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Northeastern Next Podcast
Northeastern Next PodcastThe Power of a Story feat. Helen RussellMeet Helen Russell, DMSB'88! Shortly after graduating, Helen moved to the Bay Area and decided to forge her own path as an entrepreneur. After co-founding Equator Coffee in 1995, she and her team have grown it from a small business in a garage to having their blends sold in Whole Foods and Kroger's—even opening a shop in Snell Library. Plus, Equator Coffee has recently launched the Northeastern Legacy Blend, where a portion of each purchase supports the university and its initiatives.  Purchase Equator Coffee's Northeastern Legacy Blend: https://www.equatorcoffees.com/products/northeastern-university-blend
2025-11-1931 minThe Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR
The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR239 - Helen Russell (Chief People Officer, HubSpot): The growing trust gap at workHelen Russell, Chief People Officer at HubSpot, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how HubSpot is fostering an AI-first culture, why belonging is so important right now, and what HR leaders can do to move fast without losing their humanity.---- Sponsor Links:🔗 Get your free 30-day Synthesia account.🔗 Get in contact with the Career Sandwich team.🔗 Request a demo of ChartHop.MPL Links:🔗 Buy your ticket for MPL Live New York.🔗 Go sign up for MPL Build....
2025-07-111h 02Namaste Motherf**kers
Namaste Motherf**kersRe-Write: Helen Russell from Series OneAs our literary season continues to the publication of Cally's book, we bring you this classic episode from the Namaste archive where Cally talks to journalist, speaker and best-selling author Helen Russell about happiness, sadness, life, death, parenthood, fertility, arrival fallacy, being ginger, crying on planes, crying off planes, telephone phobia, loneliness, Scandinavia, altruism, therapy, medication and washing machines. Instagram ⁠@MsHelenRussell⁠ Helen's book ⁠How to Be Sad⁠ Helen's website ⁠helenrussell.co.uk⁠ Bereavement support for ⁠SIDS ⁠loss ⁠Could having a baby give you PTSD?⁠ Harvard ⁠happiness course⁠ ⁠Mo Gawdat ...
2025-05-221h 05The Happiness Lab: Getting Unstuck
The Happiness Lab: Getting UnstuckIs a "Viking" Childhood a Happier Childhood (with Helen Russell)?Nordic countries are known to be happy - so should we all raise our children like the Scandinavians do? British parent Helen Russell moved to Denmark and was shocked that Danish children play outside in all weathers; are given sharp tools and they're shown how to light matches. In her book The Danish Secret to Happy Kids: How the Viking Way of Raising Children Makes Them Happier, Healthier, and More Independent, Helen explains why play, risk and independence are the cornerstones of "viking" parenting.     This series on parenting coincides with Dr Laurie's new free online clas...
2025-05-1238 minAmado Esposo
Amado EsposoIs a "Viking" Childhood a Happier Childhood (with Helen Russell)?Nordic countries are known to be happy - so should we all raise our children like the Scandinavians do? British parent Helen Russell moved to Denmark and was shocked that Danish children play outside in all weathers; are given knives and they're shown how to light matches. In her book The Danish Secret to Happy Kids: How the Viking Way of Raising Children Makes Them Happier, Healthier, and More Independent, Helen explains why play, risk and independence are the cornerstones of "viking" parenting.     This series on parenting coincides with Dr Laurie's new free online class, The Science of Wellbeing for Paren...
2025-05-1238 minTransvox
TransvoxTransvox - Gillian meets Dr Helen WebberleyThis week, Gillian meets Dr Helen Webberley, one of the icons of trans+ healthcare to discuss the complexities of gender identity, the importance of understanding and embracing diversity, and the need for better education and training for doctors in trans+ healthcare. They address the challenges faced by the NHS, particularly in relation to transgender healthcare, and the potential for digital technology to improve all healthcare. The conversation concluded with a discussion on the importance of understanding and accepting non-binary individuals.Subjects include:Helen’s Trans+ understanding and Healthcare Journey Understanding Gender Identity and BiologyEmbracing Diversity for Co...
2024-12-0756 minTotally Booked with Zibby
Totally Booked with ZibbyInternational bestselling author! Helen Russell, THE DANISH SECRET TO HAPPY KIDS: How the Viking Way of Raising Children Makes Them Happier, Healthier, and More IndependentBritish journalist and internationally bestselling author Helen Russell returns to the podcast to discuss THE DANISH SECRET TO HAPPY KIDS, a refreshingly funny, witty, and heart-warming roadmap to raising kids the Viking way—and helping them be happier, healthier, and more independent. Helen shares the experience of moving from London to Denmark, initially just for a year and before she had children, and discovering the unique parenting methods that prioritize unstructured play, spending time in nature (regardless of the weather!), and genuine connection, aided by the supportive social systems in the Nordic countries. She reflects on how these practices ha...
2024-09-0222 minThe Scummy Mummies Podcast
The Scummy Mummies Podcast277: How to raise a viking with Helen RussellWhat makes the Danish some of the happiest people on earth? How can we steal their ideas, and what's stopping us? Why are Norwegian women like oil rigs? Answering all these questions is the amazing Helen Russell! We talk about her brilliant new book,How to Raise a Viking. Join us as we go on a wonderful journey to a land where the streets are paved with trampolines, children are given knives to play with, and men are having VR sex in enormous spunk factories. We talk about dating in Denmark, and the da...
2024-03-1148 minPower-Up With The Immersive Full Audiobook Experience!
Power-Up With The Immersive Full Audiobook Experience!How to Raise a Viking by Helen RussellPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/46972to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Raise a Viking Author: Helen Russell Narrator: Helen Russell Format: mp3 Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins Release date: 02-15-24 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings Genres: Sociology Publisher's Summary: After a decade of living in Denmark and raising a family there, Helen Russell noticed that Nordic children are different. They eat differently. They learn differently. They run, jump and climb out in nature for hours a day, even though the weather is terrible and it's dark October to March. And then they grow up to be some of...
2024-02-159h 11Wise Not Withered
Wise Not WitheredSeason 4 - Episode 11 - Interview with Helen WHello, Happy New Year! And welcome to the Wise Not Withered podcast. We are on Season 4, and this is episode number 11. Today’s guest is Helen W. I found her on Instagram. Her username is 50_over_and_beautiful. And I really loved the vibe of her profile, just so colorful, she looks so happy. Lots of modeling, clothes and food and drinks, and all kinds of different places that she has traveled to. There’s a lot of different performances where she has sung. And she talks about all of those things in our interview. She is truly a citi...
