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It's Complicated

60 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings

It's Complicated with Tanya Goodin. A podcast that untangles our relationship with our phones and the digital world, and investigates how we can all get a healthier, happier, relationship with tech.


Each week a new guest reveals their phone and tech habits and tells us what they've learned about themselves from the relationship they have with the tiny tyrant in their pocket - their smartphone.


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Episodes

Vex King

April 12, 2021 01:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MB

Vex King returns as It's Complicated's first ever returning guest; to talk about his new book Healing is the New High and to tell us how healing ourselves from pain and trauma - developing better self-awareness as a result - is going to help all of us develop a healthier, happier, relationship with social media and the digital world. **Please subscribe, rate and review if you enjoy the podcast** Find Vex on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vexking and Twitter https://www.twitter.com/vex...

Cori Crider

April 05, 2021 01:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB

Lawyer and activist Cori Crider, Co-Founder of non-profit Foxglove, is holding Big Tech to account: for their treatment of their own workers - social media and the digital world's factory floor. Find out how Foxglove is making tech accountable and fighting for fair pay and working conditions for the workers that have been overlooked for far too long. **Please subscribe, rate and review if you enjoy the podcast** Find Foxglove https://www.foxglove.org.uk/ and donate to support their work: h...

Marisa Bate

March 29, 2021 01:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MB

Journalist Marisa Bate gave up Instagram five years ago after she started to question what she was getting out of it. The experience has been entirely positive, even though she works in the media where many say it's impossible to be without social media. We talk about the navel-gazing and self absorption that Instagram encourages and how, even in a pandemic, those traits just don't seem to have lessened. **Please subscribe, rate and review if you enjoy the podcast** Find Marisa on Twitter ...

Craig Newmark

March 22, 2021 02:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MB

Founder of Craigslist, Craig Newmark, US billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, talks about his early days founding the website that has become part of the cultural fabric of the internet, and his philanthropy with its emphasis on promoting trustworthy journalism to fight the war against disinformation online. Craig has given away nearly $200million to support the fight against disinformation and describes himself as "an old school nerd doing what I can to support the people who fight ...

Pat Allerton

March 15, 2021 02:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

Pat Allerton, vicar of St Peter's church in Notting Hill in London, chats about how he earned the nickname 'the portable priest' in the pandemic after his cycling services - bringing a hymn and a prayer to lockdown London - earned him a global following. And we talk about faith both on and off screen, and whether being able to access church services on YouTube and Zoom has made more people attend them than they might have done before. **Please subscribe, rate and review if you enjoy the pod...

Amika George

March 08, 2021 02:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB

Amika George, British activist and campaigner, joins for the 50th episode of 'It's Complicated' on International Women's Day. She's talking about her new book 'Make it Happen: How to be an Activist', and how social media has been the gateway and catalyst which enabled her at 17, to found her charity, Free Periods. Free Periods campaigns to end period poverty in the UK and has successfully lobbied the government to provide free period products for girls at school. **Please subscribe, rate an...

Tim Harford

March 01, 2021 02:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB

Tim Harford, economist, broadcaster and author, is helping us make sense of the numbers, statistics, graphs and charts that are increasingly overwhelming us on social media. He explains why we need to calm down when we look at them, and he shows us how to distinguish between those who brandish them like weapons to win political arguments, and those who use them to help explain what is going on in the world. The author of eight best-selling books, Tim has spoken at TED, PopTech and the Sydney...

Martha Lane Fox

February 22, 2021 02:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MB

Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, joins Tanya to talk about her pioneering career in digital; from the earliest days of the dot.com boom when she co-founded Lastminute.com in 1998; through her work as government Digital Champion from 2009-2013, spearheading the digitisation of government and the launch of gov.uk; the establishment of her responsible tech charity doteveryone which ran from 2015-2020 and finally, to her current role as Chair of the House of Lords Covid-19 Committee, ...

Andrew Cotter

February 15, 2021 02:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

Sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter turned his skills in lockdown to hilarious and heartwarming commentary on the antics of his two labradors, Olive and Mabel. His videos went viral and have been watched over 80 million times, with his book 'Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs' becoming an instant worldwide bestseller. He joins Tanya to talk about what it was like to become Insta-famous in a pandemic, the pressure to keep producing videos to satisfy Olive and Mabel'...

John Barnes

November 30, 2020 02:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MB

Iconic Liverpool and England footballer John Barnes joins us for the Series 5 finale to talk about discrimination both on the field and off, using Twitter to call out racism, his admiration for Marcus Rashford's work in the pandemic and his exhortation to young footballers with their huge social media platforms to use those positions to affect real change in their communities. **Please subscribe, rate and review this episode, if you enjoy the podcast** Find John at https://www.twitter.com/...

