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This week's guest is the musician, actor, writer, and podcaster Jordan Stephens. Jordan's probably best known for Rizzle Kicks, the chart-topping duo he formed with his friend Harley Alexander-Sule, back in 2008. He's since released music as a solo artist, starred in various TV and film projects, published a children's book, and now he's written a memoir: Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs. In this conversation the pair discuss education, the impact of overnight success, ADHD, medication and self-medication, as well as their shared interest in psychedelics and Jordan's journey towards healthier relationships. For more information on some of the subjects Jordan mentioned, there are links below (including more on Professor Nutt and that toad venom). And Jordan WILL return to On The Mend. These two just have too much in common. Related links: Jordan's website Rizzle Kicks on Instagram Matt's interview with Jordan on MTV Faces BRIT School bursaries Alan Watts on education Dr Gabor Maté The Anxious Generation by Joanthan Haidt Johann Hari's episode of On The Mend Professor David Nutt and drug classification A 2002 overview of the link between football hooliganism and ecstasy The effects of the inhalation of dried toad secretion containing 5-MeO-DMT The ongoing study at King's College, London The Esther Perel quote was incorrectly attributed but she's a fan of the person who said it, Terry Real: “Under patriarchy, you can be connected, or you can be powerful, but you can't be both at the same time because power is power over, not power with, it's dominance. So, if you move into power, you lose connection. If you move into accommodation, you lose your power. I want to break that binary.” Donna Lancaster & The Bridge Retreat (01:02) Jordan's childhood (05:28) BRIT School and creative education (11:48) Rizzle Kicks, Busted and dealing with overnight success (16:36) ADHD: from voice notes to diagnoses (plural) (20:34) ADHD: medication and self-medication  (27:40) Pattern recognition and relationships (29:07) Sobriety and overcoming writer's block (30:54) Managing social media use (35:52) Psychedelics (including dried toad secretion) (45:43) Pressure to achieve vs connection (47:02) Educating the next generation about relationships (54:15) Matt's conclusion

In part 2, Jordan Stephens discusses what having a dog has taught him about love, why we have to accept the death of our former selves and what the most effective antidepressant is – and it's something you're already doing. Plus, Jordan shares the ‘six tent peg' theory by Donna Lancaster, which can help you when you're going through chaos. Follow @jordanfstephens and get his book ‘Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak & Dogs'Follow the podcast on Instagram @thestompcastTo improve your mental fitness, get Dr Alex's book The Mind ManualDownload Mettle: the mental fitness app for men Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ooh you are in for a treat this week, because we are diving deep into exploring another way of living with none other than the legendary - one of the leading guides of our time.If you don't know Donna, then you just wait - she is the wisest of souls. Fearne Cotton agrees with me and calls her ‘the wisest woman I know' and Emma Watson says ‘she has helped shape the woman I have become'.Donna is a therapist, coach and Elder in training who has been working with individuals, couples and groups for over 30 years. She was co-founder of the Bridge Retreat - the power of which is captured beautifully in the documentary Love(d) and author of the book The Bridge as well as Wise Words for Women.In this episode we dive deep down, right from the start, into a big juicy conversation about life - exploring what Donna means when she talks about the patriarchal trance and how to wake up from it. She explains what Phase 1, 2 and 3 of life are and why so many of us remain stuck in Phase 1 of life. And we explore what it means to become an Elder and how finding your own Elders can be the key to helping you transition into Phase 2 of life where true joy, peace and love are found.Told you we go deep!And if you want more of Donna (which I guarantee you will after this episode), these are the three main links for you to get started with:Website: Deepening Into LifeInstagram: @donnalancsDonna's newsletter on Substack - sign up here for freeNow sit back and enjoy this episode!x Selina

***Trigger Warning*** We discuss graphic intrusive thoughts, so if hearing that experience might be more harmful than connecting for you, please skip that bit. It's about 10 minutes in. In December, we walk our talk, and I take some time off recording to be with my family and recharge before next year. So I've re-released for you the most popular episodes of the past six months. These are the episodes you loved to share with friends, you emailed about and deemed to be the most helpful. This week we have the incredible Donna Lancaster back on the show. You love her first episode, so I hope you'll love this one even more. Donna has worked as a coach, a group facilitator and a therapist for more than 30 years - I cannot tell you how much I respect Donna and her work. This is one of those episodes it's going to make you think, it's going to make you cry, and it's going to put a lot in perspective. Donna talks about: Forgiving herself for how she was in the early years of her children's lives. How much she struggled in those early days, including experiencing some pretty graphic intrusive thoughts How allowing herself to grieve unlocked so much healing and forgiveness I'm so excited for you to hear this one. Please share this episode with any mums you know who might be struggling and need Donna's wise, warm words of hope and compassion. Special thanks to this week's sponsor BELKIN For a limited time only, our motherkind listeners can shop at belkin and receive 15% OFF all audio products using the code MOTHERKIND15. Head over to www.belkin.com/uk now to treat yourself or your family to a Belkin audio product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome back to Motherkind Moment. Moment is your place on a Monday for calm and connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the week ahead. This week, I speak to the incredible Donna Lancaster. She has worked as a coach, a group facilitator and a therapist for more than 30 years - I cannot tell you how much I respect Donna and her work.  In this moment episode we are talking about forgiveness. Donna shares with us her experience of forgiveness and the freedom that can be found within in it.  I hope you enjoy it.  As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there.

