James Dakin's Uplifting Conversations

Samantha Dark

James's guest Samantha Dark is an actress, businesswoman, mother and abuse survivor. An inspirational lady who lives in London, now also an author through her diaries she kept about her traumatic personal life experience. Her book: "What Morning Knows"

Anthony Willoughby

Anthony is an explorer, storyteller and pioneer.  He has lived with Maasai tribes in Kenya and with schools and businesses around the world.  Helping people build on purpose, and passionate about effective education systems.

Amanda Wakefield

Amanda is a cancer survivor, lost both parents when young, children were abducted, she was fired from two jobs in one year. Retrained as a Coach, leaving Senior Asset Management to support women and created the "Powershift System".

Mike Underall

Mike Underall lives in Vancouver.  He writes a regular column "Closing The Gap", writes for men. and encourages men to recognise gender equality and look honestly at how they can benefit from how they treat women.  He also consults on women-led businesses.

Lorenzo Payman

James sits down with Lorenzo Payman, born in Afghanistan, raised in Vietnam, and now a Canadian expat. Lorenzo recounts his family’s escape from Afghanistan as a child, travelling on foot after a family betrayal left them without passports and forced them to evade Communist soldiers. Now a podcast producer, Lorenzo works with people who have incredible stories and helps others launch their own podcasts. He shares how this work gave his life meaning — and ultimately saved it.