BBC Woman's Hour

Topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire 📻 @BBCRadio4 10am Mon-Fri, 4pm Sat or anytime on @bbcsounds 🎧 Presented by @itsanitarani and @bbcnuala

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That’s a wrap! 👀 Our new Woman’s Hour presenter line-up has well and truly started 📻

Here are a few new photos of @bbcnuala & @itsanitarani to mark the milestone 🙌

Listen to Nuala on @bbcradio4 & @bbcsounds from Monday - Wednesday & Anita from Thursday - Saturday ⬇That’s a wrap! 👀 Our new Woman’s Hour presenter line-up has well and truly started 📻

Here are a few new photos of @bbcnuala & @itsanitarani to mark the milestone 🙌

Listen to Nuala on @bbcradio4 & @bbcsounds from Monday - Wednesday & Anita from Thursday - Saturday ⬇That’s a wrap! 👀 Our new Woman’s Hour presenter line-up has well and truly started 📻

Here are a few new photos of @bbcnuala & @itsanitarani to mark the milestone 🙌

Listen to Nuala on @bbcradio4 & @bbcsounds from Monday - Wednesday & Anita from Thursday - Saturday ⬇That’s a wrap! 👀 Our new Woman’s Hour presenter line-up has well and truly started 📻

Here are a few new photos of @bbcnuala & @itsanitarani to mark the milestone 🙌

Listen to Nuala on @bbcradio4 & @bbcsounds from Monday - Wednesday & Anita from Thursday - Saturday ⬇That’s a wrap! 👀 Our new Woman’s Hour presenter line-up has well and truly started 📻

Here are a few new photos of @bbcnuala & @itsanitarani to mark the milestone 🙌

Listen to Nuala on @bbcradio4 & @bbcsounds from Monday - Wednesday & Anita from Thursday - Saturday ⬇️

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‘Boxing gave me confidence’🥊 🙌

Francesca Hennessy @_franhennessy, is the 21-year-old shaking up women’s boxing 👊

She spoke to @itsanitarani about her upcoming fight and told her about how stepping into the ring helped her find her confidence 💪 ⬇️

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Completing the stress cycle signifies to your body that your work day is over’ 🗣️⏱️

❓Do you ever find it hard to separate work life from home life? ⚖️

Author Dr Claire Ashley @thewellbeingdr told @bbcnuala about small routines that can help you wind down after work 👀⬇️

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‘We don’t speak about grief enough’ ❤️‍🩹

Actor Jackie Clune told @claremcdonnell1 about her experiences of grief.

She shared how we often shy away from conversations around grief because the emotions can feel too raw or frightening ⬇️

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‘My smile wasn’t reaching my eyes’

@Emmabarnett joined @claremcdonnell1 to talk about her new @bbcsounds podcast, Ready To Talk.

She told Clare about why she decided to speak about her experience of perimenopause & how she navigated her way through the blind spots ⬇️

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‘We need to redefine bravery’

@Malala Yousafzai was thrust onto the public stage at 15 years old after the Taliban’s brutal attack on her life in 2012.

She told @itsanitarani about how being seen as a poster girl for bravery impacted her mental health ⬇️

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‘Just smile and wave’ 👋

Still not over the Celebrity Traitors final? 👀

Here’s a clip from when @catburns joined @itsanitarani in the studio and realised they had something in common…

They both know how to keep a secret ⬇️🤫

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'How I managed to face that fear of performing, I just don't know' 🎭

@elaine_paige spoke to @itsanitarani about receiving her damehood for services to music & charity ✨

She also shared how she’s had to face her fears every time she's stepped on stage to perform 🎤⬇️

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‘Actively listening to your child is a better way of dealing with it'

Author @lorrainecandy joined @bbcnuala for our latest episode of the Woman’s Hour Guide to Life - all about resilience.

She says the way you handle challenges as a parent, sets an example for your child ⬇️

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‘You have to jump between buildings… I felt a sense of freedom and liberation through it’ 🏢🏃‍♀️

❓You might know @Malala Yousafzai as an education activist but she told @itsanitarani on Woman's Hour about one of her unusual hobbies while she was at the University of Oxford ⬇️

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‘Right now I'm thinking about the girls in Afghanistan'

@malala joined @itsanitarani to talk about her memoir, Finding My Way.

The activist also spoke about why she continues to fight for women & girls living under Taliban restrictions ⬇️

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‘It's a superpower to get the hump’

Comedian Laura Smyth says she was ‘born aggy’ – and even growing up she had ‘the hump’ about everything.

In this #throwbackthursday clip, Laura told @bbcnuala why she now thinks it’s actually a superpower ⬇️

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‘It’s literally taking your attention to somewhere else’

❓ Ever wonder how much your phone might be impacting your relationship?

In our latest episode of The Woman’s Hour Guide to Life, clinical psychologist Dr Amani Milligan shared her tips for reducing the impact 📱

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‘When you get over an illness, you’re meant to just be grateful for being here’

After comedian Laura Smyth quit teaching to become a comic, she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.

She told @bbcnuala about why she's embracing the grumpiness after facing an illness ⬇️

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‘I can’t imagine my life without music… and garlic’ 🤣🧄

Actor & singer @petulaclarkhq has just published her autobiography, Is that You, Petula?, at 92-years-old ✨

She told @bbcnuala about the book & let us in on her secret to living a joyful & fulfilling life 👀 ⬇️

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Long-term relationships: 'Bringing in that third energy can be really useful'

💭 How do you keep ‘the spark’ alive? ✨

In our latest episode of The Woman’s Hour Guide to Life, writer Nell Frizzell shared her experience & what she does to stay connected ❤️

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‘You have to look after yourself’

Tiggy Walker was married to the legendary BBC Broadcaster Johnnie Walker for 23 years and was his full-time carer before his death.

She told @itsanitarani about that experience and shared her advice for other carers ⬇️

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‘What’s it like to be back on dry land?’ 🚣‍♂️

Jess Rowe & Miriam Payne are the first & youngest-ever pair to row non-stop & unsupported 8,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean📍🗺️

They told @itsanitarani about the challenges they faced along the way ⬇️

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‘I went to 43 funerals that year. That’s what life was like’

Tilda Swinton told @itsanitarani what it was like to lose one of her close creative collaborators, filmmaker Derek Jarman, to HIV/Aids in 1994, and why she wanted to reflect that in her new exhibition ⬇️

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'It's shaped who I am today' 

Wilamena Dyer @TicTasticLife is a musician who lives with Tourette syndrome.

As a new film, I Swear, hits cinemas, Wilamena told @bbcnuala about her experience and why she wanted to be an advocate, to raise awareness and debunk stereotypes ⬇️

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‘I don't personally like Botox. I don't like filler’

Make-up artist turned entrepreneur @justbobbibrown, who's famous for launching her make-up line in 1990, told @bbcnuala why she doesn’t like ‘tweakments’ or plastic surgery.

❓ What do you think? ⬇️ 💭