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Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Rebecca Ryder

37 episodes

3 months ago

In the eighth podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to Leticia Fonseca. Leticia is a personal finance mentor and she helps people, particularly women, to have a healthier relationship with money. She is the founder of Master Your Finances and a self-proclaimed ‘infectiously positive powerhouse’. Leticia talks about the close relationship between money and how we treat ourselves, after personally discovering the positive financial impact of getting to know ...

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In the eighth podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to Leticia Fonseca. Leticia is a personal finance mentor and she helps people, particularly women, to have a healthier relationship with money. She is the founder of Master Your Finances and a self-proclaimed ‘infectiously positive powerhouse’. Leticia talks about the close relationship between money and how we treat ourselves, after personally discovering the positive financial impact of getting to know ...

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Society & Culture,

Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness

Episodes (20/37)

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 3 Ep 8 - Creating a healthier relationship with money, with financial wellbeing mentor, Leticia Fonseca

In the eighth podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to Leticia Fonseca. Leticia is a personal finance mentor and she helps people, particularly women, to have a healthier relationship with money. She is the founder of Master Your Finances and a self-proclaimed ‘infectiously positive powerhouse’. Leticia talks about the close relationship between money and how we treat ourselves, after personally discovering the positive financial impact of getting to know ...

2 years ago

37 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 3 Ep 7 - Trans speaker and activist George Evans on spreading transgender awareness

In the seventh podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to trans speaker and activist, George Evans. George became an in-demand speaker after his Pride Month 2022 LinkedIn post, proudly declaring his trans identity, got millions of views. He’s since become a celebrated public speaker, LinkedIn Top Voice and regularly travels around to share his story with different businesses and audiences, educating them on diversity and inclusion for the transgender communi...

2 years ago

57 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 3 Ep 6 - Emma Jackson on late diagnosed ADHD, female empowerment, allyship and the science of happiness

In the sixth podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to producer for the creative and tech industries, Emma Jackson. You may have seen Emma landing a plane with Kevin Bacon in an EE ad. As she likes to put it, she only gets out of bed for world firsts. She racked up millions of views for content produced for Cut Youtube channel, and using entertainment to show diverse role models is a particular joy of hers. She’s proudly and loudly neurodivergent, and...

2 years ago

1 hour 17 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 3 Ep 5 - Pete Barnes on LGBTQ+ sports communities, social anxiety and making friends as an adult

In the fifth episode of series 3, Rebecca talks to the brilliant Pete Barnes, founder of the Northern Pride Sports Collective, the Manchester-based LGBTQ+ badminton team Northern Cocks, and a board games community too. I met Pete when he appeared on the panel of SSDB’s first live event last year, which was all about How to Make Friends and Find Communities as an Adult. We talked about social anxiety, the power of communities, reinventing yourself through university and travelling the world, a...

2 years ago

1 hour 23 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 3 Ep 4 - Kashi Chellen of The Happiness Index on accessibility and inequality in digital wellness

In the fourth podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to Kashi Chellen, community and events executive at The Happiness Index. The Happiness Index is an employee engagement & happiness platform, helping organisations measure the key employee engagement AND happiness drivers to power their people strategy. 🧠👥 They discuss destigmatising therapy, the importance of mindfulness, accessibility and inequality in digital wellness, how crucial it is to learn emo...

2 years ago

31 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 3 Ep 3 - Ellie Austin-Williams, This Girl Talks Money founder, on financial wellbeing, shopping addiction, debt and good money habits

This time, Rebecca speaks to Ellie Austin-Williams, founder of This Girl Talks Money. In her own words, Ellie is ‘Breaking the money taboo & putting financial wellbeing on the agenda’. She started TGTM because she was ‘bored of the same old financial tips written by middle aged white men in suits’, and wanted to ‘open the conversation up around earning, spending, saving and managing money.’ Alongside building a community of 30,000 financially empowered women, Ellie has worked with brands ...

