Listener Week: Women & Walking, Bulimia, Becoming a Mother Unexpectedly
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Would you consider walking 880 miles around the Wales Coastal Path? Two listeners, Helen and Rhian, tell us about their experiences, and they are joined by academic Kerri Andrews, author of Wanderers: A History of Women Walking. Daisy Leigh was 23 when she felt an unfamiliar kicking sensation and was shocked to discover she was 30 weerks pregnant. She had just two months to prepare, mentally and practically, for becoming a mother. Nine months on, she says her daughter is the best thing that's ever happened to her, and she'll be talking about the challenges and pressures of becoming a young mum when her career was taking off. Helen got in touch wanting to highlight bulimia, which she feels is often overshadowed by anorexia. She talks about her experience with the condition and how difficult it is, particularly as her weight is a healthy one. Also on the programme is Associate Prof Lucy Serpell, Dept of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at UCL, who also treats bulimia patients in a clinical capacity. Lockdown inspired listener Suzanne to start her own business. Furloughed from her work as a child advocate, she had time to return to developing her hat-making skills using recycled 100% wool.
Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
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| 0:00.0 | Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless |
| 0:06.8 | searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the |
| 0:11.8 | telly we share what we've been watching |
| 0:14.0 | Fladiated. |
| 0:16.0 | Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming. |
| 0:19.0 | Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige. |
| 0:21.0 | And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less |
| 0:25.0 | searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:29.0 | BBC Sounds music radio Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:34.4 | Hi, this is Jane Garvey and welcome to the Women's Ad Podcast. |
| 0:37.4 | It's day two of listener week. |
| 0:38.8 | It's Tuesday, August the 25th, 2020. |
| 0:41.9 | Hi there, good morning. |
| 0:42.9 | It is the second day of listener week on Women's Hour, |
| 0:45.7 | which means that everything we're talking about |
| 0:47.6 | throughout the course of the week |
| 0:49.0 | has been suggested by you, and thank you again |
| 0:52.0 | for being so willing to take part and so enthusiastic |
| 0:55.3 | when you get the chance to be with us we really do appreciate it. Today we're |
| 0:59.7 | going to talk to Helen who wants to speak very honestly about bulimia. We'll hear about a life |
| 1:05.3 | changed by lockdown. Suzanne who started making hats with 100% recycled wool. There's one for our listeners who enjoy craft so much. I know |
| 1:15.1 | there are many of you out there. And we'll hear too from Daisy who was 23 and |
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