Donna Lancaster is a coach and therapist, best known as the co-creator of The Bridge, a retreat designed to help attendees navigate grief and loss, and the author of a book of the same name. More recently, Donna has published a pocket book called Wise Words for Women, full of advice on how to live a rewarding, connected life. I know we hear a lot of these buzzwords like authenticity and pain, but equally I think what a lot of us are searching for day to day is that person who emanates gentle, universal wisdom, that comforting phrase that catches you at the right time. Donna refers to herself as a ‘trainee elder', and to those she touches with her work, that's what she is. This is a conversation about how to find wonder and creativity in alone time; how to connect with nature; and just generally how to find a bit more joy in our lives. We discuss, among other things:Why Donna feels most authentic when she is alone [3:53]Donna's struggle with loneliness growing up [6:31]How Donna's relationship with nature makes her feel more connected to the world [12:!6]Are you a mountain person, a sea person or a forest person? Donna believes we all have a ‘natural leaning' [19:08]How to have a ‘Date with Wonder' [24:40]Why wealth can make you feel lonelier, according to Donna [28:39]Is loneliness something we should accept in our lives? [39:30]Donna's love of colouring books as an alone time activity [45:19]You can purchase Donna's latest book, Wise Words for Women, now online and in bookstores.Subscribe to my weekly email newsletter at francescaspecter.substack.com to follow my personal writing plus podcast bonus content.You can also order my book, Alonement: How To Be Alone and Absolutely Own It, which is based on this very podcast, now from Amazon,  Waterstones and Bookshop.org.Thank you so much to WestLab for sponsoring this season of the podcast. Their bestselling Dead Sea bath salt range is a skin hero, containing a unique blend of magnesium, calcium and potassium, which is brilliant for protecting and repairing your skin barrier and managing conditions like eczema, psoriasis, acne and sensitive skin. Visit westlabsalts.co.uk/products/dead-sea-salt and quote the code ALONEMENT15 for 15% off when you spend £10 or more, excludes subscriptions,T&Cs apply. Code expires 31st August 2023.Twitter:*  @ChezSpecter*Instagram: *@ChezSpecter@donnalancs With a one-off payment of £5, you can listen to the Alonement podcast ad-free. https://plus.acast.com/s/alonement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coach and therapist Donna Lancaster joins Trish & Lorraine to explain how to cure yourself of shame, rage and limiting beliefs in midlife. She tells the duo exactly how to shed the behaviours holding you back, how to let go of the people and objects that no longer serve you as well as heal emotional wounds from the past so you can live a lighter, authentic future. Plus: from whiffy armpits to scaly scalps, your embarrassing health questions answered by a midlife GP.Contact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.comFollow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlifeJoin our private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/681448662400206/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

***Trigger Warning*** We discuss graphic intrusive thoughts, so if hearing that experience might be more harmful than connecting for you, please skip that bit. It's about 10 minutes in.  This week we have the incredible Donna Lancaster back on the show. You love her first episode, so I hope you'll love this one even more. Donna has worked as a coach, a group facilitator and a therapist for more than 30 years - I cannot tell you how much I respect Donna and her work.  This is one of those episodes it's going to make you think, it's going to make you cry, and it's going to put a lot in perspective.   Donna talks about: -   Forgiving herself for how she was in the early years of her children's lives. -   How much she struggled in those early days, including experiencing some pretty graphic intrusive thoughts -   How allowing herself to grieve unlocked so much healing and forgiveness  I'm so excited for you to hear this one. Please share this episode with any mums you know who might be struggling and need Donna's wise, warm words of hope and compassion. ---- Continue the conversation Come engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases: https://mailchi.mp/motherkind/motherkind-mailing-list

On this week's episode of Open, Emma talks to intuitive coach, author, elder and mentor, Donna Lancaster.Donna was one of the co-founders and facilitators of The Bridge Retreat and has been working with individuals, couples and groups for over 30 years. Donna's latest book, Wise Words for Women offers words to comfort, challenge and inspire and her transformative workshops and courses on relationships, healing and grief are life changing. You can find out more about Donna's work via her website - deepeningintolife.com  and follow her on Instagram - @donnalancsToday's episode of Open has been sponsored by Wear ‘em Out - a UK reusable period pad with comfort and confidence at the core of their unique design.Research shows that 4.3 billion disposable menstrual products are used in the UK every year. To make the switch and become part of the solution, rather than adding to the problem, go to wearemout.co.uk and use the code EM15 to save 15% off your first order. Terms & Conditions apply.Instagram - @wearemoutpadsEmma Campbell - @limitless_emwww.limitlessem.comOpen with Emma Campbell is produced by Pretty Fire Audio Productions @prettyfireaudioproductions

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Hello and welcome to season two! I'm really happy to be back in your ears and to kick a new season off with a bang. Today I'm talking to Donna Lancaster. Donna is an elder in training, with a background in child protection. She has trained and worked with couples and individuals as a therapist for ten years and she was the head of teaching at Hoffman Institute. Donna is the co-founder of The Bridge Retreat and she is the author of two wonderful books - The Bridge and Wise Words for Women. She truly is one of the wisest people I know and in this episode we explore healing in all it's glory. Find Donna: Instagram  Website

F.B. Meyers - "The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayers, but unoffered prayers." 1 Peter 4:7 "But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers." Colossians 4:2 "Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart." Devote Persistent Don't Give Up The less we pray, the less we desire to pray. Passionate Intercessor Intercessory prayer changes things! Devoted, Persistent, Passionate, and Intercessors

In this episode I chat to writer of ‘The Bridge' Donna Lancaster. Donna has been a mentor to Fearne Cotton, been on her Happy Place Podcast, her next book with published by Happy Place books. Donna is an International coach and therapist with 30+ years experience. This is one episode not to be missed.

An espresso-sized midweek podcast featuring one of my favourite Zestology guests. I'm back on Monday with the full podcast, but in the meantime, make yourself an organic, lab-tested, low-mold, mycotoxin-free espresso (er, or whatever you can find) and enjoy. Listen to the whole Episode here: https://tonywrighton.com/podcast/inner-activism-donna-lancaster-237

Author of The Bridge, Donna Lancaster, joins Caggie in this episode to explore how our physical body naturally heals our emotional pain. Donna experienced an extreme panic attack which kick-started her to explore the world of mental and physical healing, leading her to create an in-person retreat called The Bridge. Donna went on to write her book, also titled The Bridge, that focuses on tools and mechanisms that we can all adopt to heal and become our most authentic self. Donna and Caggie's conversation touches upon how we can evolve from our anxious state through physical healing processes such as shaking therapy, how our vulnerability can truly set us free, Wounded Child archetypes and viewing grief through a lense of ‘release' and ‘relief'. You can buy Donna's book The Bridge here. Pre-order the Saturn Returns book and buy tickets to the Saturn Returns Live Shows. Book a reading with our Resident Astrologer Noura and join our Saturn Returns community newsletter.