2024-02-021h 06Made by Mammas: The Podcast
Made by Mammas: The PodcastHelen Russell on A Scandinavian Approach To ParentingNow this is exactly the episode we needed to shape how our parenting journey will look in 2024.Zo & G sit down with the incredible Helen Russell (all the way to her home in Denmark!) to hear about key parenting trends we can look to export here, from equal load parenting, to trust, rougher play, adjustments in schooling, and so much more.Helen's Favourite Products:Coffee!A SnowsuitSilk PillowcaseLego & Lego DuploPortable CD PlayerListen by clicking ‘Play’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast, and please do rate...
2024-01-0950 minPerennial Wisdom
Perennial WisdomHelen Russell | The Wisdom of Sadness📩 Want daily meditations (and courses) on the art of living? Sign up for Perennial Meditations: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribeIn this episode, my guest is Helen Russell, the author of How to Be Sad. Helen is a journalist, speaker, and bestselling author. Her first book, The Year of Living Danishly, became an international bestseller and was optioned for television. She’s spent the last ten years studying cultural approaches to emotions and speaks about her work internationally.  In the conversation, Helen and I discuss:The meaning of sadnessGrief and depressionMaking space for sadness...
2023-11-1551 minThe Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR
The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR135 - Rivian CPO on scaling culture from 9 to 15,000 employees & changing the face of factory workers: Helen Russell (Chief People Officer, Rivian)Helen Russell, Chief People Officer at Rivian, joined us on The Modern People Leader.   We talked about scaling the culture as they’ve grown to 15k employees in the last few years, how Rivian is changing the face of what it looks like to be a manufacturing employee, and how they improved decision making throughout the company. ---- This episode was brought to you by People Leader Accelerator. Learn more here. ---- (3:22) Good news stories (9:30) Helen’s career journey to becoming Chief People Officer at Rivian: Sonos, Atlass...
2023-10-101h 19The Don\'t Buy Her Flowers Podcast
The Don't Buy Her Flowers PodcastHow to Be Sad with Helen Russell (re-release)In this episode we're looking back at a brilliant episode with Helen from January 2022...Steph talks with bestselling author, journalist and speaker Helen Russell about how and why so many of us try to bury sadness, and the harm that causes.After eight years of researching happiness, Helen realised that most of us desperately want to avoid sadness, but all the experts have said we can’t, so we need to work out how to be sad, better. Helen and Steph talk about grief, infertility, perfectionism, anorexia, men and sadness, and a whole lot in...
2023-10-0646 minFood + Beverage Therapy
Food + Beverage TherapyHelen Russell Advocates for the Union of Wholesale and RetailHelen Russell is the Co-Founder and Executive Chair at Equator Coffee in San Rafael, CA and she has a lot to say about the symbiotic relationship between Wholesale and Retail in the coffee business. Helen also has a lot to say about the value of people, product and process and how to use this as a force for good as Equator has done through its commitment to the B Corp certification. Equator Coffee was founded in 1995, around the exact time Intelligentsia, Counter Culture and La Colombe were all founded as the beginning of what would become...
2023-07-091h 16Explore Eagle Podcast
Explore Eagle PodcastEagle City Council Member Helen Russell and Mayor Jason Pierce, Explore Eagle Podcast Episode 5Council Member Helen Russell visits with Mayor Jason Pierce about her decision to move to Eagle and then get involved in Eagle politics, what it is like serving on the city council including the hardest and best parts, what she is looking forward to coming up in Eagle and what "Eagle, Life, Done Right!" means to Helen. 0:00 Interview with Helen Russell, City Council Member of Eagle, Idaho 02:11 Why did you choose to move to Eagle? 03:58 What made Helen decide to run for Eagle City Council? 05:20 Components of serving on Eagle City Council 05:55 What is one thing she wishes everyone...
2023-06-1413 minExplore Eagle Podcast
Explore Eagle PodcastEagle City Council Member Helen Russell and Mayor Jason Pierce, Explore Eagle Podcast Episode 5 Council Member Hellen Russell visits with Mayor Jason Pierce about her decision to move to Eagle and then get involved in Eagle politics, what it is like serving on the city council including the hardest and best parts, what she is looking forward to coming up in Eagle and what Eagle, "Life, Done Right!" means to Hellen. 0:00 Interview with Helen Russell, City Council Member of Eagle, Idaho 02:11 Why did you choose to move to Eagle? 03:58 What made Hellen decide to run for Eagle City Council? 05:20 Components of serving on Eagle City...
2023-05-1513 minInside Tri Show
Inside Tri ShowRussell Bentley: How to love runningRussell Bentley is a runner from Great Britain. His marathon PB is 2h20, he also holds the Fastest Known Time for the Winter Paddy Buckley Round, despite being scared of the dark. But he oozes passion for running. Just what you need if you're a coach! And this interview is all about that passion, from finding the love of running, to saying no to Carbon shoes, from running with Kenyans to being out in the hills of Snowdonia. Whether you enjoy running or you've never quite got to grips with it, hang on in there and listen to this...
2023-04-1259 minThe Humourology Podcast
The Humourology PodcastHelen Russell on The Humourology PodcastPaul Boross is joined by best-selling author Helen Russell to discuss how humour can play a role in your mental health. From resilience to creativity, Russell knows that humour and happiness go hand in hand. “I think there's definitely something in humour when it comes to improving your mood, improving your relationships with the people around you. It attracts others to us. If you think somebody is funny, you want to be around them, and they want to be around you. I think for that bonding and that bringing the people together and even defusing conflict, it's really imp...
2023-02-1356 minNamaste Motherf**kers
Namaste Motherf**kersMore Happy Talk with Guest Helen RussellIn this episode, originally published in January 2022, Cally talks to journalist, speaker and best-selling author Helen Russell about happiness, sadness, life, death, parenthood, fertility, arrival fallacy, being ginger, crying on planes, crying off planes, telephone phobia, loneliness, Scandinavia, altruism, therapy, medication and washing machines.Twitter @MsHelenRussell and Instagram @MsHelenRussellHelen's book How to Be SadHelen's website helenrussell.co.ukBereavement support for SIDS lossCould having a baby give you PTSD?Harvard happiness courseMo GawdatMore about CallyInstagram...
2022-11-101h 06The Superhumanize Podcast
The Superhumanize PodcastWhy We’re Terrified of Acknowledging Sadness, and Why Doing So is the Key to Being Truly Happy with Helen Russell.The pursuit of happiness, which is a beautiful thing, can turn into an extreme when we become afraid to be sad and try to avoid it at all costs. Why are we so scared to be sad? And why is it not only ok to be sad, but important to sit with the sadness?Today's guest, Helen Russell, is a journalist, bestselling author, speaker and happiness researcher. Her first book, The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country, became an international bestseller and has been optioned for television. She is the au...
