Cate Mackenzie - Love, Pleasure and Joy
65 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -Cate Mackenzie delves into the lives of extraordinary people to discover what brings them love, pleasure and joy. She finds out where they have come from in their lives and what makes them tick.
When working with couples and individuals as Psychosexual Therapist and Couples Counsellor, Cate has noticed that a big factor in their happiness is how resourced they are in their lives with people, hobbies, fun and relaxation. If people feel good, this helps with their relationships and in all other areas of life. This concept inspired the podcast.
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Kate Daisy Grant on somatic resourcing in the darker months
December 13, 2023 12:59 - 52 minutes - 36.5 MBIn this episode, somatic therapist Kate Daisy Grant shares her wisdom on how to navigate the darker months and the lost art of hibernation. She talks about using somatic resources such as the imagination, visualisation and body awareness to feel more wellness and comfort during the winter. Kate Daisy Grant is a musician and a somatic psychotherapist and coach. She combines arts with somatics whenever possible, and has produced an album ‘Lullaby’ which weaves together over 100 world folk l...
Francis Lickerish on how to handle addiction
December 13, 2023 12:31 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBIn this episode, Cate hears from Francis Lickerish about addiction. He speaks about his work helping the families of addicts with learning how to set boundaries and reclaiming their lives. Francis is a respected professional with 30 years’ experience working in the fields of adult addiction and family services and has run family programmes for notable treatment centres across the UK. He has also worked globally, establishing family programmes in the Middle East, Pakistan, and South Africa. ...
Wendy Sullivan and Paul Field on the art of Clean Language
May 23, 2023 09:53 - 1 hour - 148 MBIn this episode, Cate speaks to Wendy Sullivan and Paul Field about Clean Language, a process and set of questions developed by counselling psychologist David Grove. They explore the simple art of Clean Language and how it helps people to go deep into themselves and find the richness of their own metaphors, words and sensations that become resources for their lives. Wendy Sullivan is a Clean Language Trainer, Psychotherapist, Coach and Coach Supervisor. She has worked in the field of Clean...
Matt and Sarah Davies on their book ‘You, Me and the Space Between Us’
April 17, 2023 08:50 - 1 hour - 149 MBMatt and Sarah Davies are the authors of You, Me and the Space Between Us: How to (Re)Build Your Relationship, a guidebook for how to create a healthy, loving and lasting relationship. In this podcast episode, Matt and Sarah talk about their journey of writing the book and insights from their own relationship. Listen in for a fascinating discussion about courage, vulnerability, deal-breakers and the ups and downs of marriage. Matt Davies is a marriage counsellor and psychosexual and relat...
Cate Mackenzie on having fun with dating
February 23, 2023 10:59 - 42 minutes - 96.5 MBIn this episode Cate Mackenzie chats with Karis McLaughlin about the ins and outs of dating. Cate is a love coach who supports individuals to build their confidence in dating so that it becomes easy, relaxed and fun! She recommends focusing on yourself and your own sensuality and fun, which lifts you up and makes you more magnetic to other people. The conversation also covers what groups and activities ideal for meeting new people, a warning about emitting just ‘friend’ signals, and a pro...
Esther Freud on love through three generations
December 02, 2022 12:23 - 56 minutes - 128 MBEsther Freud is the author of nine novels, including Hideous Kinky, her semi-autobiographical debut, which tells of her unconventional childhood in Morocco. In this podcast episode, she speaks about I Couldn’t Love You More, the story of three generations of Irish women and their intertwining lives. The book speaks to relationship, love and expectation, as well as managing desperation, fear and hopelessness. Esther is a wonderfully in-depth person to listen to and speak to. Enjoy! Get the ...
Cleo Sylvestre on being a pioneering black actor
October 18, 2022 10:13 - 1 hour - 158 MBIn this podcast episode, we hear all about the life and career of Cleo Sylvestre, the incredible pioneering black actor who broke down the doors of racism in theatre, film and television in the UK. Cleo was the first black actor in a major role at The National Theatre, the first main black character in Crossroads, broke ground in Ken Loache’s Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home, played amazing parts alongside Anthony Sher, and sang To Know Him Is to Love Him with the Rolling Stones. There ...