Author and co-founder of The Bridge, Donna Lancaster, is joining Caggie this week. In this ‘moment', you'll hear Caggie and Donna discussing how we can view ourselves through a ‘wounded lens' in order to understand how our childhood impacts our relationships and behaviours with those we love as well as how we can move from being childish to being child-like. The full episode will be available tomorrow and explores themes around forgiving and managing our emotions, touching on: victimhood, somatic experiencing, vulnerability and how our physical body often holds the antidote to our anxiety and trauma. You can buy Donna's book The Bridge here. Pre-order the Saturn Returns book and buy tickets to the Saturn Returns Live Shows. Book a reading with our Resident Astrologer Noura and join our Saturn Returns community newsletter.

We don't just feel grief after a bereavement, we can feel it as a result of many different types of loss: loss of health, loss of a childhood, loss of the creative part of yourself. Coach and therapist Donna Lancaster explains why grief is valid in all these scenarios, and how to work through the heart break both mentally and physically.In this chat, Fearne and Donna explore how to be an emotional detective – how to be curious and search for the things in your past that have made you who you are – and how to recognise what your personal boundaries are.‘The Bridge: A nine step crossing into authentic and wholehearted living' by Donna Lancaster is available now (Penguin Life, £16.99). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this 5 minute episode, author and coach Joanne Mallon shares an exercise designed to help you feel more positive about your body. This exercise is from the book The Bridge: A nine step crossing into authentic and wholehearted living by Donna Lancaster, published by Penguin and available here https://amzn.to/3LEFeT5 Joanne is the author of several self help books including How to Overcome Fear of Driving, Change Your Life in 5 Minutes, Find Your Why and How to Find Joy in 5 Minutes a Day. She's been coaching clients around the world for over 20 years and is one of the UK's most experienced life and career coaches. Get in touch on Twitter and Instagram @joannemallon or email joanne@joannemallon.com If you found this episode helpful, you can support the podcast by leaving a rating or review, or by buying Joanne a coffee here https://ko-fi.com/joannemallon

Paralysing grief, collective dread, crushing anxiety, acute self-loathing, debilitating panic - are you feeling it all right now? Well, we have an authority on the podcast this week. Donna Lancaster is a therapist, facilitator and healer. She has 30 years of experience in her back pocket: she was head of teaching at the Hoffman Institute and is a co-creator of the Bridge Retreat, a six-day personal development experience where you can overcome grief and loss and step into wholehearted living. Now she's a written a book, The Bridge, which is a gift for people seeking peace. A guide to help us to return to the person we were before our hearts were broken one too many times. Oof.  PS: This episode is bravely brought to you by Readly – your one-stop shop for thousands of magazines and newspapers, from Grazia and New York Magazine to The Guardian and World of Interiors. Readly are offering I'm Absolutely Fine listeners a free two-month trial at gb.readly.com/midult. Read it all. With Readly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today's guest is Donna Lancaster, and she has been a pioneer in community healing for nearly 31 years. She is a facilitator, a coach and a therapist who is formerly the head of teaching at the Hoffman Institute UK and co-created the British Retreat, a six day transformational personal development experience.Donna's work has been featured in leading publications from The Telegraph, Psychology, The Evening Standard, Huffington Post and many, many others. Donna's groundbreaking work was featured in the Amazon Prime documentary called Loved, which followed 12 people during her life changing Bridge retreat as they take the leap to overcome grief and loss in their lives. Her new book, The Bridge: A Nine Step Crossing Into Authentic and Wholehearted Living, is such a gift to us all. Donna shares her 31 years of wisdom, and while you read it, you can feel that deep healing presence on every page. This episode is so heartwarming and I can't wait for you to hear it.Find more information on Donna:Website: https://deepeningintolife.com/about/Instagram: @donnalancsBook: https://deepeningintolife.com/the-bridge-book/If you want to join our Whatsapp group for the podcast and be a part of a feel good group, please click on this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CHRBxybXjB1D2dAg0isHwc---Hosted by Poppy JamieProduced by Georgie RutherfordEdited by George DrakePlease feel free to drop us an email on contact@notperfectpodcast.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are some heavy subjects in the episode, including suicide, so please be mindful of that and your own well-being before deciding to listen to this episode. Hey everyone and welcome back to Motherkind. The show that is going to help you navigate the massive challenges of motherhood (and life) with more acceptance, ease, joy and purpose. This week is one of those game-changer episodes. It is with Donna Lancaster. Donna has worked as a coach and therapist for over 25 years. She was formally head of teaching at the Hoffman Institute UK and she co-created The Bridge retreat. A six-day personal development experience endorsed by the likes of Bryony Gordon, Fearne Cotton and Thandie Newton. This episode is about healing and facing our past if we want a different future. I deeply believe that this episode has the potential to change lives and save lives - both ours and future generations. She discusses the two phases of life. The first looking at outside forces, such as appearance, career, money and relationships, which is very “me-focused.” And then, according to Donna, the breaking points which present an opportunity to transition into phase two, which is more a “celebration of life.” If this sounds interesting to you then you'll want to get her brilliant new book, The Bridge: A nine step crossing into authentic and wholehearted living. As always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so come and join us there. SPECIAL THANKS TO ATHLETIC GREENS - THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR We are grateful to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this episode of the Motherkind podcast. I use AG1 every morning. With 75 whole food-sourced ingredients designed to optimize 5 key areas of health, AG1 is the delicious daily habit that sets you up for a healthy future. Invest in your health without compromise! Visit athleticgreens.com/motherkind to get a FREE year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. GROUP COACHING PROGRAMME - STARTS 14TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022 Our next round of group coaching starts on the 14the of September. If you want to be coached by me and feel like now is your time. I'd love for you to join us. It is a small group of 10 who come together for 8 weeks led by me to explore topics like boundaries, energy, values journaling and much more. It is going to help you find clarity, connection and community. Head to motherkind.co for more information. ABOUT DONNA LANCASTER Donna Lancaster has worked as a coach and therapist for more than 30 years. She was formerly the head of teaching at the Hoffman Institute UK. She co-created The Bridge Retreat, a six-day personal development experience endorsed by the likes of Bryony Gordon, Fearne Cotton and Thandie Newton. She has an Amazon Prime documentary called Love(d) which shares the stories of 12 people during The Bridge Retreat as they take the leap to overcome grief and loss in their lives. Donna's work has been featured in The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Psychologies. Evening Standard, Huffington Post, Balance, Conde Nast, Tatler and more. Donna's new book, The Bridge: A nine step crossing into authentic and wholehearted living, is out now (Penguin Life, £16.99)   MOTHERKIND PROGRAMMES AND RESOURCES FREEDOM FROM PERFECTIONISM: Are you ready to find freedom from guilt? Let me help you find Freedom from Perfectionism if you are a mother who has ever felt not quite enough. INSTAGRAM: @zoeblaskey - come engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day.

