332: Just the Two of Us - Helen's New Book!

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Self-improvement, Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

IT'S HERE! Well, almost. Helen's brand new book, How to Face Big Change and Come Back Stronger, is out on 2nd April! So we sat down for a chat about it.

Listen in to find out why Helen wanted to write the book, and what she learned during the writing process. Ellie discusses what it's like to support a friend through hard times, and there's some chat about healthy and not-so-healthy ways of coping. Plus, discover what makes Helen laugh more than anything else, and why Ellie is now really into oil rigs.

We are on tour, just for a change. But also - Helen is doing a book tour! And Ellie is joining her for a couple of the dates!

Bath 27 March, Chorleywood 7 April, Nottingham 9 April, Leeds 10 April, Mold 11 April. Tickets from tix.to/helenthorn

Helen's book is out next week but you can pre-order now! Go go go!

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0:00.0	all right okay hello and welcome to the scowy mommy's podcast it's me any i've got
0:07.5	i know i was like uh who i was waiting for you to go it's me helen thorn but is it i can't remember
0:13.5	how we do it 330 odd episodes this is what happened to me the other day with carry ad oh yeah
0:20.1	i lost i lost my wood oh. How... This is where we're at now. We're 47 and 48. And here we are. Oh, my God. Who are we? Who, what's your fucking name? What do you want? What are you done? You've done a book, have you? That's original. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
0:39.3	Here's a podcast about books.
0:41.9	Yes.
0:43.1	Blown your mind.
0:44.6	Yes, just like you get on Radio 4, but much less professional.
0:48.1	Anyway.
0:52.0	Hello, scumbags.
0:53.5	This is the Scummy Mummy's podcast.
0:57.0	With your hosts, Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorne.
1:05.4	Hello and welcome to the Scummy Mummy's podcast.
1:07.8	It's me, Ellie Gibson.
1:08.5	And it's me, Helen Thorne.
1:09.6	Who's our guest at Norman at this point again, you see? You say how excited you are. Are you excited? I'm so excited Ellie. Why are you excited today? Oh, well, I'm excited to be in your house. I'm excited to be alive. I don't know. It's always a bit cringy, isn't it? Like, I'm freaking a book. I'm going to put on a funny voice to, you know, cover up my sort of awkwardness about it. But yes, we're going to chat about me book today. I've banged on about it. I've alluded to it. I may have mentioned it a couple of times, but it's out on the second of April, Ellie. Well, it's your fucking podcast, at least 50% you can talk about it. Oh, that's good. As much as you like, I think. This is our own magazine. How contemporary. No, normally you're very excited about the guest, but it's, you are the guests. I am. I know, be my guest, be my guest. Wow, now we get a copyright strike, yeah, well done.
2:02.3	Isn't it, be our guest anyway?
2:04.2	Yeah, that was the flex.
2:08.6	Right, that was the twist changing our to mine. Yeah, yeah.
2:09.5	Can you be one's own?
2:11.4	Anyway, I feel like we've got off to a rocky start, but what the fuck is new?
2:15.1	Welcome to your own podcast, Helen Thorne.
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