The Soulhubber's Podcast

We still can’t quite believe that Angela Rippon agreed to be a guest on our humble little podcast but also the fact that she managed the whole process herself. No P.A’s, no agents, no big hoohaa or over inflated ego that could be expected from someone of her standing, no…just the inspirational, incredible and adorable Angela.As part of Andrew Cuerden’s “Why Dance?” series of the Soulhubber’s podcast, he spoke to Angela about how she started dancing, the vision of her Let’s Dance campaign to get the country dancing and the benefits of all types of dancing, even ‘Dad’ dancing. As well as how dance supports those suffering with Parkinson’s or Dementia. In particular, it was throughly interesting to gain an insight into why she felt she’d had a long, healthy and successful life, something which so many of us want to understand for ourselves and our loved ones.We always close our interviews with the question ‘What makes you feel soulful?’, to which I was blown away by her response, as she shared the Persian poem…“If thou of fortune be bereft,and in thy store there be but lefttwo loaves, sell one, and with thedole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.”Enjoy…If you live in the UK and are looking for some inspiration on where to go dancing check out Angela’s Let’s Dance website. If you enjoyed this episode, please share with someone who you feel might appreciate it too.If you would like to be kept in the loop of all things soulful from Soulhub please subscribe below. Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you for joining us here at Substack. We feel like “Freshers” starting a new term at a new campus. We see this ‘new term’, as a leaving behind of things that no longer work or serve us, and finding new ways of flowing, with greater ease and opportunity for valuable and meaningful connection. We feel it’s a more heart-centred space here at Substack, and a natural choice to find more stable and fertile ground, in which together we can seed ideas, conversation and collaborations to grow as a nourishing community for the benefit of all. What do we mean by that? Well, in short, less platforms for us to manage, less push, more invitation and more allowing. One place for you to come and find us as, when and how you like. With links to…What we find and experience as Soulfulness. Places, people, content, locations that awaken, inspire and free the human spirit. Here’s a reminder, the short-version, of what we/Soulhub is:It’s a hub for the soul - A gathering, a movement, a place of authentic, and compassionate connection with like-hearted souls. There’s enough platforms out there that want to just focus on the negative and the past or tell everyone how to live their lives. Instead, we desire to find and accent the positive, as well as imagining and taking action towards a better future. Celebrating each and everyones’s unique imperfectly perfect journey. Not to ignore the contrast, but to use it to better know what it is we DO want. We are always open to challenge and difficult conversations that expand awareness, but we believe they should all be held with love, honesty and integrity. As we mention in the video above, our Soulhubber’s Podcasts are already accessible here at Substack, and so please choose to listen to any of the 28 episodes. We do not have a strict schedule but record and share them organically, as and when it feels right. We will be sharing a short survey next week, asking for your input as to what you currently appreciate and what you’d like to see, hear or know more of from Soulhub. Maybe it’s more from the Soulhub Practitioners themselves, more from us directly such as a weekly musings, or different perspectives of how life is for others, soulful conversations or soulful places to visit. As this is our new term. And as we said we want to keep as much free as possible, We are kick-starting with a pledge. An opportunity for you to support us and what we do in a financial way. It will enable us to commit more to building this space for you and everyone else that needs it and perhaps those who cannot afford it. As a Thank You (see below) and grateful exchange for those who sign up for a year, we’re offering 1 therapeutic session with either Andrew or I. You are welcome to donate the session to someone else, if you do not feel the need or desire. For now we’ll leave you with some inspirational pieces. We sincerely thank you for your valuable time and open-hearted attention. To read: Ben Fogle (adventurer/tv presenter) recently posted about his experiences (below) and we liked his sentiment very much. To listen: This week Andrew spoke with Malcolm Stern, Psychotherapist and Author of ‘Slay your Dragons with Compassion’. Andrew has had the pleasure of participating in Malcolm’s year long group therapy sessions as well as co-facilitating with Malcom at Skyros Holidays. It’s a lovely little listen of where Andrew is currently at, and a little window into the world of dance. Podcast on Spotify.To pledge - As a Thank You for your financial support of £70 for a year, we’re offering a free online session (1 hr) with either Carmen or Andrew, which you can use for yourself, or gift to someone else/pay it forward, wherever you are in the world (Valid for 3 months from purchase).Once you have subscribed for the year, we will be in contact, with our diaries (and a brief registration form), and you’ll be able to choose which one of us you’d like to have that time with, or if you’d indeed like a joint session. Here’s a very brief overview of what we offer below, and you can of course find out more on our websites - Carmen or AndrewTherapeutic Sessions with Andrew CuerdenIf you are struggling to find your passion, purpose or flow in the dance of life. I would love to help you explore this. I believe in following our passions and leading with love and faith. To not live a logical life but a magical life. To dance joyfully between planning and presence, structure and flow. I have spent my whole life doing this and it’s been an incredible life that has taken me all over the world and in and out of amazing adventures. Therapeutic Session with CarmenI love to get under the skin of understanding what’s the patterns/behaviours that create our very existence. I work with anyone looking to make a change, or who’s fed-up, exhausted or simply (not always seemingly so) wants a new life chapter. I’ve worked in private practice for 8 years now, with people from all walks of life, all ages, cultures, and experiences. All are welcome. Please do let us know you’re here. Let’s start with…What has our soul-newsletter inspired in you today? Much love, Carmen & Andrew Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe

Alex is a mountain goat, human powered adventurer, and galvaniser for those wishing to find themselves in the mountains. Thank you to John and Caroline Tierney for leading Alex onto our pathway, to enable us to get under the skin of how a young man who’s faced bullying and prejudice for his physical conditions, has led him to lead others up into the mountain pathways for their own conquering. because I finally found a path out of this.I was able to change my whole narrativeRecently Alex, Founder of Mind Over Mountains, achieved 446. A challenge which saw him ride and run over 446 mountains in Wales and England, within 50 days to break a record, race funds for the charity and inspire others to get out in the rain and join him. We spoke about all these challenges, both personal and professional, what drives him, what he’s looking to achieve, the why, and most importantly, what he’s learning about himself and life along the way.We love his candid approach, not always easy when you don’t yet have your own answers, and for that reason, I loved the open conversation and exploration. It's about trying to give people the tools and the confidence that they can go out on their own.But often people come to us because they've lost confidence. They’ve not walked for years. You’ll hear the balance between wanting to explore more in my questioning, and giving space for the stories and the experiences. Definitely a further conversation to be had, as Alex opens the door to more topics and emotions. Thank you Alex, and we hope this provokes some emotions for you as you listen about the benefits of being outside whatever your age, and the very notion, that you can make a plan and achieve great things for yourself when you put your mind to it, and ‘trust the process’.Here’s further details of Alex Staniforth, and of Mind Over Mountains. And please do let us know what you think, and maybe even, what it’s evoked in you? Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe

Trusting the flow of a conversation is like gold for me. Being given the permission to allow it to unfold organically, and simply see where the energy takes us, is sublime. Each conversation we have on the Soulhubber’s Podcast, is, rightly, only ever a moment in time. A snippet of someone’s life. A shared moment between two people, which you get the privilege to overhear.The more we do these podcasts, the more we unfold the true reflections of our souls.Kalindi Jordan is a transformation therapist, sex coach and facilitator, who specialises in sexual healing, sacred intimacy and conscious connection for women and couples. Few women have the depth of transformational experience she holds. She also possesses a wonderful ability to uses her transcendence to help guide others within her work. She’s authentic with her self and her being, most importantly, always open to learning more about the human condition.In this very special episode, Kalindi shares her path through this healing work.. We talk about the power of presence in understanding self, and finding balance in the body. We also delve into her unique way of processing. How does she deal with grief and healing? “ It's not like we're going to get rid of pain in the human experience,but I can be in relationship to painful emotions.I can be in relationship to mental distress.I can be in relationship with pain in my body.And that's what healing is, it’s to be in relationship.”5 years ago Kalindi had, what she would later discover was Alopecia Universalis, which emerged as the world went into lockdown. She lost her long bushy hair, and in fact her full body hair, which hasn’t returned. She had to go deep, and ask herself…“Can you find the beauty now?You know, can you really, like…can you really fall in love with yourself now?Even when your vanity, like, the vanity's been knocked.You know, my reasonably good looking self, a part of that taken away.Can you do it now?Can you find the beauty?What does it mean?Oh, my God, so many layers of that.”So if you're wondering how someone moves through this, and how they manage themselves and others around them, how they hold grief and embrace themselves, then please do listen. If you’d like to find out more about Kalindi and her work visit her website - Kalindi Jordan. If you’d like to join Pete Warnock and Kalindi’s Amrita Couples Tantra Programme in September 2025, you can receive a Soulhub discount via this link. Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe

The winding and interconnected story of Mark Michel, Musto jackets, Soulhub, Drake Passage, Antartica, and icebergs.Carmen Rendell reminisces on the stories shared across continents and, now over a decade ago. Some stories should be shared further, and this is one of them. Not just because it highlights the change in our climate, or the remarkable work of Mark and the team in Antartica recording the sounds and images of the icebergs, but because of how the story is told by Mark, and how their experience and his talent transcends the air waves.I wonder at what point we became so estranged from our relationship with this Earth.You’re instantly transported to Australis, their vessel, and on the boat with Mark and the team. Antarctica is a place not meant for humankind. colourful and often tragic history reflects this. It is not that we are unwelcome here, more that we are not, perhaps, natural.In simple terms, it a beautiful tale, including how Carmen and Mark connected across the oceans, and still having yet to meet, brings you on board to relive how these Lincoln, Yoko and Ernest icebergs and their micro-environments end up projected onto the Auckland Museum. Please do share and let us know what you felt as you listen to Mark’s story. We’d love to know what it evokes in you. And if you wanted to purchase the 100 timeless soul stories, poems and artwork of the Soulhub Journal ‘The Collective’ then you can access it here. Thanks for reading Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe

We go a little off the UK track, as we responded to the signs in front of us. Through our dear friend and Dance Al Fresco DJ Youssef Boutayeb, we were led to the work of CADFA, Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association led by Human Rights lawyer Nandita Dowson. Youssef is a super connector, who works deeply in his local borough, bridging many worlds across music, cultures and communities. CADFA works in the UK to promote awareness about the human rights situation in Palestine. Starting in 2003 when people from the London borough of Camden made links with people in Abu Dis a town in the Jerusalem suburb. Within their core work, they organise exchange programmes with the young people of Jerusalem. As a perfect connection to our ‘Why Dance?’ series with Andrew Cuerden, we explore with dance teacher Tamara, and her friend and colleague Sara (and at times translator) what dance means to their culture, how it infiltrates life, and right now amongst the rubble and war, what dance brings them on the ground in such a difficult time. As Andrew talks into, this is not a political podcast. However as we’re all experiencing politics influences everything in all of our lives. This podcast is a conversation between Andrew, Tamara and Sara and Human Rights Lawyer and CADFA CEO Nandita Dowson, who has enabled us a window of time in which we can meet and interview Tamara and Sara. As we all, Carmen, Youssef and Andrew, sat through the recording of this episode, we felt extremely moved and touched by Tamara and Sara and their way of expressing all things culture, life and hope. We don’t want to reduce their words to ours, or indeed paraphrase their emotions to diminish what you might feel as you listen to their stories. For this reason, we just ask you to listen to this episode with curiosity about what life might be like for the women in Jerusalem and how dance changes our worlds. Following the recording, we joined CADFA for a beautifully open dinner where we felt welcomed with open arms. A symbolism of the culture in itself. We left moved and emotional, as we went about our usual evening, feeling blessed to have met them all and privileged to hear their stories. For more information on CADFA check them out here, and see how you might want to engage or support their work. For obvious reasons we haven’t used their surnames or images of Tamara and Sara but if you’d like to connect, then please do email CADFA. Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe

How would you cope with a death threat on your family?And as a consequence you might move houses, careers and even countries to find safety. As Kenny did. And yet safety is also an internal emotional feeling that has to be witnessed, held and expressed to make sense and find a home.Kenny Mammarella D-Cruz returns to the Soulhubbers Podcast, this time with Carmen Rendell to share his personal journey of escaping to refugee camps in Italy and the UK, away from Idi Amin’s dictatorship of Uganda and finally to the remote Welsh town of Fishguard. He talks into how, as a 60 year old, the stories he puts to feelings still spook him. How he falls apart and comes together again and again. He shares intimate details of how he’s finding tools through his life, such as breathing and deeper self understanding to let go of his unhealthy mental and physical coping mechanisms.We talk about suicide, feeling feelings and trauma, and how he gets to his golden shadow, via the dark shadow.Kenny very much follows in the community sharing as his father did when he first arrived in the UK.He brought hockey here, he took it to school, so now it's a big deal in the area. He used to play hockey for Uganda. He started the Friendship Circle for older and lonely people. I think that was 30 years ago. He started a charity. He started and was the first Goan Mayor in the UK, and in the year, the bicentenary of the last invasion of Britain, which was our town.It’s a beautifully insightful sharing of how ‘doing the work’ can change you and enables you to go on to work and support others go through their life challenges, trauma and dark nights of the soul. Click here to find out more about MenSpeak and AllGenderSpeak Groups that Kenny and other trained facilitator’s hold over Christmas period and throughout the year. They’re held online on a daily basis including Christmas Day and New Years Day.Please share this episode with others who you know might benefit or simply enjoy hearing real life stories and how we find our way through challenging times. Get full access to Sole to Soul Inspiration by Soulhub at soulhub.substack.com/subscribe