Money and Tech with Anne Boden

November 23, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MB

The Woman Who Set Up a Bank, Anne Boden, joins us this week to talk about the incredible journey she's been on to found one of Britain's most successful new banks; mobile-only bank Starling. She chats about Olivia Coleman playing her in the film of her best-selling book, the billionaire who flew her to his yacht in the Bahamas to talk about investing in her, and how so nearly losing her bank in the early days made her even more determined to make it work. And she shares how her determination...

Finn Beales

November 16, 2020 02:00 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MB

Photographer Finn Beales joins us to chat about being an early adopter of social media, how he so nearly made a fortune creating filters for Instagram, his journey to becoming a celebrated photographic storyteller, the power of his connection with nature and why we all need to go for a walk more. **We would love it if you would subscribe, rate and review if you enjoy the podcast** Find Finn at https://www.madebyfinn.com Finn on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/finn Finn on Twitter htt...

Grief and Loss Online

November 09, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MB

Emily Cummin, CEO and co-Founder of Untangle, the social network for mourners, joins us to talk about why we don't like talking about our own death, but why it's so important that we do. And she discusses the digital legacies we will all leave behind, and how to make our wishes about those clear - to make life a little bit easier for those who love us. An incredibly positive and life-affirming episode with lots of food for thought . **We would love it if you would subscribe, rate and review...

Laura Bates on Misogyny

November 02, 2020 02:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MB

The second of two episodes timed around the US Election, looking at the subject of speech online and how we disagree and debate. Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project joins us this week to talk about the shocking research behind her new book 'Men Who Hate Women'; underground online communities of men (which Laura went undercover in) focused around extreme misogyny which spill over into real-world threats, abuse and violence. *Please do subscribe, rate and review if you enjoy th...

Toby Young on Cancel Culture

October 26, 2020 02:00 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MB

The first of two episodes around the US Election looking at the subject of free speech and how we disagree and debate online. Toby Young is on the podcast this week talking about his personal experience of being cancelled in 2018, why he set up the Free Speech Union to help others who have been through similar experiences, falling foul of a Twitchfork mob, 'offence archaeology' and why he thinks it might be an uphill task trying to foster civil debate and polite disagreement in the digital s...

Amy Hart and Mimi Missfit on Digital Detox

October 19, 2020 04:00 - 43 minutes - 59.8 MB

Love Island's Amy Hart and YouTuber Mimi Missfit took seven teens away on a week-long digital detox to explore the impact on their mental health. Tanya chats to them about the week, how the experience impacted not only the teens but also the two of them, and asks about their own relationships with social media and the digital world. Find Digital Detox Teens on iPlayer here : https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08qry8h Amy's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/amyhartxo/ and Twitter http...

Racism Online with Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

August 31, 2020 04:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Have more racist incidents taken place online because of lockdown? Or is it that we are more aware of them, and reporting them more? Have social platforms created an environment which rewards and encourages racist behaviour? Or does the digital world just reflect back at us the state of our offline world? Our guest today is gal-dem's head of editorial Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff; journalist, editor, features writer, columnist and creative with focuses on investigations, race, youth culture and s...

Women and Tech with Prof Sue Black OBE

August 24, 2020 04:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB

Why is the relationship between women and tech so complicated? With women's contributions to tech often hidden from history, girls are still less likely to choose a career in tech than their male counterparts. And, as users, the experience of tech - especially social media - is often much more complicated for women than it is for men. Our guest this week is Professor Sue Black OBE whose extraordinary contribution to technology, and commitment to empowering women to feel confident with it, pr...

Sleep and Screens with Dr Guy Leschziner

August 17, 2020 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

What's the truth about sleep and technology? Are screens turning us into a generation of insomniacs, with nocturnal tech habits depriving of us hours of rest every night? Or are there some uses of screens which might actually help us in our quest to get a better night's sleep? Dr Guy Leschziner, consultant neurologist and clinical lead at the Sleep Disorders Centre at Guy's Hospital in London (one of Europe's largest sleep units), joins us to talk all things sleep and screens. More about Gu...

Clicktivism with Athena Kugblenu

August 10, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB

If we want to be activists, is clicktivism the way to go? Should we be rallying around hashtags and campaigns online, raising awareness of causes we care about? Is there something more meaningful we could be doing - or should we do both? Athena Kugblenu joins us to talk about political activism in the digital space, her experience as a stand-up comedian in lockdown and the varying degrees of success celebrities have had in their frantic efforts to get our attention in the pandemic. Athena's...

