Letters To My Fanny - The Podcast

EP. 20 - Starting a business, health and brain-time

In this episode I talk to Angelica Malin, founder of the online lifestyle magazine About Time. We talk about starting a business, the highs and lows of being your own boss, the modern work world, wearing spandex to work, being responsible online, being on shpilkies and vitamin drips!

EP. 19 - Sex in a long term relationship: can it be hot? With The Hotbed Collective

We talk about how and why the Hotbed as born, why sex is hard in long term relationships/with kids, why confidence is such a big issue in having good sex, is it possible to have hot hot sex after the age of 30? And obvs we talk about masturbation and vibrators. The heart of it is, the question Hotbed is trying to answer is...can you have a good sex life in a long term relationship, with kids, busy jobs, arguments about where the socks are? We will be doing lots of of these, possible as it's own Hotbed podcast, as this is a huge subject. We want to find some real answers people. WEBSITE: www.thehotbedcollective.com INSTAGRAM: thehotbedcollective LIVE EVENTS: the next one is on the 9th November...details on our insta

EP. 18 - What the hell is a doula anyway, the cesarean debate, birth rights, sex fiends

In light of the backlash against Kate Hudson's comment (which I'm sure was entirely a joke but the reaction is definitely interesting) that the laziest thing she's ever done is to have a c section, I chat to the brilliant director of Birthrights, Rebecca Schiller. She has a MA in war studies. Yeah. Her passion for human rights and, after years of being a doula, she realised that there were some series issues around women, birth and human rights. After too many stories of women feeling a lack of power or respect she decided to do something about it. I highly recommend reading the articles on http://www.birthrights.org. uk. We aslo move, somehow, onto the subject of women being pigeon holed. The working mum, the organic mum, the stay at home mum. And how we get pitted against eachother. And wouldn't it be fun if we could just be women, 360 degree women that change and are layered and are not defined by whether we have children or not, whether we bottle or breastfeed, or if we decide we want to give birth through the love tunnel or the sun roof. Perhaps we can be a chardonnay drinking, homework nailing, organic pie making, sex fiend woman and break all the stereotypes. And I realised I was an organic cucumber, cesarean sex fiend. And we might even do tshirts. We cannot be defined as simply as society would like. But we do deserve all the information and the respect that we can make strong decisions. She's also written an absolutely brilliant book called Why Human Rights in Childbirth Matter, that the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives said 'should become essential reading for all maternity professionals'. I can't wait to read Rebecca's new book coming out in April. I promise to do another interview with her, partly so she'll bring me more duck eggs from her home, and also because I think she is so wonderfully balanced, informed, highly respectful and compassionate. In a sea of layered, complicated, important and sometimes angry debate around childbirth, she is a mast to hold onto.

Ep. 17 - Steph, Founder of 'Don't Buy Her Flowers'

Steph Douglas on the appropriate height for blowjob chairs...we talk thoughtfulness, starting up a business, chicken or fish, the pressure to start your empire when you become a mum, honest parenting, equality at home and, well, sex. Of course. Don't Buy Her Flowers is a genius idea that started when Steph noticed that new mums were often inundated with beautiful bouquets of flowers that were, of course, a glorious and generous gesture, but, to the new and exhausted and overwhelmed mum, they are admin that can sometimes be the straw that breaks the camels back. So thus Don't Buy Her Flowers was created. The site has a brilliant range of packages that are right up a new mum's street - no matter how sore or tired that street is - I've sent loads to new mums and, well, anyone that needs some lovin and I highly recommend- I love flowers but the packs are such a lovely surprise and everything included is a treat for a weary soul. Steph is also a wonderfully honest blogger and one of the loveliest people you could hope to meet.

Ep. 16 - Natasha Devon

Natasha Devon on the Prince Harry mental health moment, Nigel, the Gap Theory, anxiety, being fired by the government and exercising freedom of information. Le Fanny Podcast is back and this week is a goodun - last week was national mental health awareness week and so who better to chat to than Natasha Devon - ex government tsar for children's mental health, founder of the Self Esteem Team and Body Gossip, political pundit, writer, campaigner And generally one of the most baddass, intelligent, brilliant, fighting-all-of-our-corner's human I've ever met. She's basically a SuperHero.