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Turning Towards Life - a Thirdspace podcastAlways Yearn
What happens when we honour both our deep gratitude for what is and our fierce yearning for what might be? How might we distinguish between the wanting that tries to fill an inner emptiness and the discontent that fuels a more life-giving opening to our lives... neither bypassing the tenderness of unfulfilled desires nor abandoning the creative energy they contain? What if our yearning, like trees reaching skyward, represents not something missing but something essential about what it means to be fully alive and engaged with the world?
A conversation about the tension between receiving life fully as...2025-05-2528 min
This is Not TherapySebastian and Demitriou: The forgotten episodeLast year I recorded this trio of odd little stories about encounters with strangers from call centres. It was supposed to go out as a podcast, but the timing never seemed right. But, after discovering this treasure as I de-cluttered my computer, I decided it deserved to be out in the world. In a couple of weeks I will finish a re-vamping of my Substack. It will be new and improved. There will be even more deep diving into precious moments, to re-kindle awe and wonder, to find the marvellous in the mundane.Until then...2025-05-1609 min
This is Not TherapyPodcast time! The Return of Rob BellJoin me for another incredible conversation with novelist, artist and ultimate shapeshifter, Rob Bell. We discuss his new novel, There's Only One Noon Yeah, naming yourself and then growing out of that name, the many shades of love, including how to keep falling in love with your spouse, and a new definition of that over-used word, enlightenment.Between us we also create an epic piece of performance art, featuring how to turn a tech hiccup into a metaphor for geo-political crisis. It's just a thing we do.Find Rob:Instagram: @realrobbell...2024-12-061h 20
This is Not TherapyTraversing the fallow times with Ciarán HodgersLet me tell you a story…One rainy Thursday in March, I was driving my friend and fellow poet, Ciaran Hodgers to Oxford train station. He’d performed at my gig, Everything’s Working Out Poetically, the night before and we had stayed up too late, drinking whiskey and eating M&S Pistachio and Almond cookies.We started the 40 minute drive by simultaneously saluting a single magpie and laughing at how we both did it without missing a beat in the conversation. A conversation about poetry and the seasonal nature of creativity. A conversation that made me...2024-10-181h 06
This is Not TherapyEverything's Working out PoeticallyAfter This Is Not Therapy was a book and a show but before it became a Substack, it was a podcast. A podcast that celebrated finding the ‘marvellous in the mundane.’ The podcast has been on an extended holiday for reasons that are too boring and varied to go through here but I am glad to say that all the episodes are now available on Substack! Hurrah!Also we have a new bonus episode. It’s the edited highlights of our Spring edition of Everything’s Working Out Poetically, and as most of you are not in Oxford, i...2024-10-041h 02
This is Not TherapyS3E5 Everything's Working Out ...PoeticallySend us a textS3E5 Everything’s Working Out…PoeticallyThis week’s episode features edited highlights of Everything’s Working Out Poetically, recorded the the Old Fire Station in Oxford, November 14th 2023, which asked,How do you makes sense of a world that’s more chaotic than ever? With poetry, of course! Join Tina Sederholm and her gang of spoken word legends, including Danny Chivers, Clare Bold and Em Pritchard Featuring poetry pop-culture powerhouse and UK Poetry Slam Champion Tyrone Lewis, to celebrate the Oxford launch of his latest collection...2023-12-1149 min
This is Not TherapyS3E4 Where'd You Park Your Spaceship?Send us a textS3E4 Where’d You Park Your Spaceship?Sometimes you take a risk and the risk comes off. I asked one of my all time heroes, New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell, if he would come on the podcast. And he said ‘Yep.’What?! On my little old podcast?We talk creativity and resistance, creative resistance, and the healing power of bread. Oh and about his new novel, ‘Where’d you park your spaceship?’ A truly magical conversation, I’m so glad you can hear it too.REF...2023-11-011h 07
