All Episodes

#305 Your D&I Strategy is a PR Stunt: Here’s how to fix it

#304 Stop Blaming "Cultural Fit": The Truth About Systemic Bias in HR

#303 Why Professional Courage is Dead. Standing up for what's right at work.

#302 Why do HR Leaders Stay Silent When Things Get Toxic?

#301 Why we need the Alphabet of Happiness by Klaudia Mitura

#300 5 Things I learned from Careless People by Sarah Wynn Williams

#299 Managing Your Emotions at Work

#298 New Website Launch

#297 Workplace Wellbeing Trends for 2026

#296 Round-Up of the Year

#295 Supporting Carers at Work

#294 Overview of The Lilac Review and Why it Matters

#293 Why slashing your DEI budget is a bad idea

#292 Stress, Money and Mental Health

#291 My Black History Month Journey

#290 Why Black History Month is so important

#289 Future-Proofing against Division at Work

#288 What to do with Division in the Workplace

#287 Handling Division in the Workplace

#286 Celebrating 6 Years of Podcasting

#285 Stop Asking Where Are You Really from

#284 Roots to Routes Resources

#283 Parallels between Biodiversity and Human Diversity

#282 Being the Only One

#281 Impacts of Loneliness on Mental Health

#280 How local communities support our wellbeing

#279 Building a workplace community for Mental Health

278 It’s stressful to complete equal opps forms!

#277 Your Workplace Shouldn't be a Family

#276 The Stress of Patriarchy at Work

#275 Women's Mental Load at Work

#274 Accelerate Action for ALL women

#273 Using the Wheel of Power

#272 EDI Policy Model vs Liberation Model

#271 Recognising a Positive Workplace Wellbeing Culture

#270 Workplace Wellbeing Trends for 2025

#269 Year in Review

#268 How workplace wellbeing enables inclusion

#267 How to handle gatekeepers

#266 What are Gatekeepers in The Workplace?

#265 Recentering the White Gaze

#264 Understanding the white gaze

#263 Challenging Dominant Narratives

#262 Managing Conflict at Work

#261 What should workplaces do now after the racist riots?

#260 Celebrating 5 years of Podcasting

#259 Navigating South Asian Identity with Dimple Mukherjee

#258 Enabling Self-Expression at Work

#257 The Authenticity Paradox

#256 Free To Be Me

#255 Shifting Workplace Politics

#254 Is it ok to Talk about Politics at Work?

#253 Election Special: The Possibilities for EDI?

#252 That's Not My Name!

#251 We can't Afford That

#250 Do we have to do mandatory training?

#249 Why the pushback?

#248 Cultural Preferences for Mental Health Recovery

#247 Managing Boundaries As a Mental Health Supporter

#246 Starting a Mental Health Conversation as a Manager

#245 What is Psychological Safety at Work?

#244 Why Reparations are Vital

#243 Decolonising Arts and Heritage

#242 Decolonising the Curriculum

#241 Decolonising in the Workplace

#240 What is Decolonisation?

#239 South Asian Women and Burnout with Neelu Kaur

#238 Shake up your Women's Network

#237 Unmasking the Mask with Marie Loney

#236 Inspiring Inclusion?

#235 Shifting white Dominant Norms

#234 Identifying white Dominant Norms

#233 What are white Dominant Norms?

#232 Equity in the Aviation Industry with Nzinga Orgill

#231 Book Review: Enchantment by Katherine May

#230 Healthy Functioning with a Heart and Mind Connection with Dr Magdalena Bak-Maier

#229 Coaching with Collage with Andrèa Watts

#228 A Career with Heart and Mind with Rolake Ojo

#227 What is the Heart and Mind Connection?

