Badass Womens Hour

How natural is monogamy? Or do you feel more comfortable with "monogam-ish"?Author Lucy Fry opened her relationship after having some honest conversations with her partner, although she admits to not starting polyamory in the correct and honest way hear how it's working for her. Harriet, Emma and Natalie all discuss, what their personal preferences are when it comes to relationships.And Lucy talks about the ways it has strengthened her relationships, how attachment can manifest in relationships and parenting in an open relationship. Her book "There Are Easier Ways To Say I Love You”, documents all of this and some more interesting details of her polyamory…..The second badass guest this week is Kate Hodges who since childhood has always been more interested darker side of fairytales as the princess’ or heroines never quite did it for Kate admitting was more taken by the idea of the female baddie.From Slavic witches to Japanese supernatural beasts, Kate is diving into the tales of some of the most nef

An end of the day drink can be seen as “mummy’s little helper” on this extra spill the badass ladies are discussing the “Wine mum” culture of social media.Author Clare Pooley aka the "Sober Mummy” tells Harriet, Natalie and Emma how two glasses of wine a night turned into ten bottles a week, and the moment she started to realise this wasn’t quite right!She started a blog “Mummy was a secret drinker” to document everything she was feeling about her drink habits, Clare paired her blog writing with extensive research on the effects of drinking.  Clare hasn’t drank for 5 years now, and although she says she doesn’t blame any mother for having a glass of wine of an evening Clare admits she saw positive impacts on her life since going sober, Clare also talks about the negative impacts that drinking had on her life and how things have changed for her, with her career and her role as a mother.To find out more about Clare and her book here.For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet Min

Harriet, Emma and Natalie are joined by Chidera Eggerue AKA “The Slumflower”, the mind that brought us “Saggy Boobs Matter”.Chidera is talking about her latest book “How To Get Over A Boy” which looks at the idea of romance vs love and the idea of love and relationships we are shown in the media especially in the 90’s era of rom-coms and chick-flicks. Chidera explains what the real “P-word” is and why women seem to accept less than they deserve and compromise within relationships more than a man. And together the ladies look at our own biases with our Body hair, why women feel the need to remove body hair and where this phenomena came from. Look out for Chidera’s documentary “Bring back the bush: where did our pubic hair go?” on Channel 4.The second badass guest this week is Emily Aboud who has created the play “Splintered” which is based on conversations with women from Trinidad, telling the stories of growing up queer in the Caribbean. The play takes the form of a cabaret aiming to “educate the oppress

Have your new years resolutions gone awry? This week's guest are here to give you a bit of badass inspoThe first guest up on this weeks extra bits is Bangs Carey-Campbell A fitness guru and author.A self confessed ex couch potato said she fell in love with the adrenaline she got from moving her body, Bangs urges you to adjust your goals to suit you if you’re struggling to meet them. She claims to be a big believer that fitness should not be a punishment but should be enjoyed, it’s all about doing what suits you, having fun, incremental change, and listening to your body.Her new book will show you how to start moving, discover and fall involve with movement and why “Doin’ it for the ‘gram” might actually help. For more information on her book click here.The "This Girl Can" campaign changed the way advertising looked at women and the female body, highlighting the strength of women and how normal women exercise and what women’s bodies really look like. The ladies are joined by Kate Dale the creator of

Author and former TV executive Helen Warner is joining the badass ladies to discuss her latest book “She” as Helen shares the main character “Belle” is every mother’s nightmare, a women who has “put a bomb underneath a family and enjoy’s watching it explode”Helen’s new book has a darker feel than her two previous book which has inspired her to take on the pseudonym H. C. Warner. Helen talks procrastination habits and why she found being a full time write rather challenging and actually prefers writing on the train to work?!Also hear how she made a success of the legendary British daytime TV show “Lose Women” during her early career in TV as well as some of the most trying and testing moments in her career including launching “This Morning” and “Good Morning Britain”.For more information on Helen’s book, click here.For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma Sexton If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @ba

How are the relationships in your life? Well, find out which is the most important one to get right!Camilla Sacre-Dallerup has swapped her dance floor moves for mindful living, and wellness coaching. Camilla, Harriet and Claudia discuss the tools that camilla has learnt in order to retrain the subconscious mind to set new more positive paths and ways of living, she describes life coaching as “holding a mirror up” to ourselves.Harriet asks How we can become an expert at relationships and reveals she is a trained life coach too, she felt the necessity to help other women after feeling the benefits of being coached herself!And I know we hear this a lot at the minute, but Camila expresses the importance of self care in her life and the things she learnt from burn out as a dancer. Her latest book is out now, click here for more info.For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterClaudia-Liza Armah is co-presenting with Harriet this week.Natalie CampbellEmma Sexton&

