In this episode of the Woman Alive podcast Tola-Doll Fisher is joined by two coaches to discuss imposter syndrome; the familiar feeling of self-doubt and insecurity that can rise up regardless of our skills and achievements. Peggy Bodde is an empowerment coach and the founder of Sacred Work, an organisation that gives free leadership support to Christian women at work. You can find her at peggybodde.com Arit Eminue is a career coach and consultant with an MBE for her work in the creative industries. You can find her on Instagram and LinkedIn and at her website ariteminue.com Our Great Sexpectations dilemma this episode is: 'My Christian boyfriend was a narcissist' The producers of the Woman Alive podcast are Chantelle Johnson and Rachel Huston. Special offer! Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll get 50% off Woman Alive magazine: https://account.womanalive.co.uk/subscribe?sourcecode=pod23
Woman Alive is into its third episode and we're talking about whether you can be 'called' to be childfree. Host Tola-Doll Fisher is joined by two women who both feel there is a lack of women in The Church that don't have children but are happy that way. Alex Noel is a writer whose work can be found at https://flexanoel.co.uk/ And Denise Lee Yohn is a business consultant and a brand leadership expert. You can find more about her at https://deniseleeyohn.com/ Our Great Sexpectations question this episode is: I'm getting married but have no idea about contraception. The producers of the Woman Alive podcast are Chantelle Johnson and Rachel Huston. Special offer! Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll get 50% off Woman Alive magazine: https://account.womanalive.co.uk/subscribe?sourcecode=pod23
Woman Alive is in its fourth series and in our second episode we're talking about autism. Host Tola-Doll Fisher is joined by three women, each with personal experiences to help give insights into it what it's like living with autism in The Church. Stephanie C. Holmes is a minister who has a daughter with Asperger's and has written about the subject. Find out more about her at https://www.christianneurodiversemarriage.com Miya Sae is a christian writer and blogger who was diagnosed with autism aged 26. You can read her work at www.miyasae.com And Triona Brading is also a christian with autism and volunteers with Through the Roof. https://throughtheroof.org/ Our Great Sexpectations question this episode is: I have been “friend-dumped” and I don’t know what to do. Special offer! Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll get 50% off Woman Alive magazine: https://account.womanalive.co.uk/subscribe?sourcecode=pod23
Woman Alive is back with a fourth series and in this first episode we're talking about menopause. Host Tola-Doll Fisher is joined by two experts in the field to help Christian women approach and navigate the process of menopause and perimenopause. Bukky Ayoade is a pharmacist and certified midlife health and wellness coach who can be found at vibrantmidlife.com and Becky Howie is a GP and Lifestyle Medicine Physician specialising in midlife health issues with her coaching practice maldodlife.co.uk Our Great Sexpectations question this episode is: 'My husband has gone off sex. What should I do?' Special offer! Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll get 50% off Woman Alive magazine: https://account.womanalive.co.uk/subscribe?sourcecode=pod23
Tola-Doll Fisher is back for another episode of the Woman Alive podcast. This week we're discussing mission burnout and how to avoid it. What do you do when you feel God calling you to work that can sometimes feel too hard? Dr Sarah Kwok gave up her NHS job as a consultant anaesthetist to volunteer for Mercy Ships providing free surgery to those in poverty and knows the perils of going too hard too fast. See the work they do at www.mercyships.org.uk and follow Sarah on X @kwoksa. Ann-Louise Graham experienced burnout working as a writer and photographer for a large christian charity documenting a famine in Africa. She's a biblical counsellor and author of The Anxiety Lie. Find out more at www.ann-louisegraham.com. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
Welcome to a brand new episode of the Woman Alive podcast with Tola-Doll Fisher. Does God want us to work to live or live to work? As modern women juggle jobs and children we're asking two successful professionals how christian women should approach their work. Denise Lee Yohn is a brand leadership expert and keynote speaker. She's author of What Great Brands Do. Find out what she's up to on X @deniseleeyohn. Maxine Nwareni has a great story of triumph over adversity rising from homelessness to becoming a graduate from Cambridge and working with leading international companies. Her book, The Future is Greater: A working mother's guide to finding balance is out now and you can also catch her @maxine_nwaneri on Instagram. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
