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Silver Linings PlaybackSilver Linings Playback 246 – The Crush (ft. Sophie Strauss)
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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For February, in honor of Valentine’s Day, they are watching “bad romance” films.
Joel and Andy are joined this week by stylist Sophie Strauss. Together, they dive into the 1993 Lolita wannabe, The Crush; starring Alicia Silverstone in her debut film role.
The Crush (1993) Directed by: Alan Shapiro Written by: Alan Shapiro Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Rubin, Kurtwood Smith, Amber Benson
Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott
Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, wh...2025-02-1750 minHoboTrashcanSilver Linings Playback 246 – The Crush (ft. Sophie Strauss)
AUDIO VERSION:
Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For February, in honor of Valentine’s Day, they are watching “bad romance” films.
Joel and Andy are joined this week by stylist Sophie Strauss. Together, they dive into the 1993 Lolita wannabe, The Crush; starring Alicia Silverstone in her debut film role.
The Crush (1993) Directed by: Alan Shapiro Written by: Alan Shapiro Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Rubin, Kurtwood Smith, Amber Benson
Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott
Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, wh...2025-02-1750 min
Chompin’ with Sophie and JessEpisode 54 - Sarah Hatheway - The Last UnicornOn this podcast, we believe in unicorns and we champion guests like Sarah Hatheway who share in that belief. We talk to Sarah about being a child of Sammamish, James Bond, Jane Austen, Little Women, Betsy Tacy, Specificity in Halloween, Audrey Hepburn, Redheads in Media, Edith Head, Sofia Coppola, Cary Elwes, Cheese and Bread, Grease 2 and the majesty of The Last Unicorn. Follow Sarah @sarah_hath, read whatever she writes, and believe in Unicorns.
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Seize the DayCreating Change with Back Up's CEO, Abigail LockTopics covered in the show:Back Up's mission and values including embracing challengeThe importance of mindset to help us overcome thingsKindness - how to be more aware of others around youAbigail's drive to achieve change including her experience as a child carer and a Superintendent in the Met PoliceThe importance and power of communitySelf-care tips and toolsLINKSBack Up Trust WebsiteBack Up Trust in LinkedInSophie Elwes Podcast - A life Less Ordinary
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A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesA Life Less Ordinary Host Finale! Sophie Elwes - Surviving despite the odds, carving your own destiny and being grateful for all of the thingsFor this epsiode Sophie is interviewed by her good friend Sarah Orr (who appeared in series two of A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie Elwes). Sophie tells her story from when she sustained her spinal cord injury back in 2011 after falling from a roof terrace. They discuss the aftermath, from spending nearly six weeks in an induced coma with 40% chance of survival, to going to Stoke Mandeville spinal injuries unit to be rehabiltated and learn how to live independently again. Sophie talks about the challenges found in the outside world after leaving hospital and about the life-changing e...2023-08-1457 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesJambo Truong - Witnessing his sister’s death at a young age, growing up queer and Asian in South Wales and and why trauma is your trajectoryJambo Truong is a practitioner of integrative medicine with a specialism in complimentary medicine and therapies who has impressive credentials and a vast knowledge and repertoire of different practices. Growing up in South Wales and feeling like an outsider as being from an ethnic minority, as well as being queer, he faced a lot of bullying and had to learn to defend himself. Witnessing his sister passing away from an asthma attack at a young age set him on a path to wanting to help others, as well as introducing him to meditation.As a...2023-08-071h 06
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesSophie Dear - How speaking to her inner child transformed her life, how to set boundaries and realise your self-worthSophie Dear is a yoga teacher and self-worth coach who struggled with insomnia and undiagnosed anxiety since the age of 15. She appeared to have a thriving career in the TV industry but it wasn't until reaching a point of burnout that she had a conversation with a doctor who encouraged her to question her self-critic by interacting with her 'inner child' that led her on a path of healing and learning which would eventually lead to her helping countless others with their own self-worth. Now living in Bali, Sophie tells her story of how she go...2023-07-311h 01
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesRaquel Siganporia - Becoming a wheelchair user at age 11, top tips to assert yourself, and what she wishes people knew about sex and disabilityRaquel Siganporia is the Director of Business Development and Senior Solicitor at Aspire Law and she sustained a spinal cord injury following surgery to correct the curvature of her spine, or scoliosis, which went wrong when she was aged 11. She tells me about the immediate aftermath of such a life-changing event and about what it was like starting secondary school in the '90s as a person with a disability. She shares how she learned to use her disability as an advantage which served her well into adulthood.We talk about working with a disability, t...2023-07-241h 05
