Flock & Hive is a new podcast investigating where science and spirituality meet and redefining the art of living.
Hosted by sisters, drinks writer and broadcaster Helena Nicklin and artist Lizzie Cane, they come together in the second half of their lives to challenge old beliefs from their very traditional upbringing and ask honest questions about how the world works.
The pair discuss science alongside holistic therapies and elements of spirituality as well as taking lessons from other cultures to see how we can all improve our experience of life.
Each week, there are conversations with different experts from university professors to psychic mediums. They range from hacking the senses to stave off dementia, somatic sex therapy and the psychology of colour to how to build a functional fragrance ‘wardrobe’, past life regression and why kinesiologists can heal you remotely while you’re asleep.
Speaking on the series Helena says: “As mothers in our forties with young children, we felt we could finally start unlearning some of the old thinking from our shared childhood that really doesn’t serve us anymore and take a deep dive into the more holistic stuff that was always pooh-poohed growing up to see what we might be able to start using for our own good.”
Lizzie adds: “It’s clear that a huge part of society globally has been yearning, like us, to get back to a simpler, more connected human experience. There has never been such immense interest in more natural ways of healing ourselves and exploring what else is ‘out there’ beyond what traditional science can explain and we want to find out for ourselves how things work.”
Guests lined up include:
- Prof. Barry Smith – talking about how our senses interconnect and how that knowledge can be used for good.
- Graphologist, Emma Bache – talking about the secrets hidden in our handwriting.
- Prof. David Nutt – discusses GABA technology in drinks and the science behind your hangover.
- Feng Shui Consultant, Kristina Hollinger – shares how you can use Feng Shui to manifest a better future.
- Somatic Sex Therapist, Emily King – talks about empowering women through somatic sex therapy.
- Fragrance writer, Suzy Nightingale – shares how to build a functional fragrance wardrobe.
- Kinesiologist, Amanda Brooks – discusses how kinesiology can work at a distance.
The podcast is supported by a magazine website with related articles, a newsletter and social media network.
The first three episodes of Flock & Hive and the website are launching today, Wednesday 6 March.