This is Not TherapyS3E3 Do This One Thing Every DaySend us a textS3E3 Do This One Thing Every DayEarly career writers often get the advice to ‘Write Every Day’. Adverts for fitness and self-improvement products exhort you to ‘Just do this for 10 minutes a day and your belly/ bank balance/life will change forever.’ But is it actually sustainable to do something every day? Let’s find out.REFERENCESNatalie Goldberg https://nataliegoldberg.com/Adriene Mishler www.yogawithadriene.comSteven Pressfield https://stevenpressfield.com/books/Colson Whitehead https://www.colson...2023-10-1816 min
This is Not TherapyS3E2 Winner Never Quit, Quitters Never WinSend us a textS3E2 Winners Never Quit, Quitters Never WinWhat motivational quotes really get up your nose? In a slight departure from our normal format, I’m going to spend the next few episodes exploring common bits of life advice that are supposed to be uplifting and inspiring but can equally cause frustration. And the first one is…Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win. Thank you to Rick Dove for this suggestion. If you have a saying that you want me to deconstruct in an amusing yet nuanced way, let me know...2023-10-0417 min
This is Not TherapyS3E1 Treat Your Money Like Your LoverSend us a textS3E1 Treat Your Money Like Your LoverThis is Not Therapy is back for a third season, and yet again I’m kicking off with an off-piste episode where, instead of the usual format, I interview a fascinating individual to set the tone for the rest of the season. This time I am talking to my good friend Ivonne Senn about our relationship with money.Uh Oh…If thinking about money, handling money or just paying the bills is a source of stress for you...2023-09-201h 05
It's A Fringe! - The Buxton Fringe PodcastLili La Scala, Tina Sederholm and Annette GregoryWe preview more acts coming to Buxton this year. Rob finds out what we can look forward to from newcomers and returning friends. Singer Lili La Scala, with her show Siren. Tina Sederholm, bringing This Is Not Therapy. Annette Gregory, on her Believe Tour 2023. For all info and tickets, go to buxtonfringe.org.ukAd Music: from And the Beat Goes On by our friends The Glummer Twins2023-07-0313 min
This is Not TherapyS2E10 Read Hitchhikers!Send us a textS2E10 Read Hitchhikers!Do you have a book that you return to over and over again? What is it about that story? Is it getting lost in it that helps, or does it contain some wisdom, some clue that helps you makes sense of a chaotic world.In my early teens and twenties, that book for me was Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I lost touch with it for a couple of decades, though I’m reply sure there was always a copy on one of m...2023-06-2816 min
This is Not TherapyS2E9 Till Debt Us Do PartSend us a textS2E9 Till Debt Us Do PartMoney and debt can be triggering at the best of times but during a cost of living crisis? Let’s not even go there. But maybe we should. Maybe it’s time to look those fears in the face, or at least peak between our fingers at them. In 2016, I wrote a show called Till Debt Us Do Part. Now I return to that show, to see if anything in it can calm my current brain weasels.(P.S. make sure...2023-06-0725 min
This is Not TherapyS2E8 Memo to Mothers (and Those Who Are Not)Send us a textS2E8 Memo to Mothers (and Those Who Are Not)Whether you are blessed with child-bearing organs or not, I bet at some point in your life you tussled with yourself about whether to have children. I know I spent most of my twenties trying to avoid having children and then when the countdown to closing of that door began, I spent an inordinate amount of time and tears, trying to come to a definitive decision. Now I’m in my fifties, that door is bolted shut, so here are some st...2023-05-2418 min