Cece Sykes on compassion for addictive processes
July 18, 2022 15:24 - 53 minutes - 122 MBCece Sykes is a psychotherapist with over thirty years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples and families, specialising in work with the effects of trauma and addiction. She is a Senior Trainer for the Internal Family Systems Institute and her chapter on compassionate approaches to addictive process appears in the book IFS: Innovations and Elaborations, 2016, Routledge. Cece also has special interests in spiritual practices intersecting with therapy and in the impact of ps...
Michelle de Swarte on flowing with your creativity
June 01, 2022 11:39 - 1 hour - 197 MBMichelle de Swarte is a stand up comic, actor and ex catwalk model. She is the best friend in the Netflix comedy The Duchess and stars in the HBO series The Baby. In this podcast episode, Michelle speaks about what it’s like to ride the wave of life when a lot is happening that you may have always wished for and how she is learning to manage it. She shares from her heart about all kinds of issues, from how to stand up for yourself as a woman, how racial and gender diversity is addressed in...
Laura Vowels on navigating differences in desire
April 21, 2022 07:51 - 1 hour - 162 MBLaura Vowels is an Emotionally Focussed Sex and Relationship therapist who specialises in desire discrepancy. She shares about what to do when it seems like you do not match sexually with your partner and how to integrate fantasy and different desires in a stage-by-stage plan. She also works as a researcher for an app to help couples navigate issues around sexual desire discrepancy — www.blueheart.io. www.lauravowels.com www.catemackenzie.com
Paul McGann on the craft of being an actor
March 22, 2022 15:40 - 1 hour - 171 MBPaul John McGann is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the television serial The Monocled Mutineer, then starred in the dark comedy Withnail and I, which was a critical success and developed a cult following. He is now the eighth and very popular Doctor Who. He also narrates the podcast Real Dictators. Cate went to the Hampstead Theatre to see The Forest, a play about a powerful man having an affair, with an all-star cast including Paul McGann. She talked...
Unconditional Love Tone meditation read by Cate Mackenzie
March 10, 2022 20:52 - 20 minutes - 37.2 MBI decided to record you a meditation to help you to feel a sense of love. Visualisations can be supportive to helping you get into a place of self-compassion and self-care. If you are feeling like you need a little boost or a sense that you are acceptable just as you are with all your foibles and all your brilliance then lie back and have a listen to some "unconditional love". The background music is Champagne At Sunset - By Steve Oxen from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/.
Andrew G Marshall on how to deal with affairs
February 23, 2022 10:55 - 1 hour - 114 MBIn this episode, Andrew G Marshall talks about the eight types of affairs and seven stages to deal with them. He trained with RELATE the UK's leading couple counselling charity and is the author of twenty books. His best known titles are I Love You, but I'm Not IN Love with You: Seven Steps to Saving Your Relationship and How Can I Ever Trust You Again?: Infidelity: From Discovery to Recovery in Seven Steps. He leads a practice in the UK offering on-line and in-person couple therapy and he h...
An orgasm meditation
February 15, 2022 22:55 - 22 minutes - 41.9 MBLet your body tune into its sensual side. You may or may not have an orgasm.
An Orgasm meditation
February 15, 2022 22:55 - 22 minutes - 41.9 MBLet your body tune into its sensual side. You may or may not have an orgasm.
Peter York on social commentary and standing for the BBC
February 11, 2022 17:29 - 1 hour - 116 MBPeter York is an author, journalist, broadcaster, management consultant and President of The Media Society. Over the last 30+ years he has produced a flood of articles, initially in Harpers & Queen and thereafter in broadsheets, particularly The Independent, and eleven books, including the 1980’s best-selling trade book The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (co-authored with Ann Barr). His latest book The War Against the BBC, co-written with Professor Patrick Barwise was published in November...
The Dave Elman relaxation script
January 29, 2022 18:54 - 22 minutes - 42.3 MBPlease enjoy this relaxation meditation by Dave Elman.
The Dave Elman relaxation read by Cate Mackenzie
January 29, 2022 18:54 - 22 minutes - 42.3 MBPlease enjoy this relaxation meditation by Dave Elman read by me Cate Mackenzie. This is an induction script to help you get into a deeply relaxed space. Take some time to lie down and get yourself into a comfortable place to be guided and lead into a peaceful relaxation. You may find yourself falling asleep and if you would like that then let that happen and enjoy this place of letting go.
An erotic date visualisation
January 29, 2022 18:50 - 23 minutes - 44 MBThis is an Erotic Date. Script by [email protected], and read by Cate Mackenzie.
An Erotic Date.
