Why Are We Whispering? With Jennie Guay

Trigger Warning: Infant/baby/child death Grief is a complex emotion. It can be phased and a process, and can go on for years. For some, grief stays with them for a lifetime; popping in at random times, often throwing them off guard. Similarly, death is one of life's inevitabilities that most of us struggle to reconcile and fear more than anything else. All of this is compounded when it's the death...

Before the Christmas Holidays, host Jennie Guay was invited on to the Northern Power Women's podcast 'We Are Power' Podcast where Simone Roche MBE OBE, Founder of Northern Power Women, interviews Jennie. Together they tackled some real life sh!t: What if confronting life’s toughest conversations could lead to healing and empowerment? In this powerful episode of the We Are Power Podcast , we sit do...

*Trigger Warning: Addiction and Mental Health Alcoholism and addiction continues to be the theme of the podcast this month. We know alcohol is a drug. We know it's been classified as the most dangerous and damaging drug in the UK above heroine and crack cocaine. And, we know its' destroying lives and families at an alarming rate. But, what many people don't know, is that there is a link between th...

Trigger Warning: Alcoholism and Addiction In line with "Dry January" and starting a new year, this episode is a continuation of this months focus on reassessing your relationship with alcohol and shinning a light on the ways we, as a society and the media, normalise and encourage its consumption; bombarding us with toxic and confusing messaging from childhood through to adulthood. Alcohol is liste...

TRIGGER WARNING: Alcoholism and Death 1 in 5 people in the UK are affected by a parents drinking (Nacoa Study) Over 600,000 people in the UK are currently alcohol dependent. Of these, only 18% are receiving treatment Alcohol abuse is the biggest risk factor for DEATH, ill health and disease and disability among 14 to 49 year olds in the UK In 2020, there were almost 1 million alcohol related hospi...

TRIGGER WARNING : Alcoholism, Mental Health and Death There are approx 3 million children in the UK living with and alcoholic parent (Nacoa Study) Kids of alcoholic parent(s) are 6x more likely to witness domestic abuse, 3x more likely to consider suicide, 2x more likely to become an alcoholic (Nacoa Study) Alcohol was named as the MOST harmful drug in a study that ranked 20 drugs in accordance wi...

LOVE.... Everyone wants it but how many of us are willing and able to give it in a healthy way? Have the pressures and realities of careers, cost of living crisis, and kids, shifted our perspectives on what's important in a life partner and what we value? Has social media tainted our view and whole belief system on what love actually is, rather than what we think it's supposed to look like to othe...

As women, our bodies drastically change several times throughout the course of our lives; puberty, pregnancy, post-pregnancy, perimenopause and menopause. Many of us have a challenging relationship with our bodies and body image at the best of times. But these times in our life can make dressing our bodies especially daunting...sometimes even soul destroying. It doesn't help that each designer and...

Everyone has a story. Some stories are filled with joyous childhood moments, teenage achievements and memories of fun family holidays. And some stories are coloured with dark family secrets, abuse and generational traumas. And some stories are a mix of both. Regardless of where your story falls on this spectrum, we all have one thing in common.... our future story. The story that lays ahead of us...

On today's episode host Jennie is joined by Chartered Psychologist Mark Rackley to tackle online safety, internet access, devices, screen time and social media. More specifically, they impact it all has on our kids mental health and brain development. What are the long term ramifications? For most parents, this is a complex issue which poses many challenges both in the home and schools and amongst...

So you've survived your dysfunctional childhood with your toxic mom or dad. Congratulations! But now, you're an adult (perhaps with your own children and partner), and you've decided to go no contact, or have set hard lined boundaries with that toxic parent. What can you expect from that toxic parent as a response? What can you expect from other family members who enable that toxic parent or serve...

1 in 3 girls don't feel prepared for their first period 2 in 5 girls have been shamed or teased because of their period 85% of girls have tried to hide the fact they are on their period 50% of girls don't know what's happening to their bodies when they get their period 60% of girls feel scared and embarrassed when they get their period 81% of women feel concerns around their periods are not taken...

