Best Becs Dhillon Podcasts (2024)

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Child Poverty, Parenting - Eli Gardner, CEO of Kids Matter 50:00

3M ago50:00

50:00

Eli is a clinical phycologist and the co founder and CEO of Kids Matter. A charity working to reduce impact of poverty on children and equip parents. We talked about the rise in mental health diagnosis of young people, rising child poverty, permissive parenting and what every parents need to be thinking about. To find out more about the charity, Ki…

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Anxiety - Jules Jacob talking through her journey with anxiety and tackling anxiety together 52:44

4M ago52:44

52:44

Jules talks about Jules's journey with anxiety and how she has found tools, and created a course to help others. She talks about what anxiety is, how to manage panic attacks, fear and negative thoughts. How we can change the way we think. How do faith and anxiety work together.

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Addiction and Recovery - Clare Kennedy 1:12:29

1+ y ago1:12:29

1:12:29

Clare talks about her and her husband's (former soap star) journey of recovery. We talk about how different alcoholism can look and at the amazing support in the recovery community. Clare runs Kennedy Street Recovery - (kennedystreetrecovery.org) providing support to hundreds of addicts.

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Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migration 1:05:03

1+ y ago1:05:03

1:05:03

Maggie Filipova-Rivers and Fiona Summerfield talk about the work they do supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Maggie is the East of England Coordinator for City of Sanctuary as well as being a local councillor for South Oxfordshire. Fiona runs the Church of Sanctuary work at Greyfriars church in Reading offering a safe place for asylum seekers a…

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Will James - Cognitive Diversity and what makes difference 1:03:47

1+ y ago1:03:47

1:03:47

We discuss what makes a team 'diverse', how to develop diverse teams and the importance of difference of thought. The need to be aware of power structures and to create psychological safety for people to freely be a different voice. Will James is a leadership coach who works with leaders and teams helping them to develop their purpose, potential an…

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Children in Care and Orphanages 58:27

2y ago58:27

58:27

We talk about the care system in the UK, orphanages, voluntary tourisms impact on orphanages, the impact of the war in Ukraine on orphanages. Ruth a social worker in the UK and Sophie works for an international charity Hope and Homes for Children - https://www.hopeandhomes.org/. Ruth talks about growing up with her family running a children home an…

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Where have we got to? 26:04

2y ago26:04

26:04

A little bit of a reflection on the last 3 years. Thinking about what has changed but what we still need to think about to have better equality and compassion towards one another.

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Emily Chalke - Human Trafficking 52:09

2y ago52:09

52:09

Emily lived in the red light district in Bangkok for 5 years working with women exploited by the sex industry and helping many to escape. She then came back to the UK and started Ella's. Ella's Provides support and housing in London for women who have survived human trafficking and sexual exploitation. For more information on Ella's visit ellas.org…

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Sue Hopkinson - Autism 48:40

2+ y ago48:40

48:40

Sue Hopkinson is the mother of Alex who was on a previous episode. She raised Alex on her own, has battled breast cancer and has been working with neurologically diverse children even before Alex was born. She is an amazing and inspiring woman.

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Anneka Wallington Founder of the brand Recognised 56:42

2+ y ago56:42

56:42

Anneka started the beautiful jewellery brand Recognised. She started the business with her husband and she has since won Young Buisness Woman of the Year. The brand supports causes such mental health, loneliness and human trafficking but the key part of it is recognising where people are at. We talk about the tory of Recognised and the importance o…

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Emma Waring - Psychosexual Nurse Therapist 1:02:35

2+ y ago1:02:35

1:02:35

Em is a nurse and psychosexual therapist with a private clinic in London. She has been working in the field of sexual therapy for over 20 years. She is an expert in her field. She has written a book called Seasons of Sex and Intimacy. We talk about how she got into the field, problems she sees, we talk about the episode The Things We Do To Women on…

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Alex Hopkinson & Louise Detain - L'Arche and Learning Disabilities 59:20

3y ago59:20

59:20

Talking about life with a learning disability, the L'Arche community, covid for those with learning disability and how the community has coped with the revelations of abuse by its former leader Jean Vanier.

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Hope Virgo - Eating Disorders 58:44

3y ago58:44

58:44

Hope is an author and an award winning advocate for people with eating disorders. She spearheaded the #DumpTheScales campaign calling on the government to review the eating disorder guidance delivered by clinicians. We talked about her own journey and struggles with anorexia, her faith and how we as a society we can better support those with eating…

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Jenny Costa, Rubies in the Rubble Founder- Food Waste 42:49

3y ago42:49

42:49

Chat with Jenny the CEO and founder of the award winning food waste brand Rubies in the Rubble. Jenny is an inspiring leader who started the brand as a result of her passion to fight food waste. We talk about how she has found starting and the running the business particularly during Covid as well as getting into the facts, issues and possible solu…

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Ruth Yimika Afolabi - Faith, Fashion and Feminism 1:01:41

3y ago1:01:41

1:01:41

Chatting to the inspiring Founder and CEO of the magazine and brand Magnify on where faith, fashion and feminism compliment and conflict with one another. How she started Magnify and some of the challenges she has faced and her own experience of racism.

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Tyson Douglas - Racism 1:01:44

3y ago1:01:44

1:01:44

Tyson speaks brilliantly on the subject of race through giving his own experience and how he sees things in light of the George Floyd killing and the Black Lives Matter protests last summer. He is an actor, model, boxer and producer. He is from East London. We talk about tokenism, being in a mixed race relationship, the police and what he thought a…

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Anna Smith - Motherhood 44:24

3+ y ago44:24

44:24

Hearing from Anna Smith about raising 6 kids, working out equality in a marriage when the roles are different and what to do when society doesn't always value your role as a parent. Plus brilliant parenting advice. She is passionate about the role of raising children and an inspiration to hear from on the subject of motherhood.…

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Lizanne Gumbel QC and Rev'd Nicky Gumbel - my Dad and my aunt. 56:53

3+ y ago56:53

56:53

Speaking to two of the most driven and successful people I know who happen to be my Dad and his one and only sister, Lizanne Gumbel QC. Lizanne is one of the top barristers in the UK supporting some of the most vulnerable clients from child and sexual abuse to the most catastrophic personal injury cases. She has acted on behalf of those abused by J…

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Isaac Borquaye/ Guvna B on music, culture, faith & toxic masculinity 51:57

3+ y ago51:57

51:57

Conversation with the author and double MOBO award winner rap/grime artist Guvna B on the relationship between music, culture and faith. Discussing inequality in the music industry and the music played in church and his latest book on toxic masculinity.

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Corina Kaiser - working in a male dominated world, being a Romanian in the UK and starting a civil action group. 53:45

3+ y ago53:45

53:45

Talking to Corina about her life having grown up in Romania, the challenge of the world of investment as one of the few woman and how she found faith. Discussing some of the assumptions and biases Romanians face in the UK as well as how and why she came to start a civil action group supporting different needs in Romania.…

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Neenu Thomas - Covid and Bonded Labour in India 36:55

4y ago36:55

36:55

Talking to Neenu Thomas about her life, working for an international charity helping some of the poorest in India and the impact of Covid on the daily wage workers in India.