The Tenderness Revolution
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA series of conversations between journalist Yvonne Gavan and a range of guests about the pivotal moments of tenderness that help shape the course of our lives. Because these experiences tell us about what it means to be human. And invite us into a new way of seeing the world and each other.
The show is being produced by American journalist, Aisha Chowdhry. We would love to hear from you. Email us at [email protected] or follow us @thetendernessrevolution on Instagram.
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Episodes
Janey Lee Grace: What’s behind our relationship with alcohol: Why we drink and why it doesn’t always help.
October 12, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBThis episode of The Tenderness Revolution features British TV and radio personality Janey Lee Grace. Janey's career kicked off with a stint as a backing and session singer during the ’80s for the likes of George Michael and Kim Wilde before she went on to build a successful career in TV and Radio, appearing on various daytime and prime TV shows and working as a radio presenter for the BBC. But alongside her career as a public figure, Janey also pursued a life-long fascination with all thing...
Katie Colombus: How to really listen
September 28, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBIn this podcast episode, author and poet Katie Colombus speaks to the Tenderness Revolution about the art of truly listening and her volunteer work with the U.K.-based charity, the Samartians. "Listening helps us be there for others, to support them in tough times, and to strengthen our relationships with partners, family, friends and colleagues. From opening up a conversation with someone who might be struggling, to how to use gentle encouragement to help others share their stories, How t...
April Stearns: Finding purpose and community through pain
September 07, 2022 04:00 - 56 minutes - 39.9 MBApril Stearns was 35 years old when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, shortly after having her daughter. Through the traumatic events that shaped her life since cancer, she found escape in storytelling, not just her own story; but being an avenue for other women "too young" to get breast cancer. Four years later, April launched Wildfire Magazine, a publication specifically written by and for women in similar circumstances. In this episode, April talks honestly and ...
Allie Bailey: We are capable of so much more than we think
August 03, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBAllie Bailey is a British ultra-marathon runner. She has been hailed as an "inspirational female adventurer" by the Guardian newspaper. Whether she is running across Lake Khovsgol in Mongolia, crossing the Namib Desert, running the full length of the Panama Canal, or crossing Scotland on Packraft and foot, she is always doing something remarkable. She is also the founder of Ultra Awesome, co-presenter for the Bad Boy Running Podcast, and Ambassador and presenter for The National Running Show...
Michelle Becker: Self compassion can radically change your life - here's how.
July 20, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBMichelle Becker is a licensed marriage and family therapist and mindful self-compassion teacher who knows that human beings thrive in healthy, well-connected relationships. Yet, that’s not always our experience. She also recognized that most of us are underdeveloped in skills that are fundamental to those relationships – compassion, and wisdom. She founded Wise Compassion with the bold intention of changing the way we relate to each other. Through workshops, keynotes, podcasts, live events...
Miranda Keeling: The surprising power of stopping to notice
July 06, 2022 04:00 - 55 minutes - 36.4 MBBritish writer, TV, stage, and voice-over actress, Miranda Keeling has done a remarkable thing. By stopping to notice all sorts of things: amazing moments that happen around all of us every day, she's started a conversation about presence. About how, if we all observe each other a bit more in day-to-day life, we can have a remarkable impact on our capacity for empathy, our ability to connect, and our appreciation of the world around us. It's so simple yet so profound. Her brand new book The...
Mark Nepo: Becoming wise: What pain teaches us and how to go beyond fear.
June 22, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBInternational bestselling author and spiritual teacher, Mark Nepo, exudes deep wisdom and a calm presence that's rare in our world. During this conversation, Mark describes the immense pain and suffering that he experienced in his 30s while battling a rare form of cancer that spread to his brain. Despite feeling like he'd been pushed to his absolute limits - both physically and mentally - Mark says the experience lead to the philosophy that he's known for today. Which is about having the co...
Natalie Toon Patton: From shame to surrender: choosing a different path and finding yourself along the way.
June 08, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 51 MBToday’s conversation is with the author, Natalie Toon Patton, whose memoir, Wanderlost, is about her journey - an actual physical journey that begins in her childhood growing up in Arkansas in the deep south of America in a fundamental, southern Baptist church, how she was the golden girl of her town, the prom queen, the virgin bride, then a shunned divorcee, and became an outsider as she then moved around the world from the Middle East to Europe and Asia. But it’s also about a long and wind...
Penny Wincer: What does it mean to care? And how to find balance and purpose within a busy life.
May 25, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBPenny Wincer is a Melbourne-born, London dwelling, author, podcaster, and non-fiction book coach. After 15 years as a freelance interiors photographer, Penny began writing about life as a single parent and unpaid carer whilst juggling a freelance creative career. She has written for Red Magazine, iPaper and regularly contributes to The Telegraph. Penny’s first book Tender was published by Coronet Books in 2020. She co-hosts the podcast Not Too Busy To Write. Penny lives in South London with h...
Gary Andrews: A picture of grief: the art of communicating love and loss
May 11, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBAfter the sudden death of his wife Joy, 41, from sepsis in 2017, illustrator Gary Andrews turned to his doodle diary, documenting the family's grief in drawings. His scribbles on navigating life without his wife went viral after he shared them. This episode was edited and produced by the show's launch co-creator Aisha Chowdhry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Special Episode: Tetyana Denford: How to find compassion in the midst of a war
May 03, 2022 15:47 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB"When something affects one Ukrainian, it affects all of us. It doesn't matter where we live, whether we are in Ukraine or out of Ukraine." - Tetyana Denford, The Tenderness Revolution. We are thrilled to announce that we’re launching S2 of The Tenderness Revolution podcast with a special edition episode. In this shorter than usual interview, we highlight the profound words of the brilliant Ukrainian American author and journalist Tetyana Denford. She speaks openly and honestly about the b...
