Karen Arthur: Teacher turned Fashion Designer on mental health, fashion and increasing diversity in the media

Portrait of a Londoner

Date: 30th January 2020

Episode: 3

Title: Karen Arthur: Fashion Designer, Sewing Tutor on mental health, fashion and increasing diversity and visibility for older women in the media

In this episode of Portrait of a Londoner we talk to Karen Arthur who is a former teacher turned fashion designer at www.reddskin.co.uk

Portrait of a Londoner is a South East London based podcast and in the first series we will be talking to people who live or work in Forest Hill, South East London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hill,_London.

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In this episode, we talk to Karen about:

• How meditation and yoga have helped in her recovery after a breakdown in 2015 and how a book by Jon Kabat Zin helped her on the road to recovery (3.05) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Catastrophe-Living-Revised-mindfulness/dp/0749958413
• Becoming a role model to a wider community and how this started with her daughters (11.43)
• Opening up conversations about the menopause (14.00)
• How crafting/making which started in childhood has become cathartic in challenging times (17.00)
• Places Karen loves to visit in Forest Hill including Brown and Green Cafe in Mayow Park (19.59) https://www.brownandgreencafe.com/mayow-park

If you would like to find out more about the Karen she is on the following socials

Instagram @thekarenarthur

Twitter @ReddskinUK

www.reddskin.co.uk

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