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#358 Oliver Burkeman: Embrace Your Limits. Change Your Life. Oct 07, 2021

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My guest today is the award-winning writer Oliver Burkeman, award-winning feature writer for The Guardian and writes a popular weekly column on psychology called This Column Will Change Your Life. Today we are discussing his new book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, an uplifting, engrossing and deeply realistic exploration of productivity and time management, rejecting the society’s obsession with 'getting everything done.’ It introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing rather than denying their limitations. It’s a big dose of reality, and after reading the book you might think differently about your endless to-do-list with a slightly different perspective, I absolutely loved the book, recommending it to anyone who will listen, and loved chatting to Oliver all about it. I hope you enjoy this episode! x

Get your copy of Four Thousand Weeks here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781847924018

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#357 Mel Robbins: How To Be Your Own Friend (*This Is Part 2!*) Sep 30, 2021

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Welcome back to Ctrl Alt Delete, this is part TWO of a conversation with author and motivational speaker Mel Robbins! She is the author of the bestselling 5 Second Rule and The High 5 Habit and in this episode we discuss how one simple mindset change can change your life. We discuss where the inspiration for this new book came from: the fact that even though Mel is one of the most booked motivational speakers in the WORLD she also struggled with the nagging critic in her head, and so she shares with us how she overcame it, giving us practical tools on how to be a better friend to ourselves. Go back and listen to part 1 if you haven’t already before listening :). I hope you enjoy.

Get your copy of The High 5 Habit: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781788174107

Get your copy of The 5 Second Rule: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781682612385

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#356 Mel Robbins: How To Be Your Own Friend (Part 1) Sep 30, 2021

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My guest today is one of the world’s most booked motivational speakers, Mel Robbins! She's an international bestselling author whose work includes the global phenomenon The 5 Second Rule and now she’s back with a brand new book called The High 5 Habit, a simple yet profound tool that changes your attitude and combat self doubt. Lots of people talk about the power of being your own best friend, and in this book Mel gives tangible advice on how to do so. Hope you enjoy this episode!

Get your copy of The High 5 Habit: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781788174107

Get your copy of The 5 Second Rule: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781682612385

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#355 (BONUS) The Science Behind Manifestation (with The Uncertainty Experts) Sep 26, 2021

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Welcome back to Ctrl Alt Delete, in this short bonus episode, Sam and Katherine from the Uncertainty Experts projects are going to give us a taste of what’s in store if you sign up to their three-part immersive documentary experience. In this little taster, we are going to be walked through interoception, a powerful way to sense the inner body from signals beneath the skin, but I'll let the guests explain properly what it is and show us how powerful our minds are. I hope you enjoy and see below a link to get your tickets for the full thing!

More info on The Uncertainty Experts: https://uncertaintyexperts.com/

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Follow Katherine here: https://www.instagram.com/katherinetemplarlewis/?hl=en

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#354: Are You Feeling Uncertain? Meet The Uncertainty Experts Sep 25, 2021

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Welcome back to Ctrl Alt Delete! I have two very exciting guests for you today, the brilliant Sam Conniff and Katherine Templar Lewis, who are here to talk all about uncertainty, a theme that feels especially prominent right now. In this episode we are discussing their brand new project The Uncertainty Experts, a powerful three-part interactive documentary scientifically proven to reduce our fear of the unknown, reduce anxiety, increase empathy and improve decision-making and problem-solving. In our conversation we discuss all these things, how this new research is pushing the conversation on resilience forwards, practical tools to help us deal with uncertainty (in one of the most uncertain times in history) — I felt so energised after this conversation and I hope you do too. If you are intrigued to learn more, make sure to reserve your seats on the Uncertainty Experts website, you’ll join thousands virtually for an immersive experience, scientifically proven to reduce anxiety. I am personally super excited about this and have got my tickets, I've included the link to purchase your tickets in the shownotes - you can select a time that works for you in November and have three viewing sessions put into your diary at times that suit you. Enjoy the episode, I learned so much from this one!