2022-09-0736 minPaper Talk
Paper TalkRussell MaretRussell Maret is a book artist and letter designer working in New York City. He began printing in San Francisco as a teenager before apprenticing with Peter Koch in Berkeley and Firefly Press in Somerville, Massachusetts. He set up his own press at the Center for Book Arts, New York in 1993 and has been printing and publishing ever since. In 1996 Russell began teaching himself to design letterforms, leading to a twelve year study of letterforms before he completed his first typeface in 2008. In 2011, he began working to convert some of his type designs into new metal typefaces for letterpress...
2022-08-091h 09Doremi Teach
Doremi TeachHow to start planning your Kodály Music CurriculumDo you want or need to create a singing based curriculum for your school, class or club?Maybe you’ve done some Kodály training but have been left highly motivated but not quite knowing where to start.In today’s episode we’re going to walk you through some of the first planning tasks you’ll need to do to create your own Kodály curriculumFor more advice and support for teaching class music or piano using the Kodály approach visit https://doremiconnect.co.uk/captivateKey points:Good h...
2022-06-0215 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachBecoming a Triple ThreatWelcome to Episode 21 of the Doremi Teach podcast.Today we're going to chat about aural skills and how you can help your students, and yourself, become a triple threat.My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achieve your goals using the Kodály approach. So if you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. A few years ago I was called up by the mum of a desperate Grade 8 cellist. Their exam was in a few w...
2022-02-1708 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 4 #5 Tova LeighTova Leigh is a writer and performer with a global community of 1.6m fans worldwide. Born in Israel, where she practised as a lawyer, Tova moved to the UK to study acting before becoming a household name with her hilarious and honest takes on parenthood, marriage, body confidence and sex. Through her Amazon Prime documentary Mom Life Crisis, bestselling books and podcast, she speaks with frankness and vulnerability about the pressures of modern life as well as ‘the crisis’ years that many of us will face and the normal sadness of just being human. Here, we talk abou...
2022-02-1642 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachNo RobbersWelcome to Episode 20 of the Doremi Teach podcast. Today I'm going to teach you a song that's really useful for developing pulse or steady beat.No RobbersNo robbers out todayNo robbers out todayWe are singing on our wayNo robbers out todayHello there and welcome to the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you...
2022-02-1003 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 4 #4 Mark Rice-OxleyFrom the outside, life looked great for Mark Rice-Oxley - an editor on a national newspaper – The Guardian - with a happy marriage and three children. But in 2009, he suffered a major episode of depression that took him away from his work, leaving him reliant on medication and professional help for months. He wrote about his experiences in Underneath the Lemon Tree: A Memoir of Depression and Recovery and says now: life is not a linear chart that goes up. It’s a messy scatter graph of moments and experiences, some joyful, others painful. Here, we talk about: prec...
2022-02-0948 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachGood NightWelcome to Episode 19 of the Doremi Teach podcast. Today I'm going to teach you a song that's useful for experiencing soft singing, piano, since it's a lullaby.Good NightGood night, sleep tightFriends will come tomorrow nightHello there and welcome to the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achieve your goals using the Kodály approach.Benef...
2022-02-0303 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellBONUS! Helen Russell on The Happiness Lab PodcastThis is a special, bonus episode where the tables are turned and I’m the one interviewed by none other than Laurie Santos, Yale professor and host of The Happiness Lab podcast.   On The Happiness Lab, Dr Laurie Santos shares evidence-based research that challenges what we think it means to live a happy life. This season, she’s helping listeners navigate something most of us avoid: so-called ‘bad’ feelings – with guests including the wonderful Julia Samuel, Brené Brown, Adam Grant and…me!   In this episode, we talk about: why our view of sadness ne...
2022-02-0236 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachSee SawWelcome to Episode 18 of the Doremi Teach podcast. Today I'm going to teach you a song that's perfect for preparing steady beat and pitch and I use it to present rhythm.See SawSee saw up and downIn the air and on the groundHello there and welcome to the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achieve your goals usin...
2022-01-2703 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 4 #3 Jo Piazza and Christine PrideMy guests today are Jo Piazza and Christine Pride. Jo is a bestselling journalist and author, Christine is her esteemed editor and a publishing veteran. Working together, the pair became friends and now they’ve written a novel together. We are Not Like Them is the story of a lifelong friendship between a Black woman named Riley and a white woman named Jen. When an event throws their friendship into turmoil, they have to do a lot of racial reckoning and coming to terms with the blind spots that they - and many of us – have around race...
2022-01-2646 minNamaste Motherf**kers
Namaste Motherf**kersHappy Happy talk with guest Helen RussellIn this episode, Cally talks to journalist, speaker and best-selling author Helen Russell about happiness, sadness, life, death, parenthood, fertility, arrival fallacy, being ginger, crying on planes, crying off planes, telephone phobia, loneliness, Scandinavia, altruism, therapy, medication and washing machines.Twitter @MsHelenRussell and Instagram @MsHelenRussellHelen's book How to Be SadHelen's website helenrussell.co.ukBereavement support for SIDS lossCould having a baby give you PTSD?Harvard happiness courseMo GawdatMore about Cally
2022-01-241h 04The Don\'t Buy Her Flowers Podcast
The Don't Buy Her Flowers PodcastHow to Be Sad with Helen RussellSteph talks with bestselling author, journalist and speaker Helen Russell about how and why so many of us try to bury sadness, and the harm that causes.After eight years of researching happiness, Helen realised that most of us desperately want to avoid sadness, but all the experts have said we can’t, so we need to work out how to be sad, better. Helen and Steph talk about grief, infertility, perfectionism, anorexia, men and sadness, and a whole lot in between. The DBHF How to Be Sad Package, with products selected by Hel...
2022-01-2146 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachQueen Queen CarolineWelcome to Episode 17 of the Doremi Teach podcast. Today I'm going to teach you a fun rhyme that develops a sense of pulse or steady beat.Queen Queen CarolineQueen Queen CarolineWashed her hair in turpentineTurpentine made it shineQueen Queen CarolineHello there and welcome to the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achi...
2022-01-2003 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 4 #2 Mitch AlbomMy guest today is Mitch Albom - American author, journalist, and musician - whose books have sold 40 million copies worldwide. Having achieved national success as a sports writer in his early career, in 1997 he published Tuesdays With Morrie, an account of the weekly reunions with his old college professor Morrie Schwartz. Morrie was dying when Mitch made contact with him and the book is a poignant recollection of the wisdoms passed down from teacher to former pupil. It went on to spend four years on the NYT bestseller list, became the bestselling memoir of all time and...