According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 6 people globally are affected by infertility. Since the 1970's, 8 million babies have been born through medical/fertility intervention. The requirement for fertility treatment is on the rise. And it's not just due to fertility issues with heterosexual couples, rather, in recent years, there has been a steady increase in single people and same-sex c...

Confidence and Self Esteem, whilst are crucial components to achieving and feeling happiness, often get over looked in terms of what we teach our children in schools and in the home. We don't tend to focus on HOW to develop confidence and self esteem, rather we mostly assume one should just HAVE it. As a result, many of us grow into people pleasers, or focus on others needs above our own. Which ca...

Every 2 minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with Cancer. Nearly 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetime. There are currently 3 million people in the UK living with Cancer, and it's anticipated that this number will rise to 3.5 million people by 2025, and 4 million people by 2030. Cancer is on the RISE. But this episode is not about the facts of Cancer. This i...

The word 'narcissist' is often times over used these days. It's often used to describe ex's who are more than likely just incredibly selfish and ego-centric people. But, what if you are in a relationship with a true clinical Narcissist and/or Personality Disordered person. What if you are truly in the throws of a real trauma bond and an emotionally/psychologically/physically/sexually/and or financ...

According to a recent UK Study, 59% of girls and young women aged 13-21 have faced some form of sexual harassment at school or college in the past 12 months. 30% of 16 -18 year old girls say they have experienced unwanted sexually touching by boys at school. Nearly 71% of all 16-18 year old (boys and girls) say they hear sexual name calling towards girls, such as slut and slag, at school on a dail...

Many of us grow up wondering who we will fall in love with and marry and the children we may have. But nobody grows up dreaming about having a smooth divorce, parenting alone, having a slick divorce attorney, fleeing an abusive marriage, being a step parent or sharing your kids with your ex's new spouse. This is a far cry from what we envision for ourselves when we are young. For some this is your...

Trigger Warning 1 in 10 children in the UK experience sexual abuse.* 500,000 children are estimated to be sexually abused in any given year in the UK** *National Crime Agency **Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse This weeks episode, host Jennie is joined by Jeremy Indika. Jeremy Indika is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. His abuse started at age 8. His abuser was a trusted 35 year old m...

1 in 8 men get prostate cancer. 144 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every day. 500,000 men are living with prostate cancer as you are reading this. Every HOUR a man dies from prostate cancer. If you are over 50 yrs old, or you're black, or your brother or father had it, your risk of getting prostate cancer goes up significantly. In honour of Men's Health Week , joining host Jennie is Celebr...

What do you see when you hear the word ' POVERTY'? A war torn country? Starving, unclothed children on the other side of the world? In Manchester, UK alone, nearly half of children under 15 years old are living in poverty. Read that again. We need to really look no further than our next door neighbours to see what poverty looks like and means here in the UK. And most of us have no idea that this a...

When you leave an ex or a marriage that is toxic and abusive, your hell doesn't come to an end if you share children. The next leg of that journey is just beginning. If your ex is toxic, that's one thing, but if you're navigating parenting with someone who also has personality disorders ie: clinical narcissism, borderline personality disorder, etc, it truly is a soul destroying combination. BUT it...

Belonging, fitting in, being liked and frenemies. These are the trappings of many girls/women social and friendship groups not just in childhood, but well into adulthood as well. And for many, as you enter parenthood, also the dynamics at the school gates with other parents. This weeks episode, host Jennie, is joined by Comedian, Actor and Writer, Kate-Lois Elliott. Drawing upon her own mothers' e...

Today's episode, host Jennie brings two worlds together that wouldn't normally be associated; novel writing and the realities of domestic abuse and coercive control. #1 best selling author Sarah Pearse ( The Retreat, Sanatorium and The Wilds) and Sarah Berry-Valentine from Refuge Charity (domestic violence safe haven) , came together to develop some of the characters in Sarah's latest novel, 'The...

Many of us grow up in a household where organised religion was/is practiced. I grew up Catholic; studied and did all of my sacraments, church on Sunday and holidays, and even went to Catholic Primary and High School. But it never really connected with me. Or, I never connected to it. Regardless of what religions or faiths any of us follow or practice, most of us can agree on one thing, and that is...