Send us a text In this week's minisode, I'm talking about top podcaster, Cathy Heller, who also happens to be my coach, mentor and daily inspiration. I discovered Cathy less than a year ago, in November 2021, and not a day has gone by when I haven't had her voice in my ears via my headphones - either listening to her podcast, Don't Keep Your Day Job, (which has been downloaded 40 million times and counting), live coaching calls in various courses that I've been lucky enough to take part in, or l...
Sep 17, 2022•28 min
Send us a text This is an addition to my usual two episodes per week, because I wanted to tell you about my 6-week group coaching course which begins on Wednesday 12th October 2022 at 19:00 GMT, called 'Upgrade Your Spinster Mindset.' It's a 6-week group coaching course for just 10 women, which will take place with me, live on Zoom, every week. As well as the 6 weekly sessions, there will be two extra sessions, one of which will be a Q&A where you can ask me anything, the other of which will...
Sep 15, 2022•23 min
Send us a text In this week’s episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to photographer, Jackie Dives. Jackie is a lens-based artist focused on issues of grief and identity, who lives in Vancouver, Canada. She has been working within the topic of the overdose crisis in her community since 2016. She is trained as an addictions counsellor and volunteers as a bereavement photographer, wherein she is invited into hospitals to make the first and last family portraits in the event of the loss of a ba...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Send us a text In this week's minisode, I'm talking about the crucial difference between the term 'toxic positivity' and what it means to have a positive mindset. I think that people can sometimes conflate the concept of having a positive mindset, with the more negative term 'toxic positivity'. And whereas the latter can mean avoiding or rejecting negative emotions, or those of someone else's, the former is more about being able to cope better with much of what life decides to throw at you. Toxi...
Sep 10, 2022•18 min
Send us a text Support the show In this week's episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I'm talking all about...erm, sex. Or rather my lack thereof! Being single, I'm not exactly getting regular sex, and it's been a while since I last did it. Maybe they've changed it?! In today's episode, I'm sharing my thoughts and feelings around whether or not I miss sex, whether or not I actually think it's important, as well as the story of the last time I had it (not my finest hour). Whether you're single and g...
Sep 06, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Send us a text In this week's minisode, I'm talking about how fabulous women are in so many ways, and how the world might just be a better place if there were more of us in positions of leadership and power. I talk about how, whilst feminism has got us so far, we still live in a very patriarchal society where many women - unconsciously or consciously - still feel a sense of being 'lesser' than men. It seems to me that it really is time that this changed once and for all. For those of us who find...
Sep 03, 2022•20 min
Send us a text In this week’s episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to writer, blogger and author, Aimée Lutkin. Aimée is a writer and editor from NYC. Her work has appeared in Jezebel, W Mag, Elle, Glamour, and more. The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search For Love Is Broken is her first book. In this conversation, Aimée and I talk about a multitude of topics including: the dinner party in NYC when she was 32 years old which prompted her to write an article, and subsequently a book; how the frie...
Aug 30, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Send us a text Do you dread the arrival of autumn because it marks the end of summer? Or do you, like me, get ridiculously excited that your favourite season is finally here again?! On this week's Saturday Minisode, I'm talking about why we shouldn't feel sad when August slips away into September, the leaves start turning, and the nights begin to draw in. Instead, we should be leaping with joy at the arrival of the best season of them all! Because autumn bloody rocks. The colours, the cosiness, ...
Aug 27, 2022•16 min
Send us a text In this week’s episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to journalist, presenter, and podcaster, Geeta Pendse. Geeta is a freelance journalist and presenter with 15 years’ experience delivering content for broadcasters, who is based in Nottingham, UK. She has worked for BBC Sunday Morning Live, BBC Radio 4, BBC Breakfast, BBC Politics, East Midlands Today, BBC Three and Sky Arts as a reporter and presenter. She presents the weekly politics show on BBC One in the East Midlands, a...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Send us a text On this week's Saturday Minisode, I'm talking about my belief that when we're feeling low about being single, it's not actually the lack of relationship that is the problem. I'm a big fan of that well-known saying, Happiness Is An Inside Job - because it is! Whether we like it or not, if we're feeling as though a partner will fix all our problems and bring us happiness, that is never, ever the case. Because it's not about the relationship. But it is about A relationship - the one ...
