shares the tantric understanding of the true meaning of Shakti and where to find the Goddess, why there is more to meditation than mind-hacking, and how patriarchy is in fact a function of the goddess. They discuss what discovering the divine feminine means for men in modern practice. "Learning to walk humbly on the cusp of what needs to be done and what we are capable and qualified to do is a huge thing that every one of us needs to find a way to navigate." ~ Sally Kempton Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2017/12/28/e8-sally-kempton-awakening-true-blueprints-within/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How to live as a pilgrim, embracing elegant simplicity to find fellowship with all life.In this episode entitled Soil, Soul and Society: A new Trinity for our Time, Amisha sits down with Satish Kumar - co-founder of Schumacher College, editor of Resurgence magazine, and a global activist.They discuss his childhood as a Jain monk, the encounter with death which began his spiritual education, and why he walked out of monastic life - walking 8000 miles from the birthplace of Ghandi to four nuclear capitals of the world.Satish explores the Jain philosophy of nonviolence and gives advice on how to live life as a pilgrim rather than a commuter - explaining why we would benefit from all working only 3 days a week."Become the CEO of your own life... Earn less money, have more time. Consume less, buy less, have less possessions. Have good food... You cannot have a happy life on a bad diet. Everything else is simple. Elegant simplicity." - Satish Kumar Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2017/12/21/e7-satish-kumar-soil-soul-society-new-trinity-time/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

How to engage moral courage to carry torches of justice, beauty and possibility where shadows loom. In this episode entitled Riding Chariots into Battle and Building Paradise Gardens, Amisha is in conversation with author and humanitarian Zerbanoo Gifford - founder of the Asha centre for young people in the Forest of Dean, former politician, award-winning activist for social justice, cosmic networker, and total badass force for change. Zerbanoo shares some of the most shocking and inspiring moments from her decades of pioneering work as a woman of colour in British politics - opening doors for others in the political arena and going into battle spurred on by the moral courage to stand up to hatred and prejudice. She speaks of the absolute importance of beauty and how we all deserve to experience a paradise garden on earth, as well as the importance of keeping a little madness in the mix and the near-death experience that changed the course of her life completely. "We can transform the world by transforming ourselves and being there as an example to other people so they can see that everything is possible." Zerbanoo Gifford Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2017/12/14/e6-zerbanoo-gifford-riding-chariots-battle-building-paradise-gardens/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

A journey through loss, discovery, and cultivation of our connection to something bigger. In this episode entitled Finding Our Way Home to the Collective, Amisha meets explorer, documentary filmmaker, and author Bruce Parry.Bruce shares with Amisha some deeply personal stories about finding the place where neuroscience meets indigenous ritual medicines, the chance encounters that changed his life - including with the Kogi, whose intercontinental "interventions" turned him celibate, his theory on how the dawn of agriculture killed meditation and the breakdowns and breakthroughs of a seven-year journey to produce his new film Tawai. From his early days "deep in the machine" as an institutionalised, privately educated military career-man to his recent expeditions into the mystical depths of Amazonian tribal medicine, Bruce tracks the unfolding of his present worldview and the crises and revelations that brought him to it."The Penan are anarchists. They have no leader no law, no shamans no chiefs... They are allegedly the most peaceful people on the planet." ~Bruce Parry Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2017/12/07/e5-bruce-parry-tribes-connection-plant-medicine/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

Facing the fundamental teachings of our deepest drivers and greatest taboos and the social dynamics they engender. In this episode entitled Life as a Disobedient Woman, Amisha sits down with activist, artist, provocateur, and entrepreneur Sam Roddick, founder of lingerie brand and sex shop Coco De Mer, and daughter of Body Shop founder Anita Roddick. Sam shares her experience of the formative family dynamics that cultivate activism and their shared passion for delivering education through entrepreneurship. Together Amisha and Sam discuss how to live in balance as an activist, the illusion of individual success and the power of individual actions, the difference between values and politics, the personal and cultural landscapes of sexuality and death, the birth-like initiatory ripples and bio-rhythms of grief and her early education in feminist sexual politics. "I was literally born out of the womb of a lineage of disobedient women" - Sam Roddick Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2017/11/30/e4-sam-roddick-death-sex-activism/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

We explore the ancient stories, modern manifestations, and internal expanses of tantra and yogic practice. In this episode entitled Entering the Subtle Depths of Tantrik Yoga, Amisha gets together with Christopher Hareesh Wallis, a scholar and practitioner of the yoga tradition and author of two books on the classical Tantra tradition. Hareesh - whose name meaning "remover of sorrows" was given to him as an "invitation to grow into" by the guru of his mother when he was just 9 years old - joins Amisha in the discussion of what it truly means to be a yogi, what happens when we become a focal point of unified consciousness on public transport, the non-difference between the body, mind and bodymind, how you can tell if a person is doing tantra and what the yoga tradition teaches us about politics. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2017/11/27/e3-christopher-hareesh-wallis-yoga-tantra-politics/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ Be part of AllThatWeAre community by using this link, https://love.allthatweare.org/membership

This week's episode etitled Forging New Forms in the Heart of Luxury, Amisha meets Cultural Futurist & Creative Director Annegret Affolderbach. As well as being a major contributor to The Future is Beautiful book which inspired this podcast, Annegret is an award-winning, disruptive innovator and social entrepreneur in the world of fashion. Her Choolips fashion brand was produced by a Ghanaian women's co-op, trained by Annegret herself to create exceptional designs using revamped forms of traditional techniques such as batik. The collection flew off the rails of Topshop in Oxford Circus, successfully connecting with a young audience who understands what is behind creating a fair and sustainable product. Amisha and Annegret discuss life as a global citizen, the challenges of going it alone as a change-maker and social entrepreneur, and what it really takes to set up a sustainable creative project. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2017/11/26/e2-annegret-affolderbach-forging-new-forms-heart-luxury/ Link for Annegret Affolderbach – The Futures(allthatweare.org) Interview - https://allthatweare.org/2012/05/08/annegret-affolderbach-the-futures-interview/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/

How can individual experiences of empathy and community with the human and non-human world around us create radical shifts in our planetary ecology? In this first episode of The Future is Beautiful Podcast entitled Love as an Ecological Act, Amisha Ghadiali meets author and speaker Charles Eisenstein. Here the old stories, the current stories, and the new stories of humanity encounter one another and offer their gifts, challenges, and questions. Links from this episode and more at https://allthatweare.org/2017/11/25/e1-charles-eisenstein-love-ecological-act/ For Amisha's book INTUITION - https://amisha.co.uk/intuition/ To work with Amisha one on one, visit https://amisha.co.uk/leadership/