The networks and events that are offering a wealth of connection and advice from women, for women.The Coven Girl Gang is a new platform offering a support network to millennial female freelancers and “career babes” the ladies are talking to the founder Sapphire Bates.Named the social network for “the Instagram generation” Sapphire explains why she started the network, and felt women especially needed a bit of creative support, she also talks about her love hate relationship with the app that has meant she can grow her business in todays social media driven world. The second guest this week is Jude Kelly founder of the Women Of The World Festival. Jude gives Harriet and Claudia a lesson in equality, feminism and what is still to be achieved.“The Women Of The World Festival” is an event to unite women from all over the globe so they can discuss issues that go beyond race, religion and country. This festival is a crucial event to lead women and the future generations to greater equality. As Jude says,

What do you think of when you think of when you think of Victoria’s Secret? The badass ladies are we-writing the norm on the studio this week. This year the woman’s underwear brand Victoria’s Secret aren’t doing their famous Angels shoot so photographer Linda Blacker has stepped in instead. Linda has created the alternative Angels shoot to celebrate women, the diversity and beauty of the female form. She is telling Harriet, Emma and Scarlet about why she felt the need for an image like this to be created and the process of making it happen. Find the image here.Joining her in the studio is Enam Asiama is a plus sized model and speaker, spreading the message of body positivity and self love and plus sized visibility, who took part in the shoot. The pair are explaining why they believe big brands should be stepping up to represent diversity in their marketing so all women can see themselves represented in the media and life.For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie

Are we waisting time at work? And how can an equal gendered workforce make a difference with the productivity and longevity of a business? Gender Scope’s Gender Consultant Yael Nevo tells us.Yael helps businesses by performing a gender gap analysis which looks at different areas within the company and their issues from HR, representation to communication. The ladies explore how a business can be truly gender equal.Dr Mandeep Rai is the second highlight from this weeks show, she has embarked on a rather interesting task, Mandeep has been discovering and recognising the unique value of 101 countries around the world that gives them their certain “je ne sais quoi”. Her new book “The Values Compass” looks at the things that are driving the culture and beliefs of a place, from the joy of Shri Lanka, South Africa’s Forgiveness, Croatia’s Friendliness and England’s Steadfastness, Dr Mandeep breaks-down what a value is and what gives a country their own set of values.For information on all your hosts you can cli

Are your favourite love films portraying actually damaging relationships?On this extra snippet from the show is author Holly Bourne, Holly is an ambassador for Women’s Aid, together they have created a campaign aiming to educate teenagers about healthy relationships and the different forms that domestic abuse can take. Love Respect is a website that offers advice and stories showing what genuine healthy love looks like.Holly explains to Harriet, and the ladies why we could be mistaking love for abuse within relationships, she believes that popular film and tv story lines are actually depicting stories of abusive relationships, even cult favourites like “Love Actually”.They also ask why abusers take advantage within their relationships and if the perpetrator even realises they are doing anything wrong in the first place?Also a listener of the show rings up to speak about his own experience with the domestic abuse system and how he has recovered, he shares his own advice for recognising your own possibly abusiv

It’s the first week of a brand new decade and we’re kicking things off badass.The first guest this week is Grace Campbell , Grace has been a feminist activist for several years, she and some friends started the campaign group “pink protest” which helped to launch the “Free Periods Campaign” aimed at helping women and girls facing period poverty. She is also the co-creator of the Channel 4’s “Riot-girls” an all female comedy prank show and quickly caught the stand up bug. As well as a long list of talents she is also the daughter of politician Alister Campbell as Grace tells this can be quite polarising for her audiences, they have joined forces to create a podcast chatting “Football, Feminism and Everything in-between”.The second guest this week is Owain Astles the filmmaker behind the docu-drama “Sleeping Rough” which takes frank look at the state of homelessness in the UK with an Increase of 165% in recent years the Owain tell the ladies what is behind the rise. After a period of sofa-surfing Owain learnt m

In the final show of the year the Harriet, Emma and Natalie are casting their eyes to the sky in search of what 2020 has in store for us all with astrologer Debbie Frank. Debbie is breaking down what the retrogrades, eclipses and other aspects of astrology means for your star sign and how your year will go!100 years since the sex discrimination removal act was put into action meaning that any professions that excluded women such as lawyers were no longer allowed to discriminate. The ladies are debating whether this act is still necessary in 2020. Dana is explaining the work of the first 100 years project. Also joining the conversation is Sian Clarke, an employment lawyer at Slater and Gordon, tells us the sort of cases she deals with today and how women are still being discriminated against in the workplace, but also the inspiring women who are leading the way for gender equality.And the final bit of entrepreneurial inspiration for the year comes from Natalie Duvall and Alison Burton who are bringin

In the season of giving the Badass Ladies have been finding out how you can create real change this Christmas in a personal way!Anna is a case worker at Beam, she explains what this social enterprise is doing differently to make direct impact to the lives of homeless people. They are using crowd sourcing in a really unique way, members of the public use the website to donate money directly to people to fund their unique journey out of homeless, this could be helping with childcare costs, tuitions or travel to work.Also in the studio is Decoda, she was helped back into college by the donations she received through her Beam campaign, she has been updating the people who helped her on the progress she has made every step of the way and now, she has graduated from college, found a job as a social worker and hopes to attend university in the near future.For more information and how to donate yourself click here.For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma S

