1.8 Scarlett Curtis on Moon Magic, Mental Health and being an Empath
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
Release Date: 03/04/2021
2.4 Maude Hirst on Love, Unravelling and Meditation
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
In this episode of Love, Purpose, Connection, Estelle Bingham talks to actor, yoga and mindfulness practitioner and founder of Energy Rise, Maude Hirst. Together they talk about Maude’s experiences of acting and starring in the TV series The Vikings and about her decision to temporarily step away from that career. Maude describes how this led to a period of ‘unravelling’ during which she discovered meditation and the power of trusting her internal voice. She also shares her experiences of growing up in a single parent household, the power and energy of maternal love and her understanding...
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2.3 Lisa Donovan on Astrology, Vision and Dark Nights of the Soul
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
In this episode of a new series of Love, Purpose, Connection, Estelle Bingham talks to Lisa Donovan, entrepreneur, model and founder and CEO of The Pattern - the first ever astrology-based personality app. Together they share an intimate conversation about the Dark Night of the Soul and how for Lisa this gave birth to her ground-breaking astrology app. Lisa describes the intense process of creating an app which she hoped would empower people. She also puts the app to work on Estelle and imagines what might lie ahead for her as she enters her fiftieth year! @motherofpatterns...
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2:2 Shareefa J on Radical Self-Acceptance, Being of Service and The Shiny Cloak
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
In this episode of a brand new series of Love, Purpose, Connection, Estelle Bingham talks to the wonderful Shareefa J, model, body positivity activist and mental health advocate. Together they share a super intimate conversation about Shareefa’s experiences growing up and her feelings of being ‘different’ as one of the only mixed race children in a small UK town and the daughter of a lesbian mother. Shareefa talks about the journey to feeling truly confident about your body and how she healed her relationship with food. She also reveals her Spiritual side and talks about how she...
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2.1 Dr Sharon Blackie on Myths, the Divine Feminine and Belonging
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
In the first episode of a new series of Love, Purpose, Connection, Estelle Bingham talks to mythologist, psychologist, and author of the award-winning book ‘If Women Rose Rooted’, Dr Sharon Blackie. Together they share an intimate conversation about the magic of the ‘old' stories; – the ancient myths that can help re-enchant our lives and reawaken our power and authenticity. Sharon describes how a vulnerable childhood led her on a quest to find her true place in the world and how these stories helped her to re-root, nourishing and connecting her to the world and her place within...
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Nessi Gomez on Finding your Voice, Motherhood and Creativity
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
Estelle talks to singer-songwriter Nessi Gomez about growing up on the tiny island of Guernsey to a Portuguese family. She shares how her teenage mental health struggles were the beginning of a quest to make sense of her ‘shadow-self’ through creativity. Her healing journey took her to Costa Rica, where she lived in a community working with plant medicine for three years. When she returned to the UK with her partner she wrote the album ‘Diamonds and Demons’ and since then she has been running the ‘Voice Odyssesy retreats that create a safe and alchemical space for finding our voices....
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1.16 Tulsi Vagjiani on Surviving Trauma, Visions and Non-Attachment
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
Estelle talks to pilates rehabilitation specialist, Reiki master and plane crash survivor, Tulsi Vagjiani. Tulsi describes how when she was 10 years old, she lost her mother, father and brother in a plane crash. She tells Estelle about the severe burns which led to years of surgery, bullying and low self-worth. She describes her kidney failure later and how a vision of the Hindu God Krishna as well as meeting her Reiki Master, marked a turning point. And she describes the long inner journey which followed.
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1.15 Emma Colyer on Adoption, Abandonment and Being of Service
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
Estelle talks to Emma Colyer MBE, founder and director of Body & Soul, an organisation that has organically grown from being an HIV charity to helping all those affected by Childhood Adversity. Together they discuss Emma’s adoption story and the impact of being abandoned at birth. She talks about her turbulent twenties which led to the founding of Body & Soul, and the powerful journey of healing her Mother wound.
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1.14 Charlotte Mensah on Hair, Healing and Human Connection
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
Estelle talks to legendary Hair Artist and Stylist - The Queen of Black Hairdressing - Charlotte Mensah. Together they discuss Charlotte’s personal story with hair, her journey from London to Ghana and back again and the death of her mother when she was just twelve. Charlotte shares stories of a childhood steeped in prayer, her belief in ancestral angels and her love for the clients who come to her Portobello Road Salon from author Zadie Smith to film star Jada Pinkett Smith.
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1.13 Melanie Tonia Evans on Narcissistic Abuse, Recovery and Discovering Your Love Code
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
Estelle talks to Narcissistic abuse recovery expert and author of ‘You Can Thrive After Narcissistic Abuse’, Melanie Tonia Evans. Together they discuss what defines a Narcissistic relationship and Melanie’s personal story of living in a Narcissistic relationship. Melanie also describes how she’s transformed her experience into a programme which has touched the lives of both women and men all over the world. This conversation contains references to violent behaviour and serious self-harm.
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1.12 Ilaria Bernardini on Writing, Ritual and Adventure
Love Purpose Connection with Estelle Bingham
Estelle talks to Italian novelist, journalist and script writer Ilaria Bernardini. Together they discuss their first meeting and how Ilaria then transformed Estelle into a character in one of her novels. Ilaria describes her relationship with her writing practise, how she works with feelings of fear and how she manifested and wrote her partner into her life. She also shares how her love of adventure has shaped her life and how Wim Hof’s breathwork method has helped her to find strength and reduce stress.
info_outlineEstelle talks to feminist activist and writer Scarlett Curtis. Together they discuss Scarlett’s experience of living with chronic pain as a teenager, how Sylvanian family animals and crystals have helped her in moments of stress and how feminism and Virginia Woolf gave her life a new purpose in her twenties. Scarlett also describes her more recent spiritual journey and shares her discovery of her own psychic abilities which she traces back through her maternal family line – the Freud family and Sigmund Freud. She tells Estelle of the full moon ceremonies she’s been holding with her family during lockdown and drawing birth charts for her friends.