2022-01-1956 minUncertain Things
Uncertain ThingsAmerica's Sadness Problem (w/ Helen Russell)You’d think author and speaker Helen Russell — whose professional obsession for the past few years has been happiness — would be loathe to discuss the topic of sadness. Au contraire. As she’s learned more about what it takes to be happy, she’s discovered it relies on perfecting the lost (at least in America) art of being sad. We talk with Helen about her book How to be Sad, discuss why American culture is particularly bad at embracing melancholy, and discover what we could all learn from those strapping Danes.Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addic...
2022-01-131h 24Doremi Teach
Doremi TeachTick TockWelcome to Episode 16 of the Doremi Teach podcast. Today I'm going to teach you a song that's perfect for preparing steady beat and dynamics, loud and soft.Tick TockTick, tock, tick, tock, goes my little clockAll day long it just goes tick tockHello there and welcome to the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achieve your goals usin...
2022-01-1303 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 4 #1 Emily DeanWhen writer, radio presenter and podcaster Emily Dean lost her sister to cancer, her world caved in. Within three years, both her parents had died too. She felt as though she’d never be able to move on with such grief – but then along came a shih tzu called Ray and some surprising ways to keep going and find joy again. Emily is a total delight to spend time with, as well as warm, wise and hilarious – as listeners of her radio show with Frank Skinner will know. Here, we talk about: - Unusual upbringings and family roles
2022-01-121h 16Doremi Teach
Doremi TeachCuckooWelcome to Episode 15 of the Doremi Teach podcast. Today I'm going to teach you a song that's perfect for preparing pitch and introducing part work.CuckooCuckoo, where are you?Here I am, I see you!Hello there and welcome to the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achieve your goals using the Kodály approach.Benefits of Cucko...
2022-01-0603 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachListen ListenWelcome to Episode 14 of the Doremi Teach podcast. Today I'm going to teach you a song that's great for performing and listening to a steady beat using a hand drum.Listen ListenListen, listen, here I comeHow many beats upon my drum?Benefits of Listen ListenThis song is used to prepare pulse with a drum or other untuned percussionThe toneset is do-re-mi-so with a range of a Perfect 5th so good for little voices and for nervous teachersIt starts with the so-mi motif, which is easy for beginner sing...
2021-12-3003 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachCopy Cat - Teaching Beat and Rhythm EasilyWelcome to Episode 13 of the Doremi Teach podcast. Today I'm going to teach you a song that's perfect for preparing pulse and rhythm.Copy CatCopy cat, copy catSitting on the door matHello there and welcome to the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achieve your goals using the Kodály approach.Benefits of Copy CatThi...
2021-12-2303 minUnwind with Poppy Jamie
Unwind with Poppy Jamie99: Stop apologising for being sad with Helen RussellI am absolutely thrilled to have someone I greatly look up to on the show today. Today’s guest is Helen Russell, a British journalist, happiness researcher and international bestselling author of The Year of Living Danishly, Leap Year, Gone Viking and The Atlas of Happiness. Helen was formerly the editor of Marie Claire online and has been a long term writer for The Telegraph, Stylist, Metro, The Independent and many others. Today we are going to be speaking about her new book and I implore every single person to read this. It’s called How to be Sad. I sa...
2021-12-1944 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachLemonade (Here I Come)Welcome to Episode 12 of the Doremi Teach podcast. Today I'm going to teach you a song that's used to prepare pitch and introduce part work with question and answerLemonadeSoloist – Here I comeClass – Where from?Soloist – WorcesterClass – What’s your trade?Soloist – LemonadeClass – Bring us some don’t be afraidHello there and welcome to the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russ...
2021-12-1603 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachBehind the scenes of Helen's first music lessonIt's Episode 11 and I'm going to give you a sneaky peek behind the scenes of the first lesson with my youngest beginners.Hello there and welcome to the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achieve your goals using the Kodály approach.I'll admit, I'm a bit nosy. And I bet you are too! That's why this episode I'm going to share the audio from...
2021-12-0913 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachHey HeyWelcome to Episode 10 of the Doremi Teach podcast and today we’re going to share a song that helps prepare pulse and pitch and allows for improvisationHey HeyHey, hey look at meI am singing can you seeHello there and welcome to episode 10 of the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achieve your goals using the Kodály appr...
2021-12-0203 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachTap Tap TapWelcome to Episode 9 of the Doremi Teach podcast and today we’re going to share a song that practises different voice types and encourages solo singing.Tap, tap, tapTap, tap, tapWho is that?Only the witch's big black catSh, sh, shWho is there?Only a ghost behind the chairHello there and welcome to Episode 9 of the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My n...
2021-11-2504 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachOver In The MeadowWelcome to Episode 8 of the Doremi Teach podcast and today we’re going to share a song for younger children to practise listening to live music.Over in the MeadowOver in the meadow in the sand in the sunLives an old mother turtle and her little turtle oneDig said the mother, I dig said the oneSo they dug all day in the sand in the sunHello there and welcome to episode 8 of the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musi...
2021-11-1807 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachCobbler CobblerWelcome to Episode 7 of the Doremi Teach Podcast, with Helen Russell from Doremi Connect. Today we’re going to share a song that helps develop a sense of pulse or steady beatCobbler CobblerCobbler, cobbler, mend my shoeGet it done by half past twoHalf past two is much too lateGet it done by half past eightHello there and welcome to episode 7 of the Doremi Teach podcast. If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the plac...
2021-11-1105 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 3 #8 Kate BowlerKate Bowler is a NYT bestselling author; history professor; and ‘an incurable optimist’. Host of the podcast Everything Happens, her TED talk has more than six million views and her book, No Cure for Being Human is a must-read for anyone wanting to find out more about how to be sad, well. When Kate was just 35 years old, thriving in her career and mother to a very young son, she was diagnosed with incurable colon cancer. This forced her to completely recalibrate and focus in on the things that really mattered: what it means to live life well...
2021-11-1049 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachBee Bee BumblebeeWelcome to Episode 6 of the Doremi Teach Podcast, with Helen Russell from Doremi Connect. Today we’re going to share a fun rhyme that helps develop a sense of pulse or steady beat.Bee Bee BumblebeeBee, bee, bumblebeeStung a man upon his kneeStung a pig upon his snoutI declare that you are outBee Bee Bumblebee is one of the many songs and rhymes that feature in Doremi Teach: Music the membership community for teachers just like you, interested in using the Kodály...
