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🗓️ 31 March 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
0:05.2 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
0:10.5 | Morning all, we have made it to Friday and today I'm going to be joined by the writer and |
0:15.2 | performance poet Selena Godden. |
0:17.3 | Her brilliant new poetry book is called Pessimism is for Lightways, provocative title that |
0:22.9 | really makes you think. |
0:24.8 | So today I would like to know from all of you what keeps you optimistic, what gives |
0:30.4 | you hope, what makes you feel strong, what gives you courage, when life seems like an uphill |
0:35.2 | battle, what gets you through, is there a quote, a song, a book, a piece of art, a poem, |
0:41.1 | you always go back to, is there a person you call who always boosts your soul, puts |
0:44.8 | the fire back in your belly, is there a place you go to in your mind or indeed a real |
0:48.8 | life place that helps you get up to plow forward on the days, you just want to hide away, |
0:54.2 | what pushes you through the struggle. |
0:56.6 | Share your wisdom on how to stay optimistic and you never know your words might be just |
1:01.3 | what someone else needs to hear today. |
1:03.5 | Here's a burst of something, just a lift your spirits. |
1:05.5 | Just think of it as a gift from me to you, optimistic by the sounds of blackness because |
1:10.1 | why not. |
1:11.1 | You can text me 84844, you can contact me via email through our website, you can also |
1:17.1 | leave me a WhatsApp note 0300 100444 and it's social media, it's at BBC Women's |
1:24.1 | Hour, share your wisdom on what keeps you optimistic with me. |
1:28.6 | Also, we enter the world of gaming this morning, Kelsey Greeg has made history as the first |
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