Women What Whistle

How to silence the recurring voices that say I'm not clever enough, wise enough, beautiful enough, slim enough, fit enough, rich enough etc. We all live by a script that we formed at a very young age before we had even learned to read or write properly and that script still influences much of who we are and what we do as adults today, unless, we go back to the beginning and rewrite the aspects tha...

Did you know that people who are happy, are said to live for 10 years longer than those who aren't? In our quest for happiness we seem to scrabble around to fill our lives with more stuff and so in this podcast we take inspiration from a totally different perspective. We take inspiration from acclaimed NHS nurse Christie Watson and from her book The Language of Kindness alongside Giles Brandreth's...

So how do you cope when the unplanned occurs – you lose your job, you have a miscarriage, someone you love gets ill or passes away, you get divorced, you suddenly have to care for an elderly parent, things that were NEVER on your wish list suddenly appear at the top of the todo list, life as you planned it feels like it has come to an abrupt end; you feel like we have lost all sense of control and...

We all want to feel and look good every day. Our first conversation on fashion inside my wardrobe is titled "Do I Look Good In This" because that is often the ultimate question but actually is that the real question we are asking, OR are we asking "will the world accept me in this outfit" or "will I be judged if I wear this?" It's actually a much deeper question of identity and self-confidence. Ou...

OK so firstly spot the maths error half way through – this is what comes with not scripting! We make mistakes but that's just fine because that's what this is all about, being ok with not being perfect! This is episode 2 of our series Living An Un-Real Life where we delve into how to find a true sense of peace, fulfilment and being ok with the imperfections of life. As someone who lived with inten...

Over the last couple of decades we have seen an explosion in the self-help industry however I'm not convinced it's working for us. We walk into a book store and see shelves and shelves of books under the "self-help" umbrella that seem to have an ability to make us feel guilty and inadequate the minute we look at them. I've always found the greatest source of inspiration has come from when I look u...

Welcome to Episode 3 which is the first Episode of Living your Un-Real Life! Anxiety is on the rise and often it's because we are chasing our tails and bombarded by external pressures which grind us down and distract us from our own paths. The premise of this series is flying in the face of the pressure brought about by #mybestlife and breaking down the importance of the Un-Edited life, by discove...

In this next episode of Inside My Wardrobe I take you on a whistle stop tour through my life, what got me here, why I've decided to do a podcast, what my personal mantra is and so on. From 80s pop songs, to foster homes, anorexia, my dalliance with pop music, divorce and so much more, it's a mere scratching of the surface which I fly through in 25 mins whilst my tummy rumbles and my brain darts fr...

OK so this is somewhat of a rather substance-less episode involving me waxing lyrical from inside my wardrobe about the who what why and where. It's not very brain taxing, after all I didn't want to waste any decent content if I then accidentally ditched it but I wanted to get the ball rolling, figure out all the posting side of things, make sure that you can hear it your end, that I know what I'm...