a few things i've learnt

Trigger Warning: Eating Disorder. Author and Multi Award Winning Mental Health Campaigner, Hope Virgo discusses the difficulties that can arise during pregnancy and weaning when you’ve had an eating disorder. A Few Things I've Learnt is a podcast for when parenting gets hard and you're in need of some soothing words. Every guest answers the same three questions: • What’s been the toughest challeng...

Trigger warning: Mentions of self-harm and suicide. Irish author and yoga activist Uma Dinsmore-Tuli explains how her motherly intuition told her to find a way to be with her son during the pandemic amid her concerns for his safety. She reflects on the year she lived with him through an episode of suicidal ideation and how the extreme experience deepened her connection to nature and the ancestral...

Health psychologist, Dr Esther Murray, on raising her neurodivergent son. She recalls the initial pain she experienced when other people pointed out that her son was different from other kids. She reflects on how lonely that time can be for a parent and how the education system doesn’t work for neurodivergent children. A Few Things I've Learnt is a podcast for when parenting gets hard and you're i...

Maria Ferguson, a poet and award-winning theatre maker, reflects on the relentless nature of parenting and how it continues even through illness and bereavement. She explores the guilt and anxiety that come with feeling she’s not doing enough, while also revealing the sense of liberation she finds in accepting how motherhood has transformed her. A Few Things I've Learnt is a podcast for when paren...

Novelist and screenwriter, Nikesh Shukla reflects on how his own worries about the future impacts on how he talks to his kids and his hopes to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma with his own family. He reveals the one simple question which changed his outlook: ‘What if it’s all going to be okay?’ A Few Things I've Learnt is a podcast for when parenting gets hard and you're in need of some...

Julia Bueno, psychotherapist, counsellor and author of The Brink of Being, talks about the birth of her son at 28 weeks. After previously miscarrying twins at 22 weeks she explains how the experience of loss made her not sweat the small stuff and trust her instincts. Julia went on to have a second son at full term and she reflects on how each of their births has shaped how she loves them. A Few Th...

Yoga teacher and Men’s Circle facilitator, Clive Fogelman, discusses the pain and isolation he experienced watching his wife and newborn in distress. Clive speaks honestly about fatherhood and loneliness and how having a child brought the loss of his parents to the fore and how he managed to find support in unexpected spaces. A Few Things I've Learnt is a podcast for when parenting gets hard and y...