Listeners, I'm sitting in my garden, it feels lovely and sunny, I feel like I'm on holiday

for Monest, which is very apt because I've got some more holiday reading for you.

This episode of Homo sapient is sponsored by Better Left Unsaid from Tufael Ahmed, author

of the acclaimed novel This Way Out. Better Left Unsaid is about three siblings navigating

life after their mother's death. They're all living separate lives trying to live

up to their last promises they each made to their mother.

Until a viral news piece throws an unwanted spotlight on the family and forces the siblings

back into each other's lives. Three siblings, three promises, three lifetimes of saying

all the wrong things. Gosh, it feels familiar. I'll leave it at that for now, it's a really

good read. The novel is available at Amazon.co.uk forward slash Homo sapiens. I love it when

they do a little URL for us. Those with a Kindle Unlimited subscription can read at no additional

extra cost. That's www.amazon.co.uk forward slash Homo sapiens. Better Left Unsaid is available

20th September in e-book, paperbook and audiobook editions. Hmm, get involved.

Hello, this is part two of our lovely chat with self-esteem. If you haven't heard

part one yet, may I recommend going to listen to part one? You will find a link to part

one in the episode description. Here is self-esteem. But I wondered if it was perhaps a little

bit of extra pressure on yourself because you feel like you're doing it late and you feel

like it's the last chance. The whole thing for me is like tick tock tick tock if I want a baby,

right? From my putt. Right. It's got to be in the next five. So, and I, you know,

a jury's out on where I want to not all talk about it. It's not a focus. But that's another thing

for the kids, women back and folks and feeling insane and secondary because it's so hard

wired in you that you're a failure unless you do with that. That the clock is there in that

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