Grab your tickets before they run out: https://theuncertaintyexperts.uscreen.io/pages/buy

More info on The Uncertainty Experts: https://uncertaintyexperts.com/

Follow Sam here: https://www.instagram.com/samconniff/?hl=en

Follow Katherine here: https://www.instagram.com/katherinetemplarlewis/?hl=en

**This episode is in paid partnership with The Uncertainty Experts**

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#353: Nova Reid: What Makes A Good Ally? Sep 23, 2021

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My guest today is Nova Reid, a Ted speaker, activist and author. Nova uses her past experience working in mental wellbeing to encourage meaningful change from the inside out in many areas of how we live our lives including anti-racism work. Her work is really powerful, energising and moving and I really admire and respect everything she creates. In this episode, we also discuss Nova’s new book The Good Ally: A Guided Anti-Racism Journey, an urgent call to arms to become better allies to each other. She provides such a thoughtful approach that centres around collective healing, encouraging all of us to embrace what makes us fully human and dig deep into self discovery.

If you only listen to one of my Ctrl Alt Delete episodes, please make it this one! We talk about fear, shame, joy, boundaries, rest, healing, anti-racism and how to connect more deeply with each other. We laugh and we also get emotional. I loved speaking to her and going deep into the conversation about being fully human and getting to spend time together in person to record. I hope you enjoy this episode with Nova and please find the link to her book. The Good Ally below!

Nova's book The Good Ally: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9780008439484

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Julia Cameron (REPLAY): Rediscover Your Passions Sep 16, 2021

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This is a replay of the first time I interviewed my writing idol Julia Cameron, the bestselling author of The Artist's Way. She is a poet, playwright, fiction writer and essayist, she also has extensive credits in film, television and theatre, and is an award-winning journalist. Her groundbreaking books on creativity have become international bestsellers.

In this episode, we talk about The Artist's Way which has a new revamped cover which is very exciting. The book first came out in the early 90s and provides a twelve-week course that guides you through the process of recovering your creative self, it'll transform your life, overcome any artistic blocks you may suffer from, including limiting beliefs, fear, sabotage, jealousy and guilt, and replace them with self confidence and productivity. It’s helped millions of people and I continue to turn to it whenever I’m feeling a bit lost. Since then her new book The Listening Path has come out and she has a new book out in January 2022 called Seeking Wisdom. Hope you enjoy! xo

Julia's books:

The Artist's Way: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781788164290

The Listening Path: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781788167796

Seeking Wisdom: https://www.waterstones.com/book/seeking-wisdom/julia-cameron/9781788168250

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#352 Jessie Burton: The Writing Life (Medusa, The Miniaturist & More) Sep 08, 2021

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My guest today is Jessie Burton, the author of the Sunday Times bestselling novels The Miniaturist (which sold over a million copies in its first year of publication), The Muse, and The Confession, the children's book The Restless Girls and the modern feminist retelling of Medusa which is out now. Her novels have been translated into 38 languages, and she is a regular essay writer for newspapers and magazines and she is one of my favourite authors to follow on Instagram, for her writing advice, colourful interiors (and pictures of her cat of course)

We discuss her bringing alive Medusa for a new generation, her wonderful novels, her relationship with success and social media and so much more. I absolutely loved this conversation and hope you do too!

Get your copy of Medusa now: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781408886939

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Martha Beck (REPLAY): Reconnecting To Your True Nature Sep 02, 2021

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This episode is a replay of my episode with the brilliant Martha Beck from last year! She is a Harvard-trained sociologist (she has three degrees from Harvard!) and a world-renowned coach (most famously she's been Oprah's life coach) and New York Times bestselling author. She has published 9 non-fiction books, one novel, and more than 200 magazine articles having been a monthly contributor for O, The Oprah Magazine for 17 years. Since this episode aired she has released a new new bestselling book called The Way Of Integrity which I have become slightly obsessed with, an incredible book where she presents a four-stage process helping anyone find their integrity, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. I got so much from the book and really recommend it. Hope you enjoy, listening to this replay xo

Get your copy of The Way Of Integrity here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9780349426020

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#351 Elizabeth Lesser: Having A "Guru" B*llshit Detector Aug 26, 2021

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Elizabeth Lesser is the author of several bestselling books, including Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes; Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and Marrow: Love, Loss & What Matters Most. She is the cofounder of Omega Institute internationally recognised for its workshops and conferences in wellness, spirituality, creativity, and social change. She has given two popular TED talks, and is one of Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100, a collection of a hundred leaders who are using their voices and talent to elevate humanity. In this episode we discuss all her books, being a spiritual teacher, working with Oprah and Eckhart Tolle, being a feminist, women & power and her incredible talent for bringing memoir and research together in some of the most powerful books I’ve ever read.

Hope you enjoy the conversation!

Cassandra Speaks: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9780062887184

Broken Open: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781844135615

Marrow: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9780062367655

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