#226 2023 The Year in Review

#225 Workplace Wellbeing Trends for 2024

#224 The Barriers for Disabled Entrepreneurs

#223 Diversity and Inclusion Architecture with Toby Mildon

#222 Cross-Cultural Parenting with Carolina Albuerne Rodriguez

#221 Wellbeing in Parenting with Dr Naomi Irvine

#220 Raising Anti-Racist Children with Keon West

#219 Parenting with Equity and Wellbeing in Mind

#218 Workplace Behaviour Change Journeys

#217 Facing Difficult Conversations with Jimi Okubanjo

#216 Telling the Stories of African Women with Mukelwa Hlatshwayo

#215 Reconnect Retreats with Abi Osho

#214 Saluting our Sisters

#213 Ancestral Legacies and Writing with Jackee Holder

#212 The Power of Journaling with Greta Solomon

#211 Creative writing and Mental Health with Jim Hall

#210 Writing and Mental Health

#209 Data, Stories and Identity with Sathya Bala

#208 Happy 4th Birthday

#207 Ways to Tell Your Story

#206 Making Climate Justice Accessible with Pooja Tilvawala

#205 Cultural Perspectives on Imposter Syndrome with Pinky Ghadiali

#204 Flipping the Definition of Success with Mohammed Kasujee

#203 What kind of South Asian are you?

#202 Intersectional Friendships with Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

#201 Friendships and Mental Health

#200th Episode Celebration with Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey

#199 Failing Forward with Nana Parry

#198 Transactional vs Transformational Changes

#197 Building your Personal Brand

#196 How Divestment links to Mental Health

#195 Colonial legacies and Climate Change with Irene Asuwa

#194 Parents for Future with Jelly Mae Moring

#193 Anxiety Linked to the Climate Crisis

#192 Getting Workplace Adjustments Right with Daniel Williams

#191 The Conscious Workplace with Shaara Roman

#190 Improving Gender Diversity in Finance with Lynne Marlor

#189 Ensuring People's Rights at Work with Donna Patterson

#188 Top 5 Inclusion Workplace Mistakes

#187 Autism, Race and Culture

#186 International Day of Happiness

#185 Imposter Syndrome vs Frustration Phenomenon

#184 Round Up from Women in Tech SEO Fest

#183 LGBTQ+ Black Health Experiences with Harvey Kennedy-Pitt

#182 Cath Lloyd Transitioning in Families

#181 How to support LGBTQ+ Mental Health at Work

#180 Intersectionality for LGBTQ+ History Month

#179 Campaigning for Poverty and Mental Health with Errin Norton-Brown

#178 Tackling Injustice with Jeri C Perkins

#177 Poverty and Mental Health

#176 Diversity & Inclusion in the Public Speaking World with Dan Ram

#175 Energetic conversations, healing and mental health with Maya Kalaria

#174 2022 The Year in Review: Abundance?

#173 SEN and Neurodivergent Support in Education

#172 My ADHD Journey with Rahimeh Ramezany

#171 From Awareness to Acceptance to Action with Martin Griffin

#170 What is disability and intersectionality?

#169 How Workplaces can improve Mental Wellbeing via nutrition

#168 How Nutrition Impacts our Health with Dr Amanda Adkins

#167 7 ways Cooking Supports our Mental health

#166 The connection between nutrition and mental health

#165 Community Activism Radio with Ken Orlukwu

#164 Book Reflections: How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi

#163 The Racial Code with Prof Nicola Rollock

#162 Taking Action for Equity in Children's Services with Laurelle Brown

#161 Happiness and Personal Development with Klaudia Mitura

#160 The Power of Mentoring with Karen Tsui

#159 6 Reasons Why Personal Development is Important

#158 Mynd Maps with Rosemary Ikpeme

#157 Happy 3rd Birthday

#156 The Power of Arts Therapy with Rebecca West

#155 Arts in Practice with Erinn Dhesi

#154 Book Review: Big Magic By Elizabeth Gilbert

#153 How the arts supports mental health

#152 Black Leadership with Busayo Abidakun

#151 Defining Racial Capitalism with Maya Goodfellow

#150 My Lived Experiences with Allan Reid

#149 Using Lived Experience to shape better workplaces

#148 Work-Life Balance 4: The Checklist

#147 Work-Life Balance 3: How to find the time

#146 Work-Life Balance 2: Mood Check-In

#145 Work-Life Balance 1:Tea Cup Energy Drainers

#144 What if they're faking it?

