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Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil

I Weigh - Be the Expert in Your Own Life with Maisie Hill

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil

Disasters, Storytelling, Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Shame, Comedy, Jameela Jamil, Personal Journals, Funny

4.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jameela is joined by the world’s leading hormone expert & author Maisie Hill (Period Power) to talk about the science behind our stress hormones, how our stress response system is overwhelmed by modern technology and day-to-day deadlines, and how understanding our hormones will help us build resilience. You’ll hear some open conversations about neurodivergent communication styles and the nuances of autism, plus plenty more.

If you have a Wrong Turn of your own to share with Jameela, email a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com, and we may include it in a future episode!

Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.

You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf website

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Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.

Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Maybe Hill, my huge crush, welcome back to Iowa.

0:15.3

Hello.

0:18.7

Likewise, true to be here.

0:21.5

It's so good to have you here.

0:23.5

I cannot tell you.

0:24.4

I think we've re-released your episode like three times,

0:27.3

just the last time you came on to talk about period power

0:29.8

because of how instrumental that book has been in me and my friend's lives.

0:35.3

It is the book I have most recommended or gifted to other people,

0:39.6

and it has shifted my existential perspective on my own body and the way that I live my life.

0:47.5

I cannot tell you enough how impactful your work has been for me and my listeners and every woman I know. So thank you for that.

0:56.8

You're welcome. And now you've done it again.

0:58.8

Basque in the glory of that praise. Enjoy the glow. Which is important because so often we

1:05.0

brush past that and go, oh, you know, it was nothing. I'm like, no, I'm just going to,

1:10.6

I'm going to receive the compliment. Thank you.

1:12.4

Yeah, please do. Well, you've done it again. You've written another book and this one's called

1:16.0

Powerful, Be the Expert in your life. So many of your books are just about making sure that people

1:21.6

have the actual agency and autonomy via the information. Like, for example, with your book about period

1:28.1

power, you really broke down our cycles to us and told us to, you gave us tangible tips.

1:34.4

Everyone go back and listen to that episode, period power, whenever you can. But you gave us

1:39.7

tips to monitor our own selves as case-by-case individuals and have the, I don't know,

1:47.1

you just, you kind of gave us permission to prioritise our periods, which is so ridiculous,

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