This is Not TherapyS2E7 REST: The One That Got AwaySend us a textS2E7 Rest: The One that Got AwayEver find yourself saying, ‘I’ll just get that job done and then I’ll have a sit down,’ only to move onto the next task, having possibly put some water in the kettle, but never having made that cup of tea?No? Just me then.Seriously though, how easy do you find it to take a genuine day off, without worrying about that you have coming up next? If you are like me, you might make a right s...2023-05-1022 min
This is Not TherapyS2E6 Hello Failure, My Old FriendSend us a textS2E6 Hello Failure, My Old Friend In a world obsessed with success, Tina makes friends with disappointment, setbacks and the F-word.Featured Poem: Failure, You Make Me Interesting , from the collection Everything Wrong With You Is BeautifulREFERENCESFat Boy Slim https://www.fatboyslim.net/ ‘Praise you’ (You should definitely watch this if you want to cry with happiness.)Connect with Tina: Subscribe to Tina’s monthly newsletter...2023-04-2618 min
This is Not TherapyS2E5 Snow Leopardess and MeSend us a textS2E5 Snow Leopardess and MeHave you ever broken something you loved? Or been broken by it? My first love was horses, and yet by the age of 30, all the joy had gone out of the relationship, and I thought I could never get it back. I was wrong about that. Listen on to find out about the extraordinary set of circumstances that brought me back to my love of horses.REFERENCES https://www.charlielongsdonracing.com/ Snow Leopardess winning the Be...2023-04-0520 min
This is Not TherapyS2E4 What Have Waterlilies Done for Me Lately?Send us a textHow do you integrate lifechanging moments back into your everyday world? In fact, how do you return from anything? Tina goes on an unexpected pilgrimage with surprising results.Featured Poems: Revelation, from the collection This is Not TherapyREFERENCESHotel des Arts https://www.arts-hotel-paris.com/Rob Bell https://robbell.com/Monet's Waterlilies (image) https://parisresidencesjamesjoyce.com/2020/09/10/claude-monet-and-his-water-lilies/GIGSWednesday 19th April, This is Not Therapy and Door-Door-Poetry at Old Fire Station Oxford.h...2023-03-1521 min
This is Not TherapyS2E3 Miss Coneybeare-Cross's Composition CompetitionSend us a textS2E3 Miss Coneybeare-Cross’s Composition Competition Why is it, that when you find something you want to do - write a book ,get a new job, get fit etc - your mind instantly comes up with all the reasons why you can’t or shouldn’t? In this week’s episode Tina tells the story of an early brush with resistance and reveals several ways she’s found to dissolve her resistance…well, to just about anything.Featured Poem: I Will Not Make Great Art Today, from the colle...2023-03-0118 min
This is Not TherapyS2E2 NELLIE'S PERFECT NUGGETSSend us a textS2 E2. Nellie’s Perfect NuggetsIt’s all very well finding the marvellous in mundane yet pleasant things, but what about finding the marvellous in icky things? Tina takes on the challenge in this episode, with the help of Nellie the dog, Liz Gilbert, and a strong dose of toilet humour.Featured Poem: On Marriage, from the collection Everything Wrong With You Is BeautifulSubscribe to Tina’s monthly newsletter hereGIGSThursday 2nd March, Fire and Dust (+ pre-sh...2023-02-1520 min
This is Not TherapyS2E1 Eleanor and the Ego EradicatorSend us a textWelcome back to series 2 of This Is Not Therapy! In a change from our normal programming, today I interview Eleanor O’Brien, sex positive theatre maker and all round wonderful mensch. We talk about following wildly improbable dreams, making theatre with integrity that normalises pleasure and showing up with joyful vulnerability, and the peaks and pratfalls of performing at the Edinburgh Fringe.So if you are contemplating a wildly outrageous goal of your own this year, or your are somewhere in the trenches, agonising on how you have got so off-course, yo...2023-02-011h 02
This is Not TherapyS1E10 Making Friends With GratitudeSend us a textS1E10 Making Friends with GratitudeHow do you feel when someone asks you what you are grateful for? It should feel good, right? I struggled with gratitude for years. It felt like a straitjacket imposed from the outside, as something I should be, but because I didn’t feel grateful inside, I must be a bad person. Good thing I sorted that one out then, isn’t it?Featured Poem: How I am held, from the collection This is Not Therapy, recorded live...2022-11-0712 min