Making Better Connections with Prof Juliana Schroeder

August 03, 2020 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

How can we make better connections? Professor Juliana Schroeder has made her career out of studying social interaction and social connection, and how the way we use technology can both hinder and help us communicate. In a world where we're increasingly connecting via screens, what are the 'dos' and 'don'ts' for using email, video chat and social media? And what price are we paying when we hide behind our phones instead of seeking out opportunities to connect - even with strangers? Juliana's...

Jack Edwards and Vee Kativhu on The StudyTube Project

July 27, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB

We're joined this week by YouTubers Jack Edwards and Vee Kativhu from The Study Tube Project. Described as 'The Avengers of YouTube education', The StudyTube Project was set up as a rapid response to pandemic school and university closures by some of YouTube's biggest learning celebrities - aka the StudyTubers. Find out why Jack and Vee set-up their own channels, and what prompted them to come together to launch a solution for their hundreds of thousands of followers, who love to learn and t...

Emily Bell on Fake News

July 20, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutes - 87.8 MB

Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia School of Journalism, and Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Emily Bell joins us to talk about what the tech industry is doing to the news industry. With technology increasingly rewarding bad behaviour in politics and encouraging the spread of disinformation and misinformation online, how can we get a grip on the truth, and get the news we need? Follow Emily on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/emilybell and Instagram https://...

Fake News with Prof Emily Bell

July 20, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutes - 87.8 MB

Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia School of Journalism, and Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Emily Bell joins us to talk about what the tech industry is doing to the news industry. With technology increasingly rewarding bad behaviour in politics and encouraging the spread of disinformation and misinformation online, how can we get a grip on the truth, and get the news we need? Follow Emily on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/emilybell and Instagram https://...

Memes and Mental Health

July 13, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutes - 88.2 MB

Dave Tarnowski, founder of the hugely popular Nick Cave and the Bad Memes Instagram account, joins us to chat about why memes can be so positive for mental health and how, in running it, he's now developed into an informal internet therapist for his huge following. Follow Dave's two memes accounts: https://www.instagram.com/nickcaveandthebadmemes and https://www.instagram.com/sadpeaks For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Fin...

Grace Beverley on Inclusivity

July 06, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutes - 93 MB

Entrepreneur Grace Beverley, founder and CEO of three multi-million pound fitness businesses at the age of 23, Forbes 30 Under 30 and Young Entrepreneur of the year, joins us to talk about inclusivity and diversity in the fitness industry and how she's carving out her own path of what business success looks like. Follow Grace on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/gracebeverley and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gracebeverley For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com a...

Grace Beverley

July 06, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutes - 93 MB

Entrepreneur Grace Beverley, founder and CEO of three multi-million pound fitness businesses at the age of 23, Forbes 30 Under 30 and Young Entrepreneur of the year, joins us to talk about inclusivity and diversity in the fitness industry and how she's carving out her own path of what business success looks like. Follow Grace on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/gracebeverley and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gracebeverley For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com a...

Pete Reed on Resilience

June 28, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 80.7 MB

Three times gold medal winning Olympic champion, rower Pete Reed, launches Series 4 of the podcast with an inspiring chat about challenge, change and resilience and the athlete mindset that is helping him rise to the biggest challenge of his life. Follow Pete on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/PeteReed and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/petereed For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Be...

Olympian Pete Reed OBE on Resilience

June 28, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 80.7 MB

Three times gold medal winning Olympic champion, rower Pete Reed, launches Series 4 of the podcast with an inspiring chat about challenge, change and resilience and the athlete mindset that is helping him rise to the biggest challenge of his life. Follow Pete on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/PeteReed and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/petereed For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Be...

James McVey

April 26, 2020 22:31 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB

Lead guitarist with The Vamps, James McVey, ends Season 3 of the podcast with a chat about his work on cyberbullying and online safety, as well as opening up about how he's coped with managing a huge online social media presence in the 10 years since The Vamps were formed. Follow James on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/TheVampsJames and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jamesmcvey and check out The Vamps: https://thevamps.net For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.co...

Lauren Mahon: Girl vs Cancer

April 19, 2020 23:03 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB

Co-host of the 'You, me and the Big C' podcast, founder of Girl Vs Cancer and breast cancer survivor, Lauren Mahon, joins us to talk about what her own experience can teach us all right now about dealing with uncertainty, anxiety, and taking one day at a time. Follow Lauren on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/iAmLaurenMahon and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/girlvscancer and check out Girl vs Cancer here: https://girlvscancer.co.uk For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyag...

