“Isolation is the unnamed malaise of our generation, but when we share our stories I think we can all feel more connected to each other, to ourselves, and to the possibilities of the world around us.”
— Jess Mills
Series 1:
Resilience
The true power of the human spirit reveals itself behind the curtain of our private lives. In this first series, through a collection of raw and intimate interviews, we’re exploring extraordinary personal stories of resilience and trying to understand how it enables us to overcome the most impossible experiences. Every story of greatness holds the messiness and fragility of living too, as so often our pain is our greatest teacher. Too often these experiences are left in the unseen and the unheard. Through the course of this series and the conduit of the incredible stories that are shared, we get up close to the life force that makes up this magic thing called ‘resilience’.
Episode 06: Ella Mills
In 2011 Ella was diagnosed simultaneously with 3 complex chronic illnesses, she had a physical and mental breakdown and had to completely restart her life.
Episode 05: Emma Campbell
In 2010, after a series of devastating miscarriages, Emma became pregnant with triplets.
Episode 04: Zarlasht Hailamzai
This week we are joined by a true force of nature, my dear friend Zarlasht Halaimzai. Zarlasht was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan till she and her family were forced to leave as refugees in the early 1990s.
Episode 03: Mahamhed Hashi
In this third episode I'm talking with Mahamed Hashi, the co-founder and director of the community force which is the Brixton Soup Kitchen as well as a visionary and compassionate local community leader supporting the most marginalised young people in Brixton and Lambeth for nearly 20 years.
Episode 02: Terri White
In this first series we are celebrating Human stories of Resilience', and exploring how it enables us to overcome, survive and thrive out of the most impossible experiences. Our guest this week is the sensational Terri White.
Episode 01: Lemn Sissay
Welcome to the first ever episode of the Human podcast: a place to hear extraordinary human stories. In this first series we are celebrating Human stories of Resilience', and exploring how it enables us to overcome, survive and thrive out of the most impossible experiences.
“Through some recent life changing events, I have experienced how beautiful, painful, cruel and awe inspiring living is and often all at once.”
— Jess Mills