This week on the show we welcome friends from the world of music, comedy, sport and television.The brilliant acting sensation Rafe Spall chats starring in 'To Kill A Mockingbird' in the West End and the brand new series of 'Trying' on Apple TV+.Dynamic duo Daisy Haggard and Chris Addison share all about series three of their Sky Comedy show 'Breeders'.Leader of the Labour Party Sir Kier Starmer gives us his opinion on the latest developments in Parliament.And moon marvel Kirsty Gallagher discusses her latest book 'The Lunar Living Journal'.Plus Piers Morgan, Ronni Ancona, Wayne Riley, Dr Hazel Wallace and Donna Lancaster.You can catch Chris and the team live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK.Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear the highlights every week.Rafe Spall - 00:40Daisy Haggard & Chris Addison - 08:18Kier Starmer - 16:12Piers Morgan - 23:41Kirsty Gallagher - 30:38Ronni Ancona - 37:21Wayne Riley - 43:25Dr Hazel Wallace - 49:49Donna Lancaster - 56:55 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

My guest today is Donna Lancaster and you are in for a treat. Donna's work has been recommended to me by so many people, through work of mouth, she is incredible and has worked as a coach and therapist for more than 25 years. She was formerly the head of teaching at the Hoffman Institute UK and she might be perhaps most well known for co-creating The Bridge Retreat, a six-day personal development experience, if you are intrigued, you can check out her website for more information and also the Amazon Prime documentary called Love(d) which shares the stories of 12 people during The Bridge Retreat as they take the leap to overcome grief and loss in their lives: https://loveddocumentary.comDonna's work has been featured everywhere from Psychologies, Conde Nast and Tatler. She has now released a book called The Bridge. A nine step crossing into authentic and wholehearted living. It's full of wisdom and I absolutely loved it. I have a feeling you're going to love this episode, we talk about grief, including post-pandemic grief in all its forms, and I felt very comforted in her presence. Enjoy!Donna's The Bridge book: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9780241513095My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannonBooks mentioned on Ctrl Alt Delete podcast: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-ctrl-alt-delete-podcastTwitter: Twitter.com/emmagannonInstagram: Instagram.com/emmagannonuk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of The Self Development Podcast, Johnny speaks with the former Co-founder and facilitator of The Bridge Retreat, one of the stars of the stunning documentary ‘Loved', author of ‘The Bridge' being published by Penguin Life in Spring 2022 and creator of the programme called ‘Deepening into Life'. This episode's guest is the remarkable Donna Lancaster. This episode is a treasure trove of knowledge and wisdom. The two discuss the concepts of anger, grief, loss of identity, boundaries and dehumanisation. There are truly some unbelievable and awe-inspiring moments in this episode, you are strongly encouraged to grab a pen and take notes, as there is some incredible insight passed along here that is sure to help with your self-development. Find Donna on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/donnalancs/?hl=en Website: https://deepeningintolife.com/ Loved Documentary: https://www.loveddocumentary.com/ Find The Self Development Coach on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/theselfdevelopmentcoach/?hl=en The Self Development Podcast is produced by Charlie Currie from Chatter Podcast Productions. The Self Development Podcast theme music is called ‘Damned If We Do' by Maybe.

Hi lovely, Well here we are, at the end of another quarter of 2021! How have the last 3 months been for you? We don't know about you but we both felt like we really needed a check-in, to take stock and reflect on how we're feeling and how the last few months have been and so this quarterly check-in was just the tonic! In this week's episode, we invite you to do your quarterly check-in with us and to take a moment to pause and reflect on how you're feeling and what you've been experiencing over these past few months.  Grab your Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021 journal if you have one and fill in the quarterly check-in section. And feel free to share the journal questions with a friend and do your check-in together or as a group - it's always so nourishing to talk through your answers with a trusted friend. Here below are links to some of the things we mentioned: Selina's Monday Crew (weekly podcast and life design check-in tool - delivered to your inbox each Monday!) Vicki's Sunday Love Letter (a love letter on all things dating and relationships sent every Sunday eve!) Donna Lancaster's wonderful ‘Deepening into Life' programme that Selina is doing and loving. All About Love by Bell Hooks Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn  Selina Van Orden, an amazing Ayurvedic Practitioner that Vicki has been working with | https://www.atyourbest.one/ and https://www.instagram.com/_atyourbest/  Nova Reid's powerful Anti Racism course  The Power of Privilege by June Sarpong  We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did recording it! So much love, Vicki & Selina xxx

If you're going through change or growth in your life at the moment (or plan to soon), then today's episode is for you.​While we love to encourage people to go after their dreams and create the lives, careers and relationships they love, it's important to know what to expect on that journey of change. Because it is a rollercoaster ride and noone ​is immune to the vulnerability hangovers, shitty committee attacks and feelings of overwhelm and loneliness. And THAT is what we are discussing this week as we share how recent experiences of change and growth in our own lives reminded us of just how discombobulating it can all be, but also how valuable it is to know what to expect on the change journey and how to navigate the emotional rollercoaster that is an unavoidable part of it. In it we mention Donna Lancaster's new programme: Deepening into Life - which Selina has just started and cannot recommend more (she's not an affiliate, she just LOVES it). >> Find out how to join yourself here: http://deepeningintolife.com/And Selina's Monday Crew mini-podcast which goes out every Monday when you join her Monday Crew. >> Sign up (for free!) here: https://www.selinabarker.com/themondaycrewLots of love to you, x Selina & Vicki

Donna Lancaster is a healer, facilitator and cofounder of The Bridge Retreat which has recently been featured in the documentary film Loved. In this second part of the conversation, we go deeper into the ways that wounding can happen in the parent child relationship. Donna speaks about her own experience of mothering and the motherhood journey of her now adult daughter. Check full show notes on www.soulmamajourney.com/podcast Follow me on instagram @soulmamacoach

Donna Lancastar is a healer, facilitator and cofounder of The Bridge Retreat which has recently been featured in the documentary film Loved.  Donna is passionate about the subject of grief and the grieving process which she believes offers the missing link for many in their search for wholeness. In this episode she speaks of her early life and how the ‘depression’ she was labelled with was actually unprocessed grief. Donna and I speak about how her personal journey influenced her professional journey, and the ways she includes ancient ritual and modern practices to support people to truly heal.    Visit www.soulmamapodcast.com.podcast for full show notes. Follow me on instagram @soulmamacoach