2021-11-0404 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 3 #7 Joshua BeckerToday’s guest is Joshua Becker – author, philanthropist, pastor and minimalist.  After a personal epiphany, Becker found that when he began owning less, he had more time. He also had more focus, less stress, fewer distractions and more freedom. Because, he says, ‘every added possession increases the worry in our lives.’ Today, he has two million followers at Becoming Minimalist; he’s the author of five bestselling books; and he’s here today to share his insights about how to be sad, well – and live with less.    Here, we talk: unhelpful motivations (& sibling rivalry) the misconception...
2021-11-0334 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachJelly On A PlateWelcome to Episode 5 of the Doremi Teach Podcast with Helen Russell from Doremi Connect. Today we’re going to share a fun rhyme that explores the different voice types.Jelly on a PlateThis rhyme is really useful for preparing and practising different voice typesIt uses the speaking voice, singing voice and whispering voice so I use it frequently in the first term when we’re exploring voice typesIt’s use of the speaking voice also makes it very attractive for teachers who aren’t yet confident using their own singing voices in the clas...
2021-10-2806 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellBONUS! How to be Sad audiobook extractTo celebrate the publication of How to be Sad in America and as a special thank you to listeners of the podcast we are delighted to share this exclusive extract from the audiobook. We will be back with a new episode of How to be Sad with Helen Russell next week. An expert on the pursuit of happiness combines her powerful personal story with surprising research and expert advice to reveal the secret of finding joy: allowing sadness to enrich your life and relationships. Helen Russell has researched sadness from the inside out for her...
2021-10-2734 minDoremi Teach
Doremi TeachChop Chop Choppity ChopWelcome to Episode 4 of the Doremi Teach Podcast, with Helen Russell from Doremi Connect. Today we’re going to share a fun and creative rhyme that develops pulse kinaesthetically with the opportunity for improvisation.Chop Chop Choppity ChopThis rhyme has so many usesIt’s so interactive, our students get to choose which vegetable go in the pot and decide if their imaginary soup is delicious or disgustingIt uses the speaking voice so perfect for that first term when you’re exploring voice typesIt’s use of the speaking voice also makes it very att...
2021-10-2105 minDoing It Right with Pandora Sykes
Doing It Right with Pandora SykesHow to be sad, with Helen RussellHelen Russell is a journalist, podcaster and author of How To Be Sad, a part memoir/ manifesto which argues that we can’t talk about happiness, without making space for sadness. But why are we so scared of being sad? We discuss ‘warm glow giving’, what we can learn about sadness from the Russians and why "money can't buy you happiness" isn't quite right. Buy How To Be Sad, here: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Helen-Russell/How-to-be-Sad--Everything-IVe-Learned-About-Getting-Happi/24958621
2021-10-2048 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 3 #6 Nathaniel HerrNathaniel Herr is a Professor of Psychology at American University in Washington DC, and an expert in ‘emotional regulation’ – something we should learn in childhood but that many of us miss out on. But by getting better at experiencing, labelling and expressing our emotions as adults, we can ultimately get happier and lead more fulfilled lives. Nathaniel says: “We try to fight sadness: to lessen discomfort as a society, almost on autopilot. Only by doing so, we’re all worse off.” So here, we talk about: why sadness matters (and even spurs creativity) the gendering of sorrow and anger how Ba...
2021-10-2045 minNobody Told Me!
Nobody Told Me!Helen Russell: ...how to get happier by being sadHow can we best look after ourselves when we're sad? We find out on this episode with journalist Helen Russell, who is the bestselling author of two previous books on happiness. Her latest book explores how and why we could all benefit from learning the art of sadness.  Let's face it. We all experience painful life events and we all endure periods of sadness. Helen's new book reveals her own experiences with sadness and discusses the latest scientific thinking on the topic. The book is called, HOW TO BE SAD: Everything I've Learned About Gettin...
2021-10-1629 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 3 #5 Dr Julie SmithToday’s guest has 2.8M Followers on TikTok, 420 thousand on Instagram and 30.5M Likes but she’s not your typical social media influencer. Dr Julie Smith is the first mental health professional to start using TikTok as a platform for therapy. She’s the clinical psychologist and former NHS staffer who now works as an online educator - and her daily posts have become a lifeline for many during the pandemic. She says now: “while there are lots of ways to reduce the intensity of anxiety, you must be willing to experience it. When you can’t stop fear...
2021-10-1345 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 3 #4 Alex Soojung-Kim Pang“We all learn the value of rest the hard way,” says today’s guest - a former Silicon Valley tech consultant, visiting scholar at Stanford, and author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang argues that the perils of overwork are being woefully overlooked, and they’re making us miserable. He says: ”We’re hitting the wire now - it’s crazy to think how much more work we do than our parents or grandparents did.” In his latest book, Shorter, he also makes a powerful case for the four day week. Since to be sad...
2021-10-0650 min60 Mindful Minutes
60 Mindful MinutesHow to be Sad with Helen RussellFor episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode150/    Description We think a lot about being happy and ways to achieve lasting happiness. In fact, research has found that we often see sadness as a weakness and that many of us are, in a way, afraid to be sad. But Helen Russell, author of How to Be Sad: Everything I've Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad, sees value in sadness. Helen has researched sadness from the inside out for her entire life, discovering that the key to happiness is unhappiness. Tu...
2021-10-0554 min60 Mindful Minutes
60 Mindful MinutesHow to be Sad with Helen RussellFor episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode150/    Description We think a lot about being happy and ways to achieve lasting happiness. In fact, research has found that we often see sadness as a weakness and that many of us are, in a way, afraid to be sad. But Helen Russell, author of How to Be Sad: Everything I've Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad, sees value in sadness. Helen has researched sadness from the inside out for her entire life, discovering that the key to happiness is unhappiness. Tu...
2021-10-0554 minStream Popular Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Memoirs
Stream Popular Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsHow to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad by Helen RussellPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Be Sad: Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad Author: Helen Russell Narrator: Helen Russell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 5, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ''In any human life there are going to be periods of unhappiness. That is part of the human experience. Learning how to be sad is a natural first step in how to be happier.''—Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute ''How to Be Sad is a poignant, funny, and deeply practical guide to b...
2021-10-0505 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 3 #3 Ingrid Fetell LeeMany of us these days are getting the memo that a meaningful, fulfilled life comes only from letting go of our attachments to worldly things, but my guest today has other ideas. Ingrid Fetell Lee is a designer and writer whose spent ten years studying the relationship between design and joy. The author of Joyful, and the blog, Aesthetics of Joy, Ingrid argues that a few moments of joy can lift us and help us to be sad, well. She says: “I don’t need to be happy to feel joy…I don’t have to worry about making everythi...
