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Secret Life of Books‘Umble beginnings, childhood neglect, and did Dickens steal from Charlotte Bronte: David CopperfieldDavid Copperfield is the name of an American illusionist, whose feats included levitating over the Grand Canyon, walking through the Great Wall of China and making an airplane disappear. It’s also the name of novel by Charles Dickens. Published in serial form between 1849 and 1850, David Copperfield charts the degradation and eventual success of its narrator - a figure based closely on the author himself. So much so that Dickens later referred to the book as a ‘favourite child’, which considering his self-proclaimed habit of ‘slaughtering’ his child characters is fortunate for Copperfield. David Copper...2025-02-251h 01
Courageously Confident with ClaireEp 28: Confidence issues? Let's overthink it together! A special Q&A session with Claire Elizabeth Wright and Charlotte JacksonConfidence issues? Let's overthink it together!
Join Claire and Charlotte for a special Q&A episode where we discuss and answer all of your confidence and self-esteem questions.
Episode highlights:
- Question: How do you keep confidence high after lots of rejections in dating?
- We also delve into looking at ourself and going within when you have a repeated pattern in dating and relationships. (Claire and Charlotte share personal experiences)
- Validation and self-esteem being impacted by social media flirtations (looking at insta story, slipping into DMs etc) we share...2025-01-1048 min
Courageously Confident with ClaireEp 27, Charlotte Jackson, Breaking Free: Charlotte, a Holistic Transformation Coach's journey from Addiction to EmpowermentCharlotte, a Holistic Transformation Coach bravely shares
her story from addiction to crystal meth to becoming drug free with no rehab, and just a determination to live a better life and to connect to who she truly was.
This is SUCH a powerful story and so much vulnerability, as
well as looking at our childhood homes, the dynamics with our parents and how that can massively impact our self-worth, self-esteem and lead us into unhealthy patterns that do not serve us.
Key highlights of the conversation:
- Charlotte ending an engagement and walking...2024-12-131h 00
Steven DeVoisThe House Of Andrea Erre (Soulful House Essentials | Vol. 2)Again Some Soulful House Tunes With A Funky & Jazzy Touch… Produced Or Remixed By The Italian DJ, Producer And „Soul Mood Records“ Co-Founder Andrea Erre.
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The Bookshop PodcastReinvention, Resilience, and Reading: Diane Park’s Journey to Thriving Bookshop OwnerSend us a textWhat drives a woman to reinvent herself in her 40s and open a thriving bookshop championing strong women and diverse voices? Join me as I sit down with Diane Park, the remarkable owner of Wave of Nostalgia in Hayworth, UK. Diane’s journey is anything but conventional. From leaving school at 16 and facing early adult responsibilities after her mother's passing to a career in banking and achievements in indoor rowing, Diane’s path has been full of twists and turns. Her story is a powerful testament to resilience as she navigates her roles as a...2024-07-1533 min
Books Without Borders52. Slumping, Soaring, and Starting a Path to Publishing.Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books!
In this episode, Nina’s hit a reading slump, Emma has read more than ever, and we talk about Nina’s publishing intensive course.
Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro and catch-up chat
00:08:07 Nightbirds
00:10:02 Good Girl, Bad Blood
00:11:26 Soldier Sailor
00:12:53 We Shall Be Monsters
00:14:59 Undiscovered
00:17:25 The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
00:18:41 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
00:21:30 Thunderclap
00:25:00 Birnam Wood
00:27:43 Nina reflects on her reading slump
00:28:35 The Empowering ADHD Workb...2024-07-051h 13
Secret Life of BooksJane Eyre 2: the Brontes' real lives are even wilder than their fictionWhen Charlotte Bronte arrived in Brussels at the age of 26 to attend finishing school, she had no idea she would fall desperately in love with the director: Constantine Heger. Heger - a strange, mercurial character - would prove the model for Mr Rochester in Jane Eyre. On returning to Haworth Parsonage, she wrote obsessively to and about him, while her plans to open a school floundered and her brother Branwell sunk deeper into addiction. Determined that her life should not be a failure, she gathered the best poems by herself and her sisters for p...2024-07-0240 min
Secret Life of BooksJane Eyre 1: passion, madness, gaslighting and bad hair daysWhat on earth was going on in the parlour of Haworth Parsonage in the Yorkshire Moors that caused three sisters to write three of the greatest novels in history within a year of one another? This is the question running through this four-part series of the Brontes. In this first episode, Sophie and Jonty look at the impact of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre the moment it was published in 1847, causing even the mealy-mouthed Queen Victoria to praise it as ‘intensely interesting’. Charlotte’s life was marred by tragedy: the death of h...2024-07-0254 min