Welcome to another episode of the Soul Surgery Podcast. I am so excited to have you here today as we dive into the topic of grief. This week I had the pleasure of being joined by Donna Lancaster, who is so aptly known as the Queen of Grief. It's a subject that most people would prefer to ignore because it understandably brings up many painful emotions. But Donna manages to bring light and joy to a topic that is so often avoided. You will hear us dive deeply into the wounds that we unknowingly hold in our bodies and how grief can serve as the gateway to transformation and deepen our ability to love and live in joy. Donna explains how she was initially drawn to this work after a diagnosis of depression. She dealt with this for over 20 years, carrying that label and not understanding what it meant or how to heal. It was only after sitting with this for a long time that she had an aha moment and realised that she wasn't depressed but was dealing with unprocessed grief. This episode will teach you to view heartbreak as a transformative portal to let in light and joy. This episode is one of my favourites so far and I can't wait for you to listen. Highlights Why grief is not always related to bereavement, there are many different types of grief a person can experience. Grief is not the price we pay for love. GRIEF IS LOVE. It is an access point, and it's another way to honour the life of those we love. How to support your body so that it feels safe to release grief in a healthy and supported way. When your heart breaks, it also opens. A heartbreak is a beautiful opening for change, transformation, and rebirth. Why depression, anxiety, IBS, and other health issues can appear when we don't allow ourselves to sit with and process our grief. How we can sit with and move through the communal grief going on in the world right now and how to find the courage required to let go and surrender. Thank you so much for listening to this episode. So many of us are experiencing collective grief right now, and I hope this episode provided you with some tools to BE WITH the pain and allow it to be your access point to an abundance of love and joy. I would be so grateful if you could leave a review on iTunes, and we can share this message of healing and wholeness with as many people as possible. Connect with Nicky Instagram Website Awakening Collective

Donna Lancaster is a coach and therapist with over 25 years of experience working individuals, couples and groups and she's co founder and a facilitator of The Bridge Retreat - a six day personal development experience offering life transformation through deep healing. She's passionate about the subject of grief and the grieving process which she believes offers the missing link for many, in our search for wholeness. This interest stemmed from her own personal experience of ‘depression' which she suffered from for many years and later recognised as unprocessed grief. She talks about going through life - like so many of us -as a ‘warrior woman' with a focus on strength, tenacity, and being ‘indestructible'! And how her body literally shutdown, forcing her to re-evaluate life and explore new ways of being. Donna suports people ‘to return to the truth of who they are'. “Through allowing and supporting the natural order of the grieving process to flow, people find themselves remembering who they really are and living from this true place. When there is ‘unfinished business' in our lives, it is very hard to move on and engage with life fully. Grieving allows us to cross the bridge from past hurts and sorrow into a place of lightness and joy.” We talk about: How healing is a return to wholeness How she worked as a child protection social worker for many years How carrying on warrior style may keep you feeling safe in the short term, but it's not sustainable The physical manifestations of mental pain can be ME, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia.. The deeper you go in healing, the more joy you can access That mental health is still shrouded in shame, but it's changing and we can all be a part of the change That to move forward - we have to deal with the painful parts of our past  How important space is to do the grief/ soul/inner work. Her upcoming first book The Bridge, a practical, supportive, seven-step programme empowering you with the tools needed to gain clarity and learn how to release the pain, fear and anger keeping you trapped and  move towards whole-hearted living. The Bridge retreat - thebridgeretreat.com The Love(d) documentary - https://www.loveddocumentary.com Find Donna on instagram @donnalancs

What does it take to live a fulfilled life, and be a fulfilled person? To realise your potential and reap the rewards of a life well-lived? Is it achieving good grades at school? Getting a good college degree and a solid job for life? Good holidays, a fast car and a big house? Lots of money, lots of stuff, a six pack and amazing teeth? And if you don't have these things, what then? Does that mean yours is not a life well-lived? Does that mean you are somehow not enough – not good enough, not wealthy enough, not as valid? And how do you measure it anyway? Is it through how much you have, or how many likes your holiday photos get? Is it through praise and grades and acceptance and validation? Is it through how much you've struggled and how much you've fought and argued for what we've got? It seem strange to think that we are born into this world without everything we need to fulfil our potential. That we don't already come equipped – batteries included – to live the life and be the person we came here to be. Yet, we have managed to create a life where we will never be happy until we have, own and achieve more. And there will always be more that we could have, own, and achieve. And in this way our discontent, both with ourselves and our lives, is designed into the system. This modern life we have created for ourselves isn't built to make us happy, it's built to perpetuate itself at the expense of our happiness. But all along, we already have what we need to be fulfilled, to realise our potential and to be… ourselves. Complete, whole and perfect, but with room for improvement. So why then do we struggle to find it and harness it? To love ourselves, and be ourselves, and live happy, content lives? Why are anxiety and depression and alcoholism and other illnesses on the rise when we have everything we need for happiness literally built into us? In this episode of the podcast I speak with Donna Lancaster about the idea of shedding away all we are not, all the wrong notions of what it means to be complete, what it means to be us, all the accumulated baggage and trauma, and finally find ourselves. The ‘us' that we've always been carrying with us, but we've been unable to see. Donna is the co-founder of The Bridge Retreat, which helps people get back to themselves by connecting deeply with their body, completing the circle of mind, body and spirit to find the true them, which they were born with. The Bridge was the subject of a documentary titled ‘Loved' which is an excellent place to start if you want to find out more about the work carried out by Donna and her colleagues. To find out more about Donna and her work visit these links: www.thebridgeretreat.com www.instagram.com/thebridgeretreat www.instagram.com/donnalancs www.loveddocumentary.com