The question of the week is: should Caroline Flack continue to host the reality relationship show “Love Island” after news of her arrest following a claim she abused her boyfriend? Is it correct to allow her to be a role model for young women and girls as an alleged attacker?Live with the badass ladies this week is Juliet Uzor the winner of the 2019 “Great British Sewing Bee”, she won the show stitching things together from an old pair of curtains or scrap pieces of cloth and made some beautiful designs although, sewing didn’t come into Juliet’s life until her 20’s but she soon developed a talent for it after teaching herself with YouTube. The ladies discuss women in their own families having sewn when they were younger, so why did we stop making our own clothes somewhere down the line?Sarah Knight is the queen of not giving a f***k she has mastered the art of putting her own needs first, not worrying about what people think of her as well as saying no! Sarah quit her corporate job in New York and moved

Where do we draw the line between clever marketing and the objectification of women? Harriet, Emma and Nat are finding out with a festive spin!Charly Lester is the founder of the Lumen over 50's dating app. This week their Christmas tube advert has been under scrutiny, the image features Ulrika Johnson in a red night gown and stocking, offering a cheeky Christmas whim, but the badass ladies are debating what makes an image “too risqué” or “not appropriate” for an advert? For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma Sexton If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshrAnd for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meg-John Baker is the author of Gender: A Graphic Guide. They are rewriting the rules on relationships and gender and discussing with the badass women about what we expect from our relationships and gender as well. They explain why we all have a unique relationship with how we perceive our own gender.Meg-John tells the ladies that opening up the conversation around gender allows people to be free whilst feeling represented and have a sense of belonging, and they discuss the rise in hate crime’s against people who stretch the binary and challenge people's limited beliefs. Meg puts this down to a national fear of “otherness”.One of London's most exciting new shops Janet’s List is a concept store which is made up of business created and ran by women of colour, created by Janet Oganah, who wants to bring diversity to the British high-street in a really creative and unique way. The concept store is in London and you can find more information here. For information on all your hosts you can click on t

Is it possible to remain cool, calm and collected during birth? The badass ladies are finding out!In the studio this week is Siobhan Miller the founder of “The positive birth company”.She’s teaching expectant mothers about, mindfulness, and other techniques that can relax and calm them during labour and ease your body and mind throughout the whole process.After having gone through a three day labour with her first child, Siobhan wanted to create more positivity around the birthing experience as all she could find was rather negative.You can access Siobhan’s services here: https://thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/digital-pack?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI__K8hc6e5gIVRbTtCh3YwAyGEAAYASAAEgL22PD_BwEFor information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma Sexton If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshrAnd for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-

World renowned Athlete Jason Livingston is live in the studio he tells the ladies the harrowing story of his dark childhood, and the events in his past that lead him to becoming an athlete. This episode may be triggering for some. As Emma Takes a week off Trisha Goddard joined Harriet and Natalie for this week’s Badass Woman’s Hour.At the age of 8 moving with his mother and her new partner who quickly became abusive toward Jason, having lived up until then with his loving West Indian grandparents, from a young age Jason was forced to change. His book “Born Running” documents his early career as an athlete and how pushing the boundaries of his own bodies became mistaken for doping, which went on to have a big affect on his first experience of the Olympics.If you need help with similar issues raised in this episode please visit the links below:https://www.refuge.org.uk/https://napac.org.uk/For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma Sexton If

As the weather outside is getting colder, this week in the studio things are definitely getting hotter…..Sex therapist Kate Moyle is joining Harriet, Emma and Nat, to discuss mindful sex. This means getting out of our heads and into our bodies to take in all of the sensations we are experiencing during sex! Natalie says that to her being in the moment just feels like a prerequisite for a good time, so why do we need to be reminded to slow down during sex? Well as Kate explains self confidence, self doubt & work stress are all things that can play on our mind everyday and effect our enjoyment of sex so she shares some tips for having more mindful intimacy.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today is the international day for the irradiation of violence against women and we are looking at what is still to be done for women who are suffering as a result of violence.Joining the ladies in the studio is barrister Laurie-Anne Power, together they are discussing the tragic death of backpacker Gracie Millane, Laurie-Anne explains that consent cannot be given to any form of violence in sex and “rough sex” is no defence for causing death. Two women a year are dying as a result of “rough sex” and we cannot accept this as an acceptable thing for men to be used against women.The TV Network A&E have started an end abuse against women campaign to tell more stories of women facing violence Di Carter is the commissioning editor and producer of “Murdered by my husband” she explains why she felt these stories needed to be brought into the public attention. With a horrible fact that two women a week die from domestic abuse Di Talks about the work, she witnessed at help centre Refuge.And history is bei