#143 Why won't they accept help?

#142 How Racism Creates Mental-Ill Health

#141 Loneliness and Mental Health

#140 Why we need to talk about Maternal Mental Health

#139 My music and mental health journey MiteKiss

#138 Play for adults with music therapist Crystal Luk-Worrall

#137 11 Songs that Boost my Mental Wellbeing

Bonus Episode: Why Resilience Isn’t A Sticking Plaster

#136 How music boosts our mental health

#135 Recognising the different ways to have a family with Jenny Saft

#134 Recognising the needs of carers with Anita Powell

#133 How men can be true allies to women at work with Susan Popola

#132 Breaking the Bias

#131 How true crime podcasts can get us to recognise bias

#130 Trauma Recovery through Yoga with Ava Riby-Williams

#129 Formulating empowering beliefs with Shazney Spence

#128 Reciprocity in a mentoring relationship

#127 Sharing Your Story with Shari Foos

#126 Book Review: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

#125 Doing Less, Being More with Karen Liebenguth

#124 How to start conversations about Mental Health at work

#123 Book Review: Wintering by Katherine May

#122 Round-up of 2021: My Year of Gratitude

#121 Weaving Heritage into Fashion with Parasto Qalandri

#120 Having Conversations about Workplace Adjustments

#119 Universal Design and why it's so important

#118 Turning grief into fuel with Dipti Tait

#117 Talking about Toxic Masculinity with Kevin Brazant

#116 Tackling Bystander Apathy with Shamsher Chohan

#115 Managing Adversity and Stress as a Parent with Christine Brown Quinn

#114 Identifying and Combating Burnout

# 113 Ensuring a Black History Month 365 Approach

#112 Cultural Money Stories and Mindsets with Talia Loderick

#111 Black women in Menopause with Nina Kuypers

#110 Tackling Anti-Blackness in South Asian Communities

#109 8 ways to create culturally inclusive meetings

#108 What's the big deal with Cultural appropriation?

#107 Book Review Culture Map by Erin Meyer

#106 Cross-Cultural Understanding at Work with Dr Nathalie van Meurs.

#105 5 Reflections from my second year of podcasting

#104 Asian Female Leadership with Anjum Khan

#102 Beware the Tone Police!

#103 The damaging impacts of colourism and shadism

#101 Defining Global Feminism with Raakhi Shah CEO of The Circle

#100 7 Reasons you must watch We Are Lady Parts

#99 Uplifting Impact with Deanna Singh

#98 What have emojis got to do with equality and diversity?

#97 The art of listening to support someone

#96 Empowerment through the Cowrie Scholarship Foundation with Richard Orrefo

#95 Shaking up your Recruitment Processes

#94 Making Change and not Jumping on the Bandwagon

#93 Empathy at Work with Shola Kaye

#92 How volunteering supports Mental Wellbeing

#91 Elevating Teen Self-Esteem with Jenny Garrett

#90 What's next for wellbeing as we transition back?

#89 Connecting Nature and Mental Health

#88 Talking Sense for Deaf Awareness Week

#87 Ella Mesma and Ama Rouge International Day of Dance

#86 5 Ways Reading Benefits your Mental Health

#85 Black Beauty and Wholeness with Dr Rochelle Rowe-Wiseman

#84 Asking Yourself Big Questions with Bhavik Patel

#83 Turning a hobby into a passion with Rosie Khandwala

#82 Agency as Female Solopreneur

#81 Y.O.U can make a difference with Sarah Jordan

#80 Entrepreneurship with an AfroTouch with Georgina Fihosy

#79 Dyslexia Champions and Neurodivergent Support

#78 No such thing as being shelved

#77: Book Review: Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola

#76 Self-love and Self-Esteem what does it all mean?