Donna Lancaster is one of the Co-founders and facilitators of The Bridge Retreat and has been working with individuals, couples and groups for over twenty-five years. She originally trained as a social worker, specialising in child protection and worked extensively within this and related fields for ten years. Donna is passionate about the subject of grief and the grieving process which she believes offers the missing link for many in their search for wholeness. Find out more about Donna:@donnalancs The Bridge RetreatWatch the Love(d) documentary here.-Join our Patreon membership: www.patreon.com/kitchenclubpodcastFollow us:@KitchenClubPodcast@SarahMalcs - www.sarahmalcolm.co.uk@SerenaLouth - www.serenalouth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Donna is one of the Co-founders and facilitators of The Bridge Retreat and has been working with individuals, couples and groups for almost 30 years. She’s a qualified Hoffman Teacher with the Hoffman Institute UK. She then went on to become their Head of Teaching.Donna is passionate about the subject of grief and the grieving process which she believes offers the missing link for many in their search for wholeness. This interest stemmed from her own very personal experience of ‘depression’ which she suffered from for many years and now knows to have in fact been unprocessed grief.On The Bridge, Donna uses a variety of approaches including ancient ritual practices to support people to grieve and move on from their losses. These losses might include, divorce and separation, loss of innocence, betrayals of trust, identity issues, bereavement, missed motherhood and loss of meaning and purpose.Donna says ‘Through allowing and supporting the natural order of the grieving process to flow, people find themselves remembering who they really are and living from this true place. When there is ‘unfinished business’ in our lives, it is very hard to move on and engage with life fully. Grieving allows us to cross the bridge from past hurts and sorrow into a place of lightness and truth.’Her book called The Bridge will be out early 2022 and there are online courses you can find on The Bridge Retreat Website that offer support. I have done one of these courses very recently and Its one of the most amazing things I've ever done.** This episode was recorded remotely due to Covid19 ** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Donna Lancaster is remarkably happy for someone who has to deal with a lot of people processing grief. She is a well-known life and relationship coach who specialises in the area of grief.  And now, with lockdown, illness, a serious pandemic and everything we've had to deal with over the past year, she's helping people build resilience in these tough times.  She owns and runs The Bridge Retreat which is a personal development experience here in the UK. It's described as an emotional detox and a chance to rediscover your zest for life. And yes, they are now running programs online too.  ---------------- This podcast is proudly brought to you by my podcast partner - Masszymes. is the most complete, most potent digestive enzyme, and I take it... with over 102% MORE PROTEASE than the nearest competitor. And 300-500% more per serving than most popular brands. That’s crucial, because protein is the most complex macronutrient to break down. Left undigested, protein putrefies in the gut and creates a variety of problems, from bloating to inflammation and beyond. I'm all about optimizing the gut so this is seriously exciting. The ZESTOLOGY TEAM was able to arrange the lowest pricing just for our audience. With volume discounts combined with our custom 10% coupon code, ZESTOLOGY10, you can save up to 48% off select packages of MassZymes! That deal is ONLY available on http://www.bioptimizers.co.uk and http://www.bioptimizers.com - be sure to use the code ZESTOLOGY10. The best part is if you don’t FEEL how MassZymes transforms your digestion, you can get a no-questions asked money back return on your order.

In this episode I have the pleasure of talking to Adé Adeniji, a trainer, coach, interfaith minister and storyteller Although both Adé and I attended The Bridge Retreat (at different times) this meeting was our very first, even so, we were able to jump into an intimate, beautiful conversation from how children internalise racism, violence in the workplace, belonging and becoming who you were always meant to be. This conversation is rich, moving and uplifting in equal measure. In the episode we also discuss:  - Practicing self care - How systemic racism continues to be ignored - What called Adé to start therapy - Identity, upbringing and sexuality and the importance of finding our sense of belonging -  Shame resilience and boundaries  - Adé’s work as an interfaith minister  Referenced in the episode:  The Bridge Retreat: https://www.thebridgeretreat.com/ The Hoffman Process: https://www.hoffmaninstitute.co.uk/ Listen to me talk to The Bridge Retreat co-founder Donna Lancaster (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/conversations-with-nova-reid/id1506584414?i=1000473004869) You can connect with Adé  at: http://walkwithyou.me/ and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outtales/ and twitter: https://twitter.com/outtales  You can connect with me over at @novareidofficial (https://www.instagram.com/novareidofficial/) and atwww.novareid.com (http://atwww.novareid.com/) If you are ready to do the inner work and learn to be actively anti racist please visit my website for further details about my anti racism online course:  https://novareid.com/services/anti-racism-white-privilege-course/   Don't forget that you can join my brand new podcast community over on Patreon to get access to exclusive content & support this work:    https://www.patreon.com/novareid   If this podcast resonates with you, please leave a review

In this episode I speak to Donna Lancaster, Co-Founder of the Bridge Retreat, described as an exceptional healing experience attracting human beings from across the globe to prioritise their own healing and personal growth. We talk about breakdown, necessary suffering and the importance of belonging. Donna also shares her experience and search for belonging as a mixed race woman growing up without access to her black identity and what that experience taught her. We also explore courage ( A WHOLE of courage) and mental health and I share a little about my own personal healing journey and a whole lot more. You can find out more about the Bridge Retreat here: https://www.thebridgeretreat.com and forthcoming workshops by emailing corinne@thebridgeretreat.com You can connect with Donna over on instagram @donnalancs (https://instagram.com/donnalancs) and @thebridgeretreat (https://instagram.com/thebridgeretreat) Further details on my forthcoming Courageous Courage course (https://novareid.com/services/courageous-courage-bme-edition/) and anti racism course (https://novareid.com/services/anti-racism-white-privilege-course/) mentioned in the episode can be found here. Psst. Don't forget to let me know what you think over at @novareidofficial (https://instagram.com/novareidofficial) on Instagram and Facebook (https://facebook.com/novareidofficial) and @novareidoffic (https://twitter.com/novareidoffic) on twitter

