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Emma Ledden
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Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩 It's Coming - Season 3 of Finding Your Pink
I’m so excited to welcome you to Season 3 of Finding Your Pink, launching January 19th 2026 Finding Your Pink is inspired by the flamingo — a symbol of how women often lose their colour while nurturing others, and how, over time, they find their way back to themselves. Every two weeks, an extraordinary woman joins me to share the moment she felt lost and the journey she took to reclaim her confidence, calm, and colour again.This season, we’re diving even deeper into the real, complicated, beautiful — and sometimes painful — parts of life. We’ll be t...
2025-12-15
01 min
Drivetime
MTV memories
Emma Ledden, Former MTV
2025-12-11
10 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩A Season Of Connection, Creativity, and Courage
Season 2 was a season of connection, creativity, and courage. These episodes were so much more than interviews—they became lessons, reminders, and invitations to find our own pink, in whatever way that shows up in our lives. Every guest brought wisdom, every conversation stretched us, and every story reminded us of what it means to be human.As we wrap this season and take a short pause, we’re getting ready to step into Season 3—a season built on depth, truth, and the conversations we need to have, but often don’t know how to start...
2025-11-29
03 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Radio, Resilience & Reconnection
This week, for the final episode of Season 2, I sit down with Suzanne Kane — a lifelong radio lover, self-confessed audio anorak, and one of Ireland’s most genuine voices both on and off the airwaves.Suzanne’s story began in a shed at 14 years old broadcasting as Sue Jackson. From driving promo vans to becoming Spin FM’s very first Spinny, she built her career from the ground up — nothing was handed to her.In this episode we talk about:🎧 Her deep love of radio as a place of true connection💬 How being told “...
2025-11-14
40 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Who Am I Becoming ?
In this soulful episode of Finding Your Pink, I’m joined by my coach of 15 years, Maureen Hewitt, to explore a powerful question: Who am I becoming—now?Maureen reflects on the many identities she has carried—mother, wife, businesswoman—and the way those roles can blur or even silence the truest parts of ourselves. She shares how, as energy beings, our “pink” represents love, freedom, and vitality. Yet we can’t simply return to the pink we knew in our 20s or 30s. Life changes us, reshapes us, and demands that we discover a new pink that honors wh...
2025-11-01
42 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Bald, Brave and Beautiful
At just 12 years old, Shannon Kinsella lost all her hair in one week. Alopecia stripped her of her lashes, brows, and every strand on her body—but not her spirit. In this deeply personal episode, Shannon shares her journey through hair loss, name-calling, and the emotional toll of hiding her condition throughout her school years, eventually leading her to leave early and forge her own path.She opens up about the pain of glue-damaged scalps, the evolution of wigs over two decades, and how she went from hiding her baldness to loving herself as she is. Now a...
2025-10-18
32 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩The Hidden Cost Of Motherhood
Six weeks after giving birth to her second child, Emma’s world was turned upside down. At just 29, she experienced a pelvic organ prolapse meaning her insides literally falling out—leaving her with a devastating choice: live with daily pain and loss of function, or undergo risky surgery, including the possibility of a hysterectomy.In this raw and unflinching conversation, Emma shares what it’s like to face a condition that is both devastating and taboo—how it has changed her body, her sex life, her sense of self, and her identity as a woman. Despite the suppo...
2025-10-04
32 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Solo Mum- Toys, Transitions and Triumphs
In this deeply powerful conversation, Jacqui Quigley shares what it means to shape a life entirely on your own terms. When faced with a diagnosis of premature menopause while trying to freeze her eggs, Jacqui had a choice: accept the loss of the motherhood she imagined—or forge a new path entirely.With courage, self-trust, and an anonymous sperm donor, Jacqui became a solo mum but the journey wasn't simple. We talk about the emotional, physical, mental, and financial toll of failed implantations, miscarriage, and navigating fertility treatments alone.Jacqui opens up about letting go of...
2025-09-20
36 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Blue Peter, Being Brave and Playing Big
In this powerful and inspiring episode, we sit down with the incredible Katy Hill — former Blue Peter presenter, trailblazing TV icon, and self-development coach — for a conversation that’s part masterclass, part soul shake-up.Katy shares her journey from a shy child to becoming the 22nd presenter of the iconic show Blue Peter, flying with the Red Arrows and embodying girl power before it had a name. But beyond the fame, she opens up about the reality behind the spotlight — the misalignment, the wake-up moments, and the brave decision to reimagine her life from the inside out.We...
2025-09-06
41 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩IVF, Illness and Choosing Happiness
🦩In this powerful and beautiful episode, we sit down with the inspiring Kara Heriot –co- founder of Mum Talks, a safe and honest space for mums to connect beyond nappies and night feeds.Kara shares her extraordinary journey: from wild adventures in London nightclubs to the raw realities of miscarriage, IVF, and the heartbreak of secondary infertility. She speaks candidly about the joy of pregnancy (yes, even when vomiting on the motorway!), the grief of letting go of the dream of a family of four, and the challenge of watching friends grow their families while she faced repea...