This is Not TherapyS1E9 Who Are You?Send us a textS1E9 Who Are You?What do you say when a stranger asks you ‘What do you do?’ Is your job title enough to describe who you are? Or does the answer make you chafe? Tina takes an irreverent look at the labels we give ourselves and asks if they aren’t always a bit too small for us.Featured Poem: Prediction, from the collection Everything Wrong With You Is BeautifulRecorded live at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival, 2017Connect with Tina: Subscr...2022-10-2416 min
This is Not TherapyS1E8 How Old Did You Say You Were?Send us a textS1E8 How Old Did You Say You Were?Ahhh….ageing. Happening to all of us, even those who look very young. Here’s a way to make peace with not only ageing, but any so-called youthful mistakes.Featured Poems: Letter to Tina of the early 90s, from the collection This is Not Therapy, recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022Poem 2: Earlier Reports of my Flaws have been Exaggerated, also from the collection This is Not TherapySpecial Offer codes Buy This I...2022-10-1014 min
This is Not TherapyS1E7 How to Delight Your Dental HygienistSend us a textS1E7 How To Delight Your Dental HygienistI know what you’re thinking. Ahh, Tina’s doing one about dentistry/people pleasing. And you could be forgiven for thinking that, bearing in mind the title. But in fact, it’s about…resistance. (Through the medium of resisting one particular aspect of dental hygiene, and the discussion thereafter.)So. What simple action or task do you ferociously resist doing? And how can you kindly melt that resistance. All that and more, in this episode.With thanks f...2022-09-2626 min
This is Not TherapyS1E6 I Assume You Know What You Are Talking AboutSend us a text S1E6 I Assume You Know What You Are Talking AboutYes, yes we all know what assumptions do. They make an ass out of me and…umption. Seriously though, assumptions are tiny hidden engines that run our thinking and influence our decisions. In this episode, Tina seeks out some of her assumptions and explores a situation where several of them collide.Subscribe to Tina’s monthly newsletter hereFeatured Poem: Vegetarian Special at the Horse and Groom, from the collection This is Not Therapy, recorded live at th...2022-09-1211 min
This is Not TherapyS1E4 How to Get Everything Done (or not)Send us a text S1E4 How to Get Everything Done (or not)Is your to-do list a friend, or foe? Servant or master?To-do Lists, structure, planning apps….and yet it just takes one phone call for it all to go awry. Tina delves into our efforts to get everything done, and how to cope when you don’t.Subscribe to Tina’s monthly newsletter hereFeatured Poem: A Woman’s Search for Peace, from the collection This is Not Therapy, recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022Referen...2022-08-2914 min
This is Not TherapyS1 E4a BONUS Edinburgh Fringe episodeSend us a textWe're currently at the Edinburgh Fringe, so here's a bonus episode, made on the fly, to give you a flavour of what it's like to be a performer at the Fringe.Featuring: Aidan Greene (Stutterbug)The Importance of Being...Earnest?Eleanor O' Brien (Plan V:The Joyful Cult of Pussy Worship)Featured Poem: This Is Not Therapy, from the collection This is Not TherapySubscribe to Tina’s monthly newsletter hereConnect with Tina: www.tinasederholm.comFacebook @tintpodcastInstagram @tinasederholm2022-08-1506 min
This is Not TherapyS1E3: We all have Ghost ShipsSend us a textS1E3: We all have Ghost ShipsWhen you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you do it? In this week’s episode, Tina explores her un-lived lives and finds a surprisingly joyful way to make peace with them.Featured Poems: Ghosts, from the collection This is Not TherapySister Ships - full transcript available in show notes at www.tinasederholm.com/blogReferences: The Blue House by Tomas TranstromerThe Artist’s Way - Juli...2022-08-0814 min
