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In this episode, Em talks to Sally. Sally experienced a major loss in her life when her younger brother sadly passed away when they were both in their teens. She describes what grief feels like to her, how the trauma from grief can manifest in
In this episode Em talks to Dave. Dave is a father to two young girls and as it's Father's Day this week, he shares his experiences of what it's really like to plan to be and then become a father. What is the expectation vs. reality? What chang
In this episode, Em chats to Lorna. Lorna shares her story of what it's really like to be in an abusive relationship. How does it start? How does it develop? What makes it so hard to leave? What does that long term manipulation do to you and yo
In this episode, Em chats to Hywel. The name of this episode comes from Hywel's own description of himself as a 'wonky wrong un.' He shares his experience of leaving the Welsh valleys as a teenager with complex feelings about his working class
In this episode, Em chats to Neil. Neil has battled mental illness for a long time now and has survived multiple attempts at suicide, he made it out of a specialist hospital after being sectioned and he's here to tell his story from the best pl
In this episode, Em chats to Emma. Emma is of East Asian heritage and she talks about the impacts of racism from being very young and how it shaped her feeling of safety in the world. We discuss the concept of cumulative trauma and how, after s
In this episode, Em chats to Kirstie Young. Kirstie reached a crossroads in her late 20s which left her with a big decision to make that would change the course of her life from then on. We never know what is around the corner for us and no mat
In this episode, Em talks to Andy Waterfield. We talk through the concept of masculinity - what it meant in history and what it means in 2021. We tackle the subject of men's mental health and how this also intersects. Why do men feel less able
In this episode, Em talks to Abs Sharma. Abs was born in India and moved across to the UK as a kid. He talks about the adjustment to living here, attitudes towards people who are different and how to build empathy through understanding people a
2020 was a beast, so how can we get our heads right and in a good a place to try and tackle 2021? This special episode to kick off the new year starts by discussing the 'new year, new me' phenomenon, aren't we always the same me, just looking t
In this episode, Em talks to Kelly Silver. Kelly shares her experience of growing up in Hull and then making the switch to Canada to live and work after feeling the need to make a bold and creative move. She talks about her early career in psyc
In this episode, Em talks to Kristy about her upbringing straddling both the UK & USA and how that shapes your identity, her experience of growing up working class & being mixed race, when she first realised she needed support with her mental h
In this episode, Em talks to Maryam about her decision to move from the UK to the USA. Maryam is a Montessori teacher and at age 30 decided to take her skills state side and settle in Chicago for a new start. We talk about the feeling of upheav
In this episode, Em talks to Kay about miscarriage - from the feeling of first finding out you're pregnant to what miscarriage means to you, your relationship, your family, your body and your mental health. Kay has survived 4 miscarriages and s
For this episode, Em talks to Jake about his journey through the care system from being in foster care as an infant, adopted at 5 and the lifetime of understanding, adjusting and healing that follows. We talk about forging your identity through
In this episode of Survivin & Thrivin, Em talks to an anonymous special guest about his gender transition in the 1990s. This is the world before the internet and before the visibility of what being transgender looks like today. We talk about hi
Episode 4 is a special collaborative episode with Poor Lass; the other podcast Em co-hosts with Seleena Laverne Daye. Em talks through surviving bankruptcy and in particular how it impacts on her as a working class person. From the process itse
In the third episode of Survivin & Thrivin, Em Ledger chats to Sarah Fordham; author of X-Stitch and all round funny lass. We talk about how Sarah got into crafting and how she wound up getting a book deal, how social media distorts how we perc
In the second episode of Survivin & Thrivin, Em Ledger chats to Tennesha Vanterpool; creative freelancer working in fashion, streetwear & beauty and also a content creator or 'digital sharer' which we discuss is a much better fit. Hear how Nies
In the first episode of Survivin & Thrivin, Em Ledger chats to Chloe Coles - Young adult fiction author best known for the Bookshop Girl series. Hear how Chloe first started writing, teenage diaries, how she made the transition from working in
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