Podcast Episodes

Episode 169: Jacinda Ardern

Season 17 Episode 169

Dame Jacinda Ardern is the former prime minister of New Zealand, who was elected in 2017 and in post for 6 years.

In 2018 she became the second elected World leader to ever give birth. Her partner Cla…

Published on 3 hours ago

Episode 168: Fiona Bell

Season 17 Episode 168

Fiona Bell is the founder of Their Nibs clothing brand which specialises in night wear. 

I first came across Fiona’s shop when pushing my eldest son around Ladbroke Grove in his buggy in the mid naugh…

Published on 1 week ago

Episode 167: Lavina Mehta

Season 17 Episode 167

Lavina Mehta MBE is a health campaigner, a personal trainer, and an author. She came to my notice during Covid when she started doing weekly exercises on YouTube with her mother-in-law.

She’s just pub…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Episode 166: Lara Maiklem

Season 17 Episode 166

Lara Maiklem is an author and a mudlark. She told me there’s nothing she likes more than kneeling on the banks of the River Thames for 5-6 hours at a time, scanning the mud for tiny treasures which a…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Episode 165: Julie Samuel

Season 17 Episode 165

Julia Samuel is a psychotherapist and an author, who is best known as a grief counsellor. She was one of the founders of Child Bereavement UK which has just had its 30th anniversary. She has an agony…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Episode 164: Janette Manrara

Season 17 Episode 164

Janette Manrara is a dancer and choreographer who we first got to know as one of the professional dancers in the UK on Strictly Come Dancing, and who now presents its sister show ‘It Takes Two’. 

Jane…

Published on 1 month ago

Episode 163: Anya Lautenbach

Season 17 Episode 163

Anya Lautenbach is a gardener who I discovered on Instagram as anya_thegarden_fairy. From Poland originally, Anya moved to to the UK 17 years ago and has two boys aged 12 and 14. 

We talked about the …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Episode 162: Jo-Ann D’Costa-Manuel

Season 17 Episode 162

Jo-Ann D’Costa-Manuel is a charity pioneer. She received an OBE for her years of voluntary work raising the profile of hidden disabilities. She persuaded airlines to recognise green lanyards with sun…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Episode 161: Francesca Amber

Season 17 Episode 161

Francesca Amber is a successful entrepreneur, podcaster and author who turned her life around using manifesting after everything went wrong for her in 2020.

She has 3 daughters. Her eldest is 8 years…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Episode 160: Genevieve Turley

Season 16 Episode 160

Genevieve Turley is a make up artist who posts funny content online, making light of makeup tutorials and not taking her self seriously at all.

We talked about how wearing makeup makes us both happy. …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago