Sofie talks to Dr Gwen Adshead about meeting people in the middle of their stories, attachment, working with violent patients, evil states of mind, shadow sides, cruelty, mistakes, gender, identity, group therapy, life development studies, Broadmoor, and rehabilitation.

Content Warning:  COVID, mental health, postnatal depression, violence, murder, therapy, medicine, prisons, trauma, hospitals, arson, stalking, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, abuse, refugees, death, bereavement, sexual abuse, child abuse, holocaust, "the final solution", substance use, intoxication

The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-devil-you-know/gwen-adshead/eileen-horne/9780571357604

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Sofie talks to Rabia Chaudry about boundaries, saying no, marriage, shame, courage, Serial, advocacy, podcasts, law school, innocence cases, faith, justice, navigating trolls, true crime, change, activism, and getting religious inspiration from female scholars.

Content Warning:  COVID, criminal justice system, medical system, death, bereavement, therapy, emotional and physical abuse, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, abusive relationships, violence, physical violence, cycles of abuse and violence, childhood trauma, murder, prison, 9-11, Islamophobia, burnout, online abuse, mental health issues, Trump, racism, poverty, sexual assault

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Sofie talks to David Morgan about Magic Mike Live, performing, dating, rejection, heartbreak, charisma, boundaries, coping mechanisms, gender identity, not being a boy, coming out, experimentation, change, comfort, and not knowing left from right.

Content Warning:  COVID, disassociation, social anxiety, sex, sexuality, negative self image, insecurity, addiction, mania, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, ADHD, worrying, panic, grief, alcohol, therapy, misgendering, transphobia, homophobia, fatphobia, weight loss, anxiety, depression, trauma

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Sofie talks to Tigress Osborn about race, fat activism, intersectionality, The Fat Underground, books and media that have changed her perspective, NAAFA, The Bay Area, talk shows, fat media representation and fat people dancing.

Content Warning:  COVID, slavery, fatphobia, racism, diet industry, trauma, weight loss surgery

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Sofie talks to Andi Osho about writing her novel Asking For A Friend, her relationship with time, being present, inspiration, boundaries, friendship, thinking, acting, dating, letting parents off the hook,  Frozen, and googling 100 words for "said".

Content Warning: trauma, therapy, somatic experience therapy, depression, guilt, absent parents, negative self-worth, overthinking, anger, shame, OCD, breakups

Asking For A Friend: https://www.waterstones.com/book/asking-for-a-friend/andi-osho/9780008245795

Creative Sauce With Andi Osho: https://www.andiosho.co.uk/creative-sauce-podcast/

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Sofie talks to Aubrey Gordon about her book What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, her podcast Maintenance Phase, becoming un-anonymous, talking into microphones, self deception, fucking up hard, consensus based decisions, change, anger, and her childhood bathroom scales.

Content Warning: COVID, fatphobia, diet culture, trauma, discomfort, racism, transphobia, harassment, misogyny, white supremacist movements, homophobia, death threats, mental health issues

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645819/what-we-dont-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-fat-by-aubrey-gordon/

Maintenance Phase: http://maintenancephase.com/

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Sofie talks to Hazel Hayes about her book Out of Love, mental health, highs and lows, executive dysfunction, therapy, triggers, relationships, trust, communication, telling stories, boundaries, the good stuff, and how trauma is like thrush.

Content Warning: COVID, mental health issues, depression, anxiety, CBT. suicidal ideation, medication, abuse, emotional abuse, domestic violence, panic attacks, complex trauma, negative thoughts, sex, sexuality, sexual assault, meltdowns, spirraling, borderline personality disorder, emotional dysregulation, pregnancy tests, dysfunctional families, animal cruelty, highly/overly sensitive people, SPS, disassociation, PTSD, CPTSD

Find Out of Love here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/out-of-love-9781783528967/9781783528967

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Sofie talks to Dean Burnett about mental health, brains, uncertainty, emotions, masculinity, crying, science, subjectivity, parenting, processing, awareness campaigns, the somatic marker hypothesis, and the difference between cabins and sheds.

Content Warning: COVID, mental health issues, grief, bereavement, death, losing a parent, loss, fitness, medication, depression, autism, therapy, OCD, bipoloar, CPTSD, schizophrenia

Dean has written these books that you should check out: The Idiot Brain, The Happy Brain, Psycho-Logical (and for teenagers - Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It): https://www.deanburnett.com

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Sofie talks to Matilda Ibini about living with disability, writing, control, guilt, afrofuturism, daydreaming, being present,  navigating the pandemic, "the little things" and Scooby-Doo fanfic.

Content Warning: COVID, mental health issues, anxiety, therapy, ableism, religion, disability, disassociation, trauma, medication

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Sofie talks to Sophie Williams about being an advocate, business, writing books, instagram, the murder of George Floyd, proximity to whiteness, taking 14 years off from chocolate and biscuits, talking to different audiences, the glass cliff and the glass ceiling.

Sophie has written two books that you should check out: Millennial Black and Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Activism and Action

Here is her TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/sophie_williams_the_rigged_test_of_leadership

Content Warning: COVID, racism, racist violence, police violence, family estrangement, anxiety, sexism, injections

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Hi. Sofie here. Just to let you know that some changes are coming.

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