Weekend Woman's Hour - Pottering, BAME Eating Disorders & Ditching Shame
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Pottering can be described as keeping busy without a plan or purpose. We hear from a self-confessed potterer. She's life coach Sarah Longfield, and we also have Anna McGovern, who's written a book called Pottering: A Cure for Modern Life.
Statistics pulled together by NHS digital tell us that more people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities are being admitted to hospital because of eating disorders. We hear from a parent whose daughter was recently diagnosed with an eating disorder and from Professor Sandeep Ranote who's a psychiatrist and expert on eating disorders.
Concern over the state of our planet is at a record high but who holds the real power? We hear from Karen Shackleton the Founder of the Ilkley Clean River Campaign and Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of The Environment Agency.
How do we ditch our shame? Comedian Grace Campbell has written a book called Amazing Disgrace. It's about growing up feeling shameful about sex. It's also about mental health and being jealous. She joins the psychotherapist Gabrielle Rifkind to discuss how we can get rid of our shame.
We hear from Emma and Ashlee who left care just before they were 18 and how they adapted to adult life. Mark Riddell, the National Implementation Advisor for Care Leavers, discusses what initiatives are working.
And after going viral in a YouTube video, singer Charlotte Awbery tells about her journey from waitressing to being a guest on The Ellen Show.
Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Siobhann Tighe
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:02.8 | Hi, good afternoon. |
| 0:03.8 | A warm welcome to the weekend edition of Woman's Hour. |
| 0:06.8 | Today, why more people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities |
| 0:11.9 | are being admitted to hospital for eating disorders. |
| 0:15.1 | We'll also talk to more women doing their bit |
| 0:17.5 | to make our environment better |
| 0:19.6 | and what it's really like to go out in the world |
| 0:22.7 | after you've left care. |
| 0:24.7 | It was a very busy home. |
| 0:26.8 | I was always doing something |
| 0:28.7 | and something was always happening |
| 0:29.8 | and there was always a lot of adults around, I guess, |
| 0:32.8 | seeing about six adults in a day to see no one. |
| 0:35.8 | I think that was kind of the terrifying part |
| 0:37.7 | like you just didn't have by my support |
| 0:39.5 | and I just fell apart. |
| 0:40.8 | More on that later, we'll also have the singer, |
| 0:43.2 | Charlotte Orbury, on going viral |
| 0:46.0 | and then getting to the Ellen show |
| 0:48.5 | and are you any good at pottering? |
| 0:50.6 | It's the art of doing important |
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