Emma Gilleece is an architectural historian, activist and writer. She is currently working on a series '100 Buildings of Mid-20th Century Architecture' for the RTÉ Culture website.

Benji Davies is an award-winning illustrator and author. Creator of the bestselling, acclaimed The Storm Whale, Grandad's Island and The Grotlyn, Benji's books have been co-editioned in over thirty-five languages and countries, gaining recognition worldwide.

Lisa is a journalist specialising in travel. She also makes and presents podcasts including the UK number 1 Big Travel Pod. You will recognise her voice from TV and Radio with the latest comments on all things travel.

Baking Nanna Aka Jackie is the one half of the famous twitter bake along and the Great British Bake Off Twitter Bake Along. She inspires people to try baking and founded her community on socials to encourage people to come together to reduce isolation, find joy and to feel like they can bake anything!

Nick Newman is the CEO of National Careers Week, a fantastic celebration of all things careers guidance, which aims to support young people leaving education and moving on to employment. He came up with the idea for National Careers Week in 2010, after a conversation about how to help students make effective choices about their future career.

The first NCW was born the following year with just a handful of schools and has grown into a big annual event that is run every year.

In this episode we talk to Baron Richard Layard live at Kindfest 2022.

Richard Layard, is a British labour economist, currently working as programme director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. He is also one of the first economists to work on happiness, and his main current interest is how better mental health could improve our social and economic life. He is the founder-director of LSE's Centre for Economic Performance and is co-director of the Centre's programme on Community Wellbeing

In this week's episode we are joined by the magical Tim Lichfield. Time is a professional magician and member of the Magic Circle bringing wonder wherever he goes. He has appeared on live tv on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch, and is a radio broadcaster as well as being a hypnotherapist. 

In this episode, Time talks to us about how we have forgotten about the joy of wonder, just how good that is for us, and the gift of not knowing, as well as about his journey into magic. 

Bijal Shah is a book curator and bibliotherapist, a freelance journalist, an author and
a poet. After a decade-plus career in investment banking, Bijal was really keen to
pursue her passion for literature, writing and psychology having successfully
published a non-fiction book titled 'The Happiness Mindset' having written the book
post-completion of a diploma in psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy. She
now curates books for clients for personal interest and mental well-being.

In this episode, Bijal talks all about how literature and reading can help us stay well
and understand ourselves and life more, and how we can bring books back into our
day to day lives.

Herb Baker recently retired from NASA after 42 years of service after spending his
career at the Johnson Space Center supporting the Space Shuttle, Space Station,
and Orion Programs and at the Kennedy Space Center and NASA Headquarters. In
2010, he was awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and he is currently on
the Board of Directors of the NASA Alumni League.

In this episode of the podcast he talks about the importance of teamwork in reaching
goals and how every single person’s contribution, however seemingly small, is vital
to humankind reaching new heights.

Mita Mistry practices Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Acupuncture
helping people from all walks of life. She delivers mental health and trauma
education to hospitals, doctors, schools workplaces and survivors of domestic
abuse. Her book, How to Understand and Deal with Social Anxiety: Everything You
Need to Know to Manage Social Anxiety is a practical, supportive and easy-to-read
guide to help you understand and overcome social anxiety, filled with helpful tips and
actionable advice

In this episode, Mita talks all about the causes of social anxiety, how it can impact us
and how taking small steps can help us manage it, as well as the importance of
meaningful connection to ourselves and others.

Action Jackson is the UK Ambassador for happiness. An award-winning motivational speakers and author, television talk show host and mentor. His philosophy is ‘Success is not by make, it’s by Work’. 
In this episode he talks all about the importance of motivation, how we can motivate ourselves and others as well as finding our purpose in life. 

Lauren Silver is an award-winning actor, theatremaker and jolly-anxious clown. Her work has played in national and international venues including London’s Vaudeville Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Liverpool Everyman/Playhouse, Edinburgh Fringe and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. She is the founder of PlayWell and works with local communities and global companies to promote positive health and wellbeing through playful and engaging programmes.  

