Working Hard with Grace Beverley

We've spent so much of the Future Self Series talking about the things WE can do to build the lives we want, but what about the people around us? Because I'm becoming more and more convinced that who you surround yourself with is just as important as how hard you work. So this week I'm joined by the brilliant psychologist Dr Lalitaa Suglani to talk about why your circle matters so much...

The skincare industry has somehow convinced us that we need a 10-step routine, a new serum every month and a bathroom shelf worth hundreds of pounds to have good skin. But what if most of us are massively overcomplicating it? This week, our cover teacher is skincare educator Natalie O'Neill. She's here to help us work out what we ACTUALLY need to be doing now to have our best skin in 10, 2...

So Episode 8 of the Future Self Series is all about money, and more specifically, how we can actually set ourselves up financially for the futures we're working so hard to build. Because as much as we all love making big plans for our lives, when was the last time you sat down and made a proper plan for your money? (And no, occasionally checking your bank balance and hoping for the best doesn&...

For this week's Future Self Series episode, we've got Dr Megan Rossi, aka The Gut Health Doctor, covering. She's a leading gut health scientist, dietitian and bestselling author, to unpack how your gut influences far more than just digestion. Megan breaks down the science behind your microbiome and its connection to your mood, energy, immunity and mental health. Plus the all important,...

We're half way through!! This week's episode of the Future Self Series is all about building your personal brand. And before you say "but I don't have one," you do. Every result that pops up when someone googles your name, every conversation you have, everything you do publicly is already shaping how people see you. The real question is whether you're in control of it, or...

So episode 5 of the Future Self Series is all about mental fitness. We’re all very used to the idea of keeping our bodies physically fit, but realistically, when was the last time you actively trained your brain in the same way? (I had a Nintendo brain training game as a child, but I fear that may have been the beginning and end of my efforts). I’ve always loved Maya’s approach to mental fitness a...

We've reached Episode 4 of the Future Self Series and Dr Faye Bate is taking over the mic!! I wanted this episode to be specifically designed for ambitious women, and Faye has absolutely delivered. She gets into eating enough to fuel everything you’re doing, understanding your hormones, why you can be exhausted all day and then wide awake in bed, and how to deregulate your nervous system on yo...

Welcome back to Working Hard! We're nearing the end of part one, where today we're moving from mindset into mechanics, how to actually build a routine and a plan that sticks, with a specific long-term horizon. Today's cover teacher Dr Rangan Chatterjee, one of the UK's most influential doctors, a practising GP for over 20 years, host of Feel Better Live More, and a four-time Sunday Times bestselli...

Welcome back to episode 2 of the Future Self series! Missed episode 1? Go back and start there (that's where we break down what this whole series is about) Today we're zooming in on the decades that, looking at our data, most of you are in right now: your twenties and thirties. I think your twenties are the most formative decade of your life, and the choices you make now compound harder than they...

If you've been here a while, you might have noticed something’s a little different about this episode, and that’s because this is the first episode of our brand new series, the Future Self Series!! So this episode is the first of a twelve-part series - one that’s completely free, and designed to help you reverse engineer the life you want whilst I'm on my mat leave. While I’m gone, I’ll be passing...

We've spent the last decade optimising everything: next-day delivery, one-tap payments, infinite scroll, food at the door in 20 minutes. And yet somehow, most of us feel more scattered, less satisfied, and less capable than ever. I read an article about 'friction-maxxing' in The Cut, and wanted to explore why? Katherine's article in The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/article/brooding-friction-maxxing...

Our first ever live podcast happened this summer, so I thought I'd share it with you! Thanks so much to Jemma Sbeg for joining me and 22 Bishopsgate for hosting us. If you haven't heard of Jemma Sbeg, she is the host of The Psychology of Your 20s, one of the most listened-to podcasts in the world. It recently ranked in the global top 20, and was launched on Netflix last year. But what makes J...