2025-08-23
43 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩ADHD, Creativity and Courage
In this powerful episode of Finding Your Pink , renowned artist and designer Helen Steele joins us to explore the vibrant, challenging, and often misunderstood world of ADHD. Helen shares her journey from a childhood of getting in trouble and doing laps in the garden to burn off energy, to discovering how doodling became a lifeline—eventually leading to a thriving creative career. Helen opens up about being diagnosed in her 30s, the complexities of ADHD during menopause, the impact of medication, and the inner conflict of not being "neurotypical.She shares stories of na...
2025-08-09
30 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Love, Loss and Lucas
✨TRIGGER WARNING - This episode is about the death of a child✨In this powerful and deeply moving episode, I sit down with Nicola Marshall, a courageous mother who lost her beloved son Lucas in a tragic accident while on holiday in Spain in 2019. Just three days after his passing, Nicola faced the darkest moment of her life — a moment when she almost chose to end it all. But instead, she made the hardest decision of all: to stay, to feel, and to heal.Through her journey of grief, Nicola not only faced the loss of Luc...
2025-07-26
39 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩B*Witched, Breaking America and Bouncing Back
Welcome back to Finding Your Pink🦩Kicking off Series 2, I have the lovely Sinéad O'Carroll — one of the founding members of B*Witched. In this episode, we talk double denim, 90s pop stardom, breaking America, and what it was really like touring with Britney Spears, *NSYNC, and Jessica Simpson.But this episode is more than just a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Sinéad opens up about life behind the spotlight: the joy and chaos of marriage, raising teenagers, evolving friendships, and those all-important reunions. She speaks candidly about the unseen realities — cleaning at 3AM, n...
2025-07-13
43 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩A Season of Strength, Softness, and Speaking Up
In this short and special solo episode, I (Emma! )take a few minutes to reflect on Series 1 of Finding Your Pink — why I started this podcast, the beautiful stories we’ve shared, and the incredible guests who trusted me with their truth.From motherhood to burnout, from baby loss to bold reinvention — each guest brought their own unique shade of pink. I share highlights from every episode, the unexpected moments that moved me most, and a heartfelt thank you to you — the listeners who showed up, messaged, and made this journey so meaningful.Plus, I give you...
2025-06-14
03 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Aging, Anxiety and Finding Joy
In this episode of Finding Your Pink, influencer Carol Byrne joins me for a conversation that’s equal parts hilarious and heartfelt. We talk about aging, supporting elderly parents, dealing with anxiety, and parenting a 23-year-old son with a passion for tattoos. Carol also opens up about leaving a toxic relationship, navigating grief, and how — despite it all — she’s learning to choose joy.Listen now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-05-31
34 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Mum Guilt, Men and The Mental Load
This week on Finding Your Pink, I’m joined by the brilliant Tracy Gunn for a raw and real conversation about the hidden weight so many women carry: the mental load. We talk about what it really means to be a working mother in today’s world—where you’re expected to work like you don’t have kids and parent like you don’t have a job.From late-night flights to early morning school runs, we unpack the impossible juggling act, the guilt that never seems to lift, and why 46% of women say the mental load is just too...
2025-05-18
39 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Living Without Pink : Mothering a Profoundly Autistic Child
In this deeply honest and emotional episode of Finding Your Pink, I sit down with Audrey Dore Geraghty, a mother navigating life with her profoundly autistic son.Audrey shares the unspoken reality—of violence, fear, love, and exhaustion. Her son is non-verbal, highly aggressive, and requires full-time care. Every day is unpredictable. The system is broken. And society often doesn’t see her family at all.She speaks candidly about the difference between profound autism and milder forms, the grief of lost expectations, and the isolation that comes from being unable to participate in everyday life...
2025-05-04
43 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Feeling Like A Fraud and Facing Your Inner Critic
Welcome to Finding Your Pink, the podcast dedicated to helping women reclaim their vibrant colour at every stage of their life. I'm your host Emma Ledden.In this empowering episode we meet Sarah Doyle—and her inner critic Becky—and dive into the internal battle so many women face: the inner critic, imposter thoughts, procrastination, and the deep grief of not reaching our full potential.We talk about:✨ Self-sabotage and the roles we unconsciously play✨ Toxic busyness and the unpromotable tasks we say yes to✨ Asking, “Am I the problem?” an...