January 29, 2022 18:50 - 23 minutes - 44 MBThis is an Erotic Date. Script by [email protected], and read by Cate Mackenzie.
An erotic date visualisation read by Cate Mackenzie
January 29, 2022 18:50 - 23 minutes - 44 MBThis is an Erotic Date read by me, Cate Mackenzie, to help get you into a relaxed space when thinking of dating. Often people can get enormously stressed around flirting and dating so I wanted to record some scripts to help people to relax and get into a loving aroused mood supportive of having fun and having a lovely time. You can listen to these recordings any time and I hope that they support you to feel more confident and more aligned with what you want in your life. Script by NvrTells@...
Marianne Power on her book 'Help Me!'
January 25, 2022 18:30 - 1 hour - 141 MBMarianne Power is the author of Help Me!: How Self-Help Has Not Changed My Life. In this podcast episode, she talks about her book and her year of taking risks and being completely vulnerable. Marianne expresses a depth of connection and spaciousness within herself that came from this huge journey... and she brings so much humour and delightful cynical cheekiness! A must read and a must listen! Marianne holds weekly therapeutic writing workshops, Writing for Fun and Sanity, and her articles...
Steven Chandler on this book 'The Story Of You'
January 04, 2022 21:26 - 15 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode Steven Chandler talks about his amazing book 'The Story Of You. A fine exploration into you'.
Steven Chandler on his book 'The Story Of You'
January 04, 2022 21:26 - 15 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode, Steven Chandler talks about his amazing book The Story of You: And How to Create a New One. This book invites you to explore the stories you are telling yourself about you. This is a powerful enquiry that can lead to re-writing your story and stepping into a more loved version of you. Steven is the author of 30 books that have been translated into over 25 languages. His success coaching, public speaking and business consulting have been used by CEOs, top professionals, majo...
Open Your Heart Visualisation by Cate Mackenzie
December 31, 2021 00:49 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBThis is meditation to support you to relax and land more deeply in yourself. There are four visualisations: (1) to connect and open your heart, (2) to balance fear and faith, (3) to clear any walls blocking your heart, and (4 )to create a heart temple and meet your heart angel for you to visit anytime you like. These visualisations are to help you keep your heart open and to allow love into your life. The music is by Andrew Brel https://andrewbrel.com/
Open Your Heart Visualisation with Cate Mackenzie
December 31, 2021 00:49 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBThis is meditation to support you to relax and land more deeply in yourself. There are four visualisations: (1) to connect and open your heart, (2) to balance fear and faith, (3) to clear any walls blocking your heart, and (4 )to create a heart temple and meet your heart angel for you to visit anytime you like. The music is by Andrew Brel https://andrewbrel.com/
Open Your Heart Visualisation with Cate Mackenzie music by Andrew Brel
December 31, 2021 00:49 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBThis is meditation to support you to relax and land more deeply in yourself. There are four visualisations 1 to connect and open your heart 2 to balance fear and faith 3 to clear any walls blocking your heart 4 to create a heart temple and meet your heart angel for you to visit anytime you like. The music and production is by https://andrewbrel.com/.
Karen Diamond on evolving, changing and growing.
December 28, 2021 22:02 - 1 hour - 114 MBKaren Diamond is a director and head of Models 1 which is longest running Models Agency in the UK https://www.models1.co.uk/. She talks about diversity in modelling since “Me Too” and “Black lives Matter” and how there is now a curve section in the agency, models who are social influencers, older models who look their age, more black and brown models and the demand for models to look like real people. She talks about how models are now more protected by the BFMA https://bfma.fashion/ and are...
Karen Diamond on evolving, changing and growing
December 28, 2021 22:02 - 1 hour - 112 MBKaren Diamond is a director and head of Models 1 which is longest running Models Agency in the UK. In this podcast episode, she speaks to diversity in modelling since 'Me Too' and 'Black lives Matter'. Recent trends include a 'curve' section in the agency, models who are social influencers, older models who look their age, more black and brown models, and the demand for models to look like real people. Karen also talks about how models are now more protected by the BFMA and are giving coac...
Susan Jeffers on being the queen of self-help
December 21, 2021 12:59 - 17 minutes - 31.3 MBCate Mackenzie had the pleasure and privilege to talk to Susan Jeffers, author of Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway amongst many other great titles, before she died in 2012. She talks about the book which provides tools to come back to love and to keep opening to love. Susan also shares about being 'the queen of self-help' and how she navigated being a mum alongside studying and working. Get Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action on Amaz...