This is Not TherapyS1E2: Does Every Freedom Become a Prison?Send us a textDo you remember how excited you were when you got your first mobile phone? Or the first time you heard a ping from your computer that said 'You've Got Mail?'How do you feel about them now?Tina takes a quick journey down memory lane, to see if she can't re-kindle the romance with her mobile phone, or at least become better friends with it.Featured Poem: How to keep Going, from the collection This is Not TherapySubscribe to Tina’s monthly newsletter here...2022-08-0116 min
This is Not TherapyS1E1: Considering the CupcakeSend us a textSlow down, you chew too fast… ( or not at all)Tina’s always been a speed-eater. She knows she shouldn’t, but how do you break the habit of a lifetime? A light-hearted look at a silly habit. Naturally, it includes cake.Featured Poem: Consider the Cupcake, from the collection Everything Wrong With You Is BeautifulSubscribe to Tina’s monthly newsletter hereConnect with Tina:www.tinasederholm.comFacebook @tintpodcastInstagram @tinasederholmThis podcast was develope...2022-08-0106 min
This is Not TherapyThis Is Not Therapy trailerSend us a textPoet, Author and Performer Tina Sederholm introduces her new podcast, This Is Not Therapy, where every week she riffs on an everyday subject like food, money, relationships and aims to find some magic in frustrating situations.www.tinasederholm.comConnect with Tina: Subscribe to Tina’s monthly newsletter here Website: www.tinasederholm.com Facebook: @tintpodcast @tinasederholmperformerEmail: hello@tinasederholm.comIf you love the show, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts her...2022-07-1401 min
Dead DarlingsSessions: Tina SederholmA live session featuring a set from Tina Sederholm.
Dead Darlings has joined the PBH Edinburgh Digital Free Fringe!
Dead Darlings sessions are live zoom events comprising a set from a fantastic poet and a round of quick-fire questions to help you get to know them a little better.
Tina's latest book, This Is Not Therapy, is out now - to purchase a copy, or to find out more about Tina, visit tinasederholm.com and information about her book launch on 15 September is available here: facebook.com/events/2024711751663792021-08-1141 min
Burning Eye PodcastTina Sederholm!This episode we catch up with Tina Sederholm on the release of her second BE collection - This Is Not Therapy!
We discuss a range of emotions including joy, discomfort and forgiveness as well as awkward in-person gigs and trying to capture that perfect poetry film!
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Tina Sederholm is a poet and theatre-maker. Described as ‘Completely spellbinding’ ***** (Edfringe Review) and ’Stunning’ ***** (Three Weeks), she has created four solo spoken word theatre shows that have toured extensively, including six runs at the Edinburgh Fringe. A sought-after headliner on the festival and spoken word circuit, she has...2021-07-1849 min
Dead DarlingsEpisode 22: Tina SederholmThis month, Rebecca, Hannah and Laurie interview Tina Sederholm.
Plus we announce the winner of our "All the things I didn't do in lockdown" poem competition.
And there's a sneak preview of our book club episode, which will be out later this month and features The Air Year by Caroline Bird.2021-06-051h 19
EW’s BINGERuPaul's Drag Race Season 13Symone, Kandy Muse, Gottmik, and Rosé hold a mini ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ reunion as EW’s BINGE hosts Joey Nolfi and Jillian Sederholm broadcast live from Kandy’s new boat — where on-board entertainment includes a surprise performance from Tina Burner’s boy band 5th Ring. Topics include: Sprained ankles, Kandy’s idea for a rating show, Tamisha, Elliott, Paris Hilton, and more! More at ew.com and @ew.Hosts/Producers: Joey Nolfi (@joeynolfi) and Jillian Sederholm (@jilliansed); Producer/Editor: Carly Usdin (@carlytron); Executive Producers: Shana Naomi Krochmal (@shananaomi) and Carly Usdin. Learn more about...2021-04-2958 min
OTM PodcastEpisode Six: Tina Sederholm and Ashanti Wheeler-ArtwellWe’re joined by poet/performer Tina Sederholm and actor/writer/poet Ashanti Wheeler-Artwell, to talk about their work, poetry slams and our relationship with social media.
