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Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

72: DIG IN: School Anxiety, Lost Toy Stories, and Ending Period Stigma

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

Persephonica

Society & Culture, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting, Home & Garden, Personal Journals

4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Dig In, Becki’s asking for some advice on how to help manage her son’s anxiety about going to school. Jo and Zo share some of your amazing stories about rescuing beloved lost toys. Plus - we’re joined by Dr Natalie Brown to talk about the research she’s been doing into improving period education.

You can watch the Bodyform ‘Never Just a Period’ advert that Jo & Zoe discuss here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFYcj2sJ3A 

To find the education resources Natalie mentions, head to: https://www.periodeducation.org/resources 

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CREDITS
Exec Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan
Producer: Samantha Psyk
Assistant Producer: Eve Jones
Technical Producer: Oliver Geraghty
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on Digit.

0:01.5

It's so upsetting, isn't it?

0:03.0

When you as a parent are getting upset, you're at your wits end, and you just don't know how to help. And you don't know if you're doing the right thing? Yeah. Boyfriends used to buy me cuddly toys. I don't know whether these men used to think that I needed some kind of father figure or something about it. How weird. I can look after myself. I'm a strong independent woman. Thank you very much.

0:26.4

When I go to bed at night, I actually still cuddlo-cuddly toy. Make sure you put an air tag in its bottom. I remember someone saying that to me in a meeting. Oh, have you got your period? And I slammed

0:32.8

my fist down. You wouldn't say that to Chris Evans? All of that right after this.

0:48.7

Digit is sponsored by Ancient and Brave. Do you ever think the hardest work you do is the stuff no one notices, Joe? Oh, I'm thinking of the toilet rolls and changing them when they've

0:54.0

run out, throwing the little cardboard rolls away. I'm thinking of the toilet rolls and changing them when they've run out,

0:54.7

throwing the little cardboard rolls away. I'm thinking of the vacuuming that nobody else

0:59.6

ever seems to see the dirt or the crumbs on the floor. I mean, I could go on. I'm sure you can too.

1:04.3

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1:08.6

carrying wood, cleaning the fireplace, carrying shopping,

1:11.2

putting it away. Well, I've recently been focusing on how much protein I get. It's not about

1:16.3

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