The Great Full
The Great Full podcast is here to help you contribute to a more sustainable world through how you eat, live and lead. Join me on a journey around the world to connect with thinkers and doers working to build more sustainable food systems, communities and lives. They share insights into the challenges we collectively face, highlight the solutions they are bringing to life and offer up wisdom they have gained along their journey. All to inspire you to explore how you want to make a contribution, both personally and professionally, and give you some tools to do so in a way that is impactful, fulfilling and supports your own wellbeing.
Episodes
37 episodes
Embodying Regenerative Leadership to Build Regenerative Food Systems (Rirhandzu Marivate, Lead Living Soils Initiative) | Ep. 36
My guest in this episode is Rirhandzu Marivate, a regenerative food systems practitioner and socioecologist currently based in the Western Cape of South Africa.Rirhandzu leads the Living Soils Community Learning Farm initiative, w...
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Episode 36
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50:37
Your Resilience - Why it Matters and How to Build it with Michelle Grant (Founder The Great Full) | Ep. 35
This week we are tackling a big topic together – your personal resilience and what it means for planetary resilience! I dive into lessons I have learned working with this topic personally and professionally over the last decade and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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56:54
Uplifting Diverse Voices to Cultivate Climate Resilience with Kylie Flanagan (Author of Climate Resilience) | Ep. 34
My guest today is Kylie Flanagan, the author of a brand new book called “Climate Resilience - How we can keep each other safe, care for our communities and fight back against climate change”. “Climate Resilience brought me to tears ...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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42:27
The Power of Leading from the Heart with Nina Simons (Co-Founder Bioneers) | Ep. 33
This week I am delighted to chat with Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers and social entrepreneur passionate about reimagining leadership, restoring balance to the feminine and masculine, and helping to heal relations with ourselves, each other...
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Episode 33
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53:23
Reconnecting to Nature and Life through Circular Design with Mona Mijthab (Founder Mosan) | Ep. 32
My guest this episode is Mona Mijthab, social entrepreneur, international speaker and designer with a focus on circular design and social innovation. Mona founded Mosan, a social enterprise improving living conditions in low-income...
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Episode 32
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52:54
Prioritising People and Planet through Regenerative Organic Food with Sarela Herrada (Co-Founder SIMPLi) | Ep. 31
On today’s episode I am joined by Sarela Herrada, co-founder of SIMPLi foods. Born and raised in Lima, Peru, with a background in industrial engineering and food supply chain management, she and her husband Matt have now founded SIMPLi - a food...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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47:25
The Role of Community in Creating Change (The Great Full Community) | Ep. 30
In this episode we gathered in a small circle of The Great Full community members to chat about what community means to us and our work. We discuss how we have experienced community in our own personal and professional lives and what impact it ...
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Episode 30
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57:12
Designing and Leading for an Equitable World with Dr. Ana Pantelic (MIT D-Lab Executive Director) | Ep.29
My guest this week is Dr. Ana Pantelić, Executive Director of MIT D-Lab. Ana is an international development professional who has guided and grown social impact organizations working at the interface of systems change, innovation, and economic ...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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48:14
We need to talk about the connection between your wellbeing and your well-doing with Michelle Grant (Founder The Great Full) | Ep. 28
This episode is a space for you to reflect on the relationship between your own wellbeing and your well-doing in the world. In other words, the connection between your self-care, systems of care and ability to make sustainable change.Joi...