Feel A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Soul-Stirring.Driving The Tide by Lee JacksonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705706to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Driving The Tide
Series: #6 of After Dunkirk
Author: Lee Jackson
Narrator: Charlie Thurston
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 15 hours 13 minutes
Release date: December 19, 2023
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
The liberation of occupied France is long overdue, but the operation requires the combined efforts of the resistance groups across Europe. Jeremy returns to France to prepare for the Allied invasion. An occupied country is a dangerous terrain to navigate, and as Jeremy works to set the plan in motion, even the smallest mistake can come at a fatal price. At Bletchley Park, C...2023-12-193h 13
Mamahood Our WayEp 39: Breaking down BOUNDARIES in motherhood (and an announcement)When we say boundaries we can often jump to saying NO - but where else can boundaries support (and protect!) our mental health in motherhood? Claire share’s a few ideas and some stories of where boundaries have got the better of her! Listen to the end for an important announcement, Mamahood fam 🧡2023-10-2337 minMamahood Our WayEp 38: Let’s talk mental health in motherhood 🧠It’s mental health awareness month in SA/NSW so I’ve given my co-host a few weeks ago so I can bring you a mini-series to amplify the message - that yours matters 🧡 Over the next four episodes I’ll share 6 life-changing tools that have helped me heal from PND and feel like my head is in a good place again ✨ But first, here’s a speedy zip through my own mental health struggles, and some reflections on why talking about it helps 🧡2023-10-0424 minMamahood Our WayEp 37: Questions to reflect on your month for greater CLARITYCharlotte’s lost the plot and has resorted to scrolling Urban dictionary, and Claire’s so far over feeling shit she’s a bear with a sore head without a sense of humour 🫠 But ‘bear’ with us dearest Mamas because this week we do step you through the easiest journalling ritual for the end of your month, sharing our reflections in the process! ✨ We’d love to know your reflections - why not post them on your stories and tag us at @mamahood.my.way so we can see 😍2023-09-2736 minMamahood Our WayEp 36: The (long) road to one and doneAnother thing society has an opinion on as well as how you conceive, birth, feed and sleep your baby is how MANY babies you have. And when it comes to our choice (shock horror, we are actually doing Mamahood the same here), we’re ‘doing it wrong’. Here we share our very different journeys that have lead to the same outcome of being one and done (with one of us reserving the right to change her mind!)2023-09-2050 minMamahood Our WayEp 35: To sleep (train) or not to sleep…As always this week’s episode gets into two very different schools of thought, this time around SLEEP! So often the BANE of most parents existence in those first few+ years. CJ1 is team sleep support, CJ2 is go with the flow, and they share their very different experiences in a non-judgey but raw + real way. This one’s for anyone who’s in the thick of trying to sort sleep out, who’s given in or up on even trying to, or even the Mum out the other side but can hard relate. The one thing we DO agree on is th...2023-09-1347 minMamahood Our WayEp 34: Spring Clean Your LifeMamahood doesn’t come much differently for these two than when it comes to organisation, cleaning, and the meaning of a ‘spring clean’…Charlotte has the physical spaces Mum hacks nailed, whereas Claire has been finding ways to spring clean her energy ✨ If you loved the episode a rate, review or subscribe would be so appreciated 🙏🏻Book onto the Mama Day Retreat at www.mamahoodmyway.com 🧡 We truly adore you, and hope you feel the same about your glorious self, Mama ✨2023-09-0651 minMamahood Our WayEp 33: Under the hood of the Mama RetreatWhat a wild ride in my stationary yellow car 🤣 We take you on a bit of a journey of Mamahood events, why they exist, and what they’re here to do! For all event deets visit www.mamahoodmyway.com 🧡✨ ps there are a few gargly bits in this episode #newtech so we apologise! Hope you still get a giggle and some useful nuggets nonetheless!2023-08-3044 minMamahood Our WayEp 32: New season, New lewk, New Mamas!The poddy has been on a winter break for 3 whole months…it feels like longer, but also yesterday, and a LOT has happened for us all, huh?
We’re well passed the longest day of the year, three new moons have f*cked us all up a little bit, some of us cried a few tears over school holidays and the latest World Cup, our littlies threw approx 962 tantrums….oh, and I found myself a co-host!