2 years ago

40 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 3 Ep 2 - Amy Proudfoot, Sober Social on sobriety, ADHD and alcohol, and conscious connection

The second podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to Amy Proudfoot, founder and director of Sober Social. Sober Social’s mission is to revolutionise socialising within communities and make socialising inclusive to everyone. This is an open and honest chat between two sober girls about navigating life without alcohol, whether you’re going sober, doing Dry January or are just curious about the benefits of a rest from drinking. Amy spoke about her own journey ...

2 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 3 Ep 1 - Stef Sword-Williams of Fuck Being Humble on self-promotion and career confidence for women; managing burnout and the mental health impact of self-employment

Rebecca speaks to Stef Sword-Williams, founder and author of F*ck Being Humble, the incredible platform and career bible helping people be unapologetically proud of their achievements and overcome the fear of self-promotion. In Stef’s own words, “‘F*ck Being Humble’ is a mindset to adopt to make sure you never miss out on an opportunity because you were too modest”. Stef saw a lack of representation in the creative industries during her advertising career and decided she didn’t wa...

2 years ago

53 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 14 - Phil Cookson, Creative Resource Director + School of Thought founder, on coping methods for grief, life as a widower and combatting loneliness

This week, Rebecca speaks to Phil Cookson, director of Creative Resource and Founder of the School of Thought. Phil spoke about the passing of his wife in 2019, before then losing his mum a few months later. He talked about how he found the process of grief, including navigating loneliness in lockdown, managing anniversaries, honing in on his own coping methods and helping his dad to come to terms with loss too. Phil made a children’s book about his wife to gift to his young niece, who was bo...

3 years ago

57 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 13 - Chloe Higgins, author and writing coach, on losing two sisters in a car accident, vulnerability in literature, radical responsibility and victimhood, and using journalling for heightened emotional intelligence

This week, Rebecca speaks to Chloe Higgins, an author and writing coach. She runs her online business Write with Chloe from Thailand, where she recently moved to from her home of Australia. A big reason for this was her love of Muay Tai, with this form of exercise serving as an important coping tool for her mental health. Chloe spoke about losing two sisters in a car accident when she was 17, which led to a two-month stay in a psychiatric ward, undergoing treatment for trauma. There, sh...

3 years ago

57 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 12 - Rochelle Hanslow, writer and M.E. Support UK ambassador, on body image and chronic illness, growing up with a transgender parent, pet bereavement, and overcoming emotional abuse

This episode, Rebecca speaks to Rochelle Hanslow, an author, chronic illness and mental health writer, podcaster and M.E. Support UK ambassador. Rochelle is doing incredible work promoting more education and challenging misconceptions around lesser-understood physical and mental health conditions. They discuss a range of important topics and issues, including: Misunderstandings around the day-to-day difficulties of chronic illness, such as M.E. and fibromyalgia The d...

3 years ago

1 hour 15 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 11 - Mental Health Awareness Week Special: Compilation part 1 - Every guest from Series 1 talks about mental health

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we hear a recap of every guest from series 1 talking to Rebecca about mental health, in the first of two special compilation episodes. Here's an overview of some of the themes discussed in these episode snapshots: S1 Ep1 - Stewy Axon: Body image and social media S1 Ep2 – Sarah Wain: CBT and panic attacks S1 Ep 3 – Alison Carlin: Skin confidence with eczema and redundancy S1 Ep 4 - Jade McSorley: Anxiety and eating disorders&...

3 years ago

2 hours 1 minute

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 10 - Bonnie Bowron, breathwork facilitator, on overcoming addiction, coping with trauma and helping others to become self-empowered and manage their mental health

This week, Rebecca speaks to Bonnie Bowron, a breathwork facilitator and energy healer from Birmingham. She discussed how breathwork changed her life after years struggling with addiction, and how getting clean from the coping mechanisms of alcohol and drugs helped her to become more self-empowered and find out who she really is. This then led her to train in breathwork so that she could help others and see them change their own lives for the better. Bonnie realised it was what she was meant ...