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Tina’s we...2021-03-1854 min
Page One184 - POIR 27Talking bee-realism, female friendship and the intoxication of undeserved power and position, Charles Adrian revisits the three books he was given by guests at the end of the third season of the podcast. More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/. Correction: Contrary to what Charles Adrian says in this episode, The Bees by Laline Paull is not really a Sparticus story. Flora 717 is, in effect, an enslaved bee but she does not exactly gather an army to revolt against her hive and nor is sh...2020-10-2729 minBurning Eye PodcastTina SederholmOur poem this week is 'Vegetable Special at the Gate Hangs High' by Tina Sederholm!
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They spelt it Le Sagne
on the pub specials board.
That’s L,E, space, Sagne.
I shouldn’t laugh,
after all, people in Britain
pronounce it that way.
But I can’t help myself,
I keep saying Le Sagne,
Laying the stress
on different syllables,
pompous arse that I am
after a couple glasses of red,
a...2020-05-1303 min
Page One105 - Tina SederholmJoining Charles Adrian for the 79th Second-Hand Book Factory is poet, performer and promoter – or artistic explorer to her friends – Tina Sederholm. With the sound of George sighing in the background, they discuss art outside the box, bad dancing, living in a cold world and goodness as a woman’s lot. Some Links: Nessuno video Drake Hotline video Page One Murder Mystery episode Page One episode featuring Larry's Party by Carol Shields Faeries on Bandcamp2015-11-0329 min
StandUpTragedyEdinburgh 2015 - Other TragediesIn a special edition of Stand Up Tragedy we collaborated with Other Voices spoken word cabaret to form Tragic Voices.
https://www.facebook.com/othervoicespbh
http://www.fayroberts.co.uk/
We're put out a different hour of tragedy every day at the Banshee Labyrinth, Banqueting Room at 19.30 at the PBH Free Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival.
We have a whole range of exciting shows that you can find out more about here: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk This includes all our special editions and collaborations, the other shows we are producing and the full line up for all our standard...2015-08-2457 minStandUpTragedyEdinburgh 2015 - Other TragediesIn a special edition of Stand Up Tragedy we collaborated with Other Voices spoken word cabaret to form Tragic Voices.
https://www.facebook.com/othervoicespbh
http://www.fayroberts.co.uk/
We're put out a different hour of tragedy every day at the Banshee Labyrinth, Banqueting Room at 19.30 at the PBH Free Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival.
We have a whole range of exciting shows that you can find out more about here: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk This includes all our special editions and collaborations, the other shows we are producing and the full line up for all our standard...2015-08-2457 min
StandUpTragedyEdinburgh 2015 - Tragedy Fails BetterA podcast crossover mash up between Stand Up Tragedy and the Fail Better Podcast: http://www.londonfieldsradio.co.uk/shows/fail-better-podcast/
Guest hosted by Paula Varjack: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/how-i-became-myself-by-becoming-someone-else
Dan Simpson: http://freefringe.org.uk/edinburgh-fringe-festival/dan-simpson-nerdsmith-2/all/
We're doing a different hour of tragedy every day at the Banshee Labyrinth, Banqueting Room (Venue 156) at 19.30. It's part of the Free Fringe so it's free to enter and you can PWYL when you leave.
We have a whole range of exciting shows that you can find out more about here: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk This includes all...2015-08-1653 minStandUpTragedyEdinburgh 2015 - Tragedy Fails BetterA podcast crossover mash up between Stand Up Tragedy and the Fail Better Podcast: http://www.londonfieldsradio.co.uk/shows/fail-better-podcast/
Guest hosted by Paula Varjack: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/how-i-became-myself-by-becoming-someone-else
Dan Simpson: http://freefringe.org.uk/edinburgh-fringe-festival/dan-simpson-nerdsmith-2/all/
We're doing a different hour of tragedy every day at the Banshee Labyrinth, Banqueting Room (Venue 156) at 19.30. It's part of the Free Fringe so it's free to enter and you can PWYL when you leave.
We have a whole range of exciting shows that you can find out more about here: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk This includes all...2015-08-1653 min