2021-09-2944 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 3 #2 Tracii GunsThis episode is something of a departure - how often do you hear a happiness researcher in conversation with a heavy metal icon? Not often enough, we decided. So today’s guest is the man who put the gun in Guns ‘n Roses and LA Guns. He’s had 10 studio albums with LA Guns, two with Brides of Destruction, he’s worked with them all – oh, and he used to play golf with Eddie Van Halen. His music has been described as sounding like ‘the score to some pagan ceremony, or maybe the music they play on the elevator that takes y...
2021-09-2252 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 3 #1 Dr Tal Ben ShaharPsychologist and New York Times Bestselling author Dr Tal Ben-Shahar taught the most popular course at Harvard on Positive Psychology – but he’s also the perfect guest to help us navigate how to be sad, well. From a dashed career as an elite squash player to navigating the perils of perfectionism, the fallacy of arrival and the importance of feeling all of our feelings – Tal has explored highs and lows both personally and professionally. Now, Tal says: ‘One of the major obstacles to becoming happier is the belief that life can and ought to be free of...
2021-09-1554 minSpeaking Broadly
Speaking BroadlyThird Wave and Beyond: Helen RussellInspired by the proliferation of great coffee, Speaking Broadly host Dana Cowin kicks off a short series on the Third Wave and beyond with Helen Russell, co-founder of Equator Coffees. Helen launched Equator in 1995 with Brooke McDonnell, her partner in life and business from their home in Marin County, CA. Passionate and entertaining, Helen talks us through the recent history of coffee in the U.S., discusses the role of sourcing and story and imagines the future of the bean. Want to stay up to date on the latest Speaking Broadly episodes? To hear more conversations with Dan...
2021-07-2037 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #10 Daisy BuchananDaisy Buchanan is an award-winning journalist, chart topping podcaster, author of How To Be A Grown Up, The Sisterhood and her latest, Insatiable. As well as being one of the funniest women in print, Daisy has also written incredibly movingly about her own experiences with anxiety, with disordered eating, about her relationship with her body after abuse, as well as many of the agonies of modern life that too often go unexamined – or are met only with shame. Daisy is very good on shaking off shame and how to be sad, well. She says of sadness now: ‘the...
2021-06-2342 minRussellPrue.RADIO
RussellPrue.RADIOBook Club with Helen & Thomas Docherty Show No 21First broadcast at 3:30pm on 16th June 2021.This was our 21st #AfterSchoolBookClub radio show, with Maria and Russell.Helen & Thomas Docherty joined us live to chat about "The Screen Thief".LearnRadio.Net a live Radio Station with writing, drawing and creative cross-curricular activities around a themed topic.Follow us on Twitter @LearnRadioLive Twitter.com/LearnRadioLiveWe're also on Facebook www.facebook.com/LearnRadioLivePlease visit our page and share as widely as possible.Text the Studio whilst listening for a mention 078600 26 400Email the team for a shoutout...
2021-06-1657 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #9 Rebecca SchillerWriter and campaigner Rebecca Schiller moved her family to a rural smallholding in the hope of a simpler life. But she soon found that life wasn’t any simpler and was a damn sight harder in many ways. She has written movingly about how we can never escape ourselves – no matter how much we try – as well as her experiences with depression, anxiety, and living with undiagnosed ADHD until recently. Rebecca says now: ‘everyone – including me – wants neat and happy endings to stories of chasing a dream. Society encourages us to believe that we are one thing or the other...
2021-06-1646 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #8 Baz AshmawyBaz Ashmawy is an Irish radio and television star whose series, 50 ways to kill your mammy, won him an Emmy. He’s also a podcaster, dad of six and an outspoken advocate for feeling all the feels. Born in Libya to an Egyptian dad an Irish mum, he moved to Ireland age 6. One of the few dual heritage families in his part of Dublin suburbia at that time. His father left when Baz was just seven, an experience that had a profound effect on him and his sense of identity. He’s experienced the highs and lows of fame and...
2021-06-0950 minParenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh WiddicombeS02 EP39: Helen RussellROB BECKETT & JOSH WIDDICOMBE'S 'LOCKDOWN PARENTING HELL' -S02 EP39: Helen RussellJoining us in the studio this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) during the lockdown and beyond is the brilliant journalist and author, Helen Russell. Helen has written a number of best selling books inclusding The Year Of Living Danishly · Leap Year · Gone Viking · The Atlas Of Happiness · How To Be SadEnjoy. Rate and Review. Thanks. xxx If you want to get in touch with the show here's how:EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
2021-06-041h 14How To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #7 Matthew AshtonMy guest today is the toy designer Matthew Ashton - Vice President of design at Lego; Executive Producer on the Lego Movies; head judge on Lego Masters UK; creator of Unikitty and the man behind Lego’s first ever LGBTQ+ set – the rainbow inspired Everyone is Awesome. The set represents a huge milestone both for Lego and for Matthew personally, who has spoken out about the struggles he faced growing up as an LGBTQ+ kid in the 1980s and 90s. He says: ‘being told what I should play with, how I should walk, how I should talk, what I...
2021-06-0245 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #6 Sophie WalkerSophie Walker is a journalist, activist and former politician. She spent 20 years at Reuters and after a long and trying journey supporting her daughter through a diagnosis of autism, started campaigning for disability rights. She went on to help create the Women’s Equality Party and ran for London Mayor in 2016. Sophie now works for the feminist law firm, McAllister Olivarius and is the author of Five Rules for Rebellion, Let’s Change the World Ourselves. Sophie says now: ‘We can only do this together.  Our plan to save the world has to ensure that you can keep going when I’m fla...
2021-05-2633 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #5 Jody DayJody Day is the founder of Gateway Women, the global support network for childless women - now celebrating its 10th Anniversary. Jody is also a psychotherapist and author of Living the Life Unexpected: How to Find Hope, Meaning and a Fulfilling Future Without Children - the book The British Medical Journal now recommend to patients coming to terms with unavoidable childlessness.  Jody says of childlessness: ‘in no way do I wish to diminish the heartbreak you might be feeling right now - I’ve been there; it’s the darkest place I’ve ever been. You never ‘get over’ childlessness, it’s not the...