Aug 20, 2022•12 min
Send us a text On this week’s episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I’m doing something a little bit different. The fabulous Amie Kelbing (host of ‘The Spinster Life Podcast’) and I, have done a podcast swap! We’ve recorded two parts - Part 1 is going out on her podcast, and Part 2 is here on Spinsterhood Reimagined. Amie is based in LA and she’s been doing her podcast for a lot longer than I’ve been doing mine; we found each other in the amazing single women online space where there are so many a...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Send us a text On this week's Saturday Minisode, I'm talking about saying no to the things we don't want to do. How many times do you think you've said yes to something you didn't want to do? For me, it's a countless number of occasions; but in recent years I've become a lot better at saying no when I don't feel like doing something or when something just isn't for me. But why do we do it in the first place? It's that sneaky thing called fear that stops us in our tracks when it comes to so, so m...
Aug 13, 2022•17 min
Send us a text In this week’s episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to author and life coach, Leisse Wilcox. Leisse is a results-focused and strategic life coach based in Toronto, Canada. She helps people bring clarity in what they want, confidence in who they are, and courage to stay true to them both; essentially she helps people become the version of themselves that they’ve been dreaming about. Leisse is also the best-selling author of two books, the most recent of which is called ‘Alone...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Send us a text On this week's Minisode, I'm talking about my new kitten, Johnny Depp, who I've had for just less than 2 weeks - but boy oh boy, what a fortnight it's been. Don't panic, I'm not going to be rambling on about how cute and amazing he is. Nope. I'm actually talking about the other side of getting a kitten, the side that has made me grieve my former footloose and fancy free existence! Because...it turns out that having a little creature for whom I am solely responsible is a bigger adj...
Aug 06, 2022•18 min
Send us a text On this week’s episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I have the pleasure of talking to the inspiring Kimberly Martinez Phillips. Kimberly is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador. Her dissertation studies the lives of single, never-married, childfree women of colour. She graduated from the University of California at Irvine in 1993 with Bachelor's degrees in cultural anthropology and criminology. She then obtained a M...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Send us a text On this week's Saturday Minisode, I'm talking about that thing people do when we tell them we're single - you know, when they take pity on us, feel sorry for us, sympathise with us. It's just so...aaaargh! If you've been single for any length of time, then you will surely have experienced that side-tilt of the head accompanied with a sorrowful look, when you inform someone that you're single; and this despite the fact that you're perfectly happily living your life, having a great ...
Jul 30, 2022•14 min
Send us a text On this week's episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to Toronto-based culture writer, copywriter, podcaster, and creator of Instagram account @womenlivingalone, Danita Steinberg. I absolutely loved this conversation and I know that you will too. In this episode, Danita and I talk about how she has always been single, and that she identifies as asexual and queer; how we live in a very heteronormative society and how there are so many more incarnations and levels of sexuality; ...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Send us a text I simply couldn't resist doing another playlist episode! So this week's minisode consists of 10 awesome women - well, it's actually 11 because one of my choices is a duo. I choose one song from each of them and do a little bit of a story around why I love each of them. There's a real mixture here, resulting in a pretty eclectic mix of songs, all of which I think are incredible. I hope you'll love the ones you know - and the ones you don't! As before, here's the link to the playlis...
Jul 23, 2022•24 min
Send us a text Support the show This week, it’s a SOLO episode with yours truly! In this week’s episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk about not having children, how I’ve come to be childless at the age of 46, and how I truly feel about it. I go way back to my childhood, my teens and my twenties, and share how I could never really relate to friends talking about feelings of broodiness back then, despite the fact that I always assumed I would have children eventually. I tell you about how my ...
Jul 19, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Send us a text In this week's Saturday Minisode, I'm talking about that often elusive (but always needed) concept of self-confidence. I talk about my own struggles with self-confidence over the years, and how I've worked to cultivate more of it. The good news is that self-confidence is something that ALL of us have the power to develop, and I talk about a few ways that we can improve what is, essentially, the belief we have in ourselves. Working to improve our self-confidence is a step in the ri...
