Claire McBeth on how to remain positive and full of hope despite her son’s tragic accident
Claire’s son Chris was 13 when he was accidentally hit by a car on his way home from school which left him quadriplegic and unable to speak. This is a story that is both hard to hear, because we prefe...
18 Dec 202254min
Helena Bonham Carter on how we confront the peaks and troughs of life and put magic in every day
“The shortest distance between two people is laughter" My next guest is award-winning actress, Helena Bonham Carter. She is a total original, funny and wise, thoughtful, irreverent and utterly herself...
14 Dec 20221h 8min
Yeva Skalietska on her experience as a 12 year old Ukrainian refugee
“Until you’ve been there, you don’t know what war is." Yeva Skalietska is an unusual guest for this podcast, being a 12 year old school girl - but she has already had to experience many things that no...
7 Dec 202247min
Alastair Campbell on surviving a mental breakdown and the pain of his son’s alcoholism
*Trigger warning - this episode may make references to depression, drugs and suicide.* “I was dealing on and off with very bad depression, which I think in the early days leading up to my breakdown, I...
30 Nov 20221h 10min
David on toxic masculinity and finding hope in the darkest of times
*Trigger warning* - This episode includes references to suicide and physical abuse. "I grew up around men that, you know, kind of spoke with the hands and not with the mouth." In this incredibly power...
23 Nov 202252min
Mohsin Zaidi on the psychological toll of having to hide his true self from the people he loved the most
"Would they prefer a gay son or a dead son was genuinely a question that went through my mind more than once a day." In this week's episode, I am speaking to the wonderful Mohsin Zaidi about the impor...
16 Nov 20221h
Jess on overcoming abuse and the power of motherhood
“I know a few women, even in my circle, have survived sexual trauma. And they all go back to the same thing and they talk about the moment where they changed. It's not to do with what somebody did to ...
9 Nov 202254min
Kate Ferdinand on the joy and complexity of being a step-parent and her miscarriage heartbreak
“I feel like I always kind of longed for that family set up and I've got it. But although I feel loved and and I love my family, I've also kind of fallen into being a stepmum where I also sometimes fe...
2 Nov 202258min