As someone (probably) once said, it takes a village to be a podcaster and a parent, and here’s part of mine…fellow toddler boy mama...2023-08-2345 min
Charlotte Readers PodcastBeing an Outlaw Among In-Laws, and How to Start a PodcastIn this episode 345, we talk to Jenny Jackson about her funny and wise debut novel Pineapple Street, named a most anticipated book of 2023 by Vogue and Time, and about her career editing some of the biggest authors in the business. Jeff Sovel shares tips for how to make launching a podcast an approachable process. And we have book recommendations, and more!
Today’s Featured Authors:
Jenny Jackson: Time Stamp: 4:25
Pineapple Street has been called “a delicious new Gilded Age family drama–almost a satire–set in the leafy enclaves of Brooklyn Heights,” and “Succession with a soul...2023-06-271h 01Mamahood Our Way💫 Ep 31: The Final Episode!Wow, the end of an era…well, sort of! It’s the end of season 1! I hadn’t planned to have seasons but I’m all about living into our seasons soooo it makes total sense I’d apply that to the poddy. What a 9 months it’s been together riding the waves of what ‘our way’ means in mamahood 🧡 Keep up the self-care work, Mama, and I’ll see you in August 🫶2023-05-2207 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 30: So, I quit my day jobIt’s the one you asked for over on the gram! The how, the why, the when and the wild ride that has been resigning from my job of 6 years, and where to next! In this episode I share a little bit about the long winding road, ups and downs, highs and lows to get here, and the thing that made me take the plunge. Finally! 🧡2023-05-0825 minMamahood Our Way💫 Episode 29: Things are changing round here…My encounter with the queen of spirituality & manifestation at the weekend got me digging deep into what I want for this podcast, and how I can *truly* help Mamas live a happier more fulfilled life…and I got my answer baby! Have a listen for a taster of what came up, and what’s to come from the MMW podcast down the track…2023-05-0121 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 28: How to design your birthday/mothers day to fill *your* cupIn this episode I share some of the key lessons in being very intentional with my birthday, and how I chose to design it in a way that brought me the most happiness - it wasn’t without its mental challenges but it’s a work in progress for sure 🫶 We also chat about how you could use this in your own Mothers Day plans ✨2023-04-2525 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 27: We’re all just a work in progress!Join me this week as I lift the lid on my current mindset project - overcoming a special kind of Mum Guilt - capital M, capital G!2023-04-1721 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 26: The problem with birth announcements lately…Spicy 🌶️ and trigger warning re: birth trauma/premature births. A birth announcement over the weekend on my socials really f*cked me off. In this ep I’m sharing where I think we can do better and why 💥2023-04-0317 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 25: Mama chats with my own Mamma!In this ep I’m joined by my ultimate hero, my own Mama! I share things I’ve never told her before. She shares her take on self-care, what Me Time means to her now versus when she was a young Mum, and what she thinks of Mamahood My Way (no filter!) So grab a cuppa and join us for this chinwag on all things Mamahood, and doing it your way!2023-03-2054 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 24: A shit mental health week, and coming out the other sideThis week I’m spilling the tea on my shit week, the ongoing mental health issues stemming from Bears birth, and what I did to help myself through it over a few days. We all have days/weeks/months like this, so how can we get ourselves out the other side quicker? Please rate, review and share in your stories if this resonated, Mama 🧡 ILY!2023-03-1323 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 23: What to do when self-care feels hardWe all know we need it, should do it more, and that we’d help ourselves by practicing self-care every day. So why does it feel so bloody hard sometimes? In this ep we walk through 5 reasons why it might feel difficult to make happen, and most importantly, what you can do to overcome these things because #youreworthit Mama! Plus we lift the lid on what’s been happening in Me Time March this week! Let me know what resonated the most @mamahood.my.way ✨2023-03-0625 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 22: Ask Me Anything, Part 2 of 2All the parenting questions you wanted answered - do I ever get mum guilt, what’s my least fav part of motherhood (clue: it’s not sleep deprivation!), what would life be like raising Brodie in Scotland? PLUS a wee announcement of a self-care challenge you can join in March over on the gram 💫 @mamahood.my.way2023-02-2732 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 21: Ask Me Anything, Part 1 of 2I asked for it, you brought the spice 🔥 How many kids do you want? Why do you and your husband sleep in separate beds? How’s the sleep regression going? What’s your most toxic trait? Warning, it gets a little fiery so make sure you have a cup of something stronger than coffee in hand 😝2023-02-2040 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 20: Productivity hacks that will save your sanity‘Finding time’ doesn’t have to be a mission, there are tiny steps we can take today to create pockets that get to feel less frantic…even spacious! I’ve been into hacking productivity since she was a student and corner cutting exam revision was her #1 goal! In this episode I share everything (ok, a fair chunk of what) I know on getting shit done without sacrificing ourselves in the process 🔥2023-02-1339 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 19: OVERSHARE WITH CLAIRE: How my word of the year is going…one month in! 