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The Shift with Sam Baker

Philippa Perry on getting hold of the "steering wheel of life"

The Shift with Sam Baker

Sam Baker Ltd

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.8525 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

How's 2021 for you so far?! I know, right? Well, who better to grab us by the scruff of the neck at just the point our meagre enthusiasm is starting to wear off than Philippa Perry? Philippa has been a psychotherapist for 20 years. She’s also an agony aunt, presenter and author of the bestseller, The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and your children will be glad you did) - a clever, funny - and SANE - guide that acknowledges ‘they f*ck you up, your mum and dad’, and then helps you try not to do the same. Philippa is completely fascinating as she talks about “getting hold of the steering wheel of life”, why plummeting oestrogen levels made her “homicidal not suicidal”, why women should stop playing “mine’s smaller than yours” and her own battle to silence her inner critic. And if you want to know how to make a sweary cushion you’ve come to the right place. The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. I'd love to hear what you think - please rate and review or let me know on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at Bookshop.org, including the book that accompanies this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too and The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read and Couch Fiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Jamie Lang and Sophie Haboo have arrived on Disney Plus.

0:04.5

We're having a baby.

0:05.5

We're having a baby.

0:07.2

I've always wanted to be mom.

0:09.4

And we're bringing you on our journey through everything.

0:12.4

I have no idea what we're doing.

0:13.6

Thank you. I have more of an idea.

0:15.6

I think of it like a Tamagocchi.

0:17.8

At the end of all of this...

0:20.0

We're going to have a little baby. Raising Chelsea, a Hulu

0:23.7

original series streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. 18 plus subscription required T's and T supply.

0:35.6

Hello and welcome to season three.

0:38.1

Yes, season three of The Shift, the podcast that aims to tell the no-holds-barred truth about being a woman post-40.

0:45.4

Created and hosted by me, journalist and author Sam Baker.

0:49.1

Who better to grab us by the scruff of the neck and thrust us into 2021 at just the point our meagre

0:55.5

enthusiasm is starting to wane than Philippa Perry. Philippa has been a psychotherapist for 20 years.

1:01.6

She's also an agony aunt, presenter, an author of the bestseller, the book you wish your parents

1:06.5

had read and your children would be glad you did. A clever, funny and sane guide that acknowledges

1:13.2

they fuck you up your mum and dad and then help you try not to do the same. I like people to

1:18.7

take control of their lives if possible, yeah. I think it's great to be in control rather than

1:24.5

be a feather being blown around by the wind.

1:28.1

Philippa is completely fascinating as she talks about getting hold of the steering wheel of life,

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