Wellspring with Emma Mills London
By Emma
Wellspring with Emma Mills LondonFeb 15, 2020
Eileen Campbell Interview (The 70's Hippy Trail, Life As A Leading Publisher And Writer, The Spiritual Path, Choral Singing, Indian Music And Her Latest books)
Eileen Campbell is well known for her pioneering publishing and was responsible for many many ground-breaking books in the health and well-being arena, eg. Light on Yoga, Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus, The Alchemist, A Course in Miracles and A Return to Love.
Starting out in 1970, she went on to become the first woman main board director of HarperCollins UK. She has written a series of highly successful inspirational books including A Dancing Star, Wake Up and Hear the Thunder! Finding Hope in a Hopeless World, The Woman’s Book of Joy, and The Woman’s Book of Hope.
All of which inspire you to change, and living a meaningful and fulfilling life. She is a serious student of yoga and meditation, after travelling in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran via converted dutch mail bus (painted to match an art icon) during the early 70s.
- The start of her spiritual journey - Tolstoy, the metaphysical poets, life in the age of Aquarius and road-tripping through Afghanistan and India during the 1970's Hippy Movement.
- The importance of taking the inner journey
- Her life-enhancing passions - choirs, gardening and classical Indian music
- Her epic publishing career
- Wake-up calls, life shifts and relationship challenges
- Reflections on how new thought/wellness publishing trends have evolved since the 1960s
- Navigating the news, media and politics and hope for moving towards a more enlightened age
- Advice on maintaining a meditation and spiritual practice through challenging times no matter how much space you have
- Guidance for living a meaningful and inspired life, from her latest books
- And much much more!
Pre-order Eileens latest book 'A Dancing Star ' HERE
Follow Eileen on Instagram HERE
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Listen to more from the Wellspring Podcast HERE
Liz Looker Interview (National Portrait Prize Winning Photographer on Capturing The Self In Portraiture) Perth, Australia
I first discovered Liz (www.lizlooker.net) and her lovely photographs while in Paris celebrating a big birthday several years ago. I was captivated by her pictures which seemed to have a transcendental quality, transmitting something beautiful that I couldn't quite put my finger on. I looked her up and began to follow her on Instagram! (@Liz_Looker)
I was thrilled to be able to spend some time on the phone to Liz over in Perth in Australia. I do hope you enjoy getting to know Liz and discovering her world, I know I certainly have.
Read her interview here: https://www.emmamillslondon.com/interview-with-liz-looker-wellspring-series/
Emma
Roger Phillips Interview (Wild Food Foraging, Mushrooms, Organic Gardening and writing 45 books in 45 years)
Roger Phillips, 87, (@RogerPhillips_RedGlasses ) has been at work replanting Eccleston Square garden in London for nearly 40 years, the result is best described as a plantsman’s garden with interesting plants from all over the world, many of which he has collected himself
Roger is acknowledged as the most prolific plant illustrator of all time. He has published more than 30,000 plant identification photographs of roses, trees, shrubs, mushrooms, perennials, annuals and wild flowers, in more than 40 major books, using his advanced photographic techniques, in the manner of botanical drawings. Culminating in a two volume ground-breaking work on the botany of all garden plants, ‘The Botanical Garden’ volume one deals with Trees and Shrubs.
Roger has published major works on mushrooms and fungi. His two main mushroom works (Mushrooms of northern Europe and Mushrooms of North America) have now sold over two million copies. He has just published a new revised edition of his book on foraging “Wild Food a complete Guide for Foragers”, which naturally includes a large section on finding and cooking mushrooms. His Mushroom work is also published as an interactive App “Rogers Mushrooms”.
His TV work includes a six part history of the rose’; ‘Quest for the Rose’ and a series on his own garden at Eccleston Square London written and filmed in conjunction with the garden of an American cookery writer Leslie Land and her work in Maine; ‘The 3,000 Mile Garden’.
In this interview Roger and I explore:
- His passion for art, photography, botany and wild foods
- His views on retirement and growing older
- The evolution of his book writing career
- Wild food foraging and mushrooming
- Growing an edible garden, starting with potatoes and nasturtiums
- How he came to love mushrooms
Pre-order Rogers new book 'The Worldwide Forager' here - https://amzn.to/3aop5y2
Follow Roger on Instagram HERE
Follow Emma on Instagram HERE
Listen to more from the Wellspring Podcast HERE
Lee Holmes Interview (Ayuveda, Antibiotics, Gut Health + Holistic Nutrition)
We talk about
Gut health
Recovering from antibiotics and auto-immune disease.
Ayurveda
Less journey to becoming a teacher, author and yogi
Alex Smith of Ideas On Paper Interview ( From Harrods To Hockley, The Secret Life Of An Independent Book And Magazine Shop Owner)
Alex Smith is the founder and owner of Ideas on Paper, an independent shop offering a thought-provoking and collectable selection of magazines, journals, and books in Nottingham, England. You'll find Independent titles on fashion, art, culture, design, business, economics, food, wine and travel, are complemented by a range of stationery, enabling you to get your ideas on paper. In this interview, we chat about Alex's journey from working in Londons Harrods to opening his iconic bookshop. Ideal listening for anyone out there who ever dreamed of opening a bookstore, or any creative outlet.
- Be inspired by great books but also become a creator yourself
- Get your own ideas on paper
- Job hopping v's building your own portfolio of experience
- Less Radio 4 and more Radio 3
- Microtrends, micro-communities and niche interests
- Opening an independent creative shop and living from your Wellspring
Maria Macaya Interview (CEO of The Radika Foundation teaching Informed Yoga For Interception, Mental Health and Trauma Recovery. Skype Interview )
María is an advanced Jivamukti yoga teacher living in Barcelona with her children and husband. She also specialises in yoga for mental disorders and in 2016 she founded Fundacion Radika – a non profit dedicated to offering yoga as a complementary therapy for mental disorders with a special focus on trauma, addiction, depression and anxiety. (www.radika.org) María founded Radika Sports in 2018, where through yoga, breath and mindfulness she helps elite sports competitors to improve performance and prevent injury.
We talk about:
- Specialist Yoga for mental health and trauma (something I was very keen to hear more about!)
- Informed yoga in practice
- The Radika Foundation
- Wellness and creative life in Barcelona
- Following her Wellspring from working as an art critic, through writing, yoga and mental health.
- Her own self-care and wellness practices
Introducing Wellspring!
Wellspring: The New Mindfulness Podcast + Interview Series from Emma Mills London
Welcome to Wellspring! A new and exciting way to connect and learn from leading experts in meditation, wellness, psychology and the arts.
More than just a wellness series, wellspring is here to celebrate the spirit of enthusiasm. We’ll learn what people are excited about and how they tap into their own wellspring. Because when we share in anothers enthusiasm, we too are lifted and encouraged to find and follow our unique passions in life.
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