💫In today’s ep I give an update on how I’m embodying my word for the year…and the INs/OUTs I shared at the start of Jan. While you listen why not check in with your own word for the year, how are you tracking with it, one month down? Send me a DM over at @mamahood.my.way and let me know, I’d love to hear!2023-02-0641 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 18: MAMAHOOD UNFILTERED - Tales + tips for surviving long haul travel with a toddlerJoin me + fellow toddler mama, Cat, for a journey through our experiences of long haul travel recently with our toddlers. We share the good, the bad and the ugly - not that there was much of the latter, thank feck as we were both sh*t scared beforehand! If you’re thinking about an overseas holiday this year with your under 2(s) Mama, this ep will hold you through it 🫶🎉2023-01-3059 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 17: Claire shares… 5 ways intentions can support you as a Mama 💫Goal-setting and new year’s resolutions are out - intention-setting is in! But what is IN for your year, Mama? Have you even thought about it? In this quickie ep I’m sharing 5 ways setting intentions can not only help you have a beautiful year, but it’s role in supporting your motherhood. Head over to www.mamahoodmyway.com to find out more about the 2023 Activation Workshop happening online, Sunday 29 January 2023 🧡 Hope to see you there, Mama 🫶2023-01-2227 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 16: I’m back, Mama! Travel, terrible twos + 2023 in a nutshell!Oh Mama, how I’ve missed you! A short and sweet one recorded in Dubai to kick off our new year! Head over to @mamahood.my.way for way more updates, goodies + parenting carnage! ILY!2023-01-1626 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 15: Rituals to Reflect for the End of your Year 💫In this episode I take you through my end of year ritual where I reflect, reset and activate for the best 2023 ahead! I do this every year as a dossier of what I’ve achieved, what I’m grateful for and as compass for how I want things to go in the 12 months to follow. If you’d like to join an online session to go through this practice with other mamas shoot me a DM as a workshop is in the making 🫶2022-12-1223 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 14: The Mamahood Self-Care Sanctuary Revealed 😍You know you need more you time, but you don’t know where, when or how? Well MMW is bringing you the gift of intentional YOU TIME in 2023 with the first Mamahood Self-Care Sanctuary! Find out all the glorious details in this episode, and nab your spot at www.mamahoodmyway.com2022-12-0533 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 13: MAMAHOOD UNFILTERED: Gender chats!The first ep in the Mamahood Unfiltered series goes genitals first into all things GENDER…Mama of 3 boys, Monika, joins me for a vino and a deep dive into gender stereotypes, how they crop up in parenthood, and how we can raise a more aware, less gender-obsessed generation of humans 💪🏻2022-11-2852 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 12: Leaving our babes overnight - when is the right time? Plus a sneaky announcement! 💫Join me for a walk down memory lane on my first time leaving Bear…and the many trips that came afterwards. Plus some reflections on societal expectations & double standards when it comes to us Mamas leaving our baby (cue a little rage!)Stay tuned to the end for a surprise announcement from MMW headquarters!2022-11-2130 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 11: 19 Mama Hacks (that don’t involve cleaning) 💫Bedtime, feeding time and entertaining our bambino’s can be painful at times - but the mama brainstrust have ways to make things a whole lot easier! These tried and tested hacks are for the mama who needs a bloody break…or if you’re like me, just prefer the easier, lazier option in parenting! LOL. Hot recco of the week is the @wedonthavetimeforthis podcast! Follow along on the adventures of a lazy ass but loveable mama at @mamahood.my.way 🧡2022-11-1426 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 10: Parenthood from the Dads perspective 💫The Beard aka my husband Josh, drops by for a very honest chat on all things parenting - how he found Bear’s birth, tips for helping your partner through postpartum, the different phases of parenting, what he thinks of me as a Mum, what he finds challenging….your questions over at @mamahood.my.way were GOLD!Part 2 coming soon so get your questions for the Beard into my DMs, Mamas! 