Book Club: Lost Connections by Johann Hari with Shelf Help Club founder Toni Jones
Join us for another How To Be IG Live Book Club with Toni Jones, founder of Shelf Help Club, where we discussed Lost Connections by Johann Hari.
Renewed: How to start over again – with Repotting Your Life author Frances Edmonds
Deepak Chopra says starting over is the knowledge that there is something better out there for you—even if you don’t know what it is yet. It’s about learning from the past and using it to propel you forward in a way you had never considered before. So how do you transform and start over again? […]
London Book Fair 2022 highlights: From Derek Owusu to Booker Prize shortlist
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcC1SkSI8Fa After two years of waiting due to the pandemic, The London Book Fair returned to the capital on April 5 to April 7, to celebrate publishers and authors from around the world. Staged annually, the in-person event at Olympia London welcomed at least 25,000 publishing professionals over the three days to learn, network, and […]
Disobedient: What makes disobedience important – with Good Girls Marry Doctors editor Piyali Bhattacharya
Disobedience is needed, and without it social progress would not continue. Disobedience is important because it can save lives, and it starts the conversation, but it can also cause conflict. There are both good disobedience and bad disobedience. So why is it important and how can we be disobedient with purpose? Thanks to the following […]
International Transgender Day of Visibility page turners
Trans Day of Visibility takes place every 31 March. It’s a time to celebrate trans and non-binary people, and to raise awareness of the discrimination faced by the community worldwide. Here are some great reads according to Pink News and transgender American professor Susan Stryker: 📚 The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice, by Shon […]
Book Club: Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser
It was so wonderful to chat to business leader, mental health advocate and women’s empowerment activist Jenny Ramirez from She Alpha Co. on the eighth How To Be…IG Live Book Club, where we discussed the book Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of five, described as a great starting point if you want to learn more […]
Joyful: How we stop representation burnout – with The Good Immigrant editor Nikesh Shukla
Trigger Warning: This episode contains themes of racial trauma, police brutality, Islamophobia, suicide, and mental illness. Have you ever been in a situation where you have turned around wherever you are, and see no other faces that resemble you? Representation burnout refers to the stress, fatigue, and exhaustion of being the only person of a […]
Book Talk on The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir for International Women’s Day
Thanks to everyone who joined me discussing the seminal work by existentialist French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, which is considered one of the most important books of feminist philosophy. Have you read it? Listen to episode 48: Strong – Focusing on women’s physical strength with award-winning journalist, powerlifter and Stronger author Poorna […]
#BreaktheBias books on International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is on March 8 and it is a time to celebrate the achievements of amazing women and work towards creating a gender equal world. This year’s theme is Break the Bias, a movement to empower people to take responsibility for their thoughts and actions and speak up against bias in our communities, […]
Safe: Why we make safety a priority – with Ten Thousand Aftershocks author Michelle Tom
Trigger Warning: This episode contains themes of violence, suicide, and mental illness. Safety is a concept that includes all measures and practices taken to preserve the life, health, and bodily integrity of individuals. However, not everyone has that guarantee sadly. So why is safety important? Thanks to the following guests for participating: Michelle Tom began […]