Susan Jeffers on being the Queen of self-help
December 21, 2021 12:59 - 17 minutes - 31.3 MBit was such a divine pleasure and privilege to talk to Susan Jeffers author of Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway, amongst many other great titles. http://www.susanjeffers.com/home/index.cfm
Alex Cheatle CEO of Ten Lifestyle Group PLC on building trust in business
December 12, 2021 08:08 - 1 hour - 114 MBIn this episode, Alex Cheatle talks about what he's achieved with his visions for Ten Group, how they are moving forward, and how they remain at the top of their game. Ten was founded in 1998 by Alex Cheatle and Andrew Long, who both had a vision to provide an unrivalled, personalised and trusted service that would help members get the most from life. The business began providing a lifestyle concierge service to just 20 members in London. As its reputation, contacts and expertise grew, Ten...
Talking to Alex Cheatle CEO of Ten Lifestyle Group PLC on building trust in business
December 12, 2021 08:08 - 1 hour - 114 MBin this episode I talk to Alex about what he's achieved with his visions for Ten Group, and how they are moving forward, and how they remain at the top of their game. Ten was founded in 1998 by Alex Cheatle and Andrew Long, who both had a vision to provide an unrivalled, personalized and trusted service that would help members get the most from life. The business began providing a lifestyle concierge service to just 20 members in London. As its reputation, contacts and expertise grew, Ten’s...
Talking to Alex Cheadle CEO of Ten Lifestyle Group PLC
December 12, 2021 08:08 - 1 hour - 114 MBin this episode I talk to Alex about what he's achieved with his visions for Ten Group, and how they are moving forward, and how they remain at the top of their game.
Jose Fonseca on life, taking responsibility and the changing face of beauty
November 24, 2021 22:25 - 1 hour - 126 MBJose Fonseca and her business partner April Ducksbury set up Models 1 in 1968 which is the most established longest-running agency in the UK. Jose and April had both lost their jobs on the same day and after speaking on the phone decided to meet and began to work together. They started it with three famous models Sue Murray, Marisa Berenson and Ingrid Boulting who were friends of Jose's and were immediately blessed with a visit from Eileen Ford. They went from strength to strength with Jo...
Cate talks to Jerry Hall about her poetry, acting and self-help gurus
November 20, 2021 07:19 - 37 minutes - 70 MBQuite a few years ago, I had the privilege of talking to former supermodel, writer, poet, actress and patron of many charities, Jerry Hall. What a wonderful insightful woman she is. I hope you enjoy this podcast.
Jerry Hall on poetry, acting and self-help gurus
November 20, 2021 07:19 - 37 minutes - 70 MBQuite a few years ago, Cate Mackenzie had the privilege of talking to former supermodel, writer, poet, actress and patron of many charities, Jerry Hall. What a wonderful insightful woman she is. The recording has been dusted off the shelf for you to enjoy in this podcast episode. www.catemackenzie.com
Chris Lang on happiness, creativity and the duality of life
November 11, 2021 17:21 - 1 hour - 136 MBChris Lang is the writer and producer of over one hundred and twenty hours of prime time British drama. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, leaving in 1983 to work at Nottingham Playhouse for six months. There he met fellow actor Hugh Grant, and the two of them formed a comedy writing partnership (later joined by fellow RADA student Andy Taylor) called The Jockeys of Norfolk, who enjoyed great success at the Edinburgh Festival, and who went on to star in their own TV comedy show...
Cate talks to Chris Lang
November 06, 2021 08:36 - 1 hour - 127 MBChris Lang is the writer and producer of over one hundred and twenty hours of prime time British drama. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, leaving in 1983 to work at Nottingham Playhouse for six months. There he met fellow actor Hugh Grant, and the two of them formed a comedy writing partnership (later joined by fellow Rada student Andy Taylor) called ‘The Jockeys of Norfolk’, who enjoyed great success at the Edinburgh Festival, and who went on to star in their own TV comedy sh...