In this episode Lauren talks about why play is so important for us to tap into as adults for our wellbeing, the history of clowning and what life is like performing.

Leah Boleto is a presenter and news journalist. She worked in radio before starting to present on the small screen working on some fab shows like BBC Breakfast, BBC Sport, Stargazing Live and Newsround. She now works for sky news as an anchor. 

Bobby Seagull is a school maths teacher and Cambridge University Doctorate student. Before moving into education, he was an investment banking trader at Lehman Brothers & Nomura, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant from PwC. He's an ambassador for the charity National Numeracy, a presenter for an Open University course on personal finance for young adults, a regular contributor to Radio Four’s Puzzle For Today and a columnist for the Financial Times.
Bobby is the author of The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers (which reached #50 Amazon UK best sellers over Christmas 2018) and co-presenter of the podcast Maths Appeal. With my University Challenge friend. He co-wrote The Monkman & Seagull Quiz and co-presented a BBC TV series Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Guide to Britain. Outside of maths.

In this episode of Things I Forgot Were Good For Me, he talks all about growth mindset and how we can tap into that place where we can find our passion and purpose in life. 

Dr Radha and Giles take a look back at the first two seasons of Things I Forgot Were Good For Me to discuss what they've learned and what's coming up in season 3!

Joe is a Features Writer at GamesRadar+ and has written for a number of gaming, sport and entertainment publications including PC Gamer, Edge, Play and FourFourTwo. Joe is also a mental health advocate and has written a book about video games, mental health and their complex intersections. He is a regular expert contributor on both subjects for BBC radio. 

In this episode, he chats to us about how video games can help to heal our mental health through entering digital worlds and how the perceptions of video games as creating isolation for the users are false, that they are actually a springboard for connection and community. 

In this episode we talk to Miranda Keeling is a writer and performer. She writes plays, screenplays, short stories, articles, and poems. Inspired by her popular Twitter account, her book The Year I Stopped to Notice brings together her observations of the magic, humour, and strangeness of ordinary life. We discuss the power of simple observation for our mental & emotional wellbeing and how it can improve our ability to imagine, to be creative, to be empathetic, and to connect to others. 

In this episode, we chat with Darina Garland who is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of the global outdoor pizza oven brand Ooni. Darina is passionate about developing people, community, growing world-class teams, and authentic partnerships. She champions Ooni’s aim of encouraging everybody, everywhere to make pizza. We talk about the power of food and cooking to connect people together, about creativity and food, teamwork and leadership, and, of course, pizza!

In this episode we chat to Madeleine Black - an author, speaker, sexual violence
activist, former psychotherapist and who hosts her own podcast show called
“Unbroken: Healing Through Storytelling. After decades of silence, Madeleine
decided to share her own story publicly online in September 2014 and she
completely underestimated what the response would be. She is passionate about
speaking out to end the shame, stigma, and silence surrounding sexual violence and
to help others find their courage and voice too. We talk to her about her journey,
finding her voice, and the power of her work to support others to do the same. 

This episode contains a discussion of sexual violence. Listener discretion is advised.

This week, Sarah Stein Lubrano, Content Lead at The School of Life, chats to us
about their book, ‘On Failure – How To Succeed at Defeat’. Sarah holds a bachelor’s
degree from Harvard College and an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual
History from Cambridge University. She is currently reading for a DPhil in Political
Theory at Oxford University. We chat about why we as a society are afraid of failure,
how to deal with mistakes, how to deal with other’s opinions when we fail and how to
find perspective, and why it is helpful for us to expect and get used to failing.

In this episode, we talk to Pauline Cox who has a deep passion for health and
nutrition.  Her day-to-day work involves translating complex science into simple,
easy to follow steps to make health information increasingly accessible.  She is the
author of the award-winning book, Primal Living in a Modern World, co-founder of
high street and online low-carb and keto specialists Sow & Arrow and co-founder of online health membership, My Health Mastery, we discuss how our relationship with
food is tied so closely with our well-being, both physical, mental, and emotional and
how we can tune in more to what our body needs.

