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Nana-Ama Danquah on the triple burden of mental health, menopause and being Black - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Season 9 Episode 97
One of my favourite things about making The Shift podcast is all the fascinating women I get to interview - and learn a little bit from. So I’m revis…
3 years, 6 months ago
Anita Rani on why her 40s are her power decade - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Season 9 Episode 96
One of my favourite things about making The Shift podcast is all the fascinating women I get to interview - and learn a little bit from. So I’m revis…
3 years, 7 months ago
Lisa Jewell on hitting a golden seam of success in her 50s
Season 9 Episode 95
Today’s guest is one of Britain’s best loved novelists, Lisa Jewell. Her career started with a smash hit debut novel Ralph’s Party - which she starte…
3 years, 7 months ago
Hilma Wolitzer: 80 years of writing, and not done yet
Season 9 Episode 94
My guest today is the writer Hilma Wolitzer. Born in 1930, Hilma had her first poem published at the age of 9. She then shelved that ambition in favo…
3 years, 7 months ago
Clare Grogan on the superpower that helped her survive her most difficult decade
Season 9 Episode 93
I can’t remember the first time I met my friend Clare Grogan. But like many Gen-Xers, I remember the first time I saw her in the cult movie Gregory’s…
3 years, 7 months ago
Emma Forrest on sex, celibacy and solitude
Season 9 Episode 92
Who hasn’t looked at those things you should have done by the time you’re 30/40/50/whatever lists and rolled their eyes? And yet consciously or not m…
3 years, 7 months ago
Kit de Waal on race, class, privilege – and her exceedingly cool hair!
Season 9 Episode 91
Today’s guest is the award-winning writer, Kit De Waal. Until she was 21, Kit had never read a book voluntarily. But once she started there was no st…
3 years, 8 months ago
Julia Cameron on alcoholism, creativity and emotional sobriety
Season 9 Episode 90
My guest today is the author of the cult bestseller The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron. Part book, part tool-kit, part spiritual guide, The Artists Way …
3 years, 8 months ago
Jane Fallon on embracing 60 and being a Botox hold-out
Season 9 Episode 89
Have you always wanted to wreak revenge on your worst enemies? Those who’ve wronged you, conned you or just crossed you? Well, if you’ve ever lain in…
3 years, 8 months ago
CJ Hauser on learning to live your own dreams, not other people’s
Season 9 Episode 88
How does it feel to be catapulted to Internet fame, literally overnight. My guest this week, CJ Hauser, found out when she wrote a little essay back …
3 years, 8 months ago