👏🏻2022-11-0749 minMamahood Our Way💫 Ep 9: OVERSHARE WITH CLAIRE: my 10 regrets about postpartum 💫APOLOGIES FOR THE EDITING GLITCH, MAMAS! In this new segment - Overshare with Claire - and episode 9, I need to insert a mahoosive trigger warning mamas. There are big topics. There’s chat about PND & PTSD & separation anxiety. And there are tears, for reals. But there’s also a shit tonne of lessons learned and hot tips for anyone about to enter or in the thick of postpartum. Or just for a chance to reflect on your own, see what lands. And as always, leave what doesn’t 🫶 Hot recco of the week is an essential oil blend from Vasse Virgin...2022-10-3132 minMamahood Our Way✨ Ep 8: The Knowing/Doing Gap and how to finally *do the thing*✨You know that thing you’ve wanted to do since forever? Run a 5km, learn French, book that trip to Japan, join a singing class, make a new bestie…we all have that thing on our heart that we think about often, yet do nothing about. Well it’s not entirely our fault, we can blame our physiological makeup…but we still want to do the thing, so how do we get around it? Well, hit play to find out, Mama 🧡Hot recco of the week is the Doggyland album by Snoop Dogg - hip hop nursery rhymes for a welcome cha...2022-10-2420 minMamahood Our Way✨ Ep 7: Woo Woo or a LIFE WEAPON? 6 Manifestation Practices for Mamas ✨Manifestation has a bad rap, but this Mama is here to showcase how it can help you tap into your power, make feeling good a daily occurrence AND make your big life goals happens!Find a summary of my 6 super-charged manifestation practices over @mamahood.my.way, along with my top 6 manifestation gurus 🧡Don’t forget to leave a review if you enjoyed this episode, share in your stories and give us a shout out to spread the Mamahood My Way magic! ILY 🫶Want to know more about manifesting? Check out Esther & Abraham Hicks, Gala Darling, Manifestation Babe, Rise & Conquer podcast & Jordanna2022-10-1735 minMamahood Our Way✨ Ep 6: What is ‘Good Enough Parenting’ and how can it help me? ✨Clue to the question in the title of this episode: EVERYWHERE!In this sassy ep we get under the hood of ‘Good Enough Parenting’, how it stacks up against ‘Gentle’ or ‘Attached’ parenting, and practical ways we can make good enough work for us. For Claire, it’s a step too far to negotiate footwear choices with a toddler! And of course, the usual truth bombs are scattered throughout 🫶2022-10-1026 minMamahood Our Way✨ Ep 5: The Shit We Need to Shed as Mamas, but how? ✨In this ep we talk through the shit you want to shed as mamas - not feeling good enough, trying to be perfect, living up to expectations, keeping up appearances - yep, you can spot the theme. I polled mamas on my insta stories and this is the shit you shared, the heavy blocks we need to move, and I share some #realtalk on where we can start to do just that. Plus things get real deep on my biggest source of shame as a mama… If this D&M has helped you in any way I’d love to hear...2022-10-0327 minMamahood Our Way✨ Ep 4: Three wildly EASY steps to designing a (mini) Mama Magical Morning Practice ✨Ep 4 is a juicy one mama, and the first one with a STRUCTURE! Woo!If you’ve always wanted to start your day with a little less chaos and a little more zen, I got you 🫶 In this ep we’ll step out how to design a magical morning practice that is easy to do, feels good and starts the day in the best way even when time (and personal space) is a premium!
Become part of the mamahood gram fam @mamahood.my.way2022-09-2627 minMamahood Our Way✨ Ep 3: Ideas for a RESET practice & reflections on healing ✨HELLO GORGEOUS MAMA! In this bonus ep we talk about what a Reset practice is and what it’s for, the pendulum swings of parenthood and that single magic bullet in recovering from postpartum [spoiler alert: there isn’t one…but there are many!]Anihana Shower Steamer $5.00 from Woolies@guidedwithkelly for reiki/intuitive healingBecome part of the mamahood gram fam @mamahood.my.way2022-09-2224 minMamahood Our Way✨ Ep 2: The gift of the GOLDEN TRUTH and the power of CHOICE in motherhood ✨Oooo we travel around change and choice and getting to DECIDE how we show up in our own lives in episode 2. I share a recent big life decision and why the long game pays off for a better quality of life 🧡 Come join all the mayhem @mamahood.my.way2022-09-1824 minMamahood Our Way✨ Ep 1: WELCOME to Mamahood My Way: My Birth Story✨Hello gorgeous Mama, and welcome to the Mamahood My Way podcast. It’s actually all about doing Mamahood YOUR way, so think of ‘my way’ as your invitation…an affirmation, to decide your own god damn rules. In this ep I introduce myself, share a bit of my ‘why’ and cover a snippet of what we’re gonna be doing here (E.g. alllll the feel good fcking things!) Come join all the mayhem @mamahood.my.wayTRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses prolonged labour, failed epidurals, emergency c-section, birth trauma, postnatal depression, birth debrief, MGP, attachment problems, breastfeeding issues.2022-09-1844 min