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Episode 28
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37:04
Finding a Career that Nourishes with Liz Ogutu (HarvestPlus) | Ep. 27
My guest this episode is Liz Ogutu, Policy, Advocacy and Regional Coordinator for Africa at HarvestPlus. Liz has dedicated her career to tackling malnutrition in Africa and currently focuses on using biofortification to improve nutrition while ...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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41:10
Meditation as a Leadership Practice with Michelle Grant (Founder The Great Full) | Ep. 26
In this episode, Michelle Grant (Founder of The Great Full) explores meditation as a leadership practice. Michelle integrates meditation into her leadership trainings and uses this episode to answer common questions participants have around wha...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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1:11:46
Courageous Leadership for a Well-Nourished World with the Next Gen(d)eration Leadership Collective | Ep. 25
My guests this week are Corinna Hawkes, Shu Wen Ng and Rebecca Namara from the Next Gen(D)eration Leadership Collective.Food presents a huge opportunity to improve the health of peopl...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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44:22
Leading Yourself, Leading Others and Leading Change (Lead the Change Program Participants) | Ep. 24
We are happy to be back with Season 3 of The Great Full podcast! In this episode, Michelle Grant (Founder of The Great Full) chats with participants of Lead the Change to dig deeper into their experience in the program.Lead the Change is...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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47:53
Youth Leading Change with Yumna and Nabeeha (Bite Back 2030 Youth Board) | Ep. 23
This week I am chatting with Nabeeha and Yumna, two incredibly inspiring high school students who are on a mission to make healthy food accessible to all children in the UK through their engagement with Bite Back 2030. Founded by J...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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40:30
Building a Better Food System with Jerusha Klemperer (Director FoodPrint) | Ep. 22
My guest this episode is Jerusha Klemperer, the Director of FoodPrint.org, a media platform dedicated to helping people understand the impact of what they eat on animals, planet and people. Prior ...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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35:40
Nature Protects Us When We Protect Nature with Dr. Jessica Hernandez (Author Fresh Banana Leaves)
My guest this week is Dr. Jessica Hernandez (Maya Ch’orti’ & Binnizá), the author of the new book “Fresh Banana Leaves - Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science”. Jessica is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University ...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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43:36
Life and Leadership Lessons from Polly the Puppy | Ep. 20
This episode is a special / unusual one. Instead of sharing the inspiring story of a human being leading sustainable change, I am sharing some wisdom for a little puppy named Polly!This last year we were foster parents or “puppy raisers”...
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Episode 20
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29:33
Circular Bio-Economy of Wellbeing with Prof. Jacqueline McGlade (UCL) | Ep. 19
My guest in this episode is the inspiring Jacquie McGlade, a professor of sustainability and resilience at University College London and Strathmore University in Kenya. She was formerly the Chief Scientist at the United Nations Environment Prog...
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Episode 19
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39:53
Courageous Leadership with Beccie D'Cunha (Founder Courage Lab) | Ep. 18
This episode I chat with Beccie D’Cunha, founder of the Courage Lab. Beccie has extensive experience in leadership roles in the not for profit sector and as a professional facilitator and conflict mediator. At Courage Lab, Beccie o...
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Episode 18
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32:11
Diversity and Resilience in our Food Systems and our Leadership with Louise Mabulo (Founder The Cacao Project, The Philippines) | Ep. 17
My guest this week is Louise Mabulo - chef, farmer, and founder of the Cacao project, a social venture and agroforestry project working with farmers in the Philippines. At just 23 years old, she’s a Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list maker, a U...
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Episode 17
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37:52
Imposter Syndrome and Changing the Status Quo with Michelle Grant (Founder The Great Full) | Ep. 16
In this episode we explore Imposter Syndrome - understanding better what it actually is, the myths surrounding it, the systemic issues that can lead to it and what we can do individually, and collectively, to manage it.At the moment, Imp...
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Episode 16
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54:46
Systemic Regeneration and Feminine Leadership with Jehane Akiki (Co-Founder Farms not Arms, Lebanon) | Ep. 15
My guest on this episode is Jehane Akiki, a Lebanese social entrepreneur and systems designer. She’s the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Farms not Arms, a collective bringing Lebanese people and refugees together to build food securit...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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34:43
Using your Voice for Change with Michelle Grant (Founder The Great Full) | Ep. 14
Season 2 of The Great Full will include solo episodes like this one, where we dive into challenges you might face in your work to create change in the world. One of the most common questions I hear from my coachees and students is: ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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34:41
Restoring Nature and Ourselves with Clara Rowe (CEO Restor) | Ep. 13
My guest on the show today is Clara Rowe, CEO of Restor, an exciting new open-data platform enabling the global restoration movement. Restor was recently named as a finalist in the Earthshot prize for the incredible potential it offers to tackl...
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Episode 13
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35:59
Conserving Nature and Our Wellbeing with Kavita Prakash-Mani | Ep. 12
My guest on the show this week is the wonderful Kavita Prakash-Mani. I had the pleasure of chatting to Kavita right before she was leaving her role as Global Conservation Director at WWF to embark on a professional sabbatical. Stepping back fro...
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Episode 12
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