It's Cool to Care

In this episode we meet with one of the greatest do-gooders out there, Joshua Coombes. We dive deep into the stereotypes of homelessness and its connection with drug addiction as well as the ongoing debate about organisations ‘enabling' homelessness through handing out free essentials. Joshua also talks about his new book consisting of different stories from the streets called 'Do Something For Nothing'.

In this episode we invited a very special guest Craig Duncan, a lovely gentlemen and a customer of Leiho that reached out to us to share his story when we needed to hear it the most. We have a wholesome chat about what it means to do good, volunteer and maintain human connection.

In this episode we discuss the highs and lows of running a social enterprise and how important it is for the government, brands and individuals to collectively make change. We meet with James Sancto and Jens Christian Trier from We Make Change, a social enterprise platform that helps connect people who want to use their skills to volunteer with charities and social enterprises tackling issues that they care about.

In this episode, our co-founder Thuta, invites Maria Igwebuike, founder at Maria Callisto to have an open conversation around body positivity and how we can learn to love our imperfections. They challenge the unrealistic portrayals of bodies on social media and how it affects people's perceptions of themselves. Maria Callisto is all about inclusivity and she sets the perfect example for more brands to be advocates of diversity by featuring models that look like everyday women. Maria also shares her own experiences with body image struggles and the ways she overcame her good and bad days.

This episode is for ladies to relate to and for men who want to learn! We meet with Sarah Boyle who recently started the Whistleback Campaign to empower women to feel safer on the streets. We touch upon the language bias between genders when it comes to work and leadership, we discuss the struggles of being a women in today's society but also share ways you can challenge the social stigmas and everyday sexism.

In this episode we reunite with Byron Donovan and Muhammad Malik - two lovely gentlemen we met at an event two years ago doing work around mental health, mindfulness and helping people become the best version of themselves. We focus on the importance of practicing mindfulness, journaling, our experiences with coming out of bad blips, taking baby steps when caring for our mental health, acknowledging our feelings and staying motivated by being consistent with our actions.

We invited two fellow founders tackling homelessness, Catherine Shelley from The People Project and Hugo from the Cardon Banfield Foundation, to discuss the current issues around homelessness and the ways in which we can challenge those negative perceptions and stereotypes. Hugo shares his personal experience with being homeless and the importance of acknowledgement whilst Kate shares what she has learnt from regularly speaking to people experiencing homelessness and how her Instagram gives them a platform to share their story.

In this episode, we meet with shopaholics turned co-founders of Conscious Clothing, Tatum Stiles and Millie Field. They talk us through the current sustainable fashion movement, how you can become more conscious with fashion, their predictions for the future of fashion and the importance of acting like pollinators to change the norms around us.