Therapist Donna Lancaster helps people come to terms with loss. She tells Bryony why it's okay to be mourning your old way of life and why she's running grief workshops to help people cope. Donna shares some of those tips with us, but says there's one battle she's yet to conquer - not eating a packet of Rolos in one sitting.For information about Donna's grief events, follow @thebridgeretreat on Instagram.If you have Amazon Prime, you can watch the documentary about the Bridge Retreat that Donna mentions by searching for 'Love(d)'.Check out the Telegraph's You Are Not Alone page for stories of support, optimism and social connectivity during the pandemic.We're giving all of the wonderful staff on the NHS a free, six-month digital subscription to the Telegraph. Just email NHS@telegraph.co.uk from your NHS email address. For everyone else, get 30 days' free here.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donna is one of the Co-founders and facilitators of The Bridge Retreat and has been working with individuals, couples and groups for almost 30 years.  Donna is passionate about the subject of grief and the grieving process which she believes offers the missing link for many in their search for wholeness. This interest stemmed from her own very personal experience of ‘depression’ which she suffered from for many years and now knows to have in fact been unprocessed grief.   In this episode, Donna Lancaster and Dr. Jessica Higgins discuss:    Discomfort, anxiety, and depression may actually be unprocessed pain and grief. Being grateful for our incredible capacity for survival and resilience, but not letting our past difficulties define you.        How we tend to see people through our own lenses of past pain. Heartbreak is inevitable and an essential part of being wonderfully human. The power of recognizing pain as a community, and healing in a community.     "The details of our stories may differ. But the essence of them is the same...we all go through loss, our hearts break, again and again, it’s part of the human condition. But what we're not shown, generally speaking, is how to allow and to embrace all those emotions and let them flow through us (as) they're meant to do, so that we can then really, really return to our wholeness. Not even return, just remember, because we always were home. And that is the power of community." —  Donna Lancaster       Mentioned:    The Bridge Retreat Video The Bridge Retreat website How to Handle Grief & Loss In Relationship podcast) How to Handle Grief & Loss In Relationship - Part Two (podcast) Grief Refuge (grief companioning) Free strategy session with Dr. Jessica Higgins (coaching) Connect with Donna:  Website: https://www.thebridgeretreat.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebridgeretreat/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebridgehealing/          Connect with Dr. Jessica Higgins:  Facebook: facebook.com/EmpoweredRelationship Instagram: instagram.com/drjessicahiggins Podcast: drjessicahiggins.com/podcasts Pinterest: pinterest.com/EmpowerRelation LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drjessicahiggins Twitter: @DrJessHiggins Website: drjessicahiggins.com  Email: jessica@drjessicahiggins.com    If you have a topic you would like me to discuss, please contact me by clicking on the “Ask Dr. Jessica Higgins” button here.  Thank you so much for your interest in improving your relationship.  Also, I would so appreciate your honest rating and review. Please leave a review by clicking here.  Thank you!   If you are interested in developing new skills to overcome relationship challenges, please consider taking the Connected Couple Program or engaging in relationship coaching work with me.     

In this episode Rebecca explores themes around self-love, grief and inner activism with Donna Lancaster, Founder of a transformative programme, The Bridge. Donna originally trained as a social worker, specialising in child protection and has delivered courses internationally in a wide variety of environments including women's refuges, schools and prisons. Donna is passionate about the subject of grief and the grieving process which she believes offers the missing link for many in their search for wholeness. ABOUT THE HOST: International author of And Breathe, leading global breath coach, public speaker and workshop leader, Rebecca Dennis is the founder of http://www.breathingtree.co.uk (www.breathingtree.co.uk). Rebecca has a practice in London and runs retreats and events around the globe. She has been practicing holistic and alternative therapies for over 20 years and has trained worldwide with masters and influential teachers of breathwork and healing modalities. She is on a mission to teach as many people as she can how to empower their lives and improve their physical and mental wellbeing with conscious breathing techniques and somatic bodywork. She fervently believes that conscious breathwork is the ultimate key to our well-being, health and inner peace. Website: http://www.breathingtree.co.uk (www.breathingtree.co.uk) Instagram: breathing.tree LinkedIn: Rebecca Dennis Facebook : Breathing Tree group And Breathe by Rebecca Dennis https://www.amazon.co.uk/and+breathe+rebecca+dennis (https://www.amazon.co.uk/and+breathe+rebecca+dennis) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breathe-conscious-breathing-wellbeing-happiness/dp/1409168328/ref (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breathe-conscious-breathing-wellbeing-happiness/dp/1409168328/ref)=sr_1_1?keywords=and+breathe+rebecca+dennis&qid=1580478486&sr=8-1 Producer : James Bishop Editor: Kasra Firouzyar Part of the OneFinePlay Network http://www.onefineplay.com (www.onefineplay.com)

It’s Selina here and oh I’m so excited for you to listen to today’s episode. It is with my greatest guide and teacher in life, Donna Lancaster (https://www.thebridgeretreat.com/about-the-bridge/#our_facilitators) - co-founder and facilitator of the incredible Bridge Retreat (https://www.thebridgeretreat.com/) who is honestly the wisest, most powerful, loving and humble healer and transformational therapist I have ever met, so ANY conversation with her is going to be food for the soul, but this one in particular really inspired me (and you’ll hear why) because we were talking about the day, two years ago that Donna married herself. On her 50th birthday. With her best friend there as her witness. SHE MARRIED HERSELF! The ultimate act of self-love. And so we talked about it all: what made her want to do it, what the ceremony was like, the vows and commitments she made to herself, how she knew a lot of people would roll their eyes at it and above all the difference it has made to her and the relationship with herself since saying ‘I do’. As well as self marriage we talked about going through deep transformation in life, the suffering that is a necessary part of our development and growth and how to navigate those times of suffering so that you can get through to the other side where you’ll find peace, love, humility and all the good stuff. We talked about why it is NOT in the interests of a capitalist society for us to love ourselves.  And of course we talked about witches

Donna Lancaster shares her own experiences of breakdown and therapy and the impact that grief, loss, childhood wounding and trauma can have on your mind and body, learnt from over thirty years’ of working in the field and her own journey towards healing. Donna is a Life and Relationship Coach and Co-Founder of the renowned Bridge Retreat.  Find out more: harleytherapy.com/therapylab Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook @harleytherapy for the latest news and episodes!  

It's the podcast all about energy, and today boost your vitality levels by becoming an inner activist.  End the internal war and you can effectively contribute to the wider world. Other topics; Also featuring: the role of gratitude in our lives and how it fuels our energy and motivation. What being in service can offer you. And loads more.

Donna Lancaster used to be the head of training for The Hoffman Process and she now runs The Bridge Retreat. It's described as an emotional detox and a chance to rediscover your zest for life. In this podcast we talk Marie Kondo. Decluttering (physical and emotional) The Inner Critic. And how to shut him/her up - or at least quieten him down a little bit. Releasing emotional blocks, is it a continual process, or done once done. Grief and how best to deal with it. Not one, not two but three book recommendations. And loads more. Check out The Bridge online at https://www.thebridgeretreat.com/ - I'm really hoping to go myself at some point.

