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a few things i've learnt
Sophie Powling and Abby Hollick
A Few Things I've Learnt is a podcast for when parenting gets hard and you're in need of some soothing words. Every guest answers the same three questions:
• What’s been the toughest challenge you’ve faced as a parent?
• What did you learn about yourself?
• What soothing words do you wish you’d heard at the time?
Across 32 seven-minute episodes, the podcast offers an audio library of wisdom and comfort for parents — no advice, no answers, just lived experience. Guests include: Annie Macmanus, Jack Thorne, Ria Lina, Waad al-Kateab, Oliver Burkeman, Yasmin Khan and Rebecca Adlington.
Get in touch: sophie.powling@gmail.com or abbyhollick@hotmail.com
Subscribe to our Substack: afewthingsivelearnt.substack.com
- 20 episodes
- Avg 6 min
- English
- June 21 · 5 min
Annie Macmanus on changing work to fit family life
- June 20 · 6 min
Ria Lina on sticking up for her neurodivergent children
- June 19 · 6 min
Hollie McNish on explaining death to her daughter
- June 18 · 5 min
Jack Thorne on when his son hated going to school
- June 17 · 7 min
Olia Hercules on her son’s Fragile X syndrome diagnosis
- June 14 · 5 min
Cat Sims on postnatal depression
- June 8 · 7 min
Donna Lancaster on teenage motherhood
- June 6 · 6 min
Waad al-Kateab on raising a child in a war zone
- June 5 · 7 min
Oliver Burkeman on winging it as a parent