In this episode, we talk to Roo Irvine who is a regular TV expert and main presenter
on shows such as BBC Bargain Hunt, BBC Antiques Roadtrip, and Celebrity Antiques
Roadtrip. Roo also owns and operates Kilcreggan Antiques in Argyll & Bute. We chat
about how we can discover more about ourselves by connecting with the past
through antiques, how antiques can create a mindful strategy for living as well as
creating perspective on our own challenges and her career journey.

Lyndsey Uglow is the author of ‘Leo & Friends - the extraordinary dogs with the
healing touch; and a volunteer who developed the Animal Assisted Intervention team
at Southampton's Children's Hospital. In this episode, she talks about her very
personal journey into this area of volunteering through her own family experience
and the benefits it can bring to children and young people.
She shares her reflections about what fleeting connections can do for our wellbeing,
why we might have forgotten its importance, and why sometimes it can do more for
us than long-term connection.

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Spencer lodge is an entrepreneur, a business strategist, award winning podcast host of ‘Unscripted’ and in the top 100 most influential people in Dubai. 

Richie, or “The Breath Guy”, is a leading figure and evangelist for Breathwork, the next
revolution in health and wellness. He is a Breathwork facilitator, author, and speaker and it is his mission to spread the life-changing possibilities of Breathwork to the world.
Having worn many hats, from a corporate management consultant to digital entrepreneur, Richie eventually discovered Breathwork which was a catalyst for a life-changing journey that completely shifted his own life and beliefs on the potential of human beings.

Richie spent years traveling across five continents learning from many of the modern-day masters of Breathwork and continuously witnessed the transformative effects of when people became aware of their breathing and started to use it as a tool to create physical mental and emotional benefits. This free medicine is available to everyone and its Richie mission to remind the world how to breathe with purpose.

Richie has taught tens of thousands of people across the world in his workshops, retreats and online events. He works on employee wellbeing initiatives with government departments, companies such as Google DeepMind, Amazon, Spotify, and Unilever.

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Sue Stuart-Smith, a prominent psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Her book,
The Well Gardened Mind was published in 2020 and became a Sunday
Times bestseller. She is married to Tom Stuart-Smith, the celebrated garden
designer, and, over thirty years together, they have created the wonderful
Barn Garden in Hertfordshire.   
We talk to Sue about what nature brings us in times of challenge and darkness – a sense of hope, of space away from our problems, and a chance to reframe, as well as the well-being benefits. Sue talks about her journey into gardening through growing herbs and how she found herself creating a place of peace, a place for nature connectedness, and a chance to renew and refill her energy. And why encouraging children to get out in nature is so important for their wellbeing.

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Chris Barlow is a designer and builder of puppets, props and creatures for TV, film
and theatre as well as an illustrator and sculptor. In this episode he talks about why
and how we may have come to forget the importance of play as adults, the
importance of using our imaginations to help us feel better and why creativity needs
to be and is fundamental to all of our day to day lives. He reflects on his own journey
of loss and grief, and how this helps him remember how precious life is, and why we
should make every effort to be ourselves and life our most authentic life.

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Momtaz Begum-Hossain is a Modern Colour Theorist. She’s the Founder of the
‘Hello Hue’ philosophy and the author of the book Hello Rainbow - Finding
Happiness in Colour includes therapeutic colour rituals and mindful crafting ideas
inspired by colour therapy. In this episode she reflects on why and how, as adults we
may have forgotten how we can engage with and use colour to help us feel better
and to express our true selves, as well as how we can bring more colour into our day
to day lives.

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Paul Pilot is a writer & singer in the Irish band “the amazing Pilots”. He records,
produces and writes for other people and is a score writer for film and television,
often asked to work on evocative and human-interest stories making recordings that
feature unusual instrumentation. In this episode, he talks about his love for music,
how storytelling through music can help our own mental wellbeing and why we might
have forgotten the joy of listening, playing, and engaging with music.