Talking to Larry Lamb
October 14, 2021 14:16 - 17 minutes - 32.9 MBchatting with the lovely Larry Lamb
Talking to actor Larry Lamb
October 14, 2021 14:16 - 17 minutes - 32.9 MBchatting with the lovely Larry Lamb. Larry was born 1 October 1947, and is an English actor and radio presenter. He played Archie Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Mick Shipman in the BBC comedy series Gavin & Stacey and Ted Case in the final series of the BBC drama New Tricks. He also appeared on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2016. He played real life criminals in the films Buster (1988) (Bruce Reynolds) and The Hatton Garden Job (2017) (Brian Reader).
talking to Larry Lamb
October 14, 2021 14:16 - 17 minutes - 32.9 MBchatting with the lovely Larry Lamb
Larry Lamb on acting and fame
October 14, 2021 14:16 - 17 minutes - 32.9 MBLarry Lamb is an English actor, producer and radio presenter. He played Archie Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Mick Shipman in the BBC comedy series Gavin & Stacey and Ted Case in the final series of the BBC drama New Tricks. He also appeared on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2016. He played real life criminals in the films Buster (1988) (Bruce Reynolds) and The Hatton Garden Job (2017) (Brian Reader). Larry talks to Cate about TV fame and his journey from selling fish ...
Colin Mackenzie on his book 'Pressing My Luck'
October 11, 2021 16:31 - 51 minutes - 94.9 MBThe Mackenzie sisters — Cate, Georgia and Tara — talk to their dad Colin Mackenzie about his adventures around the world, including the biggest scoop of all, Ronnie Biggs. Colin Mackenzie is known for what the UK Press Gazette nominated as one of the top ten scoops of the twentieth century – finding escaped great train robber Ronnie Biggs in Brazil in 1974 while he was an intrepid reporter on the Daily Express. As told in this memoir Pressing My Luck, Colin spent the last 23 years of his w...
Talking to Dad, Colin Mackenzie, about his new book Pressing My Luck.
October 11, 2021 16:31 - 39 minutes - 73.8 MBColin wrote this book in the lockdown about his adventures on Fleet St.
The Mackenzie sisters interviewing their father Colin Mackenzie about his book 'Pressing My Luck' Part 2.
October 11, 2021 16:31 - 39 minutes - 73.8 MBCate, Georgia, and Tara talking to dad Colin Mackenzie about his adventures around the world, including the biggest scoop of all, Ronnie Biggs. Just 31 when he delivered the finest scoop of his career, Colin Mackenzie had already interviewed some of the world’s most important and fascinating figures. He had grilled Margaret Thatcher, Richard Nixon, President Nicolae Ceausescu, actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, the Led Zeppelin band and many more. His location of Ronnie Biggs and ...
The Mackenzie sisters interview their father Colin Mackenzie about his book 'Pressing My Luck' (Part 2)
October 11, 2021 16:31 - 39 minutes - 73.8 MBCate, Georgia and Tara talk to their dad Colin Mackenzie about his adventures around the world, including the biggest scoop of all, Ronnie Biggs. Just 31 when he delivered the finest scoop of his career, Colin Mackenzie had already interviewed some of the world’s most important and fascinating figures. He had grilled Margaret Thatcher, Richard Nixon, President Nicolae Ceausescu, actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, the Led Zeppelin band and many more. His location of Ronnie Biggs an...
Colin Mackenzie on his book 'Pressing My Luck' (Part 2)
October 11, 2021 16:31 - 39 minutes - 73.8 MBThe Mackenzie sisters — Cate, Georgia and Tara — talk to their dad Colin Mackenzie about his adventures around the world, including the biggest scoop of all, Ronnie Biggs. Colin Mackenzie is known for what the UK Press Gazette nominated as one of the top ten scoops of the twentieth century – finding escaped great train robber Ronnie Biggs in Brazil in 1974 while he was an intrepid reporter on the Daily Express. As told in this memoir Pressing My Luck, Colin spent the last 23 years of his w...
Ben Miller on BAFTAS and life.
October 07, 2021 22:58 - 26 minutes - 49.2 MBCate taks to Ben about his BAFTA success.
Ben Miller on BAFTAS and life
October 07, 2021 22:58 - 26 minutes - 49.2 MBBen Miller ditched his Physics PhD at Cambridge University for a career in comedy and acting. He wrote and starred in the Channel 4 sketch show Armstrong and Miller, as well as the BBC sketch show The Armstrong and Miller Show. Miller is also known for playing the lead role of DI Richard Poole in the first two series of the BBC crime drama Death in Paradise, and for portraying James Lester in the ITV science-fiction series Primeval. Ben co-wrote MindGym, winner of the first BAFTA Interactive...