Why is living in our authenticity one of the greatest things we can do? How do we do it? What does it mean? How are we harming ourselves and others by only putting out what is "Love & Light" chasing the illusion of 'perfect' by not honouring aspects of our entire selves including grief - anger, sadness, fear, including the pain, our wounds. Why do we label emotions such as anger and sadness as bad or wrong??? How can we trace those emotions back to their root wound in order to truly heal? or simply give them acknowledgement to let them pass rather than subconsciously shove them down. How does ignoring our grief turn into raging anger, anxiety and depression? How can we practice and release anger in a healthy way? Why is it so essential that we do so? We need to feel all feelings in order to heal, to learn to grow. We need to listen to all the parts of us including our wounded child in order to truly Love and accept ourselves. Over years of hurt we build barriers blocking out not only pain but also Love. Grief work is key to Self Love and I am so grateful to Donna Lancaster and thebridgeretreat.com for holding space for me always on this journey of healing.

You could be 30% more attractive after listening to this podcast!   Donna Lancaster is a well-known life and relationship coach who specialises in the area of grief. Or as she puts it, she loves talking about grief. Which might sound weird, but once you hear how she helps us to properly cope with grief and loss, you'll get it.   And there is a link between grief and being 30% more attractive. Honest! Bear with me.   She used to be the head of training for The Hoffman Process and she now owns and runs The Bridge Retreat which is a personal development experience here in the UK. It's described as an emotional detox and a chance to rediscover your zest for life.    Hmm, zest... I'm sure there's a relevance to this podcast somewhere.   DISCOUNT ALERT: After the interview, Donna got back in touch and offered £250 off the six day retreat. You just need to mention ZESTOLOGY when you book.   ​

I never thought grief would be a topic I’d get excited about…I thought it was something that you went through when you lost a loved one. Something hard and painful that you had to endure until hopefully, one day, you were out the other side. But then I met [Donna Lancaster](http://www.thebridgeretreat.com/about-the-bridge/#our_facilitators) and did her [Bridge Retreat](https://www.thebridgeretreat.com/)- a six-day deep healing experience that was honestly THE most profound journey I have ever been on (you can find out all about it over [here](https://www.thebridgeretreat.com/)). I have done a lot of individual and group self-development and healing over the years and nothing compares with this. It as an emotional detox that brings you back in connection with yourself, others and the world in a way that is truly, deeply life changing. Both Vicki and I did the Bridge Retreat last year and we’ve been recommending it to our friends and clients ever since, particularly when they are feeling at a cross-roads in life, feeling lost, burnt out or feeling ready to do some deep healing work on old wounds. And one of the key parts of the Bridge experience is learning how to grieve. And not just grieve the loss of loved ones who have passed away (although it is great for that), but to grieve any and all kinds of loss in life - from loss of innocence, to divorce, losing the life you once knew after having kids, losing connection with yourself during a bout of depression, losing a parent that moved out when you were young etc. Giving yourself the time, space and tools to deeply grieve returns you to yourself and in full connection with your heart in a way that you may not have ever have ever experienced before.  As Donna says: “Through allowing and supporting the natural order of the grieving process to flow, people find themselves remembering who they really are and living from this true place. When there is ‘unfinished business’ in our lives, it is very hard to move on and engage with life fully. Grieving allows us to cross the bridge from past hurts and sorrow into a place of lightness and joy.” And THAT is why we’re so in love with the topic of grief and grieving now too. Because we’ve experienced first-hand how it returns you to yourself and guides you back into a place of love, connection, wholeness and joy. Which is why we’ve been wanting to get Donna on the podcast, ever since we did the Bridge, to talk about grief, love, healing, ritual and so much more and so that you could spend some time yourself with Donna who truly is an amazing woman, with so much wisdom and love to offer (not to mention 25 years of experience in working with individuals and groups and training with some of the most amazing teachers in the world). Even just 45 minutes of her on this podcast will leave you feeling somehow lighter. So as you go about your day to day this week or as you lie enjoying the sun on holiday, tune into this episode and let Donna’s words inspire and move you. And if you want MORE from Donna then head over to the [Vulnerable Podcast](https://itunes.apple.com/qa/podcast/vulnerable-podcast/id1244426082?mt=2) where our friend Rochelle also interviewed Donna (we literally tag teamed that day) where they talk about Donna’s personal story which is SO powerful, our warrior sides and how we seek out partners that are like our parents when we haven’t healed those wounds…and a whole lot more. Basically, make this a Donna Lancaster week - she is true magic. Thank you Donna. x Selina P.S. In our next episode we’ll be doing a half-way through the year review - a chance for us all to take a step back and see how the first half of the year has gone and create a plan and a focus for the next 6 months. If you did your **Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018** then bring it along to the next podcast session!

Donna is one of the Co-founders and facilitators of The Bridge Retreat and has been working with individuals, couples, and groups for over twenty-five years. She originally trained as a social worker, specialising in child protection and worked extensively within this and related fields for ten years. Donna is passionate that the route to healing is by recognising your grief and then processing it, and I completely agree. I know many people that have experienced loss, trauma, and pain, but I can count on one hand how many people I know that have taken the time and created the space for themselves to really grieve the losses so that it can help them to live a fuller life. Ask yourself, are you able to breathe, does your heart beat? Do you need food and water to survive? If you have answered yes to any of the above, then I implore you to create the time to listen to this episode of Vulnerable Podcast, and then maybe you can start to think about how processing your trauma in the future. Donna is a walking Earth Angel and I feel so honoured to have interviewed her for VP. Get a pen a paper out and take notes. Donna is full of quotables and she gives some seriously profound wisdom in this episode. Sarah Van Bracknack - Something More Brene Brown - I thought it was just me David Riko - How to be an adult in relationships Richard Rohr - Falling Upward Website - www.thebridgeretreat.com Instagram - www.instagram.com/thebridgeretreat Instagram - www.instagram.com/Donnalancs Follow us on Instagram www.instagram.com/vulnerablepodcast Feel free to download this episode and take it with you wherever you go... Did you know that we are having the first edition of our dinner series. ‘A Seat at The Table,’ on the 29th of July. We will be discussing all things related to relationship goals at a very gorgeous restaurant in Shoreditch, East London. Email vulnerablepodcast@gmail.com if you would like some more information. Hope to see you there x