S5:E6 - Time for...Telling It How It Is (featuring Rebbecca Hemmings)

Season 5, Episode 6We know we say it every week but...have you joined the LTO COMMUNITY yet? It’s our newsletter. It's infrequent. It's a manageable length. And it'll appear at the top of the hownotes until you sign up! Here's the big link to click:SIGN UP HERE!So, back to episode 6 of this glorious season...Our guest is Rebbecca Hemmings, a leading voice in cultural awareness, inclusion, and the power of language to create meaningful change.Rebbecca is the founder of Strawberry Words, a dynamic training and consultancy company that specialises in helping individuals and organisations navigate difficult conversations around race, identity, and inclusion with confidence and compassion. With a background in public speaking, performance, and education, she brings a unique blend of creativity, candour, and care to her work.Through her workshops, keynotes, and consultancy, Rebbecca helps people explore unconscious bias, challenge assumptions, and develop the tools needed to create truly inclusive environments. She is deeply passionate about the power of words, the importance of visibility, and the need for safe spaces where people can be honest, heard, and respected.We talk to Rebbecca about the significance of cultural awareness, how to approach challenging conversations with empathy, why language matters more than we think, and how we can each play a role in creating a more equitable world. It's a chat that covers a lot of ground, and left both of us inspired and with a renewed energy to learn. We're sure Rebbecca will have the same effect on you. Enjoy!Added to all that, there are 2 sketches and a chat about chatting - tricky chatting. Get stuck in and let us know how you get on!Limited Time Only – a pick-me-up in podcast form.If you enjoy the show, please follow or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, leave us a quick review, and share this episode with someone who could use a pick-me-up. USEFUL LINKS :REBBECCA'S PODCAST - COMPASSIONATE CULTURESREBBECCA'S INSTAGRAM - @becks_in_the_city Instagram @limitedtimeonlypodcastFacebook Limited Time Only PodcastEmail: [email protected] LTO is created & written by, produced, edited & hosted by:SUSIE RIDDELL & ESTHER STANFORDIt is a Limited Time Only Production LOGO designed by:IAN STANFORDTHEME TUNE composed by:JOEL WHITEADDITIONAL SOUND:https://freesound.orgmusic elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0phone-pickup-click-22.wav by Adam_Joseph -- https://freesound.org/s/60844/ -- License: Attribution 3.0   See Limited Time Only LIVE in London this July. Join Esther and Susie for a joyful hour of chat and comedy at The Hearth in London. With special guest, the actor and author Stephanie Farrell Moore. Book now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/limitedtimeonly/2192881 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.