Tom Watson

April 12, 2020 23:07 - 43 minutes - 40 MB

Former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Tom Watson recorded this lockdown special episode with us to chat about his relationship with tech, through his time as an MP, and Shadow Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; then as an author and health activist with his book Downsizing; and now in his current role as Chair of UK Music. Follow Tom on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/tom_watson and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/labour_tom For more about Tanya Good...

Ending Online Abuse with Seyi Akiwowo

April 05, 2020 22:58 - 42 minutes - 39 MB

Activist and campaigner Seyi Akiwowo joins the podcast this week to talk about what we can ALL do in the fight to end online abuse, and the founding of Glitch, her non-profit which campaigns to do just that. F ollow Glitch on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/GlitchUK_ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/GlitchUK_ and for more about Glitch check out the website https://fixtheglitch.org/ and follow Seyi on Twitter too https://www.twitter.com/seyiakiwowow For more about Tanya Goodin visi...

Jamie Laing

March 29, 2020 22:05 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

Jamie Laing is on the podcast this week talking about his relationship with social media and how that's changed over the 10 years he's been on Made in Chelsea. Follow Jamie on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/JamieLaing_UK and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jamielaing and check out his Private Parts podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/private-parts/id1208435573 and Candy Kittens https://candykittens.co.uk/ For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and ht...

Badass Cross Stitch with Shannon Downey

March 23, 2020 07:18 - 36 minutes - 33 MB

Craftivist (crafter and activist) Shannon Downey, Founder of Badass Cross Stitch, joins us this week to talk about building real-world communities using social media to find each other; putting more analogue into digital, and the heart-warming story of her latest project Rita's Quilt. Follow Shannon on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/ShannonDowney and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/badasscrossstitch and check out her website for pandemic craftivism projects https://www.badasscrossstich...

Creating Community with Shannon Downey

March 23, 2020 07:18 - 36 minutes - 33 MB

Crafter and activist Shannon Downey, Founder of Badass Cross Stitch, joins us this week to talk about building community and creating art using social media to connect; putting more analogue in digital and the heart-warming story of her latest project Rita's Quilt. Follow Shannon on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/ShannonDowney and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/badasscrossstitch and check out her website for pandemic craftivism projects https://www.badasscrossstich.com For more abo...

Seeking Discomfort with Yes Theory's Thomas Brag

March 15, 2020 23:23 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

Thomas Brag from Yes Theory, the positive and inspirational digital media brand based around a YouTube channel (with over 5mill subscribers), chats about the group's 'seek discomfort' motto and their philosophy of encouraging meaningful real-world connections through their challenges. Some of the videos mentioned in the episode are; Deleting Social Media for 30 days Changed My Life https://youtu.be/TA5Ilzauebo; We Fooled the Internet w/ Fake Justin Bieber Burrito Photo https://youtu.be/Vs...

Seek Discomfort with Yes Theory's Thomas Brag

March 15, 2020 23:23 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

Thomas Brag from Yes Theory, the positive and inspirational digital media brand based around a YouTube channel (with over 5mill subscribers), chats about the group's 'seek discomfort' motto and their philosophy of encouraging meaningful real-world connections through their challenges. Some of the videos mentioned in the episode are; Deleting Social Media for 30 days Changed My Life https://youtu.be/TA5Ilzauebo; We Fooled the Internet w/ Fake Justin Bieber Burrito Photo https://youtu.be...

Make Love Not Porn with Cindy Gallop

March 09, 2020 00:02 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

#SocialSex entrepreneur Cindy Gallop talks to Tanya about why she launched MakeLoveNotPorn.tv and why she's pro-sex, pro-porn and pro-knowing the difference. Follow Cindy on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/cindygallop and MakeLoveNotPorn https://www.twitter.com/makelovenotporn For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Find 'Off: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life' on Amazon: https://getBook.at/OFF And 'Stop Staring at Screens' i...

Dr Alex George

March 02, 2020 07:12 - 46 minutes - 43 MB

Love Island's Dr Alex kicks off Season Three with a wide-ranging chat on social media and mental health from his unique perspective as both an A&E doctor and a social media celebrity with over a million followers on Instagram. Follow Alex on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/DrAlexGeorge and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dralexgeorge and check out The Waiting Room podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-waiting-room-with-dr-alex For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www...

Kristina Karlsson on Screen:Life Balance as an Entrepreneur

August 27, 2019 05:56 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB

This week Tanya is talking to entrepreneur and businesswoman Kristina Karlsson, Founder and Creative Director of global Swedish design and stationery business kikki.k, about how she gets a better balance with tech while running her global business. Follow Kristina on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kristinakikkik and kikki.k on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/kikkik and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kikki.k. For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://w...