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Sophie Green is an award-winning wildlife and conservation artist, dedicating her
time and work to raise awareness for issues surrounding animal welfare and the
environment. In this episode, she talks about art as a form of mindfulness, the
importance of finding purpose and why the combination of art and nature is so
powerful for our wellbeing, as well as how we can reclaim our sense of intuition and
passion.

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We chat to Houston Kraft, a speaker, author of Deep Kindness published in 2020, and kindness advocate and co-founder of Character Strong. We explore what kindness is, how it is anything but simple and easy, and how it is not just about ‘being nice’. We explore how to practice kindness to self and to others as an act of courage and how to build this practice.
He sets out a very convincing case for kindness and why we should bother to focus on the importance of kindness, and make it a priority.

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‘Things I Forgot Were Good For Me’ The podcast hosted by Dr Radha Modgil and Giles Paley-Phillips, that helps you remember, relearn, and be inspired by others about what might be good for you in your day to day life – what might bring you more joy, a sense of groundedness and a stronger sense of your own unique life purpose – never more needed than the world we find ourselves in at the moment.

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Karen Guggenheim is a pioneer in the global happiness movement, a leader in promoting the science behind well-being to an international audience, and a motivational speaker inspiring people about how to grow post-trauma and rebuild a life focused on meaning, purpose, and happiness. She is the producer of the World Happiness Summit(R), the leading well-being conference promoting the benefits of an evidence-based approach to increasing happiness in all areas of life. Her new book ‘Cultivating Happiness’ is out now.

5 July 2023 marks 75 years of the National Health Service  
 
Treating over one million people a day in England, the NHS touches all our lives.
 
As part of the celebrations, NHSE has partnered with Things I Forgot Were Good For Me to create an episode dedicated to the NHS 75th Birthday and celebrates the incredible role that volunteers have played and continue to play within the NHS 

We are joined by Emma Easton is NHS England’s Deputy Director of Voluntary Partnerships, supporting partnership working with the voluntary sector and sharing and scaling volunteering within the NHS, Karen Weites is a volunteer since August 2019, at North Tyneside General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sumia Mohamed is a St John Ambulance NHS cadet based in Bristol

Born in London to professional, touring musicians, our musical director and founder Jane Reeves has always had music in her life. She started learning the piano when she was seven years old and by the time she reached 14 she was studying at Grade 7. She also reached a respectable standard playing the clarinet, French horn and cello and later gained accreditation as a registered ABRSM piano teacher.

At 16 she was performing in professional musicals, as well as penning her own soul, jazz and dance music, and gigging UK clubs and venues. Drawn to the bright lights of the big city, as a young woman she moved to central London and served time with various professional bands and a capella groups, an apprenticeship which furnished her with a solid grounding in musicianship and professional practice.

Naomi is a television presenter, a dancer and a complete superstar. She has been working non-stop in children’s television since 1999. You will know her from CBBC. She is a panto star and always finding ways to educate and entertain in a fun way.

Stuart Heritage is a feature writer and columnist for The Guardian, The Times, Air Mail and Men's Health. In addition to this, he has written for a range of publications and television programmes, and founded and edited award-winning blogs.

For two years running he was named as one of the 50 most influential emerging figures in the British media by The Independent.
Stuart’s first book, a biography of his brother called DON’T BE A DICK, PETE, was
published by Square Peg (Random House) in 2017. His second, BEDTIME STORIES FOR WORRIED LIBERALS, was published by Profile in 2019. His first picture book JONATHAN THE MAGIC PONY (illustrated by Nicola Slater) was published by Puffin in 2020.

In this week’s special episode of @forgotpod, we are teaming up with Sharon, a former health care worker who has gone on to use her many years of industry experience to inspire the next generation of learners by teaching in further education. 
No matter what stage you’re at in your life, whether you are nearing retirement or looking for a career change, making the move to further education is a great opportunity to try something new whilst passing on your invaluable expertise.
There are a wide range of subjects that can be taught part-time alongside your current career. Whether that’s teaching health & social care, law, agriculture and much more. Whatever your background, explore teaching in further education and #ShareYourSkills.
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