Jul 16, 2022•20 min
Send us a text On this week’s episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to journalist and writer, Radhika Sanghani. Radhika is an award-winning journalist, author and screenwriter. She recently published her debut adult novel, ’30 Things I Love About Myself’, while her two previous Young Adult novels, ‘Virgin’ and ‘Not That Easy’ were published in 13 countries worldwide. She regularly writes features for The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Guardian, Grazia, Glamour and Elle. She is also an inf...
Jul 12, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us a text In this week's Saturday Minisode, I'm talking about the importance of the people we spend the most time with. In this episode, I talk about my thoughts and feelings around how incredibly important it is for us to surround ourselves with people who have our backs, who we aspire to be like, and who make us feel good. It is said that we become the average of the five people we spend the most time with, but this isn't necessarily something we give very much thought to - however, we ve...
Jul 09, 2022•19 min
Send us a text On this week's episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to The Solo Motherhood Coach, Mel Johnson. Mel is a solo mum to her 4 year old daughter, Daisy, who was conceived using IVF and donor conception. Following her own journey into solo motherhood, and passionate about empowering women to fully understand their options on the path to parenthood, Mel created The Stork & I. Through The Stork & I, Mel provides a platform and community for women embarking on this path to pa...
Jul 05, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text In this week's Saturday Minisode, I'm talking about one of the (many) annoying things that people say when you're single; in this case: "You're too picky." Isn't it strange when people tell us we're too picky? Because when you think about it, shouldn't we be the MOST picky when it comes to finding the person we may potentially spend our lives with? In this episode, I talk about my thoughts and feelings around people telling us single girls that we're too picky when it comes to our...
Jul 02, 2022•16 min
Send us a text On this week’s episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to entrepreneur, author, and coach, Jessica Huie. This episode is a little bit different because Jessica is neither single or childfree; but it's very much a conversation about living your best life, growth, and all that juicy stuff which is relevant to us all, no matter our relationship status. Jessica Huie MBE is an entrepreneur and the author of the best-selling book ‘Purpose: Find Your Truth and Embrace Your Calling’. J...
Jun 28, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Send us a text On this week's Minisode, I'm talking about the concept of shame. I've received an alarming number of messages from women who listen to the podcast, telling me that they're struggling with feelings of shame around their single status. To me this just seems so...wrong. Subsequently, I've been compelled to do a Minisode on the topic because it feels as though it warrants some kind of acknowledgement and some airtime. In this episode, I share my feelings about single women feeling sha...
Jun 25, 2022•15 min
Send us a text Support the show In this week's episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to my sister, Annabel. Annie has recently changed careers and is now an English teacher at a secondary school in London; but before that, she enjoyed a glamorous career as a journalist and the Beauty Director at Red Magazine. She has written for multiple publications, including The Guardian, The Times and The Daily Telegraph. She is also the mother to four teenagers (three of whom are triplets) and my belov...
Jun 21, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Send us a text In this Saturday's Minisode, I'm talking about a book called 'You Are A Badass: How To Stop Doubting Your Greatness & Start Living An Awesome Life' by the fabulous Jen Sincero. This book really is one of my favourites, and it's also one that I go back to time again when I'm in need of a bit of inspiration or a kick up the ar*e. Jen Sincero is a brilliant, bright, funny, cool, down-to-earth American woman who went from living in a converted garage at the age of 40, to living a ...
Jun 18, 2022•18 min
Send us a text Support the show In this week's episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to the one-and-only Bella De Paulo. Bella is a Social Psychologist, author of, among other books, ‘Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatised And Ignored, And Still Live Happily Ever After’. Her Tedx talk, ‘What No-one Ever Told You About People Who Are Single’ has been viewed by over 1.5 million people. Bella is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, such as the James McKeen Cattell Award...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text In this Saturday's Minisode, I'm talking about success; what I think it means to some people and what it means to me. Success can so often be defined in 'conventional' terms, and in a world full of married people with babies, it can be hard not to feel like a failure when you haven't 'achieved' either of those things. But...success is whatever YOU define it as, and for me it isn't - and never was - about getting married and having kids. Your version of success is yours to choose a...
Jun 11, 2022•12 min
