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The Shift with Sam Baker
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The Shift exists to amplify and celebrate women in midlife and beyond, created by writer and broadcaster Sam Baker.
Did you ever wonder why you stop hearing women's voices once they pass 40? That's where The Shift comes in - a frank, funny, sometimes heartbreaking, always honest look at what it means to be a woman in midlife and beyond. Work, life, love, health, sex, money, identity, body image, menopause... What does it all mean when everything around you (and inside you...) is changing? The Shift comprises a weekly podcast, twice weekly newsletter, community and bookclub. Each week, we ask a different woman how she got here, where she's going - and how it feels to be where she is right now. Expect intimate conversation, big laughs, occasional tears and loads of inspiration... Past guests incl Nicola Sturgeon, Marian Keyes, Minnie Driver, Philippa Perry, Anita Rani, Barbara Blake-Hannah & many more.
To become a member of The Shift visit theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/
Did you ever wonder why you stop hearing women's voices once they pass 40? That's where The Shift comes in - a frank, funny, sometimes heartbreaking, always honest look at what it means to be a woman in midlife and beyond. Work, life, love, health, sex, money, identity, body image, menopause... What does it all mean when everything around you (and inside you...) is changing? The Shift comprises a weekly podcast, twice weekly newsletter, community and bookclub. Each week, we ask a different woman how she got here, where she's going - and how it feels to be where she is right now. Expect intimate conversation, big laughs, occasional tears and loads of inspiration... Past guests incl Nicola Sturgeon, Marian Keyes, Minnie Driver, Philippa Perry, Anita Rani, Barbara Blake-Hannah & many more.
To become a member of The Shift visit theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/
Bryony Gordon on burnout, binge eating and perimenopause - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Today I’m delighted to welcome back one of The Shift’s very first guests, journalist and mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon.
Bryony has been a columnist on the Telegraph for over 20 years and for ten of those she has been writing candidly about her own experiences of addiction and mental illness. She is the best selling author of Mad Girl and The Wrong Knickers and in 2016 she founded Mental Health Mates a global peer support network that encourages people with mental health issues to connect, for which she has won several awards. She also, FWIW, ran the London marathon in her knickers.
Three years after her first visit to The Shift (podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-shift-on-life-after-40-with-sam-baker/id1527442768?i=1000496178524) , Bryony is back - older, wiser (yes really) - and with a new book, the pertinently titled, Mad Woman, which discusses her struggles with burnout, binge eating and, yep, you guessed it, fluctuating hormones.
Bryony joined me from bed in south London to talk about maintaining a public facade when you’re privately falling apart, finally learning to feed herself properly at 43, discovering all the women in her family went into menopause in their early 40s, why she’s done with feeling like she’s the problem and how Davina McCall saved her life!
If you'd like to sponsor Bryony's Big Challenge, you can find out more here (www.mentalhealthmates.co.uk/bryonys-big-challenge/) .
* You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at The Shift bookshop on Bookshop.org (uk.bookshop.org/shop/TheShift) , including Mad Woman by Bryony Gordon and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me.
* And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including exclusive transcripts of the podcast, why not join The Shift community, come and have a look around at www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com (open.acast.com/shows/611ed58706c05e6eb2f40e7f/episodes/www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com)
• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Juliette Nicholls @ Pineapple Audio Production. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker.
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Bryony has been a columnist on the Telegraph for over 20 years and for ten of those she has been writing candidly about her own experiences of addiction and mental illness. She is the best selling author of Mad Girl and The Wrong Knickers and in 2016 she founded Mental Health Mates a global peer support network that encourages people with mental health issues to connect, for which she has won several awards. She also, FWIW, ran the London marathon in her knickers.
Three years after her first visit to The Shift (podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-shift-on-life-after-40-with-sam-baker/id1527442768?i=1000496178524) , Bryony is back - older, wiser (yes really) - and with a new book, the pertinently titled, Mad Woman, which discusses her struggles with burnout, binge eating and, yep, you guessed it, fluctuating hormones.
Bryony joined me from bed in south London to talk about maintaining a public facade when you’re privately falling apart, finally learning to feed herself properly at 43, discovering all the women in her family went into menopause in their early 40s, why she’s done with feeling like she’s the problem and how Davina McCall saved her life!
If you'd like to sponsor Bryony's Big Challenge, you can find out more here (www.mentalhealthmates.co.uk/bryonys-big-challenge/) .
* You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at The Shift bookshop on Bookshop.org (uk.bookshop.org/shop/TheShift) , including Mad Woman by Bryony Gordon and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me.
* And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including exclusive transcripts of the podcast, why not join The Shift community, come and have a look around at www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com (open.acast.com/shows/611ed58706c05e6eb2f40e7f/episodes/www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com)
• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Juliette Nicholls @ Pineapple Audio Production. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices (megaphone.fm/adchoices)
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Sarah Knight: why selfish isn't a four letter word - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Today’s guest is the anti-guru behind the massive No F*cks Given franchise, Sarah Knight. What started life with the Marie Kondo pastiche, The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving A F*ck, now comprises 7 guides and three journals which have sold three million copies and a TED talk that’s notched up ten million views. But Sarah wasn’t always the queen of giving zero f*cks. Scroll back to her mid-30...
Dr Gladys McGarey: a 102-year-old shares her life lessons - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Dr Gladys McGarey died, aged 103, in September of this year, so I wanted to honour her by making her episode the last to go out on the last day of the year. Rest In Power Gladys. A few months ago I read an article that took my breath away. The author was 102 years old and in it she wrote candidly about losing her partner in life and work after 46 years. Not because he passed away, but because h...
Barbara Kingsolver on why life gets better with every passing decade - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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For this bonus episode of The Shift, I’m delighted to welcome a very special guest: the award-winning author of ten bestselling novels, Barbara Kingsolver. Every so often, a book comes along that you want to press into the hands of everyone you meet. For me, Demon Copperhead, is one of those books. A reimagining of the Dickens classic, David Copperfield, translated to the Appalachian mountains ...
Katherine May: why we all need a little more wonder in our lives - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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We’ve all had those moments in our lives when everything feels… darker, colder, a little (or a lot) less hopeful. Those emotional winters were perfectly encapsulated by today’s guest, Katherine May in her transatlantic bestseller, Wintering, the power of rest and retreat in difficult times. Her new book is another soothing antidote for the way we live now, Enchantment, Reawakening wonder in an ...
The Shift bookclub with Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train
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Hello and welcome to The final Shift bookclub with Paula Hawkins, author of The Blue Hour. Paula Hawkins, as you know, is the author of the global phenomenon, The Girl on the Train. It was published in over 50 languages, sold 23 million copies and became a box-office-hit film starring Emily Blunt. She followed it up with two more thrillers, each growing progressively more complex and intuitive ...
BONUS EPISODE: Neneh Cherry on love, loss & legacy
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If you were a teenager in the late 80s you only have to hear the name Neneh Cherry to conjure the image of Neneh, seven months pregnant, on the Top of the Pops stage performing her hit Buffalo Stance. She was the epitome of cool. She made teenage girls everywhere believe that anything was possible. Now, almost 40 years later, the award-winning singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, mother of thr...
Bella Freud: "I've definitely got more daring with age"
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My guest today is the fashion designer Bella Freud. Bella launched her eponymous label in 1990. Over thirty years later it remains resolutely independent, one of the very few that hasn’t been subsumed by a fashion conglomerate. Bella’s clothes are for wearing and have become a byword for women who want to be glamorous but not girly with a bit of added wit. Her iconic word jumpers are one of the...
Donna Ashworth on finding her calling in midlife
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My guest today is a woman who is credited with putting poetry back on the map, Donna Ashworth…. Donna came to prominence in 2020, when a poem she wrote about lockdown was read in a viral video to raise money for the NHS. She subsequently self-published her first volume of poetry, To The Women, which sold over 100,000 copies. Unsurprisingly the publishing industry came a-calling. Now The UK’s be...
Baroness Lola Young: "you can't be what you can't see, but somebody has to go first"
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My guest today is one incredible woman. Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey is an actress, academic, campaigner for social justice and a cross bench peer in the House of Lords. By anyone’s standards she has achieved. She studied at the New College of Speech and Drama and started her career as an actress in the 1970s and 80s, before becoming professor of Cultural Studies at Middlesex University. In 2...
The Shift bookclub with Dr Sharon Blackie
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Welcome to The Shift bookclub with Sharon Blackie, author of our October bookclub pick, Wise Women, myths and stories for midlife and beyond. Sharon is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist (which is a job title to die for), who is passionate about reimagining what it means to be an ageing woman in our society. She's written six books, but the first I discovered was If Women Ros...
Jennifer Cox: why women are furious (and getting angrier)
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My guest today is the forensic psychotherapist Dr Jennifer Cox. She trained at the Tavistock and now has an extensive practice specialising in treating women with undiagnosed anger. As part of this work she developed the Women are Mad approach to help women who can’t afford therapy to “think below the surface” about where their rage might be coming from. Sounds like it might be useful? I though...
Louise Doughty on the unrealised potential of older women
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My guest today is Louise Doughty, the woman behind some of the knottiest thrillers to grace our bookshelves and TV screens in recent years. Her bestseller, Apple Tree Yard about a sensible middle aged woman who makes a very unsensible decision (involving sex in the house of commons!) sold over half a million copies and was turned into a smash hit BBC series starring Emily Watson. She was also t...
Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole
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Today’s guest is a personal favourite. I first met Kate Weinberg (the bestselling author of The Truants) when I was stricken with long covid and a mutual friend put us in touch. “You need to talk to Kate,” she urged. “She’ll be able to help. Kate was able to help - and did. Thanks in large part to her I went from feeling like my old, functioning life had gone forever, to regaining more than a s...
The Shift bookclub with Cathy Rentzenbrink
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Welcome to The Shift bookclub with Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of this month’s bookclub pick, Ordinary Time. Cathy is the author of six books including her Sunday Times bestselling memoir, The Last Act of Love, her guide to writing memoir, Write It All Down, and her debut novel, Everyone Is Still Alive. In her follow up, Ordinary Time, we meet Ann, a reluctant vicar’s wife who tries and fails to...
Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally shaking off her inhibitions at 62
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Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally shaking off her inhibitions at 62
Jane Campbell on reinventing herself at 40 - and again at 80!
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Jane Campbell on reinventing herself at 40 - and again at 80!
Marianne Power: how to build a happy single life
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Marianne Power: how to build a happy single life
Louise Minchin: why midlife is the time to take more risks
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Louise Minchin: why midlife is the time to take more risks
Moon Unit Zappa: "We're all just growing each other up"
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Moon Unit Zappa: "We're all just growing each other up"
Carol Vorderman on finding her voice (and how!) at 60
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Carol Vorderman on finding her voice (and how!) at 60
The Shift bookclub, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich
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The Shift bookclub, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich
Bella Mackie: "Nobody tells you motherhood is a choice"
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Bella Mackie: "Nobody tells you motherhood is a choice"
Ruth Crilly: "This is my face, I don't want to tweak it"
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Ruth Crilly: "This is my face, I don't want to tweak it"
Deborah Harkness on witches, wising & the cancer diagnosis that upended her life
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Deborah Harkness on witches, wising & the cancer diagnosis that upended her life
Fearne Cotton on the joy of embracing her second chapter
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Fearne Cotton on the joy of embracing her second chapter
The Shift bookclub with Marian Keyes, number one bestselling author of My Favourite Mistake
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The Shift bookclub with Marian Keyes, number one bestselling author of My Favourite Mistake
Lindsay Nicholson on resilience, recovery and the pursuit of perfection
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Lindsay Nicholson on resilience, recovery and the pursuit of perfection
Taffy Brodesser-Akner: Everyone taught me to be afraid of middle age, but it's my ticket to freedom
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner: Everyone taught me to be afraid of middle age, but it's my ticket to freedom
Zandra Rhodes: the legendary fashion designer on ageing uncompromisingly
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Zandra Rhodes: the legendary fashion designer on ageing uncompromisingly
Lovely podcast. Didn’t know Tanya played tennis. Thanks Stuart
I love Moon's determination to grow , evolve, and understand her experiences. A conversation between her and Gabor Mate would be very compelling.
Natasha’s book blew me away. So moving but also educational. A brilliant read.
I liked your interview. You were able to give Moon the right kind of vibe for her to open up in a way that was more vulnerable than most of the other interviews I've heard. Thanks.
Just finished reading "Earth to Moon". Excellent read, left me with plenty to think about. I might have been a bit shocked at what was revealed about life in a household with Frank and Gail. However, having previously read Pauline Butcher's account, I was somewhat prepared. I was slightly puzzled that Moon's book made no mention of Ms Butcher, although perhaps Moon was too young to recall the British secretary who lived in the Zappa house during 1968-1972. Pauline certainly remembered Moon though, even helping fill in a few childcare gaps that Gail was in the habit of leaving.
This is not the reality of her current life. She has undergone a religious conversion and now proclaims evangelical messaging.
I enjoyed this interview. It’s very palpable how amazing it would be to have a conversation with Moon. She’s a fascinating person.
Excellent interview. I learned a lot. Thank you.
I'm doing my annual reread and rewatch of Discovery of Witches, so this is the perfect time for this! :)
I'm so happy to hear Ruth on your podcast! :) her book is great!
Thank you both so much! ❤
We never used to have these words to describe generations. There wasn't even a term like generation x, y z or boomers etc, until about 25 years ago. Or nobody used them. It just wasn't a thing before that. But the beauty thing, the expectations, marketing etc, that's been very real since the 60s and before and only gotten worse with time. And the whole beauty and youth culture is obsessive now and women are the biggest drivers of it. We have influencers, skin care companies, all owned my women, all pushing the narrative while at the same time having loads of tweakments, botox, fillers etc, and people believing it's the skincare. Or if nor, then normalising all these procedures and looks. It's not normal to look that way, but we have got so hooked in, we think it is normal. In many ways we have become obsessive without realising it.
Thanks for having Melanie on. I loved her book. She is making me THINK. ❤
That was great, thank you! HG is my favourite Australian author :)
Mine too. I wish more people knew her outside Australia.
I love your book !!!! ❤❤❤
She is a genius. Love her.
It’s a brilliant book and so true to life right now.
Good call!
Just bought the book so gonna watch this after I have read it this weekend 😊❤
Its a great book :D (I havnt finished it yet_ im hoping for more similar books from Joanna I really like her writing style.
I wish I had a chance to see her in the US
I just finished the book! It’s amazing! I enjoyed it. One thing that surprised me was that I don’t know why I didn’t know that Rebecca was white. I assumed she was Asian but born in the United States.
Me too!
I really loved this book and am definitely going to check out her two other books!
Love, love, love this book and author, my new favorite!! I am so excited for the show and who will be casted. I also love how relatable Jen is.
Kamila s sweet
Really enjoyed the interview lots to think about and some great book recommendations x
Wonderful discussion and the perfect introduction to the book! Thank you both.
Loved this conversation so interesting the book is amazing thank you x