202: Clare Balding's Guide to Life

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This episode features writer, rambler, TV legend and national treasure Clare Balding! We cover all sorts of topics, from nearly messing up Prince Philip's funeral and mentally fat-shaming labradors to feeding horses with your mouth.

Clare tells us all about her brilliant new book, Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going, which is out now. We discuss what being kind really means, why she doesn't like selfies, and why she thinks you have to fail 100 times to be good at anything. We ask big questions like how to give kids honest feedback, and help them cope with the pressure to achieve perfection. Plus, Ellie encourages Clare Balding to take drugs, and Helen tells a fart story.

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0:32.4	Today's episode is sponsored by EE. Now we've managed to record this episode amongst just the
0:37.3	sheer chaos of two alive, juggling teens, homework, washing piles and just mess. They just
0:43.0	mess all the time. How my kids know how to tie their own shoes or the days of the week is
0:47.3	beyond me. But help is at hand. I am very pleased to tell you that EE have introduced EE Learn.
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1:04.8	access to inspiring mentors from fabulous places like BAFTA and the FAA. The lessons can help kids
1:10.6	pick up new skills that will help them get on and this could be something from backyard chemistry
1:15.7	to future-ready financial advice. Do you know what? I just wish I had something like this when
1:19.5	I was growing up. Actually, I think I'm still growing up. So I better go to EE Learn right now.
1:25.5	And if you want to find out more, just search EE Learn.
1:46.2	Hello and welcome to the Scummy Mummy's podcast. I'm Ellie Gibson and I'm Helen Thorn.
1:50.7	And our guest today is none other than Clare Bolding. Yes! Sorry I should have said TV's Clare
1:57.6	Bolding. Do you prefer that? No. No. No. No. You can go with whatever you want. I just thought
2:01.8	you were going to leave a gap and then I was going to say Clare Bolding. Oh you're right. See
2:06.1	this is why she's a professional broadcaster and we're doing this nonsense Helen. She's
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