3 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 9 - Liam Browne on being an author, no-nonsense spiritual healer, yoga teacher and founder, from the Full Power Cacao plant medicine brand to Stone Cold Sober retreats, raves and festivals

This time on the podcast, Rebecca speaks to Liam Browne. Liam is a published author, with his two autobiographical books Dealer to Healer: A Modern Tale of A Fucked Up Male, and HITCHHIKING: Feel the good vibrations. He is also a healer, yoga teacher and the founder of Full Power Cacao, a powerful plant medicine which is also a superfood. Full Power Cacao regular ceremonies and chocolate dance parties around the UK, with healing, guided meditation, drumming, poetry and dancing. In addition to...

3 years ago

1 hour 19 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 8 - Craig Seaton on how to lucid dream, healing and consciousness through breathwork and meditation, psychedelic plant medicine and kundalini yoga

This time on the podcast, Rebecca speaks to Craig Seaton, whose Create Your Own Reality retreat in Wales she recently went on for the second time (you may remember the previous episode with his co-host Briony). Craig is a Breathwork Facilitator, whose sessions you can book at Blok gyms, along with regular events in Manchester city centre and other venues. He’s also a kundalini yoga instructor, lucid dreaming coach and sound healer. He has so much knowledge and many experiences to share ...

3 years ago

1 hour 39 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Episode 7 - Sarah Adams, musician and choir group leader, on community, connection and growing a career as a musician, managing anxiety and overthinking, the powerful benefits of therapy and dealing with the end of a relationship

This week, Rebecca’s guest is Sarah Adams, who runs the brilliant Manchester Choirs. Run in three different venues, they are fantastically supportive and uplifting sessions singing gospel-inspired songs, providing a creative and emotional release singing with other ladies on a weekday evening. They allow members to feel the connection of community in a really fun way, allowing performance and expression without any pressure to be perfect. Sarah is a musician and performs both solo, with her ...

3 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 6 - Lonely Thoughts Clothing's John Hester on giving back to mental health charities by donating all sales, who the true heroes are in society, how men can learn to be vulnerable, and overcoming the early loss of a parent

This week, Rebecca speaks to John Hester, co-founder of Lonely thoughts clothing, which he started with his wife Lyndsey in 2020. This independent local brand up in the Scottish Highlands have already made a more positive impact on the world than 10 big fast fashion companies. They support some fantastic causes, giving help to those in need around mental health by donating all sales to their chosen charity. Rebecca and John discussed numerous fascinating topics, from changed perceptions of t...

3 years ago

1 hour 30 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 5 - Darren Hodgkinson on cold water immersion therapy, the grief of losing a parent, living with ADHD and depression, and overcoming suicidal thoughts

We're back for 2022 with episode five of series two! This week, Rebecca speaks to Darren Hodgkinson, who she first met in November taking part in cold water immersion with Reservoir Doggs, of which he was a founding member. She went on a hike he was leading and threw herself in the deep end, literally, and now takes part in these dips regularly with this wonderful welcoming community. Darren spoke about everything from living with ADHD and depression to being bullied as a child, his experien...

3 years ago

2 hours 3 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 4 - Christmas Special feat. a festive quiz, talking new year's resolutions and 2021's achievements, with Stew, Sarah, Caroline and Hannah from series one!

For this special Christmas episode, Rebecca reunites with her former guests from series one. They talked about this year's 'realisations', achievements and what may have changed since they recorded their episodes during the last UK lockdown. They also discussed what they think of new year’s resolutions and whether they’ve made any for 2022. Rebecca hosts a festive quiz looking back at some of the insights from each of the guest's episodes, along with a few musical interludes. Thank you to ev...

3 years ago

48 minutes

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

Series 2 Episode 3 - Sara Kay, wellbeing laughter yoga coach, discusses laughter as a tool for coping with depression, coming out as LGBTQ in later life and the life-changing power of self-acceptance, and having others embrace your authentic self

For episode three of series two, Rebecca spoke to wellbeing laughter yoga coach Sara Kay. She attended some of Sara’s laughter yoga sessions over Zoom during lockdown and, well, they’re genius. Laughter is of course, the best medicine, and we all know the difference it can make to our mood, but it perhaps isn’t part of our everyday, as we’re not always watching comedy, attending a show or having rib-tickling conversations with people. The beauty of laughter yoga is that you force yourself to...

3 years ago

42 minutes