2025-04-20
29 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Burnout, Baby Loss & Beginning Again
Welcome to Finding Your Pink—the podcast dedicated to helping women reclaim their vibrant color at every stage of their career and life. I'm your host, Emma Ledden. In this deeply personal episode of Finding Your Pink, I sit down with Emer Deane, who shares her journey through burnout, pregnancy loss, and ultimately, self-acceptance.We explore:💡 How self-worth gets tangled up in work and the danger of never switching off🔥 The boom-and-bust cycle of burnout and why people-pleasing fuels exhaustion💬 The power of saying no, setting boundaries, and letting go of 'shou...
2025-04-06
36 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Fame, Family and Finding Happiness Beyond The Spotlight
Welcome to Finding Your Pink, the podcast dedicated to helping women reclaim their vibrant colour at every stage of their career and life. I'm your host Emma Ledden.In this episode I sit down with Sarah Cawood—the TV presenter who lit up our screens in the 90s and early 2000s. Sarah takes us behind the scenes of her high-flying TV career, sharing the incredible highs, the crushing lows, and how stepping out of the spotlight broke her heart.But this is a story of reinvention. We talk about how family life became her an...
2025-03-23
34 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Finding Your Voice, Values and Vision
Welcome to Finding Your Pink. I'm your host Emma Ledden 🦩In this episode award-winning speaker Fiona Buckley shares her journey of reclaiming her voice after she was told to 'dim her light'. That moment was when she lost her pink. But instead of shrinking, she turned that experience into a mission: helping other women reclaim their power, find their voice, and step into their true potential.In this empowering episode, Fiona dives into: ·      The Inner vs. Outer Voice How to tune out the noise and listen to what trul...
2025-03-09
36 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Rising, Repairing and Reigniting Your Spark
Welcome to Finding Your Pink—the podcast dedicated to helping women reclaim their vibrant color at every stage of their career and life. I'm your host, Emma Ledden. In this episode, I sit down with the incredible Anne Morgan—a woman who's reinvented her life from the high-paced world of model agents to becoming a maternal mental health psychotherapist. After experiencing post-natal anxiety, Anne embarked on a 7-year journey to rediscover her true self—her “pink.” Today, she is living the life she needed back then, leaving behind a glamorous past to embrace motherhood and values that truly reso...
2025-02-23
35 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
🦩Ladders, Loneliness and a Camel Coat
Welcome to Finding Your Pink—the podcast dedicated to helping women reclaim their vibrant color at every stage of their career and life. I'm your host, Emma Ledden, and today’s episode is one that will make you think, laugh, and maybe even feel a little seen.My guest is someone we’re more used to hearing on the other side of the microphone. As the host of multiple incredible podcasts, she’s a champion for women’s voices, a fierce advocate for working mothers, and a trusted voice in the media on issues like the childcare crisis. Sh...
2025-02-09
40 min
Finding Your Pink 🦩
Welcome to "Finding Your Pink"
Welcome to Finding Your Pink, the podcast dedicated to helping women reclaim their identity, passion and colour. Life can challenge our sense of self—whether it’s stepping into a new career, returning to work after motherhood, or navigating the complexities of life at any stage.🦩But just like flamingos lose their pink while caring for their young and regain it again when they refocus on themselves, we too can reclaim our identity, confidence, and passion.✨I'm Emma Ledden, TV presenter and Author and every two weeks I sit down with industry experts, successfu...
2024-12-04
01 min
All The Best
Knowledge of Country
The traditional owners of this land, Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, have a connection to and understanding of country that is thousands of years old. Right now we’re living in a time of climate change and natural disasters, of warmer winters and colder summers and it often feels like our understanding of mother nature and her seasons falls short. And so, it makes sense to turn to insights from First Nations people whose knowledge of the country is deep and all-encompassing. In fact, it's essential to listen to First Nations understandings of t...
2024-07-02
30 min
Tell Me What To Read
Tell Me What To Read - Australia's Weekly Guide to Books (November 8, Edition)
In this episode of Tell Me What to Read host Ben Hunter sits down with fellow book experts Amy and Krystal to chat about the best kids' books to buy this Christmas! Books mentioned: Aussie Bird Babies: A high-contrast board book by Jess Black and Julia MurrayIlluminoceans by Barbara Taylor, Carnovsky Emma Memma's Alphabet Day by Emma Memma Who Took My Nuts? by Tommy Little Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, Katz Cowley ...
2023-11-07
19 min
Ideas on Stage Podcast
47. Mastering Audience-Focused Presenting (Emma Ledden)
In this episode of the Ideas on Stage podcast we spoke with Emma Ledden @PresentingToSellTV. Â Emma is an international Bestselling Author, Speaker, and Communication and Learning Specialist. During her career to date, she has been an MTV VJ, BBC TV presenter, radio host, businesswoman, and author. Â Over the past 10 years, after making the move from Media into Business, Emma developed a unique approach to Business Communication called Audience Focused Presenting based on her exceptional experience. This globally recognised approach is based on the professional presentation secrets Emma learned while working as a television presenter for MTV and the BBC. Â This app...
2023-05-17
1h 21