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesAdam Wilder - Authentic intimacy, honouring ourselves and why playfulness is sacred.Adam is the founder of Togetherness which is a social enterprise whose purpose is to make meaningful connection more accessible in our culture. Having been a people pleaser and studied it in depth, Adam has a great understanding of his own behaviour patterns and we unpick what it means and why awareness is key to working through feeling the need to please others and putting their needs before one's own.We chat about intimacy and vulnerability and how we can show up more authentically in our lives and in our relationships and he shares how...2023-07-1749 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesLauren Murrell - Getting a cancer diagnosis in her early twenties, manifestation and why main character energy worksWhilst in her last year of law school, in her early twenties, Lauren Murrell was diagnosed with an aggressive form of blood cancer (myeloid leukaemia) with only 20% chance of survival. Whilst she was in hospital her sister Sarah developed some natural skincare formulations to restore and repair her sister's sensitive fragile skin. After a life-saving stem cell transplant from Sarah, the sisters decided to bring Sarah’s original formulas to life with the launch of By Sarah; a range of natural, effective and B Corp certified skincare designed for people that are struggling with stressed and sensitive ski...2023-07-1044 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesMelanie Woods - Becoming paralysed after being hit by a car, finding fun in the darkest of situations and competing at the Paralympics before she expected.Melanie Woods is a former PE teacher and GB Paralympic athlete who sustained a spinal cord injury after being hit by a car whilst riding her bike. She tells me about her experience of rehabilitation, learning how to become independent and managing to walk with crutches whilst in rehab. She shares how she found ways to cope with her new situation and her journey into wheelchair racing. She talks about going skiing in Colorado with the charity, Back Up a year after breaking her back and how it was so eye-opening for her. She talks about embracing failure and r...2023-07-0348 min
Live Well AnywayFor the Love of AudiobooksSHOW NOTES
In this episode MacKenzie chats with her friend, Cara Willett, about their mutual love of audiobooks! MacKenzie give an exhaustive list of recommendations to keep you listening for years to come!
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Beside Still Waters- Tricia Goyer, Narrated by MacKenzie
Beyond the Gray Mountains- Tricia Goyer, Narrated by MacKenzie
Born a Crime- Trevor Noah
A Very Punchable Face- Colin Jost
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride- Cary Elwes
Managing Expectations- Minnie...2023-06-291h 15
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesCarlos Cervantes - Discovering meditation, cultivating creativity and becoming symptom free from bipolar disorderThis was such a special conversation with Carlos Cervantes who talks about his experiences in his late teens and early 20s of suffering from severe depression, 'overdoing it' on drink and drugs, dropping out of university having had a mental breakdown, feeling suicidal and receiving a diagnosis of Bipolar Type One Disorder. He came across a teacher of meditation and started on his journey of practicing Transcendental Meditation. He now teaches it and shares with me the profound effect it's had on every part of his life. After practicing it for a period of time he found himself symptom-free...2023-06-2653 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesBonus episode! Dr Clair Pollard - A psychologist's guide to helping others, breaking her back in Namibia and thinking about the stories we tell ourselvesWorking in the NHS for 27 years, Dr Clair Pollard is a Clinical Psychologist and Acting Director for a large psychology mental health trust in South London and a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. She also sustained a spinal cord injury during her training at the age of 25 which left her paraplegic and a wheelchair user. Undeterred by this, it was her determination and focus on her training that enabled her to come to terms with her acquired disability. She talks about the 'mental health tsunami' we are facing in the UK at the moment, particularly for young people but adds that t...2022-08-0141 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesLGBTQ+ pride month bonus episode! Rosie Wilby - post-traumatic growth after a breakup, reinvestigating monogamy and sex party etiquetteRosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author and podcaster who has appeared a number of times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Saturday Live and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Her new book The Breakup Monologues is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name and it explores the science of heartbreak and the unexpected joy that can come from breakups.In this conversation Rosie talks about growing up and...2022-06-3050 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesBonus episode! Alexandra Adams - Getting gaslit by medical staff, running out of resilience and blowing up on TikTokAlexandra Adams was the first guest on this podcast, and the inspiration behind starting A Life Less Ordinary. She's also a medical student who is deaf-blind. In 2020 she went into hospital with symptoms of an undiagnosed chronic illness and was there for 17 months during which time she massively deteriorated and experienced some shocking mistreatment at the hands of medical staff and some hugely traumatic experiences, including having covid in hospital in the midst of the pandemic. Alexandra shares these experiences as well as that of finding her community online of others with chronic illnesses.She tells me o...2022-06-0652 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesGrace Spence Green - Radical acceptance, internalised ableism and how to ‘take up space’Grace Spence Green is a junior doctor and a wheelchair user. Growing up, she had her heart set on becoming a doctor from the age of eight and was a keen competitive climber. In an extraordinary incident in 2018, while she studying at medical school, a man jumped from a height and fell on her, causing her to break her back and sustain a spinal cord injury, becoming a wheelchair user. Choosing not to dwell on the incident, or indeed the man (who has since served time for GBH), Grace returned to medical school and has since started working as...2022-03-1451 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesMark Berry - Why training is for everyone, questioning limitations placed upon us and the gift of