The latest episode of the Woman Alive podcast is out with host Tola-Doll Fisher putting the controversial topic of yoga to three guests. Is it a great way to meet God in the spiritual season of Lent or does its links with eastern religions bring too much baggage? Pauline Steenbergen is a Church of Scotland minister and author of Embody Lent...In 29 Yoga Postures which featured in the March issue of Woman Alive. Pauline is passionate about integrating the practice with Christian spirituality. Find out more at limegreenyogi.co.uk Sherrell Moore-Tucker runs a wellness ministry using movement called Mind Body Faith and acts as a mind and body practitioner, specialising in bringing wellness to those suffering with chronic pain. Find her at sherrellmooretucker.com And Ruth Carpenter runs the exercise class Psalms & Stretches combining exercise with biblical meditation. Ruth has a background in dance and Pilates. psalmsandstretches.com Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
Fresh from Mothering Sunday we'll hearing from three more women who have all faced personal challenges as they bring up their children. We all have mums, so let's celebrate them and thank God for all they do for us. We're hearing from Jade Reynolds whose been a wheelchair user from the age of 12 and now has two young children. She'll be telling us about some of the physical challenges she faces. Jade presents her own podcast with husband John called Faith and Light. Gemma Adjei lost her mother shortly after having her own child and wrote Mothering without a Mother as a way to cope with the loss. Who do you go to for all those practical questions on parenting when yours isn't there? And Missionary Carrie Jones and her husband Gavin got a shock when they had quintuplets (that's 5 children!) 9 years after their first son was born. We'll hear how that affected her parenting journey. Read more about their life on their family blog. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
We're hearing from more real women in the latest episode of the Woman Alive podcast where Tola-Doll Fisher takes on the issue of infertility with two amazing women. In her book The Wait, Lucy West charts her journey through infertility through to being a mum and what God taught her along the way. You can find her on X @lucywestimages. The brilliant Funke Oham has a similar story to tell. After losing a child at birth she went on to create The Waiting Room to support parents trying to conceive. Read more about her experiences in her book Always a Mum: How I survived my baby loss and at www.funkeoham.com Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
This is a bonus episode of the Woman Alive podcast, where we dig deeper into one of the questions we’ve been sent as part of the Great Sexpectations series. In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ the Woman Alive panel answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. And in the love month of February, the question Tola-Doll Fisher will be asking is ‘Should Christian women propose?’ On the panel is a Christian couple, Takunda Garwe, lifelong Christian and marketing executive and his partner, writer and comedian Cassandra Maria, presenter on Premier Gospel radio. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
In this episode of the Woman Alive podcast, Tola-Doll Fisher discusses the question if Christians should be afraid of dying with Jemimah Wright, author of the article and Deputy Editor of Woman Alive. Also on the panel is Revd Katie Kelly, an Anglican priest who for many years was known as a ‘missionary mum’ of four daughters, combining raising children with serving in the local church and community with a particular focus on family support. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
The latest episode of the Woman Alive podcast is out and in honour of Valentine's season, host Tola-Doll Fisher is discussing love. Is it important to be 'in love'? And what does that even mean? We hear from writer Veronica Zundel, a regular columnist for Woman Alive and contributor to the Bible Reading Fellowship's New Daylight magazine, about what a 'real' loving relationship looks like. Plus we get tips from relationship coach and BBC Radio Manchester presenter Adaeze Chiwoko, author of Seven Intimacy Killers. You can find her online at Marriage Coaching | Marriage 4 Real and on X as @mrschiwoko. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at Subscribe index page.