2021-05-1956 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #4 Xand van TullekenDr Xand van Tulleken is a much-loved medic, broadcaster and someone with first hand experience of the impact of covid 19. In spring 2020 Xand contracted Covid while preparing to film a documentary about the virus with his twin, Dr Chris van Tulleken. Xand isolated at home for two weeks but continued to experience strange symptoms, including heart palpitations. When these worsened he rushed to University College Hospital, where his twin was working on a Covid ward, and had to have his heart ‘shocked’ back into a normal rhythm with an electric current. Xand talks about his experience of going so publ...
2021-05-1255 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #3 Rosie GreenRosie Green is an award winning journalist and columnist who’s spent 20 writing about beauty, fashion, spas and health - as well as interviewing and styling countless celebrities.  But she was blindsided when her marriage of 26 years broke down. Nothing prepared her for hitting what Rosie calls ‘rock bottom’  - nor for the response she got when she wrote about her breakup, and the devastation and heartache it left in it’s wake. She talks honestly and openly about how she managed to move forward - about the experts, books and advice that can help anyone who’s experienced a split to fee...
2021-05-0539 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #2 Mungi Ngomane and Reverend Nontombi Naomi TutuThis week, we have our first mother daughter guests on the show. I’m honoured to be joined by Mungi Ngomane, human rights activist, the granddaughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and author of Everyday Ubuntu - the book inspired by the African philosophy and way of life that counts Meghan Markle and Prince Harry among its fans. And with Mungi today is….her mum! Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu is a priest and social justice activist.  Growing up ‘the daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’ offered her opportunities as well as challenges. Not least, the call to ministry – something she resiste...
2021-04-2847 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellSeason 2 #1 Holly TuckerHolly Tucker MBE is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and UK Ambassador for Creative Small Businesses. She’s the founder of notonthehighstreet.com and Holly & Co, a small business advice and inspiration platform and she’s also a podcaster and co-author of two best-selling business books as well as the brand new Do What You Love. Holly is a famously positive, colourful, fabulous force of nature, but life wasn’t always so sunny - and a future in business was far from a shoo-in. She got an E in business studies at school, was divorced aged 23, battled a brain tumour, endured a near...
2021-04-2149 minWhy Mums Don\'t Jump
Why Mums Don't JumpJan's StoryHelen chats to Dr Jan Russell, a listener with a prolapse, a coach, a grandmother, an author and, in her own words, 'a feisty old crone'. Jan talks about pelvic organ prolapse after menopause and the shock of finding out the day before her 60th birthday cruise:'I was alarmed. I'd got visions of me being in my glad rags and dancing on the wonderful ballroom floor on this amazing ship, really not knowing what would happen next with my pelvic organs!'Helen and Jan talk about getting past the blame and the shame, learning how...
2021-04-0723 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellBONUS! Steph Douglas of Don’t Buy Her FlowersSteph Douglas is a businesswoman, mother of three, wife of Doug, and founder of the thoughtful gift company she started after realising that sometimes - when we’re in need of a pick me up - we might not want another thing we have to look after.   Steph has a dedicated Instagram following thanks to hilarious and occasionally heart-breaking posts about family life, her husband’s cancer treatment and the strains of running a business.  She’s a fellow firm believer that being more honest and vulnerable makes things better for everyone and says: ‘As hard and l...
2021-04-0746 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen Russell#7 Yomi AdegokeYomi Adegoke is an award-winning journalist; columnist for Vogue and The Guardian; and bestselling author of Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible - written with her best friend, Elizabeth Uviebinené, based on interviews with 39 successful Black British women, packed full of data, advice and inspiration. In 2020 Yomi and Elizabeth published Loud Black Girls - an anthology of Black British writing. As someone who has consistently written about race and racism, Yomi is a guiding voice for many young Black women. She’s also a source of inspiration, clarity and integrity for everyone else. In...
2021-03-3154 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen Russell#6 Helen ThornHelen Thorn is an award winning stand-up comedian, writer and podcaster – one-half of comedy double act Scummy Mummies and co-host of the UK’s number one parenting podcast as well as the body positivity podcast, Fat Lot Of Good.   Here, Helen talks about her marriage ending in lockdown, the shock of the loss, the fallout and its impact on her family. This is a surprisingly upbeat episode and I promise you, it’s impossible not to feel better after talking to Helen.   In this episode, the Helens chat about: Going through...
2021-03-2437 minOff Script
Off ScriptEp.19: Helen Russell - Living Danishly & how to be sadIn this episode I chatted to the lovely Helen Russell about her latest book 'How to Be Sad.' Helen is a journalist and author who has been researching happiness since 2013 and written several books including The Year of Living Danishly, Gone Viking and The Atlas of Happiness. We dive into a variety of concepts from her books and after such a tough year, I took comfort in talking so openly about sadness which is such a natural part of being human and finding happiness. To find out more visit:  Helen - www.helenrussell.co.u...
2021-03-2021 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen Russell#5 Cathy RentzenbrinkCathy Rentzenbrink is a bestselling author, former editor at The Bookseller magazine and head of Quick Reads – short books to encourage adults who may not be readers. Because as Cathy believes: ‘After the wheel, the book must be one of the great inventions' since books are ‘a life raft’ - something Cathy has needed, more than once.   When she was 17, her younger brother was hit by a car. After the accident, he was in a so-called permanent vegetative state and the family had to endure eight years before they could have a funeral and fully grieve.
2021-03-171h 02How To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen Russell#4 Mo GawdatMo Gawdat of Solve For Happy is a tech entrepreneur, engineer, and former chief business officer for Google X - the “moonshot” factory tackling the world’s toughest problems in innovative ways.   Mo reached a place early in life where he was extremely successful, yet deeply unhappy. He set about solving this, developing an equation for happiness. But this was put to the ultimate test in 2014 when Mo’s beloved son Ali died unexpectedly. During the grief that followed, Mo channelled his heartbreak in an unlikely way – by writing about his happy-algorithm.   Here, Mo t...
2021-03-101h 04How To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellBONUS! How to be Sad audiobook extractToday is publication day for Helen’s new book How to be Sad. As a special thank you to listeners of the podcast we are delighted to share this exclusive extract from the audiobook. We will be back with a new episode of How to Be Sad with Helen Russell next week.   We live in an age when reality TV shows climax in a tearful finale. But feeling sad – genuinely sad – is still taboo. Yet, sadness happens to us all, sometimes in heartbreakingly awful ways. If we don’t know how to be sad, it can be is...