realising your self-worthThis week I had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Berry who is my friend and personal trainer. We’ve known each other for years and every time I have a session with him, we end up deep in conversation and he is a real fountain of wisdom and life advice, as well as a great trainer.Growing up on a council estate in Wandsworth, Mark has always been committed to helping others (alongside his love of sport, mainly football). He started back in the 1990s doing care work in a residential care home. Along the way he’s pi...2022-03-0744 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesGail Muller - Coping with chronic pain, hiking the Appalachian Trail and the power of surrenderGail Muller is an adventurer, educator and author. Growing up in Cornwall, she was sporty and outdoorsy, but at 14 was told she’d need to use a wheelchair by the age of 40 due to muscular-skeletal issues. She has an extraordinary story of her journey of experiencing chronic pain for 15 years, and dedicating much of that time to finding a solution, which she later did, for the most part.At 41 she embarked on one of the toughest treks in the world - over 2200 miles in the USA - The Appalachian Trial. She wrote a book about it called Un...2022-02-281h 09
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesKalim Smith - The healing power of plants, how serious injury brought out the adventurer in him and why listening to his gut paid offBased partly in Carlsbad, CA and in Keauhou, Hawaii, Kalim Smith and I met a few years back at a ski race in New Hampshire, after which we discovered we had a mutual friend/relative and since then we’ve enjoyed some great times in both London and California, with some wonderful conversations.After becoming paralysed in 2011 he recognised the healing power of plants and now spends much of his time growing gourds to make traditional rhythm instruments in both San Diego and Hawaii. He’s made them for some of Hawaii’s most prominent musicians, teachers and da...2022-02-211h 02
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesJames Dashwood - Addiction, coping mechanisms and the quest for connectionHead of Wellbeing at leading employee wellbeing platform, Better Space, James Dashwood is a father, a husband, and a recovering alcoholic. Sober for seven years he has been on a journey of introspection where he’s learned so much about himself, about addiction and about what it means to be content.He shares his story about growing up and how he recognises that he used external things to soothe internal pain. James is remarkably candid in reflecting about how he sees himself, his desire to control others, and to connect, for which he recognises he use...2022-02-1459 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesAndrew Cotton - The power of breathwork, breaking his back surfing a 75ft wave, and using his mindset to overcome fearAndrew Cotton is a big wave surfer and Red Bull athlete. Growing up in North Devon, he started at 7 and it became his life. He left school and worked in a local surfboard factory until the age of 25 to fund his surf trips. At this point he figured it wasn’t going to sustain him financially so he re-trained as a plumber but this made it clear to him that his real passion lay in big wave surfing. So, with a friend he set about creating online content which, combined with his talent, led him to picking up some sp...2022-02-0738 min
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesCathy Reay - Empowering her kids to find their own way, self acceptance and choosing the spaces to exist inCathy Reay is a writer, editor, disability consultant and influencer. She is also a single mother of two and her Instagram account provides a great insight into life as a mum with dwarfism, disability justice, sex and dating, as well as some great skincare tips.Cathy tells me about what it was like for her growing up in north Norfolk and how moving to London helped her find out who she was. We talk about celebrating our weirdness. She talks about her experiences of becoming a mother, about medical ableism and how she did not f...2022-01-311h 04
A Life Less Ordinary with Sophie ElwesGregory David Roberts - Spirituality, finding solace in solitary confinement and life in an Indian slumGregory David Roberts is the author of best selling novel, Shantaram and sequel, Mountain Shadow. Selling over 6 million copies, it is partly based on Gregory's own life experience of escaping prison in Australia and being on the run, during which time he lived in a slum in India. After ten years as a fugitive, Gregory was re-captured in Germany and spent time in both solitary confinement and maximum security before being released over seven years later. After five years on parole, Gregory finished writing Shantaram, got it published and sold the movie rights.After withdrawing from society...2022-01-241h 04
Então é NatalEp. 78 - Um Castelo Para o Natal (coração vassalo de escocês, etc)No episódio de hoje, Ju e Mari falam sobre Um Castelo Para o Natal, o filme responsável por resgatar o amor, curar nossos corações, eliminar o capitalismo, tirar o presidente, reestabelecer a consciência feudal entre nossos corações e escoceses. Nesse filme acompanhamos Sophie Brown (Brooke Shields), uma escritora de sucesso que decide viajar para a Escócia para visitar um belo castelo antigo que já foi morada de seu falecido pai. Ao saber que ele está a venda, tentando manter a memória na família, ela decidirá compra-lo. No entanto, para conseguir o castelo...2021-12-2029 min
Então é NatalEntão é Natal – Ep. 78 – Um Castelo Para o Natal (coração vassalo de escocês, etc)No episódio de hoje, Ju e Mari falam sobre Um Castelo Para o Natal, o filme responsável por resgatar o amor, curar nossos corações, eliminar o capitalismo, tirar o presidente, reestabelecer a consciência feudal entre nossos corações e escoceses. Nesse filme acompanhamos Sophie Brown (Brooke Shields), uma escritora de sucesso que decide viajar para a Escócia para visitar um belo castelo antigo que já foi morada de seu falecido pai. Ao saber que ele está a venda, tentando manter a memória na família, ela decidirá compra-lo. No entanto, para conseguir o castelo, ela precisará...2021-12-2029 min