#75 How love promotes positive mental health

#74 Preventing a Mental-ill Health Factory

#73 Book Review of Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo

#72 Recovery through Art with Olivia Mendoza

#71 Workplace Wellbeing Trends for 2021

#70: Lessons from 2020

#69 How Real Allyship Makes a Difference

#68 Still too scared to talk about race?

#67 Diversifying Boards and why you need to

#66 Gender-based violence, culture and mental health

#65 Why Training isn't a Panacea

#64 Workplace Wellbeing Initiatives that Truly Work

#63 Anti-bullying initiatives that work

#62 Mindfulness And Managing Stress With Mita Mistry

#61 The Challenge of Women’s Wellbeing at Work during Covid-19

#60 To BAME or not to BAME?

#59 How Hate Crime Negatively Impacts Mental Health

#58 Neurodiversity, Race and Culture with Jannett Morgan

#57 Assertiveness and Self-Care

#56 Creating Safe Cultural Spaces with Rupinder Kaur

#55 Shaping Your Routine and Self Care

#54 Social Media and Mental Health: Help or Hindrance?

#53 Happy 1st Birthday Diverse Minds Podcast

#52 The Messy Myth Of Meritocracy

#51 A Writer’s Journey With Mahsuda Snaith

#50 Why you need to stop stereotyping South Asian Women

#49 The first South Asian Heritage Month

#48 Finding Passion, Patience and Persistence

#47 How culture and leadership combine

#46 Solopreneurs Mental Health

#45 Visibility with Louise Ndibwirende Goux-Wirth

#44 Your Working at Home Life Balance

#43 Windrush Day with Patrick Vernon

#42 Men's Health Week with Oris Ikomi

#41 Racism and Genuine Allyship

#40 Negotiating something better

#39 Resilience and Mental Health

#38 How kindness helps our mental health

#37 Why bother with Inclusive Language?

#36 Five Lessons we can learn from Noughts and Crosses

#35 Coronavirus and Humanitarian perspectives with Asil Sidahmed

#34 Ramadan and what it means with Omar Salha

#33 Jumping Hurdles with Andrea Rainsford

#32 Managing Lone Working and Mental Health

#31 Staying connected during social isolation

#30 World Poetry Day With Jess Green

#29 Intersectionality and International Women's Day

#28 Overcoming Adversity with Petra Velzeboer

#27 What You Can Do For University Mental Health Day

#26 Eating Disorder Awareness Week with Hope Virgo

#25 How to organise effective mental health awareness events for your workplace

#24 Exploring people of colour, sex and mental health with Dr Annabel Sowemimo

#23 LGBTQI+ History Month with Michelle Codrington-Rogers

#22 International Student Mental Health

#21 Shaping the culture and behaviours in your organisation with Kate Nash.

#20 Body Positivity and how to be an ally with Sarah-Daisy Burnard.

#19 How Blue Monday sparks conversations about mental health.

#18 Looking Beyond New Year’s Resolution

#17 12 business lessons I learned in 2019, and what’s next for 2020.

#16 Disability History Month: Getting involved in the disability movement with Steph Cutler.

#15 Why you need a coach (and don't wait until January)

#14 Christmas and Jingle Well - Why Christmas time isn’t always good for our Mental Health.

#13 Talking about Domestic Violence at work With Katie Russell and Harriet Smailes.

#12 Career Happiness and Mental Health With Soma Ghosh.

#11 Bullying and harassment in the workplace: what you can do about it.

#10 Do you wear stress as a badge of honour?

#09 Using data to inform BHM with Mac Alonge

#08 What is Diwali and how it’s celebrated with Dr. Manish Tayal

#07 How to organise meaningful Black History Month Events at work

#06 Black Mental Health: How to engage your staff

#04 Black History Month UK 2019: Why is it important with Pawlet Brookes.

#03 Celebrating National Inclusion week (and why it matters at work).

#05 Self-care September movement and exercise with Versha Patel from Birth and Beyond Fitness.

#02 Why and how to talk about suicide.

#01 Why I started Diverse Minds and my journey.

Diverse minds podcast: the trailer