The Rethinkers with Katrina Ridley
The Rethinkers is a weekly podcast all about challenging societies norms and getting a fresh perspective and outlook on life. In each episode Katrina is joined by a different specialist, author or environmentalist to discuss a different aspect of life or society we take as standard and look at it from a new angle. Whether that's rethinking happiness with Helen Russel - Author of 'Atlas of Happiness', and 'How to live Danishly', rethinking our use of plastics with Lizzie Carr – Environmental Activist & Founder of 'Planet Patrol' or rethinking periods with Bryony Farmer – Founder of 'Precious Stars' Vlog and reusable Sanitary items. It’s only by exploring all of life's alternatives, that you are truly able to make the right decisions for you and your everyday life. Let's get a fresh perspective on what we take as standard. Press control ALT delete on life. And look at the other options out there. Listen now and subscribe.
Episodes
Katrina chats to fair fashion campaigner and second-hand clothing enthusiast Venetia Lamanna.
Venetia explains the intricacies of the fast fashion industry and the impact
it’s having on garment workers, what she’s doing to educate and rewrite the
narrative when it comes to fashion.
She also shares what practical things we can do today, to truly make a difference and take a stance when it comes to how we approach our own clothes.
Katrina chats to sensual expert, influencer and entrepreneur Henika Patel about her sensual awakening journey and the techniques and ways of thinking that helped her along the way.
They unravel the common misconceptions of tantra, how embracing your sensuality can have a profound effect on other areas of life and things you can do to expand and explore your own sensuality.
In this episode Katrina is joined by singer, lead vocalist of The Undertones, Chairman of the Amwell Magna Fishery, and lifelong fly fisherman - Feargal Sharkey OBE.
Feargal and Katrina discuss what drove him to spearhead the campaign against the pollution of British rivers, particularly chalk streams and how his early childhood in Northern Island shaped his passion for campaigning.
Plus, Feargal shares what we can do to help protec...
Katrina is joined by model, presenter author & autism ambassador, Christine McGuiness to chat about her pioneering new number one best selling children’s book Amazing Me, Amazing You, which shines a light on neurodiversity.
Christine was recently diagnosed with autism, alongside her three young children, and shares her personal story before diagnosis and since.
Thought-provoking and insightful, Christine’s experiences incl...
Katrina chats to consultant, mentor, podcaster and Global sensation Africa Brooke.
After publicly sharing her journey to sobriety in 2016, she then took the digital and physical world by storm.
Having created a huge online community and presence, she now specialises in discussing and inspiring people in relation to the challenges of self-censorship and self-sabotage.
In this episode Africa shares her own personal journey of 's...
Katrina chats to author, speaker & hairdresser Joshua Coombes about his incredible work cutting the hair of those experiencing homelessness in order to tell their stories.
Nearly ten years ago, Joshua encountered a gentleman sleeping rough on the
streets of London, rather than offering him money, Joshua made the conscious
decision to give his time and skills by offering a haircut instead.
Visually recording people’s responses and ...
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