In the latest episode of the Woman Alive podcast, Tola-Doll Fisher discusses the topic of understanding mental health issues with Hope Virgo, founder of #dumpthescales, a campaign raising awareness about eating disorders. Also on the panel is Dr Oluseye Arikawe who specialises in women's health, helping women connect the facts of medical science to the truth of God's word. You can find more from them both on X @hopevirgo and @wordforher. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
In the latest episode of the Woman Alive podcast, Tola-Doll Fisher discusses the topic of understanding mental health issues with Hope Virgo, founder of #dumpthescales, a campaign raising awareness about eating disorders. Also on the panel is Dr Oluseye Arikawe who specialises in women's health, helping women connect the facts of medical science to the truth of God's word. You can find more from them both on X @hopevirgo and @wordforher. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
In the latest episode of the Woman Alive podcast with Tola-Doll Fisher we get two different perspectives on Home Schooling with Elizabeth Harewood Head of the Association of Christian Teachers and a teacher herself and Hope Bonarcher a native New Yorker and former musician who now keeps busy home-schooling her 4 children in the West Glasgow. We'll also see what the Christian take is on sex toys? Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast Below is the article + guest's handles etc. ‘People want to cancel what they can’t stand’ | Woman Alive (link to the original article) Elizabeth Harewood's website. Association of Christian Teachers (christian-teachers.org.uk) Hope Bonarcher is @hopebonarcher
In this episode of the Woman Alive podcast, Tola-Doll Fisher discusses the topic of financial freedom with Katie Johnson, Area Manager for CAP UK in the East Midlands (Christians Against Poverty), an organisation helping families and individuals break free from debt and poverty. Also on the panel is Mary Okoroafor, one of the founders of The Humble Penny, a growing community helping people take action to create financial joy in their lives. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Get 50% off Woman Alive magazine at womanalive.co.uk/podcast
In this episode of the Woman Alive podcast, Tola-Doll Fisher discusses the topic of hope during Christmas with author and host of the Woman Alive book club, Claire Musters. Claire's latest book, ‘Christmas Voices’ is filled with reflections, carols, poems and prayers to help the reader reflect and rest in God’s presence in the festive season. Also on the panel is singer songwriter and director of the award winning Birmingham Community Gospel Choir, Maxine Brooks. Since 2005 the choir has been spreading hope to people in Birmingham and the rest of the UK, featuring on various renowned stages including BBC Songs of Praise, and has also appeared on well-loved albums including Gareth Malone’s “A Great British Christmas.” Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Head to womanalive.co.uk/subscribe and use the code POD23
In this episode of the Woman Alive podcast, Tola-Doll Fisher discusses the topic of Black Friday with writer and digital marketer Alex Noel, content creator known for her great thrifting skills as the self-titled 'Queen of Ebay', Shakira Bullen and business owner and creative director, Anneka Wallington. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Head to womanalive.co.uk/subscribe and use the code POD23
In this episode of the Woman Alive podcast, Tola-Doll Fisher discusses the topic of wedding traditions with author and lecturer, Michelle Tant, writer and public speaker, Urenna Kiwanuka and director of marketing for Premier, Catherine Marsden. This conversation is based on an article written by Michelle Tant https://www.womanalive.co.uk/opinion/which-wedding-traditions-are-biblical-should-you-take-your-husbands-name-or-even-wear-a-ring/15955.article. Subscribe to Premier Woman Alive today and you'll receive a podcast special offer! Head to womanalive.co.uk/subscribe and use the code POD23
In this episode of the Woman Alive podcast, Tola-Doll Fisher discusses the topic of singleness with writer, Anne Olivant, composer, Caroline Leighton and author Andrea Best. This conversation is based on an article written by Anne Olivant https://www.womanalive.co.uk/opinion/twenty-years-after-being-widowed-i-still-felt-married-until-i-heard-a-sermon-on-singleness/16210.article Subscribe to our magazine today and get 50% off. Head to womanalive.co.uk/subscribe and use the code POD23