2021-03-0452 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen Russell#3 Hollie McNishHollie McNish is a poet, writer and Ted Hughes Award-winning author of Nobody Told Me – a collection of poems and stories about raising a child in modern Britain..   Hollie writes with raw honesty, warmth and humour, but as well as great critical and mainstream success, she’s also had her fair share of setbacks and her work articulates perfectly the ‘everyday sadness’ that we all experience.   In this episode, Hollie and Helen chat: Motherhood myths The commercialisation of parenthood The frustrations of modern life Guilt Class and snobbery Online abuse Not belitt...
2021-03-0353 minThis Is Why We Sing
This Is Why We Sing#2 Helen Russell on singing for happiness, health and hyggeThis episode's conversation is with writer and happiness researcher Helen Russell, author of the best-selling 'My Year Of Living Danishly.'      We talk about: -definitions of happiness  -singing as a social exchange rather than musical change -gilotophobia & how this might relate to singing -joining a choir and fostering a sense of belonging -how the singing experience can be described as hygge  -singing as part of social prescribing programmes  -Helen's new book: 'How To Be Sad'  -listening to songs that match o...
2021-03-0143 minMaintainable
MaintainableHelen Scott: Strategies For Measuring Developer Experience (DX)Robby speaks with Helen Scott, Java Developer Advocate at Jet Brains. They discuss tips on how to measure team satisfaction, what is/isn't technical debt, and the impact of being remote during a pandemic. Helen also talks about her background as a software engineer and being a technical writer.Helpful LinksHelen on LinkedInHelen on TwitterHelen's Website[Book Recommendation] Word Perfect: Curious Coinages and Etymological First Aid For Every Day of the Year, Susie DentSubscribe to Maintainable on:Apple PodcastsOvercastSpotifyOr search "Maintainable" wherever you stream your podcasts.Join the...
2021-02-2438 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen Russell#2 Meik WikingMeik Wiking is a Danish happiness researcher, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, and author of the bestselling Little Book of Hygge.   Meik is committed to researching into how more of us can get happier, but in doing so, he’s also studied what doesn’t make us happier. His latest report studied the impact of the coronavirus on wellbeing and - spoiler alert – it isn’t great. Here, he talks about his experiences of loss and sadness – both personally and professionally.   In this episode, Meik talks to Helen about: The loss of...
2021-02-2450 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen Russell#1 Ella MillsElla Mills of Deliciously Ella is a champion of plant-based living, an award-winning author, and an adept businesswoman. Here, Ella also opens up about her lows and feeling vulnerable at times - not least where it all began with a debilitating condition that started her quest for change. In this episode, Ella talks to Helen about: Loss Regret Chronic illness Depression Trolling and online abuse Feelings of rejection and how we gravitate towards negative feedback Having a high profile and the challenges that come with it Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable The importance of ‘acceptance’ And how ‘everything passes...
2021-02-1740 minHow To Be Sad with Helen Russell
How To Be Sad with Helen RussellTrailerWhy do we cry? How come love hurts? And what’s a happiness researcher doing talking about sadness, anyway? Helen Russell is a journalist and happiness researcher and How to be Sad is a new podcast  based on her book of the same name - exploring why we get sad, what to do when we’re sad, and how we can all get happier by learning to be sad, better. Because let’s be honest – we are in unprecedented times. None of us are where we thought we’d be this time last year and we’re all strugglin...
2021-01-2701 minWell Being Walks with Kip Hollister
Well Being Walks with Kip HollisterHelen Russell: Inspiring Youth Through Experiential LearningThis week Kip walks with Helen Russell in the woods of Hale Reservation.  Helen reflects on her experience working at Hale as a young adult and how it inspired a life-long love of the outdoors and learning through doing.  Kip and Helen discuss how this experience informs her current role as Executive Director of Apprentice Learning where she serves more than 200 8th graders by providing them with hands-on work experiences.  Kip and Helen also share some engaging conversation around scarcity, fear, and making decisions in the face of adversity.  The ease and flow of the conversation mirrored the  natural beaut...
2021-01-2643 minSlo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat
Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo GawdatHelen Russell - Life Hacks and Secrets to Happiness from Around the WorldHelen Russell is a bestselling author, journalist and speaker. Her first book, The Year of Living Danishly, became an international bestseller and has been optioned for television. She is the author of four other critically acclaimed books, translated into 21 languages.Helen also writes for magazines and newspapers globally, including The Times and The Sunday Times, the Telegraph, the Independent, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, the Observer, Metro, Grazia, Stylist and Stella. She’s...
2020-12-1653 minReal Talk with Ladies Who Launch
Real Talk with Ladies Who Launch25 years in business together - Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell share their journey launching Equator Coffees - PART 2Part 2: Equator Coffees was founded 25 years ago by couple and co founders, Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell. Their journey as a lesbian couple has inspired many and set a precedent for what it means to question the status quo within the coffee & LGBTQ+ communities.In this 2-part special that celebrates Pride month and our support of the LGBTQ+ community, Rani sat down with both Brooke and Helen, asking them the real questions of working with your partner. In addition, we discuss their experiences with challenging the Small Business Administration, perspective on racial inequality in the United States and...
2020-07-0235 minReal Talk with Ladies Who Launch
Real Talk with Ladies Who Launch25 years in business together - Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell share their journey launching Equator Coffees - PART 1Equator Coffees was founded 25 years ago by couple and co founders, Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell. Their journey as a lesbian couple has inspired many and set a precedent for what it means to question the status quo within the coffee & LGBTQ+ communities.In this 2-part special that celebrates Pride month and our support of the LGBTQ+ community, Rani sat down with both Brooke and Helen, asking them the real questions of working with your partner. In addition, we discuss their experiences with challenging the Small Business Administration, perspective on racial inequality in the United States and how...
2020-07-0226 minThe Kara Goldin Show
The Kara Goldin Show57 Helen Russell: Co-founder & CEO of Equator CoffeeHelen Russell talks about how she and her co-founder have built Equator Coffee over the past 25 years. She also shares the safe and creative ways that they've continued business through the COVID-19 pandemic, how Equator has built their customer base, and more. "We champion human connection and kindness through the portal of coffee." - Helen Russell
2020-06-2236 minTalk Art
Talk ArtHelen Cammock (Live in London)Talk Art Live in London! Russell & Robert meet British artist Helen Cammock, nominated for the Turner Prize 2019 and winner of the 2018 Max Mara Arts Prize for Women. This special episode was recorded live in front of a sold-out audience at Art Assembly in Walthamstow, organised by Art Fund and the National Art Pass. Learn more at: www.artfund.org/talkartHelen Cammock works across film, photography, poetry, spoken word, song, printmaking and installation. We discuss 'The Long Note' (2018), her film that celebrates the involvement of women in the civil rights movement in Derry in 1968. Originally commissioned...
2019-11-2957 min