Hello I’m Milly Chowles and I hear to tell you about a brand new podcast launching on Friday 30th April called Back To Life.

On it I’ll be talking to artists, musicians and creators to find out how they’ve come back from some really difficult times and the role of music, art and creativity in their recovery and their lives now. This feels like the perfect time to be launching this series as the world tentatively comes back to life after a year of collective trauma due to the pandemic.

Over the coming epiosdes I’ll be talking to people about mental health, addiction, loss, trauma and the whole human experience in all its glorious messiness but also hope, resilience, transformation and finding meaning and purpose after it all. These are real and raw conversations and with brilliant, brave funny people who’ve lived extraordinary lives and overcome some seriously hard stuff.

I’m making this podcast because as a person in recovery myself I want to learn more about how we can not only come back from our difficulties but actually use those experiences to create beautiful things and to help others in really beautiful ways. You can follow us on instagram @Back2LifePod or @Milly_On_Air to keep updated with all the latest episodes and guest details.

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DJ and producer Eris Drew runs the T4T LUV NRG recording label with, her partner in music and life,Octo Octa. She regularly headlines clubs and festivals from P Bar to Glastonbury, she's had a Residency on BBC Radio 1, frequently tops the 'end of year' DJ Charts and graces the pages of all the big dance music publications Mixmag, DJ Mag, Resident Advisor and many others.

In recent years Eris has had a meteoric rise to success and international acclaim, an experience that has coincided with her starting to live in her truth. In this episode we talk about finding musical success later in life after years of struggle and Eris’s experience of coming out as a trans woman in her late 30s. We also discuss the power of music, community and dance as potentially unifying, healing and transformative cultural experiences. .

Eris Resident Advisor Profile https://ra.co/dj/erisdrew/biography

T4T LUV NRG http://www.t4tluvnrg.com/

Eris Insta / Twitter @erisdrew

Bandcamp https://erisdrew.bandcamp.com/

Eris Motherbeat Interview: https://www.glamcult.com/uncategorized/rave-revolution-eris-drew-shares-the-motherbeat/

Back 2 Life Insta: @Back2Life

Milly Chowles Insta /Twitter : @ Milly_on_Air_

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Lizzie Allan is a comedian, transpersonal counsellor, comedy therapist and recent TEDx talker This is a frank and funny conversation covering mental health, psychosis, phsychiatric hospital, addiction, shame, training as a comedian and finding long term sobriety. Lizzie has done a huge amount of work on herself to heal from her own self stigma and shame and now uses her story and skills to help others to not only heal from their traumatic experiences but also turn them into comedy gold. I couldn't think of a better way to mark Mental Health Awareness Week than by hearing Lizzie's incredible story and her inspirational take on the world!

You can listen to her TEDx talk called "Transform your Shame into Comedy" here ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8ZDqh5J3BU&ab_channel=TEDxTalks

Lizzie's organistaion 'Hilarapy' offering online course and therapy programmes: https://hilarapy.com/

Hilarapy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=hilarapy

To keep updated with all the latest epiosdes and guests you can follow @back2lifepod on instagram.

Credits:

The host and producer is Milly Chowles.

Artwork by Georgie Thompson

Music composed by Double O

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