Interviews: Voices Of Truth & Transformation Episodes

Celebrating our 200th episode, we are thrilled to host the extraordinary Susannah Darling Khan — an inspiring figure in the world of conscious dance and movement. Imagine leaving a promising medical career to follow your soul’s true calling. Susannah did just that, and her journey of letting go is both profound and enlightening. Together, we explore the courage needed to align with our "soul compass" and the lifelong practice of releasing what no longer serves us to live authentically.

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What if fear could be your greatest ally rather than your biggest obstacle? Join us in this eye-opening episode of "Truth and Transcendence" as we welcome Neil Fillbrook, Group CEO of BB Merchant Services, who shares his intense experiences from the high-pressure world of banking. Neil recounts the nerve-wracking moments of presenting retail bank sales results to senior executives, likening the experience to a modern-day coliseum. Through Neil's vivid storytelling, we explore how confronting fea...

Embark on a profound exploration with Alasdair Kirk, a seasoned explorer of the human mind, as he shares his deep-seated knowledge about the transformative power of psychedelics in therapy and personal growth. His personal saga intertwined with professional expertise paints an enlightening picture of how these substances, often misunderstood, have the potential to unlock our innermost potential and catalyse a substantial paradigm shift in both self-awareness and therapeutic practices.

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Have you ever felt stifled in your creative journey? Join us, as we engage in a deep, insightful conversation with the inspiring Patrick Williams. As a public speaker, consultant, writer, and artist, Patrick’s life has been an exploration of creativity. In this episode, we unravel the concept of 'creative colonisation', a term coined by Patrick to explain how external impositions can suppress individual creativity. The impact, both personal and collective, is far-reaching and underlines the urge...

The Bug in Our Thinking & The Way To Fix It

Hugh is an author with experience in business, market research, psychotherapy, academia and performance.

He has led over a hundred workshops in negotiation, qualitative research, therapeutic transformation, hypnosis, effective presentation skills, practical philosophy and authentic storytelling.

In 1997 he gained his PhD in Philosophy from City University, London.

In 1999 Hugh co-founded Corr Willbourn Research and Development, a qualitative market...

The Spirit of Things & Assured Success

Robert D’Aubigny is an entrepreneur and investor. His main raison d'etre is creating organisations where the environment and corporate systems lead to personal growth.

Much of Robert’s early life was spent working in and collaborating with alternative communities; studying the main streams of humanistic psychology under the tutorage of leading thinkers in the field. After exploring different approaches to personal development he created his first organisa...

Curiosity, Interestedness & The Meaning of Life
Legendary multi–BAFTA Award winning producer John Lloyd CBE is the founder of QI and the producer of some of Britain’s best-loved TV shows. He is of the same opinion as Plato: unmitigated seriousness has no place in human affairs. On the other hand, he also likes A. N. Whitehead’s assertion that it’s more important for something to be interesting than true (although it’s more likely to be interesting if it is true).

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Body, Breath, Boldness of Step & Letting Go of the Known

Adam Barley is the founder of ZeroOne, an evolving mystery school based on embodiment, presence and enquiry.

He began studying healing and meditation in the early '80s, training with Gabrielle Roth in the '90s to teach the 5Rhythms.

Adam has built a world-wide reputation for transformative embodiment experiences that combine influences from dance, voice-work, tantra, meditation and trauma-informed therapies.

He has got people moving mo...

Purpose, Fulfilment & Listening To The Inner Voice

Thom Dennis returns to Truth & Transcendence to continue our discussion about Purpose. We discuss whether or not there is such a thing as a 'good' or 'bad' purpose, why purpose is so important especially today, and the distinction between apparent and true fulfilment.

Please check the links below to find our previous discussion on the theme, and Thom's excellent talk - Surrenduring to Your Purpose.

Thom is a Culture Change Trailblazer, Intern...

Power With & Getting to Yes

Denis Postle is a filmmaker, author, group facilitator, therapist, practitioner supervisor, musician and founder of the Independent Practitioner Network. He has directed over 30 TV films and written and published 5 books.

Denis is currently working on his forthcoming film “Difficult Times: The Curse of Dominion - an Essay exploring the roots of the Climate Emergency and its trajectory”.

I was a supervisory client of Denis for over 15 years. His grasp of the Humanis...

Aligning With Our Values & Life Without a Tie

Ray Martin, aka The Daily Explorer, is an entrepreneur and award-winning business leader.

As a coach, mentor, facilitator, speaker, writer, and mindfulness teacher, he is a torchbearer for greater human consciousness.

He courageously explores both his external and internal world daily in pursuit of greater insight and wisdom about life, for himself and others.

He created the Calling All Angels Foundation and runs marathons to raise money for caus...

Fearless Speech, Responsibility, Freedom & The Possibility of Being Wrong

Dr Richard House Ph.D. is a Chartered Psychologist and a retired senior university lecturer in Education Studies [Early Childhood] and Psychology and Psychotherapy. He is currently Editor of Self & Society: International Journal for Humanistic, Existential and Transpersonal Psychology, and a founder-member of the Independent Practitioners Network and the Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

A trained Steiner Kinde...

Openness, Presence, Big Ideas & the Power of the Unknown

Dr. Magdalena Baciu is a storyteller and visionary helping individuals and groups birth a new living paradigm. She blends hermetic philosophy, alchemy, mythology, indigenous wisdom and healing with scientific experience and sharp intuitive insight to create unique blueprints for deep transformation, empowerment, remembrance and healing. From earliest childhood Magdalena has been aware of her love for people - and her deepest wish and miss...

Liberation, Empathy, Oneness and Who We Really Are

Richard Lang has been a psychotherapist, a dance teacher, has taught tai chi for thirty years - and has retired from doing all these things.

In 1970 before he began any of those activities, he attended a workshop with Douglas Harding, author of On Having No Head, and discovered who he really was. We discuss what is meant by that in this episode.

The method Harding developed is called the Headless Way, a method for directly becoming aware of y...

Disillusionment, Growth, Spirituality & The Inner Journey

Martin Pollecoff has an extraordinary blend of experience and insight to share. I’ve always enjoyed his blend of pithy irony and cutting to the nub of the matter, along with a huge generosity of spirit and dedication to helping others. As both a leader and a practitioner of many years standing, Martin’s perspective is of great value to leaders today.

Martin is a Psychotherapist and Supervisor in private practice in West London UK.

He w...

Heart, Truth, Alignment, Growth & Creativity

Julie Parker facilitates the alignment of Mind, Body and Spirit with Pellowah, Energy Techniques, Spiritual and Transformational Life Coaching.

Raised in Australia and Papua New Guinea, Julie was introduced to “spirit” at a young age. A mother interested in Buddhism, Theosophy and all things esoteric, and an entrepreneurial father, made the bold decision to pack up their 3 children and move to Papua New Guinea in the 1960’s.

Julie has been an adver...

Love, Truth, Power, Gender & Vulnerability

Tim Broughton is a highly experienced personal growth and development facilitator. Over the past 30 years he has held numerous group workshops and worked with hundreds of private clients. Tim's background in individual counselling and therapeutic group work emphasises integrating the personal with the spiritual.

Tim helps his clients transform their daily lives to become more loving, satisfying, harmonious and joyous. He offers a creative and safe spa...