Sextortion, Phishing and Fraud

August 20, 2019 05:15 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB

What phone habits are making us unsafe online? How can we guard against phishing, scams and frauds without tying ourselves up in knots? Joining us this week is ethical hacker Scott McGready to talk about how to get the balance right between sharing and oversharing; and how to make sure embarrassment doesn't stop us talking about some of the seedier scams circulating online. Follow Scott on Twitter https://twitter.com/ScottMcGready and check out his squirrel pix on https://www.isntagram.com/sc...

The Naked Professor on Male Mental Health Online

August 13, 2019 05:19 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

The Naked Professor, Ben Bidwell, joins us to talk about male mental health, personal development and positive masculine social media role models. Ben is a mindset & purpose coach, writer & public speaker, leading a revolution encouraging men to open up & connect more with their emotions whilst still retaining their sense of masculinity. Follow The Naked Professor on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/thenakedprofess and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thenakedprofessor. For more about Tanya...

Our Phone Habits and the Environment

August 06, 2019 05:12 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB

What are your phone habits doing to the planet? When you throw away your phone to get the latest upgrade, where does it really go? Electronic waste is one of the fastest growing environmental problems and it's one we can ALL do something about. This week's episode is all about sustainability and tech and Tanya is joined by Kelsea Weber from the global repair community iFixit, to talk about how we can fix the world - one device at a time. Follow iFixit on Twitter https://twitter.com/iFixit and...

Vybarr Cregan-Reid on Smartphones and Our Bodies

July 30, 2019 06:12 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

Professor Vybarr Cregan-Reid joins us to talk about what our smartphone and tech habits are doing to our bodies. Vybarr is Reader in English & Environmental Humanities in the School of English at the University of Kent and his book; 'Primate Change: How the World We Made is Remaking Us', looks at how our environment has changed our bodies, from our eyes and teeth down to our toes. Follow Vybarr on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/vybarr and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vybarrcr. For mor...

Smartphones and dating with Justin McLeod

July 23, 2019 06:40 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

Justin McLeod, CEO of no-swipe dating app Hinge, joins us to talk about what smartphones have done to dating; how his own heartbreak inspired him to build an app where those looking for love could meet other people who wanted to get off dating apps too; and why Hinge is the app 'designed to be deleted'. Follow Hinge on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/hinge and, if you're looking for love, download the app here: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/hinge-dating-relationships/id595287172 For more abou...

Shahroo Izadi on Phone Habit Changes that Last

July 22, 2019 07:04 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MB

Behavioural Change Specialist, and author of The Kindness Method, Shahroo Izadi joins us to talk about the secret behind changing all kinds of habits successfully; and how we can apply that to our phone and tech habits. Shahroo started her career in the NHS before setting up her private practice. Her therapeutic approach is influenced by her frontline addiction treatment work in clinical, community and prison settings. During this time, Shahroo developed a knowledge of how to elicit self-led ...

Vex King and Kaushal on Screen:Life Balance as Influencers

July 16, 2019 06:01 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB

Influencer power couple Vex King and Kaushal join Tanya this week to talk about they get screen:life balance with their huge online followings, and how they’re using their platforms to give back. With over 800k followers on Instagram and 2 1/2 million subscribers on YouTube, Kaushal Beauty’s makeup tutorials have become some of the internet’s most watched beauty videos. Vex King is a social media influencer, writer, mind coach and lifestyle entrepreneur. He started the Good Vibes Only (#GVO) ...

BONUS: Behind the Podcast

July 11, 2019 05:55 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB

In a change to the usual format for the podcast, 'It's Complicated' host Tanya Goodin is interviewed about the story behind the podcast by Rachel Hosie; lifestyle journalist, presenter and podcaster (and self-confessed smartphone-addicted millennial). For more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and https://www.twitter.com/tanyagoodin Follow Rachel on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/rachel_hosie and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rachel_hosie Find Tanya's book 'Off: Your...

Johann Hari on Lost Connections

July 09, 2019 05:10 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MB

Johann Hari opens up Series Two talking about addiction, depression, and why we're looking for connection in all the wrong places. Johann is a New York Times best-selling author with both his books 'Chasing the Scream' (currently being made into a Hollywood feature film) and 'Lost Connections'. His TED talk 'Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong' has had over 20 million views. Follow Johann on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/johannhari101 and Instagram https://www.instagram.c...

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Cal Newport
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