Barney Steel: Why curiosity leads to connection.
November 23, 2021 17:04 - 1 hour - 97.5 MBThis episode featuring experiential artist, Barney Steel, is about how we can all open ourselves up to new ways of seeing and being in the world - through the power of curiosity. And features one of the most profound moments of tenderness - that Barney experienced at the age of 11 - that we've heard during season one. Where Barney describes a feeling of being "connected to the deeper mystery of what it is to be human." This deep sense of curiosity is expressed through Barney's work with the...
Debbi Marco: It takes courage to be kind.
November 16, 2021 13:47 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MBSeeing other people fully - as more than how they look or what they say, is hard and takes courage. Buying a coffee for the person in the queue behind you on a cold day, or not lashing out when someone upsets you means not giving into the fear of 'what ifs' and putting kindness before everything else. And this week's guest, Debbi Marco, journalist and author of The Power of Kindness, Inspiring Stories: Heart-Warming Tales and Random Acts of Kindness from the Coronavirus Pandemic, asks us to ...
Ebony Gilbert: From blame and shame to tenderness
November 09, 2021 07:10 - 1 hour - 125 MBIf you don't want to feel full of hope, sadness and joyful inspiration all at once while listening to a podcast episode, then this week's conversation might not be for you. Because in this interview, poet, doula and former model and actress, Ebony Gilbert, opens up about her background and what led her to seek a fast paced, glamorous career in the public eye, fall into drug and alcohol addiction and then blame herself for her son, George, being born with disabilities. She also talks about be...
Learn to trust life by listening to your body with tenderness
November 02, 2021 13:43 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBThis week we have something a bit different for you on The Tenderness Revolution Podcast. Our conversation with Nidhi Pandya circles around the idea of how we can all show tenderness towards our bodies - and live a happier, healthier and fuller life - by learning about the ancient practice of Ayurveda. During the episode, Nidhi discusses the main principles behind Ayurveda, an ancient system of medicine that originated in India thousands of years ago and treats humans as complex individuals ...
Nidhi Pandya: Learn to trust life by listening to your body with tenderness
November 02, 2021 13:43 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBThis week we have something a bit different for you on The Tenderness Revolution Podcast. Our conversation with Nidhi Pandya circles around the idea of how we can all show tenderness towards our bodies - and live a happier, healthier, and fuller life - by learning about the ancient practice of Ayurveda. During the episode, Nidhi discusses the main principles behind Ayurveda, an ancient system of medicine that originated in India thousands of years ago and treats humans as complex individuals...
Dr Omar Reda: The power of hope in a traumatised world
October 25, 2021 20:45 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBThis episode features Dr Omar Reda, an author and consultant psychiatrist who devoted much of his career to helping people recover from psychological trauma caused during the Libyan civil war. And has said that he loves working on the front lines, taking care of the voiceless, the forgotten, and those living in the shadows and on the margins of society. Yet he also acknowledges the multitude of more subtle ways that trauma can show up in our lives. In his book, Untangled, he explores the imp...
Debra Alfarone: How to take risks and win at life
October 19, 2021 17:31 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBFor this episode, we interview CBS TV correspondent and award-winning journalist, Debra Alfarone. She is a business owner, a speaker, and a coach for experienced and budding TV journalists. Debra dropped out of high school, and faced many challenges while living in New York City, but that never stopped her from fulfilling her dream of becoming a reporter. Now you can frequently see her face on the prime time show, CBS Evening News. Debra puts it best on her website, “I had ZERO connections a...
Matt Stadlen: How to be both successful and live with anxiety
October 11, 2021 17:45 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBThis episode features British radio and television presenter, Matthew Stadlen, known for his BBC interview series five minutes with - that saw him interview over 200 celebrities while holding a large countdown clock. And his weekend talk radio show that covered numerous contentious issues over the course of its four-year run. Born in Hammersmith, London in 1979 to Nicholas Stadlen, a high court judge, and Frances Stadlen, he attended St Paul’s public school and Cambridge University, and desp...
Dr. Laura Markham: Where it all begins: the origins of human love and kindness.
October 05, 2021 07:33 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBAuthor and parenting expert Dr. Laura Markham is a trained clinical psychologist who earned her PhD at Columbia University has worked extensively as a parenting coach, as well as a writer, speaker, and advocate for a parenting style that emphasizes connection and empathy over discipline. She is also the founder of the hugely popular parenting website, AhaParenting.com which provides insights and advice to parents of children from babyhood to the teen years. And is based on the idea of an aha...
Malebogo Molefhe: How to survive and thrive beyond extreme tragedy
September 05, 2021 20:19 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBMalebogo Molefhe is a former national basketball player from Botswana who, at the age of 29, was brutally attacked and shot eight times by her former partner who subsequently committed suicide. The attack left her with a spinal cord injury, confining her to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Unsurprisingly, this experience profoundly changed Malebogo’s experience of the world. But rather than isolating herself from society and falling victim to negative thoughts, she chose to connect wit...
Clover Stroud: Who we become in motherhood
August 31, 2021 14:30 - 55 minutes - 45.3 MBIn the first episode, season one, of The Tenderness Revolution, we chat with Clover Stroud, Sunday Times bestselling author of My Wild and Sleepless Nights. Clover is a prolific journalist and mother of five who lives in rural Oxfordshire with her husband Pete and their family. This episode was edited and produced by the show's launch producer, Aisha Chowdhry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introduction to The Tenderness Revolution
August 07, 2021 15:30 - 45 seconds - 756 KBA preview of the podcast launching in September. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.