Today I thought we could go through the five systems that have had the biggest impact on both my productivity and my happiness. And I want to say both of those things deliberately, because I think we talk about productivity like it's separate from how we feel. In my experience, it really isn't. When the systems are right, you feel better. And the whole reason I like productivity is that it leaves...

If you’re feeling mystified by what to eat, this episode is for you. I wanted to sit down and pick Dr Rupy's brain properly on nutrition, because he's one of the only people I've come across who actually cuts through the diet culture and wellness noise with the science, without making you feel more anxious than when you started. I hope you love it! Disclaimer: Dr Rupy and I met working at Hide Foo...

Right so this week is August 8th, and I'd love for you to try this exercise because it's truly changed my life Here's the link to the John Amaechi episode I clipped during this ep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp5omd2s6Yo + SIGN UP TO THE WORKING HARD NEWSLETTER: https://graceb.myflodesk.com/k0sfhlac34 + FOLLOW THE PODCAST Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workinghardpod/?hl=en-gb TikTok: ht...

Today we're unpacking the idea of getting out of your own way and noticing when we're the ones doing the waiting, and figuring out how to stand somewhere that luck can actually find us. + SIGN UP TO THE WORKING HARD NEWSLETTER: https://graceb.myflodesk.com/k0sfhlac34 + FOLLOW THE PODCAST Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workinghardpod/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@workinghardpodcast +...

I want to be clear about something before you listen to this episode. When I say "marry well," I don't mean marry rich or marry impressive or marry a man who looks good on paper. I mean build a relationship that genuinely makes your life better. One built on real compatibility, mutual respect, and matched effort. That goes in the direction of how you want your life to go. And that was the brief fo...

A while back I did a video on habit theory and it kind of took on a life of its own, loads of you messaged me about it and it's still one of the most popular videos I’ve ever done. So when I heard that the expert I spoke to in that video was finally coming to the UK, I knew I needed to make a recording happen.  Nir Eyal is an author and lecturer who has spent years studying what makes humans...

Today we’re getting into the actual science of great conversation and ultimately why curiosity is a more powerful social skill than charisma, and how to make yourself a better conversationalist in any scenario, whether that’s a first date, a job interview, or a catch up with a friend. Thank you so much to the brilliant Susie Ashfield for being my expert for this episode, you can find her links bel...

I came across this article in Vogue a few months ago now about whether the girlboss is making a comeback, and it really got me thinking, because it feels like we all lived through this era, watched it rise, watched it fall, and not taken the time or space to examine what's behind it So in this episode, I want to use that article to break it down and have a big old chat all about it! You can read t...

I get asked all the time how to actually build a fashion brand, from roles to pricing to manufacturers, and honestly it’s something I’ve always been a bit hesitant to cover on my own because I only have my perspective from building TALA. The reality is, fashion looks quite glamorous from the outside, but behind the scenes it’s a completely different story. So I wanted to bring in someone who’s see...

Today’s episode is for anyone who started the year feeling very organised and possibly even slightly insufferable about their goals, you might have even listened to our full new year series and is now mid-year and in a big fat slump. We're going to get you out of it here & now! In the episode I mentioned my calendar management bonus episode, it's here if you want to listen: https://shows.acast...

This episode is a guide to building financial freedom and being radically transparent about how to do it. Today I'm joined by Mia McGrath, who you’ll probably know from her super transparent money journey online, she went from earning a starting salary in her junior fashion job to being on the road to her first million, and she's documented every step of the way, super transparently. She has...

Now I LOVE personal growth, I’m very aware that I have built my career on talking about systems and habits and discipline. But I also know firsthand how frustrating it is when you follow all the steps and nothing really changes at the level you hoped it would. So today I want to go past the ten step lists, not because they are useless, but because they are incomplete on their own, and I want to ta...

I wanted to talk to Simon, because his whole thing isn’t really “quit your job and become a millionaire”, it’s much more about building a life that actually feels like yours and being honest about the fact that most people already know what they want, they’ve just convinced themselves they can’t have it. We had some really interesting debates around work, money, privilege, purpose and what actuall...